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Cylvius

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About Cylvius

  • Birthday May 01, 1997

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    United States

System

  • CPU
    i7-6700k
  • Motherboard
    Ga-z170x Gaming 7
  • RAM
    32gb ddr4 2400mhz
  • GPU
    GTX 1070
  • Case
    In WIn 101
  • Storage
    Ocz Tr-150 SSD, 1TB Wd Blue HDD
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100i v2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair Strafe (Red)
  • Mouse
    Corsair Scimitar
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 (64 bit, Education edition)

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  1. Are you certain? If it has another purpose then thank you for informing me. The bios update version 5.7 released on Oct. 20, 2016 ( https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/H110M-GAMING.html ) is the primary reason I kept saying it needed a bios update to support the 7th gen cpus since it said it in its description on the MSI website (refer to link). I also took a picture of an excerpt from the pdf manual and a picture of the pins mentioned in the excerpt that is on the motherboard.
  2. I am aware of all of that lol. I chose just an SSD just because this particular person is not very patient and likes snappy load and launch times. Plus he has a select few games he religiously plays, so tons of storage is not needed. As for the motherboard, I have actually confirmed that you need to have the bios update for it to support the 7th gen chips even though it is an lga 1151 socket. The msi website confirms that, plus the fact that I accidentally flashed the bios (accidentally bridged the connections on 2 pins that flash the bios) and it kept giving me a debug led code that indicates that an unsupported cpu (the 7th gen chip) was installed on the board lol
  3. Accidentally flashed it. There are pins on the board that when you bridge the connection between them, it flashes the bios. The pins are right above the PCIe lane, so when removing a gpu, you can accidentally bridge the connection with a finger.
  4. I did look into older gpus, but I am trying to keep it with relatively, for computer parts that is, more recent hardware (primarily 900 series and above). I also am looking to keep it decently cool and not draw too much power (Referring to if i would get a 770 or 780). A 970 would be great, but after checking prices on various sites, a 960 or 1050 or 1050 ti would be a little more cost effective (prices are changing a lot, so a 970 may become a more viable option eventually XD). As for the board. It is about 5 months old. It used to have a 7th gen i5 in it (now in possession of another family member) and the bios did get flashed and the motherboard would no longer support the i5 until I put a 6th gen cpu in it and updated the bios again. Thanks again for the feedback!
  5. I did consider a 7th gen chip, but I am trying to avoid the possibility of having the bios flashed then needing to get a 6th gen chip just to access the bios again and update it to work again with the 7th gen chip.
  6. Thank you for the input! I am aware that a 1050 ti would be a better minimum, but my friend only plays a few AAA/more demanding titles. He primarily focuses on esports titles. I have used a 1050 ti that an acquaintance of mine owned and found that it could pull off 60fps at 1080p in games like Battlefront 2 and Battlefield 1 at a mix of medium to high details (no antialiasing or post-processing effects used). That is why I thought a 1050 ti would be enough for his needs. Thanks again for the input!!
  7. Hello all! I currently am making a budget gaming rig for a friend and would like some ideas on what to put in it. I already have a pretty good idea of what I want inside of it, but having other opinions and recommendations may reveal more cost-effective and/or better hardware configurations. Let me start with a little bit of background info on the build. This will be a build primarily meant for esports titles, to some AAA titles at 60 fps at 1080p (more than likely medium presets for the AAA titles without any of the post-processing or antialiasing in effect). It will also be based on the 6th generation Intel chips and a Nvidia GPU (I already own an MSI H110m micro atx motherboard and wish to use this for their build). The style is not really too big of a concern when it comes to its outer appearance, but at least some indication that it is a gaming pc would be welcome. My current idea for what will be inside of it is as follows: i5-6500, 8gb ddr4 (motherboard supports only dual channel), gtx 960 or 1050 or 1050 ti, 400W or above power supply, hyper 212-evo, 500gb SSD (brand not a concern), a case (yet to be determined), and finally 2 to 4 case fans that are decent balance between cost, performance, and noise output. Please let me know of any other ideas, suggestions, etc. that may be conducive to the betterment of this build! The price range is around 525.00-625.00 USD (Again, I already own a motherboard for this build, so that is not factored into the budget estimate).
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