building-and-recc-chat

[muted sluice]

I feel like this 3080 going to realize this week or next week so imma wait

No I have an intel cpu so there’s intergrated graphics

[terse condor]

Oh sick

Also

Lame

Team red cpu gods

[muted sluice]

But I get 5.2 ghz

[terse condor]

Noice

[muted sluice]

And it’s cheaper then 5000

I would’ve went team red if they had stock

[terse condor]

Tru

I thinks its better for gaming but for basic task intel has that extra oomph. In games going from 4.5 to 5.2 is only about a 2-8 fps difference but if its the bang for the buck the by golly its the bang for the buck

Who needs a gpu when you can just pre order a KFConsole

[muted sluice]

I remember some guy doing 5.3 on an i7 10700k and got an 18% boost from stock settings

[muted sluice]

And eat fried chicken while gaming

[terse condor]

I dont see how a heater in a pc will work

Unless its like a heater core in a radiator

But cars and pcs are not the same lol

[muted sluice]

Well I could hit 5.3 with my i7 and a 360 aio but my desk was getting kinda hot jk

[terse condor]

All that speed and no 5200 mhz ram smh

[muted sluice]

Wait for ddr5

[terse condor]

Ballistix actually makes pretty affordable 4400 mhz ram tho

[muted sluice]

But the rgb

[terse condor]

And yeah but at first it will be slower than oc ddr4

Rgb for man humpers

[muted sluice]

No rgb all the way

Rgb = performance

I got a 69% boost with rgb

[terse condor]

But the ddr5 thing is why im waiting to upgrade my motherboard. I just have a basic $180 gigabyte x570 gaming x. I want some closer to 3 or 500 with extra protection. And my cpu is 3800x whcoh will probably last until all the new ram, mobo, and cpus come out

Ik

[muted sluice]

Heck yea

[weak nova]

can i ask a bit of a long question, im not sure if this is the right chat

[muted sluice]

Ddr5 isn’t that important yet bc no cpu can really benefit from it just yet

[muted sluice]

Sure

[weak nova]

i want to build a pc but dont know what parts to get. i want to get 144 fps on the games i play - titanfall 2, apex legends, and overwatch - on medium to high settings. i want to use the pc for gaming and some productivity like school work and drawing. not including peripherals atm (id get a 144hz monitor and the kb&m of my choice). budget is around $1000-$1500 australian dollars ($760.87-$1141.31 american dollars). does anyone have a good list? any help?
im really confused about compatability, and nearly 100% of builds online only have american parts on amazon, newegg ect. and when trying to find the same parts at my preferred aussie store, centrecom, its gets a bit hard as they dont have the same parts

[terse condor]

Thats why i said id wait to upgrade my cpu then i think the ryzen 7 3800x can handle a couple more years

[muted sluice]

Yea probably

[terse condor]

Go to pcpartpicker @weak nova there are premade list in your price range

[muted sluice]

Send a me a blank pc part picker list

So it’s in Australia

[weak nova]

ok

[still roost]

NOputitback#2233 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[muted sluice]

And your pfp making me laugh

[weak nova]

empty list?

[muted sluice]

Yes

@terse condor no bad word

[terse condor]

I didnt say a bad word lmao

P33

[muted sluice]

Lmao

[weak nova]

@muted sluice i was stuffing around a bit but i think you can replace the parts - lmk if this works and is in the australia region https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/

[abstract quest]

it does

[terse condor]

And 1500 AUD is like 1150 USD btw

[abstract quest]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/zvZsVc

overkill?

[terse condor]

The cooler ram and motherboard is

[weak nova]

budget is around $1000-$1500 australian dollars ($760.87-$1141.31 american dollars)

[terse condor]

Way overkill for those

Or overpriced i should say

Also throw out that hardrive is useless

I was wondering why parts cost so damn much and its in AUD lmao @weak nova

[weak nova]

idk if you got the message and sorry for another ping but - i was stuffing around a bit but i think you can replace the parts - lmk if this works and is in the australia region https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/

[abstract quest]

wcould u update it?

[terse condor]

You can get 16gb of ballistix ddr4 4400 mhz ram for $200 @abstract quest or trident 3600 mhz for $100. Dont waste money bc it looks pretty unless you can ig

Sure

[abstract quest]

tyty

[terse condor]

Wait is not that much overkill you're aussie too?? @abstract quest

[abstract quest]

yup

[terse condor]

These price differences are messing with me lol

[abstract quest]

yeh lol

[weak nova]

aussie ftw

[abstract quest]

usd to aud doesnt quite work

[terse condor]

The motherboard you have is only like 200 usd lol

[abstract quest]

yuh

coz 1 aud is 76 usd

but the pc parts are double usd

[weak nova]

76 cents, but imagine lol

[abstract quest]

ahaha yeh 76 cents

[muted sluice]

@weak nova https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/9bsHqp 42 $ over budgets

And u guys are lucky all your 3070 and 3080s actually have stock

[abstract quest]

ahah yeah not that much demand here like us

[weak nova]

thanks so much. idc but whats it looking like with rgb and performance? if you dont know thats fine

[muted sluice]

Well the rgb is on a extremely low minimum and the performance should be pretty good 1080p and 1440p gaming 60+ but I could probably hop in their again and maybe squeezing a 3070

Oh wait maybe I can put a 3060 ti on @weak nova

[weak nova]

yeah that would be good. i would prefer 1080p and 144fps because being on console, i really want to see a difference in frames. if a better graphics card helps with that sure.

