building-and-recc-chat

[earnest olive]

man

i ran 3080 at full 370 watts daisy chained on a $70 650w psu

[fossil cedar]

Just pigtail the 3rd 8 pin to stress test it

[earnest olive]

with another 3070 running 220 watts off a daisy chained cable on the same psu

and it was fine

[potent portal]

You'd have to put the 1kw vbios onto the card to put any real strain

[earnest olive]

i dont think 1k vbios exists for 3080

only 3090 no?

[fossil cedar]

Kingpin 3090 prob

[potent portal]

Lemme double check

[earnest olive]

anyways i wouldn't trust those cables to handle 1kw

but a normal 3080 sure

im sure you would run into other limits before hitting 1kw though

[potent portal]

Checked through the stock vbios page on techpowerup and the most I see is 450W, I don't even think there's a kingpin card on here. Maybe under unverified.

That's SERIOUS BS by the way that there's 3080s with a way higher power limit than my 3090

Weird, no kingpin under there either

Yep just checked EVGA website and there isn't even a kingpin 3080 in existence

@earnest olive Here's that 450W vbios if you wanted to bump your power limit btw https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/227515/asus-rtx3080-10240-201119

[earnest olive]

it'll decrease my power limit

i only have 2 8-pin connectors

the bios expects 3 so it does weird stuff

my understanding is that the power draw of the first connector gets copied as a phantom third

so you get roughly 2/3

[potent portal]

Shunt it

[earnest olive]

370W down to 300W

not interested

[potent portal]

Suit yourself

[fossil cedar]

What tool would you use to even do a vbios flash?

[earnest olive]

nvflash is fine

ive done bios modding but i draw the line at shunting

[fossil cedar]

Is that an Nvidia official program?

[earnest olive]

i'm an idiot and i don't want to break my card

[frank stirrup]

I can link the ones I use but they do be for ayymd cards

[earnest olive]

[frank stirrup]

ive done like 6-7 flashes on my gpu at this point

[potent portal]

Nope https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-nvflash/

[fossil cedar]

Ahh

Will look into possibly

[frank stirrup]

I use AMDVBFlash

but AMD

only ig

[potent portal]

At least that one has a GUI

[fossil cedar]

That's messing with resistors that measure the input of the card or something right?

[frank stirrup]

yep

[fossil cedar]

Nvflash only terminal :/?

[earnest olive]

i can live with not having the last 1-2% performance for 80+ watts

[potent portal]

Yes but it's only 2 commands you need to worry about, protectoff and flash

[potent portal]

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3185-how-to-short-shunts-on-gpu-for-better-overclocks-titan-v

[fossil cedar]

Ohh fair lol

[frank stirrup]

shorting a lil piece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pflC72NfnU

[fossil cedar]

Ohhh i seee

[frank stirrup]

with the amd program you open 1 program to install the drivers required, close it, open the flasher, flash, open the driver program boi again and uninstall the drivers and restart

[fossil cedar]

That sounds like way more work lol

[potent portal]

Yeah I kinda like just doing nvflash /protectoff and nvflash /flash lol

[frank stirrup]

ehhh program 1-press a key
program 2- select file and press a button
program 1 press a key
restart pee cee

I over complicated the explanation the first time

[fossil cedar]

And how the hell do i swap my vbios to silent because i cannot see a switch on my card just the writing, ive looked for the switch or something before

[fossil cedar]

Peee cee

[potent portal]

That's usually a setting embedded in vbios, minimum fan speed

[frank stirrup]

hehe fan speed 0 for all temps in afterburner

still wont work

[fossil cedar]

I just mean my 2nd bios, the first bios is called gaming and the 2nd one is called silent

[frank stirrup]

but yee

[frank stirrup]

which geepeeyou?

[potent portal]

Oh which GPU?

[fossil cedar]

Gigabyte gaming oc 3070

[frank stirrup]

switch there

[potent portal]

Right as I was typing it too lol

[frank stirrup]

I am speed

heh

[potent portal]

It's small and on the PCB

Hiding under the fin stack

[frank stirrup]

Im also on a massive sugar high because I ate a lotta cake

[fossil cedar]

I have looked there and i stg there's no switch lol but I'll have again, mb I'm seeing it but not recognising it as a switch, this my first dual bios card so

[potent portal]

It's really small so easily overlooked

[frank stirrup]

its under the flappy boi

like under the text

[fossil cedar]

I figured but i couldn't see it last time i went looking lol

[potent portal]

Under the fin stack to the left of the text

[frank stirrup]

yems

smol boi

[fossil cedar]

Ahh okay

Do i gotta use screwdriver to switch or something?

[potent portal]

Probably don't need to but it's small so a small flathead might help

[frank stirrup]

just dont use force with that driver or it will screw a component up

hehe

i likey that pun

[potent portal]

Double pun
GeForce Driver

[frank stirrup]

hehehe

[fossil cedar]

Okay kewl thank

[still roost]

dnger#9842 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[vagrant olive]

i give up on this lian li introduces o11 air mini with atx psu support two weeks after i get an sfx psu to fit my o11d mini

[little osprey]

yoo

i wanna build a pc but idk what parts to use

i wanna spend about like 5k to 10k

[stoic island]

uh, usd?

[little osprey]

i wanna build one

[stoic island]

what currency is the 5k to 10k in

[frank stirrup]

watch it be inr or something

[stoic island]

mmm

[vague oracle]

Or like Czech crowns

[fossil cedar]

Was about to say the same thing lol

[obsidian wigeon]

if inr

then imma die inside

[fossil cedar]

Just buy them a 500gb ssd kek that's all

[frank stirrup]

Ehhh I can probably toss together a 10k build

also 10k inr gets you 2 500 gb sn550s

[fossil cedar]

Ohh wow so many monie

[frank stirrup]

mad budget

[fossil cedar]

Ebay 9100 and h310 or something lol

[frank stirrup]

but yee a 3rd gen i3 on a cheap board and a hdd to boot with a sus psu will be doable

[fossil cedar]

And no case kek

[frank stirrup]

10k inr is 125$

[frank stirrup]

yep

[fossil cedar]

I mean it's possible mb if you get lucky on fb market or ebay

[frank stirrup]

none of those do india

[fossil cedar]

Oof

[frank stirrup]

even the few sellers might will charge way too much on shipping

[fossil cedar]

Rip

[spiral flame]

Are there 3pin 5v rgb to 4pin 12v rgb things I forgot to check what volt rgb my mobo has

[stoic island]

no

[spiral flame]

So mobo is 12v and fans are 5v

[stoic island]

pwm fans are 12v

4 pin pwm is 12v, 4 pin rgb is 12v, 3 pin argb is 5v

[spiral flame]

The fan is 4 pin the fan rgb is 3 pin

[stoic island]

different voltage kinda needs a vrm and no one really bothers to put a vrm on a converter :P

[spiral flame]

So return the fans?

