Simple Questions - December 16, 2019 |
- Simple Questions - December 16, 2019
- Being a father / building a mini itx PC in secret for Xmas
- I am allowed to solicit my family for one PC part of around $150-$200 because I bought Airpods for someone; what should I get?
- Should I be worried?
- What essential tools will I need after I have all 7 parts?
- I built my best friend a computer for his Birthday/Christmas
- [Help] My newly built pc keeps freezing!
- All parts ordered for my wife's budget build. Now we sit and refresh tracking numbers every 5 seconds!
- 1080p/144hz: GTX 1660 Ti vs RTX 2060
- Prospective GPU upgrade for 1080p/60hz?
- Pc build.
- What graphics card to upgrade to?
- [Monitor] 1440p vs 1080p, Ryzen 5 3600/RTX 2070 Super
- Best 500 GB ssd for around 65 dollars.
- New build, no output
- Best air cooler under 155mm?
- When I was installing new thermal paste this fell out
- PC sparks when turning off
- CPU for VR
- Fan light went out?
- Last post before buying check it pls
- ~$600 PC Build Specifically For Overwatch
- Not sure how to connect front panel USB headers
- Can CPU coolers be too heavy?
- No CPU fan spin no post
| Simple Questions - December 16, 2019 Posted: 16 Dec 2019 04:15 AM PST 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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| Being a father / building a mini itx PC in secret for Xmas Posted: 16 Dec 2019 06:03 AM PST Hi everyone, My son has been asking for a gaming PC, his very first one, months ago. I told him that he'll have to earn it by working hard at school, nothing's free right ? Well he did and got excellent results, way beyond my expectations ! Xmas 2019 is coming, so he asked for it again. Problem: I couldn't save enough money for him and told him to give me some time and maybe he will get it for his birthday on April 2020 :( Here in France, PC parts cost a kidney. He wasn't upset at all, he's a good kid and he knows that we get rewarded for our daily actions. We parents always do our best for our kids. I didn't want him to think that he worked hard in vain. So I sold my entire superheroes DC Comics collection figures ( sayonara Superman ) and got the money for him, he doesn't know this, that's our secret ! I was aiming for a mid end and future proof gaming PC, so that he won't be frustrated for the few upcoming years. Kids grow up fast, he's already 14 and time flies fast. Maybe he'll leave the house in 3 or 4 years to go to college. I remembered being broke as a student and I just wanted him to have a decent and yet upgradable PC, replacing one or two parts such as a GPU or CPU is easier than changing the whole PC , isn't it ? So I got all the parts and built in secret a mini itx PC, again so that is easier to carry and store in a student dorm room. Some people only think as far as tomorrow, I think years ahead. Building in that NZXT H210 case was very easy thanks to its size. I went on a pink and blue theme since those are his favorite colors.
And here is Sans ( referring to one of his favorite game character from Undertale ) the Mini ITX PC in all its Glory. https://imgur.com/gallery/jmp2Vku Christmas is coming in a few days, can't wait to offer him his dream PC. He has no idea what is waiting for him around the corner. I hadn't half the chance that he has now when I was a kid, keep working hard, keep being nice, caring about the others, sharing and helping and you'll be rewarded, if I can see this, hopefully somebody else one day will do too and again you'll get REWARDED and I promise: you won't have to hunt for happiness. Love you son. Daddy Sending positive vibes to all the fathers and mothers out there and wishing the best to everyone for the end of the year and the new upcoming year. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 15 Dec 2019 09:36 PM PST If I ask for anything that exceeds around $200 they will think I am greedy. Current rig:
Edit: I have decided to buy a new case and see how many Newegg gift cards I can get. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 08:54 AM PST Whenever I break my case open, turn everything off, and turn it back on the fans will go full blast. The fans turn off and it does this for 1 or 2 more times before it finally boots up, should I be nervous about that? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What essential tools will I need after I have all 7 parts? Posted: 16 Dec 2019 11:01 AM PST | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I built my best friend a computer for his Birthday/Christmas Posted: 16 Dec 2019 11:04 AM PST Hey everyone, I've been wanting to do this for a couple years, but this year I finally had enough extra money to do something really awesome. For my best friend's birthday (the 24th, sucks to be him lol) I built him his first computer. He has been wanting to get into the world of pc gaming for a very long time, but could never afford it. I've known this for the entire 5 years we have been friends, and have always wanted to build him a gaming pc, but have never really been able to afford it (met him when I was 13, I'm 18 now.) Now fast forward a couple years, I have a job and some extra money and am feeling extra generous and am super super excited to see his reaction on his Christmas eve when he comes over for a few hours to hang out with my family and I can give it to him. Now for the actual specs. I had a budget of about ~$500 for this build and made do with what I could.
