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Can I turn off MSI Afterburner after undervolting my rtx 2060 I mean dose undervolting profile still works even if I close or uninstall msi Afterburner
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Hello, I have recently built my new low budget gamming pc It has- I7-4790s Ant eSports h81 motherboard Ant eSports VS400L (400w) PSU M.2 SSD NVIDIA RTX 2060 8GB DDR3 RAM I wants to know that can I use my single 8pin EPS power connector with splitter to power CPU and my GPU..... Am planning to connect one 8pin EPS to 8pin pcie converter to power my graphics Card.... I guess My cpu doesn't need much power from 8 pin EPS connector So am hoping to use that extra power to power my GPU..... I have just blown same new power supply in just 8 days , I was using it to power my graphics Card with (DIY) dual molex to 8pin pcie connector I just get the new one from company And now am scared to use it in same way again, even with new factory made dual molex to 8 pin pcie connector.... So am planning to use 8pin EPS with splitter.... So, Will it work and is it safe? If this didn't work then I will go for dual power supply method where I will use dedicated PSU for graphics Card....
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Hey! I own two graphics cards, one is the RTX 2060 and the other one is the GTX 1080. Right now I'm using the RTX 2060 in my system. My question is, should I use the RTX 2060 or GTX 1080 for better performance in gaming? I also do some video editing. The RTX 2060 is the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 OC EVO 6GB and the GTX 1080 is a blower-style GPU from an Acer prebuilt gaming PC. My most important specs are: i5-11400F RTX 2060 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM (2x8) 650W PSU 80+ Bronze Thank you! //ItzSwezy
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I've had this computer for about 3 years now and ive always been able to run games at the highest graphics but two days ago i got on Siege and noticed tremendous fps drops when i used to run the game at 180-210 fps i am not running it at 30 fps, i have a 2060 rtx and when i ran a user benchmark test it said my graphics card was SEVERELY underperforming. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/65288165
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nvidia Nvidia RTX 2060 not showing display on new motherboard
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NEW BUILD PROBLEM Hi, I been planning this new built for months and i finally i get to do it a day ago where i run into an issue. My graphic is not showing display or working on some motherboard specially not the one i bought (Gigabyte b550 ds3h) I will write this whole summary/timeline that might help diagnose the problem. This is my current specifications: Motherboard Model - B85M-G43 Ram - 16GB (DDR3) GPU - Nvidia RTX 2060 CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 Power supply - Cooler master Masterwatt lite 700 This is specifications i got upgraded to: Motherboard Model - Gigabyte b500 d3sh Ram - 16GB (DDR4) 3600hz GPU - Nvidia RTX 2060 (same) CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Power supply - Cooler master Masterwatt lite 700 (Same) I also got a liquid cooler by Thunder and a case The problems i had with my old PC that made me upgrade are as below: 1) My system won't go into bios so if i wanted to go to bios i had to plug a DVI cable instead of a display port (This method worked for a while) 2) I felt like my system was well bottleneck 3) My games like Forza Horizon 4 would freeze for a moment also my Logitech g29 won't work as it intended to. 4) Due to the reasons I can't go into bios i had to install windows on top of another and can't even even properly format a drive so there's might be duplicates of file which i heard can cause issues in games. (Files conflict) 5) Lately my graphic card was heating up a lot so i thought the thermal paste needed to be changed. Now i got scared yesterday when my graphic card wasn't showing display and the pc builder started saying things like your graphic card is dead etc until he test it on different motherboards afterwards and it worked but with some but not mine b550. I Bought that card in 2019 and he said that graphic card only last for 3 to 4 years which is surprising to me. Long story short, I left my pc to him for him to diagnose properly as i got busy with a lot of customers and i had drive back home (another city) and it was getting dark. I Just talked to him today and he still pointed out my graphic card. I thought it would be thermal paste that cause heating issue but now i think otherwise. I need help, suggestions. These people probably not know any good and i thought i should come here . -
