building-and-recc-chat

[jagged ember]

🌽

[little osprey]

REAL

[manic cloak]

i’ve been to iowa once, but it was at this lake

pretty great

it was like a fair or something

[mossy venture]

ive been consumed by iowa

[manic cloak]

💀💀

[little osprey]

RAGBRAI is coming up here soon

Basically bikers ride across the state

It can be rough, sixty miles a day on average

But the food and music as well as other stuff is amazing

[stoic island]

Have you tried taking off the trench coat

[little osprey]

You will be consumed by corn

[stoic island]

I'm consuming corn

[little osprey]

Nom nom

[stoic island]

I'll out consume it

[mossy venture]

i did now

[little osprey]

Y'all would be surprised how much corn is just at one grain station

[mossy venture]

didn't help much

[manic cloak]

lol

[little osprey]

It's like a mini mountain

All for Ethanol too

[stoic island]

Pop it

Fry it in oil

[manic cloak]

wsp

oh man

it didn’t save

[mossy venture]

now I'm just puffier

[manic cloak]

there

[little osprey]

Nirvana actually played at a historical bar here in Iowa before they hit it big

[mossy venture]

your states biggest flex being nirvana playing at a bar is an L tbh

[little osprey]

I went to the same place as well to see a band I really like

All Them Witches

[little osprey]

The bar is historical for a lot of artists that've came

[stoic island]

Take it off of the cobb

[mossy venture]

im just messing with you

CT literally has nothing

[little osprey]

To be fair Iowa is a little bland compared to other states

But that goes for the most of the Midwest

[mossy venture]

so are like 15 states

basically all of the midwest and then new hampshire, vermont, connecticut and whatever other states no one lives in up here

[little osprey]

Yup

I think my cousin is out in Italy for some month long class that Iowa State University

It's a bit weird we have two universities that have Iowa in their name

But the divide is huge when it comes to sports

[manic cloak]

wait @mossy venture is the gigabyte monitor (from earlier) able to go over 144hz

[little osprey]

I have a 165Hz monitor but I don't feel it's anything special since it's 1080p

Still like it though, just needs cleaned

Forget how I'm supposed to do that

[mossy venture]

g27q

[manic cloak]

yes

[manic cloak]

same

[jagged ember]

Water

Wet the microfiber cloth

Wipe

After you clear the dust

[little osprey]

There's no dust

I hate to say it, but purely spit

[jagged ember]

Water and cloth

A little soap if water doesn't cut it

[little osprey]

@mossy venture, I think the B760 on Amazon is actually out of stock

Explains why the expected shipped date is so late

[mossy venture]

what mobo?

oh the aorus ax

what's the shipping date?

[little osprey]

All the way in July

[mossy venture]

ntb

[manic cloak]

it’s still in stock

[little osprey]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145421

[manic cloak]

also july is like 2 weeks

[little osprey]

This is just genuinely more appealing

[little osprey]

Two weeks for a single board seems like awhile TBF

[manic cloak]

hey, i waited 3 weeks for my ssd

cause it was ordered before christmas

got lost

and then reordered

[little osprey]

I don't like the idea of having multiple drives

Unless the drive is for a single specific thing like images or videos

[manic cloak]

i find it weird aswell

cause i’m maxing out on my 1 tb (like 460gb left) with the os drive on it

tbh i wanna get that p41 2tb but it’s not really needed for me since i have a 670p

[little osprey]

Yeah I've been fine on 1TB drive for a long while now

I still have almost 600GB left

[manic cloak]

damn

[manic cloak]

anyways uh.. is this able to get frames over 144hz or no? 😭

[mossy venture]

no clue

[little osprey]

https://www.amazon.com/B660M-AORUS-AX-DDR4-Motherboard/dp/B0BJ5SDGXK/ref=sr_1_1?

I think I'm just gonna go with this

DDR4 just seems cheaper

Also the black on it is more appealing than silver

[manic cloak]

you can spray paint it

plus tbh, I don’t stare at my motherboard and say “damn this is ugly”

[little osprey]

Meh, this build isn't gonna get any upgrades for a bit outside of many storage or GPU

It's designed to last me through high school but also so I can build a complete new one after

Plus I can actually allocate some money for a above average DDR4 kit

[rugged sparrow]

I bought two new sticks of ram for my computer and when I installed them in my computer my monitor wouldn’t get a signal so then I went back to my old ram sticks and the same thing happens

[little osprey]

Clear CMOS

Take out the CMOS battery and turn off the PSU

Let it sit for like five minutes

[rugged sparrow]

Should I try it with my old or new ram sticks in first?

[little osprey]

Just let the PC set turned off with a closed circuit and no CMOS battery for five minutes

Then put in the new RAM kit

Then put in the CMOS and switch the PSU back to an open circuit

If it doesn't work when you turn it on LMK

Make sure they're in the right slots as well if it's dual channel

[rugged sparrow]

Ok I will

Thank you

[manic cloak]

I realized that I can't even use a 6900xt without getting a 850w psu

cause my PSU (750w evga gt) only has 2 vga slots/8 pins.

[rugged sparrow]

@little osprey it still isn’t working

[little osprey]

Wold you mind telling me what board

As well as RAM kit (Old and new)

[rugged sparrow]

prime b450m for motherboard and Corsair Vengeance 2x16 3600 as the new kit

And some no name ram kit that came with the prebuilt

[manic cloak]

send images

of the old ram

cause i'm bored, but uh is your computer recieving power just no boot/display or is it not recieving power at all?

[rugged sparrow]

No boot or display

[little osprey]

So I got a pc off fb marketplace. Like $300. Ik I need to upgrade but Idk what I should upgrade to. If I should stick with Intel or go to AMD
It’s an i7-3770, gpu is Evga gtx 1060 6gb GDDR5X. The memory n motherboard suck.

I have an mATX, idk what that is that’s just what someone told it was. Also have a 460 cooler master psu

Boyfriend has extra pc parts if I need them.

Asus prime a320m-k motherboard
Ryzen 3 3300 X

[manic cloak]

is there any like light on the mobo that lights up?

idk if yours would but who knows

[little osprey]

No point in going AMD

You'd be changing entire platforms

Although that CPU is a bit oudated

[manic cloak]

whole platform is out dated lmao

[rugged sparrow]

No

It’s actually a b550m-k

[little osprey]

How outdated is it?

