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., photo editing, 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 - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs >i7-9700k - Good for gaming >R7 2700/X - Best 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 3400CL16 is ideal >All AMD chipsets and Intel Z chipsets support XMP
Graphics cards based on current pricing: >Used cards can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty 1080p >GTX 1060 6gb, RX 570, RX 580 for older or less demanding titles >RTX 2060/GTX 1660ti High framerate 1080p gaming, beware of only 6gb of vram 1440p >RTX 2060/GTX 1660ti Highish (60-100) framerate 1080p gaming, especially beware of only 6gb of vram at this resolution >RTX 2080 if you're looking for very high (100+) framerate and you have a CPU and monitor to match 2160p (4k) >RTX 2080 >RTX 2080 Ti is better, but very 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
>2700/X best high-end >3400 cl16 ram >1660ti for 1440p >6gb is not enough meme
Trash OP again
Hudson Foster
Does a 2080ti for 1440p make sense if I want a gorillian fps?
Adrian Miller
Someone PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO GET I want 1080p, SOLID 60fps, Ultra Settings
1660Ti-------OR----- RTX 2060? Which card manufacturer ? Is there a website that tests out the loudness of the fans?
Help me bros, I'm going to die from the so many different options and configurations of each of the cards.
Nathaniel Phillips
just be urself bro
Jeremiah Collins
wait for poovi
William Stewart
Yes. There isn't a game that doesn't go beyond 240+ fps with 2080ti 1440p ultra except for older games like csgo and whatnot. Unless gorillian means like 144
Eli Collins
I honestly don't know how you guys decided on which graphics card you wanted. There's so many options.
lol, i'm on ryzen 5 2400G, "gaming" on the integrated gpu.
But if I were you, I'd go for the 1660Ti, maybe a MSI armor one
Zachary Hernandez
Autism.
Jacob Brown
I was planning on getting an rx580 for my first build, but with all the 1660ti release and price drops, I have no idea what to get. Still looking at around 300 for price. Gonna run a r5 2600 and want stable 1080p gameplay. wut do
Nathan Parker
amd wont have anything that can compete for at least 8 months
Anthony Morales
>these CPU choices Lel. So glad that /pcbg/ doesn't really know what they're talking about, so my 5ghz CPUs stay cheap while they fly under the radar.
Lincoln Turner
wot cpu
Carson Perry
RIP my old R390, been team red for 10 years. Just ordered this qt 1660ti. I welcome my smaller power bills.
I have a 2600 and I can say that if your budget is 300 get the 1660. I'm this dude and my budget is 400 which is why I'm so fucking confused.
David Hernandez
why order such a small card? Even for ITX builds it's too small.
Elijah Howard
It's cheap and i'm not gonna overclock it anyway. According to reviews it's not even that much louder or hotter than the bigger cards + i like small.
Andrew Robinson
>It's cheap how cheap
Easton Edwards
>start using the Gigabyte RTX 2070 I bought from Fry’s last night >it crashes after a few hours of gaming and now displays purple artifacts, computer crashes when a game is launched >try uninstalling and reinstalling drovers, nothing works >Fry’s doesn’t accept returns, only swaps out defective items for another of the same item >card is out of stock in stores near me according to website Has anyone had experience with Fry’s in a situation like this? I figure I’ll walk in tomorrow just to see if anything can be done, but I have a bad feeling they’ll tell me to fuck off and contact the manufacturer. I’ve heard bad things about Gigabyte’s RMA process, I’m hoping to get this settled with Fry’s first.
I've been looking at cases for a few days, and am pretty sure I'm going to snag a Thermaltake View 71. Newegg has an RGB version for $200 and a non-RGB for $130. It's a no-brainer to go with the cheaper right, since the only difference is the fan LEDs? I figure I can always buy new fans and swap them in if I want to.
btw I have a 450w PSU as is, but it's a 450w EVGA BV which seems to be cheap and obscure model so I want to replace it. I've been using it with a 4GB RX 580 for about 160 hours of gaming so far with no issues though.
Joshua Butler
Honestly I think you should be fine with your current psu as long as the 1660ti has similar wattage to the 1060. I don't know if wattage has been released yet though
Nolan Hernandez
Bump
Austin Rivera
How's the Vega 64 these days? Should I buy it? 1440p/60
Carter Nelson
I can't decide if I should get 1440p/75hz or 1080p/144hz.
