Official Mobafire PC thread

[quote=Vynertje]For gaming, 8GB is sufficient for at least the next years to come. I don't think it hurts to be prepared (RAM is dirt cheap atm) but it isn't necessary unless you plan to go heavy on video editing.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Bryun]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7dRnRB Is that the best GTX970 brand I could get? I heard GIGABYTE is really good.[/quote] No, I'd say MSI is the way to go. GIGABYTE's triple fan is kind of a marketing stunt. Their fans aren't that well stabilized and often have a worse temperature to sound ratio than other coolers. [quote]A friend also told me I should upgrade my RAM to 16Gbs, is that really necessary to do in fear of "bottle-necking my performance from my graphics card"[/quote] It's a tough thing to state with certainty. 16GB is a blessing for me, but I'm probably a bit heavier user than most. I don't reach 8+ often, but it mainly means that I can have peace of mind that my PC never has to resort to the swap file and starts chugging while I'm doing something. I usually have ~50 tabs open when waiting for a match in online games like Dirty Bomb (I'm almost in Cobalt rank, which is the second highest :D) It means I can have the browser open and something else and even record video at the same time (having a buffer of the last 5min takes about 300MB RAM) without having to worry about running out and performance going to crap. I like it, but it's not necessary.[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]Somehow streaming with XSplit makes me experience a lot less FPS lag than compared to OBS. Anyone know why? Settings are the same, but I get like 100~200 FPS for League in game on XSplit while I get random 40 drops on OBS[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Maybe you're buffering more footage per encoding "round" (so to speak). Or just something else that gets queued up and then drops the framerate when the task is executed. Does XSplit have all the same options?[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]I believe so... The interface is pretty different so I'm not 100% sure. Both are 1080p 30fps[/quote]

[quote=Searz]It could also be encoding preset. Screenshot the settings?[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Hey guys, I'm saving up for a new computer. it will be a lot easier now that Im back to keeping my entire paychecks for myself. I thought I'd throw something together and see what you guys thought of the specs; Case: Coolermaster Mastercase pro5 mid-tower Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler w/ PWM fan Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K ATX w/ Intel GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 2 PCI, 1 x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s Ram: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Corsair Vengeance Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 Power Supply: 750 Watts - Corsair RMi Series RM750i 80 Memory: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD Notes: I chose the parts on cyberpowerpc's website. It's where I got my computer last time and it's been running strong for 3 years. It's looking like 1200 for those parts. Is that too much for what I chose? Also, for record the most graphically intense games I play are Dragon Age: Inquisition and Skyrim and soon Fallout 4. I just want to be able to run those games on very good settings.[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]i'm not too sure but if you just want to play those games on best settings i think you're overspending on processor[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]What would you recommend?[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000]I am 70% sure that an i5 4690k is the best bang for the buck for gaming, but I havn't really kept up with benchmarks of the new skylake processors, so check those out before buying anything. You definitely don't need an i7 though. Get a ssd for the money you saved(for the os and possibly some games). You can also swap the gtx 970 for a r9 390. I think that 500-600w for your psu are enough for your setup, but going 750 doesn't hurt if you want to upgrade later.[/quote]