TheCaptain53

Alright, I'll go for an S12II. Finding one with free/cheap delivery is a pain in the ass, though.

well yeah everyone can, but not everyone wants to, if he wanted to do that he'd probably ask us to pick between the R9 390 and the GTX 970

I would wait, not for the GTX 1070 as that's at a higher price point than the cards you specified, but for AMD's new Polaris cards that are coming out. They're supposed to be R9 380(X) price at R9 390(X) performance, but MUCH better power consumption. They're supposed to be announced at Computex on 1st June I believe, so not long now anyway.

Wait until an actual credible source says something. Nvidia or AMD are hardly the most reliable sources in regards to their own hardware.

According to Nvidia themselves. Wait for benchmarks before saying for certain. I believe embargo for GTX 1080 reviews is the 17th May, so we'll have a good idea at that point.

Going through a quick search the pure rock is available in most countries, the only one's I found that it isn't available and the 212 is, is in Canada.       ( That's a lie, it is just $20 more ) I actually almost didn't believe when the PURE ROCK was $20 cheaper in Australia.

5$ yearly at most - people are fucking retarded when it comes to power bills - 80W 4 hours a day won't matter considering a fucking fridge uses 2000W >.< 24/7

But it's not green! 

Yeah, you should be good. If not, you can pick up an Xbox 360 wired pad for fairly cheap. 

Can't you read?

Please make your own post. This thread has been dead for 3 months now.

@don_svetlio thank you for guiding me to our confused brother, I shall help him all I can.

Hey OP. I have a Steam Link, and I have to say that for the price, it is brilliant. For fast paced games such Rocket League, CS:GO, etc etc, you're going to be disappointed. There is some input lag and it's especially noticeable for online multiplayer games. However, I had a very good experience using my Dualshock 4 (yes, I'm a Sony peasant, deal with it) playing games like Tomb Raider, Batman: Arkham Knight, Super Meat Boy and Brutal Legend. There are some flaws with it, I had some instability issues for a while after the day 2 patch, but it was generally okay after that.

Do take some of what I say with a pinch of salt, however. Whilst I'm not using full UTP network cable to the router and have to settle for powerline, this is worlds better than going over WiFi. The Steam Link only allows 30Mbps of throughput, so don't worry too much about your link speed, as long as it's 100Mbps or higher. I also have an exceptionally powerful rig with a Titan X and an i5-4690k at the time (now using an i7-4790k). I say at the time because I haven't used it in a little while. Not because it's bad, but mainly because I've had no reason to.

I would also make sure that any games you play have FULL controller support. Games that have partial controller support such as Batman: Arkham Asylum don't really work. They can work, but it's tricky and not worth the effort. This would, unfortunately, include a game like Skyrim.

For the price, I would say it's worth it. It's very compact, discrete, and consumes very little power. My only BIG complaint about it is that it doesn't have a power button.

I would give it a recommendation.

@don_svetlio thank you for guiding me to our confused brother, I shall help him all I can.

Hey OP. I have a Steam Link, and I have to say that for the price, it is brilliant. For fast paced games such Rocket League, CS:GO, etc etc, you're going to be disappointed. There is some input lag and it's especially noticeable for online multiplayer games. However, I had a very good experience using my Dualshock 4 (yes, I'm a Sony peasant, deal with it) playing games like Tomb Raider, Batman: Arkham Knight, Super Meat Boy and Brutal Legend. There are some flaws with it, I had some instability issues for a while after the day 2 patch, but it was generally okay after that.

Do take some of what I say with a pinch of salt, however. Whilst I'm not using full UTP network cable to the router and have to settle for powerline, this is worlds better than going over WiFi. The Steam Link only allows 30Mbps of throughput, so don't worry too much about your link speed, as long as it's 100Mbps or higher. I also have an exceptionally powerful rig with a Titan X and an i5-4690k at the time (now using an i7-4790k). I say at the time because I haven't used it in a little while. Not because it's bad, but mainly because I've had no reason to.

