Build a PC: Simple Questions - May 02, 2020 |
- Simple Questions - May 02, 2020
- Tonight I spent four hours troubleshooting my new build. I reslotted everything multiple times, examined the board thoroughly a dozen times, and did countless google searches.
- Building a PC case out of two ikea boxes
- Do I have something to worry about?
- PC suddenly shutdown while gaming with a burnt smell, what happened to my GTX 970? New build or just change GPU?
- Thinking of upgrading
- CAUTION! Please learn from my mistake. EVGA PSU replacement cables fries entire system.
- First time building pc could I get your opinion on the parts I picked?(Budget $1000ish)
- M.2 NVMe SSD's vs Sata SSD's?
- Recommended Laptop For Under $500?
- Accidentally scratched my motherboard with the screwdriver, no post from GPU now
- RX580 owners, have you had any issues with the GPU so far?
- Returning the 5700 XT. Used 1080 ti, new 2060, or just shell the extra for 2070?
- Bought used PC, ready to upgrade and need advice.
- Help - What's happening to the parts?
- Yellow tint on monitor.
- Ryzen 3600 very hot 93C
- Ram Upgrade Failure, possible dead mob ram slot
- PC turns on and off but doesn’t boor
- New GPU Fan speed stuck at 20 in afterburner
- Suggestions on a monitor...
- Booting Problems
- I have a confession to make
- Roast my build
- I overclocked my CPU last night, then returned it to stock. Now I'm getting stutter every 1-4 seconds
| Simple Questions - May 02, 2020 Posted: 02 May 2020 05:10 AM PDT 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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| Building a PC case out of two ikea boxes Posted: 02 May 2020 06:52 AM PDT Hi ! This afternoon (france) I am buiding a two compartiment pc case out of two ikea wooden boxes. I will try to update with photos and/or différents steps ans issues. Im not following any tutorial, i just go inspiration from my broken pc case and a few youtube videos. If you have any question, tips, comments, let me know :) Update : *Curruntly marking the holes the motherboard mounts and sanding the back for the PCI mounts *The motherboard is fit well and is screwed ! I need to sand the back to let the graphic card slide. I will continue Tomorrow with the psu and storage box and the câbles optimisation Also here is the link to the imgur post with photos (im sorry my hair hid the case a bit) Imgur post [link] [comments] |
| Do I have something to worry about? Posted: 02 May 2020 10:47 AM PDT This is gonna sound really dumb but im really new to pc building, but do the power supplies come with a cable to plug into the wall. Im just really unsure and dont wanna build it just for it to not have something to plug into the wall [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 10:44 AM PDT What is your parts list? ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD FX8320 @ 4.5GHz Corsair H100i Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming 2x Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1866 MHz ASUS Xonar DGX OCZ Vertex 3 120GB WD Blue 500GB WD Green 2TB Corsair RM850 I've had most of the parts since 2014, only the H100i and the SSD are a bit newer. Describe your problem. List any error messages and symptoms. Be descriptive. I've had been playing Frostpunk for some hours when my computer suddenly shutdown; I thought it was a power loss (sometimes happens) but I instantly got scared when I noticed my monitors were on and I noticed a smell of something burnt. I unplugged the power cord and opened the case but didn't see anything wrong. I tried following the smell and I noticed it came from the GPU, after removing it from the case. I was hoping it was the PSU because it could've been an easy fix, but it looked okay. I tried booting the PC without the GPU, just to see if it would turn on and it did, it just gave a beep error code of missing GPU, so PSU/motherboard/CPU/anything else should be working fine. I then tried turning it on with the GPU plugged in this time to see if it would work, but sadly as soon as I powered it on I noticed some sparks from the GPU and the same smell but stronger, with the computer turning off soon after. I removed the heatsink and tore down my GTX 970 and took some pics: https://imgur.com/a/JunpF22 As you can clearly see from here something blew up, I think it's the back of the MOSFETs? I'm not sure. Obviously my GPU is gone, but I'm making this post to try to find out what happened: could it have been my PSU? I wouldn't wanna buy a new GPU just to get it blown up again :( I also had a doubt that maybe it could've been a droplet of water from the H100i but everything looked fine. My best guess would be that too much voltage for too long just slowly damaged it until something related to power delivery blew up. I was running it at 1.2750V, 1531 MHz clock and 1800MHz memory (see here). I know the voltage is pretty high, but I wanted to squeeze every last megahertz. I had no issues with the temperature though; while playing Overwatch I was at a cool 60C, when running more GPU-intensive games the maximum I reached was 79C/80C. I thought that as long as my