building-and-recc-chat

[high yew]

power

lol

[earnest olive]

yes

[high yew]

heard nothing other than bad abt solars

BUT i also live in sask

[earnest olive]

saves me a lot of money

[high yew]

and weather is 50/50 between snow, rain, storm, or sun

it's snowing outside right now as we speak

[earnest olive]

not tryina mine on 34 cents per kwh power

[high yew]

in the middle of april

no idea what that means but yeah i wouldn't either

[earnest olive]

i live in cali, snow doesn't exist and rain barely does

[high yew]

good

[earnest olive]

it means a monthly power bill of 400 cad

[high yew]

you wouldn't like snow

ah

gotcha

not to change topic here, but what we thinking for a case

i'll keep the td500 if i have too

[earnest olive]

go for the td500 mesh if it's that cheap

oh you already have it?

[high yew]

yes

but

i bought for $150

[earnest olive]

still a fair price

[high yew]

PLUS the extra $25 for the back fan

[earnest olive]

oof

[high yew]

the market went down some %, and it's listed at $109.99 now

so after everything it'd be about $145

[earnest olive]

so you want to return yours and buy new?

[high yew]

theres a good amount of stuff wrong w the case

[earnest olive]

sounds like it's not worth the time to dismantle your build

[high yew]

im thinking of going a diff route imo

w casing

and fans

[earnest olive]

get a hyte y60

[high yew]

why the emoji

we no like them?

[earnest olive]

no

hyte y60 is cool

[high yew]

well since your big brain, case suggestion for a case with good back panel for cable management, able to fit a 360mm aio on top or in front, black, and has good airflow

?

[earnest olive]

i didn't have any cable management problems in the td500 mesh

stuck extensions in it too

[high yew]

i did

back panel is off

sorry

not off

but popped out a lil bit

bc my 24pin is making it stick out

im also not fond of cable management, but there could def be some more room

[earnest olive]

my old td500 mesh build

[high yew]

literal se

[still roost]

j.acob#7187 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[high yew]

YOUR KIDDING

WHAT

[earnest olive]

if you want to never worry about cable management just get an o11

you do not need to do any cable management in an o11

[high yew]

lian li?

[earnest olive]

just slap everything in and call it a day

there's enough room in the back for a family of 4 to live in

[vague oracle]

How big is the Hyte Y60 compared to my Lancool II Mesh?

[earnest olive]

yes

[earnest olive]

should be considerably wider but probably not taller

[high yew]

300

cad

pain

[cyan ravine]

Hyte hype

[vague oracle]

I’m kind of looking for a smaller case that can fit an ATX mobo/PSU

And a 360 rad

[twin berry]

Lcd looks nice

[high yew]

i've heard the lancool ii mesh is half decent

[vague oracle]

Lancool II Mesh is one of the best

Used to be king for airflow before the Fractal Torrent came along

[earnest olive]

i don't think the hyte y60 is for you if you're looking for a smaller case

[vague oracle]

I was thinking the O11D mini

[earnest olive]

perhaps

[twin berry]

I want a 1000D

Smallest case i can find

Doesnt whats their face now have a small case

I cant remember

[high yew]

ill def get some arctic fans for the case i want so they are compatible with said program, just very unsure what to do about an actual case

https://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/512/partners.html

list of compatabile fans/coolers/anything w gigabyte, so fans and cooler is okay as i already have an 360mm aio, just need to figure out a case

[twin berry]

Cooler master has some rly nice sff

[high yew]

i have a td500 rn

dunno how i feel abt it

[twin berry]

I dont like my 500D

[high yew]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ6p99/arctic-p12-pst-a-rgb-0db-488-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-acfan00232a

good fans, yes?

[vague oracle]

Yes

[high yew]

alright sweet

now to find a case

https://www.newegg.ca/black-antec-performance-series-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811129257?Description=antec p120 crystal&cm_re=antec_p120 crystal-_-11-129-257-_-Product

p120 crystal, opinions?

[obsidian wigeon]

I wouldn't say any

But vast majority, yes

Altho I don't recommend that laptop

Due to 3060 max-q

[strong raft]

any game that you have, that is a certain age*

[obsidian wigeon]

Some games like cyberpunk 2077

There's no way you will be able to max out and reach 60 fps

Even with dlss on

Also dying light 2

Why do you need to do max anyway? lol

Games these days look pretty good without needing to be maxed out

[strong raft]

heck those max q models, some would be like a 2070. 60fps at med settings might even be a stretch in certain games, but idk.

[onyx whale]

I put 5 in my case.

[high yew]

i need a case though

def thinking of a 4000d airflow w some arctic fans and an aio

[high yew]

white case w black internal - woiuld that look dumb?

[onyx whale]

I have a black case with white fans

[high yew]

white 4000d airflow is $114.99 rn, with some arctic fans and a 360mm aio i should be good to go

corsair cases are usually pre good w cable managment so

[onyx whale]

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-P12-White-Transparent-Pressure-optimised/dp/B07GJG285F

Black Transparent are $2 USD less expensive.

I just use the Ryzen cooler. the Wraith Prism.

[high yew]

looks hella nice man

[still roost]

catmancatplan#4204 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[high yew]

i have p12 pwm's that are a-rgb right now

$60 for a 3 pack which isn't terrible imo

cad prices

[onyx whale]

i'm broke AF right now, so it took a while to save up for.

[high yew]

i feel you

[onyx whale]

My buddy let me pay on Paypal MSRP prices no tax.

[high yew]

360mm aio on front, is that a bad idea or no?

https://help.corsair.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052137311-What-is-the-radiator-capacity-of-the-4000D-mid-tower-case-

[strong raft]

nah, the pwm non-pst black transparent is what's $2 cheaper, most like $1.30 actually lol. --these arctic fan prices change very often too. I got 4 non-pst fans then saw the 5pk of pwm pst for $30. oh well.

