building-and-recc-chat

[mystic needle]

anything sketchy about this?

[fossil cedar]

Holy link

[mystic needle]

I KNOW

idk what made it so massive😭

im on my phone rn idk if that did anything

[languid nimbus]

Jesus

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115667399792?

There you go

[untold vessel]

GUYS! What is the absolute BEST and BIGGEST TV that $800 can buy?

More importantly, what mixture of Deep Color, Response Time, and other premium features + General Size would be the optimum mixture for $800?

[mystic needle]

quick question about this build, how upgradeable do you think it’ll be in the future

my friend is asking about if he could upgrade in the future

[hallow glen]

#old-monitors-and-tv prob

[upper oriole]

what is best to look at when dealing with temp? i have hwmonitor installed and i have armoury crate since asus mb. armoury crate is saying temps are about 10 degrees c less than hwmonitor.. which one should i be believiing??

[weary galleon]

https://www.hwinfo.com/

[upper oriole]

it works for windows 11?

says 10 and lower

[weary galleon]

Pretty sure it will

Can't hurt to try

[potent portal]

It works on 11 100%

Website just needs updating for that

[tawdry lance]

What am5 7700x build would you guys reccomend if I am looking to get that free DDR5 bundled at microcenter?

[cyan ravine]

TV or monitor

This is a serious question like, if you need TV features or not

[flint sapphire]

Answered it in monitors

[untold vessel]

TV for sure

But I am using it as a PC Monitor for Movies and Shows

[cyan ravine]

Ah ok

[untold vessel]

Essentially making it a TV that uses my main PC to access shows and movies so i don't have to work with a fire stick

[cyan ravine]

Cos there's a monitor I simp hard for at 800 that's tv sized

[untold vessel]

do tell

[cyan ravine]

FV43U

It's a gigglebit but it's simp-worthy

[untold vessel]

nice nice

I'm looking for something even bigger though

[flint sapphire]

Is that the oled 👀

[untold vessel]

75" preferably

[cyan ravine]

Qled

[flint sapphire]

That Hisense I linked is pretty god tier for $800 btw

[untold vessel]

what is qled vs oled

[cyan ravine]

QLED is like, near OLED colour, good contrast (not quite as good as oled) but has zero burn-in

It uses an array of small led's

I prefer qled over oled

[dim forge]

ok I got rid of the idea of building an itx pc bc

itx = expensive af

so, any matx b660 recommendation?

[cyan ravine]

B660m ds3h

Works up to 13600/12700 pretty handily

[potent portal]

ITX do be pricy

[dim forge]

fr 😭

[dim forge]

the wifi version is good too right?

[cyan ravine]

Ye the wifi version just has a wifi chip tacked on with a couple aerials

Board itself is the same

[dim forge]

alright I think I'll just pair it with a 12400

[cyan ravine]

Sounds good

[dim forge]

any thoughts on td500 mesh?

Idk which midtower case is okaish under 80 bucks

[cyan ravine]

It's ok

Fractal focus 2 is better imo

[digital nebula]

OK so I'm trying to upgrade some things. I will send the list of upgrades that I have. I'm looking to get an aio for my cpu. So I felt this would be a good place to ask

I plan on getting a case but I'm not too sure what kind of theme I want. If anything I would like some kind of white theme so a white aio would be nice if I decided to get the white case

[frigid night]

What cpu do you have? Lian Li makes a good clean white AIO (Galahad).

[frigid night]

A white 4000D Airflow looks good and is a good case. Would have to front mount a 360 aio. If you went with a white 5000D airflow, you could top mount the aio.

[digital nebula]

My list of upgrade is- 5800x3d, 3070ti, thermal take 750watt 80 gold plus psu, and if I'm lucky an asus rog crosshair dark hero viii

[frigid night]

This is what you are upgrading to?

Or do you already have all that?

[digital nebula]

That's what I'm upgrading to

[frigid night]

Gotcha. Just clarifying.

[digital nebula]

I'm still waiting on the motherboard

[frigid night]

Me personally. I'd go with the White Galahad 360. It's sleek and the pump has LED in it as well. As for case.. I currently have a White 5000D Airflow and I like it.

[digital nebula]

I was hoping to get a lian li case. I found one that I think would be nice. Big issue would be is if the rig is too heavy idk if my thing could hold it seeing as it's on wheels and a bit wobbly

So basically I'd be getting an aio if I get the case I'm talking about I'd need a new holder or desk to place it on if the one I have rn can't hold it

[frigid night]

What case are you thinking?

[fossil cedar]

Very, all the parts are standard components

[digital nebula]

Lisn li dynamic Evo white

[cyan ravine]

can you give us a pcpp list

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

I'm pretty sure based on the parts you have in mind we can get you a stronger gpu

[frigid night]

Where you getting that? 👀 I've been on a lookout, but not for the $400 I keep finding.

Omg it's back in stock.

@cyan ravine convince me it's a good idea to buy the o11 dynamic evo white.

[fossil cedar]

Reo your poor wallet

[frigid night]

I wouldn't be buying the phone case.

[cyan ravine]

not Apaltek?

Am i remembering that wrong?

reddit seems to agree but reddit dum

[fossil cedar]

Phone cases are like 20-30$ o11 evo is like 180 lol?

[frigid night]

For my phone was $50 and whatever tax/shipping on that site for the case I want.

But I've been waiting for this case to go back in stock for like 2 or 3 months now

My current case cost me $13 and is serving me well lol

But I mean.. imagine spending as much as people do on pc parts that are overpriced.

[fossil cedar]

FIFTY DOLLARS

30$ max imo

It's just a lil bit of plastic with sometimes some pleather

Lol

Wdym?

NOT THE INTEL STICKER

Rommy you just need to invent case that tases you if you don't own it

[cyan ravine]

don't taze me bro

[fossil cedar]

If you hold it for 2 seconds without unlocking it it tases you

Ez pz

[frigid night]

Yeah

[fossil cedar]

Skill issue

Tough crap

You'll only be shocked for 3 seconds you'll be fine

Lol

Use it to light a candle

[elfin flame]

The other night she handed me it because I was in the city at night moving stuff around to my place

Told her no and she turned it on right in front of my face, which is a no for me

[fossil cedar]

Jeez

Go full daredevil

[cyan ravine]

m?

[fossil cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/matt-murdock-daredevil-charlie-cox-gif-24999216

Rommy you've been working out dam /s

[obsidian wigeon]

whoa

[fossil cedar]

Kek

[tawdry lance]

What am5 7700x build would you guys reccomend if I am looking to get that free DDR5 bundled at microcenter?

[mossy venture]

Depends on your budget for the whole pc

And what you're using the pc for

And a few other things such as if you need wifi, do you care about looks, any other specifics you're looking for

[fossil cedar]

Also of the 7700 non x is any cheaper you can get and basically have no diff in perf

[cyan ravine]

if the microcenter deal bundles it tho

otherwise no no

[cyan ravine]

start with a reasonable b650 like a pro-a

then send us ur budget for everything else

[fossil cedar]

What price do that start at?

