#building-and-recc-chat

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celest sun
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Scalpers Become Miners become Radiator salesmen

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it's all in the pamphlet

robust lake
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300Wuh

blazing aurora
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at that point it's not scalping.

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that's market demand

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if you were to, say, buy a 3060 for 400 and list it for 1200, that's scalping

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people buying scalped cards are really silly too

fossil cedar
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Tune your cards power down a bit please

muted patio
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You need to tune that for mining lol

celest sun
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Working on it

muted patio
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underclock core, overclock mem, reduce power limit by a lot

rich helm
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7 rejected oof

fossil cedar
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Yikes

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I only got some rejected when i was doing +1350 mem and 45% power(120w ish)on my 3070

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-502 core ofc

fleet pagoda
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Best 2k 120hz monitor for ps5

earnest olive
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ps5 does 1440p120?

fossil cedar
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I think not?

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Also what budget?

fossil cedar
robust lake
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Ps5 doesnt run games in max settings tho

earnest olive
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no way it does that at 120 fps though

fossil cedar
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Probs 60

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It does do 120fps on some games acc

fleet pagoda
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Its kinda an either or type of thing ill play games capped at 60 on 1440p and games like cod on 120

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Budget like 350

little osprey
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world is your oister

fossil cedar
wicked frigate
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Can u even order parts form Taiwan?

fossil cedar
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If you live in Taiwan

wicked frigate
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Bro there gpu stock is crazy

rich helm
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@fleet pagoda M27q

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Wait not sure if that has hdmi 2.1

little osprey
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ok

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@rich helm

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so

alpine raft
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Imma get the 11700k judge me (plz dont im very insecure)

little osprey
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k .-.

desert gulch
alpine raft
desert gulch
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In some stuff

alpine raft
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but the 11700k tops the 5800x (in some stuff obvi

desert gulch
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In productivity and alot of games 5600x wins

desert gulch
alpine raft
stoic island
desert gulch
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Yeah

alpine raft
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ye

stoic island
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11700k and 5800x both suck for price to perf

desert gulch
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Trash optimization let's intel win

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11400 is prolly my favorite chip rn

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That or the 11500

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For better integrated graphics

stoic island
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11500 imo because GPUs

alpine raft
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unless We UsE UsEr BeNcHmArK

desert gulch
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Lol

little osprey
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kk

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no why i5

rich helm
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I don’t know Canadian dollar conversions so idk

little osprey
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no why an i5

rich helm
little osprey
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one im using rn is i5 7th gen

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its a 2004 pc

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Lel

rich helm
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This one will be better

little osprey
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hmmm anything else that is better for that price

stoic island
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And yea the 10400 with a b560 board actually beats 3600

little osprey
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ok

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bruh I am only 2 months into this stuff don't attack me 😂

stoic island
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No ataks

rich helm
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Btw the price of that gpu I set was hopeful, if you can get a founders edition or a evga 3060ti

desert gulch
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We arent

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Ye eagle 3060ti pog

stoic island
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Evga sc/xc good

little osprey
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.-. ok sure

stoic island
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Usually near msrp

rich helm
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They dmed me a google doc

alpine raft
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hey what should i get?>? a 3080 or a 6800xt??

little osprey
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I might go with this one @rich helm

little osprey
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xcept the cpu still bugging me

stoic island
desert gulch
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Basically pure gaming perf go 6800xt

rich helm
alpine raft
stoic island
little osprey
desert gulch
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Ye

stoic island
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The idea used to be 3600 best

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No more

little osprey
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can I still use a 16 gb stick for OS

stoic island
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B560 came, and Intel dropped their prices

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You should be able to

little osprey
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Lel 3080 gud

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I heard

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alot

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3080 is one of the best gpus

rich helm
little osprey
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not ram

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lel

stoic island
rich helm
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Oh

little osprey
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yea

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Sorry that was my bad

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I said stick

alpine raft
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user BeNcHMaRk SaYs tHe 11700k iS BetTeR thAn The 5800x AlL tHe tImE aNd Is "BeTtEr ValUe" AnD cArter PcS UseS it So Its vaLiD

rich helm
stoic island
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ok man

rich helm
stoic island
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Lol

alpine raft
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lol

stoic island
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GN says waste of silicon so

rich helm
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11600k

stoic island
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That's what I'll settle on

alpine raft
little osprey
little osprey
rich helm
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Np

little osprey
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When I turn on my pc nothing starts up, except two leds and the cpu fan. Any idea whats happening

fossil cedar
rich helm
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I have honestly no idea how much that is in usd

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Probably overpriced still

balmy patio
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canada smh

fossil cedar
lament fulcrum
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Um help

rich helm
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What

lament fulcrum
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No bent pins thankfully

rich helm
little osprey
lament fulcrum
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Its pretty suck

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Stuck

fossil cedar
# rich helm .

