building-and-recc-chat

[latent storm]

water cooling ram

[little osprey]

good days.

[high coral]

@stoic islandwe have that too

[little osprey]

we did that in windows xp days

[stoic island]

Link

[snow wasp]

Some ppl actually do😂

[little osprey]

i remember watercooled ddr2

[high coral]

@stoic islandwait

[little osprey]

why wouldnt you do it?

its great

[latent storm]

linus once water cooled an ssd

[little osprey]

yeah

that was done too

in windows 98 days

i remember a fella making his own waterblocks for that

from solid copper blocks

[snow wasp]

Talented

[little osprey]

admittedly it made more sense back then than now

[latent storm]

is there a water cooler that will cool vrms but isn’t a monoblock

[little osprey]

when fans were as loud as a train

[little osprey]

maybe.

wouldnt doubt it

[stoic island]

Not really

[little osprey]

what do you know

[stoic island]

Doesn't make sense to cool the VRMs and not be a monoblock imo

[little osprey]

🙂

eh

idk

[viral ore]

form over function

[little osprey]

but there are deffo options to do it.

[stoic island]

Single block is a mono block, is it not :p

[little osprey]

it is

not always better

[stoic island]

It really doesn't make sense to cool each mosfet

[little osprey]

i mean

[stoic island]

It just doesn't

[little osprey]

it doesnt make sense to watercool a lot of things

it doesnt make sense for hard tubing to exist

[stoic island]

@high coral wrong board

Lol

[little osprey]

people are crazy though

about aesthetics

[high coral]

wait

sent wrong link

[stoic island]

Asrock X370 Pro BTC+

[snow wasp]

Bitcoin+

[little osprey]

keep in mind

this is ddr2

[high coral]

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370 Pro BTC+/

[little osprey]

better days

[little osprey]

👀

[stoic island]

Yes, that's ASRock's page, what about it

[muted patio]

Hmmmm, was gonna get the AFII 360mm until I realized it doesn't have a separate cable for pump -_-

[stoic island]

Where is it from an Indian retailer >:)

[little osprey]

one day im going to watercool my pc entirely from aliexpress

[high coral]

@stoic island wait

[stoic island]

Lol

[little osprey]

that sounds like a great idea to me

[stoic island]

You know what, while you're at it, look for a bitfenix whisper m

[little osprey]

and no it wont be necessary

i got a windows xp rig i built

it runs at like 25 celsius

got a massive cooler for what the cpu is

q6600 for now

[stoic island]

Oh yea, I wonder if you'll find any bykski or barrow parts

[little osprey]

i got a xeon lined up

lga771 going straight into a 775

[stoic island]

Ballistix max might not be available either

Team's dark pros may or may not

[little osprey]

what

[high coral]

getting server error

or i would have gave you a link

[stoic island]

:)

Point is, not everything can be found, and what can be found, is often at a much higher price than the US

[latent storm]

why

[little osprey]

why not

[latent storm]

good point

[little osprey]

yes.

i just love watercooling

[odd abyss]

can i take out all my case fans and put in different case fans without an anti static bracelet

[muted patio]

yes

[odd abyss]

ok

i might replace for RGB ones

idk

maybe not

[little osprey]

yes you can

[little osprey]

please do not

i beg you stay away from rgb

you dont know what rgb turns you into

[odd abyss]

lmfao

[little osprey]

of course it isnt

[odd abyss]

lmfao

[little osprey]

lord forbid we talk about discord mods.

[odd abyss]

what fans should i get then

[little osprey]

personally id recommend arctic

f12

although idk

i just buy the cheapest fans i can

and i never had issues

that really depends how much youre willing to spend on fans

[snow wasp]

o yea get them $30 a pop corsair fans

https://tenor.com/view/oh-yeah-dance-dancing-dances-party-gif-14011899

[muted patio]

I have the ML's 😉

[snow wasp]

6 ql cost me a fortune

i lowkey regret spending that much on fans lol

[little osprey]

magnetic levitation fans

[snow wasp]

lol

[little osprey]

ahahaha

tfw you spent hundreds of dollars for spinny pieces of plastic because it has soveit train technology in it

but yeah i guess if its worth it for you

[muted patio]

Hundreds?

XD

[little osprey]

idk how much magelevs cost

[snow wasp]

i did get a discount for them

[little osprey]

lol

[snow wasp]

6 for around 200

[little osprey]

yeah

hundreds.

[muted patio]

wat

[little osprey]

so i was right

lol

[muted patio]

you overpaid

[little osprey]

200

is two hundreds

[snow wasp]

theyre 150 for 3 on amazon

[muted patio]

that's scalping

-_-

[snow wasp]

after ny tax that is

Purchases above $110 are subject to a 4.5% NYC Sales Tax and a 4% NY State Sales Tax. The City Sales Tax rate is 4.5%, NY State Sales and Use Tax is 4% and the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District surcharge of 0.375% for a total Sales and Use Tax of 8.875 percent.

like what?

[little osprey]

either way

i was right its hundreds lmfao

[snow wasp]

yup

[little osprey]

i would never spend more than 5 bucks on a fan

[snow wasp]

tbh i just dont want my first build to look bad if i got the money to make it look good...