[onyx whale]

oh WOOPS. thanks chillin.

[high yew]

need an opinion on a 360mm aio on front

is that a bad idea?

it took 3 weeks for this 360 to get in, so i'm not sending this thing back lol

[onyx whale]

I just looked up "best AIO for 4000d and on a Reddit, this popped up

[still roost]

catmancatplan#4204 has been warned

Reason: Duplicated text

catmancatplan#4204 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[high yew]

LMFAO

[earnest olive]

front aio is fine

top is better but front is fine

[high yew]

4000d with front 360mm aio

that'll work?

[earnest olive]

yeah

I did a 4000d build with a 360mm front aio once

[high yew]

it was good?

no complaints?

[little osprey]

Anything I should change

evga 3070ti
ryzen 7 5700x
cooler master hyper 212
rm850x PSU
4000d airflow case
32g trident z neo
rog strix b550-f wifi

Budget is whatever all of that added together is. I can go up $250-300 more

[earnest olive]

4000d airflow is such a well designed case

I finished that build in 20 minutes

[high yew]

hows cable management

?

[earnest olive]

with a non modular power supply

[high yew]

LMFAO

sick

[earnest olive]

easiest case to build in ever

[little osprey]

good

[high yew]

cable management on the backside good?

[earnest olive]

20 minute build

[high yew]

you sure you wanna go ryzen?

[high yew]

intel is the more superior rn for gaming wise

well if your using it for purely gaming that is

[earnest olive]

heres the back you can see all the non modular cables stuffed into the psu shroud

[still roost]

j.acob#7187 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

j.acob#7187 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[little osprey]

what MB should I pair with

bruh no

come on

[earnest olive]

lmao

[high yew]

jesus

so brutal

[high yew]

looks like a good amount of room on the backside, back panel go on with ease?

[earnest olive]

didn't even need to push

[high yew]

im prolly gonna go w that

black interior with white case, you think that'll look dumb?

[earnest olive]

no

[high yew]

well is it purely for gaming?

[high yew]

sweet i'll get to buying

[little osprey]

gaming, discord, browsing. so yeah

[earnest olive]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/966139461870186576/966140341533155418/unknown.png

my PC is like that

white case black components

[little osprey]

i want those cables so bad

[high yew]

can either go for a 12400 12700, either or. if you plan on overclocking go w a k, if not, f

either or

i have a 12700 and i'm glad i spent the money on it

12400 to save some money

[earnest olive]

just buy a 12700 anyways and oc ram

cpu oc is dead

[little osprey]

i7? and what motherboard

[high yew]

^

do you want lan and wifi?

[still roost]

j.acob#7187 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

j.acob#7187 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[little osprey]

wifi

[earnest olive]

lmao

[little osprey]

dude

LMAO

STOP cussing my guy

[high yew]

LMFAO

[little osprey]

mee6 is ruthless

[high yew]

y'all gotta remove that

[little osprey]

Get the uhhh

U gotta stop cussing your brains out

[mossy venture]

Bro it cannot be that hard

[high yew]

it is

[earnest olive]

you get used to it

[high yew]

canada

i swear too much

[little osprey]

Aight

Anyways

[earnest olive]

I used to get warned by the bot a ton

now I'm a mod

[high yew]

gigabyte x ax ddr4 atx

i have it, also no complaints

[little osprey]

I only get warned by the bot when i’m trolling with sudo

[high yew]

anything that's like homophobic or racist should be, not just usual swears

but what do i know

i'll get used to it now that i left reddit servers, lmao

https://gyazo.com/20fc74376a9abf34e4803436ee91c48f LMFAO

[mossy venture]

God, reddit was the worst thing to happen to me

[high yew]

^^^

[mossy venture]

Fell into such a terrible mindset for years

[little osprey]

Nevermind

[mossy venture]

I hate who I was two years ago

[little osprey]

That’s a different dude

[high yew]

i mean i was on their pc help server and oh lord

that was something

everyone is so mean to eachother over there

[mossy venture]

I used reddit for like two years

It was the worst decision I ever made

Looking back now, I was such a terrible person

[little osprey]

Reddit is hell but in beta edition

[mossy venture]

I had terrible opinions, I said terrible things and hurt many people

[high yew]

@earnest olive i can't seem to find it, but how many fans does the 4000d take? i have a 360mm aio that'll go onto the front, what abt the back or top? any there?

[little osprey]

Wdym

[high yew]

doesn't seem to say on the website unless i'm just blind

[little osprey]

go on the corsair website

Uhh

it should

[obsidian wigeon]

4000d takes 360mm aio on front

[high yew]

yeah

[obsidian wigeon]

so that means 3x120mm on front

[high yew]

but actual fans

[little osprey]

Heh. we’ve all been there i think

[mossy venture]

I think it takes 3 120s front, 3 top, one side, one back

[obsidian wigeon]

2x120 on top

[mossy venture]

Oh it's two top?

Mb

[obsidian wigeon]

and 1x120 or 140 on back

[high yew]

gotcha

[mossy venture]

Still doesn't change I was a terrible person

[little osprey]

I am trying to upgrade my PC alot. Im going to the list i posted from a rx550 and ryzen 5 3600

[high yew]

worth picking up a 3 pack of 140's?

