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  1. 21 minutes ago, PiberiusWilde said:

    First I recommended to check what ram your laptop is exactly using using this simple command in CMD

     

    Then google the partnumber to find the exact ram type that your laptop is using

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    this is the partnumber if it helps: Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CWE 

    Still dont see why the cheaper crucial kit wouldnt work. from what I see its the same speed, timings and voltage are the same as the other model, and seem to match the specs of the my onboard memory

  2. So I have the ASUS G14, model GA401IH, which came with 8gb of ram which I want to upgrade to 16 by adding a second module into the free slot. The preinstalled stick is ddr4 3200mhz, cl22. 

     

    When searching, I came across these two options for:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q3HNC79/?coliid=I2TS63G7BPQQGK&colid=34GC078LISA21&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08C4Z69LN/?coliid=I18HNQGPAW08WG&colid=BJ1E74L6ZXMR&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

     

    However, the second option is apparently incompatible with my laptop according to Crucial's compatibility checker.

    Is this an issue with the compatibility checker, or is there some spec that I am missing that differentiates these two models?

    I'd rather not spend double the price for what looks like nearly the same product.

     

    Thanks

  3. 3 minutes ago, arisreddy said:

     

    I thought the Chevy volt video was pretty good. I don't mind them branching away from the normal tech every so often, especially when it's executed so professionally. I thought the DJI sponsorship in this video was great- not too obtrusive, but worked well at showing the excellent potential of their products.

     

    As far as the LG sponsorship, it is becoming rather noticeable. Most videos ive clicked on recently, I've been able to correctly guess immediately that it's sponsored by LG. I've enjoyed videos like the TV viewing distance one, it's the more obviously sponsored content that is less enjoyable. However, I understand that LMG is a big company now with lots of staff to pay, and I can fully understand the need for this content. It can be a bit disappointing when I click on a video expecting a review, to only find a sponsored 'showcase,' but at the end of the day it doesn't harm me (I can just not watch it) and I'm happy the LMG team can get payed to continue making other excellent content

  4. 48 minutes ago, NSOrdinary said:

    Can anyone suggest me good looking PC case to build my current system in and new upcomming one?
     

    Both pc`s will have GPU.
    and i wand to put both systems on waterkooling.
    Cuz current pc has: BE QUIET Dark Rock 4 135
    its massive.

    Have a look at some of phanteks' lineup. Some of them allow for dual system, although one is ITX and Im not sure if it can have its own dGPU. You'll also need to buy their revolt psu as it only supports one psu.

     

    Theres always the obsidian 1000D too, but well its kinda massive

  5. 6 minutes ago, Mata14 said:

    I dont which macbook is the best value now but it shouldn't dost more than 1000usd.

    For $1000 all you'll get is a dual core- which in 2020 is unacceptable. 

    Im not saying macs are bad, but you need to spend a bit more to at least get a quad core, even for light productivity.

     

    For something cheaper windows based, look at the suggestions i left on your last post

  6. 4 minutes ago, Tigerleon said:

    Not really. Most of the time prebuilt uses low end models of the same model, if you get what I mean. So you are actually getting almost the same performance just less fancy parts.

    Thats true, but I think by better value, he means better quality components, which is undeniably true.

    Building your own gives higher quality components (especially PSU and motherboard) and the knowledge and ability to upgrade it later.

  7. 3 minutes ago, fun_two said:

    With the Nvidia announcement, is it a good time to buy a pre built desktop with a 2070 in it or should I wait? 

     

    I am officially ready to move on from a gaming laptop to a desktop.

     

    Also any links to prebuilts or custom ones are welcome.

    I would always recommend building your own if possible, and if you were I would definitely wait.

     

    I understand some people don't want to, so if you want to go prebuilt, I would still wait. Idk how the pricing will go, but I would imagine retailers will be wanting to ride the hype train and spit out systems with the new GPUs as quickly as possible. (Just my guess)

    Since the new GPUs are reported to be such a big improvement in performance, then I would definitely wait 

  8. 10 minutes ago, Max Eckhardt said:

    cpu is fine and an mx250 is nice for light gaming. Its a bit of an outdated and bulky design, but thats subjective so you may like that. Try and find more info on the display, and reviews in general as im not very familiar with it.

     

    If you can live with a smaller screen, the HP envy x360 with 4500U is excellent for £800, but is only 13 inches.

    The Asus ZenBook 14 UM433IQ is also good, offering excellent performance, with a ryzen 4700U and mx350. Again however, its only 14 inches (my preferred size, but im guessing you'd like larger)

  9. 5 minutes ago, Max Eckhardt said:

    17” screensize. No other preferences. Just a nice screen and plenty of processing power. 
    intended for basic office work, zoom meetings. Nothing too strenuous like video editing or gaming.

    hmmm. Im not to aware of many 17 inch laptops under £1000 other than cheaper gaming laptops, like the L340 17 or the asus tuf a17 -both  of which would have poor screens a build quality, and unnecessary power for your needs.

     

    As far as 17  inch ultraportables the only two that come to mind are the dell xps 17 and the lg gram 17, both of which are way above the £1000 mark.

