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hi there!
I just purchased a unti from best buy. Its an asus. Im coming from an amd ryzen 1500x I think with a geforce 2070 graphics card to a intel core i7 1400 geforce 4060ti.
System ram is 32 gig. 1 TB of hard drive space.
Im using my a little older samsung 51 inch qled monitor for full 1080p gaming. What a difference, then again my older system had to be 5 year old. FPS in the latest call of duty is insanely fast at ultra high detail.
If I were to make this one a little sweeter what would I do?

Is there an obvious difference in 4k gaming vs just full hd to the nake d eye?

Processor seems like its among the better ones from intel and the gpu also seems like is among the betters ones but not the flahship..
or Do I want a year and upgrade?

Thanks in advance. Been out of the loop for a bit so im trying to catch up now here and there...
 
pnico said:
Is there an obvious difference in 4k gaming vs just full hd to the nake d eye?
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Depends on how big the screen is and how far you are from it. Also depends on how good of an eyesight you have.

But overall, higher resolution makes images look more detailed (since pixel density increases). Less jagged/pixelated lines (less blurriness on finer details).
Downside is that FPS drops considerably (since GPU has to render FAR more pixels).

So, if you want to have high FPS with smooth movements, stick to 1080p.
But if you don't care about FPS and can manage with 40 FPS, while wanting to have more detailed image, you could go with 4K. (~40 FPS is what RTX 4060 Ti can push on 4K).
 
thanks for the reply! well I have a lazy eye. LEft eye is. Right is the stronger one. Im 46 so eyes arent wonderful.. theyre healthy per my recent doctors visit but I likely won't notice the additional detail. Im stunned at the detail now with a full hd 1080p and max detail..
processor is ok? over all nice system?
 
pnico said:
core iy 1400f
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Again, no such CPU exists.

"1400" would indicate Intel 1st generation Core series (Nephalem architecture), but the CPU numbering on 1st generation didn't consist of 4 numbers, instead only 3 numbers.
And Intel didn't start using F-suffix until 9th generation (Coffee Lake refresh architecture).

Point is, you have to be exact and punctual when you're giving out hardware specifications.

E.g, the CPU what i have, is: i5-6600K (6th gen, Skylake architecture).
If i were to mistype it to e.g "i5-660", it means completely another CPU (1st gen, Clarkdale architecture).

Intel 14th gen F-suffix CPUs are:
i3-14100F
i5-14400F
i5-14490F
i7-14700F
i7-14790F
i9-14900F

So, which of the 6x CPUs it is? Since knowing exactly the CPU would allow me to tell how well it fits when paired with RTX 4060 Ti. But without knowing exactly what you have, there is huge difference between i3-14100F and i9-14900F.

pnico said:
750W power supply (80+ Gold, peak 800W)
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Yeah.... as expected.

Thing with prebuilt PCs is, that PSU is often cheaped out in them, to save money. And most people care little, if any, about the PSU in their PC. All that they may care about is wattage rating and that's it.

Thing is, since PSU powers everything, it is the most important component inside the PC.
And you'd never want to cheap out on PSU. The lower the PSU's build quality is - the higher the change of PSU going "boom", releasing magic smoke and frying everything it is connected to (aka your whole PC).

With prebuilt PCs, it is easy to tell when PSU in them is cheaped out and isn't a good quality unit. Namely, only wattage rating is listed.
Since when PSU would be good/great quality unit, like Seasonic PRIME TX-650 (80+ Titanium) or Corsair AXi-1600 (80+ Titanium) or Super Flower Leadex VII XG 850W (80+ Gold), the PSUs name would be listed there fully as well.
Since it would be another selling point. Just like CPU, GPU and OS are, which are listed in great detail.

In same sense, if prebuilt PC makers would use the same ruse with other components, PC specs would look like so:
CPU - 8 cores
RAM - 16 GB
GPU - 8 GB VRAM
MoBo - 600-series
PSU - 750W

Would you buy the PC when all the specs are listed as i just did?
If not, then why not?


Btw, the PC you have, PSU isn't the only unknown component. So are SSD, HDD, RAM and even CPU cooler. No make or model of those are listed. But since PSU is the most important component inside the PC, i'm only caring about what PSU you have. Having cheap SSD/HDD or RAM will not kill your PC. But having cheap PSU will.


To know what PSU you exactly have, only option is to open up the back panel of the PC case, unscrew the PSU from PC case and pull it out enough, so that you can see the label on the PSU. Take a pic of the PSU label (where all kinds of watts and amps are seen) and upload it to the net. E.g www.imgur.com and share the pic here.

Until it isn't confirmed what PSU you have, PSU is considered crap quality (aka guilty until proven innocent). Crap quality PSUs are ticking time bombs and can blow up at any given moment.

Edit:
To showcase you reputable prebuilt PC brand, here's Starforge and for this example, i took one of their random prebuilts, Naviagtor Pro,
specs: https://starforgesystems.com/products/navigator-pro

If you look at the specs, almost immediately you can see that: "Power Supply - MSI MPG A750GL PCIe 5".
Like i said, when PSU is good, there's no point in hiding what PSU the PC has.
 
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pnico said:
power supply is https://rog.asus.com/us/power-supply-units/rog-strix/rog-strix-750g-aura-gaming-model/spec/
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Review of your PSU: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-rog-strix-750w-power-supply-review

Good unit, but overpriced.
Also, review is of the regular unit, while you have Aura Edition. Meaning that PSU RGB can be controlled via Aura software, but otherwise, the two PSUs should be same internally.

pnico said:
ram is samsung
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This tell little since Samsung is one of the biggest RAM OEMs.

Download and run HWinfo64,
link: https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

It will tell you plethora of into about your whole system, down to the PSU rail voltages. Only thing it can't tell, is PSU make and model. But that you've already told us.
 
helper800 said:
That is incorrect. Stability issues have been solved and warranties extended to 5 years. You can still very easily get 7200+ mt/s RAM running on all of the mentioned CPUs.
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OK，14th non-k i7/i9 has no limit on SA voltage after Jan 2024, but I doubt the stability issue and the warranty.
In my region, Intel is shameful for requiring "fapiao" for only boxed CPU's warranty, which means if you didn't/forgot to require 'fapiao' from the shop you buy it, you'll lose warranty. Not all sellers provide "fapiao", only big sellers can offer that.

Just a year ago, we can all send a broken boxed/oem non-boxed CPU for RMA without "fapiao". Intel may tighten the warranty policy in other areas too.
 
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