Most Worthwhile Upgrades for Sim Racing

dom.au23 said:
Purchases have been made. I explained my predicament to my wife and we discussed it.
"We" are getting the 5700x3d, and 2x 16gb RAM. I have also ordered a 2tb M.2 SSD. I had a long hard think and this should to me well for a while, with a GPU upgrade at some point down the line.

The wife and daughter will cover the extra cost as my Bday present (which I reluctantly agreed to).

Everything should be here tomorrow.
Is there anything specific I need to do when downloading the BIOS update to a usb drive?
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You’re going to love how much faster your pc will be.

Basically, if your getting a gaming system these days, you get the X3D CPUs as they are some of the fastest.

Use your stock cooler for now in regards to what cooler to use - AMD CPUs don’t run as hot as Intel CPUs and it should work.

If it doesn’t, get a second hand tower cooler.
 
JollyJamma said:
You’re going to love how much faster your pc will be.

Basically, if your getting a gaming system these days, you get the X3D CPUs as they are some of the fastest.

Use your stock cooler for now in regards to what cooler to use - AMD CPUs don’t run as hot as Intel CPUs and it should work.

If it doesn’t, get a second hand tower cooler.
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I have MSI afterburner so I can see temps, is there anything to look out for?

A 2400g sounds like it’s ancient.
 
dom.au23 said:
I have MSI afterburner so I can see temps, is there anything to look out for?

A 2400g sounds like it’s ancient.
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The 2400g is old, yes.

Don’t use MSI afterburner, use HW Info.

That’ll tell you all temps including chipset and so on (where there is a temperature probe that is).
 
JollyJamma said:
The 2400g is old, yes.

Don’t use MSI afterburner, use HW Info.

That’ll tell you all temps including chipset and so on (where there is a temperature probe that is).
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Ah ok. Again very new to this but really appreciating the help and advice.

I’m going to save the spares/replaced parts and have a go at putting together a cheap pc for my kids to play games/do school work.

As a side note, with all these upgrades, I’m starting to think I’m going to need a new case at some point with better cooling.

The case was suited to a 2400g with 8gb total ram and no gpu

And now I have 5700, rx6600 and 32gb ram.

Or am I ok? The case has no top vents at all and the front fans are fed by a thin slit opening about the size of a French fry lol

The more I look around the more “closed” it seems
 
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dom.au23 said:
Ah ok. Again very new to this but really appreciating the help and advice.

I’m going to save the spares/replaced parts and have a go at putting together a cheap pc for my kids to play games/do school work.

As a side note, with all these upgrades, I’m starting to think I’m going to need a new case at some point with better cooling.

The case was suited to a 2400g with 8gb total ram and no gpu

And now I have 5700, rx6600 and 32gb ram.


The more I look around the more “closed” it seems
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1) don’t link competitor websites, it’s a rule of this forum and you should know it.

2) I don’t know chassis, google reviews. You should google reviews for everything you are buying. A forum is mostly just opinions from people based sometimes on reviews and sometimes just biases.
 
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Sorry, edited and link removed.

I was trying to understand if it appeared to have sufficient cooling capacity to see if a case would yield a better return, my thinking that better flow through the case has more of a net benefit.

Sorry for breaking the rules
 
dom.au23 said:
Sorry, edited and link removed.

I was trying to understand if it appeared to have sufficient cooling capacity to see if a case would yield a better return, my thinking that better flow through the case has more of a net benefit.

Sorry for breaking the rules
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That's fine but do read them.

Also, there are a lot of chassis out there so you'd be better of searching for reviews on one you're looking at using google. Also, some products are paid placement in listacles so use multiple sources.

I generally like Phanteks for budget builds as they offer good performance to price but it's up to you. Even a basic chassis can be improved with a couple well placed fans.
 
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Thank you.

What a money pit lol.

I’m going to set up and run what I have, see where things settle, I.e temps and performance and take it from there.

Thanks again for all the help. I’ll update once all is set up and running
 
I need to a little help.

I think I’m missing a stand off for my m.2. The box came with the screw, and the motherboard has a small nut on the board that the screw fits into, but it leaves the m.2 inclined which doesn’t seem right. Im I missing some sort of plastic or rubber spacer that should raise the end up a little. I’m not sure the screw would reach if I did. Seems oddPics
 
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dom.au23 said:
I need to a little help.

