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    MSI AM4 MicroATX B450M PRO-M2 what is the best ram to match this?

    Hi People, Looking to upgrade from my i7 3770K to a Ryzen 5 2600. Looking at a the MSI AM4 MicroATX B450M PRO-M2 DDR4 Motherboard and wondering about suitable ram to get. I'm not fussed on overclocking. This is a budget upgrade mostly for gaming at 1080p. I'll be using a 1070ti for GPU Think...
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    Best upgrade path for i3-4170

    Hi goofygiggles, Thanks for your answer, the video card is the strix Radeon R7 370 as I’ve listed above. I know it’s not great/not terrible, I’ve been trying to encourage him to save his penny’s and wait for the new Volta Nvidia cards to launch next year but not sure if he’ll wait that long
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    Best upgrade path for i3-4170

    Hi people! My son wants to upgrade his i3-4170 Mobo- Asrock H81M-HDS rev2.0 Strix R7-370 8g of hyperx fury 1600 ram 500g seagate SATA hdd. He’s a 1st apprentice landscaper so he doesn’t have a huge budget. He plays pubg, Dayz, paragon, wow, shadows of war, What would you recommend as his...
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    Is my graphics card dead?

    Have you tested it via a different output? I assume you are using hdmi, have you tried using dvi plug to see if that works? Or tried a different hdmi cable?
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    Looking for a cheap but decent gpu for the below system

    Hello fellow gamers! I recently helped a mate upgrade his system to a new Ryzen setup and he kindly gave me his old MoBo, cpu, ram and sealed liquid cooler for the cpu I’m looking for the best bang for buck video card for the below system. I have a budget of $200 AUD and I’m thinking of getting...
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    i3 4170 vs i5 2400

    arent they both 1155 sockets? Or have I got something else I was looking up confused with this?
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    i3 4170 vs i5 2400

    Hi people! My son has been given an i3-4170 on an asrock H81m-hds motherboard with an R7 370 card by a friend who just upgraded. I have a i5-2400 chip from a 2011 iMac sitting around doing nothing. I'm wondering if it's worth while putting in the i5 (I know I'd need to get a new cooler for the...
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    Will a FCPGA988 chip work in and PGA988 Motherboard?

    Hi people, I have been given a Asus A73s laptop with a i7-2670qm 2.2 chip in it. The mobo is fried and i was wondering if i could use the chip in my sons emachine E732-382G50Mnkk i3-380m The Asus is an FCPGA988 chip but my sons eMachine uses a PGA988 chipset. Can I use the i7 my sons computer...