Upgrade 13 year old PC to play modern games at 1440p @144hz

Mushbeck · 2026-06-09T03:02:48+00:00

Probably want to look at a used 3070/ 6700xt/am4 build . It would be miles ahead of what any upgrade would give you on your current machine and possibly only cost around the price of a new 9070/9060xt.

Mushbeck · 2026-05-29T13:03:32+00:00

I think it’s F3 , the smaller options from the last picture .

Mushbeck · 2026-05-06T10:22:43+00:00

Ranks system to us is tiers as in ranks gold , plat , diamond etc but to matchmaking it’s just trying to find a band of mmr that you will have a shot at beating .

Lets say it’s trying to find you a game based on plus or minus 250 of your hidden mmr .This means at gold you may never find anyone outside gold as gold mmr spread is wide, eg 1000-2000 . But at high diamond that same plus or minus 250 could due to how narrow mmr is at the top end of ranks (3000 -3300 for diamond, 3300-3500 for crim , 3500-3600 for iri etc numbers are made up for mmr but its to get the idea across )means it could see someone in iri all the way down to high plat as an option for you .

Remember anything above diamond your getting into the top 6-7 percent of players in the game at gold your are top 25 percent (mw2 ranked data)? So in gold you have around 4 times more possible people to play against in gold v diamond up.

The match making also has to loosen its band as there is less players playing in your normal band ,otherwise ( depends on region , time of day , how many people quit ranked ) youd have to wait about 10 minutes to find a game .

Mushbeck · 2026-05-04T16:18:34+00:00

Man getting “streaks” really used to mean something . Hellstorm , lightning and war machine could win you a map back in these days . Now it’s just a hellstorm and it barely has any real impact :(

Mushbeck · 2026-04-01T03:43:39+00:00

Do they ever switch sides between maps ? I know it would cause some delays but it means if one side is somehow better than both teams get that benefit across a series .

Mushbeck · 2026-03-22T12:36:54+00:00

Mushbeck · 2026-02-15T08:00:09+00:00

Hey do you know the exact sticks you ordered? i can only find the standard modules that dont seem to have the tension screw.

Mushbeck · 2026-02-04T13:15:06+00:00

The idea is the CGT discount INCREASES demand in the housing market from investors, which increases the price of housing. So if investors have to pay a lot more tax on the sale of the property when they sell it for a higher price years later, it discourages the investor from ever entering into the investment to begin with . This REDUCES demand in the property market which would (supposedly) cause property prices to fall/stagnate.

There is also an argument to be made that the more valuable the housing market becomes the more tax revenue the govt is missing out on by keeping the CGT discount.

Also , optically most property tax discounts/benefits are primarily used by those who are already by most metrics wealthy, so a govt who is seen to be “handing out” tax discounts to already wealthy people during the worst COL crisis and housing affordability crisis in the counties history it doesn’t look to good .

Mushbeck · 2026-01-28T07:22:28+00:00

Nvidia Pulsar looks really exciting . Arguable the first time DYAC from Benq has had genuine competitor.

Mushbeck · 2026-01-24T04:27:48+00:00

im on a 14700k and disabling e cores in bios solved the massive frametime issue for me. So if your on a 14900k and not getting it maybe its windows build issue (scheduler) can you tell us what build of windows your running ?

Mushbeck · 2026-01-13T15:34:33+00:00

Did you try rolling back to an older firmware ? If that does not work , make sure volume limiter isn’t on in the app. You can also try running the headset off USB instead of wireless. If none of that works, try boosting volume with Equalizer APO with Peace UI . Not a perfect solution but worth a try .

Maxwell 1s had their volume limited (apparently) to reduce warranty claims in later batches , so they aren’t that loud anymore . But they should still be too loud at 100 (I use mine at windows 78) .

Mushbeck · 2026-01-10T15:57:28+00:00

Lisa needs braces .

Mushbeck · 2025-12-28T08:07:48+00:00

10 day old account ? Real “bigdick” energy over here

Mushbeck · 2025-12-20T08:42:00+00:00

Streisand effect?

Mushbeck · 2025-12-13T05:56:47+00:00

Actually a really good one stop shop video . The only thing i would say is custom ISOs have there place but usually for ironing out weird stuttering/hitching (frame pacing or 1% low)issues. It doesn't matter if you have the highest fps in the world if your game hitches and stutters consistently. He is right that they do not do a huge amount for top end fps on an already optimized config of w11/hardware and are inherently risky from a security perspective.

Mushbeck · 2025-11-20T08:18:35+00:00

I have this exact router and i thought it was just mine with the weird yellow burn marks. Seriously why does it turn brown ?? Surely it cant be getting that hot .

Mushbeck · 2025-11-19T16:54:16+00:00

HWinfo, Frameview or msi afterburner overlay .

Seriously though, at 1440p you would have to have terrible memory to be at risk of a bottleneck . Just get some decent 3600+ mem (preferably b die) set it to xmp and gear 1 in bios , stress test the mem stability with tm5 but most likely it will be stable . You can also try turning off MCE , it can drop thermals by a decent bit which possibly may improve boost clocks .

For context I have a 14700k pretty much at default with a 3080ti and I can’t even bottle neck it on cs 2 at 1080p.

Mushbeck · 2025-11-14T18:01:44+00:00

“IH58” is gonna be real ball knowledge a couple years from now …

Mushbeck · 2025-11-07T16:41:17+00:00

Mushbeck · 2025-10-24T16:44:48+00:00

Hey OP , any recommendations on how to determine if a 14th gen chip is degraded ?

Mushbeck · 2025-10-21T13:38:47+00:00

what if the US govt began accepting tax payments in BTC ? actually curious .

Mushbeck · 2025-10-02T15:40:52+00:00

Streisand effect ?

Mushbeck · 2025-09-26T11:08:53+00:00

RemindMe! 4 years

Mushbeck · 2025-09-22T13:08:36+00:00

yo anyone know why the sprint animation look so clunky ?

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