If you want help: >State the budget & CURRENCY for your build >List your uses, e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work >For monitors, include purpose (e.g., photoediting, gaming) and graphics card pairing (if applicable)
CPUs: >NO i5 7500/7600K or i7 7700/K. THEY ARE DEFUNCT AND SUPERSEDED BY COFFEE LAKE >G4560/G4600 for non-gaming (light tasks) or bare minimum gaming builds with a dedicated graphics card >R3 1200 - Budget builds (best with OC + fast RAM) >R5 1600 / i5 8400 - Great gaming or multithreaded use CPUs i5 8600k if your CHAD >R7 / Used Xeon / Threadripper / i7 - Heavy Multi-Tasking / VM Work / Mixed use
RAM: >Current CPUs benefit from high speed RAM; 3000-3200 MHz is ideal >Before buying RAM for Ryzen, check your Mobo's QVL or look for user reports
GPUs: >Consider Vega if you have a Freesync monitor >Crypto-Currency miners have driven GPU prices up (particularly Radeon) 1080p >GTX 1050Ti and 3GB 1060 are the only reasonably priced cards; 6GB 1060 or 4GB 580 if you want to overpay a little >GTX 1070 if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 1440p >GTX 1070/Ti and 1080 are standard choices; currently overpriced >GTX 1080Ti if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 2160p (4K) >GTX 1080Ti
General: >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >A 240GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor
Should I go for a ~$180 GTX 980 or a ~$300 GTX 1060? I'm think of the 980 for the price.
Jayden Reed
pcpartpicker.com/list/wkb93F things are coming along, what are the odds of seeing any sales on that PSU or the HDD? The HDD is $50ish after shipping.
Also I am somewhat concerned about the MOBO, I see negative reviews about faulty units with both this, the cheaper non pro and the full atx version despite otherwise good reviews, what do?
David Gomez
My PSU has some 2x3 black plugs/cables. Two are missing a pin in corner, and one is missing two pins in opposite corners. Does it matter which of these I plug where?
Wyatt Hughes
What's better for pushing 2 4k screens (8 1080p video instances at once): 1050ti or Firepro W4100
Nicholas Barnes
budget: $1000 purpose: gaming (only care about 60fps on everything at 1440p), linux vm for webdev, potentially audio production if i get back into it
trying to maximize value. how does this look? i have edited some of the prices based on going rates on ebay/leddit. am considering going up to a 1070 ($100 more)
So i was playing on my new 1600x build all last night OCd at 4.0ghz just fine. Stress tested on Cinebench multiple times and it was stable with the ram OCd to 3200 too.
Boot up my computer today and the cpu is locked to 2.2ghz no matter what I do.
No idea what's happening. Is this a Ryzen meme, anyone know how to fix it?
Chase Reed
Been gone from Sup Forums for a few months and GPUs are STILL expensive.
Nolan Myers
I will be buying this mobo soon. What's the point of 2 ethernet ports?
Aiden Gray
It's barely an upgrade. Not to mention consumes more watts and runs hotter.
Joseph Rodriguez
Check bios.k
If you have to ask... Router mainly Or mesh network, or ring network.
Tyler Martin
Look at RAM
Adrian Anderson
You people got me I ordered a ryzen 7 1700
Is 3000mhz ram alright ? I do very small time 3d rendering but mostly game
Isaiah Phillips
3200cl14 is the way to go newegg sells them
Connor Hughes
Reposting.
Anyone here use windows10 ltsb on their gayman PC? Want to know if anyone's run into any compatibility issues after they disabled all of that bloat since I'm planning on it for my new build.
Michael Roberts
3000 is fine
For $20 to $40 the difference just doesn't make sense
Christopher Edwards
all 3200cl14 are guarenteed Samsung B-dies which work best with ryzen
Ryan Nguyen
how'd i do
Ethan Bell
Do I plug the fan controller wire for my NZXT Kraken X62 into the CPU fan port on my motherboard or the pump fan port?
Is there a difference between the two?
Anthony Brooks
>%CurrentYear% >gtx780
Noah Scott
my power supply (evga 850 p2) has an eco mode button, which turns the fan on only when above 45C is this worth turning on? no idea what temp it's going to be at most of the time
Thomas Robinson
it's from my 2013 build, same with the ssd
Brandon Sullivan
>Cases are complete fucking gook racer tier shit now
Like, fuck, we went from Corsair's Obsidian line to the shit that's pushed out now?