The gammaxx 400 v2 red is 30 cad or the blue one id 35 soooo

balmy patio
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why don't people twist when removing cooler smh

olive kraken
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that picture holds so much pain

fossil cedar
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Ouch

olive kraken
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pls wiggle slowly and gently

lament fulcrum
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Its stuck asf

olive kraken
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preferrably get like a blanket below u or something so that if it falls itll be a smooth fall

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if he hits it up wont it make it easier to remove?

lament fulcrum
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Gonna get a flathead

rich helm
foggy hazel
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@lament fulcrum dont

lament fulcrum
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And get under the ihs

foggy hazel
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just get a creditcard or equally thin plastic shim

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you only need the chip to loosen "somewhere"

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and it will come right off

olive kraken
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soft surface below just in case it falls

lament fulcrum
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Nothing thin enough :(

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Yeah i have a rug

olive kraken
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paper

foggy hazel
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the risk with a flathead or tool like it, is that you are very likely to apply enough force that WHEN it does come free, the chip will take a low orbit flight around your room

olive kraken
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fold it

foggy hazel
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as Taku said, take a piece of paper, fold it, use the folded edge as a "saw" on the corner between the cooler and the IHS

lament fulcrum
olive kraken
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idk anything that is thinner than a paper

foggy hazel
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or stronger (while not risking "fun" things)

olive kraken
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idk how thermal paste curing/sticking works but maybe if you heat it up idk it'll return to its more expanded state? easier to wiggle with gloves or something

orchid matrix
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I’m building my pc and I’m up to plugging in my AIO cables. My motherboard says it has CPU_FAN1 but my AIO has 2 fans. I’m also wondering where I should put the little 3 pin cable attached to the pump.

foggy hazel
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technically, you can do that. But not recommended for people not used to working with thermal paste and components specifically

fierce elk
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maybe different modo

little osprey
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So after resetting the bios, my other fans are powering on, but so far nothing has happended with the display, any common mistakes I could be making?

foggy hazel
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@fierce elk post the link in the yellow box :)

fierce elk
lament fulcrum
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Gonna try this

foggy hazel
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aye, and the reason that PCPP does not list the 650w segotep is that its not added to their site. give me a moment here

fossil cedar
stoic island
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Segotep is nice :)

fierce elk
fossil cedar
little osprey
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So after resetting the bios, my other fans are powering on, but so far nothing has happended with the display, any common mistakes I could be making? @fossil cedar

fossil cedar
fierce elk
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i dont really care fro higher load speeds

foggy hazel
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@fossil cedar and that ram would be useless on that CPU

fierce elk
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maybe later on

fossil cedar
foggy hazel
little osprey
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Yes

fossil cedar
foggy hazel
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and as mentioned by others, a SSD is a VERY good idea. It is by far, the single biggest upgrade (partwise) for 99% of systems @fierce elk

fierce elk
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maybe later on

fossil cedar
lament fulcrum
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FISHING LINE!

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Time to try it

foggy hazel
fossil cedar
foggy hazel
fierce elk
foggy hazel
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that one tops out at 3200

fossil cedar
foggy hazel
fossil cedar
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Ohh nvm

foggy hazel
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:)

fossil cedar
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I swore it was 3600

foggy hazel
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no worries

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its not as if intel makes it easy to remember all the bs they do in regards to things like that :)

foggy hazel
fossil cedar
foggy hazel
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but do keep the following in mind @fierce elk the lack of a ssd will make the system sluggish as all heck the moment you start doing more than 1 single thing.

fossil cedar
fierce elk
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alr, is there any for like 30 ish dollars??

foggy hazel
fossil cedar
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Ahh i see

fierce elk
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oh cool its like 25 dollars for a ssd

fossil cedar
fierce elk
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nice i willl most likely get one then

fossil cedar
fierce elk
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is kingston good??

foggy hazel
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model NOT brand is what matters for any ssd

fierce elk
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a 2.5 inch ssd

foggy hazel
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@stoic island whats the current accepted US ssd for low budget?

fossil cedar
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Mx500 by crucial iirc

foggy hazel
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that sounds .. odd

lament fulcrum
fossil cedar
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Or a400

lament fulcrum
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My buddy saved the day

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Had an electronic screwdriver kit with really thin flatheads

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It came right up

foggy hazel
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good to hear @lament fulcrum, and well done :)

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now please remember, twist NEVER pull when removing a heatsink :)

lament fulcrum
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These end pins got very slightly bent

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Will they still be good?

foggy hazel
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aye

foggy hazel
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not a problem (normally)

lament fulcrum
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Awesome

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Should i wipe it down in the socket or while in my hands

foggy hazel
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your choice really

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thank you @fossil cedar

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that is indeed a option for that end of the budget scale

little osprey
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Everything is turning on, but its not posting

foggy hazel
fossil cedar
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Did they leave the server...

foggy hazel
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aye

fossil cedar
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@fierce elk

foggy hazel
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that is normal

fossil cedar
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Oof

fleet pagoda
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I got screwed so hard on ps direct

foggy hazel
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or discord might just be acting up

fossil cedar
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Still says they have roles

foggy hazel
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aye

fossil cedar
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

still roostBOT
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necropsi#2251 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

lament fulcrum
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End that got bent slightly giving me issues

foggy hazel
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okay, i change my earlier statement, that is a metric tonne of paste residue on that cpu

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please clean that away from the board

lament fulcrum
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Yeah stock cooler

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Had all that on it

foggy hazel
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and is that melted plastic?

lament fulcrum
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Where

foggy hazel
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on the IHS itself

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or it might just be your light that makes it look like that

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anyway

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just clean the cpu away from the board

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(no need to risk having a flake of it go where it is not supposed to go)

lament fulcrum
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Bruh this cpu is not going in

