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CFstorm
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I would get another RX480.

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Just now, dizmo said:

NVMe isn't really worth it for most people.

I thought the same until I installed one on a colleagues computer.  The difference between that and even a SATA mounted SSD was considerable

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12 minutes ago, Ctown0812 said:

 

I used to have a k70 with cherry mx red switches and i loved it.  Have you looked into a NVMe drive?  Prices have gone up a tad since the holidays, but they're still worth it.

I'll check it out. Thanks for the help!

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5 minutes ago, Ctown0812 said:

I thought the same until I installed one on a colleagues computer.  The difference between that and even a SATA mounted SSD was considerable

I kinda doubt that considering every benchmark I've seen points to the same load times in pretty much everything.

 

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1 hour ago, CFstorm said:

I got $200 USD I want to use to upgrade my PC. What should I spend it on? 

 

Here re is my current build:

intel i5 6600k@5ghz

MSI Rx 480 gaming x 8G

asrock fatal1ty gaming k4 d3

8Gb (2x4) ddr3 2133mhz

2x OCZ Trion 120gb SSDs

2x WD blue 500gb 7200rpm HDDs

deepcool captain 240 liquid cooler

 

i also have 

Acer ry240 23.8" monitor

logitech k350 keyboard 

Logitech m510 mouse 

 

what should I get?

 

Thanks for all the help guys! 

 

2 OCZ Trions in Raid 0 or Raid 1?

Get another 500-1tb SSD for your game library.  At least that's what I would do.  More RAM will definitely help you out in the future but 8gb is still plenty for the most part unless you begin recording/streaming.

Sometimes I get builder's itch

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19 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

I would get another RX480.

The only reason I bought that rx was cause I got a killer deal on it. I got it for $99 and with an included game (civ 6). This is new on newegg. 

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36 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I kinda doubt that considering every benchmark I've seen points to the same load times in pretty much everything.

 

what i said was purely anecdotal.  Sorry, I thought that kinda went without saying.  I really don't care about your benchmarks.  

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2 minutes ago, Ctown0812 said:

what i said was purely anecdotal.  Sorry, I thought that kinda went without saying.  I really don't care about your benchmarks.  

Right, why go with proven fact when we have ones feelings ;)

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3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Right, why go with proven fact when we have ones feelings ;)

Do you have a link or a source you could point to? I'm curious now...plus i've run out of things to read at work ha.

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2 hours ago, CFstorm said:

I got $200 USD I want to use to upgrade my PC. What should I spend it on? 

 

Here re is my current build:

intel i5 6600k@5ghz

MSI Rx 480 gaming x 8G

asrock fatal1ty gaming k4 d3

8Gb (2x4) ddr3 2133mhz

2x OCZ Trion 120gb SSDs

2x WD blue 500gb 7200rpm HDDs

deepcool captain 240 liquid cooler

 

i also have 

Acer ry240 23.8" monitor

logitech k350 keyboard 

Logitech m510 mouse 

 

what should I get?

 

Thanks for all the help guys! 

 

Buy an AIR CONDITIONNER for that CPU @ 5 ghz

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17 minutes ago, smokefest said:

Buy an AIR CONDITIONNER for that CPU @ 5 ghz

Haha

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