JammyCreedog

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What CPU do you have, it sounds like you said the igpu had video output while pcie wouldn't display. Get a cmos battery first, but then you gotta look at the power supply and use a known good unit.

My first instinct is pointing me to the power supply or power related error. I would take the motherboard out of the case and put your system together on your desk/table to isolate from a short/ground. Double check that all psu connectors are fully seated.

As mentioned, that power supply is a lil suspect. Also, a 2 or 4 TB HDD isn't much more $ than the 1TB.

New Zealand is a nice place to vacation in winter.

Oh, my!!!! To be charged $10 a month to play some video game??? What a scandal!!! World of Warcraft players: ......................... Hey, that's cheap.

Singapore would be pretty centrally located in SE Asia. Japan would up the enthusiasm! Who remembers Linus buying some really weird knockoff electronics over there?

UK office would be awesome too. Side note: Doesn't LTT have an editor in America already?

Maybe start as a brand new channel like short circuit or carpool critics did. It'd have it's own staff and writers everything. Didn't Top Gear UK do the same thing with new actors? It also might clear up some red tape serving as a base for shipping merch....... lttstore.com Anybody have any thoughts about this?

Ok, yeah that mobo is kinda crap. AMD is rumored to be supporting ryzen 3000 cpu's on current AM4 socket motherboards with just a bios flash update needed. You could get a nicer full feature AM4 motherboard and just get a placeholder cpu. That way you'll be all set when the new chips drop. I like the Asus Prime X470-Pro. It'll take any ryzen cpu on the market. You could get a ryzen 3 2200g for under $100 but if you are going to sell it in 4 months, I think you'd have an easier time unloading a used Ryzen 5 2600 and getting your money back out of it..

Don't forget to add the price of a new motherboard to the ryzen cpu. And, yes even 2 or 3 generations ago Intel parts (all still 14nm/16nm fab) will game far better than AMD chips due to higher ipc and turbo boost frequencies. Shop around, the i7 8700 non k should be a lil over $300 US where the i5 8600K is around $240. Its the new 9th gen i9 parts that should be around $500 US. Like I said, comparison shop a bunch, $450 sounds very high for last generation parts. Edit: just be sure that you are purchasing an 8th gen intel cpu to replace your 8th gen core i3. Intel messed with the chipset and the 9th gen cpu's will NOT work in 8th gen motherboards.

I'd go for a core i7 8700 k/or(non k) either one. It will just drop in and be a beast. AMD 7nm in the Radeon VII is slightly disappointing, but hey, i've been wrong before. I'd say go with the proven performer i7.

The 2400g can run by itself, The ryzen 5 2600 has no display output onboard.

Okay, its cool. Other than that, I think 550 watt psu might be just a tad low for the rtx 2070. If it was my build, i'd get at least a 650.

Agreed, get the nvme m.2 drive for the os and critical programs, but get a 2tb barracuda for games and stuff.