New PC (£400ish) Build help please

[IMissMyDCast]

Apparently I am only allowed 15 posts in a 24 hr period!! Grrrr

@tamzzy - I have windows 10 on a DVD - when I try to install it, it starts moaning that it can't find the necessary drivers - when I try to browse for the drivers on the MoBo disk - it can't find the disk drive... no idea where to go from here

 

[tamzzy]

@tamzzy - I have windows 10 on a DVD

just download the usb installer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
and you can use the same windows 7 key to activate windows 10

 

[Gray2233]

Older versions of Windows 10 can be a PITA, if you download the most recent from MS as suggested by @tamzzy and install from USB you shouldn't have any problems.

 

[IMissMyDCast]

Cheers to everyone for your help - with some battling I have installed from my DVD (didn't have a USB big enough available!)

 

[tamzzy]

so after installing windows
first few things to do is:
1) graphics drivers
2) amd chipset drivers: https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/amd_chipset_software_1.11.22.454.zip
3) windows updates

these above three are the must haves
you can, if you want to go to the asrock website to download all the other drivers...but i think it's mostly bloatware in my opinion, so i normally leave windows to deal with the rest of the drivers

then install all the other necessary programs as you deem appropriate eg chrome, steam, winrar, itunes etc etc

 

[edGfaCTor]

ryzen does not support windows 7
you'll need to upgrade to windows 10

just download the usb installer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
and you can use the same windows 7 key to activate windows 10

Ryzen works fine with Win7 I have done many builds with it due to lots of people not liking Win 10 you just need to either use tool mboard manufactures provide to integrate the drivers or build the image yourself with the drivers. (issue is mostly down to usb3 this is why you also tend to still see some usb2 ports on boards so they can be used for Win 7 installs)

Win 10 pro keys legit ones can be had for £10 if he ends up needing one never pay the retail costs of £50-100

 

[ExoMale]

i said at some point to be fair and regardless of power draw its about quality and long lasting. i dont care, i tend to buy 80+ whites for anything other than my main rig, just people on this forum keeps banging on about fail rates of low quality components.

 

[tamzzy]

Ryzen works fine with Win7 I have done many builds with it due to lots of people not liking Win 10 you just need to either use tool mboard manufactures provide to integrate the drivers or build the image yourself with the drivers. (issue is mostly down to usb3 this is why you also tend to still see some usb2 ports on boards so they can be used for Win 7 installs)

Ah. noted.
(Seems like a faff lol)

 

[Charlatan]

@tamzzy Hi pal, just curious. On these budget builds, why do you go for the Asrock Pro 4, rather than the HDV which is about 15 quid cheaper? Just curious....

 

[tamzzy]

@Charlatan because the pro4 has decent vrms so it gives an upgrade path if one wants to run higher core count cpus. HDV has terrible vrms.

 

[Charlatan]

@Charlatan because the pro4 has decent vrms so it gives an upgrade path if one wants to run higher core count cpus. HDV has terrible vrms.

Noted. Cheers pal

 

[mustachee]

@Charlatan because the pro4 has decent vrms so it gives an upgrade path if one wants to run higher core count cpus. HDV has terrible vrms.

I wanted to say the same thing, but you beat me to it. What can you say about the pro4-f?

 

[tamzzy]

What can you say about the pro4-f?

i think it has the same VRMs as the vanilla pro4
but less connectivity options. unless the -f significantly cheaper, i'd probably still opt for the pro4

 

[tamzzy]

What can you say about the pro4-f?

reddit to the rescue: https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/ck60f0/is_b450m_pro4f_priced_higher_just_for_the/