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15 minutes ago, Dukesilver27- said:

If you're in the US, 12400F is a pretty good value at $160, couple that with a decent B660M like $120-150 ish, you get a solid gaming CPU and board. 

If you want to go cheaper, Ryzen 5600 or 5600x with a cheap decent B550 board is also an option, would perform less than the 12400F, but could be quite a bit cheaper. 

SSD is certainly very important, a fast CPU alone can't make a PC runs fast and smooth. 

If you are on a very tight budget, cant go wrong with 12100. Although getting a 4 core cpu for gaming now is a bit of a gamble, game devs might start coding their game to utilize 8 cores because current gen consoles have 8 cores. 

thanks, I was leaning towards the 12400F honestly. I am in the US. Money isn't super tight, it's just not a burning money type of thing. I don't want to be like oh yeah, you need to spend $400 on a CPU.

building a PC for a friend. wants to spend as little as possible, still would like to not have to upgrade anything but videocard for a long time. My brother is still using a i7 2600k for gaming. Like, the more i'm looking at CPUs it just seems like for gaming everything is so overkill. If we separate CPU hardware into tiers of budget, value, performance, and enthusiast, what are value CPUs for gaming? Can I justify i3ss and r3's? Also are there anything in the newest gens of motherboards that like he might regret not having in 5 years? Like my brother wants a new CPU/motherboard just so he can use m.2 SSDs...

I took advantage of the louqe liquidation and bought a louqe Ghost and large top hat for living room PC. It's going to be cooling an i7 8700k. First, can a 240mm aio fit? 2nd is there any air cooler that can provide decent cooling? I'd much prefer air just so I can set it up and not worry about it for 8 years. Performance doesn't have to be insane, mostly going to use for VR and a media center.

I see a lot of reivews with benchmarks, not helping me know what ram I should be pairing with it other than obviously ddr5.

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

You can get a tomahawk max form msi and it's just as good of a board for a good bit less

i think you misworded what you were trying to say. are you saying the asrock is just as good as the msi for less? because  i mentioned the msi...

48 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Except the Asus can do SLi and the Asrock can’t

i mean, let's be honest boys... SLI is effectively dead...

8 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Single 8 pin is more than enough for a 5950X, you can probably get away with just a 4 pin if you aren't doing any manual overclocks (I wouldn't recommend it, but it's probably fine). The extra 4 pin or 8 pin only matter if you're taking the CPU on liquid nitrogen or if you've got an MSI board and plan on running 3-4 GPUs (MSI has the PCIe slot power plane and the CPU power plane wired up together, so if you're running 2-3 high power devices you the extra 8 pin is helpful). 

 

As for a motherboard to get, we need a bit more requirements than just if you need to worry about updating the BIOS, as long as the board hasn't been sitting on a shelf for 2 years it has a BIOS update for the 5950X. Is there any IO requirements (I.E. you need a ton of USB ports, or if you just need a mouse, keyboard, and that's it), does your friend care about aesthetics in the slightest, how many drives are they planning on running and what type are they, etc.? 

 

My problem with that board is that it's basically a B550 board with a second PCIe Gen 4 slot and costs $50 more. It's not a bad board or anything, it's just really overpriced for the features it offers. There are boards like the B550 Taichi that put it to shame in basically every aspect, more SATA ports, x8/x8 support, POST code (super useful if you ever need to troubleshoot something), and it's currently $10-20 less. If you want to save a bit of money and don't really need most of those features, the B550 Steel Legend is an option, it's $140 and still has a POST code (again, I'd want that if you're building a system for someone who's not technically savvy enough to troubleshoot themselves, the board will just tell you what's wrong with it), though it is missing BIOS flashback (update the BIOS without a CPU installed, can save you from a corrupt BIOS flash). The MSI B550-A Pro is another solid option, good rear IO, BIOS flashback, debug LEDs (not as good as the POST code, but still does point you in the general direction of an issue if one occurs). 

the one thing is my previous PC; my current media player was an arock; and I found it's software rather disappointing. So I'm a bit biased against them. If you could reocommend a good 550 board for troubleshooting from like Gigabyte or Asus; it would be appreciated.

1 minute ago, emosun said:

you didnt list a motherboard

the one i'm thinking about right now is the MSI MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI

I'll helping a friend build a PC. A long with gaming, he wants to use a program that significantly benefits from extra cores, so 5950x. He's not super technically adept, so I'm thinking of slapping an ak620 on it and keeping it at stock speeds; so no overclocking. 2 things in regards to motherboard choice I'm concerned about is if it's likely to update the bios and how feasible it is without a earlier gen AMD CPU. And also the cpu power connectors. If 1 8 pin is ok, 1 8 pin + 1 4 pin; or if I really should get a motherboard with 2 8 pins for it.

18 hours ago, MrMase said:

Ah yes that would definitely do it.

As you said its likely a cable fault, but also worth trying a different SATA port on the Motherboard or SATA power connector if replacement does not work.

well, replacing the sata cable made the hdd detected again. So at least there's that. Time will tell if it solves the frequent updating noise problem.

11 hours ago, MrMase said:

If they are notification from Windows they will be showing in the Notification Center in the bottom right corner of the task bar to the right of the time.

As @Murasakihas suggested Focus Assist may help but you should also be able to turn notifications off for a specific application.

 

If it is not this then look at what programs you have starting with your machine using Task Manager or SysInternals Autoruns and disable them one by one until resolved. Then you will know which one is responsible and can start the others back as normal if wanted.

I noticed one of my hard drives is no longer being detected. I just checked the cable connections and they're all good . So my current theory is either the hdd or one of the cables is broken and occasionally it works for a second; windows gives an audio notification of a new device detected; lags the PC. 

16 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

If you're on Windows 11, you can't. It's a requirement for your operating system.

