PC Building V4 - "ok SSDs got cheap, now do RAM next" - Hardware & Software

What are you talking about? The 1060 6GB is the 1080p60 card of choice for a reason, it'll run pretty much anything you throw at it at that res and FPS.

Here's my derivative in case you are interested. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J6WcRJ

A 1060 is meant for 1080p tho, of course games wont run well at 1440p

Hmm, retested at 1080p, seems like it's just barely enough to keep it ~60ish. Stuff still drops to mid 40s at times on medium though.

Which game tho

While there are exceptions all over the place, the rule of thumb for 1080p: 1050 is fine for esports and older games, and can play modern games if you manage your expectations 1050ti is the best value for esports at high refresh rates, and can run modern triple-A without major compromises 1060 is the sweet spot for triple-A games, able to run most at 60fps or higher with "high" presets 1070 can allow triple-A games to exceed 60fps while very high or maxed out, some up to 120fps 1070ti has enough headroom to superscale triple-A games instead of using antialiasing, and still get well over 60fps 1080 and 1080ti will basically do anything you want at that resolution; you really should be running at 1440p at least

Wolfenstein 2, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Car Mechanic Simulator 2018, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, World of Warcraft, NeiR: Automata.

I love the Carbide 200R , it looks so sleek. It's what I've chosen for mine as well

Yeah I really don't have a desire for all that RGB memery and superfluous window panels. Got nothing cool to show off in there anyways :v

That's pretty much why ITX builds are getting so popular now You can build a full gaming PC in a surprisingly small box these days, and it can wind up cheaper a lot of the time too. Tiny cases generally don't have showroom windows, and you don't have to care what anything looks like as a result.

Also there are plenty of ITX cases on the market now that are designed to fit an extra large GPU and an AIO cooler, so even those are problems of the past

You don't even need anything fancy. My CM Elite 110 is an old ass design and pretty cheap but it runs a 1600 and rx 560 in it fine. Pretty capable for 1080p gaming on my TV.

Unfortunately Ryzen basically forces you to either use full ATX or mini-ITX.

It's really annoying that nobody is making X470 mATX boards.

I'm still kind of on the fence about whether or not I want to use full ATX or mini-ITX for my 2600X 1070 build. The price difference isn't insane.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#c=123,132&K=8,10 Here's a nice reason. I've had to replace drives instead of adding more now that all 8 SATA ports and 1 M.2 port are in use on my current X370 (ATX) board. But I guess I fall outside of "most people" to be fair.

Hey, building a tiny PC can be a fun challenge too. As long as you measure everything and aren't totally inept with fan placement, it's hard to screw up a compact build these days. Helped a coworker build an i5/1050ti Overwatch box in a Silverstone slim case (I forget the part number) earlier in the year, and I have to say, everything went much more smoothly than I was expecting. If I didn't need like twenty USB ports on a regular basis then I'd probably end up building an R5/1070mini one for myself. Hell, I might just leave my current workstation alone and build that as a dedicated VR box for my living room one day.

Alright folks, gonna ask again before finalizing everything Will a Ryzen 2*** run right off the bat on a B350 mobo? I can't find B450 anywhere

B450 literally just officially launched like yesterday. B350 can run fine, but just needs the right BIOS. That's something that will need to be confirmed by the store page probably. Some boards offer BIOS updates with no CPU installed, but that's a unique feature.

Just use X470 honestly

Any suggestions when it comes to makers? I've read gigabyte isnt' actually that great

Gigabyte is fine they just tend to lie about their boards features. ASROCK was good first gen but seems to have gotten cocky and has done similar things. MSI tends to be slow with BIOS updates but aren't any more stable. ASUS has bad software which is 100% optional but have good boards which often are over engineered and more expensive Personally I don't think you can go wrong with an Prime X470 Pro from Asus. How much were you looking to spend?

Go with Asus if you can. ASRock makes good boards (generally) but has garbage BIOS (imo). I haven't personally used MSI or Gigabyte for AM4 boards, but I've heard mostly bad stuff.

ASUS support is fucking garbage, good luck if it actually breaks. Two weeks for them to quote the FAQ and tell me to send it to the retailer.

Asus makes great products with horrible customer support. ASRock is a safe middle of the road bet.

I've had two ASRock boards and both of them have given me major problems within a year of buying them, but that was a few years ago so I don't know if it speaks to their current quality.

Thankfully you can pretty much buy EVGA for most key parts now

They used to be much worse than they are now, their days as part of Asus and immediately following that were not their best days.

So I recently bought an SSD for Windows 10, and it seems to work great except for one problem. On my old HDD, I had set the login screen to be skipped using that netplwiz command, so when I booted up it brought me straight to the desktop instead of needing to login. Now on my SSD, I get an error that says that Windows can't connect to the Internet right now so I need to enter it manually anyways. But everything works normally after I enter my pin. Is it just that my SSD is booting so fast that my PC can't connect to the wifi in time for it to skip the login? If yes, that's a hilarious problem. But I'm curious about others who have done the same.

I was told to be "extremely cautious" when buying thunderbolt 3 cables Other than making sure they're the full 40G/100W certification, what else is there to be cautious about?