building-and-recc-chat

[low path]

or do i get the pa120

[earnest olive]

oh the list has an id-cooling se-214-xt

[low path]

yea i wrote next to it the phantom spirit from thermalright cpu cooler xD

and im getting a gigabyte mobo

[earnest olive]

phantom spirit probably fine

[low path]

gigabyte b650m Gaming x mobo

[earnest olive]

think it's a little higher end than the pa120 actually but not sure

[earnest olive]

why?

[low path]

better if i ever wanted to upgrade

should i stick with the one in the list?

[earnest olive]

better in what way

[low path]

tiktok has a coupon for that gigabyte so thats why im getting it

[earnest olive]

how much

[low path]

so stick with the one in the list or get gigabyte

[earnest olive]

well how much is the gigabyte one lol

looking at pcpp prices the gigabyte board is not worth $35 more

but i can't tell you without knowing the prices

[low path]

140$ on tiktok shop

111.99 i mean

[earnest olive]

and to be clear is it the gaming x ax?

[low path]

yes

[earnest olive]

b650m gaming x doesn't exist as far as i can see

[low path]

Yea the x ax

[earnest olive]

well if it's cheaper then sure get it

they're pretty much the same quality of board though

[low path]

Oh

[royal lotus]

https://www.newegg.com/white-sama-matx-case-micro-atx/p/2AM-009W-00016?Item=9SIB41TJSW3673&cm_sp=SP-_-2061087-_-0-_-3-_-9SIB41TJSW3673-_-micro atx case-_-atx|case|micro-_-2

anyone know anything about this case

[earnest olive]

both 6 layer 2dpc boards with 8+2+1 vrm phases

[low path]

oo okay. the one eon my list is only 109 on the tiktoik shop

[earnest olive]

the gigabyte one has more expandability due to the atx form factor

so if the prices are close enough might as well get that

oh interesting

the asrock b650m supports gen 5 nvme and the gigabyte b650 doesn't

not really something important to care about though

same number of m.2 slots on each

[little osprey]

Alright so I'm averaging about 75c in temp majority of the time on Siege

[earnest olive]

but the gigabyte board has an additional pcie slot

[earnest olive]

i mean what information are you looking for that isn't here

[low path]

So get gigabyte or

[little osprey]

what cooler would yall recommend me getting for the R7 5800x3D

[earnest olive]

up to you lol

do you want to pay $3 for an extra pcie slot and lose gen 5 nvme support

they're both fine

[earnest olive]

75c is fine

[little osprey]

....it wasn't like that tho

I mean obv I shouldnt be surprised about a temp rise on a new CPU but still

[earnest olive]

what cpu did you upgrade from

[little osprey]

R5 5600x

[earnest olive]

you moved to a denser cpu with a 3d v-cache on it

75c is fine

you do not need to upgrade

[little osprey]

Fair enough, but then again....if Siege is getting those temps......what about all the other more powerful games?

[earnest olive]

try it

could even get lower temps in games that are more gpu bound than siege

[little osprey]

Cause as much as I should be able to run them, the temps might be a problem. but idk

[plucky timber]

75c is fine tbh

Have you tried stress testing the cpu thermals?

[little osprey]

........what about VRChat using PCVR?

[earnest olive]

try it

[little osprey]

idk how to

[little osprey]

about to

[earnest olive]

the worst that can happen is that you get thermal throttling

doesn't hurt to try it

[plucky timber]

Get any cpu stress test

[little osprey]

like?

Cause I deadass know none lmao

[earnest olive]

you can also use CO on the 5800X3D to lower temps, it's pretty easy to do so

[plucky timber]

And if it doesn't throttle under a stress test then it's not going to throttle under gaming workloads

[little osprey]

how do

[earnest olive]

test your temps first

if they're fine they're fine

[little osprey]

alright, but how do I get a stresstester?

Which shall I use

[earnest olive]

if you want the heaviest one go prime95

[plucky timber]

^

[earnest olive]

i get like 50c-60c in the heaviest games, prime95 makes my cpu hit 100c and start throttling within 1 second

lol

[plucky timber]

And btw if it throttles in the stress test it doesn't mean it'll throttle in the game

[little osprey]

alright. but i've never used a stresstester so I'm not sure if I need to stop the test myself oooooor

[earnest olive]

testing with prime95 is kinda pointless if all you're gonna do is game on a stock system

[little osprey]

like how does it work

[plucky timber]

It's a game-by-game basis

[earnest olive]

but if you want the highest temps they're there

yeah there's a stop button

[plucky timber]

And also worst case

Your pc crashes

It's not going to kill it

[little osprey]

how about this

I'm gonna hop on VRChat using PCVR and let yall know

how it goes

[plucky timber]

ok

[earnest olive]

you can just test your temps in games

no need to stress test

[plucky timber]

^

[earnest olive]

doesn't matter what you get in stress tests if it won't happen in reality

[little osprey]

bouta check rn

[earnest olive]

stress tests are more for overclocking or diagnosing hardware

[royal lotus]

would a matx board look dumb in an air 903 max

[plucky timber]

That would be very subjective

But think of it like this

[plucky timber]

There's going to be a lot of hardware on top of the motherboard anyways

[south cliff]

Ok got the 3rd cable so no more pig tail

They only had black tho

[plucky timber]

So you're not going to notice it that much

[south cliff]

Which kinda sucks

[royal lotus]

ok

[little osprey]

alr so to my surprise I'm getting less temps on VRChat with PCVR

and a better performance thank goodness

not lower than before.....I think (I can't remember) but lower than Siege

[plucky timber]

Makes sense

Besides 75c isn't high tbh

It's kinda average

Still got a bit of room to move before it throttles

[south cliff]

When I went to separate 8 pins my power limit went from 107 to 119

W

Max with pig tails was 420 watts now it’s going to 467

[mellow meteor]

is this pc build good? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rv3Bh3

[south cliff]

undervolt it and about 350 -360 watts and about 61 degrees

[mossy venture]

I would change it up a bit

[mellow meteor]

what would you change?

[mellow meteor]

idk what that means im pretty new to pc stuff

[mossy venture]

One sec I'll make the changes I'd do and send it

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pYwpmD

You don't need extra fans but if you want them, c12c 3 pack for $13

Could also still do phantom spirit for the cooler, it's just not needed

And if you'd be willing to buy parts off of tiktok shop, could do a better psu for less, 2tb p41 plus for $62, 32gb ddr4 3200c16 for $35 (vulcan z or geil orion)

Also same mobo is $72 on tiktok shop

All of those shipped and sold by newegg

@mellow meteor

[south cliff]

i was talking about my gpu

[mellow meteor]

oh mb

[mellow meteor]

tiktok shop is kinda sketchy though

everything is really cheap

its like temu

[dreamy obsidian]

they discount it

so double discount

[mellow meteor]

would there be a big difference if i added those 3 extra fans

[manic cloak]

I ain’t into water blocks or so on but

[south cliff]

no get it through the newegg offical store

[mellow meteor]

do i need anything else if im building this? like thermal paste or anything like that

[mellow meteor]

yeah thats why i said tiktok shop is sketchy

its probably low quality

thats why its so cheap

[manic cloak]

Wdym? 😭

You know they promote their tiktok shop on their website right?

