Recent content by tcprix

Agree. Worth the re-sale down the road for small price difference and just have the better tech. Weird I was under the impression as long as they were identical kits they worked but I guess it's not the case.

Yeah like I said I have a huge case, it has a fan at the back and front of case and I did research the hell out of my cooler before my build so I knew it was top of the line and figured it was good enough for 14700k I just wanted some 2nd opinions. Thanks for all your info, glad to know yours is...

Awesome, thank you so much for the tip on the Noctua mounting kit for free that's awesome. Great to know my cooler will suffice for that cpu. Thanks to confirm they last really long too. Yeah I put the new CPU on part picker and was saying I was already over my PSU limit so thanks for 850w...

This is my current setup: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/WdP6PF I want to upgrade to the i7 14700k and probably an ASUS motherboard. Will my old Noctua NH-D15S fan with the 14700k be enough to keep it good temps? If it were you, would you normally upgrade to a new cooler with a new CPU? As...

Interesting, thank you for your response I needed that history lesson. Never knew the bad 'K' chips became the non-K chips which makes your point for getting a 'K' chip logical for sure. Thanks.

cool thanks but do they normally come out after the k cpus?

Can't seem to find any info in regards to when non-k unlocked cpu's from intel release. Raptor Lake Refresh Intel CPU's was the most recent family to be released (14xxx). Can someone let me know if they usually release non-k versions after the k versions are out? Thanks

So what would you recommend to wait for the 5000 series? I'm building a pc for my gf and just going to give her the 3060 so this 3070ti is about 222$ more than the current going price of a 3060 which is probably worth it to have that better improvement in gaming at 1440p eh?

I'm looking for best bang for buck GPU in regards to playing 1440p at I don't know what FPS but let's just say 60 with games at highest settings. I don't mind turning down settings a hair but I want it to be looking sharp and good and have no issues with my GPU. I got a 3060 thinking I would...

Good points. Basically I'd just like a couple M.2 ports, I have 3 monitors but I use a GPU (2 displayports, 1 hdmi), I don't even have any case fans except for a couple built in ones that came with it (cpu is 65W TDP, 3060 (might upgrade to 3070/4060ti/4070)), I also don't need the highest speed...

My main concerns of going with a cheaper ASUS board are the I/O panel usually having way less USB plug ins which I much prefer having more. Asides from that I actually always shy away from micro atx boards because I have a monster case but I guess it really doesn't matter as long as it has all...

I'm interested in purchasing the i7-13700 (non-k) version because the base specs are insanely good and I have no need to overclock. I'd prefer an ASUS motherboard but how do I tell which motherboards don't have the ability to overclock? I'm assuming motherboards that have the ability to...

Thanks for the reply and thanks for sharing your links. I think what you linked was great only thing was it wasn't 1920x1080. Do you know if it's a big difference vs a 1600x900 res. screen?

Looking for a new laptop for a friend who lives in Canada so prices need to be in CAD. Budget is around $800 CAD (don't actually know). It will be mostly to go on sites like their work app that they have to do training for and find it hard to see everything on their phone. As well as e-mails...

Exactly what the title says. My dad just needs two 1920x1080 27" monitors for simply surfing the web, trading stocks and watching videos like youtube. He doesn't game. He's in Canada. It's always sort of against my morals to get the cheapest price always usually because the product is crappier...