[muted patio]

Ah nice, looks like you can split off the fans on the Freezer II.

[snow wasp]

like i went with kraken z53 already

so mind as well

[little osprey]

i just closed my case up with a side panel

[muted patio]

oof

[little osprey]

i dont look inside unless i have to

and it looks fine to me.

[snow wasp]

tbh i should've went that route

[muted patio]

Z53 is really meh cooling, it's all looks

[snow wasp]

yea

keeps my 5600x cool enough

[little osprey]

the reality hits harder when you dont have the side panels for your case though.

worse yet, when you just cant fit one because the cooler is too big

[snow wasp]

thats when the reality hits

[odd abyss]

i want glowy ones

ones that light up

what’s some good light up fans

[little osprey]

😦

[glass elm]

is there any place to find a ryzen 5 3600 near msrp?

[obsidian wigeon]

neh

[glass elm]

bestbuy/adorama are on backorder/sold out and idk how long it'll take, not near a microcenter, dont trust ebay

[muted patio]

Do 11400/10400 isntead, more performance and cheaper

[obsidian wigeon]

unless he uh, already has a board for the cpu

people does that all the time

[glass elm]

nah not yet

[obsidian wigeon]

ah

[muted patio]

If not yet, Intel better then

[obsidian wigeon]

then yeah, intel better

[glass elm]

am trying to plan it out and find places to buy parts before actually buying

[obsidian wigeon]

11400 is cheaper than 3600

[muted patio]

And outperforms it

[glass elm]

i've heard that intel better for gaming but is it better overall or just in the gaming area?

[muted patio]

Depends on the CPU

Compared to the 3600, intel is better all around

[obsidian wigeon]

^

ryzen is not always the answer anymore

[muted patio]

Nope

Ryzen expensive now

:/

[obsidian wigeon]

hence the reason i said so

[little osprey]

thats what happens

when a lot of people buy one thing

lol

[glass elm]

so back when ryzen was first coming out (1000/2000), it was a good option but the price just got too high for it to be worth it now?

[little osprey]

might just be amd pulling prices up after building a solid fanbase.

idk

[muted patio]

Price to performance has decreased

Intel is the new budget king

And for what you're looking for, 3600, Intel out performs it for less money

5600x is faster but more expensive

[glass elm]

ah ok

[muted patio]

So Intell 11400/B560 motherboard/3200 C16 ram

[glass elm]

would looking at an 11500/11600 really be worth it or is 11400 a good cpu to get?

[muted patio]

11500 is good if you need an integrated GPU

11600 really needs a Z590 motherboard which takes the cost up

[glass elm]

why would a z590 be bettere for an 11600?

[obsidian wigeon]

11600 is not a k tho

[muted patio]

Better VRM cuz the 11600 pulls a lot of power

200 watts

Even the non-K

I mean you could do a nice B560 but if you're going 11600 why not K?

[glass elm]

ah ok

[obsidian wigeon]

oof

but yeah

[glass elm]

thanks for your help!

[wicked frigate]

Guys should read the mobo manual and install stiff or without cause ik where everything goes

[little osprey]

manual

i usually use it for the front io pinout

[odd abyss]

is it fine for this 1 case fan cord to run down or is it going to “effect” airflow as people would say

it’s only 1 case fan cord but usually people say the littlest things effect airflow

[little osprey]

but the new ones got that printed on them usually

[little osprey]

[odd abyss]

ill take that as a “that’s fine”

people always say the littlest things effect airflow

it’s weird

so i figured ide ask

[rich helm]

Small cable isn’t going to increase temps by 10%

[odd abyss]

that’s what i’m sayin

[rich helm]

It’s not even going to do anything

[odd abyss]

just had to double check

lol

temps rise by 10 degreees

[still roost]

2889#4416 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[little osprey]

turbulence is irellevant

in a closed case like that

tbh.

unless you have some seriously weird things going on in there

[muted patio]

Hide all cables.

[little osprey]

most people ive heard say that cables dont matter in airflow

[little osprey]

nice

evga cooler

[odd abyss]

it’s... one cable

nice build doe

omg look at the outlet

2 wires

mans is wildin

[little osprey]

hmm

[wicked frigate]

Hey guys quick question

Can I test my pc without a cooler

Just to see if it works

[rich helm]

With stock cooler yes

[muted patio]

If you wanna burn up your CPU, sure

[wicked frigate]

Oh

I just Ed wanted it for like a few seconds

Also

[muted patio]

Don't

[wicked frigate]

Is there a way I can

Take out a screw with the threads kinda being gone

Or no

[wicked frigate]

Hey guys do I mount the radiator first or the pump

[fossil cedar]

Are you doing a custom loop?

Or do you mean the cpu block on the aio

[hallow glen]

my friend needs a cheap buildperfect

oops

wrong channel

[fossil cedar]

What budget

How cheap is cheapppppp

[muted patio]

They talking about your tech deal

[hallow glen]

560

[fossil cedar]

Ahh okay lol

[hallow glen]

no

im not

[fossil cedar]

Oof they don't expect to play games with that?