     

    Unless anyone knows of any other 17" options, I would settle for 15.6" then. 

     

    Since I cant think of any stand out models, ill give some general advice:

    -Ryzen 4000 is the best option at the moment in terms of price, performance and battery life. 4500U, 4600U, 4700U and 4800U are all excellent. 4500U would be more than enough for your needs.

    -Since you don't need huge amounts of power, focus more on getting a good display, keyboard and trackpad. Looking for a 300nits or more IPS display with as close to 100% sRGB is an easy way to separate out the good from the bad.

    -Reading reviews is the best way to pick a laptop. Notebookcheck articles are a great place to go to.

     

    A few options that spring to mind, but all have their downsides, are the Lenovo Ideapad 5 14(poor display) and the HP envy x360.

     

    Hope this helps :)

  10. 3 minutes ago, Max Eckhardt said:

    Could you recommend the best laptop for £1000 or less for general purpose applications? 

    Prefered size?

    Touchscreen?

    Light productivity and browsing, or heavier stuff like gaming/video editing?

    Option for light gaming?

    Windows/Mac OS?

     

    Theres many options, so if you can narrow down your criteria that would help

  11. 7 minutes ago, Schlurps said:

    Hi guys,

     

    I'm planning on getting a 3080 when it comes out and after some research it seems my current bequiet! 500W Straight Power just won't cut it.

     

    Specs:

     

    Ryzen 2700x

    RTX 3080 (currently 1070 TI)

    Asrock x470 Taichi

    16gb G.Skill Flare X DDR4-3200

    1TB Samsung 860 Evo

    4TB Seagate BarraCuda Pro

    2 Case Fans that came with my Fractal Design R6

     

    I don't plan to overclock, but I might upgrade my CPU when AMD 4000 arrives.

     

    So far I've been looking at the bequiet Dark Power Pro 11 750W and the Seasonic Prime TX 80 750 W.

    I've heard the Seasonic is louder, but the bequiet! is not fully modular.

     

    Can you guys recommend one over the other or do you know even better alternatives?

     

    Basically I want a really good PSU for peace of mind and future proofing, given that I now already have to get rid of the bequiet! after ~ 2 years.

    It doesn't have to be Platinum rating, but I want high quality parts.

     

    I've already studied the PSU Tier list, but I'm completely overwhelmed with all the possible choices. Can you guys help me out?

    Id go with the dark power pro 11. Its still semi modular so you only have the 24 pin cable permanently attached.

  12. 1 minute ago, chaseo said:

    I've been wanting an upgrade on my pc but i dont really know what i should upgrade first tbh. i have a radeon rx 580 sapphire nitro+, an intel i5-4690k, 16 gb of ram, corsair ax 850 psu, gigabyte h97n-wifi mother board and a samsung 850 evo 500 gb ssd. 

    Whats your  budget? For gaming improvements a GPU and CPU upgrade would probably be necessary. SSD and psu are good, but you'll need to get new ram and a motherboard if you upgrade the CPU.

     

    If you want a major upgrade i would wait a few months to see the offerings from ampere, rdna2 and zen 3 

  13. 6 minutes ago, jaslion said:

    Hello,

     

    I know this is basically a repost but I didn't get any suggestions so my apologies for posting again.

     

    My q300l got destroyed by some bricks and I'm now in the market for a new case. It has to fit a Sycthe ninja 5 aircooler and a 240mm rad for the gpu. The reason why I'm not getting a Q300L again is because it suddenly almost doubled in price everywhere. I would also prefer to stay under 50€ if possible. I don't care about the looks just about the airflow. This way I can use my arctic p12 fans at a lower rpm for silence. (if you want to know my case preference I really like the look of the older HAF cases or my old antec nine hundred. I also just really like seeing massive fans :p).

    Specs of the system:

     

    Ryzen 2700x

    Msi tomahawk b450

    32gb ddr4

    Vega 56 with alphacool eiswolf 240mm rad

    Nvme ssd

    Hard drive

    Corsair TX650M psu

     

    I have more than enough fans on hand so if the case doesn't come with some that is totally fine.

     

    I have found a aerocool atomic v2 for 45€ and it seems like a decent case but there are no reviews so I am skeptical.

     

    Does anyone have some good suggestions? I do want to keep it as small as possible.

    Coolermaster NR400? The NR600 -the ATX version- was reviewed well, and the 400s basically just a smaller version from what I can see

  14. 1 hour ago, TheZmajCap said:

    With the 3080 making 4k gaming easily viable I was wanting to snag a 4k monitor. Right now I am looking at the LG 27GN950 but I always like keeping my options open. My starting budget is 800$ but I would like to see suggestions in all price brackets if people are willing. I like to see feature differences I can expect in the different price ranges. 

    Also I am willing to look at higher refresh rate 1440p(2k) monitor suggestions as well. Was looking at the Samsung G7 for that area of monitors. But just remember 4k is kind of my main goal, it just never hurts to expand your horizons.

     

    My current Monitor is a Dell s2716dg. 