Wyatt Morris
>bought an EVGA 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra >Fuck yeah, time to try out that new fangled RTX I've heard of. Apparently the Metro devs reduced to the performance hit down to only 23% >RTX won't stay on when I exit the settings menu >You NEED windows 10 version. 1809 for it to work >No problem, I'll just update >Currently version 1803, been updating for an hour
Fuck me right? Also my 2080Ti is giving me screen flickers when I have G-sync enabled because of a driver issue with having a high refresh rate monitor sharing the gpu with a lower one. RTX aside, I'm surprised how much performance I'm getting. I get 85+ fps on extreme preset at 1440p even paired with my less than optimal R7-1700X.
Thomas Watson
There is literally like one game using it and its absolute trash.
Cameron Price
thanks!
Oliver Murphy
Decent card if you're getting it for $400 or less. It should be a letter to drive 1440p/60 easily enough Both will require roughly the same amount if GPU power to push them to their fullest refresh rate. 1440p is nice to have for non gaming stuff though. More screen real estate RTX is actually quite cool. Real time lighting changes based on the environment. Sun streams through the windows, etc. It only sucks right now due to being in it's infancy and hitting performance hard. DLSS though, I have no idea what the fuck they're thinking with that.
Austin Howard
No, you got me wrong. I'm not saying rtx is bad, I'm saying the only games that are using it are trash.
Anthony Sanders
Oh. Well that's a matter of opinion. I for one like Metro Exodus. Was never a can of battlefield though. Least. It since BC2
Levi Martinez
>ZOTAC Zotacs are bottom of the barrel and have shit quality cooling
whatever color you want to be. I plan on buying black tho.
Dylan Carter
I'm going with all black and little or no rgb, meshify c mini. tempted though just because it looks kinda neat, but feel as though I may regret it
Hunter Garcia
Planning on the same build. shame I can't find a non-RGB ram in my area. stuck with corsair rgb. I also want to buy that case if the stores in my area still have stock, with either a literal who case brand or thermaltake versa h18 tg as alternatives.
Bentley Nguyen
>black fucking cucks
Oliver Clark
msi gaming x 1660 ti for 290 after tax. should i jump on it?
Wyatt Garcia
white stands out too much in the room
Jonathan Evans
All I would do is get a cpu cooler so it's not running at 80 C when overclocked above 3.85ghz
Gabriel Jackson
Real talk, 1080p is my objective for the long future at least another 5 years. I have a 970, will my i5 6600k overclocked at 4.5ghz will be able to keep up with a 2060/2070? Will I get constant 60fps in games where a ton of shit happen? I don't have the money to get a new CPU and motherboard, 16gigs of ram at 2333mhz, 1 512 2.5 SSD and 2 Western Digital blacks form my pc right now, CPU cooled with a Noctua DH15(nice and cool(65C at worst) under load even with ambient temps going over 35C).
My 970 is getting on the 5 year old now so I want to upgrade. Also whats a good VPN to buy? I'm tired of getting throttled(do VPN fixes throttling issues to some pages? I have 70down and only steam, netflix and youtube plus torrents get to like 11mpbs)
Thanks in advance, sorry for the way the pharagraphs are form I thought it would be easier on the eyes.
Leo Long
Everyone hates one of them from past experience, its hard picking
Ayden Nguyen
>every part is in stock except for the 120mm case fan FUCK SAKE
Jaxson Ortiz
Any cheap but reliable alternatives to Fractal Meshify C Mini?
Cameron Hill
aaaaaaaaaa I can't decide between 1440p/75hz or 1080p/144hz
John Roberts
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA I CANT DECIDE BETWEEN IPS VA OR TN
>IPS BACKLIGHT BLEED EVERYTHING DARK LOOKS LIKE SHIT FOR GAYMING. >TN WASHED OUT COLOURS. SHIT VIEWING ANGLES >VA BAD RESPONSE TIME HIGH INPUT LAG. CURVED MEME MONITORS
Tyler Jones
1080p is 100% obsolete
Wyatt Johnson
Are wi-fi cards worth it at all?
Henry Peterson
I'll help you out. VA >meme shit inbetween tn and ips shit at everything good at nothing TN >good for fast paced games the most responsive IPS >nice colors, but shit everything else Chad like me owns one high hz TN and one low hz IPS, so I can pick between those two depending on what im doing.
Christian Flores
I'm nearly blind and bigger resolutions make words and letter smaller so 1080p works fine for me. But thanks senpai, appreaciate your comment. Will you buy me a 4k monitor with a i7 9700k and a 2080?
