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[Blue Cheese]

Seems like most people are polarised with DS2 from what I gather. They either love it or hate it.

I'm a fan of the series, struggling on DS3 though can't seem to get my build right, haven't completed it at all, keep getting stuck at the catacombs, I get frustrated and start again so I've got over a hundred hours of playtime on 4 characters and haven't even been past the catacombs.

Completed 2 many times, judging by 1 and 3, 2 seems to be the easiest of the 3.

No tips, if you have completed 3 then I'll say you know what you are doing.

 

[Ashtonian]

Only problem with playing skyrim before.

Managed to get my smithing up to 90 already and ready to get the ingredients to do the fortify restoration glitch. will wind it in a little bit just so I can tank rather than not be killed and not be too op on the weapon.

Annoying me because I want to use mods but also want the trophies.

 

[Ballyfermot]

Nope. For gaming, stick with the 6700k

The 6700k uses a newer chip architecture (Skylake). The 6800k Is Broadwell-E, the generation before.

The main difference (apart from architecture) is the 6800k is a six core chip with hyperthreading (12 threads) and the 6700k is a quad core with hyperthreading (8 threads).

For gaming, the 6700k is the clear winner. But for the money, you might want to drop down a level to the i5-6600k, which loses the hyperthreading, but has tons of overclock potential. PC Gamer (and Maximum PC) puts the 6600k as the current best pick CPU for gaming (price/performance). Save the money on the CPU and reinvest it into your GPU.

If you are going to be doing CPU intensive stuff, like video encoding, then the 6800k wins hands down. the 2 extra physical cores and 4 extra threads will make short work of whatever you are doing.

http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-core-i7-6800k-review/

What does The Last of Us look like on 6700k do you know?

 

[Dylan]

What does The Last of Us look like on 6700k do you know?

If you have a remotely new CPU, then the deciding factor on how spiffy your game will look is going to be which graphics card you have.

If you are rocking a GeForce 630 GT, its going to look dire. If you sport a GTX 1080 then it is going to look pretty darn spectacular.

Although as the game you are referencing is a Playstation only game.........

 

[Huyton Layne]

Nope. For gaming, stick with the 6700k

The 6700k uses a newer chip architecture (Skylake). The 6800k Is Broadwell-E, the generation before.

The main difference (apart from architecture) is the 6800k is a six core chip with hyperthreading (12 threads) and the 6700k is a quad core with hyperthreading (8 threads).

For gaming, the 6700k is the clear winner. But for the money, you might want to drop down a level to the i5-6600k, which loses the hyperthreading, but has tons of overclock potential. PC Gamer (and Maximum PC) puts the 6600k as the current best pick CPU for gaming (price/performance). Save the money on the CPU and reinvest it into your GPU.

If you are going to be doing CPU intensive stuff, like video encoding, then the 6800k wins hands down. the 2 extra physical cores and 4 extra threads will make short work of whatever you are doing.

http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-core-i7-6800k-review/

I was filling the Damo void and spouting something I read elsewhere as fact after a quick google. Knew it'd be you rumbling me.

 

[Connor]

Anyone played any of Watch Dogs 2? If so, impressions?

Really liked the first one and avoided a lot of the problems that seemed to surround it so I think I'll pick this one up too.

 

[ijjysmith]

Anyone played any of Watch Dogs 2? If so, impressions?

Really liked the first one and avoided a lot of the problems that seemed to surround it so I think I'll pick this one up too.

Not played it mate but watched a lot about it today.

Seems less serious than the first one, and all the little tricks and stuff actually have a purpose this time. If you liked the first one apparently this one is way way better so you'll love it.

Looks good too.

 

[evilwebby]

oh man, as a massive hard scifi fan, big admirer of kubrick and count KOTOR as one of my all-time faves i really need to get on the ME trilogy.

have the first one on steam and played the first few minutes...looks and sounds the part, just waiting for that phase to kick in where i can ignore all else and just get into it.

You won't be disappointed by ME. I don't even normally like RPGs, but the world which it creates is magnificent. Only thing is that the first game in particular is a bit dated now and has lots of pauses for loading etc.

 

[Connor]

Not played it mate but watched a lot about it today.

Seems less serious than the first one, and all the little tricks and stuff actually have a purpose this time. If you liked the first one apparently this one is way way better so you'll love it.

Looks good too.

Sounds good. I haven't watched any of it bar the trailers so may have a little peek tonight once I get a chance and just see what it's about.

 

[Armel]

Nope. For gaming, stick with the 6700k

The 6700k uses a newer chip architecture (Skylake). The 6800k Is Broadwell-E, the generation before.

