Simple Questions - February 04, 2022 |
- Simple Questions - February 04, 2022
- Here to help? Read this.
- Mouse leaking sticky black fluid
- I did it! It took me about 7 hours last night, but I got everything assembled and working.
- Should I get 3080 or 3080Ti for 1440P Gaming?
- TIL: Use both power cables for your RTX3000 GPU
- How to convince my parents to let me build a pc(with my own money)
- Bare minimum GPU for Gaming
- Finally put my new rig together, and what a beauty it is! [White O11D EVO)
- Should I buy I5 12400f ( 200 usd ) + b660 ( 120 usd ) or r5 5600x ( 310 usd )
- CPU reaching 100°C at 100%
- 1060 for 60$?
- What can i improve and/or lower the cost of a energy efficient build? (help)
- RX 6500 xt Or RX 6600
- Spinning to live yet no signal on monitor
- Is this damage?
- New RTX 3060TI flickering in game! Help me understand if its default!
- Build temps I7 12700k, MSI Gaming x Trio 3080
- Can't install windows on my new pc.
- Can i use a Gen 3.0 M.2 NVMe SSD in a Gen 4.0 Slot?
- Is it ok to put PC near the heater?
- How do I activate a SSD with files on a different PC?
- What motherboard should i get for i5 10400?
- 11400F + 3060TI low fps
- Ups - Uninterruptible Power Supply recommendation
- Do I have to re-place thermal paste if I want to reposition my AIO?
| Simple Questions - February 04, 2022 Posted: 03 Feb 2022 09:00 PM 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 suitable for here:
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| Posted: 03 Feb 2022 10:41 PM PST Like many of you, I'm here to help people get into PC hardware. I've been on this subreddit helping out for the best part of half a decade, with probably thousands of users helped by now whether it be immediately or by someone else chancing upon a thread later and learning from it. Recently, I've noticed many users coming on with good intentions but who are severely lacking in hardware knowledge and end up posting misleading information. For example, someone yesterday told some newbie shopping for a PSU that he should open it up to replace the faulty fan. That's not just wrong, that's potentially lethal. Of course, I could not just leave the thread open without correcting the them because of a fear that a 12 year old kid was going to see the thread a year later and think that opening a PSU was a good idea. Instead of taking the opportunity to learn, they began arguing that they were correct despite not being able to produce any reliable source. I don't want someone to say that this subreddit was the cause of a kid being hospitalised, and I'm pretty sure you don't either. I've seen similar careless advice given at least once a day over the last year or so. Sometimes it's a waste of money, like recommending components that don't fit users needs. Someone today said integrated graphics was fine for running a dual display flight simulator at 4K, for example. Sometimes it's a waste of time, like saying components are alright when they have a chance of not working out of the box eg recommending a 5600G with a board with no BIOS flashback. It simply may not work because it doesn't have an updated BIOS and then they'll have to deal with the hassle of returns etc. That's going to be frustrating for the end user and I've seen them return confused and ask why. I don't want our community to disappoint new users and turn them off PC building so it really saddens me to see that, even more so when I realise I can't help them. Sometimes it's outright dangerous, like the PSU example. On behalf of this subreddit, please be responsible for your comments. Don't jump in with good intentions and cause more problems than you solve. If you don't know, that's fine. Slowly read and learn, that's how you get good at stuff. Please don't just jump in because you wanted to feel good for 'helping' someone and end up causing more problems. It's really great that you want to help, but please make sure that you are helping and not getting the people you're helping into bigger messes. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mouse leaking sticky black fluid Posted: 03 Feb 2022 05:58 PM PST Every few days some black, sticky fluid leaks from my mouse and i have to keep cleaning it every few days coz the mouse becomes sticky, the fluid smells weird, like a disinfectant, something strong you would use to clean a toilet for example and it's very sticky. Unfortunately i don't have pics right now because i just cleaned it and wasn't planning on asking, wasn't thinking much of it but my paranoia is overwhelming me now because my fingers have been swollen for a couple months and i'm not sure if it's just from the cold weather or... something toxic is leaking from my mouse, it's a cheap Chinese mouse (Jertech Sword XP10) [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I did it! It took me about 7 hours last night, but I got everything assembled and working. Posted: 04 Feb 2022 04:09 AM PST
