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Creslin

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Or maybe just an AC for the room since gaming when its 82 and probably humid sounds awful even if your PC isnt overheating.
 
Slithum

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Building a new pc for my mom and picked up an AMD A10-7850K for $120 was wondering what motherboard i should use with this Processor
i did pick upMotherboard:ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboardand was wondering if i should return this and go with the newer a88x chipset board like the asus in the next link.Motherboard:Asus A88XM-PLUS/CSM Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard

also the case i have is thisCase:Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Caseso the board would have to fit this.

any help would be appreciated
 
Mist

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Creslin_sl said:
Or maybe just an AC for the room since gaming when its 82 and probably humid sounds awful even if your PC isnt overheating.
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Just replaced all the windows in my house and the new windows don't have sills that I can mount an AC to, so I'm kinda fucked until I can figure out how to build out the sill or some other mounting solution, or get in-wall unit ACs.

Yeah, it's been pretty fucking brutal.
 
jeydax

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Mist you could probably get a portable unit if you don't have a sill that'll support a normal window AC.

The portable units have a hose running out of the back of it you just run to the window.
 
Crone

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Not sure if this goes in the HDTV thread or computer thread, but I'll take a chance and put it here.

Anyone ever made the switch from dual 24" monitors, to a single bigger TV? More and more, I'm playing games with controller support, and just this weekend was playing on a controller, leaned all the way back, and it was nice. I love the dual monitor so I can look shit up on one screen, play on another, but I'm not sure how much I really need that?

When I say bigger TV I'm talking at least 42" wall mounted. Would probably re-arrange some things, and get rid of the computer chair, go with recliner or couch, and of course switch to wireless accessories.

Thanks for any input!
 
Quaid

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1080p on a 42' screen is probably gonna look terrible compared to your current setup. Unless you are sitting way far back the pixel density is probably gonna bother you. That's why more PC gamers don't already do what you are suggesting.
 
spronk

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Crone_sl said:
Anyone ever made the switch from dual 24" monitors, to a single bigger TV? More and more, I'm playing games with controller support, and just this weekend was playing on a controller, leaned all the way back, and it was nice. I love the dual monitor so I can look shit up on one screen, play on another, but I'm not sure how much I really need that?
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on a PC? Its kinda clunky. I run triple setup on my PC, two 27" 1440ps and a single 65" LED tv - the 1440ps are hooked up via DVI and the LED is via HDMI. The TV is also attached to PS3, PS4, and Wii U via HDMI (all going through a soundbar).

Everything works great but 99% of games default to your primary monitor, and only a handful can be forced to display on a different monitor. Battlefield 4 is honestly the only game I can think of that lets you do it. For the rest, you have to go into windows, change your default monitor to the TV, and then start the game. Movies and TV shows work fine, I run them full screen on the TV and sit back on my couch to watch.

You could make your TV your default monitor and manually move shit over to the regular monitor I guess, never tried that. With windows 8.x you get taskbars on every monitor, and using the keys Shift+Windows+ left arrow or right arrow will move the current window to a different monitor, I use it all the time to move stuff around.

I wouldn't try to do normal PC shit on a TV monitor though, bad for your eyes imo. Unless of course you are talking about a TV and PC that is 100% for gaming, then fuck yeah it'll work great running steam in big game mode with controller support, basically your own steam box. I'd go for 55" or bigger though, sitting back around 6-8 feet I think 42" would be way too small.
 
Crone

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You know, that probably will be the best thing to do, is keep the dual monitors, and just add a big TV for movies, and other consoles. If I do want to try gaming on it, as you say from Steam, and a controller, I can shift+winkey+left to put the game on there, and go from there.

One of these days, I'll just get an awesome projector, and a basement to put it all in.
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jeydax

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You should be able to run at 1080p Ultra Settings somewhere between 35-50 FPS for modern games (BF4/Bioshock/Metro/Hitman). Less GPU intensive games like TF2/WoW/LoL/CS:GO(?) should run at 60+ no problem at Ultra settings.
 
Quaid

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jeydax_sl said:
You should be able to run at 1080p Ultra Settings somewhere between 35-50 FPS for modern games (BF4/Bioshock/Metro/Hitman). Less GPU intensive games like TF2/WoW/LoL/CS:GO(?) should run at 60+ no problem at Ultra settings.
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I'd say that's a pretty optimistic FPS estimate for some of the games you listed. I'd be shocked if he saw higher than 25-40 FPS in BF4... and even lower in Metro. Also, radeon 265 is probably the superior card in that price bracket.
 
Lenas

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I was looking at some Radeon options but opted to stick with Nvidia because I've had TV overscan scaling issues with ATI in the past.

Even so, if I can get 30fps on ultra 1080p I'll consider that a win. Most of my previous games I had to play at 720p if I wanted even high settings and that was pushing it.
 
jeydax

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^ Good point, I looked over the 265 but it iswithout questionthe better card for gaming.

That said, those FPS estimates aren't optimistic. I don't just pull numbers out of my ass all willynilly (try not to at least). BF4 is on the low end of the FPS but the tests below were done with an i5-2550k. They also help prove the 265 is a better value, hands down.

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GeForce GTX 750 Ti Review - Graphics Card - Toms Hardware

Here's the breakdown between games for each card:Compare AMD Radeon R7 265 Reference 2GB, Galaxy GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 Reference
 
Lenas

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My only problem with the R7 is that it's not compatible with OSX and I am going the Hackintosh route here. Believe I'd have to get an R9 270.
 
Lenas

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And now that I'm doing more research, looks like even the gtx 750 ti is out
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Looks like I'm going with a gt 640, fuckin lame but I don't have a gtx 760 in my budget right now. Thanks anyway guys.
 
Intrinsic

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spronk_sl said:
on a PC? Its kinda clunky. I run triple setup on my PC, two 27" 1440ps and a single 65" LED tv - the 1440ps are hooked up via DVI and the LED is via HDMI. The TV is also attached to PS3, PS4, and Wii U via HDMI (all going through a soundbar).

Everything works great but 99% of games default to your primary monitor, and only a handful can be forced to display on a different monitor. Battlefield 4 is honestly the only game I can think of that lets you do it. For the rest, you have to go into windows, change your default monitor to the TV, and then start the game. Movies and TV shows work fine, I run them full screen on the TV and sit back on my couch to watch.

You could make your TV your default monitor and manually move shit over to the regular monitor I guess, never tried that. With windows 8.x you get taskbars on every monitor, and using the keys Shift+Windows+ left arrow or right arrow will move the current window to a different monitor, I use it all the time to move stuff around.

I wouldn't try to do normal PC shit on a TV monitor though, bad for your eyes imo. Unless of course you are talking about a TV and PC that is 100% for gaming, then fuck yeah it'll work great running steam in big game mode with controller support, basically your own steam box. I'd go for 55" or bigger though, sitting back around 6-8 feet I think 42" would be way too small.
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I think this is my next project, but may have to find a weekend when the Wife is out of town visiting her folks. Also need to do some measurements because my computer desk sits up against a slanted ceiling that is 6' tall. So not really sure I could fit anything large above two 27" 1440ps (existing Yamasaki and would have to be a new cheap one). May have just found the whole in my plan. Way to ruin my evening spronk!
 
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