building-and-recc-chat

[terse condor]

smdh dang man head shakin dang

[wary geode]

yeah but i belive there are some retertions

[terse condor]

what is a retertion

[wary geode]

restrictions

my bad bad spelling

[spiral zealot]

safe mode by default just loads up the core OS, no networking, no background apps, etc

[wary geode]

not ttally sure dont quote me

oh i was right then YES!

[spiral zealot]

there's usually an option to boot in 'safe mode w/networking' in case you need internet access for updating drivers/apps

but other than that, it is still just the barebones core OS

[wary geode]

yep

[terse condor]

i was gonna say something about drivers too. i dont understand why though because windows has always installed the important ones for me

[spiral zealot]

at this point in time, it's pretty good about being able to provide basic driver support for most hardware

[terse condor]

the only thin I ever have to update are beta drivers for my gpu and the newest C++

not sure why windows doesnt automatically download the freshest C++. then again you only need if for games and certain apps

[fast dust]

ill try safe mode first since i dont know where to go to overclock

[terse condor]

some motherboards have overclocking in the bios. I just use radeon software and msi afterbruner since it does what i need

[fast dust]

i cant find anywhere in the bios to overclock, so

[little leaf]

what you trying to oc?

[fast dust]

the CPU. it might be degraded so sips said to give it a little more voltage

[terse condor]

some motherboards need an update ifthey do have an overclocking option

[wary geode]

give it life

it may not even have a bios

or a way to oc

[terse condor]

would try safe mode before overclocking

[spiral zealot]

does that board have a model number on it anywhere? or is it pure OEM generic through and through?

it has a bios, the question is how full featured is it

if it's an OEM board, it might just be very limited

[fast dust]

got a BSOD when trying to boot in safe mode.
"bad system config info"

its an asus board

[little leaf]

what cpu?

and what mobo?

[fast dust]

Asus M5A78L M LX Plus

FX-6100

listed all specs in original post

[little leaf]

nvm can't help rn

[spiral zealot]

do you know what bios version it has now?

[fast dust]

lemme see

[wary geode]

cpu ram graphics

[spiral zealot]

because the FX-6100 wasn't supported on the original bios version for that board

it got support via bios update

[fast dust]

version 0601

[spiral zealot]

ok, that's fine. it needs 0402 or later for 6100 support

[terse condor]

those boards dont have that much voltage either. would not overclok unless you're undeervolting

[wary geode]

yez\

[fast dust]

its not an overclock really, just a very small addition of volts

like 50mv

[terse condor]

oh tru

get er workin

[fast dust]

still dont know where to go to do that tho

[wary geode]

do

[terse condor]

sena pic to the chat of yourbios

[spiral zealot]

go into the Advanced Settings menu

and then CPU Configuration

er

wait

Jumper Free Configuration

that one

[wary geode]

yes

[spiral zealot]

There's an option there for CPU Over Voltage

if you can't move it off Auto, it's because the CPU won't allow it, not the BIOS

[fast dust]

there's no jumper free config

wait i lie

its at the top :|

i cant move it off auto

[spiral zealot]

use + and - to see if it will move

arrow keys won't work

[fast dust]

it brought up a little blue box that I can type in

[spiral zealot]

well, that's progress. i have no idea what you should put in there, but presumably it's a value in mV, you can try something small like 10-20 to start

the manual doesn't say what unit of power it uses for that option

[fast dust]

well i can type up to 4 digits in there, so mv it is i guess

[foggy hazel]

coughs

[fast dust]

typed in 15 and it now shows up as 1.7000000

yay naed is here

[foggy hazel]

you are aware that you can screw things up beyond repair right @fast dust ?

[fast dust]

nope

but i am kinda desperate to fix this

[spiral zealot]

personally, i would see if you can create a windows recovery disk and try and boot into that, and run some command line tools to see if you can fix a bad install

[foggy hazel]

a quick question: did you assemble the board+cpu+cooler yourself or?

[fast dust]

yes i did

[wary geode]

yeah he did

he checked the pins2

[fast dust]

Hey would anyone be willing to help me troubleshoot and diagnose this new PC build? It's a fresh build, all used parts, and has the weirdest issue I've ever seen and have no idea how to even try and figure out what's wrong.
I can download windows on the computer just fine, but after being in windows for a ferw minutes, anywhere from 4-15 minutes, my screen will go black, the PC restarts, and then i cant get back into windows and go into windows recovery. I've tested the RAM and its good. The SSD seems to be good as I took it out and put it in a different system, crystaldiskinfo says it's okay. I've reinstalled windows about 6-7 times.
Any idea about how I'd go about troubleshooting this?
Specs are: FX-6100, Asus Strix GTX 960 2gb, 1x8gb DDR3, EVGA 450BR PSU, Adata SU630 240gb, Asus M5A78L M LX Plus, random HP ODD, Rosewill Tyrfing case.

Thanks in advance to anyone who helps :)
@fast dust

[spiral zealot]

i'm not saying going into recovery mode on the existing install

[foggy hazel]

2sec, let me just grab a picture of that board

[spiral zealot]

i'm saying boot off the install USB

and open a command prompt from there

there's a tool called 'bootrec'

that has some options you can use to try and repair things like the MBR, etc

[fast dust]

This is what I’m seeing. I can press plus or minus to reduce or increase

[foggy hazel]

the ssd is a used one too right?

[little osprey]

bruh i built my pc and csnt find my kb&m we just moved

[fast dust]

how would i use MBR etc to reoair it

no, SSD is new

[foggy hazel]

hm.

[fast dust]

SSD new, case and PSU refurb, everything else preowned

[spiral zealot]

the MBR is what is being repaired, you aren't using that to repair anything

[foggy hazel]

got a mech drive you could test with?

[spiral zealot]

MBR = master boot record

[fast dust]

i do have a spare 2TB HP i could try to use

[spiral zealot]

the bad system config error is usually either bad hardware or a corrupted install

[foggy hazel]

that is a simple way to rule out the ssd as being the culprit

[fast dust]

i've tried reinstalling windows like 7 times @spiral zealot, so ive ruled out corrupt install

alright, lemme go grab the 2TB

[foggy hazel]

that hasnt actually ruled out a corrupt install @fast dust

[spiral zealot]

if the install media you're using is corrupted, the subsequent install will be bad too

[fast dust]

it hasnt?

[foggy hazel]

nope

[spiral zealot]

and reinstalling from the same corrupted source means you'll always have a bad install

[fast dust]

I've reinstalled it on the USB too

[foggy hazel]

try and give the hdd a spin

[fast dust]

alright

[foggy hazel]

got to start narrowing down the working parts :)

[spiral zealot]

try the HDD, yeah. if it is the install, it could be the USB stick itself that's going bad

[fast dust]

i should probably set the voltage back to normal, how would i do that?

