Build a PC: Simple Questions - July 06, 2020 |
- Simple Questions - July 06, 2020
- Recently turned 18, got a job, and now am saving up for an enthusiast-grade 1440p build.
- Thank you all so much!
- How/why did you get started building a PC?
- I built a ThinkCentre sleeper!
- I built my first pc
- Can someone explain the nomenclature used with GPU’s? (RX, RT, RTX, GTX, super, 2060, 1070, etc)
- Issues with my new Gaming Rig
- Help! I busted my brother-in-laws custom build
- Upgrading dad's PC, need confirmation on compatibility
- To anybody who is unsure if they want to build a PC, your hesitation is justified
- my first pc build ready thanks to this community!
- I've never played triple A games before on my own pc on average 60 fps!!
- Why is the selection of minimalistic cases so poor ?
- 1st time building a pc $500-$600 Budget Need help"
- I built my first ever pc and I accidentally selected Windows 10 Home instead of Windows 10 Pro. Please Help.
- New upgrades = New PSU?
- Ram speed.
- A few questions about building a pc
- HDD Screws in a specific case
- Should I incrementally upgrade or wait to save up for a full upgrade?
- Ryzen 5 3600 or 3600x?
- Would I be able to output Gsync to an external monitor that supports Gsync from this laptop?
- Critique my build? I'm looking for any feedback on what could be better or if there are any parts in conflict.
- GPU for maximum 300 €
| Simple Questions - July 06, 2020 Posted: 06 Jul 2020 05:16 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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| Recently turned 18, got a job, and now am saving up for an enthusiast-grade 1440p build. Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:03 PM PDT In 2014, when I was 12, my dad and I built my first ever gaming PC together. As I'm sure many of you who had similar experiences can relate to, it was, and still is, one of my most treasured memories from my childhood. As time passed, I upgraded, modified, or otherwise replaced pretty much every part of the system along the course of the past 6 years — it went from having a Pentium G3258 to an i5-4690k, a GTX 960 to a GTX 1070, 8 to 16GB of RAM, and a 450W to a 750W power supply. A lot has changed since then. I recently turned 18, got my first ever job outside of the family business, and got a car (which I use primarily to drive to work now!) Growing up has been hard and often scary, to quote Lorde, but one thing that has remained constant in life is my love for gaming. Now that I have a reliable source of income and practically no expenses besides car payments, I've decided to sell my old rig (Switch gaming is holding me over for now) and start saving for a newer, less compromising build. What are your thoughts, suggestions, and/or recommendations for how I can optimize this build? (Note that I have a 500 GB SSD on hand, so I won't be needing to buy a new one for this build.) A few specific questions: 1. Will the 750 watt power supply be enough for the system, given the ~450 estimated wattage? 2. I want this build to look really cool. Is RGB RAM(/RGB anything else) worth it? 3. I also want the rig to be quiet and cool. Should I invest in extra case fans? If so, my knowledge on the case fan marketplace is relatively limited, so suggestions for that are appreciated. 4. Right now, I'm sticking to a lower-end case that seems to still look nice. Cable management, airflow, and aesthetic appeal are all equally important to me, so if you have better cases in mind, I'm open to those. Thanks so much for your time and help. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 09:57 PM PDT A couple of hours ago, my PC was all complete and ready to game on. Over the last 2 months? I've been asking questions to the r/buildapc community to help me figure what parts to use and how to install them. You guys were nothing but supportive and helped me through when I thought I broke some things. Thank you. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How/why did you get started building a PC? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 07:37 AM PDT For me, it was summer of '99. I had a Dell (dude!) and was running into problems with it. So, naturally, I called tech support. First, a preface: I'm hard-of-hearing (deaf in my left ear and minimal hearing in my right ear). Of course, I get some guy on the other side of the globe, probably India. Spoke really broken English and heavily accented. For someone like me, this is the kind of thing that makes me pull my hair out. This is wayyyyy before smart phones or even online chat support. In fact, I think I was still connecting to the internet on a 56K modem. Anyway, cue 5 hours on the phone, sometimes spelling out every word in a sentence so I could understand what the hell he was saying, I gave up. Swore I'll never do that again and if anything else went wrong with the Dell, I'd figure it out myself somehow. God knew that would take less than the 5 hours I spent on the phone with an extremely patient but difficult-to-understand Indian guy. My first upgrade was installing more RAM. Realized how shockingly easy that was and that started it all for me. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I built a ThinkCentre sleeper! Posted: 06 Jul 2020 09:47 AM PDT So I recently decided to build a new computer, I wanted something smaller than a full tower as a plan on occasionally moving it back and forth from uni and my last case was an utter pain in the ass to move. So I wanted an mATX case with a handle, however after looking at the market, I said fuck doing something sensible, and bought an old ThinkCentre E73 off eBay. I always wanted to build a sleeper and this one not only has a handle, but also complements my ThinkPad! A few minor modifications needed to be done, as the front of the case only has holes for a 70mm fan, we had to drill some holes to fit a 92mm, I also replaced the proprietary USB ports with some USB 3 ones from eBay, these are held in with double sided tape, finally the power button and front LEDs needed to be adapted to work with a standard motherboard, this was easy though, as all I needed to do was buy some extension cables. To-do: * Fit a beefier CPU cooler I have on order (not looking forward to this as I have to remove the motherboard). * Replace the rear fan with a Noctua (it's some shitty generic one atm). * Add another M.2 SSD. * Maybe connect the SD card reader (it's proprietary af), although my monitor already has a card reader so it's not a big deal. Specs:
For those wondering about thermals, they're okay, the GPU maxes out at around 1750 MHz core and 7400 MHz memory at 85c, the CPU seems to be okay too. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 10:09 AM PDT Intel i7 10700k Nvidia RTX 2080 super NZXT Kracken x53 240mm Fractal design full tower case Asus tuf e-atx motherboard 16gb g-skill ripjaws 3200 MHz 500gb Nvme ssd 2tb seagate hardrive Pictures coming soon! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can someone explain the nomenclature used with GPU’s? (RX, RT, RTX, GTX, super, 2060, 1070, etc) Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:45 AM PDT What do the letters (RX, RT, RTX etc) represent? What does the number mean? (2060 for example). What makes a "super" version? What's GeForce Also, why do so many companies seem the make the same GPU's? Are they just buying the design from the original company and making their own with different specs? AMD, Nvidia, MSI, Asus, EVGA may all make a model of what seems to be the same GPU, even sharing the letters and numerological, like MSI GeForce GTX 1070. Asus or Nvidia might make a card with the same name. What is the hierarchy of those letters and numbers? What's better RTX, GTX, RX, etc? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:11 PM PDT Troubleshooting Help: What is your parts list? AMD Ryzen 7 3700X ASUS TUF GAMING X570-Plus (WiFi) Asus GTX 1080 Turbo GFX Card G-SKILL RIPJAWZ-X 32GB (3200MHz) DDR4 RAM WD Blue 3D 1TB NVME SSD Corsair H100i AIO Cooler Corsair RM750 PSU Describe your problem. List any error messages and symptoms. Be descriptive. When playing certain games (CS:GO, and CoD BO3), the video-game freezes for a second, GPU usage goes down to 0%, and CPU goes back to idle usage (~12%). List anything you've done in attempt to diagnose or fix the problem. Clean OS, update BIOS, update drivers, tried underclocking both CPU/GPU, moved GTX 1080 to different PCI-e lanes, OC RAM to 3200MHz, installed MSI afterburner to limit GPU temps/usage, set everything to performance mode in nvidia settings, tried reinstalling the games. I've also spent days combing through dozens of threads that ultimately led to no where. Provide any additional details you wish below. I have yet to test other games but don't want it to happen to other games. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Help! I busted my brother-in-laws custom build Posted: 06 Jul 2020 10:10 AM PDT Let me know if this isn't the right sub for this. My relationship with my brother-in-law(16yo) was finally thriving when I offered to help him with his first build. A couple months ago I helped him pick out all the parts and we put it all together. It was a great bonding experience and the rig ran beautifully. Now he wanted to upgrade his AMD processor and get a beefier GPU. Excited about the new parts, he asked me to help swap things out. We got everything swapped out but the power pins into the GPU were off. I have only built a pc of my own one other time so I am a beginner at this myself. Here's what happened... The power to the GPU requires 2 - 8 pin connectors. One of the 8 pins reached the port fine the other required an extension. We grabbed a cable (extension? not sure if it actually was) that came with the PSU. I was confused because the female end had 2 - 6 pin connectors to the 8pin male connector. I plugged in the 6pin part of the 8pin power and left the other two pins out thinking "maybe this will magically work". It plugged into the 8 pin power fine. The lights to the GPU came on but the one that was wired wrong showed red. Before you call me an idiot I will admit...I'm an idiot. While the machine was on I plug in the 2 pin remaining for the power to the GPU into the other 6 pin "extender". That's when everything went bad... The whole system shut off and I quickly flipped the power switch as my heart dropped. Now when I fire up the machine the lights to the motherboard come on but when I pressed the power button on the case, the led light striped flashes really quick and nothing comes on, no case fans, nothing. I tested the GPU in my own build and the fans ran so I'm thinking it didn't fry the GPU. My thought is that I fried the motherboard but I'm hesitant because the rgb lights still come on when the power is on. Would it be possible that the power supply got killed? Any help is greatly appreciated. Build specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-core GPU: XFX RX 5700 Xt Thicc III 8GB MB: Asus TUF B450-Pro Gaming Motherboard (ATX) AMD AMD Ryzen 3 PSU: EVGA 750 N1, 750W [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upgrading dad's PC, need confirmation on compatibility Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:05 PM PDT I want to upgrade my dad's PC because it's painfully slow, it takes 3 min to reach Windows 10 login, I'm not kidding! I want it to be cheaper and with less ecological impact than buying a new one. I'm not a complete beginner as I have built my first (Linux) gaming PC a few months ago (and been enjoying a lot since), but I have no experience on upgrading older PCs. So I'd like some confirmation that my choices are good. It's a standard Dell desktop with:
Inside: https://imgur.com/a/QsLSDGs Usage is:
My plan to make it faster:
So my post is more about if I should be careful with components compatibility in some way? Following the plan above, this is what I want to buy:
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| To anybody who is unsure if they want to build a PC, your hesitation is justified Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:03 PM PDT There is a post at the top of this subreddit right now that I wanted to add to, but felt like creating a separate post regarding it would be best. Here is the post in question: To anybody who is unsure if they want to build a PC... I fully encourage those of you who are anxious about PC building to utilize this subreddit to its fullest extent. The existence of this place, the wiki in particular, is a genuine human achievement. There is just no possible way to build a PC for the first time without enlisting the help of others. Period. YouTube videos and forums are useful tools for troubleshooting and general research, but there is a likelihood that your specific build is unique to you. This uniqueness is going to bring a unique set of problems that are unique to your build. Having access to and utilizing a community such as this one is going to be astronomically important to you throughout the building process, so being kind and being detailed to the users who try to help you can only work in your favor. With this said, it is also very likely that you will feel completely alone, nervous, and filled with regret when building and troubleshooting. You may not have access to someone in real life who is willing to help you or knows anything about computer building. Those you look towards for help (be it online or in person) may also be stumped, unresponsive, or misunderstanding. You cannot possibly accommodate for every single thing that may or may not go wrong with your build. You cannot possibly know how to word every question you have, how to describe every sound you hear, how to provide a detailed Madden play-by-play of your certain issue and how you got there. There is a very realistic chance that you might have to attempt doing these things at some point and there is a very realistic chance that these things might not lead you anywhere. Building a PC needs to be a calculated risk that you take. You trade the support net provided to you by a singular company selling you a pre-built or a laptop for a patchwork net consisting of the companies you chose for each specific computer part. The process of returning your PC parts is long and arduous. Some companies are not as forgiving as others. You may void a warranty, mention something during a live chat that voids your return, or break a part and be subject to the varying kindness of a corporation. These are fairly fringe examples, but these things do happen to people -- and you are very much a person. Issues with a specific part of your build may not be apparent, or may produce symptoms in an entire other part rather than the offending one. Your PC is a delicate ecosystem which relies on the stability of each and every participating part. Do not be pressured into going through with a build if you feel that you are not adequately prepared. If you have financial concerns, adjust your performance expectations proportionately. The computer parts market is designed to make you feel like the parts in your price-range, whatever that range may be, are inadequate. This includes YouTube reviewers and public forums such as this one, intentional or not. Building a PC is a test of maturity and responsibility; however, choosing not to build a PC is just as much a test of these qualities. When you build your first PC, you are first and foremost spending money on a learning experience. Only after this experience will you then reach the reward at the end. Despite what you all-too-often hear regarding PC building, nothing about the process is what anyone can rightly consider easy. If you jump into this thinking you can wing it, you will regret your decision. Treat PC building with the same seriousness as if you were to build your own car. It is completely, absolutely, one-hundred percent okay to decide against building your own PC. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| my first pc build ready thanks to this community! Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:41 PM PDT Thanks to suggestions from /r/buildapc i finished my first build a week ago! Works flawlessly and I am freaking excited by finally putting things together after learning how this should work in theory. :) Thanks to the reddit community for all the tips!