[mellow meteor]

yeah but a lot of the products on tiktok shop are low quality or fake

[manic cloak]

And tiktoks the one paying for the coupons

[manic cloak]

Ya from other sellers which 90% of the time are fake

There’s some that have their own page and like dedicate their page for the business

Showing it’s not some AI reading a script

[south cliff]

not how it works

[mossy venture]

It's sold and shipped by newegg

[jade kestrel]

can someone help me

[low path]

have u heard of powergpu or nah

[potent portal]

With what?

[low path]

Bro this pc build company called my list parts bad LOL

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hzzGn6

this list

im dead

[mossy venture]

I'm assuming they're talking about mobo, gpu, and ram

Ram I can understand, they prolly don't know about hynix tuning

Mobo, people think reseonably priced means bad

[mellow meteor]

where do you find some of the parts on newegg?

some of them only have amazon as a choice

[mossy venture]

On tik tok shipped and sold by newegg, is what that meant

[potent portal]

Yes if you're not spending at least as much on the motherboard as you are the CPU then you're wrong and deserve the board catching fire from overheating ||/s||

[low path]

so is my build good though xD

[low path]

or do i change it?

[potent portal]

It's perfect how it is unless you want to spend more on looks

As it is, it's almost perfectly min/maxed for performance

[low path]

for preformance wise its really good? ez

ill order the aprts rn

parts

Btw im getting the phantom spirit cpu cooler i just forgot to chaange it

[earnest olive]

no, why?

[earnest olive]

just seems like they want you to buy the stuff they have

[low path]

thatswhat im thinking lol

[austere condor]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/frPLwg

anything worth improving on? specific models im not attached to, but im wanting to stay around the same price

[mossy venture]

If cooler doesn't have to be rgb, phantom spirit but that's about it

[austere condor]

havent paid attention to specific models for a few weeks, just wanted to double check on like, ram, ssd, etc

[mossy venture]

P41 plus might be better I'm not sure

[austere condor]

id prefer the RGB, would be nice to keep. i was gonna go with the PA120SE, but the black RGB version is expensive

[obsidian wigeon]

there's cardea z44l for similar kind of perf to p41 plus

[brittle tinsel]

how do you install an older AMD driver?
I used this link here: https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-570
but when I try to run it, it says I dont have a valid AMD driver and I just installed the GPU so am I in an endless loop?

AMD Software: Adrenalin edition. is what im having issues with on the drvier site

[knotty drum]

I have experienced similar issues with my gpu driver. I had to erase my gpu driver and start over

I forgot how tho

[brittle tinsel]

Will DDU work?

I had already done that before swapping the cards but I can try again

[obsidian wigeon]

you could run ddu

[knotty drum]

Ah yes that. I did DDU thing

[brittle tinsel]

could be because I still had the Nvidia card in after running DDU

[knotty drum]

It happens when you have two drivers installed by error

I think if I remember correctly

[obsidian wigeon]

windows tends to auto install drivers

make sure internet is off

[knotty drum]

Good advice

[brittle tinsel]

alright, will give that a go

[austere condor]

legend 850 is better than the Z44L

[obsidian wigeon]

alright

[spare vale]

Does anyone know of any good 850w PSU?

[tardy pebble]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/C7MgQP

Does this look alright? It's been 8yrs since I've built a PC so I'm a little out of the loop on current parts. Is there any good reason I shouldn't go for a 650w PSU instead of the 850 one I have selected there?

[vague oracle]

CPU and GPU are completely unbalanced

What’s your budget?

[tardy pebble]

The GPU I've already owned for a year and is in my current build

[vague oracle]

And what’re you trying to do with this PC?

Ahh ok

[tardy pebble]

Outside of that my budget is ~1k USD give or take 100 or 200

[vague oracle]

Purpose of the PC?

[tardy pebble]

I also already own the listed 2tb M.2

[tardy pebble]

Just for gaming really

I might upgrade the GPU in 3yrs or so when the 3000 series starts showing its age more, but for now it cleanly runs every game I mainly play at 1440p high settings above 60fps so im not worried about replacing it quickly

Everything in my current build aside from that GPU is ancient though haha

[vague oracle]

Honestly, that list is pretty good, i just swapped out the ram https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GQh84M

If you have a microcenter by you I’d get this https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006599/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d,-msi-b650-p-pro-wifi-ddr5,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

[tardy pebble]

Oh man that's such a good deal 😢 Sadly in Oregon so the nearest one is a whole state down.

[vague oracle]

worth the trip

Lolll

[tardy pebble]

me after my 17hr one way trip to Tustin

[vague oracle]

But yeah that list looks pretty solid imo

[vague oracle]

Get yourself a good playlist, it’ll make it seem like 17 minutes

[tardy pebble]

lmao true

ive actually done that drive before and it really wasn't terrible with a good variety of music and different podcasts

What's the diff between the Gskill Z5 and Z5 Neo btw? they're similar in price either way so it's no issue

oh nvm i found a thread explaining the diff, okay noted 🙏

[vague oracle]

Z5 neo is meant for AMD so you’ll have better compatibility

And 6000c30 has a better IC than 6000c36 so you’ll be able to get better performance out of it if you ever choose to manually overclock it

The CL latency being 30 vs 36 doesn’t make much difference in performance

[tardy pebble]

For only a ~$10 difference in price I'll take those little advantages

[vague oracle]

100% worth it imo

[cursive wharf]

Well of course. According to UserBenchmark, Core2 Dou easily beats that crabby AMD 7800X-3-TURD. Why would you ever purchase such trash ||/s||

[mossy venture]

If you're just gaming I'd swap this around, unless you alr have the gpu

Cooler phantom spirit, ssd p41 plus, case is fine if you really like it but personally I'm not a fan of the north, but its not bad airflow wise

And teamgroup has some rgb 6000c30/c32 kits around $90-100, and the trident heatspreader has been known to fall off of the ram stick from what I've been told

[minor garnet]

i just ordered a new monitor and was wondering if i should upgrade gpu or wait?

[mossy venture]

What gpu do you have and what monitor did you get

[minor garnet]

rtx 3080, samsung odysey 49inch g9 oled

[mossy venture]

4k?

[minor garnet]

under 4k, 5,120 x 1,440

[mossy venture]

You're likely going to want a new gpu

[minor garnet]

damn

[mossy venture]

I would say wait and see how your experience is

[minor garnet]

cause i use a 27inch 4k screen rn and its fine

[mossy venture]

If you decide it's not enough for you, upgrade

If it is enough, then don't

[minor garnet]

if i were to upgrade i was looking at the rx 7900xtx nitro

[mossy venture]

Xtx is nice around 910-950

[minor garnet]

ok

just idk if i should just wait for 8k series

[mossy venture]

I would just recommend the cheapest one at the time of buying

Rn that would be https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gCBG3C/asrock-phantom-gaming-oc-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-24-gb-video-card-rx7900xtx-pg-24go

[mossy venture]

If the 3080 is enough for you, then yes

[minor garnet]

i just would prefer nitro as i want it to be as quiet as possible

i think its the best cooler

but i could be wrong

[mossy venture]

How much is it?

Pcp says almost $1200

Which is not worth it in any way shape or form

[minor garnet]

that in usd?

[mossy venture]

Yes

[minor garnet]

yeah pretty much the same

[mossy venture]

What country are you in?

