BUT I surprised myself...I ended up going for an Alienware Alpha R2 ~ i5 model // GTX960 (It's actually a 970M rebranded 960 due to similar benchmarks).

I know, I know "Build your own, it's cheaper"! Even though I have in the past, this time I can't. Even the mini-ITX Node 202 Fractual Design builds I checked won't do. I chose the Alpha R2 for it's size, portability & output.

I'm a Marine Nav Officer. I'm currently on a 4 month on/2 month off rotation. PC's, even mini-ITX builds just don't do me any favours. My luggage space is limited & I really have to take my essentials. Laptops on the other hand, I find are WAY over priced.

Now when I go onboard, I can just plug it in to the TV in the cabin (every crew cabin on my companies ships have HD1080p TV's or we'd all run the risk of mutiny lol). 1080p'ing the seadays away in my spare time is what I'll be doing from now on, instead of PS4'ing it away ^{^}

Then when I go home on leave I can plug in the Graphics Amp, whack in whatever GPU & play on Ultra for the next several years on my desk & monitor or in the front room.

My girl is a Tomb Raider nut & I can't wait for her to see Tomb Raider in all it's glory compared to the PS4 version. She has fond memories of playing it with her Dad on PC & Starwars Battlefront "before the darktimes...before EA" (Couldn't resist).

We haven't played Rise of The Tomb Raider (Xbox Exclusive) & I don't want it to be a PS4 gimped version, so this Xmas when I'm home, I'm going to fire up Rise of the Tomb Raider on the R2 + Amp as a mini Xmas gift.

I know it may seem like I'm wasting money to some, but I am really buying for portability, upgradability & looking to save over the long run. People like myself who live out a suitcase most of the year don't want to carry PC cases around, or pay an arm & a leg for a gaming laptop that will be struggling a few years down the line (Unless it's Alienware/Razar but I ain't paying those prices).

With the R2, I skip the price but keep the portability & upgradability of an expensive Alienware laptop, then every couple of years drop 200 for the next RX480 or 1060 of that time.

I hope this gives some fellow PC Gamers an insight into why some people would buy this product, instead of building my own. I'm just not static enough for it to be a viable option to me anymore.

I do promise that when I retire as Capt, I will build a PC simply called Neptune. It will be Blue and shoot tridents at anyone who enters the wrong password. The background wallpaper will be the Titanic sinking with an Insanity Wolf meme of some kind.

Ronbo.

I run an MSI geforce gtx 1060 and yet...playing fairly simple games like League of Legends causes my fps to SKYROCKET - anything from 190 to 15 - I can only imagine that the fps would be much worse in more complex games like Skyrim or BF1...WHat do i do?! I'm at a loss. I'm new at this but I know the temperature of my pc is not going crazy or anything...i'm so frustrated..

-noob to reddit

Anyways, I currently have a i5 6600k 3.5hz and im looking to upgrade from a 960 4gb up to either a Gtx 980ti or gtx 1080 for 1080p 144hz gaming.

I've read in some places that a gtx1080 will bottleneck a 6600k, and some say it wont.

Will either of these bottleneck for 1080p?

Also, how do I edit the post names on mobile :(. My non PC life sucks

I woke up this morning, got ready to play Overwatch for a couple hours and found my battlestation wouldn't power up.

Tested the power supply, everything checks out. Checked the power button, working properly.
Reset everything, checked all connections, no go.

Looks like my Asrock99 extreme4 is done. I don't see any visible issues. Not RMA'able.

At this point I'm going through old pc's to find a board that my i7 and my R290x2 can work with. No luck so far.

Please leave your condolences below, looks like I'm replacing my baby.

What's a good apu/cpu with integrated graphics for gaming? I'm trying to build an ultra compact gaming PC, hence why I can't get a a graphics card.

I want to buy a microprocessor and I got a dilemma about the Rayzen 5 and the intel i5. So many people said the Ryzen 5 is a good deal, but I feel really confused what to buy.

I have a pc that stutters in some games when i play them but i tried unplugging my keyboard and ran the auto benchmarks andit did better does anybody have any explanations

Hello!

Im thinking of upgrading my pc, what parts should I keep, and what should I upgrade?

This is what I've got:

Intel Core i5-4690K Asus Z97-A Corsair Vengeance LP 8 GB AMD Radeon R9 280X Silverstone Argon AR01 Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB WD Green WD20EZRX 2 TB EVGA Supernova G2 750 W

I'm looking to build a cheap gaming Pc. I have no experience so I'm wondering if it's possible to build a Pc that can run cs:go and ark for around 500$. Please suggest cheap parts since I'm on a budget.

Okay so ive gotten used to console recently (partnee is a console gamer) and ive found a controller to be more ergonomic but i cant really stand the lack of a keyboard ive gotten used to relaxing on the couch and a keyboard just doesnt feel right on a couch i know of the keyboard addons for xbox controllers do they work with pcs and if not is there already a controller based keyboard and mouse replace as im turning from major gamer to hometheatre buff / casual gamer