- Khorne
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Great job on the op dates.
Hardware Comparison Tools
The thread tends to default to Gamer’s Nexus for direct comparison benchmarks (and for good reason). Their testing is highly controlled (with publicly documented methodology), accurate, free of basis, and best of all goes to unnecessary lengths to call out slimy manufacturers (they’re directly responsible for a Consumer Product Safety Commission recall for NZXT cases causing fires). They test everything from CPUs & GPUs to cases, cooling solutions, and other fun stuff.
22. Do hard disks have any place in a modern computer?
If you need an abundance of storage on the cheap, multi-Terabyte HDDs can be had for half the cost of an SSD or less, however the performance gap between them is, without hyperbole, the biggest advance in home computer performance in a decade (or more). If you’re not backing up complete collections of perfectly legitimate Blu-Rays, you’re better served getting as much SSD storage as you can afford and deleting a few games if necessary.
Cooler benchmarks frequently happen with no side panel and this results in worse results for this cooler in particular unless you run 2x fans on it. With the side panel on it performs identically to the NHD15 and Fuma 2 with zen2 and zen3 CPUs.
It does have a slightly worse fan than the more expensive fuma 2 in terms of noise level if you let it run at max speeds. The trick here is you don't have to run it at max speed and the cooler performs real well even at low RPM. Arguably it's even more efficient at low rpm than some other designs, but all of the coolers in this category are so close with the newer CPUs that you should really just decide on price & aesthetic.
Another cooler that's even cheaper and pretty good is the arctic freezer 34 esports duo. These were a way better deal at $36 than the current $47 price point, but the performance is comparable to the fuma2 at the cost of some noise.
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- Khorne
- May 1, 2002
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Been playing Path of Exile lately and it's been constantly freezing on me for a second or two whenever a ton of mobs spawn then runs fine until more mobs spawn. When looking at the graph chart in the top right corner it show CPU usage spike during that time before normalizing. That got me thinking I might need to look into a new computer.
I currently have the following:
i5-4670k haswell at 3.4GHz cpu
MSI Z87m-643 1150 motherboard
2x 8GB DDR3 1333 Ripsaw RAM
GTX 1660 Super GPU.
Could I get away with getting a Ryzen 5 5600x (280ish dollars), ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming II AMD AM4 (Ryzen 5000, 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Gaming Motherboard (130ish dollars), and some random 16gig DDR 4 memory and be good with just moving over the 1660 Super?
I would like to play PoE, diablo 4, and maybe some MMOs whenever they come out like New World, Ashes of Creation, or the new expansion for GW2.. without struggling. I currently have a 2k monitor but have been playing games at 1080p if that matters.
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Aug 10, 2021 22:32
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- Khorne
- May 1, 2002
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Can someone help me source an SSD for a Playstation 5?
Requirements:
I was going to just throw a 1TB Western Digital Black drive on there, but the heatsink requirements are a bit uncertain for me, and also I'm not sure what kind of bandwidth the PS5 has for reading from the drive, so I didn't want to over-spec the SSD.
I'd google "reddit ps5 sn750 heatsink" or something similar to see what people who have tried it are saying.
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Aug 20, 2021 18:50
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- Khorne
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As someone who only relatively recently got interested in PC building again I have no idea why there's even the concept of tribalism in the hobby. They're electronic parts, not sports teams, and there's numerous data available to make objective judgments about the quality of a certain product.
It's only the past two generations, zen2/zen3 (3000/5000 series) that they've made a ridiculous comeback. It's great for consumers overall because Intel can't sandbag, and it's great for consumers because AMD were willing to do some pretty pro-consumer stuff. Although they seem more than willing to not take a pro-consumer approach now that they're arguably leading the market.
The GPU market has generally been far more complicated and specific to individual needs & budget.
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