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Im legit about to cry

foggy hazel
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show a picture from the top down

lament fulcrum
foggy hazel
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now please do one of the socket (when its ready to accept a cpu)

lament fulcrum
rich helm
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Are ryzen cpu ihs supposed to look that scuffed

foggy hazel
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you mean in the pin photo @rich helm ? because that is just his camera having a fit with the focus

fossil cedar
foggy hazel
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ah, i did not see the IHS part of your question @rich helm

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no, normally they dont look like hell warmed over :)

rich helm
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Yeah like it’s so rough and weird

fossil cedar
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My 3600 looks normal

lament fulcrum
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Thats just paste

foggy hazel
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@lament fulcrum you got the cpu cleaned up?

lament fulcrum
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Not yet still having a fit with it fitting

rich helm
foggy hazel
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as i said, clean it out of the socket

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you do not want that amount of random "gunk" near the board itself

rich helm
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How does one apply so much paste

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I know they say you can’t have too much but idk I’m pretty sure you can

foggy hazel
foggy hazel
fossil cedar
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Bout a pea size is Chef_Kiss

foggy hazel
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depending on cpu, yes :)

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and with that, i am out for the night

lament fulcrum
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Okay its clean

fossil cedar
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Good night

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Much better

lament fulcrum
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Not much better if i still cant get it in socket

junior isle
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alright fill me in whats going on here

lament fulcrum
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Cooler got stuck

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Got it off finally

junior isle
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oooooooh that sucks happened to me before

lament fulcrum
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Pins got slightly bent on the way out

junior isle
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do you have very small tweezers

lament fulcrum
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No

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I have very small flathead

junior isle
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can you send a photo of all the pins

lament fulcrum
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But i think its like the last three rows

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I found the ones that are bent

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Last few pins on closest row

junior isle
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try very carfully moving them into place

fringe flint
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Good day, I will be having my first build probably next week, my parts(MSI x570 Tomahawk, Gskills 3600CL16, Samsung 970 evo plus, MSI coreliquid, meshify 2) from Newegg are scheduled to be delivered probably by friday, already got my 5950x and 850W G5 with me. The only missing now is a GPU Card(of course), Now my newbie question is, since GPU's are so crazy hard to get, will it be possible to just purchase a 20$-60$ DDR2 or DDR3 gpus temporarily while trying my luck to get a RTX 30's. Will there be a problem or issues installing DDR2/DDR3 PCI express cards to these new boards/cpu? Thanks and appreciate any help. My last build was back in 2009 LOL.

junior isle
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and do little bits at a time

lament fulcrum
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I DID IT

junior isle
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nice

lament fulcrum
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I ended up using the thinnest card i had

fossil cedar
lament fulcrum
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So i could line it up with the whole row

junior isle
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thats good now make sure it works buy putting it in and just with your ram your gpu and your psu and cpu and storage just turn it on to see if it works

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not too long because cpu will overheat without a cooler

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but for like 3 ish seconds

lament fulcrum
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Okay

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Do i need gpu?

junior isle
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yeah just to see video output

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look for lights on the mobo and stuff

worn brook
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apple says no snek jazz

junior isle
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but if you hear a beep look at your manual and it will tell you what the beep means

fringe flint
junior isle
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wait what mobo do you have?

fossil cedar
fringe flint
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yeah for now, I will not be working or gaming with the pc. I just want it be set up and see all parts are working, so I will have the time to return if any parts have issues. and yes I was also considering some refurbished gpu's, I just dont feel throwing another 100$ for temp gpu..... I just dont have any knowledge if those old pci exp gpu's still work with the new boards. Dont want it to be burning my new board LOL.

fossil cedar
stoic island
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And yea I don't think old pci cards will go in pcie slots

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Gt710 or gt1030 kinda thing baseline for displaying an image, not gaming tho

midnight vigil
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first step to pc ACOSP_spongebobdance

fossil cedar
junior isle
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@fringe flint you can buy a 1050 ti here for like 99 cad

fossil cedar
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They only want something that will show video out and dont wanna spend more than like 30$ r sum

fossil cedar
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1050 tis are going for 300ish us

junior isle
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i dont think so it was on walmart amozan newegg

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that was like a month ago but still

fossil cedar
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Link?

stoic island
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Lol

junior isle
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hold on

fossil cedar
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Probs 3 party scammers

junior isle
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ill dm the link i dont think im aloud to send a link here

fossil cedar
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Okay

junior isle
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sorry my bad all i saw was walmart i didnt see the market place lol

fossil cedar
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It's okay lol

junior isle
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anyone else need pc build help?

fringe flint
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this is the lowest i can see so far

junior isle
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if you want something just to show video then get this hold on

fringe flint
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yeah just to have me finish and test all the parts are working. thanks bud

stoic island
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Well

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That might work, if it's from a reliable seller

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As in, not 3rd party

junior isle
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that will work for the test bench just to boot up

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and its 20 mcad

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cad*

fringe flint
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and i believe walmart got 14days return policy for electronics, right?

lament fulcrum
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How i get this off without paste goin every where

junior isle
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thats amazon

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pull the top pusher thing out a bit then grab paper towels and pull off the cap

fringe flint
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oh ok, and amazon i think have better return policy i guess?