temperatures were low there weren't gonna be major issues, looks like I'm wrong? I never had any artifacts or shutdowns or freezes or whatever. Everything was running fine, until something blew up. Post relevant photos of build/parts here. https://i.imgur.com/Ygna1KF.png https://i.imgur.com/vjk2JIM.jpg <--- culprit Provide any additional details you wish below. Sadly I don't have another GPU to test my build. While I made this post mainly because I'm curious about what happened to my GTX 970 and if my PSU and the rest of the parts are safe to work with, I would also appreciate suggestions regarding what to do now. I've been thinking of a new build for quite some time, I have the money needed but I wanted to wait for AM5, I don't wanna buy a new CPU now that the AM4 socket is almost at the end of the line. I could buy a mid-grade GPU and keep going till AM5, but that feels so long from now. What would you do if you were in my situation? Thanks for all the help! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 12:46 PM PDT So... basically I made a mistake back in 2017 and bought a pre-built. I now need to upgrade and I thought I'd ask everyone on this subreddit before i pull the trigger and purchase it. Current System: CPU: AMD Athlon FX-4300 RAM: Some generic DDR3 800mhz 16gb ram Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M LX3 (Yep, I'm actually using that in 2020) GPU: Asus GTX 1050ti with 4gb vram Storage: Samsung 860 qvo 1tb (I recently upgraded this so I'm gonna keep this in the new system) PSU: I don't even know its some generic 500w 80 plus thing but it looks real dodgy Upgraded system: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 RAM: Corsair vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 2x8gb ram Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX GPU: Gigabyte OC RTX 2060 Storage: Staying the same PSU: CORSAIR CV550 ATX PSU - 550 W Also, I am not buying all of this now, and all of it at once. I am buying the CPU, motherboards and RAM in july, then the GPU and PSU in December. I'm stuck with a 1050 ti for a while.... I am also hoping to buy some of this stuff on prime day, black friday and cyber monday, just to save a little bit of money. Thanks for any help given in the comments! [link] [comments] |
| CAUTION! Please learn from my mistake. EVGA PSU replacement cables fries entire system. Posted: 02 May 2020 01:41 PM PDT A tale of caution and warning for anything newer and as mistaken as I am. DO NOT REPLACE YOUR PSU CABLES IF YOU DONT HAVE TO!!! I recently ordered replacement cables from EVGA to swap their default black cables with their own individually Sleeved white canles for a cosmetic upgrade. During the upgrade nothing special happened just swapping 24 pin ATX power, 4+4 CPU and 2 6+2 GPU cables. My PSU failed during this swap, and it took out EVERYTHING connected. PSU, CPU, MOBO, GPU all dead. Evga PSU with their own brand replacement cable's and it still failed [link] [comments] |
| First time building pc could I get your opinion on the parts I picked?(Budget $1000ish) Posted: 02 May 2020 10:26 AM PDT CPU - Ryzen 5 3600 GPU - RTX 2060 Storage - 1 Intel 660p Series M.2280 1TB RAM - G.Skill RipJaws V Series 16GB (2x8GB) Motherboard - B450 Tomahawk Max Power - Corsair CV Series CV550 80 Bronze Certified Case - Fractal Design Meshify C [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 04:04 AM PDT So I recently got a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD to replace my 120GB Sata SSD as my boot drive. I was comparing the read/write speeds and the M.2 SSD had read/write speeds of 3400/3000 MB/s whereas the Sata SSD had read/write's of around 530/370 MB/s. I thought holy shit the M.2 is so much better, but there is almost no difference to load times and after watching various videos comparing load times, the M.2 is only marginally better, so why is that? Why is there only a marginal increase in load times when the read/write speeds are so much faster? [link] [comments] |
| Recommended Laptop For Under $500? Posted: 02 May 2020 01:59 PM PDT Hey, So I got approved for a $500 pre-paid technology card for college. (Expires 1/2021) Now i don't necessarily have to spend it on a laptop, but I think i'd like one. I'm a huge PC gamer and have a great desktop build, but I know absolutely nothing about laptops or what is good or not. Only thing I can think of is just searching "best selling laptops on amazon" and going with the first thing that pops up. A few requirements: Must be ~$450 (under the $500 pre-paid limit with taxes) if not on amazon. If on Amazon I think i can combine it with about $300 of gift card credit. Side Note: Will likely be used for college work, MS office, nothing too demanding, Smaller Indie games on Steam, and probably Runescape when I'm traveling. Longer battery life is preferred over performance. [link] [comments] |
