What gaming setup do you currently own?

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  1. MICHAELP

    MICHAELP New Member

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    Recently I have customized my gaming setup. I have included lots of new upgrades in my setup.
    • Acer Predator X34 Monitor
    • ASUS RoG Swift Monitor
    • LG 39” TV
    • LG NB3530a Soundbar
    • Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse
    • Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum Keyboard
    • Razer Orbweaver Chroma Keypad
    • Beyerdynamic T90 Headphone
    • Phanteks Evolv ATX Case
    • Intel i7 6700K CPU
    • Gigabyte Motherboard
    • HyperX Fury RAM
    • EVGA GTX 1080 GPU
    • Samsung 950 Pro M.2
    • Samsung 850 500GB SSD
    • RGB LED Light Strip
    • Water Cooling Components
    This is my new setup. Should I change anything else?
     
  2. fischhaltefolie

    fischhaltefolie Well-Known Member

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    Should work.
     
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  3. schielchen

    schielchen Well-Known Member

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    No quantum spore drive?
     
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  4. Alistair McKinley

    Alistair McKinley Well-Known Member

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    Why do so many people go for a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 instead of a much cheaper "normal" SSD?
    I've read that M.2s weren't much faster unless you copy a huge amount of data every day and you have a second one which you copy that data to.
    (It's an honest question because a friend of mine bought a brand new PC a couple of weeks ago and also uses a M.2. He got it for the same price as a normal SSD. He was very lucky. I searched for similiar offers but couldn't find one. M.2 seems always to be 100 EUR more expensive. Sorry my english is crappy.)
     
  5. Rodent

    Rodent Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Unless you're heavily into ricer car culture I'd ditch the LED strip myself. :p

    Grats on the new setup, should run like a beaut.
     
  6. Tuborg

    Tuborg Well-Known Member

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    You forgot the most important thing!!
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  7. sbtm

    sbtm Well-Known Member

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    jesus christ, Star Trek Discovery sucks big time ...
     
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  8. sbtm

    sbtm Well-Known Member

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    my M.2 NVME PCIe (32GBit/s) SSD (Intel) is about 4 times faster in reading and 2 times faster in writing than my normal Crucial 525GB SATA (6 GBit/s) SSD. And I've got a cheap M.2, not even a fast one.. only paid 90€ für 256GB. The Crucial 525GB was 160€.
    And my M.2 is like 10 times faster reading (5 times faster writing) than my Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD.

    The advantage of M.2 is the faster PCIe connection (beware, there are also M.2 SSDs out there which use only SATA 6 GBit/s connection), and the small form factor. It doesnt really waste space and is more or less "invisible" at first glance.
     
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  9. Alistair McKinley

    Alistair McKinley Well-Known Member

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    Thank you very much.
    So probably I only read about those M.2 SSDs.
    Do you think or know (from your own experiences) a "normal" PC user or simracer would notice any difference in loading times? (real M.2 vs. SSD 6 Gbit/s)
     
  10. sbtm

    sbtm Well-Known Member

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    I can't really tell. On my M.2 I only have my Windows and Programs. All games are on the "normal" SSD.
     
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