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| I've never played triple A games before on my own pc on average 60 fps!! Posted: 06 Jul 2020 08:58 AM PDT Thanks to you, guys, I was able to build my first pc and holy shit it's amazing. I know that others have more troubles in life than me but I always wanted to have a good pc and never had the chance to play the games I wanted to play. At the age of almost 20 I have my first one and it gives me so much freedom. Even though it's not like a laptop that you can bring anywhere you want but it can have higher performance, better temps and whatnot. My main reason to build this pc was the Metro Exodus. And it really is worth it. That game is so incredible. It's not like the first two but I feel like it could be a more polished version of a new Fallout game. (Not against Fallout but Metro is defenitely better in my opinion) And after I finished this game I'm gonna continue with the new REmakes. I always liked the concept of RE2-3 but due to its controls I never really wanted to try it out. Now is the time. And I can't believe how happy I am. Here's my setup:
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| Why is the selection of minimalistic cases so poor ? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:05 AM PDT I'm having an extremely hard time finding something that meets my requirements. I don't really deem them too picky, but it just seems like the lot of cases are gaudy and focused on looks rather than performance of cooling. Personally I just want more or less a black box. ATX. I would prefer something that doesn't have a window and more specifically a glass window, as well as no (ugly) logos somewhere, particularly the front (examples is pretty much every CoolerMaster case). Mostly entirely/completely mesh front so the case isn't essentially a hotbox. And if the case does have a glass window, there are no bolts on the front of it and instead of on the back. I just think the apparent trend of glass windows for cases having "bolts" or screws on the outside rather than in the back just look sinfully ugly. p400a is a good example of this to me. The only case I found that mostly met the criteria is nr600, which has been OOS for like a month and I doubt it's coming back in stock any time soon. Second tier was a meshify C mini with no window. The logo on the front is honestly an eyesore, but I went ahead and ordered it since there was no other option. Aesthetically something like the Define C is like 100% my type, but it almost entirely lacks the ability of fresh intake from the front. I don't know, I've spent days searching for something, and it just seems like cases nowadays are focused on being glass boxes with rgb lighting and nothing else, and I don't get why. Even for cases that are essentially just black boxes, mesh or no mesh, that is extremely hard to find. Minimalistic cases just seem to be hard to come by, which was not what it was before. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st time building a pc $500-$600 Budget Need help" Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:10 PM PDT Build Help/Ready:Have you read the sidebar and rules? (Please do) Yes What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better. I want to be able to play shooter games and high fps games like rainbow six Fortnite gta and many more If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings) I want to have ultra to high settings with above 100 FPS and high resolution **What is your budget (ballpark is ) I want it to be a 500 dollar budget to 600 but if I can do 500 then I'll stick with 500 **In what country are you purchasing you're parts America Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please). Consider formatting your parts list. Don't ask to be spoonfed a build (read the rules!). https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mWTv9G **Provide any additional details you wish below And I could use a good cheap montior NOTE: You do not have to follow this format, but please be sure to answer these questions. Please do not ask to simply be given a build. You are welcome to delete this section. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:51 PM PDT When you start setting up windows 10 it asks you which version I wanted and I chose Windows 10 Home. I had bought an OEM Windows 10 Pro key and I was wondering if I had to restart Windows or if I could just put the key in the settings without changing anything. Please ask any questions that are confusing because I really need help. Thank you [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:48 PM PDT I'm upgrading my pc, adding more fans, new case, new gpu (2070 super from msi). My current PSU is a Corsair CX550 at 80+ bronze. PCPartPicker says that my new build will need around 424 watts of power. Do I need a new power supply or am I fine with the one that I have? Note: I want to upgrade my PSU later anyways, but I'm trying to save some cash so if this one functions then I'll take it. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 10:57 AM PDT Should i get 3600mhz or 3200mhz ram? Im using the ryzen 3600 [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A few questions about building a pc Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:34 PM PDT Ive been looking to build a pc for a while now and think im almost done with my parts list but still have a few questions https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Rh8hzN There is a few compatibility warnings that come up