[little osprey]

I forget the socket off the top of my head

[little osprey]

Let me go check something RQ

kk

Ouch DDR3 and LGA1155

Let me go check the AMD stuff

Case is a mATX Mid tower if that helps

[manic cloak]

send a pc of the case

you could probably use it

[little osprey]

Clean looking build I must say

But yes use the 3300X

AM4 and utilizes DDR4 instead of DDR3 and a CPU from 2012

Damn

[little osprey]

You need wifi or do you use Ethernet?

ethernet

Then that board is fine

You might need a new CPU cooler assuming you don't have the mounting hardware for AM4

As well as a new RAM kit

But both of those together can easily be found for under $100

Sweet

Give me a second

[little osprey]

Do you mind if the RAM kit is used or would you prefer brand new?

Either works

Alright

@little osprey https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T637L7T?

CPU Cooler Non-RGB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LHBFPJ6
CPU Cooler RGB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LHLS4V4

[mossy venture]

could just use stock cooler

12100f/5500 are options

[little osprey]

Dunno if they have a stock cooler

[little osprey]

@mossy venture

[mossy venture]

ah

mb

[little osprey]

Currently they're on LGA1155 and I recomended moving to AM4 if the board and CPU are free

[mossy venture]

seconded

[little osprey]

Speaking of which I got my board ordered, but still gotta figure out a DDR4 kit

Or more so my brother did it for me since I got a loan from him

[mossy venture]

i mean best performing decent priced kit right now is this afaik, https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Rdstt6/mushkin-enhanced-redline-stiletto-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-cl16-memory-mrf4u360gkkp16gx2 but imo not really worth it over 3600c18 or 3200c16

Could look for a used kit of rev e or b die if you would oc

[little osprey]

Doesn't look half bad, just lacking RGB but if what @manic cloak said about the extra RGB bit conflicting with my Phantom Spirit is true that might just be the kit I'll get

[manic cloak]

imo it's not worth

there isn't much of a difference between ddr4 3200 and 3600

1% at 1080p if I recall

[little osprey]

It's 3600CL16

Not 3600CL18

[manic cloak]

not much of a difference probably, i mean faster than both of them but

i kinda estimate by like 3-5%

[little osprey]

Probably

[manic cloak]

also slovskii i’ll show you my pc rn

[mossy venture]

you plan to ram tune right slovskii?

[little osprey]

Possibly

Never done it before

I guess the 12600K would be a good place to start with

[little osprey]

Really packed in there, jeez

[manic cloak]

my case has a 160mm clearance for the cooler

and the fan has to be risen cause of the ram

the cooler/pa120 se stands at 155mm

the fan is about 1-2mm away from the glass.

[little osprey]

Jesus

Yeah looking at 3600CL16 kits they aren't too cheap compared to 3200CL16 or 3600CL18

[manic cloak]

mhm

what case do you have

or actually

resend that list

[little osprey]

I already got a G300A on hand for this build

[manic cloak]

ah alr hold on

you got clearance for the cpu fans

it’ll be around 4mm if you do raise the fans likely but otherwise you shouldn’t worry

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xQ7scf/kingston-fury-beast-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-rfbb14-32c16k232

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gtddnQ/kingston-fury-beast-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-kf432c16bb1k232

I got my eyes on this kit but unsure which is better

Offset by like $10 between them

[paper summit]

Yeah completely dif die lol

If youre going for 3600 c16 u might wanna just get bdie depending on the price

if u plan on oc

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Rdstt6/mushkin-enhanced-redline-stiletto-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-cl16-memory-mrf4u360gkkp16gx2

[paper summit]

Oh nvm then

b die would be like 30 more

for 32gb

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Y9QcCJ/kingston-fury-renegade-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-cl16-memory-kf436c16rb1k232

[paper summit]

Then bdie would be worth lol

but

[little osprey]

That's B die?

[paper summit]

no reason to buying that kit if the other one is the same for cheaper lol

[paper summit]

no

bdie is usually 3200/3600 c14

[little osprey]

Ouch

[paper summit]

I got my 16gb kit for 45

lol

but

[little osprey]

Those are 32GB kits

[paper summit]

Yeah

one sec

Wait

do u even plan on doing mem oc lol

[little osprey]

50/50

I wanna see how things turn out

[vague oracle]

Anyone got any clue, on why my PC won’t boot? It turns on and immediately off

It’s my 3700x rig

[paper summit]

https://www.newegg.com/team-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820331595?Description=3200 c14&cm_re=3200_c14-_-20-331-595-_-Product Damnit theyre out of stock 💀

[vague oracle]

Could having my bios flashed for 5000 series not allow compatibility with a 3700x? The board is an X470 Taichi

[stoic island]

Shouldn't

Only drops zen and zen+ iirc

[vague oracle]

Because I’m stumped rn

Cleared CMOS, reseated RAM/CPU

Debug Display shows nothing

Nvm, I’m just a complete moron

[little osprey]

What was wrong?

[vague oracle]

…I didn’t push in one of my ram sticks

[little osprey]

I'M DEAD

IS THAT LEGIT WHAT IT WAS?

[vague oracle]

Pushed in the top half, bottom half nothing

Maybe?

[little osprey]

MFW

[manic cloak]

bro didn't hear the :click:

[vague oracle]

Nvm, wasn’t the ram

[potent portal]

Usually not even this, just the APUs typically get dropped if anything. Who's using a first gen Ryzen APU anyway?

[vague oracle]

I give up at this point

Only thing it seems like is a bios but the guy I bought it from had a 5600x before me

[potent portal]

This is often a short circuit protection issue

Double check the pins and socket

[vague oracle]

Yeah I reseated the CPU already to check

…unless this PSU somehow has the same keying for PCie and CPU

They ain’t labeled

[potent portal]

Ok. I'm sure you've checked already but yeah I've seen PCIe plugged into EPS rather recently

[vague oracle]

Yeah I was there for that, that’s what just popped into my mind

[little osprey]

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP

[vague oracle]

6+2 is 100% PCIe right?

[potent portal]

yes

[little osprey]

I'm going insane trying to pick out a RAM kit

[potent portal]

For what cpu?

