building-and-recc-chat

[muted patio]

Yes, don't assume a white name has left 🙂

We got raided by bots

[zealous cedar]

hey vintage

[muted patio]

had to change a LOT of things

And changes still happening

[zealous cedar]

i cant seem to find the middle standoff point for the dark hero

[muted patio]

Might not have one?

[zealous cedar]

there are nine points

3 in bottom, middle and top

i only found two in the middle

[muted patio]

Ah, one might be hidden in the VRM heatsink shroud

?

Ohhhhh wait

Check under the M.2 cover

[potent portal]

Check out the Cooler Master NR200, supports up to a 280mm and it looks easy to build in since every panel comes off
https://smile.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Triple-Slot-Tool-Free-Accessibility/dp/B08BFJ8V8C

[muted patio]

It's under the M.2 cover

[hallow glen]

is this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Rf2GTJ better than this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dFxdVc considering the price decrease?

[frank stirrup]

why

[hallow glen]

someone offered me to sell it for 200 as a combo thing

[muted patio]

The P2 is kind of an oof drive

[hallow glen]

ok

[muted patio]

wait

[frank stirrup]

2nd list better any day

[zealous cedar]

yup i found it hahah

[muted patio]

why an 850W PSU

[zealous cedar]

thx :-)

[hallow glen]

3070 or 3080 in future

[frank stirrup]

mate theres a lotta whys in both lists

[muted patio]

with a 10400

[frank stirrup]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dFxdVc

[hallow glen]

listen someone offered it for cheap

[frank stirrup]

that one you sent is better

by quite a bit

[hallow glen]

ok

ok i wont accept this dudes offer then

[fossil cedar]

Why would put a tier 850w with igpu... whyyyy

[frank stirrup]

wants to upgrade to a 3070/3080 later

[hallow glen]

yeah

[earnest olive]

overkill for 3070

but i guess that's not explicitly a bad thing

[hallow glen]

i might just wait for rx 7000 or rtx 40 series

so

[earnest olive]

if you are going to use igpu get 11500 instead of 11400

[hallow glen]

saving up money if i dont get a gpu

that is an issue because bb doesnt have a 11500 and I have 300 in bb gift cards

[earnest olive]

also gonna want better ram for igpu

unless you don't intend to attempt gaming on the igpu at all

[hallow glen]

better or more

[earnest olive]

better

[hallow glen]

im gonna light game

mc

and

most of my games will be on geforce now anyway

[earnest olive]

does best buy have the 11600, 11600k, 11700?

[hallow glen]

lemme check

it has 11600k

[earnest olive]

uhd 750 beats uhd 730 by 30%

[hallow glen]

and 11700

[earnest olive]

vengeance ram is a steaming pile of garbage

price of 11600k vs 11700?

[hallow glen]

340 for 11700

270 for 11600k

[earnest olive]

price of 11400?

[hallow glen]

190

[earnest olive]

hmm

maybe you could get a case from best buy instead

[hallow glen]

they have 4000da

(airflow)

[earnest olive]

4000d airflow is excellent

[hallow glen]

this is my choice of ram rn https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17071&iht=y&keys=keys&ks=960&list=n&qp=memorycapacitytotal_facet%3DMemory Capacity (Total)~16 GB^memoryspeed_facet%3DMemory Speed~3200 megahertz^memoryspeed_facet%3DMemory Speed~3600 megahertz&sc=Global&st=ram 16gb&type=page&usc=All Categories

from bb

[fossil cedar]

Ahh, still idk where they getting 20$ cpus tho

[hallow glen]

read the convo please

also, we past that

[earnest olive]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-4000d-airflow-midtower-case/6424213.p?skuId=6424213
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cooler-master-mwe-gold-750w-atx12v-2-31-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-dc-dc-technology-black/6333805.p?skuId=6333805

imo you can get case and psu from best buy instead of cpu

and buy the i5-11500 elsewhere

[hallow glen]

ah ok

i still ahve 100 on bb

100 more gift card dollars

[fossil cedar]

I see the giftcards I'm guessing?

[earnest olive]

let me see

[hallow glen]

no, someone offered to sell me the mobo and the cpu for 200

[earnest olive]

if they have acceptable ssd you could buy ssd with the remaining gift cards and go buy 3600c16 ram

[hallow glen]

not really good ssd

[fossil cedar]

Yeah i read that part but was confused why the cpu was marked as 20$ still lol

[fossil cedar]

They have sn550?

[hallow glen]

only sn750

which is stupid overpriced

[fossil cedar]

What price?

Ahh

[hallow glen]

one sec

let me find

[earnest olive]

they have a well priced mx500 if you don't mind sata

mx500 is decent

[hallow glen]

would be better than what i have now

[earnest olive]

nothing incredible but it'll load your os and games fine

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/crucial-mx500-1tb-3d-nand-sata-2-5-inch-internal-solid-state-drive/6254400.p?skuId=6254400

[fossil cedar]

Could always get a 512gb sn550 or something if you wanted to upgrade in the future

[hallow glen]

WOW SAVE 90 DOLLARS

[fossil cedar]

Yikes

Do they have samsung 970?

[potent portal]

Nice "sale" lol

[hallow glen]

k ill put the sata

[fossil cedar]

Or 980?

[earnest olive]

so if you went mx500, 4000d airflow, and that psu from best buy

then you'd have your gift cards covered

then you'd be free to buy i5-11500 and better ram elsewhere

[hallow glen]

i need to put it in #tech-deals

right, adding to my pcpp

[fossil cedar]

Ballistix 3600 is the cheapest 16gb kit still

92$ or something

[hallow glen]

yeah ballistix is good right?

[earnest olive]

ballistix is great

[fossil cedar]

Very

[earnest olive]

the 3600c16 can usually oc to 3800c14

[hallow glen]

its 94 bucks

[earnest olive]

if you feel inclined to do so

[hallow glen]

holy crap

thats

insane

[earnest olive]

the first kit i bought did 3800c14 no problem

[fossil cedar]

Ram oc is a pain tho

[earnest olive]

smh pato

you're not a real gamer if you aren't willing to endure the pain for +2 fps

[fossil cedar]

Ik ik but for beginners lol

[hallow glen]

[earnest olive]

(ram oc will actually make a nice difference for igpu though)

[hallow glen]

i gtg tho

[potent portal]

Hey that 2 fps could mean the difference between my screen tearing or not

[earnest olive]

fal'cie why did you make your screen cry

[fossil cedar]

Ohh yeah you dont think I'm gonna squeeze all the juice out of my lpx kit, was just waiting to fin exams sips dw

[potent portal]

Besides it was 5 fps I got from RAM oc

[earnest olive]

lpx kit?

hahahahahaha

hahahaha

ocing lpx?

good one

barely works at xmp

[frank stirrup]

I got a significant boost from ram OC

[fossil cedar]

Yeah

[frank stirrup]

anyway pato did you remember those timings after your bios reset?

