Post your component list, rate other anons', ask questions in general.
Always state the purpose of your PC, your budget, AND YOUR COUNTRY if outside the USA. If you are asking for improvements, clarify whether you want to lower price, or improve specs or build quality.
If you see any other build advice or part list threads, please politely direct them here.
so I fucked up and placed an order with outletpc before reading about them and apparently they're really... disreputable
what's the chance that I'm gonna get fucked over? I ordered an i5-6500, a cooler master heatsink/fan, and a seagate barracuda hard drive
Brayden Butler
bump
Cooper Smith
Finished building my pc cpu 6700k gpu 1070 mobo asus z170 pro gaming 500gb ssd noctua turd color fan 16gb of ddr4 ram And now I don't even want to play games anymore
Parker Cook
Everyone says that. Then they will be playing games within the next 3 months
Xavier Sullivan
Any good e-atx case?
Andrew Flores
Phanteks Enthoo Pro or Luxe
Nathaniel Hernandez
>disrreputable.
Huh, looks like I got lucky. Ordered an i3-6100, came in the mail on time without a problem.
Jason Perez
I know this feel. Tell people that I have a pretty nice gaming pc. They ask me what I play and I tell them I don't play shit. I just browse the internet and watch Youtube.
Brandon Myers
Cool. So a dual processor motherboard will fit in this?
Luke Peterson
I'm not sure about the Pro, but the Luxe should without too much problem
Angel Ross
what the fresh fuck
Asher Bell
Thanks, I'm leaning towards the pro. Im prepared to drill some hole if needed.
Julian Brown
Looking for case recommendations. Fill size tower big window. Black might be ok but interested in white to go with motherboard. Interested in a power source shroud or separate compartment but can go without.
Want to water cool and the room that goes with it the case doesn't have to be small plenty of room in the corner next to the desk.
Have a haf x now that is years old and getting bent up. Also will be keeping the computer it has in it now so new case. The haf x has plenty of room.
Looking at the corsair obsidian 900d and bee quiet base pro 900 with the white accent.
Ryan Scott
The dark base pro looks better especially with the silver stripe. Its got a wireless charger on top for my phone also.
Joshua Barnes
The base has a nicer window and look from the side. The silver stripe goes with the deluxe 2 and it has a wireless charger on top.
But the 900d is larger and might be easier to use some good radiators with. The 900d also has a separate compartment on bottom for drives and psu.
Dont know which to get will keeping looking for a couple days.
Dominic Ross
A big advantage I just noticed for the be quiet case is what looks like a reversible motherboard that Points its windows towards me instead of the wall. Also moves the gpus to the top instead of the bottom which I like easier to reach without dragging it out. That would flip the IO access panel which I have to think about how I feel.
Parker Hughes
Also the 900d looks empty with a atx board in it think I dont like that.
Ethan Powell
According to PC Parts Picker my rig sucks around 550w. Is a 620w PSU OK or is more headroom advised?
Owen Carter
I thought you were supposed to try and keep your power supply between 50-80% for its health of efficiency or something?
Is that still true?
Jose Jones
Hey gonna be building my first rig and was wondering if the list I have is fine. pcpartpicker.com/list/fVmpKZ Will the PSU I chose be enough?
Aaron Lewis
Got a bonus from work. Buying a new monitor and GPU.
>RX480 & LG 29UM67P 29.0" (21:9 1080p, 60Hz, freesync) >GTX1070 & LG 29UM58-P 29.0" (21:9 1080p, 75Hz, no adaptive sync)
what do?
Gabriel Bailey
literially just get a windows 7 OEM key for 20 bucks on Kinguin.
Maybe you can get a cheap windows 10 key on there too.
>than ram/mobo combo
ram is 2400, but the mobo only supports 2133
>that case
literially not needed
there are many other fixes/other shits, but other user's can fix that.
Adrian Sullivan
1070 is better then the rx 480 greatly (except some titles *cough* dues ex)
You have a graphic card? You might want to check the card's recommended wattage. I know Pcpartpicker says my build only uses around 280w but my card recommends at least 400w
Justin Diaz
>keep your power supply between 50-80% for its health of efficiency or something? That's where the peak efficiency rating of the PSU is (aka where it gets its 80+ certification). Stressing the PSU to beyond 90% (with cheaper PSUs, as low as 50%) can cause parts to fail from heat and wear.
Juan Edwards
So I ordered the mobo and case, and already have the GPU. Before diving in, someone mentioned getting a different CPU. Will I not be able to utilize overclocking with this board or something? The fan choice was due to the small form factor for the case.
scrap that 960, soundcard, fan stuff and get a 1070 get a smaller SSD and HDD for mass storage
Evan Morgan
What's an ideal setup for someone who likes art? A smaller form factor and a large screen are preferred.
Cameron Lopez
just use the stock cooler that comes with the CPU, using a AIO on an locked CPU is silly
Jackson Moore
Already got the graphics card when my last one failed, I really don't want to buy a new card already.
Also, pretty firm on the soundcard, I listen to bass-heavy music and the soundcard actually makes a noticeable difference in quality.
That being said, will a 1070 really make that big of a difference?
Juan Hall
With the 1070 you'll get a constant 75fps minimum so free/gsync won't be necessary at all And the 1070 is a lot better
Angel Jones
If you care about your music you should already have an external DAC
Jayden Diaz
What this guy said, Fiio e10k is a good start
Kevin Garcia
DAC doesn't actually do anything aside from provide clarity - I can't amplify the volume of various frequencies to change how the sound sounds, it just makes it more clear - and I haven't had any issues with static so far, but I have had issues with mobo's not pushing the headphones or utilizing the magnets.
I basically want to be deaf by 30 and be able to feel the vibrations in my nether region.
Juan Allen
What kinda performance can I expect with a GoyTax 1060 6gibble.
Can I do D44M on high settings at 1080p?
Camden Foster
The point is that it's external, like you said it's not that difficult to make a decent digital-amped DAC, but the motherboard still has a lot going on electromagnetically, and noise reduction is the biggest advantage of external Which basically means that a soundcard might be slightly better but really has no place between free convenient inboard sound and a good external box
Cooper Rivera
Any dedicated DAC will have a stronger output than a soundcard, the headphones were made for DACs not PCs
Jacob Kelly
Why wait till 30 when can just get an Amp and blow your eardrums in mere seconds?
Liam Richardson
And you need to get a hardware EQ (or a tiny USB mixer that has a DAC built in) that's what you're missing
Brandon Kelly
I can't argue the advantages of a DAC, just that having an exclusive soundcard negates the point of what the DAC does, from what I understand. I could get the DAC but it would mean that I'd be moving away from the card, and the Xonar line has great software attached with it - the mobo doesn't. If it means anything to you, the soundcard is one of the last purchases I'll be making, and I'm going to test the onboard audio solo first. I just have a healthy distrust of onboard sound. They did market this board with having superb sound quality but it's marketing so I have to check it myself. If I'm not satisfied, then sound card. If I'm content with the capabilities it offers for manipulation, then I'll definitely be picking a DAC up.
That being said, Fiio e10k is recommended I take it?
Asher Bennett
Definitely know that feel. I'm sitting in here shitposting instead of playing one of the literally hundreds of already downloaded games in my backlog.
m8, you don't know this feel.
PSU is plenty. If it's for gaming, personally I'd get the i5 6500. i7s are a waste unless you're encoding or rendering.
