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Depressing Box posted:Hmm, It looks like the other slot is listed as "PCIe 3.0 x4 (PCH)", so I'm guessing that won't work. Yeah hwmonitor is fine. You can also run nvidia stat overlay which will give you GPU and CPU temps with the most detailed setting.
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Thom ZombieForm posted:I am retarded Sorry for your troubles and I hope you get it sorted, but please do not use this word. Thank you.
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Gamers Nexus put out their annual best/worst airflow PC cases vid. Good ol' Meshify C still gets praised as usual, alongside a wish (that we all have) that the C would get a product update like the larger cousins just have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMNu0gWlZw But in there for the 'worst' case of 2020 is one they actually did a funny video review about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OupiPZybyBE This abomination has twelve loving fans, but rather than cool, cooks the components like an oven.  
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Spacedad posted:Gamers Nexus put out their annual best/worst airflow PC cases vid. You skipped the latest video where he talks about the new Meshify 2 and a bunch of other good poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhf97n0eqx4 If you want a bigger case and like RGB  the Phanteks P500A Digital looks really good and IIRC the smaller P400A RGB version tested well too.We love the Meshify series because this thread is traditionally full of grumpy old bastards who don't do RGB and it's maybe the only windowless, 100% bling free airflow case line. 
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My dad needs a new tower for his garage in which he offices, smokes pot, and watches old Rolling Stones and Muddy Waters DVDs. He'll run MS Office Suite, browse the internet, watch DVDs, and stream online video. He will connect to both an average Dell monitor, and eventually a HDTV on the wall. He insists that he needs a DVD drive... 1) Is integrated graphics good enough for displaying to a HDTV and monitor at the same time? No gaming, just DVDs and streaming HD video/Netflix/Hulu. 2) Does anyone have a favorite DVD software they recommend to old people? 3) Any other thoughts? I'm pretty close to a Microcenter if needed; will probably try to get Windows 10 from SA Mart. Thanks much. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($138.06 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.00 @ Amazon) Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory ($51.49 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon) Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($59.41 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ Amazon) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.99 @ Newegg) Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($34.99 @ Amazon) Total: $621.90 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 10:20 EST-0500
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Sorry for not watching the video if this exact thing gets mentioned but uh, isn't that sort of the specific design principle behind a convection oven?   The GPU is the "third heat."
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dross eater posted:My dad needs a new tower for his garage in which he offices, smokes pot, and watches old Rolling Stones and Muddy Waters DVDs. He'll run MS Office Suite, browse the internet, watch DVDs, and stream online video. He will connect to both an average Dell monitor, and eventually a HDTV on the wall. He insists that he needs a DVD drive... For home/office PC use you can't beat a used Dell or the like. Get something like Haswell (4XXX) or newer, put in an SSD, get an external DVD drive if it doesn't have one, and you're good to go.
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My new build POSTs! Only one minor issue so far, my palit 3080 comes with an anti sag bracket but there is a screw on the meshify C preventing it from going in properly. Do I actually need the anti sag bracket?
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zhar posted:My new build POSTs! Nope! You're good.
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Just incase people didn't think about it, if you're desperate and willing to take the risk check your local craigslist, there were 3 3080's for sale in my city over the weekend, marked up by about $100-$200 but I assume if you're buying a 3080 day one that's not a lot of money to you.
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Wowporn posted:Just incase people didn't think about it, if you're desperate and willing to take the risk check your local craigslist, there were 3 3080's for sale in my city over the weekend, marked up by about $100-$200 but I assume if you're buying a 3080 day one that's not a lot of money to you. Yeah I’m waiting for overwatch 2 to come out and then if I don’t have the cards ill ebay.
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Just snatched up the last Ryzen 5 3600x at the local store for $220 
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I managed to find a FE 3080 at RRP but no way would I have paid scalper prices, both on principle and also because no I can't just afford an extra few hundred euros just for the sake of it. I'm refusing to buy the 5600x until I can get it for RRP too because gently caress the sites that have inflated it to €350+.
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spunkshui posted:Yeah I’m waiting for overwatch 2 to come out and then if I don’t have the cards ill ebay. i think the advice is: if you dont live in nowhere, to try locally. the markup is a lot more sane because they aren't able to sell to the entire country that also can't get cards. when you factor in they ate the tax and time/shipping it's... closer to fair. i've also already started to see 3070s pop up that were hold-over buys for people waiting for better, open but close to MSRP
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bus hustler posted:i think the advice is: if you dont live in nowhere, to try locally. the markup is a lot more sane because they aren't able to sell to the entire country that also can't get cards. when you factor in they ate the tax and time/shipping it's... closer to fair. I always get the XX70 cards but this year our financials are better then ever and we both have pandemic proof jobs we do from home. I want 80s dammit! I have had 3x gpu cables run for both our rigs since launch.  edit: I'm assuming im very not alone based on availability. You either have money right now and dont care about the price too much or you aren't in the market for a GPU at all. $500 cards used to sell well but now its more like $1000 or $200 cards the people want to pay for. Its because you cant spend money on travel or concerts or anything else so its far easier to pay for a $1000 gpu. spunkshui fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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sean10mm posted:You skipped the latest video where he talks about the new Meshify 2 and a bunch of other good poo poo. I checked the pricing/availability on his 2020 case roundup the hour the video went available and everything was OOS or third party for $300+. I was team RGB sucks until I went with the p400a RGB in white with the intention of turning it off but... drat does it look good on that case.
