Recent content by bboiprfsr

+1 to rhoban. why are you upgrading at a $300 budget? Usually $200-300 is 1-2x pc component(s). The cost of ddr4 memory, b350 motherboard, and a ryzen 1600 is at least ($100ish, $75, $180 => $350+ excluding tax & shipping). Are you trying to play video games at higher resolutions? I think you...

you're asking a thermal related question but don't mention your chassis/case, type of cooler, ambient room temperature and so on.

Okay, then upgrade the stock heatsink to a better cooler; good brands include noctua, thermalright, cryorig, and bequiet. I don't recommend liquid cooling from my own experience. You can do more research from here on out. good luck.

what kind of cpu cooler are you using? is it a stock heatsink? do you have good airflow? what case do you use and do you utilize good fans? By the way, AMD's 8350 consumes a lot of power if i'm not mistaken. So it does get hot - known fact. You should consider getting a cpu cooler with at least...

you'll have to wait until the 19th for an official review http://hwbench.com/cpus/amd-ryzen-5-2600x-vs-intel-core-i5-8600k however, some sites have already shown some benchmarks. With the ryzen 2600x, you get 2x the threads; however, you don't have integrated graphics. On a positive note, AMD...

what's your budget, rocket?

did you install drivers from the nvidia geforce drivers support page? i wouldnt rely on using window's generic drivers. http://www.geforce.com/drivers

what's your budget? if you're gonna produce music as a serious hobby, you might as well get an i7-6700k considering the fact you're gonna open a lot of applications and multi-task. i.e. record from an instrument or vocals, copy/paste, edit timeline, open browser, etc. You'll have a lot of music...

nothing wrong with buying used. I buy new and used all the time! Plus, DDR4 memory is currently expensive anyways imo. If you see a good deal, i don't see why not if your budget's under $400.

The Ryzen platform has replaced the "fx" bulldozer architecture with improvements up to 52% IPC (instructions per clock) over the excavator (4th gen revision over bulldozer). Thus, the FX series is severely outdated. Its modules (two cores synergized as one) worked pretty decent with...

ok you could ponder what to do with $100 or so for now, or you could save up that money for your next new computer. Truth is, your desktop 2500k is as fast or faster than many other laptop CPUs. The 2500k is probably ~20% slower than the current 7th gen i5 processors in regards to gaming...

Yeah, 4 threads are better for multitasking and productivity. Is your budget $500 +/- $50? I'm kinda accustomed to HP, Acer, Sony, Asus and Dell. Have you looked at either Asus or Dell? They seem a bit more durable and great feature-wise. If, however, these are the top 2 picks you're having a...

Yeah it's worth the upgrade from an fx4300 to an fx 8350. You can overclock from there to match the fx 8370, which is just a more refined version to overclock higher if you're interested in such a hobby as long as you've invested in a premium (sub-$100) high end cpu cooler. TLDR: The best...

does the xeon upgrade include more cores/threads? If so, than that justifies the upgrade.

The intel i5 has 2 cores 4 threads, while the AMD apu A9 has 2 cores 2 threads. Processors................... A9 i5 Single Thread Rating......1567 1495 CPU Mark..................... 2598 3959 The amd A9 has slightly better single threading performance and obviously better...