Personally if I were buying new I'd get the RX480 then wait til the new ultrawide monitors come out. I'm going to pick up a 29UM68 when I can for $150 used. Be advised that the Freesync range on that monitor is only like 40 - 60Hz, and the monitor doesn't qualify for Low Framerate Compensation (look it up).
If you're actually going to bother overclocking, nothing wrong with that CPU. (And yes you idiot, Z170 is literally for overclocking.) You could however get the i3 6100 and upgrade when you need to (next Intel CPUs will also be on 1151).
Don't bother with 1070 for 1080p 60Hz.
You're fine, just change the RAM to 3000 or 3200MHz. Also you might want to sit on the stock cooler until you upgrade to an unlocked CPU later (I assume that's why you got the Z170)
Macbook Pro, homosex
Check benchmarks fagtron. But yes, you can.
Daniel Scott
I thought skylake does not work on win7? and yeah I will find a cheaper price for my OS. Regarding the ram issue, the 2133 version of the ram I picked isn't available in my country. will there be a problem if I use a 2400 ram on a the mobo I picked? I thought it would just run fine and switch itself to 2133mhz.
I have researched a lot regarding cases and I decided on a mini itx one because of two reasons: 1. I will be attending lans with my friends 2. Can easily bring it around when I travel I appreciate your suggestion and the list you posted but I also don't plan on overclocking.
Ian Johnson
What are you talking about An external DAC is the same thing as a soundcard DAC but it accomplishes the whole purpose of having a separate DAC from the motherboard The DAC isn't what is altering sound, that's on your software side and actually shouldn't be altering the sound at all (I hope you're using ASIO drivers or something to bypass the sound manipulation?) An external DAC is an external soundcard with less interference and better output strength, and often some inputs too.
Luis Lopez
Guys, I have a 1080p/60hz monitor.
ASUS ROG STRIX OC RX 480 or EVGA SC 1060?
I just need a card that can last me a couple years.
Parker Gray
Yes, that card is good for maxing games on that monitor
Zachary White
If you want more info on DAC/AMP, check /hpg/ for guidance. Last time I hang around there, e10k was still recommended.
Adam Lee
How many years should one wait until building a new PC?
I built a pc back in 2011 that is still running almost every game nowdays at the highest settings. No upgrades at all since then.
I just feel an urge to build a new one for the fun of it but realistically wont because it would be a waste of money.
So how long do you think a one should take between completely new pc builds accounting for upgrades and such?
Xavier Williams
Clearly the RX480 if you're planning on playing new games Old games 3GB 1060 will be fine.
Dylan Perry
>PSU is plenty. If it's for gaming, personally I'd get the i5 6500. i7s are a waste unless you're encoding or rendering.
The reason I picked the i7 is because I will be playing some CPU heavy games and I do not want to be held back by a i5. I watched comparisons on youtube for the games I plan to play (Arma3,GTAV) and it really makes a difference. I'm also planning on buying a 144hz monitor and an i7 will help me reach that fps.
Ian Allen
Maybe build a home NAS meme if you don't have one?
Benjamin Barnes
Okay so what I'm saying is, I listen to bass-heavy music a lot and often (example: youtu.be/lN-4DDtB1VM ). With a DAC, it does not have the ability to boost the low frequency ranges exclusively like say 20-30 hz. It would boost the entire output.
Please correct me if I'm wrong and have been derping this entire time.
If you can't hear the low hz bass you're old or already deaf or something on your system isn't capable of that output.
And again, correct me if I'm wrong here.
Christian Watson
>I built a pc back in 2011 that is still running almost every game nowdays at the highest settings No you aren't, considering the Radeon 7000 series wasn't even out then. If your PC runs hot or loud (Fermi) then grab a new card to decrease power consumption and get the multitude of other benefits.
ARMA3 in particular relies on the single core performance, which means that an OC'd i5 6600K would be a good value for you. ARMA3 is not multithreaded well. Even an i3 6100 has better single core performance than a stock i7.
Thomas Bell
You're thinking of software EQ, which can be applied to any computer before the sound is converted through a DAC/soundcard (and in my opinion is trash 9/10 times, why you should get a real hardware EQ if you want to mess around with bass and treble casually) A DAC and a soundcard do the same thing, nothing more. If it's being external it helps with background noise. You can get EQ software from anywhere
Nolan Edwards
avin' a giggle m8 >3gb Shoulda specified I'm choosing between the 8GB and 6GB specifically.
Austin Brooks
Alright, any recommendations on a real hardware EQ/DAC to get set up with? As I said, the soundcard is the last purchase along with the case lighting, so I haven't dropped anything on that yet.
Robert Phillips
No I'm being serious Just pick one, you find exactly as many good and bad reasons to get either card
Sebastian Powell
You don't need the 6GB for old games. That was my point.
Grayson Nelson
>i3-6100 beating out i7 Whats the case of a i5-6500 in all of this? I too, am making a PC for arma 3, and this seems interesting, as jet.com also has a i5-6500 at 167 with the TRIPLE15 code.
Mason Jenkins
DAC converts digital data to analog output, It is Amp(lifier) that actually boost frequency. As long as the DAC/AMP aren't shit and have no sub-bass rolloff you are good to go, the rest you can just crank the bass up with equalizer.
Jason Allen
Well I'm using an $80 Yamaha USB mixer so it's both EQ and a DAC and high output enough for any headphones. But in the past I've used cheap alesis audio interfaces (DACs with inputs and preamps for recording) and they're great. Dedicated DACs can start at mini sized Fiio trinkets and move up to $100, $200+ boxes really quick I'm just saying if you're gonna spend money on a soundcard, at least spend money on an external one instead
Eli Perry
what? so the i3 performs better on arma 3 than an i7? the fuck? is there a vid of this?
Luke Wood
Personally I'd suggest the i3 6100 because it has a higher base clockspeed than the i5 6500's turbo clockspeed.
Not that I know of
Christian Moore
New to PC building and have always used a laptop. I don't really do much of anything apart from torrenting, shitposting and watching chinese cartoons. Pretty sure the only intensive tasks I do is some light image editing and converting flacs to lossy files, which I do quite often. I don't game apart from osu a few times a week, so I guess I don't need a GPU. Not really restricted to any budget but considering what I normally do on my laptop, I just want to build one PC for the foreseeable future until a component shits the bed or something. I guess looking nice is also a factor but not important. The smaller size of mini ITX is appealing to me.
How's this? au.pcpartpicker.com/list/pMZpKZ I'm also wondering whether or not to get an i7 just because I'm not gonna upgrade any time soon.
Mason Parker
How does one actually learn to build pcs properly?
Like I've built about 5 of them by now, with years between them, but it always turns into me looking for help and asking people if they think the build is ok
Is there anything to it besides checking specs and comparing stuff?
Angel Bennett
If the application relies on single-core performance then it is possible for 2-core processor to beat an 8-core one if it has higher clockspeeds.
That case is pretty high-end for your needs, but if you like the way it looks then that's okay. Also you might want to spend 20-40 dollars on a CPU cooler, the stock coolers are quite loud. Otherwise it looks pretty good. Don't bother with i7, that processor is more than enough for you. It is far more effective to save that money for future upgrades.
Mason Cruz
That is building PCs properly, cable management and the like is just fluff. Last build I did, I got everything out and plugged it in based on where it looked like it should go, only thing I used the manual for was the front USB and Audio. I rushed through everything and it only took 40 minutes. I don't understand how people take more than an hour to actually build a PC.
