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Vennaya

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  1. Pretty much the title. I'm upgrading soon, including the motherboard and cpu so that means i'm almost certainly going to need to reformat my PC. I have saved my bookmarks and stuff from chrome but i was wondering...is there a way to save a current session or otherwise back it up, to be usable on a new install? I ask because i have a bad habit of using the "continue where you left off" function and having dozens and dozens of tabs open all neatly organised in to categories and i don't want to have to bookmark everything and then sort through what was an actual bookmark and what was simply a backup of my previous session if i can avoid it. Does anyone know of a way of doing this?
  2. How exactly are all now compatible? Are you saying that LGA1700 socket has the same mounts for cooling that previous sockets had? I asked the seller on if the AIO is compatible with LGA1700 (it's not listed) and they said that it is not compatible? So kinda getting conflicting information here. Also as far as GPU vs Clip studio paint...i can't find much at all about the subject but the official reccomended specs for the software only say "A gpu that supports OpenGL 2.1" which isn't exactly the most extensive of requirements lists. Some people have been telling me that CSP isn't optimised for any piece of hardware or another, so i think it'll be fine to go an AMD gpu? Especially with prices having gone up with the nvidia cards here in the UK since i posted this thread a few weeks ago an AMD gpu is certainly more attractive to me, an rx 6800 xt is on average a good £150-£200 cheaper than the cheapest 3080 anywhere online. Speaking of, there is an Asrock rx 6800 xt that is going for just over £550 at the moment which makes it a good £60 cheaper than any of the other manufacturers of the same card, though i can't say i know how good ASrock GPUs are, as i understand they are fairly new to the GPU space compared to known brands like MSI, which is a brand i do tend to lean towards as everything i've bought from them so far has lasted me years and years with basically no problems where as other brands i typically see some issues here and there with age. Not to mention that the ASrock amd gpu i'm looking at for some reason needs 3x 8pin connectors where as a comparible ASUS one (the next cheapest) only needs 2x 8 pins, which is kinda got me scratching my head a bit. (Links for the GPUs i mentioned) https://www.newegg.com/global/uk-en/asrock-radeon-rx-6800-xt-rx6800xt-pgd-16go/p/N82E16814930049 - AsRock https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-radeon-rx-6800-xt-tuf-gaming-oc-16gb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-45c-as.html - ASUS
  3. Okay so i have done a bit more research and i had a few more questions in regards to the build here https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nzdftn that was featured a few posts ago. So first question - It seems like that AIO cooler isn't actually compatible with LGA 1700? PC Part picker does not mention any incompatibility however on the amazon product page i have managed to find, it apparently does not support this socket? Which is correct? I admit, i'm not too versed in terms of socket compatibility etc when it comes to coolers so i have no idea what even would make it incompatible? I'll be honest, i'm having a hard time finding a cooler that outright states it is compatible with LGA 1700. This is the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B084LLD3PH/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A1U2WCBY9FQRJ5&psc=1 to the cooler i was looking at, which seems to be the same model as the one on pc parts picker, only in black and a bit cheaper at the moment. Also, i've been trying to find information about AMD vs Nvidia GPUs in Clip studio paint but it seems that, unlike photoshop, it doesn't matter? Though i have been able to turn up basically very little in this regard, just a few "It should be fine" kind of responses. Can someone describe to me how exactly AMD gpus are less "stable" than nvidia gpus on say, photoshop, for instance? Because from what i've managed to dig up it really does seem like these kinds of programs are mostly CPU and Ram heavy, and barely do anything with the GPU?
  4. I'm not sure how i missed the 3080 being apparently cheaper, seeing as i filtered by price xD Thanks for that. And damn that sucks to hear, i was kinda hoping that with the new gen for amd right around the corner and with the 3000 series cards apparently still being over stocked that nvidia would push the button on black friday/cyber monday being a fair bit cheaper. Speaking of which - Is there really any difference between black friday and cyber monday when it comes to things like this? In the past i haven't really noticed much of a difference though i can't say i really looked very hard. I'm still not sure how i feel about paying more than reccomended retail price for a card that is over a year old xD And good to hear on the motherboard front. I don't actually have any experience whatsoever with updating the bios but using bios flashback, from what i have looked up, seems simple enough. Just put a file on a usb stick, format it to fat32, rename a file and then plug it in to a port that is mentioned in the manual and push a button and leave it for 10-30 minutes and it's done. Honestly as far as i can tell no, my 980ti is not hindering me in other non-gaming programs, though that might just be because i'm not doing something massively complex and...well, even if i had a hundred layers on my illustation project, that's still mostly a RAM thing, right? CSP does occasionally go in to "Not responding" for a few minutes but as far as i can tell that's pretty much everyones experience with programs like these and i doubt it has anything to do with my GPU. Honestly not sure about the ray tracing part. I obviously don't have a card that supports it, so i dont even know how many games support it or if i would use it. I mean my PSU is 750W at the moment, which as far as i can tell might just cut it? But at the same time, its 6 years old and i've heard that it's a good idea to replace PSUs after 5 or so years as they can degrade with age, and i don't really want to take any chances with a PSU obviously. So that's mostly why i put a 850W power supply on there, just incase i needed the extra 100W which it sounds like i might? I see. Is there a way to tell what BIOS version a motherboard has without powering it on? Can't say i've ever turned on a PC without a CPU in the socket so i'm not sure if i'd even be able to look at the bios to see?
