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Budget: > $2,000 U.S.D Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Jurassic World Evolution 2 (or any Frontier Games) Current Computer: Lags at lowest graphics settings GTA V (and the capability to work GTA VI when it comes out) Current Computer: Lags at lowest graphics settings Minecraft (<1.19 100fps+) Current Computer: Lags at 12 chunks +, unplayable after 1.16 update Roblox Current Computer: Yes, also lags, at lowest graphics setting. Upgrading From: Alienware 15R4 (2018) Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~2.2GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Display: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.020Hz) Memory: 16384MB RAM DDR4 Other details: Hey everyone, I've never really gone out of my way to upgrade from my current setup so I'm really going in blind. The current laptop I have was given to me by my dad, before he passed, which I am so grateful for however it's been on its last legs for awhile now. It'll definitely stay with me if I ever need to run a server off of it (ex: Minecraft Server) but I need a new computer. While I'm not opposed to getting a desktop PC, I have no idea where to start and I don't have any peripherals except a mouse and headphones. Much love

Budget (including currency): 3000-3500 USD (2lakhs - 2.5lakhs in INR{INR stands for Indian rupee}) Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, GTA 5, tomb raider 4, and more likely other heavy games which i am going to buy (farcry series, forza, need for speed, etc, etc) other than games I want to stream as well, and programs will most likely contain photoshop, da vinci, and other adobe products such as, adobe after effects, adobe premiere pro, and maybe a little bit of crypto mining (mostly salad, I'm unsure weather I am even gonna crypto mine) 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 yet to buy this setup, mostly in the summer holidays, here is my current list :- https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dvLVc (note, some parts are cheaper in pc markets in my city, so the pricing can go down, or i might get more money to afford the parts) And I am upgrading because my pc is almost 7-8 years old, and I really want an upgrade, here are my current specs written down below :- Processor:- Intel i3 3220 Ram/memory :- 4 gb ram (ddr3) Motherboard :- intel DH61BF External graphics card :- none (internal graphics being intel 2500HD) Storage device :- WD Green sata 2 1TB HHD I'm quite sure I am fine with my current peripherals, so that's a no for now I am currently using an LG flatron(E2242) ( IPS display I believe ) 60hz monitor, and the one I am going to get is in the pc parts list I am also thinking to get an secondary monitor, which I am currently unsure off That's my pc spec's, the pc spec's I am going to buy soon written, I would love to have a feedback on my upcoming pc parts, anything I should probably change or anything like that. Thank you for reading, hopefully I can confirm the upcoming pc parts are good enough for me and my workload

Do you have any suggestions for improvement of my pc setup: I have an ryzen 5 3600 with and asus rog strix b450-f mainboard and an gtx 1660 super. For storage I have an 1tb m.2 ssd and an normal 1tb ssd. For RAM i have and 16gb (2x8gb) kit. My power-suply is an 700watt be quiet.

Budget (including currency): 250 euros to 300 euros max Country: Portugal Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: for gaming and streaming 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 already have all the items because im upgrading my setup. At this moment i have 32gb of corsair vengeance 3200 mhz ram, msi 6800XT gaming x trio, corsair rm 750, corsair h100i, 250gb samsung 860 evo and 1tb of the same ssd. I already see some motherboards that i kinda like such as msi 570x unify, gigabyte aorus b550 pro and master... really need some help to take the last step to my new setup for 2021!! Thanks for your time :D

