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yeah, i guess i'm just a pussy. Keeping my v @ 1.40 for my 2600k, hoping it will survive until Ryzen 2 comes out.

i don't think the question is how doable it is, but when do you start shortening the life of the CPU

Basically, i'm looking for something to replace my Droid 2 Turbo that is struggling to charge nowadays. I don't really use my smartphone for anything other than web browsing, GPS, WhatsApp, and texting and calling. I'm on the Verizon Network. Just want something durable that i can replace the battery if it goes bad, and expandable memory. Preferably nothing too big, and nothing ridiculously expensive. I was thinking about maybe a CAT s40 or s50, but i don't know if they have removable batteries and sd slots. Seems like a lot of the time they don't advertise that type of thing and you have to weed through reviews to find out.

yes, i was listing the reasons i got a founders card. one of the reasons is that if i wanted to eventually switch to a hybrid kit or an liquid kit, i would be able to with the founders card.

I think its likely that after i upgrade my cpu/motherboard i will likely switch to a SFF case. My understanding is that blowers are better for SFF cases. Also its my understanding that watercooling kits are often only compatible with reference boards, so if i want to eventually switch to a AIO kit, i would want a reference card. Finally, its like $70 cheaper and i didn't plan on stressing the card to hard in the near future, i currently only have a 144hz 1080p monitor.

i think so, i just plugged the card in and downloaded the latest nvidia driver for it.

i'm not overclocking the card. its stock and its reaching this temp and i want to make sure its fine.

I got a 1080ti founders edition today and i haven't overclocked it or anything and its running at 84-85C and my PC is not crashing or anything, but with a $700 card, i just want to make sure i'm not killing it.

I understand that they're expensive, but it seems like if it could lower temps by more than like 2 degrees than comparable air coolers it would be competing with AIOs' performance without the risk of catastrophic failure, and a lot of people would pay like $150-$200 for that.

With the marketing around vapor Chambers in the xbonex and them existing on high end video cards, I'm curious why I don't hear about them in CPU air coolers. With the growing popularity of AIOs and copper heatsinks having a comeback, I think it's unlikely that they would be too expensive for the market. Are they so common we just don't see it mentioned because it's assumed? Or is there a feature in modern desktops that minimize the usefulness of them on CPUs?

So i ordered a new videocard and its arriving tomorrow and its a founders edition from Asus (plan on eventually switching to a mini itx case) and I'm just curious if i should be using the cd that comes with the card or if i should look at Asus's site for more up to date software or like, would another third party have software that work's with Asus's Founders edition? Are there any compatibility issues i should be concerned with? Finally, is it really going to let me do more with my card than the default nvidia drivers?

how would i make an 8 pin and 6 pin pci-e into a 8 pin cpu connector?

Silverstone SX800-LTI

I'm seeing either 2 8 pin power connectors or an 8 pin and a 4 pin connector on a lot of new motherboards in computex coverage. I just got a fully modular 800W titanium PSU with 1 8 pin cpu connector and no 4 pin connectors( Silverstone SX800-LTI). I'm wondering if there is any way i can get the PSU to provide the power that these 2 pin motherboards might demand, an adapter ot something. Or do i just have to hope that it will run on a single 8 pin or maybe itx versions of the x299 or x399 will come with a single 8 pin?

where is buildzoid's pro4 vrm analysis. I occasionally see a couple videos of him on gamer's nexus channel. Do i have to go digging into their site for written content? Is there another channel he uses?

I have to use phone until I get a new PSU, the specific name would be very useful

Should be fine

My Corsair HX1000 died today. I have a 2600k at 4.8ghz. a x52 kraken. 2 ssd, 2 HDD, and a GTX 970. I will probably be upgrading to a GTX 1080 or 1080ti or and equivalent later this year. I want something that can fit into a small form factor case in the future and where I won't have to worry if it can handle new powerful hardware.

its supposed to be the first half of this year, so by the end of June Vega should be released.

4.5Ghz is a healthy overclock. a 2500k overclocked that far is probably very close to a stock 6600k in performance. Your cpu shouldn't be preventing you from having a smooth 60+ framerate. But if you're obsessive competitive FPS player and want that 200 frames per second, then yes, upgrade. Frankly, i think right now is a bad time to upgrade and i would stick with your current system at least until Intel comes out with their new socket and/or AMD comes out with a 2nd generation Ryzen. I think 8 threads is going to become the standard for mid level cpus very soon. And i think the current gen of Ryzen has a bit of hiccups as well as no boards with the x300 chipset yet, which doesn't use any lanes for the chipset, which should allow for a great deal of customization for the board manufactuers, hopefully creating some very cool mobos.

the 7600k is basically just a 6600k with a factory overclock. However, if you're open to the idea, i would probably recommend a AMD system over it.Even in the worst games for AMD, its pretty even between a 7600k and a 1600 and then there are plenty of games and other programs that will take advantage of the 12 threads of a R5 1600 AMD system where it will demolish the 4 threads of a i5 7600k or 6600k. And Ryzen has more things controlled on the chip, so the motherboards tend to be cheaper.

a good choice for what? what are you going to use it for? Is it just some well multi threaded task so you think you can invest in a cheap 8 thread cpu and be fine? Also, when you look at old CPUs, keep in mind you have to buy a motherboard and ram too, and those might be hard to find and expensive. Is AMD's version of hyperthreading ok, or does it have to be Intel's hyperthreading?

If you want the most future proof CPU, i'd get a r7 1700 or 1800. If you want the cpu with the best average gaming performance right now, i'd get an i7 7700k. If you want the best bang for your buck, i'd get an r5, probably the 1600.

gamer's nexus video is up. Overclocks about the same at the r7, 3.8-4.0Ghz. Gaming performance seems to be pretty identical to a 1700x. So like good, clearly capable of gaming at a high level, but clearly behind most i7's. Outperforming the i5s in games that do a good job of taking advantage of more threads, and in games that don't take advantage of more threads, beating all I5s except the 7600k. So if you want the CPU that will result in the highest benchmarks of today's games, then the 7700k is still the best option. If you're debating between a i5 7600k and a r5 1600, then its tough to make a decision based on today's games, and i think the r5 1600 is a better choice while taking into account future games.

The question is less 4 cores vs 6 cores and more 8 threads vs 12 threads. Some CPUs like i5s have 4 cores and no hyperthreading, so only 4 threads. Those are definitely showing signs of being dated. Right now it doesn't seem like beyond 8 threads are being utilized by many games. If i were to buy a new CPU today, I would probably get a 16 thread R7 1700, because I think we're going to continue to see the number of threads growing being the biggest cause of CPUs becoming dated. But if you have an i7 that is a 2600k or newer, I think with the current thread optimizations you can't justify switching to a higher threaded CPU.