[spiral zealot]

set it to auto if you can

[foggy hazel]

just load defaults in the bios

[spiral zealot]

or that

[fast dust]

oh yeah, forgot about that

[spiral zealot]

usually with fields like that, if you set the value to 0 it will flip back to auto

but don't quote me on that, because i'm sure there's some brand out there that would take it literally and just apply 0 voltage

[fast dust]

welp

this is a byproduct of me being me

but i misplaced my windows USB and have no idea where it is

so give me a while

to find it

[neon condor]

Added the two 60mm fans to the sleeper.
It has airflow now.
I also swapped the Corsair fan that was in the front of the case with a 140mm Noctua.
I have many uses for this computer so I want it cool.
Also I swapped the stock Intel thingy out with that tower cooler. It looks like it's a basic air cooler but believe me when I say that little Phantex cooler can get a 6700K to 4.5Ghz with no problems.

[dapper karma]

I need help with frames problems with gaming, is this the place to ask?

[fast dust]

yep

[midnight pelican]

@cloud grove the dust filter can also go under the top panel

[dapper karma]

im rockin
ryzen 5 2600
RTX 2070 super
16gb 3000mhz (capped at 2133 because mobo wont let me boot going higher)

So i stream and my previous gpu was the 166o super, which was an excellent beginner card imo, so i saved up and got the 2070 super, which was probably not worth the money. but alas, i bought the card to have better frames on call of duty. but im seeing the same frames, exact same. so I need help figuring out why? is it my ram? do i need 32gb ram? or do i need a better cpu? is it ryzen? i know you dont get as many frames as intel

[fast dust]

do you have a frame cap in place?

[dapper karma]

no

[fast dust]

what FPS are you getting

and what resolution

[dapper karma]

multi its like 100-150 on most maps. which is exactly what i got on the 1660, if not a little worse
warzone its 80-130 max.
1920x1080? i think lemme check

[fast dust]

whats your monitors refresh rate

[dapper karma]

144hz

[fast dust]

do you have Vsync on

[dapper karma]

I turn it off, it makes my streams choppy

[fast dust]

makes sense. do you stream with CPU or GPU?

[dapper karma]

GPU encoder. Nvenc new

[fast dust]

hm

strange

[unkempt bone]

This is probably a stupid question, but i'm only using one M.2 and there was a blue film i had to peel off of the MB heatsink, do i need to remove that film from the heatsink of the second m.2 port as well?

[dapper karma]

my friend gets close to 190 frames and hes on an i-7..with the exact same 2070 super

my ram sits idle at 40 percent usage, im curious if ram would help? or is an issue?

[fast dust]

try downloading MSI afterburner and running the game. monitor thet temps, usage, etc

[cloud grove]

@midnight pelican yeah, ive been opening and messing around with cable management, so i put them all on the outside. they were catching when putting panels back on

[midnight pelican]

oh

lmao

[cloud grove]

once im completely done with it, ill put them all back in. just easier this way lol

[mental blaze]

Could you guys make me a build for my friend?
He is switching from a 2017 MacBook Pro 13 inch
He has a monitor and peripherals
His budget is between 800-1000
He said he wants to play games like gta V

[fading acorn]

should i be sticking to amd or get an i9

[little osprey]

I got a new hdd and it keeps going in to bios menu how do i stop that

[desert gulch]

@fading acorn depends if you are gonna be spending alot on gpu too. intel really isnt worth it until you start getting into 2080s territory

[fading acorn]

yeah i’d wanna upgrade cpu n gpu

[desert gulch]

you are on amd mobo right?

[plush silo]

Anybody have the razer nommo pro?

[little osprey]

What do i have to do now

[little osprey]

Anyone have any experience with the asus tuf gaming MB

[spiral zealot]

whoever was just asking about the case in build-pics, it's the Corsair 275R

the messages got deleted before i could catch the name

[exotic marten]

@little osprey did you initialize it in windows so you can use it?

[little osprey]

I already downloaded windows

[desert gulch]

Not that

You gotta format it

[exotic marten]

@little osprey so what's the issue

[desert gulch]

And create partitions

[little osprey]

Its not going back to the desktop its just error after error and now stuck in a boot loop

[exotic marten]

After you installed windows? You just have the one hdd in there?

[desert gulch]

Is the HDD empty?

[exotic marten]

Is it set to ACHI?

[desert gulch]

And what is your boot order?

[exotic marten]

Yeah you got partitions?

[little osprey]

The hdd is not empty

[desert gulch]

What is your boot order

Cuz it could be trying to boot off the hdd

[exotic marten]

What else is on the drive

Like how you got the setup? SSD for windows then hdd for everything else?

[little osprey]

Games windows and other game things photos

No i was using a laptop hdd then just got a new hdd desktop

[exotic marten]

So you got one hdd now with a fresh windows on it correct?

[little osprey]

The laptop one had windows in it

No

[exotic marten]

You're confusing

So laptop hdd is boot drive?

[little osprey]

The desktop hdd is sending me to bios and its clean the laptop hdd is in boot loop but the laptop one is with windows and everything

Yes

[exotic marten]

So like Ryan said what is the boot order of the drives?

Could it be trying to boot to the new drive instead of the laptop drive?

[desert gulch]

Go into bios to see

That's what I'm thinking

[little osprey]

Im trying but the desktop is not detected

[exotic marten]

What do you mean? Bios is not part of windows

[little osprey]

And error and back to bios

The desktop one dose this

The desktop hdd not detected

[exotic marten]

Yeah just restart tab del f12 f8 or whichever is your Mobo bios key

[exotic marten]

Yeah so you see where it says boot order num 1 set to your Ethernet adapter?

It's trying to pxe boot right meow so you need to change to the laptop hdd

You can prob turn off lan pxe boot option too as you don't need that at home

[little osprey]

Where does it say boot order

[exotic marten]

Boot option is same as boot order

Boot option number 1

Double click on realtek

[little osprey]

1 is the new desktop hdd 2 was laptop hdd

[exotic marten]

So don't enable number 2. You just want to boot to the laptop hdd so change number 1 to laptop hdd

Take pic before you exit

[little osprey]

So should i disable the desktop hdd

[round river]

is it a good time to buy a CPU cooler?

[exotic marten]

You can if there is an option

[exotic marten]

Yeah turn the realtek to disabled

[little osprey]

So what now its disable

[exotic marten]

So you sure the windows boot manager is the laptop hdd correct?

