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

2021-11-30 Thread Brian Weeden
> From: Hardware On Behalf Of > Brian Weeden > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 4:56 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino? > > I would wait if at all possible. Part of the reason your cost estimate is > goi

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

2021-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
main machine - 16GB isn't enough, and I won't pay scalper prices. -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 4:56 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino? I would wait if at all

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

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

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 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