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Simply put, which will yield faster results with a GTX 950, CUDA or OpenCL? Using Sony Vegas Pro 13... Absolutely no clue. Apologies if this is the wrong section.

Apparently so.

Probably upwards of 10%... Either way, it's GTX 980 performance in a >$200 card... If that doesn't make you happy then your expectations are way too damn high.

Read the link. Edited for clarity.

Read this post here. Drivers are not finalized. Even the benchmarks that are very possibly real are inaccurate until we get our AMD drivers. We could see performance improvements of 10% or more (not to mention stability like was NOT showcased in the GTA V benchmark). Don't let yourself down looking at some benchmarks that seem to be "disappointments."

Everybody keep this in mind! New drivers are NOT in use in these benchmarks! We could indeed see massive performance jumps when drivers are released.

The i5-6400 isn't a bad card by any means. It's probably not doing much to screw up the RX 480... Though an i7 would make for a more *stable* environment, it probably won't increase performance too much... The i5-6500 gets less than a 5 FPS improvement in-game... I think you can probably expect the same in this situation.

BUT MUH NEW GPU, USED MARKET IS FOR LOSERS /s I'm leaning towards AMD anyways... I don't feel like supporting nVidia that much anymore... The same goes for Intel, but I'm still waiting for worthy competition (which might show up here very soon!) Anyways, I don't really care much for multiple tabs as I like to keep myself organized anyways... Dual-channel might prove to be worthy of a RAM upgrade though. I'll consider the whole water cooling solution... I have concerns about what will happen if there's a drip though... Could enough liquid be released to damage components?

As I said, I don't really want to pay the premium for the SSD when I don't need to. I doubt I'd notice any big difference between the two SSDs anyways, me being me... The Sandisk one is still a great option, as it seems. That being said, I DO want to pay the premium for the new CPU because I don't feel comfortable messing around with the BIOS and I'd rather have four physical cores than four logical cores. Also, something about the unlocked i5s being binned higher (even if they are still in for part of the silicon lottery.)

Any particular reason why, or just for dual-channel support?

I recently finished my very first build using both brand new parts and parts that I've used in previous builds. While it's a pretty satisfying build already, and I actually only need something that can run 900p, I still want to upgrade and get a monitor that isn't 1600x900. First thing's first, though, and I'm going to replace the parts that weren't bought new before I replace the others. Here's what the first part of the upgrade process is going to look like... Notice that some of the things listed are already purchased, some of which I'm going to be upgrading next. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $114.99) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.94 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $139.99) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (Purchased For $31.99) Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($70.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card (Purchased For $139.99) Case: Thermaltake Suppressor F31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $99.99) Total: $887.86 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 00:43 EDT-0400 I'll be upgrading my components in this order (probably): PSU, Case, SSD, Cooler I don't think I actually want to spend too much on a SSD, and I hear good things about this one, even if it is not an 850 EVO. The cooler, I hear, is also pretty great, even though it's ugly as hell. I won't be seeing it, so it doesn't matter. Next, on to the part where I actually make some improvements to my overall performance: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.29 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $89.94) Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $139.99) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (Purchased For $31.99) Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $70.99) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($429.99 @ Amazon) Case: Thermaltake Suppressor F31 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $89.99) Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $109.99) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $99.99) Total: $1292.16 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 00:46 EDT-0400 Obviously, I bought a Z170 motherboard, so I'm going to want an unlocked CPU... I don't need an i7 nor do I want to pay the price premium, so I'm sticking with an i5-6600K for now. After I get that beast, I'm getting an even beastlier GTX 1070... Though I will probably still wait until the end of the year to see what AMD has to offer this time around. The 850W PSU you saw earlier in the post isn't overkill - it's to accommodate any dual GPU setup I might be thinking about in the future. What are your thoughts on these upgrades? Anything I should change, think about, etc.? I also want any suggestions for keyboards, mice, and monitors (preferably 1440p, 1080p is still great since 1440p monitors are so damn expensive.) TIA