HephMiner

It’s been a few years since I last built a pc, haven’t been keeping track of trends and prices either. I love playing games with my gf, but we’re reaching a point where the games we want to play aren’t running on her laptop. I was looking at getting her the parts and building it together as an activity, and was wanting a second look over the list I have atm. I know she wants something relatively nice looking, nothing over the top but some rgb here and there to make it special. 1080p at 60fps, is the low goal, but more fps would be great. Wanting rtx as well, also wanting to future proof a little with a heftier psu, wifi is a must, and the windows on there is just a reference for me to see. Ignoring the operating system I’m wanting to keep it below $1000. If any more can be cut down without sacrificing too much on looks or performance that would be great! [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nCppJM) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 5 4500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/m8BG3C/amd-ryzen-5-4500-36-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000644box) | $78.98 @ Newegg **Motherboard** | [Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pLNxFT/asus-tuf-gaming-b550-plus-wifi-ii-atx-am4-motherboard-tuf-gaming-b550-plus-wifi-ii) | $169.99 @ ASUS **Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB RS 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RvmmP6/corsair-vengeance-rgb-rs-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-cl18-memory-cmg16gx4m2d3600c18) | $72.98 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Western Digital Blue SA510 500 GB M.2-2280 SATA Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/x8cG3C/western-digital-blue-sa510-500-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-wds500g3b0b) | $42.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gHNxFT/western-digital-wd-blue-2-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd20ezbx) | $49.87 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pD8bt6/msi-geforce-rtx-3060-12-gb-ventus-2x-video-card-rtx3060ventus2x12goc) | $354.39 @ Newegg **Case** | [Montech X3 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HRH7YJ/montech-x3-mesh-atx-mid-tower-case-x3-mesh-black) | $59.99 @ Newegg Sellers **Power Supply** | [Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tWMTwP/cooler-master-mwe-gold-850-v2-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpe-8501-afaag-us) | $89.99 @ Newegg **Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wtgPxr/microsoft-windows-10-home-oem-dvd-64-bit-kw9-00140) | $107.98 @ Other World Computing | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1057.16 | Mail-in rebates | -$30.00 | **Total** | **$1027.16** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2022-11-09 14:32 EST-0500 |

So let’s say it wasn’t very poor luck with a doa gpu, if it was a rare bios setting problem, what would that be and how would it be fixed before trying the new gpu when it comes in?

My friend just got the parts for his pc and I went to help assemble it with him and when everything was all good, plugged in, tucked away, and ready to boot... the tv wouldn’t pick up a signal from the pc. We tried two cords in two ports and nothing. I noticed the vga light was on so the gpu itself was the problem. We tried a couple of times and nothing. Finally, his uncle had given him a bunch of old parts he could use if he wanted so we put in an older gpu and it worked. So it’s not the port, so one would assume it’s the gpu itself, right? The lights and fans on the gpu turned on so it was getting power so I’m checking to see what are the options for it not working. The parts in question are a: Cpu: Amd ryzen 5 3600 Mobo: Asus TUF x570 gaming WiFi gpu: power color red devil rx 5700xt Ram: 2x gskill 8gb, 3200mhz Psu: evga gq 750w gold 1tb hdd and 1tb ssd from WD and phsnteks p400 case When we put in the old gpu a second time, I went ahead and booted and started the whole pc thinking maybe the MoBo needed a bios update and after the pc was completely set up, I shit it down again and tried the card and nothing. So currently it is running a GTX 660 from I believe evga. The new gpu was sent back for a new one and that is on its way because we assumed it was doa. If anyone has any ideas if there are conflicting hardware or anything that could mean it wasn’t doa please let me know. I will be heartbroken if we go to put this in again and it doesn’t work for a second time.

My friend is trying to sync his PlayStation warzone with pc now that he just got a pc but we’re cautious if the linking will work. When he first logged into warzone it automatically logged him in through battle net without the option to sign in. If we go to the site and unlink that profile and go into the game again, will it just sign in again and relink. Alternatively is it better to link through the desired Activision account and un link the forced battle net account and then link his battle net on the desired account. I font know which one to do and am a little scared to go ahead and try one since you can’t unlink for 12 months after . I know it might be overly convoluted but it’s kinda just assurance, so if you have any questions please let me know but I hope I can get some answers.

Amd ryzen 5 3600 amd 5700 xt (red devil by power color) 2 sticks of 3200 gskill ram asus tuf gaming x570 WiFi evga gq 750 watt psu

When the pc turns on the dram light goes orange, then the cpu light turns red, then the vga light goes white. The previous lights shut off when the next light turns on.

I just noticed the vga light is on, what should I do for that?

The pc is all put together and turns on. The fans are spinning, rgb shinning, and everything looks to be in order. Except that it isn’t displaying anything on the tv. It’s saying no signal on two different hdmi ports with two different cables. The keyboard is on and everything and I don’t know what to do to get the tv to recognize it or the pc to send a signal. Help please!!

My friend is trying to get into pc gaming with his first pc but ran it by his uncle in order to order the parts. His uncle who has built PCs before, opted to give my friend some of his old parts. It was just a whole pc, complete with a GTX 660 and god knows what cpu. While he did order a MoBo, cpu, ram, gpu, and ssd; his uncle took it upon himself to not order him the case, psu, or hdd. I’m sure his thinking was to use the stuff he previously owned and as infuriating the hdd and psu are we shrugged it off till it came time to build. We got to the end, the very end, just put the gpu in and everything and... the psu didn’t have the right power for it. The gpu is a power color red devil amd 5700xt and needs two 8 pin connectors for power. I’m trying to look up and find him a psu to order but I’m having trouble confirming if it will work. The MoBo is a Asus x570 tuf gaming and so it needs the 8+4 pin for the cpu too. If anybody can link me a psu on either newegg or amazon around 600 watts or higher as well as semi/fully modular that would be awesome!!

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/HephMiner/saved/NCm3ZL Just curious how this build works out overall. Also if there are any compatibility issues and the like.

Since I built the pc yesterday and updated drivers that should be good. How would I change the resolution?

When I open up the launcher it works fine. From the home page I can hit the search button and look for games as well as change from browse to discover. The only thing I can’t do is interact with the menu button in the top left, the three horizontal lines. I’ve never used epic games before so I don’t quite know how to navigate it but I would assume that’s where I would go to see my library of games. It appears but does not show as clickable. I couldn’t find any help on reddit and the support they have isn’t working either. I’ll attach an image for reference but I have no idea what to try.

I’m trying to put my first pc together and I want to confirm which header I install the AIO pump into?

Sadly it I the WiFi that is holding me back, and I kinda set up my build a couple months back to work very well with syncing lights through the MSI software so if there’s anything you can recommend in that vein that would be great!

I’m looking to purchase the parts for my first pc and when I checked yesterday it was preorder off of B&H for June 26. Now I check today and see it pushed to July 21. Idk when to expect it to release cause I wanted the older model but now that there’s a better version it’s not worth going back to that one but I also want to have it ready for next school year in case of distance learning. Any ideas?