/pcbg/ - PC Building General

>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases (e.g. video editing, competitive gaming, streaming etc.) and your country.

>NEWS
AMD Zen4 - Early Fall 2022; 19-35% performance gains expected
V-cache Zen4 some time late this year
RX 7700, RTX 4080 & 4090 - Soon after Zen4
RX 7970 may be coming this year
RTX 4060/4050, RX 7600/7500 - likely not until H2 2023
Intel will likely remain the best option for poor people unless Zen4 comes to AM4

>RECOMMENDED FORM FACTOR
ATX is the standard choice, alternatively ITX or even MATX

>RECOMMENDED CPUs
HTPC(4K60)/Web Browsing: i3 10105
Budget Gaming: i3 12100/F > R5 5500
Gaming: R5 5600/X, i5 12400F+cooler
Multicore: R9 5900X/5950X, i7 12700/F
Best Gaming: R7 5800X3D
k CPUs are not recommended

>RECOMMENDED GPU PERFORMANCE LEVEL
Budget 1080p: Used GTX 1060, RX 470/580
1080p: RX 6600/XT
1440p: RX 6700 XT, RTX 3060ti
2160p: RX 6800XT, RTX 3080, RX 6900 XT

>RAM
Minimum: 2x 8GB DDR4 3200CL16/3600CL18
Recommended: 4x 8GB DDR4 3600CL16 (any rank) or 2x dual-rank 16GB DDR4 3600CL16

>RECOMMENDED COOLERS
linustechtips.com/topic/891730-cpu-cooler-performance-tier-list/

>RECOMMENDED PSUs
Silver+ from Seasonic, Superflower, Corsair, EVGA (aim for 75% of total PC power)
Take into account transient spikes when sizing your PSU to your GPU, especially with Nvidia
cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

>RECOMMENDED SSDs
ssd.borecraft.com/

>MOTHERBOARD INFO:
AM4 B550/X570 - CPU-less BIOS flash feature advisable if pairing with Zen 3
overclock.net/threads/vrm-on-the-new-am4-motherboards.1624051/
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yPS3hj_K7EPT4RBWCyjdKNP56pnwDz-IgBc0975-FUg

>RECOMMENDED MONITORS
rtings.com/monitor/
pcmonitors.info/
displayninja.com/buying-guide/


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Redpill me on custom PCBs and do they make a difference for transient spikes?

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Mass repliers should be shot

Have current GPUs changed how memory clocks work when multiple monitors are enabled?

I'm on an RX570 and by connecting 2 monitors my memory clock is always at 1750mhz and it's running constantly at around 30W when not doing anything graphically intensive. The fans are always running because with zero RPM it reaches over 56C and turns on the fans anyways, and I don't like that shit spinning up and down constantly.

My GPU is idling at 60-61C and the fans are spinning 1200 RPM to keep them at that when I'm running windows and nothing else. When it's under actual load it goes to 80C and the fans are around 2000 RPM.

This can't be normal. Is it because my PC case has shit airflow? It's an old shitty one.

I wonder if all the sapphire boards are custom or just some.

need more info.
take a screenshot of hwinfo64 for starters.

They make custom & reference. Even their "budget" pulse line up is custom for their high tier cards (6800,6900), it's when you start getting into budget tier like 6500 and 6600 that you're more likely to find reference since it makes no sense to trick out a $200-300 card.

I bought an odd one (6700, not xt) so I don't even know what I'm getting, pure gambling on it being decent. But it has a higher TDP than reference, that's all I know.

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Here's the reference AMD board if you can spot the differences

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Do you have multiple monitors hooked up? The memory can't downclock to idle in that case and since GDDR6X runs hot your GPU will run hotter since its technically not idle.

I do. However, if I unplug one of them, it doesn't change anything. Same temperature, same fan RPM idle.

what monitor do you have? do you have freesync/gsync on? you probably have to try using CRU to reduce the blanking to get the memory to downclock properly. also take a picture of the sensors page of the gpu like pic related.

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lads, ima need someone to help me decide, do I go for 2x32gb 3600mhz cl18 rams or 2x32gb 3200mhz cl16 rams to pair with a i7-12700?

ignore the pricing and shit, I just want maximum performance for work and gayming

the latency is the same so which one is truly better boils down to the chip types they use for overclocking but which you have is a mystery unless they tell you, someone else who has it does in a review, or you buy both and find out and return the shitty one.

uhm
can you explain some more about cru timings stuff?
i only recently started using it to OC my panel and i have literally no clue what they all mean

Both of them have gsync running yes. One of them is LG C1 the other is LG 27GL850-B.

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its ddr4 corsair vengeance lpx, its not B-die but im eyeing it coz its on sale at my local tech store