And don't even get me started on Phanteks.
Aiden Brooks
CPU for the temps I think.
James Diaz
I hope RAM goes on sale at the end of the month. These current prices are jewish.
Asher Baker
cpu, the pump fan port is for a custom loop
Henry Bailey
>listen to Sup Forums's advice on what case to buy >open package >has some huge piece of glass on the side Can't wait to shatter this.
Easton Long
Thanks fella
Camden Hughes
What's the best monitor for 1080p, good colour reproduction and doesn't have a lot of display lag? I currently use a HDTV as my monitor so anything would be an upgrade.
when are ram prices going to go down so I don't have to sell my kidneys to buy 8 gigs of ram
Luis Murphy
why not get a job friend
Joseph Jenkins
Christ, you must have some really shitty kidneys.
Ayden Allen
Check OP pcpartpicker
Haha retard Fell for the window meme
Heard about this problem. Clear CMOS, possibly by removing battery
John Fisher
>current year +2 >not putting your component into the Sup Forums approved shoebox
Easton Young
Should I just buy everything new to upgrade?
Thomas Wood
you get the point
Sebastian Johnson
keep the hard drive if you want otherwise the rest is unnecessary
Brandon Russell
I have an AMD card so freesync would be nice but I'm not convinced on the curved meme since I want to do some digital art on it.
Benjamin Allen
Do you guys think the reference Vegas will go down in price after the non reference versions come out? I bought a freesync monitor and within a week vega goes up over $100. Like what the fuck.
Carson Garcia
Is it worth it to go vega at all? Freesync monitors are waaaaaaaaaaay cheaper.
Hudson Parker
I copped a 1060 3gb SC for my 750ti, hope I'm not disappointed
Will I regret buying a gtx 1080 over Vega a year from now?
Ryder Ross
>case has retarded psu "shroud" >makes it huge pain to put mobo in >can't remove it
Luke Torres
fuck no, unless you're playing amdoom
William Gutierrez
Fuck blower cards if you need that now. You can always wait™ for custom Vega.
Easton Jones
has anyone used a DisplayPort to VGA adapter? The video card I'm using has a DVI port and a pair of display ports on it. Both of my monitors are VGA only. I'm already using a DVI to VGA adapter on it, but I need a second monitor now and the only option I have is a DisplayPort to VGA adapter for the second monitor. The problem is that it seems these things are hard wired to a specific resolution like 1920x1200 or 1080p. I need 1280x1024 and can't seem to find anything like that out of these things.
Anyone ever used one for something like this?
Joshua Watson
Will the stock cooler be enough for the ryzen 5 1600 if I plan to OC?
Jason Adams
>4x2 8gb Just buy 1 8gb stick. You will want to upgrade later to 16 so you'll just get another 8gb stick. If you buy the 4gb, you're going to have to sell them.
Hudson Parker
Is the Rx 570 worth 2x the price of Rx 560? I will be using it as an egpu on my laptop with i7 4700QM
Gavin Ross
If I'm unable to find m3 screws for my new SSD at my local store is duct tape and string fine? How do I transfer os over(if SSD is big enough can I just copy paste everything?)
Brody Cooper
>Buy kit of RAM >Vendor: Corsair (Samsung) >Think it's B-Die >Scroll down >It's E-Die
Owen Nelson
Trying to mount the am4 x bracket conversion for a hyper 212. Is this thing suppose to be flimsy? I can't seem to get it to lock in place.
Xavier Martinez
Wraith cooler is excellent, you should still get tolerable (sub 80c load) temps even while OCing.
Consider using the rear fan or side fan as an intake if you have a top down cooler in a tower config, though.
Dylan Perry
A 570 will have 32 compute units, a 580 has 36. A 560 has 12.
Luke Morgan
This wraith cooler was a bitch to screw on. It came with thermal paste applued, if I took it for a second while installing it do I need to do the paste all over again?
Jayden Russell
I want to build a rig that performs these functions >its a hackintosh In a VM >its a gaymen PC In a VM, again >its a NAS In a VM, again. I plan to run only two of this VMs at the same time. NAS always running and the others only firing when I need them (Because I want to do GPU and USB passthrought I can't/ don't want use them at the same time. How many cores do you believe that I should need for that? Could a Ryzen 7 1700 rig (with ECC ram of course) be sufficient?
