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    Is it reasonable to pair the R5 1600 with a GTX 1080 Ti?

    Knowing that Vega is probably just around the corner now, I'm still wondering if it's reasonable to pair the R5 1600 with a GTX 1080 Ti. The alternative is to go with the i7 7700K, but how much of a difference in gaming performance am I looking at then generally? Between 5-20% FPS difference if...
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    Torn between the Ryzen 7 1700 and i7 7700K

    Yes, it seems I also have to join the crowd of people having difficulties deciding between the R7 1700 and the i7 7700K. My apologies. I think (but I'm not entirely certain) that I will spend a good amount of my time gaming. At the moment, I suppose I would be playing games like Civ6, Fallout...
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    A case of decision agony regarding chassis

    So, I have already blown my 1500 USD limit to the center of the galaxy and have decided to pretty much go all-in at this point. I will be rocking the i7 7700K with a kit of G.Skill TridentZ RGB 3200MHZ (2x8GB) RAM, on the Asus Z270E, cooled by the NZXT Kraken X62 and graphics will be produced by...
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    2666mhz RAM bought. Did I make a mistake?

    Hi! I recently bought a pair of Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 8GB 2666mhz RAMs for my new build. I will run i7 7700K on an ASRock Z270 Extreme 4 motherboard with the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Super Jetstream. The motherboard, however, only has 2133mhz and 2400mhz listed as native RAM frequencies and...