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Right, which is why I'm debating selling it. But idk much about the lifespan/relevance of the CPU in it. I know the 2011 socket is basically dead, but if putting a GPU in it makes sense for now, should I buy a decent GPU, use it for now, and then upgrade the CPU etc when it's more dated?

My budget is pretty undetermined. Basically whatever it costs to build a machine that would suit her needs well. It sounds like I need to pull the 1060 6GB from my render machine and do some bench testing with it!

Hi all! I have an old gaming PC laying around collecting dust, and I'm thinking about giving it some upgrades so my girlfriend can play with me. She's not really interested in a lot, but in the last ~6 months of living together, she's started to take interest in gaming. We play rocket league, stick wars, Ibb & Obb, Minecraft, and other similar type games together, with her taking a very minor interest in CS:GO and Apex (what I mainly play). However, she's started to play solo-story games on my machine when she has time, like Gris and Firewatch. She's a graphic designer and has been falling in love with the art styles of the aforementioned games, so I'd like to give her something that can give her a gaming experience she'll be happy with, both in the games we play together and what she finds to play on her own. The machine I'm looking at revamping has an i7 4820K, GTX 770, 16GB DDR3, 500GB hard drive, 240GB Samsung 860 Pro boot drive, a refurbished ASRock x79 Extreme6 mobo, H50 watercooler, and is in a Corsair Obsidian 750D. I have a spare set of corsair peripherals and an old 1080p monitor, but would probably like to replace the monitor (maybe not immediately). And lastly, I have a standing offer from a guy to buy the machine for 400$. Would I be better off selling it and starting over since it's somewhat dated? I'd like to not break the bank for this build, but I don't really have a set budget b/c I'm willing to spend what it takes to give her a good experience. P.S. - She has a 2015/6 iMac pro at home that she uses for graphic design etc. I know literally nothing about gaming on mac, but is that also an avenue worth exploring? P.S.S. - She's been playing on a PC my old roommate left behind, but he's finally reclaiming it, which is why I'm looking at building her something. Thanks!

Hey guys! I don't mean to be a bother, but after doing some more looking I have a couple more questions. As I understand it you guys are talking about using the assign affinity function to assign select cores to select process. 4c/8t for gaming, and then 6c/12t for editing and 6c/12t for streaming, or something along those lines. After doing a little looking, do you think it would be more worth it to use UnRaid to do something similar to what LTT did in this video, but with a 1950x instead of a 7960x since the 1950x is about half the price and is mostly blow for blow if not a little slower than the 7960x ? I could assign 4c/8t to gaming, the other 11c/22t to the editing/streaming pc and then 1c/2t to Unraid. My questions is, would the power of my 1080ti be wasted here? As I understand it I'd have to use the 1080ti for the gaming box and then I have a spare 1050ti that I could use for the streaming/editing machine. But is this enough power for the streaming editing machine and is it overkill for the gaming box? Also, I'm not entirely sure how I would manage my storage for a system like this... :3 Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it!

Right, but I have 32 gigs of DDR4 ram, since I'm currently running a Skylake 6700k...

Perfect! Thanks guys One last question, were you recommending that I get a second 32gb set of ram on top of what I already have? (Because that seems overkill to me, but I can easily be mistaken)

Thanks for your reply! Part of why I'm thinking about using two systems is because my current PC will be locked up for literally hours while it's doing encoding tasks. I know the 1950X is a beast of a CPU, but would it have enough power to do all of the encoding and handle gaming and possibly even streaming at the same time? That's where my main concern is.

That's nearly correct JDE. I would probably like to do my web browsing on the work PC, because I would use that PC with the ultrawide which I love to use for watching movies etc. But you've got the basic idea of it!

