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The one you picked is a D-Tier psu and while it will be fine for your system, you could add a little bit more money and get a good one that will cover your future upgrades (much cheaper than having to swap it out later on. THIS one is on sale right now and it's a really good psu with 10 years warranty, should last you a long time.

If you don't care about the framerate in games then go for the second one (FPS will be greatly affected because of the 5k resolution). I personally wouldn't get either of them because they both have too many compromises but that depends on what you care about really. The image quality will be way better on the second one though and it has a lower response time (good for fps games but a monitor that big wouldn't be good for fps games anyway so that can probably be discarded. If you don't need an insane image quality and want to play games then the first one is the better option. Second one for productivity/media consumption.

I used aida64 for the long test and later did 6 or so hours of prime95

I ran a stability test for 24 hours with all the overclocking I did after setting up the PC and it was fine. I definitely don't know what I'm doing but if I get lucky and it works then I'm happy.

I think it's the 8-9th gen platform that is just really good for that. My friend had the same cpu with a z370 asus mobo and was able to just up the ram by 400MHz without changing anything. I ran that setup for over 2 years and never had any issues so I'm assuming it was stable.

I just swapped out the motherboard and CPU, the PC booted fine so I went to apply some settings in BIOS like fans/XMP. The PC booted fine with ram at its rated speed (Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB 3200MHz CL16). I always had the ram running at 3600MHz on my old system (Gigabyte Z390 gaming x, i5-8600k) without changing any other memory settings. When I tried the same speed on the new system (Aorus Elite Z690 AX, i5-12600KF) the mobo just showed DRAM error and wouldn't boot. After waiting for 10 mins I restarted it but the bootdrive got bricked and I couldn't fix it even with the windows media creation tool so I had to reinstall. Is it possible that the ram will just work differenty on this system and won't overclock?

Definitely don't get it just for the monitor, the PC itself should be the main focus, you can always buy a new monitor seperately (which I would recommend considering your current one. The real world numbers come from the fact that manufacturers advertise the monitors with the lowest possible values that you can set but the pixels can't switch most of the colours that quickly so all you're gonna see is massive ghosting. Watch a monitor review by 'Hardware Unboxed' on YT, then you'll know what all the specifications mean and what you can expect.

48-144Hz on the MSI is the range for Gsync to work so you will have screen tearing if you go above or below that. I wouldn't really consider the samsung as a gaming monitor, it's an old monitor and not a very good one. Colors are scuffed and the response time is around 20ms compared to 6ms of the MSI(those are real world numbers I'm refering to, not the advertised ones). MSI has worse pixel density because it's 27" and samsung is 21.5", also the MSI is IPS to better viewing angles and more accurate colours. You preferably want 1440p for monitors reaching 27" but in gaming it won't be too noticeable and that's a good size for a monitor overall. Definitely pick up the MSI if the deal is good, it will make your experience so much better.

Why are you starting beef? I edited my comment before anyone even responded.

I edited my comment already, but honestly I don't think any of them are better than the other. It mostly depends on price and whether or not he wants modular cables

The master elite is a solid option, so is the MWE (although it doesn't have modular cables). Those are not the best by any means but good enough for sure. One thing I would consider is upgrabality, if he ever wants to get a more powerful GPU like a 3080 then 700W won't be enough, 850W would be a better choice, if not then it doesn't really matter.

Ok, you won. I cancelled the order and got the 12600KF for 80 euro extra

80 euros of that price is import taxes from UK. I looked at the 12600k and the cheapest options I found were around 150 euro more expensive overall. the 12400F would be around the same price as I paid. Both of these would come wit a significant motherboard downgrade though

I got the 11600k and an asus prime z590A. 450 euro for both (used parts from Amazon). It doesn't break the bank and should fix the cpu bottleneck that I get in some games. And my brother can have a decent cpu and mobo for his first PC

I currentlly have the i5-8600k (LGA1151) and want to upgrade to the i5-10600k or i9-10850k along with a z490 mobo but I'm not sure if my NZXT Kraken X62 will mount onto it

And none of them have a solution. That's why I tried my luck here

The issue is that all 6 cores are pinned at 100% and every time I look at an enemy or in their general direction my game freezes and only comes back when I'm either dead or that person isn't near me anymore.

