For those that don't know During the windows 11 OOBE(initial windows setup) if it does not find a network driver you can hit ctrl+shift+f3 and your computer will restart into audit mode. This brings windows into the admin account and allows you to use a usb drive to install any drivers needed to get through the initial setup..... This has been a game changer for me honestly in particular when putting windows on a VM.
1:45 I would actually just leave XMP/EXPO settings alone until I have everything configured in Windows (updates, drivers, etc) as there's always a chance of XMP getting unstable and giving you headache for the first boot. Great video otherwise!
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this during the video... was kinda surprised of hearing this from Greg, considering he usually is more safe than sorry and cautious of his tips. Especially considering his Fix or Flop series, one would think he would suggest taking the more safer route.
Windows also has a habit of updating the BIOS if you don't change the update settings. XMP can reset if that happens. It doesn't always happen but it does happen.
So a technically controlling the fan with BIOS would be lower level solution. Low level usually means closer to hardware and high level means more abstraction between the implementation and the hardware. I’m not going to get into whether you should use software or BIOS based fan control solutions because that’s personal preference and as long as you know the trade off you can make your own decision.
I find with your fan setup they're more noticeable as they ramp up and down more often at the lower range. Setting it higher at first will keep them at a steady rate and likely be less noticeable for many. While keeping things a few degrees cooler which is always better. I'm a believer in having a good idle temp as well as gaming temp.
Honestly, I run fans at MAX always. There is never a reason not too IMO. You want heat dissipated as fast as possible. FWIW I never use my PC without a headset either so the "noise" isn't bothersome and never picks up in discord.
Thanks for doing this video, Greg. Like you, I already know these things. However, this is VERY useful for anyone new to PC building. Happy holidays to you and your family.
6:15 I also carry one of those bog standard USB 3 to Ethernet adapters made with Realtek. They usually have drivers built into Windows and great to have if a secondary machine isn't available.
Another tip: if you're dual booting between Linux and Windows (on two separate drives), make sure you install Windows first and then Linux. Many Linux distros use "os-prober" to detect Windows and will automatically add it to the bootloader (GRUB2 or SystemD). After Linux installs, go back into your BIOS and set your Linux drive first in your boot priority. This is crucial because the Windows Boot loader has a really bad habit of destroying the EFI partition on Linux drives, but GRUB2 and SystemD treats Windows with much more respect and will add Windows to the list of choices to boot to. Furthermore, your Linux distro will have a method to customize the bootloader further so that you can change the timeout value to 3 seconds instead of 5 and have it boot Windows automatically by default. At this point, you might be concerned about Secure Boot but once Windows 11 installs, it will boot with or without Secure Boot enabled. Fedora and OpenSuse also support Secure Boot but you're pretty much free to leave disabled but if you want to play Valorant, you'll want to enable it in your BIOS, save and exit, and then use your boot override hotkey to boot into Windows. Boot Override shouldn't harm your EFI partition on your Linux drive. Keyword: shouldn't.
Great video! I think a very rare-ish thing to do would be to update BIOS. As some motherboards may not have the latest BIOS and may not boot up with their current CPU.
Merry Christmas back at you. Good video for beginners. My best to you and your family. Thanks for all your hard work. Your videos are great and entertaining.
Pretty solid video and tells it pretty clearly for beginners. BTW Greg, are you going to continue the PCDC series? Those were pretty damn entertaining!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. Thanks for your videos, and your natural "unscripted" style approach to each situation. Which inspired me to "take the plunge" into creating my (first ever) UA-cam channel. I know it'll improve with time, but in my channel, I talk about computer components and try to build "budget friendly" powerful machines and gamer's upgrades. I'm also a casual gamer on Twitch (by the time of this recording. LOL). Question: Is it possible for me to reference you in some of my videos when appropriate? Your content is very informative, and your approach is what the audience is looking for. INMO. Thanks again.
Greg, would love to see a video of your watch collection. I've noticed quite a few nice watches throughout your videos so I can tell you are a watch guy for sure.
