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I've been doing some chatting in the discord and it looks like I can get a 2600 + gigabyte Aorus x470 for about 400, then It will cost me around another 150ish for the memory. Alternatively i found a used rig locally for $650 cad that has: 2600 gigabyte aorus x470 aio cooler 8gb dd4 (slow @ 2660) zotac gtx 1060 and some drives and a 500w PSU and case I'm considering picking this up, then trying to dump the 1060 for around $200. What's your opinion on that? is buying used too much of a liability? is the 2600 good enough for a 1080ti? PS. the 1080ti is gigabyte

Hey guys, so i'm running a bit of an ancient setup that's starting to show its age and I'm looking for upgrade advice. Currently I have: FX 8350 2x Radeon 7850 HD 8gb corsair vengeance memory asus m5a99x r2 240gb ssd + 1tb hdd thermaltake 750 watt psu I have the option of buying a 1080ti locally for around $750 (CAD) is this worth picking up right now or is it worth waiting to see if prices drop more in the new year? I'm definitely going to upgrade ram to either 12 or 16gb. CPU & motherboard upgrade is inevitable as well, however I haven't yet decided on which direction I would like to go with that and would love any suggestions that would help avoid bottle necking the 1080ti. Ill probably just keep the same storage though I may upgrade to nvme in the future. I'm assuming my 750W psu will be able to handle a single 1080ti and whatever processor I throw at it. As far as the workload: mostly just gaming and media consumption. I do software development professionally so being able to run multiple "server" instances at a time may come up though i imagine this is mostly ram intensive. The main title i play competitively is CS:GO, however I want to start getting into PUBG and other more intensive games. If i spend 750 on the 1080ti, I would like to keep the cpu + mobo cost under/around 400. Is that at all realistic? I haven't kept up with hardware much since I built my system 5+ years ago so any and all advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

thanks, that seems to satisfy all my conditions. do you think it's worth going for a "factory refurbished" one to save a couple hundred dollars? or just go for new in box? for thickness and weight, think macbook pro-ish. Aluminum body isn't super necessary, but I would definitely like it to feel solid. I don't want a bulky laptop like all those branded for gaming that are black plastic and weigh 20lbs. For display size, 13-15 inch is preferred, I think 17 is too big, and I have really big hands so something less than 13 might be difficult to type on for me. For battery life, minimum would be like 4-5 hours, but it will be plugged in the majority of the time. Anything on top would definitely be nice however. Thank you guys both for your help!

I'm a software engineering student in Canada about to take a year off to work a co-op position doing full stack web app development, and likely some side projects related to AI and/or android development. Since I am basically taking a year off, I will need to return my school-provided laptop. The main use of the laptop would be for productivity, and maybe some media consumption. My budget is around $1500 CAD no more than $2k. My priorities are, in order: - SSD/Fast processor (probably i7 or equivalent) - lots of ram (8GB at the lowest) - able to drive at least two external 1080p+ monitors - solid construction (aluminum body?) - relatively thin & light (no bulky, plastic "gaming" laptops) - 4k resolution would be a nice luxury I have done a bit of looking around and found these two Lenovo models "on sale" within my price range: -https://www3.lenovo.com/ca/en//laptops/ideapad/ideapad-700-series/Ideapad-720S-13-Intel/p/81BV002FUS -https://www3.lenovo.com/ca/en//laptops/yoga/700-series/Yoga-720-15/p/80X7003VUS#tab-customize I am open to any and all suggestions. It might be possible to order from the US online as I have a very close friend who's parents live just across the border. Thanks!

oh thanks! the BenQ XL2411Z looks like my best option at the moment. I've heard BenQ is good... I think lol

hmmm, that one looks really good and has everything I want, It's just more expensive than I want, ($360 with shipping, without tax) maybe its worth it though, idk

hey, I'm looking for a gaming monitor under $300 (CAD) I'd prefer 144hz if that's even possible in this price range, and something around 23" would be perfect. I really don't know all that much about monitors to be honest. Your help is appreciated!!

I would frame it and surround it with candles then pray to it every night

I found your content when I was looking into building my first ever PC almost three years ago. Your buildguides and other guides were SUPER helpful and I never would have been able to pull it off if it weren't for your content. Ever since I haven't been able to get enough of your videos, you guys do a great job, the production value is through the roof and the content is class A as well. Keep it up guys!

Thank you guys for the help, I think I`m going to go with the lenovo y510p since I`m in Canada and the prices are slightly higher, and I agree, it seems like pretty great value

Hey guys, so my friends have asked me to find them a laptop for Uni next year. I have a ~$1000 budget and I was wondering what was the best option. To be 100% honest, they wont be doing any heavy gaming, mostly smite, FM 2014 skyrim and other random games, nothing TOO extensive so it doesn't have to be a legit "gaming notebook". I was looking at the lenovo ideapad y5xx's which seem to be fairly good value for the price, however I've heard that the build quality is nothing too impressive, is there anyone that could convince me otherwise? Basically what I'm looking for is suggestions with links to newegg or ncix any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

I absolutely love the style of the notebook, looks great and its soooo cool that you guys took it on top of a mountain. I'm going off to university next year and this notebook would be sweet to take with me, it would save be a bunch of money and i would still be able to game! :wub:

I love the buttons on the back and the literal multitasking with two windows at the same time. also, the design is sweet, very nice looking.

That build quality though :3 :wub:

So Is there no need to change the CPU multiplier at all? just the bus frequency ?