[cyan ravine]

200 afaik

apparently ds3h isn't the most reasonable choice but needs looking into

[leaden raft]

am i supposed to put a 240 or a 280 in the meshilicious

and would the nzxt one fit

[tawdry lance]

Whole PC budget: 1800 USD
Wifi not needed. Preferably all black and RGB is acceptable, but not needed.

Mainly used for open world gaming and some CAD work.

[mossy venture]

Are you fine with a used gpu?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Np29H2

I'd do that, can change gpu for a used high 30 series if you're fine with a used gpu

[leaden raft]

sorry im getting so confused some places say i can put a 280 in my case and some places say i cant

any ideas?

[mossy venture]

What is the case

[leaden raft]

meshilicous

[tawdry lance]

Thx @mossy venture. I will keep a look out for any good used 30 series deals.

[mossy venture]

Mini itx?

It supports 280mm, but possibly only certain ones. With some the radiator might be too thick or tubing might get in the way

[leaden raft]

i was able to find specs on the cpu block for the aio i got and it looks like that will fit and its a 280 so hopefully ill be ok

[mossy venture]

What model aio?

[leaden raft]

x63

just found this

looks like exactly what im doing

[mossy venture]

Nzxt aios are overpriced

I wouldnt bother with them

Though actually, if you want a white 280mm there aren't many better options. There might be an EK one

Aside from that idt there are any

[fossil cedar]

There is no white ek

If you want white you're stuck with a 240mm

[mossy venture]

Sadge

[fossil cedar]

Or like a corsair or something

And when choosing ITX aios you need to choice aois that don't have vertical tubed coming out of the block

So no evga clc, no lf2 etc

[cyan ravine]

I would just change case instead of going with a kraken aio

[stoic island]

You can prob do ls520, although tubes are a bit stiff

240mm and you can stay with the meshilicious

[green egret]

Can someone help me with installing fans

Which side is intake and out? And i have 3 intake in front.. gona make back 1 exhaust and top one intake?

[mossy venture]

The sticker is the front of the fan

If the fan is mounted with the sticker forwards, it's blowing air out the back of the fan

Top fan should be exhaust, not intake

@green egret

The arctic sticker

This way

[green egret]

Thanks . Also. If I leave my case open should I make the fans intake instead of exhaust?

Like if I leave my side panel open

[stoic island]

Exhaust top whenever possible

[green egret]

But if it’s open case does it matter? .. the problem I’m facing is my cpu will spike to 80C when playing apex. It’s open case right now with no fans inside. Only 3 intake in front.

Btw do I just turn off my pc and daisy chain these 2 fans and just plug it into my motherboard

[mossy venture]

What cpu and cpu cooler

Also 80c isn't an issue

Though, if you're getting that gaming multi core loads would likely overheat

[green egret]

I want it to run cooler I play competitive

[mossy venture]

What cpu and cpu cooler.

[green egret]

i5-12400f stock… it’s open right now and I don’t have any inside fans

So temp is fine but I’m installing 2 fans

But I know if it’s open then the airflow changes

So I’m wondering if it’s better to do exhaust at bak and intake top

I’m gona test them out 1 by 1

[mossy venture]

A case with good airflow closed is better than a case with good airflow open

[green egret]

I just put an exhaust on back

[mossy venture]

Intake top is not good

Heat rises

It wants to exit at the top

[green egret]

I kno but the case is open

[mossy venture]

Doesn't matter

[green egret]

Hmm true

Before I start my pc is there anything I need to do

[mossy venture]

You also likely won't get much better Temps just from case fans, if you really want cpu Temps lower you'd want a better cooler

[green egret]

I turned off my psu then screwed the fan on case and plugged it into sys_fan

[mossy venture]

Not really, as long as everything is plugged in and such

[green egret]

Yea I was thinking abt buying coolermaster aio for $100

[mossy venture]

Hell no

[green egret]

I don’t need to do any thing in bios ?

[mossy venture]

Ag620 or ak620 is as good as a 240mm aio

Nah, unless they're pwm fans and they don't automatically get set as pwm

[green egret]

How do I kno if they’re pwm

[mossy venture]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MkFbt6/deepcool-ag620-bk-argb-6788-cfm-cpu-cooler-r-ag620-bkanmn-g-2

If you want white https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gvGbt6/deepcool-ak620-wh-6899-cfm-cpu-cooler-ak620-wh

Though those are 100% complete overkill for a 12400f

[green egret]

I think that’s overkill for my pc tbh. My temps aren’t bad right now

[mossy venture]

Should say on the box I believe

[green egret]

I don’t hav the box

[mossy venture]

If not, the listing you ordered them from

[green egret]

They are attic

Arctic

Prob one

Pmw*

[mossy venture]

Yes, p12s have different versions

[mossy venture]

Pwm pst, pwm, pst, and regular

Those are pwm pst

[obsidian wigeon]

Do they have a cable that splits into two?

[mossy venture]

Didn't know it said on the stickers

[green egret]

Yes

[obsidian wigeon]

Yeah then it's pwm for sure

[green egret]

So wit do I need to do

[mossy venture]

It's pwm pst, says on the back sticker

[obsidian wigeon]

And yeah it just said on the sticker

[mossy venture]

Well, turn the pc all the way on

If the fans are low rpm on boot then they're set to pwm

[green egret]

What’s pwm mean

[mossy venture]

They adjust rpm according to temps

[green egret]

Looks like it’s running fast

Yeah looks full speed

[mossy venture]

Wait for it to get to windows

[obsidian wigeon]

pulse width modulation, simply more advanced control than dc

dc has fixed rpm

[green egret]

Lol looks like it’s just staying full speed

Which is fine w me

[obsidian wigeon]

where have you plugged it into?

[green egret]

Quiet af

[obsidian wigeon]

4 pin fan header?

[green egret]

I have a b660m mortar msi

Yea 4 pin

[obsidian wigeon]

you can adjust them later in bios if you want

[green egret]

It’s got 4 pins on it tho

Nah idc it should be ok

[obsidian wigeon]

but they're silent even at max rpm

[green egret]

Yeah it’s rly quiet

I’m gona add my other one after I see temps change

[green egret]

Is it possible to set the cpu fan speed without going into bios?

[mossy venture]

Not that I know of

[obsidian wigeon]

you can use a program called fan control

[long stratus]

Hello. I recently bought an i5-13400f for my first PC build since my Quake 3 days. Does this motherboard have bios flashback? Its on backorder https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145385?Item=N82E16813145385

i know some mboards require 12th gen cpu for a BIOS update and dont want to get this and not be able to use it or upadte it.

[jagged ember]

Can confirm the Mobo has bios flash

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B660M-GAMING-X-AX-DDR4-rev-1x#kf

They call it Q-Flash

[long stratus]

Thank you so much.

To be clear, it is compatible with the i5-13400f and will allow lighting up of rgb fans? With those cleared up for me (noob), i can go ahead and purchase. 🙂

[jagged ember]

It has two rgb fan headers

Also supports 13400f

Same socket type as 12th gen

[long stratus]

Thank you!

