eBay special LOL
Thanks for that I was totally unsure
What's the reason then lol?
They were introduced at the same time with the 6-pin one designed to be a mainstream connector providing 75W and the 8-pin one for special use/workstations and so on providing 150W.
If you try and draw 150W from a cable and connectors designed for 75W you often end up with magic smoke and the aroma of melting plastic.
Don't have a clue what that means. Could you kindly elaborate? And what will happen if I do.
That PSU essentially has two sets of 19A supplies with the different wires plugged into different amounts so if you draw more than 19A from cables wired into the same one it should trip the over-current protection and cut power every time the PC tries to draw that much.
Assuming the over-current protection works well on the unbranded PSU then there's not much chance of any damage, it'd just be wasted money.
The most widely supported implementation of variable refresh rate. A screen technology that allows games to appear smoother at the same frame rate. Basically a performance boost that doesn't require a faster CPU or graphics card.
If it's a new 'gaming' monitor it'll be supported on this screen (although if it's only for HDMI you'll need an AMD card, nVidia ones only work with DisplayPort implementations).
No they're still very expensive
Is the rx 470 any good?
Same design as the RX 570/580/590 but slightly lower clocks and a couple more disabled shaders. The RX 570 was a refresh of the 470 and the performance boost was around 10%.
A bit lost by what you mean sorry.
The 'RX 570' and so on refer to the big chip in the middle of the graphics card known as the GPU which is the bit designed by AMD or nVidia. They also set some rules about what speeds you can run the chip, how much memory you have to provide and so on to ensure comparable performance.
The card itself with all of the supporting components, cooling system and so on is designed by companies such as MSI, XFX, Gigabyte etc.
So cards with the same GPU can have different shapes and layouts. Sometimes graphics cards are referred to as GPUs as well, it depends on context.
You may know this from past experience, but I thought it worth pointing out.
My brother went to see the seller today. Turns out it cost him £480 or something in total as he paid ridiculous prices for new components, including £150 for the same monitor I got for £100 new! He showed all the receipts to my brother and is not lying. He's a laptop dealer so not clued on with desktops at all and done it as a "favour" for my dad.
Yeah, incompetence is much more common than malice. He just hasn't recognised his own lack of knowledge on the subject, it's easily done.
About 70% of the performance of a 570, so not great at that price.