junior isle
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yeah

lament fulcrum
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Oh i just had to twist lol

junior isle
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lol

lament fulcrum
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Pea sized huh

junior isle
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yeah small pea

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like the size of a pencil

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top of one

fringe flint
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alright guys thanks for the help...need to continue driving LOL

lament fulcrum
junior isle
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lol

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yeah thats good

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your ram is in 2nd and 4th slot right

lament fulcrum
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Yeah

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How should i orient this fan

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Like i know push pull or whatever. But just for cable to be hidden and out the way

junior isle
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let me see

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oh the cooler fan

fossil cedar
fossil cedar
lament fulcrum
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I got it off now

junior isle
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its a 8mb card

lament fulcrum
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All i had to do was twist

junior isle
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8mb of vram

lament fulcrum
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I think this way might be good

junior isle
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yeah likew that and you can tuck it under the heat sinkl

lament fulcrum
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And ill shove the excess into the top behind the case fans

junior isle
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or that

lament fulcrum
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Didnt realize how big this thing was

junior isle
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yeah lol

fossil cedar
junior isle
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the one im talking about

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20 bucks

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it says 8mb

fossil cedar
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Then it's not a gt 710

junior isle
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yeah i know

fossil cedar
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710 is baseline

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Wouldn't trust anything less than that

junior isle
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he just wants it to make sure everything works

fossil cedar
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Yeah and i wouldn't trust a 8mb vram card to work

lament fulcrum
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Is this if i dont have pwm fans? 2 pins on the fan connectors

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These just go no where

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Actually no they go here

fringe flint
fossil cedar
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B&h has one for 49$ hold on

fossil cedar
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Np

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Go buy yourself a sandwich or a coffee or something with that XD

fringe flint
fossil cedar
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Np lol

earnest olive
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wonder what the tdp of a gpu would have to be for it to be able to run without a heatsink

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2W?

fossil cedar
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Idk but low maybe 10w?

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Would run hot tho

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No onboard on a 5900x and they just wanna check everything works

round stream
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can you use 3 gpus

fossil cedar
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For gaming no

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For mining/workstation stuff yes

odd cosmos
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a hdmi cable limits output to 60hz right? no matter the monitor?

autumn wolf
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no

fossil cedar
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2.1 can do 4k 120fps

desert gulch
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This kinda shows how much bandwidth rah version has

little osprey
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*first drive name thinkies *

desert gulch
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I see like 5tb there

little osprey
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yeah

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thats the first one

desert gulch
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I don't see no 250tb anywhere

little osprey
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only*

little osprey
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lol

desert gulch
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Sure

little osprey
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my chia pc has gtx 1050 ti and core i7 7700k

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not lying but ok

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lol

desert gulch
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But you don't have any proof smh

little osprey
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ok

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lol

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not tryna get into a fight here

desert gulch
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Lol I'm not either

little osprey
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ok

desert gulch
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You don't even have a pic of all ur drives tho?

little osprey
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um

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no

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lol

desert gulch
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I smell 🧢

stoic island
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lol

odd cosmos
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lemme check it out lol

marble seal
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actually havent looked into chia, can you mine it off a synology nas? i have a ton of unused space on mine

odd cosmos
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im just gonna use the one the hdmi that came with my monitor for now till i finsih my pc, then i can use display cable

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oh wait it's 1.4

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but can that run more than 60hz?

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some conflicting sources online lol

marble seal
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what resolution?

desert gulch
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Gotta check what gpu outputs and what monitor inputs

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And what version the cord is

marble seal
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i believe 1.4 does 4k at 30hz, 2.0 is 60hz, 2.1 is 120hz

lower res can do higher rates

desert gulch
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Ye

odd cosmos
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at 1080p can it do 144hz?

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lol im on a mac rn but getting my pc soon

desert gulch
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Idk lol

desert gulch
stoic island
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ya

marble seal
odd cosmos
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ok thanks lol

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just realized the monitor didnt come with hdmi even tho it said clearly that it did

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those best buy employees in for a rough morning tmrw

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lol

midnight vigil
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Cringe

odd cosmos
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btw guys how do you clean the display of a monitor?

desert gulch
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I guess they're called microfiber

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They look like that

odd cosmos
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and im kinda scared to push too hard

stoic island
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I use the wipes I use to clean my glasses to clean my monitor lel

odd cosmos
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btw found a random hdmi cable in the house, how do i tell which verision it is lol

desert gulch
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No

potent portal
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You can use glass cleaner but spray the cloth, not the screen

desert gulch
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No water

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Water leaves mark

odd cosmos
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yea

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ok

stoic island
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These bois lel

odd cosmos
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alc wipes?

lament fulcrum
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Cable managed

odd cosmos
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ah i have some idk lemme find

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btw how to tell which hdmi verision?

lament fulcrum
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Time to put in gpu and fire her up

odd cosmos
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very clean

royal shore
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cleannn

odd cosmos
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my monitor is turning on and saying no signal from hdmi, what do i do?

lament fulcrum
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Gonna disable that light

stoic island
lament fulcrum
odd cosmos
stoic island
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reset cmos

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when in doubt, reset cmos

odd cosmos
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uh, i actually dont know what cmos is uhuh

stoic island
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ngl I want to just pin that xD

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works for intel and amd

odd cosmos
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uh im on a laptop