[little osprey]

Yeah it was then it got in a boot loop

Should i save and exit

[exotic marten]

So try to save and exit and see what happens

[little osprey]

Ok il record it

Its still in a boot loop

[exotic marten]

After blue screen it just restarts?

Did the windows logo come up?

[little osprey]

After blue screen it repeats the thing in vid turns of

[exotic marten]

Maybe it died?

[little osprey]

It turns on gigabyte logo and off and again

It was working perfectly fine before I tried to connect a gpu

[exotic marten]

Try unplugging the other hard drive and go back in bios and make sure it's on the laptop hdd again

Then try again

[little osprey]

Then I download driver and gose in recovery mode and boot loop

[exotic marten]

Is the GPU hooked up properly?

What is GPU and PSU?

[little osprey]

Its a GeForce gtx 460

[exotic marten]

PSU?

[exotic marten]

When it goes to recovery mode and you hit continue to windows what happens?

[little osprey]

It Goes out of it back to boot loop

I did something this is from the desktop hdd

The one that says 298.0gb is desktop hdd the other one is laptop one

[exotic marten]

You don't need to be in raid mode

Something isn't right or something is dead it seems like

Do you have another GPU to try?

Or try to reinstall windows on laptop hdd

[little osprey]

I don’t have any other gpu and i dont have a different pc to do that

[exotic marten]

What cpu you got

[little osprey]

Intel pentium gold g5400

4g ram

[exotic marten]

Do you have a video connection on the motherboard?

[little osprey]

At the moment it looks like this the mother board has built in gpu

[exotic marten]

Did you take the GPU out?

Try and boot with the GPU taken out and the monitor hooked to the motherboard

[little osprey]

It was like that when i was trying to boot

[exotic marten]

I feel like something is dying or windows install has become corrupt

[plush wigeon]

So I'm looking into getting my first gaming pc and I found a few that (since i am new to this whole thing) I would like to have their specs rated for their price and which one would be best. I will copy&paste their specs and prices.

[exotic marten]

I had severe boot loops a couple months ago and it turned out to be a dying cpu. Never seen that before and wound up making a new pc basically just trying to figure out the issue

What is their specs rated for their price

[plush wigeon]

This one is $999.99

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER - 500GB SSD

[exotic marten]

@little osprey try a fresh windows install if you can with just the laptop hdd installed no other drives

[desert gulch]

Your looking at prebuitls?

Better to build your own

[exotic marten]

Not always depending on price

[desert gulch]

Unless your gonna spend 2k

[little osprey]

The laptop one just goes in boot loop i think il try getting a pre installed windows in a hdd or ssd

[plush wigeon]

This one is $999
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Processor
16GB Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Graphics 240GB SSD, 1TB HD

[exotic marten]

Honestly 500 to 700 you might be able to find a good deal at bestbuy or something

[rich void]

Well at a glance getting a 3700x and more storage for the same price is better all things being equal (which they may not be)

[desert gulch]

But less gpu

It's a non super

And we don't know what speed ram is

What psu it is

[rich void]

Ah true, overlooked that, good point

[desert gulch]

What case it us

What Mobo it is

All important things

[rich void]

Yeah, as I said all things aren't equal. Quality of warranty support could vary a LOT too. If you are buying a prebuilt quality of support is important

[plush wigeon]

This one seems like it might be good. $949

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 16GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT - 1TB HDD + 500GB SSD
According to the more in depth specs ram is 3000mHz crucial ballistic, and Asus prime b550M-a is the mobo. The case I'll show an image of it when I can post pictures

[little osprey]

Does anyone know where i can get a pre instal windows on a hdd or ssd

Or anything like that

[plush wigeon]

Where can I post pics? The rules seem to say I cant post any pictures unless I own said pic

[little osprey]

Go in the image thin lm the left corner of text box

[spiral zealot]

you can post pics of your rig in #build-pics , otherwise you can't post links/pics in any other channel until you hit level 3

[tropic marlin]

does anyone know any good cheap gaming pcs

[little osprey]

Well I built my for under 700$

[spiral zealot]

cheap is relative, what's your budget and are you looking for prebuilt, or build it yourself?

[tropic marlin]

either would work for me and like under 600 probably

[little osprey]

I can give u what I built its pretty good

[exotic marten]

@little osprey they don't sell preimaged hdd's or ssd's

[little osprey]

Dam it

So i need a usb with it on

[exotic marten]

How did you get windows in the first place

[little osprey]

I used the one on laptop i just took out the one from laptop

How do i stop a boot loop

[exotic marten]

You can get windows on a USB now a days from Microsoft's website. It's called the Media Creation Tool but you need to put a key in to activate

I bet now that you say that the windows install is the issue. You took it from the laptop and now you want to boot in another computer and it doesnt have the right drivers.

It's using the old laptop drivers instead of trying to install the new drivers

[little osprey]

No i when I built my pc i took my laptop apart to get the hdd out i have bin using that for 2 months untill now

[exotic marten]

The laptop might have the windows serial key on the bottom

Don't know dude might be dead like I was saying

[little osprey]

Yeah it might

[exotic marten]

Put your ear to it and see if it's making a clicking noise

[little osprey]

No

No noise

So how much is one usb

Should i take part the laptop hdd to see if its fine

Or is that a rely dumb idae

[unkempt ibex]

I need help with some cords

[little osprey]

How it looks like

[little osprey]

Um really blurry try again

[unkempt ibex]

That’s from the power supply I think it’s a fan header do I plug it into one?

[little osprey]

Send one more but less blur

[unkempt ibex]

It’s gunna be blurry it’s a 4 pin cable

[tender swallow]

I’m mad I’m to broke to afford one

[little osprey]

This one

[unkempt ibex]

Yeah that one

[little osprey]

I dont think u need to plug in

[unkempt ibex]

Okay

Dude I’m so confused my PCs not turning on I’m so consumed

Confused

[little osprey]

Show me this

And use flash

[spiral zealot]

yeah, the front panel connectors might be switched around

[unkempt ibex]

I think they are I don’t know u want another picture?

[spiral zealot]

if you check your MB manual it will tell you which pins are for the power switch, you can short them with a screwdriver and make sure the system starts up

[little osprey]

Yeah

[spiral zealot]

if it does, then you can connect the front panel headers and try again

[little osprey]

Send how u set them up

[little osprey]

Is there only those ones ore is there more

[unkempt ibex]

There’s only those

[spiral zealot]

what motherboard do you have?

