Build a PC: Simple Questions - March 01, 2020 |
- Simple Questions - March 01, 2020
- i5-7600k paired with GTX 1070 8gb struggles with GTA V or Witcher 3 at normal settings.
- Updated MSI BIOS.. now M2 is 'inaccessible boot device"
- GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk Winner Announcement
- Finished my very 1st PC build accomplishing a dream I've had for 15 years.
- If you're having FPS issues and you don't know why, your first step should be disconnecting your second monitor!
- Need suggestions and opinions on my build
- My First Experience and Thank you Note
- I accidentally bent CPU pins
- Like the monitor arm guy a few weeks back, I was annoyed looking for a suitable USB-hub, I built a website to help me. I hope it helps you, too :)
- How do I install an SSD onto the Nzxt H510?
- Does my gpu support 144hz
- Is this a good sub 450£ gaming pc?
- Need help choosing RAM
- Poor sound quality coming from monitor, how to fix?
- Maybe a really dumb question but I'm pretty worried about it.
- what is better?
- 1080p 144hz Ryzen/AMD build
- Need help! Can't decide on which motherboard should I go with 3700x build.
- PC turns itself on after shutdown
- Help with new build! No signal when turned on
- Opinions on my Ryzen build
- Freesync vs G-Sync Monitors
- Underscore blinking when trying to boot Windows
- I'm looking to buy a new PC, but I heard all the new stuff drops this summer, so is it worth waiting for discounts, and if so, what kind of discounts can I be expecting?
| Simple Questions - March 01, 2020 Posted: 01 Mar 2020 04:14 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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| i5-7600k paired with GTX 1070 8gb struggles with GTA V or Witcher 3 at normal settings. Posted: 01 Mar 2020 05:54 AM PST Hey, just as in the title. I have built a gaming PC about year and a half ago but never really did much of heavy gaming. I used it mostly for educational purposes and to play some not very demanding games. Recently, I got some more free time and decided to play some triple A titles. I got myself a Witcher 3 as well as GTA V. I tried to run them on normal settings and encountered a lot of microstuttering followed by huge fps drops making these games literally unplayable. I read some articles about 7600k bottlenecking GTX1070 where some people agree with this theory, whilst others claim there should be no problem running such games flawlessly on ultra settings (or very high) at stable 60fps. Here's the setup I'm using:
Have you ever encountered something similar? I can't seem to find any solution. All my drivers are updated and I don't have any processes running in the background. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. EDIT: Updated mobo info EDIT 2: Thank you all for different solutions. I don't really know what helped to fix the issue but here's a quick recap of what I've done.
Conclusion: Both GTA V and Witcher 3 seem to work WAY better than before. I'm having somewhat stable 60-70 fps on very high settings. I have really no idea what could have fixed it, but for my money, I'm guessing everything had helped in some way. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated MSI BIOS.. now M2 is 'inaccessible boot device" Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:04 AM PST MSI Z370 Carbon Pro Gaming i7 32Gb 3200 DDR4 Windows 10 on a Samsung 970 Evo M2 Build this system last year with 16Gb RAM. Working A-OK no issues. Immediate problem is, as part of trying to fix this issue, I decided to update the BIOS from A5 to the latest A10. Flashed it no problem, and in BIOS everything seems to be working OK.. but I cannot get it to load Windows from the M2 now. I've tried the setting I thought should be OK (UEFI Boot, AHCI sata) and over the past couple of hours have tried every other adjustment I can see might work. When exiting BIOS I either get an immediate Automatic Windows Repair thing, which is of no help.. or else a 20 second spinning circle which looks like Windows is going to load.. then the keyboard/mouse lose power and a BSOD 'inaccessible boot device' The M2 is showing up OK in BIOS and is set as the boot devive "UEFI: WIndows Boot Manager: Samsung 970" The only setting I haven't touched yet is M2/Optane Genie. If I enable this I get a warning about loss of data.. which scares me to turn it off again. I thought when I build the system there was a BIOS option I had to pick to choose between M2 and one of the PCI lines... but I cant see anything now, and to be fair I could be remembering a different system. Any idea?? I'm stumped. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk Winner Announcement Posted: 29 Feb 2020 03:22 PM PST A fortnight back, we came to you with the chance to win a Limited Edition GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk video card, thanks to NVIDIA. A winner has been selected. We asked you to tell us about your experiences of helping or being helped on /r/buildapc, and you delivered. With around 5000 entries to sort through, our jaded moderation team has been overwhelmed into feeling emotion again thanks to your tales of wholesome community engagement and assistance. Without further ado, we're happy to announce that the winner of the card is /u/Switchen with their answer: This subreddit is my go-to when I have nothing to do. I love to prowl new posts and help those that have troubleshooting issues. Some of them are simple fixes, but there are plenty where a more in-depth troubleshooting conversation has to happen. I can't nail down any specific interaction on here, but my favorite thing ever is to have the OP come back with something like, "It works! Thanks so much!" Building a PC the first time can be stressful, so it's great to be able to help these new builders out. Congratulations /u/Switchen and thanks to NVIDIA for their generosity on this - check out the card and other chances to win via Nvidia's twitter and their #RTXON campaign. For the 5000-odd rest of you, all is not lost. Enter our Zotac giveaway now for the chance to win an i5 9600k / RTX 2060 PC. Entry's completely free, and you can throw in some cash for the ASPCA to net some additional entries. Get on it! [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finished my very 1st PC build accomplishing a dream I've had for 15 years. Posted: 29 Feb 2020 09:19 PM PST Hey guys, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it im kinda depressed atm. That being said i finally did something I've wanted to do since i was 10. I built a computer. And it fucking works! It's not very pretty, I definitely learned something about wire management from this. But i don't think its bad. Not like other bad wires I've seen. I haven't really used it yet but it runs games i couldn't even play before super smooth and i didn't even try overclocking or anything. Honestly my point to all of this is if I am able to do this, anybody can do this. There's no reason to feel in their this about jumping into a computer build, except for the money you might sink but that's a personal thing. not only was this super fun but it was so easy. Thank you to the one person on here who gave me some advice when I 1st started this adventure. I'm going to tag him as soon as I can find their username. Y'all have a good one. And may your builds run cool and fast. Edit: I Uploaded a picture to my profile because I didn't know if I had to make an imgur account to upload to them. Once its all set back up I'll upload another pic [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:35 AM PST This has been said already a couple times but I think it's very important. Windows 10 has a bug with multiple monitor setups if they have different refresh rates. I don't really know how to replicate it because it only happens sometimes, but whenever you play ANYTHING on your second monitor, Windows will try to bring the FPS of the main monitor to whatever the second monitor is. Example: main is 144Hz, secondary is 60. You're playing a videogame at 144 FPS, you start playing a youtube video in your secondary monitor and suddenly your FPS get locked to 60 instead of 144. Sometimes it will just bring your frames from 144 to a unstable range around 100-120. Sometimes it will stop there, sometimes it will end up locking your frames to 60. As I said, it doesn't happen always, it doesn't always have the same effect and I don't know why or how. But it happens. So make sure you're not playing anything on your second monitor (i.e. have it on your desktop) when troubleshooting lower FPS than expected! I said "disconnect your second monitor" because it's a way of being 100% sure about your secondary monitor not being your issue. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Need suggestions and opinions on my build Posted: 01 Mar 2020 03:38 AM PST I want to build myself a pc that performs quite decent at for the current time and that doesn't need an update for next few years. Please give your opinion on the parts I've listed. Parts (PCPP-link: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/VvLwDx ) Use case of the pc: Additional thoughts on deciding the parts for the build: Thanks for all your input in advance! Edit: Updated the link Edit 2: Updated the link with new parts based on suggestions [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My First Experience and Thank you Note Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:31 AM PST Hi everyone, I just want to say thank you for your help and support from I start building PC to choosing parts. This thanks is a bit late since I build my rig July last year, but better to be late than nothing. So actually this is my first pc built, the first time I buy my personal pc the seller help me built everything. But this time since I move to another city and I give my first pc to my parent, I decided to built my own rig. So what I did as a good pc gamer, I compile my parts of pcpartpicker and then ask you guys on this sub. After spending about a week tinkering with my built and comparing price between different store finally I pull the trigger. I buy some parts locally and some parts from amazon since ram is much cheaper compare to local price. Also I got 20$ google express promotion so I use that to buy ssd. The building process was quite straightforward, I didn't found any major issue assembling all the parts. One thing