Automatisch
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For headsets I'd throw in the Kingston HyperX Cloud. Great sound and quality, and it comes with features I like such as a detachable boom mic and 2 sets of earcups for under $100.
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"I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 1. 1080p and 60FPS is so last-gen and your 2500K is fine
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Brerlappin
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|OT2| of The Witcher 3 making everyone extremely nervous
Read the op/the headphone post at the top of this page
If you've already got it and can't return it without losing money I'd just carry on.
Read the op/the headphone post at the top of this page
Probably should have clarified, I don't have £200 to drop on Sennheisers
(and those func ones are reviewed poorly from what I can tell)What kind of budget do you have? I have a set of SteelSeries 7H that I got on sale and really like them.Probably should have clarified, I don't have £200 to drop on Sennheisers
Why do flash videos continue to stutter on a 4670k when they were just fine in a C2D? I'm also having stuttering issues when using a second screen, when I didn't have any before. No matter what drivers I update, what options I tick, I can't fix these problems that I didn't suffer before on a meager computer, on the same OS(W7). Fucking PC gaming, wish I hadn't bought shit.
Prophet Steve
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Have you tried a different browser?
Have you tried checking a drivier conflict with DPC Latency tool?
Have you tried disabling flash hardware acceleration?
£50-60 ideally. Are the 7H's surround sound?
If you're using Chrome make sure you disable Pepper Flash: http://newtriks.com/2012/12/01/how-to-disable-the-chrome-pepper-flash-player/
Flash was fine on a shittier computer. It's not even just flash, if I watch a video on VLC on a second screen player it plays super choppy, as if the video was running at half the framerate. It kind of fixes itself if I choose OpenGL was the video renderer, but only if I run the video at full-screen. What is this? sigh.
I've tried every browser, I guess I haven't tried Netscape.
DPC Latency tool says my machine should be able to handle real-time streaming data without drop-outs. Yeah I've tried disabling flash acceleration.Blak_Status
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Yeah.. I'm a couch gamer and I plan to upgrade my TV as well (currently playing on a 50" insignia). From what I've heard Sony's are the best when it comes to picture quality and input lag. I've also been looking at the Seiki as well so I can play at a resolution higher than 1080p. I just don't know yet. You can research TV's with low input lag here: http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/
Flash was fine on a shittier computer. It's not even just flash, if I watch a video on VLC on a second screen player it plays super choppy, as if the video was running at half the framerate. It kind of fixes itself if I choose OpenGL was the video renderer, but only if I run the video at full-screen. What is this? sigh.
I've tried every browser, I guess I haven't tried Netscape.
Was this a fresh install of Windows?
I have no idea of the options on the market currently, but I've been very happy with a Sennheiser PC151 headset. I think I've owned it for 6-7 years now, and I still use it at my workplace after buying high end headphones for home about 2 years ago. PC151's are light, sturdy, have a good mic and usability, and a reasonable price. The earpieces are smaller than the usual over-the-ear design in "gaming" phones, so they don't have the kind of maximum isolation you'd want for an ear-splitting LAN party, and obviously don't have the "whoa" sound quality of my 3x as expensive headphones, but they can be counted on.Probably should have clarified, I don't have £200 to drop on Sennheisers
I'd go for Nanoxia Deep Silence series. DS2 is the closest counterpart, DS1 is a bit nicer at a tad higher cost, DS4 is mATX.
Anandtech also recommended Nanoxia over the 330R.
SparkleMotion
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I can return it for a full refund. The only issue, really, is waiting a month without a PC until the 4790k comes out.
Depends on the user's preferences for TVs really. That's also a ton of research, as TVs are so rapidly changing that it makes monitor tech seem like it's standing still.
I know the Sony W series TVs are generally about as good as it gets. They strobe, like the (real) 120Hz monitors I listed to help reduce motion blur, albeit at 60Hz.
Some of the 4K TVs can get a 120Hz 1080p image via HDMI 1.4, so those would be my personal preference.
Okay, I've convinced myself to look up what's what and probably add it now.
Kinda worth it I'd say. That 4.0 base clock is pretty tempting.
Have you installed any sort of codec packages?
This isnt really a hardware issue, so something is messing up on the software side. If VLC stutters it maybe something related to the GPU, which GPU do you have? Are you running the latest drivers? Have you tried an older driver?
In device manager is all Hardware recognized and no exclamation marks appear?
Did you install any motherboard utilities?
Even given the meh overclocking reviews of the 4790k, I'm ready to get off of this i7-870 and eek out some better performance in Dolphin and PCSX2. I'm also not interested in jumping in on the first round of DDR4, so I think the 4790k - at the same price as a 4770k for a 500Mhz base and turbo boost - is fine for a three year build at least at this point.
