Build a PC: Simple Questions - February 17, 2020 |
- Simple Questions - February 17, 2020
- Buildapc & NVIDIA global giveaway: Limited Edition GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk
- It is finished. (First PC build)
- My first build completed! Such a relief it all worked. Thanks to everyone here!
- Is 1440p worth it over 1080p?
- Build Complete
- Just helped a friend upgrade from a HDD to an NVME drive.
- Thank you r/buildapc, first PC build was a success!
- Enabled xmp and ram is still running at 2100 mhz.... any help?
- First build!
- Best upgrades for an aging gaming PC?
- Is my motherboard toast?
- Advice on my plan for first build
- First build and not quiet sure about the GPU
- Is the SSD I bought not compatible with the mobo?
- Can a 1080ti run two 144hz monitors with relative ease?
- Bought a Ryzen 7 2700x. There is no thermal paste???
- Planning my first build and looking for a mentor
- Upgrading PC for the first time since 2016 so I can use a Valve Index
- RTX 2060 Super or RTX 2070 for 50€ more?
- Is is normal that the GPU is not fully utilized?
- Better choices?
- Would this be a good SSD to upgrade an old desktop?
- will a 500w power supply be good enough for gtx 1060 6gb and ryzen 5 3600x?
- Ryzen 5 3600x CSGO with GTX 1060
- Rubber on AM4 bracket ?
| Simple Questions - February 17, 2020 Posted: 17 Feb 2020 04:15 AM PST This thread is for simple questions that don't warrant their own thread (although we strongly suggest checking the sidebar and the wiki before posting!). Please don't post involved questions that are better suited to a [Build Help], [Build Ready] or [Build Complete] post. Examples of questions:
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| Buildapc & NVIDIA global giveaway: Limited Edition GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk Posted: 17 Feb 2020 09:02 AM PST Did someone say LIMITED EDITION? Our friends over at NVIDIA have partnered with CD PROJEKT RED to create 77 super groovy limited edition video cards inspired by the upcoming title. PICS HERE! Even more excitingly, /r/buildapc has got one to give away! In the spirit of National Random Acts of Kindness Day, we want to hear your experiences of helping or being helped on the subreddit. In a comment below, tell us about your best interaction on /r/buildapc, and you'll be in with a shot at receiving the limited edition card. For more info on the card, plus other chances to win one of the cards, check out check out Nvidia's tweet HERE and join their #RTXON campaign. How do I enter?
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| It is finished. (First PC build) Posted: 16 Feb 2020 09:26 PM PST After 4 hours and many curses, me and a friend built my first PC. All in all, it wasn't all that difficult. Putting in the radiator only to realize we'd blocked the CPU_FAN pins was a bit disheartening, but other than that, it was great! That feeling of turning it on and seeing the BIOS is how I imagine birthing a child must feel like. Without the intense pain and mortal danger of course. Here's the parts list! CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 2080 GAMING X TRIO PSU: Corsair HX Platinum 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2 Here's some pics! PC build https://imgur.com/gallery/DYXoWtI [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My first build completed! Such a relief it all worked. Thanks to everyone here! Posted: 17 Feb 2020 09:23 AM PST Finally Finished This one! "Vader's Fist" IMGUR: https://imgur.com/a/BxYTJwA This was an awesome build and a dream of mine. First SOLO build. Honestly not tough just cable management - I already noticed a few things I need to tidy up tonight as far as fan cables go. I was originally going for all white and was getting LL120s in white but then decided to do Black and White and did the QLs. I still painted in Plastidip the Cablemod vertical mount. Im in love with this machine. A HUGE THANK YOU TO THIS SUB!I lurked on here for months picking and researching parts and ended up with all of this: PC BUILD: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/4HYTwP [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 17 Feb 2020 10:50 AM PST I have an RTX 2070 super GPU and AMD 3700x CPU. But don't know if I should get a 1440 monitor or not. Games I play are SCUM,CS:GO,Rainbow 6 siege,escape from Tarkov and PUBG. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2020 10:19 PM PST Water Cooled PS4 Pro I know this isnt a PC, but figured I would share my creation. Here is a video that just shows the PS4, https://youtu.be/IG2iDmIxPbY When I would tell people about my PS4 and my full video is just to long to show them. In depth video: https://youtu.be/d2UtjnoEEEg [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Just helped a friend upgrade from a HDD to an NVME drive. Posted: 17 Feb 2020 07:18 AM PST So I have a friend who, a few years ago, wanted to get into the gaming space for a while, and he started looking for a PC. The first one he got had an FX 4100 and a GT 710, which was good enough for him at the time. Now, he's upgraded his GPU to a GTX 970 which will hold up for a year or two more. Just a few weeks ago, he told me his PC is starting to sound like a jet engine and loads things really slowly (He still had an HDD). So what I did was I threw together a parts list for him to upgrade. The following is what I told him to get: Ryzen 3 1200 Gigabyte B450M-DS3H 16GB DDR4-3200MHz Ballistix RAM Intel 660p NVMe SSD 1TB He really wanted a lot more storage, and also wanted an SSD since his games and apps weren't loading fast. And the Ryzen 3 1200 will give him a great IPC boost, bring the TDP down and reduce noise a good amount. Also, its motherboard allows for NVMe SSDs. He didnt want to put it together, so I helped him out and put it together. On a side note, he had an MA620P that was running off of an internal RGB hub instead of the motherboard, and with his new processor he could run it from the motherboard. Anyways, after finishing up, I closed the side panel (I kinda worried if that was a bad idea) and turned it on. It worked first try! We installed Windows, installed his programs, and got everything running. After just a few days, he told me that it's so much better and responsive. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thank you r/buildapc, first PC build was a success! Posted: 17 Feb 2020 09:13 AM PST After 25+ years of console gaming, I decided it was time to make the swtich to the master race. Here's parts pic post and here's a progression build pic link Just wanted to thank r/buildapc and r/buildapcsales for all the input! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enabled xmp and ram is still running at 2100 mhz.... any help? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 01:13 PM PST I have the Gigabyte aorus z390 pro wifi motherboard with 2 sticks of 16gb 3600mhz ram and I have them plugged in slots A2 and B2. What else can I try? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 17 Feb 2020 10:20 AM PST Finally done with my first build after a quick scare when I put the graphics card in with the dang plastic still on it. 🙄 Build: CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x Cooler: Nuatica D-15S Motherboard: Tuf x570-plus Ram: Corsair (x2) 8 GB (3200) M.2: Samsung 970 evo GPU: EVGA 2080 Super FTW3 Still some RGB stuff I'm gonna do later on with the fans, but finally playing some Tarkov. Lol [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best upgrades for an aging gaming PC? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 12:31 PM PST Hey guys, I have an AMD FX8320 with a Radeon HD 7870 GPU, and my motherboard is a gigabyte ds3p AM3+. I have been having overheating issues lately, along with my VRMs overheating since this motherboard can't really keep up with modern demands, especially with this CPU. What is an $600> upgrade I could look into that would be able to grant me some better parts? I would like a Ryzen cpu but I know that means I'd need an AMD4+ motherboard, and I'm not too sure would a low price would be for one of those. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 17 Feb 2020 10:53 AM PST After powering down my PC last night and turning it back on this morning I immediately had issues with my monitors showing 'No Display'. Unit boots to Windows but offers no display. Reset CMOS. Tested with 2 different known good display. Tested with 2 different known working GPU (Nvidia 2070 Super, EVGA GTX 1060). Tested with top & bottom PCIe slots. Also attempted with onboard HDMI to atleast access BIOS. And last but not least, reseatted ram into slots 1 & 3 instead of 2 & 4 and power cycled. No avail. Edit (Update) So, I tried each stick of ram separately. Nothing. For shits and giggles since EZBUG code indicated no boot device detected I inserted my Windows 1909 ISO flash drive and instantly got display from my HDMI monitor. I loaded into Windows, rebooted into safe mode & uninstalled GPU drivers. Then I rebooted into Windows and reinstalled GPU drivers. Still no Displayport video, though. At this point I'm very confused at what the issue is but I am glad to have got the PC back up and running. Ideas? Specs - Mobo - MSI Gaming Edge x570 CPU - Ryzen 5 3600X CPU AIO - Corsair h100i RAM - Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz RAM Storage - Samsung Evo 970 512 GB PSU - Corsair RMX850 6 LL Series Corsair fans. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advice on my plan for first build Posted: 17 Feb 2020 12:02 PM PST Hello, new to the subreddit and this is my first post. I'm planning on building my first PC with a budget of roughly $1500. This is my current parts list and just wanted any advice as to things that might be bad or need changing, as well as i wanted advice as to whether a cpu cooler would be neede at all
