You going to post some of the benchmarks with that beast?

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3224160

Everything performing above expectations putting me at 111% UFO on UserBenchmark. Would've been higher if I didn't have a bunch of other programs open too and if it wouldn't have included my 5 year old store brand USB stick I used to install Windows with.

Not sure why my RAM is performing below expectations. Anyone have any suggestions? Pretty sure they're in the right slot and everything.

You going to post some of the benchmarks with that beast?

Sure. What'd be the best software for it? The Userbenchmark one?

Quote from: Flee on March 25, 2017, 03:08:20 PM

Quote from: Töqi on March 25, 2017, 02:18:43 PM

In your research, did you come up with anything about upgrading monitors? I've had the same monitors for probably 7 years and they're still 1080p, decent refresh rate, etc, I just don't if it's worth it to get news ones. Let me know what you think of your speakers, too; I've had the same set of speakers for well over a decade, so that's another thing I'm late to upgrade.

Monitors was already something I knew quite a bit about. What would you primarily use your new one for? Gaming? Because if so, I can fully recommend 144hz. I noticed the difference the second I turned it on by just moving the mouse across the screen.

Movies and games, yeah. I'd keep the old ones for utility, but I feel like my current ones are a bit outdated.

For movies there's around 4 things you'll want to consider. Type of screen, size, resolution and the kind of media you typically watch. The size is obvious. The bigger the better if you can do it without sacrificing any of the other aspects, although too big can be off putting if you're sitting too close to it. Resolution ties in together with the kind of media you watch. 4k movies are becoming more and more popular, so if you're interested in 4k blu-rays or use streaming services which offer it, you might be interested in upgrading to that. If not, there's no intermediary between 1080p and 4k as far as movies go, so no real point in upgrading there.

As for the type of screen, there's 4 to consider. TN, VA, IPS and OLED. This does a great job at explaining the difference and is also a generally top notch site for checking out monitors. Basically, OLED is best but really expensive while IPS is close and much more affordable. VA is a bit worse and TN is the most common but lowest tier. These types affect things like viewing angles, accuracy of colors, deeper blacks, brighter whites, better contrast... which matters quite a bit if you're serious about watching your movies and shows. This ties together with the color gamut (or range of possible colors) of your screen, which can go from sub sRGB to sRGB to 90+ RGB and full RGB. You'll want to go for at least sRGB, but anything higher really only matters for graphical designers.

So for movies, find out what type of your current screens are and ask yourself if you want something bigger, better suited for new high res media, or better colors / general viewing experience.

As for gaming, things are a little different. Color isn't as important, but other things are. Here you first want to look at your input lag and response time (which are not the same, contrary to popular belief).The lower these times, the faster your screen responds to changes and the faster your inputs are shown, or the better you'll be able to play. You should look into the specs of your current monitors and see how they compare to newer, faster models. Depending on how good or bad they are, you can see a pretty noticeable improvement in performance. Then, you also want to look at the refresh rate. The higher the refresh rate, the faster your screen refreshes with new information (obviously), making it smoother and faster. 60 is alright, 75 is decent but 144 or even higher is really quite nice. Of course, the downside here is that to be able to fully utilize higher refresh rates, your PC must be able to run your games at FPS rates matching or surpassing your refresh rate. A 200hz screen won't do you much good if you're only capable at putting out 60fps. So before investing in that, make sure you actually have the hardware to support it.

So yeah, it comes down to what your current screens are still capable of and what you want to get out of your viewing experience. I'm very happy with the one I've got now. Mine is "only" a TN model, meaning that the colors / viewing angles aren't the best possible (which I don't mind much because I don't plan on using it for serious movie watching), but it's very affordable (only $200) and offers amazing performance at 144hz with lightning fast input / response times. Whether it's worth it to upgrade really depends on your situation. I'd suggest you check out the details / specs of your old screen and then have a look around. Might be that they're severely lacking in some areas or that they're really not that outdated at all.

In your research, did you come up with anything about upgrading monitors? I've had the same monitors for probably 7 years and they're still 1080p, decent refresh rate, etc, I just don't if it's worth it to get news ones. Let me know what you think of your speakers, too; I've had the same set of speakers for well over a decade, so that's another thing I'm late to upgrade.

