Boy, do I have a lot to say to you guys. However, I want to apologize in advance if my words in this post, seem ‘fragmented’ to you. I’m going by memory (that I don’t remember everything word-by-word that was told to me). With that said, let’s get on to what I need to say.<\/p>\n
In VRChat yesterday (in Best Boi lands), I’m overhearing these two people talking about a subject I’ve never once heard mentioned in this game (a subject I’m quite interested in); PC Hardware. They were talking about something with water cooling and air cooling (heard the Hyper 212 EVO kept being mentioned). Though I had to tell them about the news with the Kernel venerability affecting Intel CPU’s?” “It’s a lie, brought by the AMD fanboys” was the response. I added “What about this patch that was rumored to slow down CPUs from 15% to 35%?” Their response was “It didn’t affect me” and “it’s as fast as it was when I bought it”. Interesting. Very<\/strong> interesting.<\/p>\n We then discussed graphics cards. Told them about my 750Ti. Got the usual “that’s a pretty outdated card” responses. But when I told them “Look, I don’t want anything flashy or high end, just something that’ll last me 10 years. Something that can handle single-threaded performance well for the Java-based games I play.” So overall, I was recommended to just stay away from Ryzen (due to the insane prices of DDR-4 RAM right now). This is something I need to discuss with my contacts, to get a second opinion. I’m not shy of going with ‘Team Blue'(Intel) here (as I stated before), but I want to know if this is my official route to take, in hopes of finally<\/u> getting a solid upgrade (that won’t cause my computer to nearly explode).<\/p>\n . Boy, do I have a lot to say to you guys. However, I want to apologize in advance if my words in this post, seem ‘fragmented’ to you. I’m going by memory (that I don’t remember everything word-by-word that was … Continue reading
\nDecided to chirp into their conversation (thinking they could tell me if waiting for April to get the 2600 is a smart move), telling them about my CRYORIG H7.. though I really<\/strong> wish I didn’t, when one of them tells me “it’s a bad cooler”, with the other one saying “yeah it’s a budget cooler”.
\n“Do you overclock?” was asked to me. I told them my FX 4350 using stock speeds (and how I was OK with it). Then told them I’m planning of getting a Ryzen 5 1600. One said what I said in the title. The reason being the high RAM prices. Something about I would need high frequency RAM for the Ryzen chips (at least 3200MHz). Now this isn’t what I was told before, which is quite interesting.<\/p>\n
\nThen the main person looked at me, said to get an i5 for $240. Also said to get a 980Ti (to replace my 750Ti). How it’s “great for overclocking”. But all I could think of, was “oh, OCing my GPU with no full-on water cooling. No thanks” and told them this. The person said “nah, you can use air cooling no problem.”<\/p>\n
\nWas recommended I get an i3, that has the same number of cores as my 4350. Said I could overclock it up to 5GHz, which sounds pretty sweet. They added that with an Intel chip, I wouldn’t need high frequency RAM.<\/p>\n
\nEDIT: I spoke to my contacts (the Modded Minecraft Discord server), and they say to stay on the path to get the Ryzen 5 2600 in April. They add on that the RAM price difference (2400MHz -VS- 3200MHz) is “so small”, that “there’s no point in cheaping out with 2400”.
\nSo that’s good. Looks like what I was told, was from a typical Intel fanboy. Listening to my gut instead of what people say, is the better way to go. \ud83d\ude42
\nAnd as for if I’ll ever decide to go the route of VR, I’ll definitely need a better graphics card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"