This happens to me too. I have pretty good internet (wireless download speeds around 30 Mb/s), but a really awful wifi router, which just came free with the Xfinity installation. I've decided that it's entirely caused by the fact that I use wireless internet (thanks crappy laptop), because when I use an ethernet cable, this never happens and my ping is never more than 50 or so. I really don't think there's anything I could do about it other than use a wired connection, which isn't really an option. It seems to be much better for me when nobody else is using wifi, too.
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#103
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DavidTheWinThe only way I could see of dropping that below $800 is to drop the 4670k. It seems the $199 deal on the 4670k is done now anyway. You generally won't fit a 4670k into an $800 budget, but if you were to go down t a 4670 or a 4570 you could drop the cooler and use a H87 chipset motherboard which would save you a fair amount of money. One thing I notice you don't have is an SSD. Even in an $800 budget an SSD will make a hell of a big difference. I'd recommend just saving a bit longer, just a little bit more money invested here would get you quite a lot more benefits, particularly the 4670k and SSD.
As for your overclocking question, getting 4Ghz out of a 4670k won't be hard at all, it turbos up to 3.8Ghz automatically and this is stable and even the stock cooler can manage the temperatures. Unless you got an unrealistically bad 4670k, 4Ghz would be stable at the same voltage (or maybe a 0.025v increase or so) and the temperatures wouldn't increase too much. As for getting 4.2Ghz out of one, you'd need better cooling to be able to do so comfortably. The NH-L9i is pushing it a bit even for 4Ghz, it's really designed for low heat output small form factor PCs. You can probably find better cooling around the $50 mark quite easily, have a look at some benchmarks.
I can still get the 4670k for $199.99- it's an in-store price at Microcenter. A 4670 would actually cost more than the 4670k, and a 4570 would save me ~$40 for the processor itself, ~$50 for the cooler, and ~$20 for the H87 mobo. That build comes in at $754.97, and would still perform VERY well in TF2 and other games, as far as I can tell. That extra $110 could go towards a mech. keyboard and help me get the new VG248QE sooner, if ever ($399 for the not-yet-released g-sync monitors).
EDIT: If there isn't going to be any real difference in TF2 with the g-sync enabled monitor, then I think I should go with the 4570 build, right
EDIT:Part lists
posted about 10 years ago
#101
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.72 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($82.05 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $867.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-02 10:24 EST-0500)
How does this look? Any ways to make this maybe <$800? The $199.99 price for the 4670k is ridiculously amazing. I don't plan to OC much (or at all if it seems to difficult or like I'm going to break it), maybe to 4.0-4.2.
posted about 10 years ago
#61
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SoapGeorgia Tech is an awesome setup. I was accepted there and I was seriously considering taking the offer.
What is your major?
I want to get two separate degrees in 5 years (or 4 and some summers)- one in chemistry and another in horn performance. Tech would be great for one, but awful for the other. I have lots of friends who go there, and it's great.
posted about 10 years ago
#98
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DavidTheWinThe cost of an unlocked processor is like $10-20 more? Add on a bit more assuming you need beefier cooling and you're probably up to $60 more which is quite significant. Overclocking these days really doesn't get you much benefit at all, maybe a few FPS but it's nice to have the option to overclock. If you don't already have fairly beefy cooling planned (especially for Haswell which gets very hot), or adding cooling like that would take you out of your budget, and you don't really have any interest in learning how to overclock then I wouldn't bother. If you enjoy tinkering with hardware then go for it because it's pretty fun to see what extra performance you can get. Also you're fine with 120fps for 144hz, although 120hz+lightboost is better and g-sync is better than that and with g-sync you'd be locked to 144fps anyway.
G-sync caps your fps at 144? If that's the case, would it be necessary for me to buy a 4670 when I could get something cheaper that runs the game at 144fps? An FX-6300 or 6350 could do that, and I could OC either of those some if I needed to.
Thanks for the help, by the way!
posted about 10 years ago
#96
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Is the extra cost of getting an unlocked CPU, in your opinion, worth it? I mean, if I'm playing mainly source games, I don't think I should have to blow $1000 just to get stable 240 fps or whatever it would need to be with the 144hz monitor.
posted about 10 years ago
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Accepted to University of Georgia and Georgia Tech for in-state options (free money is pretty great) but Northwestern Univ. is by far my first choice. Still waiting, considering app. deadline is tomorrow. Should hear from the School of Music before too long though! :) Hoping for the best...
posted about 10 years ago
#41
new years resolutions
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Build a good PC, go to college (out of state hopefully), and get on a team this summer or something.
posted about 10 years ago
#92
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DavidTheWinLightboost is pretty damn awesome. However, Nvidia has released g-sync which will force your monitor to refresh when it receives frames from the GPU which is the only thing to currently consider when looking at monitor/graphics cards upgrades. AMD's Mantle looks promising sure, but g-sync will finally make your monitor work as it should do. It's highly likely that g-sync will only work with Nvidia GPUS (and only GTX650 and above) so I wouldn't buy an R9 tier GPU at the moment, especially considering their prices are very inflated at the moment due to massive demand from bitcoin mining.
Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to go with this card, then.
Is it worth it for me to save up for a 4670k rather than use an AMD CPU? That would also add the cost of an upgraded mobo and a CPU cooler, right?
posted about 10 years ago
#89
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StimpackThe GTX 660 is roughly the NVIDIA equivalent of my graphics card, so you should expect similar results (I think). For your build, consult one of the pcpartpicker wizards here, they probably know a lot more than I do.
After doing some research, I've found that a 660 would really save me only ~$30 over the 760, so I might as well just go with the 760...
I'm also considering forgoing the Lightboost thing and just choosing one of the new AMD R9 cards. How much does Lightboost really do? I've heard mixed reviews. Looking at this makes it seem pretty amazing, though.
posted about 10 years ago
#86
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StimpackTerraWould you recommend the AMD FX-6300 for playing TF2? How many frames could I expect if I used that and say a GTX 760 along with an fps config? Thanks.
I use a FX-6120 and a Radeon 7870 and with chris' dx9frames config the worst fps I got was 60 while streaming a 30 wave 10 person mvm server. You should be fine with the FX-6300 and GTX 760 since both of those are higher end parts than mine.
Wow, thanks. The FX-6300 is SO CHEAP compared to Intel chips... It's hard to resist. I might go for a cheaper video card because I'm more concerned with the processor than anything else. I would like to stick with Nvidia though so I can use Lightboost. Would something like the GTX 660 cause too much of an fps hit? I'm trying to avoid going over $700, but I need something that will work with the VG248QE.
posted about 10 years ago
#7
Black pieces on back of graphics card fell off
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MasterKunitoothEDIT: I should mention that you could repair it and it wouldn't be that difficult if you have a soldering iron but you would void your warranty in the process.
(Not if they don't know...)
They would know if it was sent back to them for an RMA or something and it had extra bits soldered on...
posted about 10 years ago
#505
rayshud
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Hi rays!
If you wouldn't mind- and if it's not too much effort- could you make TextWindowCustomServer.res larger so .ss or logs.tf show full screen or something like they do in broeselhud?
Also, I noticed in the installer that there is an option for alternate fonts... is there a screenshot of this somewhere? Thanks.
I love your HUD, and you for making it so easy to use/edit and keeping it updated frequently.
posted about 10 years ago
#83
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Would you recommend the AMD FX-6300 for playing TF2? How many frames could I expect if I used that and say a GTX 760 along with an fps config? Thanks.
posted about 10 years ago