[untold vessel]

Guys, I need second, third, fourth, etc., Opinions on this Battle:

Which one should I get? I'd be using this TV as a Second "Monitor" for my PC to watch movies and TV Shows on. I prefer the 75" with Hisense, but also am Considering the $100 price decrease with the TCL.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hisense-75-class-u6h-series-quantum-uled-4k-uhd-smart-google-tv/6505546.p?skuId=6505546

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-65-class-6-series-mini-led-qled-4k-uhd-smart-google-tv/6470277.p?skuId=6470277

[strong raft]

@long stratus @jagged ember qflash Plus* is what generally gives flashback. Edit: ok, that mobo has qflash plus, nice. 👍

[long stratus]

Yeah just ordered. Thank you for your input.

[digital nebula]

Ok so best aio for 5800x3d? Any suggestions?

[cyan ravine]

LS720

/LT720

[fossil cedar]

Arctic liquid freezer 360mm or 420mm if your case fits it as well

[neon geode]

looking for the best pefromance i can get out of a pc for 1600-1800$

[digital nebula]

Rounded up to be around 1600 or so

I'll send the components when I get home from work

[tropic ginkgo]

Guys

[digital nebula]

Sorry for the curse word it autocorrected

[tropic ginkgo]

Sadly I got my computer cmos ded

Or that what appears to be

Happened 4 months ago

[fossil cedar]

Prebuilt or build yourself?

And what country

[neon geode]

usa im in na region

im planning on building it myself

[tropic ginkgo]

If I change a CMOS the BIOS won't go

[fossil cedar]

What's your main use for the pc gonna be btw? Gaming?

[neon geode]

yeah gaming

[digital nebula]

I'm still waiting9 n my motherboard and I ordered it on the 28th

[cyan ravine]

1600 will get you a good balanced 4070 Ti* build probs

[digital nebula]

Yup

[fossil cedar]

I'd probably do this
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y8XbY9

[cyan ravine]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QjLPk9

Ah pato you bonk

We basically did the same build wth

Pick mine I have overclocking

[digital nebula]

I got a 4070ti, asus rog crosshair dark hero viii, 5800x3d, 32 gigs of ram and a 750 watt 80 gold plus psu

[neon geode]

alright thanks

[fossil cedar]

You're welcome

[cyan ravine]

Reeee

[cyan ravine]

Wouldn't do x3d for new builds if it's avoidable

Also dark hero is a bit pointless for x3d

[fossil cedar]

Unless you already have am4 board from previous build

[cyan ravine]

You buy it for OC yet the chip is locked

[fossil cedar]

Dark hero is a bit pointless full stop

[cyan ravine]

So board is a bit moot

[fossil cedar]

Dark hero is for ln2 heads

[cyan ravine]

Well

Ram oc heads too

Good topology

But again, pointless for x3d

[fossil cedar]

Eh itx boards

[cyan ravine]

Eh ur mum

[fossil cedar]

Fair point

[cyan ravine]

I love how that's becoming a pet phrase now

[analog pulsar]

Great minds this alike

[sly holly]

Hey, me and my dad put the motherboard and cpu in the computer, connected it with everything and added water cooling in since old heat sync was too big. We plugged everything in and the monitor says no signal. What do I do?

[stoic island]

Had anything else changed? Did it boot previously? Does it turn on at all or just doesn't turn on? Do fans spin?

If it worked previously and all you did was take the Mobo out to install a new cooler, most likely, some connector came loose or you might've forgotten to reconnect one of the connectors, eps12v being common since it's up in the corner and out of sight.

[sly holly]

The computer itself turned on, with all the fans including the graphics card were spinning. I installed a new mobo, cpu, and then needed to get new cooling system so I got water cooling since it fit on the mobo. My dad and me checked all the connections and it seemed good.

[stoic island]

What Mobo and CPU? Does the motherboard have debug LEDs?

[sly holly]

New ones are intel i5-13600kf and the motherboard is gigabyte B660M Aurus pro ax ddr4

[stoic island]

Have you updated the bios on the Mobo?

[sly holly]

The video doesn't even turn on. Monitor says no signal so we can't even update it

[stoic island]

The board has flashback, there's a mid-board q flash plus button, do you have an extra USB drive you can use?

[sly holly]

Yes

[stoic island]

Using another computer, download the bios file from gigabyte's site, unzip the file, and rename the file (not the folder) to gigabyte.bin, and put it on the USB stick
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B660M-AORUS-PRO-AX-DDR4-rev-1x/support#support-dl

[sly holly]

Would the bios update even have something to do with the problem?

[stoic island]

My guess right now is that the board doesn't have the bios version that supports 13th gen, and that's why it's not booting right now

[sly holly]

Does the q-flash button pretty much download whatever is on the flash drive to the computer?

So I would need a completely empty flash drive with only the update on there?

[stoic island]

It looks for the file, which is why you need to rename it to gigabyte.bin

[languid nimbus]

So my wife’s laptop corrupted windows (I believe) when updating the other day, so now I need a boot drive for windows. She was on windows 10. Can I just go ahead and download windows 11, or does it need to be the latest version of 10? Any ideas?

[sly holly]

So I plug the flash drive into the motherboard with the gigabyte.bin file in it and the press the q-flash button that's on the motherboard not like the one you find on the bios on a screen?

And then it downloads/updates it?

[stoic island]

Yes

[stoic island]

If you're going to clean install, it doesn't matter, win10 key should activate win11

[languid nimbus]

dang, that'll delete everything she had previously though, yeah?

[stoic island]

Yea, if the windows repair thing isn't working

[sly holly]

And then how do we know if it's downloading/updating

[stoic island]

I'll need to check what gigabyte does but for MSI, there's a light that starts flashing, and when it stops flashing, it's finished

[sly holly]

Ok I'll try it

[stoic island]

Gigabyte should do the same thing, their documentation is a bit bad though

[sly holly]

Just did it. Waited until light turned off and unplugged USB then turned pc on, it still says no signal

[strong raft]

Using hdmi into gpu?

[sly holly]

I'm using display port. I tried hdmi. Still didn't work

[strong raft]

Stick to hdmi for 1st boot.

[digital nebula]

does anyone know how many fans you can fit in the lian li o11 dynamic evo white case?

[cyan ravine]

22

I know because I've done it

Hell, 24 if you're ambitious enough

[potent portal]

10 mount points officially but yeah there's ways to put more lol

(not including air cooler fans)

[cyan ravine]

Maybe even 25 lmao

[digital nebula]

my plan is to mount the aio fans and what not on the top hopefully a 3 fan aio. i have 4 fans in my pc that i have rn so i can put three of them on the front

and the plan would be like white black white so id need probably 2 to 3 fans on the bottom of the case that are white

this is my first time building a pc so im scared to mess up but if i have a fresh case and something that i can actually look at and know how to put together i think i can do it

i just dont know what size

[stoic island]

Reseat the ram and reseat the GPU alongside all of the cables if you can, double checking everything you can since there's no debug leds

[digital nebula]

https://www.newegg.com/p/2YM-008A-00007?Item=9SIAZUEJDB6141 is this a good aio?

[stoic island]

Try ls720 instead https://www.newegg.com/deepcool-liquid-cooling-system-ls720/p/N82E16835856219

[potent portal]

Each mount position (top, side, bottom) can handle 3x 120mm or 2x 140mm, the rest is up to you

[digital nebula]

ok so 120mm is probly my best bet

[potent portal]

If you want it to look filled out yes

[open jungle]

And so it begins.