[minor garnet]

au

[little osprey]

Shoot okay NVM

When you get the chance Bacca, got a buddy who’s in Romania who has a budget of about 4,500-5,000 Lei and is wanting to build a PC

[mossy venture]

Hellhound is $1500 nitro+ is $1800

Atp waterblock the hellhound

[little osprey]

Needs wifi, he doesn’t care for looks if it’s basic, and it’ll be for gaming

[minor garnet]

sounds expensive to water block

[mossy venture]

Pretty sure you can do it with an aio, so unless you did a custom loop it'd end up about the same price as just the nitro+

$300 for a little bit quieter is just silly though

[minor garnet]

what about the pulse?

[mossy venture]

Waterblock around $150, aio depends, but I'd do your own research on it

[minor garnet]

itx case no muhc room )P

[little osprey]

https://ro.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZzMxbL

Well kinda undershot, I didn’t know how to go about this

Initially I tried to cram a 7600 and 6800, that didn’t work with the budget (4,500-5,000 Lei)

Any ideas how to improve this?

[mossy venture]

https://ro.pcpartpicker.com/list/wVcrYN

Can also do abn 650 for psu and 6700/xt for gpu

[little osprey]

Could probably cram the 6700 XT

But I don’t wanna leave him in the same spot as now

He’s on a 8400 and 1050 Ti, so I wanna leave a little room to upgrade

[mossy venture]

I mean

What would he value more

Better performance now, so less time till upgrade

Or worse performance with more upgradability

[little osprey]

I suppose that’s a fair point

[mossy venture]

No I mean like ask him which he'd rather have

https://ro.pcpartpicker.com/list/mz6VGP

Can change psu to udgm 750 too, it's B tier for like 60 Lei less or so

[little osprey]

https://ro.pcpartpicker.com/list/DqHjN6

[little osprey]

He was insistent about AM4 and to be fair if he’s still on that old hardware and only now getting irritated I suppose better performance is gonna be the route

[little osprey]

Couldn’t figure out a board with enough RGB headers

[mossy venture]

Then that's fine, 5600 over 5600x though

It's a 200mhz difference

Imo the 7600 list is very worth it, could throw in a much better cpu in 5 years instead of having to upgrade the whole platform

[little osprey]

That’s what I was thinking as well

Alright I’ll send him the list you sent

[mossy venture]

Could also do 5600 and look for a better gpu used

Like 6800xt/7800xt/3080+

[little osprey]

Possibly but the parts were already strained enough looking new

[south cliff]

are cable extentions fine for the 3090?

[cyan ravine]

Yes

[south cliff]

what are some good sets of extentions?or brand

[cyan ravine]

Cablemod, ezdiy fab

Antec should be good

Asiahorse gets thrown around too

[shut rampart]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9pjDkJ

I need a new Monitor + a monitor stand I prefer 24 inch or less but if not its alright I'm sure the monitor stand could save me some space

I also need 1 m.2 ( 1T ) since I don't download much games / play them

maybe 1 more upgrade to the pc but depends really I dont need anything pc upgrades

[potent portal]

Looks ok to me, assuming you chose Nvidia for a reason and not just the brand.
USB yes, the rest is optional. The cooler comes with paste, and I haven't used an anti static band in years. I can show you how little ESD matters if you like.
Whichever model is cheaper, the OC model just has a very small (like 1-2%) factory overclock, which you can do yourself in 2 minutes.

[south cliff]

for some reason after i put in the extra 8 pin my gpu got cooler by alot

[obsidian wigeon]

looks decent ya

[potent portal]

I'd still get a 7800 XT over the 4070 personally, unless your favorite game is one that heavily favors Nvidia.

The 7800 XT is still faster even when you factor in ray traced titles

On average

[obsidian wigeon]

amd cards are fine mow too

[potent portal]

About 5% on average

This is counting ray tracing on ultra for cyberpunk, which heavily tilts the scale towards the 4070

Here's the vid if you want more on that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0jVvS6DtLE

[torpid raven]

Hey, was wondering if anyone can help me with my friends pc. Everything works. Pc just boots to bios first.

[obsidian wigeon]

is this a brand new build?

[torpid raven]

Yes

[obsidian wigeon]

any os installed yet?

if not that's normal

the pc is working, and it doesn't have any os installed yet

[torpid raven]

Yeah, it has windows

[obsidian wigeon]

alright

is a usb drive used for installing windows still plugged in?

make sure it's not plugged in

[torpid raven]

No it’s not primary boot is the ssd where windows is installed

[obsidian wigeon]

hm, check boot order

try to override boot into the ssd

[minor garnet]

if price wasnt a factor would you rather go fro a 7900xtx or 4080

[obsidian wigeon]

xtx

by far

[minor garnet]

why so

[obsidian wigeon]

faster raster perf

unless you need cuda, there's no need for nvidia

frame gen and rt is just gimmicky stuff

tho fsr 3 can do the same thing anyway

even then amd has rocm to let you use cuda on radeon

[potent portal]

XTX is still faster even when you factor in ray tracing. There's only a few notable exceptions like cyberpunk.

[little osprey]

When will I get my 7800 GRE

[lone flame]

why would you want that

[little osprey]

Because it’s silly

[mossy venture]

Give me the 7700xtx

And 7800 gre

7800xtx

7600xt, 7600xtx, 7600 gre

[little osprey]

I would pay for a 7700 XTX

[mossy venture]

Depends on price

Not really any room between 7700xt and 7800xt price wise, maybe performance wise. If 7700xt dropped to like 380-400 7700xtx could be $450

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Slovskii/saved/QwxXf7

Alright well I’ve come to a conclusion I don’t spend nearly as much time as I would’ve liked to with my main rig

So I’m probably gonna sell it

Could I get a rough estimate of its value used?

Most likely gonna list it on Facebook Marketplace

I’m planning move to a laptop because running games like War Thunder and CS2 on 7800 XT at 1080p is overkill and ultimately I just find myself pouring money into an endless pit because it always seems I need to upgrade or change something

[lethal tapir]

It's the base 7800xt model?

[little osprey]

Yeah probably gonna draw from the value unfortunately

[lethal tapir]

Maybe a little

[little osprey]

I just don't wanna dip below $1,000 when selling this

I got the card earlier this month IIRC

I could technically do a part out but would much rather get it gone as a whole

[lethal tapir]

I think like 1100-1250 is a good place to think from

Chops a bit of value but it's pre-built and ready-to-use beefy boi PC

Even if it's a base model card, it just came out

[little osprey]

It's a little dusty just because it's a few months old but nothing that sticks out like a sore thumb

[lethal tapir]

If the case ain't cracked and the cables are at least B grade managed it's probably fine as is

[little osprey]

I could list it for $1,250 and maybe say price is negotiable

[little osprey]

One sec I have a pick with the new card in it

Probably not gonna list it with the anime figure but I think I did an okay job

[lethal tapir]

Looks good to me

Non-rgb I feel is becoming more popular

[little osprey]

I mainly went for cooling

Thermalright had these fans with near exact same Noctua's A12x25

Then snagged a B-stock 360mm Liquid Freezer II for $75

An obviously the Phanteks case because I BELIEVE it's airflow is above average

[lethal tapir]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CyqZz6

I was curious to see how mine stacked up and it's pretty close price wise

I had to pad it with all the accessory items but still...

