Want help? >State the budget & CURRENCY for your build >List your uses - e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work >For monitors, include purpose (e.g. photo editing, gaming) and graphics card pairing (if applicable)
CPUs >R3 2200G - Bare minimum gaming (dGPU optional) >R5 2400G - Consider IF on sale >R5 2600/X - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs >i7-8700K - Best for 1080p gaming, but most expensive when factoring in delid, high-end cooler, etc. >R7 2700/X - Best high-end gaming/mixed usage on a non-HEDT platform >Threadripper/Used Xeon - HEDT
Motherboards >Only Z300 series boards can utilize fast memory with Intel
RAM >8GB - Enough for most gaming use >16GB - Standard for heavy use >32GB - If you have to ask, you don't need this much >Current CPUs benefit from fast RAM; 2933MHz+ is ideal
Graphics cards >GPU prices have gone down 1080p >RX 580 or 1060 6GB are standard 1080p 60fps+ options >1050Ti or RX560 for lower settings 1080p, or older games >GTX 1070Ti/Vega 56 if seeking higher fps & you have a CPU + monitor to match 1440p >Vega 56 or Vega 64 /w Freesync; 1070Ti if you already have Gsync >GTX 1080Ti if seeking higher fps & you have a CPU + monitor to match 2160p(4K) >Titan V
Storage >Consider StoreMi >Consider getting a larger SSD (better GB/$) instead of small SSD & large HDD >2TB HDDs are barely more $ than 1TB >M.2 is a form factor, NOT a performance standard
Monitors >Always consider FreeSync with AMD cards >Lock to 72fps on 144hz non-Gsync monitors with Nvidia cards to prevent tearing on more demanding games >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING
First for the 8700K is the only Intel CPU worth getting and that's knowing that they'll kill the socket locking support for the new CPUs in Z370 like they did with Z170 and Z270
>8400 is worth it for the price If they can't afford B-Die and the 2600X at least sure
Kevin Diaz
Neck yourself
Matthew Gray
>100 more for the same perfomance It's more around $60-80 This being said I wouldn't recommend it unless they couldn't find the 2600 at a decent price where they live
>it's more around $60-80 Except you are posting in EU time and it costs 120-160€ more here.
Jackson Smith
This. B-die rams alone are 60€ more on my amazon
Joshua Cook
What's the best thermal compound for a laptop? Needs to not fall apart at high temps. Gelid extreme? MX-4? Has anyone tried those IC liquid metal pads?
>What's the best thermal compound for a laptop? Needs to not fall apart at high temps. They're all basically the same really. difference of 5C between them all. they all do a good job. Maybe you could try that metal paste since it's a laptop. also niggers answer
Jaxson Reyes
>+30 atleast for the mobo >ignoring B350 motherboards
Daniel Sanchez
>hot 'n ready slick. Also when are you guys gonna better represent intel? atleast give people the option to make a bad decision if they wish to support jews
Henry Mitchell
i can literally get a flight to and back from amsterdam + a tenner to spend on weed for that money. no thanks.
Brayden Jackson
If you want almost guaranteed 4.2 oc you have to go with a 80-90€ b350. If you want to go cheaper you are playing lottery.
>If you want to go cheaper you are playing lottery. Source? From what I can tell the board used here is the same as the PC Mate or Tomahawk with different heatsinks so the power delivery shouldn't be different youtube.com/watch?v=f8MDhARk0ec
Ryan Jenkins
>is the same as the PC mate or Tomahawk But it's not, you can't know if they will work the same if you don't test them. The one is more expensive for a reason. And still pc mate costs 84€
Nolan Parker
>Is Ryzen ‘More Future Proof’ For Gamers? It's like either Steve or Tim from HWUB actively views these threads. youtube.com/watch?v=aZkJ_-vfQa8
Ryder Long
have 2 cases, phanteks enthoo evolv matx and a fractal design nano s. do i sell my evolv (have mini itx build) or keep it and re use the nano s for something else? nano s is worth $20 so no point selling it and the evolv is probably worth $100 ish
Blake Gray
pretty much every pc forum on the net is debating this. this discussion isn't exclusive to Jow Forums
>most of the modern games run on high/medium what about muh 120fps bru?
Owen Ramirez
>missed two separate promotions for X470 MSI boards >one where you get a headset worth 64€ for free and another one where you get a $25 Steam Gift Card for purchasing a X470 board
holy fucking shit i'm so pissed. how am i supposed to pay 130€ for a board now when i know i could have saved at least 50€ last month?
I'm about to change power supply. This is going to be a veeery long day, isn't it?