[stoic island]

there are some sata powered argb hubs

that's the only option besides not using the argb

also, what board

[spiral flame]

Prime b 550 a wifi

[stoic island]

b550m-a wifi has an argb header

depends on mobo

different mobos have different sharing

[fossil cedar]

Some mobos all them are enabled

Some it's the top 2

Some bottom 2

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Yep lol

[earnest olive]

just forget sata and plug in 4 256gb usb drives

problem solved

[rich helm]

Or 1 1tb usb drive

[desert gulch]

But then you cant run a bunch in raid 0

To get the epic speeds

[little osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JdMmsX

Opinions?

I have a evga GTX 960 gpu

[desert gulch]

Change CPU and mobo

Go for a 10400f/11400f and b560

Better performance for less money

[little osprey]

Confused

[desert gulch]

And change that SSD, adata has been downgrading it for a long time

[desert gulch]

It's the Intel equivalent of the R5 3600

Just a little better and cheaper

[little osprey]

I also know nothing about pcs and someone else made this list for me

[desert gulch]

Ohh ok

Basically another company makes better value product that performs a little better

For cheaper

In basic terms

[earnest olive]

r5 3600 for $235 when it's worth $120

[desert gulch]

Sips you wanna revise it?

I'm on mobile

[rich helm]

I can do it

[little osprey]

I don't mind buying used products

[desert gulch]

Alright

[earnest olive]

1080p144 monitor for gtx 960 is pretty questionable unless you only play league of legends

[desert gulch]

Yea

[little osprey]

I can go from New egg and get it cheaper

[desert gulch]

Maybe upgrade someday tho

[earnest olive]

that case doesn't really look like it has any room to upgrade gpu in

it's kinda tiny

[little osprey]

I'm playing modded sims 4 and maybe vr

[desert gulch]

Itx

Ye

[earnest olive]

hm

[little osprey]

I don't have a huge space and that would work best for me

[earnest olive]

idk about sims 4, vr will be a pain on a 960

[desert gulch]

Matx may be easier

Could you fit an matx PC?

[earnest olive]

like, physical pain

matx would be much better

[little osprey]

Dunno what that means lol

[desert gulch]

Yeah

Uhh

[earnest olive]

the next size up from itx

[desert gulch]

Sips u wanna grab a pic?

Yeah

[earnest olive]

meh give me a bit I'm on mobile too

[desert gulch]

How

You aren't capitalizing every begining of sentence lol

[little osprey]

Lol

[earnest olive]

[rich helm]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wf6Prr

Uhh do you need psu lol

@little osprey

[desert gulch]

Isn't 10400f cheaper?

I thought it was like 150

[rich helm]

Yeah but the igpu worth it for 15 bucks

[little osprey]

Whats a psu

[upper vault]

power supply unit

[desert gulch]

Power supply unit

[earnest olive]

case includes psu

[desert gulch]

At that point you can get a 11400 lol

[little osprey]

Oh, no the case comes with one

[earnest olive]

you already bought this case?

[rich helm]

The 11400 super over priced rn

[earnest olive]

it's going to severely limit your gpu upgrade options

[rich helm]

For some reason cheapest price listed is 270

[earnest olive]

and you are going to need an upgrade to play VR

id say gtx 960 has a 102% chance to make you vomit if you try

[desert gulch]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/intel-core-i5-11400-11th-generation-6-core-12-thread-2-6-to-4-4-ghz-lga1200-locked-desktop-processor/6452218.p?skuId=6452218

Kek

[little osprey]

It's just a maybe tho, idk for sure if I'll like it or not

[earnest olive]

you won't with a 960

getting high enough fps is really important for vr

stutters/drops will make you physically sick

[little osprey]

I can always upgrade if I wanna do it in the future

[earnest olive]

thats what im saying though

this case will SEVERELY limit your options

[little osprey]

How so

[vague oracle]

Small

[earnest olive]

it's small

only one out of the 4 graphics cards i currently own would fit in it

and the one that fits would certainly overheat

[little osprey]

Soo what kind should I get.

?*

[earnest olive]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vDhmP6/cooler-master-masterbox-mb311l-argb-microatx-mid-tower-case-mcb-b311l-kgnn-s02 would you have enough space for a micro atx tower like this

[little osprey]

Okay

I prolly would, it would be on my desk

[earnest olive]

yeah i'd shop around for a micro atx tower that you like then

it would give you much more room to upgrade gpu

and micro atx mobos are cheaper than mini itx mobos

[little osprey]

Kk

[rich helm]

B560 itx/ac only 110

But it’s kinda scuffed as are all asrock intel mobos

[desert gulch]

matx better upgrade and stuff aswell

[earnest olive]

just looking at this board theres not a chance it will run 10400/11400 at full power imo

[desert gulch]

easier to build in aswell

itx building sucks

[little osprey]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VMNWFTW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_CZAWYXXSBNP3ZM8NC8MF

I'm sorry but qhat the hell is this

What*

[earnest olive]

LOL

umm

i hate that

[desert gulch]

lol

[rich helm]

As a man who had to build 18 itx PCs I wholeheartedly agree with you

[desert gulch]

im amazed vetroo would even make that

[earnest olive]

you ever just build a pc and decide you want to put it in an rgb trash can

[little osprey]

I'm not wanting it but wtf is that

[desert gulch]

idk

its not even a case

its a cylinder

[earnest olive]

literally i look at this thing and the first thought i have is

its an rgb trash can..

[rich helm]

With a stand

[desert gulch]

looks like a giant speaker to me lol]

[earnest olive]

dude

i hate it but i want to do a build in it now

[little osprey]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092441BHJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_7N55VM9K3CZ1EYQSY9NT?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

This is nice

[earnest olive]

thats a gigantic case

[desert gulch]

yeah thats huge

[earnest olive]

if you are space restricted stick to microatx

[little osprey]

Is it?

It doesn't look big

[earnest olive]

that's

[little osprey]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NDDNDX2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_CH4EB13W202W3PYY610F?psc=1

They have this one too

[earnest olive]

triple

front

140

mm

fans

prob bigger than 99% of cases on the market

big problem with montech is that the fans cannot be controlled whatsoever

and build quality is generally flimsy

they have to cut corners to meet the price point that they do

you cannot control fan speed or lighting

lighting can only go on or off

[little osprey]

Ah okay

What about this

Is that what it should be?

[gusty nymph]

Hey folks. So I have an AMD a83870 processor , 24gb ram and onboard Radeon video. I am streaming video at 720p and things aren't going well when I have even minimal other applications running. Will a new video card make a difference or am I looking at a full update ?

[earnest olive]

the processor is the problem

amd's a series apus are quite notorious

[gusty nymph]

Ya that's what I thought really

So new MB and processor at minimum

[earnest olive]

this is how it compares against a modern i3

well the cpu you currently have runs on DDR3 RAM so you'd need to buy some DDR4 as well unless you want to buy some used hardware

if you are just watching videos you probably don't need anything TOO new

[gusty nymph]

I stream video from a webcam

[earnest olive]

oh like streaming to twitch or something like that?

