Recent content by Mickieg1994

Then you may not need an upgrade at all, change the monitor and see how it goes, your system can comfortably take any modern gpu, if you do want to upgrade it, look at a amd 6600 or a nvidia 3050 and above and either one of those will let you play any game you like the look of for the next...

The graphics card is pretty old now but won't have any impact on the display, the problem comes when your processor and graphics card is trying to drive all those extra pixels when gaming, everything else will be fine

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Having a problem with half of my monitor screen on the right hand side, it has a clear line down the middle and the screen on the right is flickering blue/white pixels, This sometimes goes away by alt-tabbing to a certain games but others will not affect the screen, can still use the screen on...

That sounds like a bad experience, i suppose if your someone who values being on the bleeding edge of performance you may see problems like that as something that comes with the territory and thats not so bad i guess, there is always going to be a downside to brand new hardware

A 10900f sounds about perfect for now, i've also just heard that intel is dropping prices for their cpu's just recently, will be interesting to see the effect on market share before their new lineup comes out, i really hope this goes well for them, things are advancing so quickly now that they...

That is true, however i don't believe it will be too long before 8 cores for gaming is the norm, especially as the latest AAA games are larger in scope and complexity, plus the consoles being 8 cores i think will really push things along, something like watch dogs legion or anno 1800, 100%...

A 5600x would be a little bit of a sidegrade for me, think 30-40% more IPC for 33% less cpu, yea those cores are faster but it's a bit of a compromise for the money i'd be spending, the hassle of checking my motherboard bios can handle the chip and dealing with any issues that would arise from...

It's kind of all of the above, your system won't just be running the game, there will be windows and other programs running in the background too, having this load spread across more cores means that you're cpu will have an easier time, running the game ontop, queuing up frames for the gpu...

Absolutely, again benchmarks won't show you how much smoother the overall user experience is going from 6 cores to 8, the 5800x is a very capable chip and will be for a good while, especially as it will easily compare with the specs of the consoles you will be able to keep up with whatever games...

So in short, i believe if you want 5 years out of your machine, then a 5800x might be slacking a little bit in 3-4 years, a 6 core processor will not last that long at all, if you really want the pc to last that long then a 5900x would not be ridiculous, it's spending more now to make it last...

A case with good airflow is best for temperatures, a few fans to keep the air flowing will impact the temperatures more than anything else

If you can, then i'd recommend it, buying a little more now puts off the time in the future when you will have to upgrade again, the cpu will be compatible with the same boards, i'm not an expert but i found some links to give you some more info, it seems if you are open to overclocking in...

If you don't want to buy again for the next 4 or so years, then i'd highly recommend a fast 8 core processor if you could stretch your budget a little, something like a 3700x/10700/11700 are a pretty nice midpoint, they will be snappy and responsive, multitask well, game better and will last...

If you don't want to buy again for the next 4 or so years, then i'd highly recommend a fast 8 core processor if you could stretch your budget a little, something like a 3700x/10700/11700 are a pretty nice midpoint, they will be snappy and responsive, multitask well, game better and will last...