When I build a new PC (Especially if for someone else) I always get all the important drivers ready beforehand and put all of them on USB drive. Then I can install all of them just like that and don't have to go look for them on the internet anymore. Sometimes I also get some other programs ready like browser, HWiNFO etc.
Great setup/install advice Greg!! I would add to ALWAYS select GPT partition format when installing windows 11. It can be a pain to upgrade MB parts when a windows install has been performed using MBR partition style. Merry Christmas y’all!! 🎄
It might just be me, but I always had wildly different reactions to XMP. Be it Fans/Temps or voltage stability, it was never just a free upgrade, like it's supposed to be. Also small nitpick that doesn't matter for the video: With GPT and UEFI in play, you technically no longer "boot into a partition" from firmware, all bootloaders share an ESP partition on the drive and you select which one you want. Though there is an ESP for each bootable drive.
Debloating tools are known for sometimes breaking Windows. Good if you know what you're doing, but not great for newbies just looking to set up their new system.
Thanks for the vids. Please to anyone, remember if you're overclocking your ram above DDR4 3200 or DDR5 5600 you could run into stability issues. Easy fix : Clock to 3200 / 5600 Advanced fix : Play with voltages (soc,...) Happy XMAS!
Also, get your GPU driver on a usb or so before you install windows. While installing windows disable your ethernet/internet. Install your GPU driver, restart & plug-in Internet/ethernet. Windows does install a GPU driver while you're installing windows for the first time :) Which can cause issues
Good list, but I don't agree with everything. Here are my takes (of course, feel free to criticize): Always set your fan curves to their minimum speeds, or something like 10% in BIOS. You're not going to be doing anything demanding in BIOS. In Windows, use the software called FanControl. Unlike manufacturers apps, it's a small nice little utility to control your fans without all the bloat. High temps CAN happen, especially with AM5 Ryzen chips which are DESIGNED to run at 95C, unless you fix that. Don't run your fans at 100%. It's just going to (probably) reduce the fans life time, and more importantly, it's going to generate a ton of noise. If you tweak your fans properly, you'll see that at some point, increasing fan speed will increase noise by a lot and temps by very little. I usually just set fan max speed at whatever maximum noise I am comfortable with. Running max might save you 4-5C. Not worth it for the 3x+ more noise they generate. Then design a fan curve where the fans run at lower speeds at lower temps up to your max tolerable noise at high temps. Add to that, don't run pumps at full speed. They, too, generate noise, especially high-pitched noise. Again, you're usually fine with running them at lower speeds with negligible impact on temps. So I would highly recommend that you either a) Just set all fans to the max tolerable noise or b) Make a fan curve from around 10-20% up to your max tolerable speeds. Going higher will net you very little with a ton of extra noise. You forgot to mention disabling memory training, especially for AM5 motherboards, where it can take 30-60s PER BOOT unless you disable memory training. It's just not acceptable in my opinion. Enable Memory Context Restore in BIOS. I would also suggest trying to undervolt your CPU and GPU, and lowering max power/frequency. They will consume less power and make less noise. Lowering your CPU max power/frequency, and sliding down the power target on your GPU might be a good idea. CPUs and GPUs these days consume a ton of power, which means they get hot, which means lots of noise, for very little performance gain. We might be talking about 5-10% extra gain depending on your settings. Your wallet or ears may thank you. On AMD platforms, this is easily done with Ryzen Master and Radeon Software. And don't forget--install ALL the drivers from your Motherboard manufacturers site (but maybe skip the SW).
i just build a new amd pc ...and it wil not go further than code 0d....tried everything possible..it wil not boot to the bios....????? help. amd 9950x asus x790 strix E
I had my pre build for 3 months and I'm not touching sht anymore lol, on day 1 I accidentally took out the clip when removing my 4080 super to install my other nvme drive and thought I broke my pc my anxiety was through the roof but thankfully all I had to do was clip it back in to the mobo.