[little osprey]

12600K

B660 so DDR4

I just ordered the board

[vague oracle]

You going to overclock?

[potent portal]

This would be a good option https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y96KF5C

[little osprey]

Unsure, like I said depending on how things turn out

[potent portal]

4000 c18 should be an easy set and forget on a 12600k

[vague oracle]

4+4 is 100% EPS right?

[potent portal]

Yes

But check both ends of the cable too

[vague oracle]

Okay so it ain’t that then

[little osprey]

Been told about that, just the silver heat speader is what's making not want it

[vague oracle]

There’s only one end, non-modular PSU

[little osprey]

Though only 16GB

[potent portal]

Ripjaws then? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dqbTwP/gskill-ripjaws-v-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-4000-cl18-memory-f4-4000c18d-32gvk

[vague oracle]

I have the 64Gb version of that ram, it’s fine but Hynix die

[little osprey]

I'm gonna go mental

I don't get it anymore

Hynix for this, Samsung for that

Die this die that

[potent portal]

The die only matters if you're going to overclock

[vague oracle]

If you want the possibility of being able to OC well, then you care about die

If you don’t, then anything is fine

[little osprey]

I mean it's not a priority, would be nice however if I was given the opportunity

[potent portal]

95% of the time people want to just toggle XMP on and call it good

[little osprey]

I mean is tuning difficult by any means?

[potent portal]

Is that opportunity worth spending more money to have?

[vague oracle]

Nope, just time consuming

[little osprey]

If the results are good I'd say so

But I'm not the brightest when it comes to overclocking anything at all

So it'd purely be for learning

[potent portal]

It won't be as good results as getting a DDR5 set would be

[vague oracle]

DDR5 is great because A-die kits are so cheap

[potent portal]

By the time you've spent the extra $40 on a good overclocking DDR4 kit you've spent more than you would have on a DDR5 motherboard and memory

[vague oracle]

^

Very solid OC kit of DDR5 is like $80ish, motherboard like $200ish

[little osprey]

Yeah you got a point there

[little osprey]

I had my eyes on these initially

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xQ7scf/kingston-fury-beast-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-rfbb14-32c16k232
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2NGhP6/kingston-fury-beast-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-cl18-memory-rfbb4-36c18k232

Unsure if the extra $10 is worth the 3600CL18 over 3200CL16

[potent portal]

Those are likely poor overclockers

And the extra isn't really worth it on intel

[little osprey]

Oh, no those are assuming I just turn on XMP and call it a day

[vague oracle]

Then they’re fine for that

There’s a 32Gb silicon power kit for cheaper, give me a sec

[little osprey]

I really don't wanna take a gamble with Silicon Power again

Got an SSD from them and that was DOA

As well as the RAM kit I got from them died on me as well

Have yet to actually get to sending that back

I'm throwing the towel

@potent portal https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y96KF5C

This is fine for overclocking, yes?

I can't be picky on a budget I've just realized

[potent portal]

Yeah they should be decent enough

Depending on luck partially

But the advantage of getting a 4000+ kit is it narrows down the number of dies you could get

[little osprey]

Alright whatever I'll take the gamble

[potent portal]

Red is an option too if you didn't want grey https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y94D51C

[little osprey]

Blackout was what I was trying to go for

So red would really kill that

[potent portal]

Couple bucks more gets you black, and a solid lifetime warranty

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RV2NXy

[little osprey]

Eh the logo sticker really throws me off

[potent portal]

Cover it

[little osprey]

I can't be bothered to think about this anymore

It's driving me insane

[paper summit]

me touching my ram every week

[vague oracle]

Me wanting to throw my ram through a window

[paper summit]

Fr

[manic cloak]

@little osprey

your practically 6-9$ away from ddr5

issue is, the b760 aorus went back up to 169.99$

your literally a few bucks off for a 32gb kit of ddr5 😭

[little osprey]

Yeah unfortunately

[potent portal]

Memory prices wildin

[little osprey]

I do have one so I should be good on that! So is it just the new ram I need? Everything else is good to go?

[little osprey]

Storage possibly, but outside of that nothing comes to mind

Just moving from LGA1155/DDR3 to AM4/DDR4

If you don’t have any thermal paste for installing the CPU cooler I’d recommend Arctic MX-4 just because of how relatively cheap it is

Okay sounds good! Thanks for the help

[mossy venture]

Cooler should come with some

[little osprey]

On pcpp it tells me this "The Asus PRIME A320M-K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard supports the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor with BIOS version 5007. If the motherboard is using an older BIOS version, upgrading the BIOS will be necessary to support the CPU."

[little osprey]

It'll be fine

Lemmie go check if it can do a BIOS flash just in case

Not the end of the world if not

can't i just upgrade that motherboard to something else that might be better?

at least a little bit better

There's nothing wrong with that board

[potent portal]

The board does not have flashback so in the event you need to upgrade the bios you'd need an older CPU

Whether it needs that update will depend on how long it's been sitting on that shelf

[little osprey]

If the 3300X was running on it before it'll be fine

[little osprey]

ik but just incase i can get something a little bit better than what i have rn i wanna go for it for the time being

[potent portal]

If it was fine before then it's fine now yeah

[little osprey]

It's really not gonna change anything

I would just use the given board

okay

[mossy venture]

A520m plus wifi would be a good choice if required

$90 for a board that can run a 5800x3d later on whenever you have the chance to upgrade

[little osprey]

Can a 3300X even run on that?

[mossy venture]

But I agree with slovskii

Yes

[little osprey]

Hmm, I was mistaken

[mossy venture]

Any am4 chip could I believe

[potent portal]

On A520? Any fairly recent one at least

Zen and Zen+ would be iffy

[little osprey]

I think it was the generational difference that threw me off and made me think that

What architecture is 3300X?

[potent portal]

Zen 2

[little osprey]

Hm

NVM

whats zen

CPU architecture

[potent portal]

It's a codename for Ryzen generations

[little osprey]

ah

Similar to Sandy Bridge and such for Intel

[obsidian wigeon]

3300x is same arch as 3600

[little osprey]

didn't know, cool

[obsidian wigeon]

I don't see it wouldn't run on A520

[little osprey]

No point in spending the money though in my personal opinion

no youre right

Just wanted to see

Sure sure

My psu was fine?

