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I have managed to find another prebuilt PC for $1350 AUD. It is an acer predator desktop. It has similar specs to the PC in my original post but instead of 1060 3gb it has rx 480 4gb and there is no SSD. Is this a better option?

In your opinion, how helpful will the 16 GB DDR4 RAM combined with nvidia's "memory compression" technology be in terms of mitigating issues caused by 3 GB VRAM?

I know 8 GB RAM is fine for gaming now, but I doubt I will be upgrading anything within 5 years of getting the desktop and I would like to be able to do some multitasking (few chrome tabs open while gaming etc). I am aware that the graphics card is most important factor for gaming performance...

I am looking to buy a prebuilt desktop for 1080p 60fps gaming (e sports and "AAA"). I have found an Acer GX desktop for $1300 AUD ( ~ $1000 USD). The specifications are: i7 7700 16 gb ddr4 ram 1 TB HDD 256 GB SSD 500 W Power supply Gtx 1060 3 gb. These are the best specs I can give. The part...

I usually compare cpus using their passmark scores.

Ok thanks. I was concerned that 8gb ram might be too little and because the i5 7300hq is much worse than the i7 3700 (which was the standard many years ago)

#1: i7 7700 gtx 1050 12 gb ddr4 ram #2: i5 7300HQ gtx 1060 8 gb ddr4 ram and why? Thanks.

I have done pretty much everything you said, except the windows re install. I am starting to believe this may be a hardware problem? Such as damage to the sound card itself. Of course, I should try the windows reinstall before I come to this conclusion but backing up everything is gonna be a...

Basically what happened, computer froze when I moved mouse to get out of screen saver. I waited around 5 to 10 minutes, tried to open Task Manager but it was still frozen. Ended up holding down the power button to force shut down. When I started the computer again, I had no sound through...