1 on back and 2 up top

makes the most sense

[mossy venture]

If the case fits 120s, no lol

[obsidian wigeon]

just get 120

[mossy venture]

Get p12s

[high yew]

wait a min

[little osprey]

Only thing that matters is that you’ve realized what you did wrong and that youve changed your ways

[high yew]

lemme reread

240 on top

jk

[mossy venture]

Theyre some of the best performing fans on the market

[high yew]

i read it 280 my bad

yeah i have these on my cart rn

[obsidian wigeon]

best budget fan, period

[high yew]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ6p99/arctic-p12-pst-a-rgb-0db-488-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-acfan00232a

those the ones?

[obsidian wigeon]

yep

those

[high yew]

sweeeet

[mossy venture]

I'd look at liquid freezer for your aio

And if you're going for rgb, lian li galahad

[high yew]

i have an arctic 360mm

coming tomorrow

[mossy venture]

Nice

Good choice

[obsidian wigeon]

i mean

lf2 does have argb version

[mossy venture]

It's grossly overpriced in Canada last I saw

[obsidian wigeon]

ah

[mossy venture]

Galahad was like $60 cheaper for 360mm

Mightve changed tho

[obsidian wigeon]

sheesh

[earnest olive]

I don't remember and I'm too lazy to look it up on my phone

[mossy venture]

Same

[high yew]

3 pack of fans

means it's not connected

right

[mossy venture]

Currently lying in bed with a migraine

[high yew]

it's 3 seperate fans

[mossy venture]

Waiting for advil to not work

[high yew]

not to sound stupid

[mossy venture]

Yes

[high yew]

okay lol

[mossy venture]

Three separate fans

I wonder

What would happen if you replace an entire side panel with intake fans

Idk how tf you'd get them all to connect or all work

But it'd be funny

[strong raft]

12400 is still $175 at amazon for those who don't "gotta have" an i7.

[mossy venture]

I want a ryzen 3 12600fk

[obsidian wigeon]

i want raisin 9 12900ks

[strong raft]

Figures MC has a sale on 11gen only a couple weeks after I bought one from hws, lol.

[simple prairie]

what does one recommend when changing graphics cards from 1660 super to 3070 ti. I can install it but do i need to delete the old drivers?

[desert gulch]

you can ddu if you want

but its most likely not necessary since youre upgrading from a nvidia to a nvidia

the issue is more with switching from radeon to nvidia or vice versa

i wouldnt worry about it tho, id just install the new card and make sure its drivers are all up to date

[simple prairie]

Okay gotcha. Appreciate it!

[desert gulch]

np

[strong raft]

Yea, on driver install, the "clean" install box doesn't hurt either. Pretty sure it mainly just reset settings to a default, and might not be an issue for ya. I figure why not, since we're darn sure gonna be redoing certain settings probably.

[desert gulch]

that too ^

[simple prairie]

Thank you too! I should be getting the new card later this week. Im excited to finally get a 30 series

[desert gulch]

nice! itll be a big upgrade off your 1660 super

[simple prairie]

should be perfect for my 1440 goals. honestly suprised at how well the 1660 super still runs

[desert gulch]

yeah

[cyan rune]

I’ve got a question about a cable

I really don’t like how that gpu cable looks

Does anyone have suggestions?

[simple prairie]

zip tie the two together maybe to make it a little cleaner

[cyan rune]

that’s a good idea

I think I’ll try that

[simple prairie]

still tough though. I hate the look of those. I got the tuf 3070 and i dont think it has that split thing

[cyan rune]

I do, too

I was hoping for one big thick cable

[strong raft]

I'd make a hole almost straight down from the cable port on gpu. Also, can't even really notice it w/ the HSF like that sucking heat from the gpu.

[simple prairie]

I would say maybe try a upright mount but Im not sure if your heat exchanger would allow for that

[strong raft]

TUF 3070, that's why. it's an FE thing. Splitter is butt ugly, but oh well. lol

[simple prairie]

a hole underneath also sounds like a good idea

[cyan rune]

could you elaborate on this?

[strong raft]

I know PSU is there but somewhere close would be good.

[simple prairie]

drill a hole underneath the card directly to the power bay

[cyan rune]

Ehhhhh….

[simple prairie]

lol not ideal

[cyan rune]

I’d rather not modify my case

[desert gulch]

hows gpu thermals?

looks like that cpu cooler is throwing heat right on the backplate

[cyan rune]

I bought the gpu right as I basically quit my job, so I can’t afford to mess anything up lmao

[cyan rune]

none of my build makes any sense

[strong raft]

I kinda know why they don't, but they should go back to power ports on the very end of a card. would be so ez/clean to send a wire instantly through the grommet there

[simple prairie]

maybe go to an aio and upright mount the gpu?

[cyan rune]

no

noctua air cooler

[desert gulch]

prolly not worth the cost

[simple prairie]

Lol

Thats fair

[cyan rune]

I wanted my pc to look as dumb as possible

[strong raft]

Nah I'm just curious if that HSF would fit in the common way?

[cyan rune]

What’s this “HSF”?

I know enough to kindof make a pc run

And that’s about it

[simple prairie]

think he means the cpu cooler

is that a pack of ketchup?

[cyan rune]

Ohhhh

[little osprey]

What ketchup

[cyan rune]

The cpu cooler couldn’t fit in the other way

[simple prairie]

lmao the red thing

is it a capture card?

[cyan rune]

It’s a wifi card

[tidal moth]

change your cooler

you are choking it

you are choking your cpu

[simple prairie]

ooohhhhhhh lol swaer it was a chic fila ketchup packet

[cyan rune]

LMAO

[simple prairie]

swear*

[cyan rune]

that’s a thing I could do

but like

[simple prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-shirley-temple-giggle-laugh-lmao-gif-22086540

[cyan rune]

that’s gonna cost money

that I don’t have

[tidal moth]

bro

what cpu you have

[cyan rune]

i5 12600k

[tidal moth]

Noctua NH-U12S

[simple prairie]

there are probably some good options for under 100$

[tidal moth]

or Noctua NH-L9i-17xx

[cyan rune]

imma need $100 to buy one

[tidal moth]

both cheaper than a d15

[simple prairie]

Again. Thas fair

thats*

[tidal moth]

the nh-u12s would offer amazing cooling on that cpu

for cheaper

and it would fit

[simple prairie]

At least its no gpu price. Lol

[tidal moth]

nh-u12s

dude

[strong raft]

@simple prairie HSF literally stands for heatsink-fan.