[potent portal]

Well when I overclocked my poor 75Hz panel it decided it would rather get depressed than run freesync

[earnest olive]

that's abuse

[potent portal]

(Isn't every OC abusing the part?)

[fossil cedar]

I might have taken a pic but I forgot the voltages or something cuz it wouldn't boot after the bios update when i tried the timing i had

[frank stirrup]

Why zentimings do dis

[earnest olive]

overvolt your monitor

lmao

[frank stirrup]

it doesnt do it anymore

i hate riot vanguard poop

[fossil cedar]

Vangard dookie

[frank stirrup]

you have C die right?

[fossil cedar]

Ye

[frank stirrup]

Voltage do be 1.35

[fossil cedar]

I swear that's what i had

Anyway I'm finished exams now but I've work tomorrow so imma do it on Friday probs

[frank stirrup]

do 1.35 3600 18 20 20 20 40 and go from there all over again ig

[fossil cedar]

Will let you know how goes but i needa get up early tomorrow so no late night ocing for me today

[frank stirrup]

Its 3 am here lmao

it is the early morning

[fossil cedar]

XD

Well it's 10 pm here but I'm up at 7 and i take a while to get to sleep and don't do well on no sleep so X)

[marble whale]

should i get some help for my pc
bc when i try to update it it fails every time?

[fringe mesa]

Real quick, I need a pc build under 1500 that would work for gaming (I would want RTX but I ain’t need it)

[marble whale]

should i get some help for my pc
bc when i try to update it it fails every time?

[fossil cedar]

You might just need to reinstall windows

[wicked frigate]

Guys should I get a 3090 for gaming

[muted patio]

No

[wicked frigate]

Which one should o get

I few like 3080ti is overpriced

[muted patio]

If gaming at 4K, 3080. If gaming at 1080p/1440p, 3060TI/3070

[wicked frigate]

I see do you have any more update on 3080to

Ti

Can I game on higher resolution than 4K

[tiny oriole]

Yeah, I did 8k for fun

[hallow glen]

hey, @earnest olive , just want to check back, this build good?https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qT6g7X

[tiny oriole]

But I wouldn't recommend actually doing that cause your performance gets oofed a bit

[wicked frigate]

I see

[ionic haven]

idk if this is the proper place to askk but can anyone recommend me specs? haha like who has free time and can chat

[hallow glen]

yeah sure what ur budget and use case

[wicked frigate]

I feel like just waiting for 40 series gpu to come out

I dont know if that’s a good idea

Also anyone know is any 3080 will be in stock tomorrow

[hallow glen]

same dude

[hallow glen]

3080 ti, and are u sure u want one?

[wicked frigate]

Idk

Because I don’t have one yet

[hallow glen]

the msrp is 1300

and

[wicked frigate]

And that’s the only thing in need

[hallow glen]

or, 1200

[wicked frigate]

I don’t think 1300 is worth it

[hallow glen]

bruh we thought it would be 1k and that would be soooo good

[wicked frigate]

The preformanxw is like 10-13% higher than 3080

Bro I though I would be 100 higher than 3080

Liek the other cards

But I guess not

So what do you suggest me to do

[muted patio]

Are you gaming in 4K?

[hallow glen]

if its 13% higher performance, why isnt it like 20% higher price and not almost 80-90%

[wicked frigate]

Well that or 8k

[muted patio]

8K lol

[hallow glen]

lol

[wicked frigate]

But mostly 4

[muted patio]

8K

[wicked frigate]

But I don’t know if I should wait for 40 series

[wicked frigate]

....

[hallow glen]

im gonna do that, but i dunno how long its gonna take.

or, im gonna wait for rx 70 series honestly

[wicked frigate]

I fell like I should

Maybe I’ll buy one and sell it to make money lol

[hallow glen]

[wicked frigate]

Long time I think

[hallow glen]

thats amd if u didnt know

[wicked frigate]

Just get a warranty on it too lol

Ohhhh

[hallow glen]

its only gonna be like a year

[wicked frigate]

Wait

I might do this

Get a 3080

With warranty

Return it and than but 40 stores

Series

[hallow glen]

ur gonna have trouble getting one

[wicked frigate]

Which one

3080???

[hallow glen]

yeah

[wicked frigate]

I mean maybe tomorrow

When the new ones launch

[hallow glen]

its called 3080 ti

ur gonna have to camp at ur best buy prob

[wicked frigate]

Ik

[tiny oriole]

What?

[wicked frigate]

Nothing sry about that

[wicked frigate]

Online???

Newegg

???

[hallow glen]

no. at ur local best buy store

camp for like 5 hours before launch

and u might have a chance

[wicked frigate]

Wait is there no other way to get it

Any online options

Cause I got school

Lol

When does it launch

[hallow glen]

yes, but there is extremely low chance that u will get it online bc of bots

when the bb opens

idk

[wicked frigate]

But I thought they are starting to ban the bots

[hallow glen]

maybe u can get it on best buy online, but i doubt it

[wicked frigate]

Yah same

I mean I got a 1050ti

lol

[muted patio]

In store only

[hallow glen]

ah

[wicked frigate]

Dang

[muted patio]

https://corporate.bestbuy.com/what-to-know-about-nvidias-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-founders-edition-graphics-card/

[wicked frigate]

I got no hope

[ionic haven]

more or less $1000, and no idea for the case yet haha. i still have a pc right now thats working and thinking if i could use my old stuff in the new ( to save money )

[hallow glen]

im saying use case, meaning what are u using it for

[soft arch]

tbh id say a r5 2600 and a 1650 super for 1k is probably a safe bet

[earnest olive]

why r5 2600?

10400 destroys it

[soft arch]

true

i do think the wraith is a good cooler for it

[earnest olive]

there's no point getting anything ryzen below a 5900x unless you get a really good deal

[soft arch]

but yea 10400 does seem better

[earnest olive]

it doesn't just "seem" better lmao

it's not even close

[soft arch]

alright alright

[earnest olive]

zen+ barely beats haswell

[soft arch]

i got a problem where i always look to ryzen first

doctors say there is no cure

[earnest olive]

ryzen outside of the high end just sucks now

they cannot compete in value

$110 i5-10400f + $23 vetroo v5

vetroo v5 will knock wraith stealth out of the park

and has rgb

[soft arch]

looks like 10400f is out

on pcpartpicker at least

11400f is a good option too

only a 10 dollar diff

[muted patio]

Regular 10400?

Eh, for another $20 go 11400 nevermind.