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welp

stoic island
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same thing on laptop lel

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laptops have cmos battery in there somewhere

odd cosmos
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so im supposed to open it up?

odd cosmos
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and its working with my old monitor

stoic island
#

oh

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lol

#

mac is just

#

wack

odd cosmos
#

yea

#

so what could it be?

stoic island
#

It's mac so I don't actually know

tawdry lance
#

Anyone know how to fix GPU drivers keep uninstalling/ not working every time I restart my PC?

odd cosmos
#

uhuh, it works with last monitor which means um

odd cosmos
#

this is just great

#

works out with a windows laptop

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#
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dusty peak
#

💩

lament fulcrum
#

Anyone know how to disable msi mobo lights

#

Do i need to be in bios?

stoic island
#

(not bios, in software), Mystic lights, off

#

I think bios has a setting somewhere but

#

software wise, mystic lights, turn em off.

lament fulcrum
#

Okay bet

#

Any way to disable little 2 blue leds on my gpu

stoic island
#

the heck

lament fulcrum
#

Yeah

viral ore
#

electrical tape

lament fulcrum
#

i saw an 11-13c drop on thermals for my cpu

viral ore
lament fulcrum
#

changing cooler and case

#

looks like gpu temps dropped around 5-10 degrees as well

vagrant olive
#

am speccing out an $800 build for a friend rn, is the p360a any good

jagged ember
#

A little cramped iirc

#

Otherwise it's good

#

GN did a video on it

vagrant olive
#

alright, thanks 👍

gaunt hamlet
#

Hey is there anyone that can help me build a pc around 1200-1100 ?

low zealot
#

hi

tight sorrel
lament fulcrum
#

got that

#

now im trying to disable pcb debug lights on gpu

vagrant olive
#

is it safe to leave my pc mining overnight?
i just turned off my monitor and still have nicehash running

robust lake
tight sorrel
#

no, it is not safe. if you leave it running, it will cause demons to come into your house and poses your pet, and defecate in your toaster. never be mining, is what im saying

marble seal
#

you can theoretically leave it 24/7

#

i let my card heat my room for me all winter while i slept/worked and just turned it off when i wanted to game

little osprey
#

hey

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is the ryzen 5 1600 good?

tight sorrel
#

its ok

#

getting a bit old

little osprey
#

ok

tight sorrel
#

what do you want to do with it?

fossil cedar
#

Please don't buy one in 2021

tight sorrel
#

I have a machine running in my home with one (not F), mated to 16gb 3200mhz ram and a 1660ti, and it does things just fine. Plays games at 1080p at full detail.

#

depends on what he pays for it I guess

fossil cedar
#

F is for intel btw, only ryzen processors with g at the end have built in graphics

#

But i still wouldn't buy one now, you can get a i5 10400 for like 140 and a b460 for like 80ish or b560 for 110ish and some ballistix ram or something it would need to be really really cheap to beat that

olive kraken
#

Who would've thought that opening the window next to your rad would reduce temps

fossil cedar
#

Imagine

olive kraken
#

Yes

#

Now I need to learn how to oc

tight sorrel
fossil cedar
#

Ahh

blazing aurora
#

b460/b560

#

great price/perf

fossil cedar
#

Yep

vapid bay
#

in case gpu will be hard to buy for you, 11500+b560+3600 cl16 ram coz ur igpu would like to have fast memory

fossil cedar
#

11500 btw^

uneven oar
#

So here's a fun question. How do you have your rear fan positioned? Some cases have a slider that can go all to the top, or more closer to the center? Do you have it aligned with the front fans, or the MB? Just curious on what everyone else does.

fossil cedar
#

I'd recommend middle unless you really need it pointing at a particular hot part in your system

uneven oar
#

I have it close to the top aligned with the front fans and the aio, temp sensor is at 30 C. I dunno, if it's just an astetic thing or a legit reason thing.

vapid bay
#

oh i meant 11500 mb

blazing aurora
#

11400 is fine

#

not sure if the 11500's performance bump warrants the extra cash

odd cosmos
#

it's worth it if u gonna use igpu for a while

blazing aurora
odd cosmos
#

until u can get a gpu

odd cosmos
#

uhd 730 vs uhd 750

blazing aurora
#

if you're using an igpu, you shouldn't be expecting that much performance anyway lol

stoic island
#

moar

odd cosmos
#

and besides, no one gonna use igpu forever

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for like a couple of weeks, or months max

#

depends on luck

fossil cedar
blazing aurora
#

sure, but by how much

fossil cedar
#

Enough to spend the extra 20 or 30$

odd cosmos
#

Admittedly, its not a huge margin, but it's enough to spend 20 dollars more

fossil cedar
#

Yep

blazing aurora
#

fair enough

fast wagon
#

Hey lads, I’ve built a PC last night but couldn’t quite get the front case fans or RGB on said case fans to work. Anyone think they could help?

still yoke
#

ooh i have regular role

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eoek

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epek

raw crane
#

Hi stinkies I get my new MOBO soon and I’m hoping that fixes the cpu light 😁

#

I got a new cpu as well but I think I f’d that up already

spare gate
#

hello

fossil cedar
fossil cedar
still yoke
#

I think I'm a pretty light gamer

fast wagon
#

I’ll try to send a picture in a minute but they seem to all be daisy chained together and then I plugged them into a SATA at the end

still yoke
#

Themost I'm palying is destiny 2 from steam

fast wagon
#

It’s a Phanteks p500A-DRGB, for reference

#

This is the mess I have to deal with. I’m tempted to just take all the cables out that I can and start over

balmy patio
#

close the back panel 😎

#

if you can't see it, it's not there

fast wagon
#

Oh I would if it was all working

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My front case fans dont spin and nothing with my case has rgb

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Which it’s supposed to have

balmy patio
#

is the controller working?

