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 2600/X - Great gaming or multithreaded use CPUs >i7 8700/K or i7 9700K - Extreme setup with RTX 2080/Ti >R7 2700/X or i9 9900K - VM Work / Streaming / Video editing
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: 1080p >8GB RX 570 & 580 are standard choices >GTX 1660 Ti & RTX 2060 for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU & monitor to match 1440p >GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 2060 are standard >RTX 2080 for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 2160p >RTX 2080 is standard
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
to clarify a 1070 or vega 56 can be found roughly 100€ cheaper for more ram & better performance also the 2060 is the same price
Thomas Perry
No SSD?
Nathan Rivera
Vega 56 is getting a price cut, which may or may not be temporary. I'm seeing a Cucknadastan Vega 56 for $440 right now. This is compared to the 1660 Ti (of which it performs better) price of $375 and the 2060 (of which it performs roughly similar) of $465. So the Vega 56 should be a standard option for 1440p until AMD raises the prices again, if ever.
Parker Watson
Not bad, but the you could have gotten a better and faster ram instead of 32gb
Michael Sanchez
The 1660 Ti is the best price/performance GPU in the 1080p 144Hz or 1440p performance range (for the USA, people in third world countries may have to wait a while) For a price much lower than either, it performs somewhere between the 1070 and Vega 56 in most titles. The 2060 isn't much better and costs more than any of the formerly mentioned GPUs. Vega would need a $60 price cut to stay competitive at all, which might happen, but I wouldn't bet on it.
It's just a factory binned and OC rebranded rx480. Yes 480
Justin Sanders
They have the same GPU core and VRAM specifications The difference mostly comes from the PCB and potential binning favorability, but that depends on the model.
Joseph Walker
1660ti vs 1070 go
Henry Wilson
>1440p >1660Ti lol enjoy your 30 fps
Dominic James
Ryzen 2600 $170 Ryzen 2600x $220
Using as placeholder for Zen 2 3700x. Which is the most sensible buy considering the price and duration? 3700x might never come out due to Just Wait(tm)
>Wasting $200 just to upgrade again in 6 months the absolute state of ayymdrones
Christopher Watson
I have to because I'm giving my old PC to my dad and it can't wait.
Lincoln Sullivan
If your considering both of those as a place holder for 3700x that's out in 6 months time I'm afraid I can't help you cause that would mean I'm enabling a retard which would be against the law and taken as me taking advantage of you.
Does the Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 use the backplate or that godawful bracket?
Kayden Bailey
As I said, I have to because I'm giving my old PC to my dad. You want me to sit here without a CPU for 6 months? It's $160. Give me a fucking break you retard. Go spout your shit at people who unironically buy the 2080 ti.
Sebastian Gutierrez
Besides, I will sell it again when I change it. Utter presumptious retards on this board. Just answer the fucking question or fuck off you nigger. You jealous or what?
How would I go about configuring 2 1TB drives into RAID 0 with Ryzen? Everything I've tried doesn't look like it's working, I backed up and completely wiped my main hard drive and selected RAID array instead of ACHI in my BIOS but it doesn't seem to want to configure the drives at all
Bentley Robinson
? It already launched at CES
Michael Watson
Anybody who said anything before January was full of shit, since it hadn't even been announced. All we have to go off of are rumors, and the most recent news is that there could be a joint Zen and Navi launch this summer. The AM4 models use their bracket to connect to the backplate. Check youtube
In favor of what? NVIDIA's low-end is all overpriced. That's what I said
Josiah Butler
wtf is the difference between trident z, sniper x, and ripjaw v memory of the same speeds
Joshua Price
I don't go to this board but I got told about letsbld. Since this is /pcbg/, I thought it would be a good place to ask. Are they trustworthy?
Michael Bennett
Almost 3 years ago, I got a RX 480 from Asus and used it about a year until a fan started failing so I got it RMA'd and they send me another card. I used it for a few months until I updated my monitor and GPU, so my 480 sat in it's box until I gave it to a friend a last November. He told me recently that his computer would work for a bit until it just gave him a black screen. He took it to a computer guy and was told the 480 was busted. I got it back and tried it in my own rig and sure enough, it have me a black screen and then freeze up. I'm just wondering, is there anyway to save it or is it something too far gone to fix?
Matthew Brown
>Navi launch this summer. The current big rumor is navi is delayed until October
William Gomez
Then buy a 9900k and 2080Ti if you don't care about money faggot
Adam Wood
The latest latest rumor is Navi got delayed until q1 2020.
Liam Torres
>4c/4t >6c/12t for 70$ more All I want to know is if the 2600x is worth it over the 2600 for 50$ more. I will be using a noctua d15 as well. I want to enjoy 6-10 months, not suffer through them, if it's only a matter of >200$ which I btw will resell.
Easton Brown
honestly try and snipe a cheap 1600 or 1700, they can be even cheaper than a 2600. You don't need the 2600x if you'll upgrade in the summer again.