bothers me is the local seller doesn't have NZXT H500 white case since I decided to have white and black build. I go to a couple store and every store said the same thing they didn't have it. So in the end I bought the red color one. I'm thinking to paint the red stripe to white. Let me know if you guys know any guide how I can do it. In terms of experience so far I found it very pleasant. Finally I can play witcher 3 with playable fps and max settings 😁 compare with my first pc which has only ryzen 3 2200G I only got 20-30ish fps with lowest settings 720p. I can create a very big city on City Skylines as well, CS GO runs without hiccup. It just feels so great! Even when I do programming (Android Studio) it runs very fast. Once again I just want to say thank you for this wonderful community, a place where I can rely on to when I have problem with my build and help me troubleshoot. Btw here is some pictures for your pleasure. https://imgur.com/a/xYLYrgv I'm thinking to buy an aftermarket cpu cooler and probably case fans. But currently didn't know what cpu cooler and fan to get. I do some research regarding cpu cooler and planning to get Freezer 34 eSports DUO and maybe a white artic case fan. If you guys have any suggestion or case fan please let me know. Lastly mandatory spec list
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 10:05 AM PST My girlfriend just bought me new PC parts for my birthday and me being stupid and overly confident fucked up. I need to know if this is fixable or not pleaseee tell me how I can fix this [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 12:09 PM PST Not sure if this falls under rule 12 (affiliate links are off by default) or if its even the correct sub (maybe /r/laptops ?). I still hope it saves you time! [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How do I install an SSD onto the Nzxt H510? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 10:05 AM PST I don't see the "quick attach" brackets nor any other way to install them Edit - I've got it to work guys thanks. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 10:51 AM PST I am interested in getting a new monitor and just wanted to know of getting a 144hz monitor was even worth it Gpu: PowerColor AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 Cpu: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU Ram: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Mobo: GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is this a good sub 450£ gaming pc? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:46 AM PST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 10:37 AM PST I have an option to buy a 3600mhz kit of cas latency of 18 or a 3000mhz kit of cas latency of 15. Both cost the same. Which will be a better pick? [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poor sound quality coming from monitor, how to fix? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 01:15 PM PST Just recently built my first pc and im getting really bad sound quality from the monitor. Its an asus gaming monitor I dont know if this is the right place could It be a driver that I didnt download? I only downloaded the gigabyte HD audio. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maybe a really dumb question but I'm pretty worried about it. Posted: 01 Mar 2020 01:08 PM PST If I build a PC will I have to constantly tinker with stuff to make sure it doesn't catch fire or just randomly crash forever? All parts on compatible but I'm just paranoid. I don't want to have to continuously run maintenance on this thing. Also what will I have to do once I actually set the PC up? Obviously it's not just going to act as a normal computer...do I buy windows and then that's it? What about anti-virus? Starting to think a laptop is better for me cause I'm not PC savvy at all... [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:24 AM PST Hi Everyone! Getting ready to build my first PC...I play a lot of shooters, so FPS will be a priority for me. With that being said, 1440p makes me nervous because I'd like to stick to a $1250 USD budget. R5 3600x + 5700XT has caught my eye and I believe most builds would end up around 1250 USD. Is this over kill for 1080 144hz? Does it guarantee me 4-5 years of high performance? Could it handle high frames at 1440p, 144hz? Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Need help! Can't decide on which motherboard should I go with 3700x build. Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:33 AM PST I need help with my pc build. This would be my 1st pc build that I'll be mainly using for gaming, streaming, content creation, maybe some music production as well. I did not include a motherboard because that is where I need your help. I can't decide if I should get X570 ASRock Taichi, X570 Asus TUF, or B450 Tomahawk Max. I don't really know what their difference are so If u guys can enlighten me which one should I get, I really appreciate it! Of course, I would like to save money and get the best bang for the buck deal here. X570 Taichi's price here in our country is $360. I can spend that much for a motherboard but I am more than willing to take a cheaper option.
