Demolishdude

I was thinking of stepping up to a m.2 drive running off a pci x4, but I wasn't sure if I needed to act sooner of if I could wait. Ill look into those programs you have suggested, thank you!

Clean install of windows would be an ideal step, but I did not know about the filling the SSD part. I will be more vigilant in storage management, thank you!

Greetings! So I have been having an issue with my computer for a while now and I believe I have a suspect as to what is causing it. THE PROBLEM: So there are times where my computer will completely freeze up, as in it entirely stops responding for long periods of time (which can be defined for me as anywhere between 30 seconds to well over two hours, at which point I have reset the PC only to have it automatically boot into recovery mode or not even find a boot drive). There have also been a couple of instances where the computer will crash and it will treat the c

I bought my S7 new at the time because while I new I was probably going to run into more issues than my sibling's Iphone 6S, the customization and various things I could actually do to the phone were way better than the apple device, most notably expandable storage.

Do you plan to overclock? If not, you may be able to save some money and get a B450 motherboard instead. Otherwise, very nice build you have there! Do you plan on using aftermarket cooling or sticking to stock?

Thank you, I will look into it.

Fun fact with that cursor lag: it's not always just the cursor. I had two displays connected to my RX 580 before and after the update. After the update, I experienced massive stuttering in all applications and on the desktop. Hoping for some kind of microfix since I also seemingly cannot roll back.

If you are willing to OC, save the money and get the 8700k. Put that saved money towards a cooler and go from there.

Here is an idea. Edit at will (not sure whether you wanted a new case or not, so I added a relatively basic one in). PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QNsVBb Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QNsVBb/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel - Core i9-7920X 2.9GHz 12-Core Processor ($1039.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X299-E GAMING ATX LGA2066 Motherboard ($313.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($450.98 @ Newegg

This is true, but from what I hear quicksync provides speed over quality. If you need every spec of quality in a video, quicksync isn't the greatest choice.

Yup, that looks good! Just remember that when you want to upgrade, you will need another mini card due to how small the aorus gaming box is.

If gpu acceleration is the goal, I would say the 2400g so he can upgrade later on.

Better yet, wait until the new nvidia cards come out this fall or amd cards next year. Both will come out with more powerful cards than what is available on the market.

I would say pick up another stick of 8gb of ddr3 and buy a smaller ssd for the os. A large ssd can help loading times in games, but it will not give you a higher fps count. More ram will help multitasking. (I have a computer with an i5-4570 and R9 270X, which is slightly inferior to your build. Its enough for gaming for now, but the ssd helps loading the os so much faster. The ssd also allows the HDD to perform better since it doesn't need to work on loading os things in the background. Plus, I have 16gb of ram and it's awesome).

If you are serious about rendering, I highly suggest getting at least a Ryzen 2600 and buying a crappy gpu for the interim. For rendering tasks, it should outperform both of your options.