[unkempt ibex]

Msi mpg z390 gaming edge ac

[little osprey]

It might be the power one

[unkempt ibex]

There’s a cord called power sw

[little osprey]

Dose it show how it hose on the under the cables

[spiral zealot]

move the power sw up

[little osprey]

Goes

[spiral zealot]

to the 2 pins above it

[little osprey]

Yeah thats what the problem i think

[spiral zealot]

from the manual for your board

[little osprey]

Wht u got ander power led is it hd

[spiral zealot]

the power sw should be on the 2 pins next to the power LED ones

so it should be Pwr LED - Pwr LED - Power Sw - missing pin

and then the 2 HDD LED pins underneath the power LED pins

[little osprey]

And under power led is hd and under power sw is reset

[little osprey]

Move the power sw up one

[spiral zealot]

yeah it should be on the 2 pins that are right above it in that pic

everything else looks fine

[unkempt ibex]

LETS GO

[little osprey]

It worked

Take a pic of the whole board

[unkempt ibex]

Can u help me with the rgb lmao

[barren flint]

Yo do you guys think I could add a motherboard with all that graphics cards and the cpu you and all that to a all in one desktop?

[little osprey]

What exactly do u need help with

How much was the cpu cooler

[stoic island]

@unkempt ibex you're gonna have to use MSI mystic lights for mobo rgb

[unkempt ibex]

Oh okay so if my cpu cooler and my front fans arnt in sync mystic light will make it? #

[stoic island]

where exactly is there rgb on your cpu cooler lol

and fans depends on the case

[spiral zealot]

i'm betting the CM logo is rgb

[little osprey]

@exotic marten hey remember when u ask (is it set to ACHI ) is AHCI the same thing because i have that

[spiral zealot]

and any rad fans

did the cooler and radiator fans have 2 cables that came off them? one for fan headers, and another cable with a 3 pin connector?

something like this? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71sMsGIz%2ByL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

[exotic marten]

@little osprey yes typed too fast

[little osprey]

Oh good il set that

[olive kraken]

Hey guys, quick question. Would you OC an "office" PC?

I'm basically building some PCs for my workspace but the PCs themselves will be used by teens. They will be streaming and playing games mostly.

I just don't think, a 15 yo learning about computers and streaming for the first time on a PC will gain anything major from OC. And since I dont know how the maintenance will be

[spiral zealot]

For longevity, I wouldn't.

If someone is curious what it means and how to do it, it's a great learning experience to learn how to dial in multipliers and bus speeds and voltage and all that. But I wouldn't run any of them OC'd full time.

[olive kraken]

That was my exact thought. Because my boss seems to be really excited about PCs but he's doesn't really understand them as much as I'd like

@spiral zealot thx

[spiral zealot]

You could always designate one of the machines the OC test bench, heh. If anyone wants to learn about it, they can use that machine and pull up a GamersNexus video or something like that and take notes, make some changes, etc. That way if a machine does crap out, it's limited to that specific one.

[olive kraken]

That makes a lot of sense, I'll speak to him about it

[little osprey]

@exotic marten it didn’t work

But it did something

Instead of having one laptop hdd option it was 2 same thing but split one Doesn’t have windows boot manager second one dose

[exotic marten]

Did you try with no other drives enabled

[little osprey]

Not yet

Witch one the one with boot manager or witout

Because with out it dose a random thing not a boot loop tho it makes the screen black and with boot loop

[little osprey]

@little osprey what specs

Does your PC have

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics 3.60

sorry i didnt mean to send yet

Do you have a dedicated gpu?

3.60 GHz 8 GB ram64 bit with a 1060evga geforce graphics card

Ok ok

[still roost]

Duckie_21#4307 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[little osprey]

?

*** i spent 1000$ on this because i didnt know anything about computers lol

Bruh

yeah lmao

https://media.tenor.com/images/32d519bf28d522b2bfa069d197cec10e/tenor.gif

big F for me

First thing you need to do is get more/faster ram imo

alrighty what should i go with because probably with any money i get from Christmas ill be upgrading then ( im 16)

Get a ripjaws 16GB 3200mhz kit

alright ill write that down

[sand falcon]

That might not be the cheapest though by the time christmas roles around

[little osprey]

i was thinking of getting the EVGA rtx 2060 super as a upgrade from what i have but i heard that i have to see if its compatable with my motherboard?

and yeah i agree so ill probably wait till its onsale afterwards

Get 3000 series if you're waiting for Christmas

[sand falcon]

What motherboard do you have?

[little osprey]

^

It will most likely be compatible

[sand falcon]

If it wasn't that would be super weird

[little osprey]

Yeah

i have absolutely no clue lol

He already has a 1060 in it though@sand falcon

So I figure it will work

[sand falcon]

Yeah

[little osprey]

do i need to upgrade my cpu?

[sand falcon]

No

[little osprey]

alright thank you everyone for your help

[little osprey]

I need a feedback on my build

It just doesn't feel done.

[lyric thistle]

Maybe a fancy figure

[little osprey]

I had thoughts of getting a fractal design meshify s2

[maiden idol]

It just doesn't feel done.
@little osprey Wow

[little osprey]

I still like the looks of this system when I had my RX-580 in here

my 2070 super destroys the 580 though

[lyric thistle]

Heatpipes 👀

[little osprey]

now that 580 is in my FX system XD

if I paired the 580 with my FX 9590 I wonder what would happen :?

[lyric thistle]

Stuff

And things 😉

[little osprey]

My FX system isn't done yet though

I just got to get the 24 pin cable in

sometime in the next week or two

I think I have some old photos of my FX build

I miss my old house and setup though

My new room is horrible compared to my old room.

[lyric thistle]

Cool

[little osprey]

For this how old do i have to be

Nm

[safe field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/idpepw/msi_vga_light_turns_out_but_gpu_is_not_dead/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Need some help troubleshooting my build

If y'all could take a look, it would be much appreciated

[little osprey]

My friend is buying a prebuilt pc how do I stop him? 😭

😂

[safe field]

@little osprey technically violence would work but we do not condone that here

[little osprey]

👀

We can keep it a secret maybe

[lyric thistle]

Oh no

[little osprey]

He's buying a prebuilt pc that comes with an i-7 processor which I would assume is an older gen and some graphics card that he claims can run rtx but it isn't an rtx card for about $700 he said

[sand falcon]

@little osprey offer to build him a custom PC at price

[little osprey]

I wish 😂 I've told him that I have a buddy that would help him

But he says he wants a prebuilt and that he'll upgrade it himself 🤷‍♂️

[sand falcon]

He knows that prebuilts aren't always easily upgradable?

