Yep this is the best one stripping it all down putting back together doing it 1 component at a time for the power supply to be on the off switch i did that 1 time and never again that is what i check every time now can guaranty plenty of people have done it.
#16 - Bend your motherboard or gpu #17 - Not peeling off the protective foil from cpu cooler before install #18 - Not checking your finished build for loose screws, washers or any leftover metallic material which can short your motherboard
I once changed some component in my pc and dropped a tiny screw into the case and could never find it again but I’d here it rattling around whenever I moved the case. Never caused any problems but it was pure stress
@@DredFul595 both amd and nvidia use the same material pcb and layout, the only differences are how manufacturers design the heatsink and the actual chips on the pcb
Don’t do 16, just use something called fancontrol, other TH-camrs have done videos on it, it’s software and entirely free and has more features than NZXT’s software which requires you to spend money on the fan controller. It’ll let you control any fans plugged into your motherboard down to your VRM fan too! And allow you to select pretty much all temperature sensors too. Argusmonitor you still have to pay for and it has less features and just doesn’t look modern in any way
Was flabbergasted to hear that advice in an otherwise fair video (especially after "vendor bloatware" section) and headed straight to comments to check if FanControl was mentioned. Luckily, it was.
One note for the antennas: if you have signal strength problems then the antenna come with your motherboard would be your best bet since those would have greater sensitivity. Shorter antennas would be fine if you care about aesthetics and you are okay with the signal strength.
can confirm. went traveling with the small antennas and the signal was atrocious in some places. the stock antennas from your motherboard are way better for weaker signals
@@metord stupid strong magnet killed one of my client's ITX mobo, drained the cmos battery and damaged one of the components near the vrm and we had to RMA it. So be careful with this base and put it far away from the pc or case.
@@pedro.alcatra SpeedFan is one example. If your case fans are installed in one of the PWM pins on your board Speedfan will detect the GPU temperature and then you can assign a fan depending on how many PWM pins you have on your board. If ever you have one PWM socket you can use a Y splitter to link up all your case fans, downside to this is it will sync all the fans to one speed.
Gonna have to disagree with getting a cheaper CPU for gaming, it really depends on the type of games you play. If the game is optimized correctly yes it should be mainly using the GPU, but some games are VERY CPU intensive. I mainly play a lot of MMO's and a better CPU makes a huge difference, especially when there are lots of players on the screen. I also play some games that are optimized very poorly and heavily rely on the CPU.
If a game is CPU dependent, it doesn't have to mean that it is poorly optimized. Take strategy games like Civilization V or VI for example. In general, the faster your CPU, the faster the AI calculates their turns. CPU's are better at AI calculations than GPU's unless you have an AI accelerator card. But I don't think those can be used for gaming anyways. And then we have games like CS:GO. It has so simple graphics that most of the time your bottleneck is the CPU.
PC building is fun. I did it myself but with the help of course from you guys from TH-cam. I built my gaming pc last year and that was one of the most unforgettable experience I have.
My most annoying build mistake is finishing the build to then later notice that the metal latches for grounding the I/O shield to the motherboard have slipped into the ports. So you have to take the motherboard out again and it could short something out if unnoticed.
@@saifitanvirahmed8604 Not only can He do that, but giving your life to Him will also spare you from eternal separation from the One who wants an amazing relationship with you. Trust in Jesus today and believe the Gospel (Good news)! As enriqueamaya said, it's the best decision anyone could make. Being transformed into mercy and love and grace Itself.
2016, I'm building my first and current PC, i5 6600K, Z170 motherboard 8 gigs of RAM. I asked my mother to seat the CPU for me and apply the thermal paste as she is good at things that require attention. She did it perfectly. I haven't even taken the cooler off since then. Planning to upgrade soon because I've got an RTX 3080 now.
@@takkjjxap xmp stands for extreme memory profile. The default speed for DDR4 RAM is 2133MHz, but most RAM is capable of running much faster. You need to manually define your RAM speed in BIOS or your PC won't take advantage of its full capability.
@PropaneWP how do you do this because I am having trouble with my pc because it keeps black, and green screening and the DRAM light keeps coming on after I can't really find anything exactly wrong with mine. The only thing I can say is that I updated my gpu driver recently before this happened and I cannot fix it. I have DDR4 RAM with 2x8 gb stick from the same package
Oh hey I did that display into motherboard thing! Just yesterday I was finishing up my first PC build, tried doing benchmarks and whatnot to make sure all the parts were working right, and I couldn't figure out why my GPU wasn't doing anything. The system recognized it, I could manually force specific apps to run using it instead of the dedicated GPU, but it was defaulting to the integrated graphics and only Microsoft apps would let me choose which GPU I wanted to use manually, with no software-side option to switch the default. And then the solution was to simply swap where I plugged in the HDMI.
Personally, I think they should have mentioned static discharge when building people underestimated how easy it is to fry your motherboard when you don't ground yourself
@alen7492 actually it isn't. I only found out when my siblings who live abroad mentioned it. I live in tropical country and things like static discharge isn't common knowledge as we don't have that issue here. Usual things that cause static in the US usually isn't as common in other places
PC Part Picker saved my ass many times, although I hate it sooo sooo sooooo much when they don't have listed on their PC Building List popular/good components, such as CPU Coolers, cases, PSUs, and heck, even some GPUs
I know it takes them time to update the list, either they remove it/add it laters, but I believe there are components that I still don't find to this day, and not even that old
Just a quick heads up, if you fail to or forget to download the motherboard wifi crap onto a usb there's no panic. You can connect your phone to your home wifi and USB tether it to your PC. That's what I did all the time with the first desktop I ever had.
I did number 6 back when I built my first PC 10 years ago lol. Had to call EVGA support and lie like; "Yeah, the monitor is connected to the graphics card and not the motherboard." Then I told him I had to hang up and fixed something I had been battling for 2 days.