  5. Great thanks, that is good to know. Honestly most of my workload at least at the moment is on CSP and not photoshop but i imagine that with them being fairly similar programs it will be about the same story? Also no i don't have a microcenter near me, considering that is an american store xD In the UK, its almost impossible to get PC parts from an actual store, it all needs to be purchased online. ---- I put together a new list based on the replies i have gotten here https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/CRhT3y Obviously its over my budget but i suppose i'm just going to have to cross my fingers at a good deal over black friday? I'm also unsure as to if the motherboard i chose has a flashback feature, or whatever its called, to allow me to update the BIOS to make it compatible with the CPU. I've looked on the product page on the website and it doesn't mention it but there does seem to be a button of some kind on the back so maybe that's it? The BIOS needing updating seems to be a thing on basically every single motherboard at a reasonable price. I also just realised that the base clock of the CPU is actually lower than my current one? Is this part list a better bet?
  6. Thanks for getting back to me. As for the CPU heavy games, i'm talking along the lines of Stellaris and...honestly drawing a blank on all the others but suffice it to say, i'm not really all that interested in many big AAA games these days. The only real big games i plan on playing over the next year are Darktide and Starfield. Any additional GPU power over that would pretty much just be for longevity and the ability to play future games at "not 15fps" like my current GPU does xD And thanks for the info about the socket. I just looked up articles about some of the better CPUs this year and that one was mentioned a lot and over the years i had heard good things about Ryzen CPUs. Thanks for this! And i was wondering about that actually - the PSU on that list actually seems to be the same one i have, i think? Not sure if its the same one EXACTLY but it seems to have the same name. Is it not a good idea to replace a PSU that is as old as mine (6 years)? And yea... the budget was probably a little low, i realise now, especially if i'm buying a new case alongside. I'd say £1400 is probably about as high as i'd go now that i think about it based on the replies i've gotten so far. Just how much better at "productivity" would a 3070 be over an equivalent AMD card? As i mentioned, i would probably only use blender once in a blue moon though i would use CSP/Photoshop semi-regularly, but that's mostly limited by RAM, right? Thanks! So i'm hearing that...Ryzen CPUs generally aren't all that amazing right now and would be worth going for an intel CPU instead? How would an upgrade path look like for that? I remember hearing some vague tellings a few months ago about intel being scummy with sockets between generations or something? Also, question about the CPU you listed - It seems to have a lower boost clock than my current CPU? Will it really be better? As i mentioned in this post somewhere else, i'm a bit ignorant to CPUs a lot of the time so i'm honestly not sure. And i'm not sure about that AIO you put in the list. I can't say i've ever heard of that brand before and the reviews seem a bit sparse. Would you recommend it, over something from a bigger brand like Corsair or coolermaster? Well as i mentioned, i would only use blender very occasionally, and only generally for basic things at least at the moment. The main use case would definitely be gaming and illustration software. Hearing a lot of recommendations for the 13600k though. I admit, even before i did my last big build i was fairly ignorant of CPUs, still am, as i was always told that clock speed both matters and doesn't, all by different people. Very confusing. It would certainly be more than once a week i should think. Is an Nvidia card really that much better for illustration programs? Aren't these kinds of programs, like photoshop and CSP, mostly dictated by RAM? Weren't the prices announced to be 1k dollars? So it would probably be like...£800 or so? And if they are that much better than current gen i might be convinced to spend that much, if they last for a long long time. But i suppose that's something we won't know until they're released, right? And yea...Hard to tell what Black friday would offer. I mostly asked to see if someone might say a particular card at a roughly particular price would be a steal for my use case xD ------- Thanks for all the replies so far! So i've gathered that...an intel CPU is generally better at the moment and would be much more worth it? Recommendations for GPUs seem to be a bit mixed though.