Will any of these be actual issues? Also should i go with the graphics card on the list or the founders editon Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:31 PM PDT Recently I ran out of storage for my PC and I want to buy a new HDD but I currently don't have the screws that I got with my case. Can I use any other screws or do they have to be the ones that I got? My case is the inter-tech s-3901 impulse. Thank you in advance for your answers! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Should I incrementally upgrade or wait to save up for a full upgrade? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:11 PM PDT So as an unexperienced teen circa 8 years ago I built a low to midrange gaming PC with my friend. It was heavily used but has been gathering dust for a couple of years until fairly recently when I've started playing a bit of Overwatch and Minecraft and it has really got my battlestation juices going. As I'm no longer a broke postgrad, I'm planning on incrementally upgrading my PC over the next 12 months, starting with replacing my GPU with a RTX 3080. My only concern is that it is going to be seriously bottlenecked by the CPU and RAM and it will be would more worth while saving a bit more and upgrading the whole PC in one.
How limited would a new high end GPU be by these older bits of kit? Should I just wait a few more months and do a full upgrade? If I'm not mistaken I should still get a pretty decent performance bump from the GPU upgrade but I don't want to fork out the best part of £1000 if I'm only getting a fraction of its value. Thanks Edit: rest of my PC specs for context
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:39 PM PDT Is it worth getting the 3600x over the 3600? I'm wondering if it would be better to put the extra cash towards a better motherboard or GPU. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Would I be able to output Gsync to an external monitor that supports Gsync from this laptop? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:14 PM PDT I am interested in the new MSI Creator 17 with the 2080 Super Max Q, but I would like to know if I could output Gsync to an external monitor that supports Gsync. Here are the details of the laptop: https://www.msi.com/Content-creation/Creator-17-A10SX/Overview Here is a list of the relevant ports: 1x (4K @ 60Hz) HDMI 1x Type-C (USB3.2 Gen2 / DP / Thunderbolt™3) with PD charging 3x Type-A USB3.2 Gen1 1x Type-C (USB3.2 Gen2 / DP) Thank you for your help! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:24 PM PDT Build Help/Ready:What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better. Gaming and media consumption. Hoping to find an affordable 1440p monitor. If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings) I'm hoping this will play most recent titles on ultra settings, 60+ fps, and 1440p (unless I get lucky and find a 4k monitor on the cheap) What is your budget (ballpark is okay)? Currently I'm at about $1250, not including monitor and peripherals. $1250 is about max for the PC itself. I want to get a decent mechanical keyboard and mouse so maybe a $150 budget there. As for a monitor, I'm going to say that budget maxes out at $350. In what country are you purchasing your parts? US Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please). Consider formatting your parts list. Don't ask to be spoonfed a build (read the rules!). https://newegg.io/aa45e67 -- this is my setup, as planned. I understand a new generation of GPUs are 'around the corner' but would prefer not to wait until Aug/Sept. Provide any additional details you wish below. This is my first PC build (at 37 years old!) and while I've put in some significant time researching parts and watching reviews, I'm concerned that I'm missing something obvious that would make the build better and maybe save some cash. Out of the parts list (https://newegg.io/aa45e67) I've already bought the case, RAM, Motherboard, CPU, and HDD so I'm pretty locked in there, but would be willing to process a return if there's a major miss. I'm hoping for a general critique here (ie what's good, what could be better, what's just awful) The machine will primarily be used for media consumption and gaming. I'm hoping to pick up a 1440 monitor, so I'd like games to run at least in that resolution at 60+FPS. Thanks all. I appreciate any feedback you have. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:07 PM PDT Hey I just send back my Palit GTX 1660 Super cause it was really loud. My options are : BTW I like GPUs when they are quiet. -MSI gtx 1660 super gaming x (real quiet) Or maybe a rx 5600 xt? Are there still heavy driver problems? What about the noise of the card? Can you recommend me a 5600xt Modell? Thanks [link] [comments] |
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