Hate to say it but I don't think the GTX 1050 ti will get you very far in modern titles, especially something new like Halo Infinite, I had an GTX 960 myself which is comparable in performance and it was struggling quite a lot to run newer titles even at the lowest settings.
Noticed they updated the graphics card selection bit, now says for the generic RTX 30 series cards as well as 20 series, "(PALIT OR ZOTAC BRANDED)", I assume this means we'll no longer see any Gigabyte GPUs pop up in anyone's build?
I believe it is on the opposite side of the PSU shroud. On Cooler Master's website an image shows the TD500 has the HDD Cage just behind the front of the shroud, as well as places for the SSD to go.
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/mid-tower/masterbox-td500/#image-Item9
I'll take that pre-applied thermal paste quality into account, I'm not an avid overclocker or anything I just had seen that these new Ryzen chips could basically boost as high as possible depending on the cooling provided to them, hence why I chose that paste, but if the Corsair one is fine then...
Appreciate the responses guys!
The thermal paste has had me in a bit of a twist since it seems like a semi-decent longevity improvement for a relatively small fee, how much does the paste really matter overall?
For the USB card I had also been debating this, what's the real benefit of the...
Ahh I see!
I've already sort of exceeded my budget at the moment, so the case is just about the only thing I can change, but if you think anything here is drastic or required to change I'll give it a go. The build is primarily for CPU intensive programs and use of virtual machines which I use...
My build is now at 80 days and I'm feeling those amendment urges even more now 😅
Was just wondering if anyone had any opinions on my current chosen case, the Coolermaster Mastercase H500M?
Been entranced by the two 200mm ARGB fans at the front but just wondering if anyone has had any bad...
Oh I see! That's great news to hear, I asked previously on the text support and they didn't understand what I meant by ranks. I will switch to 2x16 immediately now and save myself some £.
Do you know if that applied to both the non-RGB and RGB 3600MHz RAM?
Ahh! Understandable, my mistake.
Ahh I see, I vaguely remembered someone's post about PCS telling them 3600MHz caused instability, and that they reduced it to about 3444MHz which solved it?
Does anybody know if PCS is still reducing the frequency on 3600MHz RAM that's in a 4x8 setup? I really want to benefit from the 4 single ranks but I wouldn't want to have the frequency reduced either. :(
Sadly, even when switching to the X570, I still cannot choose the "Show additional storage options" as the choice simply is not there, I do know what you are both referring to as I saw it when I configured my PC the first time, I will send PCS a message inquiring into this.
Will keep that in mind about the 3070, issue for that is I'm already 60 days into my queue for the 3080 and wouldn't want to lose that now, plus the cost between the 3070 and 3080 is fine for me right now, would be a different case of course had I chosen a 3090.
I thought they had sorted the...
What benefits are there to the X570 over the B550? I only want to have one PCIe 4 storage, not to mention I really would rather not have a chipset fan in the mobo.
What you said about the paste makes sense, I'll drop that when I change.
The reason I went with 4x8 was because I saw that a 4x8...