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    [SOLVED] Advice needed please! Asus TUF or Acer Nitro 5, specific models...

    Thanks- sounds like a great laptop you have. Is the IntelCore i5-10300H a bit rubbish then do you think?
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    [SOLVED] Advice needed please! Asus TUF or Acer Nitro 5, specific models...

    Thanks, I want the option that is more usefull...I do have a dell QHD monitor 95% sRGB I can use externally for editing an PShop.... Ive been looking at benchmarks and the i5 doesn't hold up well against the Ryzen...but then again the 1660ti is 50% faster then the 1650ti in gaming from what...
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    [SOLVED] Advice needed please! Asus TUF or Acer Nitro 5, specific models...

    Thanks, but it comes down to these 2 that I have to choose between due to the supplier where my work gets their laptops. So if you can advise me on what to get that would be really helpful. is the 1660ti much better then the 1650ti and worth going for at the expense of a i5 worse CPU? ... or is...
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    [SOLVED] Advice needed please! Asus TUF or Acer Nitro 5, specific models...

    Mods - I think I posted this in the wrong section - can you move it to laptops / gaming? Cheers.
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    [SOLVED] Advice needed please! Asus TUF or Acer Nitro 5, specific models...

    Hi, I'm needing a new laptop to replace my broken Dell 2-in-1 i5 6500U....work is contributing a bit, I do like gaming (but also have I have a PS4 Pro and a Ryzen 5 1600x / RX480 on desktop PC) and have lots of steam games so thought I'd get a gaming laptop. My budget and shop choice by work...
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    RX480 Nitro OC 8GB or R9 390X Black editiion

    I am struggling to decide between these two cards: RX480 Nitro OC 8GB or R9 390X Black edition They are both £250, which one shall I get? Cheers.
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    XFX R9 390X or RX480 with 650W PSU

    I was under the impression it was a very good PSU from the reviews I read? http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/ocz-zs-series-650-w-power-supply-review/7/
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    XFX R9 390X or RX480 with 650W PSU

    I need a new GPU. I sold my 280X to upgrade. I have a i5 3.2GHz, 16GB RAM, 1x 120GB SSD, x2 1TB HD's, DVD Drive and a OCZ-ZS650W-UK BRONZE 80 PSU. PSU specs: OCZ ZS 650W Power Specs Rail 3.3V 5V 12V 5VSB -12V Max. Power 22A 22A 46A 3A 0.3A...
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    R9 280x Toxic getting hot...again!

    Anyone help me? Cheers.
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    Aerocool DS Cube - is it good for building a silent gaming system?

    Forget the DS cube case, I have it with a r9 280x and its too hot in there with maxed out fans....a waste of money.
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    R9 280x Toxic getting hot...again!

    I had an issue in the summer with system getting hot and so installed better fans in the case, at the top there are x2 14cm EN51622 Dead Silence fans at full speed blowing up/out, x1 20cm Aerocool Lightning 58CFM fan at the front pulling air in, and the stock 12cm fan at the back blowing out...
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    R9 280x Toxic getting hot...again!

    Default speeds with 1150 gpu 1600 mem, catalyst 15.8 driver 15.201.1151.0 beta. Running windows 10.
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    R9 280x Toxic getting hot...again!

    So I've got a r9 280x Toxic in my gaming rig, in a AeroCool Deadsilence mATX case with x2 fans at the top pulling out hot aire, as well as 1 rear and 1 large front fan. However, I was playing Crysis 2 last night and the GPU was hitting 94c....this is worrying. What can I do now, I've got fans...
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    PCIE power cable issues for new gfx card

    Hi, I bought a hd6870 used to upgrade my dad's pc so he can play some flight sim games. Trouble is it has x2 6 pin pcie power connectors, but the power supply only has one pcie cable. It also only has 1 cable with x2 molex connectors on same cable. I have a x2 molex to pcie 6 pin but take it...
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    HD6870 and PSU

    Thanks! Just upgrading my dad's PC so he can run IL2-Cliffs of Dover at better frame rates than with his APU only, found a cheapish HD6870 on fleabay. He already has that PSU...so should be ok then, great. Thanks.