#building-and-recc-chat

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exaTed#5587 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

open geyser
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omg

muted patio
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I think he had it in the wrong port

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XD

open geyser
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@scarlet gazelle u still here?

muted patio
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bet it was plugged into mobo instead of GPU

open geyser
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oh gosh

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he got kicked

muted patio
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Any bets?

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yeah he'll be back

open geyser
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oh

muted patio
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Give it a few minutes XD

open geyser
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if that really is it im blocking

muted patio
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I mean, it happens all the time

open geyser
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its just so stupid though, you spend all this time watching build guides and pouring your hard earned moeny for a gaming pc only to realize you dont even know where the display connector goes?

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its also quite self explanitory you but a gpu to out put display why plug it into mobo when it has ports on the gpu itself

muted patio
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Ey, not everyone is perfect

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Just sayin

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We all done silly things

open geyser
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true

muted patio
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I mean

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I rebuilt my PC yesterday into a new case

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Was missing two drives when I booted

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When I cable managed

stoic island
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things just happen

muted patio
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I pulled the connector out JUST enough

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and took me a while to find

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šŸ¤·

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Looking back on my assembly pics, I can actually see it too

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XD

tame helm
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hey guys

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lol its exaTed

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can someone plssss unkick me

muted patio
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Oh

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you got banned

tame helm
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just keep forgetting curse words are banned

muted patio
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DM a mod

tame helm
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okay

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and PC IS WORKING LOLOLL

muted patio
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But

little osprey
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What are some good mice

muted patio
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wrong VGA out lol?

tame helm
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i had it in the mobo ports not the gpu ports

muted patio
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HA

tame helm
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@little osprey G502 wireless

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HAHAHHA

muted patio
tame helm
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@muted patio dude thank you so mcuh man

muted patio
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YW

tame helm
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so it was the mobo all along

little osprey
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What are some good mics

muted patio
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See my message above?

tame helm
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CPU is fine

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hahahah yeah you were right

muted patio
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Right after you got kicked

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XD

tame helm
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rookie mistake

muted patio
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Happens

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Glad everything better

tame helm
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@little osprey G502 wireless

little osprey
tame helm
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only one problem now lolll

muted patio
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mics or Mice?

tame helm
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ohh my bad

muted patio
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Oh, head to peripherals for that!

earnest olive
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profanity filter got another kill?

tame helm
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headsit or just standalone mic?

muted patio
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They know their stuff

tame helm
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yeee @earnest olive my main

little osprey
earnest olive
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unlucky

little osprey
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Stand-alone

pseudo forge
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how do i check my cpu temp

tame helm
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whats your cpu?

muted patio
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HWINFO

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best program

tame helm
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youll have to download the driver for it

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or that šŸ˜„

clever jetty
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bonzi buddy HW monitoring is the best

stoic island
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aida64

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hwinfo64

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cpuz

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good stuff

tame helm
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My main is exalted btw

tawdry lance
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Should I be fine without an anti-static wrist strap?

stoic island
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Yes

little osprey
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Do you need a rgb led splitter

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@stoic island

stoic island
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wat

little osprey
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Do you need a rgb led splitter

stoic island
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for what

little osprey
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For fans

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Ig

stoic island
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depends

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usually if you buy enough they'll come with a hub

little osprey
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What about 6 stellas

stoic island
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need some kind of hub

coarse cove
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im desperate enough for a 5600x and a 3070 at msrp that ive been looking at using a bot

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is it worth joining them to get myself a gpu and cpu or should i just wait

little osprey
little osprey
stoic island
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you choose to rgb you suffer with settings it up >:D

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jk

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Coolermaster has an argb hub

little osprey
coarse cove
little osprey
stoic island
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I'm busy playing seg >:(

little osprey
stoic island
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just means I might take a few min to respond

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faster for you to look things up

little osprey
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This is a review I found on Amazon Please take a look at the photos which indicate why this is NOT a standard Addressable RGB connector hub. It uses Coolermaster's own proprietary A-RGB fan connectors which are skinnier than standard A-RGB connectors. You would literally have to cut a piece of your connector to fit it into this Coolermaster hub. Unless you're using their branded A-RGB fans, DONT BUY THIS HUB. Or you'll be forced into doing what I did, mutilating your A-RGB cable connector in order to forcibly connect it to this Coolermaster A-RGB hub.

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Itā€™s only fits there fans

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What does ā€œno reserveā€ mean on eBay bidding

tame helm
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The RGB on my new Vengeance Corsair RAM sticks wonā€™t go off. Thatā€™s that normal?

little osprey
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When u shut it off

tame helm
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Talking to me?

little osprey
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Ya

tame helm
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Wdym when I shut it off

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Like when I turn my pc off

little osprey
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The pc

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Ya

tame helm
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The RGB doesnā€™t go off on my new ram sticks

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Vengeance Corsair

little osprey
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When u turn off your pc

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Ik

tame helm
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Yes when I turn my pc off

little osprey
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Oh

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Uhh

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Ask @stoic island

stoic island
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@little osprey hm, I don't think they have proprietary aRGB headers?

little osprey
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Read the Amazon description

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The reviews say so

delicate obsidian
stoic island
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no u

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I only know Corsair having a weird aRGB header

tame helm
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@stoic island is that normal?

