building-and-recc-chat

[cyan ravine]

Occt cpu small extreme steady fixed threads, all threads

[earnest olive]

occt power is nice for stressing cpu and gpu simultaneously

[cyan ravine]

And occt 3d standard, difficulty 8, utilisation 98%

Oh yeah power

Just do that

[earnest olive]

can be good for testing your case airflow lol

[cyan ravine]

Oops

I forgot they had a combined test omfg

[restive halo]

Downloading now

[cyan ravine]

[cyan ravine]

I literally downloaded p95 to run with occt the other day cos I forgot about the power test

I'm getting old ig

[earnest olive]

alright grandpa let’s get you to bed

[cyan ravine]

Think I will sleep ye

[restive halo]

What should I run

[cyan ravine]

Click on power

[earnest olive]

right I forgot it’s actually nighttime for you lmao

[cyan ravine]

Then press start

[earnest olive]

I just got out of a lecture that had no right to be as heavy as it was at 8am

[cyan ravine]

[earnest olive]

filled out 4 pages of notes

and my handwriting is really small

[restive halo]

How long do I let it run

[earnest olive]

until you’re satisfied lol

you really don’t need to run thermal testing on your pc unless you’re suspecting an actual problem

so if you’re just doing this for your own satisfaction then only you can answer your own question

[potent portal]

Looks perfectly fine to me. GPU is a tad warm but completely within spec.

[restive halo]

Heard thank you

It's also registering the AMD Radeon graphics and then the 4070ti graphics separately

Is that normal. I have never used this program

[potent portal]

Normal

[restive halo]

Ok

[potent portal]

Your CPU also includes a basic integrated GPU

[restive halo]

Just like to check everything

[earnest olive]

what model 4070ti is that?

[restive halo]

MSI Gaming trio

[earnest olive]

huh

didn’t realize the cooling on that model was that underbuilt

[mossy venture]

Also just out of curiosity, what cooler for the cpu? Stock?

[earnest olive]

that temperature made me think it was a blower model

or maybe your case is restrictive? idk

[mossy venture]

Might need custom fan curve

[earnest olive]

either way it’s not a dangerous temp

just higher than I’d expect

[potent portal]

It's probably a "silent" fan curve by default

[earnest olive]

under 2 minutes of load

I hope so lol

that cooler looks pretty beefy, they would have had to screw up the design enormously to get temps like that at higher fan speeds

[minor cypress]

Question for anyone that might have an answer. In order for me to do a BIOS flashback on my motherboard, do I have to have another computer to download the file to a usb so I can BIOS flashback the new motherboard???

FYI, I never built a gaming computer before and I’m watching a YouTube video from “PC Builder” that is helping me along with my new gaming computer

I guess another good question is, does every motherboard have to be flashed if I bought it new right out of the box?

The motherboard I bought is brand new called “ASRock B650 Pro RS WI-FI”

[potent portal]

It's pretty rare that a current AMD motherboard like that requires an update to run.
You could set up the flashback using an android phone with a USB adapter if you didn't have any other computer.

[minor cypress]

Ahh ok. Would I be fine then if I continue to build my computer than? I haven’t put anything together yet

Currently have all my computer parts laid out on a table. I was waiting for a reply before I start to put things together ☺️

[potent portal]

Yes you're fine to continue

[minor cypress]

Awesome thank you @potent portal

[potent portal]

Flashback doesn't require having other things on the board besides power but it won't hurt if they are on, in case you did need to flash

[minor cypress]

Understood ☺️

Alright here I go!

[potent portal]

Good luck, feel free to ask if you have other questions

[thorn mural]

recommendations for gpu thermal pads?

I need a little bit of both 1mm and 0.5mm thickness

[potent portal]

I went with these personally, but anything right around that W/mK rating
https://a.co/d/bQhieRs

[potent portal]

Update your Intel chipset drivers

[restive halo]

This computer starts up and the as soon as you log in this pops up and you can't use your mouse or keyboard

[potent portal]

Start it in safe mode and update it

If windows fails to start 3 times, it'll go to the advanced menu where you can select safe mode

So hit the reset button when it tries to start 3 times until the menu comes

[restive halo]

no reset button. It's led

F2

[potent portal]

Holding the power button to force shut down works

Alternative options exist if you have a windows install USB ready

[restive halo]

I do

I have a boot usb

[potent portal]

Startup settings
Safe mode

[thorn mural]

https://www.amazon.com/OwlTree-100x100mm-Efficient-Conductivity-Resistant/dp/B096ZNHY8F so are these a big no no?

the w/mk is like half

[potent portal]

That's enough for GDDR6 but not GDDR6X

[thorn mural]

ah i never specificed the gpu

my bad

Its going on gddr5

[potent portal]

After it reboots pick safe mode with networking and you should be able to download the update

[potent portal]

GDDR5 only uses about 2.5W so 6 W/mK should be sufficient.
However the one I linked is only a little bit more cost and far better. Your choice.

[thorn mural]

I need both 1mm and 0.5mm tho

So if i do need a g6x pad ill go with what you sent but for now i think the owltree one has better value

Thx for the input

[potent portal]

There's both in the link I sent. It's not in order, it has 1mm, 1.5mm, then 0.5mm.

Fair enough. Happy to help.

[thorn mural]

Ah must have missed that

[restive halo]

Got it in safe mode

[potent portal]

Is that Ryzen 9 in your name your current processor?

[restive halo]

That my pc. This is a PC someone dropped off that's a friend lol

[potent portal]

Gotcha. What CPU?

[restive halo]

3700x I believe

[potent portal]

Ok so still Ryzen

[restive halo]

Nope a 5600 not 5700

[potent portal]

Alright so you'll need to update this chipset driver (it's the same for all AM4 systems) https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/b550
The winring0x64 driver is usually associated with RGB programs. Which do they have installed? It'll need to be updated too.

[restive halo]

Signal I think

Server address could not be found

Not registering internet I don't think

[minor cypress]

@potent portal I have a feeling my psu cables are not compatible with my M/B unless I’m blind

[restive halo]

What cord exactly?

[minor cypress]

I’ll take a pic so it’s easier to see. This is my first time building a gaming computer, so I’m not good at explaining things.Lol

[restive halo]

All good. That how you learn and that's why we are all here.