Budget (including currency): 400€ (up to 600€) Country: Italy Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Genshin Impact, Minecraft, Discord streaming (no twitch high bitrate stuff) Other details: RTX 2060 and PSU already owned (from a previous upgrade) the monitor is a 1080p 60hz, Part list: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/user/Trentonx/saved/Rgbh99 PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (€140.97 @ Amazon Italia) Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€91.98 @ Amazon Italia) Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (€64.48 @ Amazon Italia) Storage: Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€76.00) Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB Video Card (Purchased For €0.00) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€67.98 @ Amazon Italia) Power Supply: Azza PSAZ-650B14 650 W ATX Power Supply (Purchased For €0.00) Total: €441.41 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-24 17:12 CET+0100 My notes: Stock Cooler from what I've seen is good enough (temp-wise) for the non-X cpu, and if I want to get a Cheap model (around 30€ like the DeepCool Gammaxx 400 V2 or a Hyper 212 evo v2 for 40€) I'll get the same noise output at higher temps so maybe I can work on the fan curve and hope for the best vs spending an extra 40€ on a "not that big of a difference" solution. but I'm open to see your experience or tips if you've had to use the stock cooler on a similiar build. Motherboard: seems like one of the cheapest I could find with Bios compatibility out of the box. I checked: https://imgur.com/ZkhWDuF on the Mobo site and it seems that the oldest revision of that board which supported the 5600 came out in 2022/01/13, it's over a year ago so it shoudl be safe to get. (in the image it's a screenshot of the latest revision instead! I didn't took a second screenshot but I got the date) let me know if you think I can go lower (B450?) and still get a strong chance of out of the box 5600 support. RAM: honestly I've went with the cheapest 3600 kit I could find, they also ahppen to be CL16, good I guess. they aren't listed in the QVL but they are a common model so it should work fine. Storage: I always go with MX500, this is for a friend who's not tech savy so I was also considering the perk of being able to plug the drive into an external reader for any possible issues, plus I doubt she'll feel the difference at boot or gaming between a Sata and an NVME, closest I could find are Crucial P5 Plus 1TB or Sabrent SSD 1TB for 110€ (I avoided all Dramless SSDs and didn't check for QLC vs TLC, should I? it doesn't seem to make that much of a difference on this price range, but let me know if otherwise) GPU: we are lucky, it's so beefy that at fullHD she'll have no issue for the forseeable future, I picked that CPU because I didn't want to go with a 1600 or a 2600 for the sake of budget since I could squeeze a 5600 for around 400€ thanks to the GPU already be present. also for some reasn the 3600 on Amazon italia is 100€ more. so hooray! I guess. Case: the cheapest one that doesn't have finger-cutting sharp aluminium, a small form factor limits our search of a Mobo but cheaper mobos are mini/micro anyway, feel free to suggest better options, (Cheaper models I've found have bad airflow or are made of pure cinesium with images of crumbled cases during shipping lol) PSU: I know I know.. but it was able to feed an OC cpu and a 2060 playing games like Cyberpunk 2077 so I'll say we give it a go, and if cant' keep up with the new system, it was due to a change anyway and I've managed to keep the budget low so it won't be a heavy hit. Overall for 450€ to upgrade I feel confident it's a good system, for the objective we are well within the performance room given my stretch to get a recent CPU instead of an older model. I saw that the Intel competition for that performance level was higher on amazon + the Motherboard and the stock cooler issue I didn't research much into team blue but if you have a good combo let me know thanks again for your time to reply to this post
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I'm planning to just change my GPU on my actual rig, my actual rig is: Motherboard: Asus H110M-K CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 GPU: MSI GAMING X GTX 1060 3GB (Planning to upgrade to RTX 2060) RAM: 2x8GB Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 MHZ SSD: ADATA 128 GB HDD: WD 1 TB 7200 RPM PSU: EVGA 550W (non 80+, non modular) (my PSU is 5 years old) CASE FANS: 3x 120 MM Thermaltake Accesories: 1x Jack 3.5mm Headset, 1x keyboard, 1x mouse, 1x TP LINK WLAN CARD PC part picker with all my specs link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/87FNbK Some pages say it would have an estimated wattage of 390W (with the rtx 2060), should i rely on my 550w 5 year old PSU? im pretty worried sorry if i have a bad english