I would also make sure that any games you play have FULL controller support. Games that have partial controller support such as Batman: Arkham Asylum don't really work. They can work, but it's tricky and not worth the effort. This would, unfortunately, include a game like Skyrim.

For the price, I would say it's worth it. It's very compact, discrete, and consumes very little power. My only BIG complaint about it is that it doesn't have a power button.

I would give it a recommendation.

GTX Titan X w/ ACX 2.0 cooler

EVGA GTX 970 SSC (not in use)
 
Zotac GTX 960

MSI GTX 750 Ti (reference PCB)

980ti for 1080p 60hz is a huge overkill.
 
I'd get a second-hand 970 or a cheap new one and sell it on when Pascal comes out.

The 9370 makes your PC into one of the best convection ovens on the market.

Depends on several factors, Cooling and motherboard choices.
Yet another AMD thread full of the blind leading the blind...
An 8350 @ 5ghz produces more heat than a 9xxx chip.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Lhy9sY

It's a bit over your budget, but it should perform well as long as you're realistic about the graphical settings you run.

You really should not use the word 'budget' when it comes to PSUs, especially not here.

Can we get the system specs? 600W might be too large for your system.

Like he said, post your specs. Cheap and good don't mix in the PSU category.

Ok, so a while back Luke said he'd rather I criticize them instead of other LTT members. I'll take that to heart here.
 
This video is terrible. This is probably worse than that one EK review without any comparisons to other coolers. My Skylake thread is trashing this video. Didn't clean off paste properly? Didn't use CLU? Assumed delidding any chip will net similar gains regardless of generation? Problem due to paste only starting with Haswell? What? Don't touch the back of the chip with your skin if possible! What about the vice method? What about SI delid + reseal service? What about bare die? Which chips might benefit from delid, which would not? Were you able to find some information on the failure rates of delidding, if not by method, just in general?
 
How does a professional WITH A TEAM screw this up, allowing random people on forums to take his place? Is your entire team centered around maximizing video quality and editing and NOBODY is around to do any research?
 
One guy got his CPU actually replaced via Intel Tuning Plan after delid.
 
I'm going to blow a fuse. What are you people doing, what are you people doing, you guys are supposed to be the professionals, I'm supposed to be the random pleb that is learning all he needs to know and then some from tech Youtubers...
 
Yeah, I understand that from the Youtuber's point of view, I'm some guy popping up and exploding in the comments over details, but that's what makes information good. Information about delidding is dime a dozen, I can just Google it. It's the details. It needs finesse. Are you guys about quality or do you just want to crank out as many videos as you can in good video quality with dank humor so a million kids will watch you?

I'm glad people have shared their opinion on this video, it's a complete shambles and should be redone but PROPERLY. 

LTT, you are NOT doing it right, no one in their right mind would go through the hassle of delidding their CPU, using a slightly better TIM, using a stock cooler and not even overclocking, seriously, what the fuck?

In spite of your poor testing methods, especially only using a stock cooler, I think 3C difference is really quite significant.

I'm glad people have shared their opinion on this video, it's a complete shambles and should be redone but PROPERLY. 

LTT, you are NOT doing it right, no one in their right mind would go through the hassle of delidding their CPU, using a slightly better TIM, using a stock cooler and not even overclocking, seriously, what the fuck?

In spite of your poor testing methods, especially only using a stock cooler, I think 3C difference is really quite significant.

Like @Goat said, you're going to struggle running GTA V at high settings with a GTX 950; you will have to turn the settings down to maintain a stable 60 fps, unless you don't mind running at 30 fps (trust me, you'll hate it soon enough). 

Either increase your budget, or be ready to manage your expectations about the capability of the GTX 950. It's a good card, but don't be disappointed that you can't run at high/ultra settings in the latest AAA titles.