building-and-recc-chat

[violet flame]

gygabite b450

[earnest olive]

if you paid more than $450 you got scammed

[violet flame]

400

only

[fossil cedar]

Could get a kit of 3200cl16 for 50$ ish then get a 3600 or 3100/3300x and and upgrade it used only

[earnest olive]

fair

[fossil cedar]

Okay that's alright then

[earnest olive]

400 is an ok price

[violet flame]

is i5 9400 good

[fossil cedar]

Cuz new 3600s and 3100s/3300xs are dummy price

[violet flame]

or 8400

[fossil cedar]

No

Better but worse than other options cuz mobo swap

[earnest olive]

they won't fit in your mobo

[violet flame]

o

[earnest olive]

if you have the budget buy a used 3600 for $120-130 as a drop in upgrade for your current motherboard

and get 16gb ram

can either add 2x4 or just get a new 2x8 kit

[violet flame]

i will try to get a 3600

then

[fossil cedar]

And this ram https://pcpartpicker.com/product/P4FKHx/silicon-power-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-sp016gxlzu320bdaj5

[earnest olive]

it's 2666 ram so better to get a new kit

[fossil cedar]

Just don't buy it for 200$ new

[violet flame]

i will use like ebay

[earnest olive]

check r/hardwareswap

[violet flame]

i am from uk

[fossil cedar]

Ohhh

You paid 400£ yikes

[violet flame]

ye

[earnest olive]

oof ouch owie

[fossil cedar]

That's bit more towards scammie side

[violet flame]

o

thats sad then

[fossil cedar]

Check r/hardwareswapuk

And ebay

@violet flame https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/zCCFf7/crucial-ballistix-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3000-memory-bl2k8g30c15u4w I'd get this kit of ram then, you can easily overclock it to 3200mhz with xmp timings

@violet flame you can dm me the link

You need to be green to post links that aren't Amazon newegg or pc part picker

[violet flame]

o

[fossil cedar]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184523907899?epid=23033165870&hash=item2af67b633b:g:2uMAAOSwimhfpSWZ

That looks okay, but a bit expensive, you should find some for around 150£

[fossil cedar]

keep an eye on this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165130201205?epid=18033165222&hash=item267286e875:g:drkAAOSwduhhSzL8

[violet flame]

ye

[fossil cedar]

this one is from china btw kind sketch imo

[violet flame]

o

[fossil cedar]

@violet flame https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174977389644?hash=item28bd77144c%3Ag%3Af2gAAOSwxaFhaG2v&LH_ItemCondition=1000|3000 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393111417492?hash=item5b87443294%3Ag%3A4ooAAOSwToJgEakr&LH_ItemCondition=1000|3000

[violet flame]

idk but u know

its only stutering on very high

settings

on low

its very good

[worn wave]

CPU not powerful enough

[fossil cedar]

that should be the opposite

anyway

https://www.reddit.com/r/HardwareSwapUK/ try post here saying youre looking for a ryzen 5 3100/3300x/3600/3600x

[earnest olive]

on very high settings maybe 3gb vram is the problem

but

you really shouldn't be playing a competitive shooter at high settings anyways

[little osprey]

I like to play BF1 at high settings lol

[cerulean root]

will a i3-10100f be good enough to run higher end games 1080p? with a 3060 or should i upgrade it?

[obsidian wigeon]

I recommend at least something like i5 lol

[cerulean root]

so i5-10400f

[obsidian wigeon]

ya

[cerulean root]

also is there a big diffrence between b460 and b560?

[obsidian wigeon]

yep

Ram is limited to 2666mhz on b460

Which murders performance

[cerulean root]

ok so b560

[shrewd fjord]

Hey guys so I was wondering what games could this build run in 1080p, I'm thinking I'll probably get around 40-60 fps in all AAA games. I'd mainly play MC, val, csgo, canr think of any others but lmk

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jxZVJf

[earnest olive]

you'd need some really potato settings to hit 40-60 fps in the newest games

for example, in cyberpunk after the optimization patch, 1050ti barely swings 40 fps at 720p low settings

surprisingly 40 fps is doable at 1080p low in valhalla

will drop below 40 fps occasionally at 720p in control

you should really not be paying $300 for a 1050ti

that was an entry level graphics card 5 years ago

look for a used gtx 1070 for $300

[frank stirrup]

why is the pc case more expensive than the cpu

[earnest olive]

some other problems with the list, working on them lol

[frank stirrup]

that looks like awful budget allocation

[frank stirrup]

sata ssd to nvme

[earnest olive]

lol tfw the 10600K is $10 more than the 10400 rn

the 10400 is so overpriced rn for what

[frank stirrup]

LMFAO

@shrewd fjord whats the budget

[earnest olive]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6JR2Hz

same price

generally not a fan of putting a K chip on a B board but right now it's worth the extra $10 just for the stock boost frequency lol

[frank stirrup]

550w and a 1070?

actually its fine

[earnest olive]

1070 is a 150W tdp card

[frank stirrup]

yeah i remembered

[earnest olive]

10600K with unlocked power limits is 182W worse case scenario

like, prime95 lol

so if you were running prime95 and furmark at the same time after maxing out the power limit on the gtx 1070... you'd still be at about 70% of psu capacity

just an extremely good deal on that pretty quality psu

was trying to stay at the same price, but with far better budget allocation

about double the performance of the original list

and still has some rgb lol

[fossil cedar]

Why 10600k instead of 10400?

[earnest olive]

$10 price diff

[fossil cedar]

Ahh

Rip

[earnest olive]

10400 has fallen victim to out of stock at normal price

[fossil cedar]

Sadge

[indigo forum]

Why does rma on motherboard take over a week.. that is a looong time

[frank stirrup]

i mean it is what it is

[obsidian wigeon]

^

my pc rma took a week

i fully expected a month

[violet flame]

guys if i change my rams will my pc stutter enymore

[frank stirrup]

details

[violet flame]

my games stutter half a second

like 2 times at 5 min

[frank stirrup]

details of the hardware

[violet flame]

ryzen 5 1500x gtx 1060 3vram

balistix ram 2 x 4 2666

[frank stirrup]

yeah the cpu is the weakest part

1st gen ryzen was horrible

[violet flame]

o so i need to change it

[frank stirrup]

ram will help slightly but not worth it

save up for a cpu upgrade

[potent portal]

1st gen ryzen was better than FX at least

[frank stirrup]

fair

but 3rg gen intel had similar single core

[violet flame]

so i need to change it like to a ryzen 5 2600

?

[fossil cedar]

Big company they've got other rmas to get to lol

And they need to process it

[potent portal]

I had a 2700 with a 1060 and it worked pretty well in most games

[fossil cedar]

me and sips was talking to you last night and i linked some alright r5 3600s, would recommend instead

[violet flame]

ye ik

i wanted to know if i changed the ram will help

[potent portal]

A little

Not enough

Max for first and second gen ryzen is about 3200, third and fourth like 3600-3800

[fossil cedar]

Yeah it will

[fossil cedar]

A good bit, they have 2666 ram

[violet flame]

i send you a cpu is thisgood

?

[potent portal]

Yeah but if we're still talking about that 1500X the memory isn't the biggest issue

[violet flame]

3.5 ghz 4 cores 8 thread

i mean its ok is it ?