[tidal moth]

I fit the d15 in a 210i

it will fit in your case bro

turn it

[simple prairie]

Lmao yes @strong raft

[simple prairie]

WATER COOL LOOP

500$ for no real benefit

DO IT

@cyan rune

[strong raft]

which one btw, just curious

[little osprey]

that CPU cooler HAS to fit the other way.

no way it doesnt

[tidal moth]

i know its hard to get the clip on for the center fan after mounting it @cyan rune. but you can do it I swear to you. I did it in the 210i

bro the clearance on that case it microscopic

[strong raft]

tbh I'd almost want have it that way to make people mention that. Epic troll moment

[simple prairie]

Maybe he likes to cook on his pc?

[cyan rune]

what does any of this have to do with my gpu cable?

[little osprey]

Yeah thats it

[little osprey]

LOL

[simple prairie]

went from zipties to an entire water loop project

[little osprey]

im all for it

[strong raft]

Success, we took attention away from the cable, just like Major Pain breaking a finger to distract from a broken leg.

[little osprey]

you right

[simple prairie]

WE ARE GIVING YOU THE SOLUTIONS LMAO

[tidal moth]

someone did this

you can do it

[little osprey]

Sheeesh wtf

how.

thats

hacking

[tidal moth]

nr200 be like

at that point just get an aio

like why even

[simple prairie]

couldnt fit my pinky toe in there

[strong raft]

What's in the bottom?

[simple prairie]

wrong answers only

[little osprey]

Water

[simple prairie]

ice cream sandwiches

[potent portal]

Ice Ice baby

[little osprey]

[simple prairie]

I want an ice cream sandwich niw

now*

[little osprey]

Same

i could go for a $5 box

[simple prairie]

those can be dangerous

but its definetly gold bars @strong raft

[simple prairie]

prettyt

[little osprey]

thats an awesome build

sheesh

[potent portal]

120mm gpu aio

[simple prairie]

everyone needs a foot pillow from amazon for their setup. Thnak me later

[strong raft]

You realize that's the Hybrid? - I too love preheating the air for my cpu/gpu though

[potent portal]

Yes, that changes nothing. The core still pulls a lot of power.

[little osprey]

whatever it looks cool

[potent portal]

Yeah it's efficient use of space at least

[simple prairie]

looks are always 90% of the setup

thats why we do this

[potent portal]

Not mine lol

[little osprey]

mine is function

[potent portal]

Function over form as far as I'm concerned

[little osprey]

like it works , okay

[simple prairie]

that setup definetly sounds like a box fan from walmart

[little osprey]

i dont have any friends so no one else sees my setup unless i send photos

[simple prairie]

whoosh

[potent portal]

The little RGB I have is set so it's practical. It changes according to CPU temp.

[simple prairie]

Like the red ring of death huh?

[little osprey]

my rgb is set to white and its only on my keyboard

[potent portal]

If it gets to red I know I need to turn some settings down lol

That would mean I'm over 80C on an AIO

[simple prairie]

Yummy toasty

[strong raft]

tbh I also hate psu cage. would rather it be like the opposite of what the fractal torrent has, if that makes sense. Well, perhaps sort of an adjustable psu cage so maybe an intake fan could fit right in front of it like I do in my old case

[little osprey]

like o11 where its on the cable management side?

oh wait i see what you're talking about

[strong raft]

Ah I realized how common the cage is. Yeah I meant perhaps something like this: (nvrmind can't fit a fan well there). I like how much a bottom intake helps gpu temp/fan. Indeed that's why I sort of like the 011 Air mini (to be specific).

[high yew]

anyone bought something in best buy app/website and picked up in store a day or so later?

[potent portal]

Yeah, why

[high yew]

curious to know how fast did they look at, verify, and confirm your purchase so that you could go in and get it?

bought a 4000d and i’m wondering if it’ll be ready tomorrow

by noon

[potent portal]

Orders are usually ready fast yeah, unless they have to ship it

[high yew]

oh so you buy online, and they tell you to go get it a bit later

i bought after store hours

so tomorrow i’m assuming they’ll tell me to come it during tr da

the day*

specific time or just anytime?

[potent portal]

Varies by store

[high yew]

not sure i’ll know as i sleep in till about noon everyday lol

[potent portal]

Don't know why the bot missed that one

[high yew]

wait what

[potent portal]

But they'll hold it for you for a few days once it's ready

[high yew]

what did i say

hit?

LMAO shocker

gotta get used to that

[high yew]

two questions if y’all don’t mind

does pulling a stock intel cpu cooler off just come off just like that or should i warm up thermal paste before doing so? i think that’s just amd but i wanna be certain.
i bought a 4000d airflow but my fans don’t get here for a while. i have one extra coolermaster so i’m gonna use that single 120 for the time being as an exhaust. a 360mm aio upfront and 1 fan in the back for exhaust is good enough until i get my top two exhausts, no?

[fossil cedar]

Might make it easier but not needed on either, just twist the cooler and it should come off pretty easy, yes that's plenty of fans

[high yew]

i’ll give you a ping if i need any help in about 10-13 hours so be on lookout lol. thank you!

[fossil cedar]

Just ask here if I'm available I'll answer if not someone else will

[vagrant iron]

hello, i just finished picking my parts up for a budget build

can someone tell me any improvements?

