/pcbg/ - PC Building General

>Create a parts list
pcpartpicker.com/
>Learn how to build a PC
Search youtube for a guide for your socket

Want help?
>State your budget & CURRENCY
>List your uses; eg Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work
>For monitors, include purpose and graphics pairing
>NO Speccy. Use HWinfo

CPU
>Athlon 200GE - Bare minimal desktop/gaming
>R3 2200G - Light gaming(dGPU optional)
>R5 2400G/i5-8400 - Consider IF on sale
>R5 2600/X - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs
>i7-9700k/8700k - If you have a $2000+ budget and don't care that it'll be superseded by 7nm CPUs next year
>R7 2700/X - Best value high-end CPU on a non-HEDT platform
>Wait for R7 3700X - Surely the best overall and not a massive disappointment like the 9900k
>Threadripper/Used Xeon - HEDT

RAM
>8GB - Enough for most gaming use
>16GB - Standard for heavy use
>32GB - If you have to ask, you don't need this
>CPUs benefit from fast RAM; 2933MHz+ is ideal

Graphics cards
>RTX 2000 cards are worse performance per $ than previous gen
>Avoid cheap MODELS ie MSI Armor (Mk2 is ok), Gigabyte G1/Wf, ASUS dual, and others w/ small heatsinks and low quality fans
1080p
>RX 570/580 w/ Freesync or 1060 6GB - standard 1080p 60fps+ options
>1050 3Gb or RX560 4Gb - lower settings and/or older games
>GTX 1070Ti/Vega 56 - for higher FPS w/ a high hz monitor
1440p
>Vega 56; 1070Ti/1080 if you already have Gsync
>GTX 1080Ti - for higher FPS w/ a high hz monitor
4K
>Upscale from 1620-1800p. Maybe 2080Ti, but awful value.
OpenCL use
>Vega 64

Storage
>Backup before using 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
>NVMe are not for gaming; See "More"

Display
>Consider 75hz minimum; 60hz are mostly old models.
>Always consider FreeSync w/ AMD cards
>PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING

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Kys shill

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Is there any point in having a fan blow towards my HDD cage?

good OP (but still fag)

no not really. the natural air circulation from other fans should be more than enough

Kys shill

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Sorry I worded that poorly. I mean does it help the overall airflow if the HDD cage is right in front of the fan or will the additional air intake just get negated by the cage and the HDDs. Cause I don't have anywhere else to put the second frontal intake fan but in front of the HDDs.

Whats the issue? He mentions the 8400 and 9700k/8700k.
I would personally change 9700k/8700k if you want high refresh gaming and cost efficiency isn't a problem for you.

is this on the motherboard that quietly BLCK overclocks to 109 BLCK ?

>somehow a $570 + $100 (cooler) CPU being 10% better than the $160 2600 is considered good
>at a budget resolution, even

I just can't recommend someone a nearly 3 year old GPU for 600+ for a resolution as demanding as 1440p. Especially with titles as AC:O and it's only going to get worse from here. The next 12-18 months are going to be a rocky ride for 1440p. Lots of demanding AAA on the horizon and, in the age of uncompressed 20gb audio files, developers simply being too lazy to deliver a good PC port i don't think we're going to see another DOOM-tier title.