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Hey there, what do you think about those unknown Brand gpus? Ive seen some of them available in my country, they are: inno3d gainward Colorful galax are they reliable? Im a little worried, im about to purchase the Gainward rtx 2060
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So I have always had problems with Fortnite in specific with my setup. Even on just high settings it cant sustain 60fps for long even when OCed +100 on core and memory. Heres a video if it helps pinpoint a problem. Idk what this could be but Id love any advice I can get. I have drivers up to date and the game has never ran super great on my system period no matter how much I optimize or verify or reinstall it. The OC did nothing and gave almost no performance boost over base clocks. I also have no backround tasks running at all except Geforce experience. This was recorded in experience and it doesn't do anything (maybe -4 fps or whatever) to effect the fps or so ive heard. 2056556688_MyVideo9.mp4
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I recently bought a PC off craigslist for my girlfriend. I switched out her RTX 2060 for myself and gave her my Gigabyte GTX 1060. I also formatted my 1 TB hard drive and gave it to her since her PC only came with a 512 GB m.2. I started playing games on my PC with the 2060 and all the games are crashing. VRchat, DBD, 7 days to die, I know these aren't the most stable games but i NEVER had crashes this often before I switched to this 2060. I seriously cannot tell if the GPU is faulty or if its something wrong with the files ive probably messed up from transferring files from drive to drive. I've done so much cleaning up with temp files, dump files, using DDU to uninstall old drivers, you name it, I've probably tried it and games still continue to crash. I'm fairly certain the 2060 is faulty and maybe I got ripped off but I'm glad my GF has a PC now but It really sucks if it really is the 2060 because all my games run smoothly. 144 FPS, 1080p, ultra settings, and then will just crash for seemingly no reason. I don't have another GPU to test this out with but I was thinking of formatting my entire PC, boot drive and all, but before I do that, I would really love a second opinion. I'm willing to talk in discord or something if needed. I would really appreciate if anyone can help in anyway. Thank you for taking the time to read this. My discord is Klokparty#9193 This is the PC I bought off the guy on craigslist: hhttps://computerdealsdirect.com/hp-omen-obelisk-desktop-875-0129-intel-i7-16gb-ram-2tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-geforce-rtx-2060-6gb/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0-6ABhDMARIsAFVdQv_YjjP1ZRMHcoDjecE1UeT0GbB9UOq6Wjg9SBq9tXf_evxNPVIRPDwaAoRzEALw_wcB
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Here we are. It is 2021 and hardware prices have gone through the roof. Try and squeeze more time and life out of an older purchase? Or simply wait for better times? My daughter has a Lenovo Yoga 730 2-in-1 with an i7 8550U (4 cores, 8 threads) and 16GB ram. It came with the gtx1050 option. It has TB3 as well. It's still a decent laptop for her creative uses but she's just beginning to become more interested in gaming. Light gaming to be clear. A fairly bad time for this to happen as we all know. But there is some good news to this. I do have an RTX 2060 KO Ultra doing absolutely nothing. I also have a cheapo 1080p 144Hz TN panel that is also doing nothing. I'm wondering if picking up something like a Razer Core X for less than $400CAD would be a decent way of both giving her the means to play some light gaming with her friends while keeping the money spent to a minimum until things are somewhat back to normal. She's more interested in a new desktop than me getting her another laptop, just so you know. And I agree with her. But not now. I've seen other threads here with this processor paired with 1070 based eGPU's. Those threads are old though and rules are rules. So a new thread it is. I would expect the 2060 to probably perform about the same? I think?? I hope? I don't expect to get the full performance out of the 2060 but if anyone has any experience with a similar processor and a 2060 or even 10 series over TB3, your shared experiences or other insights would be greatly appreciated.. I don't want to throw money away and would rather wait if this config is even remotely terrible. Cheers!
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So I recently decided that due to the state of Ethereum I'd try mining it for fun and maybe even make a little cash. I found that driving down the core clock and firing up the memory clock gave me some nice has rates. How high should I clock my memory? Will it get to hot? Will it hurt my system or GPU? Is there any other things I can do to maximize performance from my card without harming it?
