#I need help with building my first PC 2K budget

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charred pecan
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Make sure you say what you'll be using the PC for as it will help people help you

sweet drift
split gale
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Wanna share the full spec?

charred pecan
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PS. I have deleted your other thread JuiceTheKid - please just stick to this one thread

sweet drift
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I can send pics if I can find where to send them

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It’ll be easier

split gale
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If you get to level one on MEE6 you can

sweet drift
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I have it setup just not purchased it yet

charred pecan
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You need to level a bit to send images (its an anti-spam measure)

sweet drift
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Oh ok

split gale
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Or if you press proceed then post spec to forum then cop the link

sweet drift
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This work ?

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I did change some stuff

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It better not show the default stuff it came with lol

sweet drift
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I edited it

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I don’t have it on forums

charred pecan
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If you foillow Juniors instructions how to get your link itll include what youve changed

split gale
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Just need to copy the link

sweet drift
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I only have it saved on the site

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I did

split gale
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Then paste the link here

sweet drift
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That was the link

split gale
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Don’t need to be on the forum

sweet drift
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From the site

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There

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Here

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I can send pics now

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charred pecan
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Press Proceed, Press 'Post to Forums', scroll down - there will be a configured link for you under your spec list

sweet drift
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I can’t because they don’t have the fans I want

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It warns me saying they don’t have the stock

split gale
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Then take them off and tell us what ones they are

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We can account for them

sweet drift
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This ?

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That work

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The fan I selected was a deep cool AK620

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Dual tower

split gale
sweet drift
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That’s not what my build is ?

split gale
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OMG

sweet drift
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I did what you said

charred pecan
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Junior video is how to get the link

split gale
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That’s why you copy what I’ve done and show us

sweet drift
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Oh

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Oh I see

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There

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That work ?

split gale
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Awesome. Yes it does. What’s your budget?

sweet drift
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2K

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Around there

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Basically under 2.1K

split gale
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Okay

sweet drift
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The reason I went with the 4070 TI is because it has high fps I’ve seen on almost any game

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And I like the look of it

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My monitor I have rn is a 1440P 180Hz overclocked monitor that has gsync and freesync

split gale
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With the AK620 it comes to 1,103

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Can explain the changes if need be

sweet drift
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I don’t really like the Asus stuff

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I have a laptop and the picture is awful Ik it’s a laptop but like the quality doesn’t seem very good In general

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I feel like other brands would be better

sweet drift
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No higher

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Ik it’s not much difference but I’m kinda spending a lot

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2080 is probably my max

charred pecan
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There was a reason why you were asked what your budget was lol
Personally I've had no issues with my ASUS motherboard

sweet drift
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Is the B650 good ?

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Or better rather would you say

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The gigabyte

charred pecan
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The motherboard that Junior picked is a perfectly fine motherboard

split gale
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I’d go for the B650 AORUS elite over the TUF. But the AORUS is another £50 or so

sweet drift
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Will my build fit that ?

split gale
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Physically yes, budget no

sweet drift
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I don’t see it

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Anyway

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In the options

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Would the asus one be faster

split gale
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2nd gigabyte option

sweet drift
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?

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Wdym

split gale
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The AORUS

sweet drift
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Ohh

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Are the fans ok would you say

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That I have rn

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Not the AK one

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Like without that one would it be fine would you say

split gale
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Like the case fans?

sweet drift
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Yeah

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And the processor cooling

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I could potentially go for the aorus

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Depends how much of a difference it will make

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And if it’s worth it

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Also what’s the difference between the motherboard I had Vs the one you recommended

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This Vs the gigabyte one ?

split gale
split gale
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The AORUS has better VRM’s, but realistically you won’t notice a difference day to day

sweet drift
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No frost flow 200

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Only 150

split gale
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Hmm. Yeah I’d wait for the 620 to comeback

sweet drift
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Isn’t the gigabyte better though it has better graphics or something I looked up

split gale
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It’s a motherboard

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Doesn’t have graphics

sweet drift
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Btw I could substitute the AK fan for 2 thermal take fans ?

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2 X 120MM

split gale
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No because the AK is a cpu cooler

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You need a cooler

sweet drift
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True

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Will I need the 2 thermal take fans as well ?

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Onboard graphics ?

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That M.2 is slower than the Corsair one ?

