QTry the Scythe Mugen 5 Rev B. It's not quite to Noctua's level, but it's pretty good and should be way cheaper (although who knows with Coronavirus and Canadian pricing).
Thanks. I'll check it out.
QTry the Scythe Mugen 5 Rev B. It's not quite to Noctua's level, but it's pretty good and should be way cheaper (although who knows with Coronavirus and Canadian pricing).
Yep, besides wanting a particular look, the Mugen 5 is probably the most one should be spending on an air cooler for the 3600x.Try the Scythe Mugen 5 Rev B. It's not quite to Noctua's level, but it's pretty good and should be way cheaper (although who knows with Coronavirus and Canadian pricing).
Prices will drop... however with the way covid 19 is affecting us i dont think there will be any events this year so you might not hear about 3 series till 2021...If new Nvidia GPUs come out April, will the current 2060s drop in price or will the 3k series just be priced higher?
It is good enough for a 3600x, if available, the Artic Freezer 34 eSports is better.Is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 decent? It seems to review fairly well and is $45/49cdn as opposed to the $100+ cdn that the Scythe/Noctua is.
The Scythe Fuma 2 is a way better option and it's around $60, universally praised by reviewers.Is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 decent? It seems to review fairly well and is $45/49cdn as opposed to the $100+ cdn that the Scythe/Noctua is.
Stupid question. I recently got an LG Ultrafine 4K monitor I'd like to hook my PC up to. Is it possible to connect my GPU from my tower via the usb-c port to the monitor?
...maybe? Depends a lot on the specific model. Ideally you would get a DisplayPort>USB-C cable to try. I hear those displays usually don't have an input switcher though, which could make the experience deeply painful if you are switching to a mac often.
For what CPU?Is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 decent? It seems to review fairly well and is $45/49cdn as opposed to the $100+ cdn that the Scythe/Noctua is.
Been watching this and holy hell
I have heard about this snafu but never bothered to watch it, but just seeing this i don't want to
What happened?Welp. Looks like i'm back on Team Red! Fixed my 3900x build. Updated the bios and tested the ram and everything seems ok. Hopefully i didn't do enough damage to this computer, but so far so good. Given my 9900k build to my little sis so she will have an awesome computer to game on if she ever desires to. :)
Kinda bummed i wasted 2,400 for nothing, but i did get a 2080 super and 1 tb SSD out of it.
For a year i kept on getting BSODs randomly and i had no idea why(i'm not tech savvy). Eventually it got to the point where i couldn't boot into windows anymore. Did a fresh new Windows install and then my wifi was messed up and i was just so frustrated i bought a 9900k pre build from NZXT a month ago. I was having the same bsod problems on that build and i figured out it was the RAM that was unstable.What happened?
I had issues with my 3700X system and ended up returning the x570 board and selling the CPU. I lost about £200 because of it. Ended up buying a 9900K/z390 board.
Your sister is very lucky! And glad things are working out now for you
Been watching this and holy hell
I have heard about this snafu but never bothered to watch it, but just seeing this i don't want to
I agree with that as well.The Verge video was absolutely horrible, but a few of these guys were cringe themselves.
Where in Canada are you located in? If you're located in the Greater Vancouver Area I wouldn't mind giving you my Scythe Fuma (ver 1) once the whole corona virus thing settles down as I frequently visit Vancouver.How much is reasonable to spend on a cpu air cooler? The one that came with my Ryzen 3600x has a horrible whine and I can't bear it. I was gonna buy a noctua something or another but it was $95cdn and never in stock for the black one. My GPU is already a jet fucking engine so it's not so much the noise but the variation that bugs me, though eventually I'll ditch the POS and get a quieter GPU too.
You may want to get get 16GB of ram or an SSD, but there is no reason to upgrade for next gen right now since we can only guess. If next gen titles are launching in Q4 of 2020, then upgrade then, both nvidia and AMD new cards may be out around the same window.Hello, right now my PC has an i5 9600k OC to 4.8ghz, 8GB of Ram, RTX 2060 6GB, and 2 500gb 2.5 sata 3 SSDs, to keep up with next gen console what do you think i could get right now? My motherboard supports the m2 SSDs but i wanted to wait until this fall to get one since price could go down and speeds up, and about the RTX 2060, will it still be relevant after next gen for my ultra wide 2560x1080p monitor?