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| First build and not quiet sure about the GPU Posted: 17 Feb 2020 05:55 AM PST A little story up front. I bought my first gaming PC some while ago. This masterpiece by Asus was pure love and I shit you not, this magical beast lasted for 9 years but last summer the GPU died and since a the components were outdated I decided to build a new one from scratch. I'm pretty confident about all the components I bought so far but the GPU gives me nightmares. I don't have enough money to spend it on something I might need to upgrade in two years (still going to university so the struggle is real). So far my Set up looks like this: - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 - MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC ATX Mainboard - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 550W - G.Skill DIMM 16gb DDR4-3000Mhz What I'm looking for is a GPU that doesn't make too much noise, has satisfactory cooling and will be able to render new upcoming games (Hellblade 2 for example) smoothly in HD quality. I thought about getting the ASRock Radeon RX580 Phantom Gaming 8G OC GPU but since I read that the fans get quiet loud I'm unsure about that.. any help or suggestions will be appreciated! I'm already thankful for those of you who read this until the end and sorry if I wrote something wrong, my mobile phone keeps trying to change everything to german :D [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is the SSD I bought not compatible with the mobo? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 02:04 PM PST I bought an SSD as a gift for someone with the mobo below. The mobo isn't listed on pcpartpicker, but it does have an M.2 slot. I assumed they were compatible because the mobo supported PCIe NVMe. However, the SSD is not being detected. Is the problem that there are different PCIe NVMe standards for the M.2? Or is the M.2 port dead? Apparently this particular mobo has had other problems with dead ports. I have confirmed that interference from an HDD in the SATA port is not the problem. The SSD is a XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280 Solid State Drive R/W 3500/3000MB/s SSD (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K1HMMJC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). The mobo is a MSI Z97 Gaming 5 (https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z97-GAMING-5/Specification). Thanks! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can a 1080ti run two 144hz monitors with relative ease? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 10:18 AM PST I am saving up to buy an alienware AW3420DW monitor. I am currently using a 144hz (165 overclock) asus rog monitor but I wasn't sure if the 1080ti can handle that without putting too much stress on it? Not extremely well-versed with pc parts yet so hopefully you guys can help [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bought a Ryzen 7 2700x. There is no thermal paste??? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 11:51 AM PST I got the Ryzen processor and the stock cooler. But, I don't see the thermal paste in there? Is this safe? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planning my first build and looking for a mentor Posted: 17 Feb 2020 01:59 PM PST Hi all, Always dreamt of building my own and now that I have settled, that time has come. I'm looking for very experienced help to assist me through the process. I have read up on pc building, have watched a lot of videos, and I am cautious by nature so I won't be making rushed decisions and will be giving each choice a lot of thought. Sometimes too much thought :D As a casual gamer I've always had low to mid-end gaming units, my current being a MSI GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro, so I'm very keen to building a high-end desktop. I have all necessary peripherals so my focus is on the tower only. Location Budget Gaming Experience The Build so far
