/v/ - Video Games

> BUYAN

Bought a SD2SNES, after nearly 9 months of considering and waiting for black Friday. Also got 2 SFC extension cables. Weird that the controller cables for the Nip consoles are so much shorter than the EU/USA versions. Is that because Nips usually have the console in front of them or something?

> SELLAN

Gonna sell my PAL SNES since I got the NTSC-J and a flashcart.

> REPAIRAN

Still have to fix the middle button of my G602, since it has become a little unresponsive. Fixed the left and right buttons a few weeks ago and they feel just like new.

> UPGRADAN

Still got a disassembled DMG for a backlight, but I haven't taken the time yet. Also got a PS2 with a non-working MODBO, but fucking hell that thing is so hard to attach to the PS2.

> CONSIDERAN

Nothing anymore.

What made mark stop sperging out about hardware threads?

>>16768739

You should've at least gotten a Switch out of this.

>>16768739

>I haven't seen my family for like a year

Why?

>>16768739

Bein honest here, I think you should kill yourself, especially since you call it "kys" instead of "kms", or hell, spelling the whole thing out instead of using nigger speak

Let's see, I need a new controller, new ram, new harddrive(s) (storage drives), a new mouse, and new headphones. I have exactly $0 to spend on all of this.

>>16769060

italics meant to be inches, forgot that format was italics

I need a new chair because the one I'm using might impale my asshole soon. Not that it'd make things any worse. Any recommendations?

> BUYAN

Intel Core i7-9700K + ASRock Z390 PHANTOM GAMING-ITX + Some ARGB Shit

> REPAIRAN

There's an Asus laptop someone wants me to repair, but this is generally how it goes with "REPAIRAN"

1. Person request repairs.

2. I show them how much it would cost to fix as I don't have the parts to do it.

3. They flake out because they don't want to pay to fix it.

> UPGRADAN

Hopefully by February my ITX computer will go from closed loop water cooling to open loop water cooling with dual 240mm radiators instead of the dual 120mm radiators it has now. I already have the cpu block, pump and reservoir ready to go, but I lack other necessary parts. Going to an i7-9700K because this build is strictly for gaming with nothing else in mind that Ryzen 3rd gen would benefit. Oddly enough Intel was better bang for buck for this gaming-only system.

> CONSIDERAN

I considered the i7-9700KF since I'm using discreet graphics, but there was a better deal on the i7-9700K so I went with that.

new GPU

> SELLAN

previous GPU (if I get the new one)

The ASRock Z390 motherboard has Thunderbolt 3. I'm not sure what I will use that for, but I saw dongles with ethernet, usb ports, card readers and all sorts of shit running on a single TB3 port so it should be useful in theory.

>>16769083

I'd love an LG C9 OLED TV. I have an LG C6 OLED TV, but the C9 supports 120Hz at 1080p and 1440p plus it has lower input lag and supposedly VRR as well. My old C6 won't even do 1440p at 60Hz without flickering off. I think it's fucking broken, but it does 4K without issues so maybe there's just something fucky between this TV and my video card. I have to enable deep color on the PC input to even have the option to do 1440p at 60Hz otherwise it will only go to 30Hz at 1440p. It doesn't make any sense.

>>16769159

>It doesn't make any sense.

TV scaling hardware being a cunt. Common thing, really. Many mid-tier and up TVs of the past 3 years have native 4k120 panels but are bottlenecked by HDMI2.0 inputs to 4k60 (can't include even a single DP1.4 or else the goyim won't have much of a reason to upgrade to HDMI2.1 models). 4k60 is about the same bandwidth as 1440@120 (full chroma in both cases), so if they can do the former, they should be able to handle the latter. The panel can do it, but the scaler won't budge. I know my x900e can do 1080@120 and 4k60, but 1440@120 is a no go no matter what.

>>16769286

i have a 1440@155 monitor. my machine cant play everything at atleast 1440@60, but 1080p looks like shit even though i can get atleast 1080@100+ on anything because 1080 on 1440 looks blurry. any way to mitigate that? or should i just get a 1080p monitor and switch between them. or should i just get a better bideo card..

4k was a mistake.

>>16769138

>Intel Core i7-9700K

Get a Ryzen instead, get better overall performance in exchange for a couple extra frames in vidya. I say this as someone who uses my PC for everything though.

> BUYAN

A gigabyte rx 5700 xt next year when I save for it

> SELLAN

shit

> REPAIRAN

my vive hmd if the support team keeps being niggers about repair costs.

> UPGRADAN

my current hp keyboard to a mechanical.

> CONSIDERAN

Upgrading my ram from 16 to 32. Some games just eat my shit up even with 16 gbs.

>>16769411

3200

>>16769408

>mechanical.

dont buy corsair. dont scoff at cheap chinese boards or switches.

Waiting for my AOC 24G2U to be delivered. It is nothing special really, but I guess I will finally be able to try freesynch.

>>16769371

>1080 on 1440 looks blurry. any way to mitigate that?

Are you using GPU scaling or display scaling? Both will look blurry, but display scaling is generally less shit of the two. If you don't mind sacrificing screen real estate, you have the 1:1 no scaling option, but that doesn't seem to work with VRR.

>4k was a mistake

It's good for large TVs so that they still have decent PPI. 49in 4k has pixel density similar to 24in 1080 or 32in 1440. For PC vidya, high PPI no AA has better image clarity than mediocre PPI with AA.

If 4k is too demanding for a given system, it could fall back to 1080p and use integer scaling to map 1 logical pixel to 2x2 physical ones so you don't get any blurry shit.

Now 4k on phones is truly a mistake.

>>16768378

>> BUYAN

Klipsch HP-3, because I those look good and sound nice as fuck

>> SELLAN

Nothing right now

>> REPAIRAN

I have a pair of chink headphones I need to unfuck because they're rather nice as a backup pair

>> UPGRADAN

I still have to unfuck my audio install to include the better amp I got a few weeks back

>> CONSIDERAN

2TB SSD, probably not though

Ryzen 3XXX build, most likely still gonna wait for the refresh or Zen 3

Vokyl Erupt I've heard some good stuff about those, and I can find a pair for cheap, granted I've already got more headphones than a reasonable person needs.

>>16769637

>Klipsch HP-3

>buying headphones over $300

i hope you atleast have some top tier sound system to excuse you spending that much money on a device so bottle necked by physics.

the 2TB crucial MX500 is well worth the money. unless you mean a pcie or nvme setup. i went with a 1TB but thats only because i only use it as a system drive. all of my storage is split across random HDDs. samsung stuff is overvalued. its slightly better, but overall set up to not last as long becasue of the type of tech they use. its selling point is the software, but macrium can do everything it can do, and better.

>>16769743

>>buying headphones over $300

That's a lot lower than the entry ticket into nanofiber biodynamic headphones, even the lowest end models with that are over 300, if you haven't heard one you should try it sometimes it's a not quite the same deal as even decent Vshaped headphones like the MDR-1AM2 / DT770.

The sound improvement isn't equivalent to the price increase obviously but it is there, and the headphones themselves are really fucking nice feeling and looking.

>i hope you atleast have some top tier sound system

Have the matching DAC/AMP, speakers are a no go for many reasons for me so really I don't get much of a choice.

>the 2TB crucial MX500 is well worth the money. unless you mean a pcie or nvme setup

That's the thing I'm not sure if I want to commit to a SATA SSD because if I upgrade to X570 and can free up a SATA port for more storage by using a NVMe SSD, don't care about the performance side of NVMe as long as it it just as fast as SATA.

Was always planning on going for a Crucial, already have 3 MX500 (2 as external vidya drives for easy transfer and one in my secondary build) and they all do what I want.

>>16769770

>speakers are a no go

are you anne frank?

>SATA

honestly i dont often use more than one additional hdd at a time, even if i connect several. so i just use bays using usb3. using anything like nvme or pcie removes that possibility. one for a system drive is fine assuming you keep it backed up, but for storage? i always go with ease of use and reliability over speed/features.

>>16769548

i use GPU scaling because everyone tells me its by far the better quality option and display scaling is usually trash. not a subject i know much about but that seems to be what everyone says.

i dont mind the lost real estate, but the no scaling option just became a pain in the ass having to switch back and forth and some games behaved weirdly with it.

>4k

yea, i agree the PPI is nice, hence why i went for a 1440p at 27" instead of 32", but even 24 would look really nice. my problem with 4k is in the refresh rates. 60hz is garbage. my sony 1080p TV i bought in 2008 is 120hz. 60hz is inexcusable.

even on large displays 1440p would have been fine as far as pixel density goes. i would gladly take a 49" screen 1440@240 or 120 vs 49" 4k@60.

>>16769800

>are you anne frank?

Nope just don't have the space and franklymoving shit around enough that it would seriously change the sound all the time headphones are nice and consistent while taking a lot less space

>using anything like nvme or pcie removes that possibility

How so? there are external enclosures for those too I'm fairly certain.

