PC Building Amateur-Tip

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart) 02/03/2018 at 09:13 • Filed to: Computers

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If you’re dealing with ASRock, make sure you get one of the models of RAM that the board supports. They are hilariously unforgiving if you get a brand not on the list, but otherwise meets all specs.

As such, neither of my two new builds work.

Nibby > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 09:17

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pro tip, use a 90s beige ATX case for your next build! sleeper builds FTW

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nibby 02/03/2018 at 09:39

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+1 for Windows 95.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 09:39

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Looks like you’ve found yourself some swanky digs.

Mercedes Streeter > Nibby 02/03/2018 at 09:50

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I love it!

Windows 95

Core i7

USB 3.0

10/10

for Michigan > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 10:25

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I currently have a nonfunctioning ASRock build, too. But my RAM is on their list and it functioned for a week before I got stuck in a boot-loop.

Montalvo > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 11:11

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That’s very odd, ASRock has been very good at accepting various brands and configurations on the boards I have personally used. Stay away from Gigabyte though their customer service is shit and their upper tier boards have hilariously bad fail rates.

Nibby > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 11:25

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6700K 32GB RAM GTX1060 6GB and idles in the low 20s

PS9 > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 11:28

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PC GPU buyers guide for beginners;

1) Look up GPUs and their associated prices

2) Chose your explatives

3) Cry

4) Be dead inside while you game at 640x480@20 fps with your built in motherboard GPU

5) (veteran GPU buyers only) set a cryptominer’s house on fire.

All the Birches Call Me Big Poplar > Nibby 02/03/2018 at 15:05

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I very nearly stole a horizontal tower from my neighbor. I’m running X9950 on a AOpen PoS and pulling 2k...you’d be surprised how much you can wring out of a really basic system.

All the Birches Call Me Big Poplar > Nibby 02/03/2018 at 15:09

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My PoS is running 2.86 Ghz Duo-Core with 4 GB GPU, but I’m pushing an AOpen horizontal shit. Got 8 GB of un-buffered RAM for $10, but it won’t fit in my tower, QuadCore 2.8 5 Ghz. Any ideas?

Mercedes Streeter > Montalvo 02/03/2018 at 17:14

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Looks like the issue is with their newer H110 boards?

The Deskmini is seemingly unforgiving

http://www.asrock.com/support/support.asp?Model=DeskMini%20110%20Series&cat=Memory

The H110M ITX is better, but searching those model numbers often comes up short.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H110M-ITX/?cat=Memory

I ended just getting a pair Corsair sticks with model numbers from the approved ram list. That should revolve the posting issues.

Mercedes Streeter > for Michigan 02/03/2018 at 17:15

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What board? It seems their ITX models are sorta reviewed at having short lifespans.

for Michigan > Mercedes Streeter 02/03/2018 at 17:25

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Z730M Pro4. It’s a mATX board for 8th gen Intel.

I am just outside the return period though, so I may have to just try putting in a warranty claim or something and hoping it all works out.