[hallow glen]

the budget is 560

[muted patio]

oh

OH

oof

[fossil cedar]

I5 office pc all you gonna get

[hallow glen]

better than what they have

they have a pc with a 2nd gen intel igpu

soo

and anyway its for their whole family

[fossil cedar]

Okay lemme see what i can find

[hallow glen]

its just to play mc with mods

and also what office stuff or whatever his parents are doing

[fossil cedar]

@hallow glen https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali471/p/N82E16883360056 or https://www.newegg.com/acer-aspire-tc-390-ua92-student-home-office/p/N82E16883101832

Probs

[hallow glen]

the second one should be perfect for him thanks @fossil cedar

[fossil cedar]

https://www.newegg.com/acer-aspire-tc-875-ur13-student-home-office/p/N82E16883101817

Acc instead of the i3 abs

[wicked frigate]

Hey guys do I need to connect the front panel connectors so turn on my pc for a 1 or so

[hallow glen]

@fossil cedar my friend has a 2nd gen intel chip, is it possible for him to just put in a gpu? will it be better/

[fossil cedar]

Nope the prebuilt is the best bet intel 2nd gen wouldn't be worth putting gpu in

[hallow glen]

ok

thx

[fossil cedar]

To get it to turn on you just need to connect the power one

Or you can short it with a screwdriver

[wicked frigate]

Just to see if everything is working

[glossy mason]

I need help. I hooked everything up and such, but the video isn’t going to my screen

[odd abyss]

make sure everything is plugged in

power supply cords and everything

[glossy mason]

I have the HDMI cable in the graphics card and it is

[odd abyss]

happens alll the time

[glossy mason]

It is on. Fans are running and such

[main sedge]

Any recommendations for a new desk/chair

[odd abyss]

check every cord

[odd abyss]

ikea for desk

[glossy mason]

I don’t know what other cord there is.

[odd abyss]

chair doesent matter too much

[odd abyss]

where is your hdmi cable going

[glossy mason]

Into the TV

[odd abyss]

make sure that’s plugged into the correct one

should be hdmi 1

the plug

[main sedge]

I’ve been scouting Amazon for stuff I’ll look there

[odd abyss]

the outlet i mean

[odd abyss]

amazon is good for desks and chairs tbh

[odd abyss]

L desks are best for pc gaming

you can put ur case on the end of the L

ok the small part

[glossy mason]

Mmm

[odd abyss]

what

[muted patio]

What motherboard

[glossy mason]

Yeeup. Still not going through

[muted patio]

What motherboard and cpu is this?

[odd abyss]

@glossy mason

[glossy mason]

ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

[muted patio]

and cpu?

[glossy mason]

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor

[muted patio]

What slots is your ram in?

[odd abyss]

make sure there in the correct slots

[glossy mason]

How do I determine that

And alright

[odd abyss]

should be 1 empty in between

[muted patio]

From the CPU left to right

[odd abyss]

the slots might be different colored too

[muted patio]

empty, ram, empty ram

[main sedge]

Yeah that’s what I’m looking for an L shape that’s a darker wood finish

[odd abyss]

that would be nice

darker wood

but make sure it’s a L, best idea

@glossy mason is it, empty, ram, empty, ram

[glossy mason]

HUH??

Where do I look for that?

[odd abyss]

want me to show u mine

here

i’ll show u

[glossy mason]

Sure

[muted patio]

From the CPU, left to right, empty slot, ram, empty slot, ram

[main sedge]

I have just a straight one right now and I don’t like it. Rather have the L so I can have a monitor running software on one side and work/games on the other half

[odd abyss]

see how there is an empty

then ram

then empty

then ram

[glossy mason]

I only have two slots

[odd abyss]

hmmm

[muted patio]

Well then

that negates that issue

Take a stick out, leave only one in and try and boot again

[glossy mason]

Alright

[muted patio]

What GPU is this BTW

[odd abyss]

you might be able to only run 1 stick tbh

but idk

[muted patio]

wat

[odd abyss]

sometimes that happens

[glossy mason]

AXRX580 Red Devil

[odd abyss]

i’ve seen it happen b4

[muted patio]

nah

if it will only run one stick ram bad get new ram

[odd abyss]

well yeah

@glossy mason this might not matter but is ur ram DDR4

just curious

[muted patio]

DDR3 won't fit in the slots

-_-

[glossy mason]

Yeah

[odd abyss]

do u have DDR3

[main sedge]

This is the darkest wood but I could get this in complete black or white

[odd abyss]

DDR4 is universal ram

[glossy mason]

No. Ddr4

[muted patio]

You literally cannot put DDR3 in a DDR4 board

[odd abyss]

looks good

[muted patio]

WHAT

NO

[odd abyss]

i was told that

a while back

by a techie

[viral ore]

[muted patio]

BS

[odd abyss]

leaves

[viral ore]

doubt

[odd abyss]

here i’ll find the message

[muted patio]