Been trying to upgrade my pc for the past 2 years. I had a 1060ti 6gb, i5 4600, 16gb sub 2kmhz ram, generic mtb and 450W psu. Finally upgraded a few days ago to a 7800x3d, nd15s cooler, 1000W gold/plat psu, 32gb ddr5 6000 cl30 rgb ram that I also turned into temp gauges and a few m.2s all seated in an asus b650-A gaming wifi mtb. Holding off on a better gpu as I only got a 1080p monitor for now, so I went with the 4060ti. After setting it up, installing drivers and making tweaks, it's been so-far been smashing everything I throw at it pretty well. I do a lot of VR gaming, and it's been such a breath of fresh air being able to go back to titles I was playing on my other rig of sub 30fps to now capping frames without sutters. Main idea is to future proof everything necessary and incrementally upgrade my gpu if anything interesting drops over it's lifespan. Was going to go with the 7800XT when it dropped, but the price where I live and limited availability of the model that'd fit my case is unreasonable, though the only reason I wanted it was for the performance overhead I now realize I don't need for the titles I currently play. Sure, I might want to try some of the new AAA titles down the line, but I'm not unused to gaming on low settings if required- so it should be fine.
Awesome job. Just keep in mind "future proofing" isn't that useful in terms of Motherboards, because, generally-speaking, you shouldn't be buying CPUs every time they release a new one and by the time you actually need a CPU upgrade it's gonna be on a new socket type, requiring a new Mobo anyways. Also, as far as GPUs are concerned, yes, PCIE 5.0 is a thing, but it's gonna be another decade before GPUs actually utilize it properly. Right now even PCIE 2.0 is like only 4-8% performance loss on something like an RTX 4080. Yes, PCIE 2.0, not even 3.0.
Why not use a torque wrench for cooler installation? I am a mechanic, so I have a few torque wrenches around. When I install a cooler, I tighten it to 30 or 40 in. lb. in a crossing pattern. Is it totally necessary? Maybe not, but it is an easy way to ensure you have even pressure on your IHS.
You glossed right over the importance of coating the ENTIRE SURFACE of the CPU with thermal paste. Using a few globs instead of a thin layer completely covering the CPU will result in areas having no paste at all, and thus no cooling. I am US Navy trained and retired after 35 yrs of hardware and software support mostly in mainframes.
Another tip/mistake: make sure if you are using a PCIE RISER CABLE that you change the bios to match the pcie generation of that riser cable. GPUs alone dont really have this issue as they usually have backwards/forwards compatibility between 3.0 and 4.0, but riser cables DO NOT. It will post with the incorrect pcie generation, but as soon as you do anything graphically intensive, your PC will hard freeze. PC went completely normal after i changed the pcie lane generation in the bios.
Just recently build my own pc instead of calling my brother to come over and help, so this time I actually decided my new build I’m gonna do it by my self. Sure it took time but afterwards I was like damn it was actually easy, why did I not do this from the first time
i've ignored a lot of these things upgrading, and yet my pc still stands. I've broken a mobo jamming a cpu in, i've swapped ssds across pcs, i've used random ass ram, and completely ignored fan curves.
UNSTABLE MEMORY!!! I’m going through this right now, only my 3rd build I’ve done. Upgrading to a 4090 and replacing my current mobo and memory so hopefully I have no issues this time. All these blue screens and memory crashes have been driving me crazy
On the subject of the case fans, you really don't need a controller. What I did, was in the bios I set the case fan curves to the mosfets, since those heat up under sustained loads from GPU, CPU, or both together. They also take longer to heat up which means that if your GPU just has a short burst of activity, the case fans won't ramp up unnecessarily, and also when there has been load for a while, they will continue at a higher RPM and ramp down slower than the GPU itself which is helpful to bring the entire system back down to ambient temperatures. All you need to do is find out the temperature range your mosfets are running with something like HWINFO64 while under load as well as not under load, and then set the curve up based on that.
Referring to 7:09... Where in the heck do you easily reference the "memory controller" speeds of a particular motherboard? I assume PCPP doesn't have any such filter, but I will look. Also is there a "best" or "recommended" fab controller that also gives RGB control, including turning the lighting off?
also to mention is before upgrade the cpu, especially with the AMD am4 platform is upgrade the bios before to set the new cpu. I had many builds where I sold the cpu before doing the upgrade, then the computer would not start. And upgrading after hand is difficult, because on my latest build, the manual said it loud and clear: before upgrade the cpu, please upgrade the bios first.
The PC partpicker isn't accurate for RAM compatibility. It's best to find the compliant RAM from motherboard compatibility list and then verify it with the RAM compatibility
1:20 yeah, when i built my pc in 2019 with r5 3600 on b450m motherboard, i had problems like this even pc not starting anymore cmos had to reset many times, but as time passed updated bios many times it fixed it self, makes sense taht am5 is havign same problems now...
6:40 Seeding alert. It suck since the price is off and it lack lot of important stuff like why do the page force you to select x2 8GB RAM instead of x1 8GB of that module???
Say what you will about Windows 10, but I upgraded from Intel i5-2500K to a Ryzen 5600 and it just downloaded the correct drivers and sorted itself without a hitch. Fun fact: I could also reuse the CPU cooler😊 I love PC building :-)
Also cross-generation support. Your B450 motherboard may support a Ryzen 5000 series CPU, but it likely won't have support for it out of the box. This generation of motherboard also is unlikely to come with BIOS flash capabilities either. This means if you try to put a 5000 series chip into said B450, your system won't post because the Motherboard doesn't know how to communicate with the newer chip. You can make them compatible by updating the BIOS, which in a system that doesn't have BIOS flash, means you'll need a 3000 series chip to get access to the BIOS of the B450 mobo in the first place So, if you're building a new PC, and don't already have a chip compatible with your previous Gen mobo - just spend more on the correct generation. It's less expensive and faster than either buying a second CPU to make it work, or returning the old mobo and spending the increased price for a newer model anyway. Figured this out after having to build a budget PC for my grandmother who's on a fixed-income (I was between jobs at the time, or I would have just bought it all myself). Decided to save her $10 on a B450, and pair it with a Ryzen 5 5500. Que 6 hours of additional time spent troubleshooting, googling, and eventually swapping out the motherboard for the B550 that arrived an additional week later.
Great video. I think it can be worth spending a bit more on a better CPU e.g. I thought I was saving money buying an i5 but eventually upgraded to an i7 for better performance, but would have saved more money and hassle just getting the i7 in the first place.
