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can anyone help me to checking the compatibility of all the parts
I'm new to building PCs and I'm having trouble checking the compatibility of all the parts I'm interested in. I've done some research but I'm still not sure if everything will work together. i want to make it under 180$ Here's my list of parts so far:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 (4TH Gen) Quad-Core 6MB Cache 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 Socket 4 Cores Desktop Processor (Silver)
Motherboard: ZEBRONICS ZEB-H81M2 with PCIE M.2 / NVMe Slot Motherboard (Black)
RAM: Hynix ddr3 DDR3 8 GB PC (ddr3 DDR3 8 GB (Dual Channel) PC (ddr3))
Storage: EVM NVME 256 GB Desktop, Laptop, Servers, Network Attached Storage, Surveillance Systems Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (256GB M.2 NVME PCIE SSD) (Interface: PCIe NVMe, Form Factor: M.2) ,
ZEBRONICS ZEB-SD52 512 GB Desktop, Laptop Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (ZEB-SD52 SSD 512GB, SATA II and SATA III Interface, QLC, Silent Operation) (Interface: SATA III, Form Factor: 2.5 Inch),
EXPERTRONICS Hard Disk 500 GB Desktop, Surveillance Systems Internal Hard Disk Drive (HDD) (Consistent 500GB Desktop Hard Disk) (Interface: SATA, Form Factor: 3.5 inch)
GPU: ZEBRONICS NVIDIA ZEB-GT610 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card (Black)
Compact Power Supply: ZEBRONICS SMPS ZEB-N450W (DSATA- 20+4 Pin) Power Supply 450 Watts PSU (Silver)
case: Matrix MTXCC009 MINI TOWER Cabinet (Black)
Can anyone help me check if all of these parts are compatible? I'm really excited to build my first PC and I want to make sure I don't get any surprises. I don't planning to play heavy games with it but maybe Minecraft, also can it run windows 10 64bit or 32bit and which higest quality video I can run on this PC . Thanks in advance for your help!
04:31 UTC
can anyone help me to checking the compatibility of all the parts
I'm new to building PCs and I'm having trouble checking the compatibility of all the parts I'm interested in. I've done some research but I'm still not sure if everything will work together. i want to make it under 180$ Here's my list of parts so far:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 (4TH Gen) Quad-Core 6MB Cache 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 Socket 4 Cores Desktop Processor (Silver)
Motherboard: ZEBRONICS ZEB-H81M2 with PCIE M.2 / NVMe Slot Motherboard (Black)
RAM: Hynix ddr3 DDR3 8 GB PC (ddr3 DDR3 8 GB (Dual Channel) PC (ddr3))
Storage: EVM NVME 256 GB Desktop, Laptop, Servers, Network Attached Storage, Surveillance Systems Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (256GB M.2 NVME PCIE SSD) (Interface: PCIe NVMe, Form Factor: M.2) ,
ZEBRONICS ZEB-SD52 512 GB Desktop, Laptop Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (ZEB-SD52 SSD 512GB, SATA II and SATA III Interface, QLC, Silent Operation) (Interface: SATA III, Form Factor: 2.5 Inch),
EXPERTRONICS Hard Disk 500 GB Desktop, Surveillance Systems Internal Hard Disk Drive (HDD) (Consistent 500GB Desktop Hard Disk) (Interface: SATA, Form Factor: 3.5 inch)
GPU: ZEBRONICS NVIDIA ZEB-GT610 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card (Black)
Compact Power Supply: ZEBRONICS SMPS ZEB-N450W (DSATA- 20+4 Pin) Power Supply 450 Watts PSU (Silver)
case: Matrix MTXCC009 MINI TOWER Cabinet (Black)
Can anyone help me check if all of these parts are compatible? I'm really excited to build my first PC and I want to make sure I don't get any surprises. I don't planning to play heavy games with it but maybe Minecraft, also can it run windows 10 64bit or 32bit and which higest quality video I can run on this PC . Thanks in advance for your help!