Hi All! Firstly thanks for popping in and this is in Australian English . My situation is that I would like part/setup advice/suggestions in relation to a new network setup. I am currently in the process of building a home in Australia (yet for concrete to be poured). This house is going to have what we call in Australia FTTP which just means a Fibre connection into the house (as linked). This is the first time I have had access to start from scratch networking wise. I would really appreciate some advise in relation to what this community would suggest solution wise. I am not on a specific 'budget' per say but I have not won the lottery either nor am I a networking genius. My mission has many separate operating capability outcomes that I am looking to solve with your suggestions or what I have just overlooked completely. 1) A central 12-18RU Server Rack & 10gb switch that is capable of supplying a solution. 2) To have Cat6A/E or fibre connection to every room. 3) A dedicated secure storage server (I currently have a spinning drive setup but would be looking to keep/move offsite and upgrade to Solid State Storage) 4) A dedicated media server running plex. 5) A dedicated local security camera setup including POE access for 4-8 Cameras (with no monthly subscription and I "own/control" the data) 6) All TVs/monitors have access to view the "security camera channel" 7) To have a media connection directly to every room(HDMI/DP) 8) WIFI solution to cover entire house & small backyard. 9) Have two rack mounted computers that will be accessible around the house. 10) Have a PSU that will trigger a safer shut down sequence. Attached and below is the current electrical plan that iv'e worked on

Title pretty much says it all, I'm looking to start my next computer build, and I would like to have an ultrawide monitor, ideally curved, that has functionality where it can behave as a dual monitor, or switch between inputs to have either monitor be an ultrawide setup. I personally haven't heard of a monitor that does that, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Any ideas?

First off I'd like to thank @SSL for taking the time to give me some advice into what I was looking for. Anyways, to the point here. I have been in the market for something new, mostly because it's tax return season and I've finished up schooling and landed a full-time job. I decided that an upgrade to my old, hand-me-down logitech speakers would suit me well. After not knowing what to look for, I posted a topic here on LTT forums and gave some specifications of what I was looking for, such as not needing to spend over 500 USD. This was part of the reason why I was limited and wanted to avoid needing an AMP and DAC or a receiver of sorts, as if I were to get anything of quality I would surely be spending more than 500. User SSL recommended the Vanatoo Transparent One's at $499.99 which seemed too perfect of a match up in price, however as a cheapass financially aware human, I grew skeptical of what type of quality these speakers would be, and if they would be worth such a price tag. The only way is to test and find out, and as Amazon has a 30 day grace period for returning items, I went ahead and ordered them after doing additional research on these speakers online vs comparable speakers. (Most speakers in this price range simply don't compare to what I've read.) Fast forward to yesterday (Or is that a rewind?), and I had a package resting on my porch as I returned home from work. The package had a slight kink and tear in the amazon box, and the Vanatoo box had a small ~1/8 inch compression mark at the bottom of the box. This was most likely due to a heavier box being stacked on top of my speakers, and I have picture proof just in case. The speakers themselves were packaged very well and safely secured by foam and wrapped up with 2 layers of packaging for each speaker themselves. I didn't notice any visible damage or wear to the speakers so I eagerly unplugged my old logitechs and got to setting up the Vanatoos, which only took about 5-10 minutes in all. The Expectation After spending $500 usd on speakers, I expected something that would blow me away. These are used on a desktop and not a home theater but I still watch movies, listen to music and play games here. I expect "crystal" clarity compared to the logitechs. Also, I hope to hear certain elements of music that I have not previously heard from my old speakers. The Reality While I've only tested the speakers for about 4 to 5 hours, my initial response was that they really need some juice to get as "loud" as my old logitechs. The volume knob on the back of the speaker needs to be turned to ~75%-90% of it's max in order for me to personally approve of the volume levels, with my windows volume set from 30-50. For instance, if the Vanatoo was at 50% volume I'd have to push windows volume almost all the way to 100 just to create an "equal loudness" to the logitechs. At first this kind of disappointed me, but it almost seems like there's a steep volume curve from the 80%-100% range of the volume knob. Once I got used to that, it was no big deal. (I was also scared of outputting too much and potentially blowing the speakers or something by maxing out the T1 volume knob) But HOLY SMOKES. Keeping the treble and bass knob at their centered points, I started playing different genres of music. Lo-fi hip hop, drum and bass, EDM, melodic death metal, folk metal, and even some orchestral music. The quality of sound truly amazed me. I realized that when the speakers are simply standing on my desk, they are too low, because when I lowered my head down so the speakers were at "ear-level" the ability to really hear the T1s range of sound became much more apparent. I stacked a few books under the speakers for the time being (need to build 2 stands for these over the weekend), and gave them some good use with a game with my buddy. Even his voice sounded much different, and thankfully I could tone down the bass knob while in voice chat so I don't have to deal with his "bass-heavy" voice anymore. The game soundtracks were equally as amazing, and the sound effects and voice-overs in game were much more pleasant to listen to compared to my old setup. For how "tiny" these speakers are, they still output a great deal amount of bass, however can no way replace a subwoofer in my opinion. I do not currently have a sub to attach to this setup as of yet, but I have subwoofers in my car, as well as the logitechs had a 8inch, and I've had an old passed down 10-12 inch that broke some time ago. I just prefer bass for certain music and movies, but these T1s really sound amazing for the "higher" bass end and up through the treble ranges. The Verdict It's hard for me to judge whether these are worth $500. I don't really have anything to compare these to in this price range. However if you have the budget for some new speakers but don't want to go overboard with tons of different equipment just to get some "higher quality" speakers hooked up. These definitely get the job done, look very well on my desk and are simple to plug-and-play. It's hard to describe an "Improvement of sound" and I can't say these are "at least 70% better" than my old speakers, but as my first step into improving my audio setups... I can't see myself returning these within the 30 days.