#

and is everything plugged into the controller correctly?

fast wagon
#

No that’s what I’m trying to figure out lol

#

I’ve always had issues with rgb and fan cables. Been building pcs for like 4 years now and I’ve always had trouble setting this part up

balmy patio
#

smh

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is it a sata powered controller?

fast wagon
#

I believe so? I don’t even really know what a controller is or looks like. I have a fan hub for my AIO radiator fans, and they’re all working flawlessly

fossil cedar
fast wagon
#

One second. Let me clear some of this up and then I’ll rephrase my question. In the meantime can someone send a picture of or describe a fan controller to me?

#

Oh

balmy patio
fossil cedar
fast wagon
#

Yeah I see that. All the fans seem to be plugged into it but idk how to give it power

#

And I tried plugging SATA into something (idk what it led to because the wires are so close together)

#

One minute I’ll send pictures

balmy patio
#

ight

fast wagon
#

Doesnt help that I got these asiahorse extensions and they’re making this much more difficult lol

balmy patio
#

lmao

fast wagon
#

Okay so the main issue is that I don’t even know what the fan power connectors look like

balmy patio
#

smoll 4 ping connector

#

lemme check what the rgb one is supposed to be

timid bronze
#

Can someone recommend an ATX mobo for a Ryzen 5 3600? It is for a streaming PC that will have a 2080 Ti. I don't want to go overboard as I just built another monster PC.

fast wagon
#

There’s 3 of these wires, two connectors on each wire

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

And I have 3 front mounted fans, so these must be the wires?

balmy patio
#

perhaps

#

follow them with your finger or sum and check

fast wagon
#

I literally cant. They go into a big nest of wires in a super small space

balmy patio
#

fair enough

#

though it does look like they're for the fans, daisy chainable wires it seems

timid bronze
#

@balmy patio I am basically upgrading an existing PC. It doesnt have to be anything crazy. I have 32 GB RAM, definitely need room for a capture card underneath the 2080 Ti (it takes up 3 slots)

fast wagon
#

Yeah they were all connected originally before I unplugged them all

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I’ll daisy chain them back up again one second

balmy patio
junior isle
#

a simple aorus pro wifi b450

timid bronze
#

PCIe x4

balmy patio
timid bronze
#

@balmy patio I'm open on budget...but if I do not NEED to spend $150 I don't want to. BUT if its perfect then I could...make sense?

junior isle
#

get b450 auros pro wifi

balmy patio
#

the b550-a pro from msi is nice

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

All the fan wires are chained now and I found the Sata boi

junior isle
#

because its 2080 ti thats pcie gen 3

timid bronze
#

I really don't know the difference between B450 and B550

fast wagon
#

But there’s nowhere for these fan wires to plug into my fan hub :(

balmy patio
#

doesn't really matter tbh

junior isle
#

b450 is cheaper he dosnet need b550 for what hes doin g

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sorry cant spell rn im playing a game lol

timid bronze
#

lol...all good... I just want to get a mobo thats gonna run my streams fine. I used to stream and game from the single PC but I just built a new gaming PC over the weekend so I just need something simple enough but one that will also last

balmy patio
#

p500a might only come with a rgb hub

fast wagon
#

This. I’ve had it for a few years

junior isle
#

yeah so a b450 will do just fine

balmy patio
junior isle
#

true but he says thats his other pc and he already upgraded a different one

balmy patio
#

lemme compare them first though

fossil cedar
junior isle
#

11th gen intel sucks

fossil cedar
balmy patio
#

well, above the 11700k

fossil cedar
timid bronze
#

@fossil cedar I already own everything...but my mobo PCI slot snapped when I installed the 2080 Ti, so I just need a mobo

junior isle
#

you only save like 20 ish bucks going b450 but he dosnet need b550 so

fossil cedar
junior isle
#

you can get asrock b450 steel legen for 110 cad

balmy patio
#

it's still nice to have b550 ngl

fossil cedar
fossil cedar
timid bronze
#

I appreciate all the feedback everyone! I think I'm gonna go B550 just for future proofing (if I ever get my hands on a 3080, I would move the 3070 into my older PC)

junior isle
#

hes not going to upgrade that pc tho

fossil cedar
#

B550 higher quality too

#

Still

#

No point in getting a b450 board

junior isle
#

im not disagreeing b550 is better

fast wagon
#

I also have these 2, they plug into each other but they seem to come from the same place so they wouldn’t do anything.

#

I’m so confused bruh once I get these fans moving I’ll be done

fossil cedar
junior isle
#

it can matter for gpu

balmy patio
junior isle
#

pcie gen 3 to 4 example

timid bronze
#

Yea...I thought the PCI had to be gen 4 for the new gpu's?

balmy patio
#

rgb software cringe so you don't have to go mobo

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

@balmy patio which one is for mobo? The female connector?

junior isle
#

dosent have to be pcie is backwards compatible

fast wagon
#

Just so I know which one to put aside

balmy patio
fossil cedar
balmy patio
#

male is for the hub, i'm sure

fast wagon
#

Which hub??

