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Gaming PC 800-1k budget
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16-07-2019 12:50pm#1
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TerrorFirmer wrote: »Is 2 monitors necessary? One good 27" 1440p 144hz is solid, can get a basic one for not much more than £200.
Not right away, but he does want 2 eventually. I have a 2 monitor setup and he likes it, but it's not set in stone as to how many monitors will be purchased for this order.Re: 2TB drive, any alternative is fine. Some are better than others, but realistically as a storage drive, anything new will do.
Great. I have three 2TB drives for storage. Two of them are empty. I will donate one to him.Re: GTX1660 - yes, your alternative is fine, but keep in mind the cheapest 1660Ti is not much more and it's a much better card, so if sticking with the 1660, unless silence/cooler performance is a major factor (unlikely for a kids pc) stick to the budget options, the cheapest 1660 is £199. Cheapest 1660ti>decent 1660.
Thanks. Will look to the Ti cards and see what's there. The silence is more for my sanity. He is in the next room and if the background dB level is higher from a noisier system, his clicking will be louder.
PSU wise. I wouldn't get too tied up in this. With a 1660/1660Ti class card, the PSU is not that important. Not to say, to buy crap, but any half decent 450W will be grand. EG, EVGA 450w at around £35 is fine.
My own rig has a 450W. I thought 650 was a big enough jump, but then i'm not the expert here. A 550W corsair might be a nice compromise.
It's a bit annoying that I can't get everything from Amazon. Would be handier. Looks like I will have to order from Komplett and PCWorld for a few bits. The MB maybe from Komplett.
What's the deal with PCWorld Ireland? Total rip off!!! The MB price difference is about 40% higher than the UK stores.Stay Free
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Everything has arrived so far, except the monitors. We started the build a few hours ago. I let him hook it up to my monitors and install the free windows version. Everything going well, but one minor thing is annoying me. Normally when my PC is on, the power button has a green lit LED. When we powered it up, the led flashed red and seems to flash randomly moreso when under load. It's the same case as mine, so I expected the power button to go green and I am wondering if some wires were incorrectly installed. Instructions were followed and I double checked the polarity of the relevant wires.
Question....does it matter which slot we put the ram? I put them one space apart from each other (into the red slots).
I'm a bit jealous of the GPU. Thinking I may have to upgrade mine
Stay Free
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...Ghost... wrote: »Everything has arrived so far, except the monitors. We started the build a few hours ago. I let him hook it up to my monitors and install the free windows version. Everything going well, but one minor thing is annoying me. Normally when my PC is on, the power button has a green lit LED. When we powered it up, the led flashed red and seems to flash randomly moreso when under load. It's the same case as mine, so I expected the power button to go green and I am wondering if some wires were incorrectly installed. Instructions were followed and I double checked the polarity of the relevant wires.
Question....does it matter which slot we put the ram? I put them one space apart from each other (into the red slots).
I'm a bit jealous of the GPU. Thinking I may have to upgrade mine
Swap the GPUs when he's in bed
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It's probably the "HD_LED" wires making it flash....Ghost... wrote: »Everything has arrived so far, except the monitors. We started the build a few hours ago. I let him hook it up to my monitors and install the free windows version. Everything going well, but one minor thing is annoying me. Normally when my PC is on, the power button has a green lit LED. When we powered it up, the led flashed red and seems to flash randomly moreso when under load. It's the same case as mine, so I expected the power button to go green and I am wondering if some wires were incorrectly installed. Instructions were followed and I double checked the polarity of the relevant wires.
Question....does it matter which slot we put the ram? I put them one space apart from each other (into the red slots).
I'm a bit jealous of the GPU. Thinking I may have to upgrade mine0 -
...Ghost... wrote: »Everything has arrived so far, except the monitors. We started the build a few hours ago. I let him hook it up to my monitors and install the free windows version. Everything going well, but one minor thing is annoying me. Normally when my PC is on, the power button has a green lit LED. When we powered it up, the led flashed red and seems to flash randomly moreso when under load. It's the same case as mine, so I expected the power button to go green and I am wondering if some wires were incorrectly installed. Instructions were followed and I double checked the polarity of the relevant wires.
Question....does it matter which slot we put the ram? I put them one space apart from each other (into the red slots).
I'm a bit jealous of the GPU. Thinking I may have to upgrade mine
Yep, match the ram slots by colour! so the two reds would be fine.
& yea, looks like could mixup of the tiny pins. HDD activity would be most likely to make the led flicker as Kiki mentioned.
They're by far the most frustrating part of a build!
Should be easy fix though 0
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