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Oh @little osprey no just when itā€™s sleeping

stoic island
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what if you leave it for a few min

little osprey
little osprey
tame helm
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Yeah itā€™s been on for an hour

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Itā€™s usual I looked it up

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I donā€™t mind it

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As long as itā€™s okay for the RAM

stoic island
little osprey
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Do stellas

scarlet gazelle
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Back šŸ™‚

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$500 limit for gpu?

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3060

stoic island
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I'd prob go for a CPU upgrade actually

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and save the gpu upgrade for later

scarlet gazelle
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Yeah whatā€™s your plan here

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Upgrading everything?

stoic island
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new GPUs out of stock everywhere, I'd prob do something simple like a 10400+z490+new ram for now, maybe another SSD in there

scarlet gazelle
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Lol whatā€™s the $ limit

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For everything all together?

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CPU probably

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What ram do you have right now

stoic island
scarlet gazelle
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Do you just want to optimize for gaming?

stoic island
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but otherwise

scarlet gazelle
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Ddr3? Is that much worse than ddr4 mr1111?

stoic island
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you can only use ddr3 ram with ddr3 cpus

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if you get a cpu that uses ddr4

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you have to buy ddr4

scarlet gazelle
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Oh. Iā€™d say upgrading ram is a need then

stoic island
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so ddr3 vs ddr4 isn't the main comparison

scarlet gazelle
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Well how many good newish cpus are ddr3?

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Like you have to upgrade that eventually

stoic island
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ddr3 stopped like

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5 years ago

scarlet gazelle
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I just got two new ram sticks

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Oh lolll

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For $100

stoic island
delicate obsidian
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@stoic island 3070 build?

stoic island
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3060ti might get a bit tight, but will work

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@delicate obsidian what budget

delicate obsidian
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1500

stoic island
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smh get 3080 with 1500 but ok

delicate obsidian
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Can I get away with my 650

stoic island
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yes

granite gull
delicate obsidian
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A bunch of people on there arenā€™t that bright and will sell cheap if u bargain

granite gull
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I cant find any good used cards

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What price

stoic island
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@fair magnet meh, 3060ti 220w OCed, account for some spikes, plus like 70w 10400f draw, then ~100w blanket rest-of-system draw, and you land somewhere in the mid 400s for power draw

granite gull
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Fr

stoic island
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@fair magnet take selling into dms

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not here

granite gull
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Dm me

stoic island
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right click on name

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message

delicate obsidian
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Or u can click name and it will automatically have a cursor up and just type message

little osprey
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could i get some help? i wanted to make a rig that was 1k or less, as of late the build has a 3060 on the list, but i might do the 3050 if/when it comes out. I had a question about if the difference between 3200 and 3600 speeds is super noticeable. i heard from others that its minimal. my build is still under 1k but im always trying to shave off some expense here and there

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thanks

stoic island
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Can I see the list?

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I can prob shave stuff off

little osprey
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sure

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the phanteks case is oos but it was about 40

stoic island
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doubt it's 40, p300a usually around 60

severe axle
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why not get an mb311l

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save money on getting more fans

stoic island
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50 on sale maybe

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but 40 sounds very unlikely

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also, 10400 makes more sense than 3600 right now

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hard for a 200$ chip to compete with a 150$ chip of similar performance

little osprey
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my bad you right 50 bucks

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okay for sure

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do you think that youd get a better value tho with the 3600 and its stock fan, instead of having to buy a CPU and a cooler

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Who posted sag on my photo?

stoic island
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and 10400f comes with a stock cooler

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that's ~800$ with everything's cost included

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oh oops forgot ssd

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one sec

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there, ~900$ with everything's cost included

little osprey
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do you think it will cut performance

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because i dont wanna shave cost and sacrifice that much performance

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i was rlly only curious about RAM speeds

hollow grail
little osprey
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Happy new year

balmy patio
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no

stoic island
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@hollow grail smh I'm so disappointing in you

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would've said yes if you said sammy

hollow grail
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is 970 the same too?

stoic island
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thought it sad 65$ when I saw it

glacial umbra
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ryzen 5 5600x in stock for new years

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neat

tough kettle
stoic island
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w h y n o t

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never seen segotep at a reasonable price either tho

tough kettle
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Maybe because Double forward topology, low tier/quality capacitors and cheap fan bearing, 30c temperature rating and no in-depth teardown reviews (protections have not been tested).

