Personal computing discussed
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Redocbew wrote:VT-x is usually a pretty safe bet these days. VT-d, not so much but you probably won't be needing that anyway.
derFunkenstein wrote:I'm just running VirtualBox for desktop apps in Windows and Linux, so I'm sure I'll be fine.
I'm a little concerned about this SMT issue in Ubuntu (which I found out about after I got the shipping notification from Newegg) but I'm hoping that since it's abstracted a bit in a VM that it'll be fine.
derFunkenstein wrote:It's YUGE!Well it's a very large mITX case.
derFunkenstein wrote:Fortunately, Newegg lets you narrow your search by the length of the graphics card:The Corsair site says the graphics card can have a max length of 290mm and I'm measuring the card to be around 297mm including the cooler.
Redocbew wrote:Is that a Define R5 for the case? Looks nifty. Hopefully the growing pains don't last too long.
derFunkenstein wrote:Pity, I liked the Asus board for having the Display Port. My last AM3+ build, I selected an MSI gaming board and the hot AMD 2400 DDR3 memory. The MSI box had been opened and used and was missing all the goodies, so I sent it back and got the Asus equivalent. It was quite a struggle, refused to run on even one stick of DDR. Finally checked Asus's DDR compatibility list and the AMD memory was not on the list. I had to change to slower Crucial Tech DDR which worked right away (and they guarenteed it would, nice folks). So, check to see if that DDR is supported.The X370 boards I wanted were all out of stock at the time I ordered. Same at Amazon. Overclocking is available on the B350 and the board I selected has an x4 PCIe M.2 slot for future use, so I'm good to go with my selection. Weird that NOBODY has AM4 motherboard reviews yet.
Mr Bill wrote:Pity, I liked the Asus board for having the Display Port. My last AM3+ build, I selected an MSI gaming board and the hot AMD 2400 DDR3 memory. The MSI box had been opened and used and was missing all the goodies, so I sent it back and got the Asus equivalent. It was quite a struggle, refused to run on even one stick of DDR. Finally checked Asus's DDR compatibility list and the AMD memory was not on the list. I had to change to slower Crucial Tech DDR which worked right away (and they guarenteed it would, nice folks). So, check to see if that DDR is supported.
astrotech66 wrote:- I didn't do a clean Windows install, I just replaced my old CPU/Mobo/RAM with the new stuff. Windows handled it well, no blue screens or crashes. I put the Asus driver disk in and everything seems to have installed correctly. However, my copy of Windows is now no longer activated, so I guess I'll be making a call to Microsoft.
astrotech66 wrote:I built my Ryzen 1700X + Asus Prime X370-Pro last night, but haven't had a chance to really play with it yet. Here's a brief synopsis:
- Cooler Master hasn't released an AM4 compatibility kit yet for my liquid cooler, so I bought a CM Hyper T4 air cooler to get me by in the meantime.
- I installed the Hyper T4 and then realized it was blocking the first two RAM slots and that the memory I bought was too tall to fit under it. I had to use the RAM from my wife's computer, which is a lot shorter, and give her the fancy RAM I just bought for now. But even the short RAM wouldn't go in without removing the cooler, so I ended up installing that twice, to my great annoyance.
- I didn't do a clean Windows install, I just replaced my old CPU/Mobo/RAM with the new stuff. Windows handled it well, no blue screens or crashes. I put the Asus driver disk in and everything seems to have installed correctly. However, my copy of Windows is now no longer activated, so I guess I'll be making a call to Microsoft.
- I installed Ryzen Master and fired it up briefly. It showed my CPU at about 61C, which didn't make me happy. It could be because I have F@H running, but when I checked the folding client it showed that only the GPU was running, not the CPU. I'll have to check this further and may be looking at either reinstalling the cooler or going with a different solution. Or maybe I just need to change the fan profile.