Simple Questions - August 10, 2019 |
- Simple Questions - August 10, 2019
- Remember that peripherals exist, too.
- My second PC built for $500, thanks to r/hardwareswap and r/buildapcsales
- Thank you for helping a dad build a PC
- Help on building a future proof builds for my husband and I as a possible final upgrade. $2,500 each rough limit
- Ethernet Cable
- i5 4460 upgrade paths
- Splitters for case fans
- No signal with Ram in certain slots
- Can a damaged CPU cause GPU not getting detected?
- Install windows 10 from ssd
- Just need a little guidance choosing ram.
- News re: MSI Max boards in the states
- My friend just bricked my computer
- [troubleshooting] Replaced CPU cooler, system doesn't power on
- Standoffs
- Need help finding a case
- Is there enough clearance for everything to fit in this case
- How do I stop caps lock from turning on but I can still use it?
- PC Low FPS and Poor Performance Compared to Other PC's of Similar Build According to PCBenchmark
- How would you make this cheaper?
- New Ryzen not booting on B450i
- pls help
- Cpu Problems
- Buying my first monitor, so many technical gibberish, help?
| Simple Questions - August 10, 2019 Posted: 10 Aug 2019 05:12 AM PDT This thread is for simple questions that don't warrant their own thread (although we strongly suggest checking the sidebar and the wiki before posting!). Please don't post involved questions that are better suited to a [Build Help], [Build Ready] or [Build Complete] post. Examples of questions:
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| Remember that peripherals exist, too. Posted: 09 Aug 2019 10:43 PM PDT One of the biggest issues I have with pcpartpicker's build lists and some people asking for (and giving) advice here is that peripherals are sometimes completely disregarded. Don't get me wrong, they can be found on the cheap. You can get a decent monitor for $100, and K + M and speakers for $30 combined. But even that $130 price tag is a quarter of the price of a $500 budget build that doesn't include these parts. A $500 tower will be reduced to well under $400. If you're building something with a big budget in mind, this is even more important. My tower is not anything fancy, but I have expensive peripherals, the cost of which approaches my tower itself. If you want a $1,000 tower, great, it's gonna be sick. Don't forget about the $300+ monitor you probably want, as well as an additional $200+ for nice peripherals. More than 50% the cost of the tower has just been tacked on just so you can use it. If you have an expensive tower with cheap peripherals, great, nothing wrong with that either. New builders just always need to keep it in the back of their mind that a tower is not a complete build. You can't use it without a monitor, keyboard and mouse, and that's not even with sound. Make sure to plan your budget accordingly because you can go way over very quickly by not planning for what sort of peripherals you plan on buying. (Note that this makes the assumption that you buy everything new, which is more ideal for peripherals that components.) [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My second PC built for $500, thanks to r/hardwareswap and r/buildapcsales Posted: 10 Aug 2019 12:36 PM PDT I gave my last PC to my brother and used a laptop with a 960m for the past year. I was finally able to save up and upgrade to a desktop. I plan to evenutally upgrade to an ultrawide monitor, 3rd gen Ryzen, and a newer GPU. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thank you for helping a dad build a PC Posted: 10 Aug 2019 01:59 PM PDT Hey guys, Just came here to tell you my PC building was successful. I was really afraid because I bought all the parts (besides the case) on another country (USA) and after a 12 hour plane trip, 4 hours by bus, and assembling it with my case, I finally made it. I did not have lots of money, but was able (between buying diapers and clothes) to save some money to buy a better PC. Before this, I had a i5-4440 with 8GB ram and a GTX 660, so quite an improvement. It is not perfect, I don't know how to do a better cable management on the front (I need the coolers connected to the motherboard to sync the RGB). Another issue I found and was not able to solve was how to use my support bracket from MSI, I believe it is because I lost a piece of rubber with glue that came on top of it, and I can't make it stick to the GPU, so I am considering how to fix that. Here is my part list: PCPartPicker Part List
And here are some pictures: https://imgur.com/a/kycSlcL https://imgur.com/1K6jACQ This communnity helped me decide the best parts, helped me by saying I should by a PSU and test them while traveling (all parts came good, thankfully), and you guys gave me lots of tips overall. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 08:15 AM PDT We bought our old builds in summer of 2015, so it's been about 4 years. We're in the market for kids in the future, so this would be our last upgrade for a while, I'm guessing. I've always wanted to go big, so this is my only chance! Money is practically no object I think Some things influencing our picks:
With that said, here's our part list. It's his actually (subtract the case price for my list) PCPartPicker Part List