>>16769811

>How so? there are external enclosures for those too I'm fairly certain.

theyre not common and theyre expensive. i dont think they reliably work for all models ether. i dont trust any of this current tech to last much longer before its replaced with something more universal. usb3 for storage of files is fast enough, loading programs or compiling is another story though, but you'd only need 1 of those.

>headphones

i have listened to very very expensive headphones, and none of them sound as good as even 2.0 systems i can put together for well under $1000 even in non ideal setups. i just cant understand how anyone could justify headsets that expensive when the diminishing returns start heavily after the $60 range. once you hit about $300-500 the dropoff exponentially increases and the differences become barely noticeable. best headphones i have ever heard was from sennheiser but i honestly can barely tell the difference between their 3k headphones and their $600 headphones. in many cases i'd argue the cheaper sound better if i didnt know which i was listening to and was asked. same goes for stax and hifiman.

>>16769800

>its by far the better quality option and display scaling is usually trash

That was true ten years ago when LCD monitor scalers were abysmal, and even then GPU scaling was also not that much better but introduced worse lag. Display scalers have improved a bit (don't expect miracles though) since then because manufacturers actually give a little shit due to having an incentive (some fags connect their consoles to their 1440p monitors) while AMD/NV give almost none because they don't see it as a priority. It took fucking Intel to annouce integer scaling support for their GPUs before NV went "oh yeah, people actually want that, so we should probably do that too, huh".

>my problem with 4k is in the refresh rates. 60hz is garbage

<TVs have 4k120, but it's strategically kneecapped by inputs

<LG 2019 OLEDs have 4k120 with proper HDMI2.1, but no GPUs have that output yet

<Monitors have 27" 4k144, but it's a shitty panel with horrible QC

<Dell has a 55" Alienware 4k120 "monitor" which is just LG's OLED panel with DP1.4 and a retarded price tag

<no 32" 4k120/144 monitor in sight

I fucking hate this shitshow.

>>16769408

>Upgrading my ram from 16 to 32. Some games just eat my shit up even with 16 gbs.

Meanwhile in 8gb

>>16769925

I really can't see why people still want to restrict their RAM buy, 32GB is like 150 bucks for the good stuff now and RAMdisks are the fucking greatest thing ever.

>>16769838

> and none of them sound as good as even 2.0 systems i can put together for well under $1000 even in non ideal setups

I don't agree, every time I go visit my mom her system (2.0 through an amp) sounds weird to me and it's not bottom of the barrel stuff either (at-least I don't think, never cared to check), and if you need to move around the room it gets even worse, granted it does still beat those cheap 5.1 systems I've heard by quite a lot.

If I could afford to have a treated room just for that maybe I'd consider it more seriously.

>i have listened to very very expensive headphones

I did too, a lot of things that are highly praised aren't actually that great, chinkfiman and Stax being prime examples of that.

HE-1s still blew me the fuck away though.

>once you hit about $300-500 the dropoff exponentially increases and the differences become barely noticeable.

Pretty much it works like this for me, If the HE-1 is 100% best value sets under $200 are close to 65-75%

The HP-3 I'd put at maybe 89 but I'm biased towards Vshaped heavily, and those 11% aren't anywhere near close to being worth $59200 extra you'd need for an HE-1 though.

I'd rate the Takstar GM200 as the best deal you can get, looks bad but the semi open design really works well with it and it doesn't have as much quality issues as the CAL! nor does it have bass bleeding as much as it, runner up would be the K371 if you don't want chinkshit and don't mind the harman curve.

>best headphones i have ever heard was from sennheiser but i honestly can barely tell the difference between their 3k headphones and their $600 headphones

True a lot of their models aren't actually that great, the HD660S and HD700 in particular, the 800/800S need modding and EQ to really shine and the HD820 is just a $2200 bad joke.

But it should tell you a lot that the big 3 more than a decade ago were the K701, DT770/880/990 and HD600 and while most of those got revisions that cheaped out on stuff only the HD600 retained the pricetag, the other are sub $150 now, the HD58X is way closer to the actual worth of the thing.

>same goes for stax and hifiman.

Well yeah clinically sterile and overly bright sound ain't nice to listen to, but deaf boomers can't hear treble so it balances out for them.

Estats are an interesting thing but the ESP-95X is much better value than anything else out there, those are scarily near the endgame if EQed but they can't into bass quantity and there's tons of quirk I'd rather not deal with, I'd love to give the Raal SR-1A a go sometimes, those seem like they're actually trying to improve the Estat design and not just rely on fame like stax.

I used to think high end planars were a complete joke for the price (especially Audeze and chinkfiman) when shit like the T50RP and mods exist, but then I got to try the Abyss 1266 and that's a whole different story.

I know that Ryzen 3000s are all the rage but I bought a 2700X off of Amazon

$160 plus 15% back in points (I shop a lot on Amazon), plus other discounts

already have a HAF 912 case with fans and power supply and SSD and GPU, will put it on a cheap Asrock B450M PRO4 motherboard with some new 3200CL16 RAM

>>16769933

>I really can't see why people still want to restrict their RAM buy, 32GB is like 150 bucks for the good stuff now and RAMdisks are the fucking greatest thing ever.

Well there's the fact I built my PC in 2013. I like my CPU enough I don't really want to upgrade, but I'm not too sure what my motherboard can handle

>>16769959

Depends only on the mobo, although older IMCs have always been weird with 4 sticks

Usually AM3+ / Z77 boards handle 32GB though

>>16769959

>>16769969

>Usually AM3+ / Z77 boards handle 32GB though

Can confirm. I have a 3570k+Z77 system from 2012 that runs fine with four 8GB DIMMs.

>>16768378

I have this mouse

do not recommend, owned two, both of them the scrollwheel stopped working after a couple months. Absolutely unacceptable for the price tag.

>>16770018

I've got the 603 and have problems with the scroll wheel as well. Skips lines, keeps going after I've stopped, scrolls backwards. Basically I have to diable it in games and in browsers I prefer to use the middle click thing instead of the wheel.

>>16770031

Is that Phantom of the Opera porn?

>>16769372

Explained in the post that the system is only for gaming: no video editing, no photoshoping, nothing else, only games. But let's delve further:

1. If I went Ryzen (again) I'd want to go all the way up to a 3900X to get close to the performance of a 9900K or 9700K for a strictly-gaming system.

2. The 3900X is difficult to find. It goes out of stock frequently and is almost always priced far above MSRP.

3. X570 motherboards for Ryzen are more expensive than Z390 motherboards for Intel.

I get that people want Ryzen to kill Intel, but for gaming that is simply not happening especially with low stock of the 3900X and at the prices retailers are charging. If I can save money on a Z390 board and get the highest frames possible for gaming on a 9700K then that's what I'm going to do. Your budget and what you're doing with the system actually matters. You don't just go Ryzen for a benefit to applications you're not going to be using.

>>16770031

>I don't have any other images since reformatting my computer

But do you have sauce, you cock phantom?

>>16770107

9700k is a bad idea for actual gaming as the lack of HT somehow mysteriously results in much less stable frametimes for modern intel CPU.

Besides I seriously doubt the performance difference in games is worth the shitty platform overall.

Should have waited on the mainstream 10XXX series, it's still a shit idea but less so since you get slighly more mature 14nm, better prices and some hardware vulnerability fixes.

What GPU should I purchase? I'm upgrading from a GTX 970, and I believe I have a Ryzen 1600.

>>16770120

Probably a VEGA or 5700, the former might start to get impossible to find outside of secondhand though.

If Nvidia is a must there's really no good choices, a pascal card is gonna get shit on in more modern stuff because it lacks proper hardware support for some Vulkan / DX12 stuff but the price are decent sicne you're starting to see 1080ti for under $400, there's basically no good deal with turing, I guess if you managed to grab a 2080 / 2080 super for less than $550 or a 2070 super for under $400 but I seriously doubt you can find those prices out there.

>>16770120

1070 of you want a Jewidia, at this point both AMD and Nvidia are the same amount of Jewish so it doesn't really matter.

>>16770120

>I want to play indie games, cheap games, older games, anything that uses opengl

Buy nvidia. AMD drivers are garbage for older/indie games.

>I want to play high end AAA games that require the most performance out of my GPU possible and money doesn't matter

Buy nvidia. AMD can't even match them in performance, let alone exceed.

>I want to play high end AAA games on medium or low settings, don't care about stability, and get the most bang for my buck

Buy AMD, they have better price:performance than nvidia usually and devs never bugtest for AMD hardware so their shit always breaks on AMD

>I want experimental tech that isn't adopted by anyone and will probably never get used until 10 years after introduction

Buy AMD, they cram stuff like this into their GPU's and then the technology stagnates and goes unused by everyone until nvidia does it too.

>Honestly I don't even care about the games. I just want a software suite that treats me like a fucking child, locks out 99% of the features on the GPU so I can't finetune anything, and lets me apply basic overclock that any basic bitch 3rd party software already does anyways for free

Buy AMD. The fisher price made-for-aphone UI looks nice and you can't do anything with it. This is perfect for people who put form over function.