#

It doesn’t fit into my fan hub

#

The black magnetic one that I sent picture of

balmy patio
#

read the manual to find out where it is

fast wagon
#

It doesn’t say

#

I read then manual over again so many times

balmy patio
#

frick

#

i've never built inna rgb p500a smh

#

are the rgb connectors for the fans also daisy-chained or nah?

fast wagon
#

I don’t even know what those look like

#

There’s 3 of them. And i have 3 fans, so it’d make sense @balmy patio

balmy patio
#

it should look like the one you showed me earlier

fast wagon
#

What is the pwm connector?

#

Or rather where does it go?

balmy patio
#

a fan header on the mb, or a fan hub

fast wagon
#

Okay they don’t fit into my fan hub

#

So I guess they’re going on the mb

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#
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fast wagon
#

Didnt know this was a family friendly server

#

Anyway, there’s 3 of those and only one CHA_FAN on my mb so I guess I’m just out of luck

balmy patio
#

what motherboard do you have?

fast wagon
#

Asus Prime X470-Pro

#

Also I honestly don’t care about the rgb at this point I just want the fans to spin so I can use the pc

earnest olive
#

an x470 board with only 1 fan header?

#

what on earth

fast wagon
#

Can we just go one wire at a time and you tell me what they’re called and what they do?

#

Dude idek this is making me want to just quit and put everything back in my old case tbh

earnest olive
#

buy this maybe

fast wagon
#

Not an option

balmy patio
#

they've got 7 headers

fast wagon
#

I need this pc today

balmy patio
#

2 for cpu i'm assuming

#

so 5

fast wagon
#

Wait what

#

Where

#

I only see one that says CHA_FAN

earnest olive
#

yeah i dont believe an x470 board only has 1 fan header

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

Okay

earnest olive
#

but going to asus website to check is such a p a i n

fast wagon
#

One second

#

Yeah I’m on a phone right now

#

Which is difficult enough as it is

earnest olive
#

asus website sucks big time

hallow glen
fast wagon
#

Okay I put them into the fan headers let me see if they spin now @balmy patio

balmy patio
hallow glen
#

thanks for the feedback

balmy patio
#

yee you could also go cheaper on the mb but it's a fine choice

fast wagon
#

@balmy patio okay the fans spin now but my pump RGB and front fans RGB still don’t work

balmy patio
#

yeah

#

lol

fast wagon
#

Any idea how I should try to get the rgb to work?

balmy patio
#

^ the rgb

fast wagon
#

No I don’t know what the RGB cord looks like

#

But the pump RGB should be working. I did that last night and I thought I did it fine

#

Plugged it into the 12V RGB on my mobo

rich helm
#

Pain

hallow glen
#

ok

rich helm
#

Just get 1440p at least plz

hallow glen
#

whats a good 1440p monitor

rich helm
#

M27q

balmy patio
#

smh my head using a 3080 for 1080p game

rich helm
#

Slightly cheaper but curved is g27qc but it’s curved I don’t like curved personally

balmy patio
#

m27q is bae

rich helm
#

Yes

hallow glen
rich helm
hallow glen
#

whats wrong with 144hz

balmy patio
rich helm
#

165/170hz tho

hallow glen
#

eh its only 15 bucks more ill get that one

rich helm
#

Nothing wrong it’s just the worst gpu you have on there is a 3070

fast wagon
#

Drgb for the case fans?

balmy patio
#

144 ips is nice tho

#

i'd take that over 165 va ngl

rich helm
#

You could get 4K monitor if you are getting 6800xt or 3080

balmy patio
#

^ yes

fast wagon
#

I have this jawn for the case fans at the end of the daisy chain

#

You say this is the drgb 3-pin?

rich helm
balmy patio
#

hold up, that's male

hallow glen
rich helm
balmy patio
#

ahh

fast wagon
#

This?

balmy patio
#

daisy chain cable

rich helm
balmy patio
#

yes, plug female onto mb or controller

fast wagon
#

Okay but everything on my mobo has 4-pins

#

This only accepts 3

rich helm
#

Are you sure

fast wagon
#

I will check again but I’m 99% sure

rich helm
#

The 3 pin looks like 4 pin with one pin missing

balmy patio
#

yee, don't plug 3 pin onto four pin tho

rich helm
#

Different voltages

balmy patio
#

check ur manual to see where the 3 pin rgb headers are

hallow glen
rich helm
#

Yes

#

P12 5pack

#

I have 3

#

Very nice

fast wagon
#

Yeah nah I don’t see any 3 pin

#

I’ll look up the manual again one min

rich helm
#

What board

balmy patio
balmy patio
hallow glen
#

again im going to change the parts if i snag a gpu

fossil cedar
#

@hallow glen something like this would be better

fast wagon
#

No I genuinely do not see any 3-pin in the shape of that female molex

hallow glen
#

so you just changed the mobo?

fossil cedar
hallow glen
#

yeah i already changed to those look at my updatedd one

fossil cedar
#

Ahh

hallow glen
#

so that mobo is better?