[gusty nymph]

Yes exactly

[earnest olive]

and is this like your second pc dedicated to doing that

or is it your main pc

[gusty nymph]

It's my only PC but really that's all I do with it

[earnest olive]

are you running a game while streaming or are you a just chatting streamer or smth like that

[gusty nymph]

So I am running OBS , Ableton , and usually have a browser open

I stream music

[earnest olive]

the most cost effective option would be to find a GTX 1650 based on TU106 or TU116 (or a GTX 1650 SUPER if you can't be bothered to figure out die type of gpu) and stream off of the turing nvenc engine

i did a test recently of different recording options

my ryzen 5 5600x (roughly 10x the cpu power of yours) completely and utterly failed to produce a watchable 1440p 30 fps video, dropping 42% of frames

however, ampere nvenc (which is almost identical to turing nvenc) was able to produce a butter smooth 1440p 30 fps video with no dropped frames

[fossil cedar]

Cpu encode also tanks game perf

[earnest olive]

so 720p or even 1080p 60 fps would not be a problem

[earnest olive]

the game i was recording is light enough that it was not a major problem

but he is not gaming anyways

[gusty nymph]

Ya no gaming so no worries there

[fossil cedar]

I tried 720p 30fps on a 3600 stream just too see on overwatch back when i had my r9 380 and big yikes it was choppy af and like 40fps but not consistent lol

[earnest olive]

either way i stand by what i said, gpu prices are a little jacked up right now so GTX 1650 SUPER may cost around $300 but it's still much cheaper than the alternative

the alternative being an upgrade to minimum ryzen 9 3900x + new mobo + new ddr4 ram + basic gpu for display output as 3900x lacks integrated graphics

[fossil cedar]

The price of that 10105 💀

[earnest olive]

you'd be looking more at the $650-700 range for that

i would not recommend anything lower than a ryzen 9 3900x for cpu based encoding

[gusty nymph]

Ya at some point an updated whole PC seems a better plan !

[earnest olive]

the gtx 1650 super can drop into your current pc and work fine

[gusty nymph]

Hmmm ok

[earnest olive]

as long as you set OBS to use nvenc for streaming, your experience will be smooth

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/500102940078505984/858795650979201024/2021-06-27_12-45-49.mp4

^ this is with a ryzen 5 5600x, h264 preset to medium

fps is okay but quality is terrible

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/500102940078505984/858794317262749706/2021-06-27_12-40-03.mp4

^ this is with the same cpu but h264 preset on veryslow, quality is good but fps is unwatchable

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/500102940078505984/858796740961763343/2021-06-27_12-49-15.mp4

^ this is with the graphics card

[gusty nymph]

Ya big difference there

[earnest olive]

it's an rtx 3070 but the encoder in the gtx 1650 super is practically identical

so you'd surely have a good experience streaming through it

[fossil cedar]

Or just an 11500? Instead of 3900x?

[earnest olive]

watch the videos man

no way a 11500 will work when the 5600x gets destroyed that hard

12 cores MINIMUM

[fossil cedar]

I seen but they're not gaming tho?

[golden sail]

anyone else with a 3060ti FE who either overclocked or undervolted? i would love to hear your results! (@ me so i get notified of responses, ty)

[earnest olive]

that game uses like 5% cpu dude

[fossil cedar]

Ohh

[rich helm]

I did, overclocking worked fairly well

[earnest olive]

there's a reason I chose it to test h264

[fossil cedar]

That's fair lol

[earnest olive]

and don't forget

while 11400 and co. might be identical to 5600x in gaming

they still do lose by a significant margin in MT below the 11600k

[golden sail]

how big of a boost do you think you achieved vs more power used? Not running too much hotter than default?

[earnest olive]

uhh does 3070 opinion count

I pushed my 3070 to like 20% higher performance than stock

[rich helm]

@earnest olive what’s the link for 3D mark results

[earnest olive]

for 272w instead of 220w

https://www.3dmark.com/results

as long as you can cool it it's worth it

[rich helm]

I didn’t test it for oc but put like a decent oc and got 7.5% gain in graphics score

I only boosted core from 1920 to 2010

[merry cove]

it gtx1650 good for the first pc

[earnest olive]

depends on price

[merry cove]

400

[earnest olive]

no

[golden sail]

nice, i was planning on buying another (3060ti) for my little brother to replace the 7yo PNY blower GTX 970 he is using. was curious about how OC or undervolt may have affected it's performance

[rich helm]

@golden sail heres results if you are interested https://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/20132903/spy/20017592#

[earnest olive]

1650 is not worth 400

[golden sail]

nice, thanks!

[gusty nymph]

I'm in Canada nothing unddr $400 for that here @earnest olive

[earnest olive]

try looking on /r/hardwareswap

[fossil cedar]

@rich helm
Before https://www.3dmark.com/spy/19332378
After https://www.3dmark.com/spy/20545482
I got one with 15 222 on 3070 but can't find in results as i have saved on pc but on mobile atm

[fossil cedar]

Gl, 3060 ti's are mythical

[fossil cedar]

Wait 400 cad or usd?

[gusty nymph]

CAD

[fossil cedar]

Is it just 1650 or just super?

[earnest olive]

1650 super for 400 cad doesn't sound too far off in this market

[fossil cedar]

If it's a super, 320 usd is an acceptable price

[earnest olive]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/ob0vt0/usapa_h_evga_gtx_1650_bstock_2x_evga_rtx_2070 see if this guy will ship to canada

it's the TU106 variant of the gtx 1650

so it'll have the upgraded streaming encoder just like the 1650 super

[gusty nymph]

Ok thx

Appreciatethe help

[earnest olive]

if he is willing to ship to canada then that's quite a good price

don't have to pay tax on r/hws

[hollow grail]

oh are we talking abt encode

[edgy moon]

Hey everyone, I've been looking to build a new PC and I'm trying deside between two options and was hoping for a little help deciding. Should I...

A. Build a small form factor PC
Or
B. Build a rack mount PC

I'm kinda leaning to the rack mount one because it's something I usual and unique, but would require a bit of work.

[honest stone]

have you tried e10?

[edgy moon]

E10? Not sure what that is...

[neat reef]

My Ryzen 5 3600 with stock cooler is idling at about 70C on Ryzen Master, I've used the PC for 6 months with no issues, just noticed the high temps recently. It got up to 87C on Battlefield V, the settings are enough for my 3080 to handle and the 3600 was doing fine for the 6 months too so. My room temp is about 72F (22C)

I am pushing it pretty hard but most of the stress should be on the 3080 at 4K

I feel like its super high and probs more than just bad thermal paste

[frank stirrup]

Do you have an OC running or just stock?

