PC Building Megathread: As long as she doesn't demand ray tracing

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FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Why would you need another MOBO when you already have the X570?

# ¿ Jun 10, 2021 14:48

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 22:16

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

KingKapalone posted:

Is there a recommended brand for the B550s? When I got my 450 it was all about the MSIs.

Not really, I have an MSI and I like it, but if it�s a B550 and a decent manufacturer it�s fine as far as I have heard.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2021 05:09

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

If you are mostly gaming, the 5600x is more than sufficient unless you want to play something like MS Flight Simulator at high settings

# ¿ Sep 19, 2021 00:14

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I would be surprised if we ever get back to where GPU pricing used to be

# ¿ Sep 19, 2021 00:46

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Good to hear that they fixed that

# ¿ Sep 19, 2021 01:18

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

CoolCab posted:

and really for good reason - it's 2021, the best pc building advice from a price/performance for gigantic chunks of this year were "buy a prebuild" and "buy an xbox". you get way more frames for your money.

Yeah I mean my PS5 runs almost as fast as my 5600x/3070 build, so if you are thinking about dropping $2K plus on a rig and that is stretching things for you financially you are better off just waiting

# ¿ Sep 19, 2021 02:32

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I have an MSI B550M Bazooka and that works fine for me

As far as NVMe drives, I have the WD Blue 1 TB which was a site recommendation. I believe they also have the 2 TB version.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2021 01:41

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

It�s really about extras. Any of those boards can handle that that processor

# ¿ Oct 3, 2021 02:50

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

So I'm reading that Win11 is causing people with AMD CPUs to have lower performance compared to Intel? That's just great, MS.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2021 00:37

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Mu Zeta posted:

There's really no reason to use Windows 11 right now unless you're into schadenfreude. Just wait a year while the kinks get worked out.

Yeah I'm definitely not rushing but it's pretty crazy that it's causing 3-5% performance drops on AMD CPUs.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2021 02:06

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yes you should definitely have a rear exhaust fan

# ¿ Nov 10, 2021 00:09

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I assume these builds are putting HDDs in because they are just cheaper? Because at this point I would skip anything that isn't an SSD.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2021 04:23

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

If anyone has an unlimited budget, there's an Alienware build up for preorder with a 3080, DDR5, and one of those newer Intel chips for $2800

https://www.ign.com/articles/dell-alienware-aurora-r13-intel-alder-lake-ddr5-rtx-3060-3070-3080-gaming-pc

# ¿ Jan 5, 2022 00:40

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

They may be talking about a chargeback or dispute with the credit card company

# ¿ Jan 5, 2022 15:55

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Newegg was forcing people to buy unsafe PSUs with the new GPUs last year so this isn�t surprising

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 13:54

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

If these were normal times, you'd be able to put together a pretty decent i5-12400/3070 system for $1150 - $1200 now. It loving sucks how screwed up the market still is.

With that said, B660 boards seem to be going live on Newegg now: https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=b660

Only a handful so far, though it's nice to see a $140 option (even if it is mATX). Still, it's looking like the 12400 + motherboard will cost $100 less than a 5600X + equivalent motherboard while being as powerful or better in most games. Rip to Zen 3, at least until the 5800X3D comes out.

edit: There are more Asus motherboards on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=b660+motherboard&sprefix=b660+%2Caps%2C75&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_5

I swear Asus' expansion slot placement is intentionally designed to piss you off.

Why does that board have a VGA port

# ¿ Jan 11, 2022 15:53

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The last two monitors I�ve purchased have only had HDMI and DP ports. What is still using DVI input?

# ¿ Jan 11, 2022 15:59

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Surprise T Rex posted:

I guess this is only tangentially related to PC building, but with my new system I seem to be having some pretty dodgy audio issues. Most of my audio is crackling/popping when it plays, though it seems intermittent. I'm on Windows 11, and it seems to be happening on all audio sources (tested with Bluetooth headphones and two separate monitors with speakers, hooked into the GPU via HDMI).

Could it be something I've done wrong in the build of the PC itself? I'm coming across a bunch of articles about "DPC" which I think is some kind of driver blocking happening, and I wonder if it's related to CPU performance, which makes me wonder if I should have bought a bigger PSU as mine only had one output for the 8-pin and not for the nearby 4-pin CPU connector. Perhaps I'm underpowering my machine - not that I've gotten the CPU anywhere near 100% utilisation yet though. I just don't really know enough about this stuff to know where to look or how to resolve it.

Anyone know a fix? Or a more appropriate thread.

The 4 pin connector near the CPU is probably for the CPU fan connection. That doesn't hook up to the PSU.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2022 00:45

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

He's talking about this:

(taken from reddit)

That extra 4-pin connector is only there for very heavy-duty overclocking really, and is completely optional. It should not be causing any audio issues.

OK my B550 board doesn't have that, I don't think.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2022 00:57

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Probably just a GPU upgrade

I also don�t know if your issues could also be caused by poor optimization of the game you�re playing

Does it do ok with other games?

# ¿ Jan 18, 2022 21:52

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The newest Intel mobos have some shortages but that�s about it

# ¿ Jan 19, 2022 18:36

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yeah my guess is a PSU issue based on those symptoms.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2022 06:36

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yeah that is a huge markup for an older card, jesus

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:01

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The one time I had issues with that it was motherboard related

# ¿ Feb 9, 2022 20:53

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Dr.D-O posted:

What do y'all do with your old PC hardware when you've built a new PC or upgraded your PC?