[potent portal]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293772658945

[fossil cedar]

R5 3600 is good but as i said last night look at the ones i sent last night from the uk and Ireland instead of china

[violet flame]

yeah

[potent portal]

3600 at that price is pretty good

You'll be waiting a long time if it ships from China, probably worth a few bucks more for something closer

[fossil cedar]

They have a b450 so can just bios update

[violet flame]

so like update the bios

?

[potent portal]

Good
Then all you need is a good kit of 3600 c16 memory, should be about 50 pounds for a used kit right?

[fossil cedar]

@violet flame i send a few links here if you read down you'll find everything you need basically

[potent portal]

Your name is green now so you can send links in chat btw

[fossil cedar]

You can pay it a bit more for a better xmp profile or try find a used kit like falcie said

[violet flame]

yeah

i mean i will change the cpu and rams soon as i can

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224638466431?epid=23033165870&hash=item344d7ef97f:g:VxcAAOSwYLBhA91b

thisi the best i can get

[fossil cedar]

That's good yeah

But they want to meet up in person only by the description

[violet flame]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324781401493?hash=item4b9e7ae595:g:LM8AAOSwWv9hX-rb

o yeah

[fossil cedar]

That's awful you can get new sticks for cheaper

[sharp tangle]

yo instead of me making like a million posts about each component in my planned build would any of you guys just run through my build list and make sure it's all good parts or make suggestions?

[fossil cedar]

Sure, send a pc part picker link for whichever country you're in

[sharp tangle]

alright ill be home in a few hrs and I'll copy stuff from my list into pcpartpicker. ty pato

[fossil cedar]

Np

[gritty ruin]

Does the 24 pin cable need to be inserted all the way into the motherboard socket?

My is only like 80% in

[lost crypt]

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-TG01-GeForce-Bluetooth/dp/B09445GZGL/ref=sr_1_12?crid=3QT3BNSHUHSHO&dchild=1&keywords=hp+pavilion+gaming+desktop&qid=1634478603&sprefix=hp+pavillion+gaming%2Caps%2C509&sr=8-12

pato

is that pc better then the one we found before for 650$

is it bad that its renewed

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-pavilion-gaming-desktop-tg01-2170m-pc-3v2z3av-1?source=aw&subacctid=703349&subacctname=ToastyBros+LLC&adcampaigngroup=80835&awc=7168_1634389759_d37e31fb3e214cb34389b3ca5b86feee&jumpid=af_gen_nc_ns&utm_medium=af&utm_source=aw&utm_campaign=ToastyBros+LLC

thats the one you told me to get

[violet flame]

Uo guys is i3 10100f and gtx 10603gb

Good?

[fossil cedar]

Uh ye

[fossil cedar]

This one has a better gpu so I'd get this

[fossil cedar]

Depends how much you pay for it, but you cant put intel in an amd motherboard so it's not worth it, you could get a ryzen 3 3100/3300x or Ryzen 5 3600 for cheaper especially 2nd hand and not have to buy a new motherboard

[lost crypt]

pato which pc should i get>

?

[frank stirrup]

Budget?

[real flicker]

after much researching and fiddling think ive finally got a upgrade path https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Rhqc2V

[frank stirrup]

Overpriced ram and psu

Psu is dumb overpr

iced

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/yKBwNP

[real flicker]

i already have half that ram and have the psu already aha

[frank stirrup]

Can you return?

[real flicker]

i have it in a system already that i got a year ago

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/76sqcT this is my current system

[frank stirrup]

Hmmm

[real flicker]

how come the change in cooler?

[frank stirrup]

The cooler runs cooler

[frank stirrup]

Only change needed is mobo

Aorus elite or asus tuf b550 will do nicely

[real flicker]

i wanna get rid of hdds, i need type c front and back,

[frank stirrup]

B550 asus tuf

[real flicker]

with a good amount of type 3/2 usbs as well, doesn't need Wi-Fi cause i use ethernet

[frank stirrup]

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/TUF-Gaming/TUF-GAMING-B550-PLUS/

Asus tuf b550 plus

[real flicker]

doesnt have front usb c

[frank stirrup]

Yes it does

[obsidian wigeon]

^

Even a prime b550m-k has it lol

[real flicker]

cant see it on the spec?

[frank stirrup]

It might not

It doesnt

X570 asus tuf then

[obsidian wigeon]

It actually does

I can confirm by looking on the manual

The header's just right below the 24 pin

Also shown in the site

[frank stirrup]

Are you looking at the usb 3.2 header?

Thats not usb c

[real flicker]

thats not usb type c

[frank stirrup]

X570 tuf gaming plus has a usb type c

[real flicker]

on the back but cant see an internal one

[fossil cedar]

The ryzen 3 5300g and rx 5500 hp one

[fossil cedar]

Bad, no flashback

[sharp tangle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PNPjt8

welp looking at the compatibility thing I should probably find a different mobo maybe?

[fossil cedar]

whats your budget and use for the pc?

[fossil cedar]

best bets for that then are msi gaming edge wifi or gigabyte aorus pro x570

[real flicker]

yeah i like the aorus just wanted to send the new complete system to make sure its all good

[fossil cedar]

not what id do from the start but not much i can do about that lol, mb get more ram if you use 16gb

[fossil cedar]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kKptj2 this would be better and cheaper

[real flicker]

what ya mean? yeah i got the current system a while ago when i didnt know too much and asked someone else to do it

[fossil cedar]

Yeah that's fine, i just mean like better aios different ram but not worth changing it now, although, i would consider 32gb of 3600cl16 if you tend to use more ram, 16gb just seems mismatched with a 12 core cpu

[sharp tangle]

budget is around what the link I sent was, about 1700 or so? gonna be gaming but also a mild workstation for school (engineering stuff)

[fossil cedar]

1700? Ohhh there's no way you're fitting a 3070 in that budget with a 5800x and all that, unless you're really looky and can get a 3070 fe or already have a 3070 fe

[real flicker]

yeah i think i needed to know more when i did it, will there be much of a performance increase from 32gb 3200 cl16 to 3600cl16?

[fossil cedar]

Well it depends what you use the pc for?

[sharp tangle]

I'm budgeting it for a fe edition hopefully can find one, I'm just gonna end up waiting until I get a Fe most likely

[fossil cedar]

Then you could be waiting a year or more...

[obsidian wigeon]

idk, my case has front usb c and it works for mine

it's connected to that usb 3.2 header

i have similar mobo

[fossil cedar]

@sharp tangle also what kind of workstation stuff, gpu or cpu bound?

[obsidian wigeon]

but lower end model

[sharp tangle]

I sure hope not, I found a 3070 gigabyte eagle on shopblt for $530, the workstation stuff is gonna be a mix of GPU and CPU bound but maybe a bit more on the GPU side

[real flicker]

erm alot of gaming some games are quite heavy to run like simulators, no editing or rendering sometimes i stream

[fossil cedar]

Well that's back order you see, that might not appear for 6 months? If they let you order it

[sharp tangle]

that's also true, idk it's a bad situation lmao 🤣

[fossil cedar]

Hmmm well you could definitely watch your ram usage in task manager and see if you get around 90% usage

[real flicker]

ill have to keep an eye on it to see if its worth it

[fossil cedar]

id look into getting this possibly https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali560/p/N82E16883360190?quicklink=true and just swapping the cooler out for a gammaxx 400 or id cooling se 224xt or vetroo v5 but ill reconfig your list for a more realistic budget for the gpu without much harm to perf

[mossy venture]

I mean it's prolly what, a 10$ difference? Why not go for it

Especially with ryzen cpus it's a decent performance difference

[fossil cedar]

they already have 3200cl16 16gb

[mossy venture]

Ohh

Why not just oc the ram then?

