/pcbg/: Post your component list; rate other anons'; ask questions in general.
>Assemble your parts list with price comparisons & compatibility filter. pcpartpicker.com/
THEN state the PURPOSE of your PC & BUDGET. State COUNTRY if not USA. List GAMES/SOFTWARE you use often. List resolution & hz if gaming. Seeking build improvements? Clarify goal: lower price or improved specs? ctrl+f to see if your question was answered already
CPUs: >G4560 - budget builds (R5 1500x - generally all you need for 60fps with power to spare. No i5 >R5 1600 - best value for higher fps gaming & mixed usage; 1600x if you don't want to OC >i7-7700k - bad value but good; may have heat issues even at stock clocks >R7/Xeon - compute/Multitask/mixed use
Graphics: >G4560 iGPU is fine for LoL, dota2, rocket league, etc >1050Ti at ~$105. Drop settings if not Freesync/Gsync on newer games; RX560 if discounted >RX570 4GB - 1080p@60+hz, running most maxed; older games at 144+hz >RX580 8GB - 1440p@60+hz, inject SMAA & drop settings for some games >1060 - Generally outperformed by the RX 580 and GSync costs more; consider only if AMD is not an option (ie CUDA) >1070 - 1080p@144hz/1440p@100+hz >1080 - 1080p@90-144+hz maxed; 1440p at lower hz. >1080Ti - 1440p@90-144+hz; 4k@60hz in SOME games, more at lower settings >Freesync2 & Vega soon
General: >READ PRODUCT REVIEWS to see if that cheap SSD/PSU or whatever is reliable >Consider larger SSD-only for what you budget SSD+HDD combined. Add HDD later once needed >NVMe aren't for faster OS boot. They're primarily for productivity as a scratch disk >Stop fucking confusing any M.2 drive with NVMe. M.2 is a form factor >Go mATX form factor for cheaper board+case >1 SR DIMM is slower than 2 DIMMs >Computex in a few days, wait for it
One of them is wrong but why does this matter to you? RX 560 is way to weak to come anywhere near the bandwidth limits of 8x regardless
Jordan Diaz
would a z170 chipset mobo be efficient with a kabylake cpu after the bios update?
Evan Torres
Alright ill post it in here too
I cleaned out dust on my cpu fan and the heatsink, when i put everything back together, my fan blade broke. I guess it settled in the dust and cleaning it fucked the bearings..
Went and bought a new one. It starts fine till it gets between 55c-63c and it shuts off. Im almost positive i installed it the same way as the other one. Any suggestions? My only other guess is new thermal paste
Only ever built once
Carter Campbell
The newegg one is 16x which can easily be seen looking at the PCIe connector
Jonathan Butler
Yes. But you have to be 100% sure you'll be able to do that bios updates, which can't happen with kaby-lake CPUs.
Logan Adams
Are you sure you didn't install the cooler wrong? What cooler did you get? How much thermal paste?
Gabriel Foster
I bought a i6 6700k with a maximus VIII ranger and the guys putting it together promised the bios update in case I want to upgrade to a kabylake cpu later it's fine as long as 6700k is there then?
Joshua Torres
An i5 6700k is skylake so it won't need a bios update. If you want to upgrade to Kaby Lake later on you can always do the bios update yourself on your i5. Also, why did you buy an i5?
how do you pick a mobo? Is it worth paying 200$+? I'm only going to do some gaming at 1440p/144hz and some gamedev/programming. No fancy stuff (what even is fancy stuff anyway?).
Also do current mobos affect what kind of ram and cpu you can put in it or do they all support old and new types of both?
Tyler Nelson
Oh right, you wrote i6 so i got confused and thought you meant i5.
Picture related is how the 560 performs. I'd recommend getting a GTX 1050Ti because RX 560 is quite low end.
Yes
Wyatt Anderson
Its just a stock fan i replaced with an insignia brand 80mm. Just the same dc and what not. It plugs directly into the motherboard. The only difference is its 3 pins vs 4 skinnh lil shits.
It runs nice, i can hear it adjust. Should i flip it?
Get the correct socket with enough SATA for what you want. Higher end mobo are only worth it if you plan on overclocking pretty high and don't want to keep crashing or melt your mobo, but in the case of ryzen it's efficient enough that they're not necessary under an 8 core.
John Moore
a 16x connector doesn't mean running at 16x.
Jace Gonzalez
You pick a mobo based on overclocking & feature needs (SLI / Xfire, PCIelane, wifi, SATA ports, PCIe slots, etc)
>Also do current mobos affect what kind of ram and cpu you can put in it or do they all support old and new types of both? Specific CPUs go into specific sockets. A b350 mobo is AM4 socket, so an AM3 CPU or Intel's LGA 1151 CPU won't go in there. RAM depends on what the CPU support. If it supports DDR4 then only DDR4 can go in, if it supports DDR3 then only DDR3 can go in.
Elijah Foster
>I didnt add new paste. You didn't put thermal paste between the CPU & cooler? That's why it overheats then, always clean old thermal paste & put new one when changing cooler. Preferably using some alcohol to make sure it all goes away.
