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    Question Building a new PC for VR Game Dev

    Thanks for the help! The parts arrived today, hope I can get it to turn on ha
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    Question Building a new PC for VR Game Dev

    I'm glad someone is backing me up on DDR5 - I feel like 3 years from now when I need to upgrade the RAM I won't be happy stuck with DDR4. Good point on the unlocked chip - I've always wanted the option to overclock but TBH have never done it and prob never will. Plus looks like no one...
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    Question Building a new PC for VR Game Dev

    Thanks for the help and links! These prices look much better. Definitely will go with the $189 Samsung SSD, and great catch on the audio codec - thats very important to me since I also produce music. I was originally going to get the Gigabyte Z690 DDR5 board but was told DDR5 was unnecessary...
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    Question Building a new PC for VR Game Dev

    I'm building a PC for VR game development using Unreal Engine 5, and will also be playing a lot of VR games and 4K games. I'm stretching my budget to get the RTX 3090 w/ 24GB because I think it will be essential for next gen games and VR headsets. Major questions are: Is this Motherboard and...
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    Second monitor keeps turning off/on

    I wiped the NVIDIA drivers using Display Driver Uninstaller and then reinstalled them using the original cd and the problem was solved. Shoulda done that first but didn't think it was necessary since I didn't change any hardware or software.. weird
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    Second monitor keeps turning off/on

    Running Win 7 64 bit I just got back home from school and right after I set up my computer, one of my monitors started turning off after 1 second, staying black for 1 second, turning back on for 1 second, then repeating this cycle continuously. I can't identify the source of the problem. Here's...