The most obvious improvement you can make to your build is switching your RAM configuration to 2x8GB—most would say 3000MHz speed or higher.Hello, right now my PC has an i5 9600k OC to 4.8ghz, 8GB of Ram, RTX 2060 6GB, and 2 500gb 2.5 sata 3 SSDs, to keep up with next gen console what do you think i could get right now? My motherboard supports the m2 SSDs but i wanted to wait until this fall to get one since price could go down and speeds up, and about the RTX 2060, will it still be relevant after next gen for my ultra wide 2560x1080p monitor?
Finally got the semi-budget VR build assembled yesterday. Played the very early parts of Half Life: Alyx (Oculus Quest + Link) and so far, so good.
I do have a heatsink from an old build I can use, but just using the stock one for now. Still need to tweak the case fans. (One or both of the Scythe fans has kind of a rattly quality to it, but not sure if it's due to running off a fan splitter. Should check fan headers in the BIOS.) Phanteks PSU is a version of the SeaSonic Focus Plus series.
If I was thinking ahead, I would have left the SATA drive disconnected before installing Windows. Even though the NVMe was first in the boot order, and I chose it for the Windows install, it still put the MBR on the SATA drive. Oh well.
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $110.52)
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Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (Purchased For $59.99)
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Using the stock Wraith Prism cooler that came with the 3700x.
Is the cooler loud for anyone? It starts quiet then every now and then it ramps up to full speed. Its really annoying.
Most reviews say the stock cooler is decent just loud. I replaced mine with a noctua nh-u12a and never used the stock cooler.
Thanks. The GPU does have a stripe of RGB across the front that I don't think is user controllable. And the board has a little RGB logo down by the SATA ports. But not especially ostentatious.No RGB, Very clean and very kindly priced.
A very good build.
But damn that GPU is thick as fuck.
Does your case not allow you to take our the HDD and ODD trays?
I think that's just how Ryzen cpus work. Same thing with my 3900x the cpu usage constantly goes up and down even when nothing is going on. Do you have your power plan set to Ryzen balanced?Someone teach me how to set fan curves.
I have a MSI Tomahawk B450 Max with a 3600 w/ Noctua U14s cooler in addition to 2x 140mm front case fans and 1x 120mm rear case fan.
I tried setting my own curve but I can hear the fans spinning up and spinning down like every other minute just idling and I don't know why it won't stay at a consistent fan rpm just idling! Arrrrg.
Check how much temps fluctuate when idle, and thru not very intensive tasks like web browsing, movies, or a software that you use for work like Photoshop and whatnot ( you especially want to avoid the distraction of fans ramping up and down when you work) , then have the peak temps be the base of your curve.Someone teach me how to set fan curves.
I have a MSI Tomahawk B450 Max with a 3600 w/ Noctua U14s cooler in addition to 2x 140mm front case fans and 1x 120mm rear case fan.
I tried setting my own curve but I can hear the fans spinning up and spinning down like every other minute just idling and I don't know why it won't stay at a consistent fan rpm just idling! Arrrrg.
RAM Question- I need to go up to 16 gb to run Half-Life Alyx, and my PC is rather old (built in January 2014), but it should meet the minimum specs (i5-4670, GTX 1060). The problem is my motherboard only takes DDR3 ram, and Amazon is obviously out of the question right now. I want to get Ram from Best Buy, but this is the only DDR3 Desktop Ram they have in stock to pick up
I don't know jack about what's important as far as speed for Desktop Ram, but 1.6 ghz seems low. Will buying 2 of these sticks work for me?
it looks like my old Corsair Vengence sticks are also 1.6 ghz ram, so this should be the same, just doesn't "look" as cool (my case is fully closed so it's not like it matters. I'll grab 2 of these, thanks!DDR3.
What speed is the ram youve got right now?
Ill be its around 1.6 or even 1.3 so youll be in good company with the sticks you are getting.
I think my 2500K PC had 1866Mhz ram and that was considered fast back then.
So 1.6 for DDR3 while slow sounds about right for the times.
Aiming for Half Life: Alyx's min spec comes close to $600 (before OS, peripherals, or any VR gear).If I wanted to build a PC that would be able to run the new Half Life well, how much would that approximately cost me? know absolutely nothing about building PCs, but watching that VR gameplay is really tempting me.
With current global conditions, I think that greedy Nvidia is going to wait as long as possible to launch their new GPUs now until the economy recovers. But they still HAVE to release these premium products before the new consoles come out in November.I don't think we will hear about new Nvidia gaming cards until around august. But ya price will probably come down, and you'll be able to get great deals on eBay as people sell in anticipation of the new cards.