>I want GPU Compute to mine bitcoins or something idk, I don't care about actually using it for research or business

Buy AMD, their compute software is garbage, but the hardware's better at it than nvidia (see above experimental tech) and you'll get more bang for buck mining your cryptocoins with amd

>I want GPU compute and I'm actually going to use it for work/industry/my job

Buy nvidia but frankly you ought to already know this

In general: AMD gpu's are hot fucking garbage and aside from the price:performance advantage are not worth the headaches dealing with them.

It's basically the exact opposite with AMD's cpu's, which are a much better purchase choice in performance, security, and price vs intel and an example where their forward thinking experimental tech actually paid off for once.

t. own an AMD GPU and nvidia GPU and have both in the same computer.

>>16770117

>much less stable frametimes

When I watched reviews and benchmarks I actually saw the complete opposite: better frame times in multiple games VS the 9900K with its hyperthreading. The only engine that fucks up on 9700K without hyperthreading is Rockstar's RAGE engine and that is only possible in a certain scenario in which it hits a really high framerate it starts stuttering and hitching. That's more of a problem with Rockstar's engine than the CPU itself.

>hardware vulnerability fixes

I saw testing which shows Intel's hardware-level mitigations are slowing down the 10 series and making it worse.

>not only using hardware from the dump or a donation shop

I hope you guys don't do this

>>16770018

>>16770036

i had that mouse, i didnt like the metal scroll wheel. every time i had to click it down it required a very hard click, and the metal lumpy texture left imprints on my index finger, over time it would hurt especially if you click/hold that button to adjust the camera like in games like kenshi.

i bought a g403. cheaper and much better. it also has the same sensor.

>>16770303

for most parts, i do. sort of. i got a bunch of free PCs from a local business that were getting rid of them. they were dell optiplex 9020. i just took the mobo/cpu and combined memory to give myself 32gb. then bought a good video card and a case to fit everything in and a few other things like a wireless card, storage, etc.

you could actually find those same PCs on amazon, but youre not going to get 12 of them like i did for free, it'll be like 1 of them for $200 but it will probably come with stuff like wireless cards and storage unlike the business class ones out of the box.

>>16770299

>That's more of a problem with Rockstar's engine than the CPU itself.

Not what I recall while testing with older games, granted it was 8700k vs 8600k but that shouldn't factor much when said games couldn't generally use more than a couple threads.

>I saw testing which shows Intel's hardware-level mitigations are slowing down the 10 series and making it worse.

That's probably because you're looking at the HEDT ones, the mainstream ones have not released yet and are much more likely to be very close to what the 9900KS has, which doesn't have those issues.

>>16770652

I mean I can check what the exact setup is sometime soon if you really wanna know, that shit is straight out of the late 90s though.

Should I get a wireless mouse or are they a meme.

>>16771120

If you're using a laptop on the go, it's a legit option for convenience. If you're using a desktop, it's a pointless sacrifice of latency. If cords bother you much, I find a mouse bungee can unironically be nice.

>>16771120

They've gotten better, kinda worth if you don't mind the extra weight and higher price, the added latency is less than it used to but unless you're getting the top of the line Lgitech one it's still noticeable in some cases.

Sucks that they still don't have mice with good paracord cables straight out of the box; manufacturer decided turning mice into swiss cheese was a better idea sadly.

>>16771120

As >>16771124 said, if you primarily use a laptop they're a great idea for convenience, and you can find "good enough" wireless mice for like three dollars nowadays. If you're some MLG PRO GAYMUR then no, they're a bad choice, and if you're planning to use them on a desktop you're a retard.

>>16770299

>better frame times in multiple games VS the 9900K with its hyperthreading

Could be a scheduler fuckup. SMT/HT is only a net benefit if the workload requires more threads than the CPU has physical cores. Otherwise, you risk the scheduler tossing two threads onto the same core even though another one is available. Depends on how the scheduler was configured.

Zen also has issues with Windows scheduler.

>>16771064

>9900KS has, which doesn't have those issues.

9900KS had been released before the info about Zombieload v2 came out while Cascade Lake-X was after. Both are vulnerable to it, as is every Intel uarch since Haswell (TSX support is a prerequisite). 9900KS was benched without mitigations, unlike 10-series HEDTs.

>>16771120

Just mod a better cord into your mouse. Wireless mice are for HTPCs and travelfags.

>>16771146

>9900KS had been released before the info about Zombieload v2 came out while Cascade Lake-X was after. Both are vulnerable to it, as is every Intel uarch since Haswell (TSX support is a prerequisite). 9900KS was benched without mitigations, unlike 10-series HEDTs..

Phoronix has benched the 9900KS with mitigations, and it has a lesser impact than using the SW ones on a 9900k

I cannot find any benchmark showing that the cascade lake X hardware mitigations have a worse impact than using the SW mitigation on the Kaby Lake / Coffee lake equivalent

Seems reasonable to me that the HW mitigation now have a lesser impact than hte SW one, hence my original point that waiting for mainstream 10XXX CPUs is a decent idea if you're gonna go with intel for that reason.

>>16771214

>9980XE and 10980XE frequently traded blows with the latter occasionally being slower, and that shouldn't have happened.

Could be HW mitigations vs no mitigations is worse many reviewer have a bad habit of doing that shit, but then you really don't want to do that with intel

Could be interesting to see how the KS behaves in that review, not only is it a regular desktop design but I'ml fairly certain the KS has been designed after the Cascade Lake X series, it was closer to a panic launch after Zen2 fucked their shit up whereas Cascade Lake X probably started before or around the Cascade lake reveal in June when the Mac Pro 2019 released, that and monolithic 18 cores are low yield so it needs a lot more time to get enough stock going for an actual launch.

>>16771479

Just stop being poor then. Or come to a first world country and live of neetbucks. Here in the Netherlands you’d receive 20k a year.

Anyone in the continental USA able to replace the cord on one of these:

https://www.trackballmouse.org/microsoft-trackball-optical/

I've had one since Windows 98SE and it's worked like a dream until a couple months ago. Kicks ass on 'normal' mice too.

>>16771064

>that shit is straight out of the late 90s though.

not that i care, because i like speakers better and have never seen headphones that come close to the quality at a similar price point even after being exposed to both. but how are you going to argue that headphones are better at a higher price point vs speakers in general when you dont even know what speakers youre comparing them to?

if you want to compare speakers that are similarly priced to the headphones you should give a listen to OHM speakers or some high end bower and wilkins.

saying "stereo speakers arent as good because i've heard my moms stereo system from the 90s" sounds like b8.

is it b8? did i just take it?

>>16771523

If it's USB the inside might have pic related, which seems like it's fairly easy to replace with bascially no effort or knowledge.

Other wise just figure the pinout (or find it somewhere) and resolder a cable

>>16771591

>is it b8? did i just take it?

**Sorta, I indeed don't know exactly what the setup is

but I know it's at-least a decent setup and that it did cost a bit when it was bought way back**

Only thing I know for sure is that it's a Sony receiver amp with a pair of Jamo speakers, it is pretty good sounding but not as good as my headphones and certainly nowhere near as practical

Speaker vs headphones doesn't even really make sense to me to begin with, the two are for very different uses and cannot replace each other for every use.

>if you want to compare speakers that are similarly priced to the headphones you should give a listen to OHM speakers or some high end bower and wilkins.

Anon just a pair of either of those things is pricier than my whole setup PC included, and yeah it probably does sound really good, in a big treated room if you sit in the right place with no clutter everywhere in said room etc

> BUYAN

Another thing I'm getting is a portable monitor kit. I didn't think I would order it, but I talked the seller into lowering the price, including everything I need and giving me free shipping. Why do I need this? It's a long story.

Months ago, I bought a 17.3" portable monitor from Aliexpress that was supposed to be 1440p at 120Hz, but frame-skipping tests proved it would only do 60Hz and anything above 60Hz introduced frame skipping at ANY resolution. When set to 120Hz and running 120fps content the monitor would only display half the frames while skipping the rest. I argued until I was blue in the face with the seller, trying to explain that a 120Hz display must be capable of displaying 120fps content without skipping half the fucking frames. I ended up giving up on the seller and took my complaint to Aliexpress. I requested to keep the monitor and receive a 50% refund since I was only getting half of the advertised 120Hz. Aliexpress ruled in my favor and gave me the half refund. The seller took down the item presumably to avoid losing more money.

