Recent content by koawinter

Well I continually delete games I don't use (because of Steam). With Windows, WoW, SC2, Diablo and a few games I have anywhere from 75-100GB at any given time. SSD is the new kingston. I have about 2TB of open space still, but I get more periodically. Memory is. CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 (Corsair...

Well most programs have some sort of downsize option. OBS has that as well as a few others.

Well spending $600-700 for a new MB/CPU/Mem combo seems a bit much. I may just have to pull the trigger on the FX 8350. Are AMD coming with anything soon to replace this? I haven't heard too much and it seems they are shying away from doing any more. If I go intel, will they then have yet...

I've thought about the new haswell chips or just going with the fx 8350. What I really need is just a chip that will be able to encode while I play and not cause loss in frame rate.

I have everything ready to purchase now. I just want to make sure that there isn't something on the horizon that would be more than just an incremental increase in performance.

Updated with some more information that may be pertinent.

So I may be in need of an update for my current system so that I can stream or encode videos on the fly while playing games (SC2, WoW, Diablo, BF, Civ5). I currently have: CPU: X6 AMD MB: Asus Crosshair 5 Memory: 16GB SSD: 250GB HD: 3+ TB GC: XFX 7970 Monitors: 30" Dell and U2913WM. Current...

Well, I always find myself in hard spots. So here is my info and setup. Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533) Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.7GHz Memory: 16384MB RAM Card name: ATI...

Windows 8 is being optimized with tablets in mind. This means an OS that is better optimized for computers/tablets of a slower processing power. This in my mind would help performance, not diminish. Also, I have read lately that Microsoft is looking to increase it's appeal to PC gamers...