  7. Budget (including currency): £1000-1400 or so. Perhaps a bit more depending on GPU prices this black friday. Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Art (CSP/Photoshop) I plan on upgrading my ancient PC to future proof and i have a rough idea of what i should get, but i've been out of the PC building space for several years due to prices and so i'm a bit behind in a lot of respects, and need some advice. Current build is as follows CPU: Intel i7-8700k GPU: MSI GTX 980Ti PSU: 6~ year old 750W Corsair. Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A RAM: 32GB Total. Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 (DDR4 3000Mhz) 2x 8GB Sticks. Two kits for a total of 4 sticks (4x8GB 3000mhz...Basically). As mentioned, due to pricing i have been out of the PC building space, the last time i built properly was before Ryzen was a thing. I'm looking to perhaps buy some parts over black friday. The main uses i plan on using this for is mostly gaming, and some art programs such as ClipStudio paint and Photoshop in the future. I also might end up using a little bit of blender and while i realise Nvidia is generally better for Blender, i doubt i'll be using it that much so probably a non-issue. Several of the games i play are fairly CPU heavy. My main screen is a 2560x1440 144hz screen. I intend on playing in native res, and don't mind the frames going lower...I've been stuck with that for years already xD This is the rough build i have come up with, with some basic one-night research: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tWQZPX Ignore the RAM and Storage on the link. I intend to keep what i already have for a new build. I DO need a new case, as my current one is half-broken. I have also put an AIO liquid cooler there, despite having no experience with them, as i have heard that they are generally quieter than air coolers. I do not intend to overclock my CPU all that much if at all. My goal with this build is to make it last as long as possible, as my current one has. I do not want to spend more than £600 or so on a GPU however, unless these new GPUs from AMD that are coming out next month will be worth the extra few hundred or so in terms of longevity. Obviously as i want to make it last as long as possible, i want to aim to get the best GPU i can get for that kind of price (I bought a 980Ti for £600 the year it came out and it was the flagship then. Why can't i now, damnit? 3080RRP was £650 or so, but i've never seen it that low.) Currently, GPU prices are still well over launch RRP in the UK. Not sure how that's going to change if at all at black friday. Ideally looking to get a RTX 3080 (or AMD equivalent...like i said, kinda outa the loop a bit) or better, again, so it lasts as long as possible. is the CPU i have chosen a good idea for these tasks, at that price? Will the socket remain relevant or might i need to upgrade the motherboard for the next build as well for a new socket? Would another type of CPU be a better idea? Will the GPU i have chosen last me a good 7 years or so, as my current GPU has, gaming at my desired resolution? Which one might be better? Is it worth waiting for the new GPUs instead of buying a current one on black friday? The CPU and GPU (And perhaps the PSU, due to its age and maybe not having the right PCIE power connectors for current GPUs) is definately the things i need the most advice on. Like i said earlier, my last build was both before Ryzen came along, and before mining was big. Thanks for any advice given!
  8. What i dont understand is that Wifi has been around for years, and allows for minimal latency and for a lot of data throughput - Why can't bluetooth be the same? Why cant it be both low latency and high quality? I dont understand it - Its a given that wireless would have some delay in it...But not by a full 0.5 seconds. We're coming up to 2020 now - Why does it still feel like we're in the stone age?
  9. Thanks again for the reccomendations...However... So i went ahead and bought the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 2's, as Kokakolia suggested...And i returned them 3 hours later. Evidently, Wireless isnt a avenue i would like to pursue - It needs expensive bluetooth transmitters if i want to use it for my PC with low latency and high quality, my main use case, and its not something i considered until i actually went to buy them. They were amazing for music, better than my M50X's by a margin that justifies the price...But for gaming? Again, my main usecase...The sounds were muffled and...Yea, not great. I use my current headphones for equal parts gaming and music, and doesnt let down in any regard...I dont understand why Bose would be good at one thing, but then ingame music is worse...Somehow. If, however, someone could suggest a good bluetooth adapter/transmitter, i may still consider wireless as an option. I apologise i didnt actually mention what exactly i was going to use it for...OOoopps.... So yea, im still open to suggestions with that usecase in mind, if anyone had any ideas. I did see the Sony WH-1000XM3 as an option, but im afraid it might have the same problem as the bose - Amazing for music, terrible for gaming. I find it kinda amusing that the M50X's, studio monitors, seem better for that use than the bose was...
  10. Thanks for the reccomendations! Will have a look at them!
  11. So after extensive research, im at my wits end and decided to try and get a second opinion for most of the headsets ive looked at...Dont seem to really...Tickle my pickle. Currently, i have a pair of Audio Technica M50X's, wired, and i am looking for something similar. Obviously another pair of them, or the wireless version would be an obvious choice...But im wondering if there is anything better. Admitedly, despite being something of an audiophile...I have no idea how i go about buying a new headphone, or really how things like amps etc really work. Someone just bought me a pair of M50x's one day, and fell in love with high quality sound ever since. These are my priorities in order of importance from greatest to least. #1: Sound Quality - They have to be on par or better in terms of sound quality to the ATM50X's. I like a bit of bass, but not so much that it drowns out every else, like my old pair of Razer Krakens i had a few years back. #2: Comfort - Okay so i know comfort is kind of a nubulous thing, everyone's head is shaped differently...but yea #3: Wireless, preferably. The wire kinks are getting to me man! ...Buuut so long as its braided, it might be fine. But yea...Wireless prefered. #4: Closed back....Buuut im willing to give open back a shot, if the reccomendations are good enough. #5: Amp etc not required - Being able to plug the headphones straight in to my PC or phone is a plus...But again, willing to give that a try. #6: RGB...because RGB #7: Ive got a decent budget, but im not gonna break the bank, i dont really want to go over £250 if i can manage it ($320 US dollars) #8: Mic. A mic is nowhere near necessary, as i already have a desktop microphone. If something is good and just so happens to have a microphone? Great. Otherwise, im just looking for a pair of headphones, not a headset. Any recommendations would be appreciated!
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