• PC Building Thread V6 - "running six RGB controller utilities at once" edition
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I assumed it was old since x52, my bad Evaporation shouldn't be it, rotating it will definitely fix it but if not I would RMA. Also keep in mind that they always have air in them for when water expands at high temps.
Thanks again everyone for your help in picking parts. They're all here now, and I'm about to assemble. Here's an old pic of my current case that I'm going to transfer all the new parts into. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/527/b4f6c661-daef-4393-a3e6-cb6d062bf3b5/140917_005.jpg
Can you link to the vinyl?
https://somethingartistic.net/ They shut down a few years ago, unfortunately.
Reading my mobo manual at work because I'm that egar to get started, and came across this https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/527/1321e817-2550-4bb1-9d68-55a5276fa77c/Capture.PNG I think someone at ASRock is taking the piss.
It's either that or ASRock being very, very Taiwanese, as usual. Their translations aren't as awful as MSI, but they still aren't perfect.
When translation services make your products seem condescending.
Should I replace my absolutely fucking enormous Cooler Master HAF 932 case, which for reference is 2ft tall and weighs 13.2 kg/29.1 lbs without components. Its still going strong with its 3 240mm fans but I feel like I should still get a new one? The inside and rear is unpainted and is just bare metal but at least the outside looks good still for a 10 year old case. https://i0.wp.com/content.hwigroup.net/images/products_xl/119790/cooler-master-haf-932-advanced.jpg?resize=720%2C970
I like its industrialness. I feel like some dumb RGB shit would breath new life into it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Unless you need new front panel connectivity like usb c or something, who cares?
As a HAF 932 owner, I would get a new one. Building inside it is a bitch compared to modern cases. That said, don't attempt to go bigger with an Obsidian 900D, because as an owner of one as well, it's gonna be way too big to handle. Get a normal sized full tower, or if you're going with less drives and less AiOs, then get a nice mid-tower.
speaking of cases, apparently they stopped selling the corsair c70 I wanted while I was putting money away for a new rig. so I need a recommendation for an ATX mid tower with all the buttons and whatnot on the front panel instead of the top, and preferably no LEDs. if theres a single light in there I'm gonna snip the leads. don't care for side windows or even looks in general since my case sits behind my monitor, as long as no glow is coming from back there. carry handles would be nice too, it's one of the major reasons I was considering the c70 cable management and airflow are top priority. size is important too, I had to take the feet off my rosewill smart one to get it in it's hole, though the smart one is pretty tall for a mid tower. I was considering a corsair 200R because it's inexpensive and I can cram 6 fans in it but I'm unimpressed by the cable management options. I'll be using a modular power supply but that doesn't help with the cables I do have to use.
So, I finally caved and bought the Dell S2417DG that was recommended to me a good while ago. Found it shockingly cheap, and now I think I understand why... Color banding. E V E R Y W H E R E . I've seen some TN-ass TN panels in my day, but this is the worst case of TN-itis I've encountered since the mid 2000s. Like, the color itself is good, the 165Hz refresh is butter, the viewing angles are... okay, but there's just such an absurd amount of banding in lights and darks, I have to leave the contrast much lower than I'd like just to minimize it. But it's amazing in motion, and was dirt cheap... Should I just tough it out? I can always do color sensitive stuff on my Spyder-calibrated Macbook Pro, but that's far from ideal. If there's something out there that still fits my needs (23-25in size, 1080p or 1440p, 144+Hz, Gsync highly preferred) but DOESN'T have this ridiculous banding problem, I'd be more than willing to spend more for it at this point.
Using an Nvidia card?
I recommend the Define R6, it has drive bays, smaller size, and plenty of room.
Ok then, what's a comparable VA panel to the S2417DG, specs wise?
Yeesh, that stand is hideous, and it's too big anyway
Samsung VA panels are actually really nice. And they don't suffer from ghosting, as much as they suffer from Samsung overdriving the fuck out of their monitors. It's better with most of the newer ones, except the ultrawides, stay clear of those.
I don't think there are 1440P/144Hz @ < 27" that are IPS either. TN is the name in town when it comes to sheer versatility.
