If you want help: >Assemble parts list pcpartpicker.com/ >State the budget for your build (and country if not USA) >List games/software you use often, as well as your monitor resolution + refresh rate >Clarify your goal for build improvements: lower price or improved specs? How to assemble a PC, select components & more (outdated) wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=Build_a_PC
CPUs: No i5 unless discounted >G4560 - poverty-tier builds >R3 1200 - Budget builds (R3 1300x - Good stop-gap between the 1500x and the 1200, only get a 1400 if you absolutely need multithreading >R5 1500x - Good but up to 1600 if you can >R5 1600 - Best value for higher fps gaming / mixed usage; 1600x if you want higher stock clocks >R7/Used Xeon/Threadripper - Compute/Multitask/VM/mixed use; Not for just gaming
GPUs: Coin miners have driven price up and stock down, waiting to buy a GPU might be wiser >Integrated CPU Graphics - Desktop stuff and very light games >GTX 1050(Ti) - Lower end budget cards, drop settings on newer games, RX560 beaten by both >RX570 - 1080p@60~hz maxed, running most maxed older games at 100~Hz >RX580 and GTX1060 6GB - 1080p@80hz maxed, 1440p@60hz at lower settings; RX580 better in newer games >GTX 1070 - 1080p@130hz /1440p@60hz at high >GTX 1080 - 1080p@144hz / 1440p@60hz maxed, 4k@60hz in a few games; Probably the highest end card you need for 1080p/1440p >GTX 1080Ti - 1440p@144hz and 4k@60hz maxed/high in many games >Good fucking luck even getting a VEGA right now
RAM: >Check your Mobo QVL before buying any RAM >Ryzen CPUs benefits a lot from high speed RAM
General: ALWAYS LOOK AT PRODUCT REVIEWS! Always consider an SSD. Try buying a large SSD for what you'd pay for your SSD+HDD combined, and add a HDD later NVMe SSDs aren't for a faster OS boot, they're for productivity/scratch disk/VMs. NVMe and M.2 are not the same thing, M.2 is a form factor
Waiting on my PSU and RAM, can't wait to show you guys!
Daniel Myers
I am going to die
Charles Richardson
>mfw better than anything i've had
Mason Martinez
nigga what the fuck
Luke Rodriguez
user. Open your case. Aim a full-sized fan into the case. The fire department are on their way, user. Just hold on.
Luis Peterson
But seriously, if you don't fix that all your fancy shit is going to die.
Carter Myers
Idk what to do
I just dedust my PC. I have it on the floor under my desk due to space. And my room gets pretty dusty and for some reason my front fan doesn't turn on anymore even though everything is working
Adam Richardson
I wasn't joking when I said to aim a fucking fan into the case. It'll temporarily aid in cooling. You need to do this immediately.
Asher Brown
You better take care of that or say goodbye to your system.
Angel Lopez
send pic if you do it
Hudson Evans
someone please answer
John Diaz
I have a 480. I bought it because I was >wait for Vega and now I'm wanting to upgrade but have no path on AMD's side to do it.
Fine, fuck 'em. I'm coming back to team green. Question is: do I join now and get a 1080/1080TI or do I wait for next gen?
Play some PUBG (which I'm sure will be a piece of shit for forever regardless of GPU), some other demanding games and a lot of older games. Also have a VR headset.
Jeremiah Gomez
Whats your budget?
Jeremiah Miller
nigga, just get a Cooler Master Hyper 212. Shit's cash.
Parker Smith
2k i heard stock is the same as the Cooler Master
Henry Edwards
>i heard stock is the same as the Cooler Master Just 'cause it's cheap doesn't make it shit.
Mason Reyes
why spend money on almost exact same cooler when i get it free
Daniel Williams
Hyper 212 is a bit better than the stock cooler but they're fairly close.
Jeremiah Brooks
The Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler may require a separately available mounting adapter to fit the MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard.
Dominic Hernandez
lads, wat do
I want to make the switch to Ryzen (specifically 1600x, already have a 212 Evo to cool it), but the problem is that I'm having a hard time judging whether or not switching to the red team would be worth the bother of getting a new mobo and RAM. I'm currently using a 4690k OC'd to 4.5GHz. Its single-threaded performance is tremendous, but I want anons that have already made the switch to tell me if having triple the threads is worth it.
