Jason Krushbone

I am planning on turning my old i7 2600k gaming rig into a mining rig.  Eventually I will get a mining rig frame but for now I am am wondering if my old 540 can support a 1650 super, a 1060 6gb, and a 1060 3 gb.

24 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Imo there's huge black hole overall with service. The support email radio silence is worst as it should be the one way to get 100% response within reasonable time. Even just acknowledgement that your issue is being handled. This should be among the priorities to get sorted ASAP. I've heard that its single person and apparently they do other stuff also. Thats not how its done. If they have customer service, then they need to allocate person who's main task is customer service. If they have time, they can help with other stuff. But atm it seems to be very, very poor condition.

 

The worst gaming company in US has better customer service, don't make us start to make fun of FP same way we do with EA.

I haven't dealt with EA much since they took over/bought westwood studios.  I think FP just needs to work on functionality first, then worry about making shit pretty.  I am assumming most of us dorks / nerds/ geeks that Watch LTT and other tech channels religously make sure our own computers and/or websites work properly before we add a bunch of nifty yet unneccessary features. and expect nothing less from LMG/LTT/FP.

On 7/10/2018 at 4:50 AM, AskTJ said:

Should be working.

11 days and stilll not working and no email.  Luke won't get paid next month, lolz.  I cancelled my subscription until they get this fixed.  In the mean time I guess I am just out the $3, for this month.  It just boggles the mind to know that a company full of tech nerds cannot figure out a simple thing such as a subscription/billing system.  My former online gaming community had a website, subscritions, perks, donations, forums, live chat, and an intergrated radio station.  It was coded by ONE high school drop out and it never failed.

Second month in a row but this one is worse.  My subscription to LTT on floatplane.com is not working.  Money has already been paid.  It is the 9th day of no service.  I sent an email on the 3rd but no response.  PLEAE FIX THIS!

24 minutes ago, DarkSmith2 said:

I upgraded from a 2600k (mostly 24/7 overclocked to 4.2GHz ), havnt changed GPU yet (GTX970).

Bought a 8700k overclocked it to 5GHz, running DDR4-3600 CL15 wanna know what changed in my gaming experience?

 

First thing is, in GPU bound games average fps obviously arent much different. Well but im having alot less stutter due to alot better frametimes and a lot higher minimum FPS, resulting in a way smoother gaming experience. Most videos on youtube are showing those "little" differences in avgFPS saying its not worth it to upgrade if you have something like a 2600k but trust me, it is. Alot has changed since 2011 and i wish i would had upgraded earlier.

 

FPS in CPU bound games is a different story.

F.e. CSGO: 

avg FPS with my 2600k ~250-300 with drops to 150.

avg FPS with my 8700k ~450-600 with drops to 350. 

 

This is only one example, but results are the same across the board of the many many CPU bound games im playing including Diablo3, World of Warcraft and such, it just performs like my old 2600k times two. Even 20-40FPS gain in PUBG and 100FPS gain in BF1. 

 

So i guess with either, AMD or Intel you'll see alot of improvement, with the Intel it probably would be a little more in CPU bound games. But the AMD should be a really decent upgrade too. Im just not getting why you are aiming for the 8core. Especially if you have little money and the huge core count doesnt really do alot if you are only gaming.

Thank you for your insights and observations, much appreciated.  Primarily gaming, more than likely will be doing some video editing and rendering aswell.  I want to start a youtube channel soonish so I can be like my hero Linus.

36 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

why, upgradability?

I have always liked AMD and want to support them.  The only reason I have this Intel is the system was given to me for my birthday.  Not saying its bad, I just would prefer an AMD.

Also I am sick and tired on Intel's naming scheme, it makes my brain hertz...lolz

9 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Yes. If you're just gaming an 8700k would probably be a little bit better rn tho.

I want AMD.  

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

What will you do with this thing?

 

1300x offers worse gaming performance than a 2600k, so dont buy new CPU, mobo and RAM before you you can afford at least a 6 core.

I primarily will be gaming.  Think I should try and go straight for the ryzen 7 2700x?

    I got this system nearly four years ago from a friend that bought it new.  It still performs fairly well and I have had litte issues with it.  The AIO cooler's liquid ran out and I replaced it with a Corsair H60.  One of the DIMM slots was defective so I replaced the Intel Board with this ASRock one.  I also added 12TB of Storage and slapped it in a Corsair Air 540 case.   Yes I really like Corsair products and wish to use them wherever possible.  All that being said I feel it is time to build my next 5-7 year system (this system base is 7-ish years old) and I want to do it based on a Ryzen CPU.  Go ahead laugh at my Computersaurus Rex, I do often, then I cry.

I am on a very limited income so all components will have to be puchased over time.  My goal is to build a PC no worse that what I have now and RGB the crap out of it for the least amount of money and be able to update it  when I can relatively cheap.  Below is my proposed build and reasons:

Case---------------Corsair Air 540-------------------------------------------------Already have, and it is a Sexy Beast

Motherboard----Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi)------------------Seems to have a lot of  upgradeability and features that I want.

CPU 1------------Ryzen 3 1300x--------------------------------------------------AMD, cheap, and no worse than what I currently have.

CPU Cooler-----Corsair H115i Pro----------------------------------------------Corsair and RGB...nuff said.

RAM 1--------------2x16 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600-----Corsair, RGB, and can buy more later to max board at 64 GB.

RAM 2--------------2x16 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600-----Matches previous and max that motherboard can support

CPU 2------------Ryzen 7 2700x-------------------------------------------------Compatible with motherboard, way better than what I currently have, and can be purchased later.

HDD 1 -----------1TB WD Black -------------------------------------------------Already have, OS installed.

HDD 2------------4 TB HGST Deskstar-----------------------------------------Already have, Games Library installed.

HDD 3------------8 TB seagate Barracuda------------------------------------Already have, Media storage drive

SSD 1------------1 TB Samsung Evo m.2-------------------------------------Plan to clone OS HDD to it and use it for primary drive

GPU--------------EVGA 1050ti---------------------------------------------------Getting from a friend super cheap and better than my GTX 570's.  Frakk you cryptocurrency miners!

PSU-------------- EVGA 750 watt-----------------------------------------------Already have want to update to a Corsair Hx1200i or atleast a fullu modular Corsair

Optical-----------LG Bluray burner---------------------------------------------Already Have will eventually put in HTPC that my current machine will build.

     So to wrap it all up I figure MOBO $300, Ryzen 3 1300x $110, H115i Pro $140, and 32 Gb  RGB RAM $440.  So for $990 or less I should be able to build a good starter system with room to upgrade as I can afford.

The only thing I cannot seem to understand is which speed of the Corsair RGB RAM should I get and that is compatible with both the 1300x and the 2700x.

Any thoughts (no prayers please, they don't work), suggestions, or comments would be much appreciated. Keep in mind I want Maximum Corsair  RGB.