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sean10mm posted:We love the Meshify series because this thread is traditionally full of grumpy old bastards who don't do RGB and it's maybe the only windowless, 100% bling free airflow case line. I have a glass Meshify! I like looking at my DH-15. I call it "the tunnel of beige." People generally leave the room when i say it, but that's what I call it.
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Cyks posted:I checked the pricing/availability on his 2020 case roundup the hour the video went available and everything was OOS or third party for $300+. I was team RGB sucks until this year. RGB has been improved greatly. I have easily 100-200 addressable LEDs but my fans are all noctua  Toss 2x of these in your case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C9V1NF1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (each comes with 2 cables) You can chain 4 off 1 motherboard header. 
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sean10mm posted:We love the Meshify series because this thread is traditionally full of grumpy old bastards who don't do RGB and it's maybe the only windowless, 100% bling free airflow case line. Even so - Meshify also happens to look very good and actually does pair well with RGB components, if you get it with a glass side panel. The case is kind of like a happy medium if you don't want something that has that 'gamer aesthetic' where it looks like Tony Stark made it while drunk, but you also don't want something that's just a boring blank cube. For the C, the mesh front even comes in different colors if you're into that: https://www.fractal-design.com/products/accessories/color-mesh-panel-for-meshify-c/green/ ^^^ Weirdly I think the best looking combo is black case white front panel. Dr. Fishopolis posted:I have a glass Meshify! I like looking at my DH-15. I call it "the tunnel of beige." People generally leave the room when i say it, but that's what I call it. I went with the chromax route for the DH-15. Here's before I added the 2 chromax front fans:  I'm gonna add LED strips in the future for looks a bit like this: 
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Team black hole box because it lives in my living room and I’d rather put any extra money into performance over flashy bling bling. Money no object and it can hide in a closed room? Light that sucker up bright enough to get Batman to come to your window.
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Why is a P500a so difficult to find? It's been out since July right?
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I'm looking to upgrade my current set up that I built in 2014 (!) and have been piece-meal upgrading ever since. Currently I'm rocking: Intel Core i3 I3-4360 8gb memory + A 1050TI that I purchased in 2018, I also upgraded to a 1tb SSD a little bit ago. It's been working great for me for the most part with my less-than-demanding gaming needs (League of Legends, FFXIV are my main PC games). However my computer really struggles to run even slightly-older triple A games like Asassin's Creed: Origins and Apex Legends at 1600x1200, so I'm aiming to beef it up a little -- I'm not looking to run things at max settings but a consistent 60fps with medium settings would be peachy! PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Staples) Motherboard: ASRock B550M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.50 @ Vuugo) Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg Canada) Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.75 @ Vuugo) Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.75 @ Vuugo) Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg Canada) Total: $698.97 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 16:22 EST-0500 I'd carry over the 1050ti and the 1tb SSD. The main thing I'm unsure of is what a good "budget" card would be at the moment, ideally in the $200-$250 range. It also seems like my CPU was the biggest thing holding performance up; would the 1050ti be fine for now or is there something else that would give a good bang for my buck?
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victorisham posted:I'm looking to upgrade my current set up that I built in 2014 (!) and have been piece-meal upgrading ever since. I would also get a bit of a better PSU than that, e.g. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/KmgzK8/seasonic-focus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fm e: A video card worth getting for $250CAD is tough. The 1650 is better than the 1050 Ti but not amazingly so. RX580 if you can stretch the budget some? sean10mm fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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victorisham posted:I'm looking to upgrade my current set up that I built in 2014 (!) and have been piece-meal upgrading ever since. You might consider a 1650 Super too. It looks like it punches pretty well against the RX 580 suggested earlier but is newer and less power-hungry (Source: https://www.techspot.com/review/1945-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-super/). I've got one in a similar build, and I'm digging it so far. I've only played a little Witcher 3 on it, but it's held up to that at 1080p pretty well. I'd get in on the 3600 while you still can, seems like a pretty good price considering everything's a little more expensive up in Canada. Prices on those have been all over the map in the last week or so in the US.
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So Noctua's A12x25 PWM 4-pin fans are sold out everywhere at normal price, but I need some fans for a 3x120mm intake. Should I go with the high-pressure Noctua F12 or air-flow S12 for my case? It's a 4000D airflow. Not sure if that dust filter warrants the pressure fans up front or not.
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quote:e: A video card worth getting for $250CAD is tough. The 1650 is better than the 1050 Ti but not amazingly so. RX580 if you can stretch the budget some?
