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Thank you, what are your thoughts on the 5500? From a quick look earlier today, I had thought it wasn't a good cpu, but I may be entirely mistaken Looking at the first option you posted, the 4060 one, from what I've read the 3 power supply options suck And for the second one, I think my friend requires wifi on the motherboard, so by the time we've changed to a decent psu and added a nic - it's close to £60 over budget which isn't great I'll bring it up to him and see how he feels about the price, thanks

Thank you both for putting in the time to design a system, I don't live in the same city as this friend and he's in no way comfortable to build his own rig. Unfortunately the only option is to get a prebuild

Helloooo, A friend of mine is looking to get into PC gaming and I want to find him one of the better prebuilt pcs from a UK retailer. He's only going to be gaming at 1080p, for AAA games he'll only be targeting 60fps (Max settings is optional) I've done a little research myself and wound up on Awd-it: This is the build I've chosen. I'm hoping people may other other good suggestions. He needs a monitor + peripherals, so I decided to make use of the discounted stuff on the site. If there's red flags around certain components, please let me know I'd like to keep it around £850 for the whole rig, so around £700 for the tower itself Thanks vK

@Dutch_Master @Slottr If it's okay, I have another question I was looking at some drives, how does this drive fare? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/6FQcCJ/seagate-ironwolf-nas-4-tb-35-5400-rpm-internal-hard-drive-st4000vn006 Was thinking of getting maybe 4 of them, I understand that 4TB isn't an awful lot, but I just need a few drives to get me running for a year or two without breaking my bank And correct me if I'm wrong, I should use ZFS/TrueNas for the file system and probably use Raidz1. Or, if you think that the 10tb usable storage I'll have won't be enough for a plex, then I can just not do plex right now and save money on drives to focus on my other use cases. Seeing as I'll be serving content to users on game servers, I thought I could get an SSD to do that aspect of it? I.e. Large file storage (media, steam library, whatever else) on the pool of hard disks, and then use the solid state for things that require more speed. Also, going back to my use case of doing all this crap - website, game server, file storage etc - Can I achieve all this by using TrueNas? I read that it has a virtualization component, so I'm hoping I can just setup a VM for the website host, one for each game server, one for plex etc. Am I on the right lines here? Thanks

Thanks for the info, I'll give a research into the N400. Also didn't know that about Plex, so I'll definitely consider an intel chip then I'm currently living in a studio apartment so no space for a full rack, would have to be mid tower (maybe a little bigger). I'll take a look at some used old cases then and see what I can find.

Hello! Been a while since I was on the forums Recently, I've become increasingly interested in my own server/NAS (I'm unsure, the terminology has got me all mixed up). If I explain the kind of thing I'm looking for, I'm hoping people can help me narrow down what I want so I can go and research stuff related In my head, I want a server that's up 24/7, that can do a bunch of different tasks for me. For example: Host a couple game servers (for friends and I): Rust / Minecraft / Gmod? Probably won't all be at the same time, but it could be Host a plex service (I'm new to plex but it seems really cool) Host a website (simple static website, nothing crazy going on, no ecommerce) Host a discord bot (previously I used AWS for this, but I thought I could migrate here) Interact with some smart devices around the home Store my steam library, i.e. I'd like to have a background worker keeping my steam library up to date - so when I want to play a game, I can quickly nab the latest version from my nas/server and get going. Store various other things that I want to keep on it. Since I'm new to the area, I don't have any expectations for the price, I'm mostly interested in what you guys think the budget would be for this kind of setup. I'm based in the UK too. I'm also completely fine with used parts, maybe not the CPU just because I'd have to buy a third party cooler, and the cost saved from the CPU probably wouldn't equal the price of the cooler. The Theory Craft of Parts Ryzen 5500 (Balance of cores/freq) 16/32gb ram? I'm not sure, I'm thinking with the servers I'll be running, I should invest in 32 Spare 1060 3gb I have laying around for video transcoding PSU choice is trivial, something reliable <= 450w Here's the two main sticking points for me: Cases Drives (250gb nvme ssd, but unsure on hdds) I'm a total noob at looking for the types of cases I'd want, and how big the drives should be, or what company/models are good. If I could get some thoughts on my plan and also on the possible options for drives/cases I'd be very grateful. Thanks y'all vK

Checking Geforce Now, apparently that's installed, I could've sworn I went before that but whatever, I will DDU and then install some earlier drivers

tbh it's under idle, but that's just because my motherboard reset it's fan curves and I haven't been bothered to ramp them back up yet. So I've got an AIO on the front intake and then 2 exhausts which are kinda slow rn. But when these crashes have been happening, I've been on chrome, or just doing some light coding in visual studio, nothing GPU intensive.

like 60-70 max, nothing near the 82 thermal limit

Hi guys, I've been dealing with this for a couple weeks, but in the past two days it's gotten really bad where every hour or so my PC will crash in certain aspects, I'll still be able to Ctrl+S to save work, and then open task manager, but shortly after clicking 'Performance', to monitor my usage, I notice that my GPU usage is -1%. Which would indicate that my drivers crashed, I tried the good old Win+Ctrl+Shift+B to restart but this only works like 10% of the time. I tried using DDU to reinstall earlier drivers that were more stable, I'll probably give that another go, reverting to an even earlier driver. I swapped to using 2/4 sticks of RAM. Reseated CPU Cooler and applied new thermal paste. Took out GPU and gave it a compressed air clean, along with the rest of the system. Still not really any changes, I still have this crash. I tried googling around but couldn't find any articles/posts about "-1% GPU usage crash" so I'm posting here in hopes someone has experienced/seen this problem before and can offer some advice on what component is broken or if any component is at all, and this could possibly just be a driver issue. Specs I7-5820k @ Stock (Removed all overclocks) 2400Mhz 16GB corsair (2133Mhz, as I've removed the XMP // any manual overclock I did before) MSI X99a Gaming 7 motherboard MSI GamingX 1080 ti G2 750W PSU Any help is appreciated, thanks a bunch guys