From my experience, you have to be careful of not scratching your motherboard from the bottom when installing it in a case. In the middle of where your ATX motherboard goes(in most or all cases under the m.2 slot) there is this one spacer for the screw with more height(which is in some cases very sharp) to lock the mobo in place and make it easier for screwing it on and if you're not careful there is a slim chance of damaging the board if you are sliding it towards the I/O shield to the back of the case and then if something turns out to be wrong with the mobo, the RMA is gone
Just bookmarking this bit at 3:33 so I remember to check if my fans are set up properly in the bios! Per the video: 3 pin fans are DC, and 4 pin fans are PWM.
How many times on AM4 when taking off the stock cooler, the CPU came with it! while the locking clip was locked! fking wild, motherboards and cpu still worked afterwards, but the locking mechanic was broken.
tons of fans, RGB and cable management are now a major thing it's so confusing sometimes remember when there was just 1 simple cpu fan, and no gpu power, no gpu fan... the only problem was IDE cables priority
I had no idea about the 3 pin and 4 pin differences. No one told me that! Thank you. I am having issues with my brother's PC so this is a nice tip to have
I think fresh installing is bit overcautious, I don't see much difference in just using same install, getting new drivers and cleaning up the old ones.
Depends if you stick with the same platform or CPU brand Sometimes it's easier to do it now than to troubleshoot in the future, better be safe than sorry
@@bootchoo96 when i change all i do is repair windows and remove anything in the registery that looks off. risky but ive spent way to long going through windows settings and installing stuff to reset
It is completely unnecessary. You can change from AMD or Intel or vice versa, even replace the motherboard after ten years. Windows will work fine. This re-installation advise is decades old and totally outdated.
I have a quick question about the 13900k, how necessary is it to replace the bracket from the stock to the thermalright one, if i use the pc for rendering (mostly on GPU tho) but occasionally i utilize 100% of CPU, and sometimes temps reach 80-85°, and when the utilization is 100% temps could get up to 90-100° (but that’s not for very prolonged periods) Note: MB ASUS TUF z790, CPU: 13900k (not overclocked), MB thermaltake liquid cooler (360mm rad, not sure which one exactly)
if you are replacing the heatsink you should replace the bracket, the distances and tolerances may not line up across different products. unfortunately it means disassembling and reassembling almost the entire pc
I needed to change my cpu cooler, and the stickyness of the thermal paste caught me by surprise, i yanked out my 3600x along with the heatsink, now i wiggle the heatsink gently till it gives way, and the cpu stays put.
Facts. FanControl and OpenRGB for RGB. For people that don't mind paying there's also SignalRGB (controls both the fans and the RGB). But it's not opensource and I don't like paying monthly fees for RGB when I can just use other softwares that are free lmao...
I don't know if I've just been really lucky, but I've somehow managed to replace nearly every part in my pc without having to do a fresh install of windows. I first had a PC i bought for 250€, kinda bad but it got the job done at the time. It had an OEM motherboard, and a trash i5 CPU (4460?). After that, i bought a nice motherboard, cpu, ram and cooler kit used from someone that worked with no issue. The CPU is now a i7 9700k and the ram upgraded from ddr3 to ddr4. The install didn't corrupt. I've added an nvme and now have replaced the GPU from an rx 570 (yes, an rx 570) to an rtx 3060 ti, leaving only the psu which I plan to replace and my three original drives left, but it seems to work just fine with no issue.
It's not luck. Re-installation being necessary is a persistent myth about Windows. It might even have been true 20 years ago, but definitely hasn't been for a long time.
Great stuff. I would add not checking the Mobo's Q codes or status led's when trouble occurs. I recently wasted hours solving an issue pointed out by my start up status led.
+1 I had an older PC not displaying anything or turning on the RGBs on the mobo when powering on the PC and I tried so many things besides check the status LEDs including replacing the PSU. Then I saw the light and it turned out to be faulty RAM…
I hav built several PC over 15 years and installed Windows many more times. I still don't understand what MBR and GPT are and every damn time I have to google them.
MBR only works with BIOS and GPT with UEFI. MBR/GPT are what tell the BIOS/UEFI about the partitions on the drive I think, that's why you have to format them correctly (as mentioned above). I don't know more right now
6:52 i got that same orange alert from my motherboard with lga 1700 and a i7 14700k on pc part picker, Is it an incompatibility? I ignored it since both cpu and motherboard said they were lga 1700 but was still confused on why it showed up as an incompatibility.
My first (and yet only) pc was like 4 years ago and it was kinda "easy" i just watched some tutorial for the build and got recommendations for the build from TH-cam videos and discord servers
i agree with everything except "you dont need an i7 or i9 for your gaming" i have a 4090 can the 13600K run that above its 90% usage? no even the 13700K cannot do it even in 4K, i tried them all and if you aim for high GPU you do need a 13900K or the 7800x3D (its just AMD CPUs that you don't need the higher core count cuz the 7800X3D performs better than 7950x3D)
disagree with the fresh isntall for windows 10, its very safe to just use the same ssd when upgrade and just letting windows 10 figure it out. Microsoft have done alot of back end work to make sure windows 10 can safely detect new hardware. Once you have powered on for the first time, you are safe. All you have to do is update drivers and your good to go! Recently i put this to the test again going from a different generation to a different manufacturer (old intel to new AMD) and it worked like a treat
i don't agree with the overspending on the CPU, unless you going for a very low budget build i think there's a very good advantage to invest more on the CPU now, because prices don't jump up so high as GPU's and then you can just upgrade the GPU. like now i would advise on going with the 7800x3d if building a new PC even if that leaves your budget for the GPU lowish. the same applies for the power supply, you can get a 850-1000W PSU rated 80+ gold from reputable brands for under $150 USD. with that you're set for like years with the same platform with only needing to upgrade the GPU. no more worries about bottlenecks.
The WiFi antenna also works with the Bluetooth. If you're using wireless earbuds to listen to ASMR, the longer antenna extends your range, especially around walls.
As someone who is putting together a build now and 1. is using the 13600k with a powerful GPU (RTX 4070 Windforce) 2. is using DDR4 3600MHz memory in the future config this was extremely satisfying to watch lol, you just reassured my choices, great video btw!
