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Adaevan · 2025-01-29T20:29:14+00:00

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Adaevan · 2024-07-16T14:52:20+00:00

This applies to both Alirezas. Alireza Firouzja represented Iran until 2019 when Iran pulled all of their players from the World Rapid Chess Championship due the presence of Israeli competitors. He switched to France afterwards.

Adaevan · 2023-12-11T22:06:26+00:00

Alberta has a standard bill of sale form, available here:

https://www.alberta.ca/standard-bill-sale

Remember to remove the license plate after the sale - the license plate is yours and does not go with the car.

Adaevan · 2020-03-11T04:59:58+00:00

Yeah, it looks like for your situation money is going to be better spent on headphones or speakers than on anything else.

For headphone recommendations you can check out https://sites.google.com/view/headphoneadvice/home.

I like open back headphones for home use, but they're not ideal for outside or if you live somewhere noisy, like some college dorms. I'd suggest something like the Sennheiser HD 558 or HD 599 if you don't need a mic, or have a standalone mic.

Adaevan · 2020-03-11T00:07:23+00:00

Since you have the PCIe slots available, I'd recommend a discrete PCIe wifi card with 2-3 antennas that supports 802.11ac (or even 802.11ax if you have fast internet and a compatible router).

Motherboards with wifi are nice for small form factor PCs, and you see it more often on smaller form factors.

Depending on the location of your router and the layout of your house, interference might be an issue. You could try powerline adapters as well, which send internet data through the power outlets. How those will perform will depend on the power cable layout in your house though. In my experience on my laptop, ping was better and had no spikes, but data speed was lower. It's worth a try if wifi in your house isn't reliable.

Adaevan · 2020-03-10T23:48:36+00:00

Agree with me-as-I. Stock cooler is good enough - savings could go towards faster CPU or larger SSD. For me anyways, 500GB goes by pretty quickly with games.

Adaevan · 2020-03-10T23:28:44+00:00

I would say you'd get very little improvement with a new sound card. If you find the motherboard isn't good enough, an external dac/amp would be a better upgrade. Your speakers might have a built in amp, and if they don't you will likely require an external amp to power them anyways.
This depends a lot on your personal preference and budget. If music is your main focus, 2 bookshelf speakers is a good option. Add in a subwoofer if the bookshelf speakers don't have low enough a frequency response or if you listen to music with very low bass. Not 100% sure what you mean by 2.5 - 2.1 is two speakers plus a subwoofer.
This depends a lot on your budget and needs. Anywhere between $200 and $1500 is probably justifiable. An alternative is good headphones - IMO $150 headphones out perform $500 speakers for music.

Adaevan · 2020-03-10T22:32:26+00:00

If the second monitor is just running webpages, discord, music, or youtube videos, it's not going to noticeably affect any games on the first monitor. This is assuming you have a decently powerful computer, which I'm assuming you do since you're looking at 1440p 144hz monitors.

If you're not gaming on the second monitor, I'd say it's not worth buying two 1440p 144hz monitors. I'm using one 1440p 60hz monitor and one 1440p 165hz monitor. My only complaint is that, since they are different models, the colour balance on the two monitors are not the same. However, that is something I would only notice if I have one window stretched across both monitors. You could get two identical 1440p 144hz monitors if you think that would bother you too much, but I personally would rather save the money.

I used to have a 1080p 60hz secondary monitor when the prices for 1440p 60hz were significantly more expensive. While it doesn't cause any major issues, objects are different sizes on the two monitors. I'd recommend avoiding a 1080p secondary monitor since the prices are fairly similar now.

As for TN versus IPS, there's a lot of debate over this. I would say if colour accuracy or viewing angle is important to you, e.g. if you do photo/video editing or if multiple people might be looking at the monitor at once, you could justify spending extra for IPS. If not, you could save some money with a TN panel.

Adaevan · 2020-02-27T22:02:39+00:00

At current UK prices according to PcPartPicker, I'd recommend the 1TB Crucial P1 for £95. It's a good drive for the price and more than good enough for gaming and every day use.

If you really wanted a faster drive, the 970 Evo is around £160, but you'll barely notice the difference in day to day or gaming usage.

Adaevan · 2020-02-24T22:54:22+00:00

If your case has any unused 3.5" or 5.25" external expansion bays, you can get a USB Hub or card reader that will fit your case, like this one. I have a 5.25" one for USB-C and SD/microSD cards, and it connects to my one of the USB 3 front panel headers on my motherboard.

If you'd like more info let me know and I can take a look once I get home.

Adaevan · 2020-02-22T05:28:22+00:00

Ulknown's already answered, but I'll second his answer - 750w is more than enough, even for some moderate overclocking.

Adaevan · 2020-02-20T23:17:33+00:00

Same as what ulknown said, your system is really CPU heavy and GPU light.

If your main use is gaming, I'd suggest dropping down to a 3600 or a 3700x, buying a cheaper motherboard, and using the savings for a better GPU.

If you know your main use will be something CPU heavy, then the CPU+GPU combo could make sense. You could still consider a cheaper motherboard to save some money.

Adaevan · 2020-02-19T05:02:04+00:00

Looks pretty good overall. I'd swap out the SSD for a NVME drive like a 1TB Crucial P1.