[soft arch]

yeah

better boost it seems

but an aftermarket cooler is a nice to have at that point

[muted patio]

Better CPU overall

For the cost of a decent aftermarket cooler, there's no excuse really

$25-$30

[soft arch]

true

[ionic haven]

oh im dumb sorry its like 6am right now haha. i'm gonna use it for both gaming and streaming, and sometimes editing aswell 🙂

[earnest olive]

for $1000 if you can't wait look to buy a used gtx 1070 for around $400

they can be found around that price point pretty reliably

still a decent card

[soft arch]

1650 supers go for like 50ish more than that tho

[ionic haven]

is amd better than intel??

[soft arch]

11th gen mobos are a little steeper is what im finding

[earnest olive]

only at budgets that are not relevant to you

the cheapest amd cpu worth buying is like $600

idk where you're seeing $450 1650 supers but I see 1070s go on r/hws for $400 all day

[muted patio]

B560 isn't expensive

[ionic haven]

i got recommended these specs
PROCESSOR: AMD RYZEN 5 3600 6CORES 12THREADS
GPU: GIGABYTE RX570 8GB WINDFORCE
MOTHERBOARD: GIGBAYTE B450M DS3H
MEMORY: 16GB RAM DDR4 DELTA RGB TUF 3200MHZ (2X8GB)
SSD: 256GB SSD NVME M.2 KINGSMAN AITC X35 FASTER
HDD: 1TB HDD WD BLUE
CASE: TEMPERED GLASS CASE WITH CONTROLLABLE LED FANS
PSU: CORSAIR CV650 650 WATTS 80 PLUS BRONZE CERTIFIED

[muted patio]

Works just fine for the lower end INtel CPU's

[earnest olive]

that's terrible

never heard of the ssd

[soft arch]

ew a hard drive

[earnest olive]

gtx 1070 will run circles around rx 570

[soft arch]

go for a kingston

[muted patio]

It has an NVME

[soft arch]

id say get rid of the hd and get at least a 500gb nvme

[muted patio]

Nah, get an HDD for mass storage. It's too cheap not to

I've got 14 TB of platters for a reason XD

[soft arch]

jeez

for what

[muted patio]

backups and network storage

[soft arch]

ah

[muted patio]

and 3 TB of SSD

[ionic haven]

well i can always replace it with my HDD/ SDD i have on my pc now

[soft arch]

just how much of your current pc do you plan on reusing

[muted patio]

Still, AMD 3600 is a terrible value for a PC now

[ionic haven]

i wanted to reuse my gpu, but i'm afraid it will bottleneck the performance. cause my gpu is hella old

[muted patio]

10400/11400 kinda walks on it for less money

[soft arch]

what gpu?

[muted patio]

Better question is: What's the budget for the PC? Trying to get a GPU right now is extremely difficult and some decent prebuilts can be had for less than $1000

[ionic haven]

well i wanted $1000 but i def will pay more if it's worth it.

[soft arch]

so which parts do you plan on reusing from your current pc

[ionic haven]

i had a friend recommend this https://newegg.io/af44e11 but because of the gpu it hits $2k

[muted patio]

1080p gaming I'm assuming?

[ionic haven]

its an amd Radeon R9 390

[soft arch]

honestly could be worse

but for 1k

[muted patio]

Cuz you can get an RTX2060 right now for $1100 https://www.newegg.com/abs-computer-technologies-ali416/p/N82E16883102994?Description=prebiult PC&cm_re=prebiult_PC-_-83-102-994-_-Product

Lemme see if any 3060 are in stock

Ah, it's backordered

This one was in stock this morning https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali489/p/N82E16883360084

[ionic haven]

i saw that but i wanna get specs that match my pc right now kinda but better idk how to explain HAHA

like my pc right now is great, it was the high end of it's time. but it's time was 7 years ago

[soft arch]

thats a good one

[muted patio]

yeah so

[soft arch]

mobo looks a little iffy

[muted patio]

Even that one above will smack it. If you want bleeding edge current tech, you're gonna need to up it to $2K or a bit more, if that's what you're implying

[ionic haven]

i mean i'm willing to pay up to $2000 if it means i get a really good pc. cause i do both gaming and streaming and i wanna do it on one pc, i also use it for editing.

[muted patio]

UNless you want to DIY and try and find a GPU somewhere, that's the catch :/

[ionic haven]

i would def do diy but because i know nothing about pc, it's hard for to know what specs i'm going for. i'm honestly the biggest noob ever. so apologizes if i annoy you

[muted patio]

It's fine

You're not the first and you certainly won't be the last lol XD

[ionic haven]

lol but its nice ya'll are helping 🙂 i appreciate it. cause of covid i can't even go into a computer shop for suggestions and i know no one in real life

[hallow glen]

u dont have ur shots yet?

[ionic haven]

i live in the philippines, they haven't opened the vaccination to like everyone everyone, sadly.

[hallow glen]

ahh

that sucks

[ionic haven]

https://www.newegg.com/global/ph-en/skytech-st-shadow-0229-ne-shadow-3-0/p/N82E16883289122?Item=N82E16883289122 what about this? i'm just looking at the prebuilts lol. cause someone once suggested to get prebuilt cause in a way it comes out cheaper ( cause of the gpu )

[muted patio]

A lot of the good prebuilts are sold out as well :/

You really should go Intel for it's performance over the 3600

[hallow glen]

u can get a 3060 pc for that price i think

[muted patio]

And yes, you can but they're backordered right now

[hallow glen]

or, u can build ur own with scalper prices for that price

stickers weird lol

[ionic haven]

yeah most are, so i was really limited haha

so how about this? https://newegg.io/af44e11 my friend put them together, what would you change? ( the gpu is def not final )

[muted patio]

That list doesn't work :/

PCPartpicker is pretty universal

[ionic haven]

oh i cant send pictures haha

[muted patio]

Mmmm, yeah

[ionic haven]

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor and MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

[desert gulch]

3700x not great option these days

The price to performance is just meh

The motherboard however is a great choice for most ryzen processors

[ionic haven]

well atleast i know the motherboard is good haha. but alot of you are saying intel is better right?

[hallow glen]

yeah, intel owns the low and low-mid range

[desert gulch]

Yea for budget stuff

Up to around 1200$ USD PC I'd say Intel is the way to go for a gaming build

12-1300 ish

[ionic haven]

but amd is better than intel? like say no budget

[muted patio]

No budget yes but also getting into the 5800x realm which is a $449 cpu

[earnest olive]

i freaked for a sec before realizing you meant a prebuilt

i know you wouldn't recommend a 2060 for $1100 LOL

[earnest olive]

does it matter??? like i don't understand

does amd having the highest end product matter for you?

would you refuse to buy a toyota because ferrari has something better

[jagged ember]

I won't buy a Toyota when the Lamborghini exists

[earnest olive]

yeah i mean that's pretty much what he's saying

"i can't buy an i5-11400 because the ryzen 9 5950x is better than the i9-11900K"

[ionic haven]

well i was just thinking if i'm gonna spend money, might aswell spend it on the better end but be smart and get the cheaper one idk what im saying anymore-

[earnest olive]

does it matter that amd's $600 option demolishes intel's $500 option

if intel's $200 option demolishes amd's $200 option

and matches amd's $300 option

[shut rampart]

Hey Im looking to get a SV7 mic but I was wondering do I need a Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface for it to sound better?