Controlling fans by GPU temperature can acutally be bad when your CPU is under load and fans are not ramping up. The right way is to react to whichever temperature is higher: CPU or GPU
I just built my first PC after wanting to build one and watching PC content for more than a decade, luckily I didn't make any major mistakes, had to shift the radiator around a ton because I didn't want to uninstall it after the test boot and reinstall it inside the case, and had some difficulties lining up the motherboard with the standoffs and cable management but overall I think I did fine
Hey just wanted to ask how is the review for the gwolves hsk+ going has it arrived yet? I fell really tempted to buy one but there aren't many objective reviews for it
I upgraded from the Intel Core i7-4790K to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Quite the generational leap. I kept the same boot drive, plugged it in, and worked totally fine. Let's hope it stays that way, haha
Here's my problem... My motherboard died and since it's a 1366 socket, I can't really get a replacement. So have had to change my motherboard, CPU and RAM. Technically I could use my old RAM, but it's not exactly fast RAM. Now I want to use my existing installation because I've got a lot of VERY custom setup on this install. I'm not one of these people that installs Windows every other week and with my installation, it takes 3/4, maybe more days to get all the dev software and other things I need. So, what do you do then?! This machine has an Adaptec RAID controller, Intel 25Gbit SFP28 NIC which needs special drivers and with the various editors and stuff I have, it takes a long time to get everything configured.
I don't really get how reusing your existing OS install can cause system issues/blue screens and you haven't even explained why that happens if it actually happens. I doubt that is the cause. I've been migrating and/or cloning my OS since HDD days and never had any issues w/ it. You can always use DDU to remove unused GPU drivers and manually remove other device drivers for ones you do not use via the device manager.
You forgot to mention removing the plastic before mounting the cpu cooler. Still can't believe people miss it..
It’s natural selection at that point tbh
I did that last night 😂😂😂
I've built 40+ PCs and still miss it. Haha
Never happend to me yet with 20 years of building computers, forgetting the power sw cable or plugging them in to the wrong pins though 😅
@@ImDembe I mean I notice when temps are off by like 10c. But I've ran benchmarks with it on and it doesn't melt. Lol
Biggest: Not turning on your power supply and thinking you messed up elsewhere.
fr i did this but realized before i got too scared
Yep this is the best one stripping it all down putting back together doing it 1 component at a time for the power supply to be on the off switch i did that 1 time and never again that is what i check every time now can guaranty plenty of people have done it.
Or even better, like me yesterday, not switching the power switch on the wall for my psu and wondering why it won't turn on..
And then breaking the entire build because you think it doesn't matter at that point.
#16 - Bend your motherboard or gpu
#17 - Not peeling off the protective foil from cpu cooler before install
#18 - Not checking your finished build for loose screws, washers or any leftover metallic material which can short your motherboard
if you use nvidia rtx than its impossible to bend (in my opinion)
I've literally never seen a fragile GPU.
I once changed some component in my pc and dropped a tiny screw into the case and could never find it again but I’d here it rattling around whenever I moved the case. Never caused any problems but it was pure stress
@@Personal43546hfThey're probably referring to bending it in the PCIE port
@@DredFul595 both amd and nvidia use the same material pcb and layout, the only differences are how manufacturers design the heatsink and the actual chips on the pcb
Biggest mistake: Getting sacred and not building yourself!
Sacred?
I’m fr sacred of building PCs
@@IngeousQwerty Sacred?
@@Kris451 scared?
Holiness and piety has definitely prevented me from diving into the PC arts. 😂
Don’t do 16, just use something called fancontrol, other TH-camrs have done videos on it, it’s software and entirely free and has more features than NZXT’s software which requires you to spend money on the fan controller. It’ll let you control any fans plugged into your motherboard down to your VRM fan too! And allow you to select pretty much all temperature sensors too. Argusmonitor you still have to pay for and it has less features and just doesn’t look modern in any way
SpeedFan is another option
@@sushimshah2896 did speedfan got updated the last decade?
thanks for this one @calzone
Yup, you can set your case fan curves to be based on both the cpu and the gpu. When one or the other gets hot, it ramps up however much you want.
Was flabbergasted to hear that advice in an otherwise fair video (especially after "vendor bloatware" section) and headed straight to comments to check if FanControl was mentioned. Luckily, it was.
One note for the antennas: if you have signal strength problems then the antenna come with your motherboard would be your best bet since those would have greater sensitivity. Shorter antennas would be fine if you care about aesthetics and you are okay with the signal strength.
can confirm. went traveling with the small antennas and the signal was atrocious in some places. the stock antennas from your motherboard are way better for weaker signals
To add to this; Most stock antenna's are magnetic so you can hook it up to the back of your case more cleanly.
@@metord stupid strong magnet killed one of my client's ITX mobo, drained the cmos battery and damaged one of the components near the vrm and we had to RMA it. So be careful with this base and put it far away from the pc or case.
@@emini6 What the hell kind of magnet are you talking about?
@enrique amaya bruh we're discussing wifi here.
FanControl is way better than NZXT Hub or Argus Monitor. Completely free and does everything those tools to but better.
I mean... It doesn't detect my nzxt smart device which I need because I dont have enough fan headers 😭
Tip16 : you can also use FanControl freeware to control fan speed using whatever sensor you want with any curve or function that you fancy :)
Seconding this. FanControl is insanely underrated.
Names?
@@pedro.alcatra Fan Control is the name
@@pedro.alcatra SpeedFan is one example. If your case fans are installed in one of the PWM pins on your board Speedfan will detect the GPU temperature and then you can assign a fan depending on how many PWM pins you have on your board. If ever you have one PWM socket you can use a Y splitter to link up all your case fans, downside to this is it will sync all the fans to one speed.
@@akoito-d9r I used speed fan in the past I really don't like it mutch. But thanks anyway
Gonna have to disagree with getting a cheaper CPU for gaming, it really depends on the type of games you play. If the game is optimized correctly yes it should be mainly using the GPU, but some games are VERY CPU intensive. I mainly play a lot of MMO's and a better CPU makes a huge difference, especially when there are lots of players on the screen. I also play some games that are optimized very poorly and heavily rely on the CPU.
If a game is CPU dependent, it doesn't have to mean that it is poorly optimized. Take strategy games like Civilization V or VI for example. In general, the faster your CPU, the faster the AI calculates their turns. CPU's are better at AI calculations than GPU's unless you have an AI accelerator card. But I don't think those can be used for gaming anyways.