[weak nova]

when i say i would prefer 1080p and 144fps, i mean if 144fps is better achievable in budget with 1080p and not 1440p, thats acceptable

[terse condor]

thats a nice build @muted sluice nice

something prebuilders would probably charge like 1900 AUD for

[weak nova]

accurate^

[muted sluice]

@weak nova https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/ccfrp2 100$ over budget but well worth the price to performance. 1080p 144+ 1440p 120+ and 4K 50+ https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/ccfrp2

[weak nova]

dang thats decked. do you know why they call the gpu a video card?

thats sweet imma have to bookmark that thanks a ton

[muted sluice]

It renders all your images and such

[weak nova]

ok

jee you know your stuff. its all even compatible which was my biggest fear

and the ram is just

[muted sluice]

Well with pc part picker it tells u if it’s compatible or not and I went for a little bit more looks this time

[weak nova]

black and white with some rgb?

clean

[muted sluice]

Yup

[weak nova]

would you say any 144hz monitor will do the trick? ive noticed that with this build its obvious overwatch will get ultra setting with 144+ fps because it isnt very demanding tbh, but im likely to stick with a 144hz monitor for best performance? any in particular good? or just as long as its 144hz. kb&m - i was liking ducky one 2 mini, not sure about mouse

the annoying thing is i need to get a desk, pc, peripherals and all the stuff as well as make space for it to work

[muted sluice]

Probably this build has some of the lastest parts in it so 144+

[weak nova]

nice then. thanks for all the help. merry christmas and happy new year to you!

[muted sluice]

You to

[tough kettle]

Why are you taking an S12III with ampere?

Even when revolution DF is 110

[still roost]

Deckfy#5664 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

Deckfy#5664 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

Deckfy#5664 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[timid aurora]

Rip

[muted sluice]

Oof

He can join back tho

[abstract quest]

so what would u recommend me?

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/zvZsVc

[timid aurora]

I was just helping jazza on another server with his build and when I saw yours I was just like 3060 ti damn

Only managed a 2060 super on mine but I wasn't really over budget so probs could have squeezed it in

[tough kettle]

sad

[muted sluice]

I was a 100 over budget tho

[timid aurora]

I mean

Price to performance right

[still roost]

Deckfy#5664 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

Deckfy#5664 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[muted sluice]

Just dm it to me

[tough kettle]

Istg

there ARE no bad words

S12iii has been outsourced RSY, and not made by Seasonic themselves (of which they produce their own units in higher quality series), doesn't have OTP, doesn't claim OCP any rails and it isn't supported by the supervisor IC, neither are 12v OVP and UVP, mediocre rifle bearing fan, garbage caps, and secondary side regulation inferior to DC-DC.

finally

about time

fix yoself mee6

[muted sluice]

So what psu then the enermax one

[tough kettle]

yep

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/G7WG2V

better ram, better case, better psu

[timid aurora]

Crucial p2 is dram less, sure it's a good choice still?

[tough kettle]

it's not

P2 has HMB

well dramless but stop cribbing over HMB

[muted sluice]

Oh I didn’t know it was

[tough kettle]

it isn't

it's perfectly fine, no need to change it

[muted sluice]

So it has dram

[terse condor]

hey @abstract quest https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/ sorry lol, aussie prices mess me up but that drops the price and give you more performance

[tough kettle]

it has HMB

[muted sluice]

Oh

Ok

[tough kettle]

A2000 is the same price though

so pick that

[abstract quest]

wait i see the same build

[timid aurora]

Isn't hmb just accessing host memory?

I feel there's better options

[muted sluice]

Yea

It access the ram I think

[timid aurora]

But idk you guys have a lot more expertise than I do lol

[terse condor]

how do i sent part picker

[timid aurora]

But yea no onboard dram cache

[terse condor]

wait

[abstract quest]

oh

[terse condor]

im special

[abstract quest]

u copy the parts list

[terse condor]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/z8YcBc

[timid aurora]

Send this link

[abstract quest]

yeh

[terse condor]

yeah lmao

[ripe wedge]

p1, sn750, mp34, or 970 evo are all good

[muted sluice]

Hmb accesses the system memory instead and uses that

[ripe wedge]

ssds

but if you want gen 4, 980 evo and sn850

[timid aurora]

Gen 4 is overkill for most tbh

[terse condor]

and yes that motherboard supports the 4400 mhz ram to use the 5800x to its full capability

[ripe wedge]

gen 4 only good for a boot drive

tbh

[terse condor]

gen 4 is overkill unless you have a firecuda or something

[muted sluice]

Still overkill for a boot

[abstract quest]

aight thanks

[ripe wedge]

but yeah id stick to these options

I personally have the SN750

super snappy

[tough kettle]

[ripe wedge]

has 1gb of DDR4 dram

mp34 has 1gb of DDR3 dram iirc

[worldly pagoda]

What's a good amount of money to spend on a motherboard?

[ripe wedge]

150-250

[worldly pagoda]

Dollars?

[ripe wedge]

you could go more but yea

usd yep

[tough kettle]

@timid aurora read
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051071/

[ripe wedge]

I mean you can go cheaper

[worldly pagoda]

So around 300 ish for aud

Nice

What am I looking for in a motherboard?

[muted sluice]

What about this revised list https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/CTCm2V

[worldly pagoda]

I'm completely new to building one

[ripe wedge]

what platform? intel or amd?

[worldly pagoda]

Probably intel

[ripe wedge]

so LGA 1200

[worldly pagoda]

What's the difference?

[ripe wedge]

uh availability right now

might be different in australia but basically ryzen is sold out everywhere just about

[timid aurora]

Yikes can you chill lol no need to die in pain coz I'm dumb

[ripe wedge]

if you want a cheaper pc and dont care about OC id go i5-10400

with a Z490 mobo

[worldly pagoda]

Sounds about right, I haven't checked here yet, still don't know what I'm looking for

[tough kettle]

DDR3L*

[ripe wedge]

ah yep thats what I was thinking

almost 6 am here lol kinda sleepy

[tough kettle]

no

wrong psu

Enermax DF*

[muted sluice]

Can u fix it for me

[tough kettle]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/G7WG2V

[worldly pagoda]

Would getting an i7 make it more expensive?

