Recent content by Joeyheads

$450 isn't a whole lot to work with, but one thing that will help by lowering the price is use one of the AMD A10 processors, which have some great integrated graphics (equivalent of their cards). Personally I'm an Intel guy, but its hard to argue with the price/performance on the AMD CPUs...

Ended up getting a QNIX QX2710 monitor. 1440p, PLS panel, 100+ hz, $280 on eBay.

Having been in the same situation (deciding between the merits of the faster TNs or IPS colors) I did quite a bit of research in the last week. I ended up getting a QNIX QX2710, a PLS (very similar to IPS) display that can be overclocked to 100+ hz, and has 1440p resolution. Something you...

You have an excellent CPU for gaming right now (based on what I've read at least). If you wanted an improvement, there's not much raise on clock speed, but more cores (especially a hyperthreading i7) would give you an improvement. I currently use an i7-4790k, and if you're patient you can get it...

+Do you have a specific monitor you would recommend for photo editing and intermediate gaming? ===> Preferably IPS (better color) ===> My max budget is about $400 +Do you have any other thoughts about choosing a monitor, especially about 2K/4K vs 1080p resolution? (If I saved up, is it worth...

Further testing revealed I/O error with device. Sorry!

==== EDIT: Further testing revealed an I/O error with the drive. Sorry! Okay, a very weird problem here: I've just put together a new build based on an ASRock Extreme 4+ FM2 motherboard. I have it (nearly) completely assembled, and Windows 7 installed on a 64GB SSD. Everything runs fine...

That's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks again!

Hello everyone! I've just assembled a new build with an A10-6800k and a CoolerMaster Hyper212 EVO to cool it. Looking to overclock, but I'm at new to doing it (this being my first build). Goal is to get to at least 5.0Ghz, if possible at least. Any recommendations? Thanks! P.S. Using ASRock...

Don't have time to go through it tonight, but I recommend trying pcpartpicker.com ... it'll do compatibility checks for all the hardware you add to a parts litst.