#building-and-recc-chat

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jaunty karma
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Just need 6 weeks

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Already tried it

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It works fine

eager chasm
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Ok >.<

jaunty karma
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Dude the ones who build my pc gave me anxiety

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They where doing things wrong

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Cable management is a nightmare

eager chasm
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You didn't build it yourself? 🤔 did it cost money to have them build it for you?

jaunty karma
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No

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Free 😄

eager chasm
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Well you get what you pay for

jaunty karma
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Dude they attach the shield on the motherboard and they put it

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When they attached the heatsink it wasnt a cross style

eager chasm
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Why not do it yourself?

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XD

jaunty karma
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They wiring

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The*

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I might get it wrong

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I dont wana destroy my pc

eager chasm
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... the wiring is the easy part

humble lava
jaunty karma
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And dont forget im a first timer

eager chasm
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Everything is keyed

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So got to start somehwere

jaunty karma
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Ok need to catch some Zs see ya

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11:18 pm

eager chasm
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Prodigy, any reason there is a 2070 super in that list over a 5700XT?

humble lava
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forgot about it

eager chasm
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Lol

humble lava
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$700 cheaper

left gazelle
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whats the difference between a rtx and a rx

eager chasm
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The 5700XT is just the better value card like $100 cheaper than the 2070 super for only a few frames difference

humble lava
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the rx has a clock speed of 1650 mhz

little osprey
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Rtx is Nvidias ray tracing GPUs which are more expensive but better and RX is AMDs line up of Radeon GPUs for a lower budget @left gazelle

left gazelle
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im going for rtx

humble lava
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and the rtx has a clock spped of 1605mhz and is cheper

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well go for the first link i put up

eager chasm
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The clock speeds don't matter between the two, they aren't comparable like that

left gazelle
eager chasm
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Going for the RTX 2700 Super is basically paying $100 more for like 5 more FPS and Ray tracing which is in like 5 games and barely makes them look better while massively cutting FPS

little osprey
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Bruh

eager chasm
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But if you really want to it's your money :)

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Just wanna make sure you you are well informed about the value

little osprey
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2080 ti vs the best AMD GPU is like a 30 frame difference in some games

eager chasm
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2070

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Super

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That's the GPU we are taking about

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And in that price range the difference is barely there for a $100 difference

little osprey
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And mostly 20 frame differences

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So your paying 90 more dollars for 20 FPS increase

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Which is a good deal in my opinion

eager chasm
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Not to most people here

little osprey
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I’m pretty sure most people here that are looking for a mid range card like these ones would pay 90 for 20 frame increase

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Especially if they will be running 1440p

eager chasm
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Actually it's been swinging the other way

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More people are going for the 5700XT

little osprey
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that’s because most people don’t have the money

humble lava
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were just here to help and give advice and information

left gazelle
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lol

eager chasm
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Even for people with the money usually a +15% performance increase isnt worth the about +24% price increase.

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But that's up to the individual, to some it's worth it and that's fine

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.... Sad realization... I might have to use power tools to take apart my build...

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There is a broken screw in the Blu-ray player

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I'll leave the DVD player for my sister

indigo crow
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Any cheap decent white cable extensions

left gazelle
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how about htis new list for the ryzen 9

eager chasm
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🤔 still don't need such an expensive board, but whatever floats your boat

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Looks good

left gazelle
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i have an expensive board in the sense of future upgrades such as 2 way sli and more ram

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cuz i plan to do rendering for school

floral tree
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Anyone know of a good free virus scanner

left gazelle
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and other 3d modeling stuff

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i use AVG :/

floral tree
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I got my computer to work again but it made me type in a code in order to unlock the computer

eager chasm
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You'd thing the Ryzen 9 would be beefy enough for the rendering, but what do I know Blobcat_Derp

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Thats not my expertise

floral tree
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Annd it crashed

eager chasm
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I use bit defender, but that costs money

indigo crow
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Astone know of good cable extensions

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Looking for white

eager chasm
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Maybe a cable mod pre-made kit instead of custom 🤔

floral tree
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Ok it keeps freezing

eager chasm
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That's all I can think of

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@floral tree where did you get that Alienware?

floral tree
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Off the dell website I believe

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It was recommended by my IT guy

eager chasm
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How long have you had it?

floral tree
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Like 3 years

eager chasm
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Oh RIP

floral tree
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What

eager chasm
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Either it's breaking down (highly likely) or you have major virus problem (also likely)

floral tree
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Ok

eager chasm
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Might be time to take the old girl out to pasture

floral tree
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It’s sad BC I have malware Bytes on my laptop through my school but my PC doesn’t

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Damn it froze again

eager chasm
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Have you ever cleaned the inside?

floral tree
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Should I put malewarebytes on a usb and copy it onto my PC

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No. I have never opened it up. I guess I should do that

eager chasm
left gazelle
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oof

eager chasm
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Proper PC care my dude now I'm SURE it's hardware failer

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Hell I dust mine every few months

floral tree
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Damn ok

eager chasm
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And clean the filters

floral tree
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I feel so bad now. I neglected my pc

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Also, is marble a fine work table material

eager chasm
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Yes

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(waiting for the horror show pic of the dust and grime)

floral tree
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👍

polar holly
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Just ordered more parts for a new itx build

eager chasm
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Nice

polar holly
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who else loves mini itx

eager chasm
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I'm gonna make a $300 mini itx for homebrew nas

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Eventually

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Using the new athlon 3000G

polar holly
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that proccesor will be great for that

eager chasm
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Really don't need anything more than an athlon, hell that might be overkill xD

polar holly
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yeah i am a bit overkill with my ns because i used old parts for it

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old is relative

eager chasm
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But when most decent enough NAS cost $300+ with no drives it seems like a better idea to make my own

polar holly
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Yeah i built one my self using my old parts and some new drives

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its the way to go just make sure you use server drives

floral tree
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It’s really not that bad

blissful bear
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What is that

eager chasm
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He hasn't cleaned out his PC in 3 years so I thought that might be why it's dying