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Also segotep is for always the same price

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50 max

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Amazon/Newegg

broken umbra
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@hollow grail shucking easystores?

hollow grail
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yea babey

broken umbra
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hell yeah

stoic island
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I haven't seen any real br/ba reviews, but they seem to be reliable in terms of protections (from the users' side)

tough kettle
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The users probably donā€™t even have proper equipments to test it

stoic island
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I mean that in terms of going boom

tough kettle
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Group regulated and double forward version is no longer being sold

hollow grail
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decks u know anything abt server psus

tough kettle
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šŸ¤” possibly or maybe not

tough kettle
tough kettle
stoic island
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alright then

hollow grail
muted patio
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Lots of talk, no test results? Easystore employee eh?

stoic island
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tryna find a review for the sg-g is sad

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Manic_Depressive#4976 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

little osprey
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_>

hollow grail
stoic island
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gp-g does look good, but the non-modular version is sg-g according to product images

little osprey
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Imma try it again
Idk if I want to go with h*entai or steampunk themed room setup for my PC.

tough kettle
hollow grail
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inb4 circumventing filters

hollow grail
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theyre all proprietary

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just thought u might think they were cool lol

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its the downside to rackmount sadly

tough kettle
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nice Nice probably gonna have to read up on them som day or later

hollow grail
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yeah

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it sucks tho cause like

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lets say one of the dell lines of psu is a bomb

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cant rly do anything abt it keeeek

tough kettle
hollow grail
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cause its the only psu thatll work in ur server omegalul

stoic island
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from what I can tell all the GP-G reviews are on the modular varient

tough kettle
hollow grail
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dell psus are excellent units

stoic island
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and according to the product images of the "gp" on Newegg, it's SG-G

hollow grail
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im more worried abt supermicro psus

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dell just rebrands delta/fsp for their server stuff

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mostly delta

stoic island
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I mean if there's a way to really tell if they're on the same platform, that'd be nice

tough kettle
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Read the Qubex review

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His is a non modular GP-G

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Bought from Newegg

stoic island
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link?

tough kettle
stoic island
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it's the SG-G actually

tough kettle
stoic island
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but yea

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that'll be good

tough kettle
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Oh yea SG700G

stoic island
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no testing is sad

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just disassembly from what I can tell

tough kettle
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Yep he just did a tear down

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He didnā€™t have proper equipment to do it

stoic island
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aw

tough kettle
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but seems to be the same platform, instead of two X ceramic capacitors before our inductors, seems to be a single large, black, ceramic capacitor before the bridge rectifier and thatā€™s the only difference I can spot

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Qubex il do it once he gets proper equipment tho

stoic island
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lol

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I prefer testing over just specs tbh, sad I can't find any

tough kettle
stoic island
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hm?

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those are gp-g

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also I couldn't tell what I was supposed to find in the johnyguru forums xD

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But yea, the unit should be good, but I'm gonna stick to BR for now, since it's actually on pcpp

tough kettle
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GP-G seems to be on the same platform as SG-G from these reviews,
Also Qubex did actually test the protections but didnā€™t include them in his review for some reason? šŸ¤”

stoic island
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dunno

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I have slight doubts, but it should be good

tough kettle
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Might as well spend 25 bucks more and get an RMx\leadex III 550w

stoic island
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hm

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amp

tough kettle
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If you can buy a 400 usd GPU should be able to spend 20 more

tough kettle
stoic island
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I mean

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I make lists that barely fit the budget

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20$ is a huge difference for my personal list-making use xD

tough kettle
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lol

stoic island
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but the segotep PSUs look like they'll be good

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once they land on pcpp I might start using them

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BA 600w was 50$ for a bit, 60$ before that

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mx330-g was 55$

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mp34 was 106$ for a bit

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pro vdh wifi was 110$ flat

tough kettle
stoic island
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ick

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my usual process is type evga into the search bar, sort by cheapest, and choose the cheapest br/ba unit lel

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for some reason segotep just doesn't get found by the search bar

tough kettle
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that's a custom part

stoic island
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hm

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fun

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@tough kettle welp, br/ba are known non-IED psus, and they're cheap, so good nuff for me

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ofc I go Seasonic focus/amp/revolution d.f. in higher end builds

tough kettle
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well I would consider known where the protections have been tested

stoic island
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we don't have reports of them being IEDs now have we >:P

tough kettle
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I'd rather not pair a BR with ampere

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šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

stoic island
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nooo not sn550

tough kettle
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why not

stoic island
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hmb

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dram is good

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yea that's fine but I personally don't like the montech x1

tough kettle
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cmon don't cry over HMB it's not like it matters for a guy using it for OS/games

tough kettle
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it was overpriced by 10 bucks

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but molex fans seem fine

stoic island
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mx330-g air is usually 55$

tough kettle
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it needs an extra fan

stoic island
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which I'd personally take over x1 any day

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it has 3 included

tough kettle
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2

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air has 3

stoic island
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meant to say air

tough kettle
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yep

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air is 59

stoic island
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yea

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usually 55

tough kettle
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7 more so that would be 18 more than your previous list

stoic island
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mx330-g used to be like the 40s a few months ago

tough kettle
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Ik

stoic island
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mhm, it's sad

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and tbh I'd prob grab like a cx650 that was ~75$ last I checked

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but price might've gotten messed up

tough kettle
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it's -85

stoic island
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fun

tough kettle
stoic island
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yea

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leadex except if they really want rgb

tough kettle
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people wanting an RGB psu kekw

stoic island
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idk man, some people

flint adder
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Can someone join vc and help me out

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This is code red I repeat this is code red

little osprey
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you can just send a message here on what you are having trouble at.

granite gull
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Somebody help this man

little osprey
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nvm

dense path
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hi

granite gull
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Whats the problem?

little osprey
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someone is helping him i guess

granite gull
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How you know?

little osprey
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some guy joined in VC with him

granite gull
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Oh

scarlet gazelle
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Why is my pc turning on and off

ripe wedge
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could be the psu

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what wattage psu, model and whats your cpu/gpu

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@scarlet gazelle

junior sky
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cans someone help me find out what cables i should get

ripe wedge
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did u see all the cables I sent?