I'm not new to overclocking monitors. I have a 1440p QNIX monitor that was successfully overclocked from 60Hz to 100Hz with no frame-skipping problems at all using a thick dual-link DVI cable. The portable monitor kit I ordered includes a different driver board that supports both 30-pin and 40-pin EDP. The driver board also has a mini-DisplayPort input and two mini-HDMI inputs while my existing portable monitor's driver board only has mini-HDMI. The new kit includes speakers that are, in theory, better than the absolute trash speakers I've got in my existing portable monitor. The new speakers are certainly bigger at least. The new kit consists of: Driver Board, Controller Buttons Board, Speakers, Case, Internal Ribbon Cables, AC Adapter, Video Cable, Stand. I got the seller to throw in a flip cover which I will have to modify because of the placement of the controller buttons and the speakers. Also got the seller to give me longer cables and a mini-DisplayPort cable instead of mini-HDMI cable. My hope is DisplayPort will provide more bandwidth and make it easier to get this screen to do 120Hz. The screen should be able to do 120Hz. It's the same model 120Hz screen that is common in Alienware laptops.

The goal is to use the screen out of my current portable monitor which is stuck at 60Hz to create a good 17.3" portable monitor with 1440p, 120Hz, IPS and usable internal speakers. The portable monitor kit includes everything I should need to achieve this. If I can't get the screen to 120Hz using the new driver board with DisplayPort then either the screen itself is the issue or a portable monitor driver board simply doesn't exist that is capable of doing 120Hz at 1440p regardless of what any seller claims. I didn't think I would give this another try after being ripped off before, but I refuse to give up on the dream of portable 1440p 120Hz gaymen using my ITX PC. If only a reputable brand would make a portable monitor with those specs I wouldn't have to go through all this chinese seller rigamaroo.

>>16771479

>Im pretty I cant run any triple A game released in the last 5 years

Why are you complaining?

>>16771978

this may come as a shock to you but some people on /v/ actually like to play video games.

Got my new freesync monitor. Turns out to use it with an Nvidia card, the Nvidia Jews want you to install W10, though.

>>16771981

[Citation Needed]

>REPAIRAN

Had to get a new power supply for my computer.

The replacement I'm runnan is a 650 watt Corsair CXM power supply.

My system takes about 475 watts in my normal use, and I kept stressing out my old PSU (it was a stock Bestek power supply), not to mention that it was an impromptu heater 9/10 times. Now my new PSU doesn't even flinch when thrown a really demanding task.

>>16781973

>Neither did just putting the USB drivers in the flash drive manually

Where exactly did you put them? I understand that you're supposed to edit install.wim and shove the drivers there in a specific place.

Also, try this:

community.hwbot.org/topic/166612-windows-7-x64-sp1-with-integrated-drivers-for-zen/

First post has an already modified image, halfway through the thread there's a guide on how to make one yourself.

>installing Windows 10 onto one hard drive and then installing Win7 from it

That will get you working USB while installing W7 because you're running in an evironment with the necessary drivers (W10), but if you didn't install the USB drivers as part of setting 7 up, then once you reboot into 7 you'll lose USB because the drivers aren't available anymore.

>The only option I can really think of is using a PS/2 keyboard (only one slot so can't use a mouse) but I don't have one lying around

Use a PS/2 mouse and onscreen keyboard.

>it's not even a certainty that it'll work

Should just werk. Trust me, I work for a reputable video game company.

Point is, you either modify 7's install.wim (manually or via tools) to include the required USB drivers or you launch the installation in an environment that bypasses that requirement and install the drivers as part of the setup process.

>>16782149

I ended up figuring it out in the most roundabout of ways, by using installing Win10 into one hard drive, installing Win7 with a PS/2 keyboard and then installing a motherboard utility (with no mouse, so that was fun). I think the issue might have been in the drivers themselves which is fucking stupid. You know how I mentioned that the Gigabyte and Asrock Win7 USB flasher tools didn't work? Well, the Asrock motherboard utility, the one made for my fucking motherboard, didn't work, but a generic Gigabyte one made for god knows what did because fuck you. I had to get Lan drivers off of a laptop, put them on a flash drive, use Windows 10 to access said flash drive because Win7 couldn't, copying the files onto the computer and running them. Then had to fuck about for two hours while installing other drivers (ones that actually worked) to find the right one. I think it's a matter of picking an already semi-complicated task with a trash motherboard company.

Now, on the fun side, Windows 10 and 7 hate each other so much that Windows 10 corrupted my 7 hard drive and I had to run that error-checking utility overnight simply to disable and uninstall Windows 10.

>>16782330

Could have gotten aero 10 instead. It's a neat transparent LTSB windows version, the only thing worth installing until a new revision of it comes out.

>>16782363

>install this botnetted botnet goys

You fucking streetshitters should kill yourself.

>>16782379

The botnet shit is in the kernel itself. You can use all the tools you want but it will just give yourself a placebo.

>paranoid schizophrenic kike

There is little reason to trust Microsoft, this doesn't have to make you a schizoid.

>>16782389

There's a problem with that motherboard, though.

You would still need to replace the motherboard as there's usually a new socket every few generations.

>>16791508

>more 2080ti-kun for 2020.

Why would someone want more useless junk in their GPU? How many games do you play that support ray-tracing?

>>16782606

I would rather go for a plate-mounted keyboard instead.

I am using a Glorious keyboard with white Kailh Box keys to type this. It's a beaut.

>>16769420

>dont scoff at cheap chinese boards

I recall that there was an outbreak where some budget mechanical keyboards had a keylogger in their management software.

I would not be too sure about going below 50 smackers on a mechanical keyboard.

http://archive.md/wip/OrgpZ

>>16791532

>You would still need to replace the motherboard as there's usually a new socket every few generations.

That's what the daughterboard upgrade was supposed to offer — a new socket. The thing failed because it was clunky, overdesigned and made no financial sense when you could just buy a new mobo for slightly more than that upgrade part.

>>16791508

Are AMD-chan and NV-chan close relatives?

Because their CEOs are.

>>16791542

I felt like looking into this since I just bought a cheap Chinese keyboard for under $50 and everything I can find about this topic is about how the software that was included and had to be installed separately(probably for extra lighting effects during games or macro keys) was spying on users. The keyboard itself was fine.

The software included with a $200 keyboard from Razer does the exact same thing. Might be the same for Logitech or any of the other big name brands in computer peripherals. Point being that price tag means nothing in this regard all the software is shit.

https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/razer_en.html

That page only scratches the surface of what their spyware does. And that's on top of W10 spying on you with a built in keylogger that's turned on by default.

>>16791543

I hate this doujin - I never once got offered sex AND a top-of-the-line computer part when I was a kid.

>>16769304

spencer is a closested yanaolpolisisis

bought into cherry mx red. considered the silver but red was instock.

>>16791678

Coolermaster does have some pretty good shit for the most part

Currently using a SK650 / MM520 and really not much to say that's bad about either.

They lost their good large tower cases though to the retarded "large tower with 2 HDD bay" craze though.

>>16782379

>>16782418

Use Windows server 2019 datacenter

>>16782418

Get raped anally by systemD faggot.

>>16791596

>He missed the VIP exclusive deals from the 2080 launch

>>16782606

Do not make the mistake of going tenkeyless. Just don't.

>>16792350

It's GAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

consideran going fully Lay-Z-Boy. any suggestions for a plus sized gentleman? need some new setup ideas too. im sitting too damn close to a tv

>>16792350

Nothing is wrong.

You just want it in a more comfortable or accessible position which is good.

>>16792350

Because most of them are absolute garbage and often don't even get treated as numpad keys. I'm specifically thinking of cases where games need something like numpad * or whatever.

>>16792558

>those pictures

besides the acute domestic violence, that's pretty wholesome. if they aren't siblings, it's straight up adorable. it kinda sucks that a lot of doujin miss the cute relationship stuff.

>>16792574

if they aren't siblings, it's straight up a boner killer*

Are there no 32" gaming monitors that aren't VA? I only want to spend around 500, but even if I wanted to spend more, seems that there is nothing there.

I just tried out the CQ32G1 and despite the good popular reception, black smear is more horrible than I could have imagined. None of the settings change a thing about it either.

>>16792797

Just get an ips monitor you fucking idiot, black smear is panel update lag, you're not getting rid of it with lcd, only with oled.

>>16792825

But this fucking idiot wants a big monitor in 2020. How are we still not there?

>>16792832

>big monitor

>big gaming office equipment

>big gaming chinkshit office equipment

You're going to have to compromise eventually, there's no "getting there" with outsourced chinkshit.

>>16792841

Think I'll buy a cheaper 75hz 32" IPS instead. I don't play that many modern games anyway. And emulated games are mostly capped.

>>16792811

Haha is that mark

>>16768970

So did anyone ever figure out why this faggot put half of his post in spoilers for no reason?

So I got a slightly beat up IBM model m keyboard. Anyone know where a canadian can get keycaps without paying a stupid amount of shipping for something that can fit in an envelope?

>>16795631

Probably Ali or Assdrop

>>16795659

I'm not really seeing anything.

Found this though

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/226651783/custom-keycap-for-ibm-model-m-keyboard?ref=hp_rv-1

>>16795234

People spoilering bits of their post that don't need to be spoiled never made any sense to me at all outside of possible attention whoring.