[terse condor]

there are some crazy motherboards out there with fast internet and better component protection too, not worth it unless you have high dollar parts though and have the money for it

[worldly pagoda]

Like the build as a whole

[ripe wedge]

yea but if you want a higher end pc then yea itd be worth it

like a 10700K

I have a 10700k

[worldly pagoda]

My budget is around 1-1.5k

[ripe wedge]

aud

or usd

[worldly pagoda]

Got a case

Aud

[ripe wedge]

ah

what case did u buy

[worldly pagoda]

Lemme see

[ripe wedge]

because depending on the size of the case you might be limited

atx, matx, sff etc

[terse condor]

you could also get 3200 mhz ram instead of 3000 for the same price

[terse condor]

just change the filters to your price range sort by highest speed

[ripe wedge]

that side panel

[little leaf]

Wtf

[worldly pagoda]

Idk

[terse condor]

is that custom water loop

[little leaf]

Why is there a resiovor

[terse condor]

or bugers

[ripe wedge]

did ya buy it used?

[worldly pagoda]

Yes

It is not brand new

[terse condor]

sorry to break it to you but your pc just a microwave

[worldly pagoda]

Hehe

[ripe wedge]

id take out the tubes and stuff

[worldly pagoda]

Is it not useable?

[terse condor]

id throw it in the trash

[ripe wedge]

I wouldnt recommend going custom loop for a beginner

[terse condor]

jk good luck gamer

[worldly pagoda]

So it is good for experiences builders?

[little leaf]

Yed

But its also expensive

[worldly pagoda]

Like how much?

[little leaf]

You would have to buy water blocks tubing

[ripe wedge]

it wont fit into your budget lol

[little leaf]

Fittings

No way you will fit it in your budget

[worldly pagoda]

I see

[terse condor]

yeah for your build let me take a wack at it

[little leaf]

A pump

[worldly pagoda]

So I'd have to take it out then

Somehow

[terse condor]

scissors

[ripe wedge]

hey @little leaf does it look like an atx to you? I think its atx

im working on a list for u @worldly pagoda

[worldly pagoda]

Thank you

[little leaf]

Look slike it

[worldly pagoda]

I could maybe stretch higher

[little leaf]

Its a big case

Even so with custom loops and beginers you can end up killing your system

[ripe wedge]

also it isnt worth it for his cpu lol

cuz locked 10400

thats about what I can fit into his budget with a 3060 ti

[little leaf]

J would just buy a new case

[worldly pagoda]

And save that one for long time later?

[ripe wedge]

I mean it would be fine temporarily but id get something else

[little leaf]

Not really

[worldly pagoda]

When I have experience and money?

[little leaf]

Not really

[ripe wedge]

that case doesnt stop you from using it because of the water cooling stuff

you can just take it out lol

[little leaf]

If u have enough money to water cool your probably not going to use a crappy case

[hollow grail]

god tier

truechamp

[muted sluice]

U mean EGG TEIR

[hollow grail]

[little leaf]

Most people with 1500 usd dont custom loop unless their stupid or idk

[worldly pagoda]

I'm stupid

[hollow grail]

tfw i watercool my threadripper system in a 0 airflow case

[little leaf]

Bork

[hollow grail]

temps uh

work

[little leaf]

Good enough

[hollow grail]

literally worse airflow than a nzxt case

[little leaf]

If it not broke dont fix it

[muted sluice]

A custom loop just for the cpu with some good parts is gonna cost 200+ not to mention the tools needed to make it

How much is a heat gun anyways

[hollow grail]

tfw i put a blanket over it for like a day and temps only inreased by like 5 degrees

[ripe wedge]

10400f stock cooler should be enough right?

[hollow grail]

yea

[little leaf]

Ye

[muted sluice]

Yea

[hollow grail]

whatcha buildin jakey boy

[ripe wedge]

was thinking so

build for @worldly pagoda

[worldly pagoda]

Yes

[ripe wedge]

$1500 aud

[muted sluice]

Yea we have 3 yeas inbound

[worldly pagoda]

I feel privileged

[little leaf]

So many things can go wrong witha custom loop

Leaking

[ripe wedge]

god damn

[little leaf]

Forgetting to tighten

[muted sluice]

I put tampons around mine in case it leaks

[ripe wedge]

those australian shops scalping

[little leaf]

Errosion

[muted sluice]

Yea

[hollow grail]

custom loop is never worth imo

[little leaf]

Ik

[ripe wedge]

rtx 3060 ti is 769 aud

which is like $550

[hollow grail]

unlessu wait aesthetics

[little leaf]

Thats ehy I havent

[ripe wedge]

$580*

[hollow grail]

that being said im gonna watercool my epyc servers if i ever get any

[little leaf]

Hr

[muted sluice]

Yea I was looking at the prices in usd while making his build @ripe wedge

More specifically the gpu s

[hollow grail]

prison island prices suck yeah

their internet sucks more tho

[ripe wedge]

@worldly pagoda what games are you looking to play on it?

[worldly pagoda]

Anything really

[ripe wedge]

streaming too?

[worldly pagoda]

I don't plan on

[ripe wedge]

ah

[hollow grail]

they have like 3 datacenters total there cause their internet is uh

yeah

[muted sluice]

Ah yea a 6 core 12 thread processor it is

[hollow grail]

[muted sluice]

Lower your volume for this https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/P-LvRys99hkeZCO-S_2bfbE9lbQuzH9EQ1pYHoHEtKo/https/media.discordapp.net/attachments/785651607764336640/787855851976261652/video0.mov

[hollow grail]

honestly i kinda wanna get a super high end prebuilt sometime

like one of the insanely overpriced systems

[ripe wedge]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/thkcBc

[muted sluice]

This is Linus going through puberty’s

[hollow grail]

im 100% having someone else do my custom loop

[ripe wedge]

prolly could trim off more on the price but idk

[muted sluice]

Why z490 for a locked cpu

[ripe wedge]

upgradibility in the future

[hollow grail]

if something leaks on my r7525 im gonna cry

[ripe wedge]