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Maybe I was wrong XD

floral tree
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Alienware x51 R3

eager chasm
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Could just be dying for the sake of dying

floral tree
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True

eager chasm
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Time for an upgrade my dude

floral tree
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I’m broke tho

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😩

eager chasm
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Or take it to a repair shop

blissful bear
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Upgrade that Alienware then

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Probably just one of the parts dead

eager chasm
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Or upgrade...

floral tree
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If I’m gonna upgrade I’m gonna make it myself

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Prob the motherboard

little osprey
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is going for a xeon build over a ryzen one a bad idea? the only problems i see are furture proofing and ddr3

floral tree
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I mean gpu

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I wish I could like move all the parts into a more upgrade case

eager chasm
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Going for old Xeon is a decent choice for extreme budgets

polar holly
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or apu

eager chasm
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Well even old Xeon is cheaper than an APU, you just throw a really cheap GPU and PSU I it cause the rest of the system is like $20-35 bucks XD

polar holly
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Yeah but then you still would need to overhaul later. so i usally stay way from it personally

eager chasm
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True

floral tree
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You think I could get a new case and get some new parts and transport the parts from my Alienware into the new case

little osprey
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ive seen some of the old xeons not perform too far off from 9900k

polar holly
little osprey
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and,

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im getting a 1060 for 50$

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so

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

polar holly
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Those are the higher end ones generally that are still kind of expensive

floral tree
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What is the storage

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For the 1060

polar holly
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that is a gpu

floral tree
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Yeah

little osprey
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3GB

floral tree
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Ah ok

polar holly
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i think it was 3 or six but never buy the three they are awful and are at gddr5

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or 5x

eager chasm
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I mean if you are getting git for $50 sure but 3GB 1060 is out perform by a 1050Ti as soon as the VRAM is saturated

polar holly
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I am more saying most titles suffer from it

floral tree
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Ya think I can take out the optical drive and make more space

little osprey
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imagine complaining about the vram on a 50$ 1060

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if i really wanted to i could flip it and get a 1650S

polar holly
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im more saying used market wise a ibelieve 1060 6gb sell for around 70

eager chasm
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It's probably fine if you aren't playing anything remotely recent in the AAA tier of game

floral tree
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Optical drive is useless

eager chasm
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Hey... To you it is, I got a mountain of weeb discs and star trek to watch

floral tree
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Ok

eager chasm
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XD

little osprey
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@polar holly 1060s 6GBs are 150$ used market.

polar holly
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In what area

little osprey
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the U.S

polar holly
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l nah no way. i mean what area of the us

little osprey
polar holly
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and i assume you are only on craigslist when pulling these numbers many areas have local used market outside of websites.

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I dont believe i have ever bought online for used parts

little osprey
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..ok?

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just because you use local market doesnt mean nobody would buy it off ebay for 120$

floral tree
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Ok I did a virus scan and nothing came up. The computer also didn’t freeze so I think I’m good

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Is 44 FPS in heaven benchmark good?

muted patio
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Hardware?

floral tree
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GTX 970

eager chasm
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Grats on your PC all of a sudden coming back to life

floral tree
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Thx

muted patio
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-that's a decent score for the 970

eager chasm
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Take better care of it XD

muted patio
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Used to have one

floral tree
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I literally just took out the optical drive and wiggled some things

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But I guess sometimes that all it needs

eager chasm
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Then maybe a cable came loose

floral tree
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Yeah

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Idk still want to build my own PC though

eager chasm
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Grats on it not being catastrophically dead

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Start saving up

floral tree
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I’m getting a job this summer so that should help

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I also might be able to sell the optical drive for like $25-$15

eager chasm
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DVD opticals are a dime a dozen almost

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We have a mountain of DVD drive e-waste in the shop

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They work, but no one wants them, except me

floral tree
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Oh

eager chasm
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Blu-ray drives are worth more but still noone wants them

floral tree
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Yep. It’s all digital now

little osprey
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just get a usb one tbh

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They're smaller, nicer looking, etc

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Usually quieter, as well

eager chasm
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But do they burn?

floral tree
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Any know of a good website where I can download some more RAM /s

eager chasm
little osprey
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oh no

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please be memeing

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oh my god

floral tree
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I was. Did you se the /s

little osprey
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Ohhh

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I thought you meant RAM/s like a singular ram

floral tree
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Oh

little osprey
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because that would be a double wammy

floral tree
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Yep

eager chasm
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I prefer an in case optical, to me dongle drives look fugly

little osprey
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As long as it's a nice thin one that you can easily hide the cord for

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Maybe even case mod and put it inside of the case. Thin and takes less space up, more space for hdd

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Ofc you'd have to figure out something for the eject button, if you didn't wanna eject from the button in file manager

eager chasm
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I'm the odd ball I like my front panel optical

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XD

little osprey
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I thought a few times about taking my optical dvd drive to my new build

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but like, at what cost? What do I do that needs it anymore?

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I watched a movie on it once, but even at that my Xbox is hooked up to the TV and plays stuff just fine

eager chasm
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A mountain of Weeb discs and the original Star Trek collection... I have a need

little osprey
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lol

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I have an instruction set that's on an Arduino robot set I got once that's DVD

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but it's also downloadable from their site.

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😠 frick

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gtg doods

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👋

eager chasm
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Bye

oblique karma
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Hi

eager chasm
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Hi Juice

oblique karma
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How are we doing today ?

eager chasm
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Good gonna do 2 builds in just a bit

oblique karma
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Awesome !

eager chasm
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A case swap and a build in the old case

oblique karma
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Anything exciting

eager chasm
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Radeon VII and a 3700X

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But that's the system that's being case swapped XD

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The other is a 1060 6GB and a R7 1700

oblique karma
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Nice

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I’m on my way to a funeral

eager chasm
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D: oh noes

oblique karma
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Awww yizz

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Did you get a deal on the proc during the Black Friday sales?

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I totally missed out

floral tree
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There’s always next year

eager chasm
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Well I got the RAM, PSU for the lower end system and the new case for black friday

oblique karma
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Thanks dook

eager chasm
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In Cyber Monday i got the HDD for thr lower end system

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The rest of the parts I already had

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They are my old parts

oblique karma
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Yeah I can’t wait to upgrade my i5 3550k

eager chasm
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Respectable CPU but doesn't cut it for recent AAA titles

oblique karma
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But my the time I upgrade my CPU, my 1080 will be weak sauce.

eager chasm
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I can see why you'd want an upgrade

oblique karma
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Yeah I’m gonna have to make a real capital investment at some point here and just upgrade everything.