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I sent like 3 links

junior sky
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yes

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but i wanna see if ther are

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cables for my entire thing

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that arent 20$ for a single cable

ripe wedge
junior sky
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Im using a single 8 pin to 6 pin rn

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is there any difference in dual 8pin to 6 pin

ripe wedge
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wait what gpu do u have

junior sky
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3060ti

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FE

ripe wedge
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o

junior sky
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i just need a cable for satapower, mobo power, and gpu

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because those are the ones being horribly routed

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and those are the ones really ugly

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Actually I could just get a 12 pin PCIE cable extension

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i mean 6

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or whatever

ripe wedge
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o

junior sky
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idk

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I mean

tame ridge
junior sky
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hm

stoic island
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Hummus

junior sky
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mr 11111

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plseas help me

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with cable

stoic island
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Cablemod, aesthetics do be expensive :p

junior sky
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no

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not the type of help

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i have 3060ti right

stoic island
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Yes

junior sky
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and it uses 12 pin thing

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power

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or whatever its called

stoic island
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What psu do you have

junior sky
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evga supernova GM

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650

stoic island
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Hm

junior sky
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i wanna get some cable extensions or just cables

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not cablemod tho

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too expensive for me

stoic island
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Evga made some 12pin cables
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=100-NK-3000-B9

EVGA
EVGA PerFE 12 Cable, Individually Sleeved Cable, Built for NVIDIA G...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs deliver the ultimate performance for gamers and creators. They're powered by Ampere - NVIDIA's 2nd gen RTX architecture with new RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors for the most realistic ray-traced graphics and cutting-edge AI features.
The NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3090 and 3080 Founders Edition no...

ripe wedge
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the cable itself is gonna be like $20+

stoic island
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Dat price tho

ripe wedge
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I sent an asiahorse one earlier

stoic island
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So high

junior sky
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do i need

ripe wedge
junior sky
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dual 8 pin to 12 pin

ripe wedge
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thats the one id get

junior sky
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can I just have a dingle 8-12 pin

stoic island
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No

ripe wedge
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you could just plug in a single 8 pin

stoic island
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Not enough power

ripe wedge
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maybe

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actually maybe not

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you would prolly want 2

junior sky
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my gpu just shiped with a single

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the cables i really want to replace are

stoic island
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I know people ended up with dead 3080s trying to use daisy chain 8 pin into 12pin

junior sky
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the motheryboard

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sata power

ripe wedge
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oof

junior sky
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and GPU

stoic island
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Sata power is wack

ripe wedge
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^^

stoic island
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Stuff it in the back

junior sky
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because those are messing with cables in the back

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no

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like

ripe wedge
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you might just have to sell that psu and get a different one

junior sky
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wdym

ripe wedge
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I understand what ur saying now

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u said it only has one pcie cable?

junior sky
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wdym

ripe wedge
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with 1 split off the 1 cable?

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like like 8+8

junior sky
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It has a yea

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it has 2 VGA ports

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in PSU

ripe wedge
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but split off of 1 cable

stoic island
junior sky
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i send piv

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pic

stoic island
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Vga1 vga2

ripe wedge
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yeah 2 vga

junior sky
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bad pic but whaetevr

ripe wedge
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then I dont understand what the fuss is about

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oh you only have 1 plugged in

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top right

junior sky
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these cables

ripe wedge
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you might have to contact evga on that one to get the cable

junior sky
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are dual 8pin

stoic island
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Fun

ripe wedge
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so the box only had 1 gpu cable

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sad

junior sky
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it has two

ripe wedge
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no

junior sky
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idkwhat u mean

ripe wedge
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I meant 1 more of that same cable

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in box

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separate

junior sky
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it has another 2x8pin thing

stoic island
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2 cables AND each cable is Daisy chain it looks like

junior sky
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but i dont see why I would need it

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confuse

stoic island
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Daisy chain 8 pin not great idea

ripe wedge
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yeah

junior sky
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so I should get like

stoic island
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But ig you could get away with it on a 3060to

ripe wedge
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does the 3060 ti need 1 8 pin into it?

junior sky
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does a 3060ti really nead that much power

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yeah

ripe wedge
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ah

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then yeah 1 8 pin is fine

stoic island
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Most aib are single I think

junior sky
ripe wedge
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thats the new 12 pin

stoic island
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FE still be 12pin tho

ripe wedge
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you cant do 6+6

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if thats what ur wondering

junior sky
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So can I just run the whole thing on one cable

ripe wedge
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yeah

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they designed it that way

junior sky
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do 12pin cable extensions exist

ripe wedge
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pcie supplies 150W of power

