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RubyJunk

01:46

So close to be able to edit everything....

Just 48 more rep...

ARGHHHHHHHHHHH

Journeyman Geek

lol

"Not based on a dead chipset"

ROFL

Actually, that looks like a pretty evenhanded comparison

though "double the cores" isn't quite accurate

RubyJunk

Haha :)

Double the "cores" is accurate

Double the "FPUs" is not

^-^

Journeyman Geek

and for $deity's sake, I hope zen's cool

RubyJunk

Me too

Journeyman Geek

I'd like some options for dadbox and desktop +1

RubyJunk

01:50

Otherwise AMD as a company will probably die

Journeyman Geek

Oh, I like options, and I don't want a ARM system as my main PC ;p

RubyJunk

I mean they haven't released a processor that's not a rebrand in > 3 years

Journeyman Geek

ALmost as bad as via!

RubyJunk

I feel like we're not in sync with each other

Journeyman Geek

I thought they were doing new APUs tho

RubyJunk

01:52

Well, the A10-7850K

Journeyman Geek

Its the enthusiast stuff that was lagging badly.

RubyJunk

That's what I meant

Intel's "lower-end" "i3"s rather suck

IMO

Journeyman Geek

lol

intel's power efficient on the low end tho

RubyJunk

I'm seriously surprised at how well-received that answer was.

Journeyman Geek

and I sort of go on the extreme low and medium high ends. ;p

RubyJunk

01:53

Journeyman Geek

Its a decent, even handed answer, giving options ;p

No one likes a fanbiy

RubyJunk

I just thought it would downvoted to hell

By Intel employees/fanboys/fangirls/idiots stalking the web -_-

That's what happened on PCP :(

Lol

Journeyman Geek

(Lets see, on my desk, I have a core i5/sandy bridge laptop (an x220, which while wasn't a flagship, is a great system, a core i7 bay trail, with a 980ti, so verging on high high end, a bay trail celeron brix, a stream 11, and a remix mini)

though the remix mini isn't plugged in at the moment, I need to reorganise my screens.

RubyJunk

Lucky..

Journeyman Geek

lol

oh, and two old thinkpads on the floor.

I ran out of space.

@RubyJunk: heh, the x220 was my school laptop.

RubyJunk

01:56

On my desk I have an ASUS VivoBook X202E with an i3-3217U that thermal throttles and a wonderful, most wonderful intel HD graphics 4000

-_-

Journeyman Geek

meh

on the low low end, bay trail and its replacement are the thing.

RubyJunk

"core i7 bay trail, with a 980ti" "verging on the high-end"

Dude, that is damn super-high end

Journeyman Geek

core i7 ivy bridge

RubyJunk

Ahh

I was googling i7 Baytrail

But I figured it must be good to be paired with a 980 Ti. Lol

Journeyman Geek

and no, its a medium high end box from 2 years ago, upgraded so I can run my current monitor (a dell p2715q, which is a great monitor, with features above its price bracket in some ways) at decent quality at 4k.

RubyJunk

02:00

Journeyman Geek

lol.

RubyJunk

I wish I had your hardware :)

Journeyman Geek

lol

RubyJunk

Dreamy state ensues

Journeyman Geek

Save!

(I built my system saving over a year)

RubyJunk

02:01

Nice

Journeyman Geek

I just budget for these things when I have an income.

So... 3 months saving for a 900 sgd video card, ditto for the monitor

No upgrades now, since I have no job, tho I'm planning ahead for a second monitor that's either IPS or 4k.

RubyJunk

Or maybe get an X34 Predator

When you have the money :) (~$1200)

Journeyman Geek

naw

RubyJunk

Lol, LTT fan here xD

As u can probably tell

Journeyman Geek

I'm looking at a cheapo korean screen

RubyJunk

02:03

The QNIX stuff?

Journeyman Geek

ebay.com/itm/… is the 4k I'm looking at.

RubyJunk

IMO, you should get 1440p 120hz

Journeyman Geek

The problem with the cheap QHDs are they are DVI only, and I'd like some options in terms of port

naw

60 hz is fine.

RubyJunk

I don't have 120fps experience, unfortunately

60fps is godlike to me

Journeyman Geek

lol

RubyJunk

02:04

Since most games run at ~30 :(

Journeyman Geek

I'd actually recommend my dell if you want a decent, pretty monitor.

4k at 27 inches is sooooo sharp

RubyJunk

I like my monitors enough :)

1080p@21inches is OK :)

Journeyman Geek

lol

I was running 1600x900 for years.

then 4k

RubyJunk

1280x1024 --> 1920x1080 here

Journeyman Geek

My mom was like "Why do you need such a big screen"

Now she's like

RubyJunk

02:06

Haha

Journeyman Geek

"Oh my, the colours on it are so nice"

Every. time. she. walks. in.

RubyJunk

I have an excellent monitor recommendation for you!

I'm sure it will meet your budget

Journeyman Geek

lol

RubyJunk

Dell 5K? Soooooooo sharp

Journeyman Geek

I'll ask a question on Hardware recs ;p

Pricy though

RubyJunk

02:07

Disclaimer: (Not speaking from experience)

Journeyman Geek

2x the price of a 4k?

RubyJunk

Because I don't own one ;P

2x the price of 4k?

6x the price of 4K? Yes.

amazon.com/Dell-Monitor-UP2715K-27-Inch-LED-Lit/dp/B00OKSFXZU

Woah, I didn't know you can put in Amazon links like that :O

Journeyman Geek

the one in the middle is what I have

RubyJunk

Neat

I gtg, bye :)

Journeyman Geek

I picked 27 inches cause scientifically its the optimal size for a 4k computer screen ;p

RubyJunk

02:10

Have a wonderful day =)

Journeyman Geek

ANyway, the magic in designing a system is in maximum utility in minimum cost

so 5k dosen't make much sense yet

(except if you want to work on native 4k with room to spare)

UHD does have future utility but right now is primarily nice for pretty fonts.

7 hours later…

Journeyman Geek

09:40

hmm

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Would this be on topic here?

9 hours later…

RubyJunk

18:23

We need more "avid" users :(

And more visitors

And more questions per day

And more answered questions

Etc -_-

JTL

18:38

Yes.

And experts in certain areas, it seems.

5 hours later…

ArtOfCode

23:16

What do we think of this?

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