>>16795726

>You also sometimes see people who put every line in quotes.

>Even when it's not a greentext story.

>I always wondered where the fuck these come from that they don't understand such a basic function.

>>16793709

>Would buy LG, but the contrast doesn't look good.

It does seem awful. See:

rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/27gl850-b

735:1 is pitiful.

Those Gigabyte and Viewsonic models both have over 1050:1 in reviews. Still not great but noticeably better than what that LG has.

>>16796549

>AMD GPU

Don't. At this point Nvidia and AMD are the same amount of Jewish with AMD just having shittier cards.

>>16796607

exactly, stop kvetching and by that shiny $1500 gpu!

I'm selling my computer.

My PC has Ryzen 5 1600(which forced me to W10), GTX 1060 6GB OC etc etc. Since I got busier with adult life, I didn't use to play as much anymore and having to reinstall windows 10 due to it breaking itself was a massive waste of time that randomly stole a day from me, sometimes when I didn't have time to lose, which was unbearable. I ended up going to linux over a year ago since it's a more stable system and doesn't steal my time with its retarded upkeep, including the update system which maximizes user pain. Doing this strayed me further from any heavy games. All I've played since then is mostly Super Tux Kart and Toontown, sometimes CS:GO or DotA 2.

As I wasn't using my PC's hardware to its full extent anymore, I could just get a brand new "good enough" laptop for less than what I'd sell my old computer.

Ended up getting a S145 w/ a 3700u and a full hd tn panel screen with the money I got from selling my vr headset(which I miss) and one of my screens.

With the laptop I can still do it all, and have a goodish laptop to take to work or to my classes if I need to.

I don't plan on getting a new laptop until thunderbolt 3 is common so I can just buy a graphics card and plug it in, having a way more powerful laptop that will be powerful when I need it, at home. Besides, it will be way cheaper and upgradable than the cooray-z gaman laptops.

I'm probably going to get a PS5 even though my last console was a snes since I really like Nioh and wish to play nioh 2. We'll see how that goes.

Recommend some good headphones to use ?

I was thinking of getting a pair plus a modmic or buy a hyperx cloud alpha headset

>>16796549

>Still torn on headphones

What will you use them for?

Are you an audiophile that listens to music or do just want listen to stuff with outside noise? Do you have an amp?

>>16796711

Never buy a headset, unless you're some professional. Like the above anon, I want to know what you want to use the headphones for. How much do care about fidelity, soundscaping, basses, mids, and trebbles, and the like? Do you care about sound leaking from the headphones or no?

>>16796549

>Headphones

If the form factor, portability, detachable cable of the M40X are what you want it for, get the Takstar Pro82 / GM200 instead, they sound better and the build quality is comparable, the GM200 is more bass heavy and comes with a mic not to mention the gaymer look.

If you want straight up better sounding (more neutral sounding instead though) at the cost of portability / detachable cable get the ATH-A550Z, they're also pretty damn decent for gaming because they sound wide as fuck and have very good positionning for closed cans of that price.

If it's still going on the Fidelio X2HR can be had for under 100 bucks, and that's a fucking deal.

If you want the poorfag special, get the CAL! or any of the Superlux with a pair of replacement pads (668b, 330 and 662 EVO recommended above all the others)

If you have any audiophile gear / want any /have a very specific idea of what you, I can adjust that.

>>16796711

>>16796728

>Never buy a headset,

While this is usually good advice there is now a bunch of headsets that are pretty much just a pair of decent headphone with a mic for the price of a similar headphjone with a separate mic

The HyperX lineup is exactly that, a pair of Takstar Pro80 with a coat of paint, a mic and different tuning, they're worth it if you like Vshaped closed backs and can find them under 40-60 bucks, they're not exactly that great for gaming but as allrounders they're perfectly fine.

>>16796788

>I'm really looking for the best bang for the buck,

Any budget in particular?

I'd assume 150-200 max

In that case I'd say keep the same recs and add the Senheiser HD58X, Audio Technica AD500/700/900X, AKG K702/712/7XX, AKG K361/371, Phillips Fidelio L2 (probably have to go chink or secondhand), maybe Hifiman HE-4XX, Maybe Fidelio X2HR,

If you're really lucky a Denon AH-D600 secondhand.

If you're willing to push your budget a bit Fostex TR-X00, E-MU Teak, Denon AH-D5200, Audio Technica ATH-A1000Z / ATH-A990Z, Hifiman Sundara, maybe beyerdynamics Amiron Home / DT1770/DT1990

Or seconhand Fostex TH-600/610/900, Denon AH-D7200/AH-D7100

All of those you don't really need an amp for, some you don't at all.

> I'm planning to get an amp eventually though.

If you're willing to change that eventually into a soon consider a pair of Dekoni Blue.

>>16796765

>>16796820

Well, shit man, you know far better than me about headphones. I'll just step outta the way.

>>16796847

>I was thinking something more like 100-150, and I don't think I can go second hand

Well some of those still fit that budget so it should be fine.

eBay has a decent chunk of seconhand and some insane deals from time to time.

>While you're at it, can you recommend some good entry level amp I could get?

Creative Sound Blaster E5 / G5 / G6 (not the X-Fi / E1 and frankly the E5 is easily the best value of the bunch)

SMSL Audio M3

Xduoo XD-05/XD-05 Plus (the plus has twice the output power and a few kinks sorted out)

Topping DX3 Pro (V2, the earlier units had issues)

JDS Atom (you'll want a separate DAC for that though since that one is just the amp where the other are combo units, something like a topping D10/D30)

Outside of the Sound blaster one they all have more than enough power to drive anything that isn't insanely inneficient and they all fit under 250. with a couple of those being under 100

Schiit is like it's name would suggest, shit, don't get memed iinto getting one, esepcially if outside the US.

>>16796620

Nvidia's cards are more stable in every department, save for mining.

AMD's only got price/performance and crypto mining going for them.

I'd say that the GTX 16 series is good for most (GTX 20 is the enthusiast line that has all the ray-tracing cores. GTX 16 just has Turing's performance without the ray-tracing.).

That is, if you don't feel like going for GTX 10 series (Pascal cards), which are cheap right now since that generation just passed.

I would replace my card, but there's little reason for me to do it until I do a motherboard swap on my PC.

>>16797625

Simple.

>you want to game?

Nvidia's the better choice, since going AMD can be screwy with anything independent/old or using OpenGL.

>I work, but don't mine cryptos.

Again, Nvidia makes better graphics processors for general workloads. AMD doesn't have good computing performance in their GPUs.

>I have little care for preformance and want more bang for my buck.

AMD. Price-performance is better with them, but they add in a lot of stuff that is never implemented until Nvidia cards add it.

>I don't care about videogames, but wanna mine crypto with my card instead.

AMD. I already said their GPUs have crap computing, but mining crypto is the only place they excel. Now I'm wondering why 2017 saw a massive rush of people buying Nvidia GPUs for mining…

In short, AMD's system processors are good buys especially now that Intel keeps putting out the same thing every generation, but AMD's graphics processors aren't worth dealing with unless your playing the lottery for nerds otherwise known as "Bitcoin".

t. owner of a Nvidia GPU (currently in my PC) and an AMD GPU that came with my now 10-year old prebuilt.

>>16798124

>AMD GPU that came with my now 10-year old prebuilt

Your view is biased. A 10 year old gpu will suck in the things you made Independent of brand.

If it is DX 10 half the games won't run to begin with.

t. owner of an overpriced Nvidia GPU (currently in my PC)

Now go shilling that kikeshit somewhere else. And there are no games requiring physx that are worth it anyways.

You needed it in Tomb Raider 2013 for the flowing hair and in… Tomb Raider 2013 for the flowing hair — oh I already mentioned that.

You might need cuda for image enhancers through but you probably don't even know what I'm ranting about, so you don't need it.

* you listed

>>16797482

>AMD's only got price/performance and crypto mining going for them.

So basically anyone not using a 1440 or 4k monitor should go amd?

>>16798484

meant for

>>16798124

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good beginner fightstick?

>>16797816

Mainly because of the design of the press

>>16799027

>Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good beginner fightstick?

PXN fightstick?

Most beginner fightsticks have a real arcade stick over membrane buttons.

You might as well work either on or in a real "tournament style" stick now so that it will last into the future. as you can't change the buttons in a beginner's fightstick.

>>16768383

Where did you buy your NTSC-J from?

>>16805265

why do you want that one or a new monitor in general?

>>16768739

anon… are you okay?

>>16805325

no he's gaymer

>CONSIDERAN

Considering upgrading my pc. I've had this for 5 years now. I have a gtx970 and a i7-4790. Is it worth upgrading? If so what is good to upgrade to from that?

>>16805377

>If so what is good to upgrade to from that?

I went from more or less that to a 3800X + 1080ti, maybe a bit pricey but definitely worth it, only got the 3800X because it was the same price as the 3700X where I am, there's no real point getting one otherwise it's like maybe 200 Mhz faster at best.

