iamdarkbowser

Also, I only use passmark as a reference, products that I consider buying I generally look at real world tests that someone (most likely Linus) else did.

What does that mean in terms of real world performance? Less stuttering (unless the game is coded poorly)? Higher framerates with (namely Vega) GPUs? Is it worth the extra $30 if the most taxing thing I would reasonably be doing is playing Subnautica while I have roughly 40 chrome tabs open and a somewhat complex Sketchup sketch open?

Is there any advantages that the 1600 has over the 1500X, excluding slightly better performance?

I'm sure there was a performance boost, but I can't remember the benchmarking numbers. With how I use my computer, the only way I would notice a performance boost is through benchmarking, or while playing Minecraft (which is rather cpu heavy), but I don't really play that anymore. I've decided to go with a R5 1500X anyway.

The non "K" version of the processor cannot be overclocked (by default?), but my motherboard allowed me to raise the voltage, thus improving the performance a bit, watercooling also helped.

I can't remember the exact numbers but I do know that in passmark I never exceeded 8000, the R3 in passmark is 7030. The i5 2500 in passmark scores 6284 as of the moment.

The old one was the non K version.

With the games I play, (including but not limited to CS:GO) I have not seen any performance decrease or increase with my latest processor upgrade (intel to intel). The first processor was about as powerful as the R3 and the card that I was (and still) using is an old beat up 290x.

Because my monitor is 1440p and 144hz.

I'm assuming that you want to take full advantage of the pack. And the discounts cannot be saved for later, it's a now or never type deal.

So, according to this article, if you bought the Radeon Aqua Pack and used the rather large discounts, you would be spending at least $1800 USD (bundle: $699, CPU: $300, Mobo: $50+, Monitor: $750). Even if I only bought the card and the motherboard, I would still be spending at least $1050. First question: Why would AMD do something like this? I know, in @LinusTech's video he says that he thinks that they did that partially because of their stock being depleted by miners, and in the aforementioned article, they say that AMD wants the card to be bought with their processors to show off the potential performance, which makes sense, but something like $1800 dollars, it has to be more than that. Second question: Is it expected or likely that AMD will eventually sell the liquid cooled Vega 64 card by itself at retail prices? I already have a very, very good BenQ monitor with better specs than the Samsung CF791 (excluding ultrawide/curved, I don't want to spend the money on an ultrawide) and I don't need the Ryzen processor. With how I use my computer, I don't need the power of the Ryzen 7 lineup, I could easily do with a Ryzen 5 or even a Ryzen 3. I'm sure thousands of other people are in the same boat as me and don't want to save up to at least $1800 to take full advantage of the bundles. Third question: Wouldn't a bundle of just the card and the discount on the cpu/mobo make more sense/cents? I would think that people would be much more happy with this than chipping in and buying a monitor for $750 that you may not even want. Perhaps you prefer a BenQ like me, or a freesync ROG product. Also, there is a lot of people (like me) that don't need such a powerful cpu and don't want to spend the money on it when they can save, perhaps even $100, on buying a cpu that matches their needs better. There also might be people that already have a motherboard with an AM4 socket and wants to take $100 off of just a processor. Or maybe it's just me... Fourth question: With the air cooled bundles, if you bought either pack and the same cpu/mobo and ignored the monitor or bought it all without the pack (excluding monitor), the prices would be the same. So, with that in mind, where did that $200 discount come from outside of the packs? That makes me think that AMD is either losing a bunch of money with the packs or that the retail prices on the Vega 56/64 should actually be $100 less. But don't forget that the bundles come with the games, both of which are $60, so the air cooled cards should, if the bundle prices are anything to judge by, cost $180 and $280 respectively. Wow, how did I spend an hour and a half making this thread???

Well I guess I will find out.

The issue is is that I am trying to sell this thing on craigslist, as you might imagine, a lot of buyers will want a "normal" case.

Those gills look a lot smaller on newegg, that'l work fine I think, thanks.

What's the airflow like on the front?

I need a relatively cheep (≤$75 USD) case that supports both a 240 and 360mm rad. My current case got damaged and it's thermals aren't impressive. In an open air case where the rads were kinda on top of my makeshift case, my thermals were very good, then with the actual case, my 290x reaches temperatures of about 95c under heavy load. I would rather not have this and I need to replace the case anyway, so what's out there?

Any motherboard with the required form factor and socket type that supports another good RGB ecosystem would do as well.

Is there such thing as a Mini ITX or Micro ATX am4 motherboard with Aura Sync?

I really want that card, it's about time I replace my 4 year old 290x. That poor thing has been suffering trying to play games at 1440p and at 144fps for at least a year.

(person in crowd): BLOW SOMETHIN UP!!! @CPotter: We may have already done that? Hopefully everyone gets that reference.

All I'm going to do for the time being is play MK8 by myself or with other people with me. I shouldn't need to access the settings.

I managed to find all that I should need for a total of about $120 USD, including MK8.

This listing does not come with the gamepad, it is only the console itself. Is starting a game up on the Wii U a huge pain with the Wii controller, if not, then I will just deal with it for the time being.

All I really want to do is play Mario Kart 8, which I assume uses the same controls as the Wii's Mario Kart, and play Wii games. I see that it can use HDMI 1.4 so that will work fine. Does it use it's own special power input or can I just use a power cable like the one that goes into a computer's PSU?