[minor cypress]

@restive halo

So I took a picture of my motherboard I’m pretty sure that’s the area of where the cable plugs into and then I also took a picture of the PSU where the motherboard should plug into

And when I’m looking at my cables, it doesn’t look like I have the one I need

[restive halo]

On the motherboard that looks like your cpu port

[minor cypress]

Ohh lol ok

I must be blind lol. Let me look at my manual

[restive halo]

Is there a cord labled on the plug cpu

[potent portal]

The 24 pin motherboard one goes on the right side of the board

[minor cypress]

Ahhhhh

[potent portal]

The CPU 8 pin will be the one that breaks into 4+4 cables

[restive halo]

He is looking for his cpu cord at the moment

6+2 is pcie

[minor cypress]

Falcie is correct of what I was asking about

Sorry I didn’t know how to phrase my question right

That first picture I assumed is where I connect the psu to MB

[restive halo]

Ok well the port you took a picture of on the psu is the 24 pin but the pic on the motherboard is 8 which is your cpu

All good.

[minor cypress]

I’m going on three hours and I have yet to put my motherboard in my case lol

[restive halo]

It should be in your case if your wiring the psu

[minor cypress]

I’m watching a YouTube video from PC builder and pausing and rewinding

[restive halo]

Unless your testing

@potent portal I don't think mine is registering the internet for some reason in safe mode

[minor cypress]

Here is the area where I plug my psu I believe what falcie was talking about which is 24 pin

[restive halo]

Yes

[minor cypress]

So the other end of connection to my PSU Hass to be a 10 pin or 18 pin?

[potent portal]

If you're on wifi it might not load the driver. Even though it should if you selected safe mode with networking.

[potent portal]

Both, it'll split off

[minor cypress]

Ahh ok I’m looking at my wires that came with my PSU

[restive halo]

Ethernet

[potent portal]

And you picked safe mode with networking?

You can always disable the RGB app in safe mode so it doesn't trigger the driver warning, and download in regular mode

[restive halo]

I thought I did but it's acting as if I did not lol

[minor cypress]

What does EPS stand for? In terms of cables

[potent portal]

Entry-Level Power Supply Specification

It's one of those acronyms that's lost it's meaning and the meaning never mattered to begin with lol

[obsidian wigeon]

eps just means it's for cpu basically

don't think too hard

don't plug it into your gpu

or you'll melt the connectors

[potent portal]

Normally you can't do that anyway because of the keying

[obsidian wigeon]

right

[potent portal]

But I've seen some lazy power supply designs where you could...

[obsidian wigeon]

that's why i say to never mistake em

toasty gpu smell

[potent portal]

tbf it would just trip scp

shorted 12V to ground

[obsidian wigeon]

fair enough

[potent portal]

Still a scary experience, and some power supplies don't even have short circuit protection

(We'll never, ever recommend one that doesn't have that)

[restive halo]

@potent portal

[potent portal]

Ok so as a stopgap disable (or uninstall) anything having to do with RGB

That could be EVGA software, openrgb, motherboard software, lots of things can access it

iCue is another

[restive halo]

Looks like MobiGame might be causing it.

No rgb software showing up installed?

[potent portal]

It might not be obvious

For example EVGA Precision X1 accesses that driver

So does Logitech software

If it's unclear just disable all startup programs

[restive halo]

Dragon Center

[potent portal]

That'll do it

[restive halo]

Delet it

[potent portal]

I would

It's basically useless bloatware

[restive halo]

He uses it for his rgb

[potent portal]

You can control the RGB using openrgb, it's lighter impact on the system and has way more options. Plus it doesn't spy on you.

[restive halo]

Ok I'll put it on there for him

[potent portal]

Oh and when you uninstall dragon center I recommend using revo uninstaller to do it

MSI loves to leave behind little pieces of itself without telling you

Which of course interferes with other software

[minor cypress]

@potent portal OK I’m ready to put my motherboard in my case. Do I need to remove these standoffs?

I’m using MicroATX MB

[potent portal]

You can take out the bottom 2

But you don't have to

[minor cypress]

Ok.

I also think I need to rearrange the middle 2 because they don’t line up with the MB That’s the way it was. I haven’t touched anything yet.

Oh actually, never mind

[potent portal]

Yeah it looks that way. You'll want them on the M peg holes

[minor cypress]

Ahh ok

[potent portal]

It looks like that case also allows you to slide the board down a little to make more room at the top for liquid cooling, if you're doing that

[minor cypress]

No liquid cooling for now. Just a normal fan cooler.

[potent portal]

Ok, stick with the 7 and 7M holes then

[minor cypress]

Do I have to use all eight holes on my motherboard? @potent portal

[potent portal]

No

Technically speaking you could get away with as few as 2

But more is good to be more secure

[minor cypress]

Ok 👍🏾

[restive halo]

@potent portal Deleted Dragon center

Still crashed and won't let me install

Going back to safe mode. I might have to do a fresh install. 😬

[potent portal]

Next thing to try would be disabling all startup programs

If that doesn't help still then yeah you might have to go nuclear

[restive halo]

Ugh lol

[potent portal]

I know Avast will throw a huge fit if you try to uninstall it and probably make you log in to the account to approve the uninstall so that's probably out

Unless you do have access to said account

[restive halo]

Disabled all start ups and installed the drivers

[potent portal]

Ah so it let you this time

Good, that means you can narrow down the misbehaving program to something that was in the auto startup menu

[restive halo]

Sorry. I did not realize that was a bad word. I apologize

[potent portal]

That's what the bot is for. It happens.

[restive halo]

So one of his aps was breaking crap.

@potent portal lol found it first try I was right lol Mobi games playstore

[potent portal]

Welp sketchy launcher doing sketchy things

I know that driver can be exploited to hide a crypto miner virus

[restive halo]

Of course lol

[jagged ember]

You can use revouninstaller for an easier time doing a full uninstall

It can check for residual files and registry things apps leave behind

[restive halo]

Thank you

Thank you all as always

[rustic linden]

If i am selling my computer and need to get rid of the data on my ssd. How do i do it while keeping windows on it?

[mossy venture]

Factory reset from settings

[potent portal]

Yes that, and if you want the data to be unrecoverable run a secure wipe of your free space after. Since it's a SSD only do one pass or you can ruin the nand. CCleaner is one tool that can do it.

Technically you can just run the SSD TRIM command and get similar results.