11th gen wont work on b460 iirc

[muted sluice]

True but there’s only one more generation left

[ripe wedge]

nvm looks like it will be supported

but still having a non z mobo is trash

locked ram

[worldly pagoda]

And I don't want to be trash

[muted sluice]

Wait ram is locked on z460 or just lower speeds @ripe wedge

[terse condor]

hey @worldly pagoda i was bored so i made one too, id do 3080 build but they are so overpriced, this is i7 9700k and 3070 build with 16 3600 mhz ram and 1 tb sn750 ssd https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dYNnXb

1.4k

[ripe wedge]

2933 is max on b460

[worldly pagoda]

Don't know what half that means, but thank you

[ripe wedge]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/thkcBc @worldly pagoda this is the list I made for ya sorry forgot to @ u when I sent before

[worldly pagoda]

I saw it

[ripe wedge]

a

[worldly pagoda]

Thank you

[hollow grail]

sucks

[ripe wedge]

np its a bit over budget

[hollow grail]

just threw together a build

[muted sluice]

@worldly pagoda yea it’s an open air case with no case

[hollow grail]

and even at my prices

its like

[still roost]

NOputitback#2233 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hollow grail]

$12k

to get the server i want

[muted sluice]

Or I guess u could call it an air case jk

[hollow grail]

[terse condor]

oh crap aussie dollars again

[ripe wedge]

thats USD tho

not AUD

[terse condor]

yours or mine lol]

[ripe wedge]

yours

[terse condor]

yeah i thought he was usd lol

[ripe wedge]

the one was making for him is AUD

[hollow grail]

sn750 is alr but evo is the same rn

[muted sluice]

Wait so sn750 is better than evo970.

[ripe wedge]

eh

[muted sluice]

Or are they the same

[ripe wedge]

970 evo a bit better

but sn750 pretty good too

[muted sluice]

Oooofffff I have an sn750

[ripe wedge]

I have sn750 too

[terse condor]

well my build is 1825 AUD lol

[ripe wedge]

but I like mine

still snappy

[muted sluice]

Same

[hollow grail]

samsung makes the best drives on the market

nothing wrong with the sn750

[muted sluice]

11s boot time

[hollow grail]

fantastic drive

hell my laptop has a sn720

and its fastish

this is at mostly full too

[muted sluice]

Lmao the waifu speed test

[hollow grail]

i really hate the color green

[muted sluice]

Woah there body no need to get political jk

[terse condor]

i really hate michelle obama

[worldly pagoda]

Huh

[hollow grail]

gamers have 2 modes

femboy and racist

[terse condor]

took my school pizza away in 2008

[ripe wedge]

[terse condor]

ill never forgive

[muted sluice]

The second one happens a lot in cod

[hollow grail]

sucks

femboys superior

[muted sluice]

Well I don’t like the color pink bc I’m color blind

[muted sluice]

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/P-LvRys99hkeZCO-S_2bfbE9lbQuzH9EQ1pYHoHEtKo/https/media.discordapp.net/attachments/785651607764336640/787855851976261652/video0.mov

[ripe wedge]

ok im done posting linus memes

[muted sluice]

I’m not

[terse condor]

im dying at 6am on no sleep

why u do dis

[muted sluice]

Drink the caffeine boi

[hollow grail]

i want something from 45drives so bad

but honestly supermicro cuter

[terse condor]

the friggin gasp

i dont do drugs sorry

just vodka for me thanks

[hollow grail]

45drives is stupid expensive for 0 reason

[ripe wedge]

45drives is a brand?

[muted sluice]

Then why did u use the drugs from your doctor

[ripe wedge]

ah I see now

[hollow grail]

https://www.45drives.com/

[terse condor]

45 drives is too many you should just get 1 big drive

[ripe wedge]

pretty cool

[hollow grail]

theyre fantastic but

w e w

iirc google uses them for gdrive

[hollow grail]

and amazon uses them for AWS

[terse condor]

thats cool and all but I have 46 drives

[muted sluice]

Well I have 1 drive

[terse condor]

get rekd poser

[hollow grail]

but id rather get this

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847E26-RJBOD1

[ripe wedge]

this is for one of their ssd servers, uses supermicro

[muted sluice]

I’m going to download more ram tho

[hollow grail]

supermicro board yea

[terse condor]

someone send me the link to download the 10000 mhz ram auto oc pls and thx

[hollow grail]

i like supermicro chassis

[ripe wedge]

pretty hot tbh

[muted sluice]

Lol that was your neighbor

[terse condor]

yall seen that new portable pc with the 3090 packed inside??

[muted sluice]

Ready to be stolen

[hollow grail]

honestly all the stupid "graphic design is my passion" faceplates they do are so dumb

just make it black

or make it classy like dell does

dell has the nicest looking servers

[muted sluice]

Sure they do

[terse condor]

am i.. being harrassed?

[muted sluice]

Yes but no

[terse condor]

no step bro i am NOT stuck in the dryer

[muted sluice]

U know my payments to get u out @terse condor

[hollow grail]

hp also has some nice stuff

looking that s

is

[muted sluice]

RGB

[terse condor]

suck my toes bussy boi

[hollow grail]

the hardware is garbage

supermicro looks

uh

like a server tho

[muted sluice]

Looks just like the one in my school

[hollow grail]

makes sense

dells older faceplates looked better imo

[muted sluice]

It can play cool math games tho

[hollow grail]

this is the boring version of my server

[muted sluice]

But can it play Minecraft

[hollow grail]

this is what my babie looks like

[muted sluice]

What do U use your server for?