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What does the Gigabyte Wifi plus do that the original doesn’t

sweet drift
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Yeah that fan will not be working I gotta wait an entire month for them to restock on them @split gale

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Is there any alternative I could use

split gale
sweet drift
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They don’t restock until the 1/9/2023 androidsob

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Lmao

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September

sweet drift
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Case fans btw

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split gale
sweet drift
split gale
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The ones that come with the case is plenty

sweet drift
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sweet drift
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Oh ok

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What cpu cooler do I get

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sweet drift
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Because the cooler is out of stock until September

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Those are the other fans

split gale
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The PCS 360?

sweet drift
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Don’t have them

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They only have 150

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I don’t know what one to choose

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Would the 150 series be enough ?

split gale
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Scroll down lad

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I’m telling you. There’s a PCS Frostflow 360 if you scroll down

sweet drift
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That’s liquid cooled ?

split gale
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Yep

sweet drift
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Those aren’t good though are they

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What if it breaks

split gale
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What?

sweet drift
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And leaks everywhere

split gale
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No they’re good

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They don’t leak

sweet drift
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I’m worried it’ll leak lol

split gale
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It’s just not something that happens

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And it’s non conductive liquid

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So it’s not like a water spill

sweet drift
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This one ?

split gale
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Yes

sweet drift
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So the Asus one is faster ?

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Motherboard

split gale
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Not faster

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Motherboards don’t directly impact gaming performance

sweet drift
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Oh ok

split gale
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But it’s a better motherboard

sweet drift
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This one ?

split gale
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Yep

sweet drift
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No case fans at all ?

split gale
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The case comes with fans mate

sweet drift
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Even the standard ones can be controlled ?

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Like the really cheap ones ?

split gale
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They’re fine

sweet drift
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Should I get those or

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I can afford that

split gale
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Want better fans pick a nicer case- you’re the one that added that case in the first place

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They don’t replace the fans

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They just add them on

sweet drift
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Ik

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But will those be helpful

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The ones I chose

sweet drift
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Can I choose the size of the case ?

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Isn’t the fusion Goliath big ?

split gale
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sweet drift
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These affect the size ?

split gale
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Yes… it’s a case

sweet drift
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How do Ik the size

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Of the case

split gale
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Click on it

sweet drift
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They all look the same size

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I did

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Is this bigger ?

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Looks the same to me

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sweet drift
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So is that bigger

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I can’t find any bigger ones

split gale
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No idea

sweet drift
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That’s the one i had

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It’s smaller on the left side

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But right side of the dimension is smaller

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There all the same size

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Basically

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Is this good ? @split gale

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Sorry for pinging

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Also do you recommend any good keyboards in the budget of 130 max

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barren hazel
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yeah, the case has 4 ARGB fans, the Motherboard has a itty tiny little bit of RGB, and the graphics card is likely to have RGB too

barren hazel
charred pecan
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All you need is Windows Defender - comes free with Windows

barren hazel
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Norton is bloatware and will only slow your PC down, even if it's not active just being there is actively slows the PC down, and Windows Defender is just as good, part of windows itself, and does not slow you down additionally

sweet drift
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I usually download songs from websites

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Because they’re like leaked songs

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So I don’t wanna get a virus

onyx gate
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Windows Defender, as it's already been said, is all you need
Anything else will just bog down your system as a "Joe Blooggs User"

sweet drift
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I can’t remove nortan anyway

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It’s by default

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For free

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Nvm I can

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How much slower will it make it

charred pecan
sweet drift
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With it

onyx gate
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And, if you are indeed downloading dodgy stuff, then I'm out and you're on your own

sweet drift
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That’s the only music I listen to

charred pecan
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Spotify Free

sweet drift
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It’s not really illegal because I’m not leaking it

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Others leak it

sweet drift
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I use local files

barren hazel
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still even accessing it can get you in trouble for piracy for one, plenty of free options anyway, and all those less than clean options have high risk of you catching internet VD

sweet drift
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It’s a trusted site

charred pecan
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Yep, piracy is still piracy whether you sell/forward it on or just keep for yourself

sweet drift
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It’s mega

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That I use

rocky oasis
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🥴🥴

sweet drift
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If I got fast track for 3 days would it actually come in 3 days

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Or could it be delayed

barren hazel
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it could get delayed, but PCS will refund the difference if it is within the 5 day fast track, or refund all if it is out side that too

charred pecan
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Note the 'working days' comment, ie weekends dont count

sweet drift
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Also the ryzen 7 7800X3D has no security issues right ?

