The PC Build Thread

[Neoprod]

Then within a few months you sell it because something has come up and you urgently need money.....

What a Debbie Downer this guy is.

 

[Neoprod]

Hi guys

I have settled on a new build, would just feel more comfortable if someone had a look over it. I am uncertain of the ram and psu. Unfortunately for now I need wifi hence the motherboard. 3600 and case I am 100% sure of.

I intend to use this with my RX580 for now until the 5700xt aib boards are available or my patience runs out and I settle for the blower. I have a 1440p/144 monitor (I know I wont max games on that but I am happy to play AAA games at around 60fps). Edit: will carry over ssd and hd from my old build as well.

Thanks in advance

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The build is fine...for me, I would swap out the board and get a WiFi adapter + Tomahawk. Save a few hundred bucks that way.

 

[hermansteyn]

Then within a few months you sell it because something has come up and you urgently need money.....

Spend only what you can afford, so no need to worry. This is a PC build thread so will stick to the topic and not comment on these anymore

 

[Splinter]

You clearly have so much money that many of us are under-qualified to respond.

Then within a few months you sell it because something has come up and you urgently need money.....

Look, do you want people to apologise because they can afford certain PC's? Right now it just sounds like (very) sour grapes.

 

[ponder]

Spend only what you can afford, so no need to worry. This is a PC build thread so will stick to the topic and not comment on these anymore

Just ignore him completely.

 

[rambo919]

Yes ignore me.... originally it was just a bad joke anyway..... sheesh.... guilty consciounces? (that word looks terrible when typed out....)

 

[Ykv]

The build is fine...for me, I would swap out the board and get a WiFi adapter + Tomahawk. Save a few hundred bucks that way.

Thank you.

 

[Lupus]

Rebeltech pricing -
Mobo - R2 679.00 (https://www.rebeltech.co.za/16981-asus-rog-strix-b450-f-gaming.html)
CPU - R3 549.00 (https://www.rebeltech.co.za/18834-amd-ryzen-5-3600-processor-6-cores-12-threads-42-ghz.html)
Memory - R1 658.00 (2 sticks) (https://www.rebeltech.co.za/18714-ballistix-bls8g4d32aesbk-sport-lt-8gb-ddr4-3200-cl16.html)
Total: R6 865.00

The benefit of that particular memory is that it overclocks really well - Micron E-die. Should hit the Ryzen 3600mhz sweet spot quite nicely at good timings.

In all honesty you don't need a R2600 B450 motherboard either? I mean are you going to push this thing to it's ultimate limit?
https://www.wootware.co.za/msi-b450-tomahawk-amd-b450-ryzen-socket-am4-atx-desktop-motherboard.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/msi-b450...socket-am4-micro-atx-desktop-motherboard.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/asus-tuf...socket-am4-micro-atx-desktop-motherboard.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte...ryzen-socket-am4-atx-desktop-motherboard.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte...ryzen-socket-am4-atx-desktop-motherboard.html

Also the 3600 is R3599 at Wootware?

 

[ponder]

In all honesty you don't need a R2600 B450 motherboard either? I mean are you going to push this thing to it's ultimate limit?

To add there is not much of a limit to push here, the overclocking potential of the 3x00 series is minute and not even the most expensive X570 mb is going to help.

One could buy the cheapest b350 or b450 mb, flash the bios, drop in a 3600 and OC it to 3600x level or slightly above with zero concerns of stability or vrms overheating etc

 

[weelzSA]

So finally heard back from EK about my CPU waterblock that doesn't work with RGB headers on MB and was told to speak to MSI. Messaged them and they said to make sure it's 12v. All this time I thought it was as it is 4pin but after seeing this (see attached) it might be 5v so does that mean there is no way to get it to work with my MB (I have a commander pro too but apparently that only works with Corsair products). I have also ordered the 4 way splitter from EK which allows all RGB to connect to single header.

Will double check the wires when I get home but as far as I can remember I do have "D" version.

Any advice would be great or is there nothing that can be done?

 

[ponder]

So finally heard back from EK about my CPU waterblock that doesn't work with RGB headers on MB and was told to speak to MSI. Messaged them and they said to make sure it's 12v. All this time I thought it was as it is 4pin but after seeing this (see attached) it might be 5v so does that mean there is no way to get it to work with my MB (I have a commander pro too but apparently that only works with Corsair products). I have also ordered the 4 way splitter from EK which allows all RGB to connect to single header.

Will double check the wires when I get home but as far as I can remember I do have "D" version.

Any advice would be great or is there nothing that can be done?

Short of using a standalone controller I think you are out of luck as the entire interface is different, it's not a simple 5v/12v thing.