[digital nebula]

well im gonna get the aio and the case probly. gonna set 3 or 4 fans i already have in the new case then

[stoic island]

Good luck

[digital nebula]

now if i really wanted to i could just get 3 more fans i just dont know which kind would fit the theme and which would be best lmao

i was told i should avoid unifans

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-mfx-b2dn-183pa-r1-case-fan/p/1YF-0010-002E1?Description=white fans&cm_re=white_fans-_-1YF-0010-002E1-_-Product

i found these but am i really getting 3 or is that just the picture?

[sly holly]

@stoic island would having 2 different ram brands be a problem? I've been having 2 Viper ram sticks and 2 Oloy ram sticks on old motherboard and it worked fine

[stoic island]

For booting, it might be helpful to just leave one kit in slot 2&4 just for the time being to have less factors, but in general, it should work

[cyan ravine]

@digital nebula can you make a pcpartpicker list please or give us a budget

[sly holly]

We tried it with just one brand and it just still isn't working

[potent portal]

It's a 3 pack, but check out the pinned list of good fans in #old-cooling

[potent portal]

Sometimes that just happens, especially if they're different dies. I couldn't get my b-die to post with my c-die no matter what I did.

Try just one stick

[digital nebula]

i mean i can make the pc part picker list. i literally just need to order the case, whatever fans if applicable, and the aio so ill take a sec and get it all put together

[cyan ravine]

It's important because given your budget you may be able to afford a lot more by changing things like the mobo for example

[potent portal]

You'll also sometimes get a dud in a kit of 2 sticks, where one just plain died sometime after testing.

[digital nebula]

the case and aio im looking at is like 358

[cyan ravine]

Sounds like too much

G360A and LT720 add up to like 210 and you shouldn't go higher

220?

[sly holly]

But I've used all my sticks before on old motherboard and all of them worked

[potent portal]

Well there's also the times where a kit doesn't like a specific platform, or a specific board

I still say try just one stick

[cyan ravine]

Ram sticks can just randomly die

[digital nebula]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xPfvGL

[cyan ravine]

We've seen it a lot of times here

[digital nebula]

now the prices are different cause i got most of these things on sale

[cyan ravine]

What have you just bought?

Can you mark in things which are more than a month old as purchased for me?

[digital nebula]

everything in that list is what i have just bought aside from the case the aio and i bought the motherboard it still hasnt arrived

[cyan ravine]

Ok so it's all, basically new, ye?

[digital nebula]

yeah aside from the ram, ive had that

[cyan ravine]

Ok sweet, the answer I was looking for

White pc, yes?

[digital nebula]

yeah

[cyan ravine]

Give me 5-10

Brb

[digital nebula]

so what i havnt bought yet is the case the aio and whatever i may need or would have suggested

the aio is a guarantee like ik im gonna need that anything else can be like a maybe

[untold vessel]

Despite an eye-widening price, thoughts on this monitor? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096YNP6ZR?tag=rtings-mn-r-amazon-20&ie=UTF8&th=1

[cyan ravine]

Ok, how much are you a fan of returning things?

I changed a lot

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MgzfLs updated

[digital nebula]

havnt had any experience doing it

[cyan ravine]

Significant upgrade tho in cpu and gpu

[cyan ravine]

I would consider first and foremost returning case motherboard and psu

The rest I can work with

You also didn't have an ssd listed so I added a good one for gaming

[digital nebula]

the motherboard hasnt arrived and i would need to get a refund if it doesnt come. i bought a 1tb ssd from my job.

[cyan ravine]

Ah ok so we can factor out the ssd then

I'll mark it as purchased

But at the very least return those three

[digital nebula]

whats good about the phanteks case?

[cyan ravine]

It fits a 360 aio on top

And does just about everything you want for a lower price

O11 evo on the other hand has no fans, so it's not just, what, 189?

You gotta get fans too

[digital nebula]

it also includes 3 fans lmao

[cyan ravine]

No

The aio does

But o11 evo, I own one

Came with no fans

O11 mini's come with fans

But not the regular ones

[digital nebula]

no im talking about the case. the pictures on newegg say it comes with 3 fans

and i got three fans in the pc im using rn that i can take out

[cyan ravine]

Mine didn't come with fans

Lol

[digital nebula]

ill technically be trying to sell the parts that im using rn for a bit of money back

253 would be the total for the aio and the case itself

i mean im down to just order the case and the aio and see if the case comes with some fans if not then i can always order a few

[cyan ravine]

That's still significantly better

If you can take the cpu back as well as the motherboard (especially the motherboard, it's zero value for your specific cpu)

You'll gain a lot more in the budget

Psu as well, $20 more gets a tier A choice instead

And 100 more watts

These changes will get you up to a 4080 or XTX instead

Which is a good, 20-30% more fps?

It's well worth doing

We could also pick a cheaper cooler and go with the AK620 WH

Which is enough but will limit headroom on either chip

[cyan ravine]

It definitely doesn't come with fans, again, I own the exact case lol

O11's are known for not shipping with fans

[digital nebula]

im talking about the phanteks pc case

[cyan ravine]

Oh the phanteks does

Sorry

I was misreading the context ig

13600K tho, performs about the same as x3d in games, but also has an incredible amount more multi-core performance

[digital nebula]

youre good. also i can do something about the motherboard if it doesnt come but anything else id much rather keep ive had it sitting on my bed and what not for a while. its a major jump from what im getting as for fps rn so im happy no matter what

[cyan ravine]

Well we can work to x3d

But def motherboard and psu need to go back

Those are your 4080 money

Or rather, if not that, money well saved

[potent portal]

7800X3D comes next month

Just saying

[cyan ravine]

It does but mobo and ddr5 costs

Not to mention 3d tax

It'll have it's niche but I doubt it'll be close in adoption price to the zen 3 chip

Ok give me 5 minutes

[digital nebula]

so whats the point of not getting the motherboard i got, and the psu

i already have the psu and i understand that its not an 800 watt but its an 80+ gold with enough to even run what i need

[leaden raft]

Pc no work sad

[cyan ravine]

Motherboard is overkill for overclocking but your cpu chosen can't overclock, only undervolt, making it pointless.

The ram oc benefits of that board also don't benefit this specific cpu either

It's a board for the unhinged, not for X3D

[jagged ember]

If you enjoy ln2 cooling and spreading Vaseline all over your motherboard

It's for you

[digital nebula]

well im not too sure if ill ever OC if anything couldnt i just overclock the mobo and the gpu? im not super knowledgeable on that kind of stuff

[jagged ember]

Yeah you don't need that Mobo in any way shape or form lol

[cyan ravine]

The PSU I'm suggesting a known tier A with a lot of guaranteed safety features versus the tier C you've picked. You really want a better quality one for a high end card

[jagged ember]

It'll ensure your pc doesn't explode while you're gaming

[cyan ravine]

Granted a 4070Ti is low draw, we could go lower power

[jagged ember]

Spend more on a PSU and less on the Mobo with features you'll never use

[cyan ravine]

I'll put a 650W in this next list

[jagged ember]

That is the way

[cyan ravine]

This psu is actually cheaper and better from the same brand
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YfVwbK

[digital nebula]

ok so if the motherboard never comes in whats my mover for mobo?