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I’ve always tried to do it spending the least amount possible me.

eager chasm
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I upgraded my parts over time

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As I could afford them

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A decent PC is surprisingly affordable if you stretch the costs out over time

oblique karma
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It’s not even about being affordable. I’m just cheap. Lol

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Not to mention I’ve been really irritated with intel and their price gouging.

eager chasm
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I cut my fair share of corners

oblique karma
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It’s only as of late that they have competitive prices that even peeks my interests

eager chasm
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Their prices might look competitive but their overall value is still bad

oblique karma
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I think this is the most opportune time to buy an intel since AMD is putting the squeeze on intel for the short term.

tame crystal
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Thoughts and opinions. Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master or ASUS Maximus XI Hero? It's for an i7-9700KF build

oblique karma
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You can get a used i7 87xx for ~$200

eager chasm
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I'd prefer the superior performance of a 3700X in the workloads you'd expect for an 8 core

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🤔 interesting my new case actually comes with an optional buzer to put a mother board for beep codes

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Not gonna use it

stoic island
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Interesting

eager chasm
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You'd think that would come with a board not a case lol

stoic island
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Yea

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Like theres a beep for CPU temp warning on mobos but

eager chasm
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I've already sanity checked my temps hundreds of times

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The PC puts out sooo much heat it makes me nervous but the temps are fine

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I'm just not use to the amount of heat higher quality parts radiate

stoic island
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alright

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I mean fx chips radiated a lot of heat
without being high quality

eager chasm
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Maxbrit it's mostly the Radeon VII being a furnace of a GPU

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But it also gets results

tame crystal
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For the price, how does that compare to Nvidia?

eager chasm
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The price tonperformance was terribad at the start, it's a bit better after almost a year of driver updates... But it's technically discontinued sooo there's that

tame crystal
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So support for it will start to dwindle then?

eager chasm
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The support is strong, but they are getting harder to find

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The 2080 is kinda still the better buy at that price

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The main thing the Radeon VII has going for it is it's asinine VRAM solution

tame crystal
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They are around the price of 2070 Supers on newegg

eager chasm
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It future proofs it for ultra high res textures

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You sure you mean the Radeon VII and 2070 super? cause there is a massive price difference between them

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Like more than $200 difference

tame crystal
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Yeah, Supers running from 510+

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7

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*7's are 550

eager chasm
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No the Radeon VII

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Not a 7

tame crystal
eager chasm
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The VII is $699 msrp

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Wtf o.o

tame crystal
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Yeap

eager chasm
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That is a bargain then

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Just behind 2080 performance

tame crystal
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So should I get the XFX one instead of a Super or 5700XT?

eager chasm
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Holy crap I'm jelly of that price

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At that price the VII is the value GPU there

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That's the price they needed to be to be more successful

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You never need to worry about VRAM again, even if you use 8K texture packs

tame crystal
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Nice

eager chasm
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Not sure about the FPS with 8K textures but the VRAM can take it XD

tame crystal
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How well do they encode for streaming?

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I've heard that Radeon's encoding software is janky

eager chasm
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Like hot garbage, lean on a Ryzen 7 for encoding

tame crystal
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Getting an R9

eager chasm
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Even better

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With such a high end CPU just use that for encoding over any GPU encoding

little osprey
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Bruh wtf you guys talking about

tame crystal
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AMD has so much potential to punch Nvidia, but they need a stronger software team

little osprey
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The vii is horrible value

eager chasm
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Look at the xfx redeon VII on New Egg, it's stupidly underpriced

tame crystal
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550 for that

little osprey
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Still not worth 550

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You can buy the better 2070 super card for 500

eager chasm
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After the driver updates the VII worked better than you'd expect

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And if you like high res textures modding , like really high res VII

little osprey
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It doesn’t look like it’s better at any rendering on the benchmark

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Just nbody

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Idk what that is

eager chasm
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I recently got a 500 point bump in Time Spy

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🤔

little osprey
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You have the vii

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?

eager chasm
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Yes

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500 point bump is quite the improvement

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My favorite MMO recently went from 60 FPS to 100

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I've been seeing lots of optimizations recently

little osprey
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Rtx 2070 super which is cheaper has a 1000 point lead on the VII

eager chasm
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Most VII benchmarks would be from before updates and optimizations, took them a while

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I mean ot should have been optimized at launch better

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But better late than never

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The MSRP is still hot garbage, but after the optimizations it's actually not a terrible deal for that XFX

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It may not be completely optimal but it's a lot more appealing than it has been

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The joke about AMD having fine wine drivers is kinda true here XD

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They just need to age a bit lol

little osprey
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MSRP is 700 on the website

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But you can find them for 550 on Newegg

tame crystal
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Yep

eager chasm
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Yea, the XFX is like $150 under MSRP

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Though I am only a single user take my sudden massive performance jumps with a grain of salt

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I'm just happy I'm finally getting something more worth

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I also got $180 of free games with mine Soo I justified it to my self that I was buying a $520 card with some games

oblique karma
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But can it run Crysis

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Sorry, I had to make a boomer joke.

tame crystal
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Crysis 3 Very High FXAA 4k. 51FPS

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lol

oblique karma
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Such optimized

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I just want to be able to play PUBG without stuttering

eager chasm
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Freesync monitors are cheaper than Gsync

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Good bye stuttering

oblique karma
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Speaking of monitors

eager chasm
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32" is the max size of monitor allowed at the LAN party I go to :o

strange garden
eager chasm
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I don't like curved monitors but damn that first one's curve is minimal I could live with it

oblique karma
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Not a good dea

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Especially without knowing what kind of proc

strange garden
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It’s a i7-7700k it has the specs in the ad

oblique karma
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What do you not have ?

