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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i7-9700k/8700k - If you have a $2000+ budget and don't care that it'll be superseded by 7nm CPUs next year 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
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.
Owen Myers
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.
Michael Murphy
is this on the motherboard that quietly BLCK overclocks to 109 BLCK ?
Jayden Gonzalez
>somehow a $570 + $100 (cooler) CPU being 10% better than the $160 2600 is considered good >at a budget resolution, even
Anthony Gonzalez
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.
Nathaniel Jenkins
>8.2% more performance (at poverty resolutions) >320% increase in price lmaoing @ intelfags
Kayden Phillips
>got my new CPU/Mobo/Ram today >got my new 1080ti a few days ago >debated waiting for the 9700k >went with the 8700k since I am too impatient >2% performance for the 9900k lmao thanks
OP would benefit from including 144hz options because the GPU reqs differ substantially when trying to get 60 to trying to get 144
Okay time for my real question though. After installing my new CPU/Mobo/Ram and an SSD boot drive my case fans stopped spinning. I didn't alter anything about the way that they were plugged in, and I can't find anything that would have made them plug in differently. When I connect them directly to the mobo they run just fine, but I had them on a controller going directly to the PSU and they wouldn't even give me the time of day. I feel like they should be plugged into the mobo but I am literally retarded and can't figure out any way that they could be.
Also a less relevant question, my old HDD seems to be refusing to give me access to my files that I had on it
Carter Morris
>whats the issue He's shilling 3700x which won't be out for a year. That alone is enough to know OP is a faggot shill and should discard everything it says.
Camden Campbell
intlels only play at poorfag resolutions
Cooper Stewart
oh. Yeah the air will loose velocity but they will still provide as much static pressure. basically it's fine
Connor Sullivan
I bought a Acer XG270HU with freesync and a 1070 ti, would I really notice that big of a difference if I had a AMD card? Forza Horizon 4 runs amazing settings all on ultra or extreme
Yeah how about mentioning 9700x? That will surely btfo 3700x. People come here to build a pc not wait a year. Atleast by putting this on OP it's like yelling "look i'm a blatant amd shill" so people know OP is a shill before even lurking here, i can't complain.
Jace Robinson
reposting from last thread: my evga gtx 1070 only runs at PCI-E x8 v3.0 speeds, even though it supports PC-IE x16 v3.0 (pic related). I've removed the sticker with the product code (it's situated near the bottom lane that connects to the PCI-E slot and there are some reports of it blocking some lanes), reseated the GPU, changed power consumption settings, tried the GPU-z benchmark and checked my mobo's spec list and it explicitly states: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.). What am I doing wrong? Why can't I get it to run at advertised speeds? Is it because of my bad Gigabyte mobo (ab350n)?
Anyone have experience with the Cooler Master N200?
Carter Cox
I'm looking for a website that used rank CPUs and GPUs in these 12+ games average benchmarks across 1080p/1440p/2160p but i can't remember who did that. Anyone know what i'm talking about?
>9600k for sub-300 damn, makes me want to reconsider the 8600k i had planned for my new rig.
Xavier Morales
How much louder will a setup get if I go from 2 fans to 4? They're all pretty silent but they're still fans
Matthew Evans
What are your thoughts on a 24" or 25" 2560x1440?
Nathan Thomas
How we looking? I'm not a professional or anything, I've just got a good amount of cash from a summer job, wanna play some cs:go at 144hz 1080p but still be able to play other games if I want. Will also be doing other school related things and watching anime, but if it can run CS it can do that fine too.
so... I bought a B360M D3H, and I got a I5-9600K... is there a way to update the BIOS without a CPU on the motherboard? (apparently the MB doesn't support 9th generation without this update)
Ryan Cooper
What are tolerable MOS and PCH temps? I suppose it depends on the mobo, but in general?
Charles Perez
drop the second ssd for a 1-2tb hdd. the ryzen 2600 is cheaper here and slightly better for gaming so that's something to consider as well. you could also shave a few dollars off going with a 550 or even 500 watt psu so there's that.
Liam Foster
Only CSGO?
You can probably get 144 pretty easily if you settle for not ultra settings, like some lower AA and textures. I recently upgraded from a 480 (580 is a rebranded 480 with slightly better performance) and I could get 144 on less demanding games but kind of floundered down to 60 on some of the more demanding newer stuff.
Christian Carter
why is my new 3200mhz ram showing up in speccy as 1066mhz?
I put mine in the case with quite a bit of jank because I didn't want to take my mobo out and it's running kind of hot when the cpu really goes for it
Christian Allen
>4.2 >2600x >OC wat
Wyatt Young
I only want ~250+ frames for CS:GO at lowest settings; as for other games anything at a consistent 60fps at high to ultra settings is fine; though it should be mentioned I really don't play triple-a games or keep up with the "industry" very much. The most recent triple-a I played came out nearly 3 years ago. I figured I'd just go all ssd as I don't actually need more than a 1tb as I at most have 1-3 games installed at a time, only have about 3 decently sized programs and maybe 3 other tiny utilities. As for the psu I could certainly shave off a bit, but not any really considerable amount unless I seriously downgrade. I'm kinda hoping to not really have to change my psu for a long time. Thanks for the advice, anons.