[little osprey]

Yes

But he claims he can do it

So idk tbh 😂

I've never built a PC but I knew buying a prebuilt was bad

[spiral shore]

Curious if someone can help me figure out where i need to upgrade my pc to do dual video output? I put together a real cheap pc for minecraft with my gf, drawing and just doing basic computer stuff but looks like my oc currently has only 1 video output (HDMI) but was hoping to do dual so i can pull up reference images as my graphics tablet is a monitor so it takes HDMI as well

Will a GPU help or am i looking at a new motherboard?

Ain't looking to put too much in as im no gamer either

[viral ore]

you want to connect two monitors to your pc?

[spiral shore]

Yup

[viral ore]

what kind of pc do you have rn

[spiral shore]

I have a monitor graphics tablet and a regular old viewsonic i just bought

[viral ore]

is it just a prebuilt, or did you build it yourself?

[spiral shore]

Built it myself

[viral ore]

so does it have a dedicated graphics card?

[spiral shore]

I believe the graphics is supposed to be built into the motherboard

Like i said, cheaper build

[viral ore]

can you take a pic of the rear of your pc?

[spiral shore]

Put in #build-pics

[viral ore]

so theres a used HDMI, and above it there is a DP

you can use that to run a display

[little osprey]

My friend just said all prebuilt pc's are upgradable

[lyric thistle]

:(

[sand falcon]

NOOO

Raspberry pi is prebuilt pc

[lyric thistle]

My E450 is completely locked down :)

[little osprey]

How do I download windows on a desktop hdd that’s completely empty

[lyric thistle]

No upgrade path

[little osprey]

How long do prebuilts tend to last? A year?

[spiral shore]

What kinda cord would i be looking at running through that then?

[lyric thistle]

Look up Compaq CQ2024 and show that to your friend lol

[spiral shore]

Also oof, when i told my dad my budget he suggest a prebuilt and i was like
No

[sand falcon]

Depends on the prebuilt

[spiral shore]

I can always upgrade mine

[viral ore]

a displayport cable

[sand falcon]

Some die within a week, but I've got a 25yo or so still trucking

[viral ore]

but make sure your monitor can use one

[spiral shore]

Plus mine has to coolest rainbows 😎

Ill be sure to check

[little osprey]

Ion know I'ma look forward to the day he rages and says he wishes he built his own

[spiral shore]

No displayport on the monitor but im guessing a displayport to HDMI might do the trick?

[viral ore]

yeah

its all just a digital signal

[unborn solstice]

eh

[viral ore]

for his purposes, its fine

[unborn solstice]

a lot of hdmi caps fps

[viral ore]

hes not even gaming

so

[unborn solstice]

oh ok

[viral ore]

for his purposes, its just a digital signal

[little osprey]

Oh God

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-3-2300x-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-570-1tb-hdd-240gb-ssd-black/6362425.p?skuId=6362425

@sand falcon this the one he buying

Ryzen 3 at $600 😭

[viral ore]

well

for 600, im not gonna say its great

[little osprey]

Yea

[viral ore]

but considering its all new parts, its not bad

[sand falcon]

It's cheap

[viral ore]

i would rather get a used 570 for like 90 bux tho lmao

[sand falcon]

You're gonna want to upgrade pretty much everything in there though

[little osprey]

I don't like cyberpower or iBuypower their builds look to cheap tbh

Fr tho @sand falcon

[spiral shore]

Thanks a ton man

My dad's a little old school so he doesn't know everything. Also like i said im not too torn on graphics and the likes. The heaviest games I'm doing are minecraft lol

Also my from scratch build was 600 on the nose but half the specs are twice that of those on that prebuilt

My dad helped me piece it but was easy as pie

[little osprey]

"Also my from scratch build was 600 on the nose but half the specs are twice that of those on that prebuilt" LOL @spiral shore

[spiral shore]

At that point you're just paying for someone to put it together and for some fancy lights that matcg

[little osprey]

Honestly

[spiral shore]

Mine has a RGB motherboard and ram though so mine's got bling too

[lyric thistle]

Minecraft gang

[little osprey]

These companies lure you in with the fancy rgb

But in all reality it is really bad

[spiral shore]

Yup

Rgb ain't too hard to find these days either

[little osprey]

I can only imagine wut the back panel looks like with wire management

[spiral shore]

Pretty much any part you want they got an RGB version of
Or if you don't like that buy some light strips off amazon for $20

[lyric thistle]

Probably adequate

[spiral shore]

I still gotta buy puck lights since my apartment came with a shelf but also my junk wont fit on them so i gotta get a 2x3 cube organizer

Im gonna have the gayest damn room you ever did see

Rgb puck lights

[little osprey]

Lol

[spiral shore]

Bone disco time

[little osprey]

Anyway I gotta head out gotta wake up in about 7 hours for school lol

Talk to u later @spiral shore

[spiral shore]

Oof fair enough

Sleep well

[little osprey]

Hopefully we can pick up on our conversation tomorrow 😂

[spiral shore]

Fair enough

[safe field]

reposting since nobody seemed to be able to help: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/idqpg1/troubleshooting_a_new_pc_buildand_its_become_way/

[viral ore]

idk could be a bios config or the cards vbios

the card might have a mining bios on it

just because the system has a GPU installed doesn't mean it will use it to display

check the card for a physical vbios switch

I assume this is your reddit post

[jade junco]

@austere condor how do you make these PCs for so cheap? Are you buying old parts somewhere?

[austere condor]

yep

that latest PC i posted i didnt pay for

someone paid me to build it for them

[jade junco]

Huh, eBay?

[round river]

can someone explain why a white version of a cpu cooler is more expensive

[lyric thistle]

Apple

Wait no

Dell

Acer?

[little osprey]

Because white isn't a PC part color standard, factory's have to go out of their way to produce white versions, same reason black used to cost a premium

But now everything is black standard so it's not costly anymore

Also pro tip, don't ask Reddit for help, for anything, ever xD

[stoic island]

Reddit will tell you to get tomahawk max

Because best board

[winter light]

I'm looking for help finding a good mid ranged reasonably priced laptop to begin game development. Is there anybody here willing to help be?

[wary geode]

ki

[flat fern]

@winter light what is a reasonable price?

[winter light]

I'm willing to spend about 700 - 800

[little osprey]

Hello

[wary geode]

hello

[flat fern]

@winter light try to search with 1650 ti and 16gb ram

[winter light]

@DrPaashaas thank you. I will do that

[exotic yarrow]

Can anyone assist me with windows install on a asus rog strix B450-F. I installed windows with a usb the pc rebooted now I have an error. I cant send pictures yet or I would post it

[lusty dirge]

can acer nitro 5 run new games such as cyberpunk 2077 and vampire the masquerades?