Anyway, take a stick of ram out and see if it will boot

[viral ore]

i say we banish whatever techie said such a thing

[odd abyss]

i’m not even kidding u some techie said that to me

it was build chat too

[glossy mason]

Alright. I’m doing it

[muted patio]

I tihnk you misunderstood them

[rich helm]

I’ll take their spot

[odd abyss]

no i SWEAR

[viral ore]

that, or they were joking around

[odd abyss]

i saw them say DDR4 fits every slot

[viral ore]

and there was some context you missed

[muted patio]

nDeed

[odd abyss]

they must’ve been being a jerk then lol bc i was getting mad that my ram wouldn’t fit

but it ended up fitting

it was just tight

[viral ore]

apparently, bc i know all the techies here, and they are all p much smarter than me

so like

[odd abyss]

idk

i say we drop it we’re confusing him

[viral ore]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[muted patio]

Searching turns up none of those phrases

[odd abyss]

it wasn’t worded the exact way

i can’t remember how they said it

but i REMEMBER it like yesterday

[viral ore]

could have been a different discord server or sumthn

[odd abyss]

possibly but i swear it was here

[rich helm]

Hmm I remember a techie refuting something like that yesterday

[glossy mason]

How long would this take to boot up and get windows on it?

[odd abyss]

it wasn’t yesterday

[muted patio]

Should take about 5 seconds to see BIOS screen

[odd abyss]

ez seconds

[little osprey]

what

[odd abyss]

like not too long

[little osprey]

what

what

[odd abyss]

@little osprey shush we’re dropping it

this is dex’s time

[little osprey]

tf am i reading

[muted patio]

SO which account was this on? Cuz searching your history reveals nothing about installing ram

[odd abyss]

shush

[glossy mason]

Still nothing

What the hell

[odd abyss]

then it was a different server my bad

i remember someone said universal ram tho

at sometime

[frank stirrup]

Lmao

[odd abyss]

it was a different server for a fact then

[frank stirrup]

what happened

[odd abyss]

bruh i’m bein trashed rn

leaves

[muted patio]

Unplug power supply from wall, remove CMOS battery, wait 2 minutes, reinstall it, then power back up

[glossy mason]

CMOS?

[muted patio]

The button cell battery

silver one

Might be under your GPU

[frank stirrup]

its the little circle battery

[odd abyss]

mine is under GPU

[glossy mason]

Oh ok

[odd abyss]

u see it?

[frank stirrup]

what board do you have dex?

[odd abyss]

scroll up

[frank stirrup]

Ill show u where it is in a screenshot

[frank stirrup]

cba mate

[odd abyss]

ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

@frank stirrup

[frank stirrup]

thanks

[odd abyss]

whatever CBA is

[glossy mason]

This?

Behind the wire?

[rich helm]

Looks like it yes

[odd abyss]

yes

[odd abyss]

i’m pretty sure

[frank stirrup]

thats where it is

[odd abyss]

yes

[glossy mason]

Ok it is out

[odd abyss]

just follow this

wait a few minutes

[frank stirrup]

now wait 5 mins and put it back in

[odd abyss]

then reinstall

[odd abyss]

this

[muted patio]

You have CPU power plugged in too yeah?

[glossy mason]

Alright

[frank stirrup]

unplug pc from the wall as well

[muted patio]

Check all your cables while you wait

[glossy mason]

Unplugged

[muted patio]

All power and all drive cables

[glossy mason]

And yeah, everything is plugged in right I think

[muted patio]

Double check it

[frank stirrup]

double check once

[muted patio]

😉

You've got time

[glossy mason]

Alright

[odd abyss]

double checking is key to building a pc

change my mind

[glossy mason]

And if anything, I’m iffy on the power thing

[muted patio]

CPU 4 pin power

24 PIN ATX power

[glossy mason]

Like the reboot and stuff. The small pins in the bottom right

[muted patio]

and power for drives if you have them

[glossy mason]

And yeah. Got those

[muted patio]

Double check them

😉

[odd abyss]

lmfao

[frank stirrup]

each hard disk gets 1 cable from mobo and 1 from psu

[muted patio]

If the PC started the front panel headers are correct

At least the ones that matter

[glossy mason]

Oh, also, for the GPU, it is both an 8 pin and a 6 pin. Do I plug in both?

[muted patio]

That won't keep it from POSTing

[muted patio]

Yes

[frank stirrup]

yes

[glossy mason]

Alright.

[frank stirrup]

Some cards dont have 8 pins on the gpu tho

in that case use the 6 pin

Otherwise 8 pin

[glossy mason]

Mine has both

[frank stirrup]

both?

[glossy mason]

Yeah.

A 6 pin and an 8 pin

On the same gpu

[muted patio]

Yep

needs them both

if you don't have both that's why no video

[frank stirrup]

Then use both ends of the cable

[glossy mason]

I did

It is fully plugged in

[muted patio]

Good

[glossy mason]

Last night though,

#electronics message

I still feel nervous about that

[frank stirrup]

nah thats molex

[glossy mason]

Yeah I know.