Thanks for the breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
Hi Greg, quick question.. Can i mix ram from same brand, same speed 3600mhtz, but different model. Looking to put 2 sticks of Tforce DarkZ, and 2 sticks of Ttorce Delta. TY in advance..
you can mix it- it will default to the slowest speed/timings of all the ram. Sometimes even the same speed ram from the same manufacturer will have different timings, other then that it shouldnt be a problem.
Nah, never mix and match RAM if you can help it. I bought 2 16GB kits of yhe exact same RAM for 32GB and got instability like you wouldn't believe. Each kit by itself was fine, together caused crashes. Literally exactly same gskill part number.
internet driver? Is that like an Ethernet driver ... doesnt windows come with a default one ... or from the mother board CD (yes I am old) ... and run linux on the desktop for years
04:25 : ""this should never happen"" ?? well ... say that to my 😉FX8370 PC during Greek summer (40C🥵 ambient) while trying to play CPU-intensive games (i was ...trying to play minecraft with my little nephew) and i had several system thermal-shutdowns within 20min gameplay. I changed thermal paste ,this dropped temps around 5C ,but still aircondition usage for dropping ambient(much) was the only real solution for such a system. --my CPU cooler was an Arctic FreezerCO 13
Sadly for my ram i had no xmp profiles by manufacturer... So i have to do all timings and speed manually in bios. Also i use bios fan curve because its just done and forgot about it whereas i will obviously change it if its in windows
Santa just brought me one. It's a Zalman i4 Airflow Full Mesh ($60-$70) that comes with 6 non-RGB 120mm case fans, but I see NewEgg has a $60 on sale RGB w/window version. I crammed a Godlike E-ATX Motherboard in the Zalman but couldn't stand that I couldn't see the temp readout through the mesh so I put it back in my $115 white Lian Li Lancool 216 RGB case, which has much better quality than the Zalman. The dust filters are a nice touch in the Zalman but they should've had magnets holding them on like the top filter instead of pieces of tape. The front dust filter on the Lancool 216 is magnetized but was a $13 option.
The fan curve I have put on literally anything for as long as I have been able to goes like this. All fans at 50% until it hits 50c. Then it is 10% points higher then the temp. So, 60c is at 70%. 70c at 80%. 85c is when I do 100%. For cpu's and gpu's. Case fans. Takes testing Usually about 50-70% all times. But, it depends on what fans. Sizes. How many and so on. And Pro tip: If your going to have more then one computer in your name. Find a RETAIL license key. OEM ones (like his sponsor) are for a single computer. If your a dad like me and have kids, wife and Minecraft server, plus multiple of your own. A retail one works for all of them. And I mean ALL of them.
I turned up the speed to allow my DDR4 to run at what they said they should, and was told I voided the PC and that was why my USBs on top did not work. All the other plugs do but the 2 USBs. Oh well. Yes, they are plugged in, just anything in them, pops an error message. Talk about a comp out for a faulty build.
@@GregSalazar BestB. (really, YT, gonna filter that?) I finally worked out it is a faulty board through IBB (prebuilt) but too late and not worth sending back for just 2 USBs. It detects something (shows up as unknown and Error 43) is there but stops it from being usable. So I use a hub now in back.
"I turned up the speed to allow my DDR4 to run at what they said they should" If the ram should run on that memory speed then that would be it's base memory speed.. XMP is an overclock that not always works and it can cause weird freezes
@@belakiss1381 I get that, but the USBs did not work from the start. I thought it was because I had no 3.0s to use. IBB was great. They walked me through the overclocking and putting a new drive in about 4 months into having it. After about 6 months I went to the store because the new mouse did not work. They turned it on, said the PC broke because I changed the speed, and shut it down. When Best wouldn't help I went back to IBB and they tried to figure out the USBs. After undoing all the changes they walked me through initially it still didn't work, so concluded it was the board. Since it would take 2-3 months to get it back I just keep using a hub.
XMP is never guaranteed to be stable, even if the kit is listed on the QVL. Need to stress test it afterward, at least a day of karhu and/or hci memtest, even occt would be good. I would rather tell people to run their ram stock than blindly enable xmp, the latter is a great way to later find them complaining on the steam forums about a game constantly crashing.