What is the PSU?

460 coolermaster

[obsidian wigeon]

Sounds kinda like fire hazard

[little osprey]

what

[obsidian wigeon]

What's the exact model of that cooler master psu do you have?

[potent portal]

If you can, get a picture of the label that shows the model and power stats

[little osprey]

PSU's have ratings

Some tend to be more faulty and a bigger hazard than others

that?

Mhm

[obsidian wigeon]

That's

Yeah no, that's a crap psu

[little osprey]

Hmmmmm

I mean there's probably a C or B tier PSU used for a reasonable price

[obsidian wigeon]

Or get new tbh, they're not too expensive

[little osprey]

Whats a good brand for psu?

[potent portal]

Every brand has good and bad in general https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[obsidian wigeon]

Don't stick with a brand, follow the tier list

Get at least C tier

[mossy venture]

Gx2 600w for low end rn

Or apevia prestige if it's in stock

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pG6qqs/thermaltake-toughpower-gx2-600-w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-ps-tpd-0600nnfagu-2

apevia costs the same but i'd rather get gx2

[little osprey]

🤔

[obsidian wigeon]

has free mousepad if you buy from newegg

[little osprey]

oh cool

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qv3mP6/fsp-group-hydro-g-pro-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-hg2-750

This is for A-tier unit

85.99

[little osprey]

jesus

[obsidian wigeon]

Attributes of a-tier psu is silent fan, high quality components and everything

[little osprey]

boyfriend has a psu

[obsidian wigeon]

But c-tier is fine

[mossy venture]

What's the model?

[little osprey]

let me get the name

[mossy venture]

There's some that are just a little explodey

[obsidian wigeon]

If that one is good we'll just use it

[little osprey]

evgs 600 gold 80+

evga*

[mossy venture]

Do you know the model?

Like bq, gd, w1, g6, etc

[little osprey]

gd

[little osprey]

OOOOOOOH

thats what he said

THAT'S STILL $85

[mossy venture]

Gd is OK I think

[obsidian wigeon]

GD is ok

[mossy venture]

Should be fine

[obsidian wigeon]

Depends on which model year it is tho

[mossy venture]

As long as he has cables and all that I'd go for it

[little osprey]

he don't know

[obsidian wigeon]

Look at manufacturing date

[little osprey]

hes gonns try n look tho

[obsidian wigeon]

Should be labeled on the psu

[potent portal]

GD would be at least a C tier, maybe B

[obsidian wigeon]

ye

B tier for 2017 GD

2019 one is C tier

[little osprey]

he has a photo of it but its too bright or its a too dark of a photo lol but he said he'll look when he gets home

[obsidian wigeon]

Either way shouldn't be a worry if it's not older than 2017

[little osprey]

He is selliung it butttt he'll prolly give it to me

he said its not older thna 2017

[obsidian wigeon]

2017 model is the desirable one, but newer is perfectly usable too

[mossy venture]

Oh nvm fake seller

Ignore me

[obsidian wigeon]

rip

[little osprey]

so take his power supply?

[mossy venture]

Yeah

[little osprey]

okay

He wants to give me his GPU its an MSI RX 6600 XT

[obsidian wigeon]

That's nice

That along with his psu will be good

[little osprey]

Okie

[obsidian wigeon]

Which current gpu do you have?

[little osprey]

evga gtx 1060 GGDR5X

6gb

[obsidian wigeon]

I want to know cause you'll have to uninstall its drivers before swapping to the 6600xt if it's Nvidia

[little osprey]

His its 8gb

is*

[obsidian wigeon]

Ah, then do make sure to uninstall gpu drivers

[little osprey]

How to do that

[obsidian wigeon]

You can do that with DDU, it's a tool

?ddu

[jolly river]

DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) Guide by Pato
https://github.com/NeweggTechie/Graphics-cards/wiki/How-to-use-DDU

[obsidian wigeon]

Take a read of this and follow through when you're in the process of upgrading gpu

[little osprey]

kayy

[obsidian wigeon]

https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/amd-radeon-6000-series/amd-radeon-6600-series/amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt

Then download and install drivers for the 6600xt from here

[unborn mesa]

Is there a performance decrease if i use my 2nd x16 pcie slot for my gpu?

[cyan ravine]

Depends on the motherboard and gpu

Some boards support bifurcation (splitting of the lanes down to the second slot of the mobo from the cpu) and let you run x8

Those that don't....I believe run off the chipset?(???) Hella slow

I'd double check this but quite busy rn sorry

[unborn mesa]

Nah your fine

I just wanna run a hyper m.2 card and for it to recognize all 4 m.2 drives it has to be on the first lane

[unborn mesa]

B550 f gaming 1 and a 4080

[manic cloak]

how good is the h115i 280mm?

75$ on fbm, no fans though

[mighty lantern]

I’ve got one, temps with my 12700kf are pretty great, ~30-35c idle and usually during gaming 60-65c max. I haven’t really adjusted fan curves much tho

Haven’t had any problems with the pump yet, it’s been 7-8 months of use

[mossy venture]

Can get the ek 280 for $94, which is better and will come with fans

[potent portal]

Your second x16 slot is only wired for 3.0 x4 so it'll hurt GPU performance a lot

[unborn mesa]

Any idea what motherboard would work so it dont loose performance

[potent portal]

I'll first check if the 4080 loses anything at 3.0 x16

I know the 4090 can

[warm crescent]

need some one to send me a build for around 1500 to 2000 wqant it ti run my games smoothly

[potent portal]

Seems like 3.0 x16 is fine. Margin of error difference.

[unborn mesa]

Thx

[potent portal]

This one can run both of the reinforced PCIe slots at 4.0 x8 so if your expansion card is 4.0 it would work.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zfMTwP/asus-strix-b550-xe-gaming-wifi-atx-am4-motherboard-strix-b550-xe-gaming-wifi

[unborn mesa]

Its the asus hyper m.2 gen 2 or sum like that

[potent portal]

V2? Looks to be 3.0

[unborn mesa]

Nah let me find it

Mightve been gen 4

https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/hyper-m-2-x16-gen-4-card/

This one

[potent portal]

Weird the embed got the wrong product lol

4.0 x8 should be plenty of bandwidth for that

[unborn mesa]

Lmao i saw that

[unborn mesa]

They have a compatibility sheet for how many ssds itll show

[potent portal]

I don't see a compatibility sheet anywhere

[potent portal]

Is there anything special you need, like wifi?

