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| Mr Queeba:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 24, 2017, 11:22:12 AM ---also what is this overclocking everyone keeps talking about it sounds like you're pushing the hardware beyond its limits which sounds impossible to me --- End quote --- Overclocking is simply making your CPU faster by increasing it's clock speed. It's pretty easy to do on modern motherboards, and as long as you have a good enough cooler that can support the OC (the stock ryzen coolers are known for allowing you to safely OC by a few hundred megahertz, a pretty good speed increase) you'll be fine. |
| auzman466:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 24, 2017, 11:22:12 AM ---also what is this overclocking everyone keeps talking about it sounds like you're pushing the hardware beyond its limits which sounds impossible to me --- End quote --- you can increase the core clock speed of your GPU and some CPUs. it's very easy to do, but requires an aftermarket cooler (except for ryzen apparently) for the CPU and can damage or shorten the lifespan of your hardware if done incorrectly. my CPU is an i7-4790k. the "k" signifies it can be overclocked. i haven't overclocked manually but i believe my mobo automatically boosted the speed by some MHz. this is my GPU. i'm not sure how to get the boost clock but i have manually overclocked my gpu by about 80 mhz, core and memory. i've had issues in the past overclocking higher than 100 so i keep it at 80. overclocking your gpu just a little bit can crank out a few extra frames in games. overclocking your cpu helps greatly in cpu-intensive games and multitasking. |
| Rockinboy2000:
you could always pick up a used GTX-980 for 210$ since they're no longer praised as the best GPU ever since the 1000 series came out but this specific listing only has 3 hours left, so there are probably others |
| Tactical Nuke:
y'know I spent a good couple of weeks focused on other stuff but I came back to this and realized that queeba made the build without considering the monitors so uh |
| Tactical Nuke:
yo anyone got any good keyboard/mouse suggestions? the ones I'm using now are wireless and have to be recharged/don't register half the time they both have to be ergonomic firstmost but I was wondering what the deal was around mechanical keyboards or whatever they're called |
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