3600 cl18

[fossil cedar]

kingston dont give great ram dies, can be tedious, can ruin windows install

[real flicker]

i dont wanna kill them ahah

[mossy venture]

I didn't even know Kingston ram existed

[real flicker]

ill look into what ram could be a good upgrade then cause if i was going to get complety new ram id just get 2 16gb dims

[fossil cedar]

hyperx is kingston

[real flicker]

its hyperx

[fossil cedar]

yeah i would

[real flicker]

any recommendations

[serene pulsar]

Is 900$ good for 3070

[fossil cedar]

no

700$ ish is

[fossil cedar]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sb2Hwz id do this, excpect for the worse, if you manage to get a 3070/3060 ti for cheaper you can swap a 5800x in that build no problem and you can always add more storage (ssd or hdd) later, 1tb is enough to get you started

[fossil cedar]

ballistix 3600

[fossil cedar]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#S=3600,5100&Z=32768002&L=30,160&sort=price&m=12 choose your colour x)

[sharp tangle]

oooh that's a good idea thanks!

[fossil cedar]

No problem

[lost crypt]

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-pavilion-gaming-desktop-tg01-2170m-pc-3v2z3av-1?source=aw&subacctid=703349&subacctname=ToastyBros+LLC&adcampaigngroup=80835&awc=7168_1634389759_d37e31fb3e214cb34389b3ca5b86feee&jumpid=af_gen_nc_ns&utm_medium=af&utm_source=aw&utm_campaign=ToastyBros+LLC

is this cpu good?

and will i be able to play call of duty 1080p when i upgrade to 16gb ram?

im also going to install a 2tb western blue digital harddrive

[tardy bluff]

can anyone take a look at this and let me know what I'm missing? not sure if I need mroe fans https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hWCjt8 I have 970 and a 500g wd ssd stick at home to put in it as well

[fossil cedar]

Yes, yes and yes

[fossil cedar]

What's your budget my guy?

[lost crypt]

frost your pc mother board is not compatible you need to find another motherboard

[fossil cedar]

No they don't

That's a good motherboard

[tardy bluff]

ok, i thought a bios update thing would be easy to fix, but my first build so ill change it

[fossil cedar]

It is

[tardy bluff]

oh ok cool lol

[fossil cedar]

They were just saying that cuz pc part picker auto flags it as warning

[tardy bluff]

ah yeah

[lost crypt]

oh my bad frost

[fossil cedar]

But how much is your budget?

[tardy bluff]

not sure if i need the sound card/network adapters since the mobo has wifi (ill be using ethernet)

I'm trying to stay under 700

wife makin me build a mini, so gotta get rid of my current

[fossil cedar]

Nope you don't

[tardy bluff]

awesome

[fossil cedar]

Well what do you currently have, you can probs reuse some parts?

[lost crypt]

what gpu and cpu do you have in old one

[fossil cedar]

Also what's your use for the pc? Gaming?

[tardy bluff]

WD - WD_BLACK SN750 NVMe Gaming 500GB PCIe Gen 3 x4 Internal Solid State Drive is being shipped rn to me from best buy

and i have a 970

that's it lol

[fossil cedar]

Ohh sounded like you had a previous pc

[tardy bluff]

yeah gaming, at least able to run like bf 2042 on low settings decently

i just put a 3060 ti in the one im usin now

big upgrade from the 970 lol

[lost crypt]

pato could he keep the 3060?

[fossil cedar]

Ohh nice so you're gonna be using a 3060 ti with it? Then no need to go with the 5600g

[tardy bluff]

this one is for streaming/gaming, but i have no delusion the mini won't be able to do all that

[fossil cedar]

Ofc

[tardy bluff]

nah I'm gona use the 970

need to sell this rig w/ 3060 ti

[fossil cedar]

Ahh how come?

[tardy bluff]

eventually upgrade the 970

financial issues

😦

[lost crypt]

what cpu does your pc have?

[tardy bluff]

umm

[fossil cedar]

That's a shame :/

[tardy bluff]

10700

[fossil cedar]

Ohh

You've got a nice pc

[tardy bluff]

z490 edge

mobo

[fossil cedar]

What case?

[tardy bluff]

yeah that's why iwant the mini to be able to play, say, tarkov at like 40 fps or so, or newer games on lowest settings to try and hit 60 hz on my monitor that i have for the mini

i have no idea what case lol

some sort of asus

[fossil cedar]

And you realise matx is only vertically smaller than atx btw, itx which is expensive is the small one

[tardy bluff]

huge

[fossil cedar]

Ahh

[tardy bluff]

i don't know much about that

but i think the case i chose is way smaller than this huge beast

this one goes up to my knees lol

[fossil cedar]

Itx is like xbox series x sized

[lost crypt]

pato i got a question does the hp pc im getting come with a sata cable you think for a hard drive or should i buy them

[fossil cedar]

But a bit bigger

[tardy bluff]

ohhh yeah those looked way too complicated to build lol

[lost crypt]

and do i need a screw kit?

[fossil cedar]

You'll probs new to buy them but just wait and see, you can add in extra storage at any time so

[fossil cedar]

I mean they might have screws in the hard drive bay, if not could just use a bit of tape

@tardy bluff why dont you just sell the 3060 ti by itself then move cases to a smaller case btw?

[lost crypt]

well the pc only has a 240 ssd which is litterly no storage at all

[tardy bluff]

i figured i could get more for sellin the comp as a whole, not sure though

just bought it for...715 after tax or so from micro center

[lost crypt]

so i was planning on buying the hard drive right away

and the screws are only like 7 bucks so i rather do it right lmao then risk a 700$ pc

[fossil cedar]

Nah it's like 5ish games as well as chrome discord etc

[fossil cedar]

Like i mean you can wait a day if you have to Amazon some sata cables right lol

[lost crypt]

well 2tb hard drive should last forever tho right

[lost crypt]

yeah

[fossil cedar]

You could sell it for 1k ish on Facebook marketplace or ebay tbh

[tardy bluff]

oh wow that's not bad

[fossil cedar]

Depends on the type of person you are, some ppl have lots of storage almost full, I'm not like that though lol

[tardy bluff]

my 1tb and 500 ssd are always full lol

but i have like 30 games installed

[lost crypt]

well i plan on getting like valorant gta 5 fortnite warzone and tons of call of dutys cs go and discord and a bunch of stupid ass crome exstenions lol

looking at the inside of the hp desktop the hard drive looks super easy to install

[fossil cedar]

I doubt it will come with a sata cable tbh, mb just order some, they're v cheap anyway

[sacred kayak]

Ok so I'm helping my friend build his pc, he has a p360a with an added arctic p12 pwm pst for outtake, but his mobo, b550m gaming only has 2 normal fan headers, what should I do?