[frank stirrup]

pretty useless unless fan hub or rgb hub

[glossy mason]

I’m just uneasy due to this being a first computer build I’ve ever done

And gonna plug the thing back in. The circle battery

[muted patio]

Go for it

[glossy mason]

Still nothing

[muted patio]

Ehm

no diagnostics on the board either

hmmmmmmm

This is with only 1 stick of ram?

[glossy mason]

Yeah

[odd abyss]

is your GPU fully plugged in

what graphics do u have too

[glossy mason]

Yeah. It turns on

[muted patio]

Is the RX580 new or used?

[glossy mason]

And the AXRX580 Red Devil

Used

[odd abyss]

ebay?

[muted patio]

Mmmmmm

[glossy mason]

Friend

[odd abyss]

oh

i see

friend > ebay

so

good choice

[muted patio]

What drive do you have?

SATA, NVME?

[odd abyss]

but it might also be a drivers problem

[glossy mason]

SATA

[odd abyss]

bruh

jinx

[muted patio]

Drivers have nothing to do with BIOS

absolutely nothing

[glossy mason]

And it is plugged in

[muted patio]

No M.2 drive?

[glossy mason]

What?

[odd abyss]

i thoight he said he can’t get it to display on his monitor or screen?

[muted patio]

Bruh

It's not POSTING

[odd abyss]

bruh

[muted patio]

has nothing to do with drivers

Gotta get to windows before drivers happen

[frank stirrup]

^

[muted patio]

Tried all the HDMI ports?

[glossy mason]

Yeah

[frank stirrup]

no windows=no drivers being loaded in

[glossy mason]

I mean I can go get another cord

Brb

[muted patio]

I'd try a different one yeah

[glossy mason]

Still nothing

[frank stirrup]

fans spinning?

[muted patio]

Ya

[glossy mason]

Yeah. Both

[odd abyss]

he said yeah

[muted patio]

Unplug the sata drive for grins

Leave only CPU, RAM and GPU

[frank stirrup]

Unplug all grives yeah

[glossy mason]

Ok

[frank stirrup]

Wait 1 second what cpu is in there?

[muted patio]

3600

B450

it's fine

[frank stirrup]

Box on the site says 2000 ready

[muted patio]

Yeah but that's old marketing

[frank stirrup]

board needs a bios update

[muted patio]

Nah

They've come with the right BIOS for over a year now

[glossy mason]

Yeah CPU is in it

And now the SATA is unplugged

[frank stirrup]

Dex could you send a pic of the box the motherboard came in?

[glossy mason]

Yeah

[muted patio]

3000 series BIOS has been out since 2019

So if the board was purchased new it has the right BIOS

[wicked frigate]

Hey guys should I mount the aio pump and turn it on cause I am going to be returning this mobo cause it’s used and pins is broken

[glossy mason]

Does the PCIE 1 need to be plugged in?

[frank stirrup]

Just making sure

[muted patio]

Ya, for sure

[glossy mason]

Yes it does?

[frank stirrup]

You bought it used?

[muted patio]

That's GPU power yeah?

[glossy mason]

Yeah I think so

[wicked frigate]

No they told me it was new and can put used

[frank stirrup]

who did?

[glossy mason]

But it is plugged in the PCIE2 and running

[wicked frigate]

I have proof too

The micro center person

[muted patio]

If it's a power cable it doesn't matter, power is power

[worn hatch]

@queen forge posted someone elses setup

[glossy mason]

Ok

[muted patio]

They're all hot

[fossil cedar]

Probs just faulty then not used

[wicked frigate]

So what should I do

Should I test my components

than return it

[muted patio]

Who's setup?

[glossy mason]

Would it be easier to do this in a VC?

[wicked frigate]

Cause I want to see of everything is working

[fossil cedar]

Return the mobo if it's damaged

[odd abyss]

was it deleted?

[worn hatch]

It actually belongs to r0cketscience on tiktok

[odd abyss]

i think i saw it

[worn hatch]

no

[glossy mason]

Oh wait

[wicked frigate]

Ok should I test my stuff

[odd abyss]

where is it

[glossy mason]

I have a disc that says driver dvd.

[wicked frigate]

Like to see if cpu is working memoery

M.2

[glossy mason]

Do I need to plug that in?

[muted patio]

No

[glossy mason]

Ok

[odd abyss]

#build-pics message

?

[worn hatch]

yes

Its not his

[odd abyss]

one sec

ill have mods deal with it u gotta eat

[worn hatch]

alr

[still roost]

Dexdyneve#3166 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[glossy mason]

I feel as if I screwed it’s up

[wicked frigate]

Guys is it ok if I take out the m.2

While it’s on the mobo and installed

With the thermal pad on it

Like will anything happen to the m.2

[frank stirrup]

why wouldnt it be ok?

[muted patio]

I got it

[worn hatch]

Thank you

[wicked frigate]

Idk because

It’s on the thermal pad

[frank stirrup]

thermal pad isnt super glue...

you can easily remove it

[wicked frigate]

Ok than thx

@frank stirrup should I test everything or no

Like my parts than return the mobo

To see if everything works

[muted patio]

Mobo is busted, return it

[frank stirrup]

what do you mean by missing pins?

and what makes you think its used?

