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JesasaurusRex

JesasaurusRex

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Who's buying, other than me?
3570k current, figured it's about time
swooped up a mobo i wanted already in anticipation (along with a few other goodies)
probably grab one of their gpus too when released
 
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TylerW

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Intel seems like it's shitting the bed in the CPU market, and I may decide to make a move to AMD next year (or whenever I get around to a full system rebuild).

I lost out on the 3070 release yesterday, and I'm tempted to look to AMD's hardware there. But I live & die by adobe software, and their support for AMD's GPUs for acceleration has always been disappointing. I just just be patient and stick with nvidia.
 
ScarySpikes

ScarySpikes

tastes like burning
I have been planning a new build for a while, with the intention of going for Zen 3 and Navi 2x, and doing a custom loop. Probably 5900x and 6800xt. I may wait a month or two for any bugs to get smoothed over, AMD products often start to see decent sale prices about 2 months in, so hoping this will be the same.
 
NorCalAthlete

NorCalAthlete

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Considering games coming out this year still aren’t maxing the capabilities of my current 1080, I see no particular reason to upgrade yet, but if and when I do I’ll likely be looking to AMD for my next CPU.
 
JesasaurusRex

JesasaurusRex

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NorCalAthlete said:
Considering games coming out this year still aren’t maxing the capabilities of my current 1080, I see no particular reason to upgrade yet, but if and when I do I’ll likely be looking to AMD for my next CPU.
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1080p peasant :twofinger

in reality though my 3570k and 970 gtx still play the games that I frequent at 1440p, with mid ranged settings and AA off. That being said current shooters are eating it up for lunch. Hasn't really been on my mind since, like I said, i don't play them much, but figured this was finally a big enough leap forward to pull the trigger. My rigs like 7-8 years old.
 
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TylerW

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NorCalAthlete said:
Considering games coming out this year still aren’t maxing the capabilities of my current 1080, I see no particular reason to upgrade yet, but if and when I do I’ll likely be looking to AMD for my next CPU.
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I'm guessing you're being pretty elective about what you play to arrive at that conclusion. You can't even get at that RTX raytracing goodness on the 1080.

A fellow on a discord server I'm on who got his hands on a 3070 this week reported that he was getting 110-120 FPS in call of duty at 1440 with full raytracing and max settings.
 
NorCalAthlete

NorCalAthlete

O_o
I have no trouble playing COD at high settings (mostly) (though not ultra) at 1440p / 120+ FPS.

That being said I spend more time on PUBG, Overwatch, Hunt Showdown, Remnant FTA. I’m debating on getting back into Elite Dangerous and picking up some of the DCS modules / Microsoft Flight Sim / Star Wars Squadrons though, so if/when that happens it’ll be time to rebuild. Current rig cost me about $2k to build and is only about 3 years old though. Mainly water cooling bits otherwise it would have only been an average $1200 rig.
 
JesasaurusRex

JesasaurusRex

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Have COD titles ever been demanding of current hardware? When i used to game more one of my many gripes with the COD series was that it looked like ass.
 
JesasaurusRex

JesasaurusRex

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anyone have any luck?
not sure how i did it but looks like i managed to snag a 5800x online. I say looks like because obviously it's not in my hands yet. Wanted a 5900x but doesn't look like it was in the cards. Don't think i'm ever going to try and buy a product at launch again. Local microcenter had a line around the block last night by like 8pm, and then today online everything was sold out in a matter of seconds. What a f*ckin shit show
 
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asdfghwy

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JesasaurusRex said:
anyone have any luck?
not sure how i did it but looks like i managed to snag a 5800x online. I say looks like because obviously it's not in my hands yet. Wanted a 5900x but doesn't look like it was in the cards. Don't think i'm ever going to try and buy a product at launch again. Local microcenter had a line around the block last night by like 8pm, and then today online everything was sold out in a matter of seconds. What a f*ckin shit show
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b&h photo video online let my friends get pre-orders in at 12pm est . who knows when it will delivery but they were right at open

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youtu.be/72AHENDeTEI
 
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jh2586

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Meh I'll keep my 3700x and just buy an Xbox Series X if I want to game in UHD.

EDIT: Or keep my 3700x and buy a RTX 3080
 
ScarySpikes

ScarySpikes

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yodaisgod said:
Thoughts on the "Very good" build from this website? This would be for my boys (2 computers) so they can play shit like Fortnight. LOL

https://www.logicalincrements.com/

Any changes you'd make?
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A lot of changes TBH.
This will get mostly better performance for quite a bit less. I don't think any computer built today should have less that 16 GB of RAM, and SSDs are so cheap you can get a 1 TB NVME one for pretty cheap.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($118.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 665p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($88.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING MX Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $783.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-05 17:48 EST-0500
 
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asdfghwy

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JesasaurusRex said:
ya i saw that when it came online
i didn't trust the shipping time, hope it works out for them
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they're still gonna try and secure it another way but wanted to at least get an order in and see what turns up faster

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on a side note, anyone got a screaming deal on a GPU they're looking to get rid of? 1660super or higher
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I have a 980 ti in my old build sitting on my desk. I'd rather sell the whole build (i7 / 16gb ram - no ssd I took storage out) but I'd sell the card alone. It's been sitting in the case since I built my newer pc in april
 
JesasaurusRex

JesasaurusRex

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ScarySpikes said:
A lot of changes TBH.
This will get mostly better performance for quite a bit less. I don't think any computer built today should have less that 16 GB of RAM, and SSDs are so cheap you can get a 1 TB NVME one for pretty cheap.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($118.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 665p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($88.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING MX Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $783.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-05 17:48 EST-0500
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I actually just picked up my first NVME drive, and while the bench marks are def faster than my sata ssd I don't notice faster boot times or anything. I'm guessing large data transfers is where they shine but I don't do much of that.

Still, NVME is the way to go if buying new i'm with you on that, the price point makes no sense in getting a sata drive.
 
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