[fossil cedar]

Get 2 fan splitters or a fan hub

[lost crypt]

and ive never built a pc and the ram looks super easy cause theres no cords or anythin

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018Y2LEBE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1AMUYYA3CT6HJ&psc=1 are these sata cables okay?

or do i need 24 inch?

[fossil cedar]

No you don't need 24" cables jesus

2 foot sata cable jeez

Those are fine

@tardy bluff btw if your cooler for the 10700 fits, you could get a cougar mx330 g air it's like 55-60$ and pretty compact

[tardy bluff]

ooo

i think i have the stock cooler in a box still

put in some rgb cooler master one, but the rgb was too complicated so i didn't connect those lol

oh wow yeah im looking at that, looks nice

honestly as long as the case isn't as tall as this that's what i need haha

i think mine is like 20+ "

[lost crypt]

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-pavilion-gaming-desktop-tg01-2170m-pc-3v2z3av-1?source=aw&subacctid=703349&subacctname=ToastyBros+LLC&adcampaigngroup=80835&awc=7168_1634389759_d37e31fb3e214cb34389b3ca5b86feee&jumpid=af_gen_nc_ns&utm_medium=af&utm_source=aw&utm_campaign=ToastyBros+LLC

in this pc how do i tell what mz number the cpu is

it just says ryzen 3

[fossil cedar]

I wouldn't use the stock cooler its a joke, especially on a 10700, what cooler do you have on it now?

Ahh right some cooler master one, hyper 212 black rgb? Or ?

[fossil cedar]

Thats a tall boy yeah

[tardy bluff]

i thiiiink it's Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition RGB

yeah

[lost crypt]

OH LETS GO THE PRICE JUST DROPPED 50$"

[tardy bluff]

nice! @lost crypt

[fossil cedar]

Doesn't matter, shopping with mhz is a thing of the 90's ryzen 5 5300g is a very good cpu for your budget

[fossil cedar]

That's really good, I'd order asap

[lost crypt]

wait but is my cpu good at all

since its a ryzen 3

[fossil cedar]

5300g is a good cpu

[fossil cedar]

Model is more important

[lost crypt]

how did you see its a 5300g?

[fossil cedar]

@lost crypt

The specs page

[lost crypt]

oh ok

thanks

btw would 32gb ram be to overkill in this pc?

[fossil cedar]

Yes 16gb will do plenty

[lost crypt]

ok

ive been watching some vids and it says the 5300g ryzen 3 is one of the best value cpus

[tardy bluff]

omg this case is so sick, might think about this too lol

Vetroo K2 M-ATX Mid-Tower

way bigger though

[fossil cedar]

Yep

[cursive wharf]

@void lantern Is that a Bykski CPU block I see in #build-pics ? Neat

[void lantern]

Yeah, not great, either I didn’t mount it right or it’s bad bc my cpu hits 90+C pretty fast under hard loads

[fossil cedar]

Isn't your motherboard atx tho, requires a motherboard swap, also idk how good the case quality will be

[void lantern]

I probably messed something up

The gpu block from them is great tho

[cursive wharf]

What CPU?

[fossil cedar]

Sounds like bad mount or plastic still on the block

[void lantern]

i9 10850k at 5ghz

[fossil cedar]

Ohh wait under hard loads not plastic

[void lantern]

Nah there’s no plastic

[tardy bluff]

yeah it is, i just thought that tower looked cool, quickly said no to it in my head xD

[fossil cedar]

Ahh

[void lantern]

I was looking at it and it’s not very flat

Might save up for an EK one

[cursive wharf]

Gotta do that lapping on CPU (block)

[fossil cedar]

Is your pump always at 100% btw?

If not that can affect temps

[void lantern]

Sadly yes, idk how to control it and it’s loud

[cursive wharf]

If you want good quality stuff, Heatkiller

EK CPU blocks are meh

[void lantern]

I wish I could turn it down a bit

[void lantern]

Oh sick will look into it

I want to do hard tubing eventually but haven’t gotten around to it

[cursive wharf]

Goto BIOS and make sure its set to PWM or DC mode (depending on pump 4 pin or not). Then set to whatever percentage you want

If you want to spend a heck ton of money, Optimus I think is best Intel CPU block (TechN is best AMD)

[void lantern]

It’s 3 pin I believe

But it plugs into molex and the plug only has one pin going to the fan port

[cursive wharf]

Which pin goes to mobo?

[void lantern]

I went for the one I had bc was being cheap, might get a new one but I don’t want to spend more than 100

[cursive wharf]

one of the center ones or right/left most one

[void lantern]

Right or left

I don’t remember which

[cursive wharf]

90% that's PWM signal (could be 12v rail one, but wouldnt make sense for this kind of thing). So need to goto BIOS and set to PWM. Then set fan percentage to some amt

[void lantern]

Ah cool will look at it in a sec

I think it’s a DDC pump

[lost crypt]

pato should i get a 1650 super for 20$ more?

the one it comes with is a amd radeon 5500

[fossil cedar]

Nope 5500 is better than a 1650

[lost crypt]

wait really why are they charging 20$ more then

[fossil cedar]

Yep

[sacred kayak]

@fossil cedar do you maybe know how to link the RGB of the front fans of a p360

[slow meadow]

What brand of fans?

[amber knoll]

Is there a way to tell which NVmE drive is the upper one during Windows install? Both are the same size so I can't go by that.

By upper, I mean the top slot of the motherboard. The reason I ask is my second drive is just Gen3 and I want to install Windows on my Gen4 drive

[slow meadow]

Are they the exact same drive? If not, just look at which one is where.

If they're the same you can just select the top one, and see what happens. Second option remove the bottom one and install windows. Then set it back up afterwards.

[amber knoll]

Alright, thanks

[sacred kayak]

The included fans

[fossil cedar]

Wdym by link?, Connect them to the motherboard? There should be an rgb hub that you can connect to the motherboard afaik

[fossil cedar]

Remove the bottom and reinstall after windows install is easiest

[cerulean root]

how good is the pny brand for gpus and memory??

[vague oracle]

Quadros it’s great

GeForce it’s meh

[ancient wraith]

im having trouble where my computer randomly disconnects from the wifi

but no other devices do it

[prime whale]

I have a Cyberpower desktop with 24.0 GB that uses a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics card. I use four 24" 1080 resolution monitors but want to upgrade to 4k monitors. I have several; questions. Does the GTX 960 support 4k resolution? If not, can I upgrade the graphics card? Or would I be better off buying a new desktop? Another possibility would be to use my hp Spectre laptop to run the additional monitors. It has an Intel(R)Iris(R)Xe Graphics, which I believe allows two extra displays. So, I could run two 4k monitors of 28 to 32" or larger and probably be able to fit more images and details than I currently can fit on my four 24" 1080 monitors. What do you think would be best?