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iirc

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and the slot is 75W

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yeah I sent them earlier but it has 2 8 pin input

junior sky
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so If I get that

ripe wedge
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which idk if u need both of them populated

junior sky
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uh

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@stoic island we need you

ripe wedge
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maybe could daisy chain into the 8+8

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since only need 1 cable anyways

junior sky
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yeah

ripe wedge
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in theory should work

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and would look better than nvidias short cable

junior sky
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I just want something that lets me cable manage easier

stoic island
#

To be safe, the expensive evga cable

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Otherwise

ripe wedge
#

why not asiahorse tho?

junior sky
#

what's the difference of the evga cable

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vs like

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any other cable

ripe wedge
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cuz its still very new and companies are learning to manufacturer the cables

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my guess

stoic island
#

@junior sky it actually matches the specific pinout of the EVGA psu, so it plugs into the PSU, while most of the others are extensions on top of the cable plugged into the PSU

ripe wedge
#

ooooo

junior sky
#

lol evga cable ties have a 1 year warranty

stoic island
#

Cablemod and some other guys might also have cables that plugs right into EVGA PSUs into 12pin but yea

ripe wedge
#

yeah the evga one would be nice

stoic island
#

@junior sky bro if that breaks I'm suing evga tho

ripe wedge
#

$40 for a cable tho Cringe

stoic island
#

Yea it's a lot

ripe wedge
#

not as bad as quest link cable tho

stoic island
#

Much sad

ripe wedge
#

$90 for a quest 2 link cable

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iirc

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lmao

junior sky
#

yeah id rather have bad looking cables

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than spend 40$ on a cable

ripe wedge
#

you can still make it look good

junior sky
#

but like i can use one VGA slot on the PSU with like 2 8 pin and plug it into the 12 pin connector right @stoic island

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and other than this cable, other offbrand cables should be fine

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right

stoic island
#

It's kinda iffy, it's a def no on higher power draw GPUs like 3080, but 3060ti is quite low power draw, daisy chain 8 pin should be able to feed it..

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I'm just concerned after hearing about issues possibly killing the card when people used daisy chained 8 pin into 12pin for 3080

junior sky
#

well ima wait on the 40$ gpu cable for now

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lol

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but what about just mobo cables

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rando cable extensions should be fine for that

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right?

stoic island
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Extensions yea, as long as they're not horrible quality

junior sky
#

ill jsut get stuff that has good reviews on amazon

modern pagoda
still roostBOT
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Reason: Duplicated text

rare kettle
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new to working on computers here, i'm looking to update my RAM for my gaming experience. I recently downloaded battlefield II and at some points its a bit choppy. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm running a AMD Radeon that currently only has 8 gigs RAM, 1 card and its a GDDR5 memory type.

left belfry
#

Anyone with ROG DH and 4 sticks of memory running HZXT Z73 AIO?

blazing aurora
little osprey
#

PC water cooling kit recommendation?

viral ore
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the better evga one goes for like 20 dollars less

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but its usually oos like the rest of them

little osprey
#

Sassy

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Give me a tech guru recommendation

viral ore
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for gpu? price performace at this point in time is basically whatever you can find at msrp

little osprey
#

No

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For the water cooling

viral ore
#

oh

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yes

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just cpu? or like everything

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sounds like you want a custom loop kit

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if im not mistaken

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like this?

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bykski p good while being hella cheap

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then all you need is one of their 60 dollar gpu blocks

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of course, this is for rigid tubing, so you would have to buy tubing

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and tools n crap

delicate obsidian
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Last I checked Newegg

little osprey
little osprey
viral ore
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yep. bykski has good kits

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i would assume you would wanna do soft tubing, ill look around

little osprey
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@viral ore is that good

viral ore
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yeh

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imo this ones the best

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you have to send your gpu model and a pic of the gpu pcb

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so they can send you the right block

little osprey
#

Hmm, thinking of this for my laptop

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@viral ore is that coming straight from China

viral ore
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yep

little osprey
viral ore
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theyre practically better than corsair and ek

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literally

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its everything those brands offer, without the price

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and it doesnt look as cool i guess

little osprey
#

Can I trust ordering from there

viral ore
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i dont see why not

little osprey
#

Well itā€™s from China

viral ore
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ive ordered from them before

viral ore
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who cares

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everything is from china

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the fans that come with this kit arent that great, i would say thats the one downside

scarlet gazelle
#

Can anyone help me out?

little osprey
#

faulty wiring?

scarlet gazelle
#

The PSU is a CXM 650

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Could be. How do I check

little osprey
#

Hmm, maybe ensure that all wires are nice and snugly plugged into the motherboard

scarlet gazelle
#

I look it up and this model is pretty unreliable

viral ore
#

im gonna guess you never test booted the system before installing everything into the case

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looks to me like somethings shorting out

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would suggest disassembling and cleaning

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somethings prolly behind the motherboard

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or the psu could be doa

scarlet gazelle
#

Gotcha

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So check if any wires are stuck behind the motherboard?

viral ore
#

not really wires, because wires are insulated

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more like, any metal debris, or a standoff in the wrong place