04:31 UTC
Gunbrella: Akira-Poppins
04:26 UTC
I projectile vomited on my fkin computer
So i was tripping hard as fuck (still am) and at some point in my mind being gone I threw up all over my computer. How throw up safe is computer? Will it woro tomor?
04:20 UTC
As a blind gamer, what settings would be optimal for me in order to get the lowest possiible latency?
I know this sounds real weird, since your initial thought might be, "If you're blind, how do you play games?" and while I do see where you're coming from, please understand that there's an entire world out there of accessibility that most people don't even know about that can allow folks to play some games blind. Check out the following links to see what I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7aVUqmQ_Sc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHN5v3NJ9ko
so there's quite a few nice experiences out there that have pretty decent blind support. There aren't a whole ton mind you, but the numbers are growing rapidly and have ocntinued to grow as the years have gone on, which is awesome.
As I have been getting back into gaming, specifically the new Mortal Kombat 1, I was thinking to myself, how does latency work as someone who doesn't have to use a monitor to play video games?
Since I am a full blind, I don't have any vision hardly at all. Thus, most of the time, I just keep my monitor off, and cap my FPS to 30 or something along those lines to preserve power, and keep the game engine running consistently. Is this the best thing to be doing though? I know that most of the time framerate isn't actually making things smoother, but rather it's increasing our perception of what we see as smooth, so is locking the framerate on a technical level increasing the input lag I experience while gaming? I just rely purely on sound cues alone, I should note, so that is also an important factor to consider.
What do you guys thiink? I am eager to see your thoughts. I have been enjoying the hell out of Mortal Kombat, feels great to play a game that I can fully play myself again, without hand holding accessibility features, but still having enough accessibility to make it a playable experience. Hopefully I can get good enough one day to kick your guys' asses online <3
Thanks!
04:17 UTC
Hay PCMR, care to explain, is it taking 66GB or 43 GB of Disk storage, and Why it is like that?
04:11 UTC
What do I do with old parts?
After I upgraded my PC, I have a lot of spare parts left but not enough to build an entire pc
I have a Ryzen 5 3600, RTX 3060Ti Founders Edition, a Dark Rock Pro 4, and 2 sticks of DDR4 ram.
And before that, I had other parts too, so I have a GTX 1060 3GB, 1 stick of DDR3 ram, an FX 4300, and some gigabyte AM3 board laying around too
What do I do with all this stuffs?
04:09 UTC
Installing a driver and screen went black
I was installing a driver for my rtx3070 and my screen went black after the install was done. It's possible this driver had already been installed but I didn't think it was already installed and I did it again it would hurt it. I'm not really sure what to do or if that's even ehat happened
03:55 UTC
Anyone know any good prebuilt that is able to run most games at 100 fps my budgets around 1000 usd? (I live in aus so must ship there)
03:53 UTC
Looking to upgrade from a 1070ti and most of the hardware
First time poster here. Back in 2016 I built my first PC and I haven't really upgraded it much since. It served me well, a gpu broke once and I got a 1070ti. Been happy with it.
But I'm looking at getting a 1440p monitor and get into gaming at that resolution. And I want to play stuff like starfield and the 1070 is having a rough time. I was going to try and get a 7800xt, but I'm suddenly not sure what I should get.
I have a i5-12400f CPU, 16 gb of ram. I'm upgrading the case, the psu to a 750 or 800 watt depending on what's needed, and I just want a modular one. When I built it, I didn't have one. m.2 SSD and an 2tb HDD. All of it in a MSI Z-690A motherboard.
I want to keep the price ceiling at 7800xt price, so around $500 is the most I want to spend. I'm just not sure what's worth it and what will keep for a while. I keep seeing a 6800xt might be a better idea, plus I don't know what will, if anything, get bottlenecked by my CPU. I don't really want to upgrade the motherboard and CPU already, I did that late last year. Could have gotten something better, but was on a tight budget at the time.
Any help or suggestions would be great. I'm just not sure since I haven't really taken the time til now to really try and dig into hardware. Thanks in advance.
