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Upgrading from an RX580 I've had for a few years now. With the latest drivers Arc A770 seems right up there at 1440p but strangely still behind at 1080p.

Looking to upgrade soon to a card which will hopefully last a couple of years. I'll be running games at 1440p. Rest of the system is B550 motherboard, Ryzen 7 5700X and 32GB DDR4. My budget can stretch to £400 but no more. I'm leaning towards an Arc A770 16GB. With the latest drivers it's...

Thanks all, much appreciated. Will probably go for a 500GB Gen3 NVMe drive to keep the costs down and reuse a SATA SSD I already have for general storage.

I've read that real world performance between Gen3 and Gen4 NVMe drivers differs very little and most users can barely tell any difference. Can anyone confirm this please? If possible I'd like to save a few £ on my new build by going with a Gen3 drive rather than Gen4. Also, what would be a...

Thanks. Done a bit of searching, and apparently as it's an AMD card there won't be much difference between using Displayport and HDMI.

I need to connect a new(ish) graphics card which has 2 x Displayport and 2 x HDMI outputs to 2 x 1080p older monitors which only have DVI-D inputs. Could anyone answer a couple of questions please? Is it better to use the Displayport or the HDMI outputs on the graphics card? If using the...

WD Black 500GB SN750 NVMe SSD Unfortunately it does seem to have a sticker just where it's not wanted...

Thanks. It's a PCIE 3.0 drive.

Just about to install the first M.2 drive I've used. My motherboard is a value type so doesn't include a heatsink/heatspreader. Are they needed for long term use or should it be OK for me to leave the M.2 drive "naked"? Thanks for advice.

Think I've got the message, HTPCs have had their day. Can anyone recommend a specific media player box please? What I'd need it to do is play films stored on a NAS drive and stream video. A web browser and USB sockets (for keyboard/mouse) are also a must.

Thanks will certainly consider this. However if I'm able to get parts cheap/free I may still go ahead with the HTPC as a fun project.

Home I'm posting this in the correct section. I've been thinking about putting together a cheap Home Theatre PC for some time, not for anything serious but to play around with. As it won't be used for anything more demanding than playing films stored on a network drive and maybe some video...

Thanks. The motherboard already has the latest BIOS so hopefully all should be good.

Thanks people, much appreciated. RX580 it almost certainly is then.

Kind of what I guessed, that the CPU will be more the limiting factor. Will probably go the way of an RX580/590.

Not played any games on the system for a while. My monitors are 1080p.

Hello, Long time no see! Basically I'd like to extend the life a bit longer of an older AM3+ based system (FX8350 CPU) with a 990FX chipset by upgrading the graphics card. I'm considering an AMD RX590 or similar. Other suggestions are welcome As the motherboard only has PCIe 2.0 my question...

Thanks, much appreciated. I've decided to give it a go as chances are that if the equipment was fine 4 years ago it should still be.

Happy new year to everyone. Bit of a strange one this, but I'd be grateful for any thoughts. A work colleague has offered me a job lot of stuff he's had stored for coming up to 4 years. He's been hanging on to it for a move to a bigger house which sadly never happened and is now on hold. It's...

Thanks, but I was hoping for a direct replacement which has a 3 pin connector and could be run from a fan controller. I might just bin the Antec and improvise something.