Want help? >State the budget & CURRENCY >Post 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
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 >580 good for another 2 years longer if you're fine with turning down settings >1070/1660Ti/Vega56 for solid 60fps at ultra, on average more. good for another 3 years before you have to turn down settings. 1440p >Vega64/2060 the bare fucking minimum. Have to turn down settings/get used to sub-60 fps depending on the title. Last maybe another year or two before you have to really turn down fidelity. >2070/2080 for solid 60 fps and then some. will last you for another 3-4 years. maybe less for the 70. Radeon 7 is disqualified because of it's noise. It's just as bad as the 290x or 295x2. 2160p (4k) >RTX 2080 as entry level - will have to adjust some settings to get solid 60 or live with sub-par fps. >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
Congrats on triggering inteljeets who fell for the 9990k pozzed housefire meme.
Evan Davis
2 questions from someone who has never built a PC before:
1) is it worth waiting until Black Friday to buy everything? I don't know if PC parts go on sale or if that is just a normie meme
2) is there some sort of rack to put two monitors and a set of speakers on? I don't know what to search to find this but I've seen something similar in /bst/ threads
1) Yes the prices are usually pretty good then but it's a long way from black friday
2) Are you talking about these metal heavy duty shelves? If yes, go to your local hardware (as in DIY) store and get one.
Matthew Harris
Would someone mind looking over my build list? Budget is ~$1100 USD, looking to be able to game at 1080 for bigger games (Forza, Far Cry, etc.) and 1440 for less intensive ones (Rocket League, CS, etc.). I'd like to keep the ITX form factor to make it easier to drive with between home and school.
>State the budget & CURRENCY >$800 to $1000 >Post a parts list Not really sure what to get at the moment or if I should wait a few months. >List your uses, e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work Primarily gaming: 1080p 144hz for competitive games like Quake, Apex, Overwatch, Fightan games at 60 FPS at ultra settings, and hopefully some 4k play at medium-ish settings or higher. >For monitors, include purpose (e.g., photo editing, gaming) and graphics card pairing Got an Acer KG271C and a Samsung Nu8000 so both use Freesync.
What do I do lads? Do I make a Vega 56/64 and 2600(x?) build right now or wait for the next shit from AMD? Is my monitor/ TV one of the few compatible with freesync from nvidia cards?
Whats the best bang for buck 1440p/144Hz IPS monitor greater than 27"?
Justin Moore
price/performance looks okay but this is a big chonker of a case for mITX. There are cases that actually come with carry handles or at least aren't quite as massive as that one. Also do you think it's a great idea throwing around a case with a side panel of what I assume is tempered glass? The 2070 is already more than enough for 1080p in Forza in 60 fps is your goal (the 2060 does just about get 60 fps @ 1440p in Forza Horizon 4).
Not really throwing it around or carrying it a lot per se, just need to be able to pack it into a car and figured it was better to go with ITX. I was also looking at the Manta, do you have any recommendations for cases with handles?
Oh I always forget the one that looks a bit like a normal tower but till has a handle. Still there's the Silverstone ML08 and the LianLi TU-200. Plus the super compact cases like the Dan A4, Ncase M1 and Cougar QBX. Maybe even a Phenteks Evolv Shift or Silverstone FT03 Mini.
Cameron Reyes
no i'm proud to have good performance for the last 6 months with my 9900k without having to wait for ryzen 3 release date. are you proud for being so poor you have to wait more than half a year to upgrade your CPU?
Henry Baker
wow a really powerful CPU uses a lot of power how shocking. good thing you made this revelation
Thomas Anderson
Samefaggin Or two anons sucking each other's dicks
Xavier Cruz
>(Higher is Better)
David Thomas
I don't know why people shill for slower inferior hardware.
Luis Martinez
2060
Dominic Perry
Muh 9900K bro, Got mine at 5ghz at 1.3v. LLC 3 Don't break 76c running cinebench 3x
2700x get's spanked in everything, Then AMD shills have to resort to pointing fingers at thermals because reviewers don't know how to lock core voltage to 1.3v. Sorry but ryzen isn't that great.
Logan Peterson
Is it worth a 2600x now or should I wait for Ryzen 2?
Adam Nelson
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
Joseph Allen
That's VID voltage you tard, Core voltage is the real voltage.
Jonathan Richardson
2700x pulling 223w at 4.2ghz....fucking lol
Samuel Torres
Prime95 is a synthetic outlier and you post it to shill the 8600k doesnt pull 112w in any workload other than the synthetic burn test
Might be worth waiting in general, simply to pick up the outgoing generation at an even better price.
Eli Rodriguez
Get the ol thread ripper to 4.6ghz all core and see how much power it draws. Jesus people are fucking retarded.