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its much more likely that the psu is doa tho

scarlet gazelle
#

:////

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Just replaced the mobo and ram why is everything turning bad now

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Pc is 6 months old

viral ore
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oh, so this isnt a new build

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has it worked with the new mobo and ram in the past?

scarlet gazelle
#

Yeah

viral ore
#

then psu is most likely fine if it was working previously

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so never mind about that

blazing aurora
#

@delicate obsidian link?

scarlet gazelle
#

I messed up the mobo and ram. Was dusting one day w air compressor vacuum and all the sudden pc wouldnā€™t run, cpu light was on

blazing aurora
scarlet gazelle
#

After hours of troubleshooting I accidentally installed the ram while the pc was on, started smoking and sparking lol

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No worries. Got a new mobo and ram all is well

#

Now I have a separate problem

viral ore
#

so you replaced the motherboard and ram because they stopped working, or because they sparked?

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like, did you actually verify that they stopped working?

scarlet gazelle
#

Well they sparked and mobo was fried at one part

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No but I figured since there was visible damage to each

viral ore
#

if it was really that visible, then im sure they were toast, but other things can be damaged without you being able to notice

#

so, what was the original issue you were trying to fix?

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because you never really solved that i assume

scarlet gazelle
#

CPU light was one

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On

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But getting a new board fixed that

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Now it works fine

viral ore
#

are you sure?

#

so you get the new board and ram, installed them, it worked, and now you are having another issue?

scarlet gazelle
#

Well I ran the pc and was on chrome for an hour or so, didnā€™t like test anything

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Yeah

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I mean these two problems are def different

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One the pc had electricity flowing through it and found a problem w the cpu

viral ore
#

yeah, timing here is important, im just making sure i understand exactly whats going on

scarlet gazelle
#

The other no electricity can even get to the parts

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You think it could be the PSU?

#

But this all started because I was dusting my pc off. Just weird. Thing ran perfect everyday for months

viral ore
#

if the system was working for like an hour, then it just decided to stop, and nothing has physically changed, i would assume the interaction between your previous mobo and ram damaged your psu as well

scarlet gazelle
#

D:

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Makes sense

viral ore
#

yeah, i would get a new psu

#

assuming the output of the bad psu hasnt damaged your new mobo and ram

little osprey
#

What PSU

scarlet gazelle
#

Cxm650

viral ore
#

CXM 650, damaged from user error in the past

scarlet gazelle
#

Jesus Christ thatā€™s a possibility?

muted patio
#

Anything is possible with sparks

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I suggest you move one power cable at a time to see if you can replicate the issue

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Before just slinging parts at it

viral ore
#

the system was working fine for an hour, then just shut off

scarlet gazelle
#

Didnā€™t shut off. I turned it off. Came back to it

blazing aurora
#

does the 1660 super pair well with the i5 10400

scarlet gazelle
#

And didnā€™t run

viral ore
#

you turning it off is it shutting off, no?

muted patio
#

Well, the text in the pic says something different

scarlet gazelle
#

1660 is a bit lower tier than the i5 right

viral ore
#

simply coincidence

scarlet gazelle
#

Wait let me check

muted patio
#

I would suggest leaving it on the BIOS screen so you don't corrupt windows

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And move each power cable one by one until you can replicate the issue if it happens when you move it slightly.

#

If it shuts off WITHOUT you touching it, have you checked temps?

scarlet gazelle
#

Right but after I used it for an hour I turned off my pc, all is well. Came back after a few hours and tried to run it and it wouldnā€™t go

muted patio
#

Installed Ryzen CPU and Chipset drivers?

viral ore
#

as of now

muted patio
#

Tried the old unplug from wall plug back in trick?

scarlet gazelle
#

Yes šŸ˜¢

muted patio
#

Well, do you have another power supply to test?

scarlet gazelle
#

I donā€™t want to ruin all my other parts with a damaged PSU though

muted patio
#

Even an old crappy one?

scarlet gazelle
#

No but Iā€™m probably just going to get a new one

viral ore
scarlet gazelle
#

That one is only bronze and has seen a lot of problems in the past

viral ore
#

no cpu 8 pin, no gpu power

#

no sata

muted patio
#

Brozne doesn't indicate quality

scarlet gazelle
#

Ram too?

#

Oh it doesnā€™t

viral ore
#

sure

muted patio
#

No

#

Just power efficiency

scarlet gazelle
#

Iā€™m just worried about damaging other parts

#

But Iā€™ll try with only 24 pin plugged in

viral ore
#

all you need is the motherboard, cpu, and psu

#

unplug everything else

muted patio
#

There's another trick too but it's a tad difficult

#

Can manually turn on PSU with nothing plugged in

viral ore
#

yeah, that would work too

muted patio
#

The good old paperclip trick

#

but if all the wires are black it's PITA.

viral ore
#

yeah, its easier to just have the motherboard do it for you, with no ram or cpu power the psu just kinda clicks on, and nothing happens

muted patio
#

Well

#

if the motherboard or power switch is bad, that won't tell the whole story either

viral ore
#

its a start

muted patio
#

yes

viral ore
#

we arent there yet

#

im just interested to see what happens

#

if the board is the issue, the same thing will most likely happen, if the psu stays on and just sits there, i doubt its the board

little osprey
#

Whatā€™s a good American water cooling kit

muted patio
#

i was honestly surprised it even worked with that CPU after the sparks incident

#

American made or designed?