[crude glen]

Ryzen 5 3600, RX580, 500GB SSD with old 1TB HDD, 16GB ram

650W PSU

ive been told to wait for new ryzen and to get 1660 super

should i?

[errant berry]

idk the specs for the new ryzen

imo go for the 1660s tho

maybe the 1660 ti if you can

[foggy hazel]

@crude glen do you need a machine "right now"?

[crude glen]

nope

@foggy hazel

I just wanna get the parts preped

[foggy hazel]

this might sound weird, dont worry about it until you are 2-3 weeks away from actually ordering.

[errant berry]

true

[crude glen]

Ive just got £112 on amazon so i wanted to use it to get parts

[foggy hazel]

save it

[errant berry]

mhm

[foggy hazel]

i am very serious about that

[crude glen]

I could re use my case and HDD

[foggy hazel]

you will get better value from saving that money for now

[crude glen]

Till black friday?

idk if cyber monday or black friday is better

[foggy hazel]

neither

you will be waiting until you have the money to build a machine.

[crude glen]

I have £300 rn

Im selling 2 fallout 4 special editions and an xbox one for about £250 at best so will it be enough?

[foggy hazel]

3 minutes ago you had 112£

[crude glen]

Ill add up what i have

£112 on amazon

[foggy hazel]

why are you in such a rush?

[crude glen]

Im not

[foggy hazel]

you said yourself that you dont need the machine now

then save up the money

[crude glen]

I just wanna sell my xbox b4 the series x comes out

[foggy hazel]

it wont hurt you to have it in a account :)

[crude glen]

because the price will drop alot

[jagged dock]

Hey @crude glen you have to be a weeb right?

[crude glen]

Yes

@jagged dock

[jagged dock]

Nice

[crude glen]

Why

You have to have a reason for tagging me

[jagged dock]

No, just wanted to know

[stoic island]

..

[rich void]

@crude glen if you want to sell the Xbox do it, then stick the money in an account as Naed said and wait to buy all the parts at once

[foggy hazel]

@fickle sail love the weathering on the front panel

[fickle sail]

@foggy hazel thanks man. Lots of hours into that thing. The entire case minus the glass itself is distressed

[foggy hazel]

nifty!

[little osprey]

Are all disk readers loud?

[foggy hazel]

@fickle sail do you have a side on photo of the back panel (basically the first photo, but straight on the panel instead of angled)

@little osprey context is a good thing :)

so with that in mind, what do you actually mean by that question?

[little osprey]

I put in a driver disk and it sound like a helicopter is flying right over my house

[foggy hazel]

you are talking about a cdrom/dvd drive?

[little osprey]

Yes

[foggy hazel]

some of them are fairly loud yes

but not all of them

[little osprey]

Mines a huge brick one

[foggy hazel]

the external usb based ones that are normally used with laptops are generally quiet

[little osprey]

Just bought it from a mom and pop shop

It's an internal sata brick

I'd take a picture, but it's plugged in and being used

[foggy hazel]

no need.

my statement above does not need a picture from you :)

[little osprey]

Ok

[little osprey]

I'm looking to get a full mod psu, but I'm wanting to buy from local stores. There's one where the only full mod they carry is 1200w and higher. The 1200w is around 100$, I'm running 500w rn. Is there a downside to getting the 1200w?

[desert gulch]

It may be bigger

And longer

Check the tier of it

And effiency rating if you really care

@little osprey

[little osprey]

@desert gulch I have a thermaltake smart 500W

From what I'm told, can't get much worse

But it was some EVGA psu

[desert gulch]

Check the tier of it

Should be a, b, etc

A+ is the best

Is it a longer psu?

Cause you could have problems fitting it in your case if it is

[little osprey]

I have room for a longer one, and idk not at the store rn

[next kestrel]

1200w evga seems p good

[little leaf]

@little osprey what system is using 1200 watts

[desert gulch]

3090

jk

i think he just wants to future proof

and with it being a good price...

hes asking why not

[little leaf]

I don’t think there is any personal system needs 1200

Watts

[desert gulch]

but if its a good deal

who knows

10 years down the line

[exotic marten]

1200w for $100 bucks?? What is it?

[little osprey]

Evga

@exotic marten

[exotic marten]

What efficiency rating

[little osprey]

I didn't look/ask for specific model and such. I believe it was gold

80+ gold

[exotic marten]

Dam 1200 gold good deal

Don't know about longetivity on EVGA psus but I know seasonics be goin forever

[little osprey]

@desert gulch nah, not future proofing. Just need a full modular psu and trying to go local seller

[plain cloak]

I'm currently trying to look at 2 air coolers for my CPU, for when I overclock my system, and I'm having issues figuring out whether or not they clear the heatsinks on my 4 Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 RAM sticks. (the coolers in question are the Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black, and be quiet's Dark Rock Pro 4)

Can anyone help me with this issue, please?

[stoic island]

@plain cloak both would have second fan interfering with ram sticks on standard config

depending on case clearance you can move the fan

you can also get options such as the NH-D15s, which is the same cooler except without the second fan that interferes with the ram sticks

NH-D15 on default config allows for 32mm

[plain cloak]

yeah, I was looking into an NH-D15 for that reason, cause someone told me about it

[stoic island]

DRP4 allows for 40mm

[plain cloak]

but I still don't know if that'd clear my RAM

[stoic island]

and Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro is 51mm tall according to hexus

on the NH-D15s it would have no problem as without the second fan, there is 64mm of clearance

but on the DRP4 there is only ~47mm of clearance on the DRP4 even without the second fan

[plain cloak]

so the NH-D15 would clear it without the front fan

[stoic island]

And the NH-D15s is a variant without the front fan

so I think that's a good idea

[plain cloak]

ok, what about the DRP4 without the front fan

[stoic island]

Doesn't clear

[plain cloak]

ok

[stoic island]

only ~47mm

when the ram is 51mm

[plain cloak]

would taking the front fan off the NH-D15 have any negative impact on cooling my CPU if I was to OC it?

[stoic island]

I mean why not a d15s, saves you 10$ if you don't need the front fan xD

ofc it'll take some cooling off but it'll still be good

[deep skiff]

or u could get the u12a

[stoic island]

u12a be even more expensive

usually 100$ :(

also smaller heatsink

[deep skiff]

it looks good tho+ a12x25

[plain cloak]

looking for something black btw, as it'll match my build better lol

[stoic island]

icky

I like ma perf better than ma looks

try an arctic freezer ii then?

[plain cloak]

that's an AIO, right

wait hold up

the front fan on the NH-D15 is a 140mm, right?

cause if so.. couldn't I just replace that 140mm with a 120mm, and just raise the 120mm up a little, so it clears the RAM's heatsinks?

