2018 Hardware Thread

essenbe said:

Tanks Mike. I'll give it a try.

When you wakeup today, let me know if you are finding any issues with our latest update Steve. Only problem I've had so far is it crashed once, don't know why yet. Other than that it seems ok for now. I'll go back to XOC 6.2.3 if it acts up again. :)

I haven't had any problems Mike.

essenbe said:

I haven't had any problems Mike.

Good to know, cause I kinda like this new one. :) Thanks Steve.

Any time Sir.

Mike I haven't used all the features, just the basic ones.

One of my colleagues at work last night asked me if this was a good deal: ALDI SÜD - MEDION® High-End-Gaming PC-System MEDION® ERAZER® X670201
for 1299 euros, I told him with the prices of video cards and ram, it was a pretty good deal and go for it if he hang.
It will be for gaming:

Available from the 3.5.18 until 26.5.18 or while supplies last.

MEDION® high end gaming PC system MEDION® Hannah® X 670201

Intel® core™ i7-8700 8 generation processor (3.2 GHz, up to 4.6 GHz, 12 MB of Intel® smart cache, Intel® turbo boost technology 2.0 and Intel® Hyper-Threading technology)

Windows 10 home - the best Windows for PC gaming
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 graphic with 8192 MB GDDR5 graphics memory
2 TB Toshiba hard drive & 256 GB PCIe SSD
16 GB DDR4 memory
Hot-swap hard drive removable frame2
Numerous connections: front page: multi card reader2, 2 x USB 3.0, each 1 x microphone, headphone rear panel: 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, 3 x DisplayPort, each 1 x LAN (RJ-45), HDMI®, DVI-D, front line out, mic in / Center / subwoofer line out, line in / rear line out
Dimensions (W x H x D) / weight approx: 17 x 39.5 x 42 cm / 9 kg
3 years warranty

Looks good, due to crazy prices of retail GPUs I don't think it could be assembled for less.

I guess its ok rig.....but can't be overclocked.

OldMike65 said:

I guess its ok rig.....but can't be overclocked.

He has no idea on how to of and doesn't need too.
I tried to explain to him depending on the UEFI/BIOS he might be able to of by changing the base clock, but he doesn't even know what that is

Then I told him about OCing his 1070 with afterburner.... no interest- a "typical user"(meant derogatorily and as a swear word))

Cliff S said:

He has no idea on how to of and doesn't need too.
I tried to explain to him depending on the UEFI/BIOS he might be able to of by changing the base clock, but he doesn't even know what that is

Then I told him about OCing his 1070 with afterburner.... no interest- a "typical user"(meant derogatorily and as a swear word))

Ahhh....Ok I gotcha now....wise move then, him getting this rig.

OldMike65 said:

Ahhh....Ok I gotcha now....wise move then, him getting this rig.

As long as his temps stay in check, boost on CPU & gpu will do the job well enough.
I told him then just keep it cool.