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Hello, I have a Galax RTX 2060, and i am planning to use 3 or maybe 4 monitor, but i am still having doubts (reasons will be stated in the footnote). I am currently using 2 Monitors, One is the primary with 1080p 75Hz (MSI Optix G241VC) (DisplayPort) and the other is a Drawing Monitor Tablet (Huion Kamvas Pro 13) (HDMI), planning to buy another one for more working multitasking but here are some of my questions: How do i connect the third monitor? Should i just connect it to the DVI? What if the Monitor i buy only have HDMI and VGA port, use converter is that possible and not a problem? Different refresh rate, a problem or not? (My two monitors having different Rate of 75/60 now but just to confirm) What if i want to add another monitor (4 Monitors)? What device/splitter should i use? Thank you. Footnotes: My knowledge about these aren't that much, i've been searching and still doesn't find a good and exact answer to my problems and i don't have lots of money to spare so this is a one time chance to buy.
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hii, can i mine 4 RTX 2060 with a 750psu? my specs : i5 9600k 16gb ddr4 vengeance pro rgb z390 aorus elite 1 ssd 2 hdd 5k rpm 1 hdd 7k rpm in nicehash my 2060 only uses 85watt each gpu if there's 4, they would be 340w for the gpu but can my rm750 gold handle it? or should i go a bigger watt psu?
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this has been listed on overclockers for just over a week now with the price fluctuating up and down from £449 to currently £398 and then I'm guessing it will go back up. I'm just wondering if there is any value in buying this and if there will be many more on other sites for more competative prices. Personally I think the 2060 is a decent enough card from what I have read and seen - according to userbenchmark it is only 10% slower than the rtx 3060. But I would like to hear anyone elses thoughts on the matter weather in the current situation this is a value option or not. link to rtx 2060 on overclockers uk - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/palit-geforce-rtx-2060-stormx-6144mb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-04n-pl.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=86b40fec804af632803563342e2dbd0f94d5c859-1616938924-0-AUoDFBCddEOPST3Ys7QmMr4M6PUfr8YvMa7KYvQD0ozkN3xS6EQd1vRTN7XpaPEQEoJqH4E_xMWWB9k_tnAS-BZNSbup6nRE6zqARA5MFVuzZUaarvnjdeC3tMhESSmoXnjJ7sQ-LA_AEbwyP49QlP-licDuBqLaYrm2H83XI-HTMAYIcu_6eBf99FfYd1FyMSNUDFjPyYPwcK3pgEYjmy4FWCRVKdsEAEJJYjJLNhW0lA3ALO_BMnsPpSoyE98dNcGm2p1_nH30H6C4tKxFOFWfIFXHqXHGIiwiLlYKaeBtFei3uHB8K234bDUHYLODc8dOzZZ3Hv3Y2mb110iWpIbt9Is6kXAmWxMuGP1zDeqJQ4LXibZkMg6qLOlM7QlubaMxErL82UQFyiPVTAOWK9A8yk39jbAyoHlO4Eumw01OEoWsXQCDQRT0UmlGAb5v5RsZ4AGx5GdBwQ3Vq0mARU3oU_LmhHlOmuIGkj2irRwCriPLUTwlA9Rfn1KnR0YdMw link to user benchmark data - https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-3060-vs-Nvidia-RTX-2060/4105vs4034
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Hi everyone, Such a great forum, lots of useful info in here! Unfortunately my google skills didn't allow me to find a solution to my problem, so I wanted to ask an advice from pros. Current build: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48010136 GIGABYTE B360 AORUS Gaming 3 WiFi (LGA1151/Intel/B250/ATX) i5 8400 RTX 2060 2x 8 GB 2666hz Corsair Vengeance PSU SeaSonic 620W 144 hz cheap 24" Acer monitor Budget (including currency): $600 Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone Problem: I mainly play Warzone on this PC. It's infamous for its optimization, and also being very CPU heavy. I play on 1080p on low settings, but FPS drops and input lag are almost unbearable sometimes. It wasn't great during the times of when I made the tests (see attached), but with recent updates it's just mad bad. CPU lag is like 20-40ms. I tinkered with the settings and various set ups a lot already, but pc-builds says that's it's a CPU bottleneck. Also if Discord is turned on and I'm talking to someone, I literally start getting 1s input delay while playing. I also do realize that 2060 also becoming outdated soon, but paying thousands of dollars for just a GPU is not something I'm considering at the moment. So what are my upgrade options to improve the FPS and remove the input lag, so that I eventually could also slap a new GPU in there (when/if we're blessed with better prices and availability)? The same website suggests 9600K/8700K, but that's not for my chipset, is it? Or should I get an AMD compatible mobo and look for something like Ryzen 5? Basically something, that would have more threads and have an upgrade path for the newer GPU later? Thank you!