[fossil cedar]

Sure, do you have a pc part picker list?

[vagrant iron]

nope

idk whats that

[fossil cedar]

Very useful tool

What country are you in?

[vagrant iron]

bh

[fossil cedar]

Bh?

[vagrant iron]

yeah

everything here is overpriced

[fossil cedar]

Oh Bahrain?

[vagrant iron]

thats why i am going for budget

[vagrant iron]

yep

[fossil cedar]

Ahh yeah there's no pc part picker for your country

What's your parts and prices?

[vagrant iron]

sadly

how can i send images

[fossil cedar]

You need to rank up but you can copy paste the text/links into here

[vagrant iron]

dms?

for pics

[fossil cedar]

Oh wait not links yet you would need to level up

1 sec needa open dms

[vagrant iron]

wdum open

[fossil cedar]

Yeah dm me

I had my dms on friends only for a while

[analog hearth]

https://pcpartpicker.com/

make a list with your parts, make sure it’s not private, then send it here

[fossil cedar]

I'm helping them in dms

[analog hearth]

i’d still mention it for future reference

[fossil cedar]

Yeah i did

[unborn mesa]

Whats a good cpu i can pair with a 6900xt

[fossil cedar]

I7 12700k/i9 12900k

[unborn mesa]

Have an amd motherboard forgot to mention

[fossil cedar]

I'd go 12700k person

[fossil cedar]

Ohh, do you just game?

[unborn mesa]

Yea i heard it was good but i went with amd

Yea

[fossil cedar]

Then 5800x3d launches today

Get that

[unborn mesa]

Lemme look it up havent heard of it

[fossil cedar]

It's the best gaming cpu except the 12900ks in most games

[unborn mesa]

Thought you said it launches today

[fossil cedar]

It does, reviews came out last week tho

[unborn mesa]

Ah

Its 450

[fossil cedar]

Yup

[analog hearth]

wait, a locked Ryzen CPU?

[unborn mesa]

Apparently

Doesnt seem bad but kinda pricey

[fossil cedar]

Bro you're going 6900xt

5700x also works tho

[fossil cedar]

Yeah but you can bclk oc

[unborn mesa]

Its only 50 bucks for my to upgrade to it

[analog hearth]

ah

what are you currently running?

[unborn mesa]

6800

[fossil cedar]

Sus for someone to give you a 6900xt for 50 + 6800

[unborn mesa]

Not selling to someone @fossil cedar

Returning to store i got it from

Its still in its return window

[fossil cedar]

Ah fair enough

Go for it imo

[unborn mesa]

Might upgrade my cpu also but im not sure which to get

[fossil cedar]

What you got atm?

[unborn mesa]

@visual bone you think the ryzen 9 5900x would pair decently?

A 5700g but i also wanna use it for a build for a pc that dont need a dedicated gpu

[fossil cedar]

Yeah I'd personally only grab the 5700x or 5800x3d

[unborn mesa]

5800x3d is 450

[fossil cedar]

Yeah

Imo not worth more than 5700x at 280 until you go all the way up to 5800x3d

[clear star]

does gpu sag cause perm damage?

[unborn mesa]

I can get a 5900x for about 370

Only thing im dreading ill have to buy an aio for it so

[fossil cedar]

Yeah am saying 5700x and 5900x are within margin of error

Not worth the money

[stoic island]

Any of them could use an aio, not the coolest chips

[mossy venture]

i mean, you dont have to, theres good enough air coolers that will cool it alright like the ak620 and dark rock pro 4

though 3d will need an aio

[fossil cedar]

Nah you'll be good, extreme sag can cause slightly higher temps tho

And with a 5700x you can get away with a good air cooler like deepcool ak620, nhd15, drp4

[stoic island]

Damage from GPU sag is just either the GPU is still in the slot or you've damaged the slot, the rest doesn't really matter

[mossy venture]

i mean, isnt ak620 on dr4p level?

[stoic island]

The GPU hanging doesn't really matter much

[mossy venture]

my friend gets sub 80c with a drp4 on his 5800x

[fossil cedar]

Gep

[fossil cedar]

With pbo off tho?

[mossy venture]

yeah

afaik

[stoic island]

I'm still waiting for d15 next gen, but they keep pushing it back :(

It's q1 2023 last I checked

[fossil cedar]

:(

[mossy venture]

rip

i think my next upgrade is going to be a cpu+mobo

[stoic island]

At first it was slated for like q2 2022 lol

[mossy venture]

maybe ram as well depending on when i upgrade

gonna be saving mining profits for it, at like 130 rn

[stoic island]

Wonder if ddr5 will improve enough in half a year

[mossy venture]

and making around 60 a month

[clear star]

okay cause i got this asus rog card and the sag is a little noticeable, it’s mainly just annoying but the card is huge

[mossy venture]

if you want to prevent it, sag brackets are cheap

not a huge issue tho

[stoic island]

Anything can be used as GPU support

[fossil cedar]

Lego

[little osprey]

Lol

Ur mom

[fossil cedar]

I'm serious

[mossy venture]

what about emotional support?

"you can do this gpu"

"you got this"

[fossil cedar]

Lol

[stoic island]

Lego is actually good because adjustable height

[mossy venture]

how was 7th gen increase in perf from 6th gen btw?

[stoic island]

7th gen Intel?

[unborn mesa]

Which cpu would you recommend for amd mobo @fossil cedar

[mossy venture]

yeah

was it similar to 11th gen increase from 10th?