[neat reef]

stock

When I got it, it idled pretty high, when I applied the thermal paste I had to pull it off to align it better

When I installed the cooler I mean, the thermal paste was on it already

I'm gonna get new thermal paste just to be sure

Before I buy a cooler

having a 1080p60 twitch stream on my second monitor and discord on my main monitor brings it up 10 degrees, having google open instead of twitch brings it down 10 degrees

[formal garnet]

Some stuff came in today @stoic island 😀

[stoic island]

:)

[formal garnet]

This is going to be fun

[stoic island]

Ya

[formal garnet]

Had to make room for it on my desk today

[stoic island]

Mmm

[little osprey]

If I get a ASRock Radeon RX 6700XT Phantom and I have 16GB 3200mhz ram, a 360mm aio, 2 nvmes, a Sata SSD, a 3700x, and 7 case fans will I need a PSU stronger than 750W?

[earnest olive]

no

total system draw would be around 400 watts

[stoic island]

750w would work

[earnest olive]

assuming overclocked to the teeth and 100% load on cpu and gpu

[stoic island]

Well, no oc, but 6700xt draws around 220w max, 3700x 88w, plus 100w for placeholder rest of system power, everything stock

6700xt spikes to 300w max

[arctic jungle]

750w is a good amount for that system if you like quite some wiggle room

[little osprey]

I will be OC CPU and GPU

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yhB968

That's my full build, though I don't have the GPU rn and that PSU is a placeholder

[wicked frigate]

Guys can someone help me find a good modem

[latent storm]

yo

a friend wants to buy a pc and she wants to spend around 1500 but she said its kinda flexible but she wants a prebuilt and i think these are alright but im not sure

https://bit.ly/3AjUBdI
https://bit.ly/3xazUPl
https://bit.ly/2SCHS4z

those are the thre i found

[vague wave]

Those are some pretty good specs for 1500

[neat reef]

my stock R5 3600 with stock cooler is going from 55-60 degrees to 75-80 with a twitch stream maximized, minimizing it immediately goes down to 55-60

Goes to 80 when the stream is on the 4K monitor and 65 when its on the 1080p monitor

at 720p60 quality stream

Could that just be bad thermal paste or a ruined CPU?

The cooler worked fine for 6 months

[desert gulch]

It's just the cooler tbh

Mine was hitting 80 under load with stock cooler aswell

[neat reef]

I'm worried I like ruined its cooling capabilities

Hopefully ur right

[wicked frigate]

Guys what’s a really good modem you guys would recommend

[smoky jay]

Go with the Cyberpower one with a 3060 and intel

ABS one has ass case with probably terrible airflow and what looks to be a terrible cooler

[neat reef]

Should I lower the voltage of my CPU to get lower temps? Its at 1.35 volts just watching twitch

[smoky jay]

ASUS one is out of stock

[neat reef]

i changed the power settings so the voltage would go down, its at 60 with the same thing as what had it at 80

it was just way overvolted

[neat reef]

i guess ur not supposed to do what i did, setting the max power to 99% instead of 100%

it shouldnt be at 1.35v just watching a twitch stream though

supposedly temperature monitors make the CPU go full boost

which explains why it was cool with the BIOS monitoring

[dire dagger]

Can anyone name a good EarBuds with a good mic at a reasonable price range

[visual tundra]

hello i need help does anyone here know how to purge a app i need help if you do

[stable lark]

Anyone good at figuring out fans and helping me find decent RGB ones?

[vague oracle]

Arctic P12 RGB

Solid choice

Could someone help me set up a description for a listing on Craigslist I’m setting up?

[queen dagger]

fans are overpriced, sn550/pilot-e would most likely be a more cost efective build, You can get a Gigabyte M27Q, which is a 1440p 170 hz monitor, isnt too much more. if you wanted to, you could probably go 750 watt PSU.

[desert gulch]

aresgame = i wouldnt trust

and theres much better aios for the price

[latent storm]

that’s what i was thinking but it has perforated side panel so like maybe it was good idk

yeah asus one was in stock when i found it that’s really unlucky

[smoky jay]

sad

[latent storm]

also i found one a really good discount but it’s open box, should i recommend that one or no

[smoky jay]

try a search again

sure let me see

[latent storm]

alright one sec

https://bit.ly/3x5bpmu

[smoky jay]

I mean IMO i'd get the first ABS one, switch case and cooler

spend like 100 bucks to upgrade them

oh wait

nvm

[still roost]

Smokey#0060 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[smoky jay]

oop

go with the one you just sent me

2080 super is plenty and it has 32 gb ram

[latent storm]

thats wha ti was thinkning

but the open box disclaimer is kinda weird

it mentions it could come without things like cables and fans lol

[smoky jay]

I doubt newegg wont manually check for the most important things atleast

Imo cables mean like power cables

But you decide

[obsidian wigeon]

It should have one tbh

Open box is generally barely used

[cold sorrel]

Open box is quite often "changed my mind" or "the case is slightly scratched/dented"

[dim belfry]

i got xc3 3080 today and trying to build a pc around it, is there a decent build that anyone would recommend between 3-4k cad.

[desert gulch]

Or "oh crap I bought a R5 3600 and everyone in the wegg discord told me 10400f was much better" lol

[visual tundra]

my pc black screens when i switch from my game to like apple music

can someone help me lol

[cold sorrel]

My 3060 box had a corner that looks like it got dinged in shipping, but the card itself was fine.

[earnest olive]

did you overclock anything

[visual tundra]

nothing at all

[earnest olive]

not even xmp?

[frank stirrup]

is ur game running in fullscreen?

[earnest olive]

is it a temporary black screen or do you need to hard restart

[frank stirrup]

or fullscreen bordered

[visual tundra]

yes

[frank stirrup]

yes to what?

[visual tundra]

temporary black screen

and yes fullscreen

[earnest olive]

thats normal

[visual tundra]

oh ok lol

[earnest olive]

pc has to take a sec to switch out of full screen mode

[frank stirrup]

completely normal

[earnest olive]

if it bothers you set your games to borderless window and/or get a second monitor

[frank stirrup]

if you want a workaround use fullscreen borderless

[slender lance]

Is it bad that when I turn on my psu, the lighting on my mobo flashes and then goes off, but the RGB on the ram sticks stay on?

[frank stirrup]

on the latest version of win 10 fullscreen borderless is recommended anyway

[frank stirrup]

nope

normal

[visual tundra]

ima mst likely get A Second monitor so it wont do this

[frank stirrup]

it will still do that

but only on 1 monitor

the one you are gamin on

[slender lance]

Okay. I'm having a super hard time figuring out which psu cables to use and I'm hoping that I'm not going to hurt anything at all. I'm just worried now because I dont' have a power button to bench test everything.

