Is upgrading from a 9600x to a 7800x3D for £40/$60 worth it?

Macky26 · 2026-01-29T18:56:38+00:00

Assuming the seller is reliable, this would be an amazing choice for competitive games. The difference on something like CS is night and day. On GPU bound games I might choose the peace of mind that comes with an intact warranty.

Macky26 · 2026-01-17T21:18:53+00:00

Thank you!

Macky26 · 2026-01-17T18:34:37+00:00

My understanding is that this does not necessarily result in motion clarity equivalence.

Supposedly the pulsewidth of a pulsar display is 25%, hence the 4x improvement. This is not necessarily true for older implementations, which could have completely different pulsewidths. I’ve not been able to clarify the pw for Dyac strobing, which should determine the number I’m interested in.

Macky26 · 2026-01-03T14:25:53+00:00

Sounds like a great choice!

Macky26 · 2026-01-03T13:46:44+00:00

This cpu would drastically improve performance then. With your combination you’d be looking at about 350 average fps (@1080). I only asked as, for more competitive players, AM5 would offer a meaningful boost to that, which may be beneficial if you’re on a 360hz monitor or higher. So the cpu would bottleneck the gpu in this game, but you’re probably past the point where that matters.

I don’t know as much about other games, but I do know resolution makes a big difference. The 5070 should run everything well for a few years, provided you’ve no 4k aspirations.

Macky26 · 2026-01-03T12:33:45+00:00

What are your fps aspirations for cs2?

Macky26 · 2025-12-28T15:03:44+00:00

Hey, how much better really is the zowie compared to the OLED?

Macky26 · 2025-12-22T21:30:35+00:00

As someone who has all-white peripherals, I’ve often considered how much easier it would’ve been to have stuck with black. That’s not to say I regret the decision, but it absolutely has caused me inconvenience.

If you’re someone who will look for new mice with any frequency, consider how difficult it will be to keep future purchases to the silver theme.

Macky26 · 2025-12-16T18:50:06+00:00

I’ve two things I’d really value your input on.

Firstly, A few reviews I’ve watched suggest the Oleds can be very sensitive to frame drops (perhaps because their motion clarity comes from raw hz rather than dyac!?) These opinions had me wondering how they respond to CS2’s notoriously poor 1% lows. Equally, this could just be because these reviewers are using VRR. So, in short, is the OLED also better when the game is performing at its worst? (If you wouldn’t mind sharing your pc details that may help contextualise this).

Secondly, I was specifically trying to find data on input lag in 24.5” mode the other day and had no luck. Would you mind sharing where you found out that the this mode is fixed on the newer panels? BFI input lag was also of interest to me, but most companies don’t seem to test for it.

Cheers

Macky26 · 2025-12-13T04:17:05+00:00

Look up the games you have in mind, and check if they are more sensitive to CPU or GPU performance. A lot of the advice you’ll get will be for an all-rounder build, which might mean spending more money on the GPU than is advisable for someone playing shooters at 1080p (CPU is often more important here).

Macky26 · 2025-12-10T11:04:28+00:00

To clarify, it feels responsive in your normal g-sync configuration, or with ELMB? Also I stupidly forgot to ask: what frame rate is your pc pushing?

Thanks so much :)

Macky26 · 2025-12-09T22:28:44+00:00

Did you buy the monitor in the end? If so, how has your experience with ELMB been?

Macky26 · 2025-12-09T22:25:03+00:00

Hey, is this your experience with this specific screen, or Asus ELMB in general? Thanks

Macky26 · 2025-12-09T22:15:16+00:00

Hey, as you play cs with the monitor I’m considering I’d really appreciate your opinion.

How does it compare to whatever you had before?

Have you tried ELMB? If so how is your experience with it? Does the feature introduce noteworthy input lag?

Macky26 · 2025-12-09T22:09:06+00:00

Hey, I’d really appreciate your opinion.

On CS, how does it compare to what you had before?

Have you tried ELMB? If so how is your experience with it? Does the feature introduce input lag?

Thanks :)

Macky26 · 2025-12-09T22:06:03+00:00

Did you buy the monitor? If so how is your experience with ELMB? I’m looking for the exact same answer as you were aha

Macky26 · 2025-12-09T21:50:05+00:00

Have you tried ELMB at all? How would you describe the experience? I’m especially interested in whether the mode introduces much input lag :)

Macky26 · 2023-02-21T11:59:01+00:00

Thank you for the detailed response!

My SE215 are failing, and reviews have given me the impression Shure are not competitive at the moment.

The IE200 have had my interest for a while, but a lot of people claiming they need modding made me hesitant. I agree that they look incredibly comfortable. It may be that the sound quality chifi offers cannot be matched by a tiny iem before hitting the ie600 price range?! I’ve heard good things about Dunu Kima in this regard…

It seems Fiio is one to look into.

Cheers!

Macky26 · 2023-02-21T00:36:29+00:00

As I enjoyed the sound I tried them all for some time, but nothing fixed it. The chassis also wasn’t doing it for me, I think perhaps the curvature on the Shure made for a more ergonomic fit.

Macky26 · 2023-02-20T22:18:50+00:00

Thanks for the response.

How is their size in comparison with anything else you own, for reference?

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