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Always state the purpose of your PC, your budget, AND YOUR COUNTRY if outside the USA. If you are asking for improvements, clarify whether you want to lower price or to improve specs or build quality.
Assemble your parts list; built-in price comparisons by vendor and a compatibility filter. pcpartpicker.com
Gaming builds based monitor resolution and refresh rate pcpartpicker.com/user/pcbg/saved/ >To activate the Description, select build from sidebar then click on the title over the parts list >Description contains notes, other options, and build skeleton for easy customization / cost savings >Note: Win7 and 8.1 cannot be installed on a 200 series chipset
Have a budget, but don't know where to start? This will recommend you a parts list based on price. logicalincrements.com/ >Subsitute a G4560 with 2400MHz RAM for any Pentium or i3; similar performance, up to 50% cost reduction. >Consider using an i5 7500 in any RX470/480 or GTX 1060 tier build >Consider stock fan+heatsink for any i3 or locked i5 build without a Z mobo >Consider a B250 or mobo for any Pentium or i3 build >Add a 240GB SSD to the "Very Good" tier build >The only worthwhile gfx cards are the GTX1050, RX470, RX480, GTX1060 6GB for 1080p
General build advice including chipset compatibility, power supply advice, Windows activation information. pastebin.com/F9diF2hA
The CPU EZ Debug LED on my motherboard stays on and my computer won't POST. What could be the problem? I already RMA'd the motherboard once because it had bent pins.
Should I RMA the CPU too, or is something else the problem?
Jack Jackson
>"""Building"""
Juan Campbell
>gpu I don't recommend going with a blower style cooler unless you are going sff, but it's not a big deal
im probably going to add a sound card and a network card from my old computer (~2010-2011). Though that computer was prebuilt, so will i be able to open it and take parts from it?
Jayden Hernandez
That would be a nice 1440p setup
Jonathan Fisher
cheapest one that allowed 2400 ram.
cheapest 1070 i dont mind blower. and yes case looks shit but its cheap and comes with 2 fans - im hoping the lights can be turned off
Matthew Hughes
Which support? MSI? Newegg? Intel?
Ryder Kelly
As long as you have enough PCI slots it should be no issue. And that in itself shouldnt be an issue.
Also, when you install windows be sure to install the drivers from the sound card/network manufacturer.
Jason Williams
>i dont mind blower. You dont mind the sound of a jet engine in your house?
Cooper Barnes
depending on the fan, you can dissect the fan and cut out the led's
Adrian Mitchell
aight thanks
Brayden Carter
headphones.
will try it. cheers
Connor Flores
Mobo manufacturer
Don't need sound card Get 240GB SSD Get used 23"-24" for $50
>cheapest one that allowed 2400 ram. All B250 allow 2400
cheapest mobo that allowed 2400 is what I meant - on the Jew Zealand pcpartpicker anyway
Jaxon Morris
nah ssd doesnt matter to me right now. ill get it later down the line
Gabriel Morales
it's fine as long as you are not build too crazy of a system, and don't plan on upgrading your ram.
Joseph Peterson
I need a good quiet case fan. I know Noctua's usual brown fans are the best of the best, but I require at least neutral colours to match my computer's colour scheme. How are Noctua's Redux fans ? They look like they'll match my other stuff nicely.
Pshhh Yeah bro actually go buy the solid black noctuas they're noctuas you know they're best of best bro
Lucas Perez
600p isn't very impressive imo, either get a cheaper SATA SSD or get a Samsung 950/960 pro, they're a huge step ahead of the 600p's But 600ps aren't terrible prices either, they're just *barely* faster than SATA, where the Samsung ones smash those speeds These are my drives
Anthony Ortiz
And here's a 960 pro
Anthony Williams
Oh, okay. I've never had an SSD before so I don't really know what to expect.
Gavin Fisher
I love showing people HDD speeds This is a WD Black high performance HDD Expect a lot
Thomas Edwards
I cant imagine needing more than 16
Evan Cooper
As far as performance per dollar nothing will boost you as much as an SSD. Ill never go back to fully mechanical
Grayson Parker
What's a good Ryzen build?
Matthew Price
Pirate windows.
Christian Flores
Hey I'm looking to upgrade cases, should I go with a Fractal Design R5 or a Corsair C70? Opinions?