[stoic island]

no

you do remember noctua fans are mostly beige right?

anyways, it's a 150mm fan, hence the "nf-a15"

[plain cloak]

I'm talking about the NH-D15 Chromax.Black fans lol

yeah it has 140mm fans on it

[robust plover]

What are the minimum specs for streaming

[analog hearth]

Mmm

[stoic island]

yea

the fans on that is the "nf-a15"

I have a NH-D15

[plain cloak]

yeah

and I believe the page for it said you could put 120mm fans on it

[stoic island]

afaik the mounting is for 140mm

don't quite remember

the mounting thing uses these holes

that's the a15

[deep skiff]

u can mount a 140x140, 140x150, or 120x120

[plain cloak]

so I CAN mount 120mm fans on it

[deep skiff]

yeah

140x150x25 (with 120mm mounting holes), 140x140x25 (with 120mm mounting holes), 120x120x25

[plain cloak]

aight

@stoic island You said the fans are the "NF-A15" fans, right?

[stoic island]

ya

[plain cloak]

I wonder if I could put a 120mm black fan on the front, then move that 140mm to the back..

(btw I have an MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk as my motherboard)

(so I can only hope that cooler will fit... lol)

[stoic island]

mobo and cpu cooler usually don't have compatibility issues

[plain cloak]

ok

[stoic island]

I have a D15 slapped on a MSI B450 gaming pro carbon ac

[little leaf]

Ram clearence

And case clearence

Is what you have to worry about when using new cooler

[plain cloak]

but would the NH-D15 Chromax.Black fit on my board with the front 140mm fan moved to the back of the cooler without hitting the massive heatsink on the board's I/O?

[buoyant flame]

Did you get that i3 10100 from microcenter today? @wary geode

[little leaf]

Check the case clearence

[stoic island]

No

[plain cloak]

the case wouldn't be an issue, I'm just wanting to make sure the cooler with the front fan on the back will fit

[stoic island]

It will hit

I did it on mine

I think the tomahawk has a bigger heatsink than my pro carbon ac

My fan moved to the back is like up right against the acrylic side panel from standing on vrm

@plain cloak what case?

[plain cloak]

Lian Li's Lancool II

[stoic island]

you'll have a bit more space than I did

tbh I love newegg for listing specs so easily

You should be able to do it and move the fan to the back

[plain cloak]

ok.. so my motherboard should allow that?

[stoic island]

Here's my build with fan moved to back

you see how the back fan is nudged up like 8cm

by the VRM heatsink

your case has a higher listed case clearance for CPU coolers than mine

Mine barely fits basically

[plain cloak]

well Ik, but I mean if that huge heatsink on the back of my board will allow it to fit

[stoic island]

lemme get you a side-by-side

[buoyant flame]

Still got dat neo

[robust plover]

What are the minimum specs for streaming

[stoic island]

depends on the game

[oak anvil]

Pretty good

[stoic island]

@plain cloak since both heatsinks are about as tall as io shield, I'll just show io shields, tomahawk:

cant find good pic for pro carbon ac...

but they're pretty similar sized

it should work

[plain cloak]

ok.. so that won't be an issue if I put the front 140mm fan on the back, then put a 120mm on the front in the place of the 140mm

[stoic island]

??

why do you need a 120mm

you're just moving the front fan to the back

@plain cloak I mean if you want 3 fans stuck on there ig you could?

but anyways do remember moving the fan to the back is slightly bootleg

It doesn't tell you that you should do it, but it makes sense and fits sooo

[plain cloak]

.-. Ik that

[still mesa]

Hey

[stoic island]

ya

[robust plover]

Any were between 2.7 ghz the and 3.5 ghz for the games I want to stream

[little leaf]

@robust plover what games

[robust plover]

Will a 13 9100f work I have a budget of 650 for pc

[little leaf]

And what business

Budget

No

No

Stop lmao

For streaming no

[stoic island]

@robust plover don't just look at frequency lol

bulldozer could go 5ghz and not beat a stock 3600 at 4ghz lel

[little leaf]

J would use like a 3100-3600 and 1650s

[stoic island]

3100+1650s should work

[little leaf]

At your gmrange

Sould makr a list on molbile thoigh

[stoic island]

I can make one

I'm on laptop

[robust plover]

So can I get a good streaming pc for 650 dollars

[little leaf]

Decent enough

[stoic island]

without monitor

[little leaf]

Just set yiur expectations

[robust plover]

Yeah

Qhat is that

What

[little leaf]

A display

[robust plover]

If you dont mind could you send me a pc part picker list for a good 650 dollar streaming pc if you want

[little leaf]

Do you need monitor?

[robust plover]

8 have one

I

[stoic island]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nk8cJb

[robust plover]

Thanks what about the compatible issue

[stoic island]

pcpp being dumb with bios update

[robust plover]

You sure

[stoic island]

Yes

The time that warning would be relevant is about a year ago

as long as you're not buying a used board someone bought from more than a year ago and never updated bios on

it's gonna have F40 or higher

[robust plover]

Ok do I need a 2tb hdd

[stoic island]

it's nice to have

if you want to record vod to store somewhere

or get some big boi games

like MW at like 200gb

[robust plover]

Ok sorry for so many questions what is a good streaming software

[little leaf]

Stream labs obs

Very good

[stoic island]

Yea

[little leaf]

Easy setuo

[stoic island]

if you want something really low-effort, the Nvidia built in thing that comes with Nvidia experience

[nova axle]

What size screw driver do u need to bulid a pc

[stoic island]

it's good enough if you just want to have some fun streaming

[robust plover]

Ok do I need to buy windows

[stoic island]

5$ windows key from ebay, or software-codes.com

[robust plover]

Is it safe

[nova axle]

What size screw driver do I need to bulid a pc

[stoic island]

there's been a few people on this discord that bought from software-codes.com and got it

I got mine from ebay

I dunno, just get a few different sized bits @nova axle

@foggy hazel can you answer about the specific screw sizes usually?