03:52 UTC
Get more ssd or more RAM?
specs:
Nividia RTX 3050ti
3200MHZ 16gb of ram (8+8)
amd ryzen 7 4800H
im pretty new to computer stuff and was wondering if i should buy more ram and replace one slot with 16 gb so 8+16, or use my 2nd ssd slot to improve my overall gaming experience, since I want to be able to play games like cyberpunk and ghost recon wildlands without suffering from medium graphics and 50 fps. Feel free to provide other options or tell me if i should just wait till i am able to work and save up for a better laptop or desktop
03:42 UTC
Why is my PC shutting off?
For some context, I have a ryzen 5 1600x, a Vega 56, 16gb ddr4, and an x370 motherboard. I have no hard drives, 3 fans, and 2 ssds. Running all this with a 600w EVGA W1 that I bought on Ebay for $11. Is the PSU the reason my PC shuts off while gaming?
03:35 UTC
Is AMD stock cooler is enough?
I heard the rumor that new update for cyberpunk 2077 will took 99% load of the CPU, they also claim that I should check if my cooler is in good shape or not. So I wonder, will the AMD stock cooler is enough for this? My CPU is 5700g anyway.
I really have to go budget at the moment, so if you guy recommend any just tell me.
03:26 UTC
Improving the look and feel of textures with the assistance of AI
Been enjoying Starfield and one of the things that got me thinking was encountering scenes that included derelict equipment/ships/objects/etc. Inclusive of that, grabbing AI upscaled texture packs for etc.
Don't want to spoil anything outside of describing it as such, but I've been curious what other people have been thinking about such scenarios and if AI could possibly assist in generating more realistic sets by adjusting textures based on how "old" they are or in other words, what environmental factors a set has been exposed to. For example, oxidized metals, organics, dust, dirt, etc. I am pretty sure we're at the point this could be a mod for not just SF, and other games as well, but with the advent of Unreal's latest engine and texture characteristics and things of that nature, I'm curious if anyone else has had this pop up in their minds during their playthrough of SF.
I'm no expert when it comes to 3D engines, texture creations, etc. but the work in the modding community has been incredible and the fact we're already seeing AI upscaled texture packs could be a precursor to this sort of thing. Anyone got any thoughts around this?
03:20 UTC
New Laptop
So first of all I’m not into pc at all I only own a Mac Im in need of something mobile for traveling,watching movies,reddit,university and to play some old ass videogames who don’t require more then 2GB Of RAM and around 500gb-1Tb Hard disk space. Since I’m a student I can only really afford anything between 100-250€ If this kind of discussion is not allowed here just tell me I’ll delete the post Sry for mayor spelling mistakes in advance English is not my first language I sincerely thank everyone who comments to help me out Have a blessed day y’all !
03:19 UTC
Building a New PC.
I'm wanting to upgrade from my old laptop to a new desktop. My laptop has pretty budget specs and has an issue where it will randomly drop to 0.4 GHz while I'm gaming. I've tried my hardest to fix the issue (Updating BIOS, Resetting windows, Replacing fans and heat sink, putting on new thermal paste) but the issue has persisted.
Laptop specs:
- AMD Ryzen 5600H
- 16 GB RAM @ 3200 MHz
- Sabrent Rocket 4 500 GB SSD (Added by me, although the motherboard limits it to PCIe 3)
- WDC PC SN350 256 GB SSD (Stock) It's some weird size - 2242
- NVIDIA GTX 1650 Max-Q Edition
I'm thinking this part list, I'm fine with this price but, I was wondering if anyone has any comments or ideas to get it cheaper or if another part is outclassed by another.
03:17 UTC
PC turn off while installing games
Okay so basically one day i started installing a game and while it started to install after 2-3 minutes my screen went all black my pc shut off and i noticed on my motherboard that a red light turned on on the "cpu", so i tried reinstalling the game and i checked the task manager to see if it was really the cpu and yeah my cpu went to 100% and i thought it was overheating, some months passed tried installing 2-3 other games still the same thing,so i thought it may be the thermal paste so i went to a store bought a thermal paste applied it nice still same thing, i can use the pc normally i just cant install games, i have a ryzen 5 2600 but its like 2-3 years old(all pc parts) i dont think it would die that fast if thats the case, can you guys help me?