[frank stirrup]

short the power pins

[visual tundra]

oh ok well i mean at least ima be able to multitask better with two monitor

[frank stirrup]

using a flat head screwdriver

I can tell you which ones

[slender lance]

That seems dangerous and scary and I'm a first time builder so I wouldn't know which ones

Yes please

[frank stirrup]

tell me what mobo u got

[earnest olive]

man

[slender lance]

I have a Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro Wifi

[earnest olive]

today i stuck a knife in my computer cause i was too lazy to get the screwdriver

worked fine

[frank stirrup]

you also snapped a cpu in half just cuz

[earnest olive]

gamer moment

[slender lance]

So ya I don't want to hurt anything

[earnest olive]

i also taught my mom how to turn on a caseless computer with a knife

[slender lance]

I have literally all of my parts except for the case which arrives tomorrow

[earnest olive]

so now my mom is an epic gamer

[slender lance]

Bruh I'm just a first time builder...I've been gaming for a long time but this is the first time I've actually built a pc...I'm nervous and really hoping I do everything right.

[earnest olive]

my first time building

when i was putting on the cooler

i misaligned it

[slender lance]

Cuz if I don't, I won't know much troubleshooting stuff

[earnest olive]

so i took it off and it dripped thermal paste into the ram slots

i got electric toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol and brushed it out

build proceeded to work perfectly

[slender lance]

DRIPPED THERMAL PASTE???

I didn't even know that stuff drips

Mine is super thick and pasty

I'm also using the stock cooler so it already has thermal on it

[earnest olive]

depends on what kind of paste

[frank stirrup]

tis those 2 pins

[earnest olive]

different pastes have different compositions

[slender lance]

Ah okay

[earnest olive]

some are super greasy/runny

some are thicker than my skull

[slender lance]

Okee I might have to try that

Or I could just wait until I use the power button in my case tomorrow

[earnest olive]

coward

just turn it on with a knife

[frank stirrup]

SHIV THE PINS

DEW IT

[slender lance]

Another question and this may seem really stupid...I have an Asus TUF VG24VQ monitor, and I can't get it to switch to DP from HDMI 2. Will it change automatically when it gets a signal from the gpu?

MAYBE OKAY...MAYBE I'LL DO IT

[frank stirrup]

itll put up a prompt

[earnest olive]

prob have to mess with the monitor buttons

after i turned on the pc i used the knife to cut an apple

10/10 would recommend

[frank stirrup]

sippy badass

confirmed

[slender lance]

Okay thanks.

Like I said...I really don't want to screw anything up...

[frank stirrup]

you literally cant

just touch the screwdriver to both the pins I circled

literally just tap em

and hold the tap

for a seconf

[earnest olive]

make sure u take the screwdriver off after it turns on or it'll turn back off lol

[slender lance]

Like when I took the CPU out of the package...2 corner pins were bent...but surprisingly I was able to carefully move them back straight and get it to set correctly and lock in...hopefully I didn't screw that up

[frank stirrup]

yeah test it right away

plug in all the psu cables you need

[slender lance]

Could that be bad if I moved them just a tad?

[frank stirrup]

nah

[slender lance]

Okay I'm not too worried then...all I have to do now is just get the M.2 installed and then drop that thing into the case and hopefully make it all pretty and hope it all works once installed.

I'm working on making installation media right now for Windows 10

[frank stirrup]

you can test if it boots with no storage attached

[slender lance]

Where do you all suggest I get an inexpensive key at?

[frank stirrup]

ittl get you into bios

[frank stirrup]

ebay

[slender lance]

Ya I know that

[slender lance]

Aren't there websites out there that sell them?

[frank stirrup]

ebay

[slender lance]

I mean like windows 10 key...not a door key...

[frank stirrup]

yes

ebay

they email the key to you

lol

[earnest olive]

if u get scammed by ebay key

u have 100% near instant refund

cause those ebay key sellers get their accounts closed every few hours

and ebay auto refund you if you open a dispute with a seller who has a closed account

[slender lance]

What about this place I was given?

Once sec,,,,

https://www.urcdkey.com/microsoft-windows-10-pro-oem-cd-key-global_1966-20.html

[frank stirrup]

ebay

that site is sus

[earnest olive]

1. it's 6 times more expensive than ebay
2. ebay is much more trustworthy lol

[frank stirrup]

20$?!

sheesh

[slender lance]

Idk...

[frank stirrup]

ebay sells em for 5$ max

[slender lance]

Could I use the key that is in my laptop right now? Can two keys activate two different pcs?

[frank stirrup]

not oem ones usually

[slender lance]

Damn

Or I just buy from microsoft

But that's really stupid

[frank stirrup]

very stupid

[slender lance]

https://secure-codes.com/product/windows-10-home/#reviews

This is even cheaper

@frank stirrup

[frank stirrup]

look

if you want my advice use ebay

[slender lance]

One of the reviews said that it is hard to find on ebay, and these are cheaper anyway

[frank stirrup]

if you dont do whatever ya want

[slender lance]

Send me a link then

[frank stirrup]

its win 10 home lmao

[frank stirrup]

open ebay

you should see a search bar at the top

type in windows 10 pro keys

[slender lance]

Okay okay...I'm not stupid and illiterate

Whats the difference between pro and home...I've never known

[frank stirrup]

pro is good

home isnt

[slender lance]

But what's the difference...

It's like Elon Musk on SNL not being able to answer what Dogecoin is

[robust lake]

5$ for windows???? Pro cost 1.5$ on ali express

[frank stirrup]

see the "max"

[robust lake]

oh-_-

[stoic island]

not that much that matters

bitlocker

group policy

that kinda thing

If you haven't heard of it, you don't need it

[slender lance]

Well it's the same price as home on the website I found it on so I think I'm gonna d othat

[frank stirrup]

home needs ms account iirc

[stoic island]

it's not a need

both can use ms account

[frank stirrup]

you can disconnect internet when it comes to home ig

[next hound]

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 MINI ITX OC 4G, 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N1650IXOC-4GD)

Is this gpu decent?

[robust lake]

Depends for what usage

For 1080 low-mid settings yes its decent

Also what price are you paying for this?

[next hound]

250 euros, thats like the only gpu rn in my country in that price

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cbzjF8 should i make any last changes before i start ordering the parts, ignore the prices and the gpu is little bit different with 2 fans

[frank stirrup]

sheesh

[frank stirrup]

11400

instead of 10400

[next hound]

Yeah i thought i changed it

[frank stirrup]

crucial ballistix 3600cl16 ram

beats the stuff you have rn

lower price too

[next hound]

Ok, and what cpu cooler should i get again?

[frank stirrup]

vetroo v5 or gammax 400 or id cooling se 224xt

[next hound]

Thanks.

Is it worth getting any water coolers?

[frank stirrup]

for an 11400?

not really

[next hound]

Im not sure, ill see if i have enough for it, if i do ill probably get a water cooler

[frank stirrup]

artic freezer II or a lian li galahad or an ek aio are good

dont buy other ones tbh

also an aio under 240mm size isnt werf it

[tight sorrel]

someone needs to do a proper comparative test.

[frank stirrup]

GN did em iirc

[tight sorrel]

they did 360s, and that was a while back.

and there are so many on the market.