Tyler Gray
ssd's are 3-4 years away from being as cheap as 1tb hard drives. i dont mind waiting
Jason Lopez
Can a PSU be incompatible with a CPU? I have an old HX650W that I bought about 7 years ago with my i5 750 and was wondering if it'll have any problems powering recent CPUs.
Colton Bailey
Here's my opinion, buy a small SSD now along with a traditional harddrive. Only use the SSD to run your operating system. It honestly and truly makes such a huge world of difference.
Cameron Moore
I second this, an ssd used like this will reduce your boot up time and load times by an insane amount. Totally worth the extra cash.
Dylan Nguyen
How poor are you that youre sitting on s hundred dollars for 4 years? And if youre sonpoor why are you wasting your money on a gaming pc?
Adrian Campbell
>m-m-muh boot times How many of you fucks that use this as a selling point actually restart your machine more than once a week?
Caleb Martinez
Was originally thinking about getting a 1060 but have heard good things about the RX 480. Which should I get?
Colton Jones
I put my most used programs on it. Do what you want but its a cheap way to dramatically improve your rig
Carson Robinson
1070
Adam Carter
Get the cheapest one that isn't a 1060 3GB They're astoundingly similar performance, the RX480 has a clear lead in DX12 games (10-12%) in favor of a small loss in DX11 games (2%) compared to the 1060 6GB The 1060 3GB is actually a cut down chip, not just lower VRAM
Ryder Williams
A traditional household will get generally shut their computer off every night.
Ryder Roberts
I have an LG 29UM58-P monitor currently. It's 29" and 1080p 75Hz. I want to add two 23" 16:9 1080p monitors each side (email on the left, spreadsheets on the right). Will it impact my vision or UX if I grab 60Hz monitors?
Nicholas Reyes
nah i have a decent job (60k per year) . But im a bit of jew when it comes to saving money. I can deal with hard drive for a few years.
Ethan Parker
The R5 is a piece of shit, only case I've ever bought that arrived broken
Jose Thompson
Want new PC now but want ryzen 1600x. What do?
James Howard
Wait for Intel to release a better chip
Zachary Gray
Honestly I'm a little bit sad that you're so stupid
Depends on how much VRAM you want (4GB RX480 or 6GB 1060). Or if you are going to be playing a specific game that performs better on one or the other.
Bite the bullet on an eight core or just wait
Owen Harris
Cannonlake is just around the corner, the die shrink to 10nm is finally happening, it's gonna be some real gains All you gotta do is wait homie
Nathaniel Cruz
Well i think youre really fucking dumb but thats cool with me
Kayden Richardson
Second this
Carter Jackson
Get the new Define C instead.
Robert Perez
Yeah, but how good ? Is there anything better/quieter from other brands ? How about Corsair's ML140 ?
Luis Thompson
RX 480 8gb or 1070? For 1080p gaming and maybe 14490.
Jonathan Walker
Shit dawg, you need more than a 1070 for that
Asher Roberts
I meant 1440p lol idk how I typed that. I'm pretty tired.
Luke Lee
For 1440, 1070. For 1080, 480 is plenty. If you expect to pick up a 1440 monitor anytime soon, get a 1070.
Carson Price
I want to put an optical drive in it, so can't do the c
PCCaseGear recently unstocked the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White which was my selected case for my custom water cooled build.
Can anyone suggest a mid to high end case for a rigid tubing build? Probably won't do SLI, 2xSSDs and 1-3 HDDs.
Also having trouble figuring out if 480 radiators will fit in the top of certain cases? I'm cooling my CPU and 1 GPU, JayZTwoCents suggested 240 rads per part cooled. Would it be better to just get 2 x 240 radiators, or 1 x 360 rad and a 120 rad mounted on the front or rear or something?
Elijah Turner
>2x 240mm radiators Who wants to bet he has a Skylake/Kabylake quad core in his machine?
Aiden Moore
>JayZTwoCents suggested 240 rads per part cooled >listening to the man who fucked up an X99 board by drilling holes through it He's full of shit. A single 120mm radiator is enough to keep a CPU or a GPU cooled. You can cool both on a single radiator too, unless you're overclocking the balls off of them. Once you hit about 200W of heat, then you'll need to expand the radiator size to a single 240mm or two 120mm. Adding more large radiator's will only benefit you if you're doing ridiculously high-voltage overclocking on 100+TDP CPUs and 200W+ TDP GPUs.
Isaiah Gonzalez
>95w CPU >190w GPU >both on cheap aircoolers Give it to me straight, how long until housefire?