[unborn mesa]

Ill find it and @ you when i do

[potent portal]

Well here's what I got so far. I can make adjustments as needed. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DvPW2m

[unborn mesa]

Actually that motherboard would work perfectly ngl

[potent portal]

That's almost the best that money can buy right now

[mighty lantern]

Got to start testing some games, I want to confirm if this is just coil whine?

[little osprey]

@manic cloak, you weren't lying about the RGB RAM interfering with the cooler

Had to move the fans behind the towers

[potent portal]

Yep textbook coil whine

[mighty lantern]

Cool. I can ignore it with my headphones on, so shouldn’t be a problem then?

[potent portal]

Correct, no problem

[mighty lantern]

Awesome thanks! Good to know everything’s working fine

[little osprey]

Yeah, if the coil whine didn't exist on my CX650M it'd be a B tier

But unfortunately C tier because of that

But whatever, same case as you and I don't hear it

[mighty lantern]

Yeah, it’s definitely much less noticeable with the case panel on for sure

Gotta do some tweaking with RDR2 because it doesn’t seem to like the new gpu

[potent portal]

If that's after a GPU upgrade and not a fresh computer then try running DDU

?ddu

[jolly river]

DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) Guide by Pato
https://github.com/NeweggTechie/Graphics-cards/wiki/How-to-use-DDU

[potent portal]

If you went from an AMD card to an AMD card then just use the "clean install" option and reinstall the drivers

[mighty lantern]

I did do a DDU before I swapped from my previous gpu and fresh installed the new drivers after swapping

[potent portal]

Ah good then

[mighty lantern]

I’ll try reinstalling them next time I get a chance though. If that doesn’t work I’ll reinstall RDR2

Other games seemed to work fine, though, Forza 4 went through max settings benchmark no problem and Elden ring stayed locked at 60fps on max

[potent portal]

Elden ring is 60 fps locked by the engine iirc

[mighty lantern]

Yeah, just wanted to make sure it actually did.

With the old gpu it would have frame drops at max 1440p so I never had it beyond high

When I have time I’m gonna check if maybe RDR2 files have a previous config file saved in there to see if removing it works

[icy jasper]

asking for a friend, $900 budget with work and editing in mind and a little bit of gaming

[vague oracle]

I put this together for just under $900, opinions? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gdDvzf

[cyan ravine]

Like this
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BYNVrD

The board you picked is one of the few boards that are a hard miss

[vague oracle]

Oh 7600 has a stock cooler?

[cyan ravine]

Mhm

[vague oracle]

Really? Wasn’t it you that was saying HDV A620 is fine?

[cyan ravine]

I said b650m hdv is fine

[vague oracle]

Ohhhh

[cyan ravine]

And most a620's

💀

[vague oracle]

Guess everything can’t be nice

[cyan ravine]

It's 7 more dollars

And you get a completely bulletproof system

It can be nice with 1% more

[vague oracle]

Just took my 7900xtx out of my PC

Driving to MC to exchange it

[cyan ravine]

You should block a merc 310

Best card

[earnest olive]

why are you exchanging it?

[vague oracle]

If MC has a merc310 and a waterblock for it, sure

[vague oracle]

HORRIBLE vram

Like can’t break 2700 MHz bad

[cyan ravine]

🗿

Probably why it was open box

[vague oracle]

It wasn’t open box

Went to a different micro center because the open box 7900xtx still had liquid in it

Spend the extra to get a new one

[earnest olive]

surprised they let you exchange that

[vague oracle]

It’s microcenter, no questions asked at all

[cyan ravine]

Wait wha

[vague oracle]

Also still within 30 day return policy

[cyan ravine]

That should be expected

[vague oracle]

You’d be surprised

Some people buy waterblocked card not knowing you need a loop

[cyan ravine]

??

No like, you should expect water in an open box waterblock

Otherwise they'd sell it new

[vague oracle]

They won’t sell it new if it’s opened

[icy jasper]

any laptops to recommend for $900? for work and light editing and a bit of gaming

thinking of nitro 5

[manic cloak]

told ya, they aren’t rgb so don’t worry about the fans lol

[icy jasper]

please anyone lol

[unborn mesa]

is this too much?

[dusty cedar]

i like how e is labeled as spare like there isn't 14tb of storage there or something

"spare"

[potent portal]

It's also the most full

[manic cloak]

what do you even keep on there?

[manic cloak]

what country

[icy jasper]

filipen

philippines

[paper summit]

[obsidian wigeon]

nitro 5, hp victus, dell g15, lenovo legion and ideapad gaming

look for those ones

especially for ones with amd cpu

any of these with best specs for the value

there's also asus tuf, don't forget that

all of these with at least zen 2 cpu from amd will be very good

[icy jasper]

awesome, thanks very much

[obsidian wigeon]

alternatively you can go with 11th gen intel and above

worse batt life tho

[cyan ravine]

@icy jasper tuf dash f15 tends to be decent value in PH

It's alright

[obsidian wigeon]

i wish asus made a tuf dash a15 lol

zeph body, tuf price

[cyan ravine]

The less it has to do with zeph the better 💀

[icy jasper]

it's for a friend but I'm gonna be in college in 2 years so I'll start saving now

I'll consider these too but maybe there's better deals in the future

[cyan ravine]

Pretty sure you can land a 3060 lappy for 900usd there

Tuf dash f15 is my first guess

[icy jasper]

yup

[cyan ravine]

That's like

80k php

[lone flame]

think I am actually going to buckle down and order the parts and try and build this thing. is there any other parts I'd need like extra cable extensions/zipties or anything? any parts changed, i'd like to keep it under 1k

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RFqQ8r

[cyan ravine]

I remember a friend who got a 3060 tuf there for 56K php

[icy jasper]

oh dang what

that's great

[cyan ravine]

Ya

I have a few PH friends

Just search for the best value laptop with the best gpu for the price

[icy jasper]

we usually do get a lot of things here that are lower priced

[cyan ravine]

