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'ello :). I bought this desktop from Future Shop a week ago, and up until now it's been fine. Yes, it's open box, but I couldn't resist because I'd save $200 from a $700 price tag. I installed Steam, CS:GO, and a couple of other programs, and I uninstalled most of the bloatware.
Specs:
- When playing CS:GO I usually get ~40 FPS, but every now and then (10-15 times in a minute) the screen will freeze for 1/2 seconds, and then it'll be fixed. This usually happens when I'm under fire or am firing.
- There is a high-pitched noise coming from the computer... near the back if it helps.
To fix the first issue, I tried:
- Setting my favorite window on Steam to Library instead of Store so the Store wouldn't refresh every few seconds causing microstutters.
- Lowered all my settings to the minimum.
- Updated cl_updaterate and the other rate (I forgot) to 128 (@OG buckshot jr told me to change them, but I can't remember what they were... there were 3 things I changed.
- Restarted computer.
- Closed all other windows except Chrome.
- Set the max FPS to 60.
I'm not sure how to approach the second issue...
Should I just say "fuck it" and return the desktop? If so, what decent gaming computer can I get from Future Shop/Best Buy for ~$900? I really don't want to cross the $1000 line but if this shit is what I get for $700 ($500), I suppose I'll have to. I really don't want to part with this desktop though.. it's really well made and I like its' style a lot. HP has extremely ugly desktops IMO, and Dell's are built like tanks... no offence OFC. I would prefer the desktop to be Acer.
Thank you!
Specs:
- AMD A10 5700 3.4 GHz
- 12 GB DDR3
- 1 TB HDD
- DVD-RW
- Windows 8
- When playing CS:GO I usually get ~40 FPS, but every now and then (10-15 times in a minute) the screen will freeze for 1/2 seconds, and then it'll be fixed. This usually happens when I'm under fire or am firing.
- There is a high-pitched noise coming from the computer... near the back if it helps.
To fix the first issue, I tried:
- Setting my favorite window on Steam to Library instead of Store so the Store wouldn't refresh every few seconds causing microstutters.
- Lowered all my settings to the minimum.
- Updated cl_updaterate and the other rate (I forgot) to 128 (@OG buckshot jr told me to change them, but I can't remember what they were... there were 3 things I changed.
- Restarted computer.
- Closed all other windows except Chrome.
- Set the max FPS to 60.
I'm not sure how to approach the second issue...
Should I just say "fuck it" and return the desktop? If so, what decent gaming computer can I get from Future Shop/Best Buy for ~$900? I really don't want to cross the $1000 line but if this shit is what I get for $700 ($500), I suppose I'll have to. I really don't want to part with this desktop though.. it's really well made and I like its' style a lot. HP has extremely ugly desktops IMO, and Dell's are built like tanks... no offence OFC. I would prefer the desktop to be Acer.
Thank you!