Hey Guys! Do you think it's a waste of money replacing my current with https://www.komplett.dk/wishlist/shared/18a072be-0e25-46b2-9bc6-0b9cae6d611d I do some 3D graphic things (unreal engine, 3ds max, substance painter & photoshop.) and alot of gaming. Games like (Escape from Tarkov, Battlefield V, Shadow of Tomb Raider, etc.) Thanks in advance!

So I'm trying to build my PC on 800 $ budget only for gaming and i want to know what do you hardware experts think of the chosen parts. and any tips or better part suggestions would be appreciated. note: parts are sometimes expensive in Iran Jaguar X2 Case 48 $ Green GP450A-UK 450W (I know it's a no name PSU but it's popular in my country) 58 $ ASUS B85 Pro Gamer mobo 105 $ Haswell Core i3-4160 106 $ Apacer Black Panther DDR3 1600 Mhz CL11 36 $ Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 70 $ BenQ GW2270H monitor 140 $ I haven't chosen my GPU yet but here are my options (these are used parts) : Sapphire R9 290 4GB 228 $ EVGA GTX 970 4GB 285 $ GTX 970 EXOC Black Edition 251 $ MSI GTX 770 2GB 200 $ GTX 960 2GB 185 $ I don't know which is the best choice , plz help. (sry for English)

Gonna build a new pc for my birthday, just want some second opinions Intel Core i3-6100 Skylake Gigabyte GA-H110M (Already have a SATA HDD) Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4-2133 MHz GeForce GTX 750 Ti/ 950/ 960 Or R7 360 400W Power Supply Please tell me problems, opinions, whatever, Anything that causes the slightest problem. Anyways, i've been around the forum, into the power supplies section, and with an i3 and a 750 ti, 350w is the recommended minimum, so 400w is fine, i just need a good one.

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AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Dual FTW ACX Video Card I have done a bunch of reading on Overclocking GPU's. and have downloaded a few things like Nvidiainspector to overclocking, but i really cant find a good guys to go into the UEFI for the processor or GPU. Anyone have a good idea? i am a beginner and willing to brick my items to learn how to do it.

This might be my rig, but I want your opinions if this configuration is a waste of money or worth it paying it? CPU: Intel Core i7 6800k GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 RAM: HyperX FURY 16GB DDR4 PSU: CORSAIR RMx Series RM550X 550W 80 PLUS GOLD HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 4TB SSD: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB Motherboard: ASUS X99-DELUXE/U3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Case: Cooler Master HAF X CPU Water Cooler: MasterLiquid Pro 240 (PSDT: I'm not sure about if the Water cooler is compatible with the CPU/Motherboard.)