Laptops are worth more there than desktops for value for money

Building a desktop there is just horrible 💀

[icy jasper]

same with rubiks cubes which i just started playing around with lol

[cyan ravine]

Covid prices

[icy jasper]

lmao exactly my pc

[obsidian wigeon]

Same for thailand tbh

Building a new pc is horrible value here

Tho used gpus are so goddamn cheap

[cyan ravine]

But yeah best gpu for the price. Model and cpu are a bit secondary in this case

[obsidian wigeon]

$300 6800

[icy jasper]

$1000 (at the time) 1050ti r5 2400g 2x8 2666mhz and a b350 mobo and no rating power supply

[cyan ravine]

There's not a lot of options

Oh god

White psu

[icy jasper]

not even joking

[cyan ravine]

[icy jasper]

i like my new case tho i bought it for myself after moving houses

oh I can't send pictures yet, new acc

[cyan ravine]

Heh all good

If you keep talking you'll get picture perms soon

[lone flame]

@cyan ravine

[cyan ravine]

Looks good tbh

Go for it

Upgrade the ssd to 2tb cos you needed that ye?

So like this
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/H4V8W4

Looks good 👍

[lone flame]

what can I add to make it more white/white accents

Like white cables?

[cyan ravine]

Yeah, asiahorse or ez-diy fab

They have white cable extensions

At that point it's really white

Hold on, I'll see if I can add more

@lone flame i was only able to really change the ram while keeping it still reasonable

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VRxvzf

[lone flame]

The ram has rgb on it? That’s awesome

What else should I have for the build? Cable extensions? Zip ties?

[cyan ravine]

Cable extensions from asiahorse or ez-diy fab

If you're not afraid of taking apart the gpu, you could paint the shroud

Then everything is totally white

Or you could go up to the $500 asrock pg 6800xt, which is black/white

$20 spray can, 6-8 coats

Plastidip for non-permanent (has a weird finish but still good) or regular acrylic for otherwise

Metal paints for metal too

[lone flame]

I’m not comfortable with painting stuff for my first build

Since that will also void any warranties if things go south

[cyan ravine]

Plastidip is non-permanent

You can peel it off and it's like new again

💀

It's weird stuff, spray on rubber basically

But it's a white coating

[lone flame]

I will consider it

How do I install windows and drivers and stuff on it

Ik I need a key

Where should I get it from

[cyan ravine]

You need an 8gb usb stick

And you download windows on another pc

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

Then you create media onto the usb

Plug it into the pc and it'll give you the option to boot

Make sure you enable xmp in the bios

Before you boot to the windows install

Then when windows is done go here
https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/A620M Pro RS WiFi/index.asp#Download

That'll give you all the downloads for drivers

Then you can download rgb software like polysync or openrgb

Install games

Malwarebytes (antivirus) etc etc

This video (albeit long) should have all the answers

https://youtu.be/BL4DCEp7blY

[lone flame]

That’s a ton of info that I will ask again once I get closer to that step

Thank you for the help

[cyan ravine]

Np

[potent portal]

No you don't

There's really no need to activate windows

[runic spruce]

Only downside is that u can’t change the wallpaper and you’ll have a watermark

But if u restart after booting the watermark goes away sometimes

Btw I wouldn’t do any of those yt tutorials to change the background or remove the watermark, disables antivirus

[potent portal]

You can change the wallpaper, you just can't use the personalization menu

Right click any picture, set as background. Want a slideshow? Wallpaper engine.

[little osprey]

Is $350-$400 a reasonable price to sell my current PC for?

My friend’s sister apparently needs a new PC since hers is from like 2007

I got a 12100F, Phantom Spirit, DS3H, 5700, 16GB 3600CL18, 1TB 980, P300A, and CX650M running

Which I’m assuming is fine for Minecraft and the other less demanding games she plays

[obsidian wigeon]

That's reasonable yeah

[little osprey]

I wanna cut her a deal since she's a friend, but also don't wanna sell it for dirt cheap

Is $350 a good spot for that?

[obsidian wigeon]

Look I sold my pc with worse gpu for 400 and got away with it

Granted I had to give monitor too

But tbh $400 for it is what I'd do without feeling like I lose money lol

[little osprey]

I think I'll do $350 since she's a friend

[obsidian wigeon]

Fair enough

[urban oyster]

@paper summit

[paper summit]

It's gorgeous

💀

[tidal moth]

@paper summit

What

[mossy citrus]

[paper summit]

Chicken butt

[leaden mauve]

Did you buy what I think you did...

[mighty lantern]

Update on the GPU swap issue with RDR2: deleting settings config folder and reapplying settings worked. Ran just fine afterward

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/563858228631568394/1122182017543569449/image.png

Can also actually play 2077 with ray tracing on without the gpu wanting to explode

[urban oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-peter-griffin-family-guy-peter-perhaps-peter-perhaps-gif-24813812

[leaden mauve]

Remember when I strongly suggested not buying the Chinese board because there's literally no reason to

Crazy how people keep ignoring my advice

2696v3 is a better as well as cheaper iirc

Cool system though

Looks clean

[unborn mesa]

All my steam games are on that one

[little osprey]

@little osprey hey do you remember the motherboard I have? Do you think the Evga psu would work on it? Unfortunately the cpu fan doesn’t work with the asus motherboard so I have to wait to get it

I feel like I’m missing some parts of the psu on the motherboard rn

[little osprey]

Certain sockets have certain mountings depending on the cooler

The new motherboard

Stock coolers for either Intel or AMD don't work for each other

Mine is more square

That's normal

Just a different form factor

M-ATX

@little osprey, would you mind showing me what cooler you were trying to use on the AMD motherboard and CPU?

That one

[little osprey]

Do you have the AM4 mountings for it?

No

I don’t think so

[little osprey]

That's probably why

It's set up for LGA1155 right now and if you don't have the AM4 mountings for the cooler you'll either need to get the mountings for that specific cooler or get a new cooler

Get a new cooler

[little osprey]

Do you want RGB on it or no?

Sure

[little osprey]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LHLS4V4

This'll be fine for a 3300X

Bet, thank you!

NP

Hold up I have mounts

These right?

