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50 minutes ago, NZKshatriya said:
You can always mod your chassis, in fact theres an entire PC subculture dedicated to doing just that (coolermaster even has an annual competition)
Just, don't do things to a case without planning and design first.
I appreciate the help , and I shall take your advice on board thank you :)
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4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:
I mean, you could, but wouldn't it be easier and look better if you got a case with a mesh front grill in the first place, like a Meshify C?
Yea but I am on a budget at the moment n just don’t really wanna buy another case, and with the worlds current situation it’s hard to sell a case to someone.
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Just now, minibois said:
I think you're looking for the Corsair Carbide 275R airflow, which already has holes in the front
Ah yeah see the one I have just has a gap along the side, but I will take a look thank you
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Hi all, I have recently ordered some parts for my first pc build, and my first part to arrive is my case, I have a corsair carbide 275R, I have read up a lot about it to see people’s reviews of it before buying it, But i’m seeing some talking about how it’s thermal performance isn’t as good as some due to the front panel restricting air getting to front intake fans, now I have 2 intakes on the front of the case, however i’m curious as a first time builder, is it okay to put any sort of vent holes in the front panel of the case, so the actual panel you take off, not just the front of the case, thanks.
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5 minutes ago, Eschew said:
Cool. Physical clearances seem to check out.
- Motherboard Compatibility: Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX, ATX (MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX: ATX).
- CPU Cooler Clearance: 170mm (Noctua NH-D15S: 160mm).
- GPU Clearance: 370mm (MSI VENTUS XS OC: 205mm).
- PSU Clearance: 180mm (Seasonic CORE GM: 140mm).
Was also checking for proprietary case layouts, since you mentioned pre-built. You're good on that front.
Thank you for the help much appreciated
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2 hours ago, merco said:
if it's a normal atx case you should be good, however you can usually check in the cases specs how much clearance it has. The most common problems would be aftermarket cooler is too big, or GPU is too long. Sometimes the RAM can be too tall to fit together with your CPU cooler as well. I think the cooler you chose NH-D15S is a special version that leaves more room for the RAM and GPU.
If you want to make sure that your RAM is compatible with your motherboard you can look it up in the QVL (qualified vendor list) that you can usually find on the manufacturer's website. If it is not in there it means it wasn't tested with the board, but it might work anyways. I usually stick to the QVL though.
In your case it would be here https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-TOMAHAWK-MAX#support-mem-19
Yea i’ve just finished checking for any clearance issues and none are shown, I’m seeing about changing my cooler as someone has said I don’t need that, but just having a look at other coolers that would do the trick.
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2 hours ago, Eschew said:
Hey there. Would you mind listing the case you currently have? I'd just like to check for physical clearances and such.
Yeah it’s a corsair carbide series 275R
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Hey everyone i’m slightly new to building pcs, And i’ve been searching parts to buy for my first build, i’ve put hours and hours of research into all parts to make sure of compatibility etc, however anyone can make a mistake, especially if it’s there first time, so if someone experienced could verify that my build would work then that would be great, i’ll list the parts below (excluding the case i’ve already got and peripherals) and I plan on overclocking since I did it with my older prebuild.
Seasonic Core Gold GM 650 650W Modular 80+ Gold PSU
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black,PC4-28800 (3600)
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
intel 660p series 512GB, M.2 PCIE 3.0 (x4) NVMe
ASUS PCIe AC56 Dual band network card
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS OC 6GB
Seagate barracuda 1TB
Noctua NH-D15S CPU cooler
Would appreciate it thanks people
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Well it can depend on what you believe a working pc is, and what options you have available. For example if you don’t have access to a wired network and want a gaming pc, assuming your motherboard didn’t come with wifi, then no, but it really comes down to many factors. Others can included whether your buying something like a pre build with a pre installed operating system, and if not, then you would also need that.
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I’m using 2x 8gb of corsair vengeance lpx and a cool master master box mb520
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2 hours ago, Detol said:
If your case has the clearance then Noctua all the way. NhD15 is massive but unrivalled in terms of performance.
If you wanna go for something slightly less pricey then NH U14S for a single tower cooler.
I found one that also looks promising, it’s the nactua NH-U12S, you reckon that’s good?
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I’ve recently done some searching about for a build, i’m new to building pcs, and I was curious what cpu cooler (preferably air) i should use if i’m going to oc a ryzen 5 3600 to around about 3.9, And preferably if someone could suggest a cooler that’s £100 or less that would handle that sort of oc
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27 minutes ago, Kisai said:
There are no WiFi drivers built into Windows 10.
There's two kinds of WiFi parts out there, ones that require CNVi and ones that do not. Intel chipsets that support CNVi can use the CNVi WiFi parts on a M2 slot. AMD Chipsets, and Intel chipsets without CNVi require the non-CNVi version.
What is CNVi you ask? In short, it's a way to move the non-Radio parts of the WiFi chip to the motherboard chipset (think "winmodem") This allows the BT/WiFi radio to exist by itself on a PCIe card/m2 card. Or in other words, a way for laptop/NUC/ITX boards to cut costs.