[gaunt moat]

Im building an ITX with a 5800x rx 6800xt and 32 gb 2x16 but my main current system is a i7 9700k @ 5.0 ghrz gtx 1080ti and 32gb 4x8

[fossil cedar]

Nice

[tight sorrel]

what case?

[little osprey]

@queen dagger @desert gulch I have all that but the mx500s, the GPU, and the PSU

I also got the monitors for $165.43 including tax

I have a 750w 80+ gold fully modular Asus rog strix PSU

[little osprey]

rog strix psu :wicked

[neat reef]

whats the best CPU air cooler thats like one level above the grammaxx 400

or two levels.. just im willing to pay more than the grammaxx 400 for serious cooling

on the R5 3600

like a noctua one, theres just so many noctua ones, idk which one

[sinful vessel]

@hallow glen What cpu cooler are you getting?

and what ram lol

[hallow glen]

vetroo v5. then ballistix 3600 cl16 32gb

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/FireDestroyer53/saved/#view=KmYBLk

[sinful vessel]

Ohhh okay

nice

[fading crypt]

where is a good place to find pre-builts

[hallow glen]

newegg

abs

[fading crypt]

so like nzxts thing is not that great?

[smoky sapphire]

Hello - I was wondering if I can get a review on the build I have?

[earnest olive]

@smoky sapphire go for it

[smoky sapphire]

So I have this build - but not built yet
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/iamthePanda7/saved/#view=rvyrvK

I was wondering should I return the case as the MOBO doesn't uave a type-c connector to the front panel i/o
Or should I buy an adaptor for the MOBO.

I am sort of conflicted.

[earnest olive]

there are a lot of questionably overpriced choices in here

this is approaching double the price of my 5800x + 3800c14 + 3080 build

buy a windows key off of ebay for like $3 instead of paying retail price

price is pretty steep on that 10700k when they've been available for 230-250 before

mobo is overpriced

[hallow glen]

Yeah Nzxt is bad

[fossil cedar]

Really no point, for the 3600 you won't see a massive difference, but scythe fuma 2

[smoky sapphire]

I didn't change the prices but I got the processor for 240, ram sticks for 130, SDDs for 100 each, psu for 90.
Only the MOBO, AIO and case remains the same price as listed on the link.

The monitor/keyboard/headset not really a worry atm

[earnest olive]

not bad then

anyways

front usb-c not being functional isn't that big of a deal to me

but I prefer having all functional ports for resale value

buyers don't like it when they see a port but it doesn't work

consider the msi z490-a pro

has front usb-c header and is significantly cheaper while still being good enough to oc the 10700k

I put a 10700k on one and got 5.1ghz all core or 5.5ghz single core

[frosty onyx]

@fading crypt buy a prebuilt by ABS from the newegg site

[earnest olive]

no problems with vrms

@smoky sapphire

[violet crown]

5 rx580s... will a 750psu and 850psu supply enough power for that

[fossil cedar]

Nzxt like choking with cases

[fading crypt]

pato what is a good but not too pricy monitor or place to find them

[smoky sapphire]

Would a MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX Gaming Motherboard work too?

[earnest olive]

for that one I cannot say

there is limited info about it

in terms of vrm quality

then again, I suspect the cooler would present an issue before the vrms

considering I saw cpu thermal throttling on a 360mm aio in an airflow case with 5 fans and no gpu

5.1ghz 1.35v in prime95 small ffts avx resulted in 98-100C on all 8 cores

[fossil cedar]

Msi g241/g242 is a nice 144hz monitor for around 150$

[sharp pelican]

Should I go for https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F9VP2RC?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1 this motherboard or a x570 board?

[fossil cedar]

B550

[sharp pelican]

you recommend a good board with good I/O and its white?

[fossil cedar]

That board or b550 prime a

[sharp pelican]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rr7Hy4

[hollow grail]

bad hdd

[stoic island]

4tb might as well grab a x300

[hollow grail]

any size might as well not get seagate

[fossil cedar]

Get a p31 instead of sn850 imo and i would just get an enermax revolution df 850w or at least an 850w version of the psu you had if you want a 3080

[hollow grail]

p31 isnt golden answer to everything

is god tier drive but sn850 is extremely good as well

@sharp pelican swap the hdd for a toshiba x300, i'd probs go higher on the psu as well but that's up to u

[violet crown]

Would a 750w and a 850w psus power 5 rx580s okay?

[earnest olive]

I like my b550 steel legend

7 rear usb ports, 1 rear usb-c, has front usb and usb-c

the only b550 with white accents that has front usb-c as far as I know

[earnest olive]

I mean since you're clearly mining how much power is each one drawing

that wouldn't be enough for 5 rx 580s at full power but nobody mines at full power

oh wait

you said AND, not OR

[violet crown]

OC at 31mh per gpu
I was using a 1200w and 750w but plugged something in backwards years ago... don't want to spend $300 on a psu

[earnest olive]

yeah that's giga overkill if they're decent psus

[violet crown]

Okay

[earnest olive]

I asked for power draw not hashrate

I think properly tuned rx 580s should be getting 30-32 mh/s at around 90W

but I don't know, I've never owned an rx 580

[violet crown]

Updating drivers but I assume around 100w

[earnest olive]

you're fine

[violet crown]

Alright I was doing 1200+750w in plans for a 6 card rig... but plugging in a riser backwards apparently friend a port in the motherboard and melted a few pci cables

So any of these should link with a corsair rm 750psu

[fossil cedar]

Enermax revolution 850w same price ish and i would take hands down over the others

[violet crown]

Yeah I'm not sure on any of those brand si have in the cart
I was also looking at the gigabyte gp-p850gm
Whats the difference between the 2

Ah I see in the compare list... looks like more pci-e slots and sata
Does it matter that the other connection is ATX?

[fossil cedar]

DO NOT BUY THAT POWER SUPPLY

[violet crown]

Yeah trying to prevent fire for sure

[fossil cedar]

Enermax revolution df has a good few sata ports but you really shouldn't be running sata to pcie

[violet crown]

I'm chaining a 750w to *****... using a 24 pin cable that connects to the Motherboard in a port that says ATXpwr1 and thats currently connected to my partially melted 1200w

So Enermax will work with that?
I wasnt saying plug a sata into a pci I think that could have been the reason for the melting in the first place

[fossil cedar]

Lmao

[fossil cedar]

Should do ye

Yep sata is rated for 75w iirc

Pcie is like 150w or something

Not good lol

[violet crown]

Woof, sounds good I appreciate the help....
I'll be looking for your help to do a final build here soon, maybe watercooled,

when I can convince myself to stop investing

[earnest olive]

never run sata to pcie

molex to pcie is better

[topaz oar]

what cpu should i get

[fossil cedar]

Depends on the budget and use case

[topaz oar]

pretend unlimited

and use case

anything

[hollow grail]

3990x

[hallow glen]

