Recent content by ka3fs

  1. ka3fs

    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    Wow, great choices. Definitely saving a copy of this list. I can't even nitpick anything if I wanted to. You've been great help, I'm first going to upgrade the GPU as it's literally the oldest thing in my current rig.
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    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    I mean I am going to have to say goodbye to my long-time friend, the 1080 Ti one day, so I guess I might have to bite the bullet soon enough. Jokes aside, it seems like I can't go wrong upgrading the GPU, or even the CPU for that matter but I hadn't even factored in the RAM/Motherboard. Thanks...
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    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    Forget to tell you about my RAM, it's Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) running in dual-channel at 3200 Mhz currently.
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    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    I am currently mostly playing Halo, and sometimes Call of Duty. Last time I benchmarked Halo Infinite, it was around 160 1% lows but was in a controlled setting with bots, and only on one map. Anytime I benchmark the game, CPU usage is always 100% and GPU is ~95% so I assume it's pretty...
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    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    Ah, I should have put that as well. I'm currently air cooling with a Deepcool AK400 single tower with a Noctua NF-P12, 1700 RPM strapped to it.
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    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    I simply am not that well-versed in the current PC building world. So lets set my goal to half of what I originally wanted at 120 1% lows, do you think solely upgrading to the 13600K would be more impactful compared to solely upgrading to a 4070? Or would I have to upgrade to both to gain a...
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    Build Advice Personal Rig Upgrade Inquiry

    Current Build CPU: Intel i5-12400F MOTHERBOARD: Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4 GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti STORAGE: Kingston NV1, 1TB, NVMe PSU: SeaSonic FOCUS, 650 W MONITOR: ASUS ROG Strix XG248Q, 1920 x 1080, 240 Hz Looking to upgrade parts to reach ~240 1% lows (1080p) in online competitive...