[H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

2021-11-29 Thread Bino Gopal
Hey guys, hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! I wanted to get a new desktop gaming PC-I decided to split the laptop and gaming, so I got an LG Gram 17" laptop for work/mobility (still need the screen size and resolution for emails and browsing-but I love how light it is!) so now I want to bui

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

2021-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
Re: #2 - Yes, Alder Lake (12th gen) is definitely worth $200 more. I'm even going to be upgrading from my Zen3 5950X to a 12900K. However, the hybrid architecture is tripping up DRM for some games, so validate your titles before executing. You can probably assume anything newish either will work

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

2021-11-29 Thread Brian Weeden
I would wait if at all possible. Part of the reason your cost estimate is going so high is that good video cards are still scarce as heck (combo of mining, chip shortages, supply chain snafus, and just overall huge demand). It might actually be cheaper to buy a pre-made system than trying to find

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

2021-11-29 Thread James Boswell
For Alder Lake you're probably going to want Windows 11 for the asymmetric-aware scheduler? On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 22:22, Bino Gopal wrote: > Hey guys, hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! > > I wanted to get a new desktop gaming PC-I decided to split the laptop and > gaming, so I got an LG Gra

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

2021-11-29 Thread James Boswell
Hard disagree on userbenchmark, their score weighting has a pro-intel bias that's basically legendary to the point that they cannot be taken remotely seriously. On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 22:56, Brian Weeden wrote: > I would wait if at all possible. Part of the reason your cost estimate is > going s

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

2021-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
It (pre-built) is about the only way you can get DDR5 right now, too. DIMMs are OOS everywhere and I've had suppliers say there's no ETA on restock. I was lucky to grab a couple 8GB sticks when I got the Z690 board and 12900K, but I'll have to wait for more before I can actually switch out my ma