[viral horizon]

can i please get some help

i just put the cpu and my cpu cooler in my computer

the motherboard is put on

the 8 pin cpu connector is on

the 24 pin is on

and the caseport where the fans are connected, led switch, p switch are they all are connected to a sata connector

please it wont turn on

i dont want 1000 bucks to go to waste

pelase

[jagged ember]

Did you flip the PSU switch

[viral horizon]

yes

[jagged ember]

Did you plug the display into the GPU

[viral horizon]

ive turned it on and off

[viral horizon]

i dont have a gpu yet

the cpu has igpu

[jagged ember]

Okay

Probably plugged in front panel io wrong

So just pull that all out, take a screwdriver, confirm the location of the power switch pins

[viral horizon]

i hope it didnt but i set my motherboard on my bed when working on it

[jagged ember]

And put your screwdriver between the two power pins

[viral horizon]

it had styrofoam under however

and the led works for the motherboard

[jagged ember]

Probably not? Things are pretty static resistant these days but I can't exactly rule it out-

[viral horizon]

so whats a psu pin

this is the one i got

[jagged ember]

Try shorting the power pins first with a screwdriver or knife

On front panel io on the motherboard

Refer to the manual

And take a pic before you do it just in case

[viral horizon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mnVmP6/msi-mag-a550bn-550-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-mag-a550bn

[viral horizon]

of the rear io on the motherboard

[jagged ember]

Ask if you do not understand

[viral horizon]

or just the motherboard in general

[jagged ember]

So remember the stupid little bundle of cables that fit one or two pins

[viral horizon]

yeah

[jagged ember]

That extend from the case itself

And plug into a small set of pins

[viral horizon]

yes

oh thats what you mean

[jagged ember]

But are really hard to get plugged in right?

Yeah those

[viral horizon]

yeah

i have the port connector plugged into a sata connector i think

but i resecured everything, i turned on the psu

i press the power and yea

[jagged ember]

These

[viral horizon]

oh

[jagged ember]

Yep

Id check your motherboard manual for the front io pin layout

[viral horizon]

let me switch them then

alright

thank you

be right back

[jagged ember]

I just need you to short the power sw ones

[strong raft]

Commonly the 3rd & 4th pin from left on the upper row. Fpanel is also usually bottom right of mobo

[jagged ember]

Fair, but still check your manual to be sure

[strong raft]

Or also look at the mobo, it's often labeled.

[jagged ember]

True, sometimes silkscreened into the pcb

[viral horizon]

IT WORKS

HOLY CRAP

FINALLY

[plucky timber]

It's always the front panel headers

[potent portal]

That is often a good starting point for "doesn't turn on at all"

[plucky timber]

This is the third case I've seen in the last 5 weeks

I mean they are really annoying

there should just be a standard

Like it can be backwards compatible

Just merge the headers all into one thing

The layout could be the same it's just less confusing

[potent portal]

Well there is a standard. But Asus in their infinite wisdom decided they don't need to listen to the standards and made a giant connector for no reason. Then Gigabyte followed suit.

[lethal tapir]

They saw apples proprietary cables and connectors and thought "yeah that's not stupid at all"

[plucky timber]

💀

[potent portal]

"10 pin connector? Nah lets do a 20 pin, that won't take up too much space and we can say it's better because different."

[plucky timber]

What

[lethal tapir]

How much money did yall "save" by designing, testing, and specially manufacturing proprietary plastic clips instead of using standard

[plucky timber]

Do you need 4 pin for the power button lol?

Asus moment

[plucky timber]

Oh it's one of those

💀

[lethal tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/dumb-stupid-brainlet-wojak-meme-gif-17170021

[potent portal]

Because everyone knows if you want to combine the normal 10 pin header with the 4 pin speaker header you need a 20 pin header to do it

[plucky timber]

Just

Literally put it next to the 10 pin header

Asus moment

[potent portal]

The funny thing is they do when they feel like it

Both of these are X570 too

[plucky timber]

the industry should come together

And make a single plug for the 10 pin

Like there's no virtually difference across boards

Saves time trying to plug in several tiny little headwrs

[potent portal]

Some cases do come with a single header

[plucky timber]

fr?

[jagged ember]

Good to hear, enjoy pc

Yeah there's like some cases with one fat header for it

Could probably count the number of cases with that on both hands

[lethal tapir]

It's too good

[potent portal]

If you look closely at the asus 20 pin connector there's 2 sets of pins that do the same thing. They had to modify their 20 pin to match up with the normal 10 pin just in case someone gets a case with that single plug.

[plucky timber]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[viral horizon]

oh hey btw

[plucky timber]

Like

[viral horizon]

now that i got it on

[plucky timber]

The usb header is one thing

[viral horizon]

how do i get windows to boot onto bios?

[plucky timber]

The hd audio is one thing

Like come on

[potent portal]

Do you have a USB drive ready with the installer?

[plucky timber]

You get bios to boot into windows

[viral horizon]

yeah

can i plug it into any usb port or

[plucky timber]

Yep

Any

Would recommend rear ports to be safe

[potent portal]

Yep any port will do. Preferably rear yes but front should be fine unless there's an issue with it.

[viral horizon]

i already tried it but it wont let me boot

its an asrock bios

maybe im not using it right

[plucky timber]

Which boot device did you select?

[potent portal]

Press F11 when the Asrock logo comes up and it'll bring up a boot selection menu

[viral horizon]

ok

brb

ok it works

i thank you guys so much

this was such a fun journey

heres my buildb tw

gpu isnt here yet but

it works!

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Eripeax/saved/FZNDwP

[potent portal]

That first build is always the most fun imo. I enjoy a good challenge and figuring out problems.

[viral horizon]

yea

anyways im gonna go

see ya

bye!

[potent portal]

Enjoy!

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pF6Nz6

Any idea what’s wrong?

[stoic island]

Prob tpm is off

[little osprey]

BIOS setting?

[stoic island]

There's a way to bypass it too iirc

Ye

[little osprey]

What is it?

TPM

[stoic island]

Trusted platform module

[little osprey]

@honest knot, also the board you found for me has working front IO despite what the listing said

[stoic island]

Windows 11 decided to mandate the fancy security thing

[little osprey]

So can I not enable it or something?

[honest knot]

W

[little osprey]

IKR

[stoic island]

You should be able to enable it

[little osprey]

Alright, I'll go look for it RQ

[honest knot]

It's probably cuz their case front i/o got busted or smth

Or maybe they inserted the case cables in the wrong place?

Eh it doesn't matter at least it works

[little osprey]

Yeah for $50 it ain't bad

[honest knot]

✅

[little osprey]

@stoic island

?

[quaint burrow]

Hi everyone, first time posting in here and looking for some help. Bought a new comp and I've built a couple PCs in my life but I have no idea why this computer won't even turn on. Yes, I've checked if the power switch was on lol

[stoic island]

Should be it?

[little osprey]

It looks already enabled

[stoic island]

Any debug LEDs, any other signs?