Because some connectors are supposed to have missing pins

[wicked frigate]

I mean only one pin is kissing and one is tilted

[frank stirrup]

and iirc the thermal pad stiskers were still on as well

[frank stirrup]

pics

[wicked frigate]

That

[frank stirrup]

easy to bend it back tbf

[glossy mason]

@muted patio is it messed up beyond fixing?

[frank stirrup]

and whats the missing one?

[wicked frigate]

Buy another one is missing

[muted patio]

IDK, gotta find out what the issue is first

[wicked frigate]

t next to it

[muted patio]

And with no diagnostic LED's, that's gonna be hard

[wicked frigate]

I see how the first one is 4

The other one is 3

[frank stirrup]

Thats supposed to be an empty thing

not all rgb connectors are the same

[wicked frigate]

Ok

Should I still test it

[frank stirrup]

I wouldnt return it

there is absolutely nothing wrong with it

[wicked frigate]

I mean

Wait let me show u something else

Apps

When I took it out of the box the ram dim was open

[frank stirrup]

that means nothing

at all

the seal on the bag was intact yeah?

[wicked frigate]

Look

Someone put the plastic back on

Too

I didn’t even touch it

[frank stirrup]

Thats completely normal too

[muted patio]

The only thing I can say for now is to try each stick of ram in one slot to see if it boots, IE, one stick in slot one, boot, slot two, boot, other stick slot one, boot, etc

[wicked frigate]

Oh ok

[frank stirrup]

these things happen in shipping

[wicked frigate]

Thx

Well but don’t I need that 3 pin

That’s bent

[frank stirrup]

You dont need to change the board

it is 100% brand new and 100% completely fine

[odd abyss]

someone put the plastic back on?

[wicked frigate]

I mean I think

[odd abyss]

r u sure u didn’t just forget to take it off

[wicked frigate]

I didn’t touch it

[odd abyss]

lol

[wicked frigate]

I don’t mean that way

[glossy mason]

Hold on. Gonna get a friend over to see if he can help me, Retro

[frank stirrup]

Thats the rgb header on my fans so yeah it 100% isnt missing anything

[frank stirrup]

Different ambient temperatures while shipping can cause bubbles

[odd abyss]

oh i see

bubbles

i thought he was saying someone literally put it back on without him knowing

lol

[glossy mason]

@muted patio

[muted patio]

Aight, we got progress

That means you need to make a Windows 10 Boot USB to install Windows 10

What was the issue?

[muted patio]

see above

[glossy mason]

I was too scared to push the ram all the way in

I’m stupid

[muted patio]

Ey

Easy fix

[glossy mason]

And my friend is here. We are getting the media creator downloaded

[muted patio]

Good

Do that, put it in

Don't forget to go into the BIOS and load RAM XMP profile

so it runs at the speed you paid for

Save and exit after you do it

It shoul dbe on the main BIOS Home screen

Then install windows 10, DL your games and have fun

[glossy mason]

Will do

[twilit salmon]

Anybody know of any controllers for RGB that work with MSI fans? My motherboard doesn’t have a connection for them

[frank stirrup]

What was wrong with the pc btw?

[glossy mason]

Didn’t push the DDR4 in enough

Was scared I was gonna break it

[frank stirrup]

Bruh

[fossil cedar]

You're supposed to hear a click for each side when putting in ram...

[frank stirrup]

Yee

[oak kayak]

Anyone know if this is a software problem or the stick itself is messed up. The memory is only like a week old.

[stoic island]

I'd check software tbh

[oak kayak]

👍 I have like 4 different Apps that control rbg xD wondering if there conflicting . Also the rams rbg is blinking that is what is wrong with it.

[odd abyss]

is there something wrong with the ram?

[stoic island]

Look at the rgb on the right stick

[muted patio]

yeah, colors went wonk

[odd abyss]

oh i see

it blinked

[stoic island]

I'd check software first

[mossy pewter]

it's just me or it's noisy when it's blink

[oak kayak]

Yep and they are like brand new so I don’t think they are failing . Should I just uninstall and reinstall software?

[stoic island]

Like maybe one software tries to update the ram rgb every 100ms, but another software overrides it

Just

Rgb software is wacky

Uninstall all of them and see what happens

Lots

[oak kayak]

Alrighty sounds good, I’ll see if that works.

[stoic island]

Post code and cheap don't go together

200$ mininum basically

B550 Pg velocita prob

And you might be able to

[fossil cedar]

Who makes that b550? Don't recognize the name

[subtle sentinel]

dont think this belongs here, but why does my dedicated gpu send its temp to nzxt cam but not nzxt cam mini mode

[stoic island]

ASRock

[fossil cedar]

A glitch with cam

[stoic island]

Cam being bad

[fossil cedar]

Ohh

[stoic island]

Tbh

Cam is kinda useless

[subtle sentinel]

ik

i just like mini mode

[stoic island]

The heck is mini mode

If you want OSD, afterburner+RTSS does it better

Hell, aida64 has an OSD

[subtle sentinel]

it shows stats like clock speeds, temps, fan speeds in a tiny window

[fossil cedar]

I'm assuming it's a thing that floats on your desktops screen and shows temps etc

[subtle sentinel]

yes

[stoic island]

So yea, On Screen Display

Afterburner+RTSS does it better >:p

[subtle sentinel]

mini mode

[stoic island]

Yea

[fossil cedar]

106c?

