Noob Build

Hi everyone, so I'm new to the world of PC's and don't really have any experience with building them. I've recently started getting into creating/editing photos and videos, but my current laptop for school (Surface Pro 7 with Intel Core i5 for reference) just isn't powerful enough to be running...

Power Supply: FSP HV Pro 85+ 550W RAM: Midasforce PC25600 DDR4 3200GHz 16GB Storage: Midasforce SSD SATA3 512GB Motherboard: Gigabyte H110M-DS2 LGA1151 VGA: AMD RX580 Processor: Intel i5-6500 After installing everything and making sure that the cables are plugged in where they should be the I...

Hey there guys! I'm about to build my first PC ever. I did my own online research and came up with this combination: Processor: Intel i5-14600K ✅ Motherboard: MSI Pro Z790-P Wifi DDR5 LGA1700 ATX ✅ RAM: G.Skill F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK Trident Z5 RGB Black 32GB 2x16GB 6000MHz DDR5 ✅ GPU...

hi very new to building pcs but i had recently bought a ryzen 5 5600x (upgrading from a ryzen 3 3100). My current pc is a prebuilt one i bought back in 2020 and am now updating. i know i would have to update my bios before putting this new cpu in but for whatever reason when i download the new...

Hello, Desperate for some guidance. I recently decided to upgrade my graphics card. I got myself an AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12gb card. I installed it, and had it running for a couple hours doing mostly updates, before turning it off for the night. The next day I came back, turned the computer...

I was just wondering if this build i put together (honestly probably isnt good) if the parts are compatible with one an another an just wanted to have someone to proof check it if you dont mind. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7CtTC6 Im new to PC build,I'm most likely will see if best buy could...

I upgraded my ram the other day to vengeance lpx 3000mhz 16gb from a 8gb 2400mhz stick. I noticed in my bios settings that the stock setting for my motherboard is 2133mhz for ddr4 and when I enable XMP, it increases it to 3000mhz. Should I enable XMP for performance gains? Or leave as is for...

Hi, My pc keeps randomly restarting, I have monitored temps and they stay are 60/65c when under stress so don't know if the problem is overheating. I got some second-hand parts from a friend who said they used to get the blue screen I haven't got that yet. if there are any programs I can use to...

Hi everyone! I've spent the past months reading these forums and troubleshooting, simply trying to get an OS to boot on my first PC build, with no luck :( I've tried Win10 and Ubuntu, properly formatted with Rufus. The result is always some sort of hardware error, such as a Pagination Fault or...

Asus Prime A320M-K | & | Seasonic Focus Gold GX-650? Anyone who runs the build with this mobo and psu who could confirm if they are compatible? The mobo has ATX 12V connector thingie for CPU power. And I don't know if PSU is compatible with that. On manufacturer's site it just says the...

I am a new builder and built my first pc, i went to boot it and it showed the bios screen but i then ran into issues when trying to install windows, i then noticed that the cpu light was red so i replaced the cpu. Even after replacing the cpu there is stil a red cpu light and i have tried...

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-core Processor Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 822.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler MSI B550-A Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-2400 CL Team T-Force Vulcan G 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Fully Modular ASUS...

So I built a PC for the first time. It was a fantastic experience. At least it was at first. Now I have consistent rebooting issues and I can't get more than 5 minutes into a game without sudden restarts. Build is as follows: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO...

Well here we go. Updated motherboard and CPU. Second hand Gigabyte x370 gaming 3 motherboard, Ryzen 7 3700x, crucial Ballistix 3600, radeon hd 6850 (working on this), bp antec 550 power supply. Know for a fact board, power supply and graphics work. Not too sure on any incompatibilities, not a...

I've just built a PC for the first time, and upon turning it on and attempting to boot it from my m.2 ssd, the drive won't show up in the boot order. I thought it was an issue with the ssd, but upon connecting the hard drive from my old PC (which I cloned the ssd from), that wouldn't show up...

So I want to make a full tower build or a build where I can take and replace parts with ease. I want to build a computer that can play games and edit videos and also use Photoshop and do animation. I don't want any fancy lighting or anything. So I was wondering if someone could just make me a...

Hi everyone, I am new to this so someone with some knowledge please advise. I found a msi 5500xt 8gb for sale (410$ cad- including taxes and shipping) is this card worth it? Open to suggestions for a different card in the price range if they are available.

So I want to make a full tower build or a build where I can take and replace parts with ease. I want to build a computer that can play games and edit videos and also use Photoshop and do animation. I don't want any fancy lighting or anything. So I was wondering if someone could just make me a...

My 6 year old desktop died nearly 2 months ago and I've been working on a budget build for my graphics design job so far everything appears to be working fine except the boot LED is on and this is because I'm trying to boot of my old hard drive from my old PC I I plan to just wipe the hard drive...