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Hey, kinda newbie to the pc building world here. I had a quick question. I was unfortunate enough to buy a Dell G5 5090 (i7-9700, RTX 2060) before I knew how bad pre-builts (especially Dell pre-builts) were. I am now planning to take out the SSD, RAM, graphics card, and CPU (I know that these parts aren't necessarily good, but I'm on a tight budget) and put them into actually good, custom-built PC. However, I had a question about the graphics card; I know that Dell loves to use proprietary parts (and possibly software) in their builds, and I was wondering - once I install this graphics card into my custom computer, can I install normal NVIDIA drivers, or will I have to install some strange proprietary Dell drivers/software (if those even exist)? Thanks to anyone who helps.
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Budget (including currency): about 1k Country: Germany Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: atm only New World 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): Hey Guys, im trying to build a new PC build. I upgraded my last PC (i5-6500 | Rtx 1050 Ti | 16GB Ram | SSD for iO | HDD for Data) with a ASUS RTX 2060 DUAL few years ago. Now I´m Looking for a new build, but i want to use my RTX 2060 in this build. All in all i want to make a build with the RTX 2060, witch i can upgarde later with a RTX 3000 series card or something else, if priceses drop. Atm I´m looking for a i5-12600K with some Z690 Motherboard. Do you think investing in DDR5 i worth? Hope for some good advice and help! greeting froms germany! :)
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Hi I'm planning to buy a gaming prebuilt desktop. and I found this build, is this build good enough to run stable 75fps or more on 1080p high settings on games like (Monster Hunter World: iceborne) Specs: i7 8700 32 gb ram RTX 2060 MSI 6gb 250gb NVME ssd 500gb HARD DRIVE Cooler master MWE BRONZE 650 PSU Trendsonic case With: AOC G1 27 inch curve 144 hrz 1ms VA monitor Mechanical mouse and keyboard This build whole set cost around $1100 usd or is this build overpriced?
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Hi, I'm buying my first PC, can you suggest between this 2 which are best for gaming performance? Build 1: Ryzen5 3600 B450 gigabyte 32gb 3600 mhz ram RTX 2060 zotac amp 256gb nvme kingston 1tb hdd Cooler master hyper 212 Seasonic s12-III 620w Build 2: i7 9700KF Unlocked Asus EX-B365M-V Deepcool Gammaxx 120mm 16gb 2666mhz Hyper X Fury Asus RTX 2060 SUPER 8gb Dual EVO 240GB Kingston Sata SSD Huntkey GS705 700w Power Supply Fans: 2xRGB YGT fans Please help me.
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rtx 2060 Having Issues expanding my pc into two monitors.
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I am having problems expanding my pc into two monitors. I have an RTX 2060. It has 3 Display ports and one HDMI port. I bought a 1 to 2 HDMI port but all it did was mirror the display instead of expanding it. I tried using separate cables one in dp to hdmi and the other to the hdmi but nothing worked. I even tried to check for driver update but it still did not work. I need help because I cant get it to work.- 1 reply
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Hi, in past posts, I've talked about how I'm taking the CPU, graphics card, ssd, RAM, and possibly wifi card out of my Dell G5 5090 prebuilt. That leaves the Motherboard, PSU, and case left. I'm planning to give these parts to my big sister, who I'm hoping will buy some cheap parts to replace the parts I took out, that way she has a cheap gaming PC. I know that the PC I'm giving to her is a prebuilt, which tend to have very proprietary parts, so I guess my question is, if she were to put in a GPU that was a normal PCIE card, it had the right power connector, and it was enough for the PSU to handle, but was different from the prebuilt's original GPU, would it work with the prebuilt, or would some proprietary software/hardware restrictions prevent it from working? (for reference, the card that was originally in the PC was an RTX 2060) Thanks for any and all help.
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Hello guys.I run into a little problem.I built my pc yeasterday and put new windows 10 and everything works fine but in msi mystic light it shows just Gpu.I have Msi mpg z590 gaming force,rtx 2060 gaming z and gigabyte aorus rgb ram kit.It dont show motherboard either just gpu.How could i fix it.I tried with corsair icu but i dont have rgb section in softwer (wanted to try because i have corsair cx650f rgb psu).