Monitors was already something I knew quite a bit about. What would you primarily use your new one for? Gaming? Because if so, I can fully recommend 144hz. I noticed the difference the second I turned it on by just moving the mouse across the screen.

My speakers are old ones too. They're probably around 10 years old as well. They're pretty great (4.5 stars out of a few thousand reviews) but pretty outdated. I'm more of a headphones guy anyways, so it's not a big deal to me. If you're looking for headphones though, I can always recommend Sennheiser.

>one monitor

What is this, the 90s?

About to hook up a TV to it as well.

The CPU installation is the most nerve racking part, the rest is smooth sailing.

Yeah, still pretty nerve wrecking though.

It's finally complete and all working well. Final parts list:

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 8GB EX OC Video Card
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan 

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz 1ms Monitor

Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum
Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum
Mousepad: Steelseries QcK+

Headphones: Sennheiser HD 595 Audiophile and Sennheiser PC 360 Pro
Speakers: Logitech X140
 
Thanks to all of you who helped me pick parts and put this together, especially Aria, Pepsi, Weebspeak (Banjo?), Ian, Husky and Coco. Much obliged.

Still looking very bare, but it's working. Can't see the bitching red fan at the top of the case from this angle, but oh well. Gotta add second monitor, hide cables better and put up some decorations still.

You send the 1080 to me and lick the contacts of your RAM cards.

Hm, I don't remember that from any of the guides I've read so far.

Please, for the love of god, start catching on that is man a sad, incompetent and terrible excuse of a president.

>"It is censorship plain and simple and censorship is one of the major evils our society is facing; you are part of the problem."

Lolwut.

My username.
My profile picture.
District 12 (can't stand to see my Verb so alone).

We get it flee, you're a successful genius lawyer, while I'm sitting here in my underwear

I really am neither of those 3 things. Didn't mean to brag, I was just seeing if anyone had any good advice (like Solonoid) or past experiences with being interviewed.

I think the image with the woman wearing a burka was for comedic purpose only. Anyone who took it as "Yeah, cuz she a mudslum." is an idiot.
How many people walk by a crime scene or an accident scene daily? Life goes on.

Well, a lot of people simply are idiots and this picture has been going around extensively as "Muslims don't even care".

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/whats-wrong-with-this-photograph/news-story/9fafd1a593f4c94e86c782b6b59cf385

My comment wasn't so much against just him (if he was joking, then I completely missed it - but I'm somehow doubtful of that), but against all people like that. And I'm sure there's literally tens of thousands of them out there.

She doesn't even give a shit

HOLY FUCK LOOK AT THIS WHITE PIECE OF TRASH. He's just walking by WITH THIS FUCKING PHONE OUT. Does he EVEN GIVE A SHIT? FUCKING KKK NAZI SUPPORTING TERRORISM??



OH MY GOD JUST LOOK AT THIS WOMAN. Fucking despicable! These ASIANS have so little RESPECT FOR US that they're just going to parade around NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CARNAGE?? She doesn't EVEN GIVE A SHIT and HATES THE WEST because she CONDONES TERRORISM!!



What a misleading and unnecessarily divisive comment man. It's a snapshot of the situation. They rarely ever capture the full picture. Shock does strange things to people. Maybe she was just trying to get out of there asap because, you know, a terrorist attack took place 5 minutes prior. Or maybe she had been standing by watching for a bit before walking away. Or maybe she just doesn't feel safe being a Muslim in such a situation. Or maybe she's frantically trying to get in touch with her friends or family so they can tell each other they're okay. Or maybe she's just a normal person who has no interest in seeing the bloody remains of a dead person on the sidewalk and tries to just avoid it.

This is just dumb.

Quote from: Flee on March 22, 2017, 04:35:53 PM

Quote from: Töqi on March 22, 2017, 03:54:29 PM

Ask if she's got a list of questions, or if you work for a firm see if they have a PR guy that has some info.

Yeah, I got the questions beforehand. Just trying to prepare myself as best as possible now. It's not just a random reporter but an actual cybersecurity expert who knows a lot about this already.

You want to know exactly the message you're trying to provide, but definitely don't script yourself.

Your answers should seem authentic, and informedly off the cuff.

Yeah, that's what I'm going for. Thanks for the advice.