Build a PC: Simple Questions - August 31, 2020 |
- Simple Questions - August 31, 2020
- Wonderful route of my motherboard
- Picking out a monitor?
- Never built PC before. Saw Linus's first person vid on how to do it. Afraid I'll screw something up if I try to build my own PC with no experience. What's a good way to get some experience without spending much money?
- How to format c drive?
- There seems to be quite a lot of "first build"-posts here... but is it okay if I still share my excitement?
- I'm building a PC soon, how does my Parts List look?
- Can I ask for help?
- What is the difference between an expensive motherboard and a cheap one?
- Is this a good buy for $450?
- Ram question.
- Testing AMD GPU in a system with an Nvidia GPU
- New builders, Semi modular power supplies are just as good as modular power supplies.
- First build, looking to reuse my GTX 1050Ti and my 250GB SSD in an otherwise midrange build
- My newly built pc keeps partially freezing up
- If you have a Logitech G600, and are skilled at repair, follow this tip :)
- Is there any anything I need to know when using a Ryzen 5 2600 with 16gb 3600 RAM?
- First Time Builder
- I recently built a PC and my MOBO is acting weird.
- Installing Windows
- Fat HDD vs Slim HDD (laptop size) for gaming pc.
- With only an $80 price difference, is the 10700k the better pick over a 10600k?
- RTX 2060 instead of GTX 1660 if prices do drop?
- Is this build okay?
- What are some good peripherals
| Simple Questions - August 31, 2020 Posted: 31 Aug 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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| Wonderful route of my motherboard Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:16 AM PDT Hello, I'm sharing this story so nothing like this happens with any of you. the moral of the story, be patient. First post btw After years of convincing and saving up money, I've decided to build a pc. I'm a console gamer but Ive wanted a pc for so long. And Ive been watching linus for 5 years now so I already know how everything works. Its the middle of the pandemic, July to be exact. Everything (pc wise) is overpriced and out of stock. especially power supplies. anyway, this story is about my motherboard. I ordered a Ryzen 5 3600. which means I was looking for motherboards that support 3rd gen ryzen out of the box. because I dont have another system to flash the bios on. Popular motherboard choice wouldve been the b450 tomahawk max. Seen it in many videos, CPULESS bios, great platform. but out of stock on every site in the world. My impatient ass started looking for in-stock good alternatives. After 2 weeks of research and compatibility checking, I landed on the b450m steel legend from asrock. was out of stock as well, but in every US site. note, I do not live in the US, middle east to be precise. The site that had it was amazon UK. and it did not ship to where I live in the middle east. So I ordered it, turns out it was a back order, to the US to a family member. but thats not the interesting part. I ordered it on 18th of June. Waited till was in stock, for it to ship from Poland, to a Netherlands for some reason, To the UK. Then to ship out to the US. That entire process took about a month Its 22nd of July, It has arrived at my relative. Ships out from the US to where I live in the middle east, Bahrain. Meanwhile I get the news I'm moving to Egypt :) and according to fedex's estimation, there has been a huge delay and it wont be shipped out till Mid August. At the same time, I'm now in Egypt, and the motherboard shipped out, to arrive in Bahrain. Arrives 18th of August, a friend picks it up and I cant ship it to egypt directly or I'll pay customs fees. My friend gives it to a family member, whose friend will travel egypt in a couple of days. The Family member today arrives in Egypt and I'm on the way to pick up the last piece of the puzzle! I already have every other part and now i'm going to finally build it! What I learned, be patient because a week after it was dispatched from the UK, the MSi motherboard was back in stock. Be patient guys, also wanted to share a story for you to laugh at. Edit: Thank you for the wholesome award! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:17 PM PDT In the process of trying to build my first pc and I'm trying to decide on a Monitor. Preferably I would like a 1080p 144 monitor (heaven forbid it also be able to tilt) but I'm also on a budget. I thought I had one picked out through amazon and it was ~$150 (AOC C24G1 24" ) until a few days ago when I was alerted that the seller (AOC) no longer is offering the monitor. Any recommendations for monitors that are similar and cost around $150 (or less)? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:31 AM PDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7MYOpFONCU&t=142s
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| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:07 AM PDT Hello, i am not a computer guy, i was just wondering how i can format my c drive (which has windows on it) because i want to install a better windows and i have it on my portable usb. Please help. Thank you :) [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:20 PM PDT I'm a 18-year-old student and I've been hoping to get a good computer for a long long time. My last computer was a sub-500€ laptop that could run VALORANT at 30-40 fps on the lowest settings and CS:GO at 20-50 fps on the lowest settings. I finally got fed up with my shitty laptop and took a student loan. I have no regrets. I am happier than I've been since who knows when. The little things feel the best, like alt+tabbing out of games at lightning speed and not having your computer freeze on you when browsing Chrome. Before you call me out on a bad decision - I understand what I did. I just want to enjoy life. It's been rough for me. Specs, because I know you care: Corsair 500GB Force MP600 SSD-levy, M.2 2280, PCIe 4.0 x4, 134,90€ SilverStone 700W Strider Essential ST70F-ES230, ATX-virtalähde, 49,90€ Seagate 2TB BarraCuda, sisäinen 3.5" kiintolevy, SATA III, 69,90€ AMD Ryzen 5 3600, AM4, 3.6 GHz, 6-core, 199,00€ Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT STRIX OC GAMING -näytönohjain, 8GB, 469,90€ BitFenix Nova, ATX-miditornikotelo, valkoinen, 37,90€ Kingston 32GB (2x16GB) HyperX Fury, DDR4 3200MHz, CL16, 1.3, 139,90€ Asus PRIME B550-PLUS, ATX-emolevy, 159,90€ I am going to change the power supply and case when Black Friday or Christmas arrives. I wanted to shave some money off ofthe budget a, so I thought I'd manage with a worse case and PSU for the time being. I know I shouldn't cheap out on the power supply, but it'll work for a few months. Gotta believe :> [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I'm building a PC soon, how does my Parts List look? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:14 PM PDT Putting together a parts list for a build, what do you guys think? It will be used for video editing, gaming, and streaming. Any feedback is appreciated! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:26 AM PDT I posted on a different subreddit asking for help doing diag on my PC - didn't get much of a response, thinking maybe I need to ask people who, like me, built their own PCs. I'm capable of doing my own repairs but do not know how to diag this problem properly. The main issue I'm experiencing is the computer is unable to hold a stable internet connection. There have been other performance issues that I think might be related to the network activity, such as hogging resources when I'm using an application thats trying to connect and failing, or sometimes (maybe once per power cycle) the computer will drastically speed up the fans for no apparent reason, while an error message noise plays several times in a row, but with no actual messages or indications what went wrong. As far as I can tell, there is nothing wrong with my ISP, Router, or even my Wireless USB Wifi adaptor. I think there is an issue with the USB controller, but again, I don't know how to diag that for certain. Sorry this post is long, just looking for some direction from more experience people. TL:DR - Home-built Computer can't maintain a stable network connection and its ruining my Fantasy Football drafts and zoom meetings! Hardware: ASUSTek Motherboard Sabertooth 990FX/Gen3 R2.0 AMD FX-8350 Windows 10 (fully updated) 64 bit [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the difference between an expensive motherboard and a cheap one? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:37 AM PDT I plan to use it for gaming and I plan to buy AMD Ryzen 5 3600, but as I am looking for reviews and suggestions, people seems to just give opinions on B450 or B550. But when I look at the PC online store around my place, the price difference is just high. Anybody can explain to me what's the difference? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:45 PM PDT Dell G5 5090 Specs: 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400 (up to 4.10ghz) with turbo boost NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER 6gb VRAM 16 GB RAM 1TB 3.5 HDD 460W PSU [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:27 AM PDT Hey guys, not sure if this is the right sub but I have a question about ram. I have an old build from 2012 that is low end potato tier with 4gb of ddr3. I have no money to upgrade right now but the thing I can upgrade is ram to 8gb total. Besides chrome not slowing my pc to a crawl will it help anything else? Any performance increase on WoW? Basically I have no idea what ram even does. I know that windows 10 takes a crapton by itself so i should see some difference. Just not sure what exactly besides the amount of programs I can have open at a time. Mostly interested in gaming. Thanks for any answers. My specs just in case anyone wants to have a good laugh. Hdd 1tb 4gb ddr3 ram Amd fx 4300 cpu Radeon 7700 gpu Sorry for any formatting errors, I am on mobile. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Testing AMD GPU in a system with an Nvidia GPU Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:08 PM PDT A friend of mine has an RX 480 that has been behaving strangely (screen flickering, games crashing with weird artifacts, blue screen a couple of times). We tried reinstalling drivers, games and practically everything we could on the software side. We also tried reseating the card multiple times with no changes. I lent him my old RX 470 to see if it works correctly, and it does, so the problem must be the card. After that, he ended up buying my old card and giving me the broken RX 480 and I decided to open it up and check if I can see any obvious problems. It was VERY dirty, and there was almost no thermal paste on the die (it was around the die). I cleaned it up and applied new thermal paste and now I want to test it. If it works I can save my buddy some money so he can buy an upgrade instead of a downgrade. Now, my system has an RTX 2060 installed and I'm not sure how to test the RX 480. Do I replace the 2060 with the RX 480, install AMD drivers and test is that way? Should I uninstall the Nvidia before installing the AMD card? I could go to his house and test it on his machine but I kinda want it to be a surprise. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New builders, Semi modular power supplies are just as good as modular power supplies. Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:18 AM PDT I built a pc and decided to go for a modular power supply. All it had connected was the motherboard cable and the cpu cable, which all pc builds have! Unless you have a special build (which usually cost $3000+), buy a semi modular power supply. It's simpler, cheaper and the same for 99.9% of builds. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First build, looking to reuse my GTX 1050Ti and my 250GB SSD in an otherwise midrange build Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:11 AM PDT Hey! I wanna build a PC mostly for gaming, maybe a little streaming to friends, and occasional video editing (nothing too heavy). The only redeemable parts of my current PC are the GTX 1050Ti, and the Samsung SSD 750 EVO 250gb. My budget isn't the biggest currently, and I feel like I can get away with delaying the GPU upgrade until I need it more or until I find a really good deal. Right now I don't play any super graphics intensive games, so I'll probably make an upgrade down the line, within a year from now maybe. My ballpark budget is max 600€, but cheaper is better. Buying my parts in Sweden. This is what I got so far:
Plus 38€ VAT Total: 588€ My main concerns are:
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| My newly built pc keeps partially freezing up Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:39 PM PDT As the title states I've been getting a random issue where my pc will freeze on me. I've suspected it was chrome as I've gamed for hours with no issues but occasionally when Im using chrome it will suddenly freeze up everything Im doing. Usually issue rises when I'm not actively using the pc and its left idle for a bit. I could be wrong, Im not entirely knowledgable on this. I can move my mouse, open up start, sometimes even close down other applications I was using but a lot of the time not. Same case with getting up task manager. When I have managed to open up TM there didn't look to be anything wrong. I usually have to do a forced shutdown to get things back to normal since only once has it unfroze. I don't know much about computers at all so if anyone has any guidance on how to fix this it'd be much appreciated I'll leave a link to my specs below: [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you have a Logitech G600, and are skilled at repair, follow this tip :) Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:37 PM PDT Sadly this post was removed from pcgaming because it got detected as a tech support question. If this post is inappropriate here, I do apologise. So today I finally "fixed" my double-clicking g600 mouse. Initially I followed online advice and attempted to clean the left mouse switch, however to no availability. Turns out that while I played a lot of WoW a few years back, I'm not much of an mmo guy these days, and thus my third (furthest right) mouse button doesn't get much use anymore. Nevertheless, the switch was still in good nick. So, knowing that I would perhaps rarely use the extra keybind, I decided to desolder and swap the switches around. And...voila! I now had a normally functioning left click, and could still use the other button if I really had to (just need to be mindful of the double clicking 😉). Anyway, I hope this is helpful. 👍 [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is there any anything I need to know when using a Ryzen 5 2600 with 16gb 3600 RAM? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:58 AM PDT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:09 PM PDT Hi Everyone! I am making the switch from console to PC and know absolutely nothing. I have some friends that built there own PCs and was able to work with them and make this build. Just seeing what you guys would change. I am very thankful for any help at all! THANKS EVERYONE [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I recently built a PC and my MOBO is acting weird. Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:01 PM PDT I've been having a few problems with my MSI B450 tomahawk max. First of all, 1/3 of the time when I boot up the "Arsenal gaming" logo appears but the windows dots never show up and windows never loads. Secondly, after I boot up, all my USB ports disconnect for about 10 seconds. This can happen 1-4 times after I start up my PC. Recently the same thing happened but the USB ports didn't reconnect and I had to reboot (that solved the problem). I already tried to contact MSI through a real-time support agent but I waited hours upon hours and nobody showed up. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Specs: 1600AF, 16GB RAM, 1660 SUPER, 500WTT 80+ Thermaltake smart series PSU, Silicon Power 512GB, latest BIOS, Win 10 home. This is my first PC build, and any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm guessing it's the motherboard but if you think it's something else please let me know. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:58 AM PDT So I just got a nvme m.2 ssd and I have a USB with windows on it. Just wondering do I have to buy a product key? Is there any way I can use my old product key? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fat HDD vs Slim HDD (laptop size) for gaming pc. Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:09 PM PDT Hi, Recently I built a gaming PC with 500gb M.2 ssd. Now im thinking of installing a HDD. Which one should I get, Fat or slim?? [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| With only an $80 price difference, is the 10700k the better pick over a 10600k? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:03 PM PDT Looking at upgrading my 6600k. Microcenter currently has 10700k's for $380 ($170 off) where as 10600k's are $299, for only a $20 discount. If the prices were MSRP I'd go with the 10600k but surely the 10700k is worth the extra $80, right? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks guys! [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RTX 2060 instead of GTX 1660 if prices do drop? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:02 PM PDT I am building a PC for a friend and on a bit of a budget but if the 2060 drops to the same ish price that the 1660 is currently, would that be the best upgrade I can make? Ideally I want to stick with NVIDIA. [link] [comments] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:48 AM PDT My cousin who usually builds my PCs went off to the army, so now i'm left to my own devices. These are parts I gathered from all the blogs and youtube videos i can find over a weekend. Any change suggestions? Do i need more fans? I think the case fits like 9? I'm going to try to build this with my sister =D! https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rq6Hwh
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| What are some good peripherals Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:01 AM PDT I'm building my little brother a pc for his birthday. I have the parts list but I need some good peripherals. I'll put what I want below. -60 hz moniter -60% keyboard under 60$ -mouse under 40$ -i already have a headset. [link] [comments] |
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