And then we have games like CS:GO. It has so simple graphics that most of the time your bottleneck is the CPU.
Exactly bro for example modded multiplayer asetto corsa is very cpu intensive
Tf2 is another good example of CPU intense game
moreover, more powerful cpu mean that you can stay with it longer without need to buy new cpu
No game is more poorly optimized than Ark.
PC building is fun. I did it myself but with the help of course from you guys from TH-cam. I built my gaming pc last year and that was one of the most unforgettable experience I have.
same here. fantastic feeling when everything just spins up and works!
Yea, but it also unlocks the urge to mod and improve it(for me atleast)
What was the most helpful video you watched?
@@chillaxTF I just limit my sources to not me getting confuse.
LTT
Gamers Nexus
Hardware Sugar
Techsource
Joey Delgado
@techwolfcave That's a good ass tip ty
Anyone who doesn't use Pcpartpicker is missing out. I love it and plan out builds for fun.
Insane website
Ive been building pcs since the 90s and i still get nervous doing it. Thank you for the reminders, sets the mind at ease mid-build!
I'll upgrade my prebuilt soon, thanks for the video! Now I can avoid some of those mistakes.
OMG I never realized how garbage they are. Even my fans were wrong. Mulyiple ways wrong!
My most annoying build mistake is finishing the build to then later notice that the metal latches for grounding the I/O shield to the motherboard have slipped into the ports. So you have to take the motherboard out again and it could short something out if unnoticed.
Just bend them until they break off, they are not important.
@enrique amaya 🤣🤣🤣 yeah because jesus gonna come and fix my pc
@@saifitanvirahmed8604 Not only can He do that, but giving your life to Him will also spare you from eternal separation from the One who wants an amazing relationship with you. Trust in Jesus today and believe the Gospel (Good news)! As enriqueamaya said, it's the best decision anyone could make. Being transformed into mercy and love and grace Itself.
@@II_Timothy Get treatment for your religious mania and stop trolling.
Those pins are for grounding?? Never knew. I thought it was to keepthe IO shield from vibrating, hence the spring kind of action.
Love the small tips format. It’s always the small stuff that deters new builders
2016, I'm building my first and current PC, i5 6600K, Z170 motherboard 8 gigs of RAM.
I asked my mother to seat the CPU for me and apply the thermal paste as she is good at things that require attention. She did it perfectly.
I haven't even taken the cooler off since then. Planning to upgrade soon because I've got an RTX 3080 now.
One typical mistake is forgetting to set the xmp
What is that?
@@takkjjxap xmp stands for extreme memory profile. The default speed for DDR4 RAM is 2133MHz, but most RAM is capable of running much faster. You need to manually define your RAM speed in BIOS or your PC won't take advantage of its full capability.
@@PropaneWP ok thanks
@PropaneWP how do you do this because I am having trouble with my pc because it keeps black, and green screening and the DRAM light keeps coming on after I can't really find anything exactly wrong with mine. The only thing I can say is that I updated my gpu driver recently before this happened and I cannot fix it. I have DDR4 RAM with 2x8 gb stick from the same package
Can confirm, bought 6000mhz sticks and default was at 5400 or something in bios.@@PropaneWP
Oh hey I did that display into motherboard thing! Just yesterday I was finishing up my first PC build, tried doing benchmarks and whatnot to make sure all the parts were working right, and I couldn't figure out why my GPU wasn't doing anything. The system recognized it, I could manually force specific apps to run using it instead of the dedicated GPU, but it was defaulting to the integrated graphics and only Microsoft apps would let me choose which GPU I wanted to use manually, with no software-side option to switch the default.
And then the solution was to simply swap where I plugged in the HDMI.
Another tip: You should not spin the fan when cleaning them.
why
The spinning could create a electric charge and therefore damage your pc parts
oh damn, i recently cleaned my pc with canned air and let all the fins spin, guess i was lucky haha
@@lowfade556Well when it spins faster than its supposed to spin it might damage aswell
I've shot canned air into a laptop fan and it spun up and exploded within 0.3 seconds
did the exact thing you told me not to do about swapping the drives and it worked perfectly. take that!
Personally, I think they should have mentioned static discharge when building people underestimated how easy it is to fry your motherboard when you don't ground yourself
Thats a common knowledge. I allways touch my case. And that is enough.
@@alen7492You'd be surprised at how most non-tech savvy people don't understand a single thing about electricity/ESD.
@alen7492 actually it isn't. I only found out when my siblings who live abroad mentioned it. I live in tropical country and things like static discharge isn't common knowledge as we don't have that issue here. Usual things that cause static in the US usually isn't as common in other places
I believe the RAM speed (rating) is MT (mega transfers) not megahertz (clock speed). So DDR4 3600 runs at 1800MHz and does 3600MT / s.
Correct.
ok
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About to build my first PC. I'm nervous extremely... Thank you for these tips!
PC Part Picker saved my ass many times, although I hate it sooo sooo sooooo much when they don't have listed on their PC Building List popular/good components, such as CPU Coolers, cases, PSUs, and heck, even some GPUs
I know it takes them time to update the list, either they remove it/add it laters, but I believe there are components that I still don't find to this day, and not even that old
Just a quick heads up, if you fail to or forget to download the motherboard wifi crap onto a usb there's no panic. You can connect your phone to your home wifi and USB tether it to your PC. That's what I did all the time with the first desktop I ever had.
Good tip. Thank you.
Thank you! 🙏
I did number 6 back when I built my first PC 10 years ago lol. Had to call EVGA support and lie like; "Yeah, the monitor is connected to the graphics card and not the motherboard." Then I told him I had to hang up and fixed something I had been battling for 2 days.
That was me, i knew all along.
Been trying to upgrade my pc for the past 2 years.
I had a 1060ti 6gb, i5 4600, 16gb sub 2kmhz ram, generic mtb and 450W psu.
Finally upgraded a few days ago to a 7800x3d, nd15s cooler, 1000W gold/plat psu, 32gb ddr5 6000 cl30 rgb ram that I also turned into temp gauges and a few m.2s all seated in an asus b650-A gaming wifi mtb. Holding off on a better gpu as I only got a 1080p monitor for now, so I went with the 4060ti.