That's not it, it starts using 100% CPU and RAM as soon as I launch the game. I also tried with g-sync on and uncapped.

My suggestion is to go with AMD CPU but also the RTX 3080. You might be attracted to AMD bundle because of the smart memory access thing they've got going on but the 3080 is just superior to the 6800XT right now and SAM only gives you a 2-5% performance boost in a few games. 3080 has DLSS which (in supported games) gives you around 50% fps gain and the ray tracing performance is horribly bad on the AMD cards. They are both the same when it comes to raw performance though with the 3080 being cheaper (not sure if that's the case everywhere).

I downloaded Warzone 2 days ago to play with my friend but due to this bug I wasn't able to. As visible in screenshots the task manager only shows 2-3% GPU usage while it's always around 80% in Precision X1. I know that task manager is garbage at actually reporting what's going on but the problem is more complicated than that. Because the system doesn't see the GPU being used it tries to to throw all available resources at the task causing horrible stutters and freezes. On top of the game always using 100% CPU and nearly all RAM the GPU VRAM also seems to be maxed out in some cases. My fps are only around 10% lower than they should be but because the CPU is maxed out all the time is has no available resources to deal with sudden changes in the game so stuff like explosions or looking at an enemy player cause a 2-3 second freeze in 80% of the cases. I tried switching all the nvidia control panel settings, reinstalling the game on a different drive, reinstalling nvidia drivers, switching power management settings, all in-game settings, switching the GPU to the bottom PCIe slot, nothing helped. # Specs: Gigabyte z390 Gaming X i5-8600k @4.7GHz EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 16GB RAM @3600MHz Game installed on C drive, Samsung 970 Evo Plus

That monitor is HDR10 which isn't really HDR. All it does is when there is a bright object it lights up the whole screen and destroys contrast on everything that's dark or not as bright as that object. I would suggest turning it off all together, HDR isn't really worth anything unless it's something like HDR600+ with a decent amount of local dimming zones.

I probably will. It seems to be the lowest response time with these specs (4ms) and looks decent all around

I'm looking to get a 1440p monitor for gaming/media consumption and I'm not really sure what to go with. I found 2 that seem to suit my requirements (ASUS TUF VG27AQ and LG 27GL850) but wanted to research some more before I get one. The must haves are: 27", 2560x1440, 144Hz (or more), less than 4ms real life response time, fully adjustable stand, g-sync compatible, has to be available on amazon uk Optional: IPS/VA/TN, backlight strobing I play in a dark room with low monitor brightness, I care about colour accuracy but it doesn't have to be top of the line. Thank

I would wait for the new AMD chips to come out and see if they're worth it. If not then you will most likely be able to take the advantage of price drops on previous generations and/or Intel CPUs. Apparently the existing z490 motherboards will support Intel 11th gen when it comes out in 2021 so getting something like a i5-10600k could also be a good call. 2x8gb ram @3200mhz (should be easily overclockable to 3600mhz). When it comes to storage I prefer to go full SSD (mix of m.2 nvme and 2.5" sata ones) and yuou should get at least a 500gb one for your OS and some apps that you want to launch quickly, having HDDs is fine for media and game storage if you're ok with slow loading times. Monitor is probably the most important thing when it comes to noticing the difference and 1440p 144hz is the meta but those tend to cost around $400 for a decent one so you might lean towards a standard 1080p 144hz one if you're on a tighter budget. I'd say get a better monitor (especially if you're going with a good GPU) because it won't leave you with a situation like "I bought this ok 1080p monitor but now have the extra money and could have gotten a better one instead", I know something about that myself.

If you're looking to buy a 30-series card then you'll definitely need a complete system overhaul. I'm not entirely sure how two of these xeons will hold up but they will most likely bottleneck you pretty hard if you go with anything better than a 3060. Swapping the CPU will also force you to get DDR4 ram (you currently have DDR3), new motherboard and an SSD or two (unless you like to torture yourself with 4 hard-drives). What I would do is just sell the whole PC or take it apart and sell the parts separately (depending which can get you the most money) and start from the beginning with a new platform.