[little osprey]

Yes those will work if you have a CPU cooler that uses clips

Okay

[manic cloak]

does it make any difference on how many 8 pin slots a graphic card has

like I see the powercolor hellhound 7900xtx with only 2, yet cards like asrock or powercolor red devil have 3

[mighty lantern]

Virtually no difference, unless you want to do overclocking. Just make sure if it’s got 3 they’re all plugged in

[manic cloak]

i see, so 0 difference if I oc'd on a 6800xt with 3 pins and one with 2 pins?

[mighty lantern]

The ones with 3 slots will allow for higher power draw when overclocking, otherwise the 2 8-pin slots is enough even for the 7900XTX

[little osprey]

https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-vgpukt-02-black/p/N82E16811984028

Is $45 reasonable for a Phanteks vertical GPU mount?

[unborn mesa]

is this bad?

[paper summit]

💀

[unborn mesa]

lmaoo

average fps over all was 216

[paper summit]

I mean

Thats still really good fps but

[unborn mesa]

not terrible fps but the bottleneck is crazy

[paper summit]

What res are u playing at?

[unborn mesa]

no idea tbh i got dlss on

[paper summit]

OH

Turn that off

[unborn mesa]

monitor is a 2560 x 1440

[paper summit]

Why would u want that in an fps game anyway

Try without it

[unborn mesa]

ah its my first time playing it on this new drive so all the settings were already changed

[unborn mesa]

down to 30-70 fps

[paper summit]

Bruh

Gotta be something up Because my 6700xt was at a steady 100 at 1440p

Doesn't seem right

[unborn mesa]

i am running two monitors at 1440-

my 6900xt was decent on wz1

@paper summit

[paper summit]

Warzone does love amd lol

[unborn mesa]

that it does

i got that 6900xt in the pc my brother is using and it runs fine

its fine tho i limit my game to 120 fps and so is my monitor

[limber widget]

Hey maybe someone here can help me? I installed a new cpu today and now my PC will power on and light up but no beeps, nothing boots, and I can't power it back off unless I flip the main psu switch. Anyone know why this might be?

[little osprey]

CPU and board?

[limber widget]

Aorus b450 elite and ryzen 7 5700x

[little osprey]

5700X the new chip you tried putting in?

[limber widget]

Correct

[little osprey]

What were you running before?

[limber widget]

A ryzen 5 not sure which gen ><

[little osprey]

Hmmm

I wanna say you need a BIOS update

If the chip you had in there was a generation or so older

[limber widget]

How can I do that if it won't boot up?

If I put the old chip bank in can I update the bios?

[little osprey]

That

Or I would check if you can do a BIOS flash

Just shove the file onto a USB stick and name it to whatever it's supposed to be

That is if your board allows a BIOS flash

[mossy venture]

Yeah what Slovskii said

The aorus elite b450 doesn't have q-flash

[little osprey]

@limber widget, go ahead and toss in the old chip, check if that boots

If it does let me know and I'll grab you the link for the BIOS files

[limber widget]

Okay I had put the old chip.back in already lol I'm all booted up now

[limber widget]

Kay I should be good to go

[little osprey]

Alright give me a second

@limber widget https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-ELITE-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios

Go ahead and download this one

Get a flashdrive and make sure nothing else is on it

Then put what you just downloaded onto there

Then you'll wanna reboot into the BIOS

Then from there you'll wanna navigate to BIOS flash or BIOS update

Whatever it's called, then it should show your USB flash drive

Then select the BIOS file you downloaded onto that USB flash drive

Then from there it should do the rest

[limber widget]

Okay great thank you so much! I'll let you know what happens

[little osprey]

👍

[coarse coral]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[limber widget]

I'm at the update bios screen but I don't see my flash drive... I was probably supposed to unzip those files though

[little osprey]

Yeah

Sorry probably should've mentioned that

My bad

[limber widget]

That's okay! So I did that and I'm back in my bios. There is q flash option

[little osprey]

Yup

Go ahead and do that

[limber widget]

I went there and selected update bios and now I have this screen

I don't see the flash drive in the dropdown at the bottom

I've got these options

And then two more E: unknown device

But anything I select it says can't read file

[little osprey]

Hmmmm

[little osprey]

None of the drives are showing any files?

[limber widget]

They are

[limber widget]

This is what I want?

[little osprey]

Yup

[limber widget]

Bios ID check error

[little osprey]

What drive is that on?

[limber widget]

It's on the a:

It started to do something but got that error

[little osprey]

I'm trying to think what could be wrong

Hmmmm

[limber widget]

So I maybe need the new chip in to do this?

Do*

[obsidian wigeon]

You need to unzip the file you downloaded

And pull the .rom file out

[little osprey]

No, the entire reason were trying this is to see if the BIOS is the issue and it just isn't supporting your new chip

[obsidian wigeon]

Hm

[little osprey]

@limber widget, is the file still in the folder?

When you unzipped it

[limber widget]

Yes?

Lol

[little osprey]

Take that out

Put ONLY the file on the flash drive

[limber widget]

Which file?

[obsidian wigeon]

.rom

[little osprey]

Okay, so you know how you unzipped the download?

It creates a folder with the file inside

[limber widget]

Right

[little osprey]

Take that specific file out and put it on the drive

[limber widget]

The .ROM file?

[obsidian wigeon]

yes

[little osprey]

Make sure that's the only thing on the flash drive as well

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[limber widget]

Okay

It's not showing me the file extensions lol is it the .65a file?

[obsidian wigeon]

Well I suggest you checking the board's manual

See what they say about bios updating process

[limber widget]

Okay so the B450AE.65a file didn't work. I got the same bios I'd check error

Thanks for the help guys, guess I'll take it in to someone to try and figure this out

[frigid night]

I like your Au Ra profile pic.

[limber widget]

Thanks!

[frigid night]

What dc?

[limber widget]

Chaos

[frigid night]

Noice. I'm Aether.

[limber widget]

Cool! I used to be on Crystal but I moved to EU to follow a loyal client 🤩 I do housing designs!

[frigid night]

That's awesome. I thought about getting into design. I myself was in Crystal for years.