Now for the pictures, I tried my very hardest with cable management and think it turned out pretty damn well, I also took pictures of my building process. :) https://imgur.com/gallery/DEmAFkP Finally for those curious, I downloaded League of Legends (easy to run) and PUBG (kind of hard to run but not crazy) to test out and see what kind of performance it gets and it got an average of about 180fps at max settings on League of Legends and 70fps at High settings on PUBG at 1080p [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Help] My newly built pc keeps freezing! Posted: 16 Dec 2019 01:52 PM PST https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hQmQdm So every now and then when I have multiple chrome tabs my computer freezes. How can this be if i got a great cou and great ram? Anyone know what's going on with this [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 09:26 AM PST
All parts are new out of box except the Mobo which was open box at Microcenter. Originally was going to go with R5 1600 + B450M Pro but when I saw the open box was still eligible for the $20 off Microcenter deal I decided to upgrade her CPU up to a R5 2600. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1080p/144hz: GTX 1660 Ti vs RTX 2060 Posted: 16 Dec 2019 11:14 AM PST I found these 2 models in my country on a difference between $80 dollars: Whats the best choice for 1080p/144hz? I play most online games like CS, PUBG, Overwatch, Squad, MMORPG's. Thanks! [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prospective GPU upgrade for 1080p/60hz? Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:15 PM PST I'm weighing my options right now. Budget is anything under $200, because I'm really just trying to get an idea of what I can find used that will run new games at max settings. My existing card (GTX 970) is starting to consistently run out of VRAM. I'm leaning towards the RX 580 8GB, since they can be found used for around $100-$150. Any more powerful cards at a similar price point? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 05:11 AM PST I'm looking to get almost all new parts. Let me know how this looks! https://pcpartpicker.com/list/F2gZcq (P.S. I have an asus rog strix 1080 GPU I'll be using and an 850W platinum certified PSU along with a 1tb HDD in case you guys where wondering why I didn't have those items on the list. I'll also be upgrading in the future to a 2080 super btw) [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What graphics card to upgrade to? Posted: 16 Dec 2019 10:46 AM PST I'm currently still using my GTX 760 and have been thinking about upgrading for a long time. I have a $200-$250 budget ($300 if it's really a good deal) and I'm not averse to buying used. I've been leaning toward a used GTX 1080 because I'm seeing them for sub-$250, but is there a better option? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Monitor] 1440p vs 1080p, Ryzen 5 3600/RTX 2070 Super Posted: 16 Dec 2019 11:43 AM PST Hello, I have upgraded my CPU and my motherboard about 2 months ago for a Ryzen 5 3600 and a B450 Gaming Pro AC. I just bought an MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X. I now have to buy a new monitor and I hesitate between a 1080p or 1440p monitor. I like to play at high settings and 1440p 144Hz seems hard to obtain on certain games (looking at benchmarks, not tested myself). I mostly play FPS games (Modern Warfare and BFV), but I like to play games like Witcher, Jedi Fallen Order, Cyberpunk(when it will release), etc. I was tending to buy a 1080p monitor since I can have a good one for ~300$ while for 1440p I have to pay at least 500$. I live in Canada, so price are higher here. So I just wanted a little input from you guys. Thanks a lot. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best 500 GB ssd for around 65 dollars. Posted: 16 Dec 2019 02:13 PM PST | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 04:14 PM PST Hi. I recently put together a new build. After assembling everything and double checking, I tried to boot. Machine turns on, but no display output. I am wracking my brain trying to figure out why this is happening but no luck so far. Power supply: tested it, all output within spec. Unplugged/replugged all connections twice. RAM: reseated. HDDs: unplugged all, so only the NVMe drive is connected. All case fans/LEDs turn on without issue, so the mobo is likely not the problem, I think. I have tried output from the mobo VGA as well as HDMI from the GPU. No output at all. Does anyone have any ideas?? Specs: AsRock EPYCD8 mobo AMD EPYC 24core CPU 8x 8GB Crucial RAM EVGA 1200W 80+P PSU Nvidia Titan Xp GPU [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 02:01 PM PST I'm trying to decide between the Scythe Mugen 5 revb.b and the Fuma 2. This will be installed on my R7 3600x which is in an Aorus elite MB with G.Skill Trident z Neo ram (kinda tall). In a Lian Li O11 dynamic (Non XL). I currently have a Noctua NH-U9s (dual fan) installed and it's idling between 38c-50c and hits 72c while running cinebench. This doesn't seem right to me being that this is all at bone stock clocks. Eventually I plan on building a nice custom liquid loop, but for now I just want an air cooler that will keep this thing cool running stock clocks. What do you recommend? Thanks! [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When I was installing new thermal paste this fell out Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:38 PM PST This fell out where I'm supposed to screw the cpu in how do I put it back on Image: Cpu bracket fell when installing new thermal paste https://imgur.com/gallery/kOPJCp9 [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 01:22 PM PST My brand new PC sparks when I use the shut down button in windows (by spark I mean there's a sudden white flash and everything turns off). It still boots up fine afterwards but the boot times are significantly longer than what I believe it should be, since I'm booting from an SSD. Does anyone know what might be causing this? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:33 PM PST I bought a Valve Index and a 2070 Super Founders Edition which are currently paired with my slightly aging i5-2500K. In most games the CPU does surprisingly well, considering its age, but it definitely struggles with some. So I'm trying to decide what CPU to upgrade to. I'm very torn between the 3600X, probably with a B450 Tomahawk board, or a 9600K, maybe 9700K at a push. The Ryzen is such a good deal though, but I keep reading that the Intel CPUs do a bit better at gaming. Any suggestions between these three? Is the Intel worth the extra? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:24 PM PST Fan works but light went out and it was prebuilt pc bought from Best Buy, idk much about pc so if anyone could help that'll be appreciated... https://i.imgur.com/1YjHUiL.jpg [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last post before buying check it pls Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:23 PM PST Good stuff?good ssd? Everything fits and works together? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZHGHWb [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ~$600 PC Build Specifically For Overwatch Posted: 16 Dec 2019 07:11 AM PST I have been lurking this board for a bit now, there are a LOT of impressive builds, some of which are works of art. My background with PC's and PC building is relevant up to around 2005, which is when I got my CompTIA A+ so, basically it's only somewhat relevant today. I have enough sense to know what is needed to build a functional PC and how to put it all together, I also know I have no experience with modern PC parts and am not fluent in the commonly avoided brands/models and the ones regarded as best bang for your buck, etc. I only need a PC to run Overwatch, which I will list their minimum/recommended specs. I am looking to either buy a prebuilt or build my own PC that can at least run the game at medium graphic settings without hiccup & has potential for upgrades in the future. I may plan to stream my gameplay on a platform like Twitch, so considering that, can anybody give me a point in the right direction with key components, advice in general or link me to prebuilt systems that are under $600 in price? I don't want someone to do all of the work for me, but a bit of guidance from a guru would be well appreciated! Thank you so much! Here are the specs of the game I would like to run: Overwatch: Minimum Requirements
Overwatch: Recommended Requirements
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| Not sure how to connect front panel USB headers Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:20 PM PST I'm not sure how to connect my case's front panel USB header to the motherboard, and I don't know if I risk shorting something out if I connect it the wrong way. I'm using a Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard and a Rosewill RSV-L4500 Case. I've looked in the motherboard manual, but it's kind of unclear. Here's what it shows. Can anyone tell me the right way to connect it? What does "key" mean for pin #10 in the table? Why is the bottom left pin on each USB header in the picture of the motherboard blacked out? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 03:12 PM PST Hi all. Building my first PC and my parts have started to arrive in the mail. I got the Scythe Fuma 2 CPU cooler and an mATX mobo from MSI. Lifting the Fuma 2, I noticed the box was quite heavy, which made me wonder if it would put too much pressure on the mobo and bend it? Does anyone have any experience with this? Is this something that I should be worried about? I'm still waiting on my case to arrive, so I haven't opened anything yet in case I need to make a return. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2019 02:56 PM PST Hi I'm quite experienced with PC building i just want to double check before starting a return I'm building a PC for my bother for Christmas and put everything in tried turning on the GPU fans spin same with case fans. I did some trouble shooting swapped the GPU into my working PC posts fine though it Also swapped the PSU cables out for my current PSU which works fine still no post. I reinserted the CPU several times just to make sure it is not a faulty connection. The CPU heats up so its getting power just posts nothing the CPU fan twitches a little on start up but no spin. the CPU is a r3 2300x, the GPU is a 1050ti and mobo is A320M-HDV r4.0 and yes I did check if the bios is compatible which it is. I do not currently have another compatible ryzen socket so I cannot test if it is the Socket Any idea if it could be anything but a dead CPU? Thanks for the help in advance. [link] [comments]  |
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