Posts by Alexander Moore67

You won't run into any issues at 720p if you just lower the settings a bit.

If the price gap doesn't matter much to you, just grab the RTX 2060; they're pretty much neck and neck in everything else.

Winner : Tia Yes. We’re declaring this another draw, as it really just boils down to what you personally value most. Are you itching to experiment with ray tracing, or do you believe it’s truly the future of gaming? If that's the case, the Nvidia RTX 2060 offers the better deal. On the other hand, if you're interested in grabbing one or both of the titles bundled with the RX 5600 XT, you could see an extra $40 to $100 in value—though those specific promos don't last forever and usually get swapped out for something else. Of course, a good sale can always change your mind.

It’s a known fact that AMD users have been dealing with those frustrating blackscreen issues. That said, the most recent driver updates actually list this as a resolved bug. We haven't run into any blackscreens ourselves during testing, though that's probably because we didn't have the problem to begin with. If you're an AMD user hitting that wall, my suggestion is to stick with the 'standard' profile to see if that stabilizes things. It's possible that extra bells and whistles like Enhanced Sync might be contributing to the instability. Ultimately, AMD and Nvidia Drivers is more in terms of presentation

For your resolution, you’ll need at least an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti to handle $790. Besides, any local computer shop can assemble the parts you pick out, so you don't have to deal with the building process yourself.

In my opinion, if you're primarily gaming, an Intel Core i7 would be the better choice.

You can find a used GTX 1050 on eBay for $67 a decent price, and it'll handle 4K just fine. Honestly, it’s probably your cheapest way to get an upgrade right now without breaking the bank much.

Is this a discrete GPU or is it integrated?

Ask them who actually makes that 750W power supply and what the specific model is, because half the time those things are just cheap junk.
The 2070 Super is way more powerful than an RX 5700, but keep in mind the i5 9400f is significantly weaker than an R5 3600x.
If you're looking to buy on a payment plan, check out other retailers; they’ll handle the whole build for you and give you a much better deal. Just skip Best Buy.

Most of the changes are found in the updated PCIe layout. You get a full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slot reinforced with Intel Steel Armor, plus a second full-length PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and three PCIe 2.0 x1 ports; these take the place of those old PCI slots you'd find on the older B350 Tomahawk. One of the advantages of the Intel 8th Gen over 7th Gen is the memory speeds supported, particularly because the refined firmware on the MSI Tomahawk lets you hit DDR4-3466 speeds with up to 64 GB of RAM spread across the four slots. It handles both ECC and non-ECC memory, though ECC will just run in non-ECC mode. The main visual difference is the B450 comes with new but svelte looking heatsinks and the power delivery heatsink has the MSI Arsenal gaming logo to show off its spot in the entry-level gaming lineup. It looks like MSI stuck with the same 6-phase power delivery in that familiar 4+2 setup from the previous B350 Tomahawk.
this is how the B450 compares to the B350 Tomahawk

If you're looking at anything less than an MSI B450 Tomahawk under $333, I wouldn't bother if you're planning on picking up a Ryzen 7 or 9

The Avenio setup comes with a 5-year warranty, which is honestly unheard of in this market. Check out this listing from Micro Center here:
https://www.microcenter.com/Product/ave...m_medium=click

https://www.santa-monica.com/computer-parts/graphics.html
For what you're looking to do, a 480GB SSD, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and Vega 3 graphics should be $667 more than enough

Regarding the Luminon 2060, it’s a solid card, but if you're looking to tackle 4K gaming, the 5700XT is a much better way to go.

Unless an old case is dirt cheap, I'd just go ahead and buy a new one.

Everything is listed on eBay
cpu 3400g
psu fortron 400w
mbo gigabyte b450m-ds3h
2x8gb patriot viper steel 3200 ram
ssd m2 crucial 500gb
around $1133

Picked this up last September, so everything is still under warranty.
Ryzen 5 3600
Gigabyte Aorus B450 Elite motherboard
ASUS Strix Gaming GTX 1660 Ti 6GB
Esports 34 Duo cooler
Hyper 500W power supply
Sharkoon AI7000 case
16GB DDR4 (2x8GB)
Do you think it’s better to sell the whole rig as one unit or just break it down into parts?

Special deal on the Ryzen 7 2700X with 8 cores and 16 threads
$366

Go with that Samsung monitor up there. Even if it's a tiny bit cheaper, I'm betting it’s a much higher quality build than that Philips model, which can be pretty hit-or-miss. At this point, that other brand is basically just riding on its reputation, and honestly, most buyers are just looking for something that pairs perfectly with an Nvidia GPU anyway.