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  1. Erik005
    That is something a lot of people forget, always try to find benchmarks for the games you are playing. Go for the RX480 if it gives you better performance in games you play. Just don't get one with the reference cooler and you'll be fine.
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    Have you installed the GeForce drivers? You might be using the iGPU of the processor. You can check with cpu-z You might have to tell the computer to use the 680mx
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    The GTX 680MX is not powerful enough to run skyrim at 1440p with good frame rates. Your laptop probably had a 1366*768 resolution which would require less powerful hardware. You need a beast of a gaming pc to play games at 1440p.
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    At that resolution the GTX 760 might still be fine. Why do you need new Hardware? are you getting low FPS in games? or is Windows slow?
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    What resolution are you planning to use? If you are sticking to 1080p you could maybe get an AMD RX480 first and see how that goes.
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    I would be careful buying a laptop, check if there are minimum specs for a laptop. Also 17.3 and 15.6 inch laptops are to big and heavy to carry to class every day. If she only needs a laptop to take notes in class and office work, a good light chrome book would be a better option.
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    The guy at the store was right, you will not be able to play any version of skyrim at decent fps. Your computer is designed for office and internet not gaming.
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    The Intel one would be the better choice right now. And windows 10
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    I really hope the AMD Zen is as good as they say, it might stir up the fire a little bit. As for storage I think M.2 is getting more popular, it will be standard in the next Intel chipset.
  10. Erik005
    The Skylake socket 2066 don't seem interesting at all, but the Kaby lake seems to be good. Late 2017 or early 2018 would be a good moment to upgrade for me.
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    I see myself still buying storage in the foreseeable future. Games keep getting larger and larger. They streaming is going to take over but I don't think internet speeds are fast enough yet.
  12. Erik005
    This is some interesting reading about the reliability of storage. http://www.zdnet.com/article/ssd-reliability-in-the-real-world-googles-experience/
  13. Erik005
    What is wrong with a 450w power supply for a 1060? A decent 450w one would run a 1080 Core i5: 65w GTX 1060: 120w A system like that would pull 250w under load max
  14. Erik005
    The CPU is slow yes. But I can see your display is 1600x900, resolutions lower then 1920x1080 will put more stress on the processor. Getting a 1080p screen might get you better frame rates.
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    This always helps me. https://us.hardware.info/pcbuyersguide One of the first questions you must ask yourself is what kind of screen are you going to use. If you are going for 1080p a gtx 1060 will be enough, for 1440p you will need more power.
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    The likely culprit is the connection between either the GPU and the PCB or one of the memory-chips and the PCB. A very demanding game might temporarily fix the connection because the graphics card will run hotter with these games. Ironically I have an old 8800gt which is known for having solder issues that doesn't work any more because the PCB sags.
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    The only difference is the clock speed. The FTW is slightly more overclocked. Why not a 1060? over here they are the same price as the 960
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    Or mini itx There even is a mini itx gtx1070. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=mini+itx+case&N=-1&isNodeId=1
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    That asus laptop doesn't look like gaming laptop, it looks like a regular laptop with gaming hardware. It looks like it will run hot, very hot. which means it won't get the most out of the hardware. If you read the from the manufacturer section on amazon they actually say that asus envisioned this as an multimedia laptop
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    How can you not install a graphics card properly? Unless you physically break something modern motherboard are pretty robust.
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    Maybe the for dummies books?
  22. Erik005
    Never defrag a ssd
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    I would get this one. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/VrH48d/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzn5e500bw
  24. Erik005
    Yes the motherboard supports the Samsung SM951, these are very fast indeed
  25. Erik005
    As for the crashing, have you tried a different graphics card? It might be the card itself that has gone bad.
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