[little osprey]

So I'm confused

[quaint burrow]

Nothing on the board the only light I get is from the Internet cable in the back

[stoic island]

Go to CPU configuration and fTPM switch

[little osprey]

Oh I saw that one sec

[stoic island]

And switch to CPU fTPM

[quaint burrow]

I just disassembled it all and put it all back in and double checked all my connections

[stoic island]

And enable secure boot

[little osprey]

Alright

[stoic island]

Got a part list?

[potent portal]

Take the power button connector off and touch the pins together with a screwdriver.
And just double check the PSU is switched to " I "

[little osprey]

?

[stoic island]

Go to security and enable secure boot

[potent portal]

If secure boot is already enabled, set it to custom, then set it back to standard, accepting the factory defaults

[quaint burrow]

Shared List https://newegg.io/fcb5679

Cooler I took off but it was a cooler master ml360L V2 argb

[potent portal]

You'll probably need a bios update, but that wouldn't cause it to not turn on

[little osprey]

Won’t let me enable it

“User Mode”?

[potent portal]

Try install default keys

[little osprey]

?

[quaint burrow]

If it would turn on I could go into the Asus bios to update that. I'm not even sure this thing has any LEDs I didn't see any on the actual board

[potent portal]

There's usually some near the 24 pin that are used for diagnostics

[potent portal]

Did you try this @quaint burrow

[quaint burrow]

Not yet but I can try that

Just tried and nothing hmmm is my PSU dead then? Hmm

[little osprey]

It has come to my attention that my BIOS is over a year old

[mossy venture]

mine is almost a year old, it's not much of an issue

[little osprey]

BIOS is refusing to update

Hmmmmmmm

NVM I got it

[quaint burrow]

Ok guys I fiddled with all the power cables and finally got it turned on sooo thanks!

[quaint burrow]

Now I have no display great more troubleshooting time 😞

[little osprey]

Yeah now it’s just refusing to boot from the USB with secure boot on

[potent portal]

Make sure the display cable is plugged into the GPU

[quaint burrow]

Lol it is

[potent portal]

Always have to start with the basics, I know it gets annoying sometimes lol

Monitor on the right input?

[quaint burrow]

It's from old comp it better be I haven't changed anything

Resocketed ram and vid card still nothing also

Hmmm do I have to disable on board vid card with a pin still or is that an old school problem?

[potent portal]

Mostly old school thing but you can try using the integrated GPU if you have one

At least temporarily

Any lights on near the 24 pin cable?

[quaint burrow]

I mean RGB is real so yes but not the ones you're thinking

[potent portal]

Ok so it did probably post properly and the issue is somewhere between the GPU and the monitor

[quaint burrow]

Well I stuck an HDMI and display port with two different monitors and still getting nothing on either screen

[potent portal]

Did you restart after changing cables

[quaint burrow]

Yes

[viral horizon]

so good news
the computer works
im actually using it to write this rn
but anyways its doing just fine]
what are some normal temps btw for the cpu
i usually get around 40 c when im using it for normal activites
and 70 for gaming

[analog hearth]

that sounds normal

[lunar abyss]

Aye

[manic cloak]

Idk if this is “real” or not

[obsidian wigeon]

don't use that calculator thing

[manic cloak]

Ah

[potent portal]

Every system has a bottleneck, they're fundamentally misusing the term

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[plucky timber]

"calculator"

I'd love too see their methodology

[cyan ravine]

bottleneck is such a superfluous topic

no point trying to use a calculator because it all comes off assumptions

[plucky timber]

it also varies with each workload

It's a dumb metric for measuring performance

[viral horizon]

can frame rate be affected by the monitor?

[cyan ravine]

If there's any sync involved yes

[viral horizon]

wdym by sync

[cyan ravine]

Gsync, vsync, freesync

[viral horizon]

like if the monitor is connected to a pc via cable

[cyan ravine]

There are technologies which are commonly used to sync the gpu with the monitor for frame output

Improves frame pacing

And governs it

[viral horizon]

im using an igpu for the time being

[cyan ravine]

Lol

[viral horizon]

yeah

i dont have my gpu yet

but im thinking of getting a radeon 6700xt

[cyan ravine]

So why do you want to know this question

[viral horizon]

idk

i just thought my computer would run faster than it would

i mean it works alot better

i mean it has 32 gb of ram

ryzen 5 7600

1 tb of storage

[cyan ravine]

I see

What monitor do you have

And power supply (full complete name pls)

[jagged ember]

Oh he's sent a link before

But yes send it again sir

[mossy venture]

it's abn 550

[teal dome]

@mossy venture

[mossy venture]

W

[teal dome]

You gotta find me a Bluetooth and WiFi card on TikTok if possible

Imma use the coupon and buy

[mossy venture]

gimme a few and i gotchu

[teal dome]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8kbTmtS/

Idk if this is good

[teal dome]

Thanks

[teal dome]

But the only problem is how I connect it

My pcie for that card is below my gpu

[mossy venture]

Like, behind it?

Or below it

[teal dome]

How do I connect those antennas

[teal dome]

He

Like idk but it covers t

[mossy venture]

The antennae are outside the case

Can you send a pic?

[teal dome]

Like right behind it

I have a gen 3

[mossy venture]

as in you cannot see the pcie slot looking face on at the pc?

[teal dome]

My motherboard doesn’t have it I can’t connect it

[teal dome]

No

[mossy venture]

send one face on

there should be a pcie 1x slot a decent bit lower than the gpu

[teal dome]

Ok

[mossy venture]

but your solution might be an m.2 wifi card with a USB bluetooth connector

[teal dome]

Loading

[mossy venture]

well thats annoying

[teal dome]

I just put it there?

Right below the gpu lol

[mossy venture]

not sure it'd fit, I'd ask someone else

[teal dome]

And my m.2 is behind the gpu I think

[mossy venture]

that'd be fine, would just have to take ouyt the gpu to put it in

[teal dome]

My mobo doesn’t have things to connect the antenna with

[mossy venture]

that small one would normally be what you put a pcie wifi card in

[teal dome]

Probably

How could I get the card to fit in tho

[mossy venture]

i have no idea

it would probabl be simpler to just use an m.2 wifi card

[teal dome]

Probably

There is no one with m.2 on TikTok shop

[mossy venture]

mm

one sec

It isn't tiktok but this is m.2, if you end up having to buy one not on tiktok https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wi-Fi-Gig-Desktop-AX200-NGWG-NV/dp/B085M7VPDP/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?

[teal dome]

Yeah might get the m.2 one

How about Bluetooth?

Do I just buy one of those usbs?

