It's alive even if not on the final processor due to a delayed GPU
I got a cracker deal on a 2400G (currently installed) which is heading for a second system for the bedroom instead of the current puny Intel Atom box.
Bios upgrade in progress then trying to sort out Windoze 1903 era Media Creation Tool sorted out
Error 0x80042405 – 0xA001B error is seriously uncool and turn number three in progress after a complete reformat of the thumbdrive
I blame the dee-dee-dee-Dell keyboard.
mnem
*toddling off to ded*
I'll admit one thing about the
Prime Day/ANTI-PRIME DAY phenomenon... if you're looking to "refresh" a budget last-gen gaming rig, you can get pretty good on the cheap. Name-brand B450 gaming motherboards, $60-70. 16GB DDR4-2400/3000 $45-70. "Slower"
(note quotes, please ) 512GB nvme drives $60-80, and they're giving away the 1TB Intel 660 drives. Right now several Crucial combos; 500GB P1 nvme SSD and DDR4-3000/DDR4-3200 ram for $92.
Ryzen 2400G for $99, 2600 for $119. Even saw a Ryzen 3 for $47. Think I'd still rather have a Ryzen 3600 at $199 than the 2700 at $149, though.
I'm half tempted to build a second rig out of just the sloppy seconds on NewEgg...
mnem
*tzzzt*
Not the intended Processor but 'tomorrow' allegedly I will be getting the delivery of the RX580 so I can finish off the build. Meanwhile giving the 2400G a run and it is far from shabby as an all rounder
Edit Blows my old I3 out of the water on Fusion 360 just so much faster.
The cable management on the H500 was a doddle to get looking decent. Tie points, space to hold a party in and covers to hide a few ugly bits.
Subtle RGB could grow on me yet
THE SLEEVENING has begun!!! mnem
welcome to the dork side.
Subtle RGB could grow on me yet
Agreed. I set mine up similarly; all solid
medium blue, no blinking or unicorn blarff. Hardly even notice the thing;
blue has gone so far beyond
passe' it's come around again to
understated.
mnem
*tzzzzt*
WooHoo Graphics Card arrived finally from the far North of the country and 3000+km of Snail Mail.
Before swapping out the Processor and adding in the Card I ran a quick benchmark test for what they are worth. SiSoft Sandra Light V4 (current)
Old I3 8300 HP banger 0.39kPT - yes it is that bad.
New Box Ryzen 5 2400G (no GPU) 2.31kPt
New Box Ryzen 5 2400G with RX580 3.04kPt
New Box Ryzen 7 3700X with RX580 4.87kPt
All tested with stock bios and no overclocking apart from what Ryzen does itself.
More RGB Reduction coming up the CPU outer ring colour changing has to go as does some of the intensity.
Beautiful cable management.
It's because you're in OZ. All your infrastructure is upside-down, so when the data gets to your end of the submarine fiber, your routers have to flip all the bits with respect to the rest of the world. And everybody knows zeros are fatter than ones.
Nothing wrong with big-endian. We also have big-endian flushing toilets. ;-)
↑ mnem
*back out into the Tejas suck*
WooHoo Graphics Card arrived finally from the far North of the country and 3000+km of Snail Mail.
Before swapping out the Processor and adding in the Card I ran a quick benchmark test for what they are worth. SiSoft Sandra Light V4 (current)
Old I3 8300 HP banger 0.39kPT - yes it is that bad.
New Box Ryzen 5 2400G (no GPU) 2.31kPt
New Box Ryzen 5 2400G with RX580 3.04kPt
New Box Ryzen 7 3700X with RX580 4.87kPt
All tested with stock bios and no overclocking apart from what Ryzen does itself.
More RGB Reduction coming up the CPU outer ring colour changing has to go as does some of the intensity.
By the way mate, as a information in case you wanna check if the CPU is properly boosting.
Thanks but I am running with a B450 on the latest release BIOS. Seems there was some issues with only some of the 570 boards which seems more like typical first adopter issues and I think there has now been BIOS upgrades for most of them already. I haven't tried anything with over clocking or boosting anything so far on mine and seriously don't see the need to it.
Biggest face palm so far is 120Mb of software Gigabyte takes to run it's RGB software
Seriously lazy coding to the max and auto loaded on startup.
Why I am not bothering with over clocking and why not to buy the 3800X
Found a possible use case for the 3.5" Drive mounting
One of my W10 2/32Gb Intel Atoms heading for the insides of my Laser cutter with a new Smoothieware Controller card instead of an old Windoze 7 Tablet.
Most likely this will now get removed and should help the airflow a little more over the GPU and board from the lower fan. I was going to install what would become a spare 500Gb drive in it but due to rebates and a very good deal I am adding a 1TB NVMe to the 500GB already on board (<$170 USD landed for a Samsung EVO Plus) coupled with my 4TB NAS covered for the next 5+ years of storage.
I should have switched mine from calming blue last night to bright red while forum posting
RTX 2080 Super was released today -
yawn was the response on Youtube.
The more I see of the 5700 and 5700XT the more likely my Box value will continue to rise a little
Take out the RX580 add one of these and the extra 1TB Samsung and $1.3-1.4k still won't be adding the card until later this year to iron out some of the first adopters bugs. That said touch wood the B450 and 3700X are running great given the Bios upgrades needed.
This came up in my feed after I listened to that podcast... 70 inch 8K gaming at 20-ish FPS.
Linus proves two things: SLI/CF is STILL a PITA thanks to arbitrary driver & config limitations, and that HD ADAPTERS SUCK. You're still better off with the CORRECT DP-HDMI CABLES from a reputable supplier, not even EXPENSIVE boutique cables and schizz, than a fistful of expensive active adapters.
mnem
"You have GOT to be fucking kidding me..."
Please forgive the cross-post; I felt it was very appropriate here as well.
Effing Amazon, man...So I stayed up late tinkering on my new PC case; getting some of the foundation demolition work done and sizing it up for the next stage of assembly after installing the 1KW PSU.
At 2AM, I order a 5-pack of award-winning name-brand Arctic 120mm PWM fans, since I decided I'm at most going to have some old-school RGB "under-lighting" but otherwise totally "Dark Star" the whole build. And my own personal requirement for the last couple decades, a software-independent discrete thermometer to attach directly to the CPU's lid.
They delivered them at 7PM. Total cost? $36; less than the fans alone at NewEgg, plus $4.99 3-6 day shipping like they're doing me some damned favor.
Effing Amazon, man.
mnem
*couch-tuber time widda kidzz*