I'll definitely need to move off of this 680 next year though, so hopefully the new GPUs live up to expectations (and Nvidia doesn't charge an arm and a leg to move from 2GB VRAM).
I'll definitely need to move off of this 680 next year though, so hopefully the new GPUs live up to expectations (and Nvidia doesn't charge an arm and a leg to move from 2GB VRAM).
Yes DDR4 will not offer anything for gaming. RAM Bandwidth is more than enough already. New GPUs still not much news on them.
Thanks for the recommendation. I never heard Nanoxia but I will certainly take a look into them.
I wonder if I understand this correctly - the 2/2/3/4 turbo on a stock 4790k means if the processor has enough cooling it should be running at 4.2 or better at all times? And the "4.6" and such numbers people report as normal overclocks are with turbo disabled & all cores permanently at 4.6? If so, that would only be a 10% difference in the best of circumstances, and overclocking is starting to look like a bad value proposition for almost everyone who isn't a hardware enthusiast. Maybe we'll start seeing people deliberately buy cheap non-Z mobos with 4790k:s.
Man I've been going back and forth...with three Titans I feel like I should get on X79. With X99 far out + DDR4...feel like there wouldn't be much difference. Especially if the 8 core part is indeed the 5960x. The Z97 is nice with the features and all, but as long as I can hook up my 2 SSDs and HDD I'm good.
X79 is literally aimed at people with a setup like mine (extra PCIe lanes).Feel like getting a 4930k with a mobo and calling it a day...
X79 is literally aimed at people with a setup like mine (extra PCIe lanes).Feel like getting a 4930k with a mobo and calling it a day...
Fantastic! Look forward to it.
Yeah, the big benefit has always been getting over the 4.0 GHz hump. There's still gains to be had the further you go though. Granted, it's probably good enough for a huge number of people.
But, for argument's sake:
The higher you go, the more you reduce the bottom end of performance, giving you an overall smoother experience. This is for games that are single/dual threaded as well as multiplayer games.
For the big graphics single player experiences, it won't make much of any difference.
When you buy three titan blacks, I think you've officially given up "settling" as an option.
Arc Midi R2, Define R4, Phanteks Enthoo Pro. Compare sizes, see if it's that's what you're aiming for.
The Air 540 is a lot shorter, but is much wider. Not sure if that works.
If those are all still a bit too large, then yeah, mATX. I think mATX should be standard.
Gumbie
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Asus Maximus Extreme V
So are you running 2-4 way SLI/X-Fire?
Worth it at that price.
Gumbie
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I was...but I'm not at the moment. With that said I'd like to have the option in the future should I go back to it.
So what you sayin bruh
6 cores and more PCIe lanes would give me a more "balanced" machine. Tell me I'm right MK
I installed the klite codec pack to see if that would fix it, but it didn't.
It's a Gigabyte 280X, I have the latest drivers. I guess I could try an older driver. One strange thing that didn't happen in my old computer is that when i turn on my second screen (it's a TV), my monitor turns off and then on, as if it was changing it's refresh rate or something. I really don't know what is going on.
I have an unknown device under "other devices", there's no other information, just something Microsoft ACPI system or something.
And just the Asus Z97 drivers.
Thanks for the help.
If you want that, you can wait a month or whatever for X99/Haswell-E.
3-Way SLI? Because the Maximus Extreme's only purpose above other boards is the PLX chip which multiplies PCI-E lanes. If you want to run 2-Way, then any mATX board will be perfectly adequate.
DrBaalzamon
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So currently Im running a relatively new i7 4770k at stock speeds. It can get up to 4.2 no problem at stock voltage (by just turning up the multiplier to 42x). Havent really messed with it much, but keeping it at stock for now. I have a ASUS Maximus Hero VI board - should I upgrade to a i7 4790k or no? My coworker offered to buy my old i7 for $200 to offset the new chip - thoughts?
Other specs, SSD 500gb + 1TB magnet drive. 8gigs ram, GTX 680 2gb. Thank you!
Other specs, SSD 500gb + 1TB magnet drive. 8gigs ram, GTX 680 2gb. Thank you!
Nope.
If you don't want one bottlenecking the other yeah.
Is the Monitor and TV the same resolution/refresh rate? Otherwise the highest common resolution and refresh rate is being applied when switching the TV on.
Need exact name of the device that is missing in device manager. And better yet, right click it, properties -> Details, use the drop down box to find the hardware ID and paste the string here.
Uninstall the Codec packages as VLC has all the builtin decoders for pretty much all formats.
M.2 SATA is what you are looking for, and it is now mainstream. The actual M.2 SSDs are going to start coming out over the next few months. If you don't have a Z97 board, you can just get an M.2 expansion/riser card, and attach them to that.
PCI-E SSDs are naturally more expensive because what they are at the core is a SATA controller with two SSDs in RAID0 onboard. It's not just a single device.
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