eager chasm
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For 900 that's not a bad deal overall if you don't have any accessories

strange garden
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I don’t have a PC been wanting to one for a while but haven’t had the $$

eager chasm
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That's actually a pretty fair deal

muted patio
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Ah, if you don't have monitors or anything else that's not a bad deal

eager chasm
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The PC alone would be meh for that, but the bundle would be hard to beat

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Not a bad machine for even high settings 1440p

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And some 4K, maybe not in newer titles

strange garden
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I’ve been wanting something that’s gonna be a decent upgrade to the ol’ Xbox one S In terms of performance and that I’m not going to have to upgrade to play games in a year. But I can’t decide if I want to wait for the next gen so prices come down a bit more and just build my own.

eager chasm
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That PC will definitely be a lot better than that Xbox

muted patio
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Honestly, that buyndle for $900 will keep you happy for quite a while

polar holly
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It shouldnt need a upgrade for awhile.

muted patio
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Waiting to buy new hardware is always a losing battle

polar holly
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unless you want to

eager chasm
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Since XBox games can be played on PC no reason not to get it

polar holly
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only certain ones can be

eager chasm
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Maxbrit anything can be played if you try hard enough

muted patio
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Uh, Xbox Game Store has quite a few games in it. There's not a whole lot that can't TBH

eager chasm
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Another reason I use optical drives

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Heheh

polar holly
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That doesnt help at all

muted patio
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I haven't had an optical drive for probably 7 years lol

eager chasm
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Then you aren't try hard enough

trim heron
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How’s this

eager chasm
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It's a bit of a process to rip games and convert them for legal emulation

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But it's doable

trim heron
polar holly
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yes but most games now are multiplayer titles not allowing that function with a emulator

eager chasm
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@trim heron looks good, I'd have to check that monitor cause that price range can get you a really bad monitor if you aren't careful

trim heron
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Well my friend has one and it seems pretty good

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He hasn’t had to many problems so far but if you have any suggestions I’d take them

muted patio
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That's a 4ms panel. Might have some ghosting issues in games with a lot of movement

eager chasm
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The size is also kinda small, but it's mostly a good panel

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It's a decent budget monitor for the ultra low end

little osprey
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I mean

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you could always use Newegg1Newegg2

eager chasm
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Parent got me a 16ms panel 😂

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So atleast it's not THAT bad

little osprey
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Bruhhh

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even my monitor is 5ms

trim heron
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Well I gotta get this by myself

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I’m gonna have to work for this

little osprey
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that's a beefy build

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good luck bro

strange garden
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Wait so if I own games on Xbox I can play them on PC?

muted patio
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Sometimes

indigo thicket
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no SSD 😢

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can you possibly swing for a 500GB SSD? @trim heron about the same price as the 2TB HDD. then you can add a HDD later for extra storage

trim heron
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Would that be better?

polar holly
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it also depends if he needs that storage.

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But if not it would be better to have a ssd

trim heron
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Ok

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I might do that then

indigo thicket
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SSD makes a huge difference in how fast a computer feels

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also you won't be loading maps for 2 minutes longer than everyone else when you play multiplayer games

polar holly
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It is a nice to have but not a need to have

indigo thicket
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i guess it's technically only about 3x faster

polar holly
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it also depends on the type if it is nvme or sata

indigo thicket
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NVMe is like another 5x faster it's nuts

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think it's like 175MB/s for HDD, 500MB/s for SATA, 2000MB/s for NVMe

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2000-3000MB/s

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depends

polar holly
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and gen4 is 5000MB/s

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and slower depending

indigo thicket
#

gen4?

polar holly
#

gen 4 pcie

indigo thicket
#

ah i didn't realize there were drives using it yet, damn

polar holly
#

yeah they came out almost instantly as x570 dropped

#

I run one as a boot drive and a game drive

muted patio
#

It's not just bandwidth, it's also seek times. Virtually non-existent

indigo thicket
#

oh true

polar holly
#

accurate. i would never reccomend one unless they have a massive budget but its amazing

indigo thicket
#

once you include seek times aren't SSDs like 10x faster than HDD?

muted patio
#

WIth how cheap SSD's are now, there is literally no reason not to have one

#

$25 for a Samsung 250gb

polar holly
#

i mean gen4 pcie nvme drives

muted patio
#

Even those are fairly affordabe

polar holly
#

i believe 1tb is 200+

muted patio
#

Sabrent is $169

#

so close, ya

indigo thicket
#

it's about 50% more, comparing corsair gen3 to gen4 1TB drives

polar holly
#

just make sure it has cooling on it or it will throttle the drive

indigo thicket
#

$125 for gen3 TLC drive, $185 for gen4 TLC drive

muted patio
#

But still, HDD compared to any SSD is poo

polar holly
#

yeah unless you want mass storage

#

then they are great

muted patio
#

Of course

#

I have a 4 TB internal drive for storage, 8TB external USB 3 for backup

#

But I also have 3TB of SSD lol

indigo thicket
#

i'm on 1Gb fiber and i don't keep a movie library or anything, so i don't even have a use for my HDDs anymore

muted patio
#

Pictures, my wife is Photog

#

we use the 8TB for her and my backups

indigo thicket
#

ah, yeah that'll do it

polar holly
#

yeah i am at 3tb of nvme storage and my nas. I will alawys have a need for them as backups

#

i dont trust any drives

muted patio
#

My MX500 OS drive is starting to age, time to replace it soon

indigo thicket
#

i would use my HDD for backup but I don't have a 3.5" bay

polar holly
#

i replaced mine just recently when i was doing a replacement of my cpu. I dont keep any in my tower. as that isnt a backup its still just storage

#

backups i always want seperated from the users

muted patio
#

Put the HDD in a USB 3.0 enclosure for backups

#

no need for high speed there

indigo thicket
#

true

muted patio
#

Or a NAS box

indigo thicket
#

i'll probably end up getting a NAS at some point

#

kinda pricey though

muted patio
#

I have mine on a network share

#

WOrks well enough

polar holly
#

yeah they are nice to have. and can be made for decently cheap outside of the drives

