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NO i5 7500/7600K or i7 7700/K. THEY ARE DEFUNCT AND SUPERSEDED BY COFFEE LAKE 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 >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
Graphics cards: >Consider Vega 56 for 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 a meme
I am fucking retarded when it comes to these mail-in rebates. What do I put in "Invoice/Order number": the order number where I bought it from (Newegg) or the paper slip that comes with the item in the package? I don't want to fuck up and lose out on a $20 rebate for a little mistake since I hear that these companies are sneaky jews when it comes to these things.
Julian Flores
>Black Friday ""sales"" what a weak year
Kevin Thomas
I got an 8gb stick of ddr4-3000 for $70 and a decent z370 mobo for $100 ($120 - $20 rebate). I'd say you are wrong about the sales if you know where to look.
Charles Smith
SEVENTY FUCKING DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE STICK OF SLOW ASS RAM WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU
Brayden Wright
Who is the semen demon in the OP and can I breed her?
Joshua Barnes
Is threadripper worth it? Is x399 a dead socket? I am considering just buying an entire new rig as current one is having trouble acting normal. I am on 2nd psu rma but I think issue is now in. Mobo so I'd have to rma that too. Made me think whether getting a 2ndary workstation would be a good idea while fixing my 6700k/970 build. Any suggestions?
I currently have an an s340 case with a msi gaming M5, evga 1050w, xpg adata ram (2800 mhz).
I am not happy with the workability of the s340 case either... But anyway any suggestions? I am thinking I can mix and match parts too from old build and new build. Or am I better just retrofitting current build? (ie just get a new case some more storage etc). I wasn't planning on upgrading at all until next gen ati/Nvidia is out on gpu. And until ryzen 2 / ice lake (or if Intel gets below 10nm sooner ) but.having a machine I can make into a workstation when I upgrade in the future again makes sense
Charles Brown
3000 isnt slow and are you fucking bitching about the price when there's a worldwide shortage of memory in general? This isnt fucking 2015 where you can get 8 gigs for $50 or less.
>1070 Not worth it. You're better off cheaping out with a 1060 8gb vram or ponying up the cash for a 1080.
Logan Watson
Don't listen to him, get the 1070ti
Luke Fisher
see tl;dr upgrading my gifted Aurora R3, but I'm not sure what to do about a motherboard.
Mason Cox
So I'm working on a 2nd build, Is there a way to move my operating system into a new SSD without having to buy another Windows CD? I bought Windows 8.1 for $100 a while ago. Do they let you have two uses for it? Should I just remove my SSD from my first build and transfer all Window files to my 2nd, bigger SSD?
Owen Powell
I'm playing games like WoW, perhaps assasins creed, Football Manager, Witcher
Am I fine with the 1060 6gb for a year orso and can I then relatively easy upgrade it to a 1080?
Chase Robinson
>1600x900 20 inches monitor >1050 ti 4GB >500W 80B >FX-8120 3GHz Octa-core >8GB DDR3 I need a motherboard and i don't want to overclock. I have two options and i don't know which one i should choose.
gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-USB3-rev-60 asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/ I heard that the Asus mobo has some fine stock speeds, but don't have heatsinks on VRM, the Gigabyte one on the other hand has a nice heatsink. I've also heard that is not advisable to use a FX-8XXX with any of these boards, but i have an even worse motherboard and i'm running it. I'm just changing because my PCI-E is not working. If i could buy a mobo with 970 chipset, i would. Which one you guys would choose?
Colton Myers
>all sites become unresponsive at check out
Joshua Evans
>WoW, Asscreed, Football manager, Witcher Those are all cpu intensive games so your cpu is more important than the graphics card. I'd stick with a 1060 6gb and upgrade later when the 1080s go down in price. That is unless you want 1440p on ultra settings then in that case go for a 1080.
Cooper Gonzalez
macrium reflect to clone the drive. youll then have to use easus partition manager to extend the cloned partition (i.e. clone a 64gb drive to a 128gb drive, the 128gb drive will show up as a 64gb drive with 64gb unallocated space). not sure why this happens.
Is the cpu decent? Or should I use the cash I save on the card to get a 8700k?
And I'm on 1080. Thank you for your input
Carter Nelson
>poorfag retard that wants to gaym pcpartpicker.com/list/mctQTH am i doing it right? could I get away with just 8gb ram?
Noah Clark
>I bought Windows 8.1 for $100
Alexander Phillips
Yep, more than decent. I'm guessing you will be overclocking your i5 which means you should get good performance for games that render many objects on screen.
Easton Torres
Alright. Thank you very much
Jaxson Price
If saving a lousy $20 is so important to you, you're probably the jew.
Logan Watson
Only 3 suggestions >upgrade Ram to a higher speed like 3000 mHz >get a better power supply with an 80 plus gold rating since you will be wasting electricity if your power supply isn't efficient and therefore your electricity bill will go up >pirate windows 10 you idiot, don't buy it.
Lucas Kelly
Considering it's a 1200 I think 8gb of ram is fine, maybe upgrade later when the insane fucking price actually goes down
Henry Roberts
The Galax one. The Armor coolers are trash. Galax are always pretty solid.
That memory's a horrible deal. For only $8 more you can get 3000MHz stuff that's much better for Ryzen.
>inb4 paying for windows >inb4 'lol, i dont have to roast you, that housefire will' >inb4 lel, poorfag >inb4 lel rgb ram (nigga its on sale)
I honestly want to know if I'm completely missing something here.