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Kingnothing posted:Team black hole box because it lives in my living room and I’d rather put any extra money into performance over flashy bling bling. For me the lights I plan on adding later would serve a function because A) I can use them for lighting up the system interior to check on components and B) I can sync them to the aura-sync motherboard, which displays color of RGB depending on CPU temp. Mood lighting is also nice if it's not obtrusive - though you might want to minimize visual distractions, it never hurts to add a little bit of visual appeal to make your workspace more pleasant. RGB should be used mostly for subtle accents or themed to an appealing color scheme, not gaudy random-rear end clownsuit rainbow unicorn-vomit that has no design sense to it. Outside of that, I actually think that it's a little pointless to RGB up your PC unless other people will be seeing it. You can always turn RGB off if it's a visual distraction, but a living room where you hang with friends & family is actually a pretty good place for a PC that has some nice flashy color themed RGB to it. (Kids & young-adult rooms it makes more sense for because kids and young college pal dorks will be hanging out together in there of course.) Spacedad fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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FreeKillB posted:On PCPartsPicker at least, it looks like 1650 supers are also on the list of cards (which now includes almost every nVidia card apparently?) that are starting to have serious stock issues outside of using a discord for alerts if you're looking to avoid serious markups. Given that you're looking at budget cards, I would probably recommend sticking with what you have for as long as you can tolerate it. If you want substantial performance improvement in that budget range you're probably going to need to hunt around for used cards. Best Buy has the single-fan 1650 super in stock for $170, but going used for a 1660 super or even longshot rtx 2060 wouldn't be bad
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Wrr posted:Okay, with that in mind then, is there a reason to go for the more expensive Corsair option rather than the cheaper ones? It's fine. I have been using GSkill ripjaws 5 for 2+ years. oloy i hadn't heard before this year but i hear it's fine but ugly
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I actually didn't have a look at the P500A Digital and I have to say that I'll have my eye on this for a potential future build. Particularly the white version:  It's definitely the kind of case I would want for building a secondary gaming-focused PC that would be set up in my living room play area. (For VR and couch gaming.) The case design looks classy and I can kinda see how the RGB fans and accent can be toyed with to make it look really nice in the room.
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Shogunner posted:So Noctua's A12x25 PWM 4-pin fans are sold out everywhere at normal price, but I need some fans for a 3x120mm intake. Everything warrants the a12x25. Just buy garbo fans and wait for restock. uphere 3-Pack Long Life Computer Case Fan 120mm Cooling Case Fan for Computer Cases Cooling,12BK3-3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072LDYKQ6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_bGyXFbRM9DTW0 With noctua to a lot of what you’re paying for is the engineering that goes into making a fan that will definitely last six years and stay quiet. Edit: lol they put “long life” in the name of the poo poo fans
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GreenBuckanneer posted:It's fine. I have been using GSkill ripjaws 5 for 2+ years. oloy i hadn't heard before this year but i hear it's fine but ugly Those corsair ram sticks look incredible in person. Almost too bright. They can charge more because their stuff looks the best basically. They literally sell dummy sticks with no ram. CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO Light Enhancement Kit (memory not included) – Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2QSY96/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_mOyXFbV8G3AQV I just made the sensible choice to by more ram then I really need instead of dummy sticks.
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Looking to upgrade my CPU+Mobo+RAM and possibly my case on my PC (because my front USB ports are half broken) from like 2014. Primarily for gaming. Currently rocking an i5-3570, 16gb ram, GTX 1060, and a 144hz 2560x1440 monitor but most games (Dota2, Apex, PoE) can't hit 144 FPS for me so my monitors kinda being wasted. My current case is a CM Storm scout and my PSU is I believe is a 650w corsair gold? Looking to spend around $400-500. Kild fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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Shogunner posted:So Noctua's A12x25 PWM 4-pin fans are sold out everywhere at normal price, but I need some fans for a 3x120mm intake. Can you fit 140s? The NFA-14s are available.
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Kild posted:Looking to upgrade my CPU+Mobo+RAM and possibly my case on my PC (because my front USB ports are half broken) from like 2014. Primarily for gaming. Spend all day in discord or f5'ing for a 5600X or 3070. The good last-gen stuff is all sold out too. New thread title: It's all sold out. Yes, all of it.
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Looking at the GPU section for my local microcenter is so hosed up, they are out of like every gaming grade graphics card they had. The only results in the first page that aren't sold out are like gt 710s and radeon 5450s. I didn't expect the new stuff to completely obliterate stock of everything else too
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Some Goon posted:Spend all day in discord or f5'ing for a 5600X or 3070. The good last-gen stuff is all sold out too. The 3700x seems to still be available for roughly MRSP at newegg, it's low value compared to getting a 5600x if you can, of course. Looks like 2600's have dried up completely, I guess the 2600x is technically not sold out yet at $200 but probably just a matter of time. Given how everything is disappearing I think it might be quite a while before things stabilize to a 'OK now you can buy things without it being a pain in the rear end' situation.
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