I'm clueless build...or first build in 30 years

Ric678 · 8 Feb 2020 at 09:00

Well I'm building a new pc, kinda for my kids, maybe a bit for me

. My daughters like to play Sims and their old laptops won't keep it running very good so we decided to build a sort of gaming pc. The amazon guy visited yesterday

Ric678 · 8 Feb 2020 at 09:02

So the amazon guy forgot one important piece.....or it's on back order....

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no motherboard in my delivery

Ric678 · 8 Feb 2020 at 09:11

I built a few pc's back in the stone age but it seemed to be quite easy back then, so i'm giving it a shot again.
I decided to build my own budget machine vs purchasing prebuilt because I thought we could start with a few more premium pieces to avoid upgrading everything later.
I went with a Ryzen 3 because it comes with graphics already on it, I figured later when the budget allows we will get a dedicated graphics card.
The missing motherboard is a MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon.....mainly because it sounds cool

Only 1 storage device for now, Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB, we will add a conventional drive if my kids start adding to much junk to it.
Only 8GB of memory for now...It will still be a massive upgrade to what we are used to.

EsaT · 8 Feb 2020 at 11:32

Ric678 said:
I went with a Ryzen 3 because it comes with graphics already on it,

The missing motherboard is a MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon.....mainly because it sounds cool

Only 1 storage device for now, Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB

Ryzen doesn't come with integrated GPU.
Only APUs ending to G in model number have integrated GPU.

Usually buying fancy marketing words gets only garbage, but that B450 markering BS words Carbon is actually decent.
Unlike MSI's X570 board, which is pretty much scam for its price.

That Samsung SSD is heavily brand overpriced and cutting that Samsung tax would have likely given twice the capacity.
Especially with scarcity of M.2 slots capacity should have been prioritized over brand hype.
Also even SATA SSDs don't really perform much any slower in loading time of Windows and games and would have saved money in budget PC.

Ric678 · 8 Feb 2020 at 20:10

EsaT said:
Ryzen doesn't come with integrated GPU.
Only APUs ending to G in model number have integrated GPU.

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it says on the box it has graphics

Drumroll · 8 Feb 2020 at 20:25

The driver actually left all at the doorstep?
He's braver than Chuck Norris, if he did.

Ric678 · 8 Feb 2020 at 20:28

I was a bit surprised at that

Pete @r... · 9 Feb 2020 at 18:57

Is that your front door??? I actually do deliver for Amazon and he/she should never of left it like that. It should be left in a safe place, so out of sight, and he should have taken a picture of it, so the boxes should have been turned round so you can't see the delivery details

Ric678 · 9 Feb 2020 at 20:27

Pete @r... said:
Is that your front door??? I actually do deliver for Amazon and he/she should never of left it like that. It should be left in a safe place, so out of sight, and he should have taken a picture of it, so the boxes should have been turned round so you can't see the delivery details

Well yes it's the front door, but you can't see it from the road, it's on the side tucked in the house. And I was quite surprised also

Ric678 · 9 Feb 2020 at 20:28

Our motherboard should arrive Monday or Tuesday so then the real building can start

orbitalwalsh · 10 Feb 2020 at 10:38

@Ric678 cant see CPU/APU image . Long as it states 3200G or 3400G then your good to go!

Ric678 · 10 Feb 2020 at 13:02

Yeah it’s 2200G , for some reason only my first picture showed up

Alan1969 · 10 Feb 2020 at 14:45

looking forward to see how it gets on. Building really isn't much different than 30 yrs ago - screw the stuff together. M.2 is new though but again I don't think that you will find it difficult (screws are very small though).

Ric678 · 10 Feb 2020 at 14:55

Yeah I didn’t figure it was very difficult to put together, could be move of an issue getting it running right, but that’s what the internet is for now

Ric678 · 10 Feb 2020 at 16:07

Ric678 · 10 Feb 2020 at 16:07

well that worked....I think

Ric678 · 10 Feb 2020 at 16:08

gupsterg · 11 Feb 2020 at 15:46

Ric678 said:
Yeah I didn’t figure it was very difficult to put together, could be move of an issue getting it running right, but that’s what the internet is for now

Indeed, always satisfying to build a PC than going pre-built IMO. Enjoy the build and using it

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Ric678 · 12 Feb 2020 at 21:23

Well the Amazon guy showed up with our motherboard.....assembly was pretty straightforward no big surprises, we didn’t have to flash the bios before as the board already had pretty new stuff on it

Ric678 · 12 Feb 2020 at 21:24

No big issues installing windows, we can’t seem to keep WiFi connected though, tomorrow I’ll try hooking it up wired