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Giganizer300PRO
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I have been waiting for months. I now finally got my case for my new, upcoming build and I will get the GPU in a few days. I have just been so excited and I can't wait any longer! I mean, the PC should work just fine without a GPU and I can just plug it in later, when I have it... right? The processor does  have integrated graphics, right? So basically, it should work just fine?

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I have been waiting for months. I now finally got my case for my new, upcoming build and I will get the GPU in a few days. I have just been so excited and I can't wait any longer! I mean, the PC should work just fine without a GPU and I can just plug it in later, when I have it... right? The processor does  have integrated graphics, right? So basically, it should work just fine?

yup. go for it man. i love building new PCs :)

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

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Yeah that'll work. You'll have a hard time doing serious gaming though :P

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Gaming/Engineering PC: -i7 6700K, 4-4.2GHz "Eleanor" -ASUS ROG HERO VIII MOBO -16GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair (2x8GB) -Gigabyte Windforce 980Ti OC edition (1405MHz GPU clock) -H110i GT Corsair CPU Water cooler -980GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD -Corsair 450D ATX Case -RM850i Corsair PSU (Modular) -28” 4K Samsung -27” 1080p Samsung 

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I have been waiting for months. I now finally got my case for my new, upcoming build and I will get the GPU in a few days. I have just been so excited and I can't wait any longer! I mean, the PC should work just fine without a GPU and I can just plug it in later, when I have it... right? The processor does  have integrated graphics, right? So basically, it should work just fine?

 

Yes, you'll be fine, don't expect to game though, but you probably already knew that :P. What I recommend you do is when you're building it route the cables for the PSU now so then you just need to shut down the computer, open it, pop the GPU in, install drivers and you're ready to go. 

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Yes, you'll be fine, don't expect to game though, but you probably already knew that :P. What I recommend you do is when you're building it route the cables for the PSU now so then you just need to shut down the computer, open it, pop the GPU in, install drivers and you're ready to go. 

 

 

If it has Integrated Graphics it should work fine. 

Just make sure to disable it when you plan to use the desinated GPU

 

 

Yeah that'll work. You'll have a hard time doing serious gaming though :P

 

 

yup. go for it man. i love building new PCs :)

 

Thanks for all of your help.

I know I can't game on it (strange, ha? :P), maybe I won't even install the OS, but if you have ever built a computer, you probably know what I'm talking about.

I did not check for integrated graphics, but come one, it's not like this is AMD. And even if it doesn't, what's the worst thing it could happen?

What is the fact with disabling the integrated graphics later and what not? I mean, I know it's not just as easy as plugging things in

(what ever is?), but is there a BIG DEAL?

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I have been waiting for months. I now finally got my case for my new, upcoming build and I will get the GPU in a few days. I have just been so excited and I can't wait any longer! I mean, the PC should work just fine without a GPU and I can just plug it in later, when I have it... right? The processor does  have integrated graphics, right? So basically, it should work just fine?

 

I did this with my rig, I got it about 2 months ago I think and still have no graphics card for it, though plan on getting a 970 next month.

 

(Specs in sig, I am able to play skyrim on minimum settings with 60+ mods at 1050p [Don't have a 1080p monitor yet...], I get around 40-70 FPS depending on the area.)

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Thanks.

Its nice to hear from someone who went thru it themself.

 

Its been a little rough when trying to game using the i5 4690K's integrated HD 4600 graphics, but it can handle most games with console settings at console framerates at console resolutions xD (Low settings, 30FPS, 900p)

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Well, I did it.

Took me 2 and a half hours last night. I installed everything, did the cable management, connected everything... I even prepared the cables for the GPU. I didn't do the test boot until it was all finished. So when the system posted, it was a huge relief. Everything works fine, I even went to the BIOS, it detects everything, RAM, drives...

I made it so it will now only take about 5 min to install the GPU.

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