I went a little overboard after getting some feedback from here and some other places. In the end I am totally happy with the result! It has run all of the games I want it to so far. It is a little hard to judge graphics right now, I ordered a new monitor but it got delayed with the weather in the midwest. [Pictures]https://imgur.com/a/Z2TL5kc [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Should I get 3080 or 3080Ti for 1440P Gaming? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 04:10 AM PST I mainly play Competitive and fps game with a Ryzen 5 5600x CPU. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TIL: Use both power cables for your RTX3000 GPU Posted: 03 Feb 2022 02:38 AM PST I recently had to troubleshoot the PC of a friend wich was instantly shutting down after starting a game. I first checked thermals and software but then came to the conclusion that the PSUs over current protection kicks in. I specifically got him a 750W be quiet PSU because of the high power draw spikes on RTX3000. After trying a couple of things I put in the second PCIE cable instead of using a single one for both slots. An voila..it works perfectly fine now. I never knew this could cause a shutdown but splitting the power draw fixed the issue. The card used in the build is an RTX3060Ti without any oc. I hope this helps someone with a similar issue. I've built some PCs already in my life and had no idea about this. Have a nice day :) [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How to convince my parents to let me build a pc(with my own money) Posted: 04 Feb 2022 05:16 AM PST Situation: I want to build my own pc and have been wanting to for some time. But my parents wont let me build one since i have a iPad i use as my primary computer i technically dont need a new pc. How to convince them? [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 03 Feb 2022 08:39 PM PST I want to build a PC for gaming (flight sim mostly). What model mobo and GPU would you recommend if I want to first build a budget friendly yet sufficient one ?Once the GPU prices go down I want to upgrade to one of those 3090 RTX. As for the monitors I'm thinking to get 2 curved 4K HDR ones. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finally put my new rig together, and what a beauty it is! [White O11D EVO) Posted: 04 Feb 2022 07:35 AM PST Build pics: https://imgur.com/a/eklM1am Really happy with how it turned out! Just a few more low priority things to change before it's fully finished, namely:
Mostly complete setup part list for whoever is interested: PCPartPicker Part List [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Should I buy I5 12400f ( 200 usd ) + b660 ( 120 usd ) or r5 5600x ( 310 usd ) Posted: 04 Feb 2022 03:15 AM PST My current system is b450, ryzen 5 3500, rtx 3060 Note that my motherboard and chip can be sold, so I'm wondering which upgrade path should I choose. [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 03 Feb 2022 06:30 PM PST So I recently built a new PC, the CPU is an i5 11400 with an Intel stock cooler. My problem is that when the CPU hits 100% utilization, the power draw increases to about 110W and the temp jumps to close to 100°C. At the moment I've limited it to 99% utilization through Control Panel's power management and the power draw doesn't exceed 45W, and temperature is around 60°. Should I just keep those settings and use this or is there a way of limiting the TDP to around 90W? Screenshot of the AfterBurner Graph. The peak is when I put it under full load EDIT : Thanks for all the advice guys! I'll be looking at new coolers now. Also apologies to anyone who thought I was dismissing their advice on getting a new cooler, I was worried that the power draw was unusual for this CPU [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 03 Feb 2022 10:30 PM PST Seller is offering a listing of palit 3gb 1060 for 60$ albeit with a small defect they say? " Most often it would work, but sometimes it just restarts for some reason " I badly want to replace my 750ti, and I can maybe troubleshoot this but can you guys give some of your insights? [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What can i improve and/or lower the cost of a energy efficient build? (help) Posted: 04 Feb 2022 02:36 AM PST Hi everyone, so i'm building a new mini-itx pc, but on a pretty tight budget. Here is all the config that i have:
So a couple of question:
Also when i will got it, i will undervolt the heck out of it to save power, so is the psu as stable as a seasonic one? Edit: I will use the Ghost S1 case from Louqe (I know it not budget) [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spinning to live yet no signal on monitor Posted: 04 Feb 2022 06:11 AM PST Spinning to life but no signal Went for my pc build today and when I clicked the power button at first it spun to life and I got a boot screen that I couldn't get away from so I re set a few times and not I am not catching any signal but it still spins to life There is also a cable labeled LED that is coming from the case that I am unsure where it goes, is it important? [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 04 Feb 2022 08:23 AM PST Hello, could you please take a look at this and tell me if it looks damaged? Sorry for the bad quality, my phone is pretty bad. I want to know if Intel could consider this something that breaks their warranty policy [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New RTX 3060TI flickering in game! Help me understand if its default! Posted: 04 Feb 2022 04:34 AM PST Hi all, I got a new PC and while i was gaming i noticed that i have a very bad flickering that happens in some situations mainly shadows/water. For the majority of the time it is ok so thats why im also not understanding if the GPU was indeed defect i would see that all the time , right? This is the video example : In this case i have the game option all maxed out with DLSS on balanced with 16x anisotropic but ive tried with ani 0x and all DLSS options