Adrian Barnes
No GPU can come anywhere near the bandwidth limits of 8x PCIe 3.0. The 1080 only loses 4% at 4x even
Cameron Green
Good to know that this doesn't matter, thanks
James Foster
I thought i might gotten away with it, plus Shitbuy didnt have any paste at 830pm. As5 is the standard still?
Also whats the consensus on fans on the heatsink, blow air into it or out?
Nathaniel Flores
If I get 2 fans to put on a air cooler do I need a splitter cable for the cpu fan pin on my mb?
James Young
Blow out if you're OCing, blow in if you're not. Blow sideways for better framerates
most modern motherboards have multiple fan headers
Daniel Turner
>Also whats the consensus on fans on the heatsink, blow air into it or out? You blow air into it, that's the best way to carry it away.
First build in 6 years, please rate and give advice.
On loonix and in yurop if that matters.
Carson Wood
It hurts me to see that fan damaged like that - those particular fans are absolute beasts.
Isaiah Evans
Its ok user, im not learned enough in hardware. Not THAT stupid, only stupid enough to not put new paste.
Also my xps in previois post is sideways and thats a pc from 2008 if i recall
Carter Clark
Ditch the cooler and get an R5 1500x instead, the 1400 is quite low end and has much less cache than the R5 1500x making it perform noticeably worse The stock cooler is very quiet
Lucas Wright
I know, it turned on and spit the blade out and make terrible noises.
Big one works but not in my current pc, pic related is current pc.
Kayden Gonzalez
Will do, the price difference between the 1400 and the 1500x is
Daniel Cooper
Can someone suggest a mid tower case that has good cooling with minimal LEDs? Don't care too much about silence, would rather have better cooling.
>Is this PSU really adequate? perfectly. Though you could step down to 80+ Bronze fully modular to save some money. That said, yea, that PSU is perfectly fine. Your system isn't gonna spike to 400 watts, let alone 500.
Download official iso from official microsoft website then crack using KMSpico
Ethan Ward
Can anyone spoonfeed me a safe win 10 activator? been scouring the net and nothing seems very promising >hahahahah windows 10 Have you ever used a god damn b350 motherboard? It's a nightmare.
Logan Butler
r8 pls, I never really build PCs.
I'll probably be skimping on some bits to go a bit cheaper, as I was hoping to be lower than 800.
Budget is 500-800 or so, a mid-level "good" gaymin' PC, here's what I have for now.
Ehh I might try to OC but I feel like I'd be likely to fry my PC even though I'm told it's simple as shit nowadays.
>frying a computer because I try to OC it and fuck up >My potential face when this hypothetical situation
Adam Morales
can the Ryzen 5 work on win7?
Ethan Turner
I have around the same budget, but where I live the 1070 would be too expensive to fit in 800$ budget (with the same parts you recommended, no OC). So 1060 or 570? RX580 is 300$ here
how can you afford a nice computer and not afford air conditioning?
Gabriel Howard
I mean full-on legit, not stolen. 10 Home is $100, is there a real reason why to avoid it?
Christian Young
Nothing about not affording it, the room I'd use it in doesn't have a vent to receive it.
And no it's not a basement. Just curious if I'd have to supplement cooling because I prefer to not have ambient noise.
Jackson Rogers
Is there such thing as a trustworthy free VPN?
Nathaniel Long
I have an i5 3570K, 1080p monitor and just ordered a GTX 1060 3GB
How fucked am i
Joshua Cox
because i'm not shilling microjew 150 CAD to spy on me
Andrew Carter
none
Jayden Young
yah cause if you can't get AC and don't wanna spin the fans at 100 you'll probably need water cooling.
Jayden Johnson
Ok cool
Owen Mitchell
Is nvidia better for gaming and 570 for other purposes? Also freesync wouldn't be a dealbreaker with budget card
Wyatt Cooper
fair enough on the SSD, but I really would spring for the Asrock Pro 4 B350 motherboard. Unless you never plan on adding more ram for 16GB.
Anthony Sullivan
No brand is better than the other for gaming.
Austin Thompson
But is spending extra sheckels on 1060 worth the performance gains over 570
Charles Hernandez
AMD and nvidia are basically identical in GPUs right now with only price brackets determining which you should go with, with the exception of the ultra low budget where power consumption becomes important in not blowing out a 250watt prebuilt's PSU
Robert Garcia
As5 or ceramique on cpu?
Gavin Evans
What's a good ATX tower for a mid tier build?
Kevin Martinez
3GB version? no, it's not worth at all 6GB? At that point you reach RX 580 8GB pricepoint and it's generally a more appealing card Yes, it's somewhat worth the extra shekel
Elijah Kelly
NXZT S340
Easton Rodriguez
It is faster, yes. If it's within your budget you can never go wrong with spending more on a GPU as long as that gpu is actually faster.
Owen Roberts
Why didn't you buy a two dollar mouse or something at a secondhand store if it's for the sake of avoiding Windows 10? It seems like a good investment to me.