Tyler Lewis
>This is going to be a veeery long day, isn't it? why? it's literally like plugging in a playstation
Nathan Gomez
Originally I wanted to keep this build to $1500 or lower but being a powerhouse. Then I started wanting nice things like the monitor and now here I am trying to stay below 2000. Did I at least do decently in picking things out?
He uses a 3600mhz and runs it at 3400 with lower timings which is the same as trying to run 3200 b-die at 3400. Stop lying.
Christian Edwards
get a hard drive and optical redditor
Juan Smith
Need a cheap-ass M.2 SSD for my laptop. Thinking about 240GB ones. There are many similar ones tho, what should I look into? WD Green 240GB is only 50 euros, would I notice a difference between some Crucial MX500 250GB (it's 15 euros more) or any other one?
Cooper Scott
Based playstation user
Chase Campbell
I5 8400 any B series full size mobo 16 gb patriot viber DDR4 2600 MHz I'm considering getting these parts to upgrade my CPU. Currently have a GTX 960 and an AMD Athlon x4 860k.
Benjamin Rogers
>i5 shit tier, straight from housefiredozer to housefire lake
Jayden Long
Good choice
Austin Hill
Poorfag here. Can someone recommend a build around $500. I just can't find decent builds around this category. (My NEET ass just don't want to go out and earn money.)
Isaiah Bailey
>He uses a 3600mhz and runs it at 3400 with lower timings which is the same as trying to run 3200 b-die at 3400. >Stop lying >runs it at 3400 with lower timings which is the same as trying to run 3200 b-die at 3400 No it isn't, you don't know what you're talking about >Using aggressively tuned G.Skill Sniper X DDR4 3400 with tightned subtimings youtube.com/watch?v=AUyF--fJaaM&t=90 It's a 3400 Hynix kit overclocked
This might be a retarded question but I want to make absolutely sure the answer is correct. Can I use my windows 10 license on my new PC assuming I format my old PC? Every piece of hardware is different.
Yes you are right it's 3400 not 3600 but they overclock the same, jesus christ.
Jose Clark
would it be possible to get let's say cl 7~10 and like 4200~5000mhz or so?
Jason Mitchell
What's the rest of the build like?
Lincoln Ross
>remember the fucking cables. oh my. no harder then plugging in my ps3 component
Jaxson Perez
I think w10 license is linked to your mobo so i dont think so.
Henry Garcia
>cheaps out on an ssd >buys a thousand redundant fans. Bru! Also remember pixels don't matter as much as picture quality. It's fine to stick with that res size monitor but make sure your getting something good atleast.
Colton Young
Looks great, I'd consider a X470 Gaming Plus (Gigabyte BIOS is still pretty bad), a case with more airflow like a Focus G, Meshify C or a Enthoo Pro M, I've heard that GPUs from Gigabyte might be too noisy so maybe consider a EVGA 1080 and this B-Die kit pcpartpicker.com/product/jpH48d/gskill-memory-f43200c14d16gvk You could look into cheaper Cougar or Noctua case fans
Ryan Peterson
True latency chart about DDR4, lower ns is better
Jace James
Thanks and what are the black and blue marked combinations?
Austin Barnes
They're the two kits (3200 CL14 vs. 3400 CL16) being compared.
Adrian Mitchell
>would it be possible to get let's say cl 7~10 and like 4200~5000mhz or so? sure. for the low low price of just $1000
Brody Thompson
I know, what I meant is there something special about those combinations like 4600 CL19 or 4000 CL17?
Samuel Flores
>youtube.com/watch?v=hS-rYX6GPAA this guy might help. >My NEET ass just don't want to go out and earn money if your parents are too poor to get you a $1000 rig you should really consider removing yourself from neet'dom. It's not fair to leech off of the poor
Nathaniel Allen
>Can I use my windows 10 license on my new PC assuming I format my old PC that link to your microsoft account is bullshit. i had to get kmspico
Michael Miller
Why is windows 10 still so expensive? Fucking $120 is fucking rediculous for PC building. It's like they want people to steal their shit.
Asher Diaz
Buy an OEM licence from ebay etc for 5-20 bucks.
Aaron Clark
activate it with the links on the OP, senpai, or get a fake key that people sell on ebay, they are fine and you iwll activate it, but these are bought with fake cards or stolen cards so microshit doesn't get money
Caleb Morris
You can literally activate it for free. Do you buy movies too?
Benjamin Evans
I think I'm going to go this route for right now. It just sucks that I have a legit full copy of windows 7 that I cant fucking use, a full copy of office 2007 that's no longer valid etc. I really don't want to give Microsoft my money anymore because of the business choices they've made.
There's a good deal on a used gpu with warranty but the guy only has the card without original box and accessories. Do you need only the card for warranty replacement in europe?
Juan Ramirez
T-t-they will release a B450 board with good VRM, r-right user-kun?