Case screw sizes seem pretty standard across the board

along with standoffs

[nova axle]

I was told a #2 Philips head

I just wanna make sure

[stoic island]

there's some different sizes afaik

but wait and see maybe Naed could answer

[nova axle]

Okay thx

[stoic island]

Naed is my go-to person for specific technical stuff ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I prob annoy him

[oblique thistle]

can anyone help me i bought a hdd from newegg and it wont initialize i moved its sata ports 4 times and it still wont read it only my ssd works

it says unknown on the disk management but on bios it recognizes it

[robust plover]

The cpu is 130 on newegg

[plain cloak]

Also.. what did you mean when you said "but anyways do remember moving the fan to the back is slightly bootleg," @stoic island

[robust plover]

Never mind

[stoic island]

Read what I wrote below that

The manual doesn't tell you to do it, but it also works

[plain cloak]

oh

so it'll still be just as good as if I had it on the front

[stoic island]

Should be

People did testing with where they mounted both fans iirc, there was minimal difference as long as the fans were facing the right way

[robust plover]

Do I need a m.2 ssd or can I got with a regular one

[stoic island]

Either

[plain cloak]

what would an additional 120mm fan in place of the front 140mm fan do? Wouldn't that increase airflow?

[stoic island]

M.2 NVMe SSDs offer performance gains over SATA 2.5in SSDs. (Ofc m.2 SATA SSDs are about the same as 2.5in SATA)

There is dimishing returns lol

Can't stick 10 fans in a case and the cooling gain keeps going up

[robust plover]

So I can go with a ssd

[stoic island]

I'd suggest no because that might mess with the airflow

@robust plover price wise it's making more and more sense to grab a m.2 SSD, and also easier to set up.

[plain cloak]

ok

[stoic island]

Esp a crucial P1/P2

[little leaf]

Why not a 34

Or sn750

[stoic island]

Cheap

[robust plover]

Ok

[little leaf]

Isnt it on sale

Sn759

[stoic island]

If you're looking at SATA SSDs you're looking at p1p2 price range

Like 60$ for 500gb

[little leaf]

Its 66 for mp34

Much better speeds

For ljke 6 dollars

[stoic island]

Diminishing returns again

[little leaf]

Matters for me but guess not for most

[stoic island]

2000mb/s to 3000mb/s read write is really hard to notice for the usual person

Even for larger file transfers

[robust plover]

@stoic island I appreciate it man thanks

[little leaf]

I do file transfers in like 2-3tbs

[finite juniper]

I ordered a cpu and they sent it to a different city lmao

[stoic island]

Rip

[little leaf]

Oof

[stoic island]

Logistics systems are a mess

[finite juniper]

Yup

[foggy hazel]

@nova axle @stoic island #2 phillips works fine for you. As long as you are just doing a normal assembly

and yes @stoic island, the screws are fairly standard nowadays

[stoic island]

Alright thanks Naed, sorry if I got you at a bad time in your timezone

[lapis portal]

can i put a funko figurine on top of my graphics card?

[foggy hazel]

thank the many tentacled god of technicians that 5.25 drives are not really a thing anymore, because those had a tendency to come with fairly random sized screws

@stoic island dont worry about it, you cannot force me to answer and i dont have discord audible on the phone :)

[stoic island]

As long as it can withstand a decent temperature and doesn't really block airflow it should be fine afaik.

Heh alright

No idea how big your figurine is

As long as it's not like stretching across your case

[lapis portal]

just a standard funko of Chewbacca

Going to throw him in there once put a different cpu cooler in

[stoic island]

It chilling in there for a while for some pics should be fine, as long as it doesn't like melt at 100c or something

[lapis portal]

Alrighty sounds good

Thank you

[stoic island]

Yw

[high marsh]

so when I take out my usb flash drive and turn of my pc, it shows bios. I did everything i was just playing my game

[nova axle]

@foggy hazel thx

[near garden]

Is a gta 1060 6gb still good these days ?

Gtx*

[sage warren]

Anyone have suggestions for a $1000-1200 in canadian gaming set up(after tax) I’m Trynna get into pc gaming that’s why I’m join yin’s of giveaways and stuff

[stoic island]

I'm asking if you need monitor/headset/keyboard/mouse or not

:P

[unborn solstice]

canadian dollars?

[sage warren]

No

Those are all fine

Just the pic is what I’m concerned about

Pc*

Yeah canadian dollars

[stoic island]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PLmzq3

start off with that

change some stuff around as you link

[sage warren]

Ok thanks?

Sorry didn’t mean the question mark

I had a pc chosen already and wanna know how good it’d be and what I should tweak

[stoic island]

1000cad should get you 3100+1660s with 2x8gb ram and 500gb of SSD storage as a mininum imo

[sage warren]

Ok

[stoic island]

I got 3600+1660s with 2x8gb ram and 500gb ssd+2tb hdd with a decent case and a good PSU

[sage warren]

I can’t send a link to the pc part picker

[stoic island]

1000$ pre tax

send without https

like this ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PLmzq3

[sage warren]

Ok

pcpartpicker.com/list/

There’s no list code?

Oh it pops up anyways

[stoic island]

okay so um

grab this link

[fast dust]

mr1 how you draw on screenshots

[stoic island]

Also you'll want to be using ca.pcpartpicker.com and not pcpartpicker.com because one uses CAD as default currency and one uses USD

I use lightshot

it's just a simple thing for me as an alternative to snipping tool or sharex

[sage warren]

Ahh ok

[fast dust]

cant send links until ur level 3

[fast dust]

remove the https:// and itll work

[sage warren]

pcpartpicker.com/list/HyqyYH

Here

[stoic island]

First, that's in USD

[sage warren]

Ik

[stoic island]

and all the listed parts use US retailers

prices are different in canada

shipping is different

that's why you should use ca.pcpartpicker.com :D

anyways

[sage warren]

Ok I’ll check on the cad site

[keen moss]

@stoic island y u no use b550 mobo so you don’t have to flash the bios

[stoic island]

1050ti is pretty last gen

because you don't have to with b450 smh

[fast dust]

B450 will come ryzen 3000 ready

[stoic island]

b550 is just fancy stuff for 30usd more

not worth for budget builds imo

[keen moss]

ig

[fast dust]

its like, difficult to find a b450 that doesnt support ryzen 3000 now
unless you get old stock

[keen moss]

i got this terrible brown msi b450

msi b450 pro max

D:

[sage warren]

ca..com/list/HyqyYH

[stoic island]

that's my critique of that list

[fast dust]

dude roasted 90% of the choices 😳

[keen moss]

it’s a budget list right?

[stoic island]

ya

1000cad around 800usd

[sage warren]

What would you recommend instead?

[stoic island]

the list I sent earlier

[keen moss]

“old part” lmao

[stoic island]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PLmzq3

[sage warren]

Ok

[stoic island]

1050ti is 2 generations old

about to be 3 generations old

bad perf at that

[sage warren]

What about a cooling fan?

[vital warren]

ryzen 5 comes with one

[keen moss]

you could get a cheaper 1660s at best buy or amazon

[sage warren]

Ohhhhj

You can see how new I am at pc

[keen moss]

for like 230-240