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4 sticks can run in dual channel just fine but can run a tad slower than two sticks of double size (might be out of date on that last bit, many moons ago when i used to tweak the fastest stable speeds were with 2 sticks rather than 4 even if total capacity was the same. Something something IMC...

I've always hated this in reviews. No, you're not "showing the real difference by eliminating bottlenecks" - you're instead changing the entire performance landscape you operate under and then getting spurious results. If you had unlimited time it'd be nice to see a good variety of platforms and...

This for me. It's a shame to exclude the oculus but I'm done with facebook trying to own me.

High DPI can cause jitter and stepping back is always a good diagnostic step. Or trying different surfaces for better tracking. If we're going for links to vids about mouse sensors I'd advise this as a much better one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7JVjcPzL0 it's a bit old but still good...

Me too on my 3600, it's so quiet I thought I'd screwed up during the install first time I powered on :D

Until maybe February or so I was on my trusty i5 750 and it was doing just fine. Ran short of RAM occasionally and the GPU needed replaced with something current. Weirdly it has now started dying so think i times the replacement well, though I was hoping it could be an office pc for non-gaming...

Ohh lots more for me to think about :) thanks all for the suggestions. I'll happily consider future upgrades in whatever path I choose - especially things like GPU etc which are super easy, though a CPU swap doesn't scare me. I did upgrade my old rig a bit - the GPU was originally a 5750...

OK thanks for the feedback :) I've swapped out the drive for the WD Blue SN550 1TB, was entirely unaware of this drive! I'd looked at e.g. some Samsung nVME drives and their performance was great but were just too expensive for me to justify, this one however.... nice. Glad I asked! RAM I've...

So my trusty i5 750 is still going strong, down to 3.6GHz nowadays but I'm finding I run out of RAM sometimes with 8GB and that my AMD HD 7850 is pretty weak for graphics nowadays. Rather than upgrading these, it's probably time to replace the whole machine. A quick stab at a build is here...

Looks great :) Thanks!

Hi all, It's been a good few years since I kept up to date on components and cases are certainly something I've not paid attention to. As a result I have no idea what the go-to options are to even begin to compare! I'm looking to do a mid-range (r5 3600 / rx 5700) air-cooled build and don't...

As in the anti-blur stuff? Yeah I like un blurry picture, never understood why some people like seeing a smeary mess (like "cinematic" 24fps being in some way desirable, no thanks!)

Playing cookie clicker late game gets pretty CPU heavy, if you ever want to pointlessly slow down your browser :D

Yeah annoys me to see it recommended so often - it was a great value pick years ago. But it got more expensive and people kept suggesting it anyway. Better alternatives came out, people kept recommending it. It was great, I still have one, but it is past it's time and way too expensive for what...

Market share is sales (can be units or dollars) , installed base is what you are referring to.

I'd probably take 8GB dual channel over 10GB single channel (I assume single channel in current config)

Yeah the guy who jumped into the thread with "It's the truth, just look at it I've got his graph so it must be reality" must feel like a bit of a plum.

Given hitching can be resource loading or similar - try reseating RAM? (If you already replaced it my apologies, I skimmed the previous pages and didn't see it but could easily have just missed it) Or try running just a single stick. Sure, 8GB is worse, but if one is causing errors the game is...

An AIO is an air cooler with added water to leak and pump to break. It will always be more likely to break down and have much, much higher potential impact when it does. The up side is it can have a larger radiator than is practical for a normal air cooler as it can be mounted further away and...

A good friend of mine was too excited to get up and running and forgot mobo standoffs on a new build, fried the board. He bought another board, got really hyped up... And did the exact same thing again! Lucky guy got away with it though, second time round it didn't boot but also didn't die so he...