[limber widget]

Small world 😄

I've only been playing for a couple years, I was a religious WoW player from vanilla to BFA then jumped ship

[frigid jackal]

anyone wanna help me identify what these specs are in this olf ass computer lol

[leaden mauve]

Post pictures and info

[bitter breach]

hello, i just built a pc, and the system is going into a boot loop. it doesn’t display on a tv and there is a red light on the mobo for the cpu

[potent portal]

What motherboard and CPU?

Double check that the ram is clicked all the way in too

[bitter breach]

msi z690-a ddr4 and i7-12700k

[bitter breach]

ram is good

[potent portal]

Try updating the bios using flashback.
Latest bios https://download.msi.com/bos_exe/mb/7D25v1C.zip
Flashback instructions https://youtu.be/K5aFhNh_u4U

[lone flame]

would these white cables work with this build

https://www.newegg.com/p/1W7-00AB-00006

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VRxvzf

this is going to be my first build so I apologize for knowing like nothing

idk how cable compatability works I just want some cables that look nicer

[cyan ravine]

They would ye

They just connect on at the end of the psu cables

If there's a 16AWG option that's still relatively cheap I'd go that route instead of 18AWG

18 is still good but 16 is worth at least a couple dollars more

[lone flame]

what does awg mean

and whats the difference between 16 and 18

[obsidian wigeon]

awg is basically cable ratings

the lower number the thicker, more capable a cable is at carrying higher loads

[lone flame]

i cant find any 16 from asia horse

i was told they were good

[cyan ravine]

The 16AWG's are on Amazon

[lone flame]

these? https://www.amazon.com/Asiahorse-Customization-Sleeve-Extension-Supply/dp/B07C735N9C/ref=asc_df_B07C735N9C/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642064378071&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11062971338116730837&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015271&hvtargid=pla-825354183060&psc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqNqkBhDlARIsAFaxvwy2g4TJhxnGMx2-VLTIrqrgx5OQ0s1hKIn0P9F7IZu__3GxUw15u5kaApJVEALw_wcB

[cyan ravine]

Yea them's the ones

[lone flame]

will that be enough to hook up like every part

[cyan ravine]

Yea

It's actually cheaper too

Lol

Better set for less

5% coupon ftw

[lone flame]

what else should i have for the build

aka like cable management wise

cause that scares me

[cyan ravine]

Uhhh

I'd say asiahorse cable combs

If you want to really make it neat looking

And then some velcro straps

[lone flame]

any brands/links you can send me/recommend

[cyan ravine]

Zip ties work too? But if you make a mistake then you have to cut them and I've made too many fatal mistakes with zip ties and scissors

[cyan ravine]

Cheapest

No recommendation

Asiahorse cable combs (if they sell them separately) will add a bit more to the cable management. They already have some with the cables you're getting tho

So really just a cheapo roll of velcro or pack of straps for a couple dollars

[lone flame]

👍

[cyan ravine]

You should be fine from this point onwards man

You still have the video guide to help ya and we're here if you get stuck

[lone flame]

mhm

think sometime this weekend im gonna buckle down and actually order parts

[cyan ravine]

Ya, don't hang around too long or the sales will change and we'll have to tidy the list up again

Might not get the same value out of it

[lone flame]

yeah makes sense

[dusty cedar]

i have those cables and you can get them on amazon for way cheaper.

[little osprey]

They're the same price right now

[dusty cedar]

ok

[little osprey]

I take that back

They're a $1 more on Amazon compared to Newegg

Common Wegg W

[cyan ravine]

Yes but amazon is 16awg vs newegg 18awg

That $1 is more than worth it

Better quality cables, also much thicker and broader for a more full effect

[little osprey]

Oh just noticed that

Yeah go Amazon

[dusty cedar]

Idr what the prices were when I got mine. Just know that when I was looking Newegg wanted almost 36 bucks for them and I got them on Amazon for around 20

I was just goin by the conversation I wasn't clicking on links since I didn't care that much.

[limber widget]

@little osprey Heyo just wanted to let you know I finally got that cpu working 😄 I had to do a series of bios updates before I could get the latest to work lol

[little osprey]

Ah yeah, I had to do that once but to get to an older BIOS

Glad to hear that's finally working for ya

[limber widget]

Thank you so much for your help! You were on the right track!

[little osprey]

Any time, just holler if you need anything else

[pseudo pollen]

Opinions on this pc? https://pcpartpicker.com/user/duckyboiiii/saved/NKHsK8 It's going to be used as a file server and video editing rig, maybe some gaming when guests come over.

[mossy venture]

Private list

[pseudo pollen]

oh crap, sorry

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w7nzbK

Might change the gpus to just one

And I forgot to add the case, but it's gonna be this one https://pcpartpicker.com/product/34LFf7/deepcool-cg560-atx-mid-tower-case-r-cg560-bkaae4-g-1

[stoic island]

What do you already own?

[pseudo pollen]

Nothing in that list, just looking to build something completely new

[stoic island]

Would switch the GPU but would generally work if you find the parts at those prices

[pseudo pollen]

I'm not very sure on what gpu to get, as I'm not going to be doing many gpu intensive workloads

But if I can find a sub-$250 3070 that'd be great

[stoic island]

Yea

[mossy venture]

Paging our x99 expert @leaden mauve

[leaden mauve]

my rate is $20/hr

[pseudo pollen]

Counter offer, I'll allow you to talk about something you're good at

[leaden mauve]

you seem like an experience negotiator

[pseudo pollen]

That I am not

[leaden mauve]

offer accepted under 1 condition: you have to vc with me because i hate typing about technical stuff

[pseudo pollen]

Offer declined, reason being I sound like a 3 year old

[leaden mauve]

i dont judge people for their voice and attributes they cant control in general, that's incredibly shallow and mean

but alright np

ill just type

[pseudo pollen]

Just give a brief explanation on why the build I made sucks

[leaden mauve]

that wouldnt be very productive of me lol

im looking at the list rn-
what dual socket lga2011-3 board did you find that's 70 dollars?

[pseudo pollen]

Uhh

aliexpress

The cpus, ram, and mobo are in a combo on aliexpress

[leaden mauve]

Post a link to that combo

[pseudo pollen]

I just grabbed the individual prices

Yeah sure, hold on

[leaden mauve]

x2 1070ti's? Are they cards you already have?

[pseudo pollen]

Nope, just filler cards that I put there in place of what I'll decide in the future