[frank stirrup]

Someone in #peripherals-and-displays would be more knowledgeable

[last fractal]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali485/p/N82E16883360080?Description=abs gladiator&cm_re=abs_gladiator-_-83-360-080-_-Product&quicklink=true is this good

@frank stirrup

[frank stirrup]

Yeah?

[last fractal]

can u look at the above message

[potent portal]

It's good but not a good price

[frank stirrup]

Yep gimme a minute

[last fractal]

i need a good prebuilt

[frank stirrup]

Okay nvm falcie got it

[last fractal]

worth the price

[frank stirrup]

Newegg wasnt even loading on mobile data haha

[potent portal]

Doesn't exist right now sadly, most of them are at least $400 more than they should be

[last fractal]

well i want a 3080 and a good cpu

prebuilt

[frank stirrup]

Thatll take you to 2000-2500

[jagged ember]

that's the prebuilt he posted

it's practically 3000

[potent portal]

Buildredux is pretty ok right now it looks like, comparitively

[last fractal]

so rysen 5 is good with 3080

[frank stirrup]

Yep

5600x is a great part

[potent portal]

5600X is plenty for gaming, won't throttle anything

[last fractal]

will r5 last me a while

[frank stirrup]

It should

[potent portal]

Absolutely

[jagged ember]

it will

[last fractal]

can u send me link

[jagged ember]

if it doesn't, you're going to hear a lot of angry internet people

[potent portal]

Unless you start doing something like frequent code compiling that needs a massive amount of cores

[jagged ember]

or, that

[frank stirrup]

Falcie any idea on the ram speeds in the prebuilt u sent btw?

[last fractal]

@potent portal send me link

[potent portal]

Redux is great about being open about specs

[frank stirrup]

3200cl 16 is decent for a 5600x

[last fractal]

@potent portal is it easy to upgrade

[jagged ember]

yep

[last fractal]

@potent portal send me link

[frank stirrup]

Yep

[jagged ember]

it's all parts you can find on the market

[potent portal]

Easiest and most effective thing

[jagged ember]

so it's as easily upgradable as building your own

maybe except the case?

nope, that's from the market too

[potent portal]

buildredux.com
You have to "build" it yourself, it doesn't do direct links

[last fractal]

i cant build to afraid

[lyric thistle]

lol

[potent portal]

Build as in copy the parts I put on there

And they put it together

[last fractal]

oh ok

send me link

[little osprey]

buildredux.com

[potent portal]

https://buildredux.com/pages/build-your-pc

[last fractal]

@potent portal just making sure

[potent portal]

Looks right since you probably want them to handle OS install too, unless you feel you can do that part yourself and save about $100

[last fractal]

ill be good

is the cpu aio anygood

[potent portal]

I use the ML240L myself, it'll be plenty for that CPU

It's not the best but the 5600X isn't a high power/heat chip

[last fractal]

ok i might get it right now

[azure atlas]

would it help to disconnect all storage devices before updating bios?

[potent portal]

No, as long as you're updating through the bios menu
Maybe sometimes if you're using flashback

[spiral flame]

is a 3070 ti and a 5600x an okay match?

[azure atlas]

imo thats a good match

[spiral flame]

cool

is a 5600x or 3700x better for gaming? the difference in price is $5 and I want to pair it with a 3070 ti

the 3700x is more

[muted patio]

5600x

Better single core

[spiral flame]

ok the two less cores isn't that important for performance?

[muted patio]

Nope

For games, the better single core IPC and speeds are better

[spiral flame]

thanks

[muted patio]

YW

[spiral flame]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FQhNht how is this list with a 3070 ti instead of a 3070?

[muted patio]

Should be just fine

[azure atlas]

this is late but theres this

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-3700X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X/4043vs4084.

[muted patio]

UBM

Is a no

They rank an INtel 10400 the same as a 5800x -_-

They should not be trusted

[azure atlas]

oh, do you know a valid source i can refer to?

[potent portal]

They also say that a mobile i7 beats the 5900X

[muted patio]

CPU monkey uses multiple benchmarks https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-amd_ryzen_7_3700x-929-vs-amd_ryzen_5_5600x-1750

[potent portal]

There's plenty of tech reviewers on Youtube also

[muted patio]

Cinebench, Geekbench, Blender, etc

[ionic haven]

hi, my friend recommended these specs:

AMD Ryzen R7 3700x
gigabyte b550m ds3h
MSI RX5500XT Gaming X 8GB
T Force Delta RGB 16GB(2x8GB) 3200Mhz
Adata SU650 240GB M.2
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200 RPM
Gigabyte GP-P650B 650W 80+ BZ NM

it comes out around $1500

are these good?

[tight sorrel]

you have 2 graphics cards and no motherboard

[ionic haven]

isnt the msi a motherboard?

[meager badge]

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/Radeon-RX-5500-XT-GAMING-X-8G.html

[little osprey]

No lmao

[ionic haven]

oh wait

[meager badge]

pc part picker, add your components.

[ionic haven]

its no im stupid

i typed it wrong

sorry

sorry i copied and pasted it from his recommendations but there was a msi earlier

i mean motherboard haha im dumv

pls dont bully 😂

[tight sorrel]

no worries 😆 , no bullying from me.

[little osprey]

Just edit the msg and include the mobo

[tight sorrel]

My only other concern is the PSU (power supply unit). I know there is a Gigabyte one that catches fire, I dont know if the one you have specified is the one

[ionic haven]

which would you recommend? im worried about that now

[tight sorrel]

where are you buying from? NewEgg?

https://www.newegg.com/evga-650-b5-220-b5-0650-v1-650w/p/N82E16817438166?Item=N82E16817438166

[ionic haven]

yeah i’ll probably buy from newegg or check websites around me for the cheapest possible

[fossil cedar]

Ds3h is a mobo lol

[fossil cedar]

No that's way overpaying

What country do you live in?

