MajorSpud

I ended up going with the Be Quiet! I will be having my PC in my bedroom and I think it would be nice to have a quiet system. It's also cheaper and appears to have better build quality. The only issue will be airflow, but I think that will be good enough for this system.

I also want to mention before I forget that my motherboad is an ASRock B450M Pro4, which is a MicroATX board. I would prefer getting a relatively small case, but it doesn't need to be. As long as it looks nice and is functional.

Probably true. Looks aren't my main concern, although I do want something relatively nice looking. I found some old cases from Fractal Design that were like $50, but they are old enough that they have compatibility problems with modern graphics cards.

Hello, I was just wondering if people had any favorite cases without a window. I am going to be moving my PC back and forth from college for the next few years, so I don't want anything fragile, which seems to eliminate most cases these days. So far in my searches, I have found a lot of cheap junk, as well as some nice looking expensive options. I am currently torn between two options, the Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 and the Meshify-C Windowless. Both are around $100. I was hoping to do as cheap of a build as possible, but I don't want to end up with something that I won't enjoy. Normally I would want something about $50-60 to keep the cost proportional with the rest of my parts ($200, but I am reusing a lot of parts). I am not seeing anything that looks decent in that range anymore, so I was hoping I could get some recommendations budget or otherwise. I don't have a strict budget, just trying to make the most of my money. Edit: For reference on what airflow might be necessary, I'm including an outline of the build. -Ryzen 5 1600 (3.6-3.8 MHz OC) -Geil 16GB 3200 -Geforce GTX 1060 3GB (Planned upgrade to 1070) -2 2.5" Disks, 2 3.5" HDD Nothing too crazy, but I do need some okay airflow for the overclock.

Do you think a better quality unit would also last longer? Or is it kind of random?

Me apparently.

Hello, Was just looking at a few power supplies for a planned build. When looking at the PSU tier list, it's natural to gravitate towards the higher tiers, but is this really necessary? What would you actually miss out on by buying a C tier instead of an A tier and saving the extra money? On Newegg right now, there are a couple of good $50 options at A tier: -https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-amp-series-ph-p550g-us01-550w/p/17-987-008 -https://www.newegg.com/enermax-80-plus-erf650awt-650w/p/1HU-0042-000P8?Item=1HU-0042-000P8 And one in C tier for $30 -https://www.newegg.com/enermax-marblebron-emb550awt-550w/p/N82E16817194138 Planned Build: -Ryzen 5 1600 (3.6-3.8 MHz OC) -Crucial Ballistix 16GB 3200 -Geforce GTX 1060 3GB (Planned upgrade to 1070) -1 2.5" SSD, 2 3.5" HDD, 1 2.5" HDD -2 Case Fans It seems like all of these would be able to handle my system, so I am tempted to save the money as this is supposed to be a budget build. I am thinking that long term though, the 650w Enermax will be the best buy and will last me for a long time. The only thing that makes me want to cheap out is that I am not sure about the stability of this system. This motherboard was part of an older system I had would randomly shut down at times. After troubleshooting, I eventually figured out that it was most likely due to my failing Seasonic (G-Series) 650w Gold PSU. This was also an A rated unit, so it does feel like there is a bit of a crap shoot either way. I do sometimes get power outages at home so I have started using surge protectors after that but it does scare me from investing too much money.

Thank you, this was really helpful. You answered everything I wanted to know, and more.

I am thinking that I will try to get a 3000 or 3200 kit because they don't seem to be much more expensive. I know the old kit of RAM I had specifically only said it was tested for Intel, but I assume that Ryzen is popular enough for that not to to be the case anymore.

That's what I thought too, but some people are saying it has to do with the motherboard as well. It isn't going to be a huge upgrade, but I needed something to update the BIOS either way. I have a 2500k so it should still be better, especially from a multi-core perspective. According to hardware unboxed it shouldn't be any different for me since I only have a 1060 3GB at the moment. I might be able to get a 1070 when my brother upgrades his system, but according to this that should be fine as well.

Hello all, I just picked up a Ryzen 5 1600 since I found one for a really good price ($93 shipped). I know that these chips were notorious for being finicky with memory when they launched, and I was wondering how much the newer BIOS updates improved things. I was never able to get my 2666 memory to run at rated speeds on my old Ryzen system, and I'd like to avoid that this time. For reference, I already have a board left over from a previous Ryzen system that I ended up getting rid of. It is the ASRock B450M Pro4 running update 3.30 if my memory is correct. I looked at the QVL list for the first gen processors, but was unable to find any of the listed 3200Mhz kits on eBay, I assume because they're too old. Basically my information is just way out of date, and I'm having trouble finding modern results on this. From what I can gather, Zen 2 and 3 appear to have improved on this front, so maybe I'll just get the best kit I can afford for now and just wait until I upgrade. Should I look for anything else besides speed and timings? Is AMD/Ryzen compatible something that actually means anything? Apologies if any of this is poorly written or confusing, I need to get to sleep soon.

Overwriting the files with new data is going to cause you to lose those files. When you delete a file, it might be more accurate to say that it is deleted from your file directory. The file is still there on the disk, but it has been marked as free space and has nothing pointing to it anymore. When this "free space" is overwritten by anything else, it makes it next to impossible to recover. I don't think it would hurt to try a free program like Recuva to see what it finds, but don't get your hopes up.

The original kit of ram I had in this system would only run at 2400Mhz, so I'm just happy to get the stock speeds. The performance seems to be good enough. What does this have to do with my issue?

Hi all, I've been having some issues with my computer shutting down, seemingly at random. I haven't seen a blue screen or anything, I'm just coming back to my computer to find that it's not on anymore. Here is the last time it happened, which was last night. As you can see, it's becoming more and more frequent. The troubling thing is that I had a very similar issue with my old PC, which caused me to start over by building my current computer. It was doing the same thing, although it would start back up again instead of simply shutting off. I troubleshooted everything I could think of, but eventually decided that the motherboard had probably gone bad. The only thing left over from that build is my case and all of my storage drives, so the hardware should not be an issue. My first thought was that there is something wrong with the outlet that I am plugging it in to. My first thought was to get a UPS, but no one else in my family has had any similar issues, so it likely isn't the power grid. At this point I'm really at a loss, so any help would be appreciated. Here are my current specs: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit Asrock B450M Pro4 Ryzen 5 1600 2 x 4GB Crucial RAM @ 2667 MHz Asus Dual GTX 1060 3GB Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 1TB & 3TB WD Blue HDDs Seasonic G Series 650w

Wow, I really thought I had tried that before. It worked, so thank you.