D-RGB:
5V, digital signal, no connection, ground

RGB:
12v, green, red, blue

If they have non-digital versions of those products as that manual page seems to indicate you should have ordered those or try and exchange what you currently have.

The other day there was someone here that purchased rgb fans that did not work, unfortunately rgb comes in different forms so it's important to triple check the standard and interfaces between parts. Even within a manufacturers trade name like mystic light etc there are different 'standards'.

 

[Lupus]

So cheap mechanical keyboard. Was R199 at Takealot now R400???
It definitely feels a lot better than the memchanical Redragon Dyaus I got earlier. Only thing is it's not RGB but rainbow only. Also the fonts on the keys on both the Dyaus and this are a bit odd, difference is on the Marvo I can get new key caps

 

[Lupus]

So cheap mechanical keyboard. Was R199 at Takealot now R400???
It definitely feels a lot better than the memchanical Redragon Dyaus I got earlier. Only thing is it's not RGB but rainbow only. Also the fonts on the keys on both the Dyaus and this are a bit odd, difference is on the Marvo I can get new key caps View attachment 692169

Oh here is the key which wouldn't attach.

 

[Splinter]

Long time since I've built anything of substance. I'm hoping to it will be better than my current E8300, 760GTX setup.

RYZEN 9 3900x
MSI MEG ACE X570
16 GB Corsair Vengenace 3200
Phanteks Evolve X
2 x Sabrent Rokcet 1TB nvme's
Corsair HX1000i PSU
LG UK600
GPU (waiting for 2080 super pricing)

Any pics of your build yet?

 

[PAYBACK]

Any pics of your build yet?

Chipped away at it over weekend. Just waiting for NVMe’s to come in from Amazon tomorrow. Far from glamor shot but it gives you an idea.

CPU is loaner 3600x from Evetech will drop in 3900x with Cooler master AIO when that arrives.

Once complete will take some decent pictures.

 

[PAYBACK]

Question. Have one PCie power cable daisy chained at end (8x2) supplying power to GPU, do you think I will have voltage issues. PSU is HX1000i, all the cables I got had daisy chained ends. My OCD will in the end and I will end up getting two x 8 pin cables, but for now it is what it is.

 

[BloodrayneZA]

SO I've decided to go for the full replacement of everything in my PC. Can you advise on the following I've selected?

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Gen3 6 Core AM4 CPU/Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd...-turbo-32mb-l3-pcie-40-65w-cpu-pluswraith-ste

MSI AMD Ryzen B450 TOMAHAWK AM4 ATX Motherboard https://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi...-crossfire-realtek-gbe-usb-31-gen2-aplusc-atx

Corsair 16GB DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3200MHz Memory Kit for Skylake
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/16g...-(3200)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-16-18-18-36-xm

Corsair Force LE200 120GB 2.5" SATA3 SSD/Solid State Drive
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/120...6gb-s-550mb-s-read-470mb-s-write-65k-25k-iops

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Silver + 200GB Cloud Storage
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb...sb30-hdd-silver-includes-2-years-200gb-of-clo

Acer 24" G246HLF Gaming Spec Monitor Full HD 1ms
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/24-...tor-1920x1080-1ms-250cd-m2-100m1-hdmi-dvi-vga

GameMax Strike Outemu Red Mechanical RGB USB Gaming Keyboard
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gam...vidually-lit-outemu-red-switches-usb-20-black

CHERRY Black MW 3000 Wireless USB PC Mouse
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/che...ensor-5-button-adjustable-on-off-button-black

MSI AMD Radeon RX 570 8GB ARMOR OC Graphics Card https://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb...048-streams-1268mhz-gpu-gddr5-3xdp-hdmi-dvi-d

I am not sure about the graphics card - please advise.

 

[UrBaN963]

Where are you buying from and what do you want to do with the PC? Also, budget?

That GPU is okay but if you can stretch you'd be far better off with an RX580.

They're currently on special at Evetech for R2,999.00
https://www.evetech.co.za/gigabyte-radeon-rx-580-gaming-8gb-mi/best-deal/5691.aspx

I'd also suggest a larger SSD if you can. That way things that you need to load fast (some games have long load times, for example) you can install on thhe SSD. It makes quite a difference. Any reason you want an external storage drive?

 

[UrBaN963]

Have a look at this.

It has faster RAM, a case and a power supply which you may or may not need, butu here's an idea of a good build.

Obviously changes can be made but if you're buying locally this would be a decent option.

 

[Lupus]

Have a look at this.

It has faster RAM, a case and a power supply which you may or may not need, butu here's an idea of a good build.

Obviously changes can be made but if you're buying locally this would be a decent option.

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She's in the UK so locally for her is what she listed. Agreed she should rather look at 580 or 590.