#

I doubt any are made here

viral ore
#

they all made in china fam

#

every single one

#

well, i think theres prolly a few in korea

scarlet gazelle
#

Wait so what am I unplugging

muted patio
#

Everything

viral ore
#

gpu, ram, cpu 8pin

muted patio
#

Except the big 24 pin

#

drives too IMO

#

If SATA

viral ore
#

yeah, all sata devices

viral ore
#

german

muted patio
#

Actually, PrimoChill is an American company

#

Boise, ID

scarlet gazelle
muted patio
#

@little osprey PrimoChill

viral ore
stoic island
#

400$ kit eh

viral ore
#

its just a piece of metal

viral ore
stoic island
#

Bykski needs to get cheaper shipping

#

But it's still ~200$+~100$ shipping

viral ore
scarlet gazelle
#

I have left out something that may or may not be unimportant

viral ore
muted patio
#

O.o

scarlet gazelle
muted patio
#

Spill beans

scarlet gazelle
#

These two usb inputs havenā€™t worked since Iā€™ve been doing all this

#

Doesnā€™t make sense

viral ore
scarlet gazelle
#

This is the plug for that right

stoic island
#

@viral ore Hei uses Bykski so

scarlet gazelle
#

Itā€™s plugged in

muted patio
#

Hmmmm

viral ore
scarlet gazelle
#

Even unplugged and replugged

muted patio
#

If you unplug that header

stoic island
#

I think hei sold his 1080ti build or smth, but it used to have a bykski kit

muted patio
#

Will the PC start?

stoic island
#

Hei also bought 3 bykski kits earlier

scarlet gazelle
#

And when I started to like mess with that and touch the cables a little thatā€™s when everything started to get weird on me w the psu

#

Should I try?

muted patio
#

Yes

viral ore
#

sure

#

cant hurt anything

scarlet gazelle
#

You got me all freaked out that my psu is going to mess up me other parts lol

muted patio
#

Well, it's a possibility

scarlet gazelle
#

:0

stoic island
#

Oh yea there's also barrow

viral ore
#

hence why were having you unplug everything

muted patio
#

Electricity is a fickle mistress

scarlet gazelle
#

I mean itā€™s a $1200 possibility

stoic island
#

Barrow bits are good when they're on sale

viral ore
#

or just pay triple at ek idc

stoic island
#

Barrow from ppcs

viral ore
#

is barrow not a chinese brand?

stoic island
#

I don't think so..?

viral ore
#

does ppc have any in house brands?

muted patio
#

Yeah, Barrow is definitely foreign

viral ore
#

ive used ppc before, i always thought they were just another online retailer

stoic island
#

The storefront is american, not sure about company

muted patio
#

Taiwan or China

#

China, I'm on their website

stoic island
#

Alright

scarlet gazelle
#

Unplug m2 too?

muted patio
#

Hey, just noticed something

#

Both Bykski AND PRIMOCHILL are in Idaho

#

Same company?

#

Boise

viral ore
scarlet gazelle
#

Man this sucks

muted patio
#

Don't panic

#

test

viral ore
#

my point is dont waste time removing it

#

it its gonna die its already dead, if it hasnt already died then its fine

scarlet gazelle
#

I unplugged cpu. Should I take it out?

muted patio
#

No

#

Yes that's sata but if it's not on a drive don't worry about it

#

Just unplug the USB 3.0 and try

scarlet gazelle
#

No I just have my ssd which I took out

muted patio
#

good

scarlet gazelle
#

Just want to make sure. This is the usb 3 right?

muted patio
#

Yep

scarlet gazelle
#

Everythingā€™s out except fans and cpu

#

Cpu cable unplugged though

muted patio
#

push button

scarlet gazelle
#

Okie

#

Weā€™ve got a running pc boys

muted patio
#

Ok, now for the fun part

#

leave the USB 3.0 header OUT

#

Shut if off and plug ONE thing back in at a time and power it up

scarlet gazelle
#

Tried tilting it and messing w the cables. All is wel

#

Ah geez alright

muted patio
#

Well

#

It might be one bad thing

#

If you plug 5 things in

#

You won't know which thing it is

#

But I would personally leave the USB 3.0 out permanently

scarlet gazelle
#

Right. Alright Iā€™ll let u know as I go

muted patio
#

Get a hub if you need more ports

scarlet gazelle
#

Okay

#

When Iā€™m powering off in between plugging

#

How should I do that

viral ore
#

put in the cpu 8 pin

scarlet gazelle
#

Switch the PSU off,

#

?

viral ore
#

just unplug the psu duh

#

the switch at the back does the same thing

#

either or

scarlet gazelle
#

Put the 8 pin cpu in. Itā€™s running

#

Though the cpu light is on

#

Wait no itā€™s the dram

viral ore
#

dope, now shut off and put ram in

scarlet gazelle
#

Which makes sense

#

Alright

#

Hold on

#

Having the hardest time putting my second ram stick in

#

Next is gpu?

muted patio
#

Ye

scarlet gazelle
#

So uh

muted patio
#

What, it wiggles but doesn't shut off?