[mossy venture]

that you could find a usb one on tiktok

yea

[teal dome]

Alright

@mossy venture I got another one

15$ of no min spend

Is this one good? https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8kghcFj/

[mossy venture]

Yeah thats good

[teal dome]

Alright

[little osprey]

Alright dumb question

I daisy chained the RGB cable for the Frozen Notte and two Thermalright fans

For some reason the fans and pump are auto defaulting to green and I dunno if it was a software issue or hardware issue because neither were showing up on SignalRGB

I tried downloading the ASRock’s RGB software for the board but it wouldn’t open, I’ll try again tonight but dunno what else to do

Rig ain’t for me so I just wanna put on RGB software that’s easy to use

[cursive wharf]

I assume ARGB? If so, did you set the LED count to amt of LEDs that can be addressed (remember to think about what is hooked up in series and what is hooked up in parallel).

@little osprey

[little osprey]

There's two ARGB fans and the one ARGB pump

All of which are daisy chained onto a single header

Wait

One second need to check the manual and see if the header was addressable or not

Yeah I should have the three pin daisy chain plugged into 24

SignalRGB was weird, I might try to use ASRock's RGB software again or use OpenRGB just to confirm if the board is reading the header or not

[lunar abyss]

Which one the best @ or dm me I’m trying to see which one to buy

[mossy venture]

Would you be willing to build your own? With tiktok shop you can do a lot better for $400

If not, first one is the best

[lunar abyss]

Na I rather not

[mossy venture]

This one

[lunar abyss]

Think that was the first one

[potent portal]

Really? I'd have gone with the 5600x/6600 one

Waaaaay better than a 1660

The 6600 is more comparable to a 1080 even, 2 tiers up

[pseudo pollen]

I think he meant the second one

[minor cypress]

Question for anyone. I currently have only 5 fans to install. I will get more later. What is the best configuration for me to place my 5 fans?

The rear of the case is the top if you are looking at the picture. Sorry I should have taken it the correct way so it doesn’t throw you off

@potent portal

[potent portal]

3 front intake, 1 top rear exhaust, 1 rear exhaust

[pseudo pollen]

It would probably be side intake but close enough

[potent portal]

Same diff

[minor cypress]

3 front intake is to the right of my mother board yeah?

@potent portal

[potent portal]

Yes

[minor cypress]

Awesome thank you 😊

[potent portal]

np

[minor cypress]

Anyone free for FaceTime? Idk where some wires go 😅 or video chat if that works on this app

[minor cypress]

Disregard

[minor cypress]

So I just realized my Motherboard does not have a USB 3.0 and a USB 3.1 Gen 2 connection. Will that be a big problem?

My case is the Lian Li O11 Mini and those are the 2 front panel system I/O ports

Does that mean I bought the wrong MB for my case? Cause if so that sucks cause PC Part Picker said they were compatible

[strong raft]

usb 3.1/3.2 or w/e are these bigger ones, normal/older usb2.0/3.0 are these smaller ones. USB32 w/e = usb 3.2, which is what you use if the case cable matches. Certain things on mobos are slightly-standardized like this.

[minor cypress]

@strong raft so per my manual for my case. I have a usb 3.0 wire and a usb 3.1 gen 2 wire.

Where would each go? 🤔

[minor cypress]

Cool I’m gonna try it

[strong raft]

smaller 1 in last pic is usb C, seems to have multiple names on some mobos. haha

[minor cypress]

Lol bro you saved my life they fit. The wording in my manual was throwing me off smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

@strong raft ok 1 more question

HD Audio wire

I’m 99% sure it plugs in here

[pseudo pollen]

yeah

[minor cypress]

The difficulty I’m running into, is it should just slide into place. I also checked that I have the pins lined up so I don’t break anything. But I’m having a hard time putting it on

Is that because the wire is brand new??

[pseudo pollen]

Just put a little force into it

and don't go at an angle

[minor cypress]

Ok, I didn’t want to put too much force cause I didn’t want to break anything 😅.

I’ll try it now and let you know how it goes @pseudo pollen

[pseudo pollen]

Sounds good

[strong raft]

props on 1 of the best ssds. If there already something under the top slot ( ssd sized silver/white heatsink)? if not, we just prefer that a single ssd goes there.

[minor cypress]

Hmm I’m putting pretty good force on it, more than I feel I need to @pseudo pollen

[pseudo pollen]

make sure that the pins line up, and just push, it will take a bit more force then you think it would

[minor cypress]

I have the word “HD AUDIO” face up towards the MB to match the pins fyi

Copy I’ll try again

[minor cypress]

Yes I have a solidigm SSD under there to for a total of 2 SSDs ☺️

[cyan ravine]

Uh, I'd put a heatsink on that p44 pro ssd

It kinda, needs one

[minor cypress]

Understood

[cyan ravine]

Like absolutely needs one

[strong raft]

eh not totally if anything like the how a plat P41 normally is, but that's going by TPU who basically couldn't make it thermal throttle even w/ a 600+ GB write on a 2TB model. (although I did heatsink mine gotta admit)

[minor cypress]

Bruh this dam Hd Audio wire is a pain. I feel like I have to really shove it in

It slides 1/4 of the way so I know for sure it’s matched correctly. But when I try to put it in the rest of the way it’s being difficult

[cyan ravine]

They had a heatsink on it

It's on the same power tier as a 980 pro

It absolutely needs one

[pseudo pollen]

just shove it in all the way then, it's not the end of the world if you break it, since it doesn't really matter unless you use the from audio ports

[minor cypress]

Yeah I’m trying rn lol

[cyan ravine]

@minor cypress ek nvme heatsinks can be found relatively cheap, very effective and low profile. Try anywhere not their main website

Very very good sinks, worth keeping

[minor cypress]

@pseudo pollen I gave up and just put it on as much as I could sigh

[pseudo pollen]

it shouldn't be doing that

eh, it is what it is, it might still work though

[minor cypress]

If anything I’ll take it to my local computer store to find out why

[potent portal]

Do you even need the front audio ports though

[minor cypress]

@potent portal idk, I was just plugging it in just because 😅

I was just following my manual

[pseudo pollen]

no video?

[potent portal]

If you don't think you'll need it then you can leave it loose

/unplugged

[minor cypress]

I found a YouTube video where it shows it just sliding in easily but mine doesn’t

So I’m just gonna leave it for now

[cyan ravine]

I think it's better to leave it loose if it won't fit to avoid any psu overcurrent trips

[minor cypress]

I spent an hour trying to do it 🤦🏽‍♂️ 😂

[pseudo pollen]

It's honestly one of the best connectors for that to happen

[potent portal]

One of the most optional ones yes

[cyan ravine]

True, but left alone could be the worst

Audio drivers are terrible

No need to add more fuel to that fire

[potent portal]

Onboard audio really is garbage 99/100 times

[cyan ravine]

Ye but it's still usable

[potent portal]

It'll work after tweaking for 6 hours and then randomly stop working for no reason

[cyan ravine]

Ryzen moment

💀

Ryzen is so much worse too

If it breaks it's almost unfixable

To the point where spamming the reinstall is the lottery luck solution

[potent portal]

Realtek

[cyan ravine]

Indeed

I've had to reinstall windows a few times thanks to realtek

[potent portal]

I'd take an old sound blaster card over onboard

[cyan ravine]

Guess what's in my two new rigs?

