Posts by Larry Ortiz5

fadedorca66, why is Nvidia being so ruthless? I mean, if it’s not actually profitable, what was the point of even making a Ti version? Is it just designed for guys like me who don't know any better? 😁

Good evening everyone—it's me, the guy you all know and love, haha! Honestly, though, I’ve completely hit a wall today... just totally burnt out. Does anyone have any advice or maybe a remedy for this? Send me a PM 😲

I shot a message over to the guy and told him my limit is $350—$133 max—since I just can't swing anything higher than that. He said he'd have to sleep on it. If I can get four people together for this, should I just head out?

And I really hope I don't mess this up—I just don't want to blow my budget and then spend the next few days kicking myself because I realized that tiny little performance boost from the GPU would have been way more useful for games like Call of Duty. As for the SSD, I just want to grab one since I've never actually owned one before.

Haha, don't worry, I'm definitely not rolling in it 😁

I’m probably that guy who needs to be told a thousand times that something isn't quite right—but since I'm pretty stubborn, I'll likely just keep doing things my way anyway, hahaha 🙂

Thanks for the input, guys—I really do appreciate the suggestions 🙄

Alright then, I'm switching over to the OCZ Vertex 4.

If you aren't running a triple-monitor setup, there's really no reason you'd need 3GB of VRAM on your graphics card.

I don't have a huge budget right now, 😬 but someone reached out to me yesterday with an offer—they've got a Phantom drive that’s been used for about a day and a half. They mentioned paying around $2,600 for it, and it still has two years left on the manufacturer's warranty. They asked if I'd be interested in paying a little extra to take it off their hands. Alternatively, I actually have another option sitting here: an OCZ Vertex 4 SSD that’s never even been opened—still completely factory sealed in the box. What do you guys think I should go with?

Hey Wodoo, what’s your take on picking up a GTX 660 Ti Phantom? 😁 I’d have to shell out another $50 😬

Hey everyone—what’s the deal with this new NVIDIA card, the Atlas? Is this actually next-gen stuff, or is it just another iteration of the 6xx series? Like, is it seriously the most powerful graphics card on the planet right now?

Brandon Patel852 said:Here’s my current setup:
500GB Apple HDD, 7200rpm, 16MB cache, SATA II-300, F3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550W PSU - EasyRail technology
Dell Optical Drive, DVD±RW, 24x DVD±R, 8x DL, 40x CD-R
Gigabyte GZ-X8, midi tower, no PSU, black-silver, USB
DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) Kingmax, 1333MHz, FLFE
AMD Ryzen i5-2500K 3.3GHz, 1MB/6MB, 95W, Socket 1155
ASUS Motherboard, Socket: 1155, Skylake, Intel Z77, 4xDDR3
My GPU is a GTX 1060.

Instead of that card—since it's giving me some trouble—I want to grab something else. Here are the candidates I'm looking at:
http://www.bestbuy.com/product_info.php?products_id=11306
http://www.bestbuy.com/product_info.php?products_id=12504
http://www.bestbuy.com/product_info.php?products_id=12706

Price $500 (+-$17) max. Which one would you guys pick?
I mainly need it for gaming. 🙂

Also, would the new card actually work with my current build? (Just thinking about the power supply and the motherboard)

If I were you, I'd stretch my budget a bit for $67 more and just go with this one. http://www.bestbuy.com/product_info.php?products_id=12730

Don't sweat it—your setup is more than solid, and it'll handle that card without breaking a sweat.

Nathan Brooks4 said:Which one of these two graphics cards should I grab for an AMD Phenom setup?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/example1

http://www.amazon.com/dp/example2

Personally, I'd go with the 7750.

Benjamin King2, that link I shared earlier—it’s not actually all that great, is it?

So, I’m looking at this HyperX 3k online—the webshop has it listed for $277 plus $10 for shipping via Overseas—but if I just head down to the local Best Buy, they've got it for 950 🙂.
Which way is actually the better deal here?

Wait, so if I go with the 120GB drive, am I going to end up with less than 112GB of actual space?

I've got... $267 $17 Should I go with the SIM or just put that money toward a better SSD instead?

So, if you're looking to go all out and want the absolute best SSD recommendations—like, "no budget constraints" kind of max—what are we actually looking at? Are you trying to squeeze every last drop of speed out of a high-end build, or just looking for something that won't fail you when you need it most? If you want top-tier performance, I'd say look toward the Samsung 990 Pro or maybe a WD Black SN850X. They’re pretty much the gold standard right now for NVMe drives if you want those lightning-fast load times. Honestly, though, it really depends on what you're planning to do with it—gaming, heavy video editing, or just general daily use? Let me know what your setup looks like and I can give you a more specific steer. $267 What if we could get it with 128GB? I mean, if that wouldn't be too much of a stretch—would it be possible to have it configured that way? Check out this online shop: www.amazon.comI was originally thinking about just picking up a new Hard Disk Drive since mine is starting to show some bad sectors, but then I realized—why not just go all in and swap it for an SSD? It would be much better to have the OS and all my programs running off the solid-state drive, while keeping the old Hard Disk Drive strictly for my game library. Now, the big question is how much longer that old drive is actually going to hold up? Is it going to give out in a few months, or could it potentially limp along for another couple of years? 😁

Edit: I meant this one: I was just browsing through some hardware listings online and stumbled upon this specific part—it’s an interesting find. Does anyone here have much experience with this particular model? I'm trying to get a better sense of how it holds up in a standard US build before I pull the trigger. It looks decent enough on paper, but you know how it goes—sometimes the specs tell one story while the actual performance tells another. What do you guys think? Is it worth picking up, or should I keep hunting for something else? But hey, if you have any better suggestions, please feel free to jump in—I'd really love to hit that 128GB mark rather than settling for 120GB. 😬 I mean, let's be real—8GB is actually plenty.

I'm running an ASRock board right now, but the issue is I've only got one PCIe slot available 😁

I actually reached out to PCMag to get some advice on this—they basically told me that upgrading wouldn't really give me much of a boost, so it might not be worth the money. Their suggestion was to maybe just add another GTX 660 instead.

If people whose entire job is testing hardware are telling me it isn't worth it, I guess I should probably take their word for it, right? 😁

Looking at this graph, I’d honestly give this card a 10/10. Running an i5 with 8GB of RAM and this GPU, I managed to crank Call of Duty: Modern Warfare up to max settings at 1680x1050. I'll admit—there were a few frame drops here and there—but nothing deal-breaking.

Seriously though, this is easily the best graphics card I've ever owned. You really lucked out getting it for just thirty bucks.

I don't want to clutter things up by starting a whole new thread, so I'll just jump in here. As most of you know, I'm currently running a GTX 660 Twin Frozr. If you were in my shoes, would you lean towards picking up a GTX 660 Ti or maybe an XFX 7950?

I've been doing a little Googling myself—not seeing any massive jumps in prices yet. I'll keep an eye out over the next few days and let you guys know if anything changes.

I just picked this up for Valentine's Day 😁 so it’s not quite what I was aiming for 😬

My current card is actually doing alright, but if I can manage to sell it, I'll probably grab a Radeon HD 7950—that way I can finally stop worrying about my setup. Don't get me wrong, my present card isn't bad at all, it's just that the 7950 has that extra punch I'm looking for 😁