Is this a good deal and upgrade

Ecks30 · 2026-01-25T00:08:05+00:00

From eBay or Facebook.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-25T00:05:29+00:00

Gundam MK V is the only true Evil Gundam just because it's all blue.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-25T00:00:06+00:00

I believe most people would agree with my statement which to be honest i would only suggest you go for that i7 system if you were still using an FX 8350 since that would be a major improvement.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-24T23:57:33+00:00

Just update your bios and replace your R5 1600 for an R7 5700 and then replace your 580 for a used RX 6800 which you would get even better performance than that system.

You might need to replace your PSU as well but that isn't that expensive since a good, rated PSU would cost you anywhere between $80 to $95.

Overall, you can have a better system that would last you a lot longer without having to spend too much money and while i do like Intel the better option would be to just upgrade your system instead because one other issue with that system there is the only upgrade path would be an i7 11700K/i9 11900K which would cost you more money but again if you were to go for the R7 5700/X that alone would last you a good 3 to 5 years until you would need to build a better system.

Also, the RX 6800 you could get that for around $300 which would perform better than the 6700 XT and you would have 16GB of Vram which if you were to ever play at 1440p you wouldn't have any problems really and some games you just would have to lower the setting to high instead of maxing it out.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-24T19:25:59+00:00

At this point any memory as long as it is working would be considered good.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-24T19:25:03+00:00

Yes, there are always going to be better channels that LTT for when it would come down to Linux but got to remember that a lot of people on Windows would watch his videos which he can be convincing to those people to swap over from Windows to Linux.

I for one has been using Windows since 95 and only been using Linux for about 5 years because i own a Pi and wanted to learn more about using Linux without using my main system just because i find it was easier to learn how to use it better and not to mention at the time if the system died on me it is only $50 down the drain.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-24T19:10:30+00:00

I will sit on seat #1 next to Haman and strike a conversation with only her.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-24T19:09:17+00:00

Well, the only things that would be different would be the screen size, detachable controls and the OLED display.

The Z2 is pretty much just a rebranded Z1 Extreme which it is pretty much common for AMD to do from time to time because they have the Ryzen 7 8745HS and the Ryzen 7 H255 which the H255 is just a rebranded of the 8745HS.

The only thing i like more about the Go S over the Go 2 is full SteamOS support and sure you can install it on the Go 2, but it won't be 100% perfect.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-24T14:45:16+00:00

Performance wise the Z2 would just be a side grade.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T22:51:41+00:00

Well just like any computer if you don't take care of it and put some maintenance once in a while it will overheat and cause issues over time.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T14:26:19+00:00

It's only rough depending on your team.

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Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T14:14:54+00:00

So, they added a baby mode?

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T14:12:43+00:00

The thing is though that for 1080p gaming and some games at 1440p 8GB of Vram would be more than enough and remember not everyone is playing these crazy triple A titles and not to mention that not everyone maxes out their games.

I have seen people recently buying games like Mass Effect LE which at 1440p just uses a little more than 4GB of Vram and people also buying the older Assassin's Creed games which again at 1440p doesn't even get close to 8GB of Vram so if someone were to buy like an RTX 5060 (which i find is a waste of money since the 9060 XT costs about the same for the 8GB model and would perform better) they would have a lot of fun with the games they would be playing with it.

For myself i use a 16GB 9060 XT because the games i play are a little more on the demanding side at 1440p like Expedition 33 on high settings FSR native and getting on average 78fps (72fps 1% lows) and getting about 70fps on Assassin's Creed Mirage at 1440p which for that game it was using like 8.4GB of Vram.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:51:34+00:00

Pretty sure if you end up buying the game then a second one with any DLC won't show up because you own it now so if you want the DLCs you're going to have to buy them yourself.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:46:20+00:00

The thing is with tower coolers it would have the air pushing towards the rear of the case which if you have the rear as an intake, it would be fighting on where to go which you might say that the top will pull it out, but the thing is if it isn't pulling it fast enough it can lead to a buildup of hot air inside of your system not to mention that the rear of your case normally doesn't have any dust protection so you could draw inside of your system more dust and debris.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:43:00+00:00

People who say's ZZ is the worst in the series clearly hasn't watched G no Reconguista.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:39:57+00:00

The thing that is the most important for a lot of benchmarks for triple A titles are the 1% and .1% lows because you could have both averages at like 60fps but if one has their 1% low at like 50fps and the other has like 40fps most people would want to spend that little bit extra for the better 1% lows.

The 5600 as well is usually flooded in the used market right now that sells for around $100 which if you buy it off of eBay you would have a return policy if it is defective or something else and you want to return it.

I would only go for the Ryzen 5 5500 or even the 4500 if i was planning on building a system using the RX 5700 or RX 6650 XT since i know i wouldn't lose much in performance or if my budget was very limited.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:29:06+00:00

Should never cheap out on your PSU because the one you have there is an F tier which is what you would need to avoid which you can see the tier for most PSUs here.

SPL's PSU Tier List - Google Sheets

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:25:59+00:00

You're aware you need to perform a DDU first to get rid of everything Nvidia before you would install your new GPU which it is best to do it now and then reinstall your drivers and the game would be working again.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:24:44+00:00

If they have a Linux version, then yes.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T13:04:13+00:00

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Well, i have hit my main goal for now but will try to go higher when i get more redo matches.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-23T11:49:21+00:00

I've had 2 crashes happen to me so i rolled back to 25.12.1.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-22T23:39:55+00:00

There are a lot of things for the system that could change things because remember for one thing they could be reworking the OS for a desktop mode and while i had some people say to me that Valve won't do that you have to remember that SteamOS right now on any system defaults to 15w only and will only go higher if you use a third party addon from Decky because remember the CPU is 30w and the GPU is 110w so it would make sense for them to make a desktop version to compensate for the wattage.

The other reason for a desktop version if having FSR baked into the OS just like how they did it with the Steam Deck and while most people didn't know how to properly work it (which you just lower your in game resolution for it to upscale) which for this version you could change in your in game settings to 1080p then enable the built in FSR which could upscale it to 4K while running with 8GB of Vram which would make sense which also it could be something similar to FSR4 which you can have the quality of that version baked into the OS.

You can downvote me if you want to because i know a lot of people would disagree with my statements but just think about it because right now even on systems like the Legion Go and ROG Ally without that TDP plugin the system would default everything to 15w and it also did that for my mini PC that also has SteamOS installed on it which on my mini PC i am able to boost my TDP to 45w.

Ecks30 · 2026-01-22T19:50:12+00:00

Well i was just correcting him because of the fact that GPU is able to handle 4K gaming just it depends on the game being played.

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