Thank you all for making videos like this! They are much appreciated! Anyone who needs a full PC build guide, Linus Tech Tips did one not long ago that was the entire build process in First Person POV. I built my first PC early this year and it was extremely helpful throughout the times I got stumped.
Just bought a new gaming laptop. I upgrades the Ram, like always and instead of setting it up, I put a fesh copy of Windows in it to get rid of all the bloatware. And of course, I used the oobe\bypassNRO
@@GregSalazar That's so true. I know not everyone are feeling comfortable to do this, so that's why we're here to help them and sometime do this for them I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.🎅🎄
Question to @gregsalazar would you be willing to help me out with small problem related to windows blue screen? I think it's the gpu driver is the root caused. i get code error 144. All gpu drivers are new clean install. IT's been annoying to deal with it. Normally i restart my pc twice if not 3-4 times to keep it from bluescreen when turning on or loading slowly into windows. I'm running nvme ssd 5000's mbps reads if i label it right. Maybe tech guy like you can see the problem i'm not seeing.
My new msi b650 tomahawk is broken. It boots I set everything up. Then I power down and it won't boot unless I use a screwdriver on the jbat1 prongs. Was going crazy trying to figure out was wrong, turns out it was the motherboard is broken
"5 Things To Do With EVERY New PC!" 1. Wipe the hard drive. 2. Download spliced drivers for your hardware. 3. Download new copy of windows 7 4. Install windows 7. 5. Enjoy windows before it became a virus/spyware.
Bios for fan control? Software is bad for this? Just say you don't want to promote Fan Control which is the best fan control software and it's free. If you don't support even these developers that are actually passionate about doing something good you don't deserve to give advice in this industry.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Thanks so much for your support. May your framerates be high and your temperatures low!
Strength and Honour 🙂
Merry Christmas greg!
Merry Christmas Greg!
🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas to you Greg and your family.
For those that don't know During the windows 11 OOBE(initial windows setup) if it does not find a network driver you can hit ctrl+shift+f3 and your computer will restart into audit mode. This brings windows into the admin account and allows you to use a usb drive to install any drivers needed to get through the initial setup..... This has been a game changer for me honestly in particular when putting windows on a VM.
1:45 I would actually just leave XMP/EXPO settings alone until I have everything configured in Windows (updates, drivers, etc) as there's always a chance of XMP getting unstable and giving you headache for the first boot. Great video otherwise!
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this during the video... was kinda surprised of hearing this from Greg, considering he usually is more safe than sorry and cautious of his tips. Especially considering his Fix or Flop series, one would think he would suggest taking the more safer route.
Windows also has a habit of updating the BIOS if you don't change the update settings. XMP can reset if that happens. It doesn't always happen but it does happen.
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@@DawelioHas not learned enough.
puuurrfect timing, greg. i was looking for videos like this! merry christmas!
Happy Holidays Greg & Family 🎄
So a technically controlling the fan with BIOS would be lower level solution. Low level usually means closer to hardware and high level means more abstraction between the implementation and the hardware. I’m not going to get into whether you should use software or BIOS based fan control solutions because that’s personal preference and as long as you know the trade off you can make your own decision.
Chipset? Great video as always. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Greg!
Merry Christmas from Greece!
I find with your fan setup they're more noticeable as they ramp up and down more often at the lower range. Setting it higher at first will keep them at a steady rate and likely be less noticeable for many. While keeping things a few degrees cooler which is always better. I'm a believer in having a good idle temp as well as gaming temp.
Perfect timing with this video. I've just bought components for my pc on Christmas day (NZ Time), and will be building it on Monday/Tuesday next week!
you left out number 7 - get you cat out of the boxes/ packaging the products came in. Thanks florida man
Merry Christmas Greg! Hope all is well on your end and the road to 1 million is 2025! Super excited for that day brother 👌
Merry Christmas Salazar family and to the people behind the scene.
