Building New Computer!

AHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA

I left the computer on from 30 minutes ago, and I plugged the VGA into the monitor and I had yellow light and no monitor :eek:

Then I moved the mouse and realized it was just sleep mode AHHAAAHAHAHAHA xD

Fucking crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
 
Ok, I tried moving the SSD back to the slot where I had it before, and tried screwing it without the armor on (like @Visual Eagle suggested)

However, without the armor on, the screw isn't right and I can't mount the SSD firmly in place. I feel it should be screwed firmly.

I did a bit of reading the mb manual, and I'm a little confused. The slots are not entirely the same.

Look, I'm typing from the motherboard's manual:

-----

M2_1 - The M.2, also known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a small size and versatile card edge connector that aims to replace mPCIe and mSATA. The Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1) supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen 3 x4 (32 GB/s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen 3 x2 (16 GB/s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU).

* If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled.

-----

M2_2 - The M.2, also known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a small size and versatile card edge connector that aims to replace mPCIe and mSATA. The M.2 Socket (M2_2) supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 GB/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x2 (16 GB/s).

* M2_2, SATA3_3 and SATA3_4 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.

-----

Can you see the differences?

So one is Ultra the other is not, but the other also supports 22110 while the first doesn't. But the first one supports M.2 PCI Express Module up to Gen 3 x4, while the second one up to Gen 3 x2.

Ok, where should I put the SSD? @Visual Eagle @underachieved
 
Well, according to some random dude on the internetas - http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts...nstalling-a-sx6000-lite-to-b450m-steel-legend

Which M.2 slot? The upper one is where you want it to be, the one marked Ultra M.2, which comes with the heatsink.

I'm not very familiar with that B450 board, but typically on Asrock, the upper one is the PCIe x4 slot(faster for NVME) that you'd want to use. The lower is likely Sata and PCIe x2, which should also work, but would be slower.

Sounds about right. So I'll just mount the SSD in the upper slot, and put the cover on top of it, and it's gonna have to live with it.
 
very nice wy rizen and not intel the new i9 is amazing ?
 
very nice wy rizen and not intel the new i9 is amazing ?

My other computers have ryzens. I like to stay consistent. I like to support the underdog. A myriad of reasons :p

Ok the computer started with SSD put in place. It also restarted correctly too :)

Moving on to the RAM now.
 
My other computers have ryzens. I like to stay consistent. I like to support the underdog. A myriad of reasons :p

Ok the computer started with SSD put in place. It also restarted correctly too :)

Moving on to the RAM now.
i9 i think it is faster and more reliable , but this is pretty good too :)
 
I put in 1 ram chip, the computer started. It also restarted fine.


Now to put in the other Ram chip.
 
I put in the other ram, the computer started and restarted fine.


Now to put back the USB and RGB cables...
 
I plugged in the cables, and after turning the computer on the CPU was being loud. I turned it off quick, and moved around the rgb cable. And now it's quiet again.

It's retarded because on the RGB cable you have an arrow on both sides, which from my googling research indicates that the 12v pin or whatever. But on the motherboard it doesn't say which pin in the 12v pin, the one on the left or the one on the right. I also can't find anything in the manual. It's kind of retarded, or maybe I'm retarded, I don't know.

Anyway, the computer turned on fine and CPU is quiet. Restarting the computer also worked.

 
Ok, it's about time I bring this to an end. I know you're all sick of me :D

Everything seems to be okay now. I still have a problem where an ethernet cable won't give me internet, but I suspect that's because the modem/router only allows 2 ethernet cables max (it has 4 slots, but it seems only 2 cables can work at a time).

I'm gonna look into this. Maybe opening modem settings and making a change can allow for a 3rd cable. If it doesn't work I'll buy an external wifi card, and I'm set.

Also, i need to order 2 fans for the computer to put on the side. Maybe even a 3rd one for the back. Get nice cooling going. Yes I know fans are not water cooling, but hey, I do what I can, 80/20 rule.

I'm gonna reinstall windows and start fresh. I installed it yesterday but restart wasn't working and there issues... let's just say I feel best to reinstall the operating system and start fresh.

Well, thanks yall, appreciate the help and company. I hope you learned something from this here thread hmmm :)

 
Last edited:
So I'm watching a video by my internet service provider where they explain how to set up the modem/router they provide.

The guy in the video says that for home computers it is recommended to use ports 1 and 4 on the modem for the ethernet cable. That's funny because those are exactly the ones I use for my 2 existing computers. And the other 2 slots won't work.

There could be a limit the ISP/router imposes on it. I'll try to enter router settings and see if maybe it can be modified in there to open up one more slot. If not I may call the ISP in the morning and ask about it.
 
So I'm watching a video by my internet service provider where they explain how to set up the modem/router they provide.

The guy in the video says that for home computers it is recommended to use ports 1 and 4 on the modem for the ethernet cable. That's funny because those are exactly the ones I use for my 2 existing computers. And the other 2 slots won't work.

There could be a limit the ISP imposes on it. I'll try to enter router settings and see if maybe it can be modified in there to open up one more slot. If not I may call the ISP in the morning and ask about it.
Its been a journey man.

Hope that it serves you well after all the hassle
 
Its been a journey man.

Hope that it serves you well after all the hassle

Thanks man :)

I still can't really get down to setting up the computer because I can't get internet to it :D

I'm into my router settings now and looking around...
 
haha... haha.... haha... haha...

I went in my router's settings.

I went into Basic -> WAN

I selected the connection that says "IP_Routed (PPP)," and I saw it had LAN1 and LAN4 ticked, but LAN2 and LAN3 were not ticked. Bastard!

I ticked LAN2 and LAN3, and refreshed. After a few seconds the connection was established.

I connected the ethernet cable from router to computer, and voila, we have internet ;)

Also all my other computers and lap tops are connected to the internet and working fine.

I can't fail baby, can't fail! hahaaaaa ;)

 
Here's a cheerful for yall :D

 
When you get nice and settled in, do update us with a CPU benchmark :)
 
When you get nice and settled in, do update us with a CPU benchmark :)

We're moving bro.

I installed windows.

I cracked it (allegedly allegedly!!)

Im installing win updates right now. When theyre done imma disable future updates. Got a neat little program for that.

And then ill proceed to do the rest of the setting up. Disable indexing and animations and set power options and disable a bunch of background processes and install firefox and classic shell etc etc.

I still need to buy fans. Not sure if ill get 2 or 3 fans. Probably 2 of them get some airflow going. Im not sure if i can fit a 3rd fan. The lower fan slot on the box, if i put a fan there it will be too close to the GPU.

Also i may buy 32GB more ram. Id go for 16GB, but it seems i cant run dual channel with 3 sticks :(

Also havent decided whether or not to overclock yet. Ill probably do it though :D

That said. Not sure what else i can to. If anybody has any suggestions i am all ears? :)


About the CPU benchmark. Khm. What is that and how do i get it? :D
 
Back
Top