I recently just built my first PC. It was surprisingly easy. The only trouble I had was connecting the cpu power connectors since my hands are a little big to fit in.
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard: Asrock B550 Pro4
Ram: Corsair vengeance 3200 2x8gb
GPU: EVGA 2060 KO Ultra
Storage: Crucial P1 M.2 nvme 1tb
PSU: EVGA 700w
Casr: Fractal Focus G
Any other PC builders out there? I'm curious to see more builds.
Where is the slot for the floppy disc?
(08-06-2020, 03:16 PM)MasonDT70 Wrote: [ -> ]I recently just built my first PC. It was surprisingly easy. The only trouble I had was connecting the cpu power connectors since my hands are a little big to fit in.
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard: Asrock B550 Pro4
Ram: Corsair vengeance 3200 2x8gb
GPU: EVGA 2060 KO Ultra
Storage: Crucial P1 M.2 nvme 1tb
PSU: EVGA 700w
Casr: Fractal Focus G
Any other PC builders out there? I'm curious to see more builds.
Looks similar to my son's build out.
Me, I'm like Fred. I haven't put one together since 256mb was a HUGE hard drive...LOL!
BTW - My son tells me that that is a very solid build out.
(08-06-2020, 10:36 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: [ -> ]Looks similar to my son's build out.
Me, I'm like Fred. I haven't put one together since 256mb was a HUGE hard drive...LOL!
BTW - My son tells me that that is a very solid build out.
Yeah its a good midrange build. There are some ridiculously expensive parts that I would've loved go for that cost more than my entire pc lol. When I first started being aware of the tech industry, probably around 2000/2001) 10GB was a massive consumer grade hard drive. Its crazy how fast technology advances.
I know Fred is joking, but seriously, if I ever build a PC, it would have:
- DVD/Optical drive/burner
- Floppy disk drive (A:)
- minimum of 5 USB ports
- VGA and HD (or higher) ports
Plus as high specs as you can get; if I spend a shit-ton on a computer and will use it for a very long time afterwards, I want to be able to play every game I have ever owned/currently own, on any form of media and not be bogged down by hardware limitations/missing hardware.
Just purchased a refurb Laptop with really good specs a month a bit ago; was expecting it to be fairly new, but the body is from a 2011 laptop and that means... Optical Drive!

Works like a charm too :)
(08-07-2020, 01:06 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: [ -> ]I know Fred is joking, but seriously, if I ever build a PC, it would have:
- DVD/Optical drive/burner
- Floppy disk drive (A:)
- minimum of 5 USB ports
- VGA and HD (or higher) ports
Plus as high specs as you can get; if I spend a shit-ton on a computer and will use it for a very long time afterwards, I want to be able to play every game I have ever owned/currently own, on any form of media and not be bogged down by hardware limitations/missing hardware.
Just purchased a refurb Laptop with really good specs a month a bit ago; was expecting it to be fairly new, but the body is from a 2011 laptop and that means... Optical Drive!
Works like a charm
I'm not sure modern motherboards have the header for you to connect a floppy. There are usb floppy drives out there. I might end up getting a blu ray drive. My monitor is better than my TV so they'd look very good on there.
(08-07-2020, 05:02 PM)MasonDT70 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure modern motherboards have the header for you to connect a floppy. There are usb floppy drives out there. I might end up getting a blu ray drive. My monitor is better than my TV so they'd look very good on there.
Didn't think of that and while I'm sure there's a convertor of some sort, I'm not sure it would neatly fit in a tower

Technology marches on!