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I may have to give that a shot tomorrow. Hypothetically I could just take the whole thing and move it upstairs, but I don't want to potentially mess up anything downstairs. Plus that's a LOT of wires.

I'm confused as to how I would use that and how it works in the first place?

My ISP is AT&T. They hooked up my entire house with relatively decent internet, with only a few devices using the system at a time. I was wondering, since I have a large house, if there's anything I can do to boost my internet performance on "internet dependent" games such as Counter Strike? Attached are some images from two different speed test websites, www.pingtest.net and www.speedtest.net respectively. There's a stark contrast in the ping and DL/UL speeds coming from both. Remember, I'm upstairs in a large home and here's my question. I didn't want to route a hardwired connection around my house and through the wall to my room in order to reach the modem/router that's downstairs in the laundry room (the one provided by AT&T that has a 2.4/5ghz option). Upstairs, I have a Linksys Cisco Wireless-N router, Model Number WAP610N and a Netgear Powerline AV200 Adapter XAV2001 hooked up into it, both plugged into the wall. Additionally, across the room, I have a Netgear 85Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter that is obviously plugged into the wall running directly to my PC. My question is, if I'm getting a mix of pings and DL/UL speeds, (57ms on pingtest.net and 28ms on speedtest.net), why am I getting an average of ~80ms on CSGO/other online games, with times of it spiking into the 250's and in some cases, going well above the 700's? And yes, I've reached 999 once. I'm wondering if there is anything I could pick up at a local hardware/networking store or maybe BestBuy or anything I can buy online that could maybe help deliver that sweet, sweet ping I get downstairs when I run speed tests right next to the actual device in my laundry room? Sorry if I sound like I don't know anything about this, because I don't. Heck, I don't even know if I'm in the right forum, but maybe one of you guys could help point me in the right direction. Thank you for any and all advice!

What would be the monitor-of-choice in that category?

Building a PC. I'm debating whether or not I should run a single GTX1080 or run two GTX1070's. Thoughts? Which is the better bang for my buck?

rockin' a philips 1920x1080p 144Hz monitor. I might upgrade it, though..

What's a good water cooler?

Need the OS. I'm gonna connect with Ethernet, more than likely.

I can wiggle towards a bit over 2. Not in need of a monitor at the moment, but I'm considering a new keyboard. Other than that, what builds do you guys have in mind? Any tips for me?

So the benefits of the i7 are practically negligible?

So what would be the CPU to go with? I might want to expand to other realms in the future as well..

So this will be my first official 100% build-by-hand that I've done on my own. I have about 1,200 to spend on this build, but can always save up more depending on what you guys recommend. I'm new to this type of thing, but ideally I want to build the best gaming rig for the money. I'm just wondering what you guys think and if you guys could help me out on picking parts. Thanks!