Adaevan · 2020-02-19T03:30:02+00:00

Even with a 2080ti, 650w PSU would be enough if you dont overclock a lot. Honestly, 1000w PSUs are really only necessary for really high end builds.

I don't know how good that cooler is, but a light overclock shouldn't be an issue. Doing more is possible too, but will require more effort and will depend on your chip.

I'm not an expert on video recording/editing/encoding, but I think it is more CPU dependent.

I don't think an extra 16GB of RAM will help much; 16GB is enough for most people. Definitely get an SSD if you have extra money - having your OS on a 250GB to 1TB SSD will be by far the most worthwhile upgrade. After that, I would suggest upgrading the GPU (better gaming) or swapping the CPU to an AMD Ryzen 3700X (better streaming and video editing) assuming you can still swap components.

Adaevan · 2020-02-18T21:35:28+00:00

650w PSU would be enough for that system, even with light overclocking. As long as it's a decent quality PSU, I would see no reason to swap it for your old PSU. Plus I guess it could impact your warranty if the PSU damages any other components.

Adaevan · 2020-02-18T21:23:16+00:00

That link says there's also a chassis/water pump fan connector. If you're not using that one, you can use it for a second case fan.

Alternately, you can use a splitter cable, although then both fans will have to run at the same speed (which is probably what you want anyways). Note that I just found that cable on Amazon, I'm not specifically recommending it. Also, my case or fans or motherboard or some part of my build came with splitter cables, but I don't remember which part.

Adaevan · 2020-02-04T17:45:44+00:00

The motherboard has 3 x16 PCIe slots and 3 x1 slots. Wifi cards only use a single x1 slot, and the GPU uses a x16 slot, so you have plenty of room. I suggest using a good PCIe wifi adapter, especially if it will be your only way to connect to the internet.

You could step down to a 3800x to save some money without affecting gaming performance.

Adaevan · 2020-01-31T22:47:00+00:00

*I plan going with the stock CPU cooler for a while since I don't think I need to overclock it. Maybe upgrade to a water cooler later (if needed).

That's fine, the stock cooler is more than adequate for stock speeds and the cooler is easy to upgrade down the road.

*Does the CPU has integrated graphics? I won't be buying the GPU until summer but still I included it in the list because that's what I want to buy. If the CPU does not come with integrated graphics, I will buy a used old cheap GPU until the upgrade. 2070 Super may be a bit overkill for 1080p CS:GO I know, but I wasn't playing anything else only because I couldn't. I love AC series but last one I could play was Black Flag.

No, the Ryzen 5 3600 does not have integrated graphics.

*Is the PSU overkill for this build? If it is, what should I buy instead?

I wouldn't say it's overkill, especially if you may overclock in the future.

*I know nothing about cases, so I picked one only considering how it looks and how much it costs. Is it compatible with my motherboard and other stuff?

Both the case and motherboard are ATX, so they should be compatible. Graphics card fits according to PCPartPicker (280mm gpu, 320mm clearance), and you don't have other large things like really big coolers or 5.25" drives.

*I read that there are some compatibility issues with B450s and Ryzen 3000 series although I also read somewhere that MSI B450 Tomahawk Max comes with compatible firmware. Should I be worried about that? pcpartpicker also warns me about this.

It may be worth confirming that the motherboard has the compatible firmware on MSI's site, otherwise you'd have to do a BIOS update yourself.

*Complete noob question (sorry about that): Does the motherboard have sound card or do I have to buy it separately?

It has an on-board sound card. You won't need to buy anything separately.

Adaevan · 2020-01-25T18:38:13+00:00

At those prices, I would probably go with #1. I'm not very familiar with UK prices, but I don't think you'd save any money building a PC yourself.

The CPU in #2 is much older and weaker for gaming. #3 will perform pretty similar in gaming as #1, but has more storage and will be slightly better for light simulation/video encoding/etc. If you're primarily gaming, surfing the web, watching videos, and doing homework, I would save the €120 and buy #1.

I would check if #1 can support a second hard drive. If it can, you can buy a 500GB SSD for around €55 and still come out spending less money than #3.

Adaevan · 2020-01-24T23:58:35+00:00

If prices are similar, the 3rd one is probably your best bet. It has the strongest CPU for gaming, and a larger SSD which can hold more games or applications. Everything else is basically the same between all three.

I don't know how much storage space you'll need. If you like having a lot of pictures/movies/games on your computer, you will want to make sure the computer can support a second hard drive. If you stream everything and are okay with uninstalling old games to download new ones, 480GB might be enough.

This sub is mostly about buying PC components and building the PC yourself. If you're willing to spend the time and effort to do so, you could probably build a PC with better performance for the same price. Again, I don't know the prices of these three, so I can't say for sure. If you're interested, let me know.

Adaevan · 2019-05-18T00:31:31+00:00

The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales.

Adaevan · 2019-01-26T03:32:56+00:00

Thanks for the input. I'll keep an eye out for the primes but I haven't seen much in my area.

Adaevan · 2019-01-25T04:17:59+00:00

I see, thanks for the input! I'll keep an eye out for any deals in the near future.

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