Wyatt Cruz
>If the application relies on single-core performance then it is possible for 2-core processor to beat an 8-core one if it has higher clockspeeds. True but of course IPC also matters. That's why the FX CPUs can't keep up in a game like ARMA3
The only question I have with this build I'm planning is the power supply. I intend to use the PC for playing modern games at 1080p. Will this 650W power supply get the job done? I have no plans to overclock or add another graphics card.
Blake Lopez
I feel like for what you need, you can get away with a cheaper mobo, case and psu. Even cheaper cpu and ram should work (albeit a bit slower but this isn't video gaming where gimped performance actually matters). If I was you I would be fine even with a $400 build, but I'm only speaking for myself.
Sebastian Parker
Where do you guys sell your old parts at?
I'm going to part out my old rig and no one around here uses craigslist.
What do?
Joseph Green
>That case is pretty high-end for your needs, but if you like the way it looks then that's okay. That window was the main reason. Read that it was pretty good for things like cable management and stuff.
>Also you might want to spend 20-40 dollars on a CPU cooler, the stock coolers are quite loud. I'll get the 212 EVO then.
>Don't bother with i7 Okay.
>Don't get a 1.5 or 3TB drive, they fail 2x2TB fine?
I'm perfectly fine with spending as it's pretty much the only build I will have for like 7 years, to pick an arbitrary number.
I'm planning on falling for the VR meme pretty hard. (Elite Dangerous with a joystick and headset sold me on it, I'm well aware it's a contentious point around here and I'm not going to change my mind on it.)
Which GPU would be better for VR in the long run? Also I play plebshit AAA games and I want them to look good.
Also I'd like to point out that the H100i v2 does not fit in the 250d without slim fans or some nig-rigging (I did the latter). Corsair support said that it would fit, so I bought the parts. Would I be able to contact Corsair and get some compensation, seeing as how their CS team effectively lied to me and I wasted my money.
William Phillips
What's your VR system going to be? Oculus, HTC, google cardboard?
Jaxon Long
Also, if you haven't played it already, Elite Dangerous really sucks as a game from what I've experienced. I think it lasted three hours of me trying my hardest to like it only to uninstall it after those 3 hours. Probably my only buyer's remorse vidya gaem this year.
Adrian Taylor
If you only have one graphics card then 500W is enough, it'll only use around 400W at most. But if you care about zero RPM mode or want some head room just to be sure then 650W is not a bad purhase.
I'm personally not a fan of windowed cases, they tend to look pretty ugly unless you're willing to sink money into LEDs and colour-matching parts. But that's just my opinion.
If you buy two 2TB drives you could set them in RAID 0 mode. That'll theoretically double their speed and have them appear as single drive for windows.
Logan Adams
Check out a local college or something, put a flyer up saying you're selling something.
Justin Smith
Thinking of getting a 1070, will my i5 3750k be a bottleneck?
Chase Perez
HTC. Seems like the most fully fledged system what with the Rift still not having controllers, and I also don't want to support Zuck/Facebook.
Owen Rivera
It satisfies my need to fly spaceships and it's to tide me until Star Citizen
Juan Lewis
Nah, it's fine.
Blake Wood
>2x2TB fine Yep. HGST
If you have to buy a graphics card right now I'd say the 1070 for VR.
No. You probably don't need a 1070
You honestly might want to check for rumors about the launch of the next gen HMDs. Better res, higher FOV, eyetracking, and wireless.
Ryan Allen
That's why I bought it, but I left feeling disappointed.
Regardless, SC is taking it's sweet time. For the amount of time they've been working on it, the game runs like shit and has very little content for how long it's been.
Still deciding on the case. Will I get memed by chink SSDs? Also is the ram good?
Blake Rodriguez
is pcRush a good seller?
Colton Brooks
Fuck, so this isn't happening to me only? Is this a curse of gaming PCs?
Gavin Campbell
It's just like being a guitar player, spending $3000 on a nice Les Paul and just plinking out shitty Zep covers in your bedroom.
Camden Barnes
Posted in another thread earlier, but this is my current design - I'm looking to get most of it for Christmas. It's going to be a high-intensity gaming rig
>Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz >MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard >Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 >Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive >MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card >Apevia X-Trooper (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (pic related) >Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
Any suggestions for a CPU cooler (bare in mind I'll be overclocking) and the best size for a 4K monitor?
Some have suggested getting an SSD purely for the OS, seeing as I'm paying a bomb already as well as getting a 6700k CPU instead to make it future proof. Also, I know the case is ugly as fuck, I'll probably end up changing it.
I ordered some parts from them on my last build two months ago, I don't remember what parts but everything came fine. I had no idea they had a reputation for fucking shit up though
Jaxon Johnson
Think I could hardline in a cooler master elite 110? Anyway, it's done. Athlon 5350 8gb hyperx blue ddr3 ECS Kam1-I motherboard Zotac 750ti Single AData SP550 120gb SSD Apvexia 450w PSU
The Athlon maxes at 21c, idle it's room temp, on passive cooling I have a single 120mm silent wings on quiet mode used for intake, and another inside the PSU for exhaust The entire build makes next to no noise, 720p Minecraft didn't even tax the 750ti enough where the fan rpm needed to go up, just stayed on idle rpm
S'all gud nigga
Ayden Lee
After some advice from the previous thread and looking at some real world benchmarks, I've made some changes to my server build: pcpartpicker.com/list/KRg9Cy I switched from the i3 6320 to the i5 6500, and from 2400 Hz RAM to 3000Hz. I'm still curious though, are the WD Reds just a meme I'm falling for? Are there better options for HDDs that will be running 24/7?
Christian Reyes
Is the Corsair 900D a meme case?
Oliver Barnes
Should I bother OCing in a p8z77-v lx? I have never overclocked my i5 3750k because I mostly played shit like DotA 2-
I'm gonna upgrade from a EVGA 660 ti to a MSI 470 because my GPU fan is already dying and I'm not gonna play beyond 1080 res.
Elijah Mitchell
I am thinking of getting a new laptop and while I am at it I might get a new graphics card for my desktop. >i7-2600k >Nvidia 560 ti >16 GB RAM Are my current specs. Gotta check the PSU though. I mainly use the PC to shitpost on Cred Forums and do stuff for university but from time to time I still play stuff. Any recommendations for Nvidia cards that aren't horribly expensive ? Is there anything else I might need ? PC is about 5 years old.
Adrian Davis
Senpais,is this shit gonna work or do you think it needs improvements?Any way I can improve it?Up to 2000$ budget.I want to play my vidya at a stable 100 fps at 1440 at max settings~
1070 is what I'll probably get, 1080s are too scare at the moment. Haven't heard about the 2nd gen VR sets, do you have any info?
Carson Martin
yes, buy it anyway
Cooper Lee
Why, is it that good? Everything I hear about it is how shitty it is.
Are there any other cases that offer a similar aesthetic (big window, exposed side fans, no faggot shit) without being as expensive or as massive?
Tyler Rogers
>big window, exposed side fans, no faggot shit 2/3 of those are in FD cases
Bentley Wilson
How do you define "horribly expensive"? I'd suggest a GTX 970 4GB or GTX 960 4gb if you are skittish.
Joshua Butler
I really haven't looked at the prices for a long time and I was a bit surprised. I am willing to spend up to 300 bucks. The 970 is one of my favourites,too. What about the 1060 1G ? I have seen one for 250€.
I just gotta check if it works fine with my PSU and motherboard.