Budget (including currency): £700 Country: United Kingdom Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Nothing too intensive, maybe the occasional older AAA game, esports games, casual games on Xbox Game pass. If not gaming it'll be word processing and chrome/browsing for university work. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): £700 is a hard cap Hi guys, I'm currently looking at this laptop for my friend to purchase, £700 is a hard cap and he refuses to go above it, chances are he won't even buy this laptop as he's still deciding whether he can justify this amount of money for a laptop. He found this laptop, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Legion-Gaming-GeForce-Windows/dp/B08BLHPTTT?th=1 , to which I decided to point him instead towards https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gaming/pc-gaming/gaming-laptops/msi-bravo-15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-rx-5500m-256-gb-ssd-10206090-pdt.html , although I'm unsure if this was the correct decision and wondered if anyone had input between these two, or if anyone can suggest other laptops that are either £700 or below Many thanks, Keiron

Lol, brill thanks for the help

Just to clear up, the Lenovo is the one with the GPU, and the Acer is with the Ryzen 4700U So would you recommend sticking with the Acer 4700U laptop for streaming non-game stuff?

Hi guys, currently looking at 2 options for laptops. It will primarily be used to stream webcam/display captures, not gaming at the same time. I'm wondering if the £100 difference would really make much of a difference in terms of performance? Obviously this https://www.box.co.uk/82B50042UK-Lenovo-Legion-5-15_2938438.html#DetailTop , Lenovo Legion 5 would be better than the other (£650) option https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-5-a515-44-15-6-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-512-gb-ssd-black-10208150-pdt.html , however, would the change in threads + addition of a GPU be worth the £100 if i'm only going to be streaming non-gaming stuff? (To add, I probably won't be gaming at all on this laptop) Money is something that's quite scarce right now and I don't want to be adding £100 if I can avoid it and if the laptop will be able to do it's job without one. I know the better value is to go for the laptop with the 1650, and I can do it if it'll affect the streaming quality in a large way. Many thanks guys, vK

I'm afraid it's not possible, I'm in need of portability

Thank you for the suggestions, a quick question about 1, do you think the thermals would be okay for streaming? Or would it be safer to go with option 2 for better cooling? Like I said I don't have a need for a GPU so spending the extra money when I don't need to seems like a waste for option 3

Budget (including currency): £750 Max, preferably under or around £650 if it can handle the tasks. Country: United Kingdom Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming, no gaming. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Laptop Hi guys I'm in need of some help with laptops, I don't usually browse the market for them but I have to right now. I've been looking around for a good budget laptop capable of streaming, I won't be gaming at the same time so I don't need an outstanding dedicated GPU in it. Something with a decent CPU for 1080p streaming 30fps will do. I've been browsing around for a couple hours and found these few laptops, asking if anyone has opinions on them or other suggestions, again, preferably £650 or lower, and £750 is an absolute max, I can't go above. https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops/new-inspiron-14-5000/spd/inspiron-14-5401-laptop/cn54101?clickid=1101lbvAfJdb&gacd=9685798-23767337-5795892-276742875-128069565&dgc=af&u==1101l4683&dclid=CjgKEAjwtsv7BRDNotnPmt6B7VMSJABaGJZRf3quanXxacxghP-GSoCGMlFFLJUsZgG-_MZTnb3WV_D_BwE https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/dell-inspiron-15-5593-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-512-gb-ssd-silver-10199737-pdt.html https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-swift-3-14-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-1-tb-ssd-silver-10208152-pdt.html (A note about the 4000 series Ryzen, would I be better off just looking for a cheaper 3000 series laptop, I might be remembering wrongly, but they aren't that much better than a 3000 are they? Just better graphics?) Many thanks for any help, vK

I was not aware that the MX500 has 2 variants, thanks for this information

ye, I'm mostly getting the m.2 because it allows her to keep her old hard drive

aha, im actually reading that right now, thanks for the link What I'm actually most concerned with right now is how the longevity of the drive compares given that I've read around and found out that without dram, the random accesses made by the OS during boot can decrease the lifespan of the drive over time, got any input on that? I assume it'd be > 5 years given they have a 5 year warranty, so maybe this isn't as much of an issue as people make it out to be.

To clarify, my mistake, i wasn't meaning between the 500gb/1TB model, but between the WD Blue nvme drive Warin was talking about, and the Sx8200 pro*

The 1tb model is slightly out of price, I can go for the 500GB variant no problem, if you were suggesting the 1tb model, is there any argument to be made for noticing any real-life performance difference?

How does the WD Blue's performance compare given the DRAM-less cache?

Hi, good day fellas, I was wondering if anyone's got recommendations for a 500GB/1TB NVMe SSD, my budget is around £100~, that's a fairly strict limit of maybe being able to push £10. It'd be used primarily for games/Windows/etc, as the secondary storage is a 5400rpm hdd. I was originally going to gift my gf an upgrade from her hdd to a 2.5" ssd but recently found out she has a M.2 port as well, so I thought I should get one of those to allow for more storage capability. Many thanks, vK

Yeah alright, thanks for the info