Recent content by frunction

The Aorus cards look nice to me.

I'm considering doing this same thing, 5820k to 7700k, because I only game and watch videos on my PC using one of the new 1080p 240hz monitors. I just want my FPS as high as possible in multiplayer games, the 7700k is the chip for that I presume. I have run X79 and X99 in the past few years...

1x Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell 3.3 GHz LGA 2011-3 Boxed Processor - ~1.5 years old - Ran daily @4.2ghz with no voltage increase. Tested stable @4.4ghz with 1.28V. - Includes original packaging if wanted 1x ASUS X99-PRO/USB 3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel...

Regular guy got his early.

Probably waiting on HBM2 supply. Anyway, pretty sure Nvidia just shit on them again. They better put some Vega information out in the next day or two or there's going to be a lot of Ryzen/Geforce buyers who will be set for the next year or more. Vega might flop just on timing, regardless of...

I'm riding my shares to the moon.

I'm wondering if the 6 and 4 core are not releasing until later because gamers if given the choice wouldn't go 8 core.

If you need more PCI-E lanes than the "mainstream" X370 or Z270 chipsets provide, then pay 3x more for X99 or X299 when that comes out. Hell, wait for Naples since you're running some sort of server or rendering/number crunching machine.

They didn't raise voltage, so what...

EK AM4 water block brackets have been out for months.

No

There still the possibility that Ryzen is going to poop on Haswell-E for my uses, in which case I'll switch. Seems slim though, since I mostly just game/stream.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cases_cooling/corsair_releases_socket_am4_compatibility_info/1 Or buy one of the AM4 motherboards that has support for AM3 brackets (look for 8 holes around the CPU socket, like the ASUS boards).

I have a 5820k also, eagerly awaiting the benchmarks to see if it'd be worth it to go 1700X. I don't want to be a pussy, but I also don't want to sidegrade. :)