With my overclocks and peripherals and shit it sucks 548w and they recommend I get a 600w PSU for it. Their recommended model is an EVGA Supernova G1 650w. Would I be fine getting a 620w Seasonic instead? Specifically the M12II. I don't like that they say I need 600w and then recommend a 650w model, it makes me neurotic and paranoid.
Alexander Jones
>midnight, cannot sleep at all even though I need to wake up early >decide to start putting together new PC >it's fine, I'll just hook up the most basic parts and go to bed >5 hours later, have a complete PC with neatly tied wiring, and not a wink of sleep
Carson Sullivan
It's worth it. I just assembled my 2000$ PC to finally be able to watch anime in 1080p.
Four genuine cores beats four virtualized ones any day of the week. But if you're poor, an i3 will do you just fine.
Eli Diaz
i7 is meme, i3 is fine for light use and i5 for gayming and other more taxing stuff.
>I'd recommend SSD, it is a massive improvements to computer ux. No point in blowing that much money and then skimping on such a vital component >You should add mores LEDs, the case is not obnoxius enough >1080 is pointless if you're not going 4k or at least 1440p over 60fps >Are you really sure you need a dvd drive? >fast i5 would be good enough for gayming, i7 doesn't make much of a difference
Christian Perry
He knows nothing, John snow.
Owen Lewis
Calm the fuck down bitch and just get 600 watts.
Asher Cook
when the fuck is AM4 and bristol ridge coming out I need to spend money and scratch that goyim itch reee reee
Asher Clark
Jews
Nicholas Campbell
AM4 is cancelled, not enough pins for not enough coars We AM4+ nao
Am I going to get memed by the chink SSD? Also is this ram good?
Evan Rogers
You can get a Samsung 500GB SSD on Amazon for less than that price.
Jackson Richardson
Canadian dollars though?
Remember our currency got nuked and weedman has done nothing for the past year. $1050 cad is $800 freedom
Isaac Sanchez
Hey /pcbg/
My computer is starting to run games poorly and I'm thinking of upgrading the processor/graphics card but can't help thinking if I should buy an entirely new setup. Really don't want to spend, but don't want to wind up with a bottleneck either.
Currently running: M4A78T-E Mobo One SSD for OS/Programs, 2HDD storage AMD Athlon II X4 630 Geforce GT 440 650W PSU (Can't remember brand, definitely not unbranded) 8GB Ram, don't remember specifics
I'm only looking to swap out my processor/graphics card to: GeForce GTX 950 However I'm stuck on the processor since my Mobo only support AM3 and not AM3+ and it looks like I can't upgrade much higher than what my current processor performs at.
Am I stuck buying a new rig?
Leo Wood
>KingDian 150 canuck dollaros Get KEKED m8.
Juan Price
My bad, didn't notice the "ca" in the link.
Ayden Johnson
Have you done a clean reinstall yet? Always nuke and pave when Wintendo slows down.
Windows is running fine, running most modern games on low graphics options/resolution is what's bothering me.
Gabriel Flores
Get a cheap
Andrew Wood
AM4 is coming next year for non-OEM market.
New graphics card alone will give you a nice boost, so you can try that if you're short on money. But you'll have to replace that processor eventually too, and that means buying a new mobo, ram and cpu cooler. You can use the case, psu and/or drives in your new build if you want to.
Jason Fisher
Im looking for a build with a really small tower but that will run word/excel/internet comfortably, with the occasional 1080 movie. Suggestions?
Angel Lewis
An Intel Pentium J3710 mini ITX board inside a MiniBox VESA-mountable case.
Aiden Rivera
But I want to join the i7 club my lads. Is it really a meme? I'm going to be doing mostly software development not gaming. Going to run a couple low spec vms at least. Was debating falling for the 32gb meme.
Nice. You're right. That's cheap compared to the $210 850 evos.
Ethan Bennett
Yeah, buy a laptop.
Lincoln Myers
A laptop would serve you best. Get a used chinkpad or latitude if you're short on money.
Owen Howard
In that case yes go for the i7, but maybe get a better custom cooler.
Nolan Allen
mITX case and mobo, i3 CPU, 8gb of ram, ssd and a psu. That'll be all you need. Or just get a laptop.
You'll need very well multithreaded, processor intensive applications or else you wont see any difference at all. Seems like it'd be worth it in your use though.
You could consider an AIO watercooler or more beefier air cooler.
for gf, she wants me to fix her current computer but I know she desperately needs a new one. Basic movie watching/internet browsing. what do i ditch
William Hernandez
>Basic movie watching/internet browsing Really.. anything will do, you don't even need an i3 for that.
Hudson Jenkins
What's up with that 500gb HDD? I'd rather spend that money on bigger SSD and/or skip it now and add a 2TB drive when you've saved more money. Otherwise it looks pretty good.
Leo Thomas
hmm i see, thanks yeah that was my first thought I'm not even sure why i added the hdd in
What would you recommend? I was thinking of putting this inside a small itx case. I need it to be small because I was planning to carry this thing around with me when I go home every week.
The only cases I could find that could fit a cooler while being small enough were the ncase m1 and the Dan a4. Everything else is too small or too big for me. Though they both are expensive crowdfunded 'gaming' cases I'm willing to get them just so I can have a portable system.
Would the ncase m1 be good if I wanted to get an aio watercooler? Say maybe the corsair h100i v2?
Joseph Butler
Help me upgrade to a PC for Dota My budget is heavily limited, which is further amplified by the fact that prices of hardware here are fucking ridiculous. Taking that into account, I have about $200-230 to spare.
I currently have a shitty athlon, a shitty motherboard, 3gb of DDR2 ram and a HD Radeon 5700. I definitely need a new motherboard and more ram.
I have a build ready (gigabyte H110M, i3-6100 and a single stick of DDR4 8gb) but that leaves out the lackluster card. I don't want to spend money only to find out that I got like 20 fps more. What do you guys recommend?
Jaxon Brooks
What's the recommended course of action, lads?
I want to start pushing new games again.
Blake Thomas
You might be a candidate for an A10-7860K and an A68M or A78 motherboard. No need for a graphics card and you can still get decent 720p-high or 1080p-medium performance.
Chase Williams
Quality custom cooler Gtx 1070
Start overclocking. You will get good performance.
Adrian Myers
>200-300$ budget You won't get far with this and drop that i3-6100 it's way out of your budget.
Luke Gonzalez
>I'd recommend SSD, it is a massive improvements to computer ux. No point in blowing that much money and then skimping on such a vital component >You should add mores LEDs, the case is not obnoxius enough >1080 is pointless if you're not going 4k or at least 1440p over 60fps
I get the feeling you're not being serious.
Benjamin Wright
What your graphics card recommends doesn't really have anything to do with anything. It's basically the absolute worst case scenario, not what you actually need for that system.
Evan Adams
You could fit a Corsair H80i in the Ncase M1. A H100i might be too tight of a fit for those cases.
Andrew Morris
What's up with your RAM clock speed?
Alexander Hill
I second going the A10 route.
It's a nifty option for a select few but it will save you quite a few dollarydoos.
Thomas Rogers
Why? Everything he said is valid, even aiming for maximum obnoxious is good for repelling undesirable female attention
Hudson Ward
Cred ForumsENTS!
24 Pin user here, I managed to get it pressed down enough that it's clipped in!
Now getting it out, I'll have to remove the motherboard for that part, but for the most part, my build is baseline done-Just need to buy my 1060 and that's it for the hardware!