[hollow grail]

vms

i also host vps

and services

[muted sluice]

It reminds of the evga 3080 backplate agl

[hollow grail]

i miss the actual use of gSA

it was like

indexed all the files in an enterprise

and then you could search through it using google's algorithms

rly cool

i just run esxi on mine tho

[muted sluice]

You are thinking I am understanding what u are but I don’t know a single word that’s coming out of your mouth https://wompampsupport.azureedge.net/fetchimage?siteId=7575&v=2&jpgQuality=100&width=700&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Ffacebook%2F000%2F031%2F033%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg

[hollow grail]

server let companies do google search but on their own files

very useful

[winged tinsel]

How do I ground myself with one of those wristbands

Starting my first build

[muted sluice]

Touch the psu every 5 or 7 minutes with it turned off and plugged into the wall

[winged tinsel]

Like what do I hook the wristband onto

Oh ok

[muted sluice]

Damm autocorrect

[winged tinsel]

Thank you

[hollow grail]

dang i want one of these

[muted sluice]

Oh u hook it onto the metal part of the psu which is like the fan grill

[hollow grail]

complete the collection

my google server was like 1100 and this one is only 350

run some epic vms off of this thing's pentium 4

[quick shore]

merry Christmas bros

I’ve come with another question

is it fine if I leave out my mobo like this on top of its box, I’ve another cpu on the way so I don’t want to put it back in my case only to put it out again

[muted sluice]

Yes just make sure noting is touching it that might break it

[jagged ember]

Just don't ground the mobo lol

[keen zealot]

Hey guys, this might be a stupid question. But with my first build, I'm using the p500a for the case, which comes with 3 stock 140mm fans in the front. I want to get 3-4 more fans, depending on if I get 120mm or 140mm, since the case can support up to 7 fans. But I noticed my mobo (x570 tomahawk) states it only has 4x 4-pin system fan connectors, 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector, and 1x 4-pin water-pump connector. Am I stuck with only using 4 fans + the cpu cooler? Is the water pump connector solely for an AIO or can it be used for a fan? I'm still new, I have the mobo on hand but the case and air cooler are still shipping to me

[muted patio]

Need a fan header/splitter

Pugs into Mobo for speed control, gets it's power from a Sata power connector

[keen zealot]

And for the water pump connector, can that be used for a fan or is it useless to my build?

[muted patio]

Water pump connector is for a water pump

Runs 100% all the time

Don't use for fans

You need something like this

https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-pwhub-02-black/p/N82E16811984030?item=N82E16811984030&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-pc-_-pla-_-accessories+-+case+%2F+rackmount-_-N82E16811984030&gclid=Cj0KCQiAuJb_BRDJARIsAKkycUmeTyov39gBXCv52T00-qLdjSLsDPBW6t5KRrvBFBy0v-Xyif23WQwaApZeEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[keen zealot]

Gotcha, thanks. I'll look up splitters. If I go with 140mm fans to compliment the fans that come with the case, I'll only need 3

[muted patio]

Mmm, not that one

hang one

This one

https://www.newegg.com/deepcool-fh-10/p/N82E16811990016?Description=fan hub&cm_re=fan_hub-_-11-990-016-_-Product

[keen zealot]

Vintage, you were the one that said you're getting a p500a as well, right?

[muted patio]

Ye, be here Wednesday

[keen zealot]

Do you plan on keeping the 140mm fans in the front behind the bracket, or changing them out for 120mm so they can sit between the bracket and the mesh front panel?

[muted patio]

I have an AI) water cooler so my fan situation is different.

My 360MM aio will be top mounted

I also have Corsair 140MM Maglev fans and will be using those in this build

So they'll be behind the bracket

[keen zealot]

Gotcha. I keep jumping back and forth between moving the 140mm fans as 2 top and 1 rear and getting 3 120mm for the front, keeping the 3 stock in the front and getting 3 140mm for top and rear, or getting 4 120mm - 3 for top and 1 rear

I guess the cooling aspect would be the same 120 vs 140?

[muted patio]

In tests, the stock fan setup did really, really well

Don't over think it lol unless you're going for RGB

[keen zealot]

Bit of both, cooling and rgb

[muted patio]

IMO, you always want a little more air in than out

So balance it that way

Also, size sometimes doesn't matter, check the CFM rating on your fans

[keen zealot]

I'll swing for the 3 extra 140mm, that'll be 3 intakes in the front, 2 intakes on top, and 1 exhaust

[muted patio]

Intakes on the top?

No, don't fight the heat

Top is exhaust lol

Heat rises so just help it get out of the case

[jagged ember]

Some people say intake tho

[muted patio]

Gamers Nexus tested the case with the stock fan setup and it outperformed just about everything

[jagged ember]

Their reasoning being convection doesn't matter when you're creating your own airflow?

[muted patio]

There's no need to add fans

Unless your fans are creating a hurricane, convection appl;ies

5 intakes + 1 exhaust will also lead to a LOT of stale air

[blazing aurora]

stale air? @muted patio

[muted patio]

Yeah, too much air coming in, not enough air going out

Balance the intake and exhaust

5 fans in, one out, not good

[blazing aurora]

gotcha

[muted patio]

?

[muted patio]

K

Right in the middle

The two gold colored ones

[fervent latch]

Wifi 6 right

K

[muted patio]

Screw the antenna to that

Ye

[fervent latch]

K done. Ty!

Wow I feel dumb lol

[muted patio]

Don't

How are you supposed to know?

Go have fun!

[glacial umbra]

So I got a power supply and when I plug it into the wall and plug it into my fans to test it, nothing happens

is it possible that it's DOA or is there something I'm missing?

[fervent latch]

I've been a laptop gal for ages so I'm used to having it on board. Never seen a shark fin before =P

[muted patio]

Computer power supply?

[glacial umbra]

Yeah

[muted patio]

Lol, needs to be fully hooked up to work

[glacial umbra]

it does?

oh

[muted patio]

Plugged into motherboard at least

Yes

[glacial umbra]

ah I'm stupid

[muted patio]

Switch on PC case tells it to turn on

Without that signal, it won't do anything

[glacial umbra]

ah alright

[muted patio]

Ye

[glacial umbra]

feeling a bit stupid

[muted patio]

Don't

It's fine

[glacial umbra]

lol I would've tested it more but I don't have everything quite yet

that's for the help

thanks

[muted patio]

YW

[jagged ember]

so, if i have coil whine

do i just rma my gpu

[muted patio]

Mmmm

What PSU?