[craggy sun]

Hey bros I’m about to build my god PC (3090, 5900x) in the lian li 001DXL-XL and I want to vertically mount my GPU, I’ve seen a few options, the ones I’m leaning towards are from Lian li directly and another one I found on Amazon. I’ll link them both if any of you wizards have any recommendations or input I’d greatly appreciate it
Amazon titles:

1. Lian Li O11DMINI-1 Vertical GPU Bracket KIT /PCIE 4.0 / Black -O11DMINI-1X-4
2. LINKUP Vertical GPU Mount Loop Bracket Graphic Card Holder with LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 X16 Gen4 Riser Cable 90 Degree Right Angle 15cm Black Kit

Thanks for any help at all 🙏

[fossil cedar]

I would suggest not vertical mounting the gpu its pretty bad for airflow and you have an extremely hot gpu

[vague oracle]

Vertical mounting in general isn’t a good idea

[craggy sun]

It’s a huge case, it’s the lian li, XL and I’ll have a 360 radiator and 6 other fans

[earnest olive]

the vertical mount kits are different from built in vertical mounts

[craggy sun]

I’m pretty sold on doing it

[earnest olive]

it's back in the pcie slots rather than just shoving the card against the glass

[craggy sun]

I do appreciate the advice though

[earnest olive]

plus case has bottom intakes

any kit with a cable rated for pcie 4 will be fine

[craggy sun]

Thanks mate, appreciate you @earnest olive

[earnest olive]

just make sure support for pcie 4 is explicitly stated

ampere has a tendency to not boot on a gen 3 riser

[craggy sun]

Yeah I did my research on that for sure

🙏🙏🙏

[earnest olive]

the linkup one is probably cheaper right?

15cm should be long enough but you should try measuring to make sure

or find a pic in the reviews where it's installed in your case

can't be too hard, O11 owners love showing off

[earnest olive]

not all ports will do 4K

check which ones your card has

[foggy socket]

So I'm wanting to do a ryzen 9 5950x paired with a 3080ti with that setup do I have to have water cooling or can I use an air cooler

[earnest olive]

you can air cool a 5950x yes

just don't skimp

absolute top of the line is a requirement

you'll want something along the lines of an nh-d15

[foggy socket]

Shared List https://newegg.io/a1eb264

This is what I was gonna use for the build. I mean it was the more expensive air cooler

[fossil cedar]

I would recommend water cooling instead, better performance for money at that high end of a cooler you'd need anyway

[foggy socket]

My only issue is I've never delt with water cooling

[fossil cedar]

Unless you're getting them to build it trew that maniac builder thing I'd use https://pcpartpicker.com/list instead

[fossil cedar]

Aios are very simple

[fossil cedar]

Also I'd change case, power supply, motherboard, ram and storage

[earnest olive]

should be okay if you're only gaming, but nobody buys a 5950x for gaming

that cooler will not do very well if you're hitting it with a sustained all core load

stick to nh-d15 class cooler if you must air cool

[foggy socket]

Well I used the Newegg pc builder

[earnest olive]

lol loses to a 212 ok NVM it's worse than I thought

[foggy socket]

I can do water cooled I just don't know anything about it

[fossil cedar]

You don't need to that's what aios are for

[earnest olive]

wonder if the testing was flawed

or coolermaster really embarrassed themselves that badly

[fossil cedar]

@foggy socket https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mrqDBc I'd do this

Wait actually

[earnest olive]

aios are pretty easy to install

[fossil cedar]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g3NRQD

Id do this ^

[foggy socket]

Ok I be home in a few ill check it out

[earnest olive]

if you're doing purely gaming, buy a 5800x instead of a 5900x or 5950x

5800x technically beats them both in gaming

[foggy socket]

Gaming and streaming yeah I get its more then I need but why not right oh ok ill check it out

[fossil cedar]

I mean, if you want a really premium experience then sure, but 5800x is plenty for just streaming and gaming

[earnest olive]

just use nvenc on the 3080ti for streaming

[fossil cedar]

Ye

[earnest olive]

5800x is already a "really premium" experience lol

paying extra to beat a 5600x by 2%

[fossil cedar]

Yeah

[earnest olive]

5900x and 5950x is just paying more to lose to the 5800x

[fossil cedar]

But they can be more lazy with tabs etc if they like that

[earnest olive]

bro 5800x is 8 cores not 2

[fossil cedar]

Lol i meant while gaming and stuff

[earnest olive]

never had a problem with background tasks

hit like 30% CPU usage tops in AAA gaming

[fossil cedar]

Obvs not by itself

Fair

[earnest olive]

how many chrome tabs you got open to use 70% of a 5800x

1500?

[foggy socket]

I. Mean as long as it pairs with a 3080 ti

[earnest olive]

all multi million cell excel spreadsheets?

5800x 3080ti is a fine pairing

my 5800x is basically asleep most of the time with a 3080

[fossil cedar]

5800x is a better choice as long as you don't do cpu heavy tasks often

[earnest olive]

5600x 3080ti is a fine pairing for gaming but seems like you have plenty of money to waste

[foggy socket]

Naw the game I play is 11 years old the harder thing would be the twitch stream

[fossil cedar]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MXMBwz this would mean you're spending less too lol

[earnest olive]

streaming doesn't use CPU unless you're a professional multi millionaire streamer lol

[fossil cedar]

Then what's the 3080 ti for

[foggy socket]

Lol well honestly kinda like a mine bigger kinda thing haha

I mean around $3,500 if I can stick to that price range I'd be happy

[fossil cedar]

A what?

[fossil cedar]

I mean if you're not impressed by the 5800x when you get it you could upgrade to the Ryzen 9 zen 3d when it comes out lol

[foggy socket]

like my pc is bigger then yours kinda thing

[fossil cedar]

Ah

[earnest olive]

if your primary goal is to flex

[foggy socket]

yeah and like said for $3,500 i figure it should be a decent rig

[earnest olive]

wait until alder lake comes out and flex some ddr5

your flex will be dead in a month

if you buy now

lol

nice ancient last gen hardware bro

imagine still being on ddr4

[little osprey]

imagine buying something just to flex it on other people

[earnest olive]

I just love my rig for what it is, there's always going to be someone better

[foggy socket]

well its not to just flex its also like what mushroom just said

[earnest olive]

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/hmLJ7P

now this is a flex lol

[foggy socket]

to be proud of what i worked hard to have

[earnest olive]

4 gpu 2 cpu copper hardline loop

💀

my rig feels like an office pc in comparison

[foggy socket]

i mesn the rig i have now isnt bad just its older

[earnest olive]

if you want to be proud of your rig

don't waste money on hardware you aren't going to use

put that money towards personalizing it

you don't have to be a crazy machinist and make a full custom copper case

get a custom backplate or graphics card bracket or something

just make it yours

[little osprey]

^

[earnest olive]

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DreambigbyRayMOD check this guy out

sells customized pieces for your pc, case panels, gpu brackets, backplates, etc

you can upload your own custom designs and he'll make it for you

i'd say that's a better use of money than changing a CPU identifier string in your system from "Ryzen 7 5800X" to "Ryzen 9 5950X" and not being able to notice any other difference

got this custom piece for my rig from him, made the design in photoshop

he can do big full color panels like this as well, doesn't have to be anime girls lol you can put whatever you want

lol scrolling through the review photos and almost everyone gets anime girls..

this guy getting anime boys instead

[foggy socket]

i appreciate all the info for sure. i drive forklifts and work on dirtbikes and atvs so i dont know much on computers and i guess flexing isnt the main reason why im doing this build its just something to be proud of.

[earnest olive]

lol, get a custom panel with a picture of your bike on it

put a mini bike figure in it

now it's yours

[foggy socket]

true

[earnest olive]

i straight up put a monitor in mine so i can put whatever i want on it

[foggy socket]

ha thats good stuff

[wicked frigate]

Guys when a good time to buy a monitor

Like what time does it come on sale

[potent portal]

Like time of day? Newegg starts sales at midnight PST, beyond that who knows.
Currently Newegg has their black friday price protection thing going so if something goes on sale for less than you already paid you can get the difference back.