>>16805541

very possible, look into ryzen apus, they cost sub 100$ and can run most of this decade's games at low 1080p 60 frames

>>16805541

Yes

https://invidio.us/watch?v=Lfcschg9uwU

>>16801979

Local equivalent of Craigslist/Ebay.

>>16805541

>Klipsch HP-3

Been eyeing these too. Though my DT770 is fine for now.

>>16805541

Don't jew out on the PSU, a shitty PSU might fuck up a lot. I learned that the hard way years back when it suddenly was on fire while I was taking a piss.

>>16805614

Oh meant for >>16769637

>>16805374

anon probably an hero'd himself by this point, rip ;_;

>>16805276

My earlier post >>16769961 is why.

Its a good monitor, brand, and the size and specs I want. The only issue is price and if I could get something the same quality or better for the same or less money.

>>16805541

Sure

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ryw98M

It even beats the APU build others have recommended

though honestly hunt for a secondhand RX 570 instead of the RX 550, same price, a world of fucking difference performance wise

>>16805614

They're nice, not as heavy as you would think, not as comfortable as you would think though.

The sound is a nice pleasing Vshape without middlefinger treble like beyer or missing frequencies like the Fidelio X2, and it's wide maybe not speaker wide but about as wide as I've heard.

Doesn't need some super autistic setup either, it really sound fine from the onboard, although it doesn't hurt to have an external dac / amp for a lower noise floor because they're fairly sensitive.

If you can get them for 800 bucks they're pretty much everything you should expect from an higher end dynamic geared towards listening pleasure

> UPGRADAN

I see no point in it. My i7 2600k and gtx 980 combo is still more than adequate, especially since I mostly play old gaymes and no modern AAA stuff, so I would never even use the horsepower a 2080 has. RTX is a meme anyway and won't be used for any games that I'm interested in.

> CONSIDERAN

buying two monitors of the same size and resolution.

>>16805985

>as long as we can legally drive without being literally Hitler and getting forced into cattle carts headed for the meatgrinder every morning.

That's the next thing to get targeted as part of the "Nazi" panic.

>>16805986

It's already, with all the (((student protests))) rallying behind (((Greta))). A bunch of kids who have never even worked a day in their lives, who don't pay taxes, who get bankrolled by mommy and daddy driving their cars to work everyday so these shits can throw it all out of the window and call for soytopia where nobody owns stuff and everything is shared (including your genderqueer furaffirmative transnigger female presenting life partner with a dick).

Then they head home and post on their phones assembled by Chinese slave labor about how they're saving the planet. In a few years, these useful idiots will be entering a voting booth near you. Imagine.

I seek to feast on the teat of this collapsing civilization, in total isolation from everything outside, in a form of spiritual hedonism, like gondola. Then, when it dries up, I don't know what I'll do. Maybe look for greener pastures and cleaner waters. Maybe ascend to the next realm. Who knows. Hell, maybe this entire shit gets turned around, but I have my doubts. They had several decades to perfect the propaganda machine called public schooling and they're churning out mindless drones faster than ever.

sage for off topic

Kind of want to upgrade but I'll probably be fine this year. Also want a new monitor, at the moment I have a monitor TV as its called and its speakers are pretty good. I guess with a proper monitor I'll also have to get speakers.

>>16768694

They degenerated in console vs PC & Intel vs AMD vs Nvidia shitposting.

Off topic sage

>>16805992

Most monitors don't have a sound system, but a 3.5mm audio out for HDMI.

>>16806774

The best thing to look for is FreeSync/GSync. That's the real game changer.

1440p 60hz with Freesync would be my pick. You don't notice the extra frames the 144hz monitor would bring as much once you've got perfectly synced frames and refresh rate.

>>16806778

>>16806774

don't forget you'd also need the hardware to power it.

I'm more interested in hdr, but all the monitors are 4k shit or overpriced. probably say fuck it and buy a good smaller tv if I see one…

>>16806778

>>16806774

I just got my 1440p 144hz HDR still haven't run a game yet can't decide which to try first. I also don't know what good games even support HDR. I had all these ideas in my head of what to play first and now I'm just sitting here doing nothing.

>>16806865

I think RE2R has HDR support on PC, and it looks decent.

I can't think of any graphical powerhouse titles off the top of my head.

>>16806874

destiny 2, divison 2 etc. so mostly AAA shit. but it's getting more common. and got a ps4 which would profit from it as well.

>>16771921

Follow up: I took the screen out of the previous monitor, assembled it into the new kit and it does 120Hz properly now with no frame skipping issues. The shitty driver board was the issue after all. The speakers in the new kit were larger and sound less terrible than the others, but still not good. So finally, I achieved the dream of a portable 17.3" 120Hz 1440p IPS monitor. Fast, smooth motion of 120Hz combined with the high detail of 1440p that I can take with me anywhere. The dream is real. Only shortcoming is that the internal speakers are still not good.

The portable monitor has multiple inputs, 1 mini-DP and 2 mini-HDMI, so I can plug my Nintendo Switch dock into it as well as my mini-ITX PC. I already disassembled the colossal waste of plastic of the original Nintendo Switch dock and put the internal hardware into a more compact shell so my Switch dock is properly portable.

>>16806774

1440p adds a lot of pixels thus a lot of detail and clarity to the image, but then you need better hardware to run it. That aside, if your choice is 1440p 60hz or 1080p 144hz then just get the high refresh rate 1080p as that's going to have far more benefit in gaming.

>>16806958

Ideally, you'd just have one monitor that does both 1440p and high refresh rate so you can run what you want on the same screen without fucking around trying to run a game on monitor 1 or monitor 2. You'd be surprised how retarded games can still be with multiple monitors. I ran Metro Exodus with both my monitors active and it created its own bizarre shitty resolution then locked the resolution options entirely so I couldn't fix it without killing the game, going into NVCP, deactivating my second monitor, then running the game again, but of course the resolution it created persisted in other games until I restarted the PC.

A 1440p high refresh rate monitor would likely last through multiple builds, as your hardware is upgraded you could make better use of it for newer games instead of only older games. Not much benefit in multi-monitor setup unless you want it for productivity tasks.

>>16806774

>does 1440p make a significant difference

Not really, games generally look better thanks to higher pixel density so you get less obvious jaggies and can turn the AA down a bit and get similar fidelity. Is it worth the performance hit or price? Probably not if performance is your concern and if visuals are what you want panel type has a much bigger impact on visuals.

>I'm thinking about buying either a cheap 1440p 60hz or a 1080p 144hz monitor.

If you want cheap if $300 is cheap :^) 1440p monitors the ones I'd recommend are

Pixio PX275h - $250 Pixio only ships in America

Pixio PX329 - $300

AOC CQ27G1 - around $250 - $300 theres an updated version, the CQ27G2, for 400 aussy dollars ($280) but I can't find it anywhere other than Australia

LG 32GK650F-B If you can get it cheap. Current prices are inflated due to high demand.

VIOTEK GN27DB - 250$

>BUYAN

i5 9600k

Gigabyte z390x MB

32gb of corsair DDR4 ram

750w power supply

>UPGRADAN

Main desktop. Been rocking a Haswell 4770k for 6 years now and figured it's time for an upgrade. The power supply in it is also pushing 10 years so I'd rather not wait until it starts dying.

>CONSIDERAN

A converter box for my retro XP machine so it can send raw 240p or at least 480i to my CRT. Currently it's got a GTX 950 in it running DVI to VGA to a cheap Composite converter and the results are not what I expected.

Also considering a high refresh rate monitor, but not until a few months down the line.

Had my PSU blow last night.

Not sure if it died in a power surge, or if its death caused the power surge, but it fucking died. Took a HDD with it.

I've ordered replacements and I've got a loaner PSU from a friend until it arrives. But fuck, that's money I did not really have to spare.

>>16806996

Yeah, "ideally." But I don't feel like spending 500 bucks on another 144hz monitor which isn't TN, when I already have one for that niche. That's why I specifically want a lower refresh rate one, so I can expect to save some money in that department.

>You'd be surprised how retarded games can still be with multiple monitors. I ran Metro Exodus with both my monitors active and it created its own bizarre shitty resolution then locked the resolution options entirely so I couldn't fix it without killing the game, going into NVCP, deactivating my second monitor, then running the game again, but of course the resolution it created persisted in other games until I restarted the PC.

That's weird, wouldn't borderless windowed solve that? I've tried using my 1080p monitor with my laptop and had no such trouble when running both fullscreen and borderless windowed games.

>>16807042

Did you not have a surge protector?

>>16798484

Some prebuilts aren't utter trash, long as you know what's going on with the motherboard you can sometimes end up getting parts at under value. You usually end up with a pretty lame case, I guess, but I don't really care.

What the hell happened to /b2/?

>>16811947

exception to the rule tho. and if you already know enough to spot a good deal it's usually just as easy to grab a deal for a single piece in between the few good deals.