[jagged ember]

Rog strix 650W

gold, i think

i don't have the box handy rn

[muted patio]

OH

That's a good one

RMA the GPU

[jagged ember]

ye

already sent an RMA request tbh

[muted patio]

I mean, is it a dual power card?

[jagged ember]

no, it only takes one 8 pin

[muted patio]

And you're not using a single power cable doubler?

KK

RMA Card lol

XD

[jagged ember]

the power cable does have multiple 8 pins

but i think that's standard

[muted patio]

Yeah b ut if a card takes 2 8 pins

It should be separate cables, not 1 cable

[jagged ember]

yeah, good point

it's a ventus

[muted patio]

mmmmmmmm

[jagged ember]

the only poor decision i made on my pc

[muted patio]

Eh

People get too caught up on brands

[jagged ember]

along with the ssd lol it's not the old sx8000 pro

got the 6000 lite instead :(

mere 1000 R/W

[foggy hazel]

@glacial umbra please remember, there are no stupid questions, only silly answers.

So please ask away :)

[glacial umbra]

alright, I'm planning to start the build tommorow so I'll see if I have any questions tommorow

depends when I pick up my cpu 😎

[outer heart]

can i connect a 3pin fan cable to a 4 pin on the mobo

[muted patio]

Yes but it will run at full speed

[outer heart]

ok that’s fine

[little osprey]

Best AM4 liquid cooler for cpu for under $100 on amazon?

HAS to be amazon

[wary tundra]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/P8P62V

[little osprey]

ee

[knotty nacelle]

I’m building my pc right now as we speak

I was installing my usb 3 cable, I installed it and heard a click, idk if it’s installed or it smashed the pins

It seems installed but their is a tiny ledge that is showing

Is this installed properly ?

[jagged ember]

Oh, the poor cable

[knotty nacelle]

I’m gonna fix it

I just wanted it installed first

[jagged ember]

I mean does it work?

[knotty nacelle]

Still building

I literally just did that haha

Im saying does that look right?

[jagged ember]

Ic

[knotty nacelle]

?

[jagged ember]

It looks fine

[knotty nacelle]

Ok phew

It doesn’t go in any further

So I’m sure it’s good

I will ask more as I go

Now I need to do front panel connections

[jagged ember]

Mine looks like that and its fine

Front panel pins refer to your manual about them lol

Itll show you the pinout diagram of what goes where

[little osprey]

How good is the enermax liqmax III liquid cpu cooler?

[knotty nacelle]

I can’t find the hd audio slot

On the manual it shows it but it’s not their on my board

Nvm

[jagged ember]

Ye

Bunch of pins

[knotty nacelle]

Front panel connection are confusing lol

I don’t have a hdd led connector so I gotta count pins

[little osprey]

Oof

Hi guys
I've downloaded the metro 2033 on my i9 9900k with no gpu
Sometimes when I open rocket league it freezes the pc and now when I opened metro 2033 for the first time it freezed so I hit the restart button but it opened (boot failure detected)
Any clue

[turbid narwhal]

Can anyone help friend plug in cables that’s all he needs. Dm me pls

[little osprey]

Z390 aorus pro wifi

[glacial umbra]

3600 with a 8gb single stick of ram 3000 or 2600x with 16gb of ram 3200?

it'll probably also depend if canada computers decides to finally have stock

[little osprey]

Get a gpu

[little osprey]

5 3600 with 16gb lol. In all seriousness, 3600 with 8gb

[still bay]

Honestly try to go second hand for ram and get a 3600 with used ram

Used ram is very common

You can find great deals for it too

[glacial umbra]

alright I'll see if I can find any deals on ram

[still bay]

And it doesn’t really degrade over time

Check eBay, OfferUp, etc.

[glacial umbra]

but if I buy a 3600, I can't buy ram for a bit

[still bay]

Used ram tho

[glacial umbra]

even used

3600 will eat up all my saved money right now

185 dollars

[jagged ember]

3600 bad price

It's terrible

[still bay]

Yeah

[jagged ember]

Get something else, for your own sake

[little osprey]

$200 isn't a bad price for a 6 core cpu

[jagged ember]

Oh

Remember MSRP tho

[little osprey]

I spent $350 on a 3700x

[glacial umbra]

it's 185 usd so

[jagged ember]

Which I'm currently forgetting lol

[little osprey]

185 for a 3600 ain't bad

I spent close to $230 on mine

[still bay]

3600 or 3500

Different cpu there

[glacial umbra]

3600

[little osprey]

Sorry typo

[glacial umbra]

I was so worried that my power supply wouldn't fit and then I saw the hd audio cable blocking it

big relief 😎

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Z8wPvf
Thoughts? Have all but cpu cooler

[pseudo forge]

Anyone in here have Lian li strimmer plus cables

[tender oriole]

Is it ok to mount my cooler like this or should I flip it so the rgb is horizontally mounted

[little osprey]

@tender oriole what cooler you have?

[tender oriole]

Cooler master master liquid 240L

V2

[little osprey]

How much was that?

[tender oriole]

70 usd

[little osprey]

Used?

Or new?

[tender oriole]

New

[little osprey]

Nice

Too bad it's no 280/360

[sly minnow]

Hey can u help me to build a pc for

800$

[still bay]

Yes

R u willing to get some used parts

[little osprey]

Can anyone help me find a 280/360 mm cpu liquid cooler? Rgb/argb preferred. Has to be amazon and under $100

[cyan aspen]

he had said this for me and yes i am

[lavish ore]

Anyone have opinion on darkflash dlm21 vs fractal design mini?

dlm21 is like half the price of meshify c mini, but I've read it's almost like a knockoff

[still bay]

Sub 100 for a 360 i dont know man

[little osprey]

@still bay as close to $100 as possible

Saw the enermax liqmax III

[still bay]

The best one I can think of is the EK aio

[little osprey]

Is about $93

[still bay]

Great performance and pretty nice look

I have a EK 360mm and a 10900k and I idle at 25 c

[little osprey]

I'll be using a ryzen 7 3700x

[still bay]

Ofc that’s just from one day I have done no testing or editing of stuff

Then maybe the ek 240mm aio?