[tight sorrel]

he changed it, used to say MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT

[fossil cedar]

Ahh i see

All the power

[ionic haven]

hi i asked my friends the best build and this is their recommended specs to me ( my budget is $1000-$1800 )

if theres one you suggest i change out, please tell me 🙂 or if u recommend a spec.

i’ll be using this pc for streaming, gaming and editing.

first:

Processor: INTEL Core i7-10700 8 core 16 Thread
Motherboard: Gigabyte H410M-S2H-V2
Ram: TForce Delta White RGB 2x8gb 3200mhz ddr4
GPU: MSi 1660 super gaming X 6gb gddr6 (brand new)
SSD: Ramsta 120gb ssd
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500gb hdd
PSU: Inplay 550w 80+ Brozne
Case: Keytech Armor White Case
Fans: Inplay ICE Tower 4in1 Remote Fan

second:

AMD Ryzen R7 3700x
gigabyte b550m ds3h
MSI RX5500XT Gaming X 8GB
T Force Delta RGB 16GB(2x8GB) 3200Mhz
Adata SU650 240GB M.2
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200 RPM
Gigabyte GP-P650B 650W 80+ BZ NM

third:

PROCESSOR: AMD RYZEN 7 3700 8CORES 16THREADS
GPU: GIGABYTE RX570 8GB WINDFORCE
MOTHERBOARD: GIGBAYTE B450M DS3H
MEMORY: 16GB RAM DDR4 DELTA RGB TUF 3200MHZ (2X8GB)
SSD: 256GB SSD NVME M.2 KINGSMAN AITC X35 FASTER
HDD: 1TB HDD WD BLUE
CASE: TEMPERED GLASS CASE WITH CONTROLLABLE LED FANS
PSU: CORSAIR CV650 650 WATTS 80 PLUS BRONZE CERTIFIED
ASSEMBLE AND INSTALLATION (LEGIT LICENSE WINDOWS 10 PRO GENUINE)

[meager badge]

What about using a text file or pcpartpicker links, instead of text walling the chat

[frank stirrup]

all 3 are bad tbh

also a you can get a windows 10 key that korks for 10$

[fossil cedar]

They are all disgusting overpriced

Look at newegg gaming pcs then shipped by newegg, the abs systems are pretty good

You should be able to get a 3070 for about 1500-1700 if you keep an eye on stock

[plain cipher]

Hey

[stoic island]

Ye, the 1250$ 3060 prebuilt slap all of those

[spiral flame]

so an hour and 5 minutes?
until 3080 ti comes out?

[wicked frigate]

Does anyone have a clue if 3080 or 3070 will be out today

When the 3080ti comes out

[fossil cedar]

Depends on the place you're looking

Best buy/shuffle might, evga etc might not

[wicked frigate]

K thx

[spiral flame]

who got one

[uneven oar]

haha all sold out

hour or 2 from now, all show up on ebay

[uneven oar]

Its on the shuffle tho...if anyone is looking

[desert gulch]

It's fine

That psu is tier c so I mean it'll work but for it's price you can buy a tier b one

P-GM is the one that will blow up if overloaded

Im talking pretty heavily overloaded tho

[fossil cedar]

Yeah but it shouldn't blow up at all, just turn off or something if tripped

[hallow glen]

the build that u guys suggested to me yesterday is really good, however, on videocardbenchmarks, it has a lower score than my 675mx. Will it be a better experiance anyway? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qT6g7X

bc of the faster ram, the better ssd.

[worldly sierra]

v5 for 30 bucks is a scam

[hallow glen]

its always 30 bucks

and its a great cooler

[upper hinge]

my evga 3090 kingpin hc comes in today but my mp5works back plate cooler dont come in till monday lol dont think i will manage to hold off playing with the 3090 all weekend

[hallow glen]

just play with it, but don't use it too hard.

[upper hinge]

this has been one pricey builds

3900x 32gigs ddr4 3600mhz memory ocd to 3800mhz, asus x570 strix-e, crucial p5 500gig nvme, sabrant 2tb nvme, evga 3090 kingpin, and a 27GN950-B.

got 3900x and motherboard last year

[hallow glen]

damn.

once i get a gpu, my build will be 1k-1.2k lol

includes monitor?

ah

[upper hinge]

yea i think i dropped 4500 to 5000 for my whole build

only thing i didnt upgrade were my rads lol

most money ever spent on a pc build in 20 years

i started out thinking that till it was so hard to get a gpu

lucked out and got in early on the 3090 kingpin hc que

nice i was going for a 3080 for months but kept losing to the bots so starting going after 3090s

and i waset to fond of 3080s 10gig of memory for 4k down the road

yea thats why im not selling my gtx 1080 hydro copper gonna repurpose it into my plex server for transcoding

got 2 custom water cooled rigs in the house

[sharp temple]

Would it be smart to get a pack of 3 fans when I only need 1

[upper hinge]

depending on price of them also

ye ai love the p12s i put them in my other computer great fans and low noise

yea they are great fans all around no issues with mine so far been going strong for 3 months

[ionic haven]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6zKTcT hows this so far? but debating on the gpu, might switch it to Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 8 GB GAMING 8G Video Card

[hallow glen]

the 570 is a big downgrade from teh 2080 super

like

real big

[ionic haven]

oh then i'll just stick with the 2080. but is that build so far good?

[hallow glen]

3700x is bad value

5600x is better

are you going to be ocing?

cpu cooler is bad

use vetroo v5

psu is over priced

go with the revolution d.f. 850w for $125

@ionic haven

[ionic haven]

overclocking? probably not mostly cause idk how to.

[hallow glen]

then use b550 and not x570

let me edit ur part list

[ionic haven]

im not looking at the price rn because i'll buy them in shops near me instead

[ionic haven]

how do i let you

[hallow glen]

im doing

u dont have to let me

[ionic haven]

oh okay. sorry you can tell im a huge noob with this lol.

[hallow glen]

u forgot case and storage so I added too https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7GfLRT @ionic haven

also, ram is overpriced. do u want the rgb?

[ionic haven]

yeah i wasn't thinking about case or storage yet, cause i'm not buying from pcpartpicker, just using it to see if the parts work together then i'll buy the parts in a place near me so it comes out cheaper

[hallow glen]

u dont actually buy from pcpartpicker.

its a collection of diff websites

but yeah that makes sense

so, what about the ram. do u want the rgb?

[ionic haven]

thank you for this though. i'm debating the video card though. like maybe i have to get a notch higher or atleast one created last year haha

[ionic haven]

yeah haha, i wanted to make the pc rgb. i know it's a dumb want but yes

[hallow glen]

ok thats fine. what are u using it for?