Considering upgrading from a gaming laptop to a (prebuilt) gaming desktop. Would $1500 be enough? Any suggestions? I have a monitor, KB/M already. Looking for a beefy gpu, more than enough to run at max on 1080 and do VR well.

>>16811951

/b2/ and /pol/ have not been added, considering how long it's been I guess Jim made the decision that they would never be. /rand21/ existed for awhile as a /b2/ but Ron very recently set it to restricted mode (no images, hidden on front page, captchas for every post) because the BO didn't create enough active vols to deal with the global rule

and apparently board creation isn't instant like it used to be, it has to be approved, which apparently takes ages for some reason

so Ron and Jim, Jim in particular, appear to be being faggots, basically

>>16812184

you'd be better off paying somebody to buy the parts and build it than to buy prebuilt, I would think

>>16768378

>BUYAN

>buying hardware

absolute cuck

>>16812257

The 8bitdoSF30pro. A pretty damn versatile controller with an assload of features. Also 8bitdo controllers have Xinput out of the box so you don't have to work with programs like SCP and Zadig to get it to work. Also if you have a switch or android you can use it for those as well. I'd say get it just for the fact that you don't have to use a Sony product.

>>16812184

$1500 is more than enough, though as you probably expected to be told, building your own is pretty easy and will save you money and teach more about the system so you can easily upgrade or fix shit. There's always going to be relatively recent "build guide" videos for various price ranges like this:

https://invidio.us/watch?v=2vb9IAQ6bNo

https://pcpartpicker.com/

If you're dead set on pre-builts then I just do your research on which brands are good.

https://invidio.us/watch?v=VRFEr3rAizY

This is a video covering common pre-built computer retailers and which ones are jewing you hard. All of this is pretty basic shit with a massive amount of resources you can find on jewtube and various computer leddits.

>>16812257

I've heard people say the SF30 pro is uncomfortable to use with the thumbsticks after awhile because of the missing handles. And the triggers don't look very easy to press. DS4 is your standard controller with all the bells and whistles. The start button is some next level retarded nigger shit since it doesn't protrude so it's hard to press. That's probably the only issue I have with it, and the fact that if you're using it wired the connection is incredibly finnicky and if it moves slightly it will disconnect briefly. You could always get the 8bitdo controller that has handles and that would solve ever gripe I have with it for the most part. I just think the SF30 is made for tiny chink hands and can't see it being comfortable over a long while.

>>16812257

I wouldn't recommend 8bitdo, they're not the worst but still break rather easy.

DS4 is obviously a choice if you want symmetrical layouts, it's not that great, and don't get memed by the "v2 fixes everything" meme because it doesn't, it fioxes the reliability but the Dpad is stilml diagonal prone and the elevated area around it and the face button still iss uncomfortable as fuck.

Usually stuff by Hori is fairly resistant and easy to repair so that's a good choice, you can nab the PC exclusive one new from japan for around 40 bucks, only lacking thing is triggers but othe than that it has a few nice things like a Dpad <-> left stick switch for those older games that don't play well with Xinput and an insanely good turbo function that is better than any software solution I've tried.

I've also been pleasantly surprised by the Nacon controllers, the wired compact is the only symmetrical one, and outside of the Dpad and touchpad it's quite solid.

I've tried a fuckton of chiunk and 3rd party controller outside of that and really the least terrible of those is the Gamesir G3w (or clones), it's cheap and functional but not great or even good by any stretch

I've just scored an old PS1 DualAnalog (the official one with concave sticks) and an Hori pad for PS1 both being in fairly good shape, those are pretty much the elder god tier of their time and they'll do nicely as OG xbox controllers

>>16812184

Build it yourself, it's really not that hard as long as you don't do anything entirely stupid.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mTz97T

>>16812392

>ssds have a smaller life span

Not true. HDD's will suffer from mechanical failure long before you use up the limited amounts of writes an SSD has. But I would probably agree with getting a smaller SSD and doing something like swapping the current game you're playing into it then out when you're done. Based on the games he plays they look like they probably total to less than 240GB anyways.

>>16768780

Oh shit, I remember this epic thread.

Looking for a headset with easily replaceable cloth pads, my disgusting as fuck head keeps dirtying the cloths ones too fast and the faux leather ones always fall apart and are uncomfortable for long periods of time.

>>16812554

Maybe, their naming schemes are shit and can be confusing. The handles one looks alright, I don't think it was available when I was poking around for a controller so I ended up going with the DS4. Even if they are lower build quality than something like the DS4 I probably in hindsight would have opted for an 8bitdo with handles just so I could have a normal fucking start button instead of this flush with the controller nigger jap bullshit.

>>16812585

Just get yourself a good pair of headphones and a separate microphone, something like the AKG K702 should fit

>>16812614

Those sure do look good. However I want to be able to take the ear pieces off to clean or replace and I'd rather this upgrade I am doing to be more long term, because if I spend 175 on a nice headset it might last two summers just as the others ones. Albeit in more comfort and audio quality.

>>16812623

You mean the ear pads, the ones on the K702 you can change rather easily the stock one are velour and washable and worst case scenario the OEM parts are like 25 bucks a pair ort you can even find cheaper 3rd party replacement (might not sound the same or be as comfy though), that's why I mentioned those.

Granted you could probably just remove and replace the ones on your current headset / headphones, even if you have to compromise a bit on some things it's rare that a pair of headphone can't accommodate a new pair of pads

>>16812628

Oh awesome I'm going to pick up some right now

>>16812274

DS4 should be plug and play on winblows 10 so i don't have to mess around with third party drivers, AFAIK only the DS3 needs scptoolkit. Still i'm leaning towards the 8bitdo since i plan to get a hacked switch and the controller works with it.

>>16812280

I don't really mind the lack of handles, i'm gonna use this thing mainly for SNES/PS1 games, the thumbsticks are just there in case i want to play something like yakuza or a JRPG with it.

>if you're using it wired the connection is incredibly finicky

I plan to use it wireless, i have a bluetooth "dongle".

>>16812289

>new one from hori

Which one? Is it wireless?

>x-input/d-input switch

X360ce takes care of that.

>>16812838

>Which one?

Edge 301

> Is it wireless?

Nope.

>>x-input/d-input switch

Actually not, it just switch the Dpad to register as the left stick and the stick to register as a Dpad, which is usually what give me trouble on older games.

>>16812019

>Build 1

>i3 ever when second hand 1600(X) and 1600AF exist for 80 dollars

>480gb SSD

You can get a cheap 120GB SSD for less than 20 and a cheap 1tb HDD for 30-40 dollars

Build 2

>mini itx

that form factor is actually for people with money since it's expensive to design something solid that's that small. Stick to mATX if you're on a budget and need something compact.

>that slow ass ram

considering this build has an APU which uses system ram for Vram you're going to feel that slow speed in games through popups and stuttering.

Here are 2 builds I put together. One with an APU and one with traditional CPU+dGPU combo.

<APU:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9mHw7T

<CPU+GPU

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/83Xx27

The price of the CPU was manually entered because pcpartpicker is a piece of shit and hasn't included the 12nm 1600 refresh that is 85 dollars right now. I chose Sapphire rx570 because Sapphire makes good shit but feel free to get a cheaper model if you want.

Neither of these builds come with wifi so you will need an ethernet cable or a wifi adapter/card. Also if you can spare the budget I'd get the CPU+GPU combo tbh.

>>16812184

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FqCjJb

CPU - went with 2700x because its cheaper than the 3600(X) and has 2 more cores and 4 more threads. If you prefer the 3600(X) instead get the 3600 since the difference between it and the 3600X is negligible but it's 30-50 dollars cheaper.

GPU - picked this because Powercolor makes good shit , 5700xt is pretty good although it has shit TDP compared Nvidia's cards, and they somehow put a cooler that is far superior to AMD's abortion while still keeping the price close to MSRP. If you prefer the Nvidia option I'd get an EVGA or MSI brand 2060 or 1660 super. Avoid the 1660 ti it is now depreciated. If you need more performance your only option is Nvidia's 2070 super or 2080 super.

RAM - went with a 3200 kit since I don't think Zen+ is stable past 3200 and it's good enough for gaymen

MOBO - Also chose this because it's good enough. If you want to play around with overclocking I'd recommend the Asrock Taichi or MSI Gaming Carbon instead.

Storage - SSD is pretty fast and solid and paired it with a 3tb HDD so you have room for the fuck huge modern games that come out these days.

Case - Pretty easy to build in and very good performer while not having over the top aesthetics. Change it if you prefer something else.

>>16817091

>went with 2700x because its cheaper than the 3600(X) and has 2 more cores and 4 more threads

This is the worst advice I've seen crop up everywhere.

A 2700X is worse than a 3600 in every single way, not only is the 3600 much stronger in single thread it's also just as fast if not faster in multithreaded applications, and 6 strong core are always better than 8 weaker ones, there's a small point to be made if you want to do only heavily multithreaded stuff and the price difference is relevant enough but this is /v/ which implies the thing is gonna play video game mostly and the price difference is not that great so it's pointless to recommend it, I'm pretty sure just the difference in power consumption would make you your money back within a year.