#

i built mine out of parts that i have upgraded out of

#

apart from buying true nas drives

#

which are a must

indigo thicket
#

yeah

muted patio
#

I pikced up the 8 TB External for like $130 on a super sale

polar holly
#

yeah i have l have 24 tb backup nas. i think in new parts it was 600

indigo thicket
#

i guess i could get a 2 bay nas and drop my old HDD in it for now, then eventually get a couple drives 2-4TB drives and put them in RAID in it

polar holly
#

just make sure you are getting server grade drives if your building a nas

indigo thicket
#

yeah

polar holly
#

like heres what i run

#

mind only new parts that are for it are the drives

#

ohh and theres a 256gb ssd in there

indigo thicket
#

damn, you already upgraded out of an 8700k? that's what's in main build still

#

in my*

polar holly
#

Its a badass cpu but i got a free 9900k from my work for holiday bonus

indigo thicket
#

nice

#

my holiday bonus was not getting laid off, they just laid off like half our office

polar holly
#

yeah i hear that often and its always terrible. i am lucky as our workshop is 6 people when it should be like 20

indigo thicket
#

what software are you running the NAS with? i'm tempted to get a Synology NAS just because the software looks so great

polar holly
#

unraid

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its what i am used to dealing with from my work servers

indigo thicket
#

i see

polar holly
#

We used to have freenas before and it was also good

eager chasm
#

I did it, used a used a grinder to flatten the broken screw and pull out the optical, again "Kids, Don't try this at home"

indigo thicket
#

the screws that come with some components these days are scary cheap

eager chasm
#

You know you are either doing it very wrong or very right when power tools come into play in PC building

#

😂

indigo thicket
#

like MSI monitors, i think the screws they use are literally made of cheese

#

i haven't put together an MSI monitor without chowdering at least one screw head before

eager chasm
#

The screw head completely snapped off this Blu-ray player

indigo thicket
#

did you put it in with power tools too or something? 😂

eager chasm
#

A grinder was the only solution

#

And no, just a manual screw driver lol

#

But since it was in I didn't care fornlike a year

#

But now I have to care cause I'm case swapping

#

And I'm not buying a new Blu-ray player

indigo thicket
#

thankfully i was too young when disks were a thing to bother buying any

#

so i haven't had a disk drive in like 8 years

#

maybe only 5 idk

#

just moved my computer into a meshify C last week so i couldn't even if i wanted to now

old charm
#

does it matter where you plug stuff into the motherboard?

#

for the front panel?

latent bronze
#

front panel follow what it says

#

plugging it randomly could damage your system

little osprey
#

my aios hella basic so if i could spice it up a lil then

#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

Hey guys quick question. I restarted my PC but my monitors are not coming on

#

I'm what to do

winged hollow
#

@stark siren i like the destiny ghost shell above your pc in #build-pics. the original vanguard shell

eager chasm
#

I would not wish building in this case on anyone... But I did it, it's a snug fit for all my parts and a Blu-ray drive

#

Like absolutely no chearence left for many of the parts

tame olive
#

Build in the inwin a1

#

Stupid case. The Qi charger didn’t even work

#

RMA a case that took forever to build in because the only cool feature it had didn’t work.

eager chasm
#

I'm never buying a compact mid tower again

tame olive
#

I don’t know what case I’ll build in next. I kind of want to just start building my own

stark siren
#

Thanks @winged hollow

little osprey
#

got myself a tower now I just need hardware

delicate prairie
#

i won a 2700x ryzen amd on amd twitch stream an hour ago what mb should i get? MSI? asrock?

tame olive
#

Get the asrock deskmini!

old charm
#

my dad thinks the components I have attatched weigh too much for my motherboard so he told me to have it laying down all the time

eager chasm
#

Done with the 2nd build of the day, far easier to do

old charm
#

okay i just bought a bolster for $12 lol

tame olive
#

You're supposed to use anime figures to hold up your GPU

eager chasm
#

Since my case is now shorter from front to back I had take off the top half of my GPU stand of and stick in ontop of the harddrive cage

#

Hope my thermals stay decent in the smaller case

#

🤔

#

I'll have to play some BDO

trim heron
#

Should I just use stock cooler

eager chasm
#

the stock cooler is fine on Ryzen

trim heron
#

K

eager chasm
#

just not really good for overclocking, especially on 2nd gen

trim heron
#

K

little osprey
#

@trim heron I recommend the firecuda sata sshd

#

it's a bit pricier but much better

eager chasm
#

🤔 my GPU seems to be running significantly cooler in the smaller case, I hope it stays that way with longer play

#

4 degrees cooler so far, that's pretty good

shut rampart
#

How do I fix so that the temp isn’t 80c and the gpu isn’t 97

limpid merlin
#

reapply thermal paste if you haven't in a while

eager chasm
#

^

#

better thermal paste, more case fans

shut rampart
#

Just built the pc

#

And that’s the max fan

#

It can have

eager chasm
#

got a pic of the build?

muted patio
#

What processor?

#

What GPU?

#

What cooling method?

#

Way too little information here

#

What load is that running also?

shut rampart
#

Runing on fortnite

eager chasm
#

no not the part list, a picture

#

need to see the build in its final state

muted patio
#

What fans you running in that case?

shut rampart
#

2 Cool master 1 roweel fans and 1 other idk

muted patio
#

Size? Configuration?

eager chasm
#

a picture would help

shut rampart
#

120m and 3 intake 1 outtake

eager chasm
#

seriously

muted patio
#

Air is stalling in the case, you need 2 in and two out at least

muted patio
#

If you only have 4

shut rampart
#

Look like that

muted patio
#

The top one you have as an intake?

shut rampart
#

Yes

eager chasm
#

3in? please flip that top fan to out, thatss your problem

muted patio
#

YAS

shut rampart
#

Ok out that it?

muted patio
#

Should help a ton

eager chasm
#

yea flip it around

muted patio
#

Ya, so it's blowing OUT instead of IN

#

Hot air rises, get that hot air out of the case

shut rampart
#

Ah make sense

eager chasm
#

surprisingly using a different case has me between 2 and 7 degrees cooler, only thing changed was the case XD

muted patio
#

Plus you've got too much positive pressure with three blowing in and only one out. The air is just staying in the case.

