Recent content by jeffnc

Grrr. I have a love/hate relationship with this hobby. It's like the industry is designed to make things obsolete as soon as you buy them. But, I think you're right. Actually after I posted that I tried to put all 3 cards in. There are 5 slots, yet I could not quite squeeze in that third...

I put together a new PC with some old parts and some new. The motherboard is an MSI B760, Windows 10. I've got some GeForce GTX 1070 cards laying around I'd like to use. I'm also putting together a racing sim rig and I also happen to have some matching displays laying around I'd like to use...

OK thanks for the info. Looks like the i7 is about $100 on eBay, but looking at benchmarks doesn't really look like there's enough of an improvement there. Not building a new box for an AMD setup though. Will just play the games that run well!

I have the aforementioned mboard. Currently have an i5 4690K. Was wondering if there was a good bang for the buck upgrade for the CPU. I was planning on upgrading the Radeon R9 200 card with dual GeForce GTX 1070 cards that I happened to get for free. Not looking for a total hotrod but just...

That does look pretty good. No slimline case (I have an issue with desktop space and it has to fit under a little 5" shelf space) but otherwise a real nice looking deal.

I have built my own computer before, but it's been awhile and I'm out of the loop and just to avoid hassles and get something quick. I do want the slimline case, as mentioned. I think I'll go with the Inspiron 530s, with Pentium dual-core E5200 (whatever that is!). With shipping and tax it...

OK, so what processor/system would be at that "hurdle" point then? thanks.

I'm looking for a second computer for email, web surfing, paying bills, etc. I'm assuming I'll be getting Vista. Is there some performance threshold I'll want to get over just in terms of running Vista and other minor office apps? Will I shoot myself in the foot if I go too cheap? I'd like a...