Now something like a 2600 / 1600 AF is well under half the price of a 3600 and not that much slower so it's definitely worth it.

>went with a 3200 kit since I don't think Zen+ is stable past 3200 and it's good enough for gaymen

The choice isn't bad but paying 5 bucks extra to make 100% sure get Micron E-die is well worth it, and Zen+ can definitely do 3466-3733 on those ICs, whereas there's some ICs that can do 3200 but nothing else which might come on the sticks you put there

>Storage - SSD is pretty fast and solid and paired it with a 3tb HDD so you have room for the fuck huge modern games that come out these days.

Why use noname SSDs when you can get a Crucial one for the same price, I also wouldn't recommend the Toshiba P300 when the X300 4TB is almost the same price

>PSU

I know I like it too but 750w is well overkill for that build, at idle you're under 10% utilization which means you're hitting the shit efficiency wall 550-650w is still overkill but closer to reasonable.

>>16818676

>I want to buy myself some more storage

Get a 10TB datacenter refurb (think HGST He10 / Seagate EXOS) for 200-300 bucks, most cost efficient thing you can do in regard to storage.

>I want to get some spare silicone ear bud replacements but I'm still dumb on where to get good ones.

Go on Ali, search for silicon tips, sort by orders.

Chinks are absolutely fucking crazy about audiophile gear, if you want anything cheap and good they're easily the best choice

>>16819138

The 5700 is so damn close in price it barely even makes sense going for that one, especially when you factor in that most currently available 5600XT were designed for the old BIOS so VRAM and cooling might not hold well, I'm pretty sure some manufacturer clearly said they wouldn't support the new BIOS on some models.

>>16818687

>Now something like a 2600 / 1600 AF is well under half the price of a 3600 and not that much slower so it's definitely worth it.

personally I'd go with a 2600x and then upgrade to a 4000, which will probably be the last am4 cpu anyway. best bang for bug and the 4000 will hopefully have fixed all of the 3000's growing shrinking pains.

>>16817091

>GPU - picked this because Powercolor makes good shit , 5700xt is pretty good although it has shit TDP compared Nvidia's cards, and they somehow put a cooler that is far superior to AMD's abortion while still keeping the price close to MSRP.

might as well spend a few bucks more and get a sapphire. TDP is also pretty negligible. it's not like one is a 9900k and the other an arm processor.

>The 5600 XT is out now, and there's some potential for 1440p gaming, although I not sure why it's marketed towards "ultimate 1080p." The catch is that a VBIOS update is required, and a slight power increase. Plus, some GPUs do not support it.

because 1080p and lower is like 3/4 the market. 1440p is single digit and 4k is a meme.

>Any of you have any driver issues with it? GNU/Linux support is what shouldn't be a problem. The price of ~$300 seems like a cheaper alternative to the 5700, and ray tracing still doesn't have much support in current year+5.

you might run into the issue that it's not supported yet, had the same problem when I got a 590 at launch (could get around with disabling some power saving functions, but that's not optimal).

by the time ray tracing is worth it we will be 2 generations further, I wouldn't worry about it yet.

as for price, check if your store has any promotions (same goes for amd cpus). they pretty much constantly have some game bundle promo which you can sell to reduce the price even more.

>>16818687

I went with the 2700x with more cores and threads because gaming is going to start getting a lot more multithreaded and will turn 6c/12t into the new 4c/8t of today. Even now there are games that use all 8 cores and 16 threads. The other reason was the looming 4000 series he might want to upgrade to later but I agree a 1600AF or 2600 is better for that.

DDR5 ram is currently being sampled right now and there are good odds that the 4000 series will launch with it on the market.

>no name SSD

nigga that's a Samsung 860. That shit is a top tier SSD.

>>16819138

Do not get these until AMD and the board partners get their heads out of their asses and releases products that come pre installed and configured with the new BIOs.

>>16819153

>cooling might not hold well

Since it's just an aggressive overclock it'll hold up and you can always just use Chill or Wattman to crank things down. What's disgusting is they did this BIOs change last second so there are people out there missing out on 10% better performance.

>>16819379

>hopefully have fixed all of the 3000's growing shrinking pains

That's due to Rome server CPUs compressing everything downward when it comes to silicon quality and binning. The next generation won't have that so when you pay for a top shelf desktop CPU you're going to get top shelf desktop silicon instead of overpriced mid range garbage.

>TDP is also pretty negligible

I was referring to Navi vs Turing in power effeciency and it does matter when you understand better TDP equals better performance. More efficient cards allow for better stock specs on launch and even higher performance thanks to more overclocking headroom. It's the reason AMD's 7 N A N O M E T E R gpus still can't solidly beat Turing. Imagine if Nvidia and AMD were on the same node right now with their current architectures, I'd be a fucking blood bath. There's a reason why a lot of the rumors coming out about Big Navi and RDNA2 mention having much better TDP than current gen.

>>16819875

>I was referring to Navi vs Turing in power effeciency and it does matter when you understand better TDP equals better performance.

you were specifically talking about the 5700xt, no one in his right mind buys a navi, if you can even get your hands on one. and for that 5700xt segment TDP has far less of an impact. same for overclocking, the amount you could possible squeeze out is hardly worth the effort, people that buy that those cards hardy focus on OC either, if they give a shit about it at all (most don't).

>>16820082

>no one in his right mind buys a navi,

*high end navi

>>16819875

>I went with the 2700x with more cores and threads because gaming is going to start getting a lot more multithreaded

Even if you had a game with full utilization of all 8C/16T the 2700X wouldn't be any faster (within 5%), that's my whole point.

And once you take into account that most game don't use 8C/16T properly it makes even less sense getting a 2700X over a 3600 for vidya.

And even if you used it fully the energy cost of using the 2700X would probably end up being worse within a couple years.

>nigga that's a Samsung 860. That shit is a top tier SSD.

Holy shit what, I could have sworn that it wasn't that one when I looked, well never mind then.

>Since it's just an aggressive overclock

The GPU itself would be fine, but the VRAM might not (depends on the card obviously).

>DDR5 ram is currently being sampled right now and there are good odds that the 4000 series will launch with it on the market.

And as usual only the tards will buy the new thing because it barely makes a difference in regular use (APU excluded for very obvious reasons) and the price are jacked way up because of early adopter tax

I remember the shitshow that was early DDR4 so I'm sitting that one out, and hopefully 4XXX ryzens don't need that shit either, I'm pretty sure they'll release before DDR5 is a consumer thing anyways.

>>16820082

>>16820097

>no one in his right mind buys a high end navi

Considering it's not out yet, you're probably not all there if you try to buy one.

But more seriously if you find a proper deal (good cooler for under 400, blower for under 350) the 5700XT is a good card

Is getting a wireless xbox one controller really the only good choice for PCs or are there any cheaper alternatives?

>>16825390

Nowadays wireless controllers,keyboards and mouses are not too bad anymore. I have a 50$ Keyboard + Mouse wireless combo from Logitech and its solid. Unless you are wanting to do some crazy FPS and 1ms shooting it will not be that noticeable.

>>16820283

>Considering it's not out yet, you're probably not all there if you try to buy one.

true, confused it with vega. point was amd doesn't really compete in the high-end, where most people are looking for OC etc.

no need to care about it when midrange stuff can already run at the fps cap

>>16825390

I use a ds4 since I got a ps4 anyway, does microsoft still pull that "you need our super speciul dongle" shit?

>>16825391

Nah, mate. Just some casual racing and sports games here and there. Logitech sounded nice at first, but the only wireless gamepad they offer doesn't have charging and only runs on AA batteries. That's kind of a deal breaker.

>>16825400

Pretty sure the Xbox one X version works out of the box with standard bluetooth receivers on windows 10. You need special dongles on older models though, yeah.

>>16825400

The newer ones work with bluetooth, the older ones do need the shitty dongle.

Both should work with a micro usb cable though, thats what im using.

>>16771120

the gpro wireless isnt a meme, its by far the best mouse i owned, the battery lasts for weeks (and i use my pc for a shitload of time), the shape is wonderful and there's no input lag compared to wired.

as for other models idk

>>16825409

>the only wireless gamepad they offer doesn't have charging and only runs on AA batteries. That's kind of a deal breaker.

check amazon and look for tenavolts

https://zeroair.org/2019/09/04/nanfu-tenavolt-lithium-ion-aa-cell-review/

apparently those are from an actual quality company, but any lithium AA should do. I got some nonames and they do fine (since those linked aren't sold over here).

also a solid recommendation if you ever need batteries for something else and don't want to deal exploding chinkshit chargers etc.>>16825409

only downside is sometimes the charge is measured in the voltage dropping, and since they provide a constant voltage you won't get a warning when the juice runs out.