If you're on Windows 10, restart into your BIOS. Advanced Mode, Settings, Miscellaneous, AMD CPU fTPM. Change that to disabled. Gigabyte set it to automatically turn on a few BIOS updates back.

Do note that this might not change anything depending on how well AGESA 1.2.0.7 works. If it works correctly and fixed fTMP stuttering, it'll have no effect on your issues. 

thanks. One of the reasons I upgraded my PC when I did was disliking the idea of being forced to use TPM in win 11, so wanting a system that was still compatible with win 10.

57 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

That had stuttering issues with TPM enabled as with a lot of AMD systems. AGESA 1.2.0.7 helps with that and is out for your motherboard. 

Are you running the most recent BIOS version, F4d?

I am running F4d. Do you know the easiest way to disable TPM?

1 hour ago, Murasaki said:

Perhaps its Focus Assist? Turning that off could help.

i disabled focus assist and so far i haven't had it happen again so that might have been the issue.

56 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

What motherboard? If it’s a B550 there’s a chance that it’s actually USB issues and now Windows. 

 it's an x570s aorus master

2 minutes ago, MrMase said:

It might help if you tell us what the notifications are for as it may be something that can be disabled in the appropriate app.

i don't know what they're for. I just hear the sound and then my computer stutters for a second.

I built a new PC recently and I keep getting a notification sound. Not only is the sound annoying, but if I'm playing a game, it will usually freeze for a second or two, which can be quite frustating while playing a multiplayer game and in the thick of the action. How do I stop this?!

2 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

Is it an exe file? Don't update from within windows. Bios update programs have a tendancy to brick systems. It's better to download the bios fil itself and update through the bios. The exact procedure will vary, but it usually involves copying the bios file to the root of a flash drive and then following the prompts in the bios.

for file type, the one i'm trying to run says application for file type. There are 4 files in the folder. An 

name: autoexec type: windows batch file size 1 KB  

name Efiflash type application size 103KB

name X57SAOMA.F4d type F4D File 32,768 KB (F4D) is the version of the bios

name readme text document "

Usage :
    efiflash [Input or Output File Name] [Command]..

   Switch options for Efiflash.exe:
    /C - Clear DMI data. (default: Keep DMI data)
    /S - Save Original BIOS Image to Disk
    /R - Reboot System after BIOS Update
    /DB- Update both main & backup BIOS

"

is the X57SAOMA.F4d  the file that i would want to put on a flash drive?

I download the bios update from Gigabyte and extract it. Run the application, it says don't run, I put run anways and then it says this app can't run on your PC. I double check, it says X570S AORUS MASTER in dxdiag and that's the motherboard i downloaded a bios update for.. The only thing that doesn't exactly 100% match is the Gigabyte sites says X570S AORUS MASTER (rev 1.0) but that is the only version of the X570S AORUS MASTER on their site, which i know i have.

So I bought a new case, psu, and sata ssd and put everything into the new case. An old sata ssd is now sometimes detected but usually not. My old and current boot drive which is a small m.2 ssd is now extremely slow to boot sometimes like 5+ minutes and i tried running Userbenchmark to get "sequential bench incomplete" for my boot drive. I have 1 m.2 ssd that seems to be working as intended. And I have a hdd that seems to be working as intended. The new sata ssd is getting an error in the userbenchmark saying "Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected" My CPU overclock was also removed and XMP on my ram disabled.

Before I ran the benchmark I just thought maybe a bad sata cable was making one ssd not work right and that was interferring with my boot sequence and making it take really long.

new PSU is a Seasonic Prime 1300W. I have a 8700k with 2x16gb of 3200mhz ram. Asrock z390 phantom gaming itx/ac motherboard. 5700XT videocard.

The sata ssd that usually isn't being detected is a Mushkin MKNSSDRE1TB; the boot drive that is booting super slow most of the time is a Samsung 960 Evo 250 GB. The brand new sata ssd is a Samsung 870 4TB with the RAM cashed drive detected error in benchmarks. The HDD appearing to work fine is a HGST Deskstar 7200RPM 8TB; and the sata ssd seeming to be working fine is a Intel 660p 2 TB

I think one of my SSDs is dying. It stopped being read by my PC a couple days ago and then just started being read again today without messing with my PC physically at all. I have a new larger SSD that I could transfer everything to. I just don't know the best way to do it. Especially because of things like game paths.

I'm starting to budget for a new PC later this year. I'll probably buy a new CPU motherboard and ram as soon as the next gen comes out. There is certainly an argument for future proofing and that what convinced me to get 32gb with my current system which is about 5 years old at this point. And I guess the problem with having 32gb of ram is you don't know when 16gb of ram would have been problematic if you had not decided to get 32gb of ram. Has 32gb of ram been beneficial lately? Or is 16gb still enough for most end users?

Has been any talk from knowledgeable people about like, If Nvidia is losing any significant performance pushing these two features?

Are there any good resources to find the height of memory modules, as I'm not seeing it on their spec sheet. And want to get a nh-d15; but i'm afraid I'm going to order ram that is too tall

I've been slightly burned by Newegg's business practices in the past, and with the current bad press, I'd prefer to stop using it altogether. The main problem is even if I don't buy from them; their search engine is just the only decent one I've found. Looking for a ddr5 atx with 2 LAN ports and 5 m.2's? here's whats available. Trying to find the right monitor at a certain size with a certain refresh rate? Well, use newegg...

I installed POP OS and then steam. I plug in a hardware filter for VR compatible games and only 5 of my many VR games show up. And only one, Alyx is installable. 

1. Installing steam on Linux is all that's needed to have proton working, right?

2. If most my VR library isn't showing up because it isn't compatible with Linux; why are there 4 showing up that aren't compatible with Linux?