Noah Rodriguez
This cooler is $34.99 on Newegg nigga.... New
Also, consider getting a Trident Z or Flare X over the Ripjaws. Uses Samsung B-Die, works much much better with Ryzen.
Dylan Jackson
How is the Zalman ZM-Z9 NEO? It comes in white, and I'm looking at it.
Jace Hall
Depends on what you do my dude. Just gaymen or do you do productivity shit like rendering?
Lincoln Carter
How is the Zalman ZM-Z9 NEO? It comes in white, and I'm looking at it.
I play a lot of games, but I also write music so I render audio pretty often. Also occasional video editing.
Separate line of questioning: does anyone have personal experience with Ryzen and emulation?
Christopher Johnson
is there any discernible difference between Samsung and Intel SSDs? I need a 500gb drive for programs
Jonathan Gonzalez
Kinda. Samsung SSD are higher quality.
Nathaniel Morales
Samsung has been the top dog in SSDs forever. Even the RAM they are involved in are better than the rest.
Brody Lewis
You gotta trust the Koreans on this one. Those slanty-eyed plastic fuckers can sure craft a mighty SSD.
Isaiah King
They're very very similiar, you can Google the differences, perhaps with the way they distribute heat. Either way you can't go wrong with either, be sure to get decent timing and MHz, Ryzen likes higher clocks. The Flare is marketed as being 'optimized' for Ryzen, I personally got the Trident but I've seen some info that Flare is hardcoded for Ryzen timings so I'd probably get the Flare
Jaxson Bailey
Something that needs to be put in the sticky
>check Craigslist daily for deals If you live in even a medium-sized city, you can find new, unopened tech all the time for cheap. Lots of people trying to unload stuff for cash and it still has the factory tape on the box. I bought a $600 GTX1080 for 550, a $250 Dell monitor for $110, etc. You can save a lot of cash and find some unexpected upgrades by just browsing the parts/accessories site every evening.
Thomas Cruz
not everyone lives in Ameritard land, fatty
Joseph Reyes
RX 580 or 3GB GTX 1060?
Both are ~330CAD.
Anthony Hughes
yeah sucks for them
Robert Wright
>3GB GTX 1060 nigga don't do this to yourself
Don't ever go under 4gb on a gpu.
Nolan Carter
i'd rather use stock and increase fan speed than spend $24
Caleb Hughes
PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS
Jordan White
...
Jace Perez
tell you what, just spend the $24 on a fire extinguisher
Noah Gutierrez
>580 >330 CAD What the fuck
Jason Nelson
If you're in the US, watch eBay. I'm about to drop several GTX1060 3GB's for cheap. These were used for mining, but in a gen 3 data center (raised floor, hot isle / cold isle). Stayed cold, not overclocked, no bios bullshit. Should happen in the next 4 days.
thanks, it was only $45 more to upgrade to 6gb 1060 and it uses less power than a polaris card
Nicholas Nguyen
I want a fuggin' x370 Taichi for my R7, but it's been out of stock for many many weeks here in sopaland. Should I just get another x370 mobo? Quite limited options, tho.
Evan Carter
That is expensive as fuck.
Hudson Perez
...
Camden Diaz
I let fanboyism get in the way and got an RX 460 instead of a 1050Ti. Regret it every day and am now saving for an upgrade
Camden Watson
We ASIC now...
> Bought 16x Asus Strix RX480 8GB @ $210 each > Ran them mining for 8 months > Sold them used @ $350 each
Sucks to be you I guess...
Cooper White
What would you recommend instead?
Easton Ortiz
Not Asrock
Dominic Davis
fuck you
Connor Nelson
What are the best GPU's for mining?
Liam Lee
>Order my build monday morning thinking it will be here before the weekend >they shipped it wednesday afternoon
Bentley Smith
If you fuck like you shit post, no thanks...
Christopher Turner
580
Jose Ramirez
Not ASRock
Dylan Wilson
580 what?
Tyler Gutierrez
580
Isaac Gomez
I wish cases would go on sale. Fuck. Parts are piling up.
Brayden Taylor
RX?
Jordan Fisher
Looking to buy a built PC of CL, is this a decent deal?