[cyan ravine]

Return it

Return it and get the one I listed

[jagged ember]

Indeed

Literally just use his list

[cyan ravine]

Same black aesthetic, both have bios flash, both are functionally the same for you, one is 260$ cheaper lol

[jagged ember]

260 dollars cheaper?

On godd

[cyan ravine]

One doesn't have a little lcd but meh, there's much cheaper ways to get an lcd in your system, far less than 260$

[jagged ember]

7" lil LCD screen taped to the glass side panel

[cyan ravine]

Old phone stonks

[jagged ember]

Oh true

[cyan ravine]

Or a pi screen

[jagged ember]

Mmm

Yeah I like the pi screen idea

[cyan ravine]

Then you can even game on it 💀

[jagged ember]

Now if I could get my hands on one

[cyan ravine]

Amazon is great for those

$60?

Comes with screw mount points

[jagged ember]

That's pretty sick

[cyan ravine]

But tape works in the right places

[jagged ember]

But I'll probably just tape it yeah

[potent portal]

It's the pi you'll have trouble finding, screens are plentiful

[jagged ember]

Indeed

Pis are short supply

[cyan ravine]

But we shave a good few hundred dollars from the build without really giving up aesthetics, and will perform exactly the same

[digital nebula]

yeah i appreciate the help on suggesting the aio and stuff but i really dont feel the need to return items that ive already gotten and waited to use. even if it hasnt been taken out of the box. i can get a different mobo if needed when things go down with the mobo i already ordered and am waiting on

[cyan ravine]

If not faster if you trade up the GPU with the leftover budget

[cyan ravine]

I wouldn't use a tier C psu with an 800$ card

Just straight up

[jagged ember]

It's nearly a safety hazard

[cyan ravine]

Even if it has the wattage

[jagged ember]

Magic smoke

[cyan ravine]

We've seen people persist that way and have magic smoke yeah

[jagged ember]

Or just random shutdown due to transients

It happens, man

[digital nebula]

where are you seeing these tiers

[jagged ember]

If anything, swap the PSU and the mobo

[potent portal]

C tier probably won't smoke but will probably shut down or die completely

[cyan ravine]

It's also a 4070 Ti, which of all things will want a better psu with 12vhpwr involved

[jagged ember]

Yo I'm sure he sent the link to the PSU tier list

[cyan ravine]

I didn't

I'll get it

[jagged ember]

Oh

[potent portal]

It's pinned in #cases-psu-and-cooling

[cyan ravine]

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[jagged ember]

It do be in pins too

If you ever want to reference it

[potent portal]

Pinned here too, fun

[cyan ravine]

Cultists source from dozens of professional tear downs and reviews to create a known quality list of psu's with different levels of safety

[jagged ember]

They're awesome

[cyan ravine]

It's cited enough to be a qualified real source

[jagged ember]

Doing the work no one else does, quite literally

[cyan ravine]

More than what pcgamer or whatever would tell you

[jagged ember]

Lol absolutely

[cyan ravine]

They work on metrics of safety features, not what bronze silver or gold rating it has on the box

[potent portal]

Several of us here have spoken directly with the main author of the list too, he knows his stuff

[jagged ember]

The power supply is quiet, and uh it works under 20 minutes of testing

[cyan ravine]

Which are only efficiency measures, not safety

[jagged ember]

The metal ratings are kinda stupid ngl

[cyan ravine]

The guys at cultists look at and dissect psu's very regularly

[jagged ember]

Like ooh it's gold rated but is literally a bomb

[cyan ravine]

Every other day?

[cyan ravine]

Anyway, motherboard and psu I strongly suggest replacing with these. It'll save money and be known safer for your $800 gpu

[jagged ember]

When you install it you hear the cs:go "bomb has been planted"

[jagged ember]

I agree

If nothing else change those

[jagged ember]

@digital nebula

[digital nebula]

ill need to send a picture of my psu cause i may have accidentally chose the wrong one

[cyan ravine]

Go for it

You have picture perms now

[digital nebula]

thats what i got. idk where it is in the tier list but i dont think thats the c tier unless im just completely stupid

[obsidian wigeon]

looks like it's the b tier

[cyan ravine]

B tier is usable

I'll forgive b tier +100W

At the bare minimum absolutely do not use the dark hero

[digital nebula]

yeah i was like what did i do wrong lmao i looked and was like hold up thats not the right one

[cyan ravine]

Return it

The mobo

No matter what

That's 260$ wasted if you don't

That's a lot of money

[digital nebula]

ill see what i can do to get a refund on the shipment. i didnt mind that the board was overkill cause i like fps especially since im a cod player but if there is something better out there ill take that instead

especially since i ordered the dark hero on the 28th of december and the thing still hasnt arrived

[cyan ravine]

Interesting that it hasn't arrived

Call it a blessing in disguise

Ask for a refund yeah

Even if it turns up, straight up return it

It's a waste even keeping it, even if they don't give you back half the money (they never would do this) you'd still be better off lol

[potent portal]

It's not that the board is overkill, it's the exact same for you as a much cheaper board. Just extra overclocker features.

[digital nebula]

ill have to look at the list but i have a gigabyte b550 or 560 ac-y1 or whatever motherboard in my rig rn so would the b550 you suggested be better?

[cyan ravine]

5800X3D was designed to be dropped into almost whatever board and just work always the same way

[digital nebula]

especially since ik the bios sucks on my mobo rn

[cyan ravine]

The gigabyte b550 in your current rig

Give the name

That sounds even better than buying a new one at all

[potent portal]

Inb4 ds3h

[digital nebula]

its the gigabyte b550 or 560 ds3h ac-y1

[potent portal]

[cyan ravine]

550 or 560 lmao

[digital nebula]

i cant remember if its a b550 or a 560 is there a way to check?

[cyan ravine]

One's amd and one's intel

[digital nebula]

ok its the intel one cause my cpu is an intel

[potent portal]

Intel has pins on the socket

[cyan ravine]

Ok

[digital nebula]

unless im taking that the wrong way

[cyan ravine]

No u right

B560

[cyan ravine]

Yes the one I suggested makes more sense

[potent portal]

11th gen Intel, yeah probably worth upgrading

[digital nebula]

ok, idk how to refund the board so if i need to ill return it if it shows up. ill see what i can do. i kinda hate that im gonna have to wait longer. but ill probly order the new case and the aio tonight

[cyan ravine]

Which place you buy it?