After setting it up, installing drivers and making tweaks, it's been so-far been smashing everything I throw at it pretty well. I do a lot of VR gaming, and it's been such a breath of fresh air being able to go back to titles I was playing on my other rig of sub 30fps to now capping frames without sutters.
Main idea is to future proof everything necessary and incrementally upgrade my gpu if anything interesting drops over it's lifespan. Was going to go with the 7800XT when it dropped, but the price where I live and limited availability of the model that'd fit my case is unreasonable, though the only reason I wanted it was for the performance overhead I now realize I don't need for the titles I currently play. Sure, I might want to try some of the new AAA titles down the line, but I'm not unused to gaming on low settings if required- so it should be fine.
Awesome job. Just keep in mind "future proofing" isn't that useful in terms of Motherboards, because, generally-speaking, you shouldn't be buying CPUs every time they release a new one and by the time you actually need a CPU upgrade it's gonna be on a new socket type, requiring a new Mobo anyways. Also, as far as GPUs are concerned, yes, PCIE 5.0 is a thing, but it's gonna be another decade before GPUs actually utilize it properly. Right now even PCIE 2.0 is like only 4-8% performance loss on something like an RTX 4080. Yes, PCIE 2.0, not even 3.0.
My first pc build went well, i bent all the pins on my motherboard and cpu.
At least you were thorough.
ALL of them? Did you step on it?
Intel motherboard with amd cpu?
@@idontknow4449 Thats an actual thing? 💀
@@abc-ze2es wut💀
And never touch the contact strips of the RAM and the CPU. You can cause static shorts and contact difficulties.
Why not use a torque wrench for cooler installation? I am a mechanic, so I have a few torque wrenches around. When I install a cooler, I tighten it to 30 or 40 in. lb. in a crossing pattern. Is it totally necessary? Maybe not, but it is an easy way to ensure you have even pressure on your IHS.
Impatiently waiting to see how your main build upgrade in sff case will look like)
FormD T2?
Waiting for your next ITX build. Gonna see how you cram all that power of the 40 series into one shoe box style case.
easy, give the 4090 its own shoe box lol.
3:12 "just download the relevant drivers and get out of there"
Before i head out, could you point out the most relevant software to download?
LAN + audio drivers usually!
@@optimumtech 👍👍
You glossed right over the importance of coating the ENTIRE SURFACE of the CPU with thermal paste. Using a few globs instead of a thin layer completely covering the CPU will result in areas having no paste at all, and thus no cooling. I am US Navy trained and retired after 35 yrs of hardware and software support mostly in mainframes.
Another tip/mistake: make sure if you are using a PCIE RISER CABLE that you change the bios to match the pcie generation of that riser cable. GPUs alone dont really have this issue as they usually have backwards/forwards compatibility between 3.0 and 4.0, but riser cables DO NOT. It will post with the incorrect pcie generation, but as soon as you do anything graphically intensive, your PC will hard freeze. PC went completely normal after i changed the pcie lane generation in the bios.
Just recently build my own pc instead of calling my brother to come over and help, so this time I actually decided my new build I’m gonna do it by my self. Sure it took time but afterwards I was like damn it was actually easy, why did I not do this from the first time
+1 on slightly increasing memory voltage if you can't boot with XMP enabled.
i've ignored a lot of these things upgrading, and yet my pc still stands. I've broken a mobo jamming a cpu in, i've swapped ssds across pcs, i've used random ass ram, and completely ignored fan curves.
Is using your ssd from your privious pc ba d?
I love this place, built my first PC in 2016 give or a take and I'm doing again in two days so this really helps in refreshing my mind. Thank you.
UNSTABLE MEMORY!!! I’m going through this right now, only my 3rd build I’ve done. Upgrading to a 4090 and replacing my current mobo and memory so hopefully I have no issues this time. All these blue screens and memory crashes have been driving me crazy
On the subject of the case fans, you really don't need a controller. What I did, was in the bios I set the case fan curves to the mosfets, since those heat up under sustained loads from GPU, CPU, or both together. They also take longer to heat up which means that if your GPU just has a short burst of activity, the case fans won't ramp up unnecessarily, and also when there has been load for a while, they will continue at a higher RPM and ramp down slower than the GPU itself which is helpful to bring the entire system back down to ambient temperatures. All you need to do is find out the temperature range your mosfets are running with something like HWINFO64 while under load as well as not under load, and then set the curve up based on that.
Referring to 7:09... Where in the heck do you easily reference the "memory controller" speeds of a particular motherboard? I assume PCPP doesn't have any such filter, but I will look. Also is there a "best" or "recommended" fab controller that also gives RGB control, including turning the lighting off?
also to mention is before upgrade the cpu, especially with the AMD am4 platform is upgrade the bios before to set the new cpu. I had many builds where I sold the cpu before doing the upgrade, then the computer would not start. And upgrading after hand is difficult, because on my latest build, the manual said it loud and clear: before upgrade the cpu, please upgrade the bios first.
Word up.
Brilliant tips, thanks a lot 👍👍👍. Building my first desktop PC and this definitely helps.
All the best in 2024 and beyond.
The PC partpicker isn't accurate for RAM compatibility. It's best to find the compliant RAM from motherboard compatibility list and then verify it with the RAM compatibility
Motherboard compatibility but CPU compatibility as well.
PC part picker: "Disclaimer: Some physical dimension constraints are currently not checked, such as CPU coolers and RAM clearance."
That won't stop some builders
@@greatwavefan397 there is no reason for it to stop builders, they just need to pay attention to the details and check with the cooler manufacturer
Double check with the manufacturer for compatibility
1:20 yeah, when i built my pc in 2019 with r5 3600 on b450m motherboard, i had problems like this even pc not starting anymore cmos had to reset many times, but as time passed updated bios many times it fixed it self, makes sense taht am5 is havign same problems now...
6:40 Seeding alert. It suck since the price is off and it lack lot of important stuff like why do the page force you to select x2 8GB RAM instead of x1 8GB of that module???
I've been looking for antennae like that ever since building my desktop and had no idea those existed, they're perfect!
Say what you will about Windows 10, but I upgraded from Intel i5-2500K to a Ryzen 5600 and it just downloaded the correct drivers and sorted itself without a hitch.
Fun fact: I could also reuse the CPU cooler😊 I love PC building :-)
Also cross-generation support.