First Ever PC Build - Help! First PC Build Greetings everybody, I'm Mfierro13. The Following is my first budget build, costing me around 900$ USD in my country. I would gladly take any advice/criticism for my choices, as I just learned all I know about PCs and building them during the last 3...

I have a Samsung Galaxy J2 (J260DL and J260T1) phones one is running android 8.1 the other is 9.1... i recently got an otg adapter and been wanting to make a real cheap ghetto gaming set up.. micro usb to hdmi keyboard mouse and gamepad running from a smart phone lol (yes i know about rasberry...

Hi, so I'm just getting into the PC world and finally decided to slowly upgrade my PC which currently is: Intel Celeron G3930 H110M PRO-VH PLUS 4 GB of Ram I'm thinking of getting a i5 6500 to upgrade my CPU first but i cant decide if should do that or get another 4 GB of ram instead. It is...

Hi in need of major help troubleshooting what happened to my computer. New to pc gaming so take it easy on me but I bought a used computer with a friend who knew what he was doing and he said it was a good pc for the price i was getting it for so I bought it. will list the specs below. Ran great...

first off, here are my parts: using a 570 but took it off because i have already bought it. the 2200g is just a placeholder for a 1600af, since pcpartpicker doesn't have it on their site PCPartPicker Part List Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core...

adding either a 570 or 580 later when I get enough money, but was wondering if this was decent as is, and any recommendations, also wondering if this mobo would work with a 3200g out of box. PCPartPicker Part List Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core...

I've never owned a pc ever and I want to get into it and I need help DT-CU-0053-CUK-001 None ITX 256GB M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (Upgrade Options Available) B360 ITX Motherboard with integrated AC Wifi and Bluetooth Intel Core i5-9400F Six Core Processor (9MB Cache, 2.9GHz-4.1GHz)...

Gaming computer- mainly for sea of thieves- aiming for at least 60fps at 1080. Also, red dead 2. I want a solid build that won’t get outdated too fast but for cheap as possible lol. I did my research and think I have it all picked out. (But randomly chose a psu at the store) I figured I would...

Did some shopping, been wanting to upgrade for a while. So my old build consisted of a intel i7 4970k, msi Z97 pc mate mobo, with gtx 1070 gpu. My case is a Nzxt H510 mid tower with a EVGA superNOVA gold 850 watt PSU. A h80i v2 water cooler by corsair My friends suggested I wait for the new...

Hey guys, Hope everyones good!! So basicalllyyyyyyyy I'm not that great in terms of PC stuff butttt about 10 months ago i built a gaming rig. The specs are as follows : CPU - Ryzen 3 1200 GPU- Radeon™ RX 570 Gaming 8G Storage - 1 WD 1TB & 1 120GB SSD WD Motherboard - gigabyte a320m-s2h PSU -...

I've finally got my PC build up and running, Windows 10 installed, everything is finally going smoothly. that's when I realize my mother board probably isn't wifi compatible. I connected to my wifi via Ethernet but it can't switch it to wireless. I really need to connect to the internet...

my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/PPPPA/saved/fWNvWZ i built my first pc and everything seems to be working fine (case and cpu fan spinning, lights on case, mobo and gpu) but when i plug it into my monitor it says no signal. i know my monitor isnt the problem because i plugged my ps4...

Here's my part list https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/donklyknob/saved/b24Jbv If you need any other info just tell me, I WILL get back to you soon. So I press the power button which makes the fans spin and lights turn on and thats it, I also hear a quiet "brrrrrmmm" noise for a few seconds, I...

I recently purchased all the parts for my first PC, after putting all the components together the first issue we encountered was not getting a post until we removed one of the RAM sticks and moved the single one to the A1 ram slot (3rd from the CPU) and then we started to get a post. The PC runs...

CPU:8086k Motherboard:msi z390 carbon pro ac Ram: corsair vengeance lpx 32gb (4x8b) SSD/HDD: corsair 980 gb M.2 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX1070 PSU: corsair hx1200i Chassis: Gamemax abyss OS: Windows 10 (everything is brand new!) I just finished builing my first pc. After installing windows 10 i...

So i had a pc built from Ironsides computers in june 2013, It was always working fine and all that except there has been plenty of times where certain games would just have terrible fps for seemingly no reason, but 10 minutes later it would be fine again. I just recently changed the...

Can it play Assassins Creed Unity watch Dogs ??

Hi guys I see there are plenty of OC guides, but I would like a guide that would specifically help me. I am a complete noob at overclocking, so any tips and help would be much appreciated. I have a cooler master v8 cpu cooler, in a aercool xpredator chassis with 2 x 200mm aerocool fans and 2...