Posts by wiredotter14

Timothy Kim60 said:Hell yeah. Check that on some shady offshore site 😁. Do they actually ship?

I emailed Comcast, their prices are garbage.

You should've just ordered it; maybe they wouldn't have noticed.

Maybe try picking up 😉

Bryan Taylor6, looking at that link you posted, that build can barely run Grand Theft Auto V at 768p. He wouldn't even be getting anything he was actually missing from that first setup.

Besides, that first rig with the Pentium and the RX 560 would absolutely crush that APU for breakfast. Plus, it’s way easier to upgrade later on.

Michael Richardson36 said:I get that building my own rig is cheaper, but honestly, grabbing a pre-built with Windows included seems like a better deal. Buying the OS separately is gonna run me about $333.

Those bundled builds aren't some steal; they're just charging you full price for Windows.

It’s not $333, there's $233 underneath.

As long as it's the 64-bit version, you don't need Pro.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=windows+10

Adam Moore3 said:Adding cookies is the easiest part; you can just do that whenever you feel like it, and it's a DIY job. By the way, what’s the deal with these EVGA RTX cards? Are they going to be loud as hell like the previous series? For instance, you can find them for under $267 specifically

Man, I dealt with a noisy ASUS Radeon once.
Looking at the photo, this RX 560 seems to have a larger fan and lower power draw, so it should be fine, but a solid review would definitely help.

Just order the parts separately and have a shop build it for you. Those pre-built rigs are overpriced 97% of the time and usually come with some cheap junk inside, like a bottom-tier power supply. You can install Windows yourself, though some shops will charge you extra to do it for you.

The guys here will help you put together something actually decent. 😉

Exactly what I was getting at. Using AHIC for Bitcoin. But Bitcoin’s already moved on, and you can't mine Ethereum with AHIC—that's just not how it's built.

USB drives?

Gerald Ross8 said:I already mentioned in my first post—it's an MSI B150M Pro series motherboard. I found a Core i7. If I grab that now, will my current power supply hold up? Then, in a couple of months, I'll pick up a GTX 1080.

Personally, I’d wait and grab them both at once. Prices for used Intel chips from that era are just going to keep dropping over the next few months. If you jump on a Core i7 right now, you aren't going to see much of a difference paired with a Radeon RX 470.
Plus, you won't need a new PSU even with a GTX 1080. Under full load, a Core i7 and a GTX 1080 shouldn't pull more than 300W.

P.S.

The GTX 1070 Ti is coming out soon; might be a solid deal if you play your cards right.

It’s definitely not going to happen like Bitcoin did. Since you can't mine Ethereum with an ASIC, it won't completely wipe out GPU mining overnight. That said, for a lot of people, the returns are getting dangerously close to the cost of electricity. They might just be better off selling their cards while they still hold some decent value for gaming.

Bitcoin crashed back then because mining got way too intense once ASICs hit the scene.

Now, Ethereum is holding relatively steady, but mining isn't nearly as profitable as it used to be. I think a lot of people mining on standard gaming GPUs—stuff they could actually flip for a decent profit—are going to pull the plug and just recoup their hardware investment.

fadedorca66 said:Supply and demand. Plain and simple. Miners are still hunting for cards and paying insane prices.

Maybe. But honestly? The ROI is just too slow right now. We'll probably see a flood of used gear hitting the market soon enough.

That’s a solid price. You might find deals like that in Germany, though they're pretty rare outside of specific shops—maybe you'd see a PowerColor Red Dragon here or a Nitro a little bit more often.

What do you guys think about the fact that we're probably looking at decommissioned mining cards? I see some guy trying to flip RX 480s for $190, which feels way too steep for cards that have been run into the ground.

Sure, they show five items with prices, but there are a million products listed that aren't actually in stock and never will be. They’re just sitting there with outdated pricing.

Mid-towers offer the best bang for your buck when it comes to cases. You can fit both ATX and ATX motherboards in them, and they don't break the bank.

An ATX motherboard would work just fine in a mid-tower, you'll just have some extra empty space around it.

Basically, any card will fit on the motherboard; it's the case dimensions that actually matter.

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Adam Moore3 said:Yeah, it’s a Windforce, 2 gigs. If it were mine, I’d undervolt it the exact same way, but since it isn't, I’d rather just not play at all.

No real need. Without an undervolt, it’s barely pulling 70-90W anyway and the fans aren't even making noise.
One thing though: You really should bump up the power limit—maybe by like 25%—otherwise the boost clock starts throttling. Without that headroom, it tends to drop down to around 1100MHz. It's pure power throttling; temps look totally fine.

Adam Moore3 said:True. I upgraded my rig recently and couldn't unlock it because I grabbed the single-slot version without a power connector—turns out there isn't a modded BIOS for that specific one. 🕺 It was cheap, under $300 at a local discount shop.

Yeah, he probably has the exact same card as mine (mine is a Windforce 4GB, his might be 2GB, but they're basically identical models).
I couldn't find a BIOS to unlock mine either, but since I specifically hunted for a card without a power connector, I don't really care about losing that extra 10% performance.

BTW, undervolting this thing is super easy and actually works.



It holds 1213MHz below 1.0V no problem. It isn't loud, even in Furmark, and you can barely hear the fans while gaming. (For example, it's been running at 100% load for hours now and the fan is still under 1000rpm.)

Adam Moore3 said:If you use an unofficial BIOS, you can unlock some RX 460 cards to basically function as an RX 560. 😛 Oh AMD, please stop. 😒

It doesn't work on every single one, and honestly, you really want a card that actually has a power connector. But yeah, it works on plenty of models.

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