Blake Gray
Oh fuck shit I'm dumb.
Circumstances have lead to me being at my parents house for a birthday and I brought my new MB, CPU, RAM and SSD with me to start assembly and installation. I've got an old PSU here, but the case won't come in the mail till Wednesday. No big deal I thought, but then it occurred to me, no case, no power button. I can just short the power button connectors on the MB, can't I?
Wyatt Flores
yes
Bentley Edwards
>recommending insecure intel CPUs cringe
Parker Lopez
They're both at stock you retarded nigger.
Ian Parker
So, I want a Ryzen 7. An user on the previous thread alerted me to the fact that it lacked a igpu, and I need a second GPU.
I thought of just using my current card as my secondary GPU, but I checked and realized that my PSU didn't have enough space for the two PCIe+the 4+4 CPU power connectors. I'm a bit disappointed as it's a 850W PSU so you'd think it could handle all that, but no.
Anyway I'm left with two choices: replacing my PSU to get one with the necessary space for 2xPCI-e + CPU power connectors, or get a cheap ass GPU that doesn't require additional power, considering my current card would be way fucking overkill for what it would be used for (just desktop shit basically).
Which solution would be the smartest, and which equipment (PSU or GPU) would you recommend? For the PSU I think I would need around 700W to 750W as I oversized the previous one.
Lincoln Cooper
Why do you need two GPUs? VM passthrough? A while back a Jow Forums user said (and showed) it's possible to passthrough to the VM and run the host Linux OS headless so there's no need for a secondary. I didn't ask how switching between them goes, but he mentioned he mostly sshs to the host.
Evan King
TL:DR; need to find a place I can get a seasonic modular PSU to CPU cable ordered so I don't have to make a four day round trip.
So I'm putting together a tower for my mom because her old prebuilt officemax special from 2009 is starting to die using spare parts that I've accumulated. One of those parts is a seasonic focus 550 modular psu. Somehow over the course of five moves in two years I've misplaced a couple of the cables, specifically one of the more important ones, that being the PSU to CPU cable. it's probably in my main gear stache multiple states away since I made a trip home to visit my mom, do tech support and deal with the fallout of my dad's death. Cursory googling has got me nothing useful so far. Same with looking for replacement seasonic cables on amazon and newegg.
if all else fails I can order a really nice one from cablemod I guess.
Hunter Hernandez
If your PSU cables are simply too short, why don't you simply buy extensions? Or does it not have enough connectors?
Ryan Nguyen
>recommending jet engine gpus cringe
Jace Roberts
Yeah, VM passthrough.
I guess what you described is doable and I probably could look it up, but I do have a desktop environment on my Linux and want to keep it that way. Running headless probably fit that user's needs, but I personally don't see a point for mine.
Sorry for being unclear, it is an issue of connectors on the PSU itself. It's modular, but I can't plug in more than two 8 pins connectors in it. 8 pins connectors that are either the CPU power cord (4+4) or Pci-e (6+2), so I'm stuck.
Camden Baker
Should I settle for the 2080 or just drop a few more bucks for the Ti? I'm mainly at 1080p with a monitor upgrade planned for 1440p. I know both cards are pretty overkill for those resolutions but I have money to spare and want a card that'll keep up with console shit AAA's for a few years.
I'm partial to the 2080 as it'll allow me to upgrade to a 32gb ram kit at the same time, but I can't handwave the insane performance of it's Ti version.
Alexander Smith
>Recommending sub par hardware
Never change poorfags.
Christian Rivera
>Ironically the faster processor uses more power.
Isaac Ward
>all CPUs are insecure >calls out Intel The state of AMDumbs
Daniel Bell
>ptetending and has no flaws
Alexander Murphy
Faster at burning your house down, yes.
Ryan Clark
32GB of RAM is a complete waste if you're just gaming, so 2080Ti in that case. Immediately buy that nice monitor you want though, because a 2080Ti at 1080p is also a complete waste
Jace Davis
>forgetting that TR4 has been tested numerous times over 500W
Kayden Powell
>When the OP triggers the intelfag into a butthurt frenzy
Not sure if it's okay to ask but I'm looking to get an Intel i7-8700 and a motherboard to support it. I don't need much on it, hoping to get a decent budget board that just supports what I need. Budget, however, has a lot of flexibility depending on necessity. Requirements: >LGA 1151 slot >2 PCI-e x16 slots that run at x8/x8 dual poulated >using slots doesn't lock out using other slots All I'm looking for.
Daniel Cox
Which Samsung SSD is the one to get for longevity again?
Thomas Anderson
Crank that 2700x up to 5ghz with 1.31v. Oh wait you can't.