[digital nebula]

amazon

[cyan ravine]

Just go to your orders

Then request cancellation of it right now

If they say they can't, you can request to return it either via My orders or by contacting CS directly

If it doesn't turn up CS will help you get a refund for a no arrival

I've done it plenty of times

[digital nebula]

yeah it wont let me refund until after the 13th

so if its a no show i can refun which was the plan in the first place if the board never showed up

[cyan ravine]

Go for it

[digital nebula]

yeah i have no updates on the board, it says the carrier is still waiting for the item. even though i got a message saying the shipping info was lost or something

but yeah ill just do what i can for now. plan is to get a refund if its a no show. other than that ill just have to deal with what i can

ill order the new case and aio

[cyan ravine]

I'm telling you mate don't cope with the mobo lol, absolutely refund it by any means necessary

They aren't going to deny you a refund

Especially if you try cancel it/contact them now and tell them you no longer want it

[earnest olive]

what mobo did he buy

[cyan ravine]

Dark hero

400

For X3D

[earnest olive]

ahh

mobo more expensive than cpu

[cyan ravine]

Mhm

Good intentions wrong cpu

It's understandable

[earnest olive]

honestly I'm not even sure who the dark hero is designed for

surely if you want to xoc you'd rather just get a 1dpc board

overkill vrms like that don't really matter on ryzen

it's just a weird board with no discernable use case

[digital nebula]

i mean i like overkill and wouldnt mind the overkill aspect but idk im only 19 i just go by what my parents tell me most of the time. they tell me to wait a bit ill just wait. ill tell them tomorrow that i want to refund if it doesnt ship

[earnest olive]

we don't mean overkill as in it'll be super amazing but more amazing than you need

[leaden mauve]

there's rarely a good reason for a regular consumer to spend more on a mobo than the CPU

[earnest olive]

we mean overkill as in the benefit over a much cheaper board will be 0.0000%

[leaden mauve]

unless the CPUs happen to be really cheap

x79 moment

[digital nebula]

well i got almost everything on sale. even the mobo was on sale i think

[earnest olive]

lol my z690 was still cheaper than my temporary i3

on sale doesn't mean good deal

[cyan ravine]

Especially because you're 19, it's worth you saving what you can

Even a dark hero on sale won't come close in price to that msi pro

[leaden mauve]

@digital nebula do you have a job?

[digital nebula]

yes

[analog pulsar]

[digital nebula]

im one for saving the money. first time trying to build a pc from scratch and if i can save a pretty penny im all for it. i asked around plenty of times and made sure that it was what i was actually looking for before ever even thinking about buying. thats why im here asking about an aio every other minute or what case i should get, because ik people are out there with more knowledge

[analog pulsar]

I bought my mobo on sale

[digital nebula]

so idk how long itll take for the money to go back into my account after refund. but with the 269 ill be spending for the case and aio, ill have 140 or so to spend on the mobo

[cyan ravine]

Sounds perfect

Then you'll get the refund in and be back 400 almost under budget

[digital nebula]

ill buy all that tomorrow then cause if i can get the refund itll be fine

[cyan ravine]

That's an excellent improvement

[digital nebula]

buy the case and what not tomorrow after refund and then order the mobo right after

[earnest olive]

I love it when people listen

it's a beautiful thing isn't it

[cyan ravine]

It truly is

And 400 is a lot for your age

That'll be weeks of work saved

You can stick that into a better monitor or keyboard or mouse

[digital nebula]

no i was refusing to do it because i like the mobo i bought and dont mind spending that much money but you guys gave a good reason so why wouldnt i listen

[earnest olive]

that's called listening

[cyan ravine]

Yes exactly

[earnest olive]

eventually anyways

[cyan ravine]

We know you love it and we are showing you the light

[digital nebula]

either way still kinda sucks but since the mobo hasnt even arrived i dont see any harm in the refund

[cyan ravine]

Amazon has always refunded me for a no show

No stress, you'll get your money back for sure

[digital nebula]

especially since i think the person i bought it from was a scam, i looked at the reviews after a while and they had reviews saying that they ordered it and the package never arrived but amazon came through with the cut and said thats not why it never showed up or whatever

[analog pulsar]

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-z690-aorus-ultra/p/13-145-344 i got this sexy boy for $239 bc 3rd party from Antonine and the z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR5 most expensive

[cyan ravine]

Ok that is a little sus, do you have the amazon article?

[digital nebula]

ive been annoyed by having to wait so long but sheesh good thing i did

article?

[cyan ravine]

Or webpage

[analog pulsar]

@earnest olive whats your mobo again and is it DDR5

[cyan ravine]

Sorry, article is an old school word lol

[earnest olive]

msi pro z690-a ddr4

[analog pulsar]

this one i seee

[digital nebula]

thats what im talking about

when you click on the digeco store front the thing doesnt even exist so it definitely was some kind of scam or something

besides that msi pro or whatever is actually sold by amazon and will be shipped by amazon

[cyan ravine]

Immediately seek a refund

[digital nebula]

ew the mobo doesnt come till the 27th or 26th

[cyan ravine]

That dark hero isn't coming

Just contact amazon now and get the refund

[analog pulsar]

[jagged ember]

You'll get your money back most likely

[cyan ravine]

You need that specific board because of bios flash otherwise I'd have picked a white one

[jagged ember]

Jeff Amazon besos is rich

[digital nebula]

thats kind of annoying

[cyan ravine]

Yes otherwise you're forking out for something uber expensive with no benefit again lol

[jagged ember]

That's on motherboard manufacturers making bios flash a niche

Absolutely stupid

[digital nebula]

man thats gonna annoy the crap out of me. unless i get another time where things get shipped and arrive early

[jagged ember]

Its so cheap and isn't difficult to implement lol

[cyan ravine]

Thankfully asrock seems to be changing that with new intel

Almost every single z board for z690 has flash

Which is

Just beautiful

I can look past everything else just on that alone

[digital nebula]

yeah i cant refund until 3 days max after the estimated delivery. so as soon as that happens ill refund

cause im sure it wont show

[jagged ember]

Sucks that's the case

[earnest olive]

bios flash should be a standard feature on every board

even boards that are end of socket life

[digital nebula]

ill just have to pray that the board comes quicker than the 27th

[potent portal]

I can't look past them enforcing Intel limits out of the box when literally no one else is

[cyan ravine]

Intel limits is better than no cpu detected

[digital nebula]

ok so refun when i can get the pc case and what not as soon as possible and bam pc is done. after the longest waiting period ever

[jagged ember]

Latest build pic build hurts my neck ngl

The ultrawide and monitor like 50 feet on top of it

[potent portal]

That reminds me, I need a new secondary monitor...

Goodwill hunting time

[analog pulsar]

ultra best monitor'

[digital nebula]

The annoying part is I'm having to move my psu gpu cpu and thermal paste from my bed to my chair everyday so I'm sure you could tell I'm ready to get rid of thag issue

[jagged ember]

Is there space to put em all in a box

Or somewhere else where it won't get in the way

Is not like you're gonna be using it until you have to build it

[digital nebula]

Nope. My closet can't hold that stuff and I don't have a box to put it in

And I'm definitely not putting it on the floor

[jagged ember]

If it's all in their boxes

Literally nothing will happen unless you huck them

Plus, killing components with static electricity is actually really difficult

[potent portal]

I stepped on a CPU box once. It was fine.

[jagged ember]

Electroboom and Linus tried their best

[potent portal]

I wasn't fine.