Ian Jenkins
How are VA monitors? I've been meaning to buy a new monitor and the samsung C24FG70 seems nice but i've never had a VA panel before.
Bentley Kelly
>PNY NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB Which cooler do I get for this?
Justin Evans
>MSI Z370-A PRO Decent board?
Aaron Martinez
Your mother never loved you and never will.
Anthony Ross
thx for your input.
Jonathan Russell
>The NZXT - H440 (Matte Black) ATX Mid Tower Case supports video cards up to 406mm long, but video cards over 294mm may block drive bays. Since the Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ROG STRIX Video Card is 298mm long, some drive bays may not be usable
Fag
Joshua Garcia
>>inb4 'lol, i dont have to roast you, that housefire will' My fucking sides
David Rogers
So I planned on upgrading to a 1070 then saw the 1070ti is $40 more for a decent upgrade. Following the same logic the 1080 is on sale for only $30 more and an upgrade over the 1070ti.
Seeing as OP states theyre all pretty overpriced from a value point of view should I just bite the bullet and get the 1080?
Bentley Walker
I'll pulling the drive bays and front mounting that radiator, cunt.
Ethan Hughes
Just check out g2a. Keys usually go for 20-30 bucks
Nicholas Jenkins
No, fuck you. Like I said, it's visual only. There is zero difference in feel. You're probably some retarded third worlder who's never even used a high refresh monitor and is just assuming.
Jace Garcia
Where the fuck are the Black Friday deals? Will Cyber Monday be any better?
Robert Myers
16GB RAM WAS 60 EUROPEAN DOLLARS NOT THAT LONG AGO WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I am very happy with it. Very. Simple, low level overclocking is trivial on this board, if you change your mind and wish to. Currently running an FX 8370 on it at 4,8 GHz with 1600 MHz RAM running slightly over 1700 MHz and 8-9-9-25 timings. I feel like I'm getting just about the maximum performance out of the tech I invested into it.
The only two minor flaws (for me) are that most Gigabyte 990 & 970 chipset boards came with 2 x eSATA ports before this board was released, yet this one doesn't have those. I've come to rely on them for external HDD storage. And, this board has a good audio chipset, but the native outputs don't support 7.1 sound ... you have to buy a separate audio header for that. Really disappointing. I guess also, it's not a good board for SLI, not even sure it can but that's a wasted meme anyway. But if those things don't bother you, then everything else about the board is great.
For $59 right now. A 990FX chipset AM3+ full ATX board for under $60. Very feature rich for that price.
Jackson Cox
Lads?
Joseph Reed
You guys might have it, an image of a man with a really gelled haircut buying like 20 graphics cards, very obviously for bitcoin reasons. I think he was carrying them in a shopping cart.
I assume you guys will have the image since it makes you as butthurt as myself.
Nolan Taylor
I have bought an SSD elsewhere on the cheap before someone suggests it btw
What are you doing with it? 8600k feels like overkill with the rest of the build unless you need to 6 cores.
Colton Perry
are SSD hybrids a meme?
deciding between a Seagate 2TB FireCuda SSHD or a 2TB WD BLACK HDD. Both are the same price.
David Green
Anyone got the PSU tier list
Landon Thompson
Not sure what is the situation currently but I had SSHD in my laptop 3 years ago and it perfomed roughly same as HDD iirc. Then I upgraded to SSD and it felt like a 10 year leap in technology for me.
Benjamin Lewis
well lads, I could have bought an LG 34" IPS 144hz curved monitor for $320. I missed it. RIP.
Jaxon Reed
Are curved monitors a meme?
Elijah Carter
This is Sup Forums, everything is a meme
Mason Martinez
Sounds about right. It won't matter how fast a SSD can r/w if it's bottle necked by a HDD.
Samuel Myers
They look fucking awful in multi monitor setups.
Cooper Peterson
i"m looking at getting the a 1600x motherboard combo and the ram I want is over half the price of it.
Ian Edwards
Are they a meme tho
Chase Allen
What the fuck does that even mean you cum guzzling ethiopian
Josiah Stewart
>Black Friday deals Saved more than 200€ so far. What DDR4 RAM to get for my Ryzen 5 1600x?
Is 2133Mhz really as shit as ppl say?
Anthony Price
I've heard up to 3200 you see a legitimate improvement in comparison to cost. The roi starts going out the window after that.
Daniel Gutierrez
yes yes yes yes You want 3000mhz at least Ryzen is extremely sensitive to ram speeds we are talking about a 20 fps difference.
Jonathan Hill
on a dell optiplex 9010 can i just throwing any power supply and any gpu and itl work?
Carson Adams
>Saved more than 200€ so far. good joke user
Daniel Howard
You want Ryzen paired with fast RAM to get the most out of your Ryzen. 3000 MHz or better, if at all possible.
Thomas Sanchez
ok thanks, gonna wait den
Joshua Russell
Are TN panels good enough for video/photo editing or should i stick with IPS?
This is my current build, i'm not currently looking to update anything else other than my mobo but i'm not really sure what to purchase tho, anyone have any tips that i can use to take advantage of the sales? range is $100-150 but willing to spend more for a good deal
Hunter Robinson
Help with budget build:
Use: gaming 720 or 1080p. Will use 120hz in games like quake but lower res. Recent games with better graphics I don't mind 60fps.
Budget 500-600 euro, don't mind oc. Thanks
Christian Long
I plugged my new hdd in with the same power cable my ssd is connected to. The cable has three endings but they go through each other until the last one. I didn't fuck anything up did I?