Lol

[topaz oar]

no

just price to peformance

pairing with this

[hollow grail]

then dont say unlimited budget dummy

[hallow glen]

Wym anything. What are u gonna be using it for

[hollow grail]

3990x would be excellent pairing with a 3090

no meme

[topaz oar]

gaming 🙂

[hallow glen]

True but why

Then no 3990x

[hollow grail]

it's the best workstation cpu in the world

[fossil cedar]

For gaming, Ryzen 9 5900x

[hallow glen]

Gaming

[topaz oar]

hmm

[hollow grail]

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Threadripper-3990X-128-Thread/dp/B0815SBQ9W

[fossil cedar]

Well they didn't answer my use case question lol so liki went with generic lel

[hallow glen]

It's gaming

[fossil cedar]

Why you hmmming lol

[fossil cedar]

Yeah but they said way after lili said 3990x lol

[hallow glen]

Maybe wait for 5990x lol

[hollow grail]

5900x-5950x for gaming, 3990x for workstation

[hallow glen]

True

[hollow grail]

i almost got a few

[topaz oar]

feel like wouldn't get much more better performance then like

10700k

[hollow grail]

ended up going with epyc 7302p

[fossil cedar]

Lol no

5900x curb stomps a 10700

:)

[topaz oar]

yea but its half the price

[fossil cedar]

You're going 3090 you get 5800x

5900x

You got a goddam 3090

Kingpin

5900x

[hollow grail]

validating it rn

[topaz oar]

gpu harder to get

[fossil cedar]

And you said no price limit ;-;

[hallow glen]

Huh

[hollow grail]

[hallow glen]

You already have one

[topaz oar]

still want better price to performance

[hallow glen]

Stop flexing

[topaz oar]

kingpin is harder to get which is why i have kingpin

[fossil cedar]

5900x is the best upmarket price to performance for gaming

[fossil cedar]

[topaz oar]

i meant gpu

[hallow glen]

That emote is too good. I don't care about the cores, but that emote...

[hallow glen]

What

[hollow grail]

they runnin fr

[fossil cedar]

Still makes no sense bruh

[hallow glen]

Yes

[fossil cedar]

IF YOU GET 3090 YOU GOING 10850K MINIMUM FFS LOL

[hallow glen]

I'm having burger for dinner

[topaz oar]

ok so i have a confession

uhhh

[hollow grail]

inb4 fake

[hallow glen]

Are you a troll?

[topaz oar]

9900k and 3090fe rn

[hallow glen]

Then why did you lie about having a kingpin

[topaz oar]

but i want to build a new one

i do have the kingpin

[fossil cedar]

Ye they gotta be

[hallow glen]

K

[topaz oar]

i will write the tag

rn

if you want

[hallow glen]

Goodbye build chat

[topaz oar]

im building new pc and selling old one

[fossil cedar]

🙄

[topaz oar]

its justified trust me

unbeatable price

[fossil cedar]

I'm gonna say it once and not again

[hollow grail]

if ur doing 3090 meme build just get threadripper or 5950x

and be done with it

[topaz oar]

ok

[hallow glen]

indeedily doodily

[topaz oar]

i don't know amd mobos but do they have white

[vague oracle]

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-ROG-Strix-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B08F9VP2RC/ref=asc_df_B08F9VP2RC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459710794544&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8874919074760414652&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004538&hvtargid=pla-1143333916952&psc=1

[hollow grail]

nzxt rebrands some white ones

nah not white enough

https://nzxt.com/product/n7-b550

[vague oracle]

Is there a gigabyte vision AMD mobo?

Also avoid the NZXT X570 it ain’t good

At least that’s what I heard about it

[hollow grail]

nzxt x570 doesnt exist so yeah it's probs ass

[vague oracle]

Wait it doesn’t exist?

Oh I was thinking of the Z490

But that’s intel

[topaz oar]

Check this out on @Newegg: ASUS PRIME X570-PRO AM4 AMD X570 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard https://www.newegg.com/asus-prime-x570-pro/p/N82E16813119246?Item=9SIAFVFEMJ9659&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIAFVFEMJ9659-_-07012021

this good?

[fossil cedar]

It'd like 400$ tho lol

[blazing aurora]

$400 mobo

[fossil cedar]

Get the b550 prime instead or the B550 n7

[fossil cedar]

But it's white

[blazing aurora]

that makes it slightly better

[topaz oar]

b550-a

a wise choice

[vague oracle]

Ehh get a bucket of white paint and dip the mobo in, white motherboard instantly

Ggez

[topaz oar]

paint my eyes white

[fossil cedar]

[blazing aurora]

how did i never know this emote existed

[fossil cedar]

It's beautiful isn't it

[blazing aurora]

truly

[thorn heart]

I paid $300 and that was the cheapest for ATX

[urban trellis]

what is best pbo for gaming?

I mean like the enhanced mode

[hallow glen]

[latent storm]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144081953180?hash=item218bf4219c:g:ZJEAAOSwgUpgzm2a

why is this so cheap

[blazing aurora]

likely a scam

[desert gulch]

Prolly a scam

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284353276547?_trkparms=aid%3D1110011%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20191002092920%26meid%3D2c4543e1a8d04a5e839e3c31a64d761b%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D144081953180%26itm%3D284353276547%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3Ddefault%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2332490.c100935.m2460&amdata=cksum%3A2843532765472c4543e1a8d04a5e839e3c31a64d761b|enc%3AAQAGAAAB8FLUG6CbE%252F7fq02okGtZt5CjqXhL7Z2p1EjyUbBTJNIHZaVhF1zmo4rrbtvCw3neZavYIe7iNpv1Lmql%252BgYjQ2xifH5UgMTeWN3vJXJLWBw%252F9uoISV5cU8rTg88NPlGFlsIS24MQb4DOvplmANVQ9ukLZ0RywxuXTCxp0oBFVMYfJ9K%252BslELVDmI9tNEJEZSGbAxnm8lWXnrgWXUQskZMXKGu7Phams4LLNfOZDrLqitjSe7D2Tk5ZF%252FTYpGDkPn7Vd8I%252FQBGXfTHHpMKHjRqT3BInt3waTbFfepydqeTqVp0WbRfDAvgc1VHDxucP0k9AEqDL0snvUFkfTSGqFtlYcXbuuLW2gaXV6K3sWXeFNQQWul%252B%252BygdRgjjnVLFxHcA9gvyuMZ9fR5waUWceRX0IxQmiAEe9l7kx1PNsxZjTJu2RcAPabv%252FuE2Mwj8zu%252BDLmSFNsDUVTzHBqpfPmJcYzb%252FM2XeVAFivYBpTGoHGYw0%252B5Q1BT28wYHiQRYQIcXWvUdFOdgEoE2yqnso4h0NCPc0Fl3ZsA8QxT6PNHI1fySnTitr%252BkLvR1YxfVdHLdhfSzIbqDIEBpFZ827AUAL0kTskW%252FlXle88oy%252F23agPOGWuYUc%252BUyaNSCfQtsz%252FC9I5IOaWQk4TyYYsUQG%252FEc%252FOSR4%253D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2332490

Foind another listing with the same exact pics

[fossil cedar]

Holy link

[desert gulch]

Link lol

I'm not even gonna try to shorten that

[latent storm]

i thought so

[stoic island]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284353276547

[desert gulch]

Was on mobile lol and it took hours to scroll thru that so I didn't even try

[earnest olive]

@steep fern gorgeous build

glad it's all working now

[steep fern]

Thanks! Idk why the pic makes the light so bright tho

[steady atlas]

Could i ask someone a question about a prebuilt?

