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Hey you guys (Relevant PC Parts: MSI GTX1070 8GB, Intel i5 6600K [Cooled by a BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3], Samsung 950-Pro NVME 512GB, 16GB DDR4 2133Mhz RAM) It seems I'm having a huge CPU bottleneck issue with my i5 6600K (overclocked to 4.4Ghz). Does anyone else have issues with i5's running this game? at my 2560x1080 (or even 1920x1080) I'm struggling to keep a consistent 60fps (especially when driving, it gets wildly slow at times). I keep hitting 100% CPU load a lot of the time on all cores, and only using about 70-80% GPU (depending on how I increase GPU dependant settings of course). Does anyone know some optimal settings for an i5 6600K? It seems like a strangely heavy CPU game. These issues are with vegetation and geometry at low, which is given as a tip by Ubisoft.

Do remember that mATX in some way limit your range of motherboards. There are a lot more variation in boards and prices for normal ATX or even ITX, speaking as a mATX owner myself. Same goes for cases, mATX is sort of the in-between that few people have. If you want small size go for ITX, if you care more for SLI capability go for ATX. If both, mATX - but know that it is the smallest marketshare (I believe) and therefor the fewest options. On the whole CPU - GPU thing. If you really are focused on editing you put money into a nice i7 and one GPU. Trust me SLI is a annoyance and not worth it if you can just get a single GPU card. If we talk about gaming you have the micro-stuttering and all that, not to mention all the titles that don't even properly support it. If we talk about other things such as editing, the amount of software that support dual GPU usage is tiny, so unless you use a specific software that use this and it is extremely important to you, it is not worth the cost over what a proper CPU will give you.

This is very true. Efficiency is basically what seems to be the constant target recently. I'm sorry I didn't properly specify, I'm thinking about the desktop performance side of things. I have a super cheap ASUS Eeebook that has 12hrs battery life time that does not need any fans to stay cool. So I am aware there are some great leaps in this perspective of things. CPUs and such running cooler and consuming less power is a nice aspect for overclocking and desktops in general, I agree. I do really wish there were some performance leaps too though, Intel's domination of the performance market over the recent years has not helped this situation either. Hope Zen can bring some nice competition again. I'll add that I have a 850w PSU as I have been running SLI for a couple of years. It's interesting how fast GPU seems to be moving compared to CPU technology, but it makes sense since the demand for innovation in GPU technology has far outpaced CPU, outside professional workloads.

Hello! It's been a couple of years since I kept proper up to date with all the technology advancements in the PC universe. I've been looking to upgrade my GPU for a little while now, and will do to a 1080 or 1070. But ever since one of my MOSFETs on my motherboard decided to melt, killing off my good old Z77 ASUS V GENE and 3570K, I have been looking at some new stuff to buy. With innovation moving so slowly the last few years outside GPU technology, when do you guys reckon things will pick up again? and when do you think new technology will "force" a upgrade? As I said I'm not extremely up to date, so is there anything on the horizon that could bring an actual incentive for people on Sandy or Ivy Bridge to upgrade? DDR4 for example does not bring any impressive performance gains for a generational shift, nor does Skylake. I'm guessing there is no need for a PCIe 4.0 standard as of yet. However how long do you guys think it will take before PCIe 4.0 or a new SATA standard would be 'needed' or implemented? Or another form of technology that would be a proper selling point for new hardware? I am contemplating at the moment to wait a little while for Intel (or AMD for that matter) to release a new CPU generation and with that new motherboards following, it is my guess however that I might as well just buy current Skylake hardware as there is such little innovation. Thoughts?

Guess the lesson is don't splosh around with your thermal paste. With my luck I'm just waiting for my Intel 330 SSD to die, so far so good.

Thanks for effort, I was looking for my voltmeter to test it, but can't find it

I used the crap that came with my BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3, so I am not sure about the conductivity. It is the only thing I could visibly find being weird, though I bet it might've been something else. Thank you friendo, darkyoshi, but I live in Scandinavia so I am probably just getting some new stuff. Consumer society amiright

Hey there everyone So I came home from work yesterday and turned on my computer and heard the beautiful sound of electrical failure, followed by the smell and sight of glorious white smoke. Shut the PC off fast as anything and opened it up to check what was cooking. Found a MOSFET that had popped and most certainly that was the smoke I saw (and my roomed reeked off). On further investigation I found out that when swapping CPU coolers, some thermal paste had somehow, some way fallen into the RAM slot. I'm guessing it shorted something. So my ASUS V-GENE is dead, so I will need a new motherboard and with that new RAM and a CPU as well. So I guess it is time to say goodbye to my 3570K and Vengeance RAM, served well. I was wondering if any of you had any good recommendations for a combo here, my case size limits me to M-ATX. My workflow is basically playing games like Witcher III, and whatever else doesn't suck at a given time, light photography editing and occasional video editing. ATM I have 2x GTX 670s in SLI - which the motherboard below does not support (SLI), but I intend on getting a GTX 1070 soon anyhow, and who knows, maybe my motherboard fried up some more stuff on its way out anyway. I mean this seems pretty straight forward, I was just thinking about going for a 6600K or 6700K, a mid tier MSI Z170 Motherboard (ignore the dank gamer MSI marketing) and some HyperX Fury RAM. I do want that ASUS VIII-GENE, but the money saved could be put towards a GTX 1070 or 6700K so. What ya bois think? If nothing else feel free to laugh at my misery

Hey all So I will be upgrading my PC over the summer. It is more or less from 2012, except a couple of changes due to hardware failure etc. So my current parts are: Corsair RM850W - New 2015 due to failure of first one ASAS Maximus V GENE - New 2013 due to failure of first one Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB Intel i5 - 3570k EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB x 2 (SLI) Intel SSD 330 Series - 120gb Seagate 2TB HDD Green - New 2015 due to failure of first ones Closed-loop Single-Rad Corsair CPU Cooler - New 2014 So my idea was to upgrade basically all the parts, but economically I think it would make more sense for me to only upgrade the graphics card. Allowing me to put all the money towards that rather than spreading it out. The heaviest workloads my PC encounter is photo/video editing and gaming. Not extreme editing though, just hobby photography and editing of ski-edits etc. I mostly game on a boring 60fps, 1080p monitor, but I will probably use the PC in my living room with a 4K TV for casual play, which is a reason for me upgrading, as well as my 670s are slugging a bit in newer titles now. I feel that upgrading CPU, RAM and MB wouldn't really give me much back with regards to the cost, and that investing in a 980Ti would be smarter? I might get a newer and bigger SSD as well So any suggestions? I'm thinking new GPU (980ti) and maybe a bigger SSD. I don't really have a set budget, but I rather want to upgrade but get some value for my money right. Only other reason would be that I would love to drop to mITX size, but current set-up is mATX Thanks! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)