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Like some of the other ryzen’s have

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Like with zen or something

barren hazel
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no security issues I know of

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the only issue I knew of was the x3d processors self destructing, but thats not an issue anymore as far as I know

charred pecan
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And wasnt a security issue anyway

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That CPU is perfectly fine

sweet drift
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Would you say I have a good build

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Someone told me it’s overkill

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But I’m trying to get the best PC I can possibly get for about 2K

charred pecan
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Would be worth linking said build again so people cna have a look (rather than having to try and scroll back to the relevant lastest build)

sweet drift
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I didn’t change anything

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Just to double check

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Is that good ?

charred pecan
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A previously said get rid of the Norton trial, easier to start without it rather than having to uninstall it

barren hazel
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https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/zg8Z23pEQW/

one itty bitty change, costs 5 quid more, it gets you a separate superfast OS drive, so you can keep games and other clutter off the drive with an OS on it, keeping the system as fast as possible, and a full 2 TB for gmaes and whatnot

charred pecan
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I still only see one drive oin there, maybe I'm imagining things

onyx gate
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Nah, there's only one drive on the last link from DrLeft

barren hazel
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huh, no clue what happened, and I can't replicate it either. ignore it all then

sweet drift
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Is that ok ?

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I was told that drive was fast enough

barren hazel
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one drive is fine, but remember that after a certain point of fullness the system will start to slow down, you an additional drive will be needed

charred pecan
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Basically its better to have one drive for Windows and another drive for other stuff but if the budget doesnt allow now then extra drives can be added later

sweet drift
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I can’t get another drive

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It’s too much

charred pecan
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Therefore one will have to do for the moment

barren hazel
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it's something to put on the future upgrades list

sweet drift
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I was told to get the antivirus

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Because all the protection I can get will be helpful

charred pecan
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Wihndows has Windows Defender by default as we've already told you

sweet drift
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Yeah but defender isn’t the best

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More protection the better

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Just in case

barren hazel
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Norton is not more, I'd argue it's actually less protection, and a system drain on top

you can get a free version of MalwareBytes downloaded and installed incase you do catch internet VD from your questionable download practices

charred pecan
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Well if you do insist on getting Norton its a free trial you will have to pay for it when siad trial runs out
Oh and dont blame us when its starts slowing down your system

onyx gate
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You're going in circles about the antivirus. If they insist on doing dodgy stuff, let them
And, after the 90 days free trial expires, let them pay for the full license
If they don't want to pay for the license, then Windows Defender is their only solution anyways

sweet drift
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Can’t you cancel before you pay

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So you only get the free trial

onyx gate
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And what then? You're back on Windows Defender
So what's the point in getting Norton in the first place?

sweet drift
sweet drift
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Or additional

onyx gate
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There is no "additional protection"

  1. If you have both running at the same time they will conflict
  2. Windows Defender is superior in my opinion
barren hazel
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also, it would just be cheaper to get spotify or Youtube premium, than to pay for an Anti virus subscription

sweet drift
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I bought the Pc

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I went with the asus motherboard with wifi

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I talked to the company on phone

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I’ve made the order but I’m not sure about keyboards

sweet drift
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They didn’t have the fan you recommended but also I was recommended by a Pc specialist worker that this is a better fan ?

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For liquid cooler because they didn’t have the AK fan

onyx gate
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I am just going to go ahead and delete the other thread

sweet drift
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Already

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Rakk is

onyx gate
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No...I just deleted it

sweet drift
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He said he would androidsob

charred pecan
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Just beat me to it 🙂

sweet drift
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So far the keyboard that seems best for me is the Corsair K65 Mini

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It has good latency among other things

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Like a good response time

sweet drift
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Is there change I could overclock my Pc build ?

charred pecan
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Overclocking does very little apart from for bragging right now-a-days, the CPU's have their own boosts anyway

sweet drift
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Would I be able to overlock on a 1440P monitor

charred pecan
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Depends what you mean, and its depends on the refresh rate of the monitor anyway preusming youre talking about refresh rate overcloiking

onyx gate
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And it depends on the monitor and if it has a built-in overclock feature. Otherwise you cannot overclock a monitor

sweet drift
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Would the liquid cooler be loud

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The 100Hx elite

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Apparently are loud

charred pecan
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I thought the H100x was quite old now - pretty sure I had one of those about 6 years ago - nevermind mine was an older H100i -- oops

barren hazel
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loud is relative, compared to others 240mm AIO's, probably, compared to an aircooler, it's probably nice and whisper quiet

sweet drift
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Someone told me it’s good

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I had someone tell me at pc specialist that it’s a good one

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But idk if it’s loud

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It fits in my Pc and they still sell it

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So surely it’s not that old

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I was even recommended it

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I talked to someone from pc specialist on the phone saying it’s a good one

charred pecan
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The Frostflow 360 you had earlier was more powerful

sweet drift
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AIOS coolers are very loud apparently