fossil cedar
#

Yeah

#

Asrock especially on intel kinda meh

balmy patio
balmy patio
fossil cedar
hallow glen
#

my needs are playing video games

rich helm
balmy patio
#

sadness

fast wagon
#

...

balmy patio
#

they should use the controller then

fast wagon
#

So I just cant get rgb?

balmy patio
#

you can

fast wagon
#

What controller?

fossil cedar
balmy patio
#

the one on the p550a, you got the rgb version, right?

balmy patio
rich helm
balmy patio
#

b560m pro 4 went up in price :(

fast wagon
#

P500A-DRGB

balmy patio
fossil cedar
balmy patio
#

also matx iirc

#

b560m-a or sum like that

fast wagon
#

This??? I cant even get a finger up there

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

I dont even see where that is supposed to plug into it...

fast wagon
#

Integrated controller my ass

balmy patio
#

i don't think you need the mb to use the controller

fast wagon
#

Its a piece of plastic in a place I cant even get to

balmy patio
#

smh my head

fast wagon
#

Then wtf am I meant to do here?

#

I payed good money for the rgb version of this thing

balmy patio
#

ikik

fast wagon
#

And this motherboard wasn’t cheap either. And it’s not old

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

Okay I hate to tell you but there is no header on the controller

#

Not that I can see

#

And if there is there is no way I can fit even a finger up there to plug it in

rich helm
balmy patio
fast wagon
#

I just turned it on again and this part doesn’t light up anymore

#

;-;

dawn kindle
#

Just posted a new Pic of My old/new build ist dissapointing

balmy patio
#

@fast wagon i'm currently looking for something like this https://www.amazon.com/LEDdess-Rainbow-Controller-Strip-Remote/dp/B07JZCNPNV the just has one header and uses the reset button to controll the preset rgb modes

#

cooler master has some nice ones but they're all 4 pin smh

fast wagon
#

Let me see if I can salvage something from my old phanteks case

#

One min

stoic island
#

Wat

fast wagon
#

Case rgb dont work

stoic island
#

This is p500a right

fast wagon
#

Trying to fix it

#

Yes

#

DRGB version of it

stoic island
#

@muted patio how does the controller work

#

Vintage has one, so defer to him

fast wagon
#

Okay I’ll wait for his response

balmy patio
#

i thought vintage only had the normal p550a?

stoic island
#

I thought he had rgb one

#

Either way, he's more familiar with case specifics

fast wagon
#

I had this same issue with my old P400S

#

To the point where only 1 out of 3 fans had rgb functioning and I just lived with it

#

But now I’ve spent money on the extra rgb

#

And so I want my rgb >:(

muted patio
#

No rgb

stoic island
#

Dam

#

I'll check manual then

fast wagon
#

Manual tells me nothing

balmy patio
fast wagon
#

Doesnt have those. I’ve seen every wire in this thing like 100 times now

balmy patio
#

:(

#

rgb smh

fast wagon
#

Well now everything lights up except the fans

stoic island
#

Didn't know p500a had a rgb strip

fast wagon
#

I’m tempted to just call it a day and live with the loss of the rgb in the fans

#

I’ve spent roughly 12 hours on this build now

#

4 of which was the AIO

#

And 5 on the rgb and fans

stoic island
#

Are the fans daisy chained?

fast wagon
#

Yes

#

And they’re spinning/powered but no rgb

stoic island
#

Argb daisy chained?

fast wagon
#

Idk what that means

earnest olive
#

did you plug in the rgb

fast wagon
#

You mean the argb wires are the ones daisy chained? Yes

earnest olive
#

fan power and rgb power is separate

fast wagon
#

No because I don’t know where to

earnest olive
#

should have 2 cables coming out of each

fast wagon
#

That’s the whole issue

#

I cant find where to plug in the rgb on the fans. That is the root of my problem

stoic island
#

It's supposed to have some kind of hub somewhere according to manual, because there's sata powering some hub, plus an adapter from hub to mobo 3 pin

fast wagon
#

Yes the hub is this little bit of plastic at the top front of my case that I cannot access because its like tiny

stoic island
#

I don't think so

earnest olive
#

this mobo does not have an ARGB header

fast wagon
#

And my hands are not the size of a child

stoic island
#

Top front looks like front io

earnest olive
#

so you would need to use a hub or controller yeah

stoic island
#

Check back of case

fast wagon
#

Ok

earnest olive
#

pretty nice looking build tho

#

good job

fast wagon
#

There’s wires all over the place lmao

#

But ty

earnest olive
#

in the back?

#

as long as the front looks good you're fine

fast wagon
#

Yeah I just don’t like the way the AIO tubes look

#

Anyway

earnest olive
#

my build looks fantastic in the front but there are way too many cables to make the back look good

#

😛

fast wagon
#

This is the back

#

I dont see any hub or controller

earnest olive
#

kinda happens when you have like 40-50 cables to manage

fast wagon
#

Built into the case

stoic island
#

I don't like how I downloaded only parts of the manual

#

I'm missing a page...

fast wagon
#

This is the only manual i got with this case

#

And this is the only part of it that mentions rgb

earnest olive
#

check if any controller is in the accessories package

stoic island
#

Hm

#

@earnest olive none according to manual

#

But

#

I know they have a controller

#

So I'm so confused