[wicked frigate]

For how long

Like any where

Do monitors go on sale on thanksgiving cyber Monday

Any of that

Also u know about keyboards?

[potent portal]

Yes things go on sale a lot then, but if you bought it now and it went on sale later you would still effectively get the later sale price. Don't wait until everyone is buying and it's all out of stock is what I'm trying to say.

I'm using a free keyboard from 2006 that came with a HP so no, I don't know keyboards lol

[wicked frigate]

Oh I see so it saying if I buy it now and comes on sale later I will get the difference back

[potent portal]

Exactly

[wicked frigate]

Ok

But how long is that thing active

Like if I buy it now

Than how long will that last

[potent portal]

Until Nov 21

https://promotions.newegg.com/nepro/21-2209/index.html?cm_sp=black_friday_price_protection-_-PDP_top_banner

[wicked frigate]

Cause I wanna get the g7

Oh

Ok

Also

Remember about that aio thing

Where I get the cpu fan error

[potent portal]

I think I remember that yeah

Did the fan finally die completely?

[wicked frigate]

Nothing happens

Happened

But I am worried something will hit idk what to about that thing

[wicked frigate]

So that even possible

So I have 3 fans on aio and the wires plugged into an commander pro

[potent portal]

If a fan is really failing it'll spin slower and slower, making the motor work harder until it eventually gives up

[wicked frigate]

Oh

So should I unplug one fan from the commander

And plug it into the header

Or do I need to do all three from an splitter so like if I plug in one aio fan into the header can I control all 3 of them

[potent portal]

You can plug the commander pro into the CPU fan header. It should be reading the tachometer rpm off only one fan. If one of them is failing, use another one for the tachometer.

It's best to have all 3 run the same speed

[wicked frigate]

But does the commander pro have the correct wires that will fit into that header

Cause I think it’s an usb header right

[potent portal]

Depends on which commander you have, I don't remember the exact one

[wicked frigate]

I have the Corsair one

I bought it

Not the one with aio

[hearty pumice]

COmmander pro?

[wicked frigate]

Yes

I think

[potent portal]

This one? https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/iCUE-CONTROLLERS/iCUE-Commander-PRO-Smart-RGB-Lighting-and-Fan-Speed-Controller/p/CL-9011110-WW

[wicked frigate]

This

So in this commander I have 3 exhaust and 3 intake plugged in

[potent portal]

Yes that's the same one

[wicked frigate]

But I only want to control the 3 exhaust cause I have 6 intake

So I want to make the exhaust stronger

[hearty pumice]

the commader pro only controlls the fans right

[wicked frigate]

Or faster so I can keep up with intake

[wicked frigate]

I think some other thing

Do I understand what I am trying to say?

[potent portal]

Corsair RGB also

And temp sensors

[hearty pumice]

it is better then then the one you get with the aio right?

[potent portal]

Ok, what I would do is plug the pump for the AIO into the CPU fan header, and then set a fan curve that makes it so the pump is running 100% all the time

[wicked frigate]

I have the ek aio

Wait let me summarize it up

[potent portal]

The one that has all the headers combined right?

Plug that into the CPU header

[wicked frigate]

I have 6 intake and 3 exhaust I wanna control the 3 ex so I don’t have positive pressure but in the commander I have 3 in and 3 ex so how would I control the aio fans which are exhaust

Would this work plug king on do the aio fan I rot he header?

[potent portal]

If you plug the AIO into the CPU header it'll have a separate fan curve from the other fans, then you can set those fans in the Corsair software

[wicked frigate]

Even if they are connect into the commander pro

That are all Corsair fans btw

[potent portal]

Oh you replaced the Vardar fans with Corsair ones right?

[wicked frigate]

Yes

[potent portal]

Ah that makes more sense

[wicked frigate]

I sold the vardar for $150 lol

Profittyy

[hearty pumice]

how do i use a commander pro?

[misty prairie]

ok people advice is needed won a 3080ti from the shuffle now im building around it here is my current part list suggestions always appreciated Not in love with the board but let me know what you think
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/CCCtrilogy/saved/xDB28d

[hearty pumice]

ok, so you need a better powersupply

850w min

[potent portal]

You can set each fan to its own curve in iCue software https://help.corsair.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045605731-How-to-Set-up-fan-control-and-system-lighting-in-iCUE#h_01EVCTH07TB5F3A7HDHQ7Y349A

[hearty pumice]

with a 3080ti, h510 maybe not the best play

[wicked frigate]

U can

Will that help

And not kill my fan???

[hearty pumice]

I would go for something with better colling potetntial

[potent portal]

According to Corsair's official documentation yes, each fan can be controlled individually. Check the link.

[wicked frigate]

Oh ok thx so much

will that prevent my thing for dying

[potent portal]

There's probably not a failing fan, it's just a system message saying it's not reading a fan most likely. You can connect the pump to the CPU fan header like I said, and set the fan curve to 100%.

[wicked frigate]

Or can I do the other Corsair way

[potent portal]

How much of that do you own already? I'd change almost everything

[hearty pumice]

agreed

[wicked frigate]

Wait which pump header is it

[potent portal]

The one labeled CPU fan, then you go into bios and adjust the "fan" speed to be 100%

[wicked frigate]

Also if I need help can u dm me

I

[potent portal]

Yeah I can DM you if needed

[wicked frigate]

Ok thx

But should I try Corsair way

[hearty pumice]

what is you buget?

[wicked frigate]

All my fans are on auto

So they goer load

Quiet

All that

But I just want to change the exhaust so I don’t have positive pressure all the time

[hearty pumice]

I feel so dumb, so I had an alienware prebuilt, stole a 2080 super out of it. But then my mom needed it back as a work pc. So i had to get another graphics card, and she bought me one, the 3070ti I have. I fing hate scalpers, like i hope they die. That should tell you what my mom paid.

Like it is batter then a blower 2080 super, but still

[misty prairie]

actually just the GPU I already have a AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - Radeon RX 6800 system. got the Nvidia gpu and am considering building around it, trying to keep a $600ish budget w/o card cost obviously

[full atlas]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rzdxFT/team-t-force-night-hawk-legend-rgb-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-memory-tf7d416g3200hc14adc01

Should I get this ram

[potent portal]

For what CPU?

[full atlas]

3600

[wicked frigate]

@potent portal

[full atlas]

Ik I would be imc limited but still

[potent portal]

I'd get 3600 c16 for Zen2, faster infinity fabric

[wicked frigate]

Should I keep it on auto

Or change the rpm for the 3 exhaust to the same

[full atlas]

This is bdie I wouldn’t run xmp lol

[potent portal]

To change the pressure in the case you can tell the Corsair software to run the exhaust fans faster

[hearty pumice]

honestly, I would move the 6800 and put in the 3080ti, from what I know it is a 3090 with half the memory.