[jagged ember]

"Adult Legos"

[digital nebula]

Yeah no ill deal with it the way I've been dealing with it. Just gotta hope everything gets here and that I don't have to wait till the end of the month to make a pc

[jagged ember]

Fair is fair

You know what else is fair? My segues to our sponsor

Dbrand, who footed the bill for CES

[potent portal]

You know the rules
Dbrand requires a sacrifice of one tech tip now

[analog pulsar]

i throw a cpu box one

[potent portal]

Ok, tech tip, don't do that lol

[analog pulsar]

i was unloading trailer at work

[potent portal]

Well if you're going to count that I've thrown hundreds while sorting packages

[desert gulch]

What's the heaviest thing you can get shipped before they start using furniture dollies and stuff to move it

Like what's the borderline between picking it and and wheeling it

[potent portal]

When I worked at Amazon it was officially 40 lbs but they gave me 80 lb boxes once

[desert gulch]

Damn

[potent portal]

Literally 3 giant boxes of rocks

[analog pulsar]

lol

[desert gulch]

Do you enjoy the dog food/animal feed ones?

Because they're hella awkward and heavy lol

[potent portal]

If you're not prepared for those and the weight shifts it's hitting the ground

And likely spilling

[desert gulch]

That would explain it...

Like I have subscribe and save and whoever works at amazon will for some reason put dog food and liquid soap in the same box 💀

So when it shows up it's like a bomb exploded

[potent portal]

Don't be too hard on the boxers, they have a quota of 30 packages a minute

[desert gulch]

Oh yeah for sure

[analog pulsar]

i saw some APC come through warehouse as big as me

or bigger

[potent portal]

APC? Armored personnel carrier?

[desert gulch]

It was just a prank bro
The prank:

[analog pulsar]

ACP

UPS stufdf

[jagged ember]

You had it right the first time lol

[strong raft]

I like when I order 2 "separate" wiper blades & they arrive that way exactly 1 day after each other. Idc tbh, saving boxes. What's nice though is picking the $10 higher usps on the 3080 to be quicker, but we'll see..

[analog pulsar]

No 3080 for you I'll go steal it

I'll log into mainframe find your package and yeet it

Nevermind that's to much work

[strong raft]

Lose guaranteed $50ish on resell so figure I won't rush into that even if I prefer other models. Raining so much = inside & gaming.

[analog pulsar]

You don't game while it's sunny outside

[strong raft]

This time of year is just less work from the weather means extra gaming.

[analog pulsar]

You must game everyday let the game consume you

[bold prism]

Is anyone still awake to help me setup my new pc

Could some list all the drivers and stuff I need to download for a new pc. Like chipset and audio idk what else there is

[obsidian wigeon]

Look up your motherboard and grab drivers from there

[bold prism]

All of them necessary?

[obsidian wigeon]

Nah, only audio, chipset, and networking is important

[humble fossil]

hi

how to know is the motherboard support windows 11 ??

[mossy venture]

What motherboard is it

[humble fossil]

how to know

i will help someone to want to build a pc

[potent portal]

It needs to support tpm 1.2 at least, which means 8th gen Intel or second gen Ryzen minimum

"officially"™️

[fossil cedar]

Yeah when installing you can add a regkey to just override the tpm requirement

[leaden raft]

Anything I can do about a potentially bricked motherboard I don’t have a receipt for

[humble fossil]

good and cheap around 100$-200$

intel LGA 1700

[potent portal]

Bricked how? What model?

[leaden raft]

Not sure how, thought it was new bought it on Facebook marketplace(not the wisest i know) gigabyte b550i

Just tried to put together my new build last night no luck

[potent portal]

That board has flashback, might try using that to flash the latest bios

[strong raft]

5600 or 5700x or 5800x3d by chance? If so, possible factory bios just wasn't new enough. If not, then idk.

[upper condor]

While looking through my PSU cables I noticed something odd

I have two cpu cables, each 4 pin

But my board has 4 pin and a 2 pin

For the cpu slot

Do I need to buy more cables?

[desert gulch]

what board?

[upper condor]

Sorry, I figured it out

Just for extra OC :P

[dusky hearth]

Yes and no

Though

2 pin is strange

There isn't an eps 2 pin afaik

[upper condor]

I looked at the manual and it said I’d be fine idek

[teal reef]

I made a copy of windows 10 onto a boot drive and when i boot up my build it restarts and then the motherboard lights up with a cpu problem

Idk what to do to fix it

[potent portal]

Pretty sure they mean the 8 and 4 pin, just they only counted horizontal

[potent portal]

Clear CMOS and make sure the correct drive is at the top of the boot order

?cmos

[jolly river]

How to clear CMOS (works for AMD and Intel)
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025368/processors.html

[teal reef]

Im trying to boot from the copy on a desktop

[mossy venture]

what cpu and mobo

[potent portal]

You made a copy of Windows and you're trying to load it on a different computer? Is that right?

[teal reef]

Ryzen 7 5800x and msi b550 a pro

[teal reef]

Yes

[potent portal]

CPU light usually means something hardware isn't cooperating or the firmware isn't up to date enough for the CPU

[teal reef]

Do i need a newer bios or should i just start trying out other parts or something

It starts to boot but i then get a kernal error

[potent portal]

https://download.msi.com/bos_exe/mb/7C56vAB.zip

[feral citrus]

im trying to move my windows to another drive while keeping the original drive, what would be the easiest way to do that? i also want to completely wipe the pc so data doesnt matter

[teal reef]

Thanks ill try it

[potent portal]

Easiest way is to just take out the old drive, install windows on the new one, then put the old one back in and wipe it

The reason you don't want the old drive in when you install again is the windows installer might try to use your existing boot partition

[feral citrus]

👍what would be the easiest way to completely wipe the pc?

[potent portal]

Diskpart clean

[feral citrus]

command prompt?

[potent portal]

Unless you need the data shredded

Yep cmd

[feral citrus]

nah just wiping for new pc basically

[potent portal]

Specifically you'd do
diskpart List disk Select disk X Clean

X being the logical number of the drive on the list

Then you can close cmd and open disk management. Partition scheme gpt. Right click unallocated space, new simple volume.

[feral citrus]

so i make the thumb drive, unplug drive 1 that has windows, install on drive 2, plug drive 1 back in, and then wipe drive 2?

[potent portal]

You'd be wiping drive 1 but yeah

It might be a different number on the list

[feral citrus]

ah by bad after pluggin 1 back in also wipe 1 once back in

[potent portal]

Yes

[feral citrus]

after plugging the original drive back in will there be any errors that might happen since 2 copies of windows will be detected or will i be all good/

[potent portal]

If it doesn't do it automatically you can boot to the new drive through bios

[feral citrus]

gotcha

[upper condor]

Can someone help me I’m building and cables are confusing af 😭😭😭

I can’t find the front panel connector on my mobo

It’s the aorus b650 pro ax

I have the manual I just don’t know what these things mean

The one that says front panel, my front panel connector isn’t big enough for

Case is the Lancool 215 and I just can’t figure it out

[empty pollen]

10 is the ffrontal panel

F_Panel

look for the page in the manual for the 10

[upper condor]

Yeah but there’s nowhere else on the manual for the front panel that I can see

[feral citrus]

looks like you just have the usb cable which goes into its own spot, the front panel youre trying to plug into has its pins split into different sections for different things like led and power cable

[upper condor]

I found the thing that goes there basically

Why is f_panel not front panel 😢

[empty pollen]

there pal

[empty pollen]

this isnt your frontal panel, thats the usb 3.2

that one should go to 16

F_u32

[upper condor]

Ok sweet

New problem though it isnt there 😭😭😭

[empty pollen]

your frontal panel should be a plethora of 2 pin connectors

[upper condor]

I see the text that says it

[feral citrus]

it is to the side

[upper condor]

Is it not 4 pins?