Now the problem I'm facing is whether I should get Win 10 and install Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 or search the net for a Win 7 Professional and install that instead.
Ryan Morris
The bit about LEDs was a joke, everything else was serious. 1070 and 1080 will not have any difference in 1080@60hz, you'll be refresh rate capped with both cards and SSD will make your computer feel much better to use. Shortening boot times to a few secound and having programs lauch instantly is such an amazing thing, once you experience that you'll never want to return back to mechanical drives.
That's normal for ~1300mhz DDR3 memory. Not intentional of course.
Leo James
Had a laptop handed down with a gtx 660m and a 2.4 GHz i7-3630QM. The monitor went out, and it looks to be absolute balls to fix. If I fuck it up what am I looking at for a equivalent/slight upgrade to a desktop. No plans to overclock, no problem with fan noise or a cheap ugly case.
Ryder Wright
Probably an i5-6500 with an RX-460 or GTX 1050. If the CPU's not that important, an i3-6100 will do.
Luis Ross
Win 7 professional,always!
Jaxson Stewart
Is it really worth getting a watercooler for $110 instead of a $40 air cooler?
Brayden Ross
Gamble on an i5 for 167 bucks at Jet.com with the code TRIPLE15.
Get about 30 bucks off or so, then the RX-460 can be the 90 buck one from Power Color on Newegg.
Liam Peterson
So Cred Forums,which 1440p 144hz IPS meme monitor is better?Asus or Acer's?
Juan Baker
Windows 10 home is basically free and a lot easier to install You've already missed your chance to leave the botnet years ago btw
Anthony Johnson
I built my PC 4 years ago, it was my first, and I definitely could have made some better decisions. Here's what I've got
I used to play a lot of games, now I spend most of my time painting in photoshop. Let's say I had a 800 bucks to sink into this thing, is there anything I should be looking for? I might sell one of the ultrasharps for a larger one.
Hudson Moore
Upgrade the CPU and Motherboard to a Skylake i5, which will set you back about $400. Another $75 on DDR4 RAM. Use another $275 for an RX 480 or GTX 1060.
Jace Carter
Asus is discount chink shit at a premium price, never choose Asus
Parker Rivera
Get another 8GB RAM, SSD or HDD, but that's it. Don't sink 800 into a 4 year old PC. Spend 100-200$ if you need mentioned above, but otherwise save for a new PC in 2-3 years.
Chase Walker
Thanks a lot, you said gamble, are there a lot of issues with Jet?
Angel Powell
Do you really need the extra juice? That computer seems okay for what you're using it for. You could try to make it less loud by replacing loud fans with quieter ones.
Not really, AIO is more of a meme thing than a real upgrade. Good air coolers are actually better than low-end water coolers. If you're overclocking then it's a different story, air cooling will hit it's cap sooner than water cooling.
Henry Nelson
That's the first time I've heard about them being disreputable.
Levi Lee
I'll stick to the air cooler then. I feel like transporting a machine with liquid in it often would be a risky thing.
David Roberts
I always thought of SSD as meme-tier though. I agree about the 4K, I want to get a 4K monitor anyway but I heard they have a flow rate problem so I need to do more research.
Wyatt Allen
What are some good, small cases? I want to make my next build smaller. I don't need a massive tower anymore.
Michael Robinson
SO i bought a igabyte GA-H110M-A LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX and have gone through two cases that did not have the proper mounting spots to screw this bitch in. BitFenix Computer Case BFC-NEO-100-WWWKP-RP White and Purple would this case work or am i going to get screwed again.
From the reviews I've read, jet can be either a hit or "Miss so bad you wonder how it's possible" kind of deal.
They're owned by walmart now, but like I said, just check for reviews/twitter posts.
Luis Gray
>twitter Shit, I meant reddit. Also, got my PC to boot up now. Lets see if I can get linux mint to run from my USB drive...
Xavier Brown
ITX or mATX?
wat. The screw positions are standardised across mATX cases. You might have to attach extra standoffs but it should fit in without any issues.
William Miller
thats why im confused. what happens is what doesn't fit. where the slots go in the panel they board can't be screwed in and the screw spots don't align any way
Jayden Brooks
I think you're fucking up something somewhere, the IO panel is part of the standard too. But that bitfenix case should work just fine.
Chase Scott
i figured i was. should be here in a day find out soon enough........
Jack Bailey
When I turn on the PC, it starts and seems to run constantly but apparently does nothing because my monitor doesn't show anything. Did I forget to connect something or connect something in the wrong place? Would be nice to know before I take this whole thing apart again.
Isaac Evans
You did plug the video cable into the GPU and not mobo connectors, right?
Lincoln Murphy
You connected your video output to the motherboard and/or forgot to set the PCIe VGA as the primary video output, didn't you cuckwad?
Jeremiah Kelly
Need help with Windows 7 Ultimate activation. Pirated copy ofc.
Joseph Bennett
Tried both the mobo connectors and GPU.
I don't have a VGA cable, and even if I did my monitor doesn't have VGA compatability. Using HDMI and tried mDP too.
Camden Stewart
Connections inside look fine, just check if they are properly all the way in, try reseating the gpu.
Aaron Reed
not a VGA cable, VGA as in video graphics adapter card (aka your graphics card)
Christian Wright
Screen stay completely blank, not even posting or beeping?
Alexander Richardson
Best freesync 1080p 144hz screens? At least which brands should I go for/avoid?
Lucas Phillips
>try reseating the gpu. Just tried that. No luck.
Zero signal at all from the start.
Cameron James
Try different RAM slots and read the manual on supported RAM etc.
Ethan Cox
God dammit, forgot to plug the GPU back in to its power supply after reseating it. Works like a charm and I'm installing my OS now, thanks /pcbg/.
Nicholas Thomas
Help me decide before this deal goes past, gonna order it today hopefully. Canadian prices.
Is it worth getting a a $165 CAD M.2 SSD? That's a really low price from what I gather when looking at prices on pcpartpicker. Are these SSDs any good? Has anyone had issues with Crucial? Going to be using it as possibly my boot drive.
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Jack Collins
What processor? I usually like gigabyte more than asrock
⭐ Cred Forums pass user since November 2002
Mason Roberts
At that price I can almost guarantee that the M2 drive is a SATA M2 not a NVMe M2. Which basically means it's just a regular SSD but without cables. You want NVMe M2 if you're looking for memespeeds That being said a 525GB SSD for $150 isn't crazy, I'm not 100% on Canadian dollars but those crucial drives are also on sale on newegg in America for like $60 burgerbucks for the 250GB
Brayden Carter
>What processor? i3-6100 >I usually like gigabyte more than asrock Yeah I'm kinda leaning to the gigabyte too, the ASRock is It's going to be the third mobo of my life, the first as an ASUS that died in one year, the current one is a 8 year old Gigabyte.
People like you are the reason we're not welcome on the internet.
Elijah Allen
*Yeah I'm kinda leaning to the gigabyte too, It's going to be the third mobo of my life, the first as an ASUS that died in one year, the current one is a 8 year old Gigabyte.
Daniel Perez
To bring my PC up to date, do I need anything else than a new GPU? Considering a 1060, 1070 or 480.
Pic related
Angel White
AYAYAYAYAYAY Feel free leave, internet es numero uno!
Joshua James
Just GPU is ok.
Get an used locked i7 or a brand new unlocked i5/i7 if you want more power. I think that board allows OCing.
Julian Bell
$155 CAD is $118 USD So with Free shipping I think its a good deal.
