Recent content by Cougar7

TLDR: two smaller, cheaper monitors with dock vs single nice, big monitor w/ USB-C hub without dock (or perhaps with a dock, if it's worth it) I recently got a new job and soon I may be authorized to work from home some days (it's mostly in-office, but might get a few days here and there to...

I ended up going with the Ryzen 5 2600X (taking advantage of Black Friday sales), as well as the 1070 Ti. The build I got are those listed in my last post, except slightly faster and more expensive RAM.

Thanks guys, I ended up buying it. Of course, I know one of the best ways to not regret my purchase is to remain as ignorant as possible on graphics cards prices after buying one. :)

I'm planning to upgrade my computer pretty soon, including the GPU. I currently have a GTX 760 (XFX 650 W PSU). Right now, newegg has a deal that ends Sunday (seen here: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DirectX 12 GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video...

So it looks like the Ryzen 5 2600X is going to be $179 next week (Black Friday), which actually looks tempting. I'm looking at 2 main considerations: an Intel i5-9600k (I figured if I'm going Intel, I might as well get the 9th gen) and the AMD. Here's what I'm looking at: PCPartPicker part...

Thanks for the suggestions so far. It looks like Black Friday ads are starting to come out and I will be able to better make an educated decision. Right now I'm leaning towards buying the CPU/RAM/mobo with Black Friday sales and keeping the 760 for another few months while the 2060 is announced...

Actually, seeing more about RAM that does lead me to ask about the different speeds of DDR4 RAM as well. I'm seeing lots of options and kind of thinking that it doesn't really matter, but am I wrong? I also noticed there is a 9th generation of CPUs, which I didn't originally notice. Does that...

Hi all, About 4 1/2 years ago this forum helped me decide on a build for a PC. I felt after about 5 years it was time to look at upgrading options to modernize it and want some advice. I also have questions about whether it's worth waiting for the GTX 2060 (I know that since it hasn't been...

TLDR: Do you think early 2019 would be a good time to upgrade GPU/CPU/RAM, or would a little earlier/later be better? Detail: This forum helped me purchase the parts for my current build almost 4 years ago (spring 2014), and I'm thinking of upgrading at some point on the horizon. My build...

Hey all, I came here for help buying a desktop a couple years ago and got one I'm very pleased with thanks to the help of the people on TH. Now I'm looking to replace my 5-year-old HP dv7t which died a couple weeks ago. I know I'll eventually want to replace it, so I might as well replace it...

Hey, so I have a 5-year-old laptop that has lag issues with some games that I don't think it should (at least not as bad as it is), and I suspect the drivers are the issue. My suspicion is that the computer does not recognize/use the dedicated Radeon card in games. In at least 2 games, when I...