Weird

[empty pollen]

ok easy

which cable first?

[upper condor]

Front panel?

[empty pollen]

photo

[upper condor]

Of the cable?

[empty pollen]

sorry the 3.2 is 16

wait

you sure you have the right manual?

[upper condor]

I think? I looked it up and it was right

Gimme a sec I’ll make sure

[feral citrus]

this should be where you plug this in

[empty pollen]

to me, this is the layout of your mobo

[empty pollen]

you are looking at the wrong manual pal

[upper condor]

I FOLLOWED THE QR CODE ON THE PAPER IT GAVE ME

Wow smh

[feral citrus]

im not your pal buddy

[empty pollen]

not you

agiraffe

[languid nimbus]

Are there multiple QR codes?

[feral citrus]

understandable

[empty pollen]

@upper condor check your mobo along the layout i just gave you

[empty pollen]

this one

[upper condor]

LMAO ok I got it

It sent me to the b560 page

God I should’ve read 😭😭

[empty pollen]

at least you asked here for help

🙂

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_b650-aorus-pro-ax_1101_e_221020.pdf?v=9dc8354775515d943766f0ee6fb4638e

here

thats your mobo

[upper condor]

Every time I’ve asked here you’ve been an amazing help

Thank you so much 😭😭🙏🙏🙏

[buoyant patrol]

I’m looking for a laptop 1k-1.5k any suggestions?

[upper condor]

@empty pollen my goat 😭🙏

I have a red vga light

But my gpu has lights and the fans are on

Nvm I just didn’t have my monitor plugged in

My case fans aren’t working though

[south cliff]

are they plugged in correctly

[upper condor]

I’m ngl I don’t know

The case has a splitter thingy

In the back

That has all the fans plugged into it

[south cliff]

check

[upper condor]

Is the case fans plugs the like 1 pin thing?

[south cliff]

show me

[upper condor]

These things?

They come from the hub in the back

[cyan ravine]

Zephyrus has been going on sale at best buy, something like a 3070 mobile for 1100?

If you see it, amazing buy, otherwise Tuf Gaming A15 2022

[south cliff]

you gotta plug those in into the front panel

[celest cove]

Can I get a review on this prebuilt please:
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Systems/CORSAIR-VENGEANCE-Series-Gaming-PC/p/CS-9050046-NA

[upper condor]

I did so and still no case fans

Which way do I plug it in?

With the words facing up or down

[south cliff]

top ones fa e up bottom ones face down

[upper condor]

So the letters on the top one face upwards, on the lower one face downwards?

Did that and still nothing

[south cliff]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9KrcsL this is what you could build the same thing but 500 dollars less but i dont know about the motherboard so you could possibly as about that

[south cliff]

are they polugged into the hub

[upper condor]

Yeah they are

I’ve triple checked all connections

This is my front panel

[south cliff]

do they show up in bios

[upper condor]

I’ll check that real quick

[south cliff]

they might just ot ramp up until a certian temp

[celest cove]

For the corsair one, is the cooling enough to support a 4080?

[south cliff]

yeah its should be enough because it has a massive heatsink

[celest cove]

Is the liquid cpu cooling done by itself?

Or do I have to refill it every so often?

[south cliff]

aio?

[celest cove]

Idk, I read that aio don't require maintenance but I don't know if the one in that build is

[south cliff]

they dont

[celest cove]

So I wouldn't need to do any sort of maintenance for it

[south cliff]

no it can last along time

like a long long time

[upper condor]

Now I’m getting red cpu light 😰

[south cliff]

gulp

[upper condor]

It did this when I started but then switched off

Could it be it’s just like booting?

[south cliff]

yeah

[upper condor]

Using the power button doesn’t turn it off and when I turn it off by my psu it insta turns on when I turn my psu on

Wtf man 😭😭😭

[mossy venture]

Are you sure you plugged the power button cable into the right place?

[upper condor]

I mean it was working before? I also tried using the power button on my mobo

Which didn’t work

Nothing working 😭😭😭

Should I uninstall my cpu and check pins?

No bent pins

Reinstalling ram now

Now it doesn’t even turn on

Sweet!

[feral citrus]

@fossil cedar you son of a

@fossil cedar you think you can trick me like this AND get away with it!?

[obsidian wigeon]

What did he even do?

[feral citrus]

He tells me that I can reuse my ram with a new mobo HE suggested

Well I get to taking apart my old pc and building my new one and wouldn't you guess what doesn't fit??

[weary galleon]

^

👀

[feral citrus]

😠

[weary galleon]

yeah ddr4 aint gonna fit in a ddr5 mobo

[feral citrus]

i now realize this

but i want pato to know he lied to me

[obsidian wigeon]

He didn't lie if he didn't know it wasn't a ddr4 board lol

It seems like no one noticed that it wasn't ddr5 board

Whoops

Welp if possible return the mobo

And make sure to get a ddr4 board

@feral citrus https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WQBG3C/gigabyte-z690-ud-ax-ddr4-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z690-ud-ax-ddr4

Get this if you can return the board you currently have

I made sure this is ddr4, even says on the name

[feral citrus]

eh ill just order some ddr5 ram ig

[obsidian wigeon]

imo i would return to save money, but up to you really

[feral citrus]

im fine with spending a few evtra bucks

[obsidian wigeon]

that few extra would be near $100 tho

or more if it's 32 gigs

[feral citrus]

yea its all good, ive got a full time job and i want a goodererer pc

[obsidian wigeon]

sorry that happened to you, but we're still humans after all

[feral citrus]

all good 👍 not mad about it actually glad that i get a reason to upgrade to ddr5 so it works out

[feral citrus]

so speaking of ram any suggestions for ddr5 ram?

[leaden mauve]

@earnest olive

why have there been so many discord invite bots lately

[earnest olive]

banned ty

[languid nimbus]

[leaden mauve]

#tech-deals-discussion

[earnest olive]

man im just trying to enjoy my game go away bots

[languid nimbus]

lmao sry

[strong raft]

This is totally worth $10 over the UD model imo. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pgKKHx/gigabyte-z690-aorus-elite-ax-ddr4-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z690-aorus-elite-ax-ddr4

[untold vessel]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BF5LKP5Q?maas=maas_adg_581864362267DF0EE2DE56A2F1551EF5_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas

Thoughts, folks?

[fossil cedar]

Lol i didn't lie i said you could reuse your ram on 13th gen which you can if you get a ddr4 motherboard

I picked a ddr5 motherboard by accident

Lol

[cyan ravine]

Oh no

Pattie boi

Did you pick the ddr5 pro-a

[cyan ravine]

Kingston fury 6000 c40 is usually a good bet

[fossil cedar]

I picked z790 ud ac without realising i picked the d5 version

[fossil cedar]

Sorry i spelt, i tricked him wrong

Cus someone buying the wrong product clearly benefits me

[cyan ravine]

Ripperoni

Sadge communication accidenterino

[fossil cedar]

It's spelt sabotage not accident /s

[cyan ravine]

Time to untechie urself

You've betrayed the corporation

https://tenor.com/view/will-smith-men-in-black-gif-4907321