Honestly, I run fans at MAX always. There is never a reason not too IMO. You want heat dissipated as fast as possible. FWIW I never use my PC without a headset either so the "noise" isn't bothersome and never picks up in discord.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
After watching a video from JayzTwoCents, I've been using a small software called Fan Control to handle all fan speeds in my system.
Thanks for doing this video, Greg. Like you, I already know these things. However, this is VERY useful for anyone new to PC building. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Thanks Greg Merry Christmas
6:15 I also carry one of those bog standard USB 3 to Ethernet adapters made with Realtek. They usually have drivers built into Windows and great to have if a secondary machine isn't available.
Yep, they're great! Used one on this machine as well to download a few drivers since I didn't have a Wi-Fi card or wired LAN handy hahah.
Make sure you also keep all the plastic seals on to keep its warranty
Another tip: if you're dual booting between Linux and Windows (on two separate drives), make sure you install Windows first and then Linux. Many Linux distros use "os-prober" to detect Windows and will automatically add it to the bootloader (GRUB2 or SystemD). After Linux installs, go back into your BIOS and set your Linux drive first in your boot priority. This is crucial because the Windows Boot loader has a really bad habit of destroying the EFI partition on Linux drives, but GRUB2 and SystemD treats Windows with much more respect and will add Windows to the list of choices to boot to. Furthermore, your Linux distro will have a method to customize the bootloader further so that you can change the timeout value to 3 seconds instead of 5 and have it boot Windows automatically by default. At this point, you might be concerned about Secure Boot but once Windows 11 installs, it will boot with or without Secure Boot enabled. Fedora and OpenSuse also support Secure Boot but you're pretty much free to leave disabled but if you want to play Valorant, you'll want to enable it in your BIOS, save and exit, and then use your boot override hotkey to boot into Windows. Boot Override shouldn't harm your EFI partition on your Linux drive. Keyword: shouldn't.
Great info Greg! BRAVO!
Great video! I think a very rare-ish thing to do would be to update BIOS. As some motherboards may not have the latest BIOS and may not boot up with their current CPU.
Merry Christmas. Love watching your videos, keep up the good work!
Happy Holidays Greg Salazar . . .
Merry Christmas back at you. Good video for beginners. My best to you and your family. Thanks for all your hard work. Your videos are great and entertaining.
Merry Christmas glad we get a video on the holiday I am excited 😊
Merry Christmas❤❤❤
Pretty solid video and tells it pretty clearly for beginners.
BTW Greg, are you going to continue the PCDC series? Those were pretty damn entertaining!
You should try fan control you can select multiple curves for one header and select the gpu for the curve
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. Thanks for your videos, and your natural "unscripted" style approach to each situation. Which inspired me to "take the plunge" into creating my (first ever) UA-cam channel. I know it'll improve with time, but in my channel, I talk about computer components and try to build "budget friendly" powerful machines and gamer's upgrades. I'm also a casual gamer on Twitch (by the time of this recording. LOL). Question: Is it possible for me to reference you in some of my videos when appropriate? Your content is very informative, and your approach is what the audience is looking for. INMO. Thanks again.
Greg, would love to see a video of your watch collection. I've noticed quite a few nice watches throughout your videos so I can tell you are a watch guy for sure.
the pump of my liquid freezer III gets really loud and high pitched at full speed
a refresher is always good
Install Linux and forget about looking up drivers as long as your PC is not the newest or oldest.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Great timing for a lot of newcomers that I've noticed
Merry Christmas!!!
When I build a new PC (Especially if for someone else) I always get all the important drivers ready beforehand and put all of them on USB drive. Then I can install all of them just like that and don't have to go look for them on the internet anymore. Sometimes I also get some other programs ready like browser, HWiNFO etc.
Great setup/install advice Greg!! I would add to ALWAYS select GPT partition format when installing windows 11. It can be a pain to upgrade MB parts when a windows install has been performed using MBR partition style.
Merry Christmas y’all!! 🎄
Thanks Greg good job explaining for noobs
One of those things should be to watch Greg.
