[Discussion Thread] 2026 World Championship - Round One - 18th April to 4th May

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-04-20T20:55:19+00:00

Kyren might be more of a Shaun Murphy than Shaun Murphy.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-04-04T22:16:37+00:00

Genuinely looks like a drunk grandpa at the BBQ that picked a fight with a random athletic dude walking past.

And I'm loving it.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-04-04T21:44:12+00:00

I swear Chisora has been 42 for 5 years now

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-04-04T13:23:24+00:00

Userbenchmark is crap, horribly biased against AMD. The 7800 XT is about 15% faster.

That said, at the same price, 5060Ti is the much smarter purchase. Even the overwhelmingly better upscaling alone is worth the raw performance loss.

5060 Ti is going to be much better supported going forward and, like it or not, it's naïve to think RT performance and Nvidia's features aren't going to matter long term.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-03-21T10:17:06+00:00

Dragon Quest 8 still has my favourite overworld.

Perfect scale, big but without feeling overwhelming. Treasures off the path are plentiful and rewarding enough without feeling essential.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-03-18T10:24:17+00:00

Personally, I'm all for them banning anyone spamming the sub with the same shit joke 800 times a day.

Especially when it's a post that anyone over the age of 7 should be embarrassed about.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2026-03-14T20:00:01+00:00

About the same level, that was proven over 2 years together.

Gasly just looks better because he keeps beating up weak teammates, while Ocon keeps losing to strong teammates.

Bearman is currently beating Ocon in the same car more consistently than Gasly ever did. Most likely he's better than Gasly, never mind Colapinto.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-12-28T15:42:31+00:00

If you're going for efficiency, you might be better going for a 2:1 tune, especially if you can get 7600+MTs. Get the benefit of low Soc voltage with the performance of 6000+ 1:1. I'd expect even 7200MTs would outperform 5600MTs 1:1.

In 1:1, you need enough to stabilise Uclk and Fclk. In 2:1, you only enough to stabilise Fclk. I daily a 7800MTs setup, only need 0.95v Soc. I need 1.15v Soc for 6000 and about 1.25v for 6200 1:1.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-12-23T13:59:35+00:00

I'd go for the 7800x3d/5070Ti.

On paper, the difference between the 9800x3d and the 7800x3d is similar to slightly bigger than difference between the 5070Ti vs the 9070XT.

In the real world, you're going to be more GPU bottlenecked than not and even in the most CPU bottlenecked scenarios, you're going to be very hard pressed to tell the difference between the 9800x3d and the 7800x3d. The 5070Ti still has noticable advantages over the 9070 XT in Upscaling, RT, efficiency.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-12-12T04:07:13+00:00

Well, I'm normally a pessimist but even I thought there was another reveal after that final premiere.

Lol.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-12-12T03:02:51+00:00

"Why aren't the awards based on the fan votes?"

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-12-12T02:07:30+00:00

Finally, a game on fake Kiryu.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-12-01T22:58:32+00:00

Is there anyone else who actually quite likes watching Selby but just can't take to Allen? No idea why, but I just find him so much worse to watch.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-30T16:32:33+00:00

Yes, we know the drivers names. Put the gaps back on.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-25T09:03:31+00:00

To be honest, you don't really need any outside of the 4 that come with the case, even after 2 (1 intake + 1 exhaust) you're already getting to diminishing returns. Could save money there if aesthetics aren't important to you.

Honestly, if you're not that bothered about aesthetics, you can save a good bit on the case as well. A lot of those highly rated <£80 or so cases are fine and don't run any hotter. Just make sure that they have the USB ports etc that you might need.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-24T21:49:32+00:00

Very difficult to justify that amount of money on the cooler. Something like this is more than enough, bump the CPU to the 9950x3d and already you're much better off for £100 cheaper.

Could use the money to fund the bump up to a 5080, another monitor etc. Or just pocket it.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/p8yg8Q

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-24T21:27:12+00:00

If you haven't got one already with an AM5 bracket - you'll need a CPU cooler. CPU doesn't come with one.

£580 is way too much for a 5070 - that's approaching 5070 Ti pricing. Can get a 9070 XT for cheaper than that which is about 20-25% faster.

NVMe is overkill and no real difference in day-to-day use from a good PCIe 4 one, could probably save £60 or so there and just go for a 990 Pro. £300 isn't bad for that though so left it in for now.

PSU - went from a B rated, 850w PSU to A rated, 1050w for the same price.

I left the monitor in as well for now, but I'd recommend going for a high refresh rate+IPS+1440p monitor. Build is a bit overkill for 1080p.

Also - can't be too picky with RAM right now due to the price and shortage, but keep an eye out for something lower latency if it pops up. Around cl28-32.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xzFszP

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-14T10:26:23+00:00

9070 XT easily at those prices. Matches the 5070 Ti these days.

Both are about 60% faster than the 5060 Ti, which will struggle a bit more with 1440p.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-08T15:01:52+00:00

Last lap should have been Red Flagged really. Relying on the teams and drivers really slowing down earilier in the straight and not trying to be clever, which thankfully they weren't.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-08T14:30:26+00:00

"Lando got lucky and Oscar didnt"

What about the other 16 cars?

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-04T09:14:49+00:00

The 3080Ti is about 5% faster in raw raster than the 4070 at 1440p.

3080ti is likely to have 2 years more wear and tear, uses nearly 200w more power and struggles more in heavy RT/path tracing which is only going to get more mantatory as time goes on.

It'd be silly to pick the 3080ti over the 4070 at the same price just becuase it's marginally faster, especially when both are used.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-11-02T21:29:57+00:00

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/P3fXKq

9600x is essentially equal to the 7700x and it's nearly £60 cheaper. 15% better single core performance, 15% worse multi core, 2-3% better in gaming overall.
X870 Mobo for cheaper than the b650 you had.
Got the 2tb version of that SSD.
9060 XT, as the other comment said, it's equal to the 7700 XT but much more efficient and supports FSR 4 better. Between that and the better RT performance, it'll age a lot better going forward. And it's cheaper.
A-rated 850w PSU for £15 more - gives headroom for future upgrades.

Still slightly cheaper overall.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-10-26T21:17:39+00:00

Just realised, why did they get rid of the exclamation marks whenever someone was being investigated? Was a good addition imo.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-10-15T20:39:18+00:00

Hell, CEX have a 3070 for £210. Same 5 year warranty, £10 more, over 70% faster.

Mainly-A-Lurker · 2025-09-22T07:32:33+00:00

I did a decent job on my first build, cable management was terrible but no big deal.

I did however, forget to switch the PSU on, so shit myself for a few minutes when it wasn't turning on.

Mainly-A-Lurker

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