1440p is only a "would be nice" feature for me, I'd be fine with 1080p (which is what I've been using till now) if it's how to escape TN land at the 23-25 inch size
hey so i built my first PC in december 2017, and i'm thinking of upgrading it now but i'm not sure if it's really necessary i found a Vega 56 going for 450AUD on gumtree and i'm tempted to get it along with another 8gb of ram, but i don't do a ton with this current build that would really demand a new GPU here's the parts list with prices from when i put it together - i would've gone with an 8GB RX 580 but i couldn't get one of those without spending more than i wanted to as i had already gone over budget the only thing i do with this PC that's really upgrade-worthy is VR (the recent announcement of No Man's Sky VR was what made me consider an upgrade in the first place) and maybe some recording/streaming every now and then but that's about it, the 580 has handled most games just fine at 1080p for me which is all i really needed it to do if i do end up upgrading i'll probably wait a bit to see if anyone else has the same card for cheaper since i've seen them going for 400 and under in the past its up to me ultimately if i should upgrade or not, but i'd like to hear some other thoughts on this first
thanks for the advice! i'm not super familiar with the more in-depth stuff yet so this is really helpful i would've gotten a second stick of ram when originally building this PC but i really didn't want to spend $260 on ram at the time prices are a lot more reasonable now so i'll be sure to get that second bit when i can
I don't think any 144hz IPS panels are made at <27". Your options are TN and VA. I "generally" recommend the Samsung C24FG73 But the AOC C24G1 is technically also fine. Such is life in the <27" market.
Putting together my build RIGHT NOW and I am incredibly hyped. Room is a mess, but Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice, Mason. Got a couple of questions that I've thought about while assembling it. About updating the BIOS I know you always update the BIOS first, but according to the page for the mobo, I need to install some software first (AMD all in 1 with VGA driver ver:18.10.20_NHDA). To install that software, I need an OS to install it on. So I have to install windows 10, then that software, and THEN update the bios? That doesn't seem right, but it makes it pretty clear that software needs to be first. Do I need to partition the 6TB HDD? If so, I was thinking 2TB Games, 2 TB Movies, 2TB images and misc media. If it's not necessary I'm fine with that as well, would save a step. Installing my OS on 2280 Solid State Drive, is it just going to make it a 1tb C:\ drive? There shouldn't be any issues with that, right, especially if I install steam games on C:\? Sorry for the ignorant questions, my last full build was almost eight years ago- I'm not sure what's changed in conventional wisdom and what's stayed the same.
Looking through this pdf it seems like the caution is only for if you use onboard graphics, so it shouldn't be a problem? I'm pretty tired though so look through it yourself too and see if it feels right.
If I want to get a 27 incher, I would need to remove an entire, large piece of my main work desk to fit it, or failing that I would have to rearrange my office to put the desk somewhere other than a corner, which would mean rerouting about two dozen power cables and running my UPS off an extender (which is never ideal) I'm kinda stuck with 25 inch maximum, unless I want to pump more time and money into making bigger sizes work.
So then I should be fine doing BIOS first, it looks like. Thanks for the help, especially if you're tired and you stayed up to answer that.
Use your old computer with a USB stick, download the Instant Flash version of 1.9, not the windows version. once you get the core components installed, but before you install Windows, go into BIOS, insert the USB stick with your new BIOS. I'd write down what BIOS version you already have, I think it's listed in the bottom right corner or something, I can't remember. Go to Tools, then navigate to Instant Flash. It should prompt you to pick the UEFI/BIOS file. It'll then take concerningly long to flash, then it'll reboot. I'm largely not a fan of partitions, but I can understand why people like them. I'd just format the whole thing as a single part, and make subfolders. Just make sure the disk is initialized as GPT and shows up as larger than 4TB. As for the C: SSD, format it as normal, though I like to under-provision them by 10%, meaning the main partition is 90% and the actual drive capacity. The last 10% is set to be wear levelling buffer. I don't know if this is best-practace anymore, so see what your SSD manual says.
I didn't even know you could partition SSDs, wow.But I need to to an itinal format of both the SSD and HDD, right? Alright- I can partition it after I install my OS on it, correct? Not sure how I could even get to the partition wizard before having the OS to do it.
Partitions are just basically metadata describing how to split up and read/write to a disk (this is a super simplification, obv). And it's why I generally don't see much use in having more than a single partition on a disk. For the HDD, yeah you can wait until you're in Windows to partition and format that. For the SSD, Windows has tools to format and partition the OS drive before installation beings proper: https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/132541/f145032a-0d39-430b-a0ce-631ed3975117/image.png
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