So you are saying an 8400 would do just as well for just as long as an 8700?
All I want is a good computer that will maximize FPS and last me many years so I don't have to go through all this stress again. Spent the last two weeks talking to everyone I can and researching all I can and I'm still not sure what to do. :(
And yes I know a lot of it also comes down to GPU.
edited 14th Apr '18 9:43:03 AM by Nikkolas
Yes. Quite bluntly, games tend to overstate their CPU requirements massively, even with improvements to parallel processing many are still heavily reliant on single-core performance, and if anything tends to restrict them it's the graphics output. It's easy to find situations where people have been running AAA titles with ultra graphics on CPUs under the given minimum specifications without flaw. You might get an extra year, maybe two, from the i7—but you're already looking at 7-8 years anyway before the processor might be an issue.
Alright, fair enough. That puts my build around $600. That's pretty fuckin' amazing considering I still need to put a few dollars towards at least a couple games and save up for a graphics card. Somebody on Reddit in a thread I just looked at said never sacrifice GPU for CPU and to put money towwards a better graphics card instead of a better processor.
Thanks.
edited 14th Apr '18 10:14:12 AM by Nikkolas
Since I'm getting a cheaper, "locked" system, how important is the motherboard?
Obviously I want it to support RAM and have all the ports I need. But stuff like VRM or whatever is less important now, right?
Should I just try to get the cheapest Z370 I can? (the other models don't support 3200MHz memory so I gotta get one of these or else my Ripjaws are wasted)
edited 14th Apr '18 4:16:31 PM by Nikkolas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_regulator_module
It came up a lot in the top tier motherboard reviews. Don't ask me to explain it, it's just apparently important.
What I was asking if getting a cheaper motherboard will really make a difference as long as it supports my RAM speed.
If it supports your RAM and it supports your CPU, has enough PCI slots for any GP Us you might add in future, has sufficient USB and SATA ports, then it's fine. There's no point spending extra money on a feature that you don't even know enough about to tell if you need it.
50,000 Minecraft users infected with hard drive formatting malware
Essentially it was spread through the official website as a skin which is uploaded as a PNG ,that viruses can spread through PN Gs makes me nervous any,how long before scanning images before you download them becomes necessary?Could JPG images be used as a vector as well?
edited 18th Apr '18 3:03:46 AM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverAny thing can be a vector if you try hard enough, I am more curious in how they got it to execute though.
The data in a PNG won't run itself.
Edit: That's not sarcasm BTW, I am legitimately interested in the technical details of how they got the data in a PNG to execute, rather then just kind of being there....
edited 18th Apr '18 3:08:43 AM by Imca
Many years ago there was an exploit in the JPG format that allowed arbitrary code execution. Fundamentally, you have a situation where there's a program that reads the file and interprets the data in it as instructions for creating an image. If there's a vulnerability in the program, it could be exploited by a maliciously crafted file.
edited 18th Apr '18 4:08:30 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The biggest surprise is that there's such a serious flaw in the JVM.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Yes, because everyone's using high-end graphics cards to mine cryptocurrencies. Seriously. It's a major problem.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Could I have a bit of advice. As I said before, my graphics card cought fire and while I now have a new computer I still want to get a replacement card for my old one so I can get my data off it and then use it as a backup but due to my computer illiteracy I am unsure what to replace the old card with and don't want to risk buying blind and getting one that doesn't work. The card that went pouf was a KFA2 GTX660 2GB DDR5 193Bit card. Does anyone know what the best type to replace this would be?
edited 20th Apr '18 9:48:10 AM by SebastianGray
A more useful piece of information would be your PSU and motherboard. But the answer is "anything that you could connect to your monitor"; basically all GP Us you'll find on sale use PCIe 2.0 slots, anything that fits into your case should work.

Hyperthreading and more threads is useful for parallel computation, yes; but the general trend for that is to shunt such things off onto the GPU (Direct X12 is useful for that, for one) due to having a more suitable architecture. "More threads = better" only holds true when things are arranged so that more can be processed at the same time...
Which is really the sort of thing that's more useful to Total War than an RPG.