and this always happen. Is there any program that i can use to try to understand if the GPU is damaged or this have to do with the codding of the game? Really freaking out since ive put alot of money on this PC :/ [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Build temps I7 12700k, MSI Gaming x Trio 3080 Posted: 04 Feb 2022 08:08 AM PST CPU Idle - 34-37c, CPU Game Load - 55-62c, CPU Cinebench load - 85c max, GPU Idle - 30-32c, GPU Game load - 65-70c CPU is running with a H100i Elite Capellix 360 cooler. Both cpu and gpu have custom "quiet" fan curve on them. Both are completely stock with no overclock. From research I think I'm in the normal range. I just used the Corsair preapplied thermal paste so maybe changing that out would low temps a little, idk if it would be worth it though. Let me know thoughts? Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can't install windows on my new pc. Posted: 04 Feb 2022 05:52 AM PST So I just finished building my first pc and when I tried to install windows, from an usb stick, I got a message saying " We couldn't find any drivers. To get a storage device, click Load driver". So I went to the bios to check if it recognise the ssd. And it does, so I can't understand why Im getting this message. Motherboard: Micro-ATX Gigabyte B560M Aorus Pro Drive: SSD M.2 2280 Western digital black SN750SE 1TB 3D NAND NVMe [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can i use a Gen 3.0 M.2 NVMe SSD in a Gen 4.0 Slot? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 07:56 AM PST So, i've ordered the parts to build my new PC, all using PCPartPicker, and this didn't flag as an issue so assumed it was okay. I've got the B550 Tomahawk Motherboard, which i know has 2 M.2 Drive slots. I've got 2 Samsung 980 M.2 Drives, a 500GB which will be for my OS and a 1TB for everything else. My question is, will i have issues using the 500GB M.2 in the Gen 4.0 slot on my motherboard? Or will it work fine, but just not as quick as a Gen 4.0 M.2 would in that slot [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is it ok to put PC near the heater? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 04:09 AM PST Hello guys! My room is really small, and this is the only spot. Is it really that bad? https://imgur.com/x5x3KKW [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How do I activate a SSD with files on a different PC? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 05:42 AM PST I want to switch my secondary sata ssd on my office pc. But it will start unallocated right? So if I do the usual New Simple Volume then the next step is "perform a quick format". I want to keep my files in it. And I don't know if I should check the "perform a quick format". Should I check the box or no? [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What motherboard should i get for i5 10400? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 07:44 AM PST I bought a used 1660 super from my friend for $150. My cpu is old, i5 3 gen So i decided to upgrade to a i5 10400. So, What motherboard should i get My budget maximum is $140 "Msi b560m pro vdh wifi "is one good i found in the web( its similar to b560m bazoooka) Is 6 usb ports enought? Thank you Notes: I dont actualy need 2 x16 slots I plan to get a nvme(sn 550 500gb) [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 04 Feb 2022 03:53 AM PST Hi as the title suggests I get low fps in warzone/caldera with everything mainly on low (around 60-70fps) on 1440P. I was wondering what might be the problem. CPU:11400F GPU: 3060TI Gigabyte 3 FAN SSD: Samsung 970 evo plus RAM: 2 x 8 (16gb total) Kingston Fury Beast 3200 Mhz in slots 2 and 4 CPU fan: noctua dh-15s Motherboard: MSI B560M PRO-VDH PSU: Corsair modular 650W Gold rated Monitor: LG27GP850 180hz Keyboard: Corsair k65 mini 1000hz polling rate Mouse: G pro superlight 1000hz polling rate I use the ultimate performance battery plan and have all my nvidia drivers up to date with performance settings selected in the nvidia control panel under 3d settings. I get around 60c degrees on my cpu when I play Warzone and roughly 60-70c degrees on the GPU when I play Warzone. Ive tried using ISLC and I cant notice any difference. Any advice would be appreciated [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ups - Uninterruptible Power Supply recommendation Posted: 04 Feb 2022 07:36 AM PST I am looking to buy a decent UPS. I am constantly looking over at /buildapcsales but they never post sales for UPSs. I would prefer to buy a decent used ups shell and then order a new battery for it so save money. I currently do not have a ups so anything is an upgrade. I am looking to power just my gaming PC. I have a 750watt power supply on it. Any recommendations and sites to buy from? Thank you [link] [comments] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Do I have to re-place thermal paste if I want to reposition my AIO? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 05:17 AM PST Hey guys, Basically my AIO is routed in a way that it would block a sensor monitor I plan to install at the back of my PC. My plan was to switch its orientation of the tubes and I'll probably need to re-install the AIO (I don't think they can be rotated? correct me if i'm wrong), will I need to repaste the CPU when doing so? I just installed the AIO and repasted it a few days back. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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