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My Bowsers Gate 3 Experience with the MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

April 26, 2024Video Card ReviewsEthan

I have been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for a little while now but my PC is old and rusty so I have decided to upgrade. Balur’s Gate 3 is an interesting game and is complicated, According to chatGPT, “Baldur’s Gate 3 is a role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, specifically in the Forgotten Realms. The storyline follows a group of characters infected with mind-flayer tadpoles, leading them on a quest to find a cure while uncovering a larger conspiracy. Players create their own characters, choosing from a variety of classes and races, and engage in turn-based combat that adheres to Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules. The game emphasizes exploration and player choice, with a branching narrative influenced by the player’s decisions during interactions and dialogue with non-player characters. Baldur’s Gate 3 supports both single-player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to team up with friends or play solo with AI-controlled companions.” (“ChatGPT Conversation on Fortnite.” OpenAI, 22 Apr. 2024)

The system requirements for this game are pretty easy to go above when my limit for the price is $750. I was able to find a couple of good options for what I needed for Balder’s Gate 3 but decided to go with the MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.

$749.99 on Amazon

The minimum and recommended system requirements.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Name and Manufacturer of the Card

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Manufacturer of the GPU and GPU clock speed.

2640 G/hz

Video Card RAM

12 GB

Bus Interface (ex. PCIe 4.0 x 16)

2x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) OR

300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable

Power requirements

285 V 700 W

Cooling

Dual fans

APIs supported (DirectX and OpenGL)

Microsoft DirectX® 12 Ultimate

Vulkan RT API, OpenGL 4.6

*This is a part of a Classroom Project

Works Cited

YouTube: Home, 9 November 2017, https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/4699vs4117/GeForce-RTX-4070-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-2060-SUPER. Accessed 26 April 2024.

ChatGPT, https://chat.openai.com/. Accessed 26 April 2024.

“PassMark – GeForce RTX 4070 Ti – Price performance comparison.” Video Card Benchmarks, https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+RTX+4070+Ti&id=4699. Accessed 26 April 2024.

HP S750 SSD

April 1, 2024Hard Drive ReviewsEthan

I recently purchased the HP S750 SSD drive and it has been one of the best purchases for my motherboard. I am using a PC for all of my home projects and this solid-state drive works perfectly for my basic uses! I was able to purchase this drive on Amazon for 64.99. This drive was able to store any data as I used my computer. I never feel like my computer is overloading the drive. This hard drive has lasted me several months now and hasn’t been a problem.

This hard drive is a 1 TB drive that is capable of reading up 55,000 IOPS and writing 79,000 IOPS. It has a 3 year limited warranty and can be used for 2 million hours. It has a TBW of 160 TB and it is classified as a QLC. The hard drive has a reed speed of 560 MB/s and a write speed of 520 MB/s. It has a amazing 6c/GB. Overall I love using this hard drive and it hasn’t brought me any problems.

NOTE: this is a school project!

Works Cited:

https://www.amazon.com/HP-S750-NAND-1TB-Internal/dp/B08CMBL4VR/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2JNK12JPFGSFD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7PO5XQUEN5EzEhqM4QIKe-SrWNL3J8LQcEKb0Rzb4W6HitDqxL0GtlvSWMuMifJr2oHxOdMKIDIRNIgVl4G_ayH6NAutbBraD0irv37CL5zUn48G-FS3Pyd07BSSZU4I7qFUybC2bGuOq7MvDc. Accessed 21 March 2024.

Fastest Crucial Memory Option

February 21, 2024Memory ReviewsEthan

I recently decided to buy the Crucial 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR5-4800 UDIMM and it is amazing! I wanted to build a PC and run the fastest memory I could find and this Crucial memory was exactly what I was looking for. I encourage you to buy this memory if you are a gamer and want the best playing experience. I ran this on Farming Simulator and even after all my mods the memory didn’t fail.

