PC Build Advice/Review II: 3090 or Bust.

[Zetanio]

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...HD_LED_Monitor ??

[Gryffes]

I was looking at the Gigabyte Gaming 3 mATX. One less fan header, no rear optical audio port, but two more SATA ports and the rear USB drives. The MSI B350M Mortar Arctic has two less SATA ports but onboard optical audio port, four fan headers, and I really like the USB 3.0 header layout. Ram I haven't even really looked at since I'm unsure of what MB I'm going to get.

I linked the gaming-3 when I'm going for the gaming. You quoted before I fixed it

Ram - just check it's on the motherboards QVL list - ie you have a 100% chance it works at the rated speeds.

[Gryffes]

I'm gonna grab two of the cheap AOC's.

Gonna blow the rest of the budget on a good gaming screen. Anything ~400 bucks for a decent 2K 27"?

https://www.amazon.com/AOC-AG271QX-G...dp/B01G5JYN0C/

1440p, 144hz, $399

[Tokitoki]

I'm gonna grab two of the cheap AOC's.

Gonna blow the rest of the budget on a good gaming screen. Anything ~400 bucks for a decent 2K 27"?

27" Acer IPS panel, 1440p with 144Hz refresh rate for 400?

[Zetanio]

Freesync is useless for me sadly

[Kalmado]

Freesync is useless for me sadly

Do the right thing and I buy an AMD GPU.

[Zetanio]

Do the right thing and I buy an AMD GPU.

No.

[Tokitoki]

Doesn't mean the monitor is useless though. G-Sync costs more it seems, or at least the monitors that have it do.

[Zetanio]

I just assumed that if I don't have AMD products it won't work as well.

[Tokitoki]

I hope not. The monitor I bought a couple months ago is Free Sync.

[Gryffes]

Freesync is a software ( mostly ) implementation.
G-sync is a hardware extra and proprietary to nvidia.

I have a pair of freesync monitors, but an nvidia card. It doesn't matter.

It's like crossfire/sli. Every mobo supports crossfire because it's a free implementation while nvidia charge.

tldr, nvidia be scummy. ( And yes I'm running an nvidia card ).

[Zetanio]

I guess I'll take the plunge on em I guess. Time to submit a hilarious expense report

[Zetanio]

Ordered the big monitor. Gonna run out and grab the others on Friday when it shows up.

[Kalmado]

I'm jealous of your BK MC. Ya'll got some budget GPU's for cheap.

[Gryffes]

Pulled the trigger on my ryzen build, went for the 1700.

I think the cpu/ram will arrive tomorrow, mobo should be saturday.

[Gryffes]

Ryzen arrived, build went fine. Very easy.

Noteably getting less "freeze" on loading intensive games that frequently locked up my 2600k.
Also the audio quality on the onboard sound is years ahead of my old onboard sound ( even though I'm using g430 w/ the usb dongle ). Not sure what happened but the audio quality is amazing ( in comparison ).

Ram running at 3200 no problems after I updated the bios.

Used to run games at 70-80C on my 2600k and the same games are hitting 55-60c on ryzen, and that was running a noctua DH14 ( MASSIVE ) vs the stock 1700 cooler.

Very happy so far.

[Zetanio]

Barely cracking 50C running 2K on Fallout and DOOM. Running on High/ultra mix

[Andalusian girls]

Ryzen arrived, build went fine. Very easy.

Noteably getting less "freeze" on loading intensive games that frequently locked up my 2600k.
Also the audio quality on the onboard sound is years ahead of my old onboard sound ( even though I'm using g430 w/ the usb dongle ). Not sure what happened but the audio quality is amazing ( in comparison ).

Ram running at 3200 no problems after I updated the bios.

Used to run games at 70-80C on my 2600k and the same games are hitting 55-60c on ryzen, and that was running a noctua DH14 ( MASSIVE ) vs the stock 1700 cooler.

Very happy so far.

oh God i just had to install a Noctua NH-D14, throwing the 1080ti into my case spiked temps bad and my little OC'd CPU was heading towards fiery death, and man that fucker is A) enormous B) a bitch C) an enormous bitch. one day i'll be able to unmount and remount a motherboard without drawing blood but yesterday was not that day.

[DrClout]

Ryzen arrived, build went fine. Very easy.

Noteably getting less "freeze" on loading intensive games that frequently locked up my 2600k.
Also the audio quality on the onboard sound is years ahead of my old onboard sound ( even though I'm using g430 w/ the usb dongle ). Not sure what happened but the audio quality is amazing ( in comparison ).

Ram running at 3200 no problems after I updated the bios.

Used to run games at 70-80C on my 2600k and the same games are hitting 55-60c on ryzen, and that was running a noctua DH14 ( MASSIVE ) vs the stock 1700 cooler.

Very happy so far.

Chock it up to chipset advancement over the years. Glad it's working out for you.

Also, lol @ having a 2600k and being part of the 2600klub

[DrClout]

oh God i just had to install a Noctua NH-D14, throwing the 1080ti into my case spiked temps bad and my little OC'd CPU was heading towards death, and man that fucker is A) enormous B) a bitch C) an enormous bitch. one day i'll be able to unmount and remount a motherboard without drawing blood but yesterday was not that day.

the blood fuels it for generations.