Gabriel Young
Do ramsticks actually need those ugly as hell plastic gaymer things on top of them? Thinking of taking mine off
Brayden Reyes
Gigabyte is the good choice then.
>compiling large projects I work on >multiple virtual machines >speedup in well threaded applications Even >muh games finally start to utilize more threads now Just to name a few widespread examples.
How's this for my first build? Any obvious mistakes? Any changes I should make?
Landon Sanders
Are SSHDs worth getting? I don't know the first thing about them so I have no idea if they're shit or not, but it would be nice if I could clear up some of the drive bays in my case.
Jace Lewis
I installed a new hdd into my computer, but ever since then its had problems booting up. I reset the cmos to reset my cpu OC settings to stock which seemed to fix the problem. Is it possible my PSU doesn't have enough power now that the new hdd is installed?
Leo Wilson
It's... A deal. In comparison I just bought a cheapo 120GB SSD for $45 USD and my Intel M2 NVMe 512GB was $180
Hybrid drives? No they're trash reliability and the worst of both worlds
Carson Nelson
they're called heatspreaders, they're there if you ever want to overvolt your memory for OCing.
Jacob Russell
Made a similar build for some user the other day, it's perfect.
Hunter Myers
>Heat spreaders >Ugly
Maybe if you get some gay gaudy shit, but simple black looks fantastic.
Nathaniel Bailey
load wattage said around 466 watts, my psu is that 500 watt evga 80 plus white. i guess it was near its limit? idk
Jace Thompson
>Implying Windows 7 isn't full of spyware At least in Windows 10 you can turn it off with UWT4.
Daniel Peterson
Cool, thanks for the info.
Jeremiah Jackson
That's not how it works user with RAM user, you need to get a single 4x kit. You can't get 2 2x kits because you won't be able to enable the 3000 speed in the XMP, that's because despite being the same series and brand there are slight variations between RAM batches and the system senses that and will lock out the XMP profiles.
Caleb Smith
Should I just wait for the new kaby lake lineup and get the i3-6100?
Main intention is gaming rig, with maybe music and/or TS running at the same time.
Would the i3-6100 see any performance in gayman' going from an AMD FX-8350?
Or should I just pick the i5-6600k and OC it and call it a day?
I'm going to be buying tonight and really need a professional opinion.
Anthony Smith
When your that fucking close to your limit you need to start checking specifically which voltage outputs are rated to which wattage because a "500w" PSU might only deliver 400w through 12v and might have 100w as 5v PCIe device only You should've gotten an overkill PSU it's the exact same money, you apparently just got memed
Lincoln Ward
Kaby Lake isn't really worth waiting for. It'll just be skylake with higher clocks.
Joseph Reed
>professional opinion >boards.Cred Forums.org/g/
Dylan Price
eh it was 30 dollars and was by a recognized brand so it doesnt seem like i was losing much. i'll just run my cpu at stock voltage this time and remove some case fans that arent really doing anything.
Jose Cruz
Don't buy it. Crucial MX300 series is a shit. The write speed goes down significantly after a while. There's a reason it's on sale user and that's because noone is buying the crap. Crucial hasn't produced a good SSD since their MX100 series. Get a Samsung 850.
Michael Myers
Pretty decent, only thing I'd change is swapping the 1x8GB stick for 2x4GB. Dual channel RAM is always better than single channel.
Ryan Foster
Name one company that does that all of the ones i see are ugly as sin
Aaron Diaz
>Crucial MX300 series is a shit Not him but got proof on that? Thought about getting some cheap new SSD for my laptop.
Thomas Hernandez
what should I use as a boot drive? I'm going to be running either Arch or Debian and a Windows VM inside that often
Dominic Anderson
OCZ (the toshiba bought one) doesn't have a lot of pissed off customers
Ethan Thomas
>replace 7 year old seagate barracuda with 21 bad sectors with a 1tb WD blue >read/write speeds are almost doubled woah...
Xavier Young
Kingston.
Yeah they've got some gaymer bumpy shit going on but since the sticks are black you can't really see it and they look good in a mobo.
Jayden Sullivan
What exactly are you expecting from Kaby Lake? Because I can tell you besides being a bit faster and probably using less power it won't be worth the wait. Just get a 6600K and OC the bitch.
Austin Jones
What fucking prove just check the specs. It usses an SLC cache system which writes at 480 mb/s untill it hits 30 GB then the speed drops to 260 mb/s, why the fuck bother buying an SSD if it drops to such gay ass low speeds? The MX300 literally, Cuck: The SSD.
Unless you're trying for really high FPS, the 8350 is fine. DX12 games especially will lighten load on the CPU. Also note that consoles have eight underpowered cores / eight threads, kinda like the 8350.
Personally I'd wait, no telling what Zen will do to the market. My guess however is that the i5 6600K and the i5 7600K will have the same OC potential, possibly a bit more for the 7600K.
>not buying HGST
>120GB SSD for $45 USD Why the fuck would you do that, considering a 250GB is $60?
Bump the SSD up to 250GB
You're only at 1080p 60Hz, so get either the 480 or 1060 depend on whether you're playing new or old games, respectively.
The i5 is clocked a little low, but considering you can OC on that board just get an unlocked i7 and a cooler in a year or two.
Aaron Robinson
They corrected that story or something, also >currytech
Don't post it.
Jaxson Sullivan
G skill NT series But seriously, if you care about saving $5 on a random sale (which drops gaudy gaymen shit to below plain pcb ram prices), or about speed (which is generally a meme but at least it's real improvement), you're gonna have to deal with dumb heat spreaders So just don't care. Mine is in my case, with no window, at 3200mhz and it looks dumb as fuck but who really cares? I'm not trying to impress people with my shopper-sense of avoiding gaudy ram
David Jenkins
I saw the $60 250GB ones too, but I'm buying this cheapo SSD to put into my laptop and sell. My laptop currently has an Intel 730 (I think, the one with the skull on it), and it's great. Was gonna get one for my desktop but the price of 730's has fucking skyrocketed since I bought mine so I'll just swap out my laptop
Dylan Campbell
In a fresh instal i just download windows 10 iso into usb and then get a key from like ebay to activate it?
Henry Ward
Yeah you can pretty much get a key for 15 bucks on Ebay.
Logan Baker
>2016 >paying for software
Ian Phillips
Okay then next question, what's the performance hit I'll be expecting to see if using a i3-6100 vs an i5-6600k in terms of gayman'?
Will the 6100 provide a noticeable upgrade from the 8350, and will the 6600k provide a noticeable upgrade from the 6100?
William Young
Or just don't activate it. All you lose is the most basic theme customization. As much as I'd love to have a Windows XP skin it's not worth actually buying Windows for
Kayden Nguyen
Moving to a desktop after using a laptop for the last five years. Planning to dual boot with Arch/Win 7, for my college shit/games. How'd I do?
>Will the 6100 provide a noticeable upgrade from the 8350 No, possibly slight.
