Recent content by pkmanss

Choosing a CPU is a pain in the neck, especially in the mid range where there are so many options. This doesn't paint a full picture of course, but there are some great insights on Passmark CPU benchmarks. A lot of irrelevant chips in the stack there, but a good tool for contrasting raw...

One other tid bit I would drop here if you are on the Fence about what chip to grab, there are a lot of good options out there. But keep in mind that AMD ZEN is "expected" to launch in January in the `$200 range. Might be worth waiting a couple weeks just to see what happens with that, worst...

Not even close to having a problem as far as wattage. One of my Rigs has significantly more draw and runs an ECGA 600w with plenty of room to spare.

My hopes are so high though....going to be royally pissed if they let us down.

I agree, what I meant to say in short is that, since we "expect" something to happen in January, it would not be a bad idea to wait a short time and see how they do, even if you end up with the intel build. Worst case scenario you waste a month of waiting for a let down, best case you end up...

I see where you're coming from for sure, a lot of different configurations to take into account there. I have an i5, as well as an 8350, might have to get a test set up to see what I can come up with.

I agree, they have some iffy PSUs. Speaking to the CPU, I know this is a contentious subject, but personally, dollar for dollar, you can't get much better. Sure you can buy a much better processor, but with a moderate OC on the 8350, you are right there running with an i5 Skylake out of the box...

I assumed 2 case fans and a 120mm CPU cooler fan in my previous post.

600w is plenty for that rig, the draw from the Rx470 is not particularly high, and without a lot of extras you will be FAR from capping you power consumption. An Fx-8350 and an RX 470 combined with 2x4gb DDR3 on a run of the mill MOBO and a single HDD or SDD is only going to demand about 350w...

Completely safe as long as you keep an eye on your Motherboard Temps. In the meantime it may be a good idea to slide the side panel off and lay it up against it to allow some better airflow until you can replace it, but al long as your temps are reasonable, have no fear. The 212 EVO will take...

I have had this problem in the past, first, to reiterate, make sure all of your drivers are the most up-to-date version. And Secondly, as I have seen before, disable the windows Aero effects and window animations, for some reason this does not play well with some games even when they are in...

Your processor is a pretty entry-level, so I am going to guess that is your bottleneck. Secondly, the clock-speed on your RAM is a bit low, but since you have 8gb, that is sufficient for most games. What makes a big difference here is....what games are you playing? to find your computer's...

I am, I was recently looking to build a new gaming computer and weighed my options. With a reasonable budget in mind I could have gone a bit higher, but I opted to get the same card you are speaking of, 6gb ROG STRIX edition 1060, i paired that with an AMD 6300 (I know, old), but once...