    *EDIT*

    While I appreciate the concern if you are going to simply comment saying "GO 1440P" pleaseeee just save us both some time and don't worry about my thread. I would still like 4k monitor suggestions. :)

    Nixeus NX-EDG274K is an alright 'budget' pick.

    LG also have a new model but I haven't seen reviews yet.

    I like Tim from Hardware unboxed's videos for monitor reviews, so I'd check some of them out

  15. 49 minutes ago, Caolan.Kelly said:

    Budget (including currency): 150 to 200 pound

    Country: Ireland 

    Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly gaming and browsing 

     

    I am looking to upgrade to a new rtx 3000 series or a big navi later this year but I need to upgrade my psu ( I think its 550 w ) because I want to put it in a second pc for my girlfriend. With this I am looking at upgrading my case fans also as I'm running a bit hot and let's face it i just want more rgb also. 

    My current case is a cooler master masterbox mb 511 with the 4 stock fans.

    Fans i was looking at 

    cooler master my 120r or the mf120

     3 pack of antec

    Psu I was looking at 

    Corsair rm 750

    Game max rgb 850 w 

     

    RM750 would be good. I would suggest waiting for reviews as 650W will probably be enough

  16. 4 minutes ago, xMystic said:

    Budget (including currency): Around £800 for the time

    Country: UK

    Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming at 1440p on new titles with streaming in mind too

    Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I am in dire need of a CPU upgrade so along with it I want to redo a lot of my PC. I made a part list of what I thought would be good. I already have the GPU, both memory types and RAM, just want to know if this is a decent build or if not what should be changed. I know a decent amount about computers and I'm confident enough to build it myself and I will most likely be overclocking my CPU to around 5Ghz if I can get it going. Somethings I don't really know that well is about cases and fans and what are best and what extra fans I need to buy for a case(if any), along with limited knowledge of AMD, that's why I am opted for Intel along with the ease of Intel. As a side note I may upgrade to a 30 Series GPU at some point too, just not  straight away, and that is partly why my PSU is quite high Wattage. Advice would be appriciated.

     

     

    9700k is overkill for a 2060 and a dead platform.

    If you want intel and think you may upgrade to a 30 series card, get a 10600k.

    If not get a 3600 and a B450/550 board.

    A £50ish air cooler will also be plenty.

    750W should be plenty for a 3080 or 3090 so I wouldn't go higher than that. (Wait and see though)

  17. 4 minutes ago, litttrash said:

    So, I was thinking I would get a pc with the new 300 series gpus. This is the list i made I went with a white colorscheme with black accents(or something along those lines). 

    Just wondering what good motherboards are out there and arent too expensive. The one i thought i would get was the steel b450, However im not sure if i should geta mb with pice gen 4 for the new gpus?  Also, I dont want Micro ATX

     

     

    For that price get the MSI B550 Pro VDH WiFi

     

    Whoops, didn't see the no micro ATX part. This is still a much better board unless you need the extra pcie slot.

    If you want to spend more on an ATX board, the MSI B550 A Pro is good

  18. 2 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

    I currently own a tx650m psu from corsair. Would i be able to run a 3080 with this psu and this list of stuff: ryzen 5 3600 at stock speeds/samsung 970 evo plus 250gb/intel 520 series ssd/wd caviar green 1tb/seagate barracuda 2tb/ gaming mouse and keybord/ b450 tomahawk max/ 16gb ram 2x8 3733mhz cl19/4 120mm fans in case 3 of which are led/ aorus atc800 rgb cooler/ my case is a mb520 from cooler master/ 1x 144hz 1080p panel and 1x 60hz 1080p panel/gaming headset(hyper x cloud stinger core 7.1) thanks in advance

    Wait and see of course, but I'd imagine it should be fine. 3600 doesn't require much and a good 650W unit like that will handle most high end systems

  19. 15 minutes ago, VeganJoy said:

    thought the performance delta was a lot narrower than that? i know in some games theyre about equal

    Hardware unboxed's testing showed a 11% difference at 1440p back in April.

     If AMD continue driver support I would imagine overtime the gap will narrow.

    14 minutes ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

    That’s a lot more expensive than a 5700xt

     

    He said the price was £350.

    5700XT start at about £360

  20. 14 minutes ago, pvt_ryan said:

    Hei guys, need some help! 
    which type of monitor is best for Gaming. Editing & Browsing are like optional. 
    help me out !
    Budget Consider!

    I am giving my options below, help me choose 1 . 

     

    1. GIGABYTE AORUS KD25F
    2. ASUS TUF VG27WQ
    3.  Asus ROG-Strix XG248Q
    4. msi Optix MAG271CR
    5. msi Optix MAG271CQR
    6. msi Optix MAG271C

     

    >Links are added for your considerations ! 
    >Numbering is randomised! 
    >i think Top 3 is best!<with my little knowledge>
    >Games i play : FPS, Shooting Games, Multiplayer Online 
    >browsing and designing sometimes! 
    ##Any kind of suggestions will be appreciated! 

    TIA. 

    LG 27GL850

    Asus VG27AQ

    Asus VG279QM

    LG 27GN750

     

    Some others you may want to look jnto

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