I've pulled the trigger on most of this, holding on the SSD's until I can fully parse M.2 drives being PCIE or SATA and which one to get. The WD 1tb on the list is mobo compatible and SATA, but a Samsung 950/960 EVO 250GB running on the PCIE Ultra M.2 slot as boot is pulling me.
Build is literally everything because my previous systems were lost in a fire and insurance has me covered on replacements, my last 'build' was an often upgraded sandy/ivy build with a Z77 mobo that went through probably 6 different GPU's as I climbed refresh rates and resolutions. By the end the 3570k was at 4.6ghz with a 1070. Finding a non-Gsync price raped ultrawide 1440p >60hz monitor was why I bumped up to the 1080ti. It's a saving grace, because I wouldn't want to stomach the 1080ti price jump just for 4k@60hz or the VR meme. Used 1600x, I trust AMD when they say Zen 2 will be AM4 still.
You should, pre-applied paste isn't always the best cooling paste anyway.
Henry Morgan
yo why the fuck is ram prices so fucking high
i remember like 5-6 years ago ddr3 got a spike too, but before that spike you could get two 8gb ram modules for like sub $90. why is this shit double? i thought ddr4 was going to be easier to produce and thus cost less?
David Jackson
My mobo has a diagram for pluggin led cable for cpu cooler but neither the cpu nor mobo seems to have the cable. Is hat some extra thing you have to buy?
Elijah Cruz
Miners and Phone fags.
Camden James
Manufacturer mafia says only so many will be made*
Oliver Gonzalez
Yeah, but aside of coin mining, does it make sense to pair a 570 with a 4700MQ? I'll be playing games at 1080p/75hz anyway.
Justin Young
so after seeing a review about an ultrawide monitor and hearing them say that it's the first one to be the same size as 2 1440 27 inch monitors next to each other i have concluded that ultrawide is a bad meme and instead i will be getting two of amazon.com/gp/product/B0761P6MC7/ those along with a dual monitor arm is this the best idea? or should i look at a pair of some other monitor? please no downgrades to size or resolution if you make a suggestion
Jonathan Carter
Since this is PC building general.. I have a question: Should I bother replacing the motherboard?
> have Gigabyte AX 370 Gaming 5 > turn computer off, walk out > come back hours later, turn PC on > except it doesn't turn on > no lights on motherboard, no nothing, board just died while being off (or when turned off?) after about 4 months > order same-day delivery ASUS B350 motherboard and RMA the Gigabyte board because who's got time to wait for that > get brand new Gigabyte AX 370 Gaming 5 board one and a half week later
My PC works as of right now, replacing the motherboard would involve.. opening the case, taking out the GPU, taking off the cooler, cleaning the thermal paste, putting it all back together on a board that could just die in 4 months. I can do it but I'm just not sure it's worth all that trouble...
also: Gigabyte, what happened to you, you used to make good quality boards and now it's poor quality garbage at high-end prices with focus on LED lights and OI shield covers.
Michael Reyes
As I understand, you have two boards and only one computer? Gigabyte still makes good boards, but every company has defects. It's a shame that they push lighting and in-your-face aesthetic, but only a couple boards don't do it at all.
If you're fine using B350, why did you buy an X370 board in the first place? Sell the board, make a new system with it, or do whatever else you can think of.
Joshua Edwards
Multiple reasons. Phones are the big volume item now and they have a lot more RAM than they used to . Servers still eat a lot of RAM, so the consumer desktop market tends to get whatever's left over after the big OEMs have had their fill. Price of raw silicon wafers (that literally every chip is made from) have gone up in price. Also more of them are being used for flash memory these days, as opposed to DRAM. And none of the major memory manufacturers are in a mood to cut prices to gain market share. This may be either explicit (they're colluding to raise prices), or implicit (they're all in a situation where they value high margins most, so none has an incentive to fight the others), or a combination of both.
It's not getting better, if you need RAM, don't put it off.
Nathan Miller
Not sure if I should blow my load on the zowie refurbished deal or hold out to see what happens. A XL2730 for $329 seems pretty sweet.
Blake Fisher
uhm, perhaps my post was a bit unclear.
I bought a Gigabyte AX 370 Gaming 5. It died after 4 months. I bought a immediate delivery ASUS B350 board and RMA'd the Gigabyte board. I rebuild the computer with the ASUS board.
