/pcbg/ - PC Building General

>Assemble a part list
pcpartpicker.com/
>Learn how to build a PC
Search youtube for a build guide for your socket
>How to install Win7 on new CPUs
pastebin.com/TUZvnmy1

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)
>Don't use Speccy, you retard. Use HWinfo, SIV, etc.

Overclocking
>Use PBO on Ryzen. Legacy overclocking is defunct on Ryzen 2#00X CPUs. youtube.com/watch?v=FC3fsVk9Sss

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 Intel boards can utilize fast memory

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
1080p
>RX 570/580 /w Freesync 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 /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
OpenCL work
>Vega 64

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

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AVOID RYZEN LIKE THE PLAGUE

this whole G-sync vs. FreeSync shit is infuriating. if nVidia cards are the standard, why are 90% of "performance" monitors FreeSync? why is nVidia fucking the consumer?

can someone recc me a decent 1440p 144hz g-sync? why is one so hard to find?

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Installing an AMD processor is so easy. No scary crunching sound! Good first experience so far.

>why is nVidia fucking the consumer?
Heh

For AMD or Nvidia?
For AMD:
Any Sapphire
XFX GTS is midtier, but cooler isn't that good. PCB is great if you want to replace cooler. Otherwise GTR-S. Don't get lower than GTS, afaik.
Powercolor: Red Devil only, except for Vega56 where the Red Dragon is kind of good for once.
ASUS Strix
MSI Gaming X, Armor Mk2
Any high end models like Lightning, etc (hasn't been one of those for a while)

For Nvidia:
Any EVGA that doesn't have a solid block heatsink. As in, it has heat pipes and fins. For newer Pascal that is... they had some flaming early models and 900 series.
ASUS Strix as well
MSI Gaming X, or ones that are the same like the Titanium
Any Galax afaik?
Some Zotac, depends.
Any super high end models like HOF, Lightning, Kingpin, etc.

If you look at these you should see a bit of a pattern of just how cheap the and shitty the heatsink is on cards like the Armor, Dual, etc.
G1 is an exception where it looks like a fairly large heatsink with 3 fans, but the fans are complete shit and so is the heatsink.
The EVGA ACX 3.0 SC2 heatsink practically cools passively as well as the g1 does at some low fan speed. G1 is just that shit somehow.

Why is this actually hard for you to figure out?

Yes it is. But don't remove it cold. Though, even if you do and rip it out, you're unlikely to bend pins.

Freesync costs cheaper than g-sync

>why is nVidia fucking the consumer?
Because they control the vast majority of the market. Nvidia cards are only the standard because people say they're the standard. Outside of the 1080(sometimes Vega 56 beats it)/1080ti AMD is the better card to buy.

But honestly I've gone my life without adaptive sync. I really don't think it's as big of a deal as Jow Forums makes it out to be. Not enough to stress over it.

Itt;
-people with percecusion complex thinking recommendations for another brand is "shilling"
-people actually recommending 8600k
-people actually recommending GTX 1080 in its current market placement
-people actually thinking full load under Target temperature is the same thing as throttling to keep under target temperature

Hello friends - I have a pc build that works when everything EXCEPT the cpu power is plugged in. When I plug it in, it works only for a second before it just shuts down. The mobo I have is msi x470 and when it shuts down, the cpu led on the mobo is red. Don't know if this is related but the leds for the ram sticks are red as well. My cpu is amd r5 and memory is patriot viper 2x4gb ddr4.
>If anyone knows anything to help that would be greatly appreciated. I can post the other specs too if needed. And if you can't tell I am a bit of a newbie.

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