[ionic haven]

streaming, gaming and editing

[hallow glen]

ok, this should be a good rig for u

[ionic haven]

i saw you changed the cpu to ryzen 5 instead of the 7 i was gonna pick. is that smarter to do?

cause i know sometimes the more expensive doesn't mean the better or newer doesn't either but yeah

[hallow glen]

its zen 3 instead of zen 2 so better cpu even though it is a lower.

rank

[ionic haven]

oh i didn't think of that. i just assumed since it was 7 haha

[hallow glen]

yeah, its newer

although u could go with a 5800x or sumn but those are kinda hard to find

thats zen 3 ryzen 7

so a lot better

[ionic haven]

but the 7 is 8 cores, doesn't that make it a tad better? or not really

[hallow glen]

hmmm... i believe that the cores are better in zen 3. but I'm not sure how much better. im going to pull up a cpu comparison

the 3700x has better multithreading, as it has more threads, but the 5600x has better single thread.

[ionic haven]

whats your opinion on the video card though? my brother does have a 2080 so i know it's good but its been about almost 2 years since that released so i figured something better might come out

[hallow glen]

the new 30 series is a lot better, but you cant get it for msrp. it is the same as 2080 super, so u might have to wait to actually get a card. either that or give in to scalper pricces

depends on ur budget

[ionic haven]

sorry i know it's gonna annoy and piss you off but what does the thread do then?

[hallow glen]

i honestly dont know. im not that good at this i just know some stuff

[ionic haven]

yeah i heard about that. i mean worse case i can upgrade in a few years, or be patient till prices dies.

well atleast i have options! thank you 🙂

but is it worth buying it now even if the 30 is eventually gonna come back in rotation

well i was thinking of upgrading in about 3-5 years so the 2080 should hold me then right? maybe even longer

[static ravine]

some of the 900 series cards are still okay for gaming today

970 and up are still decent cards

[hallow glen]

i have a 2012 imac and im still ok. minecraft is all i play tho

[ionic haven]

yeah its a hella bad time for me to be buying/building one lol.

[static ravine]

they're also very popular for flips

[ionic haven]

i don't play that big of games anyway, it's just that i game and stream then sometimes edit aswell

oof. i mean i'm not in a hurry but was hoping to be able to build one by jan of next year. but i get that beggers cant be chosers

[static ravine]

I'd get a used 980 or 980ti or a 1650s or an rx 580

then later on I'd get a 30 series card once they're more widely available

[lyric thistle]

30 series will never be widely available

unless people dump them like they did with the 20 series in anticipation for 40 series

[ionic haven]

so it’ll be the same thing even if i wait till next year basically unless i get hella lucky? haha

[gritty pier]

hey everyone! so I finally got my hands on a 5900x and I was wondering if anyone knew if it’d work just fine on a B450 Tomahawk MAX with the appropriate BIOS or if I should look into upgrading to a X570.

[hallow glen]

u cant use b450 i believe

[fossil cedar]

B450 will work just fine after a bios update yeah

If you have the b450 that's fine if not buy a b550

[gritty pier]

sweet, thanks! I was just concerned that it wouldn’t be able to fully utilize the 5900x

I’ll probably look into upgrading to a X570 later on

[fossil cedar]

No need

Good board you got

[marble whale]

is it normal for my GPU to be at 70%- 90%?

playing roblox

[gritty pier]

what GPU is it?

[lyric thistle]

probably fine

[marble whale]

a amd reodon

[fossil cedar]

Which one

[marble whale]

idk the type

[fossil cedar]

Check

In task manager

[marble whale]

how do i check

[fossil cedar]

Task manager

Performance tab

[marble whale]

r4

[fossil cedar]

Try again

Send a screenshot

[marble whale]

ok

how do i

take a screenshot?

[hallow glen]

windows key, shift, s

[lyric thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/omerrv-snip-snipping-tool-supertool-gif-19420624

[fossil cedar]

Where did you find that gif, its

[fossil cedar]

What cpu is on this pc?

[lyric thistle]

search "snip tool"

bing bang boom

[fossil cedar]

4gb memory

[marble whale]

a6

yeah

[lyric thistle]

it's R4 graphics anyway

[fossil cedar]

Ahh it's an athalon cpu

[lyric thistle]

not gonna render a youtube thumbnail

[marble whale]

going to upgrade to 12gbs

[fossil cedar]

Yeah considering you're running on a fairly low end pc with integrated graphics that sounds about right jackbaker

[lyric thistle]

8GB is probably enough

if you want more that's fine

[marble whale]

yeah

[fossil cedar]

I would recommend another 4gb stick instead of 8 actually

[marble whale]

lenovo said that i can't change the CPU

[fossil cedar]

Doing 12gb would put stress on your cpu

[marble whale]

laptop

[fossil cedar]

You can

Ohh laptop nvm

[lyric thistle]

what cpu is it

[fossil cedar]

That makes even more sense

[fossil cedar]

Athalon

[lyric thistle]

model num

[fossil cedar]

A6 they said

[lyric thistle]

model num

could be desktop or laptop

[fossil cedar]

Does it really matter at that stage lol

[marble whale]

A6
graPHICSR4

[fossil cedar]

They said it's in a laptop so

[lyric thistle]

ah ic

[fossil cedar]

Tbh I'm surprised it's not using 100% gpu in roblox @marble whale

For a laptop athalon

[marble whale]

81n3.

model name

it was on manual graphics

then i switched to auto

my pc is rlly slow

[lyric thistle]

yes

yes it is

[marble whale]

and loses battery quick

10 mins at 100% and it's at 40%

[lyric thistle]

batteries go bad after not very long from my experience

[marble whale]

just bought it before covid

[lyric thistle]

they never show bad health in the health monitoring software but they certainly do die

[marble whale]

started

made in 2019

[lyric thistle]

basically just usable as a desktop machine

[marble whale]

yeah

any suggestions on a new laptop?

Ryzen 7

any Ryzen # will work

[fossil cedar]

Depends on budget

Why ryzen, intel has some good offering

[marble whale]

under 7 hundo

[lyric thistle]

basic ryzen laptops should be like 500 bucks or so

[fossil cedar]

And an i7 will drop kick an i5 anyday in day to day

Especially for laptops

[fossil cedar]

Use for the laptop?

[marble whale]

yeah

[fossil cedar]

No, what use?

[lyric thistle]

playing games

[fossil cedar]

Do you want just for gaming or do you want to also use college work or something

[marble whale]

vidgeo games and the web

[fossil cedar]

Okay

You in the us?

[marble whale]

yes

[fossil cedar]

Ok lemme look

[marble whale]

https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/For-Home/ZenBook/ZenBook-13-OLED-UM325/

good?

[tight sorrel]

I dont think you gonna get that for 700

[fossil cedar]

What price is that?

[marble whale]

idk

[fossil cedar]

Def 1k at least

[marble whale]

haven't looked yet

[strong yoke]

building a pc atm and having trouble

can someone help

[tight sorrel]

bro. Oled display, ryzen 7 and Radeon? 1k for sure

[strong yoke]

preferrably over vc

im stuck on how to put the fans in

[frigid island]

Hey guys I’m back again, my new build keeps crashing after like 10 minutes of gaming. Any idea what’s going on?