Well I have a dac if I want proper audio

It's useful if I need to just plug my headphones in rq

Which happens a lot if I need a video conference

[potent portal]

That's why I'm so glad my headset just uses a generic USB DAC

If the headset dies I can still use the dac

[white shadow]

Hello, I'm new to this server. I've been playing Cities Skylines for a couple of years. I upgraded my RAM on my basic desktop PC (Dell Inspiron 3670) a few months ago and this has worked out quite well (32GB). With the new CS2, it seems my graphics card just can't cut it. I tried playing CS2 for the first time today and each time I selected a menu item to build out any asset, the entire map turns a bright yellow and I can't see what I'm doing at all. My research implies my low level graphics card is the culprit. I want to be sure I don't purchase a graphics card that won't fit or function in my existing PC. PCs have evolved a lot since I was building desktops in high school so I honestly don't know what specs to be looking for to ensure an appropriate fit and function. I'd prefer to keep the purchase under $100 but would be willing to go up to $200 if necessary. Input greatly appreciated. Thank you 🙂

[cyan ravine]

True, there's also the apple usbc dac

Subverts the onboard altogether

Idk the gene one seems alright

My ux was apparently decent too by freq response

Those aren't cheap boards tho

It's nothing compared to a separate dac either

[potent portal]

I have the hyperx cloud 2 so it's pretty independent, I can use the headset on my PS4 by plugging into the controller too

I'm happy with it and that's what matters right?

[cyan ravine]

Cities skylines 2 seems to struggle on anything rn

When the best in class graphics card can barely do 30 fps in it's home turf, it's a heavy as hell game

Just prefacing this because you might find 100$ or 200$ mightn't be enough

[potent portal]

Could get a used 6600 XT for $165

[white shadow]

Seems people are complaining a lot. part of me wonders if I should wait and see if the patches and bug fixes the devs work out over the next few weeks would be a good call.

[cyan ravine]

I would say so yeah

[potent portal]

What do you have now is the question

[white shadow]

What are the specs I need to check to be sure it'll fit? I honestly don't remember and it's been ages since I built PCs from scratch.

https://www.hardware-corner.net/desktop-models/Dell-Inspiron-3670/

[cyan ravine]

Cpu, gpu, ram, psu

[potent portal]

1650 super, yeah that'll be showing it's age all right

[cyan ravine]

Indood

[white shadow]

Looks like the link with specs gives upgrade options further down the page.

[cyan ravine]

Do you have an i3 i5 i7 or i9

[potent portal]

Looks like that stock power supply doesn't have any PCIe connectors

[cyan ravine]

Does it fit a standard PSU?

[obsidian wigeon]

it does

it's an atx case

but so tiny it can only fit the mobo itself

gpu can't be too long

[cyan ravine]

I hope so cos dell uses those sausage ones

[potent portal]

That does not look like ATX to me

[obsidian wigeon]

hm

alright

honestly for such a game

[cyan ravine]

Hoo boy

[obsidian wigeon]

whole new rig is a better way

[cyan ravine]

If it's not they need a whole new rig

Custom mobo, custom psu

Custom case

[potent portal]

Definitely not ATX

[cyan ravine]

Or some brute force and carelessness

[obsidian wigeon]

ah welp

the weird proprietary dell bs as usual

[cyan ravine]

Lmfao

Ripw

[potent portal]

External power for GPU? Adapters? lol

[cyan ravine]

And that case doesn't look wide enough for a standard psu either

[white shadow]

i5. and according to this link i5 should be sufficient https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/cities-skylines-2/22585

[cyan ravine]

Yeah it would be LOL

[white shadow]

Yeah I know this isn't ideal but I can't invest in a whole new computer. When I purchased this desktop in 2020, it was just for working from home

I hoped that some wise upgrading would make it possible for me to play

[cyan ravine]

Peach, your pc has a common dell problem

[white shadow]

It's the only game I'm currently playing

[cyan ravine]

Dell does cheap, out of style, or custom spec

To make things as affordable as possible for them

[white shadow]

Yeah, I definitely didn't have gaming in mind when I purchased.

[cyan ravine]

So what you get is a pc that works

[white shadow]

I would have chosen differently otherwise

haha, yeah

[cyan ravine]

But if you want to change anything it's dead on it's feet

If we recommend you a gpu the best we could do is a higher power LP card

Which isn't that strong

Rather all for a couple options iirc (expensive those ones) it's worse than what you have

Cos the PSU isn't up to scratch

If you wanted to run the psu externally tho, and be a little jank, that works

[potent portal]

A 3050 would meet the game spec and there's models without supplemental PCIe power

[cyan ravine]

Does it? At what reso tho lol

[potent portal]

You'd be looking at 1080p low/medium probably

[cyan ravine]

The lp 4060 would probably be about as high as I think possible

[potent portal]

Minimum is a 970

[obsidian wigeon]

i pray 4050 is 75w for desktop

but looking at laptops..

4050 is probs not 75w card

lol

[potent portal]

I hate that used 3050s are more expensive than used 6600 XTs

[obsidian wigeon]

nvidia fee™

on other news..

https://wccftech.com/amd-readies-lower-clocked-ryzen-9-7940hx-ryzen-7-7840hx-dragon-range-laptop-cpus/

they're all equipped with 610m

rip to mini pcs

[cyan ravine]

Um

So 2080 super gets 24 fps 1080p

[obsidian wigeon]

oof

[cyan ravine]

With a 13900k

[obsidian wigeon]

that's crazy

[white shadow]

Thanks for trying to help. I'm just going to have to table this for now

[cyan ravine]

I think your best bet peach

[potent portal]

In a high pop city yeah, everything struggles there

[cyan ravine]

And this is a weird recommendation from me

4060 LP

It's low power, so it'll slot right in

But it's not cheap

It'd run your game tho

Well enough imo

If a 2080S struggles to hit 24fps, it's a big hill to climb LOL

Those cards go second hand near 200

You could grab one of those? And add a separate psu for $52

Apevia prestige 600w

But if you want a clean upgrade it eould be the pricey 4060 LP

Just because dell does what it does

They don't make life easy lol

[teal dome]