>will the 6600k provide a noticeable upgrade from the 6100 Only if you OC it to 4.GHz
Get a 250GB SSD Do you really need a Z170 mobo? If not get B150 or H170 If you stick with the Z170 get 3000MHz RAM Break RAM up into x2 4GB unless you're adding another stick in a month PSU is overkill, 500W is plenty
Brandon Cooper
>Upgrade PC with 1070, more RAM, new SSD. >mostly play 2D games and emulators
Luke Foster
>Only if you OC it to 4.GHz Meant 4.5GHz
Robert Hall
Is there any way for me to get a good render + gaming pc which i can carry. Right now using a asus rog 750jz and this shit is heavy. Thinkin even a mini atx would be lighter. I also considered razer stealth + core kinda kombo but not sure. Thing about weight is i am a student and i want to be able to go to class and laugh at mac fags while they cant torrent 10k$ programs our shitty school wont supply (even assitants use torrented) and play games
Nicholas Mitchell
You could do that, but you can also just use microsoft Toolkit to activate. Make sure to get the Pro version
Parker Mitchell
It is as long as you arent an idiot. Only buy keys from big sellers, guys who sell large amounts a month but still have >98% ratings. Those keys are legit and safe. Don't buy keys from some vague Asian fuck with no rating.
Samuel Young
>Will I notice a difference between a locked CPU with only 2 cores and 3 mb cache and a CPU with 4 cores, 6 mb cache and serious overclock potential I don't know Sherlock, you tell me?
Ryan Scott
>2x4GB >only the minimum amount of ram with only half the upgrade space
Jackson Morales
Why? so I have half a terabyte of possible ram instead of a quarter terabyte of possible ram?
Ian Cooper
i3 6100 is 118, i5 6600k is 238.
Is it worth the 114 extra doll hairs?
Isaac Myers
Where can I buy a LGA1150 Z97/87 mITX board in Canada? Everything is out of stock or costs 600$
Hudson Perez
>server chipset platform >mini ITX Yeah good luck
Bentley Morgan
Nice ill take a look.
Also should i take a Intel Core i5-3470+mobo for 120€ since i own phenom II x6 1090t. Im planning to buy a 480 8go soon, im tired of my phenom, that shit cant play insurgency, and i must on/off something when i want to play Vermintide or Red Orchestra 2.
Julian Roberts
I just need something mITX that will work with my 4670K :(
Swapped mobo to ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard On a budget so not bumping ssd. Dropped ram to 2x4gb 2133, if I read it right motherboard only supports 2133
Kevin Bailey
>z97 >server chipset wew
Dylan Davis
how much can I OC an i7-6700k using the cryorig c7 or the noctua NH-L9i? Not getting a bigger fan or watercooling.
Robert Barnes
All the way
Brandon Davis
I'm going to buy a i3-6100.
Should I worry about Turbo Boost support in the motherboard? I have no idea whether I'll be upgrading CPU or not.
Adrian Phillips
is labsim guy a fucking meme? I used that shit 5 years ago, still remember this goofy fucker
Kevin Bell
That is not the real cost difference between the two processors. There is also: The motherboard (z170 OC-ing premium) The cooler (aftermarket hsf) The psu (buying a more reliable/higher wattage unit) The RAM, which your motherboard supports with higher frequencies like 3000MHz. The case (better ventilation or size to fit your components, namely the heatsink/radiator) It amounts to much more than $110.
If I had to guess, the difference would actually be roughly doubled ($220-$250).
Daniel Harris
>The PSU adds to the price >difference of about 20 watts And if he's smart he got an overkill PSU for the same price as a meme'd "just barely making it" PSU anyways And if he's not overclocking and just getting a 6600? Then there's no extra cost for heatsink, motherboard, ram (since apparently 3000mhz ddr4 is all that ever will matter and is mandatory according to you)
Ryan Richardson
>>not buying HGST How much better is a 1tb sata6gb HGST than a WB Blue? Worth $20ish?
Aaron Wood
Pretty much all decent motherboards have turbo boost support.
Michael Hernandez
what?
Ryder Hall
I've already got the z170 board, aftermarket cooler, 650 watt gold PSU, 3000 mhz 16GB RAM, and a solid case.
I'm just wanting to wait until next gen intel hits and then grab the i5 7600k (or whatever the next gen 6600k equivalent would be).
I'm all set up to support either processor, but I want to know if they are comparable.
Landon Howard
I'm making a budget build and the Gigabyte mobo I found doesn't have it. There's an Asus one that is $10 more expensive and has it. I don't know if it's even worth getting it.
Dylan Nelson
Am I fucked?
Grayson Scott
I originally posted at a weird hour again, so I'd like to call attention to my original post again.
Thomas Morgan
It really isn't a comparison between the 6100 and the 6600k. The i3 is at 3.7GHz with 2 cores 4 threads meanwhile The i5 is at 3.5GHz with 4 cores 4 threads.
The i5-6600k can easily overclock beyond the speed of the i3, and will blow it away in anything that uses multiple cores effectively.
That said, for videogames by themselves I think the 6100 is the better buy, as games do not often take full advantage of multi-core performance, and if you are buying kaby lake anyway, you'll find a lot more people looking for an i3-6100 used than an i5-6600k simply because of the price difference and the risk that comes with OC in potential cpu damage/limited lifespan.
Sebastian Roberts
>next gen 6600k equivalent It'll be the 7600k because nothing is changing
Lucas Mitchell
>i3-6100 will resell better than i5-6600k
Jordan Myers
Post your Little Orphan Annie rig.
You know what it is: The rig you can't afford today but will tomorrow, whenever tomorrow may be.
Henry Flores
So, I'm thinking about building a FreeNAS box. Would you fine gents be able to help me pick out some parts? I'm not sure what would be adequate vs overkill when it comes to NAS. I mean in terms of Motherboard, RAM, CPU etc. I have no idea what I'm aiming for.
What about the HDD's themselves? I was looking at WD Reds unless there's something better out there but WD has never let me down with any of their drives so far. Also, case recommendation for the project? I want something small(ish) with a lot of HDD bays (obviously).
I was gonna buy a pre-built NAS enclosure and just fill it with drives but they seem a bit of a rip off really.
Brandon Richardson
>dream build >normal $1300 computer with 21 hot swappable terabytes of porn
Joseph Foster
>$1300 computer
Even in Ameribucks and without the added storage or monitor it's over $2300.
Luke Parker
Not even $2000 and that's keeping the excessive ram, an equally meme case, platinum PSU and 1TB SSD. And I didn't even scroll down through any parts pcpartpicker.com/list/cFr4pb
Benjamin Price
I'm just saying for a "dream build" you can get a lot more stupid with your money than that That's an expensive high end computer that a normal wagecuck would buy, not an elusive dream machine that you would work towards
Jace Nguyen
I built my computer for $1200, an i7 would've been an extra $100 and a 1080 would've been an extra $200, doubled ram would've been an extra $80 I mean it's not unrealistic to get a 6700k/1080/1TBSSD for $1300-1600 but you gotta cheap the fuck out on most parts
Parker Sullivan
People lead different lives.
A simple i7/1080 rig might be mundane to you but to me it is absolutely an elusive dream machine that I have to work towards.
And you can't just write off the storage either. That's a huge aspect of it for me, and one that adds massive amount of expense (not just the drives themselves but the drive bay and the mobo with eight SATA ports).
Joseph Allen
But why? What specifically do you need 21 hot swappable terabytes for? You also have 6 hard drives, what motherboard does not have 6 sata ports?
Aaron Wright
Should i take an Intel Core i5-3470+mobo for 120€, i currently own phenom II x6 1090t. Im planning to buy a 480 8go soon, im tired of my phenom, that shit cant play insurgency, and i must on/off something when i want to play Vermintide or Red Orchestra 2.
John Cox
Got my new pc all put together but my GPU is not being detected/ used as the primary video source.