[fossil cedar]

The cage, x at the is the back of the fan, the air comes out that end and pulles from the other side

[fossil cedar]

Download who crashed

[strong yoke]

can you guide me

over vc

pato

[fossil cedar]

Are you running any overclocks

[fossil cedar]

Nah i cant talk atm

[strong yoke]

ic

[frigid island]

Don’t think so... how do I check those settings?

[fossil cedar]

If you don't know you won't have any, download whocrashed and run it

[frigid island]

Doing so now, ty

I think it may be my gpu getting too hot, it gets to like 80 C or so when playing. I’m updating drivers now then hopping in a game to see if it crashes again

[rich helm]

if its an old gpu it might be time to take it apart and replace the thermal paste

[frigid island]

It’s brand new, just built it

My first build tho, worried I messed something up

It’s an RX 6800 XT

[rich helm]

what case

[frigid island]

Cooler Master TD500 Mesh

[rich helm]

ok good,

[frigid island]

The gpu is the Taichi brand

[rich helm]

you havent changed any fan speeds in afterburner or anything right?

[frigid island]

I haven’t, not too sure what afterburner is lol

[rich helm]

if you dont know you havent installed it then

[frigid island]

Should I?

[rich helm]

@frigid island looking at this grpah your temps are normal, but it shouldnt be crashing if it is

oops let me do whole graph

88c hotspot in gaming

[frigid island]

Yeah, that’s about what I get in game.

[rich helm]

what did whocrashed say

[frigid island]

And all of the fans are definitely working. Whocrashed told me to update some drivers, I’m doing that now. Would I also need to update BIOS? I’m not sure what that process is like

[rich helm]

not that hard

but drivers always first thing to try

[frigid island]

okay i went to install the update and now the radeon software installer gave me an error saying it "detected AMD graphics hardware in my system information that is not supported with this software installation"?

[fossil cedar]

Up your fan curve if you're worried about temps

[fossil cedar]

Can you screen shot it

[frigid island]

does that help?

[fossil cedar]

Well a good rule of thumb is only install 1 thing at a time

So close driverfix

And if you got the amd drivers from driverfix ignore them and just go to amd's site and use those drivers

[frigid island]

okay cool doing that now

updated the amd driver, should I try a game again to see if that was the issue?

[fossil cedar]

What did whocrashed say btw?

[frigid island]

whocrashed just told me to update drivers. driverfix said i had four things to update, not sure if the amd software covered all of it but i updated everything i could in the software

sorry im a total noob, just want to make sure i didn't mess anything up

[fossil cedar]

Just update them all

Sure np

Update any other ones you have out of date

[frigid island]

doing so now thanks for the help

[fossil cedar]

Np hope it works

[little osprey]

Hey everybody, I am very new to the pc building experience and I had a question about case fans, I'm currently have everything for my build except of course a gpu and I was hoping to do some of the prep work for when I finally get it lol. Anyway my question is this i have a fractal design meshify 2 mid tower and I want to replace the stock fans with some that have rgb. So I bought a 6 pack of Uphere 120mm fans and I heard from a friend that I should only use 5 (3in, 2out) to create positive air pressure in the case to prevent long term dust build up does that make sense or should I just use all six (3in, 3out)

[stoic island]

Neutral with the same fans will be fine

[little osprey]

Ok, friend sounded logical but I always thought cooling is more important than dust prevention plus the case comes with dust filters

[fossil cedar]

I'd go 3 in 2 out, less dust

[stoic island]

Well, if it's neutral, with the same fans, I'd say it'll be fine

3 front 3 top would work fine

[little osprey]

My layout would be 3 in front 2 on top and one on back

[frigid island]

Hey it didn’t work :/ and now it’s not detecting my SSD.... wtf 😦

Still crashed and now it won’t even go to windows

I was JUST using it... any idea why it’s not detected?

[fossil cedar]

Turn off pc, unplug ssd, replug then try again

[frigid island]

So I tried unplugging and plugging back in, but it didn’t work. Here’s a little video I took of the SSD in the slot, I’m concerned about how it slants like that, and once I screw the part that goes on top of the SSD it flattens out. Could that be ruining my SSD? Am I installing this incorrectly?

[fossil cedar]

Yeah that looks fine just make sure it's screwed in

[marble whale]

how can i see the fps on a pc?

[fossil cedar]

No

Not unless you have it

[frigid island]

Hey guys, updating drivers, BIOS, and reinstalling the SSD solved the crashing issue. Thanks for your help 🙂

hey, i solved the issues, it was a matter of the SSD not being screwed in properly

thanks though!

it is an M.2

lmao lil guy was janglin in there

[amber basin]

can i use an rgb hub for fans or do i need a separate for fans and aio?

[amber basin]

i was going to get phanteks neon strips and a 360 mm aio, and i didn’t have enough ports. i saw an asus rgb hub that i was going to buy. would a corsair hub give me the ability to plug in both?

[amber basin]

pretty midrange, ryzen 5 5600x, asus b550 f gaming, 16 gb 3200 rip jaws V, 1tb 970 evo, 275r airflow for a case

i’m running a stock cooler so i want to upgrade

almost forgot the graphics card but i got a geforce 210 till i can get my hands on a better one

[tiny cargo]

Hey I have a question

[amber basin]

yeah i’m relying on the newegg shuffle until i get a chance to go to micro center in the morning

[tiny cargo]

I got a $1500 budget and want to build or buy a pc. I need at least a 1660 and 32gb ram because I am a graphic designer and video creater. Any ideas?

[amber basin]

got scammed on ebay 3x

[tiny cargo]

i found a 3060 on ebay

not ebay

best buy

i have the link

$400

oop

i can dm u

[amber basin]

yeah i figured that after none of the cards i ordered came. no money loss though because ebay has a great money back guarantee system

[wicked frigate]

Hey guys any idea of when new socket will come out and ddr5

???

And any idea of these mobo will support it

Or will u have to buy a new mobo

Let me know please and thx

[desert gulch]

yes you will need a new mobo

sockets aren't just hot swappable

[meager nacelle]

Is the HYPER 212 BLACK EDITION good enough to cool an I7 10700KF?

[stoic island]

I wouldn't

I'd grab at least a fuma 2 if you're OCing

At least a se-224-xt if you're not OCing

[meager nacelle]

nah i will be

alright let me look into that

Scythe FUMA 2?

[stoic island]

Yes, should be 60$

[meager nacelle]

yep it is

Alright thanks man

[urban trellis]

is 4.2 ghz on a 3800 xt on 0% usage good?

no manual overclocking done

[little osprey]

I need help......