Psu sucks man, the cables come 2 attactched

[potent portal]

Better than what he has

[cyan ravine]

Well it's a cheap decent unit

[potent portal]

Which is basically nothing

[teal dome]

Yeah

[cyan ravine]

Yeah peach has none

It's gonna come with caveats anyway

The days of cheap psu's are long behind us

Blame the ukraine conflict for that

[teal dome]

Caveats? What are those

[cyan ravine]

Drawbacks

[teal dome]

Controversial take lmao

[cyan ravine]

Hey I'm not taking a side saying that lol

[teal dome]

Wish cheap semi mod or modular psus still exists

[cyan ravine]

But psus did get more expensive due to sanctions aligning with the event

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[potent portal]

The war disrupted a lot, partially due to the major sanctions against russia and allied nations

[cyan ravine]

Neon supply suffering

[white shadow]

Well all in all, I appreciate everyone taking the time to try to help me out. Seems I'm correct, the g card is the problem but upgrade options seem moot because of the usual Dell issues. I think I'll need to make a gaming PC a reward for meeting my big end of year goal. I can play CS1 in the meantime.

[cyan ravine]

Noble gases you need for large caps

[teal dome]

Cs1 is still playable?

[white shadow]

yep

[cyan ravine]

Cities skyline 1

[white shadow]

Not an issue with CS1.

[cyan ravine]

Context

[teal dome]

Ohhh

[white shadow]

yes Cities SKylines

[cyan ravine]

It's not cs1 like csgo

[teal dome]

I thought it was counter strike

[cyan ravine]

Yeah ikr lol

[white shadow]

nope

[potent portal]

Since the minimum GPU is a GTX 970 and that'll struggle a lot with medium population, the 1650 is below even that

[white shadow]

Sorry to disappoint, haven't played any FPS games since college and I never enjoyed them or was ever any good

[teal dome]

Naw bro it’s fine, I just did not know what it was

[cyan ravine]

Lol

We're chill

Hey btw

[white shadow]

I loved Civ 3 for ages, was my fave game for a long time. So in 2021 when I was looking for a new game to try, I found Cities and just couldn't stop watching YT videos of others playing.

[cyan ravine]

@white shadow come back here when you're ready to build a new pc

Aim for a budget of about

[white shadow]

Thanks. I will

[cyan ravine]

...

700? Before tax

That would get you a good tower

[teal dome]

Yeah

[potent portal]

$700 USD would make an awesome starter PC

[teal dome]

Even around 500 with deals

My pc was a steal

[cyan ravine]

500 with tiktok

Honestly worth it

[teal dome]

Yes sir and it runs 1440p if I wanted to but prob not gonna get

Picked up a WiFi card for 8 bucks today

From TikTok shop

[cyan ravine]

Or if not that @white shadow then this like we talked about
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Mt9wrH/gigabyte-oc-low-profile-geforce-rtx-4060-8-gb-video-card-gv-n4060oc-8gl

$325 before tax

Oh wait

@white shadow nvm it needs a power connector wtf

I was mistaken

[teal dome]

Honestly build a new pc

So much better

[pseudo pollen]

pinging him so much why

[teal dome]

And maybe salvage the parts

[white shadow]

Yeah, seems the consensus

[cyan ravine]

Yeah, I got no easy answer here haha

[white shadow]

Yeah I'll def take my ram and both my drives to my build

I'll see what othe parts I can salvage

[potent portal]

Definitely not with the given budget yeah

[cyan ravine]

Why make an lp card if you can't run it at 75W

[potent portal]

Molex adapter

[cyan ravine]

Actually?

[white shadow]

Thanks again all, I gotta go. Have a great day/night 🙂

[cyan ravine]

[vague oracle]

Bruh I thought that said 4080 for a sec

[cyan ravine]

Bruh a 4080 LP would be like 10 fans long

Freaking lightsaber with all that rgb

Only missing a grip to swing with

[vague oracle]

My wallet is itching to buy something, idk what I should

So many good options to buy

[cyan ravine]

4080 lp

[vague oracle]

I’ll make one

Is there a decent monitor that’s smaller than the FV43U but bigger than the M32U?

[weary galleon]

^for anyone like me who doesn't know how large those are, in between 32" and 43"

[weary galleon]

If you want 16:9 I think the choices are slim

According to pcpp there are 14 monitors in that range, the cheapest is $615

[cyan ravine]

LG C2 42"

Anything in the middle just, doesn't really get recommended if it's not an ultra wide

[little osprey]

Alright well I’ve nailed down why the ARGB on the AIO and fans isn’t being picked up by software

After reading a few posts and looking at my own box the only mention of ARGB software seems to be Aura Sync which I presume is referring to Asus’s thing

While the fans may support different software, I have them daisy chained onto the AIO ARGB cable

So I’ll get the wifi cable hooked up today and pray to God that the Aura Sync thing works

[cyan ravine]

why do you need specifically wifi for aura sync?

just use armoury crate to preset it

same thing

or open rgb

if it's not being picked up by the motherboard it may not even be plugged in properly

asus software just auto detects all strips in the stream, I know cos I do it

[little osprey]

I can’t download it

No Ethernet

[cyan ravine]

have you been using it without any internet

[little osprey]

Using what?

[cyan ravine]

the pc

[little osprey]

Yes

[lyric thistle]

Why not grab your own PC for internet

[cyan ravine]

you know you can usb tether your phone for internet right

[little osprey]

I can?

[cyan ravine]

mhm, it's a pretty normal feature nowadays

[little osprey]

I’ve done it before

I just thought I needed wifi or Bluetooth

[cyan ravine]

that's hotspot

not quite the same

but same outcome

[little osprey]

Well yeah I ran a cable

[cyan ravine]

if you run it over wifi or bluetooth it's hotspot

over cable it's tether lol

[little osprey]

Alright I’ll try when I get home

[cyan ravine]

[little osprey]

Thanks

[lyric thistle]

I forget how to do that every time

[little osprey]

Just hook up your charger to your computer and go to your phone settings and enable USB tethering

[cyan ravine]

pretty much

tho usb cable not charger

[lyric thistle]

Yeah plug in your iPad block

[cyan ravine]

big wall plug into pc

it's easy enough to do I forget how to do it every time

[lyric thistle]

The two hot pins jammed into two USB C ports

I literally have to spend like 10-30 minutes figuring it out each time because I try via Bluetooth and wifi direct first

[cyan ravine]

I even do dual connections

[lyric thistle]

My network module doesn't have functioning Bluetooth for whatever reason so obviously that doesn't work

[cyan ravine]

like band steering or combine my phone tether and cable net

my net, albeit slow and high ping to the states

it can be quite good if I brute force the hell out of it

[signal olive]

Hi. Can anyone help me with finding some parts to build a computer that can run vrchat? Im in California.