I believe compatibility is achieved, which is most important, but not aesthetics. I need to chose my desired finished product appearance and then review once more based on that. Without getting carried away. Sourcing Priorities That's about it for now. If you require more please let me know and I shall edit the post going forward. If someone is keen to assist I'd be very grateful and I know how to show my gratitude. I'd suggest we discuss openly first then take it private to get more productive as time goes on. Again, we have ample time as my MSI laptop is going a fine job for now and this is a project for about 6-8months down the line. Sorry for the long read. I figured I owe any interested party the courtesy of a proper introduction. Yorick [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upgrading PC for the first time since 2016 so I can use a Valve Index Posted: 17 Feb 2020 01:55 PM PST Just as the title says, I am looking to upgrade these parts so I can use a Valve Index with it. I haven't really used it since 2016 so it needs a lot of software updates as well. Thanks in advance! :) Edit: I would also like to be able to use this computer for gaming and video editing software/rendering for a few years to come so I don't have to upgrade anytime soon. Thanks again
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| RTX 2060 Super or RTX 2070 for 50€ more? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 06:59 AM PST So I'm getting rid of my 5700XT, returning it cause I want a card that goes well better with my build tbh, call me an RGB fan but I do want one of those sick boner inducing AORUS cards with the RGB on the fans so I can vertical mount. Anyways I can get a RTX 2060 Super or a RTX 2070 for 50€ more.. is it worth the 50 bucks? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is is normal that the GPU is not fully utilized? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 08:36 AM PST Here's a screenshot of what I mean. Often when I play some games neither the GPU nor the CPU reach 100% utilization. The frames don't seem that bad but I'm curious if my PC is capable of more FPS or not. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 17 Feb 2020 01:29 PM PST Hi, attached is a pcpartpicker list that ive drafted up. Looking for some criticism and possible pointers to better parts for similar or cheaper prices. The theme of the build is basic (black and white, with as much white as possible) + rgb. I'm deadset on the case and the GPU but basically everything else is interchangeable. Keep in mind i plan to game a ton as well as dipping into content creation. So, any corrections that you would do? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Would this be a good SSD to upgrade an old desktop? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 01:23 PM PST Looking to put an SSD in an older desktop to run the OS off of on a budget, would this one be good? Thanks! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| will a 500w power supply be good enough for gtx 1060 6gb and ryzen 5 3600x? Posted: 17 Feb 2020 11:10 AM PST Also, My Psu is some random psu that the guy who repaired my pc put in. It doesnt even have any sort of name brand or anything on the box it came in /: [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryzen 5 3600x CSGO with GTX 1060 Posted: 17 Feb 2020 06:32 AM PST Hi I wanted to buy new parts especially for csgo and overall good desktop/browser performance. For now I have these parts: I5-7500 Hyperx fury 8gb 2666mhz Gigabyte GTX 1060 6gb MSI b250m pro-vdh Adata SU800 128gb ssd I'm planning to buy ryzen 5 3600x, msi tomahawk max Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 3200 MHz CL16 2x8GB (16GB) What is your opinion on this? I want to leave my gtx 1060 since I don't really play new games and there is also GeForce now. Thank you in advance :) [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 17 Feb 2020 12:52 PM PST Hi just a quick question if the rubber on the Cpu mount bracket on the rear off the motherboard is not In place will this cause my pc to short and not start due to it being conductive ? My pc currently isn't booting after recently water cooling it and stupid me forgot the rubber on the back off the mount. My pc won't boot at all where all hardware was tested before hand and not it shows no display and can't see bios or anything just straight black screen. Also I can turn the pc on with the main power button but it doesn't turn off afterwards.I have a orange Qled light on for dram and a red qled light for the cpu both showing errors. I was fairly worried at this and looked back through all the parts installed and realised I don't everything apart from put the rubber with the back plate for mounting the cpu block and I am now thinking this may be the cause off my motherboard playing up ? I'm guessing if the back plate is touching motherboard it can cause it to malfunction or short ? Any ideas many thanks [link] [comments] |
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