BarackOBatman

What about the SATA connectors?

Lenovo ThinkCentre M81 is a good choice. Accepts ATX Power supplies and ANY length video card. It will block Sata 2/4 of the SATA ports on the motherboard, but you still use one of them with a right angle SATA connection. Example: (Scroll down to the pics of the inside of the case)

@Mr. Darkwraith It will not fit. Speaking from experience, you can fit about 8.25" until you run into SATA ports. Not to mention the riveted hard drive cage after that. According to Detailed engineering spec, they say 6.6" of clearance. Link to specification, See page 19 under System expansion slots > PCIe X16 (BLUE) > MT (Mini Tower) http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/optiplex-990-tech-guidebook-final-1-4.pdf

@Spngboawb Yes, It will work just fine. @valdyrgramr @asand1 @Intelfreak The cooler is totally adequate for a 1060. And is much better than a Mini 1060 or FE https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Armor/34.html People are going to tell you it sucks (proabably referring to this video below) but really it just sucks for cooling a 1080 ti. The 1080ti has a TDP of 250W and the 1060 has a TDP of 120. So the 1060 only needs half the cooling capacity. (Yes it works that way) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQtfNFCWa8

I second this.

Thats basically what a threadripper is. 2 CPU dies on one PCB connected using "infinity fabric" or AMD EPYC which is 4 dies. Or am i misunderstanding?

Clock for clock, A "Cuda Core" can't be related like this across different architectures. https://www.gamersnexus.net/dictionary/2-cuda-cores Halfway through first paragraph. "Architecture changes in a fashion that makes cross-generation comparisons often non-linear" " The Kepler to Maxwell architecture jump saw nearly a 40% efficiency gain in CUDA core processing ability, illustrating the difficulty of linearly drawing comparisons without proper benchmarks."

If you can get the CPU to 160C itll make Computer Carmel Paste! YUM! (Edit: Not really since it does not contain sugar) @Pavl

That's fine, but that already exists on a professional platform. Whats the point (from Intel's perspective) in introducing it to a consumer platform, especially if Intel can make boatloads more cash by keeping the technology limited to expensive professional platforms.

For the record, i think the Consumer dual socket board is a pointless waste too. The counter argument can be made for Enthusiasts who would want something like this. Like the guys who buy a Titan V + Xeon W-2195 to play fortnite. Or to take it a step further, guys who buy a double barreled Franken-gun (USA.) Or guys who buy super cars. It's not intend to be functional in the day-to-day. They do it cause they can. Its fun for them. Just to tinker with. Then again, Intel or AMD isn't going to spend millions to develop dual socket consumer platforms just so enthusiasts can have some fun. Especially when there are better options REGARDLESS (i9/TR)

Yeah. It's like $40 I just play OG CoD4 still lol!

Not sure i follow what you are saying? Do you mean the OP has a good idea? or a pointless one cause TR and i9 already exist? Also, i'm not sure if OP meant that the 2 CPUs add their cores together? or maybe he meant they add their clockspeed together instead?? Lol... some "Algorithm"

Even if this was feasable, you'd still Still have an optimization problem.

$50 for this. Its got 6-zone RGB lighting (NOT PER KEY RGB) and its a membrane keyboard. Just thought i'd throw that out there. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129060&cm_re=masterkeys_lite-_-23-129-060-_-Product

It is my understanding that you need at least a haswell refresh Intel Core i series CPU or newer and a supporting bios to do what you're asking. http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/support/faqs-nvmessd/ Look at the first question under the compatibility section.

