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Summary Finally have the answer to what or who is happening to 23&me after they filled for bankruptcy protection in March. Quotes My thoughts Coulda been a whole lot worse. Depends on what if any oversight there is. Far from perfect, obviously, but at least it is going to an organisation involved in medical developments vs insurance or... Thoughts? Sources https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ln0e5g6kgo

If your not buying for 3 years, come back in 3 years....

I'd go for a ryzen chip in that range.. you could shave off a little more by dropping the cpu to 1500 or 1400x, 1 stick of ram and so forth.. But it should be a better all round build. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.98 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: ASRock AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.00 @ Vuugo) Memory: PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($111.99 @ Amazon Canada) Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.98 @ DirectCanada) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.83 @ Vuugo) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card ($226.70 @ Amazon Canada) Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg Canada) Power Supply: EVGA BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg Canada) Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($109.99 @ NCIX) Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($31.91 @ DirectCanada) Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset ($67.98 @ DirectCanada) Other: windows 64 bit kinguin.com ($30.00) Total: $1140.34 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-27 22:36 EDT-0400

With the power that GPU's are supplying I'm actually not too bothered by their price.. you can get a very good 1440p card for under $350 and a very capable 4k card for under $700. I personally think that pricing has taken the first steps in a long time towards a reasonable point

Totally possible. You need some programming smarts though.

In that case deff go GPU. But 60 fps on high should be achievable on a 960...

Neither, thats a grand rig.. leave well enough alone.. maybe a nice high hz Gsync monitor and then an upgrade in the future to take advantage of the high hz while the 970 will be good with the gsync.

/facepalm I'd say 1070 is plenty for 1080..

Personally I'd get an extension kit, then it's easily transferred if you ever need a new PSU or upgrade but want to keep the white leads.

I feel ya I really do.. Personally I'd eek out just a bit more (maybe another year ish) Reasons being I think Ryzen could be a bit more mature and also I'm very interested where Optaine is going. Added bonus of GPU's will be better / cheaper per $ spent as would ssd's and possible new gen of Intel x?? line. Yes, there are large benefits to getting an upgrade now but I just feel from your description that waiting will net you bigger gains right when a few technologies are on the cusp of releasing / maturing.

Take the refund.. there is about 75Mhz diff, not worth the premium.

This is such a subjective subject that depends on your taste in sound profile, open or closed, over or on ear, etc etc.. If possible, go try some and make a choice yourself.. Got a pair of HD558's a few years back and am very happy. Also remember when you go higher quality / price often the impedance goes up and may require you to get an amp.

See.. Linus calling the newer TitanX the XP confuses people.. in the video he says he uses a TitanXP.. which is the newest Nvidia chip above the 1080ti.

It's your call man.. but remember that when benchmarks are made, parts a re purposly put in the worst possible situations to show any weakness. In terms of gaming, thats putting Huge hardware to work on low res.. For the best all-round system, I'd go ryzen 6 core.. many cores, decent clocks and low price. For pure gaming, Intel is still king but i7 is still not worth the premium over the i5.. All your choice though at the end of the day and you're only getting random folks off the interwebz opinions.

Yes I have.. when testing a CPU they will always put the cpu as the bottleneck in the system.. that video is perfect example.. Using a TitanXP (faster than a 1080ti) at 1080p thus driving frames at a rate you will not see for many years at 4k is not a real-world example. In this extreme synthetic situation yes, a 7700k is better but look at the same tests in 4k high settings and there will be little to no difference.