Your B450 motherboard may support a Ryzen 5000 series CPU, but it likely won't have support for it out of the box. This generation of motherboard also is unlikely to come with BIOS flash capabilities either. This means if you try to put a 5000 series chip into said B450, your system won't post because the Motherboard doesn't know how to communicate with the newer chip.
You can make them compatible by updating the BIOS, which in a system that doesn't have BIOS flash, means you'll need a 3000 series chip to get access to the BIOS of the B450 mobo in the first place
So, if you're building a new PC, and don't already have a chip compatible with your previous Gen mobo - just spend more on the correct generation. It's less expensive and faster than either buying a second CPU to make it work, or returning the old mobo and spending the increased price for a newer model anyway.
Figured this out after having to build a budget PC for my grandmother who's on a fixed-income (I was between jobs at the time, or I would have just bought it all myself). Decided to save her $10 on a B450, and pair it with a Ryzen 5 5500. Que 6 hours of additional time spent troubleshooting, googling, and eventually swapping out the motherboard for the B550 that arrived an additional week later.
4090 owners, take note of step 12!
Great video. I think it can be worth spending a bit more on a better CPU e.g. I thought I was saving money buying an i5 but eventually upgraded to an i7 for better performance, but would have saved more money and hassle just getting the i7 in the first place.
What about using sleeved aftermarket cable extensions attached to your normal power supply cables?
From my experience, you have to be careful of not scratching your motherboard from the bottom when installing it in a case. In the middle of where your ATX motherboard goes(in most or all cases under the m.2 slot) there is this one spacer for the screw with more height(which is in some cases very sharp) to lock the mobo in place and make it easier for screwing it on and if you're not careful there is a slim chance of damaging the board if you are sliding it towards the I/O shield to the back of the case and then if something turns out to be wrong with the mobo, the RMA is gone
Just bookmarking this bit at 3:33 so I remember to check if my fans are set up properly in the bios!
Per the video: 3 pin fans are DC, and 4 pin fans are PWM.
So did you
i can't count how many times i've swapped boot drives into different systems and had absolutely no issues.
He said preferably
@@NotAeroOnFortnite Preferably what?
Do you ever have to re-activate Windows when doing that?
How many times on AM4 when taking off the stock cooler, the CPU came with it! while the locking clip was locked! fking wild, motherboards and cpu still worked afterwards, but the locking mechanic was broken.
I just destroyed my 2700x because I didn't realise it was attached to my cooler that I was removing!
Also telling ppl not to overspend on the cpu is generally true, but some games benefit from more cores or cache, like civilization
any competitive titles, and some aaa games benefit heavily from faster cpu
civ boring af though, even the sims is more fun
Building my first ever pc tomorrow. This video has made me incredibly worried about parts not being compatible.
what's your parts list?
Bro didn't use pcpartpicker?????????
@@TheJacobi nope, pc has worked exceptionally well despite it.
My gpu did split in half once but other than that I've had no issues with my pc
@@matiasnyberg5625 oh yeah that's a common problem for first timers
tons of fans, RGB and cable management are now a major thing
it's so confusing sometimes
remember when there was just 1 simple cpu fan, and no gpu power, no gpu fan... the only problem was IDE cables priority
I had no idea about the 3 pin and 4 pin differences. No one told me that! Thank you. I am having issues with my brother's PC so this is a nice tip to have
I think fresh installing is bit overcautious, I don't see much difference in just using same install, getting new drivers and cleaning up the old ones.
Depends if you stick with the same platform or CPU brand
Sometimes it's easier to do it now than to troubleshoot in the future, better be safe than sorry
@@bootchoo96 It's always possible to do the reinstall later on if you run into issues.
@@bootchoo96 when i change all i do is repair windows and remove anything in the registery that looks off. risky but ive spent way to long going through windows settings and installing stuff to reset
It is completely unnecessary. You can change from AMD or Intel or vice versa, even replace the motherboard after ten years. Windows will work fine. This re-installation advise is decades old and totally outdated.
I have a quick question about the 13900k, how necessary is it to replace the bracket from the stock to the thermalright one, if i use the pc for rendering (mostly on GPU tho) but occasionally i utilize 100% of CPU, and sometimes temps reach 80-85°, and when the utilization is 100% temps could get up to 90-100° (but that’s not for very prolonged periods)
Note: MB ASUS TUF z790, CPU: 13900k (not overclocked), MB thermaltake liquid cooler (360mm rad, not sure which one exactly)
if you are replacing the heatsink you should replace the bracket, the distances and tolerances may not line up across different products. unfortunately it means disassembling and reassembling almost the entire pc
I needed to change my cpu cooler, and the stickyness of the thermal paste caught me by surprise, i yanked out my 3600x along with the heatsink, now i wiggle the heatsink gently till it gives way, and the cpu stays put.
For the last mistake, I recommend using “Fan Control”, basically open source argus monitor.
Facts. FanControl and OpenRGB for RGB.
For people that don't mind paying there's also SignalRGB (controls both the fans and the RGB). But it's not opensource and I don't like paying monthly fees for RGB when I can just use other softwares that are free lmao...
7:47 How about DDR5?
You've got the best tech videos
My man flexing in the last shot:) Great video!
I don't know if I've just been really lucky, but I've somehow managed to replace nearly every part in my pc without having to do a fresh install of windows.
I first had a PC i bought for 250€, kinda bad but it got the job done at the time. It had an OEM motherboard, and a trash i5 CPU (4460?).
After that, i bought a nice motherboard, cpu, ram and cooler kit used from someone that worked with no issue. The CPU is now a i7 9700k and the ram upgraded from ddr3 to ddr4. The install didn't corrupt. I've added an nvme and now have replaced the GPU from an rx 570 (yes, an rx 570) to an rtx 3060 ti, leaving only the psu which I plan to replace and my three original drives left, but it seems to work just fine with no issue.
It's not luck. Re-installation being necessary is a persistent myth about Windows. It might even have been true 20 years ago, but definitely hasn't been for a long time.
Great stuff. I would add not checking the Mobo's Q codes or status led's when trouble occurs. I recently wasted hours solving an issue pointed out by my start up status led.