A new Gigabyte replacement board arrived one and a half week later. So now I have a working computer with the cheapest B350 motherboard and a more expensive Gigabyte board.
I guess I could sell the board. I'm just not sure if I want to bother rebuilding with it or do something else.
Thomas Carter
no pic related
Jack White
I was a bit unsure but I think I heard you right My point was that if you buy X370 but don't use the features enough to justify even taking another board out to put it in you overspent and might as well cut your losses and sell it.
James Bennett
Is RAM compatibility really that strict? Or is the QVL just the list of RAMs verified by the board provider that work? Same with AMD and their list for supported DDR4 sticks.
Lincoln Jenkins
The second RAM will all work, just some better than others.
How are these speakers for 50CAD? I know nothing and I am only asking because of the big discount. >camelcamelcamel showed it was sold at $11 once
Nolan Cruz
Tfw bought an Rx 580 8gb for £102 after Amazon put the price on wrong.
Shall I sell it for £250 and buy a Vega? Or will it be the performance be alright paired with a 1440p freesync monitor?
Elijah Hernandez
Where the fuck do I plug the 3 power cables from the NZXT into? There's no cable from the case, or any ones that match it from my PSU?
There's a sata, 4 power cables and a USB connector coming out of my NZXT Kraken X62
Camden Long
Installed older versions of the bios and newer versions, but 1600x still stuck on 2.2ghz regardless of the version. I know it can work because I was playing with it overclocked last night.
Michael Walker
like, as long as it's ddr4 it should work, right? (for Ryzen) Board and AMD compatibility list are just "certified" then?
Brandon Barnes
this is my current build. I use it for gaming, primarily DotA 2 and StarCraft 2. Other games that I want to play are Nier: A, Nioh, The Witcher 3, Doom, and I would like to try to emulate Breath of the Wild.
At the moment I have no interest in upgrading my monitors. I just want a solid 60 FPS+ experience in 1920x1080. My budget is about $200. I am thinking of one of the following options:
1) Get a second 770, do SLI 2) Get a 1050 TI 3) Wait it out, get a 1060 6GB or 1070.
Any suggestions?
Adrian Peterson
Yes. You.may not get desired speeds on some Hynix memory however
Jack Martin
sorry, I didn't mean to link my post to yours, it's late and im retarded
Not all have coil whine. Coil whine can also come from the PSU when the GPU is under high load.
Nathaniel Murphy
>>G4560/G4600
Chase Jones
It shouldn't hurt to keep eco mode on. Personally I keep it on so it's quieter
Ayden Nguyen
In my experience, power supplies get pretty noisy so it's worth having eco mode turned on.
Jaxon Parker
Currently have a G4560, B250i ITX board and a GTX770. I feel like a corelet with only 2, I want to keep Intel because hackintosh (and fuck ayymd but we don't go there). I believe I can sell the cpu board and gpu to get a i5-8400 and a Z370 ITX board and maybe even keep some on top. Do i pull trigger? I don't need GPU other than built in so long as I can output to two displays and the asrock board lets me.
Connor Edwards
I have some liquid metal gallium-based TIM on my CPU. I had to remove the heatsink today and I'm wondering if I need to clean off the metal and replace it before reinstalling the heatsink (as you would with normal grease-based TIM), or if I can leave the old stuff. Anyone know?
Joseph Morris
I have an i7 920 (currently stock, but i have a Noctua NH-U9B SE2 cooler on it, ready to OC). I want to upgrade my GPU from a Radeon 4890, to something that actually works on linux properly. I'm thinking the Gigabyte gtx1050TI 4GB G1 gaming OC. Obviously I haven't looked at PC components in a very long time. Any reason to reconsider my choice?
Josiah Howard
sell the 770 to get money for the 1060 6gb You might have to deal a couple days with integrated graphics, but just suck it up
Austin Jenkins
Worth paying extra $30 for 525GB SSD instead of 240GB?
Benjamin Cruz
I think so Unless you are sure won't use the space ever it's completely worth it
Jackson Hall
Definitely worth turning on. If it's automatic then you won't have to worry about it. EVGA makes some good power supplies so the components should have no problem with a bit of increased heat when the fan isn't spinning.
Samuel Gomez
There is a sale on this pre-made build pcpartpicker.com/list/NpPptJ It's about same price as Ryzen 3/ 1050ti build. Is it better or worse?