[little osprey]

Yeah, I wanna lowball it so I can get rid of it but even then it's gonna be hard just because of the market aroud me

A lot more farm equipment and vehicles for sale than PC's

Phones and consoles are just more common

[lethal tapir]

Yeah but farmers have kids and are loaded

At least one high schooler around will convince a relative to buy it, especially as a local buy

[tepid crater]

Real fast. What would an ssd show up as in bios? Sata or m2?

Trying to figure out how to switch from my HDD to my SSD

[stoic island]

If you have an m.2 ssd, it'll show up as an m.2 ssd

if you have a 2.5in sata ssd, it'll show up as a sata ssd

[tepid crater]

Apparently my HDD is showing up as sata

[potent portal]

As would be expected, most of them are either sata or sas

If you can't find the SSD in bios you might need to manually set the PCIe version of the slot

[tepid crater]

Oh no it's showing up now for some reason.

[tepid crater]

tried to boot from the SSD. got spinning dots. screen went blank. PC rebooted and defualted to the SSD

aaaaaaand now mt pc isnt recognizing it again...yeah id say that ssd is chalked

[stoic island]

installed windows on the ssd?

directly copying everything over doesn't always leave windows intact

[tepid crater]

it wont even let me copy things over. says i dont have admin permissions..which i do...

[potent portal]

Did you just try to copy paste? Because that doesn't work

You need a program like macrium reflect to copy windows properly

[tepid crater]

i tried copy paste. drag and drop..

i dont wanna copy windows i just want the files

like my image files and game data files

[royal lotus]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ng2WGX/asrock-b650m-pg-riptide-wifi-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-b650m-pg-riptide-wifi

am i going to need pwm splitters for this mobo

[potent portal]

I see 4 fan headers on it including CPU fan, how many do you need?

[royal lotus]

do you think 4 fans is sufficient enough?

[mossy venture]

Yes

[royal lotus]

thats what comes with my case

[potent portal]

Usually

[royal lotus]

ok

[potent portal]

Ok I think I understand what you're doing. The SSD started acting up so you installed windows on the HDD to try to get your stuff off, but it's not letting you saying you need permission. Is that somewhat close to what's going on?

[tepid crater]

Pretty much

[potent portal]

I have a file that can help, it automatically changes the owner of a selected folder and all files inside to your current user. It requires admin access, and can be dangerous when used on the wrong folders.
Once you open the add_take_ownership file you'll get a new item in your right click menu that says "take ownership" with the UAC logo next to it. It'll open a command window and take a couple minutes to process, or longer for folders with lots of files. Then you will be able to copy whatever you like.

It's actually kind of crazy how long I've had this and how it still works perfectly. I got it before windows 7 ever had a service pack lol.

[tepid crater]

Can you dm that to me?

[potent portal]

The file or the explanation? Eh I'll do both

Done

[glad swallow]

what are the best 1440p gaming monitors for $300-$400

27in prefered and its for a dual setup

[teal dome]

Pretty sure every 1440p monitor is 27inch and also you can get a 1440p monitor for like 150-200 165 hz or some

[potent portal]

There's 32 inch ones too

And ultrawide ones

[potent portal]

This is about the most you need to spend to get a great gaming experience. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mQbTwP/gigabyte-m27q-p-270-2560x1440-170-hz-monitor-m27q-p

The next major feature would be either better HDR or OLED and those monitors start around $700

[glad swallow]

last one i had was an asus tuf i believe

never had issues are they a good brand?

[potent portal]

Gigabyte? Yeah they're one of the better brands for both quality and features, at a reasonable price.

[glad swallow]

no asus

[little osprey]

GOD NO

I mean

[potent portal]

Oh, some of the tuf monitors are good but it's hit or miss

[little osprey]

Model > Brand

[glad swallow]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824026281?Item=N82E16824026281

thoughts?

[little osprey]

Eh

27in

IPS

144Hz

1440p

[glad swallow]

ips?

[little osprey]

Panel type

[potent portal]

It's good but it's not better than the gigabyte

[glad swallow]

also might help i have a 4070 not sure if the amd monitors are compatible too but

[potent portal]

Most of the time Gsync is just a rebranded Freesync, they're intercompatible

[glad swallow]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012018?Item=N82E16824012018

[little osprey]

Hey well while you guys are here I got a few questions about selling my PC

[potent portal]

The M27Q-P is an improved model over this one https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/compare/lg-27gl83a-b-vs-gigabyte-m27q-rev-1-0/1627/19668?usage=3623&threshold=0.10

[little osprey]

Would it be beneficial to run some benmarks and include those with the listing?

[glad swallow]

lol is 240hz necessary thats crazy

[little osprey]

Like Cinebench and CrystalDiskInfo

[glad swallow]

yeah

[potent portal]

Nah 240hz isn't for most people

[glad swallow]

from a buyers perspective it shows them how the pc will run if they dont know about what parts

[potent portal]

You could do a time spy run and put it in the pictures

[little osprey]

The end result?

[potent portal]

Yeah

[little osprey]

Anything else?

[potent portal]

Performance-wise that's what people care the most about

[little osprey]

Also should I wipe the SSD and reinstall Windows or just leave it blank?

[potent portal]

"How many fps does it get"

[glad swallow]

ah the gigabyte is better

[potent portal]

You can do a PC reset deleting all files. It's easier than reinstalling.

[little osprey]

Does that leave it open for a new user to enter their own stuff?

[glad swallow]

acer any good?

[potent portal]

Yes

[little osprey]

Like can I leave it without having to set it up and it's straight forward enough for someone to figure it out?

[potent portal]

yes

[little osprey]

Alright that works I guess

I appreciate it a lot as always

[glad swallow]

whats better ips or va?

[little osprey]

IPS

[glad swallow]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012018?Item=N82E16824012018\

so would this be a good buy?

[clever rivet]

Hey, does anyone know if an additional RGB controller is needed if I’ve purchased the Lian Li Galladad II Cooler along with a bunch of solo fans from Lian Li?

[potent portal]

The issue with Acer is they have some diamonds hidden in the turds, and they know it. They have intentionally confusing model names. Like the "Acer Predator X27 Pbmiphzx" and the "Acer Predator X27 bmiiphzx" are different monitors with similar specs, but one is garbage.

[glad swallow]

does gigabyte have any curved 1440p 27in in a ips panel all im seeing are va

[potent portal]

Yes that would be good. The main complaint about it is the pixels are arranged as BGR instead of RGB so you need to run the windows cleartype tool to make text look good. The M27Q-P model doesn't have that flaw.

[potent portal]

Curved IPS is a myth, they're all VA

At least, under $1000 it's a myth

[glad swallow]

is running the windows tool difficult?

[potent portal]

No

It walks you through and asks simply "which text looks best to you" a few times

[glad swallow]

other there any other options with similar specs to the one i listed

[potent portal]

Which fans specifically, and which galahad model exactly?

[glad swallow]

im not liking these reviews and if im about to drop 500$ id want to like the reviews

[potent portal]

Wait which one was 500?

[glad swallow]

no no

im ordering 2 of the same monitor

[potent portal]

Ohh

As a general rule I don't listen to user reviews. They're too easy to fake, and brands have been caught paying people to write negative reviews on competitors before.