+1 I had an older PC not displaying anything or turning on the RGBs on the mobo when powering on the PC and I tried so many things besides check the status LEDs including replacing the PSU. Then I saw the light and it turned out to be faulty RAM…
Don't be impatient when setting up an itx build and at the last moment realised you forgot to plug in the internal usb cable...
I hav built several PC over 15 years and installed Windows many more times.
I still don't understand what MBR and GPT are and every damn time I have to google them.
MBR only works with BIOS and GPT with UEFI. MBR/GPT are what tell the BIOS/UEFI about the partitions on the drive I think, that's why you have to format them correctly (as mentioned above). I don't know more right now
Right there with you bud xD
I thought 3 wire fans are pwm. 2 wire is voltage regulated. Is there fans with 4 wires? I don’t have the option to change in fan xpert, or bios.
3 pin is voltage regulated and 4 pin is pwm, not quite sure why
@@IwanJames thx james. I'm still learning.
6:52 i got that same orange alert from my motherboard with lga 1700 and a i7 14700k on pc part picker, Is it an incompatibility? I ignored it since both cpu and motherboard said they were lga 1700 but was still confused on why it showed up as an incompatibility.
My first (and yet only) pc was like 4 years ago and it was kinda "easy" i just watched some tutorial for the build and got recommendations for the build from TH-cam videos and discord servers
It’s really plug and play. ITX builds can be very annoying though.
@@SECshock really? Kinda wanted to build an itx, now you're scaring me :/
i agree with everything except "you dont need an i7 or i9 for your gaming" i have a 4090 can the 13600K run that above its 90% usage? no even the 13700K cannot do it even in 4K, i tried them all and if you aim for high GPU you do need a 13900K or the 7800x3D (its just AMD CPUs that you don't need the higher core count cuz the 7800X3D performs better than 7950x3D)
I love this series of yours. Still recall that 50 PC Build Tips from last year
disagree with the fresh isntall for windows 10, its very safe to just use the same ssd when upgrade and just letting windows 10 figure it out. Microsoft have done alot of back end work to make sure windows 10 can safely detect new hardware. Once you have powered on for the first time, you are safe. All you have to do is update drivers and your good to go! Recently i put this to the test again going from a different generation to a different manufacturer (old intel to new AMD) and it worked like a treat
I really couldn't understand the most important part which is the fan setting. Anybody can help me avoid makig mistakes with fan and pin choices?
so 3 pin is dc and 4 pin is pwm :) solved thank you
7:15 if you have a 7950 which supports 6000mhz then is that better then the 3600?
He was referring to DDR4, in the year 2023 when DDR5 is basically the standard his advice about RAM and CPU should really be ignored.
i don't agree with the overspending on the CPU, unless you going for a very low budget build i think there's a very good advantage to invest more on the CPU now, because prices don't jump up so high as GPU's and then you can just upgrade the GPU. like now i would advise on going with the 7800x3d if building a new PC even if that leaves your budget for the GPU lowish. the same applies for the power supply, you can get a 850-1000W PSU rated 80+ gold from reputable brands for under $150 USD.
with that you're set for like years with the same platform with only needing to upgrade the GPU. no more worries about bottlenecks.
3:12 how do i know what are ‘relevant’ drivers?
What's the name of the case at 3:00 ?
The WiFi antenna also works with the Bluetooth. If you're using wireless earbuds to listen to ASMR, the longer antenna extends your range, especially around walls.
Thank you for the info. I am still using an Intel Core i7 3770K with an MSI RTX 4060 Ti OC 16GB. 32 GB RAM. I can still play the latest games.
Great video! Always like to watch stuff like this before I make any tweaks to my system. You never know what you might be missing!
As someone who is putting together a build now and
1. is using the 13600k with a powerful GPU (RTX 4070 Windforce)
2. is using DDR4 3600MHz memory in the future config
this was extremely satisfying to watch lol, you just reassured my choices, great video btw!
use ddr5 for new builds my friend, esp with latest procs, theyre too fast for 3200-3600 ddr4
You really should not be using DDR4 memory on a 4070 build.
7:56 but it isn't like that for ddr5, right?
Controlling fans by GPU temperature can acutally be bad when your CPU is under load and fans are not ramping up. The right way is to react to whichever temperature is higher: CPU or GPU
I just built my first PC after wanting to build one and watching PC content for more than a decade, luckily I didn't make any major mistakes, had to shift the radiator around a ton because I didn't want to uninstall it after the test boot and reinstall it inside the case, and had some difficulties lining up the motherboard with the standoffs and cable management but overall I think I did fine
Memory stability with ryzens... On my 5600x setup with B450 mobo stock XMP profile is setting DRAM voltage to ONLY 1.23V where 1.35V is recommended
2:52 "fresh install is the best way to go" spoken like true nuke & pave artist.
Hey just wanted to ask how is the review for the gwolves hsk+ going has it arrived yet? I fell really tempted to buy one but there aren't many objective reviews for it
Great video! Any plan to review alienware aw2723df?
16. Buying AIOs for something like a 12400f, ryzen 7600 etc. Extra points if it's something overpriced like NZXT
I upgraded from the Intel Core i7-4790K to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Quite the generational leap. I kept the same boot drive, plugged it in, and worked totally fine. Let's hope it stays that way, haha
Here's my problem... My motherboard died and since it's a 1366 socket, I can't really get a replacement. So have had to change my motherboard, CPU and RAM. Technically I could use my old RAM, but it's not exactly fast RAM.
Now I want to use my existing installation because I've got a lot of VERY custom setup on this install. I'm not one of these people that installs Windows every other week and with my installation, it takes 3/4, maybe more days to get all the dev software and other things I need. So, what do you do then?!
This machine has an Adaptec RAID controller, Intel 25Gbit SFP28 NIC which needs special drivers and with the various editors and stuff I have, it takes a long time to get everything configured.
You don't have to re-install Windows, but you will probably have to install the drivers for your new motherboard.
I don't really get how reusing your existing OS install can cause system issues/blue screens and you haven't even explained why that happens if it actually happens. I doubt that is the cause.
I've been migrating and/or cloning my OS since HDD days and never had any issues w/ it. You can always use DDU to remove unused GPU drivers and manually remove other device drivers for ones you do not use via the device manager.
This is fantastic! Thank you so much! Is there any change on the recommended CPU ?