CloudySky

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This question is far from being hard. I eat this question like I eat Sudoku for breakfast... Patience and perseverance is key for questions like these.

If you want to be efficient with time, I have some suggestions that some people won't think about. Unless you're booting your OS through a CD drive, prepare the USB OS install prior to building your PC. -During your build, think careful about every single detail such as the placement of your cables and components. The placement of your cables are critical for several reasons: If you want to replace or remove a component, it is a lot of hassle and tedious work if the cables are tangled and intertwined; moreover, if you want maximum efficiency in airflow and heat dissipation from your case, then cable manage will slightly help. -Make sure your PSU is turned off before you plug it up with your components. My buddy electrocuted himself and fried his components in the process.. -Use CoreTemp and monitor your temps after you updated windows and installed basic programs such as browsers and etc. Use a temperature monitoring program and make sure that your heat sink is properly doing its job. CoreTemp is free and safe. -Do not use the driver on the CD that came with your GPU. Unless you purchase the GPU at launch, more than likely the drivers will create unnecessary errors with your GPU. Generally, it is better to manually download and install the drivers from the website. -Try to run your PC for 24 hours after you installed all the necessities, checked for abnormalities, and stress tested your rig. I only recommend this because it allows you to see if there may be any problems that are lurking in the shadows.

OP, you're the ignorant one. Do not go around and assume that everyone sides with PC without knowing the pros and cons of both sides. The benefits outweighs the cons when juxtaposing PC with consoles. Usability and flexibility are the main benefits of having a PC overall. You think consoles are great? Yes, they can be but if your main argument is pricing on both media then you're wrong. If you're a little kid that only needs a console for gaming, console without a doubt a great cheap choice. However the usability and flexibility of your PC for school, gaming, watching media, and accessibility is much better. The reason why consoles are deemed so cheap is because the companies subsidized the cost of console and lose a bit of money. Their main revenue comes from the games that are sold. If you were to take apart the consoles at release date, you would have hardware that valued more than what you payed for. PC can do everything a console can do and much more. Consoles are going to get outdated more and more. Before you bash on me, I played and collected consoles growing up but you cannot argue that consoles are overall better. Its like trying to argue that a bicycle is much better than a car because you don't have to use fuel. The amount of money you save over time is much greater than the amount you save initially when purchasing a console. Think of investments which is a concept you seem to not understand.

http://www.aorus.com/p3.aspx People on these forums give the generic answer of razer or steelseries..... Aorus P3 series are way better for the build quality and price.

I'm totally interested in this giveaway. Does the SSD work with a desktop? If so, I would love one since I just built a computer with a 1 TB WD Blue because I didn't have the money for an SSD.

Any way to read the temperatures? What do you mean I got "another" faulty AMD temp sensor? Its my only one

At idle with nothing running, the CPU averages out to be around 12-19 °C The CPU is an 8320 at stock-clocked 3.5 GHz with an H105. Too good to be true or just broken?

Ah, I see your suggestion. Hmm... that could work but it wouldn't be as aesthetically pleasing. I think the fishing line might be my best bet.

I don't really like that idea because I want to have a clean build. I put hours into the cable management. Perhaps I should try to reroute the PCi-e cables in the same grommet but above the card...

I'll see what I can do. How do people make their build so clean as if there were no cables.... I ended up plugging so many things into the PSU and the bottom portion (grommets) of my computer case seems a bit clutter.

Fishing line? how so?

So I recently built a computer and everything works great. I apologize in advance if the cable management isn't the best. However, I feel a bit paranoid because the GPU looks a bit slanted,,? Look at the picture below on the right side of the GPU where the PCI-e cables are plugged in: It seems like the cables are pulling on the frame of the GPU and sandwiching it. Is the GPU suppose to be like this?

try moving the ram to the yellow dual channels

........ I may be picking at your build but...... why is the cooler upside down. It bothers me <_< You need better cable management and make sure to plug your gpu into your psu using a PCI-e cable.