[glad swallow]

yeah stuff from a buyers perspective tho

tough^

[potent portal]

What things are you seeing? A lot of the time it's user error or they don't know about some tool or another like cleartype

[glad swallow]

just calibrating

• Had some strange power cycling of the monitor occur when using KVM.
• Online description indicates a 0.5ms response time, however the box indicates a 1ms.
• Does not pivot side to side.

[clever rivet]

I’ve purchased the LIAN LI Galahad II Trinity SL-INF 360 GA2T36INB Liquid / Water Cooling, along with 6 SL-INF Reverse fans and 1 regular SL-INF fan

[potent portal]

Response time is just marketing, don't pay attention to it. The KVM issue could be a problem but only if you're using multiple computers on one set of monitors and keyboard/mouse.

[glad swallow]

should i just pull the trigger then

on this specific model

[potent portal]

I'd jump on it. It doesn't get that low in price often and when it does it sells out.

[glad swallow]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012050

this one

[potent portal]

So a total of 10 infinity fans, you'll need a total of 3 controllers since each can handle 4 fans. The 3 packs of fans should come with 1 controller each, and the AIO comes with 1 as well.

[clever rivet]

They only sell the reverse fans in singles, so there isn’t any controllers with them. I thought the infinity fans daisy chain together so you don’t need as many controllers ?

[potent portal]

Kinda, but when you have that many fans you do need the additional controllers since they interconnect to use only one of each type motherboard header. Or at least that's how the old controllers worked, I'm not sure if they changed it for the infinity controller.

At any rate you'll have everything you need

[clever rivet]

Ok

Thank you

[glad swallow]

@potent portal should i pull the trigger on the one i linked?

[potent portal]

Yeah go for it. That model shouldn't need the cleartype fix too.

[glad swallow]

perfect, would you reccomended a arm mount? ive never used one but theyre cheap so why not try it

[potent portal]

I don't do arms, can't help you there personally

[cyan ravine]

hm, what about legs?

[south cliff]

100%

should get a arm mount

looks better

can vertical mount monitor

cable management

can make it look like its kinda floating

[glad swallow]

ok\

[formal sparrow]

hi i have a quick question i have just received my pc it’s and amd ryzen 5 4500.. ima trying to buy a network card that has bluetooth and wifi.. I found one on amazon for a good price but it says intel on it in the picture would this part be compatible or can i use any network card i will attach a few i’m looking at

TP-Link WiFi 6 AX3000 PCIe Card (Archer TX3000E), Up to 2400Mbps, Bluetooth 5.2, 802.11AX Dual Band Wireless Adapter with MU-MIMO,OFDMA,Ultra-Low Latency, Supports Windows 11, 10 (64bit) only

Cudy AX5400 Wireless WiFi 6E PCIe Card for PC, Bluetooth 5.2, AX210 Module Inside, Bluetooth 5.2/5/4.0, 802.11ax/ac/a/b/g/n, Windows 11,10, WE3000S V2

this one ☝🏽 says intel on the pictures

does it matter if it’s amd or intel for this part ?

just found a few more on neweggs website

[potent portal]

The "Intel" part refers to it using an Intel WiFi chipset. It'll work on any motherboard no matter the brand.

[formal sparrow]

dude you’re a real one i appreciate you and i found out i only have one slot from yesterday convo so i order a heat sink and a 1tb from new egg as well i will be installing once they arrive thank you again mane 🙏🏼

[hollow crag]

Why do the things on the bottom unclip but the ones on the top don’t(for ram)

It’s a asrock b650 hdv-m.2 mobo

First time building

[obsidian wigeon]

asrock boards does that

[hollow crag]

Ohhh

But when I put the ram in it’s not clipping

[obsidian wigeon]

you only need one clip down

[hollow crag]

On the bottom

[hollow crag]

Thank you

Should the gold be showing?

[obsidian wigeon]

that's not installed

try to not angle the ram in

you have to slot it in straight

[hollow crag]

Okay

[hollow crag]

It won’t push downn

[flint sapphire]

It should be able to push down, double check both clips are in the open position

[cyan ravine]

is the notch lined up in the middle

[flint sapphire]

*nvm it’s a single latch just kinda slightly rock it into place

[hollow crag]

Slightly rock it?

[flint sapphire]

like a 4degree angle

[hollow crag]

Yes

Oh gosh

Okay

[cyan ravine]

it's designed not to go in if it's backwards

[flint sapphire]

It takes a bit of force to get it to seat properly tho

https://tenor.com/view/el-luchito-con-la-ram-gif-15851431

[hollow crag]

I tried flipping it both ways

Still not working

Do I hammer it

[flint sapphire]

No

That is a meme

But it will take pressure on both sides

[hollow crag]

Okay retry

[flint sapphire]

Triple check that it’s lined up

Then press down with your thumbs on the top

Either side of the stick

Might feel a little crunchy (ik it’s a weird way to describe it)

Press until you hear the click of the latch… latching

[hollow crag]

Maybe it’s not lining up by a little centimeter I can’t tell

[flint sapphire]

Do you have anyone else in the house with you? Get them to look at it if you do

[hollow crag]

Yea I am having her look at it too

[flint sapphire]

Quadruple check the alignment and have her press down on either side

[hollow crag]

Is it because I’m doing it on the mobo box?

Okay

[flint sapphire]

No it’s just kinda nerve racking the first time tbh

[hollow crag]

How much pressure am I suppose to be putting on it

[flint sapphire]

Like

[hollow crag]

I’m putting like a lot

[flint sapphire]

Quite a bit

But if it isn’t going in take a break

Come back to it after looking at someone put a stick in online

[hollow crag]

They put it in with ease

I’ll look at a couple more

[flint sapphire]

https://youtu.be/1zxynB5_udg?si=DkDrqb61LsPS9emv

Check the stickers side

[hollow crag]

DID IT

he put a lot more pressure so I put my mobo on a desk and did it

Time to install the rest of the stuff

[flint sapphire]

[shut rampart]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9pjDkJ

I need a new Monitor + a monitor stand I prefer 24 inch or less but if not its alright I'm sure the monitor stand could save me some space

I also need 1 m.2 ( 1T ) since I don't download much games / play them

[flint sapphire]

You could get away with away cheaper cooler

[shut rampart]

my build?

[flint sapphire]

Ye

[shut rampart]

I already built it

plus it was on discount I think

[lyric thistle]

use 15 year old incel stock cooler

[flint sapphire]

Ah gotchya I’m twinning with you anyways

[shut rampart]

just need different monitor + ssd

not ssd m.2

[flint sapphire]

P41 is pretty cheap all the time, don’t know if it’s still on promo on the tiktok store

What’s your budget on the monitor?

[shut rampart]

I was thinking of buying two of the same monitor tbh

I just like matching

but 300 ish for 1

[flint sapphire]

You could do dual 1440p’s but they’d be a little hard for your gpu to drive

And they’d be 27in

[shut rampart]

I was thinking of maybe getting 24 inch or less cuz I have little to no space

unless I install monitor stand tho that prob going to save me like 1 inch or less

This?

[flint sapphire]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097S9SYM5? Here’s rtings best budget 1080p monitor

And here’s my 1440p recommendation

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012050?