Additional Question: I'm planning to put 6 case fans on this build. Is fan hub needed? [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC turns itself on after shutdown Posted: 01 Mar 2020 12:07 PM PST I upgraded my old pc (Intel 5th Gen) to a Ryzen 3700x with an Aorus B450. Every time I shut down my Computer it turns itself on again. It doesn't matter how I shut down my PC. I can press the shutdown button in Windows, shut down my Pc via command prompt (shutdown -s -t 00) or Press the Power Button, all of these will turn on my PC again. The only way to shut down is to cut power. What I have tried so far:
What is weird is that my old PC had the same problem, but only once in a while. Now it is every single time. I have tried everything I could find online. Any help or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Edit: Spelling [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Help with new build! No signal when turned on Posted: 01 Mar 2020 12:05 PM PST Hello, I am putting together a gaming PC for my girlfriend. I have built about 4 computers before and have ran into problems but have been able to solve them relatively easily. This is my latest problem: I have installed everything and have plugged it in but it says no signal on the monitor. The GPU is getting power as I can see the lights are on and the fan is running. The motherboard has the RGB lights on but there is no code screen so I cannot diagnose that way The build: -- TUF Gaming x570-Plus WI-FI --AMD 3600 --ASUS 1080Ti --EVGA 750W PSU (I know this is over powered. I got it on sale) Do the other parts matter for helping to diagnose this? How can I go about figuring out where the problem is? Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:52 AM PST So I've been looking at replacing my aging build so I've put this together but I have some questions. I'll primarily be using this rig for gaming, racing sims mostly but also the big upcoming blockbusters like cyberpunk 2077 with a target of 1440p 60fps upwards. I might look into VR too at some point. Question wise I wanted to ask: Is the liquid cooler worth it or should I just use air? (May do some overclocking so keep that in mind) Is the x570 motherboard overkill? (I chose it partly because of the wifi as I will be moving this build around every so often) Any worthwhile additions to the P400A case? (Fans, etc.) Is the PSU too much?
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:52 AM PST Hey guys, qucik question about Freesync and G-Sync monitors. I've noticed that G-Sync IPS high refresh rate monitors are much higher in price than ones with the same specs that are Freesync compatible. The two GPU's I'm looking at are the Nvidia 2070 Super and Radeon 5700XT. Does the Nvidia markup provide that much of a performance/QoL boost where it justifies the premium? I know the answer is going to be different for every person, but I want to hear what you guys think and your experiences. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Underscore blinking when trying to boot Windows Posted: 01 Mar 2020 01:54 PM PST Hello, I just built a new pc and I when I try to boot Windows 10 from a USB or an external drive it only shows a blinking underscore. I am installing the ISO from a mac and ive tried other methods like bootcamp, however, it wont let me download it from there because it shows some weird error that I dont have enough space when i do (same error for 16GB USB and my 500GB ext. hard drive) please help i think im gonna blow up my brain as no methods are working for me (i also tried booting a linux system) My motherboard is msi b450 max, my ssd and hardrives are both connected fine and detected by the motherboard. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 10:04 AM PST This is what I was looking at getting, I've already got the parts if they're not listed. [link] [comments] |
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