[little osprey]

I'd rather 280 or 360 as it'll be going on the front of my case

[still bay]

Should be fine it’s prob worth to save for the 360

Gotcha

Wgat case

[little osprey]

4000D

[still bay]

Haha same exact case I have

[little osprey]

Originally I was going to get the shadow wings 2, 4 120mm and 2 140mm, but it'd be more than $100

With the 360 cooler I can move my 3 120 rgbs to the top and rear fan slots

[still bay]

The ML120R is an option

It’s on Amazon and is 120 so a bit over ur budget

No the ML360R I meant

[little osprey]

I have 3 corsair 120 argb case fans on the front, 1 corsair 120 non rgb on rear, 1 corsair 120 non rgb on top, 1 scythe slipstream at the top as well

[still bay]

It’s 26% off

[little osprey]

Unfortunately all I have is $100

[still bay]

The ID-COOLING one is in ur budget I just have no clue on performance

Also it’s white so

[little osprey]

That's the enermax I'm looking, probably off brand but....

[still bay]

Gotcha

Well I’m not really sure man

Only good aios iknow of is the EK one

And Arctic

[little osprey]

I'll probably get the enermax

Thanks anyways

[still bay]

Go for it

No problem

[steady geyser]

Hey uh how do I know where to put my ram sticks?

[little osprey]

@steady geyser mobo manual

[steady geyser]

I’m looking through my manual again

[little osprey]

What mobo do you have?

[steady geyser]

But It doesn’t really specify

Asrock B550 phantom gaming 4

[little osprey]

There

[steady geyser]

I’m trying to figure out if I need to put it in 1/3 or 2/4 for dual Chanel

[balmy sparrow]

2/4

[little osprey]

Usually if you're using dual channel it'd be 2nd and 4th slot

[steady geyser]

2/4?

[little osprey]

Yep

[steady geyser]

Alright, thanks for the help

[little osprey]

👍

[knotty nacelle]

Need some help guys

Just built my pc , turned on and I saw the motherboard lights but nothing else happened

[lavish ore]

is your monitor hooked up

[silk elm]

Can someone pls help

[hollow grail]

with?

[silk elm]

My screen has rainbow colored lines in it

[hollow grail]

check cable

[still roost]

that_one_vaping_cat#0028 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[half canopy]

just installed a new stick of ram in my laptop and its chuggin infinity faster than it used to

[little osprey]

Just opened the computer and there’s a connection not connected to anything. Where does it go?

[silk elm]

Which cable do I check sorry this is my first time doing this

[hollow grail]

the display cable

[coarse hare]

would a RTX 3070 and a I7 7700k work well together?

[little osprey]

same thing happened to me, some red lights on the board flashed for a second and then nothing happened

[little osprey]

not at all lol

horrible

at the least you should want a 3600X equivalent

[hollow grail]

4c8t

[mild cosmos]

The addressable rgb is the 3-pin connector?

[upper cobalt]

7700ks aren’t even in production anymore

@coarse hare how much are you paying

[upper cobalt]

wdym

[lavish ore]

fractal meshify c mini vs darkflash dlm 21

[lavish ore]

decided not to itx and just do mini atx

micro atx*

[mild cosmos]

The 2x3 rainbow is argb?

[upper cobalt]

yes

[mild cosmos]

So i have 2 addressable rgb and 2 regular rgb that's enough thx

[coarse hare]

it would be 400$

[upper cobalt]

you could get a 10700k for that price

they’re only expensive because they’re not made anymore

don’t buy it

[coarse hare]

how expensive is a motherboard to run a 10700k

[upper cobalt]

are you gonna oc?

[coarse hare]

probably not

[severe axle]

why get a K version then

k means overclockable

[upper cobalt]

because it’s 400 i guess

[severe axle]

regular 10700 is $350

[upper cobalt]

10700f too

10700f is like 300 dollars right now @coarse hare

it’s locked so you can’t oc

but significantly cheaper

[hollow grail]

non k is cringe

[coarse hare]

would it be a big boost in performance upgrading from i5 7600 to i7 10700?

[hollow grail]

yes

ull 💩 ur pants

[blazing aurora]

what's a good price for the 1660 super?

[sinful fiber]

is ryzen 7 1700 good enough to run games well

[hollow grail]

1st gen ryzen sucko

[sinful fiber]

ok thanks

[blazing aurora]

don't get 1st gen ryzen in 2020

[sinful fiber]

what about a 2700x

[hollow grail]

3600 is fine

[upper cobalt]

lmao

[hollow grail]

id rather 3600 vs 2700

[blazing aurora]

lol ok

[hollow grail]

but 2700 is fine

[pure python]

Bro i just settup this girls pc and i think we broke cinebench r23

[kindred iris]

Wtf did u do lol

[little osprey]

Sheeeeeesh

What a beast

[pure python]

Its a damn r5 3500😂😂😂

I have no clue

[hollow grail]

insane oc

[severe axle]

@little osprey is that single channel memory

[little osprey]

Maybe

@severe axle

[chrome arch]

Is the Gammix D30 Ram worth it.

[frozen junco]

I am putting some fans that suck air right up into my gpu

I have some case fans (came with it) that only have 3 pins so if I were to get fan spliter that one is a 4 pin and 1 a 3 pin does that mean I can control both

Or do 4 pin that go to 2 4 pin out puts work

I ran out of fan headers

That is a 3 pin plug so does that only spin at 1 speed

[little osprey]

3 pin is for argb

[frozen junco]

I know but some fans only plug in with 3 pins

It does not use that last one that is used for speed adjustment

[frozen junco]

My rig works I just don’t have enough fan headers for the fans I want to have pushing air into my gpu

[little osprey]

get a splitter

thats what i did

[fresh plinth]

which part do I plug in? or do I need 2 of these cables?