I took out a stick of ram (Trident Z Royal) put it back in, and now that stick doesn't work anymore

And I really don't want to replace it, and I don't think i completely fried it

so what are the possibilites other than it being dead?

If i put the other stick in the same slot it boots

this is with 2x8gb

[rich helm]

try putting back in one more time? maybe reseated wrong

[little osprey]

I have

[rich helm]

uhh then probably dead

[little osprey]

damn

[rich helm]

unless you broke slot on mobo

[little osprey]

that ram is practically brand new

its not the slot

[jagged ember]

can try another slot

[little osprey]

6 hours old ram

[jagged ember]

B2 A1 maybe

[little osprey]

its not the slot because the other stick boots in it

[jagged ember]

oh, right

[little osprey]

what is b2 a1

[jagged ember]

well probably dead ram

RMA time lmao

[little osprey]

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHG

[jagged ember]

those are the specific ram slots

[little osprey]

it registered as 16gb before that

[jagged ember]

from left to right it's usually A1, A2, B1, B2 iirc

B2 and A2 are populated first

[little osprey]

ok then I'm in A2, B2

[jagged ember]

ye

[little osprey]

both slots work

[jagged ember]

dang, sucks that ram just oofed itself

[little osprey]

and its not cheap ram either

[jagged ember]

have you tried a cmos reset by any chance?

[little osprey]

trident z royal 3600

what is a cmos reset

[jagged ember]

it's where you unplug the psu from the wall, take out the little watch battery on the mobo and wait

[little osprey]

then plug everythong back in?

*everything

[jagged ember]

yeah

[little osprey]

ok I'll try that now

one sec

[jagged ember]

it could be the cmos oofing lol

[little osprey]

also how long should I wait

[jagged ember]

hopefully it's that and not the ram

i'd say 5 minutes?

just to be safe

[little osprey]

ok

brb

k I'm waiting now

so why would this make a difference?

[desert gulch]

cmos stores the hardware settings and time and everything

so sometimes a reboot can fix settings if they randomly oof

[little osprey]

ok

i'm going to go plug everything back in now

whyyyyyyyyyyyyy

it's still only showing 8

[desert gulch]

you sure both sides are latched in?

and is the rgb on the non working stick turned on?

[little osprey]

yes

rgb works

and yep all the way clicked in

[desert gulch]

you try the non working stick in different slots?

[little osprey]

yep

i think i just have to get new ram 😫

luckily theres a warranty on them

[desert gulch]

uhh try opening task manager and see what it says on the slots occupied thing

ctrl shift esc

[little osprey]

1/4 slots

[desert gulch]

hmm so its like really really not even registering

[little osprey]

yea

[desert gulch]

yeah id start the RMA process

[little osprey]

but what's weird is I can still control the RGB

[desert gulch]

weird

[little osprey]

luckily that ram has a lifetime warranty as well lol

[desert gulch]

yea lol

[little osprey]

it's prob gonna arrive at my house in like a month tho 😦

guess I'll be stuck with 8gb until then

single channel

[jagged ember]

they won't send a pair, will they?

[little osprey]

probably not

[jagged ember]

sad

no free ram lol

[little osprey]

yea lol

[jagged ember]

well yeah, RMA would be my choice

actually sucks the ram just oofed

[modern shadow]

just got here, rip

RMA time

[little osprey]

rip 90 dollar ram stick

[desert gulch]

well rma is free so its fine

[little osprey]

well I still have to wait for it though

[surreal pewter]

Sorry if this isn't the proper channel to ask this but is there someone I could DM about pc modding because I had a question regarding fan modding

[desert gulch]

one thing i would check is for any crap in the dimm slot, check that specific ram slot to see if something in there shorted out that ram, doubtful but id check to make sure

[little osprey]

ok will do

[meager nacelle]

Hey man, i looked around for a better budget cooler and im wondering what your thought are on the Corsair A500.

or maybe the Noctua NH-U12S

[earnest olive]

corsair a500 bad

[meager nacelle]

really?

i'll take your word for it, and the Noctua NH-U12S?

[modern shadow]

I've heard the same

[jagged ember]

noctua good

[earnest olive]

u-12s good depending on price

at its normal price i would not call it a budget cooler

[jagged ember]

U12S is more for like, budget or tight space builds tho right

[meager nacelle]

its 50$ on amazon

[earnest olive]

oh $50

yeah it's not bad

[meager nacelle]

would it be for cooling an overclocked i7 10700k?

[earnest olive]

hmm

as long as you're not running prime95 small ffts avx all day

[jagged ember]

fair statement, though

[meager nacelle]

uh whats that?

[jagged ember]

only one of the most demanding cpu stress tests in existence

[modern shadow]

Is this list alright? Ignore gpu and monitor, they are placeholders

I mean

ignore ssd too

[earnest olive]

it's kinda hard to find reviews

cause the cooler is from 2013

like

modern reviews

but it's good enough

[meager nacelle]

alright, thank you :))

[earnest olive]

keeps an i7-3960X cool enough at full load at 1.275Vcore 4.2GHz

6 core 32nm processor

can't find more modern data

[jagged ember]

wow, that's old

[meager nacelle]

This look all good?

sorry about the camera quality

[jagged ember]

you can send the link to that list

[meager nacelle]

really?

[jagged ember]

check your level lol

[modern shadow]

look about right, I would switch the 870 out for a m.2 nvme tho

[desert gulch]

id also go for at least a fuma 2 if you are looking to oc

[ancient wraith]

any one know how to this thing on steam when im installing a game it restarts itselfs alot of times

[meager nacelle]

alright, instead of the m.2 would a Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive work>

[jagged ember]

Mx500 is a good choice over the samsung drive

price wise

even performance wise they're similar so

but why not M.2 drive?

[modern shadow]

yes

m.2

[desert gulch]

go for a p31 if you have the budget or a pilot e

[meager nacelle]

On a budget, and i've seen that ssd are almost the same speed as an m.2 but more storage

[jagged ember]

which ssds?

[desert gulch]

no sata ssd will even compete with a m.2 nvme drive

[meager nacelle]

not almost, more like a 3-7 second difference when loading games

nothing like hard drive speeds though

[desert gulch]

then why not get a m.2

if its faster

[modern shadow]

and not too much more expensive

[meager nacelle]

faster, but cost more and less storage

[modern shadow]

I wouldnt say less storage

[muted patio]

1 TB SSD and NVME are the same price

no reason not to NVME

[desert gulch]

i mean you could do a cheaper one, sn550 is great

[modern shadow]

at the same price, its usually faster and a bit more expensive

[meager nacelle]

really?

[lyric thistle]

sata and nvme drives are the same price

[muted patio]

Yes, $100

[desert gulch]

sn550 and mp33 are both great

[modern shadow]

almost*