Want help? >State the budget & CURRENCY >Post at least some attempt at a parts list >List your uses, e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work >For monitors, include purpose (e.g., photoediting, gaming) and graphics card pairing (if applicable)
CPUs based on current pricing: >Athlon 200GE - HTPC, web browsing, bare minimum gaming (can be OC'd on some MSI mobos) >R3 2200G - Recommended minimum gaming >R5 2400G - Consider IF on sale >R5 2600/X - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs >i7-9700k/8700k - Extreme setup with RTX 2080/Ti >R7 2700/X - Best value high-end CPU on a non-HEDT platform >Threadripper/Used Xeon - HEDT
RAM: >Always choose at least a two stick kit; 2x 8GB is recommended >CPUs benefit from high speed RAM; 3000CL15 or 3200CL16 is ideal >AMD B and X chipsets and Intel Z chipets support XMP
Graphics cards based on current pricing: >Used cards can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty 1080p >GTX 1060 (bad value), RX 570, RX 580 are standard choices >GTX 1070/Ti if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 1440p >GTX 1070/Ti and Vega 56 are standard choices >RTX 2080 if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 2160p (4K) >RTX 2080 is the standard choice >RTX 2080Ti is better for 4K but expensive
General: >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >A 256GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor >Bottleneck checkers are worthless >rentry.co/pcbg-more
they make their own power supplies instead of buying one from another company and slapping a logo on it.
Alexander Adams
It was probably used for heavy mining.
Easton Murphy
I just thought it was a fake listing. By heavy mining do you mean not underclocked/undervolted?
Joshua Adams
yes, cryptocoin mining. Run 24/7 for a year
Sebastian Hernandez
I'm probably doing something retarded, but when I try to install my RAM on the Mobo, it won't go all the way in. It appears that the gap in the RAM and the slot are off by a very small margin, but both should be DDR4 compatible. The slot only has one catch, and I've tried pushing one side in at a time, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I know the RAM is better used with Intel processors, but I figured if I did experience any problems with it, it would be when booting up the computer, not during the building phase.
Wyatt Diaz
enjoy your 1 week lifetime
Colton Thompson
I doubt it is a miner card, they would retail for a lot more. I highly suspect it's one of those fake reflashed cards that makes it report its a 1080ti in GPU-Z but is actually some 6xx-7xx series card.
Hunter Lee
Didn't mean to quote
Angel Powell
I didn't post that unironically so you need not worry for my mental health user
Jaxon Reed
Read the mobo manual, it should tell you how to install the RAM properly
Jaxon Hernandez
You're probably being a pussy when pushing it in. It's absolutely compatible, all DDR4 rams are compatible between each other. Do it, faggot.
Caleb Nguyen
Are you sure it's not one of those "for parts only" fried cards?
Matthew Turner
How do I test my used eBay card to make sure it isn't fucked? I've run fur mark for 20 minutes so far and played gayman for a couple hours. Sapphire nitro+ rx580 if you're curious
Zachary Parker
Not really gaining a whole lot of insight here.
I've already applied a fair amount of force, but that seems to be the direction I'm heading. I just want to make sure I've exhausted all other options before I do.
So I'm looking to build a new gaming PC as mine is 6 years old and I'm surprised it hasn't just exploded at this point. I have a budget of around 800$ plus the cost of getting windows 10. I'm not super great at computers just looking to be able to stream, edit music, and run new games at a steady 1080p 60fps for the next couple years. I've put together a starting point if anyone has any ideas on what I should change or add. pcpartpicker.com/list/QHByBb
run your favorite games and unigine heaven benchmark. if temps are fine, fans aren't making grinding noises, and you see no artifacts/errors then it's fine.
Levi Walker
Just push bro.
Owen Murphy
Thanks, bro. I had some smoked salmon, then jammed it in. I couldn't have done it without you.
Cooper Hill
dumb question but what are the temp differences between an air cooled itx system with the front fan uninstalled and one with it intalled
Jeremiah Hughes
It depends you’ll have to see for yourself. As long as you are able to pump the hot air out of your case and keep it relatively cool in there then you don’t need anything on the front.
Jonathan Martin
Im looking to buy a m.2 pcie ssd, preferably 250gb one. Which one is the best brand?