eager chasm
#

hot air rises, you are pushing it back down

jaunty karma
#

aup

#

sup

eager chasm
#

not much, finished my 2 builds 😄

jaunty karma
#

im just downloading everything

eager chasm
#

I'm quite happy with the look and surprisingly the new thermals of my main

jaunty karma
#

my build is great

#

soon ill just upgrade

#

what should i upgrade first?

limpid merlin
#

What is your current build

jaunty karma
#

ryzen 5 2600

#

a320 sh2

eager chasm
#

kinda sad that even with 2 optical bays there is no clearance for a 2nd optical, it would but right up against the MB power

jaunty karma
#

8gb ram

#

rx570 4g

muted patio
#

Upgrade that GPU first

polar holly
#

I would upgrade either the gpu or mobo

eager chasm
#

I'd ssay Mobo

jaunty karma
#

mobo

polar holly
#

motherboard

jaunty karma
#

probably cheaper than another gpu

#

i was thinking of and asrock b450M steel legend

polar holly
#

your just going to need to upgrade it before you can upgrade your cpu

jaunty karma
#

an*

eager chasm
#

o.o BDO is sitting at 70C on the GPU... it was 78C in the last case

#

I love this case

#

it sucks to build in, but it's a good case

trim heron
#

Hey is this drive better

jaunty karma
#

BDO is a bank in our place

polar holly
#

is that underload

jaunty karma
#

wait

polar holly
#

I would never use a hybrid drive personally

jaunty karma
#

should i upgrade my storage first?

eager chasm
#

my laptop had a hybrid... was not fun

trim heron
#

Oh rly

jaunty karma
#

im only sitting on 500gb

trim heron
#

Do you guys know any better storage methods

#

That are fairly cheap

muted patio
#

SSd's are $25. Get a large HDD for storage if you have to and then get a 250gb SSD

polar holly
#

it doesnt have enough cache ssd to hold most games or anything else so its just as bad as a hdd for more money

eager chasm
#

Hybrid drive jsut means there is an SSD cache, and it's sooo small it's constantly refilled, meaning REALLY slow load times overall

jaunty karma
#

how can i test my pc?

eager chasm
#

get the free version of 3D Mark

trim heron
#

Okay

polar holly
#

your better going with a ssd boot drive and a hdd mass store drive

trim heron
#

Do you think I should just get like a 500 gn ssd

#

Gb*

#

And then later on get a hard drive

jaunty karma
#

where?

shut rampart
#

What happens when you have all outtake

muted patio
#

no air movement

polar holly
#

that would be a good idea. do you have a part list.

eager chasm
#

@jaunty karma on steam look up 3DMark, then fnd the Download Demo button on the right

trim heron
#

Yah hold on

eager chasm
#

that's a nice PC test

trim heron
#

I have a amazon list and pc part picker

polar holly
#

depending on the case some are made for positive pressure others are made for nuteral nut negative isnt to advised

#

link the partpicker one

trim heron
polar holly
#

what budget do you have

eager chasm
#

that tower looks like it has junk front airflow

#

I can't see any side vents

jaunty karma
#

is six case fans overkill?

trim heron
#

Around 950

#

Just below 1000

eager chasm
#

I use 5 case fans, so no

polar holly
#

i have 12 in one build so no

jaunty karma
#

im very happy with my build 😄

eager chasm
#

that Aero Cool, looks like it will be Aero ON FIRE....

jaunty karma
#

dude i needed a 20 meter lan cable for my pc

eager chasm
#

HORRIBLE airflow

trim heron
#

Got any better cases

jaunty karma
#

Rakk Hunit

trim heron
#

That are decently cheap for suggestions

#

I’m trying to say under 100

#

1000*

jaunty karma
#

around $40

eager chasm
#

jsut built in it

#

building in it SUCKS, but it's cheap and has good air flow for the price

jaunty karma
#

cooler master?

eager chasm
#

though it will need a few extra fans

jaunty karma
#

who wants to see bad cable management

#

i dont

eager chasm
#

I think my new build has decent cable management... just don't take of the back panel, takes an army to cram it back on XD

trim heron
#

Wait

polar holly
trim heron
#

Would this be a good ssd

polar holly
#

tahs a littler more well rounded

trim heron
#

Oh I’ll check that out

jaunty karma
eager chasm
#

hey I used a chess board as a mouse pad for 5 years

polar holly
#

I built my own for a long while

trim heron
#

Ok well do you think I can get away with only 500 gb for a while

#

Or should I do what you put on the list

lime forge
polar holly
#

nah if you only need 500gb do that

trim heron
#

K

#

Oh how much is windows

hard yew
#

13$

jaunty karma
#

got mine for $30

trim heron
#

Oh ok

#

So this is my final build list

#

How’s it look. Hold on

#

Total:$ 993.08

eager chasm
#

looks good

hard yew
#

if you're looking to upgrade later on, a 550w power supply won't be enough

lime forge
#

id get at least a 650w

eager chasm
#

BDO running at 60C on the gpu....

#

this PC case has witch craft in it

indigo thicket
#

what GPU?

eager chasm
#

it's like all my pain and suffering about building in it was worth it

#

Radeon VII

#

was running at like 78C in the game before

indigo thicket
#

oh, yeah that's cool for a 300W card

twin hare
indigo thicket
#

i had to run my case in negative pressure just to get my 2070 down to 70C full load

eager chasm
#

who knew a smaller more compact case would give me better thermals, it looks MORE restrictive

#

lol

indigo thicket
#

it's the EVGA xc ultra+ though, it's way overclocked so it generally runs hot

#

yeah this meshify C has been pretty restrictive but mainly cause i have a 280 rad in front

#

i think it could do fine in positive pressure if i had the radiator on the exhaust

#

so the GPU could get more fresh air in

#

cause right now it's relying on the negative pressure to suck air in the holes in the back of the case to give the GPU enough air

jaunty karma
#

my wifi sucks T^T

eager chasm
#

i like how with my glass side panel you can just see the optical drive jutting into the top XD

#

it's the odd thing out in the PC lol

jaunty karma
#

any game suggestions\

still roostBOT
#
Keegan#2839 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

indigo thicket
#

game suggestions for crappy wifi?

