Recent content by chrispycrunch

I popped in a surplus i7-3770 from i5-2500k and want the upgrade you have. What is your i7-12700K configuration? What single-core apps feel fast? Office and Web browsing snappier? Is M.2 a must? DDR4 or DDR5?

Did you have any trade-offs gaming on laptop compared to desktop ie loud fan? 80086 16Mhz 80286 33MHz 80386 1.4Ghz AMD Athlon 2.4Ghz Intel E6750 C2D OC to 4.0GHz Intel i5-2500K 3.4-3.9Ghz Intel i7-4770 Currently failing to justify an upgrade for office and web surfing activities. Convince me...

Good memory and thanks for correcting me. The PC upgrades from 4C/4T to 4C/8T. Photoshop filters run faster. I don't notice any other performance improvements. Idle heat is higher, load is lower. Power usage is slightly lower. After trying to install gt610, the display would not turn on...

I am leaving sandy bridge with Ivy Bridge i7-3770. While I could upgrade to a more recent system, it's nice to have an 8-core system for the first time. For general office work, youtube, no gaming, is there any benefit using a GT 610 GPU instead of integrated GPU?

I use i5-2500K as the daily driver and am checking in.

What GPU is optimal for playing games on Unreal Engine 5 at 1080?

I am still on an Intel i5-2500K for web surfing and Word. Looking for suggested thread posts on an upgrade path.

For years, my system was stable but in the last month it crashes under specific cases of general usage (no gaming, just surfing on web and MS office). I have an i-5 2500K overclocked to 105x 4 (4.2Ghz). O/C never had a problem until now. 1) I opened chrome + website that loaded a 360 view of a...

At least you didn't get an email from him reminding you to have a valid email address..that's not replyable because it's read-only. Sounds like he's commenting on AMD not releasing any Ryzen price, performance, benchmark or hard release date. No Vega details, either.

IS the AC1900 from Asus that much better than the Asus AC1750?

What may AMD do then if it wants to compete in the GPU with NVDA and in CPU with INTEL?

:) Yes. DDR4 is just a way to force users to upgrade to a new standard, even though there are no real world (or price/performance) benefits. This shift may happen soon..in the next 6-18 months. Maybe that will push the prices down for DDR3.

Ddr4 is the next great thing, only you don't get a performance boost from it.

Micron expects its 3D NAND will hit the market later this year. It's happening very soon. Many expect a price war between Samsung, Micron, but then everyone loses (at least profits will fall). There's also a possibility both companies will avoid a price war by limiting supply. Consumers...

The work pc I bought last year had only 4GB for around 40. This year 16GB is $125 so $31/ for a 4gb.. So DDR3 memor prices dropped around 21%. this year or next they are pushing DDR4. On GPU they are promoting even faster tech.