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Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Apex legends, Minecraft and a little bit of animation Hey guys this is my first post here so it's a little scuffed. I recently built a pc without a gpu and I will buy a gpu once the prices kinda lower down. I have a Corsair CV550, do you guys think it can handle a RTX 2060 without it blowing up? My current pc specs are : AMD Ryzen 5 3400G PROCESSOR B450M-DS3H wifi GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD 16GB(8gb*2) ddr4 3200mhz Corsair CV550w 250gb M.2 NVME SSD CRUCIAL 1tb hdd wd Ant esports ice 511 CABINET
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Hello there, For the past couple of months, I've been in a bit of a pickle. I recently purchased a 2020 Dell XPS 17, equipped with a 10th generation i9-10885H, 32 GB of ram, 1 TB SSD, the base 1920*1200p, 60 Hz display (basically 1080p for 16:10 screen ratio), and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q. But, while I was in the process of buying this, I heard rumors about 2021 models having NVIDIA 30-series GPUs, and the 17 being able to get a full 3060. Well, now that the XPS 17 is officially up for purchase on Dell's website, I'm a little stuck between sticking with my 2060 Max-Q-equipped XPS 17, or if I should send it back to Dell and get this new one. Now, I haven't spoken to a Dell representative about this specifically, though I have some history with one and I'll bring this up to them, too. First off, it should also be known that the new XPS 17's get 11th gen intel processors, compared to my XPS's 10th gen. On paper, it seems like they're about the same in terms of performance, and my 10th gen i9-10885H might even be better than the i9-11980H or HK found in the new ones. After looking on the web, I think I might have the better processor considering that they're both 8-core CPUs, and my 10th-gen can turbo up to 5.3 GHz compared to the new 11th-gen can only turbo up to 5.0 GHz. However, I'm fairly new to the PC world, and most of my knowledge comes from benchmarks and stats, so I'm curious to see which is the better processor. Now lets get back to the GPUs: On one hand, both the 2060 Max-Q and the 3060 have 6 GB of memory, but it seems like the 3060 can clock higher core and memory speeds. For reference, I looked at this website to compare the two GPU's: https://www.notebookcheck.net/GeForce-RTX-2060-Max-Q-vs-GeForce-RTX-3060-Laptop-GPU-vs-GeForce-RTX-2060-Desktop_9631_10478_9556.247598.0.html I should also say that even though I know the XPS isn't a dedicated gaming laptop, I still want to play some games on my laptop, but I couldn't draw away from the XPS's sex appeal, that being it's huge 17 inch display with ultra-thin bezels and a 16:10 screen ratio, the professional aluminum finish, and, well, the thinness is pretty nice, too. Coming from an Apple family, I kind of wanted a Windows-based MacBook, and the XPS 17 really seemed to fit my wants and desires, considering that I wanted a relatively thin, professional looking laptop with dedicated hardware that would fit my needs for my 4 years of undergrad studying Mechanical Engineering, and that I could do some pretty good gaming, especially on an external monitor with a higher refresh rate. I should also let you folks know that when considering finances/ budgets, mine is pretty much unlimited (though, not entirely, lol. I'm still a college student), and before having the idea of giving back my 2020 XPS 17, I was considering getting an eGPU and an external monitor, though I still have to see how much room I'll have in my dorm to see if everything can fit. Now I know that eGPUs will perform less when compared to a tower, but I still needed a powerful laptop with me on the go for my Engineering applications, so I thought this was a viable route because it seemed a little more practical. Plus, after playing some Resident Evil 8 on this puppy, I'm fairly happy with the performance, as I'm playing on 1200p high settings at around 60 FPS with ray tracing off, but I'd really like to play on a 1440p monitor with ray tracing on and at least 60 FPS. As far as Minecraft goes, this laptop was probably overkill, lmao. I think I was even seeing 60 FPS when my laptop wasn't plugged in, so that was nice. Then I tested a fairly old game, Batman Arkham Origins, and with the max settings enabled, I was getting 60 FPS consistently when I was plugged in. So again, I'm curious what you wonderful folks from the forums have to say, and hey, if @LinusTech or any of the other LMG staff could give an opinion, that'd be swell!
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