All pointers and advice are much appreciated! [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:21 PM PDT I'm looking for a certified outdoor CAT 6 Ethernet Cable, does anyone know where i can get the real ones for a decent price? Im looking to route a cable from inside and drill outside to lead it up to upstairs and drill another hole so i can wire up my upstairs PC. I'm looking on amazon but don't know the real from fake ones. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 02:47 PM PDT Im interest in upgrading my old 4460 to something a bit better. My current system is a 1070ti, 8gb ram and the 4460. I want to know if its a better value proposition to go with a i7 4790 (non k since mobo does not support overclocking) or to switch over to a newer mobo with something like a ryzen 3200g. For more info if I ever upgrade again I plan to scrap the whole build and start over (college student so will think of upgrading once graduated and have a larger budget) so long term support of the socket is less useful to me (not completely irrelevant but less valuable). Thanks in advance for any comments. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 01:16 PM PDT I'm planning to buy 2 Corsair LL140s as front intake fans for my Meshify C and use the 2 stock fans for rear and top exhaust. I was wondering if I need to buy a splitter in order to utilize them all? I already bought a X570 Aorus Pro WiFi, but I'm not sure how exactly to check. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No signal with Ram in certain slots Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:36 PM PDT So I have 2x8Gb sticks that I bought together and I'm trying to get them to dual channel. But for some reason it always just says no signal on my monitor, the only combo I got to work was slots 3 and 4, I got a signal there. When I put them into other slots it says no signal but the ram still lights up so that's why I'm confused. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can a damaged CPU cause GPU not getting detected? Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:02 PM PDT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 12:50 PM PDT Hello, I dont own a USB stick larger than 4gb. Is it possible to use an SSD to install windows 10 from? I have the SSD in an enclosure which can connect via USB. Thanks :) edit - using a mac to create the installation media btw [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Just need a little guidance choosing ram. Posted: 10 Aug 2019 12:37 PM PDT Building my first pc on a budget. I'm looking at the Ryzen 3200g and I know that ram is important for this Apu. What speed and amount do you guys recommend? I would prefer to buy only 8gb(2x4) of ram because it's cheaper but i don't know if it is enough for optimal performance. Also thought I could maybe get a bit slower ram but then overclock it I don't know. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| News re: MSI Max boards in the states Posted: 10 Aug 2019 08:49 AM PDT Unless I missed something, haven't found any news about when MSI will get MAX mobos out. I've found some are available in UK, and some results for the list of which boards MSI is releasing as Max, but nothing about when we can buy them here. Guess I'm stuck buying a current mobo and dealing w/the bios in a year or when I upgrade the cpu. Oh well. Anyone have better information? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My friend just bricked my computer Posted: 10 Aug 2019 02:06 PM PDT My other friend is coming over tomorrow morning to try to fix it. What happened was... Got a new monitor, graphics card, and ssd. My friend came over and switched out the graphics card, hooked up the monitor and now it was time to do the ssd. He wanted to put my windows on the ssd so my computer boots faster. He first tried using EASEUS. I kept watching him try to "take from HDD -> SSD" but it kept saying that it didn't have enough room, yet it showed "SSD 250~ gb remaining". He then changed a bunch of partitions (i don't even know what they are) and tried changing a bunch of settings over the next 10 minutes and it kept giving him the same message. I am not sure when, but some time during his quest to do this, he wiped my hard drive (I gave him permission idc). Still wouldn't work. Now, he tried using my sisters surface pro 3 to clone her windows onto it or whatever then put it on mine using the SSD. It did not work. He then tried to download a fresh windows 10 onto the ssd and put it on my computer. It did not work. My computer will now not boot up passed BIOS and is only giving me one option under what to boot Has anyone ever experienced something like that? Or have any idea what the problem might be? I mean, I'm sure the problem is that my computer doesn't have windows or whatever, but if that's the case, wouldn't we just be able to put windows on as if it was a brand new build? I don't know Thank you for reading and thank you for the help [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [troubleshooting] Replaced CPU cooler, system doesn't power on Posted: 10 Aug 2019 01:57 PM PDT I have a build I've been using successfully for a couple of months. Ryzen 2600X on an ASRock X470 Taichi motherboard. [Edit: PSU is an Antec 620M.] I had a Noctua cooler from my previous build, but put together my new build using the included Wraith while waiting for Noctua to send me an AM4 bracket. (Which they did within a couple of days but I've been lazy about doing the swap.) Anyway, today I went ahead and swapped the Wraith for my Noctua. I was careful to get my CPU heated up a bit (~50F) via software load and to twist the Wraith off before pulling. The CPU obligingly stayed put and kept its lid on. [Edit: I also completely cleaned off the old CPU paste with rubbing alcohol on a cotton pad and added a fresh dot of Arctic Silver.] After attaching the heatsink and plugging the CPU fan in, I put my case cover back on and plugged everything back in. However, the power button did nothing. The motherboard's LEDs lit up to indicate it was receiving power, but none of the system fans (not even the PSU fan) spun up. I removed the case cover again to check the diagnostic LED, but it was blank. Not even a 00 or FF error that I'd expect from a poorly seated CPU. Things I've tried: reseating the motherboard power connectors, reseating the power button connectors. I've checked that the cable for the power button is intact and not pinched or frayed. I checked the memory seating, too. I've cleared the CMOS. Only thing I haven't done yet is reseat the CPU itself, which I'm about to do, but I wanted to post first in case that doesn't work, so folks will have time to post the obvious thing I'm missing by the time I check Reddit again. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 04:09 PM PDT So earlier this year I bought the NZXT Kraken x62 with compatibility for AM4 (I have a Ryzen 2700x) However I was going to wait to install it since I have moved 3 times in 5 months. Long story short, they no longer use that same system, and what they have available is not compatible. Does anyone know where I could find the standoffs I need? It's difficult for me to search since I don't have much time. Thank you in advance. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 04:05 PM PDT I'm trying to make a move from console to pc and I don't really know what to look for in a case. I have a micro atx motherboard and I'm looking to spend around 70 dollars on a case. What should I look for and expect for a case? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is there enough clearance for everything to fit in this case Posted: 10 Aug 2019 04:00 PM PDT https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/BrickUNIT19381/saved/rVB9GX Buying everything tomorrow unless told otherwise [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How do I stop caps lock from turning on but I can still use it? Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:59 PM PDT I like using it to sprint instead of shift. how do i do it? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Low FPS and Poor Performance Compared to Other PC's of Similar Build According to PCBenchmark Posted: 10 Aug 2019 01:26 PM PDT Today I was playing Destiny 2 and noticed very low FPS (didn't matter if I was in 1440p or 1080p) and when I turned on the FPS counter I was getting between 30 to 50 FPS, I have a hardware monitor through CAM and it shows that my CPU, GPU, and RAM aren't being fully utilized in game. Thank you for any help provided. Monitor is a 144 Hz 1440p GSYNC monitor. [UserBenchmarks: Game 94%, Desk 56%, Work 67%](https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/19180554) ||Model|Bench :----|:----|:----| **CPU**|[AMD Ryzen 7 1700X](https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/AMD-Ryzen-7-1700X/Rating/3915)|70.9% **GPU**|[Nvidia GTX 1080](https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Nvidia-GTX-1080/Rating/3603)|116.9% **SSD**|[SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB](https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Plus-128GB/Rating/1887)|318% **HDD**|[Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB](https://hdd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/10480/Microsoft-Storage-Space-Device)|89.1% **RAM**|[G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB](https://ram.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/236585/GSKILL-F4-3000C16-8GTZR-2x8GB)|78.1% **MBD**|[MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)](https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/MSI-X370-GAMING-PRO-CARBON-MS-7A32/51320)| [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How would you make this cheaper? Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:35 PM PDT I need to make this build cheaper by at least $100. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yGCsRJ Should I try to find some used parts, like a monitor? I need a computer for school eventually so time is somewhat sensitive. I'm looking for a PC that will be reliable, and quick. It doesn't have to be super amazing though. Send tips for building a computer too, as I know next to nothing. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Ryzen not booting on B450i Posted: 10 Aug 2019 01:17 PM PDT Just built a computer with a Ryzen 3700x on the ASUS B450i mini ITX AMD board from scratch, did not own the motherboard before to update the bios. Got no comments on compatibility being an issue, but it seems that this might be... Need some input pretty bummed lol [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:27 PM PDT Is this good or does anyone have any suggestions for me thanks. If the price is $0 it means I already own that piece [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:18 PM PDT So, i accidentally dropped my ryzen 5 2600 cpu and it bent a bit, so i corrected the pins (using the razorblade method) and realized that one pin broke off... I looked it up and thought i was in luck because it could be "and extra ground pin" or "an unused memory pin". So i tried to install it, and the first time i installed it, no problems, but the power supply wasn't distributing power (at all, not even the psu fan turned on). So i took it all apart, and now when i try to install the cpu and heatsink, i end up messing up, and when i try to pull out the heat sink from the motherboard, it pulls the cpu out with it with little to no resistance whatsoever. Any help or reasons why this might be the case. I might need to buy a cpu, but i am going to try everything before i have to pay an extra $140 [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buying my first monitor, so many technical gibberish, help? Posted: 10 Aug 2019 03:17 PM PDT Hi fellow builders, I've mainly play games on a laptop, and I've recently got a better one with a decent graphics card (1050 ti) and a better screen (720p to 1080p) so I've been pushing my graphics settings and I love how nice 1080p@60Hz on ultra looks! I'm saving up to build my first PC (probably around xmas) and I've spared some money to buy a monitor now (so I can experience gaming on a beautiful screen). The thing is, I don't understand much about all the technical gibberish of monitors and reading about it doesn't really help because the specs are hard to understand without experience (like how does it feel to play on an IPS or a TN panel). Here's my dream set up
Here are some monitors I've found:
What do you think? What's your setup? [link] [comments]  |
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