eager chasm
#

terraria, that's cheap and fun

jaunty karma
#

oh ik why its slow

#

my ps4 is updating a game

eager chasm
#

use wired on your PC XD

jaunty karma
#

yeah

#

i am

eager grove
#

hi everyone

#

Im getting a warning on startup that my cpu fan is failing and may cause overheating

eager chasm
#

sounds like your CPU fan might be failing

#

might need a new cooler

jaunty karma
#

isnt that what he just said

eager grove
#

im trying to find the correct replacement fan onnewegg. but do you think i might need an entire cooler?

muted patio
#

What cooler do you have now?

eager chasm
#

pic of the cooler?

jaunty karma
#

right when i overclock

#

do i need to change heatsink?

eager grove
#

not sure. it came stock on my hp desktop pc

eager chasm
#

then it's most likely an intel stock 🤔

#

take a pic?

steep elbow
#

Is this a good $1000 ish build?
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomohawk

Memory: Corsair Vengence 16 gb (2 x 8gb)

Storage: Samsung Evo 500gb

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 super 8gb

Power Supply: Corsair VS 550 watt

Case: Thermaltake V200 RGB ATX mid tower

jaunty karma
#

ryzen 5 2600 2nd gen overclocks on its stock heatsink is it pl

eager grove
#

i7 6700t 2.8ghz

jaunty karma
#

@steep elbow what Mhz does your ram have?

steep elbow
#

3000

#

DDR4

jaunty karma
#

i recommend to change your power supply to CMX

muted patio
#

-For the price of that super get a 5700XT. Better performance. RTX is poo on the 2060

steep elbow
#

I'm guessing 5700xt is better for VR as well

muted patio
#

It is

#

especially 1440p

eager grove
#

can i just change the fan or do i need the entire cooler?

muted patio
#

Need a pic to know for sure

#

Hard to say what HP used for a cooler

eager grove
#

cant get to it to shoot a pic

jaunty karma
#

are u using a phone?

eager grove
#

no im typing on my laptop unfortunately

jaunty karma
#

that explains it

muted patio
#

Without knowing what the cooler looks like or what size the fan is, we can't really help

#

Could be 80mm, 120mm or stock intel fan

eager grove
#

it looks pretty simple from my memory. sqare with fins fan on top of that

muted patio
#

There's 80mm, 90mm and 120mm

eager grove
#

gotcha

twin hare
#

what case should you recomend for a atx like this one

eager grove
#

so i need to find out the meaurement and replace as needed

topaz mauve
#

Case fan has 3 pins and mb has 4

#

Can I still use it? Or do I need to put it in a certain way

muted patio
#

@twin hare for the price of that 2060 go 5700XT. Trust me, I own a 2060 lol

#

As for a case, get something that you want to look at. With at least 4 fans

eager grove
#

can you guy suggest a good editing build that wont break the bank? under 1000? possible?

#

editing 4k foootage and not major rendering

twin hare
#

like what i dont know nothing about cases @muted patio

muted patio
#

NZXT makes nice cases, as does Lian Li

eager grove
#

but would like to push out edits pretty quickly

#

case, board, card, power, cpu

indigo thicket
#

@topaz mauve the MB has 4 pins because the 4th pin is for PWM control of fans. 3 pin fans work on the same header but just don't use the 4th pin

#

they are keyed so they go in the right way

#

make a note of which header you put it in because you'll want to go into the BIOS and set that fan to voltage control instead of PWM since it's 3 pin

#

looks like an ASUS board, the best ones are CHA_FAN headers

topaz mauve
#

So don't use the 4th from the bottom or 4th from the top @indigo thicket?

indigo thicket
#

it will only fit one way, but it'll be the top pin that won't be used

jaunty karma
#

can i stream on my pc?

topaz mauve
#

got it thanks

jaunty karma
#

can my pc handle streaming?

indigo thicket
#

you can stream on almost any PC if you've got the upload bandwidth

jaunty karma
#

oki

indigo thicket
#

if you want to stream a game it'll depend on the game ofc

eager chasm
#

... that's just untrue

indigo thicket
#

i've seen people stream 720p from laptops just fine

eager chasm
#

if your hardware is too weak to encode and game at the same time you will have a very bad time streaming

indigo thicket
#

yeah, but he wasn't specific

eager chasm
#

but any Ryzen 5 should be decent at streaming with software encoding

#

in MOST games

jaunty karma
#

Rainbow6?

indigo thicket
#

streaming shooters is pretty demanding

eager chasm
#

depends on the Shooter

jaunty karma
#

Rainbow6

#

insurgency\

eager chasm
#

no idea what kind of load R6 is XD

jaunty karma
#

pubg

#

csgo

#

paladins

eager chasm
#

CSGO will run on a potato, that's easily streamable with Software encoding

#

MOST of these titles will be fine with software encoding on a ryzen 5

jaunty karma
#

This will take ages

indigo thicket
#

you'll need to do a test to see if your internet can keep up as well, you need a high bitrate for shooters

eager chasm
#

use the x264 encoder in OBS with minimum 6000 Kb/s and you should do fine

#

if your internet keeps up

jaunty karma
#

Is streamlabs ok?

eager chasm
#

streamlabs is a version of OBS

#

so yea

#

but OBS offers better control

jaunty karma
#

I was able to stream on my bad laptop

#

Intel i5

#

4gb ram

shut rampart
jaunty karma
#

Hd grapphics 4000

#

@shut rampart

#

What app is that

shut rampart
#

Amd

eager chasm
#

@shut rampart did you swap that fan around to be an out fan?

shut rampart
#

Yes

#

The cooler is good but the gpu is bad

#

Use to be 85 during game and now 70 during games

#

Helped a lot but idk why gpu is dying

jaunty karma
#

How do i know if its in or out

eager chasm
#

@shut rampart your GPU seems to be in the 60s on temp

shut rampart
#

Is that good?

eager chasm
#

it's very good

#

that number on the left is not temp, that's % of the GPU processing being used

jaunty karma
#

My fans are spinning counter clock wise

shut rampart
#

Ok but I don’t want to use all of it

eager chasm
#

that's how GPUs work

shut rampart
#

Suppose to use all of it?

eager chasm
#

yes

shut rampart
#

OOOH I’m dumb

eager chasm
#

telling it to use less is basically limiting the frame rate

jaunty karma
eager chasm
#

your GPU is perfectly fine as is

#

@jaunty karma that's actually not bad

jaunty karma
#

But my eyes cant handle it

eager chasm
#

it's the catchup and mustard cables XD

jaunty karma
#

Is that good?