I disabled the onboard graphics from the bios and the hdmi is in the GPU itself and it displays fine (using it atm) but when I check speccy it says I'm still using onboard graphics and any attempt to start a game ends in a crash.
I can't see how this is possible desu if the onboard graphics are disabled, GPU is seated properly and turned on (fans spinning, leds, 8pin is connected).
Any thoughts on this setup? I'm really lost on what kind of monitor to get, I don't play any first person shooters but I do play some fighting games
Sebastian Smith
drivers?
Aiden White
Stupid question, but did you install the correct drivers for the GPU?
Leo Green
Hope so, would be pretty nice to watch my chinese cartoons and play my gaymin in 1440p. Guess i'll get a good 1070 on sale.
Do you really think the jews will drop upper-midrage cards prices when the 1080ti comes out? I seriously doubt that.
Landon Powell
I thought I had, but that seems like it could be the only culprit.
I will check it out and see what happens.
Jose Hernandez
I really think they would drop prices. In fact I'm counting on it at this point. I'm either getting a 1080ti or a 1070.
Jayden Robinson
Anyone?
Or should I just buy an off the shelf solution and be a pleb to proprietry software?
Jace Rogers
1080ti is basically a Titan XP with a few less cores and higher clocks, sticking with 12GB and the same vram that the Titan XP has. It's expected to be $800+
Cameron Gutierrez
I'm in Canada its probably going to be $1100. Which is literally how much I'm buying the rest of my components for. I'd rather go for a 1070 or 1060 to be honest. I don't game that much.
Jackson Green
>What specifically do you need 21 hot swappable terabytes for?
I'd run it as a RAID 5 array, so it would be 16TB of storage. The reason is media. I love movies and TV shows. But high quality media takes up a lot of space. 16TB is actually fairly conservative, as a single Blu-Ray rip can eat up 25-50GB (per disk). In other words, The Sopranos alone fills more than a terabyte.
This is also the reason for the Blu-Ray reader. I could just download the movies and TV shows but those are huge fucking downloads and my ISP would eat my asshole (especially if I lived in a rural area which, if we're living in the fantasy world where I own this computer, is the case). Cheaper to buy the Blu-Ray, rip it to MKV (creating a huge uncompressed file) then selling the Blu-Rays.
The drives are hot swaps for two reasons: 1) If a drive goes down a replacement can be popped in without having to take the back panel off and 2) the 3.5" drive bays block the front fans while the 5.25" bays are sitting unused and aren't obstructing anything. I've thought about using the Corsair 900D instead but the case itself isn't as nice.
>You also have 6 hard drives, what motherboard does not have 6 sata ports?
Five HDDs, plus an SSD, plus a BD reader = 7 ports, which pretty much means finding a mobo with 8 ports. That usually means either six regular ports and a SATA Express or four regular ports and two SATA Expresses. Options are limited, especially if you don't want a motherboard that has a retarded paint job. The other avenue is to use a PCI RAID controller to handle some of the drives but that just complicates things.
Easton Campbell
I'm trying to connect a USB 3.0 19pin female connector into my motherboard through a 19pin to PCI-E adapter but I'm getting conflicting information about the power source.
Is this a meme or does it actually work? Why can't it just draw power from the PCI-E slot like my GPU does?
Jacob Anderson
Anyone help? Where do I start looking at different options for blocks? That is probably depending on the cpu and gpu but what about pumps rads and res? What stores should I start looking at before making a decision?
Is there a trustworthy site for this info? If I start googling I wont know the shilling from the legit.
Jose Brooks
>>>JayzTwoCents
Andrew Williams
You could always just look at the site for your local computer parts store if you have one.
Otherwise newegg isn't that bad.
Luis Price
>Where should I look for water custom water cooling parts? What stores/companies/sites? Want to do cpu and gpu. You get kits for custom water cooling. Amazon has some, that will give you some brand names to google and research reviews on etc.
Parker Ortiz
I was just at microcenter. They have some parts but they look like just the most basic kits.. No blocks. Though they did have some hard line tubing but Im not sure how many tools I would need to buy for that. A heat gun and some kind of bending guide thing at least.
Jeremiah Davis
Also why does every fuck on youtube use color colored coolant? Thought that was going to gunk up the works? Get colored tubing and clear liquid no? Or did that change?
Angel Myers
I've built a few PC's before but they've all had gaming as a main goal. I have a buddy who wants me to help him build a pc, but his main goal is for video editing. The only video games he plays are ps2/gamecube era games on his old consoles, so no gpu, or a very light gpu, is needed. the case, mobo, whatever I can work out myself, but what sort of cpu should i be looking at? The build needs to be as cheap as possible.
-I could go with an FX series cpu for multi-threading and overclocking, but then i'd need to buy a decent cooler and also a tiny gpu for video out.
-Or I could go with something intel for the iGpu, save on the cooler, but then I lose the 8-core performance and overclocking.
tl;dr i5 6500 or fx 8350 overclocked for video editing? a 6600k + z170 + cooler is slightly out of budget. I have an 8350 in my computer, and I got a Cinnebench score of about 626 or so at stock clock speeds, did cinnebench on a friend's 6500 and it was 601. I'd imagine if we overclock it the performance difference will be even more pronounced.
David Harris
Jay actually had an issue recently with pastel colorant gunking up Skunkworks. But I believe that issue was resolved and in his recent rebuild of Skunkworks he again used opaque colored coolant.
While there is a risk of having the colorant fucking up the works that is not at all the norm and considering 90% of the point of a custom loop is aesthetics it's worth the risk.
Although personally I very much prefer transparent colored coolant since it actually looks like liquid instead of plastic bars, and that requires exponentially less colorant than the opaque stuff.
Adam Morris
My guess it that the one in your pic will only support 2 USB3.0 to power external devices, whereas the one in the first link will provide power to all ports connected to it equally. It could also be that the USB controller requires more power on the first one to work but the makers wanted to keep it PCIe 1x for the sake of compatibility. And why do you need the adapter? Does your case's front USB3.0 cable not have 20-holes?
Jace Jackson
A used Sandy Bridge Xeon with an LGA 2011 board on eBay. As many cores as you can find for $150.
Cameron Bell
>Jay actually had an issue recently with pastel colorant gunking up Skunkworks That was his own fault and you know it.
Dominic Russell
I'm not making a statement one way or the other, just making a point.
Carson Baker
Fairly certain it wasn't "gunking up", just changing color. He had three Titan X cards, and an x99 cpu running MASSIVE overclocks. Sure his system could dissipate it all, but that doesn't stop the heat from being generated in the first place. No way was that fluid meant to take all that kind of extreme load. They probably consider their stress test to be SLI gtx 980ti's and a z170 or a 4770k.
Dominic Butler
My case has 2 USB 3.0 slots that are both connected to a single 19pin female port. I have no male port on my motherboard to connect it to, only a few JUSB ones.
James Cook
My understanding is that the JUSB ports in my motherboard support up to USB 2.0 and draw their needed power directly from the motherboard.
What confuses me though is that while 19pin to PCI-E adapters with no additional power supply exist while pic related also exists. What gives?
Why does one 19pin connector need a power supply while TWO 19pin connectors don't?
William Long
>tfw too intelligent to not migrate
MIGRATE
Charles Nelson
p-please be nice....
Dylan Edwards
Tomshardware is a good start.
Thomas Gutierrez
That's actually not a terrible idea. Should I tell him to get a gpu too for acceleration? Or is it mostly wasted? For a little context, he's looking to upload to YouTube, not anything professional.
