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Everything! Jk.

I'm trying to learn more about this stuff and I figure this is a good place to start, so help a kid out! :P

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it doesnt work this way.

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Everything! Jk.

I'm trying to learn more about this stuff and I figure this is a good place to start, so help a kid out! :P

This post would take me a few hours to write and be way too big.

Ask some questions rather!

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... Like AleksaNS said, it doesn't work that way.

Just watch some of Linus's old unboxing videos, he talks a lot about what everything does.

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That's pretty much impossible. You can write hundreds of pages just on one component. If you went into networking stuff, you're looking at entire books for one component.

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it doesnt work this way.

This is the best way to say it. You could ask most of us a couple thousand questions and only then would you understand how far our knowledge goes.

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Everything! Jk.

I'm trying to learn more about this stuff and I figure this is a good place to start, so help a kid out! :P

 

I think you're going to need to ask some more specific questions. "Explain to me everything about everything!" is not only going to be too big an answer, it's hard to figure out where to even start. :P

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Everything! Jk.

I'm trying to learn more about this stuff and I figure this is a good place to start, so help a kid out! :P

 

Best thing is to ask questions about specific things you want to know. 

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I think you're going to need to ask some more specific questions. "Explain to me everything about everything!" is not only going to be too big an answer, it's hard to figure out where to even start. :P

 

That was my initial reaction - where do you even start? lol

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

Spoiler

Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

Spoiler

FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

Spoiler

SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

Spoiler

MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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Everything! Jk.

I'm trying to learn more about this stuff and I figure this is a good place to start, so help a kid out! :P

 

ASUS motherboards (MOBO) are great

 

Don't buy CX power supplies (PSU)

 

Don't buy AMD processors (CPU) on the high or mid ends

 

Don't buy AMD for high end graphic cards (GPU)

 

Don't buy NVIDIA for low or mid ends

 

Don't buy cheap, unkown PSU brands

 

Get a good case with excellent cable management space and build quality

 

Don't bottleneck components

 

Balance your build

 

8 GB of memory (RAM) for gaming and 16 GB maximum for gaming

 

16 GB minimum for rendering and no real maximum

 

Check compatibility

 

Use PCPartPicker

 

Use a SSD for small, fast storage and a HDD for large, slow storage.

 

If you have any questions, just ask.

 

EDIT: VRAM does not scale in SLI or CrossFire

 

EDIT: EDIT: 3-way SLI or XFire is stupid, 4-way is even more stupid.

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Don't buy AMD for high end graphic cards (GPU)

unless your buying 295x2 which is clearly better,or want best star wars battle front performance, or are wanting to use it throughout the dx12 games releases.

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ASUS motherboards (MOBO) are great

 

Don't buy CX power supplies (PSU)

 

Don't buy AMD processors (CPU) on the high or mid ends

 

Don't buy AMD for high end graphic cards (GPU)

 

Don't buy NVIDIA for low or mid ends

 

Don't buy cheap, unkown PSU brands

 

Get a good case with excellent cable management space and build quality

 

Don't bottleneck components

 

Balance your build

 

8 GB of memory (RAM) for gaming and 16 GB maximum for gaming

 

16 GB minimum for rendering and no real maximum

 

Check compatibility

 

Use PCPartPicker

 

Use a SSD for small, fast storage and a HDD for large, slow storage.

 

If you have any questions, just ask.

 

EDIT: VRAM does not scale in SLI or CrossFire

 

EDIT: EDIT: 3-way SLI or XFire is stupid, 4-way is even more stupid.

And here we run in to another, large problem. Opinions. 

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Do research yourself, as (some) forums are filled with fanboys who will recommend one brand over another regardless of actual performance.

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Watch YouTube. Linus Tech Tips, JayzTwoCents, Tek Syndicate, Pauls Hardware and many more. Just watch videos on everything tech. You'll learn a lot.

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ASUS motherboards (MOBO) are great

 

Don't buy CX power supplies (PSU)

 

Don't buy AMD processors (CPU) on the high or mid ends

 

Don't buy AMD for high end graphic cards (GPU)

 

Don't buy NVIDIA for low or mid ends

 

Don't buy cheap, unkown PSU brands

 

Get a good case with excellent cable management space and build quality

 

Don't bottleneck components

 

Balance your build

 

8 GB of memory (RAM) for gaming and 16 GB maximum for gaming

 

16 GB minimum for rendering and no real maximum

 

Check compatibility

 

Use PCPartPicker

 

Use a SSD for small, fast storage and a HDD for large, slow storage.

 

If you have any questions, just ask.

 

EDIT: VRAM does not scale in SLI or CrossFire

 

EDIT: EDIT: 3-way SLI or XFire is stupid, 4-way is even more stupid.

Something like this is what I meant.

 

 

Not EVERYTHING, I very much worded that wrong.

(I love reading long posts, though)

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Pins determine the size of RAM, ghz is the measurement of speed on computer parts(2.4 is average for prebuilt machines), there are ATX, E-ATX, Micro ATX, and Mini ITX motherboard sizes, SATA is the standard storage to motherboard cable type, SSD > HDD, 1 thread to 1 core is normal, hyperthreading = 2 threads to 1 core which means the system sees 2 cores instead of 1, cores allow you to multitask, sockets are what the CPU goes in on the motherboard, they must match to be compatible, PSUs provide power for the system, you need more W in the PSU than the total the system takes up, graphics cards are good and plug into PCIex16 most of time on your motherboard.  That about does it.

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By playing with, breaking and learning to therefore fix said stuff.

 

 

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Be aware that this describes shopping for hardware and discussions about it:

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unless your buying 295x2 which is clearly better,or want best star wars battle front performance, or are wanting to use it throughout the dx12 games releases.

 

Extreme heat output is a major con of the 295X2.

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step 1: don't buy beats

step 2: get computer not console 

step 4: realise how i skipped 3

step 5: like this comment.

step 6: give me all your munny.

step 7: die happily now that you know that i own your munny

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Extreme heat output is a major con of the 295X2.

it gets no higher than 70 degrees for me

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