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Old 04-07-2018, 01:33 AM   #5451
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I doubt 2600k to 7700k will yield you close to 4k60...I bet you'll need the 8700k (in our household we have a system with 2700k mildly overclocked and one with 7700 non-k)
who made the textures? does the game run to completion or will it crash few levels in?
things to ask before you drop hundreds and hundreds just to emulate...
asrock has split from asus and is one of the top mobo choices...they've even ventured into video cards recently


the eclipseman, gtx 770 even at $150 is meh, it's essentially a 6-year old chip
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I doubt 2600k to 7700k will yield you close to 4k60...I bet you'll need the 8700k (in our household we have a system with 2700k mildly overclocked and one with 7700 non-k)
who made the textures? does the game run to completion or will it crash few levels in?
things to ask before you drop hundreds and hundreds just to emulate...
asrock has split from asus and is one of the top mobo choices...they've even ventured into video cards recently


the eclipseman, gtx 770 even at $150 is meh, it's essentially a 6-year old chip
Cemu Wii U emulator plays full game of Zelda BOTW.
very stable!!!
There are many Wii U games perfectly emulated.

And
Yea, that's my dilemma.
Spending close to a thousand dollar just to achieve 4k60 on an emulator. Lol
Sounds really stupid and waste money.

But...man....I really would like to see that happen!!

Btw, there is also ps3 emulator. "RPCS3"
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Cemu Wii U emulator plays full game of Zelda BOTW.
very stable!!!
There are many Wii U games perfectly emulated.

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Yea, that's my dilemma.
Spending close to a thousand dollar just to achieve 4k60 on an emulator. Lol
Sounds really stupid and waste money.

But...man....I really would like to see that happen!!

Btw, there is also ps3 emulator. "RPCS3"
Just buy games dude, or wait for shit to go on sale if they're too expensive

It's not worth the hassle just to pirate console games and emulate them.

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Thanks guys. Ended up getting a used 1050 ti.
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Old 04-07-2018, 10:01 AM   #5455
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Just buy games dude, or wait for shit to go on sale if they're too expensive

It's not worth the hassle just to pirate console games and emulate them.

In 2018
Don't get me wrong.

Like I said I own the game and console.
I buy every game that I want since NES.

My brother works in gaming industry.
I know how serious piracy to gaming industry.

All I want to achieve is to see 4k60 on my 4k projector.
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Samsung 850 EVO - 1TB - mSATA Internal SSD $ 259.00

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Old 04-07-2018, 05:40 PM   #5457
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Don't get me wrong.

Like I said I own the game and console.
I buy every game that I want since NES.

My brother works in gaming industry.
I know how serious piracy to gaming industry.

All I want to achieve is to see 4k60 on my 4k projector.
I misunderstood then, sorry

Still seems like a big hassle just for that though!
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Wondering if I can get some advice, been trying to research what I want to build for a new pc and have just been getting even more confused by the sheer number of choices. I'm trying to spec out something that will last a while without being over the top. I'll mainly be using it to edit photos (photoshop/lightroom/capture1pro). Not going for gaming.
From what I have found so far, high processor speed is better than more cores so leaning towards intel vs amd ryzen stuff. What I have kinda narrowed down so far:

i7 8700 processor
GTX 1050Ti - but which one? tons of choices
Samsung 960 evo NVMe M.2 PCIe x4 SSD, 250GB - seems to be a large speed boost over the sata ssd's
Looking for 32GB for ram, would like 2x16 so I can leave slots open for adding more later, damn is ram expensive now
Will have to pick a larger drive for file storage, likely around a 6tb, stuck with sata for that I guess

What I don't really get is how you guys narrow down things like the motherboard/videocard/ram/case? Like there is a shit ton of choices, how do I know what will be compatible? like it looks like I choose ram based on what the max the motherboard handles? but have also seen something about the chip maybe controlling that? how do I know if a motherboard has the slots I want? like 4 slots for ram, and maybe 2 m2 slots for SSD's, built in wifi? How do I know what kinda power supply I will need to run this? is there an easy way to look this all up that I don't know about?
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Motherboard: Make a list of features you want and do from there. Do you need things like built-in wifi?

Video card: Pick whatever is cheapest. Does not matter that much.

Ram: with Intel speed does not matter that much.

Power supply: I'm a fan of EVGA.

Case: The NZXT 340 is a good case.

you can save some money by buying an external hardrive and removing it out of the case and installing it in your computer. I did that with an 8td Seagate hard rive I bought for less than $200. Be careful of western digital external drives some cannot be installed in a computer.
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memory just get 2x8 right now
if you're set on 32 then 2x16 doesn't make sense if you're leaving free slots, the same ram you want to expand with few years down the road won't exist anymore nor will you likely find the same speed that doesn't cost an arm and a leg
whatever quality PSU (600W 80+) you can find...corsair, some evga, antec, seasonic etc
500GB SATA SSD is quite cheap on sale, I would buy that over 32GB of mem, on top of the NVMe drive
depending what resolution your images are at and what your monitor is, google if CUDA hardware acceleration will help save any appreciable time editing...that will determine if you can skimp a video card altogether or get something like a 1060
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Not sure about the built in wifi, didn't even know that was a thing till this week. I could pull the card out of my current pc, only bought it about a year ago

I'm pretty indifferent on cases, just don't want tacky, so that NZXT s340 looks good to me

As far as ram goes, everything I have seen about lightroom say the more the better. Could go with 16 now but only want to do this once. Is there a difference between filling the slots with 4 8gb sticks versus 2 16gb sticks? like the pricing seems pretty much the same so is there a performance difference?