I think I’m missing a stand off for my m.2. The box came with the screw, and the motherboard has a small nut on the board that the screw fits into, but it leaves the m.2 inclined which doesn’t seem right. Im I missing some sort of plastic or rubber spacer that should raise the end up a little. I’m not sure the screw would reach if I did. Seems oddPics
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M.2 drives have a spacer thingy that is usually attached to the board and sometimes it is attached to the wrong post for the size of your M.2 drive and you have to remove it and reposition.

They then have a screw that you use to secure the drive.

The M.2 drive should be totally flat when installed correctly.

You should not need a plastic or rubber spacer.

If the box only contained the screw then the spacer will already be attached to the board.

Edit: you can see it here, around 2:40
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Yep
Tetras said:
M.2 drives have a spacer thingy that is usually attached to the board and sometimes it is attached to the wrong post for the size of your M.2 drive and you have to remove it and reposition.

They then have a screw that you use to secure the drive.

The M.2 drive should be totally flat when installed correctly.

You should not need a plastic or rubber spacer.

If the box only contained the screw then the spacer will already be attached to the board.

Edit: you can see it here, around 2:40
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Yep, mine is exactly like this. Did you see the picture link I put?

The bit where the retaining screw goes in is too low/short, leaving the m.2 card at an angle. The pc was pre built when I got it and has never been touched inside other than adding the graphics card.

Maybe it was left out when it was assembled as it wasn’t needed at the time?

I’ll need to order a new one
 
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dom.au23 said:
Maybe it was left out when it was assembled as it wasn’t needed at the time?
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Hmm, possibly. Have you had a good hunt around in the box? Sometimes they got lost in the manual, or are even attached to the manual, though I'd have expected it to be in the same place as the screw.
 
dom.au23 said:
Sorry, edited and link removed.

I was trying to understand if it appeared to have sufficient cooling capacity to see if a case would yield a better return, my thinking that better flow through the case has more of a net benefit.

Sorry for breaking the rules
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What case do you currently have? As long as it can accept a couple of fans up front and 1-2 at the rear it's probably fine. Even with a restricted front intake I can't see a 5700X3D and an RX6600 producing enough heat to be problematic.

I'd just keep an eye on the temperatures and only consider changing the case if you're seeing thermal throttling.

As above, Phanteks do a great range of budget cases. I built a friend a system in a G300A and it was a brilliant little case.
 
Tediore said:
What case do you currently have? As long as it can accept a couple of fans up front and 1-2 at the rear it's probably fine. Even with a restricted front intake I can't see a 5700X3D and an RX6600 producing enough heat to be problematic.

I'd just keep an eye on the temperatures and only consider changing the case if you're seeing thermal throttling.

As above, Phanteks do a great range of budget cases. I built a friend a system in a G300A and it was a brilliant little case.
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It’s an old cooler master. The pc was a storm force onyx that I got my son years ago.

It has 3 front fans and 1 exhaust.

CPU (2400g) never got above 60 degrees.

I just got an arctic freezer 36 today, the cpu and ram also just got delivered
 
dom.au23 said:
he bit where the retaining screw goes in is too low/short, leaving the m.2 card at an angle.
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did put the m.2 into the slot far enough to begin with? and dont bbe afraid to push the m.2 down enough to be level before putting the screw in, is the standoff in the right hole too?
M.2s boggled me to begin with, it turns into an aquired skill installing them!
 
Threepwood said:
did put the m.2 into the slot far enough to begin with? and dont bbe afraid to push the m.2 down enough to be level before putting the screw in, is the standoff in the right hole too?
M.2s boggled me to begin with, it turns into an aquired skill installing them!
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I think I did it right. It’s flat, level and secure.

I’ll double check it when I put the new cpu and ram in.
 
dom.au23 said:
It’s an old cooler master. The pc was a storm force onyx that I got my son years ago.

It has 3 front fans and 1 exhaust.

CPU (2400g) never got above 60 degrees.

I just got an arctic freezer 36 today, the cpu and ram also just got delivered
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The case sounds fine. No need to spend any money changing it unless you want a different aesthetic.
 
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