#

Oh

#

Wiggled and it turned on

#

I see now

scarlet gazelle
#

Yep

#

Itā€™s definitely in there

#

Replugged

#

24 pin is directly connected to psu

#

But it seems like itā€™s not the sources fault itā€™s the 24 pin connector itself

muted patio
#

Yeah, that might be motherboard or PSU cable

#

i've never moved mine like that so.......

scarlet gazelle
#

Mobo right out of the box. Less than 24 hours old

muted patio
#

I know

#

Might be the ATX connector though too

#

Poorly fitting sockets for the pins

little osprey
#

Whatā€™s the best aio for heavy overclocking

muted patio
#

I would say EKWB 360 or EVGA CLC 360. EVGA comes with noisy fans though that will probably need replacing

stoic island
#

Freezer ii

scarlet gazelle
#

Gesu cazzo

#

What should I do now

little osprey
muted patio
#

Yeah that or the Arctic Freezer II

#

Both tested top of the line by Gamers Nexus

little osprey
#

Alright

stoic island
#

freezer ii, ek-aio, galahad

muted patio
#

The EVGA actually tested best at 100% speed but the fans are so danged noisy

zealous edge
#

Quick question Vint

muted patio
#

?

zealous edge
#

Is 90 C gpu junction temp fine?

muted patio
#

Which GPU?

#

AMD?

brazen turret
#

Thatā€™s very hot

zealous edge
#

AMD

muted patio
#

AMD is normal to 110C

zealous edge
#

Okok

brazen turret
#

What card and what cooling?

muted patio
#

per AMD

zealous edge
#

5700 xt Aorus

muted patio
#

Die temp is probably what, 60-70C?

zealous edge
#

Really good cooling

#

Die temp is 65

muted patio
#

Ye

#

fine

zealous edge
#

Yeap

viral ore
scarlet gazelle
#

Probably

viral ore
#

based on your video it would appear to be

scarlet gazelle
#

:/

viral ore
#

i assume you filmed this expecting that to happen

muted patio
#

Get an ATX extender cable maybe?

scarlet gazelle
#

What should I do

#

No didnā€™t expect it

#

Just messing around

viral ore
#

oh

muted patio
#

So it has new good connections on the motherboard side?

#

I suspect that connector has been plugged and unplugged a few times and the pin sockets are a bit loose

scarlet gazelle
#

Well not on the motherboard side

#

The connector itself sure

viral ore
#

well, ignoring that for the time being, the system starts up to some degree without shutting off, right?

#

does it post?

#

it looks as though you have all the components in there

scarlet gazelle
#

What does post mean? Like fully run?

viral ore
#

power on self test

scarlet gazelle
#

Yeah assuming the 24 pin is like just right everythingā€™s good to go

viral ore
#

like, does the system display things and whatnot

scarlet gazelle
#

Like windows? Sure
I havenā€™t tried to get the bios menu up

viral ore
#

oh

#

so its just kinda working now, huh

scarlet gazelle
#

Well let me plug everything back in and see now

#

Does it matter which port the gpu 8 pin goes in on the PSU

muted patio
#

As long as it's in the bottom row 8 Pin section, no

scarlet gazelle
#

Gotcha

#

Everythingā€™s good I guess

#

Uploading vid

#

So uh

#

@muted patio @viral ore

#

What do you guys recommend?

#

Probably going to get a new PSU

viral ore
#

whats the issue here

#

so you loaded up cyberpunk

#

and?

#

aaaaaaaaaaand

#

...

scarlet gazelle
#

Like itā€™s working

#

All is well

#

No problems

viral ore
#

i guess i recommend using your computer then

#

as it seems to be usable

scarlet gazelle
#

Hahaha yeah but the 24 pin is messed up

#

I canā€™t post without wiggling it

viral ore
#

what happens when you hit the power button

#

with the system off

#

does nothing happen, or does the system fail to boot

scarlet gazelle
#

Does nothing until I wiggle the atx cable

viral ore
#

so you dont have to hit the power button at all to start the system, and the only way to get it to do anything at all is by wiggling the 24 pin

scarlet gazelle
#

I hit the power button then wiggled it

muted patio
#

I'd honestly try a cable extension

#

Because if the cable extension doesn't fix it

#

RMA the motherboard

scarlet gazelle
#

Rma?

#

Okay

glacial umbra
#

is it an issue with the cable or the motherboard?

#

who knows

muted patio
#

Right

#

which is why I suggested the cable extender

#

If the cable extender works, leave it alone

scarlet gazelle
#

well not the mobo right i just got it yesterday

muted patio
#

If it doesn't

#

RMA the motherboard

scarlet gazelle
#

what does rma mean

muted patio
#

Return it

scarlet gazelle
#

should i just get a new psu? or do you think try extension