Thanks for the help, I was hoping to spend around $750 so I guess that gives me a bit of wiggle room to upgrade.Aiming for Half Life: Alyx's min spec comes close to $600 (before OS, peripherals, or any VR gear).
This isn't exactly a recommended build, just seeing how cheap it is at the moment. There are probably adjustments that could be made for not much more money. Might also depend on what headset you get (resolution, refresh/frame rate).System Builder
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EDIT - I guess I chose a 590 instead of RX 580 (which is their listed min spec card). So knock like $30 off that price for a cheap 580 8GB instead of a 590.
Rekordbox stores all it's data (other than the source MP3s / WAVs or whatever) in C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Pioneer\RekordboxOK - I have a problem that probably can't be resolved but I'll ask the community anyway!
My laptop has just died; it refuses to take on power. Testing with a volt-meter shows everything is fine until it gets to the motherboard. So, the motherboard is fkd. Sucks but here's my issue. The SSD that was in the laptop - I can access the data on it by plugging it into my desktop and see the data and back it up. However, there is one small thing I cant do which is backup all my metadata that I had stored for my Music in the Rekordbox software, which equates to days and days of work. So the music is backed-up, the metadata isn't (rekordbox i believe has the function to do this; I was going to back it up when I had finished inputting all the metadata - doh!). Also, I need to deactivate the Rekordbox licence so I don't have to pay for it on a new laptop.
So I've tried booting this SSD in both my desktop and my other laptop. While I realise that both my desktop and other laptop have vastly differing hardware I thought that Windows 10 might be sympathetic and overlook/re-load drivers and perhaps boot with issue but no, it would seem both the desktop and other laptop can't find a boot sector.
Given I have 100% access to the SSD, is there anyway I can somehow rebuild the boot-sector with a generic bootloader so I can get into the SSD OS install?
I'm not pinning much hope on any of this working even if there is a way to get it to boot but I'd rather exhaust all possibilities first!
Any help would be much appreciated!
Eh, I'm not sure how concerned Nvidia is with losing customers to consoles. PC gamers are usually PC gamers regardless of consoles existing. You'll lose some sure, but my guess would be that its a very very small amount in the grand scheme of things.With current global conditions, I think that greedy Nvidia is going to wait as long as possible to launch their new GPUs now until the economy recovers. But they still HAVE to release these premium products before the new consoles come out in November.
The value proposition for the PS5 and the Xbox Series X is looking greater and greater every day.
The hubris of Intel and especially Nvidia knows no bounds. The only reason these new Nvidia GPUs aren't going to cost a super premium is that they simply can't; they have to compete with new consoles so they won't cost a fortune.
Most likely delayed so rumors pretty much died off entirely for the time being... probably Q3 if they can get everything together, if not potentially Q4 pushed into 2021Do we have any idea when the ampere gpu's are coming out yet? I'm really itching to build a new pc right now but I'm worried I'll build something and then see the 3000 series is releasing in like June or something. Are we expecting the Corona Virus to have delayed things?
You're very right.Eh, I'm not sure how concerned Nvidia is with losing customers to consoles. PC gamers are usually PC gamers regardless of consoles existing. You'll lose some sure, but my guess would be that its a very very small amount in the grand scheme of things.
Might be a topic for another thread though.
Damn, I was hoping it'd be a bit sooner than that. I guess it'll still be best to wait but it's gonna be tough :/Most likely delayed so rumors pretty much died off entirely for the time being... probably Q3 if they can get everything together, if not potentially Q4 pushed into 2021
I believe they WANT to launch them alongside or near Cyberpunk and if they do it will be in drastically low quantities just to say they released it and it was out there
What's a good sweet spot for a TV/Monitor that will be used for a student? main criteria
- not too big so it can be transported fairly easily in a car along With other belongings
- can be used as external monitor for a laptop (MacBook pro)
- mostly used for connecting an Xbox one (so hdmi)
Was thinking 27-28" 1080p. Is 32" too big?
OK so Im going to just assume my PSU issue is coil whine. My temperatures are fine and I dont see how my power consumption is outpacing the 500W PSU. I just hope I dont explode or something.
I have a couple of noob questions:
1) What happens if I go over my VRAM? I have a 4GB VRAM card and I worry I made a bad purchase. Will I damage my card? Can I compensate with my system RAM so that I can keep textures on high? Can I just upgrade my system RAM and be okay with maxing out VRAM?
2) Should I upgrade my i5 3570K CPU? What's a good upgrade that wont break the bank? I dont have any issues right now with PC slowness, but would the CPU affect my GTX 1650S?