| Accidentally scratched my motherboard with the screwdriver, no post from GPU now Posted: 02 May 2020 01:56 PM PDT As the title says I have absolutely screwed up my motherboard with some scratches/dents by mistake and dizziness. Now the gpu will not post anything but the internal graphics are working as intended and my whole pc is fine. I have tried both pcie ports, nothing. I will attach a video with the gpu symptoms as well as a photo with the dent/s. They are between the cpu and pcie 16x port. Could the gpu be damaged as well? Bios will not recognise anything from my pcie slots. The dent/s are right above the m2 stand-off. Kudos! [link] [comments] |
| RX580 owners, have you had any issues with the GPU so far? Posted: 02 May 2020 10:58 AM PDT I'm planning on getting a RX580 soon and wanted to know if there were any compelling issues that you guys might have had with the GPU? For the most part I think its a strong GPU especially for its price but I read through some amazon reviews that their GPU stopped working within the 3 month range? Not sure what happened but I thought I ask this subreddit [link] [comments] |
| Returning the 5700 XT. Used 1080 ti, new 2060, or just shell the extra for 2070? Posted: 02 May 2020 01:40 PM PDT After a crushing three days of tweaking with the 5700 XT, it's time to move on past the black screens. For alternatives, what would you consider a good choice in the $400 to $500 range? I was weighing the 1080 ti, 2060, and maybe the 2070. Help me choose please! [link] [comments] |
| Bought used PC, ready to upgrade and need advice. Posted: 02 May 2020 01:20 PM PDT Bought a used PC on a whim. I know very little about it and building computer in general. I plan on using youtube to help with this upgrade. To the best of my knowledge, this is my build. GPU- GTX 1050 ti 16GB ram AMD Ryzen 5 1500x MSI B350M Gaming pro I am looking for more consistent FPS and more frames in competitive shooters and racing games. I would like to take advantage of using a 240hz monitor as well with these upgrades, 144hz at a minimum. I will be playing iRacing, Fortnite, COD and GTA for the most part. Just looking for a bit of guidance. [link] [comments] |
| Help - What's happening to the parts? Posted: 02 May 2020 09:18 AM PDT Last week I pulled the trigger on a gaming pc build. PSU's were disappearning during shopping from my pcpartpicker list. RAM is also disappearing as I forgot to get it and went back yesterday. There's only one PSU in my town now at 400w (barf). I saw the PSU's go from in stock to out of stock with refreshing the pages. Now there's a limit on volume purchases on Newegg and backorder lists a mile long on Amazon. If anyone knows I will be grateful as my curiosity is peaked. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 02:39 PM PDT I'm using hdmi to connect my monitor to my newly built PC, since I have a really old monitor that doesn't have DisplayPort. My GPU is a GeForce RTX 2070 Super, and my monitor always has a yellowish tint when it's connected to this PC (This never happened with my old PC, same cable and monitor). I looked it up and tried every solution I saw and none of them worked. However, the method from this video worked when I first used it, and got rid of the tint. But whenever I launch a fullscreen game, the tint comes back. Has anyone dealt with something similar? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 02:38 PM PDT So I upgraded today to a ryzen 3600 and tomahawk b450 max and the when I finally played a game I noticed the fan going full chat. I opened up the MSI dragon monitor thing and it said it was 93 degrees Celsius. I have the stock cooler screwed tight. Any ideas what's wrong? It's my first amd cpu I've never had heat issues before. [link] [comments] |
| Ram Upgrade Failure, possible dead mob ram slot Posted: 02 May 2020 02:34 PM PDT Hey Everyone, I'm having an issue I've never had in the past when it came to upgrading ram in computers, etc. I've just about searched every corner of the internet and I can't seem to find a solution. About 3 years ago I built a custom PC with the following specs: Motherboard: Asus H81M-K CPU: Intel i5 4460 Memory RipJaws DDR3 (F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL) GPU: (Added later) GeForce GTX 1050 TI PSU: Roswell (something or other, if I can get the model number if needed, 500 watts) Since then I've only done minor upgrades such as replacing my HDD with 2 SSD's, the GPU, and most recently an additional 8GB of ram. When I first put this computer together I accidentally put the ram in the B1 slot and the computer won't post, I didn't think anything of it and put it in the A1 slot and it booted just fine. I recently bought another RipJaw 8GB stick to max my system out at 16 GB, Everything on the stick matches exactly with the older stick and for some reason when I populate both ram slots (This board only has 2) the computer just sits there and the fans just run endlessly without posting. I tried the new stick individually in the A1 slot, no issues. So I thought maybe there is some kind of difference between the older stick and the newer one I'm not seeing, so I bought yet again, another stick from the same seller. Tried the 2 new sticks and still, no post. Then I tried just populating the B1 slot like I did when I built the computer, no post. I kind of wish I paid more attention to this when I first built the computer and sent the motherboard back because now I think the slot is faulty. I've tried everything I can think of: Resetting the BIOS settings by taking out the CMOS battery Trying all the sticks individually Disabling XMP (To be 100% honest I'm not sure what that is Haha) Reseating the CPU, looking for bent pins If anyone has any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it! There are a lot of settings in the BIOS for the RAM that maybe need to be configured that I just am not aware of, I'm not very technical when it comes to RAM speeds and it's configuration. Thank you, in advance! [link] [comments] |