If you have an AMD board, there is no equivalent, so you need to make sure whatever WiFi parts you buy are non-CNVi, as there is no hardware in the chipset to run them. This means that the WiFi card you buy will be more expensive. Most full-size PCIe WiFi cards are simply the NGFF (M2) card on a larger PCIe card, sometimes with larger antenna's or multiple antennas. Most of these tend to include Bluetooth because the underlying WiFi part has BT standard. This is why you see USB references in some WiFi card's specifications, because BT is USB, and thus needs a connection to the motherboard's USB 2.0 header:
What you need to make sure is that both drivers are installed.
WiFi drivers must be installed, and Bluetooth drivers must also be installed IF you plug in the USB header. If you do not want bluetooth support, then don't plug it in.
So do you have any suggestions for the asus rog strix b450-f? Because wifi cards so far are the most difficult for me to choose, i’m very new to this sort of stuff and this is a first build, so if you have any suggestions for wifi for that motherboard i would really appreciate it, if not that’s fine.
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25 minutes ago, NZgamer said:
I have a PCIe WiFi card so I can explain.
If you plug it in and boot into Windows, it will most likely find drivers off of the internet and install them for you. If it does not, then go ahead and install the drivers from their website or the DVD if you can do so.
No, there is no internal USB header to plug into. Where did you hear that from?
I was watching a video on the installation of the Asus PCE-AC55BT, because I was looking at getting it and just doing abit of research on it. I’ll send the video.
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So i’m planning on buying an asus rog strix b450-f gaming motherboard, And I have been looking at various pci express wifi cards, however many of them say they require certain drivers to run on operating systems such as windows 10. Once these drivers are installed do they automatically allow your wifi card to work, or is there any extra setup steps. Also when using a wifi card, i’ve seen they have an internal usbi think is the best way to explain it, that connects to a header on the motherboard, so would that come with the wifi card?
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6 hours ago, Vitamanic said:
I'd avoid internal WiFi cards as they take up precious space that you may want to utilize in the future for something else.
USB 3 adapters are cheaper and achieve the same thing.
Thanks for the advice, I shall take it on board with me
6 hours ago, Jurrunio said:They can differ in the card they use which then leads to different performance, but different PCIe does not mean the performance will be any different, they only affect max speed (even PCIe 3.0 x1 can do nearly 1GB/s speeds, while WiFi 6 maxes out at 0.15GB/s per stream in theory and less in practice). For WiFi cards, the NIC and the antenne matter most.
Thank you for clearing that up for me, much appreciated
6 hours ago, jstudrawa said:Each card should show the speeds it's rated for, in the descriptions. Generally tho, price equates to better/faster as with most things.
Yea that does make sense aha, Thank you for the help
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19 hours ago, er13 said:
My new pc keeps showing a diagonal square pattern after using it for 30 seconds and longer. After that everything freezes and my monitor goes black and then back to normal. Sometimes after going black it says the Display Port signal is unavailable. I have cleared and reinstalled my drivers and cannot figure out what the issue is. Looking for help and any suggestions that may be causing this problem.
Personally this could be an issue with your graphics cards, if your graphics cards have been overclocked by you or someone you purchased them off, they may be over clocked too high, and causing graphical errors and crashes, to fix this issue you should put your computer in safe mode with networking, This will stop any applications that may overclock your gpu when the computer is on, once here, you can restore your gpus original setting via an app such as msi afterburner, if this is not the issue however then it may genuinely just be a monitor issue
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I am currently getting parts together for a new build, and am quite new to the scene, however my mother board requires a wifi card for, well, wifi, however i’m just curious as to know what difference there are between different cards, because some are more expensive than others, so do some give you faster wifi, a more stable connection or what? Thanks.
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7 hours ago, sillydolphin1 said:
I got bored and decided to make one between the budget. Hopefully the link works because I never really do this but I wanna build lists for people I find it fun.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Sillydolphin1/saved/#view=HKTF8dThanks for the list, much appreciated considering you took some time out of your day to do that, not all hero’s wear capes lol
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7 hours ago, Kiexli said:
Hey yall, i’m new to pcs and have been doing lots of research and watching linus to get a better understanding, I just watched a recent video of an $800 budget, however due to the shipping from US etc, it dramatically overcharges, and goes from an $800 build to a £1200+ build, so does anyone have any suggestions for a budget build of around about £800-900 for gaming, thanks
Thanks everyone for the help, much appreciated
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Hey yall, i’m new to pcs and have been doing lots of research and watching linus to get a better understanding, I just watched a recent video of an $800 budget, however due to the shipping from US etc, it dramatically overcharges, and goes from an $800 build to a £1200+ build, so does anyone have any suggestions for a budget build of around about £800-900 for gaming, thanks
Can you put holes in the front panel of your case?
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Yea I will try and return, appreciate the help thank you