Andrew Edwards
>this guys wasted 50$ over the course of 6 months! >WELL WHY DON'T YOU BUY A 2080 TI AND WASTE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THEN IF YOU CAN SPARE 50 OVER 6 MONTHS The state of this board... This is less money than you spend on fast food in probably a month. What the fuck do you know about the rest of my economic habits? Neck yourself
Jacob Green
Just heard that Navi got cancelled. It's over bros.
Can anybody provide me info on >GALAX(also known as)KFA2 GeForce RTX 2060 6GB It's real cheap in my local shops. I would literally buy it right now but I am very concerned about the amount and quality of phases it has as lower amount of phases will guarantee coil whine under serious load. Any info on that card?
Alexander Cox
>corsair hydro is actually huge
well fuck, do I replace the back fan the case came with or do I try to squeeze the thing though a hole and put it outside the case?
Kayden Lopez
Heat sink design, possibly some PCB changes. Only worth using if you have more money than IQ I would need to know the model number (or at least have a picture/link) to say anything about it
I configured the drives to RAID 0 but I'm having issues reinstalling Windows, there aren't really clear instructions on how to use the AMD RAIDXpert2 drivers to install Windows in RAID array
Camden Peterson
Is there any advantage of having a rx 590? I bought it yesterday and feel like a fool now. Seems to me like amd isn't quite there when it comes to gpu's.
Isaiah Walker
Return it if you can.
Jackson Morris
Probably Noctua's small form factor cooler Here's a picture, I would guess this is a 4+2 phase It's basically a 580 or 480, with slight frequency improvements
BS, creating an ES, testing and staring the production doesn't take that long. Fall is possible.
Luis Young
Gtx 980 or Gtx 1660 ti for 1080p 144hz. I'm from Canada and a 1660 ti will be $380 + 13% tax, so in total $430. Any other options? Should I look for a used card instead? Max budget is around $450 incl tax.
Hunter Ramirez
Sorry, I meant to say I have a gtx 980, looking to upgrade to a 1660 ti.
Isaac Russell
Woah that's expensive man. What's wrong with Canada?
Brandon Collins
it's amd. they're incompetent as fuck
Kayden Jenkins
What's the difference between a Pro and Evo SSD and which should I get?
Jose Robinson
Someone has to pay for all the rapefugees they're importing
Jeremiah Hughes
It's either that or Vega Write performance EVO if you're buying new
Jackson Wilson
Planning on upgrading the pc I made in '12. Looking to get the i7 8700 and rtx 2060. What's a good MB and PSU to use for these?
Zachary Adams
Not sure, the dollar has steadily decreased since 2014. The same situation happened in 2003 but didn't take this long to recover. Everything is 3x more expensive here and the salaries are 20% less.
Xavier Johnson
> Pro MLC > Evo TLC. TLC is OK for a home PC, but if you're going to do a lot of writes, then Pro it is.
Ryan Richardson
There's no reason to get Intel if you aren't overclocking
Nolan White
Anything decent should be enough.
Gavin Hughes
I'm not buying amd cheap trash.
Nolan Moore
Yeah, you're buying something worse
William Russell
Based.
Nicholas Diaz
then buy either proper intel or proper AMD stuff
Daniel Murphy
How crap are A400s from Kingston? It's for an old pavilion dv6 2170 that saw 4 years of heavy use until the HDD died (the fan died just before warranty expired and it was replaced by HP). Now I'm thinking to shell out a few backs and turn it into a small NAS to store my stuff, ~150GB and run my 24/7 cronjobs. I could also get a crucial MX500 which is a much better SSD, but I think something else will fail earlier and I don't really need it anyway. I'll just build a miniITX machine after the laptop is definitively dead.
Lincoln Bell
Real talk what's the benefit of amd other than supporting the underdog if all I do is play videogames?
Noah Myers
Not that guy but wouldn't a person always have more money than IQ?
Xavier Powell
I'm a newfag to SSD's so I don't know what those mean all I want to do is load up my windows and vidya faster.
Jace Peterson
Should I upgrade my GPU? I currently have a GTX 1060 6 gb, but I have plans to get a 1440p monitor soon
ye, the 1660ti is pretty much THE 1440p card right now
Nicholas Nguyen
Avoid buying if you don't need to. SSDs can always be reused, so I don't see why it would be better to get a lesser drive. AMD can produce their CPUs at much lower prices You could go all the way and buy a 9900K and a $300 motherboard, but I doubt you will They aren't literally comparable
Lucas Cox
1660Ti is shit for 1440p and no point getting it when 2060 exists
Cooper Ramirez
Is there any point installing the latest nvidia drivers if I have a 1070Ti?
Luke Phillips
yes
Lincoln Nelson
AMD is arguably more futureproof since at every level above the Ryzen 3, they offer more threads and cores than Intel. Assassin's Creed can already make use of 8 cores and 16 threads, so the only Intel argument of "but games don't use that many cores" doesn't hold water anymore. AMD is also competitive on the single thread performance and IPC, which for years was Intel's main advantage. And with the Zen 2 chips releasing in July, AMD will take that crown from intel for the first time since 2006. TL;DR AMD offers more bang for the buck and is likely to last longer before being outdated and needing replacement/upgrade.
Matthew Miller
Yes. Nvidia recently added Freesync support in the latest drivers.