Right ?! With the OP's Budget ($200 US) You could legitimately buy a decent gaming PC. such as this one I'm currently working on. (i5-2400, GTX770, 2TB WD Blue, 12GB RAM) for $250

Made some progress today. Its probably not the most exciting stuff, but Its actually a lot of fun for me! I received the PC. It was in VERY good condition compared to other refurbished Pre Builts that I have purchased. I am very happy with this purchase. I wish I would have picked up a few more! As you will see soon, there is plenty of clearance for graphics cards. Confession: I gave my brother the EVGA 600W W1 PSU a few days ago, I'll be getting it back this Sunday though. I'm swapping him for a New 2017 Version Corsair CX450 which in all honesty is a much better unit than the EVGA W1. I need the EVGA unit for its higher wattage though. Here's my progress: This PC was very well packaged. First look Tons of room inside! Looks like it came with a dual channel 4GB 8GB config of RAM. The stock power supply is a "Huntkey" (Never heard of em TBH) 280 Watt unit with a measly 18 A on the 12V rail. Here's the SATA ports. Looks like they might get blocked!! Woohoo!!!! at least 2 SATA ports clear the video card. Speaking of which, look at that clearance! This case will fit any length video card you throw at it. I'm gonna try a right angle SATA to see if it'll fit under the video card. Didn't take a pic, but it cleared it, no problem This next bit is going to be pretty boring, just a few pics of the DRAM and HDD install. Only reason I took the HDD pics is cause I thought the install mechanism was kinda neat. Stock config came with 8 gigs instead of 4. I'm definitely happy about that Additional 8GB HDD unboxing. (So exiting! IKR!) *Crickets* 1. Slide the caddy into the bay 2. Rotate the bay down to be flush with the rest of the bays. 3. Slide the bay forwards. 4. CLICK! Okay, so something else I didn't account for... This PC actually comes with a Windows Vista Basic COA Until I get my EVGA 600W back this weekend, I'm going to get started with drivers, software, and to troubleshoot that wifi card, so I'm using this GT610 I had laying around for now. Looks like the wifi card is more or less out the window at this point too, since the PCIe X1 is going to be blocked by the video card. I'll troubleshoot it anyway, but I wont be including it in this build log any further Un activated Windows 10 here we come! That's it for today! Hope someone out there enjoys this kinda stuff Any feedback? Suggestions? Critiques? Like I said, its my first build log. BarackOBatman

Oh. if you want those sorts of features, then PCs like the ones i suggested arent for you, they all use proprietary boards and no OC support. To answer your previous question, you have to hunt around for the deals, but they're out there. Here's an i5-2400 + 4GB RAM Lenovo Pre built i got for $45 plus shipping https://www.ebay.com/itm/382445617677

@CyberTater If you're in the USA, you can get used Sandy Bridge i5 prebuilts for under $100 shipped to your house on Ebay that includes RAM. I'd consider it a big upgrade over the your old CPU.

@dsouza_alroy I think its completely fine.

This is abnormal, yes. The GPU should be at 100% when gaming, correct. This is what you ought to be seeing with your setup but for some reason, you are not. If you're GPU bottlenecked (which you are, or at least you should be given your specs) the GPU is at 100% constantly If you're CPU bottlenecked, the CPU would ideally be at 100%. In reality CPU bottlenecks aren't always %100 usage because of things like optimization. Usage is usually high regardless though... For example, if you have a 4 core, 8 thread Intel Core i7, and 4 threads are at 100% usage, and 4 threads are at less than 25% percent usage, and overall CPU usage is %65 this is a CPU bottleneck. The specific game just isn't optimized to use all 8 threads, and a faster CPU would improve performance.

There is a problem somewhere... My money is still on drivers.

Hmmm.. Something weird is going on here. I had a similar sounding issue, turned out to be a driver problem. Other things to consider. Is a framrate limiter or VSYNC enabled? Do you have the latest drivers from NVIDIA?

I hear ya, no disagreement here. OP could also try to OC his current RAM before he buys binned RAM. @OCNewbee all the faster 1600 RAM is just overclocked 1333 ram that is tested and verified to work at the faster speed.

OP's really most likely GPU limited. Upgrading that would be the best investment. Maybe can sell the 1060 and put the money toward a 1070 or 1070 ti @OCNewbee