Recent content by jayf95

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    Question Trying to choose between a 5700x ($210) and 5800x3d ($425) for an upgrade on my R5 3600 in gaming at 1440p (rtx4070). Is the x3d worth 2x the cost?

    I play a wide variety of games, including open world games (e.g. cyberpunk, jedi survivor when its fixed), FPS (splitgate, halo), some sims (civ6, MSFS sometimes) and MMOs (elite dangerous being the main one). I have a 165hz 1440p monitor and 60/120hz 4k TV. I mostly play on my monitor though...
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    [SOLVED] Constant audio stuttering/loud distortion with complete loss of audio at times. Issue tied to intel wireless driver. Any ideas how to fix it?

    I have my onkyo ht r390 receiver connected to my MSI x570 gaming edge wifi motherboard via optical. Rest of my setup: 16gb ram, ryzen 3600, gtx1070 1) This issue popped up a couple weeks ago and has been driving me crazy. It started off by all of a sudden hearing a really weird audio issue with...
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    Best way to install and run win10 on a fresh SSD to avoid conflicts with OS (win7/10) on my other connected HDDs?

    Right now I have 3 OS' on 3 different drives. I have win7 (which I never use) on an old 1TB harddrive that is being used for storage. On a Sandisk 120gb SSD, I have Win10 installed, and this is the main OS I use. When I upgraded from 8.1, this is the drive I installed it onto. However the...
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    Will my current cpu (i5-2500k) make buying the gtx1070 not worth the extra money compared to the rx480/gtx1060?1080p@60hz

    Current build: Cpu: i5-2500K (non OC, yet but open to the idea) Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 PSU:600W (dont have model# atm) 8GB DDR3 RAM 3 HDD, 1SSD I'm planning on transitioning from console gaming to PC gaming. I also watch quite a bit of HD movies on my pc. My main goal is to...