#

For a new heatsink

#

Or should i go

cursive wharf
#

Size itself is decent. Tho fin density, heatpipe quality, direct contact with heatpipe, and fan quality are all unknowns to me cuz you didnt really specify the coolers

jaunty karma
#

Deepcool GAMMAXX GTE

woven spruce
#

is an AIO better than Air Cooler for CPUs?

lime forge
#

compatibility and looks yes, price no, performance same (depending on cooler)

#

to get aio performance on an air cooler youre gonna be sacrificing looks a LOT

#

air coolers are just so ugly

#

imo

little osprey
#

depends on the application. air coolers can look pretty neat in a horizontal case (like a thermaltake core series for instance)

#

an aio would look pretty awkward in my case for instance

#

but other than that, what zack said

#

tho i should also mention longevity. air coolers can last a lifetime as the heatsink itself has no moving parts and fans can be changed very easily

lime forge
#

buuuuuuuttttt

#

aios look cool

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:D

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lmao

fleet talon
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So, I just installed a new motherboard (MSI MEG x570 ACE) and a new CPU (Ryzen 9 3900x). Is it normal for this setup to run a MemTest86 on first boot or did it detect something wrong with my RAM or CPU and it's preemptively checking to make sure everything is good?

viscid kite
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Which cpu? 9700k or 3800x for streaming/ editing/ gaming

topaz mauve
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Dumb question:
Forgot to add my gpu cable for my power supply, and I'm using a rtx 2060 super FE
There's no slots on my PSU that say for the gpu specifically

viscid kite
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It’s the 6+2 pcie

topaz mauve
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Okay, so I'm using another 8 pin psu cable right?

viscid kite
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Ya

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I’m gonna be getting a 2080 when I build mine in a couple months

topaz mauve
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And the side that has the splitting of the 8 pin into a 2x4 is the side that'll go to the gpu right?

viscid kite
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No I’m 75% sure that the 6+2 side is the one that goes into the gpu

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Some wires say in on them or you could just look in the manual

topaz mauve
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all the manual says is safety hazards lol XD

viscid kite
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Oof

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I would put the 2x4 Into the psu

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Don’t take my word because I’ve never build a pc before but that’s just my knowledge

topaz mauve
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So this instead?

tame olive
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Whoah dud you're still building!?!?!?!?!?

topaz mauve
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I had to stop to go to work today

viscid kite
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Bro we have the same monitor

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And yes

topaz mauve
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VG279?

viscid kite
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Oh oof

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I just saw the box

topaz mauve
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Yeah the boxes look the same XD

viscid kite
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Are I using an aio or air cooler also what cpu do u have

topaz mauve
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Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler master 212 black edition

viscid kite
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Ok

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How much was total cost

topaz mauve
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$1400

viscid kite
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Mine is 17 almost 1800

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As of rn

topaz mauve
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1400 for the entire setup including monitors and other things

viscid kite
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I already have a monitor and a mouse so the only other peripherals I need is a keyboard

topaz mauve
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If you're looking for a good, rigid full keyboard, highly recommend the hyper x alloy origins

viscid kite
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Rn I’m planning on the redragon k555 indrha

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Indrah*

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What mb are u using

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Rn I’m planning on the ASRock steel legend but idk

topaz mauve
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Asus tuf x570 wifi

viscid kite
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I was looking at that one for a bit

trim heron
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You guys think my build is good for ordering

viscid kite
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Not very much storage

trim heron
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Ik

viscid kite
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I’m getting 1 TB and then planning on upgrading

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Personally idk how I would feel with only 500Gb

trim heron
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Oh

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Hm

viscid kite
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I had issues on PS4 with space and pc files are much larger

trim heron
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So should I get a 1 tb ssd?

viscid kite
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I would

trim heron
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Or keep the 500 gb ssd

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And get a hard drive

viscid kite
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The western digital 1 TB m.2 is a good one

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U can get an hard drive if u want

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Personally

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I like to stick with SSD however

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Fastest and more reliable

trim heron
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K

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How long have you pc games

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Gamed*

viscid kite
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I don’t have my pc yet I should in a few months but I just have done way to much research before hand

trim heron
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Yah that’s how I am rn

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Well good luck you build man

viscid kite
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Thanks

trim heron
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Keep grinding

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I’m about to the stage of grinding for savings

viscid kite
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I’m going for a higher end than u are so it’s gonna be a bit longer wait for me

trim heron
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Yah lol

polar holly
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Use the link dont put pcitures

hybrid crest
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So i am going to buy a pc

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Wait i'm poopin

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Dont have dets rn

fleet talon
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Getting high idle temps I believe. 3900x with a h115i PRO AIO. Using AS5. Sitting between 49-60c

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cleaned and reapplied paste also

muted patio
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Pump at 100%?

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I've got the EVGA CLC 360 and sit at 30C idel

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Idle

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Should be lower

fleet talon
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Have the icue set at extreme. That's all the control I have

jaunty nacelle
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should i get the i9 9900k or the ryzen 7 3800x instead

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plan on gaming and streaming

muted patio
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Between those two, the 9900K is the better processor

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Should be compared with the 3900x

jaunty nacelle
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should i get the 3900x or 9900k then

muted patio
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Whichever you can get cheaper

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Both great for what you want to do

cold cloak
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Can someone make me a build for about 1100 USD - for gaming ? ty

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I have no preferences except that I do want an ssd as boot drive and at least 16 gb of ram

icy crater
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Anyone good videos on how to build a pc? Recenty received all my parts.

tame olive
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The verge made a decent video

icy crater
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Hmmm my friends warned me not to watch that one.

tame olive
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Oh

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Paul’s hardware I think recently did one

icy crater
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Ok tysm.

dark hearth
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Got a question

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Currently finished building a pc but when I plugged in all the HDMI and USB stuff