[shut rampart]

This is my setup for now but 27inch that going to just one monitor maybe two if I’m lucky

[flint sapphire]

Could always just replace one of the monitors with the viewsonic Omni

[shut rampart]

but I like matching lol

but true I could

could I just buy a mointor stand it " save space " right but I dont know how since its not really saving any space other then the stand

plus I built this ikea desk wrong and have not enough space to mount it on my desk back end

[flint sapphire]

Could get a single arm mount, flip one of your 1080ps vertical and grab the 1440p for the main

[shut rampart]

I dont like vertical

[flint sapphire]

Alright alright

But anyways those are my recs

[shut rampart]

I will prob just get the ssd and omni its going to be 1 inch wider its alright better hz i guess for gaming

[hollow crag]

I don’t know how to install fans

At all

So confusing

Instruction manual does not help

[flint sapphire]

The side with nothing blocking the actual fan is pull <-

Basically wanna put the cable towards the back of the case/towards the motherboard

[hollow crag]

Yea but the thing is the screws don’t even fit in the fan when i try screwing them on

I have no idea why

Are they suppose to screw in all the way?

[flint sapphire]

So most fans aren’t pre threaded, you kinda make your own threads

Aka they are very hard to screw at first

[hollow crag]

Jeeeee

Welp always got tomorrow

Gonna look up how to thread a fan

[flint sapphire]

Just screw it in hard

[minor garnet]

is it worth upgrading from 30 series to 40 series gpus? or should i just wait for 50 series release

[flint sapphire]

wait imo

[obsidian wigeon]

id wait

[little osprey]

10 series

[weak flint]

wait for 60 series and upgrade to 30 series

[earnest olive]

I mean… depends

3060 to 4080? yeah

3070 to 4060ti? lol no

[little osprey]

What’s the best way to run external storage on a laptop?

I’m planning on storing some files but won’t be actively using them

I just plan on setting up a docking station for a laptop in general with a monitor and charger

[stoic island]

you want like 1tb or 10tb

just a regular external ssd is generally fine unless you want a nas or smth

[little osprey]

Probably just like 2TB-4TB

Because I dunno how much storage the laptop I’m getting is gonna have

I would like to setup a NAS if I can put files from my laptop onto a SFF PC that displays on a TV

I don’t have any smart TV’s unfortunately

[tepid crater]

So I just swapped my PSU...and I have 2 spare cables left over? One says cpu on it even though I have another labeled cpu already plugged in

[lyric thistle]

Does your motherboard have two CPU power

[tepid crater]

Not that I'm seeing

[lyric thistle]

If not then you can just leave that in the box

[tepid crater]

Gotcha. Thinking the other spare cabled if a gpu cable

Big 4 prong. And there's not plug ins like that in my pc

[lyric thistle]

Yeah, only need as many cables as the hardware needs

[tepid crater]

Hmmm. Guess it's time to fire it up then

Oh wait I have a 3rd spare. 2 plug ins that say type4?

[weary galleon]

If you send pics of the connectors we can more easily tell what they're for

[tepid crater]

Also I have 3 ssd ports in this motherboard. But one is supposedly disabled, I know one works. Dunno bout the last one

[weary galleon]

Yeah those are pcie power cables, either for extra cpu or gpu power. If you've already plugged in the motherboard and gpu you don't need those right now

[tepid crater]

Sweet. Any input on the SSD port situation?

It's steel legend B560 motherboard with an I5-105000

Cpu

[weary galleon]

Installing an nvme drive sometimes disables 1-2 sata ports

The motherboard manual should tell you which ones get disabled

[tepid crater]

Nvme=HDD?

[weary galleon]

No, different form factor of ssd

[tepid crater]

Gotcha. I have no idea how to tell

[weary galleon]

It gets installed directly on the motherboard

[tepid crater]

Gotcha. So I can only have one plugged in

Wack

[weary galleon]

Depends on the motherboard

I'd assume a b560 board should have at least 2 nvme slots

[tepid crater]

It has 3

Where abouts in the Manuel should I look?

[weary galleon]

If there's an SSD section id go there

[tepid crater]

Yeah I'm looking at it but I'm not seeing where it's talking about what ports get disabled. Just says to match the slot to the side of the ssd

[weary galleon]

Just to clarify, in addition to those 2 nvme drives you also have data drives you want to use?

[tepid crater]

Data drive?

Sorry I'm not fluent in this stuff 😅

This is my first time doing this

[weary galleon]

Sata, my bad lol

2.5inch sata or hhd

[tepid crater]

Yeah I have one of those. It's what I started with and i use it as a backup

[weary galleon]

No worries, we all had to learn at some point

[weary galleon]

Yeah so I'd install both nvme drives and just choose one sata port for the 2.5in drive. If it doesn’t show up once you get the pc running just shut down, swap the port and try again

[tepid crater]

I know which SSD port for sure works. And I know the HDD works. I just put the new ssd in the slot under the heat sink, idk if that ls the one that's disabled or not but we gonna find out lol

[weary galleon]

The nvme slots shouldn’t be disabled

[tepid crater]

Someone I talked to in here before said one was caus eof the Gen or cpu or something

[weary galleon]

Oh gotcha

I would think a 10500 could support 2 nvme. Doesn't hurt to just try. A disabled slot won't harm the drive

[tepid crater]

Well done something right atleast. It's all lit up now. That's a start

Hmm...it's not showing the ssd..

Is there a separate power plug for the ssd slots?

Aaaand now my pc has just shut off entirely

On its own

[weary galleon]

Nvme drives on the motherboard dont need any power pluga

[tepid crater]

Ok so now it's booted back up but still not recognizing the new ssd....there no way all my ssd ports are fried right?

I swear if I need a new motherboard...

[wind flax]

Yo I got my Solidigm P44 today Lets go Solidigm Gang

[tepid crater]

@wind flax I'd be more hyped if my pc was recognizing it lol

[wind flax]

is device manager recognizing it?

[tepid crater]

It's not showing in my my computer as available storage. Trying ti boot to bios currently

Ok bios sees it

Oh excuse me I have an I5-10600 cpu

[wind flax]

can you not send me a pic. the only way I got my computer to use my new drive is I cloned my old drive to it and the computer finally recognized it

[tepid crater]

How do you do that??

And a pic if what exactly

[wind flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-89EcTjzl4M

[wind flax]

don't need a pic if your bios recognizes it

@tepid crater are you watching the video?

[strong raft]

Just to confirm, top slot isn't enabled when a 10th gen cpu is used in 500 series mobos. If you don't clone an os drive to a "new" drive, you would otherwise have to fresh installl windows to the new drive if it's replacing another drive. You can always hook an old drive back up to access stuff on it.

[wind flax]

oh that's bonkers is there a way he can activate top slot?

[tepid crater]

@strong raft that's the info I needed on which drive is disabled...which sucks cause that's the one with the heat sink but all well ig....

[wind flax]

just did some googling you can't activate it

[strong raft]

400 series was made for 10th gen. 500 series needs an 11th gen (provides pcie gen 4 and such)

[wind flax]

but both the other slots he can use

[tepid crater]

So it seems

[wind flax]

Could someone help me with my problem

[weary galleon]

Maybe

https://dontasktoask.com

What's your problem?