Kinda what I am looking at right now:


Intel Core™ i7-8700 Processor, 3.2GHz w/ 12MB Cache
Stock: 7
x1$409.99

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 2666MHz CL16 Dual Channel Kit (2x 16GB), Black
Stock: 5
x1$499.99

Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 PCIe x4 SSD, 250GB
Stock: 10+
x1$169.99

Seagate 4TB BarraCuda HDD, SATA III w/ 256MB Cache
Stock: Out of Stock
x1$124.99

Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Edition PCI-E w/ HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI-D
Stock: 6
x1$269.99

EVGA 650 B3 650W 80+ Bronze Modular Power Supply
Stock: 10+
x1$104.99

NZXT S340 ATX Case, Black
Stock: 4
x1$99.99

Still need to pick a mobo
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2 vs 4 stick no difference on z370 mobos
agreed with you on buying ram in one shot...even if it's $500

mobo choice is pretty straight forward...comes down to what you need and what form factor...i'm assuming you wont care about overclocking so just find a brand that is less RMA-prone (Gigabyte, Asrock)
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If your not overclocking you can skip the z370 chipset and go with the lower priced B360 or H310 motherboards.

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Just when I was starting to narrow it down haha, the b360 ones seem to have everything I need for the parts I'm thinking, and would save me close to $100, but aren't released yet? at least not the asrock on I am looking at..

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...82E16813157818

*not looking to overclock anything myself, but these new chips have some kinda built in speed booster? like 1 core can run at 4.6GHz or all 6 can run at 4.2GHz instead of the normal 3.2Ghz
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I guess is time for a GPU upgrade. Mine is so old now I can't even play any new games lol (GTX 770). Even playing WoW I got the message the video card is not supported and there might be issue. The game loads fine.

My god the price of GPU is crazy! 1060 going for $400+ . Not sure if I even want to spend that much. Already bought a laptop that I am using as my main (Too bad is an ultrabook so only have onboard graphics). At this point I am so sure if I want to waste $400 on my old desktop..... The PC is around 6 to 7 years old I think. Change the HDD recently added more RAM so is all game expect I can't play much games on it now.
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you can consider upgrading to used cards..970/980
I don't think the situation will change for the next 6 months tbh
shitty situation regardless
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Just ordered this VR headset on sale for $249. Seems like a really good deal.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/stor...ot:overviewtab

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I don't think the situation will change for the next 6 months tbh
shitty situation regardless
Just going to stick to my 770 till price drops. The price I am willing to pay can only get me a 1050 TI and looking at reviews and stats it seems the upgrade is small form 770 to 1050ti is not worth it. In some cases 1050 perform worse than than 770.

One of the reason for the upgrade is that newer games I can't play since the drivers aren't support. Other than that is perfectly fine. To be honest my PC is more like a steaming media now. Just donwload movies or TV shows on it most of the time. I switch to my laptop to steam to my TV. I am pretty sure all I really need is a new HDD and maybe a new SSD (I only ave 10GB left on the SSD lol and the media drive is kinda of dying).
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Just going to stick to my 770 till price drops. The price I am willing to pay can only get me a 1050 TI and looking at reviews and stats it seems the upgrade is small form 770 to 1050ti is not worth it. In some cases 1050 perform worse than than 770.

One of the reason for the upgrade is that newer games I can't play since the drivers aren't support. Other than that is perfectly fine. To be honest my PC is more like a steaming media now. Just donwload movies or TV shows on it most of the time. I switch to my laptop to steam to my TV. I am pretty sure all I really need is a new HDD and maybe a new SSD (I only ave 10GB left on the SSD lol and the media drive is kinda of dying).
If you want to play newer games.
Looks like GPU upgrade is a must.
GPU should come down fairly soon. Wait another month.

Not sure if your current cpu will bottle neck your new gpu. You might also need to upgrade CPU.
I just pulled the trigger on new Intel Core i7 8700K, Z370 mobo and DDR4 RAM.
Just for a stupid reason. I want emulator to run 4K 60frame. And yes, this upgrade did it!!

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^^ I am going to bite bullet and not upgrade my PC for now. Just spend around $1000 on a new laptop. Is not much when looking at some of the upgrades/builds people do on RS but I don't really need a brand new gaming PC now. Is nice to have it.
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GPU's are down in price. you can get an RX 580 8 gig for $399 from Amazon.

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i can't always stomach linus but Apple is despicable
launches a $6300-16000 system but doesn't have the parts/expertise to fix it?!

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