Recent content by dylricho

Thank you for the help guys. I guess if I want to do this, I will need to overpay on older hardware.

I had Ubuntu set up on my old laptop for my uncle to use for his basic needs of browsing eBay and checking his emails. It just worked and he never needed me to sort anything out.

Energizer copied Duracell. Duracell Bunny dates back to the 1970s. ---- I last purchased an ASUS P5Q3 which comes with a Core2 Quad Q9550 that I don't need.

I can understand the desire to use older hardware for something rather than letting it collect dust, but I would only consider that if the Ryzen chip was going to be used for something else. There's no reason to use it in this instance over a modern, faster, and certainly more efficient...

Makes sense, thank you. :)

Well aware my friend! I collect processors and wanted to do an APU "battle off" between the different generations. This is 100% just a hobby thing. Thank you for the link. Just curious which board would make the most sense as the newer boards are sometimes cheaper than B350/X370 second hand...

Hi all, Just wondering since B350 boards still hold their value even second-hand, are there any B450 or B550 boards that support Bristol Ridge that might be a better buy? B550 would of course be more ideal, but being newer I know it's less likely? Thanks.

At that resolution, I would expect you to be GPU limited more often than CPU limited, so an entirely new AM5 system wouldn't seem worthwhile in my opinion.

As the title says, I'm just looking for a Pentium 4 670 or 672.

I believe it is a reference design, but I'm not 100% certain. The power limit is maxed at 115% rather than 130%.

I was seriously considering one of those, but not at double the cost to the one I got. :laugh:

My first mechanical keyboard -- MSI VIGOR GK71 Sonic Blue -- after using a scissor switch Gigabyte GK-K7100 for the past 9 years.

Wondering how effective this might be for an ASIC B card like the PowerColor Fighter?

I'm pretty sure the only reason to consider the newer card is for the better ray tracing performance. The 7700 XT itself makes very little sense when the 7800 XT is only $100 more, so you made the right choice.

I game at 1440p, but yes Zen 3 will improve frame rates quite noticeably I think due to the single CCX. Currently using untuned DDR4-3600 C16.