I'm in the market to upgrade or build a new one as the last PC I built is now over a decade old, but I'm not sure what to do with it. It's still completely functional, albeit with compatibility issues.

I parted out my old PC about a year ago on eBay (GPU, CPU, RAM, Blu-Ray drive) and made more money than I expected

# ¿ Feb 13, 2022 17:42

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

loquacius posted:

Hm. I have no earthly idea whether the GPU works or not. The old system straight-up does not boot. I don't really have a good sense for graphics cards, really -- I know they need to be relatively up-to-date to run a lot of games and crunch numbers on encoding/decoding, and that they're ridiculously expensive these days, but that's about all. If the budget cards I found really aren't a significant upgrade, I'll try sticking with the old one for now and see if it's fried. Thanks

Do you have a mobo with error lights

# ¿ Feb 20, 2022 04:02

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Is there anything we know yet about the Ryzen 7 series

# ¿ May 25, 2022 17:26

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yes you need somewhere for that to go. I ended up having to find a desk with a PC cabinet that actually had a removable back area so the heat had somewhere to go.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2022 02:48

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Crypto crashing is making it much, much easier to get a hold of a new GPU now

https://twitter.com/hitstreak/status/1538276653876424704

Prices should only continue to lower as we approach the 40 series launch

# ¿ Jun 21, 2022 02:54

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

8 Ball posted:

Are there any standout 3rd party 3060 Tis in terms of cooling/noise or am I good to (hopefully) snap one up at MSRP from Nvidia?

If you can, I would try and get an EVGA card since their warranty is great

# ¿ Jun 21, 2022 14:51

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Devorum posted:

What's the best Power Supply Calculator? I grabbed that $780 EVGA 3080 off of Amazon, and I'm pretty sure my old off-brand 650w PSU isn't going to cut it.

I tried the Newegg calculator, and the PC Part Picker calculator and got wildly different results (900-1200w from the former, 689w from the latter).

I was going to go with an 850w, but am now thinking maybe 1000w?

I have:

ATX MOBO
i7-12700K
32GB DDR5
3 M.2
2 7200RPM HDD
Corsair H150i Capellix (considering switching to a Noctua U12A)
4 120mm Case fans in addition to the 3 from the CPU cooler.
RTX 3080 FTW3

I have the same card and a 5600x and my Corsair 850W PSU is more than enough. I�m a bit concerned about future gen GPUs though.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2022 16:04

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

40C is not significant at idle

# ¿ Jul 19, 2022 19:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

DoombatINC posted:

Even if it's a few degrees on the toasty side, you're not going to slag the chip just getting Windows up and running a few games - the CPU would throttle long before then

If you're bouncing off 90c while gaming and your performance starts going in the pot, then yeah, you might need a remount

Yeah exactly

# ¿ Jul 19, 2022 20:57

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

AMD's new 7000 series processors are releasing on 9/27. Pricing and specs are in this article-

https://www.ign.com/articles/amd-ryzen-7000-series-processors-release-date-price

# ¿ Aug 30, 2022 23:56

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

It�s way better than it was at the beginning of the year

Supplies started to finally appear in like April

# ¿ Oct 16, 2022 01:58

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

4K monitors are still way too expensive, but Amazon has a few that are almost half off

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-gaming-monitor-deals-for-amazon-prime-day

# ¿ Jul 13, 2023 00:22

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Gunshow Poophole posted:

i am reminded again how harrowing it is to crank a processor onto a socket

first time builders do not be afraid. it is very scary but there's a surprising amount of force involved

I just remember sitting it until you can feel it go into the socket, and then pushing down the holder or whatever it's called to secure it to the board. That was one of the lesser annoying parts of my last build.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2023 22:27

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

All of a sudden I come home to turn on my PC today and it will start to boot and then crash shortly after booting. I would try to log in to windows and then I would get a blue screen and the PC would go back to the BIOS to try and fix the issue. Then it would just freeze after a certain point. At first I thought this was the hard drive, but then when I tried to go into BIOS, after maybe a minute BIOS will just freeze. This makes me thing my motherboard decided to die for some reason. Does that sound right to anyone? The computer lights up, and I'm not getting the impression that it would be anything else except either the hard drive or the motherboard. My hard drive is an M.2 NVME that I have not had issues with before.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2023 23:18

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

spunkshui posted:

So I�ve been noticing a trend online where people suddenly have computer issues that sound like a dying CPU and then I check to see what kind of CPU they have and it�s a recent AMD chip.

You have a 5600x in this rig yes?

I mean, it could also just be that AMD sells a lot of chips, but I would pick up a new compatible chip someplace where you can return it and see if that fixes the problem.

If not, then yeah it�s totally the motherboard.

Yes it is

I took it to a local computer place so I'll know what the deal is in the next day or so

# ¿ Nov 9, 2023 03:05

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 22:16

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

It turned out that my PC that would just crash/freeze when going into boot or the BIOS just had a faulty RAM stick, which was the least bad of the possible options

# ¿ Nov 16, 2023 01:05

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