Jayden Walker
>every reviewer called the 1660Ti an "RX 590 Killer" >thought everyone agreed the 590 was dogshit
Wasn't that what was agreed upon? The RX 590 is and was utter trash, and it was a far better idea to save up just a little more for a Vega 56 or GTX 1070?
Aiden Sanders
>Will you buy me a 4k monitor with a i7 9700k and a 2080?
yeah give me your paypal senpai
Carson Hughes
It's okay when nvidia does it
Jeremiah Clark
I now have msi afterburner. How do I find out the power draw of my gpu?
Nolan Richardson
I use gpu-z
Daniel Gonzalez
I'm gonna be honest with you, I was down to post my paypal here and whatever it happens happens but I changed my paypal to business a while back and I dont know how to get the link that they made me do in regular account to share for people to send me money. So I just lost a 4k monitor and good gear, goddamn.
Hudson Richardson
better luck next time
Nathan Nguyen
You are trolling right, you weren't just gonna send me money. Please say yes so I don't actually feel bad about it.
Anyways this doesn't answer my original question, can someone answer me?
Matthew Cox
Am I just supposed to leave these apps open while I run a game? Will they record power use fluctuations automatically?
Colton Gonzalez
yes but im tipsy so I might have thrown a Jow Forumsangster 20 dollars
Jacob Baker
Who /intel&raedon/ master race here?
Joseph Bailey
Regardless, you are a good person user, keep it up and some other lucky user gets it.
Asher Walker
what gpu friend
Adam Long
I'm sorry for shilling for the 1660 Ti.
Aiden Kelly
I have a 6700k + RX 570 4GB. 1080p/60 works well. Waiting (tm) for Navi.
So after getting 0 answers i'm just gonna asume any card over a 1660ti can do 60fps in any game with an i5 at 4.5ghz at 1080p. Sweet, thanks lads.
Oliver Sanders
I might upgrade to intel next. I'll see in 2-3 years what they have to offer. I probably won't be upgrading my gpu for the next 10 years or so.
Easton Bell
Do any Jow Forumstards actually own an RTX 2060?
Nathan Morgan
What do you have now?
Justin White
GTX 660 xd. its a massive upgrade and a good price for one of the best aftermarket coolers. just debating if it would be good enough for what i want, or if i should splurge on a 2060 instead. shooting for 240fps in overwatch on 1080p 100% render all low.
Gavin Russell
>shooting for 240fps in overwatch yikes imagine try harding in the most casual of shooters and dead game on top of that.
Ryan Martinez
actually playing a lot more csgo and quake live now but i feel like overwatch is the upper limit of games i would expect to get 240 in.
Brody Turner
Is cs:go even alive anymore? Last time I played it it was overrun by cheaters.
James Turner
Need a monitor with the following: >27" >2k >adjustable height >cheaper the better What have we got?
Ayden Brown
Redpill me on the radeon vii Will it let me run a gorrilion mods on besthada games with decently high fps, will it run emulators well despite being a non nvidia card, do well with blender, run shit at 144 fps or higher? Or any other attribute i might of not thought of that would sway me? 8gb on the 2080 is pathetic and the 6b on the 2060 is just bullshit, playing lucky dip with ex miner 1080ti cards isnt happening and the 2080ti is so overpriced i would feel less ripped off if i just gave that money to a hobo to buy more drugs with And to top it off i cant wait a bajillion years for navi because i need a pc now not it 8 months Is this literally the worst time in pc history to build a capable pc for a reasonable fucking price? Sorry that turned into a rant
Jack Rivera
About to pull the trigger on the 2070 Zotac Amp Extreme for $520 usd. Only major flaw I can see with it is no idle fan stop. Still at max load it seems to run cooler and quieter than my 970. Any reason not to get this model?
Isaiah Taylor
I’m now reading that because my rx580 is a nitro and thus oc’d, undervolting will have no benefit. Is that correct?
What do you fuckers of think of this? I didn't make it but was looking to build an inexpensive office computer that won't run like shit. Won't be any gaming or anything on it but it sure feels weird to not have a gpu in that list.
Eli Jenkins
its alive but obviously if you care about tryharding you are going to want to play in ESEA or Faceit, which are dying i believe
Henry Sullivan
seems fine to me.
Chase White
Hey guys I did a quick budget 1000 gaming rig. Its a little over, about 10 bucks, but I would like your guys opinion on what I can improve or swap out while keeping it rougly around a grand.
My current monitors only have dvi/hdmi/vga ports on them, and they only support 1080p.