[fossil cedar]

Like i said before a 5700x or 5800x3d

[mossy venture]

im thinking my next upgrade will be 13th gen or 14th gen (or ryzens equivelant, not sure yet)

whatevers better price/perf at the time

and just curious how much they improved with better ddr4 with 7th gen compared to last

[stoic island]

There was no ipc increase because basically same arch but a bit of a freq bump ig

[mossy venture]

thought so

isnt that what normally happens for intel?

[stoic island]

For like 6th to 9th gen

All the 14nm+++++++

[obsidian wigeon]

isn't even 10th gen 14nm too?

hell, even 11th gen is 14

they only moved to 10 on desktop with adl

laptops got it in ice lake

[little osprey]

So you’re saying my cpu is just a refresh of 8th gen

[obsidian wigeon]

essentially

just ipc increases

[stoic island]

Yes

[obsidian wigeon]

and more cores added

[stoic island]

9 to 10 got a bit of things though iirc

The now deleted avx 512

[obsidian wigeon]

yep

but essentially the same

[tidal moth]

@restive halo sick build but why the rad that way?

why stretch the tubes so far

[mossy venture]

@elfin flame https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P5-3663-KL&associatecode=DCIZQ79WVS4ODJZ

POG

From this drop or?

[earnest olive]

rommy rich

[little osprey]

Imagine just buying a gpu

[mossy venture]

Still a decent price

[little osprey]

..@.9:9:9:@2

[mossy venture]

Yeah

[little osprey]

LOL

[mossy venture]

I might have someone to buy my 6800xt

[little osprey]

BRUH

[mossy venture]

He hasn't responded in two hours though

[tidal moth]

I feel like I could have pulled that off

[little osprey]

for school???!

[mossy venture]

If he doesn't by the time I get home I'm posting it to my dads ebay

[little osprey]

Bro

Your workplace is too nice

You could have used a 1030😂

[earnest olive]

researching ray tracing performance in zombies

for science

[little osprey]

yes

For educational purposes

[little osprey]

🧠

[ornate condor]

160$ for rx 6400

[fossil cedar]

6400 isnt a card?

[ornate condor]

Looks like 750ti or something lil

Didn't even checked benchmarks

Expecting 1050 performance tbh

[mossy venture]

prolly a 560

or 550

[ornate condor]

Its nice to see gpus under 200$ again but I don't think it's good value lol

[haughty void]

wat

[desert gulch]

Ye it js

https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/amd-radeon-rx-6400

Amd has it on their product page

The GPU has been out for a bit

It's just aib's have finally started actually putting it out there silently

[fossil cedar]

just saw yeah

dumb af

[desert gulch]

Ye

They made a worse GPU than the 6500xt

I thought it couldn't be done

[vague oracle]

Woah my old RX480 is better than a modern GPU?

[high yew]

to take off my cpu cooler i need to take out ram sticks to get a better press, can i take em out and put em back in without any problems?

[fossil cedar]

yep

[high yew]

sweet

to take cooler off, how you do that

intel

press down on the pegs and turn left?

[fossil cedar]

yeah twist it off after undoing the screws or peggs if its stock

[high yew]

i removed thermal paste i believe

used two paper towels w iso on it and q tips aroun the edges lightly

[buoyant patrol]

I truly didn’t realize how large 12th gen looks lol

[formal girder]

It does great things honestly

[vague oracle]

Size matters

[potent portal]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-wisdom-judging-size-gif-5012015

[buoyant patrol]

I guess it does oh noooo

[high yew]

looking at the 4000d screws, they came w lol rubber washers, should i put those underneath the screws when i put my mobo in or it won’t really matter

[buoyant patrol]

Won’t really matter imo

[viral ore]

rubber washers?

prolly for the glass panel screws

not for the mobo

[analog hearth]

I wouldn’t put them on the same screws as the motherboard’s screws

[buoyant patrol]

^

[high yew]

gotcha alright

there’s about 3 packets of screws, not sure which ones are the mobo one

i’m assuming the big ones

[fossil cedar]

[buoyant patrol]

^

Actually fair, I usually use the ones that have a little Ring around them

[high yew]

mbd = motherboard correct

[buoyant patrol]

Not sure the manually should explain

[fossil cedar]

cant see it being anything else

[high yew]

mbd/hdd

is what it says

i got odd / ssd

but

[viral ore]

oh, the screw bags

[analog hearth]

i’d understand for the HDD but not the mobo

[buoyant patrol]

Hm

[viral ore]

yeah use the mbd/hdd screws

for the mobo

[high yew]

alright

[buoyant patrol]

Don’t screw em in too tight

Yeah mbd/hdd screws

[high yew]

alright

and washers we no use for the mobo

[buoyant patrol]

No sir the washers are prolly for the glass

[high yew]

alright

really hoping these lil standoffs don’t interfere w my mobo

[analog hearth]

wow good thing unlike your case’s manual actually explains stuff, unlike other cases ahem Thermaltake Level 20 VT

[formal girder]

The glass already has screws with rubber washbands on them

[buoyant patrol]

There isn’t anything that yt and google can’t answer

[formal girder]

Standoffs are needed for mobo

You screw the motherboard down to the standoff slots with the provided screws that came with case

[high yew]

other one didn’t have it which was weird

it doesn’t though it fits

[analog hearth]

step 1: do it

thanks Thermaltake

[high yew]

i gotta install a 360 aio, would it be smarter to put the mount on with the motherboard in or out of case

[honest violet]

I'm not sure if any of you could help me, but if so I would really appreciate it. I have an ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming motherboard and am facing a problem with the ROG Strix RBG logo on the upper left-hand side of the motherboard. The light won't turn on no matter what I try. I have seen it light up a couple of times after first purchasing it, but after that, it's been off the whole time. Does anyone know what the fix for this might be? I also should mention that I called ASUS support and they said it's likely the Armor Create app, which they told me to uninstall and reinstall; which I did with no luck.