[subtle sentinel]

f

[fossil cedar]

Phew

[subtle sentinel]

i tried forcing myself to use celsius but i gave up

[stoic island]

@subtle sentinel then how would you know when it's throttling?

Throttling temps are all measured in C

:p

[fossil cedar]

Tut tut

[subtle sentinel]

eh idk

[stoic island]

Then temperature display is useless

:p

[subtle sentinel]

i just like looking at it

[stoic island]

Why not just draw 100 degrees on your monitor then

:p

[subtle sentinel]

and why does my gpu sit idle at 120 f

[stoic island]

We can't tell you

Because it's in f

[oak kayak]

It looks like Icue is the software that is causing the problem.

[stoic island]

And we don't know how close that is to throttling :p

[subtle sentinel]

49 c

[stoic island]

49c is normal

[subtle sentinel]

ok

[stoic island]

You can leave it alone

[subtle sentinel]

i just feel like thats a bit much for idle temps :p

[stoic island]

It's not

[frank stirrup]

Idle temps dont matter either

[stoic island]

Ye

[frank stirrup]

Only load temps

[subtle sentinel]

ok

[frank stirrup]

Also 49 idle on core or junction?

[subtle sentinel]

wat

oh ok i think i understand

[stoic island]

Prob doesn't have separate sensors

[subtle sentinel]

idk

[stoic island]

Most likely core

[frank stirrup]

Yeah

[subtle sentinel]

i just have a gt 620 thats all i know

[frank stirrup]

Yep definitely core

[subtle sentinel]

ok

[hot spear]

opinion on this for a 5600x

[wicked frigate]

Hey guys is it ok for my pump to rest in my case

Witouth being on the cpu

Or no????

[woeful sable]

No

[odd abyss]

like while still building?

[mossy idol]

wdym by that

a picture?

cause im kinda confused

[rich helm]

Yeah it’s fine

To just have the radiator screwed in

And have the cpu block rest

As long as you either don’t have thermal paste on it or keep the plastic tray on it

[wicked frigate]

So I have the radiator scree in

Screwed

But I have to return my mobo so my pump is laying ont he ran

So is that ok

[rich helm]

Yeah if you don’t have the mobo ready yet then that’s fine

[wicked frigate]

I don’t want the liquid to get massed up or smth

It’s just laying on my bottom fan

For now until I get the new mobo and install it

Here let me show

[rich helm]

The liquid will be fine

[wicked frigate]

Is this ok

[rich helm]

Yep

[wicked frigate]

Ok I was just worried about the liquid

[odd abyss]

during building process yes

[odd abyss]

all good

[hallow glen]

what are some goods b450 mobos?

for a 3400g

yes

uhh

thanks for ur help

[stoic island]

tbh pro4 good nuff

[hallow glen]

ok

its for a budget

system

[stoic island]

that's why I say pro4

pro4 is like 80$

[hallow glen]

k

is 3200 enough?

ram

[lyric thistle]

Yea

[hallow glen]

i was unclear

ok

[lyric thistle]

3600 if you want

[halcyon summit]

Build list for $900 USD?

[desert gulch]

For what use?

[stoic island]

not for 3400g

imc sucky

[halcyon summit]

Apex, valorant, csgo, OBS editing, etc

[lyric thistle]

Only good for up to 3200 then?

[clear moat]

Anyone got a guide on overclocking ram?

[muted patio]

#overclocking message

[still roost]

Bucko#1337 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[clear moat]

Sorry

Thanks lmao

[vague jungle]

Hi I was wondering if anyone worked on the lian li o11 dynamic and got costume cables. If so I was wondering what length cable did you guys get. I want to get costume cables for my gpu,cpu and 24pin connector

[frank stirrup]

Go 3600 for the apu..

Since they use a part of the system ram as vram

Faster ram = faster gpu

In an apu system

Especially in ryzen since the cpu likes fast ram as well

[lyric thistle]

chiplet design

[desert gulch]

No bro

Don't go 3600 lol

It's a 3400g

Just as mr1 said, imc sucky

[frank stirrup]

still zen+

[desert gulch]

Doesn't matter generation

The imc is still sucky

[frank stirrup]

should be able to rn 3600mhz tbh

[desert gulch]

But there's no point

[frank stirrup]

I mean if it runs theres gonna be a pretty decent perf increase over 3200

[desert gulch]

It's not the same imc as Matisse

[frank stirrup]

Ah yes many reports of ram not being able to hit 3600

3466 is the max

[desert gulch]

3400g is pretty much just a tweaked 2400g tbh

[muted patio]

Yeah, it's not a real 3000 series

[desert gulch]

Mhmm

Big sad

Makes sense with how crappy ryzen names stuff

[frank stirrup]

yeah there isntreally a desktop apu you can buy that uses zen2 iirc

[muted patio]