[tepid crater]

I just wish I could get my files off my old sdd since it's seemingly gone bad or gotten corrupted

Ssd*

[wind flax]

ok so I bought a new ssd and I cloned it but now I have 22 gbs of space unallocated and I want to add that back to the main partition can anyone point me into the right direction for help like another discord server or can anyone here help?

and diskpart won't work

[weary galleon]

#storage-devices is the more specialized chat though you might get an answer here as well

[tepid crater]

And now my pc is making a Mario sound when it boots...interesting

[weary galleon]

I personally don't know

[tepid crater]

Yeah the ssd is being recognized in bios but not in devices and drives

Ok, so next question. How do you setup a new ssd as the storage device to boot your pc from? Lol

[wind flax]

I sent you a video did you watch it?

[tepid crater]

i got it sorted

apprecieat the help

[wind flax]

Np

[manic cloak]

How good is the z690 Velocita PG for 150$?

Compared to other mobos

[potent portal]

It's pretty average. Nothing amazing and nothing terrible. Much like other 600 chipsets don't expect to run memory at 7000+ without lots of work.

The GPU bracket is a nice touch

And the post code display

[hollow crag]

So that 4 pin thingy goes into this?

[wind flax]

looks good to me

[hollow crag]

Okay

[wind flax]

wait is that an exhaust fan or?

[manic cloak]

Max I’m running is gonna be 6000/6400 if it’s cheap tbh

Nothing crazy like 7000s w my 13600k and 7800xt

Which I’m waiting till next weeks saturday possibly for it :(

[potent portal]

It'll be just fine with those specs then

[hollow crag]

Sorry if blurry but would you know where these go?

[potent portal]

argb

It can be called a few different things based on brand

Addr_rgb is one I've seen for example

[hollow crag]

On the mobo?

[potent portal]

yeah

[hollow crag]

Okay

I just don’t wanna burn anything if I plug it in wrong

[potent portal]

Lucky for you that's the 3 pin, which you can't plug in wrong by design

If it was the 4 pin it's a little trickier

[hollow crag]

Welp.. just found out this mobo has no rgb header

Unless I’m wrong

[potent portal]

Which model, I'll check

[hollow crag]

Asrock b650m hdv/m.2

[manic cloak]

Hmm what about b760s?

[mossy venture]

I mean this is same price as velocita https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8ncG3C/gigabyte-z790-ud-ac-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-ud-ac

[manic cloak]

Uhh idk if wifi 5 makes a diff

[mossy venture]

Also https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MDGbt6/asrock-z790-pg-lightning-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-pg-lightning

[potent portal]

Asrock really needs to have better consistency. Their pictures show one on the product page but the manual doesn't acknowledge it's existence at all. Then there's an illustration that shows a 4 pin RGB header that isn't mentioned anywhere else.

[mossy venture]

Wifi 5 kinda mid

[wind flax]

Roast my set up

[potent portal]

Most people don't have wifi 6E routers anyway

[manic cloak]

Ya the gigabyte had wifi 5 on it.. for a z790

[mossy venture]

For b760, unironically https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ggddnQ/asrock-b760m-pg-sonic-wifi-micro-atx-lga1700-motherboard-b760m-pg-sonic-wifi

[manic cloak]

I do cause Best Buy had open box for 100$ ☺️

[mossy venture]

4 m.2s and wifi 6e to boot

[manic cloak]

Newer gen just same listed speeds w/o wifi as velocita

[hollow crag]

Really bad for a beginner here like me

[potent portal]

No kidding

[mossy venture]

?

Ah

[manic cloak]

This is really good

[hollow crag]

So I can just Go no rgb since there is no connecter for it and just leave the rgb ones unplugged that’s fine right?

[mossy venture]

Yeah its a really good mobo, especially at $130

[manic cloak]

I swear they had this or the z790 version on tiktok

Let me check

[potent portal]

Yes you can leave it unplugged, or get a controller

[mossy venture]

Yeah the b760 is

[manic cloak]

30% off max of 20$ @mossy venture

[mossy venture]

There's also b760m pro rs

$5 less on tiktok

Sonic worth it though

[hollow crag]

Thanks

[manic cloak]

What abt msi gaming pro z790

[vague oracle]

Meh

[mossy venture]

It's ntb, not great

The pg sonic is better value, but i don't know what the differences would be tuning wise

[manic cloak]

Fr

Plus

Pro rs has no pcie 1

Which I’ve heard is better than 2230 wifi adapters

Considering the pro rs has no wifi

[vague oracle]

There’s a wifi version of the pro rs iirc

[potent portal]

It's... the same. The M.2 ones are even potentially faster. Who said that?

[manic cloak]

R/Buildapc losers

[potent portal]

Ah well that explains it

[manic cloak]

Ya they gave me a ryzen 3600 and 6800xt for a 1000$ build a year ago 😭

I told them nah no thanks

[potent portal]

Sometimes reddit is helpful... sometimes it's a cesspool of people that don't know what they're talking about

[manic cloak]

Some guy just tagged me that most z790s aren’t over 200$ 💀

And told me for example, the U.S

I have USD in my name for that server.

there’s no way he can be THAT blind.

[potent portal]

Mmm yes, most. But only if you only look at the cheapest 10 boards. Forget the other 75.

[manic cloak]

Fr

They’re making such pointless statements

Istg brain dead sometimes, I’ve stayed try finding a real good z790 mobo for under 200, linked me the z790 udac twice, sure you can get a 2230 adapter for 20$ which is good

But they linked me the z790 lightning which is 200$ itself, at that point i could just buy the 220$ z790s with preinstslled wifi and call it a day 💀

[vague oracle]

Under $200 you ain’t going to find a Z790 that’s real good

[manic cloak]

Ya ik

That’s why from the start I told them there’s not many good z790 mobos under 200$

Like 😭

[potent portal]

These might meet that criteria https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/mYnypg,MMV2FT,WDMMnQ

All wifi 6E

[manic cloak]

That pro and lightning are good

Idk about the gigabytes

[lyric thistle]

charge your phone

[potent portal]

Bros all forgot you can't overclock X3D, but the AIO is still good for the 5800X3D because it's just that hot

[manic cloak]

Nah

[manic cloak]

Sometimes people think about what they shouldn’t say and say it

[vague oracle]

BCLK exists for the 5800X3D iirc

[potent portal]

Yes but it's not stable at all

[manic cloak]

@potent portal quick question, I know there’s a usual difference between b760 and z790 or b660 and etc, but what is it exactly? I remembered something about timings

[hollow crag]

Where would the smaller sata cable come from

[strong raft]

Z = overclock the K sku cpus os about it. Sometimes a few better features vs their B counterpart.

[hollow crag]

I got it a while ago and don’t know if I left it in my old Pc or if it comes with the power supply

[strong raft]

1-3 sata data cables come w/ 99% of mobos.

[hollow crag]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[potent portal]

What chillin said. Z boards can overclock K CPUs. That's it.

[manic cloak]

Hmmm

I should be able to oc with a 13600k and 7800xt right? I mean pcpp says around 576w (isn’t accurate but give or take around 100w or so)

[leaden mauve]

is this where i plug my nvme ssd

[potent portal]

If you get a Z690 or Z790 board you can overclock the CPU yes.
B660 and B760 can overclock memory still.

[leaden mauve]

W pfp btw

[manic cloak]

Ngl the Velocita with the built in gpu bracket is such a selling point for me

Personally don’t have a heavy card

But it’s cool if I did

Only thing is I think it has a debug screen error codes instead of lights

Maybe it’s useful?