[analog hearth]

I have the same issue with my Asus mouse. RGB sometimes off but on other times

it’s just an Armoury Crate thing. it’s garbage software

if you really want to, and hopefully it’s compatible, lookup SignalRGB

[fossil cedar]

Mount it to the case then when everything else is done attach to the cpu

[high yew]

i need to attach a bracket for my lga1700 socket

i watching video

[fossil cedar]

Yah that's fine

[high yew]

how much thermal paste should be applied

[little osprey]

pea sized amount

[potent portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cpu-nutella-nutella-chocolate-thermal-paste-meme-gif-24395210

[formal girder]

I would suggest an X pattern

Due to the larger size of alder lake more thermal paste wouldn't hurt

[high yew]

went with a big dot in the middle

should be okay worst case i can take it off and reapply

[formal girder]

You can do a partial pressure test when mounting and then undo the mount to check for coverage on the cooler and ihs

[high yew]

however i ran into another issue, so let me ask this. is it possible to take the fans on one side of the aio and put them on the other side?

[formal girder]

Yes

[high yew]

i did a lil partial thing and it didn’t look like it spread

should i check it?

maybe put some more on if need be

[formal girder]

First screw it down to simulate proper pressure

[high yew]

i did yes

[formal girder]

Then unscrew the mount and check

[high yew]

alright

[formal girder]

Can you also take a pic to show coverage

[high yew]

yes

really quick though

my aio i think i need to turn the fans around

look

i’m front mounting and can’t have the pump on the front side

so fans gotta be out on other side no?

[formal girder]

You can take the fans off and the front panel of the case to mount fans through case into rad iirc

[high yew]

that’s the thermal paste for both

@formal girder

[formal girder]

It seems to have spread it too far maybe try the X method and then try pressure test

[high yew]

remove it w iso?

what’s on it rn

[formal girder]

Yes and try again

[high yew]

how big of an ax

x*

just in the middle and a lil bit

[formal girder]

Let me see if I can find a ref photo

[high yew]

okay

[left lake]

Quick question, but does anyone know what this plug is or what its for? It's from a cable that came from my powercolor red devil gpu

[formal girder]

Appears to be argb header control

[left lake]

Where do I plug it in? Do you know?

There's a total of 2 inputs

[formal girder]

Just use a nice size line from one corner to the other pass through the middle but don't start on the corner do 1-2cm away

[left lake]

This is the cable

[formal girder]

What mobo do you have?

[left lake]

Asrock b550 taichi

There's a third extension that has a male connection. The other two are females

[formal girder]

Look at the top right of your motherboard

There should be a 3 pin header

[left lake]

Ok

Oh I see it

But might be hard to get to because I have a radiator up there

Is there a bottom one?

[formal girder]

I'm not too sure but try to see if you can if not check the right side of the board

But that cable is a splitter to allow more argb fans to connect

[left lake]

Oh ok

But it's not necessary to control the rgb on the gpu, right?
The connector in the first pic
For reference I'm using the h100i elite cappellix commander hub and the corsair 4000x lighting node

[formal girder]

Don't need to use it

[left lake]

Oh ok

Is this also an argb 3 pin?

[formal girder]

Yes

[left lake]

It looks the same as the top one

Oh ok cool

Thanks for the help btw

[formal girder]

No problem

[left lake]

I actually found out that the header on the gpu is a male connection. So would i put the connector in the second photo into that? Or do I have to do something else?

But you said that this plug was for rgb hubs so I'm assuming it wouldn't work

[high yew]

how’s this

immaculate x drawing i know i know

[jagged ember]

that's more than enough lol

[high yew]

just doing what he told me too

[formal girder]

Yes beautiful

[high yew]

put it on and screw it in, then unscrew and send pic

i’m assuming

[formal girder]

With that much if you have enough in the tube to recreate then yes if not then that will work for sure

[high yew]

i have enough to do it again yes

have a whole tube

[jagged ember]

is he having mounting pressure issues?

[high yew]

no, just didn’t have enough the first time

[jagged ember]

or are you just installing the cooler for the first time

ahh

[high yew]

first time yeah

aio

[jagged ember]

yeah no that'll be enough

you won't need to remove it

[high yew]

always had fans so

[left lake]

Ohhhh wait I think I found the answer to my question

[jagged ember]

just tighten the cooler in a cross pattern

[high yew]

should i just tab some up w a paper towel

[jagged ember]

eh

[high yew]

yay or nay

i can

[jagged ember]

might spill out a bit but

i think it's fine

[high yew]

alright

since the aio is out, i need to put the fans on the other side

should i do that now

before putting the cooler in

[formal girder]

Take fans off and insert radiator in the case then take the fans on install them on the other side of rad with long screws that came with em

[high yew]

problem

i can’t take the last fan off

goes underneath the tube

[formal girder]

The cables?

Those feed through to the pump

[still roost]

j.acob#7187 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

j.acob#7187 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[mossy venture]

bro, thats atleast the second time

@high yew how is it this hard

[formal girder]

[high yew]

brutal

i’m used to it man

lmfao

[mossy venture]

so am i

i swear in legit every other server im in

like, in every message

[high yew]

one forgets about it, my bad lmao

[unborn mesa]

@high yew howd the aio install go

[high yew]

it’s in

thermal paste is a bit not on the cpu, i cleaned it up

should the tubes be down or how they are rn

[little osprey]

I think that’s good

[high yew]

my back hurts

[formal girder]

Looking great

[vague oracle]

Why the cooler upside down?

That fan is supposed to face up so it can blow on the VRMs

[left lake]

Anyone know what I do on this screen?