NOt yet

[frank stirrup]

yeah

[muted patio]

Pretty sure the 4000 series APU's are but those are grey market

[frank stirrup]

the new apus are OEM only

[muted patio]

UNless you wanna buy one direct from china on Ebay

[frank stirrup]

sus

[desert gulch]

I wish amd would sell their new apus lol

Like to the general public

I mean, who wouldn't want a 5700g

[frank stirrup]

especially rn

[desert gulch]

Ye

[real merlin]

Anyone know why MOBO manufacturers and case manufacturers never coordinate on where to put their USB 3 headers? Cuz thats the only thing that's ugly about my build besides the lack of GPU and it ticks me off

Oh and maybe the wires up top but i have electricians tape ;p

[scenic turret]

"they want to be different"

[potent portal]

Because standardization is for squares. We only deal with rectangles.

[real merlin]

Nah they want me to break the connector lmao

[potent portal]

90 degree header adapters are easy to find

[real merlin]

I could do that

OR i could just take out the connector and not have front USB 3

[worthy zodiac]

Guys if I assemble my pc without a gpu and leave it for a month or more sitting on my desk to find a gpu, is it bad? Like does it damage some components or no

[lyric thistle]

just get a gt 710

[frank stirrup]

just dont plug it into the wall yeah?

[lyric thistle]

ohey it must be another alt

let's see if it turns out to be :)

[fossil cedar]

No harm at all with no gpu in the machine

[earnest olive]

the only harm is that if something is defective you won't know

and it'll be out of return period

just get a cheap old gpu to test it

gt 710 for $20

if it doesn't have integrated

[little osprey]

Hey guys. Just built a new rig. No sound coming from my monitor which is an Asus VG248. Any help would be welcomed. I have HDMI inserted

[fossil cedar]

Do you have drivers installed?

[little osprey]

Pretty sure I so bud. Went on Asus website and did all I could

[frank stirrup]

have you selected the monitor as audio output?

[fossil cedar]

Have you installed your video drivers too?

[worthy zodiac]

Yes ofc

[worthy zodiac]

Yes that, still hard to find a bnew 🤣

[lyric thistle]

😔

[worthy zodiac]

yes r7 5800x be arrivin next week

Gotta find some some sort of gpu to test it 🥲

Wait it doesnt harm the system if its low end card @lyric thistle

[frank stirrup]

I mean how could it?

Its not a psu

To explode

[worthy zodiac]

Tis my first build, thx btw

[mystic bay]

hi guys

anybody knows any websites for gpu covers

[fossil cedar]

Why would you want to bake your gpu by putting something else on it?

[sharp pelican]

^

[stoic island]

I think they want custom backplates xD

[mystic bay]

NO

NO

like the kinda fancy covers

[stoic island]

Covering where

Custom backplate pretty common, side, not really common

[mystic bay]

not rrally common

[fossil cedar]

Makes more sense, sounded like they wanted to put a mini rug on their gpu or something lol

[mystic bay]

Lol

no

just like a fancy backplate will do

[fossil cedar]

You want custom plates like?

[jagged ember]

So a backplate then

[mystic bay]

yes

[fossil cedar]

Yeah lol

Try search for them on google/amazon/newegg?

[mystic bay]

ok

[jagged ember]

Im not familiar with custom backplates myself, but I'm sure someone else here or Google search could get you started

[mystic bay]

thanks

[jagged ember]

Get ek waterblock lol

[mystic bay]

ok

lol

[sharp pelican]

ek is a great option

[fossil cedar]

Ek do waterblocks tho not normal backplates XD

[jagged ember]

Looks dope tho

[little osprey]

I recently just made a 2k rig with 710... Mine is running fine so far. Graphics seem fine for what I use it for. But for sure will upgrade with GPUs are reasonably priced.

[worthy zodiac]

Yes

just no gamin

[frank stirrup]

specs?

[frank stirrup]

you can tbh

just not very demanding ones

[little osprey]

I'll make a list bud.

[frank stirrup]

aight

[worthy zodiac]

did u use vga or dp @little osprey

[white patio]

if you have 4 sticks of ram, which dim slots would you place them in?

[fossil cedar]

Eww vga 🤮

[fossil cedar]

All of them

[worthy zodiac]

it it fine to plug it in dp?

[fossil cedar]

Yeah dp is vga is fine it's just archaic

[hallow glen]

how much wattage does a 3400g need

[subtle olive]

I just put together a new gaming computer and have no idea how to install the operating system? I'm new to this and really don't have a clue. Is there a video someone can suggest?

[muted patio]

Need a USB stick and the Media Creation Tool, then boot from USB. Download this and run it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[fossil cedar]

Dw about it it's a 65w tdp cpu or something

[subtle olive]

I was having trouble with the USB stick. I will try that. Thank you

[muted patio]

Gotta use the Media Creation Tool to make it bootable

[hallow glen]

is this a good build? the people in general recommended me the overkill psu https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZzzR3Z

[subtle olive]

Got it. Thanks again