The main difference (apart from architecture) is the 6800k is a six core chip with hyperthreading (12 threads) and the 6700k is a quad core with hyperthreading (8 threads).

For gaming, the 6700k is the clear winner. But for the money, you might want to drop down a level to the i5-6600k, which loses the hyperthreading, but has tons of overclock potential. PC Gamer (and Maximum PC) puts the 6600k as the current best pick CPU for gaming (price/performance). Save the money on the CPU and reinvest it into your GPU.

If you are going to be doing CPU intensive stuff, like video encoding, then the 6800k wins hands down. the 2 extra physical cores and 4 extra threads will make short work of whatever you are doing.

http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-core-i7-6800k-review/

Thanks for the advice guys, 6700 it is (I need hyper-threading):


At the moment I'm thinking of getting this set-up:

Intel i7 6700

Be quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 fan; I really hate the stock Intel-coolers (annoying screws) + silent and good for OC

Asus Z710 Pro Gaming Mobo

16 Gigs Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15

Samsung 950 Pro 512GB (really want to try an nvme drive) -

Additional storage: Still doubting: Or a 3 TB drive; or a Raid 0 set-up; but I'm struggling to see the merit of this since if I remember correctly raid 0 has been crushed for some time by SSD's? So maybe it's wiser to buy a bigger SSD and a simple mechanical drive for backup purposes.

GPU: Gainward Geforce GTX 1070 . my friend is getting a similar set-up; he's thinking of reducing the cost by buying a cheaper SSD (presumably a Samsung 850 PRO) and buying a GTX 1080. It equals out since the cost difference is like 200 €. Any merit in this? I don't really see a great difference on the benchmarks between the 1070 and 1080; In my opinion the performance gain with the SSD is more significant.

 

[Huyton Layne]

 

[navidson]

Love the Clueless Gamer clips - and Conan's endless quest to 'get busy' in game

The Witcher 3 review is priceless

 

[Dylan]

Thanks for the advice guys, 6700 it is (I need hyper-threading):


At the moment I'm thinking of getting this set-up:

Intel i7 6700

Be quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 fan; I really hate the stock Intel-coolers (annoying screws) + silent and good for OC

Asus Z710 Pro Gaming Mobo

16 Gigs Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15

Samsung 950 Pro 512GB (really want to try an nvme drive) -

Additional storage: Still doubting: Or a 3 TB drive; or a Raid 0 set-up; but I'm struggling to see the merit of this since if I remember correctly raid 0 has been crushed for some time by SSD's? So maybe it's wiser to buy a bigger SSD and a simple mechanical drive for backup purposes.

GPU: Gainward Geforce GTX 1070 . my friend is getting a similar set-up; he's thinking of reducing the cost by buying a cheaper SSD (presumably a Samsung 850 PRO) and buying a GTX 1080. It equals out since the cost difference is like 200 €. Any merit in this? I don't really see a great difference on the benchmarks between the 1070 and 1080; In my opinion the performance gain with the SSD is more significant.

The 1070 performance beats that of the GTX 980 and equals the 980Ti. The 1080 takes the lunch money and laughs in their face. It gives Titan X levels of performance for WAY cheaper.

But price/performance, the 1070 is the way to go. Like I said, 980Ti performance, "reasonable" price.

Oh, and regarding the CPU, don't know when you are looking to build, but the new process, Kaby Lake is being released early next year, so the 7000 range will be out soon.

The flagship is the Core i7-7700K features 4 cores, 8 threads and 95W TDP. This chip has a base clock of 4.2 GHz and boost clock of 4.5 GHz while featuring 8 MB of L3 cache. The Core i5-7600K is a quad core chip without multi-threading support that packs 6 MB of L3 cache and a 95W TDP. The chip features a base clock of 3.8 GHz and would turbo beyond 4 GHz.

 

[Ivo]

Only problem with playing skyrim before.

Managed to get my smithing up to 90 already and ready to get the ingredients to do the fortify restoration glitch. will wind it in a little bit just so I can tank rather than not be killed and not be too op on the weapon.

Annoying me because I want to use mods but also want the trophies.

Yeah I remember getting way to powerful in Skyrim because of the smithing and enchanting. Sort of ruined the game really.

 

[Ashtonian]

Yeah I remember getting way to powerful in Skyrim because of the smithing and enchanting. Sort of ruined the game really.

I enjoyed it further in the game when you could have a bow that one shot people . made the stormcloak takeover more fun when you are dropping them off walls like legolas haha

But yeah, really in two minds whether to give up on trophies and go for mods instead and just have one playthrough and if I want trophies I can just rebuy it in the future.