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  1. Lyander
    Lyander
    Finally got all the parts I need in and I wasn't even too blatantly scalped (at worst paid $350 for a $280 MSRP GPU which is great given how bad things are now, frankly), but this is still the first time I'm putting my own PC together so I'm getting a case of the nerves, haha.
    Mar 27, 2021
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  2. abraxas666
    abraxas666
    Yes you if you dont have an antistatic band, you want to touch metal to release any static electricity in your body.
    Mar 27, 2021
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  3. Friday
    Friday
    Unless you are working in an air-conditioned room, humidity in SEA should be sufficiently high that static won't be a big concern. So yeah just "grounding"' yourself should be good enough
    Mar 27, 2021
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  4. Lyander
    Lyander
    Yup, and with the sheer amount of fear sweat I'm producing humidity is even higher than usual.

    Had to reseat cooler and cpu came out with it. Nearly crapped myself.
    Mar 27, 2021
  5. Lyander
    Lyander
    Mar 28, 2021
  6. Sqveak
    Sqveak
    Awww a stock cooler. How cute.
    But seriously, congrats on the build!
    Mar 28, 2021
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  7. Lyander
    Lyander
    Haha, budget mostly went into a GPU I knew would last a while and a mobo+CPU that has at least some relevance in future. Plan to get a Noctua when I can afford it, or maybe an AIO for aesthetics.
    Mar 28, 2021
  8. Lyander
    Lyander
    IT'S ALIVE! Didn't POST first time around but got into BIOS/UEFI second time around. Sweet llamas that was a scare.
    Mar 28, 2021
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  9. Sqveak
    Sqveak
    If it goes on-off-on in rapid succession that's just a feature called memory training, where it tries to find a stable memory speed. If you set it manually to a speed it can work with then it should just power on in one go.
    Mar 28, 2021
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  10. Lyander
    Lyander
    Yup, I vaguely remember that the memory won't be running at advertised speeds until I enable XMP/DOCP, yeah? Can also tweak the timings I think, which is another great source of nervosa (sigh).

    RE: stock cooler the CPU's sitting at about 60C in the UEFI (waiting for install media to materialise atm) so that's probably not great. Could be the lost thermal paste, but I do plan on getting a nicer cooler as allowed.
    Mar 28, 2021
  11. Skyline
    Skyline
    My first PC build wouldn't start up. After 20 minutes of sheer panic and triple checking EVERYTHING, I realized that I forgot to flip the switch on the PSU. Ah, young me. The fool :P

    I also once cracked an AMD CPU back in the early 2000s when the things were ridiculously fragile. PC building is SO much nicer these days.
    Mar 28, 2021
  12. Lyander
    Lyander
    Agh, sorry to hear about the CPU but glad it seems things are better now. Yeah ripping the CPU out of the socket just about sent me into full on WTF but I'm glad this seems to be running well now.

    Going from a laptop with a 5400RPM HDD to an NVMe is giggle-inducingly fast. Running diagnostics to check if the CPU is at least optimal
    Mar 28, 2021
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  13. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    My new Ryzen-9 stock cooler is very cute! So cute, I'm inclined to keep it, although I've turned off the built in lighting. Noctua will send me a free bracket for my Big Cooler when I get around to sending them the invoice for the old one.
    Mar 28, 2021
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  14. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    That PSU-switch thing. Yes, oft forgotten!

    I had just bought a 500Gb sata ssd when my mother-board died. So no NVMe for me. Very expensive too. Anyway, fast enough with my 7200 WD Blacks.

    Just got the SSD fully working and a new Linux installation booting from it ok. Super fast!
    Mar 28, 2021
  15. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Lyander, do you live like we do? barefoot on concrete/ceramic floors? Somebody here assured me, that means we are grounded :)

    Damn, I certainly realised that the day that I got a big electric shock!
    Mar 28, 2021
  16. Lyander
    Lyander
    A Ryzen 9! Yeah the stock coolers on those are on the adorable side (they come with the lever, no?), and the performance is nothing to sniff at. Congrats on the new parts!

    Hm, what's that about Noctua brackets? Order flubbed?
    Mar 28, 2021
  17. Lyander
    Lyander
    Messages crossed. Filipinos usually go with rubber slippers on assorted floors— medium-hard density wood in my room.

    I do believe you're quite grounded, yes, just not in the sense most imagine :P
    Mar 28, 2021
  18. Lyander
    Lyander
    The NVMe is ludicrous and I'm honestly in awe. The fact that my old laptop (which I'm keeping for work— ain't completely broke) takes about 8-10 minutes to finish starting up makes for stark contrast
    Mar 28, 2021
  19. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Noctua NHC-14. Bought ten years ago. Actually its successor is available in India now at about half what I paid inc tax+shipping from USA. Astonished to find they will give a free bracket for the Ryxen! They do say it takes over 8 weeks.

    Yes, the cooler with a lever. And proper a heat-pipe system. And a decently quiet fan. Far cry from the noisy stuck on a heatsink things stock coolers used to be.
    Mar 28, 2021
  20. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    "8-10 minutes to finish starting up" Good grief, I didn't think even Windows could be that slow.
    Mar 28, 2021
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  21. Lyander
    Lyander
    Haha, thermals haven't been kind to the old friend and I'm pretty sure doing a proper reinstall of Windows (and maybe a battery swap plus a move to a 2.5 SSD) will do wonders for it, but with the new job I honestly can't afford much downtime. Amusingly I'll still be on the laptop for work since I don't have a proper webcam so I'll be suffering still.
    Mar 28, 2021
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  22. Lyander
    Lyander
    And yup, my interest in computers is nascent but I do remember what they were like in the early aughts. Even this relatively cruddy stock cooler from AMD (lowest tier, about two rungs below yours) is significantly more tolerable.

    The ubersticky thermal paste is less pleasant though. Argh.
    Mar 28, 2021
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