Recent content by systemBuilder87

I think you are missing out by not recommend the Rx570. It's the best TFLOPs/$ card on the planet, only about 10% slower than an Rx580 but priced up to 20% less.

I think that when the price of the Rx580-8GB dips down below $280 again, it should be back on this list. The temporary price spike due to cryptocurrency mining is a real bummer. When the Rx570 price goes down to ~$200 again, it's the best price/performance card on the market, 10% less...

I think anybody looking for a quiet fan will probably buy a Noctua U14-S (140mm fan) which moves at least 40% more air at the same RPM, so it can run at much lower RPM. We recently got one shipped from Amazon for $70 including tax ($64 retail). I think it would be a better cooler and...

MAKE SURE to get high speed memory with Ryzen 5, 7, (we are building a 1700x), these CPUs need a lot more memory bandwidth because the memory clockspeed influences the interconnect fabric. We got 8GBx2 3000 MT RAM (crucial tactical) because the 3200 MT didn't benchmark better (it may run at...

I am a longtime thinkpad owner, have owned T41's, presently own MANY T42's / T42p's at home, and for work, I use a T420. My newest machine is a Y580. Here are some reasons why : (a) No other laptop for less than $1400 runs games better with a single GPU (hats off to Y500 owners with SLI), (b)...