[wicked frigate]

Should I do that or keep them all auto

What would u do

I have 6 intake and 3 ex

[potent portal]

I'd usually only adjust things if I'm having problems or I want specific things to happen

[hearty pumice]

A 5900x with a 3080ti would be a beast of a pc

[wicked frigate]

I mean I just don’t know what to do about that cpu fan header thing

[potent portal]

Oh yeah that's straight 14s, overclock away

[wicked frigate]

I don’t want anything to happen

That’s the only thing I am worried about that’s all

[potent portal]

As it is everything is perfectly fine as long as you're not having temp problems

[wicked frigate]

How do I know if I am have it temp problems

All I know is that my fans are all set to auto

I think

[wicked frigate]

Do u mean cpu temps

[potent portal]

What temperature do your CPU and GPU hit when you're gaming or doing other heavy use tasks?

[wicked frigate]

I don’t even know

What should they be

[misty prairie]

$600 on top of the gpu

[potent portal]

Under 80 for the CPU and 90 for the GPU are well within the safe zone

[wicked frigate]

Ok thx

And if they are over what do I do

[hearty pumice]

If you care about ray raytracing performance or a little bit better normal performance, put the 3080ti in the 5900x build and then build a different build to go with the 6800

If you are set on the build on Pc part picker, get a better mobo and powersupply atleast

or did you win a 3060ti, because that is what is on your list

[misty prairie]

could take or leave raytracing for now... performance is big but the more i think about it i want to do a Intel/Nvidia build??

[hearty pumice]

why?

[misty prairie]

just real world comparison really

[hearty pumice]

What would you use the machines for?

I should asked that earlier

[misty prairie]

and yea won the 3060

[hearty pumice]

then the pc part picker list is a good one for those parts

for the 3060ti

[misty prairie]

mostley gaming but also do a fair amount of video editing, no streaming no one needs to see that lol

[hearty pumice]

3080ti is the best for gaming really, so I would make that my main build

[misty prairie]

ok now the big question intel or AMD? for the 3060

everything else is mehh lol

[hearty pumice]

Well, the 5800x is better, but the 11700k is not bad so it would be your choice

[misty prairie]

Thank you very much sir!! youtube has got my melon spinning

[hearty pumice]

5600x of 11400 should work weel

too

[hearty pumice]

The real question with a 3060ti do you want such a powerfull cpu, or have your purchased the 5800x alreadyu

[misty prairie]

Havent purchaced anything but the card

[hearty pumice]

Ok, I would personally go 6 cores, if you do not want to spend all to much money

[potent portal]

I'd even go for Intel at that point, better cost/performance at the mid/low end

[hearty pumice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8I-osPN2o&ab_channel=PCCentric

This is a good video

Intel it porb the better choice at that point, 111400 is great value\

[misty prairie]

Yeah im leaning simi-budget already have $4000 into my current system lol

[hearty pumice]

damm must be nice

[potent portal]

You spent $4000 on the GPU?

[misty prairie]

no no no lol

[potent portal]

Do you have a SSD already?

[hearty pumice]

That would be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo dumb

[misty prairie]

no no that was everything AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, Radeon RX 6800,
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, Hardline water cooling the works it was my Im a good guy I deserve it build lol

[vague oracle]

Why did you choose the dark hero?

[misty prairie]

just to be that guy for once lol

[vague oracle]

Lmaoooo

I bought my hero because i didn’t know anything about PCs back in the day

I searched up best mobos for 3700x

And it was #2 on a list I found

😂

[misty prairie]

Hey i didnt know as much as i should but i said puck it lol

man that would kill me haha

[vague oracle]

It’s one hell of an overkill mobo

I’m running my 5900x on it

[potent portal]

Here's the most budget I could make a computer that will hold up to a 3080 ti, and I'm assuming you have a SSD already since you excluded it to begin with https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xb7f3Z

[misty prairie]

I haven't overclocked anything yet but im educating myself

[misty prairie]

Thank you man and yes i do have plenty of storage im kind of a external hdd & sdd hoarder....

[potent portal]

Perfect, happy to help

[little osprey]

Well well well looks what I found in one of the abandoned PCs at my college

Gonna pop the cpu off to see if that PSU wasn't totally overkill for this system

[potent portal]

Ooooohhh

That looks very interesting

[little osprey]

Yea

All the other systems had borderline e-waste components

[potent portal]

Z170 board, maybe you'll get lucky and it's a 7700k

[desert gulch]

Kinda seems like the fan on that 212 was put on the wrong way

If back is exaust

It pulls air away from exaust

[little osprey]

Yea it is on the wrong way lmao

[potent portal]

And then you have PSU exhaust there too

[desert gulch]

Lmao

Is it pulling from that side or pushing?

[little osprey]

Im gonna try firing it up to see if the system works as it is, obviouslly ill put some ram in it first

pulling

[desert gulch]

Lol nice

I'm gonna guess you won't be putting in any ballistix stuff 😉

[little osprey]

there's some hyperx ddr3 dimms here ill use

yes

💀

[desert gulch]

Lol

[little osprey]

but yea all this hardware here is very rarely touched

Pretty much nobody in the engineering majors is into PC hardware

[obsidian wigeon]

1000w psu

wew

[little osprey]

and the newest components here is an x99 board

[potent portal]

Z170 is a DDR4 only platform right?

[little osprey]

Im gonna try starting up a sort of hardware enthusiast club soon

[desert gulch]

I swear if that CPU is a non k....

[little osprey]

Oh it actually might be I forget

[little osprey]

ikr

lol yea itds ddr4

[desert gulch]

Imagine if a ax1600i was just chilling there

[little osprey]

There are absolutely 0 ddr4 modules here, good thing I brought my own

[potent portal]

QVL for that board lists 2133 as lowest speed so yeah, DDR4

[obsidian wigeon]

early ddr4 moment

[little osprey]

i still find it sad how all this hardware is just never used

like dang nobody gives a crap about all this stuff just sitting there that they're allowed to use if they want

freaking programmer nerds 🤓

they're all too scared to mess with hardware

lol

[potent portal]

Their loss is your gain here clearly

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[little osprey]

Well not really, I cant take it home or keep it or anything

It's just sitting here

[obsidian wigeon]

oof

[little osprey]

still technically the college's property

[potent portal]

That's fine, you can still bench it and stuff

[little osprey]

I spoke with the department head that's technically responsible for this hardware, and basically he just said it's not used anymore but he cant really give it away or even sell it to students

yea for sure

[worn wave]

My IT teacher has let me take many old systems and stuff

[little osprey]

Still awesome to be able to tinker around with whatever

[potent portal]

Ooh did you see what GPU it had? I hope that's a 970 at least

[little osprey]

It's a 770 windforce

[potent portal]

Still not bad

[little osprey]

Yea definitely

There's another one that was sitting on a shelf that I'm going to put to use

[potent portal]

So yeah that RM1000 is totally overkill lol

[little osprey]

lol yup

alright im gonna try starting the system real quick, gotta plug everything in

[potent portal]

Looks like the max rating for the memory is 3000c14 at 1.35v btw

At least according to the QVL

[potent portal]

Maybe, but what they can do if you get on their good side is dispose of it and then turn around while you take it out of the trash. Not saying that's how I got some things from our computer club but... I was the club president lol.

[little osprey]

Nah he said he isn't gonna get rid of pretty much any of the hardware, since he wants to keep in here in case a student might need it for something

[worn wave]

The IT director at my school basically said he cant give it to me but he can give it to our teacher and after that he does not care what happens to it

So that's how I get old hardware and stuff sometimes

[little osprey]

oh.... there's no CPU in the socket.