Nathaniel Brown
yeah my temps are actually fine but the cpu fans are pretty loud so I was thinking I might make it better by installing a front fan to smooth out the airflow or something thanks user
Nolan Flores
I also ran unigine and it didn't get about ~60C in furmark so it seems fine desu
Hudson King
I'm looking to pick up a second monitor that can support two HDMI outputs, so I can plug in a console and my PC and switch between the two. Any particular suggestions or anything I should avoid?
The last two boots that Ive attempted from a shutdown, my pc never loads completely. My monitors won't display anything more than a black screen so I hold down the power button to shut it off. I power it back on and it boots right up through the uefi screen and to the os no problem, everything else works as expected. What could my drive possibly mean by this?
You should get a couple of new ones for your cpu heatsink and use the old ones as case fans that are set constantly at a low rpm. Definitely worth it if the fans are annoying you.
Joseph Butler
Is a 580 good enough though to last the next couple years or so with new games and keeping up at 1080 60fps?
William Lopez
It’s already a bitch enough coming up with the right monitor. I would look for some kind of adapter with a toggle switch on it. I bet china has a million of them ready to go in a warehouse somewhere. Would eliminate a factor in getting the right monitor.
580 can handle all current AAA trash aside from maybe ghost recon wildlands, which is hot garbage on even the most expensive cards, so I would imagine it will handle most games at high or medium for the foreseeable future
Daniel Collins
How much is this in real money?
Jack Powell
Isnt't Gsync(Freesync for sub 60 fps?
Jack Bailey
Not entirely sure I’m on the same page because I’m drunk but I would throw Ubuntu onto a flash drive and see if you can boot it since you don’t need to use your ssd to get into it. From there you may be able to do tests and shit. If your ssd is fucked, maybe you could make an image of it, rma it, and copy the data over to the new one.
Chase Lee
No it’s still going to give you some real good smoothness above 60fps
Well I won't be able to RMA is because I fucked something up and cooked it yesterday, see pic related. Theres pretty noticeable scorch marks and melted plastic on the ssd but it still works. I just can't figure out why it won't boot the first time, but it boots ezpz the second try.
You wouldn't even recommend getting say a Vega 56 or 1060 over a 580? I just wanna make sure I buy the right card that'll last me awhile my current one is a 7850 so I'm desperate here
Daniel Turner
Y-You too. I'll take good care of it. Now for the fun part.
I guess only the architects of the thing would be able to tell you. I guess I would prob just make a backup because it’s high risk for death and try to rma it anyway because worst case scenario you just don’t get your deposit back. Best case the underpayed guys just don’t give a fuck and let it slide especially if you play stupid saying it got fried from completely normal use.
Mason Hill
Is the Vega 56/64 really as loud as people are saying? Got my eyes on the Newegg deal for a $400 64
Christopher Evans
Blower cards are loud
Kevin Moore
Is it normal for a pin to be empty on the ATX cable?
Maybe just try it out man and see if the mobo takes it. It’s prob going to notice if the power it’s getting isn’t right.
Ryan Green
when the 24 pin ATX connector standard was first introduced, it had alot of extra pins for future features and stuff. Some mobos don't use certain pins, and some connectors don't. Another relic of technology outpacing form factors and vice versa
Luis Baker
If only there was some way to find out by searching some online database of images.
Well I would honestly recommended waiting to see how 7nm amd looks and then decide from there. If you absolutely must buy now, get a 580, and if you must buy now and be 100% confident that you won't have to upgrade for a few years, get a 1070ti or a Vega 56. Otherwise the 580 will carry you for a while and likely stay functional, without the $300 loss if you end up deciding to upgrade within that timeframe.
Luke Wright
whats a good website to find a bunch of game benchmarks ? im looking at the 8700k
Easton Lopez
>intel
Chase Cooper
Also I forgot to add, don't you dare get a 1060 over a 580, its more money for the same card in some games, and a worse card in other games. If you want to spend $150 get a 570, if you want to spend $200 get a 580, if you want to spend $300 try to get a Vega 56, if you want to spend $400 get a 1070ti. Under no circumstances should you consider a 1060.
Nicholas James
Okay so I will have the money to buy the entire thing by March. Should I just go with the 580 then for now or get something better and put in more money?
Aiden Carter
I need a large capacity (8TB+) HDD that won't bottleneck 1Gbit write speeds!
