Erik005

Yeah, that's what I did. Windows says that the resolution is set to 4K and I set New Vegas to 4K in the options. Do you know of any games that have their visuals vastly improved by the 4K setting? For instance, I just ran the Witcher 3 at 1440p and 4K, it looked nice, but I'm not so sure about the difference between that and 1080p. It also stuttered a little, so I had to lower some of the settings. As an additional question of mine: I have a GTX 1070 and an i7 7700k (both at factory settings). How well do you think my PC would perform across the board with higher resolutions and/or settings? Do you have any tips or recommendations? I think you should go for medium settings on 4K with a GTX 1070

A refurbished board is actually not a bad choice in a build like this.

A B250 board would be a good alternative. You can not update the BIOS without replacing the processor on your board.

Yes this is exactly it, your motherboard needs an update to use the processor you have. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B150M-GAMING-PRO#support-cpu Your processor is supported from version 4.5 Unfortunately you need a slightly older processor to do the update, maybe a local computer shop can help.

You download a small file from the motherboard manufacturer's website, put it on an usb-drive and run in in the bios. You would need a gen 6 processor to get in to the BIOS. Maybe a local Computer shop can update the BIOS for you. Or you could send back your motherboard and buy a B250 board instead. That assumes you can at least get the MB to post though. He isn't even getting that far. You would need a 6th gen processor to post, entire forums where filled with these questions when kaby lake came out and people bought cheap b150 boards. A major tech forum in my country had a cheap skylake celeron that was passed around between users.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgCx-zUoKRI You download a small file from the motherboard manufacturer's website, put it on an usb-drive and run in in the bios. You would need a gen 6 processor to get in to the BIOS. Maybe a local Computer shop can update the BIOS for you. Or you could send back your motherboard and buy a B250 board instead.

Your motherboard probably needs a BIOS update, you have a 7th gen processor on a 6th gen board.

Yes, the prices for intel processors are way to high at the moment. AMD is the way to go at the moment.

With a 4K monitor you can't really get ultra 60fps in every game with the 1080ti A good 1440p monitor might be a better fit for the 1080 You can run 4K with a 1080 if you turn down the quality settings though, but that is all your choice.

Also it is a laptop CPU, so it might be soldered to the motherboard and lack any kind of upgrade ability. It might even have a custom DC PSU

Why not simply replace the current drive with a large SSD?

An AMD ryzen 2600X would suit your needs. As for the GPU, it depends on the resolution of your monitor. A nvidia 1060 6gb or AMD RX580 should do for 1080p 16GB of RAM should be appropriate for a modern gaming system.

Ok, you have made some weird choices. Why a processor with an igpu? Why not a regular ryzen 1300x? Why an expensive x470 board? Crossfire is dead, just get a single card.

I would go with Noctua, But they are apparently even more expensive in Canada. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB985BG2903 Also if the PSU is as old as the case I would consider replacing it.

Yes, but they're all SATA while I need SAS. SAS can handle the SATA protocol, but not the other way round. Last time I was in Rotterdam was to see the Rolling Stones in 1983... I was born 3 years later, I like the stones though. This is the most modern board that has a SAS controller sadly, I think you are out of luck. https://nl.hardware.info/product/264880/asrock-x99-extreme11/specificaties This is the cheapest controller. https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/416126/lsi-megaraid-raid-controller-sas-9341-4i-sgl-4-port-intern.html