| PC turns on and off but doesn’t boor Posted: 02 May 2020 02:33 PM PDT Hi, I just built this system together: Gigabyte b75m-d3v Intel i5-3570 16 gb ram RX 580 4 gb 64 gb ssd and 1 tb hdd CM m2 silent pro 620w Antec nx100 The system starts up, beeps a lot of times (~20 times) and repeats this until I turn the psu off. I have tried swapping the ram sticks and running with only one, I tested the psu seperately and it worked. Right now I went barebone with only the cpu and ram but the problem is still there. Can somebody please help me? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| New GPU Fan speed stuck at 20 in afterburner Posted: 02 May 2020 02:13 PM PDT I recently upgraded my GPU from a radeon RX 570 to a Radeon RX 5700 xt, and an issue I've noticed is that the GPU fan speed consistently remains at 20, and doesn't appear to change when I make changes to the user defined settings. Is there something wrong with the GPU? Or is it a case of drivers? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 02:13 PM PDT I currently am looking to upgrade my monitor. I believe I will be getting a g-sync monitor, however I am wanting to know which brand of monitor I should get. I have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super. My current monitor is the BenQ Zowie RL2755 (only 60hz from my console days) and I would like to take full advantage of my gpu. Price range doesn't really matter as I have been saving for awhile and the wife is willing to chip in on what I don't have. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 02:13 PM PDT My PC has been booting into BIOS setup on and off for almost 3 months usually I can hit save and quit and it has no issues but, now I can't get it to stop going into it at all. Then all of a sudden it changed the booting sequence to IPV6 first instead of IPV4 and it starts booting and then the screen just goes black. It is still lit as if it trying to boot but and my PC sounds as if it's trying but nothing happens. I do move around with my tower quite often could this be a hardware issue from me moving it? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 May 2020 09:02 PM PDT After building 3 custom PC's and being into custom computing for 10 years. I just now after re-reading my Motherboard manual realized that after the computer completes POST and boot, the motherboard LED debug status indicator displays the CPU temperature. It is probably something incredibly obvious I should have known. However, I always thought it only displayed computer status codes. Anyway I am unashamedly admitting I did a dumb dumb, now I know and will always appreciate the little guy. Who needs a nearly $300 Kraken Z73 to see a digital CPU temp display on your motherboard, eat your heart out NZXT! I am being informed that this is specific to certain motherboards. I feel like less of a Dumb Dumb now. If you want this feature I can confirm it does appear on my MSI X99 Godlike Gaming Edit: I have checked the latest MSI Godlike Gaming models, it appears the Z370 Godlike and Z390 Godlike have it but the X570 does not. It may be specific to MSI Godlike Gaming Intel Mobo's [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 11:58 AM PDT Hello, I am in my initiation stages of the Master PC Race gang. Never built a PC before, and decided to give it a shot. Didn't wanna play games on my laptop anymore so here I am. Plus i want to mess around with video editing and streaming as well. Anyways, here is my build. I have not assembled it yet. I decided I'll wait to get some feedback before I open up parts in case I need to return them. PC Parts Picker says there may be a compatibility issue with the hyper cooler and motherboard. Do not hold back, please roast the hell out of me if this build is foolish, or give me some tips. Either way i want a laugh and to learn. Thank you PC Parts Picker said this, any ideas? Note:The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler may require a separately available mounting adapter to fit the ASRock X570 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 May 2020 02:10 PM PDT Hi, thank you
This morning my cursor, or video (YouTube) stutters every 1-4 seconds. I have experienced this before!
It now clearly seems that my original stutter experience last year was related to the OC What's happening here? What can I do about it? Thanks a million. I love my computer and want it to be happy. [link] [comments] |
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