I found this memory on the Crucial website for $90.99. This memory worked so well for me because of the specs on it that are included below.

Amount of Ram: 2×16 (32 Gb)
Generation of Ram: DDR5
Bandwidth: 51.2
Parity vs Non-Parity: Parity
ECC: On-die ECC (Non-ECC)
Channels: 32-Bit
CAS Latency: CL40
Warranty: Limited Lifetime

I would definitely buy this memory if you want to build a gamer PC. This memory worked really well. Overall this memory was amazing and worked really well with my games and motherboard.

Works Cited:

“Crucial 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR5-4800 UDIMM | CT2K16G48C40U5.” Crucial, https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr5/ct2k16g48c40u5. Accessed 13 February 2024.

Note: This is a class project!

Fastest CPU Option AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review

January 25, 2024CPU reviewsEthan

Once I bought my MSI MAG B650M MORTAR motherboard I wanted to get the fastest possible CPU which is the AM5 AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU. This CPU was the best decision and worked better than I was expecting. I found this CPU on Amazon and it was $531.91. This price could change depending on the market and sales. At first, I was skeptical because of the price but after installing it I knew I made the right decision. I bought this CPU to be fast and be able to run any game and it is capable of that. When first researching this CPU the most impressive part of the product was the passmark rating. This CPU’s passmark rating was in incredible 63101. Please note that this passmark rating can change if someone uploads a new rating. This rating as well as all my other information was found on the passmark CPU website where you can compare it to other CPU’s. I decided to run farming simulator 19 and it ran better than any other CPU I’ve ever had. It didn’t lag at all even with all of the mods I use that usually slows my game.

This CPU has an amazing clock speed of 4.5 GHz as well as having 16 cores and 32 threads. It also has and L1 instruction and data of 16 x 32 KB. It has a L2 rate of 16 x 1024 as well as a L3 rate of 64 MB. This all together makes its amazing cache which runs my computer beautifully.

Note: This review is part of a classroom project.

Works Cited:

“AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor.” Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBHD5D8Y?tag=cpubenchmark-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1. Accessed 23 January 2024.

“PassMark – AMD Ryzen 9 7950X – Price performance comparison.” CPU Benchmarks, https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+7950X&id=5031. Accessed 23 January 2024.

MSI MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI AM5 AMD B650 Motherboard Review

December 1, 2023Motherboard reviewsEthan

After purchasing the MSI MAG B650M MORTAR motherboard and testing it out, I would suggest buying this motherboard. This motherboard is only 199.99 on Newegg and it did everything I wanted it to do. You can also go to the MSI website to see all specification on this amazing motherboard.

The MSI MAG B650M MORTAR runs on an AMD B650 chipset that will support the AM5 Ryzen 7000 series. This motherboard has 4 different memory slots where you can put in 192 GB. This was extremely helpful and gave me more memory space. The memory was able to have a 4800 memory speed non-overclocked. This Motherboard also had 2 different M.2 slots and 6 different SATA ports.

I was very happy with the Integrated components that I was able to access for this motherboard. I was able to have access to 8 different USB ports and it even had a type-c. It had 4, 2.0 ports and 3 USB 3.2’s.

This motherboard has 6 total PCI-e ports that could be used. It had 2 PCI-e x16 slots, 1 PCI-e x1 slot. It had 3 other PCI-e ports that run from the CPU and Chipset. Overall I was very happy with this motherboard and it was able to run all of my games and business websites.

This motherboard is rated a 4.1 out of 5 eggs on Newegg. This motherboard is a solid motherboard and will do everything you need it to do. I really do recommend that you buy this motherboard.

NOTE: This is part of a school project.

Works Cited

“MSI MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI AM5 AMD B650 SATA 6Gb/S DDR5 Ryzen 7000 Micro ATX Motherboard – Newegg.com.” Www.newegg.com, www.newegg.com/msi-mag-b650m-mortar-wifi/p/N82E16813144558?Item=N82E16813144558.