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  1. 40 series has been disappointing price/performance, though the 30 and 20 series utilize DLSS, so even if we discount ray tracing I'm curious what performance comparisons look like in games that use that and maybe even ones that don't. An interesting comparison might be something like the 1080 ti vs 2070 since that also tends to be pretty cheap on the used market.

  2. Right now I've got a Cryorig of some sort, I think it was an H5. It was ~$35 when I got it a few years ago but it's not cooling very well at 4.5GHz (1.315v or 1.328v as reported by HWInfo and CPU-Z respectively). I can't afford a CPU upgrade since that'd require more than just a new CPU but I can get the $90 NH-D15. Should I upgrade to it? Will I see enough of an improvement to not hit TJ Max under load?

  3. It's complicated but I did a very dumb thing, so here's how it all happened and don't know what I should do:

     

    Months ago I had a RAID setup with two of my HDDs. This is also when I started OC'ing my CPU and RAM a little and made some BIOS profiles with varying OCs. 

    Sometime after this I'd gotten an SSD, wiped my two drives, disabled RAID and made my SSD the primary drive.

    I recently thought about OC'ing further just to see if I could push it a little more and I selected the BIOS preset of my previously highest OC I'd attained, I forgot that it enabled RAID however and I was restarting my PC constantly, changing UEFI settings and boot devices. While I thought it would be as simple as disabling RAID and selecting my SSD as the boot drive, it turned a little more complicated when that attempt almost immediately blue screened before I could even load into Windows.

    After a few more restarts attempting to do the same thing, Windows automatically started the diagnostics and let me choose between repairing and continuing to windows. Since it's easy enough to grab my flash drive to try to repair I figured I'd see if I could just "Continue to Windows" even though I thought it wouldn't work. After another quick restart however it did work, successfully got me to Windows yet again like nothing ever happened... but I have no idea if I can just restart, make my SSD the default boot device again and not worry anymore or if things will start acting up again.

     

    Any ideas on what I should do? Also, is there any way I can backup my stuff for free? That little 15 minute panic session made me really want to plan just in case.

  4. Just now, manikyath said:

    measure the bracket, if its more than 10cm wide, thats a normal slot, if its 5-ish cm that's a half height / low profile slot.

    or... just look at it and it instantly makes sense which of the two it is.

     

    that said, this doesnt make any statement about internal room in the case, and potential power delivery and cooling capabilities.

    By bracket, what specifically are you referring to?

  5. 2 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

    There are a few 144+ Hz IPS monitors like the MG279Q, but they are expensive. For cheaper options a VA panel like the C24FG73 are also pretty good, but they mostly all from Samsung, and they are really into curved monitors right now.

    Thanks for the response. I looked up both monitors. MG279Q will definitely be a consideration for me but that C24FG73 also looks really interesting. Do you by chance know whether curved would be noticeably worse for editing or not?

  6. Most of the 144 Hz panels I see are marketed towards gamers, which makes sense of course but I'll often times see reviews where they also mention things like poor color accuracy. I don't actually know all that much about monitors themselves but as someone who video edits, I do pay attention to things like the levels and saturation for precise tuning. Are there any good 144 Hz panels that would also be good to edit with, hopefully one that doesn't break the bank?

    Should I just go with a cheap 144Hz panel and get a separate monitor for video editing instead?

  7. 3 minutes ago, Dan Tech said:

    No I have never but I don't think 1070 could because when I play Fornite, overwatch or some of my other games that use a lot of GPU usage and power the fan speed is always maxed so I am not sure I should try

    Better CPU does not help when you're talking about GPU-only settings like resolution. Only a better GPU will give you better performance at 4k

  8. 1 minute ago, llSpartacusll said:

    Hi, im thinking about getting a intel i7 8700k and i was wondering if my gpu would bottleneck this cpu, i have a gtx 1070 ti overclocked.

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    Probably no GPU will bottleneck your CPU anytime in the next few years unless you play games that are extremely poorly optimized on the CPU-end. Right now at least, you're fine with any GPU setup and won't have to worry about your CPU.

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