Steve H.
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Well if I'd win the CPU I would probably play with OC a couple of days and then I would sell it. My 3570K does it's job just fine, I don't feel the need to jump on the X99/DDR4 bandwagon just yet, maybe next year when Skylake will launch and DDR4 will come down a bit I may reconsider my point of view. Anyway, keep up the good work, I absolutely love your show!
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I love how Zotac brings something new to the GPU scene. I love the idea of having a larger heatsink although triple slot coolers may be problematic for some. GO ZOTAC! -
Basically what he said^^ Here where I live I have 1000/100 internet for cheap (~ 25 US dollars/month) and I've been going through routers like crazy when they first installed gigabit internet. Most of the routers on the market, even if they are gigabit, are good for 200 to 300Mbps tops, everything above and the router (insert generic brand here) will hang or restart, well most reasonably priced ones, the usual suspects which are 100 pounds and above usually have hardware NAT built in and cope with high speed traffic easily. Going through lots of routers, Tplink, Dlink, Netgear, Mikrotik, etc. I found this little gem very well priced: TP LINK TL WR1043ND. It has hardware NAT and does easily maintain a 930 ~ 950Mbps traffic through a PPPoE connection with firewall rules in place. I have connected to it 3 PCs, 5 mobile phones, 2 Smart TVs and a couple of laptops. I've never had it hang or chuckle when it comes to high speed traffic. I've achieved uptimes of 60 days+ without having to restart. You could use a 1043ND as a switch and wireless extender at the same time, they are rock solid. PS: You don't need Cat 6 or 6a for in house cables, 5 or 5e is sufficient for 1Gbps traffic and is much cheaper.
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Powerline adapters are crap. Period. That's where you loose most of your speed and probably network integrity/stability. Please mention what kind of routers do you currently own. It really depends on the kind of routers you have and if they are setup properly. Personally I would go for wireless extenders and use cable for everything else that is critical for the office.
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I presume your brother is a gamer, if yes, then he should go for the 295X2. Considering the amount of raw horsepower that card has it is a safe bet that's the most future proof gaming card he could get for 700 quid.
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Yes, it has lower power consumption and heat output since it's based on the new "Tonga" silicon. We should see a 285X being released in the coming months to replace the aging 280X, which basically is a 7970 just like the 280 is a 7950 Ghz edition with faster memory. It really depends at what resolution are you gaming at. If you're at 1080p then either card should suit your needs despite the newer one having 1GB less vram and lower bandwidth. Personally I've never seen a game go past 2GB of video memory, well except Watch Dogs which was a poorly ported console turd. If I recall correctly GTA IV was something around 1400MB and Wolfenstein The New Order topped out at around 1600 ~ 1700MBs on a single monitor 1080p setup.
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9,5/10 dream setup right there ^^ Here's mine: CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4,5GHz - 1.18V Motherboard: Asus Maximus V Gene RAM: 2X4GB Crucial Balistix Tactical @ 2200MHz 10-11-11-31 - 1,65V GPU: Sapphire R9 280X (stock speeds, it was used in bitcoin mining and I think it has a dying ram chip. Once in a while it gives me straight blue line across the screen or artifacts when playing heavy 3D games like BF4 or Mafia 2, just waiting for it to die and RMA it.) Case: Corsair 230T (black) Storage: 1 x Lite-On M6S 256GB + HD502HJ, WD6400AAKS (48k+ hours on this puppy), HD103SJ PSU: Super Flower 500P14XE(HX) Display: Dell U2312HM Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 + NF-P14 FLX @ 800rpm Keyboard: QPad MK 50 (cherry red) Mouse: Zowie FK v1.0 Sound: Asus Xonar STX (2 X OPA2107AP + LME49720HA) + M-Audio Studiophile AV40 / Sennheiser HD555 OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
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Get the R9 285 instead, it's basically a more optimized version of the 280, despite having 1GB less VRAM it does on par or better than the 280 it replaces. I don't think you'll be able to get a 280 by this holiday season since it's being phased out anyway. review: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8460/amd-radeon-r9-285-review
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1 Million Subscribers - Thank you all! And a giveaway!
Steve H. replied to nicklmg's topic in LTT Releases
Guys, First of all I would love to congratulate you on your amazing channel and videos. I think you guys truly are THE best when it comes to technology and computers in general. Although I've been building PC since the early '00 when I watch your channel I almost always learn something new in a highly entertaining way, a trick here and a useful tip there make my build *stand out* from the rest of my friends' build. I always enjoy sharing information with other people, helping them build faster, better, more optimized PCs. I have to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the great videos and tips you gave me along the years. Thanks! See you guys at 2, 3, 4, 5 maybe 10 million subscribers and beyond! -
In general, games offer better performance with higher clocked cores rather than more threads/cores, obviously, there are exceptions from this rule but most of the time if you have a decent graphics card, an overclocked G3258 would be a better option for a limited budget build. Game streaming wise you can choose between the two, the Pentium G is seriously underpowered but the i3 is just good enough. The best choice would be an i7, but that would be way over your budget. If I was in your shoes I would probably go for the i3, especially considering that overclocking the G3258 is a bit of a game of luck and you would need an aftermarked cooler.
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Just a heads up for you guys if you're ever in need of such info. The card arrived some time ago and did flash a retail BIOS onto it but failed to post on the forums because I had little spare time. It works perfectly.
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Motherboards manufacturers usually use CR2032 batteries on most motherboards. You can find these at most hardware or electronic stores and are usually cheap. Just make sure you buy a quality brand so that it doesn't leak or lose power very quickly. Also, most of the time the battery on motherboards lasts 10+ years so be sure to check the "Clear CMOS" jumper if you're having concerns for why you're loosing your CMOS data, if that's the case.
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Yes, looks like that. Btw, the second link you've posted is for Macs, it's basically a modded mac bios and it doubles the link speed. I believe that's a mac bios limitation on the card and will most probably disappear after I rewrite the bios.
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It's an AMD OEM card, 3GB of GDDR5 RAM, don't know the ram manufacturer but it's either Hynix or Elpida, will see more when it arrives and I take off the cooling. Basically it's the same with a reference retail model. My friend says that it was 800MHz Core and 1250MHz Memory when it was functioning in the Mac Pro.
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This one is red and black and doesn't have that dual bios switch. My friend told me that this card was taken out of a 2012 Mac Pro.