Angel Miller
Never?
Josiah Gutierrez
Too expensive for my budget. The cheaper one is the RX 480 but I don't know which model to get. I've heard suggestions for the XFX but that one is more expensive than some 1060 models so I don't know. I would rather have a card that can last me for a wide variety of games for a long time. As for VRAM, isn't more usually better?
Here is possibly my first build. Trying to spend somewhere between 1800 to 2000 leafbucks smartly. All the money I save here will be spend on musical gear like a mixer, mics, etc. You've guess it I plan on doing music related stuff with that rig. Also some minor video editing for fun.
I mostly play are 4X like Civ VI and Stellaris so I figured I didn't need that strong of a graphic cards.
we need a more current and to compare HDD models/brands vs SSD models/brands
we need to start compiling stats on our drives as a community i think because ive heard backlaze has a bias and they dont use 100% new drives and run them till they break
they just do stress tests on used drives and its not really a level and standard ground
Justin Parker
>buy 1080 a couple of weeks ago. >play runescape now and again >at 60hz
What have I done.
Robert Scott
Make sure the RAM is compatible with the mobo 27" is a little too big for 1080p
Stock is fine
Doesn't really matter between the 1060 and 480. Basically whichever is cheaper
i5 7500, that i3 is a waste 240GB SSD
Don't buy a 1440p card until you buy the monitor. Start with 480
Wasted your money. Other anons take heed!
Easton Gonzalez
Which 480 model would you suggest though?
Isaac Wood
I want to build a custom case for a miniITX system as my 850w RMx psu and 1070 gpu don't fit in most cases.
however my problem is my current i7 3770k that I haven't put any effort into overclocking (due to a couple bluescreens) doesn't have a miniITX board that I could easily acquire.. SO my question is do you think I should look into getting one of the new Ryzen processors or wait for Intel to hopefully have a better next gen?
Caleb Carter
is it worth getting a skylake cpu? i heard kaby lake wasnt that much of an upgrade
Joseph Thompson
It was as far as overclocking goes, but at stock clock speeds no. Most Skylake CPUs are the same price as their Kaby Lake brothers, so you might as well go Kaby Lake.
Zachary Allen
thanks
Christian White
r u me
Hudson Anderson
>27" is a little too big for 1080p Thanks I'll be checking if I can get 25" 1080p 75 hz or 27" 2k with freesync the same price point.
>Make sure the RAM is compatible with the mobo Those are DDR4 sticks, why wouldn't they be compatible?
Michael Gomez
Considering that I already have the RX 480 8GB, which CPU/mobo/RAM combination is better?
Would I really even be seeing much of a performance improvement with the 7600k over 7500 with this GPU?
Jace Bailey
I was looking to get another cpu to go along with my gtx 970. I was looking at cpus in the 100-200 range. Is it worth to wait for the ryzen 1400x for a few months? How much of a difference would it make compared to my current fx8350?
James King
Can i play wildlands on my tv? Its just a cheap 47 inch lcd
Aiden Cruz
>optical drive in 2017
Carson Ross
Whats wrong with that
Gavin Howard
only if you're going to overclock, it certainly does make a difference in cpu intensive tasks. for example, an overclocked haswell i5 will run circles around a locked kabylake i5.
Noah Barnes
you might use it once every 2 years if that
Jordan Allen
I watch dvds all the time
Caleb Collins
youre living in the past
Nathan Roberts
*tips fedora*
Leo Peterson
>man living in the past tipping his fedora pottery
Jace Cox
Nothing. Still plenty of media on optical drives that haven't been phased out yet. You could also make back ups on dvds or cds.
Gabriel Roberts
Jeez grandpa at least get blu rays
Jackson Baker
Anyone might replying?
Brayden Bell
>getting anything from PCCaseGear
Oliver Edwards
Building a new PC after 4 years with the FX-6300
Recommend me a better CPU-mobo combo. I'm lost as fuck in today's market. Should I xenon? I have a 350$ budget.
Robert Fisher
Getting a desktop now, should I buy a decent mobo, case and psu and go with g4560 + 1050 + 8gb of basic 2400 drr4? I plan to upgrade later to whatever i7 will fit the socket and some better graphics.
Or should I jsut get like i5-7400 + 1600 6gb and average the rest (b250 and other mid tier stuff) and forget upgrading, just buy a new one when this one becomes old?