[fallen escarp]

can i see them better?

[fresh plinth]

go2 do you mean

how*

[upper cobalt]

@fresh plinth

just plug them in the power connectors

[fresh plinth]

both sides?

they are one cable

[dense gazelle]

anyone know where i can get a mini case? something inconspicuous

[upper cobalt]

yes

[upper cobalt]

like an itx case?

[jagged ember]

@fresh plinth you need two separate power cables

If you populate the slots using the same cable in it might cause instability

[dense gazelle]

i guess im still learning names of stuff

[blazing aurora]

Should I buy a used 2060 super for $230?

[winged tinsel]

I just built this computer and turned it on for the first time and it says to press del or f2 to go to the uefi bios, but when I press those keys it does not do anything so I am stuck on that screen. Can someone help me?

[upper cobalt]

dark flash has a mesh itx case

@dense gazelle dlm21

[dense gazelle]

ty good sir

[upper cobalt]

or if you want bad airflow but a damn good looking case there’s the h210

lots of options you can look at

[fading ocean]

orange juice no cap I would just because cant really get a 30 series card

[dense gazelle]

my bad should have specified i want it and hide-able as possible little cube looking thing would be perfect this pc will be in my living room and i have most of my electronics excluding screens and monitors hidden.

[upper cobalt]

cube?

uh

the cooler master 110 i think it was

[dense gazelle]

perfection ty

[upper cobalt]

it’s a compact case with room for cable management and clearance for chunky cards

yeah np

[dense gazelle]

it will be mounted under my desk

cant wait to show off the build

[mortal void]

quick question is an NVME 970 Evo Plus worth the $10 more over the regular Evo?

[winged tinsel]

Yes

[mortal void]

bet

[winged tinsel]

I just built this computer and turned it on for the first time and it says to press del or f2 to go to the uefi bios, but when I press those keys it does not do anything so I am stuck on that screen. Can someone help me?

[upper cobalt]

what motherboard do you have?

[mortal void]

What are the top 3 GPU manufacturers?

[winged tinsel]

Asus tuf gaming x570 plus

[hollow grail]

evga, asus, msi

in that order

[mortal void]

I thought gigabyte was one of the big 3?

[stoic island]

Top 3 GPU manufacturers are Nvidia AMD and Intel smh

:P

[hollow grail]

of sucking ass maybe

[mortal void]

ooooooooh

damn

[hollow grail]

throw zotac up there too

jk

[mortal void]

shots fired

[hollow grail]

gigabyte is alr

[stoic island]

imo msi>asus

but evga is best

[hollow grail]

i wouldnt seek them out

[upper cobalt]

you have the 5600x in it?

[hollow grail]

i thought that but my friends 1080ti literally blew up

[stoic island]

lol

[hollow grail]

straight up fireballed in their pc

[stoic island]

I go off GPU warranty

for now

[hollow grail]

and msi warranty is hell

[winged tinsel]

Yep

[stoic island]

hm ok

[upper cobalt]

you need a bios update

[winged tinsel]

How do I do that?

[hollow grail]

literally had to threaten to cancel an enterprise contract to get them to rma a laptop that had the whole board die

[stoic island]

what board

lol

[upper cobalt]

get a zen 2 cpu

[hollow grail]

however they make some kickass boards

[upper cobalt]

unless it has a bios flashback button on the left

[hollow grail]

i just wouldnt trust their warranty process

[stoic island]

@upper cobalt they might have bios flasbhack

[upper cobalt]

yeah

[stoic island]

like 90% of msi boards do

[upper cobalt]

i wouldn’t know

check

[winged tinsel]

How do I do a bios flashback

[stoic island]

@winged tinsel again, what board

[upper cobalt]

or just get a boot kit

[winged tinsel]

Asus tuf gaming x570 plus

[stoic island]

Don't have bios flashback

need boot kit

[winged tinsel]

Oh no

What do I do

[stoic island]

borrow cpu

[upper cobalt]

buy a boot kit

or borrow a cpu?

[stoic island]

from microcenter, best buy, friend, AMD, whichever

[winged tinsel]

I don’t have friends who have cpus

[stoic island]

3 other options

Pretty sure Microcenter does the flashing service

Best buy might

[upper cobalt]

try micro center

[stoic island]

AMD has the loaner kit program thing

[mortal void]

Asus or MSI?

[stoic island]

hm?

[mortal void]

for GPU

5700 XT more specifically

[stoic island]

Both are trash for 5700xt

[mortal void]

hm

[stoic island]

Go for powercolor or saphire

[upper cobalt]

msi has a good 5700xt

[stoic island]

They had the thermal pad controversy thing so

Don't really trust their 5700xt designs

[upper cobalt]

i’ve got an asus 5700xt

seems pretty reliable

but i heard- the msi 5700xt had the best benchmarks

[stoic island]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hollow grail]

msi and asus amd cards suck

dont buy

just go with sapphire or powercolor

[upper cobalt]

[mortal void]

$600 Sapphire 5700XT

that's in CAD

[stoic island]

good nuff for now

[upper cobalt]

not great

[stoic island]

@upper cobalt for cad it's decent

[upper cobalt]

it’s still 466 usd

[mortal void]

it's only about $100 more than converting $399 USD

[stoic island]

Remember stock situation

[mortal void]

it's worth because I can order it online and it's not $1800 from an Amazon Scalper

granted the 1800 is for the XFX THICC 3

but still

5700 XT should still be a beast right?

isn't it like a 2060 equivalent or something

[upper cobalt]

closer to a 2070

[little osprey]

thats a bad card tho(xfx thicc 3)