Recent content by BlakeW

Primary apps are: Unity (3D development), Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Visual Studio, Photoshop Games: All, I buy most positively reviewed games. Most common played games right now are CS2 and Arma Reforger. I didn’t mention it but I’m already planning on purchasing a new PSU, current PSU is a...

Hi all, As the title says, I'm currently tossing up between upgrading to the 9800X3D or going with the Ultra 7 265K. Here’s my current system, which I’m planning to fully replace (GPU upgrade will come later this year, probably a 5080 though): CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Motherboard: ASUS Strix...

I did notice this when I was looking at every benchmark on the planet showing single and multi core performance. In almost all non gaming benchmarks the 7800x3d was the last result. I was looking into the 7950x3d which looked like a good middle ground until I saw the $1000 price tag (here in...

I went ahead and ran the benchmark you requested, got a score of 488. The chip used to be overclocked a couple years back but I ran into numerous stability issues even with small increases so it's running at stock for now. I used to work in PC Components RMA testing so I am completely in the...

Yeah you're basically spot on, I'd say roughly 60% gaming, 40% working (In mostly 3D applications though). In regards to buyers remorse, I'll be happy with whatever I get as both are more than adequate decisions and as you can see I clearly keep what I've got for the long haul. I'll be 100%...

I've been considering upgrading my main platform for a while now. Currently, I’m running an 8700K with an RTX 2080, and I feel it's time for a platform upgrade, I’ll hold off on a new GPU until the 5080 I think. After researching, I'm a bit torn on the upgrade path and thought I’d ask for some...

So over the past few days I've run some tests like you've suggested. Here are my results: Counter Strike 2 | Ultra Settings, Dynamic Resolution OFF 318 FPS @ 1080p 220 FPS @ 1440p Halo Infinite | Ultra Settings, Dynamic Resolution OFF 160FPS @ 1080p 118FPS @ 1440p Trackmania 2020 | Ultra...

Yeah that’s the major benefit of Air Coolers, only thing you gotta replace on them is thermal paste and a fan or 2 every decade or so which is much much more affordable and reliable.

I did consider swapping back over to AMD, it’s been almost a decade since I’ve had anything AMD in any of my personal systems. If I was going to go AMD I think I’d wait for their Zen 5 release and see how it holds up rather than go AM4 at the moment. In regards to Nvidia or AMD, I hate...

Thanks for the detailed reply, I’ll 100% give those tests a go and see what results I get. I did run a few tests already to get an idea of my 1% lows with my current config, as expected most games runs fine that have expected optimisation at 1440p. I’ll check out the lower resolutions and see...

I could save some cash by opting for a cheaper motherboard such as your TUF recommendation, no obvious particular reason for the strix choice other than it being the LGA 1700 counterpart to my current motherboard and as such I have an idea of quality/featureset. I'd personally rather stick to...

I'm looking into purchasing some new components and need some opinions on what I should go with. For reference, I work in Game Development which involves heavy usage in Blender and other 3D applications as well as video editing. The system is also heavily used in gaming, I play almost every new...

Awesome, no need for concern then. Just for clarification then my GPU is a Gigabyte RTX 2080. Cheers for the response.

Turned my PC on today and noticed that it failed to boot, when checking my motherboard error lights I noticed my VGA light is active so its obviously a GPU issue. After re-seating my GPU the error has gone away and it boots normal. Just curious as to what may have caused this and if there is...

I possibly fixed my solution doing these steps. Ran a CHKDSK on all my drives and if found any errors I either fixed or replaced them. Ran SFC /scannow and fixed all issues that came up. Ran CCleaner to repair any registry issues. Used DDU in windows safe mode to completely reinstall display...