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I currently have a 1GB Windforce HD 6850 but the 1GB of Vram gets maxed out in Rust so I only get 10-15 frames. I know this because in GPU-Z it shows the actual utilization of the GPU core is only 50%. I saw this 2GB R9 370 on Amazon (brand new, fulfilled by Amazon) for only $119. This is an amazing price noticing most R7 370s are at around $159 - $169 for the 3GB ones. I have two questions: 1. Will the 2GB of Vram be enough for Rust and games until 2019? 2. How much of a performance boost (Actual GPU Core and Vram MHz increase) will the R7 370 give me over the HD 6850? Thanks for reading, I tried researching for a bit but nobody talks about the HD 6000s line and I couldn't find any reliable information comparing the HD 6850 and the R7 370.

Can someone link me to a PSU that has a minimum of three, 6+2 connectors? I'm not going to pay over $50, and I want it to be at least 80+ efficiency. The PC that we're upgrading takes up 400W max, so the wattage really doesn't matter. ATX-sized as usual. *Remember to make sure that the PSU you link has three, 6+2 connectors, a lot of the ones in my price-range only has two, 6+2 connectors.

To stop your GPU from sagging you can do what I do. Get a ruler and measure the distance from the spot between your two fans. This spot should be some sort of plastic, the distance heavily varies between after-market coolers. You need to get something that is smaller than that, or the same size. I prefer PVC because it's strength and longevity. Also, measure the distance between that gap, and the floor of your gap, this is how long you want to cut your material. Once you've visited the store to buy your material, cut it, sand it, than if you want spray it with some sort of rubber coating to reduce scratching, and put it into place. You shouldn't have to heavily force it, but it should be at the point where the piece of material is touching the GPU and the floor very clearly and it is sort of firm. Once you done this, close your computer and continue. If the PSU is in the way, put the stick of material on the PSU instead of the floor and cut it to the new length. If there are wires in the way, move the wires around the pole. If you have a window and take lots of pride into the appearance of your PC, you can use PETG, it's a transparent plastic used in hard water-cooling loops in place of acrylic. Or if you want a opaque material you can spray paint the PVC, using a stripped pattern that represents the colors off the rest of your PC would look pretty neat, or you can use a metallic spray paint if you like it that way. Either way you prefer it doesn't really matter because that's aesthetic and you're trying to stop the sag of your GPU. I hope this reply helped you, if you have any questions please contact me at my Gmail: anthonysparta1220@gmail.com

Good job man! Very interesting and informative post. Most of the stuff I believe in and I feel is very well made. Hats off to you, you made my day.

So, I make videos on my YouTube channel, but I also do videos on my InstaGram account for my friends. Unlike YouTube, InstaGram looks best with a 1:1 aspect ratio because most people use their phones in portrait mode. So, what's the best render setting for my videos based on these official recommended render settings: https://www.facebook.com/business/ads-guide/video-views/instagram-video-views/ I can't find any that allow me to do 1:1, again, listen to the webpage that I linked it speaks better than I do about how to solve my problem. (https://www.facebook.com/business/ads-guide/video-views/instagram-video-views/)

My dad just bought me 16GB (2x8GB) of HyperX DDR3. (It was on sale for $45.99) Now I'm going to be using it for Chrome and FireFox cache and I'm wondering how big it should be. I thought 128MB would be big enough but I want to be sure. I only shut my computer off 2-3 times a day and I browse a lot. Is 128MB too big or too small?

Monitor seems overpriced. PSU is way overkill, get 80+ gold, platinum is still way too overpriced. Also why two different kinds of SSDs? Just get two 850 Evo's and put them in Raid 0. I would also get a 1TB Hard Drive, partition 500GB of it to backup the two 850 Evo's and use the rest of the drive (524GB) for mass storage like videos, pictures, etc. etc. that you don't need to be super fast. Also do you really need Noctua's? They're a little less than $100 in total, could just get some Enermax T.B. Silence fans, which aren't as good but are much cheaper and if you care prettier. If you did everything I said you could just barely fit in a GTX 980Ti instead of a GTX 970, which is way better and will run 1440p 60fps ultra settings for the rest of it's life.

Basically all overclocking is is running your hardware harder than the manufactures intend you to. Companies used to think it was just people running down the lifetime on their products but now most companies will brag about overclocking. Also for light overclocking your stuff is okay. Just don't be trying to run it at 1.5V or something. A easy guide for mid-range overclocking is keep on increasing your clock rate multiplayer until it reaches a place where it is just a tad unstable. At that point through 0.05 volts at it and see if it's stable again. If it is, don't mess with it. If it still is unstable, add another 0.05 volts, than it should be stable.

It's going to be 12+ cores and below $600, of course the single core performance is going to be trash.

Thanks to both of you guys.

You mean the TitanX2? That's going to cost $1,800 - $2,200 guessing.

For gaming Zen is trash. For rendering and for servers it's heaven. Not good enough single core performance knowing pretty much all multi-core games work best on 4 cores. Your joking right? Just to make sure.

If you're restricted by power save up for the GTX 950 but if your PSU can handle a lot more wattage go for the HD 7970.

But the Xbox One version of GTA 5 is made specifically for the Xbox One's CPU and GPU. 7 cores for the game and 1 core for chat, background, etc. Companies can't port each version of their games to specific hardware while there are millions of people with the same exact Xbox One.

The HD 7970 has a slight edge over the GTX 680 and is 1/2 the price if you're buying off of ebay. For those two reasons I'd defiantly go for the HD 7970 instead of the GTX 680. Source(s): Random Tom Hardware's Post and http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618?vs=555