[vocal remnant]

No

[white frost]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4KPNCz

[topaz oar]

1050 for 1100$ hmm

[dire dagger]

Can anyone name a good EarBuds with a good mic at a reasonable price range

[languid pewter]

Jlabs jbuds air. Some of the best affordable earbuds with sound quality on par with my 200$ headphones. Definitely one of my favorites

[dire dagger]

Is the mic good

[languid pewter]

Dunno. I don't have any friends or family to call with so I wouldn't know

[dire dagger]

Ok

[jagged ember]

Can look up a review

[neat reef]

why is my CPU going from 50 degrees at 1 volt to 75 degrees at 1.375 volts within 5 seconds of opening a twitch stream?

ryzen 5 3600

and vice versa with closing it, like the second i click the x it drops 10-15 degrees

[earnest olive]

perfectly normal

it's called boosting

decoding video is a load

just let it do its thing

it's running at 1V when you're not doing anything in order to save power when you don't need performance

[neat reef]

just seems like it doesnt need to be at 1.375V just for a twitch stream, it goes down to 1V with the stream and power saving mode on, from ryzen balanced

and the stream runs fine with it at 1V

Theres a big post on reddit about 3rd gen ryzen running at high idle voltages

[still roost]

Dapro#3297 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[earnest olive]

if it seriously bothers you that much just keep it in power saving mode permanently

[neat reef]

yeh just seems like a hassle, that was a solution for someone else basically saying the same stuff as me, referring to the big reddit post and everything

[earnest olive]

i just let my cpu do what it wants

the engineers at AMD are smarter than me

[neat reef]

yeh same here, i havent cared about it till the last couple days cause it got up to the 90s

[earnest olive]

that's... impressive

stock cooler in nzxt h510?

[neat reef]

and even since the 90 temps ive been like f it and gaming anyways, just waiting for the blue screen

its a ryzen 5 3600 with stock cooler in a phanteks p400a

[earnest olive]

i've overclocked 3 3600s on stock cooler and didn't manage to hit 90C on them in anything but prime95 small ffts avx

[neat reef]

with just fans no radiators

it was getting up to like 85 degrees last night in a 70-72 room temp, and just watching a twitch stream

idk why its so much better tonight

[earnest olive]

try undervolting or stick a $30 cooler on it

[neat reef]

yeh im gonna get a new cooler but also just use it

and not worry, but wanting it fixed tugs at me lol

and just accept that twitch streams need the same voltage as games lol

the big reddit post doesnt really have any real solution

[earnest olive]

my 5800x goes up to 1.494v

[neat reef]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/cbls9g/the_final_word_on_idle_voltages_for_3rd_gen_ryzen/

[earnest olive]

i just figure lil buddy is eating that much for a reason

[neat reef]

yeh

[small tinsel]

is this the right channel to ask, not about computer parts, but in similar universe, keyboard trays?

[neat reef]

more reading and seems the ryzen cpu's just run really high voltages and are very aggressive with their boosts, combined with the trash stock cooler

[hollow grail]

no

but...

#peripherals-and-displays is

[earnest olive]

trash stock cooler?

have you seen intel?

[frank stirrup]

also high voltages on very low load is completely fine

[slender lance]

@frank stirrup Hello its me again. I am installing my corsair sp120 iCUE RGB Pro fans...and each fan has 2 cables, 1 labeled rgb hub, and another 3 pin not labeled. Where does that 3 pin go? I think it's the system fan spot on the mobo, but there aren't 6 spots for that.

[frank stirrup]

what rgb hub you got?

some of em do fan pwm as well

[balmy creek]

Hi guys, just joined and thought i'd introduce myself. I'm an Australian PC builder and thr only in my state that does loops. I have a question. I have a 5900x and was looking to do a slight overclock. Any sugegstions on voltage and speeds?

[slender lance]

It's the one that came with the fans. The two cables it has is the power and USB (iCUE)

I got the 3 pack of fans...well 2 of the 3 packs

[frank stirrup]

#overclocking

1.3 is usually max safe on zen3 tho

[frank stirrup]

lemme see

[slender lance]

If I just plug in 1 fan, will they all follow at the same speed?

[frank stirrup]

Hmmm

1 sec im checking out the fans

[slender lance]

I'm so confused because the instructions don't say

Thanks!

[balmy creek]

Alright thanks @frank stirrup Also @slender lance Your multi-fan pack should of came with a second cable usually with 3 fan adapters so you can plug them all in the same slot

[slender lance]

Yea I know...but there are 2 cables on each fan. 1 of them goes into the hub...the other I have no idea

[frank stirrup]

theres only 2 cables and they have only 2 ends yeah?

total

[slender lance]

Yup

I think so...

[frank stirrup]

send a pic to be sure?

[slender lance]

Also I should tell you, all of the lights came on...they just didn't spin

Kk one sec

[frank stirrup]

yep the cables you havent used are fan power

[balmy creek]

Your regular fans won't plug into the hub, they will plug into a sys_fan plug on the mb

Fan cables i should say*

[frank stirrup]

problem being he doesnt ahve 6 fan headers on the mobo

hence im checking if they have daisy chain

lol

[slender lance]

Yea I'm looking...

[balmy creek]

Did the multi-fan pack not come with a 2-1 adapter?

[slender lance]

And getting a pic

[frank stirrup]

theres another model with a very similar name

that one does iirc

[slender lance]

One seccc

[frank stirrup]

send a pic of all the cables coming off a fan

[frank stirrup]

off the fan

[slender lance]

I know for sure where the rgb ones go cuz it says...but the other ones idk...there is a pic of the other one

[frank stirrup]

ok so ya need a fan hub

or a splitter

[slender lance]

Bruh there is a hub right there

[frank stirrup]

for the RGB

RGB runs on 5V

fans do 12

see the problem?

[slender lance]

Oh...hmmm

[balmy creek]

The ones with no listing on them are the fan power cables. The RGB hub only powers the lights. The other cable powers the fan (makes it spin) which needs to be plugged into a dedicated fan hub, or daisy chained to the motherboard (3 per slot)

[frank stirrup]

mate I got this covered

you are just repeating what ive explained at this point

[slender lance]

Okay I will do some more research and let you guys know