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I’m not sure if mine is a AOIS

barren hazel
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AIO's are generally quieter than air coolers, and tend to be able to cool better

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the one you chose is an AIO

sweet drift
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Corsair ones are apparently very loud

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Is mine one idk

onyx gate
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Corsair is one of the leading brands for AIO's. I genuinely don't know what you are talking about

barren hazel
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Corsair are loud compared to say, a Noctua or a BeQuiet an AIO, but still quiet enough, you won't hear it over the game much if at all

sweet drift
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Corsair themselves said they’re very loud if they’re AIO

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How do I know if my liquid cooler is a all in one @barren hazel

onyx gate
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Because it's a liquid cooler...aka AIO

barren hazel
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google for one, and on PCS, you can get a picture showing the whole thing

onyx gate
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They are one and the same thing

sweet drift
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I can’t find anywhere that reviews one @barren hazel @onyx gate

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I’m worried it’ll be loud

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But apparently Corsair themselves said some older ones have noise issues

barren hazel
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cool the pings

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on mobile use portrait mode, and click the " ? " symbol to get the picks

sweet drift
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The I versions are loud

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But idk about the X series

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Elite

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Nowhere is putting reviews about that model out

onyx gate
sweet drift
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That I’m having

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There’s no reviews about this specific model

barren hazel
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not great reviews as far as talking about the product, but it was the first google result

onyx gate
sweet drift
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I only see the I series

onyx gate
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Then you are typing it in wrong

split gale
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Love amazon reviews. Have to be slightly careful on how you look at 'em

barren hazel
onyx gate
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Which would also explain why you couldn't find any reviews for the keyboards you were asking for earlier

sweet drift
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It’s this model

barren hazel
split gale
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This is an installation guide for the @corsair H100i Elite all in one cooler. Here I am showing how to install this AIO, including setup for Intel LGA 1200 socket and LGA 1700 socket motherboards. I'm also showing the installation for Corsair AF120 Elite fans which I've used in this case as well.

Related videos:
Corsair AF120 Elite fans https:...

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barren hazel
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since when is i=x?

split gale
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It's not that one either LUL

sweet drift
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Mine isn’t the I version

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It doesn’t say I

split gale
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Corsair has too many different coolers

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Mind you, the H100X is a pretty new AIO, so there ain't gonna be much on it

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that said, the Corsair AIO's are rock solid. YOu'll be fine with it @sweet drift no need to worry

sweet drift
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I’ve seen a H100X review of the original one from 5 years ago

split gale
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nothing lile

sweet drift
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Just not the Elite RGB version I’ve selected

split gale
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nothing like tht one

sweet drift
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So that’s the wrong one

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barren hazel
charred pecan
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And one thing to remember JuiceTheKidd, if you want decent gaming power the PC will make some noise

sweet drift
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I found a IQ one

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But mine doesn’t say IQ

barren hazel
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no matter what, it seems you think the AIO is going to be screaming louder than a 747 at takeoff, when in reality is is barely going to exceed the GPU's own volume, if at all

sweet drift
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It says Icue

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What is icue

barren hazel
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in fact the GPU is likely going to be louder at all times

charred pecan
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ICue is corsiar software

split gale
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Corsair's RGB software

sweet drift
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Ohh

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So I found

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It

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It doesn’t say Icue on Pc specialist

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That’s why

charred pecan
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Its Corsairs software, not the hardware

sweet drift
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I think that’s the cooler I’ve selected

split gale
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it is

sweet drift
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It doesn’t say Icue on pc specialist though

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It doesn’t say how old it is either

split gale
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it's just got a funky thing with RGB that means it can be iCUE

split gale
barren hazel
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iCue=blinky light control
Corsair H100x is the physical cooler itslef

sweet drift
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I don’t see a release date yet

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Still

split gale
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litrerally doesn't matter

sweet drift
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I think it’s a year old

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So it shouldn’t be loud

split gale
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I live and breathe this stuff. It released this year

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sweet drift
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It also says the fast track might not come early if I buy a liquid “series”

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What are liquid series

split gale
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Custom loop water cooling. Don't bother

barren hazel
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there is a reason why this sticker exists on this server, Junior can be trusted

sweet drift
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So it won’t effect my purchase speed in fast track ?

split gale
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No, because you're not buying liquid series

sweet drift
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It also comes with 6 case fans in total as well