LOL

[worn wave]

lmao

[little osprey]

thats a huge bummer

[worn wave]

I got a really nice Z170 board but I never got a CPU for it

[little osprey]

big brain

[worn wave]

Super nice looking board

[little osprey]

Thats not the exact board

[worn wave]

Ye, this is the one I have

[little osprey]

oh lol

dang i was looking forward to testing this system

[worn wave]

I got it for like $60 open box like a year or two ago

[little osprey]

especially since im looking for stuff I can OC with for an upcoming event

💀

I guess I can use the powersupply lol

[worn wave]

PSU is beefy

[potent portal]

Welp so much for that

[little osprey]

what a let down 😔

I guess im just gonna go back to what I was planning to do lol

[potent portal]

Who's the insane person selling a 7700k for $440 https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-7700K-Desktop-Processor-unlocked/dp/B01MXSI216

[little osprey]

i7 tax

durr

[potent portal]

I could get most of a computer with a better processor for that much

[little osprey]

chinese x99 moment

[potent portal]

Oh wait I see, it's that much because new
Used starts at $300

[little osprey]

still awful lmao

[potent portal]

The cheapest I see on ebay is $220 + shipping for a delidded one, that would be good for overclocking

(besides the broken one for $38)

All this for a processor that cost $300 when it launched in 2017

[little osprey]

i wouldnt pay more than around 100 for it lol

although i wouldnt buy one to begin with anyway tbh

Ok well the Rm1000 works, im gonna see if this 256GB sata ssd works or has anything on it

ok it has some operating system ive never used before and it's password protected

guess ill just put it back lol

[desert gulch]

lol

[potent portal]

Sounds like a mystery to me

[desert gulch]

prolly got windows 98 on it lol

[potent portal]

On a SSD?

[little osprey]

Idk if it's a branch of linux, but i wouldnt know because I've actually never bothered to try linux before

[potent portal]

98 doesn't even do sata

[desert gulch]

it doesnt?

dang

i wonder what type of linux nerd had that pc then

[potent portal]

No, XP SP3 is the earliest sata support

[little osprey]

Hm I could try SLI with two of these windforce 770s

[potent portal]

There's a novel idea

I almost want you to clone that drive and send it to me lol

[desert gulch]

sell them

[potent portal]

College property

[desert gulch]

theyre going for a good price rn

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284064177913?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28

only 2.8k for one rn

pretty good

[little osprey]

what a deal!

[desert gulch]

yup

[little osprey]

Oh yea I found a 840Evo in one of the other systems aswell

[desert gulch]

for the price of a hella scalped 3090 you can get a 770

[little osprey]

gonna test it out now

uh oh

"preparing automatic repair"

[desert gulch]

lol

[little osprey]

probably just needs a fresh OS install though

[potent portal]

Boot it to safe mode

Make sure it's internet connected

[little osprey]

yea ill try safe mode

[potent portal]

And it should download the right chipset and everything

[little osprey]

Oh it wont need to

wait nevermind

nah it still doesnt work

[little osprey]

What’s a good 240hz monitor that’s 1440p or 4k

Unknown budget but something that’s of good quality and value

Looking for something reliable like m27q but with above specs

[potent portal]

Size?

[little osprey]

Uhhh

let’s do 27

If you can find a 32 that would be awesome as well

[potent portal]

27 and 240Hz you'll want 1440p, 32 might consider 4k but 240Hz is hard at that resolution

[little osprey]

3080ti

[trail sundial]

I was looking at the 980

but this is a steal

[potent portal]

Even for that, unless you're doing esports games

[little osprey]

Lmao they said 24 inches 4k🤣

[potent portal]

🤦‍♂️

[little osprey]

They’re doing esports games

[potent portal]

Here's a good one, hits all the points https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/acer/predator-xb273u-gxbmiipruzx

[obsidian wigeon]

24 inches 4k

no one even makes that

[jagged ember]

They make 15" 4k on laptops

[potent portal]

Only so they can charge more

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[potent portal]

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/aorus-fi27q-x

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/samsung/odyssey-g7-lc32g75t

I'd pitch them those 3 monitors

[little osprey]

@celest horizon hmmm the 480 does work, i tested it again as a sanity check just in case, and it's working

must've done something wrong the last time i set it up lol

good to know i didnt brick any more hardware...

[earnest olive]

I had a 15" laptop with 4K screen

can confirm it was useless

[obsidian wigeon]

ya

1080p is sweet enough

[stoic island]

fi27q-x is a fun monitor

[obsidian wigeon]

With default windows scaling, 4k on 15" sucks

1080p is already small enough lel

[little osprey]

I have a crappy 27 inch 4k monitor

its pretty bad, its only redeeming quality is the resolution

[obsidian wigeon]

rip

[trail sundial]

Nice for a workstation

That’s what I have on my zbook

I have a hard time using my 1080p monitor because it’s so much more pixelated

[earnest olive]

I couldn't tell the difference between 1080p and 4K on such a small screen

do you sit 2 inches away from it or what

[trail sundial]

Lol, no, weird, it seems pretty clear to me

Then again, whenever I play games I tend to take the settings down to 720p anyhow

So it’s not really worth the money

[earnest olive]

1080p perfect resolution for laptop

looks super crisp to me

[obsidian wigeon]

^

I like 1080p already

No need to go higher

768p is too low for me tho, I can see the pixels so clearly

I've one time had a brief moment with nitro 5

Liked the screen even tho it was crappy ips 60hz

[little osprey]

im too used to 4k to go lower

although if its a smaller display, lower resolutions would still look fine to me lol

[potent portal]

It's the pixel density you're used to

[obsidian wigeon]

^

I just want 1080p for 15-17"

768p really had too little pixel density

[little osprey]

yea

[little osprey]

oh god

[obsidian wigeon]

oof

dem pins

[tawny violet]

Yikers

[coarse mesa]

This good for 960 USD?

3-Fan RGB Compact M-ATX Case
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4 core/8 thread CPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB graphics
AMD A520 chipset
16GB [2x8GB] 3200MHz RAM
240GB SSD + 2TB HDD
550W PSU | USB WiFi Adapter

[mossy venture]

Not at all

Can get a 1660s abs pre built for that

That should cost like 600

If that

@frank stirrup do you have any 1660/s abs builds? I didn't see any when I looked, and my connection sucks rn

Can't scroll for sh**

[coarse mesa]

Really?

Compared to everything I've searched up this looks like a steal

Keep in mind I live in australia and we're kind of lame tech wise

[mossy venture]

Coulda mentioned aussi

If you're talking usd I assume you live in the US

What's the total budget?

[coarse mesa]

1300 AUD which is 960

[frank stirrup]

Yup 1 sec

[coarse mesa]

The exact price of this pre built

[mossy venture]

It's an HP build right?

I recognize the pairings

[frank stirrup]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali507-challenger/p/N82E16883360107R

940USD and better

[coarse mesa]

alliedgamingpc. com

[mossy venture]

Do you have a pc rn?

[coarse mesa]

Trash one, yea

[mossy venture]

If so what gpu is in it?

[coarse mesa]

Integrated, Intel HD 4600

[mossy venture]

Oof

[frank stirrup]

Buy this