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3700 to 8700k for $200CAD? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago by jteb22 to c/pcmasterrace

2 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/141603

Hello there! I'm posting this on the lemmy.ca instance cause I guess most people here would be used to dealing with CAD.

So my situation is the following. I have an i7 3700 with a P8Z77-V that I use for 1200p gaming, mostly Paradox games. I wanna start playing Hogwarts Legacy and I definitely feel I need to beef this up.

Last year I bought an AS-IS i7 8700 on eBay for $125, which I only got to test this week. I bought an ASUS B365M V5 and 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 for $165CAD. Lo and behold, the i7 8700 is broken af and I can only get to Windows by disabling every single CPU feature and using only 1 core.

So I've sunk $165 on the LGA1151 platform. I have a chance to get an 8700k for $200, or an 8700 for $150 (and a bit of travel). Any suggestions? Thanks!

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3700 to 8700k for $200CAD? (self.buildapc)

submitted 1 year ago by jteb22 to c/[email protected]

9 comments fedilink

Hello there! I'm posting this on the lemmy.ca instance cause I guess most people here would be used to dealing with CAD.

So my situation is the following. I have an i7 3700 with a P8Z77-V that I use for 1200p gaming, mostly Paradox games. I wanna start playing Hogwarts Legacy and I definitely feel I need to beef this up.

Last year I bought an AS-IS i7 8700 on eBay for $125, which I only got to test this week. I bought an ASUS B365M V5 and 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 for $165CAD. Lo and behold, the i7 8700 is broken af and I can only get to Windows by disabling every single CPU feature and using only 1 core.

So I've sunk $165 on the LGA1151 platform. I have a chance to get an 8700k for $200, or an 8700 for $150 (and a bit of travel). Any suggestions? Thanks!

How long could you stay entertained with content you have saved offline? in c/[email protected]

[–] jteb22 3 points 1 year ago

You definitely need to data hoard if you want to be entertained for a significant amount of time. I have downloaded most of Friends and HIMYM, if I put them on the background while doing other stuff, I can burn through them in 4-5 days. A multi-month quarantine would require maybe 20x the content?

What's the replacement for RARBG now? in c/[email protected]

[–] jteb22 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought that 1337x.to was still the better (or next best) option, is this not the case anymore?

I don't think this exists yet, but for the leftists here, what do you think of having a lemmy community about imagining life in communism - or life after transcending capitalism and class society? in c/[email protected]

iPhone subreddit starting protest early, going dark indefinitely in c/[email protected]

[–] jteb22 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is stopping you from creating lems for things that you're passionate about? We have an opportunity here to create a true alternative to reddit, and the more cozy we make it for r/efugees, the better the transition can eventually go!

How can lemmy handle 5k+ signups per hour on Monday? in c/[email protected]

[–] jteb22 12 points 1 year ago

There already is a lemmy PR proposing the community auto-merge idea, it's here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1113 . It's very unlikely it can be implemented by Monday, though.

What are your must-see races in c/[email protected]

[–] jteb22 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Singapore in particular IMO, whenever they show the track from above (heli shots) it looks like a river of light that makes it look fucking awesome