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The case does as well as the liquid cooler

barren hazel
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yes, 4 on the case, 2 from the AIO, so you don't need more fans

split gale
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this is liquid series

charred pecan
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And that is not what youre getting

barren hazel
split gale
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Have you made the purchase yet? @sweet drift

sweet drift
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Like hours ago

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That’s why I got worried lol

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It costs me 2.2K for just the Pc

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And the monitor was 379, and my desk was 120 androidsob

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For my first Pc setup

split gale
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you'll be good, nothing to worry about

sweet drift
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Just worried

split gale
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PC's are expensive

sweet drift
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Yeah

split gale
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What full spec did you end up with?

sweet drift
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Is it easy to add a extra M.2

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I only stuck with 1TB M.2 that’s faster

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Rather than a slow M.2 that’s bigger

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Because I can always add another One in the future

barren hazel
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adding an additional M.2 is really easy usually, it is as easy as plugging it in, and screwing it down, then when you reboot the PC, a few clicks, plenty of videos showing how to do it all start to finish

sweet drift
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I don’t have to use bios right ?

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Or add names etc

charred pecan
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Corerct, you can stay awy from changing the BIOS, just leave it as it is

barren hazel
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nope, no mucking in BIOS

sweet drift
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Idk wtf bios is or how it works 💀

charred pecan
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You can rename your PC once you get it but you can do that in Windows
And there will be a small amount oif setting up Windows when you start it for the first time (setting languages, preferences etc)

sweet drift
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So probably best if I stay away from any settings idk what they do

charred pecan
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Yep, if you dont know what a setting does, leave it alone 🙂

barren hazel
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https://youtu.be/_D0bwTd0PHM?t=289

the timestamp inlcuded is how to do the indows part, it is easy

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sweet drift
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When I get my pc will I have to setup the 180Hz or anything

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Like will it put a recommended hz on or what

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Because sometimes they do that if it can’t reach that much or whatever

barren hazel
sweet drift
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Lmao

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Is that a good choice though a fast M.2 but smaller

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1TB instead of 2TB that’s slower

charred pecan
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Faster is indeed better for your main Windows drive

sweet drift
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I have no other drives btw

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Only one M.2

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For the moment

barren hazel
sweet drift
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I mean I won’t be doing it anyway androidsob

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It’ll probably be a family member that does it so I don’t mess it up

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He’s been working with computers for a long while but knows nothing about gaming PC’s

barren hazel
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so why panic yourself into a near aneurism?

sweet drift
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Only normal ones

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Because he forgot most stuff

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He’s 70+ androidsob

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A grand parent

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Where as me I’ve never worked on a Pc before in my life

onyx gate
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He can still teach you a thing or two

sweet drift
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He has

barren hazel
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well it does involved a little screw, and it does need some fairly steady hands

sweet drift
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I mean I’ve done lots of research about this so yeah

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It’s helped

charred pecan
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Well stop panicing about it until it needs to be done

sweet drift
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Btw I have like nowhere for the pc to go

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Besides on the floor on a carpet will that be ok ?

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Or should I try get like a piece of wood or something to sit it on

charred pecan
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Youll really want to raise it off the carpet otherwise it will collect an awful lot of dust and thick carpet may block any vents at the bottom

sweet drift
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A piece of wood ?

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Like a slab that fits it

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Will that be ok

charred pecan
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Should be

sweet drift
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It’ll still be on the floor but just on a piece of wood

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Does it have to be thick or just anywhere besides on carpet

barren hazel
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wood, a cement block, airplane window, another older PC, so long as it is sturdy and preferably anti static anything will do

sweet drift
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I’m mad about my laptop 💀

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I spent like 600-700 on it now I’m trying to sell it

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But it only sells for 200 or something androidsob

charred pecan
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PC's/laptops drop in value very quickly

onyx gate
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Well, the PC you bought a few hours ago will be worth much less in a year or so

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That's just how it goes

sweet drift
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How much less you think 💀

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Like 1K

onyx gate
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Sorry, my crystal ball is out of order

sweet drift
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Lmao

charred pecan
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Just accept it will be a lot less

sweet drift
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I’m poor rn because of this Pc

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I only got 20 left 💀

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As in 20 pounds

sweet drift
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I got a question

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Would you rather go for better latency or better actuation force

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The K65 mini has 0.1 ms response apparently

barren hazel
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shhhh... calm down, you'll give yourself hemmoriods if you keep this up

sweet drift
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And this SteelSeries one I want is probably 1-2

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Lol

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I just wanna get this last thing sorted

sweet drift
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How does polling work ?

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It says the K65 RGB mini Corsair can poll 8000hz

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Does that work automatically or ?