Bentley Walker
Please help. :(
Jaxon Brown
why does it need to be 3000
Ayden Torres
almost no modern hdd has problems writing large files at 1gbps+
1gbps is only 125MB/s, my 5TB WD black 7200RPM drive writes at 220MB/s, and my 5400 RPM 4TB drives write at a good 150-160MB/s
obviously if you want to write a fuck ton of tiny ass files, that's going to take a lot longer, even on a high performance HDD.
John Reed
>$40 mousepad
Jaxon Torres
step down to a 2080 instead of the 2080ti.
The price for performance difference between the two is absurd.
William Wright
If you plan to buy in march we may know more by then about new amd gpus, but I would say to budget for a 580 and see what happens.
Owen Turner
for pure gaming as long as he has the budget, intel is simply better.
Ethan Wright
Just going to be torrenting relatively large (20GB+) files directly to it. Could I get away with a 10TB 5400RPM WD Purple or should I look at 7200RPM Ironwolfs?
Jason Walker
i have 1gbps internet and regularly torrent directly to my 5400 RPM hdds.
I received a "new" "3TB" hard drive from amazon. It seems to have a previous users porn and weird arabic music on it (it was reformatted but easily recovered.) And it only has 2TB available as far as I can tell. However smart data reports that it has never been powered on before me and has 3TB of space. Some other tools do see it as having 3TB of space. But my paritioning tool seems to be unable to use it.
Is it possible they messed with the firmware and reset the smart data? Or even lied about the size? What's weird is that it does show a test was done at 46k hours of use. Even though it says it's only been run for a few hours. So they forgot or weren't able to clear that. But I've never heard of this being done before.
The seller has 99% positive feedback. And is the default seller for this part (and it was fullfilled through amazon.) But it is literally the cheapest drive on amazon, and a lot of the reviews claim they received used drives that claimed to be new (but nothing like the manipulation I'm describing or it only being 2TB. And they weren't even through the same seller.)
I'll still be able to get 144fps with the 2080 at 1440p?
Nolan Bell
The 2080Ti is only 10% faster, so if you're not able to hit 144fps with a 2080, you probably wont be hitting 144fps with a 2080ti either.
It will just depend on the game.
There are few games that would be worth the extra expense of the 2080Ti in my opinion, it's like 35% higher cost for 10% frame rate increase.
James Ramirez
Completed my new build. I want to thank you guys for keeping me level-headed about the items purchased. I obtained what I needed and avoided the memes. This build should get me through another 3-to-4 years.
When building a PC, what can I lay my motherboard on while I fit the RAM, CPU and cooler on? I see people on YouTube work on a table but won't you need a mat of some kind so you don't damage the back of the motherboard? Also how do I ground myself if I don't the anti static wrist strap?
Will the 2080 Ti decrease in price? At least if it goes to 999.
Juan Collins
everyone knows why, intel has superior single core performance, if you don't know this you haven't been paying attention for the past decade.
Intel having the clockspeed advantage negates AMDs thread advantage since 90% of games wont benefit from the extra threads since they're all designed for 8 thread APUs in consoles, of which only 7 threads can be used for the game itself.
So an 8 core CPU, or 6 core/12 thread CPU, either the 9700k or 8700k, are going to perform better than the 2700x in the vast majority of games if paired with the same GPU.
Jonathan Turner
Wait for CES and buy a 3700x and upgrade that 2070 to a 2080 if you want to play at 1440p@120hz. Also, it seems that you're searching for a monitor, so I recommend the Acer XB271HU bmiprz.
Ayden Hughes
Unlikely anytime soon, there is no competition
Hudson Ward
lower latency and higher clocks. the same reasons as always when it comes to 4th gen+ intel vs Ryzen.
James Russell
>Wait for CES and buy a 3700x lmao, it wont even be announced at CES, let alone launched.
Use the bag that your mobo comes in as a little mat to build on, and do it all on a sturdy table of some sort, and you'll be fine.
Carson Richardson
lol that says TBA CES, meaning if that leak WERE real (and it's probably not), then they would be ANNOUNCING the product at CES, for launch 2-3 months later.
If user wants to build a computer today, saying wait a week just so they can sit and wait another 2-3 months is a hard pill to swallow when the 9700k already outperforms the current AMD lineup and is available today