>video card/driver resets under heavy load >tons of games will straight up crash if it loses the renderer instead of trying to restart it >I think my card is dying Should I try underclocking it? What softwares/settings should I be looking at?
Bentley Taylor
RX570 or RX580 which has better value price–performance ratio
My CPU doesn't get over 50 in gaymen and heavy processing either. Stress testing and it reaches 60°C with the CPU fans at 70%
Jacob Taylor
damn. I was about to get really jelly of 50C OC CPU temps
Jonathan Moore
1440p is tiny below 27", like getting a 4k screen at 27"
Ian Powell
>80$ CPU cooler >doesn't get that hot during gaming, which doesn't even use all of the cores on the 6 core chip >doesn't get that hot Ya think? Next you will tell me your custome loop cooler for a 2 core while watching a youtube video doesn't get that hot.
I see, anyways I'm asking that because a vega 56 is too expensive where I'm from so I thought by downgrading the size of the monitor and getting a rx 570 instead.
Cpu:Fx 8350 Mobo: asus m5a97 evo r2.0 Ram: 8 GB (2x4 dual channel) G-skill F3-1333C9S-4GNS GPU: rx480 shapire nitro+ 4GB (used) PSU: LC 6600 v2.2 (12 year old) HDD: some crap with +13 years old sata Case from a pentium 4 from 2002, No fans
The gpu never seems to go past 75º, some say to change settings in amd settings global wattman. Is it the power limit (%) option? Do i put it at +50%? is that going to increase max performance?
while the gpu is at 90%-100% i get this subtle high pitched coil whine + a more loud and strong coil whine , not sure if it is the GPU or the PSU. The PSU never had to power a graphic card. How do i see from where its coming from? just by separating the 2 and going by sound? is it safe to test by unplugging the GPU power cable and trying to stress it?
Can i upgrade the ram by just getting another 4GB stick of the same model and having 3 sticks?
what are the disavantages of getting a hybrid SSHD instead of an SSD?
Nicholas Garcia
Depends, how shit your RAM is, how fast it's supposed to run, and so on. Are you using XMP profiles, do you want to manually tighten the timings for extra performance or not , do you want to OC it ....
Jordan Nguyen
Do you have an nvme drive? Or something in another pci-e 3.0 slot? Usually one of these things will cause your ports to run in 8x instead of 16x
Tyler Kelly
Why do you have to be so mad? Are you poor or something?
Justin Cooper
get a RX570
Nolan Flores
Eh, I could get a better cooler but It's not worth the money for my current setup. But yes, jelly.
Matthew Wright
your entire system is a literal dumpster fire except the GPU, so the PSU is the problem most likely the problem.
if you're thinking about upgrading don't bother unless it's for a modern platform. and having 3 ram sticks is useless so don't bother with that even if your system was half decent.
Noah James
No one's mad here, why are you projecting? Did I trigger a flashback or something?
Jonathan Lewis
I am using the XMP profile
Jaxson Price
I have it It's a nice case but maybe a bit too small and cramped
William Torres
What RAM MAN for fuck sake! Imagine if I showed you GHZ statistic but didn't telll you what fucking CPU it is...
Noah Barnes
my parents are getting rid of an old Dell Inspiron desktop. It's pretty shit, but could I buy a few parts to create a very entry-level gaming pc? specs after upgrade would be
Intel E6700 gt1030 8gb corsair ram 1tb western digital ssd
would this be able to run lesser games at a mid graphics level?
Also, it seems like to upgrade the processor i'll need a new mobo. How much of a pain is it to replace mobo?
Adrian Nguyen
first of all your PSU is trash, dual 12v rail PSUs are known to cause problems with decent GPUs. the whine you're hearing is coming from your PSU trying to desperately power the GPU at full load.
second, yes you can run 3 sticks but since your motherboard is dual channel and not triple channel you'll be losing on a very tiny bit of performance.
third, the rest of your system is dogshit. trash it and start all over before your PC blows up on you.
Logan Watson
Is a X370-F fine for a 2700x?
Julian Rogers
reminds me when people say "I'm using a i7" like it means that it's automatically good, for all we know it's the i7 920 from 2008.
Hudson Jenkins
Dude my PC has a CPU and GPU, I am worried, is it running okay?
>a literal dumpster fire keked, well i never seen hit any dangerous temps yet i think the max the cpu got was 75. the mobo chip was me worried the most, sometimes its 50º with low load, but i heard that's a calculated temp and sometimes not accurate.
>3 ram sticks is useless yeah i think that too but sometimes hits 7,5 gb ram with a medium game and firefox... the ram is like 27 € but yeah i guess it's useless. there are more important problems with the hardware.
What PSU should i get? do you know one with enough Watts and nice voltage?