[potent portal]

What's your budget for the computer?

And do you have any parts already?

[gentle pollen]

Any good ways to measure how much power my computer draws in a day on average?

[potent portal]

Smart UPS

[gentle pollen]

is that a app?

[potent portal]

No it's hardware

[gentle pollen]

Oh. Any software I can use?

Doesn't need to be exact, just need a rough estimation.

[potent portal]

You could log your stats with hwinfo

[gentle pollen]

Oh, okay.

How do I log the stats, or is that the same as just running HWinfo in the background.

[potent portal]

There's a button with a sheet of paper with a green plus over it, the tooltip shows "logging start"

[gentle pollen]

Found it.

So just keep it running till I close the computer?

[potent portal]

Yep

[gentle pollen]

Will it update to the same log when I start it again or do I need to make a new file?

[potent portal]

You'll be able to read the data in any app that can open .csv files.
You'll need to start the logging and it'll ask where to put the log every time you want to use it. You can set a hotkey in settings and tell it to start on boot at least.

[gentle pollen]

Gotcha.

Trying to figure out what my 5700G's power draw will be when I reuse it for a server soon.

[signal olive]

My budget is flexible. I have no parts because i dont know which ones to get.

Processor Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory 4 GB RAM Graphics NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater DirectX Version 11 Storage 21.5GB (~1.5GB for application, remaining for content cache)
Vertex shader 5.1
Pixel shader 5.1
Is what it told me i needee to run vrchat but i dont which pieces of hardware are consideree more powerful and bettee than what they suggested

Like id like to get 8 to 12 ram and 2 tb storage memory

[potent portal]

This would be an ideal starter option. It's decently mid-high end and should handle just about anything you throw at it. You can save some money if you wanted, or go even higher end.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p4Rb28

[signal olive]

Wow did you put the list together for me? If thats the case yeah ill probably save up to the get higher end parts then. Would the Seagate brand barracuda work with this setup?

[potent portal]

You could add any HDD like that to this with no issues for extra storage

There's not a whole lot of reason to get them these days with SSDs being so cheap though

If you had it already then you can pop it in

[signal olive]

Yeah thats why i asked. I got some 2 tbs seagates in my storage brand new. Wanted to see ifol i could use em. Sweet. Thanks for the help! Greatly appreciate it!

Is there a specific motherboard i need for this?

[potent portal]

Any B660 or B760 should do. Or if you wanted the option to overclock a K CPU later you can get a Z690 or Z790.

I'd recommend a board with DDR5 memory and not DDR4

You could also go AMD instead for a little bit more performance for a little more money

[signal olive]

Noted. Again thanks👍

[minor cypress]

@potent portal dang I thought 3 120mm Lian li fans would fit on the rear as Intake

In the Lian li mini snow case

Would it be ok if I put those 3 on the bottom of case as intake and then my last 2 as 1 rear exhaust and 1 top exhaust?

[manic cloak]

top should be intake

and bottom should be exhausr

if i'm correct

[minor cypress]

@manic cloak I have 5 fans total

[manic cloak]

oh

[minor cypress]

I did 3 bottom as intake
1 top exhaust
1 rear exhaust

[manic cloak]

send a pic

cause tbh

i think that's wrong

[manic cloak]

unless you have the whole pc upside down

I doubt that's gonna work

[minor cypress]

The way the pic is that’s is right side up

[manic cloak]

ikik

[minor cypress]

If anything I’ll change it later

[manic cloak]

you should be fine with 1 exhaust rear, 2 or 3 top intakes

5th fan you can throw anywhere

bottom should usually be exhaust though

cause there's not gonna be as much air flow compared to top from the bottom

I guess you could say air follows gravity?

[strong raft]

Some of the wackest stuff I've heard.

[obsidian wigeon]

uh no

you should actually keep the bottom fans as intake for this case

or the gpu will be choked from air

back exhaust

side intake

no need for top fans

[teal dome]

Is there a way when you press a key it turns on mic but when you press again it like turn off mic

Push to talk sucks and I don’t wanna hold it when I’m talking

[obsidian wigeon]

physical mic switch

bind a key to turn on and off mic i guess

[teal dome]

How do?

[obsidian wigeon]

not sure how

[teal dome]

My headset has mute button but idk how to work it

It doesn’t work

[obsidian wigeon]

or use voice activity

[teal dome]

Wat dat

[obsidian wigeon]

it turns on and off your mic based on your speech

sensitivity is adjustable

[teal dome]

Hmm alright I’ll try

[obsidian wigeon]

not speech, but rather loudness of sounds

[teal dome]

Thanks fox

[obsidian wigeon]

too sensitive it picks up everything

[teal dome]

I have a bunch of background noise so yeah

[obsidian wigeon]

too low and you have to raise your voice

[teal dome]

Might not be able to do that

[teal dome]

Yeah

Gotta get it right

[jagged ember]

Unhinged

[little osprey]

Any idea as to why Windows is acting up when I run anything in the USB ports?

Keeps saying power surge or something and the USB port is drawing more than the PSU can handle

It happens with a USB drive and wireless mouse/keyboard

I’ve tried different ports too and it still shows up until I click on the notification and click close even though it claims it won’t work until I restart the PC

But the mouse/keyboard and USB drive work just fine despite this?

Could it be the lack of an IO plate?

[mossy venture]

Have you updated bios?

[lyric thistle]

:(

[little osprey]

Yeah

It’s on the newest version

[mossy venture]

It sounds like it'd be related to ryzens usb drop out issues, or the mobo is faulty

[little osprey]

Everything works fine after I close the notification but I’m just confused why it’s showing up in the first place

[mossy venture]

Does it happen with the cases usb ports too?

Or just the motherboards

[little osprey]

Yeah

Rear and front

[mossy venture]

Odd

Made sure usb front panel connector or whatever it's called is secure?

[little osprey]

Listing for the motherboard said the USB 3.2 header didn’t work but it works for me

I’ll check but I’m still confused

Everything else works fine, she’s gonna pick it up this evening

Just trying to get everything quirked out before then

[cursive wharf]

If AMD mobo have you tested CPU, chipset, and "indirect" chipset controllers (indirect being non-internal chipset controllers connected to chipset)?

[frigid night]

@south cliff is that bottom fan set to exhaust??

[storm arrow]

Which 4090 gpu should I go with

Gigabyte aorus a good one?