Is this bios update or something? Motherboard is asrock taichi and cpu is 5800x

I just built my pc and it does this

[ornate condor]

Did you installed windows ?

[left lake]

No

[ornate condor]

Thats why you getting this

[left lake]

Oh ok

[ornate condor]

Boot drive not detected

[left lake]

So what should I do

[analog hearth]

Install Windows

[ornate condor]

Hmm you need flash drive to install windows

[analog hearth]

Windows doesn't magically appear on your boot drive lol

[ornate condor]

Lol

[left lake]

Oh so install it with a USB on another device and then transfer it to this system?

[cyan ravine]

Yes

[left lake]

Oh ok thanks

[cyan ravine]

Create windows media usb stick

[ornate condor]

Download it to usb drive and install it to your pc .

[analog hearth]

use this
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[ornate condor]

Eww windows 10

[left lake]

And once I plug in the USB do i press the clr cmos button and wait, right?

[analog hearth]

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

[ornate condor]

Usually Windows installation popping up itself

Windows 11

[left lake]

Oh so once I plug the windows stick in it'll just go to bios?

[cyan ravine]

Shouldn't need to if it's just built

[left lake]

Sorry I'm a newbie lol

Yeah I built it

[cyan ravine]

Just plug and it'll auto detect when you turn on

[analog hearth]

use that link I sent. it'll install a software that'll put Windows on a USB drive. your USB drive will then be a bootable Windows installer

[left lake]

So what I'm understanding is that I need to download windows on a usb drive and plug it into the pc?

[analog hearth]

plug the USB into your PC, go to your BIOS and select the USB drive, save and exit the BIOS, and then you'll see the Windows installer

[analog hearth]

yes

[left lake]

Oh ok thanks guys. Sorry for any confusion lol

[ornate condor]

Usually it auto detecting it and don't need to get into bios too

[left lake]

👍

[analog hearth]

nah you're good. and just in case you still don't understand, here's a link to a video of how to install Windows 10 (it's basically the same for Windows 11, only you'll have to enable some settings in your BIOS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iC-Qkm186A

[left lake]

Ok thank you!

[ornate condor]

Windows 11 is amazing

Especially if you have 12th gen cpu

[left lake]

Might consider it
But I have a ryzen 5000 cpu

[analog hearth]

agreed. I feel like people are making a big deal out of it for no reason lol

I have it on a 3700X and I'm loving it

[left lake]

Oh cool

[analog hearth]

I don't have an 12th gen Intel CPU so I can't compare

[ornate condor]

Some things is hard to get used to about win11 but it's more comfortable than win10 mostly

And with 12th gen you need win11 couse win10 don't know how to deal with e-cores and p-cores

[analog hearth]

I installed Windows 10 on my console PC (3600 and 5700) and it was frustrating just to use it lol. I go back onto my Win11 PC and everything feels smooth

[ornate condor]

Yeah been using win11 for awhile and its more stable than win10 mostly lol

[analog hearth]

I'm surprised by how stable it is lol

[ornate condor]

Some settings are become so confusing tho but its more basic user friendly

Like sound settings messed up completely lol

[analog hearth]

yeah I miss the Windows 10 volume mixer

[little osprey]

To apply thermal paste how much of a 1 gram stick do I need to use. And do I squeeze and smash or do i squeeze and spread it.

[analog hearth]

just apply a pea-sized amount on the center of the CPU

like, just the size of a pea

and you shouldn't have to spread it. just apply the cooler and you should be good to go

[stoic island]

X method nice method

[little osprey]

i hate it because of various features from windows 10 that i find really useful seem to have been left out in win11

[little osprey]

Good pick from here?https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#X=785,362847&S=3200,6400&L=30,160&sort=price&Z=32768002

[vague oracle]

Wtf is this cable management

[little osprey]

ok

prebuilt or are you building yourself

you dont need everyone

ok ok we'll get there

so you want a prebuilt computer or do you plan to build it on your own or with a friend or whatever

hello

all good

no, im asking you a question

both are great options

ok ill get you a list

do you have monitor + peripherals yet

dont get it for $251

its a great monitor (i literally am using it rn)

but i got it for $190

at costco

its not worth $250 imo

Lol, i asked my mom to get me a pc and ive been using a $700 computer for the past two years. Tried to stay grateful for what she got me but its kinda hard 😂

Anyways ill get your list started

do you prefer rgb?

lights

rgb isnt just for pcs

you know like

rgb light strips

that u put on your walls

no, but it looks cool to some people

Well some parts include rgb, you wont have to buy any external rgb stuff

i was just making an example of what rgb is used for

aight

when you buying it?

idk if i would spend that much money on a pc at 13 but you do you

if you want to be a youtuber do you already have a good mic and good headphones

because if you dont have that and dont have keyboard/mouse either you probably want to save part of your budget for that

Oh

I see

Meh doesnt matter to me im only making you a list lmao

you prefer black or white? for primary pc colors

thats good

stay humble

k

you want a bigger or smaller sized computer?

like an average pc case nothing too big or nothing too small

no, the size of the parts depends on the case.

the smaller you get, the more expensive parts are (typically)

when your case is bigger the case will usually cost more and you'll have to install more fans so it's also a little more expensive

Well im just asking because idk how much space you have for the computer

thats all

ok ill just get you a normal sized case (ATX form factor)

oh

Alright ill get you a big one 😈

[desert gulch]

Matx is the cheapest usually

[little osprey]

nah we can stay here

oh you wanna send images

just dm to me but chatting stays here in case others want to comment

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/966534275119861760/966534318270844928/image0.jpg

thats massive bruh

thats like

huuuuuuge

U want a big chonker case?

Alright ill see what i can find

wait its black

one sec

that nzxt pc is hot ass

way too overpriced