[potent portal]

Yes error codes are much better than lights

Lights only tell you generally where it thinks the problem is, codes tell you exactly what it is and you can fix it easier

[manic cloak]

I see I see

[hollow crag]

Wow my mobo only has 3 connectors I think and I have 4 fans in my case

Is 3 fans enough for a 6800?

[hollow crag]

Thank you

[flint sapphire]

The fans aren’t really required, it’s just to get slightly better airflow in your case… (the ones that come with your coolers are pretty necessary)

You could also get a fan splitter or hub if you need more fans

[hollow crag]

Okay thanks

Almost done with my build

[hollow crag]

The power sw goes into the “panel 1” on my mobo?

[wind flax]

what are you building?

[flint sapphire]

So those front panel headers should probably go into panel 1, there should be a tiny silkscreened diagram next to it

[hollow crag]

Thanks

[hollow crag]

I was working on the case

Now I’m doing the power supply

[wind flax]

no like do you have a link with all your specs?

[hollow crag]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/23PTPF

[wind flax]

That's a sick set up Can't wait to see pics.

[hollow crag]

Yup I’ll send some, it’s not the most aesthetically pleasing tho bc I don’t really know what I’m doing

[wind flax]

you could always stream it and have someone help. (stream off a phone if you are comfortable doing that)

[hollow crag]

I’m almost done anyway but next time for sure(if I do build another)

[wind flax]

Dang fam you got it like that I see you

[hollow crag]

Well

I don’t think my gpu fits.

Idk what to do

[wind flax]

can you send pics?

[wind flax]

is the case to small or is the MOBO in the way?

[hollow crag]

Are you suppose to try fitting it in the bracket?

In this

I find this cable being the most in the way but when I try unplugging it feels like it’s gonna break

[wind flax]

ok from what I can see is your case is oddly shaped.. oh yea you have a 340mm GPU and that cable is in the way. that cable looks like it might have a clip on the other side?

[hollow crag]

Nope It doesn’t

It’s the one that comes with the front panel btw if that helps

[wind flax]

buddy you have a Micro ATX motherboard with gargantuan GPU

[flint sapphire]

That’s a usb 3 cable, you just won’t be able to use the front usb port/ports

It doesn’t have a clip

Just a little blue notch

[wind flax]

is your case small?

[flint sapphire]

It seems like a normal midtower

It’s probably a p300a

[wind flax]

ilts odd I just compared his MOBO to mine and he should have this problem

[hollow crag]

G300a

So more room for gpu supposedly

SUPPOSEDLY.

[wind flax]

Move that cable up

[hollow crag]

It’s so stiff

It barley moves anywhere

[wind flax]

you can do it google a video trust me you won't break nothing

[hollow crag]

Okay I moved it

It’s out of the way but

[wind flax]

oh no I hate when there is a but

[hollow crag]

I’m a little confused with the gpu bracket thing

Is the bracket looking thing suppose to go like

[wind flax]

If I unplug everything to show you. you will have to wait for a minute do you want me too?

[hollow crag]

Do you see how one picture it is sticking out

And the other it isn’t

[wind flax]

ok one second

[hollow crag]

Okay

[wind flax]

And really push on it. You should hear a click then pull on it slightly if it lifts from the middle it didn’t seat properly

I powerd down my rig ready to pull it apart to help you

[hollow crag]

No no it’s fine, it’s getting super late and I got a state game for football in the morning

I’m gonna give it another attempt but if it doesn’t work I’ll continue at 3 am tmr

[wind flax]

What’s it doing

[hollow crag]

It’s getting super close to the connecter

[wind flax]

The usb connection?

[hollow crag]

No the gpu

[wind flax]

Pic if possible

[hollow crag]

ITS IN

[hollow crag]

thanks man

[hollow crag]

It does tilt A little when slightly rocking it up and down but I think that’s fine

[wind flax]

NP

[flint sapphire]

Be a bit careful with those clips they occasionally shatter

[hollow crag]

:bsmile: emoji fail

Goodnight boys

[wind flax]

Goodnight and good luck at the game

[little osprey]

Facebook Marketplace listing has been created

Now we wait

[wind flax]

whatcha sellin?

[little osprey]

#build-pics message

[wind flax]

Sorry I knew I seen your name somewhere

[little osprey]

Huh? You’re entirely fine no see to apologize

[wind flax]

Mind if I ask why you're selling. that's a nice computer

[little osprey]

Don’t have a 1440p monitor and ultimately just an overkill rig for my games (Stuff like CS2, War Thunder, and other eSports junk)

Been a money pit for the most part part and I feel I’d get the same of what I have on a laptop with a docking station

I just don’t spend enough time at home to justify it either

I need the money for a new truck too

[wind flax]

I quit playing War thunder last year and from what I remember that game is getting to be quite the resource hungry monster. I say keep it. 1 it will last way longer than a laptop 2 easy upgradabiltiy unless you are getting an equally expensive Laptop 3 do you even travel? if not that laptop is going to be a nightmare. ( I only had 1 previous desktop and I was 11-13 years old it was a dinosaur for 10 years I gamed on laptops I don't miss it)

[little osprey]

Well I don’t travel a lot but a majority of my day is spent away from home

Work and school

And yeah War Thunder is still clinging on somehow as a modern game

I’m not too concerned about upgradability either since I’m gonna be in the Army here in a year or so

Won’t have any time for games until I finish basic training and AIT

[wind flax]

My best friend is in the army he is over seas as we speak he only buys a laptop for when he is over seas but he had me build his Desktop and he prefers it. but here is the crazy thing you can always build a new one right. so I'm just suggesting you keep it.

[little osprey]

I would but I just need the money for other stuff like a truck

I just don’t need 500+ FPS on War Thunder when my monitor is only 165Hz

I’m pretty basic when it comes to games as I’ve been playing the same stuff for well over three years now

Mainly games pre-2018

[wind flax]

you are looking to the past look towards the future

[little osprey]

Well I still wanna give the laptop route a try and see how that goes, if that doesn’t work out I’ll do a 1080p rig properly and not build it as a 1440p rig

I’m young so these choice’s aren’t anything major yet

[wind flax]

if you get a laptop look for one with the best thermals I swear those things heat my room up more than my Desktop

[obsidian wigeon]

many modern laptops have adequate cooling nowadays

with a few crappy exceptions

or unless you go stupidly high end

[wind flax]

I can only remember my last two laptops they were both MSI and man those suckers blasted out the heat

[little osprey]

Yeah MSI’s current gen stuff is still pretty ehhh from what I’ve heard

[obsidian wigeon]

big avoid lol

[little osprey]

I’m definitely gonna try to find something non-soldered but that’s about it

[wind flax]

Those two were super reliable for 7 years I never had a malfunction or tech issue 10/10 would recommend

[obsidian wigeon]

but this gen of msi laptops, the reasonably priced ones are pretty sad

[obsidian wigeon]

loq is usually cheap option

im sure 3050 6gb is ok at 1080p

[wind flax]

atleast go with a 3060 GPU

or equivilent

[obsidian wigeon]

don't think he needs more considering he mainly plays war thunder

[wind flax]

Depends on his preferred settings

I can say maxxed out my 3060 12 gig was hovering around 80 at 1440p with a 12600KF