03:17 UTC
Please help, No wifi option
I just made a build with a wifi board and as I was setting up windows it was only giving me the option to connect to the internet via ether net. So i just finished setup with out connecting, after a reboot I still cant connect to wifi in settings. Please help
03:17 UTC
i need some advise
can i build a pc with i5 13 600k and asus prime b660m a d4. this combo is good or bad or any bad problem can be happen ? and im going to use 2060s for this combo
03:12 UTC
03:12 UTC
Need knowledgeable help/insight on which of these FB Marketplace pcs are the “best” - or if other options are better.
I did some searching in my local area, (these seem to be the best pcs near me) I do think a 3080 is good enough for my intentions. (I want to play Starfield at an enjoyable quality) I am an avid gamer, but I don't need to be on the BEST settings. However, I would like at least medium high settings with good FPS. My price range is within $1000-$1600 but that does not mean I need to spend it all- the least amount the better.
I am going to try to negotiate each of these prices. (Please include what you think I could bring each price down to) Also, do read the descriptions of each post because some extra items are included. (If something is not included in description, let me know the questions I should ask the seller) Any advice/ recommendations are welcome! And of course, if you do think that it is a better idea to buy new and that I can get a 3080+ or a 40 series for within that price range, do dm or comment links or tell me where it is I could persue that route. (Not necessarily into building a pc unless someone wants to take time to help to explain my best options to go about doing so. I am open to the idea) Disclaimer: I am semi new to pc gaming- I've owned a gaming laptop for 1 1/2 years - so my knowledge is limited, hence why I am reaching out to you guys. I am very limited with my time so it may seem that I have not done enough research, which you would be correct - thankfully Reddit is a thing. Heck, if anyone is that bored and wants something to do, I can give you my surrounding area and you can see which pcs are best in my area on marketplace. (ANY other advice related to this would be greatly appreciated!!!) Here are the links:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/298056456136897/
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/846327547095914/
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1536020327147998/?mibextid=6ojiHh
03:11 UTC
Why do PC component warranty service need to be so bad?
Just wanted to write about my experience trying to RMA 2 motherboards. I had a Gigabyte and a asrock board that both developed some issues. started the RMA process on 9/6
ASROCK - filled out the rma survey thing. still marked as pending over 2 weeks later
GIGABYTE. Actually got everything accepted quite quickly but claim they never received the package and are not offering compensation.
Anyone have a similar experience and is there anything I need to do
03:00 UTC
Why are suits and companies so desperate to rush their games to us?
Take the time to make a quality product that we can enjoy instead of a rush job that’s poorly optimised and eats up CPU for candy instead of using GPU
02:56 UTC
Is an I9 11900k too weak for an RTX 4080 16GB ?
In your opinion is an 11900k good with an 4080 for 2k resolution ?
02:55 UTC
Can anyone tell me.what this might mean?
"Please power down and connect the PCIE power cable(s) for this graphics card"
I checked all the cables.connected to my graphics card and they're all firmly connected.
For anyone wondering it's a GeForce Gtx 1660 super venture xs oc
02:54 UTC
Friendly reminder to clear your PSU filters (noisy/rattling PSU fan)
The past few weeks I have noticed that under load my PC was sounding like its drilling slightly. Like one fan was rattling I think. Today I took a closer listen and heard it came from the PSU. Which surprised me because I thought evga g3 supernova was a very reliable power supply and only got 4 years on it so I got a little bit worried. But then thought about when the last time it was I cleared the power supply dust filter. After thinking about it it made sense. The power supply dust filter did not have a lot of dust on it but the dust did cover the entire dust filter. And I think the reason my PSU fan got noisy under load was because the fan was trying to pull air but if the psu dust filter is completely covered in dust then I suppose that it was very hard for the PSU fan to draw enough air so it made the fan rattle and probably having to even run at higher rpms than usual. I have been neglegent of the dust build up for a while and I dont even want to talk about the PSU shroud but anyways, keep your PCs clean guys :)
02:53 UTC