Hi all! I need some help deciding what my next course of action should be... I live in the US, and I'm not really worried about my budget for this build. I don't really just want to throw money at the thing, but I don't have a problem putting the money in to get the parts I should be using. I currently have a system with an i7-6700k, strix 1080ti, a nice mobo, 32gb of DDR4 ram, a Corsair 860i, NZXT Kraken double rad CPU cooler, a 512 gb Mdot 2 boot drive, and 12 terabytes of mechanical storage in it. I'm a professional photographer and videographer, so I do a ton of work in Photoshop, Lightroom, Audition, Premiere, After Effects, and Dimension. I do a lot of work with 1080p and some 4k footage, which means a crap ton of encoding. I also have a Samsung CF791 34" monitor that I do all of my work on. Aside from my professional work I also really enjoy gaming (CS:GO, PUBG, Fortnite, Doom, Resident Evil 7, VR, etc) and streaming. I'm looking to get more monitor space, it's really a pain to monitor my chat and my stream while I'm only working with one screen, and while I love my giant ultrawide for editing, it makes playing games in 16:9 to stream a total bear. My need for more space got me thinking that I should split my setup into two different builds, one for gaming, one for editing, streaming, and rendering, so I don't have to worry about my machine being locked up for hours encoding when I just want to play some games! I was thinking that I should have system one be my rendering/editing/streaming machine, which would mean this PC would run with the ultrawide, my speakers, and probably the 12 terabytes of storage. This would mean that I would probably also do all of my daily browsing, movie watching, and email typing on this machine. And then I'm not really sure what the rest of the system should look like. I know for the second system I want to get a nice high hz gaming monitor, and then whatever additional parts I need. By big question is, what systems should the parts I already have go into (Or how should they be split), and what new parts do I need to buy to complete both systems? I'd really like to use all of the PC parts I currently have as none of them are very old. Thanks for the help guys! Joz

Thanks for the recommendation! I think that's currently my top pick, but at the same time I know the difference between 100hz and 144hz is fairly noticeable. Would you happen to know of an ultrawide that offers 144hz while still keeps its resolution up? Thanks so much!

Id love some recommendations on ultrawides! Also, I accidentally bumped post before I finished my post (yay for mobile!) So the rest of the post is there now lol.

Yes! I accidentally bumped post before I finished my post (yay for mobile!) The rest of the post is there now lol.

Hi guys! I'm at a bit of a crossroads here annnnd I need some help. I've saved up about a $1000 USD (give or take) and I'm looking to get a new monitor. I'm a college student so I don't have a TV in my dorm. All of my media consumption is done sitting at my desk staring at my desktop screen, which makes me want a decent sized monitor and possibly 4k? (I spend hours watching movies, but I also binge on Netflix and Youtube a lot). Since I'm a college student I also need quite a bit of screen real estate for writing papers. I have two old 1080p monitors now, and I love being able to throw articles up on one screen and type on the other, so this has me thinking about getting an ultrawide. Buuut on the other hand I do a ton of work in photoshop and lightroom, which makes me care about color accuracy (8-bit color etc) for my content creation. And lastly I'm DMG-LE (I kinda flip flop) in CSGO, so I care about refresh rate too. And this is why I'm stuck. I really only want to get 1 monitor, having two is kind of just a pain in my dorm but a 4k, Ultrawide, 144hz, 8-bit monitor doesn't exist. So what's the best compromise for me? (I have a 1080ti and 6700K to drive the screen) Thanks everyone! ~ Joz

Thanks Droidbot! I have tried this though, and for whatever reason I have about a half second of delay, so it makes listening to myself and talking at the same time nearly impossible. Thank you for the advice though.

Hello!! A friend and I are planning on moving in together (yay college!), and we've run across a slight conundrum. The house we're moving into isn't very big, so we're planning on dedicating just one room to house both of our PC's, which should be epic, but has us scratching our heads on how to stream together without having our mics bleed across to each other. I use an AT2035 with a scarlett 2i2, while he uses a built in mic on his Corsair headset. So far I've only been able to come up with two solutions... A). Build a wall out of sound foam in between us and hope (I really don't want to do this one... Lol) or B). Have him get an xlr mic (which he's been looking to do anyways) and run both mics through the 2i2 and then use some software to kill any bleed over and then somehow send my audio to my pc, and his audio to his pc..? Yeah, I need help here... We'd like to only have to buy an xlr mic and not a second interface. Any ideas on how to make this work? Side Question: I use a Bose noise canceling headset, so it can get really annoying to not be able to hear myself talk while I stream. Is there a way to listen to myself without any delay? And if I need an additional piece of hardware, what is it? Thanks, Joz!