Recent content by Joe Gallo

I play dcs, flight sim and arma, this should do the trick for you https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NFbR8r

Use Kijiji, eBay, Craigslist you can get 4790k systems for 200$ CAD and 8600k’s for 300 CAD. 16gb of gskill ram for 70$. Staying under that 200$ will be hard but it’s doable.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/alder-lake-multiple-gear-modes-confirmed This explains gear ratios pretty well

I just purchased the wifi 2 and was looking at those boards. The wifi 2 has better wifi and Bluetooth, the wifi has more encoders and a few added io’s and connections look on the Asus website and compare the two boards you can make a decision from there

No problem whatsoever! Both are possible depending on the case you choose. for example I just bought a cooler master haf500 it comes with 3 rgb fans in the box and 2 of them are pre installed as well, cabling and everything.

You can cut cost out of your motherboard if you’d like, just make sure it’s ddr5 and has at least one gen 5 pcie slot and it’ll be pretty future proof. Don’t be afraid to go with a more expensive case. You’d save by using stock fans that would most likely be adequate. And would be able to carry...

Is xmp/dochp enabled, are you running the correct gear ratio if Intel? Check for bloatware running in the background, and look up ways to improve efficiency in your bios and on windows. Is your ram in the second from the left and furthest to the right slots? Are you running an eco mode in...

Yeah that ram is very worth it for that price.

You did great all reputable brands and products, very balls to the walls so you can save a bit if you need to. If you don’t care to much on pricing or there’s a deal you’re after there may be more feature rich and stronger coolers. Still not a bad pick however. You’d save a buck if you just got...

Here’s what I’d do as quick checks. Check your ram on your mobos qvl list. Make sure all connections are firmly in place. Download the newest bios, then reinstall windows and reinstall the newest bios. Reinstall all the latest drivers off manufacturing websites.

Yeah like others said, igpu might be the way to go, anything older than a 770/780 and you’re really starting to push minimum requirements if you’re not playing games like csgo or league. Pcie is backwards compatible gpu and storage, you just get limited to the older speeds and bandwidth...

What games will you be playing?

Hey guys, I’m transitioning to a new build. My first real build. I bought a prebuilt in 2016 from Ibuypower, slapped a Evga supernova p2 850 watt, and a 980 ti in there later. Now I’m re-using the psu and gpu for my new build https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NbWyTn My old mobo only needed 1...

Look at the numbers I quoted for real world boots if you take the bottom top or the averages you will see a 50% drop and then a second 50% drop on boot times, meaning that you will only see a 25% drop over the gen4 from gen 3.

Good knowledge it’d give me some time to get an aio