When you have window 11 abs make sure you have disabled OneDrive thing, it can cause issues storage for some game.
It might just be me, but I always had wildly different reactions to XMP. Be it Fans/Temps or voltage stability, it was never just a free upgrade, like it's supposed to be.
Also small nitpick that doesn't matter for the video: With GPT and UEFI in play, you technically no longer "boot into a partition" from firmware, all bootloaders share an ESP partition on the drive and you select which one you want. Though there is an ESP for each bootable drive.
First thing I do with windows is always used Chris titus' tool for debloat and download of my "essentials". Merry christmas
Debloating tools are known for sometimes breaking Windows. Good if you know what you're doing, but not great for newbies just looking to set up their new system.
A Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanx for the video which I have bookmarked for future use. What about BIOS updates??
Thanks for the vids.
Please to anyone, remember if you're overclocking your ram above DDR4 3200 or DDR5 5600 you could run into stability issues.
Easy fix : Clock to 3200 / 5600
Advanced fix : Play with voltages (soc,...)
Happy XMAS!
Also, get your GPU driver on a usb or so before you install windows. While installing windows disable your ethernet/internet.
Install your GPU driver, restart & plug-in Internet/ethernet.
Windows does install a GPU driver while you're installing windows for the first time :) Which can cause issues
First
Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾
I literally just build new AM5 PC,, wow
a lot of times you have to update motherboard before the XMP will work
Step 1, download more ram
I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move
Good list, but I don't agree with everything. Here are my takes (of course, feel free to criticize):
Always set your fan curves to their minimum speeds, or something like 10% in BIOS. You're not going to be doing anything demanding in BIOS.
In Windows, use the software called FanControl. Unlike manufacturers apps, it's a small nice little utility to control your fans without all the bloat.
High temps CAN happen, especially with AM5 Ryzen chips which are DESIGNED to run at 95C, unless you fix that.
Don't run your fans at 100%. It's just going to (probably) reduce the fans life time, and more importantly, it's going to generate a ton of noise. If you tweak your fans properly, you'll see that at some point, increasing fan speed will increase noise by a lot and temps by very little. I usually just set fan max speed at whatever maximum noise I am comfortable with. Running max might save you 4-5C. Not worth it for the 3x+ more noise they generate. Then design a fan curve where the fans run at lower speeds at lower temps up to your max tolerable noise at high temps.
Add to that, don't run pumps at full speed. They, too, generate noise, especially high-pitched noise. Again, you're usually fine with running them at lower speeds with negligible impact on temps. So I would highly recommend that you either a) Just set all fans to the max tolerable noise or b) Make a fan curve from around 10-20% up to your max tolerable speeds. Going higher will net you very little with a ton of extra noise.
You forgot to mention disabling memory training, especially for AM5 motherboards, where it can take 30-60s PER BOOT unless you disable memory training. It's just not acceptable in my opinion. Enable Memory Context Restore in BIOS.
I would also suggest trying to undervolt your CPU and GPU, and lowering max power/frequency. They will consume less power and make less noise. Lowering your CPU max power/frequency, and sliding down the power target on your GPU might be a good idea. CPUs and GPUs these days consume a ton of power, which means they get hot, which means lots of noise, for very little performance gain. We might be talking about 5-10% extra gain depending on your settings. Your wallet or ears may thank you. On AMD platforms, this is easily done with Ryzen Master and Radeon Software.
And don't forget--install ALL the drivers from your Motherboard manufacturers site (but maybe skip the SW).
I was wondering if you had an external fan pointed towards the intake fan would it be any additional help to your system overall ?
i just build a new amd pc ...and it wil not go further than code 0d....tried everything possible..it wil not boot to the bios....????? help. amd 9950x asus x790 strix E
Avoid "Killer" network drivers, and especially buggy Intel 2.5G Ethernet
Do we have to use an external device for bios if it’s on gpu?
AMD doesn't use DOCP anymore, It's EXPO now.
i always do the bios to my likings and needs, then windows install with microsoft acc so i got activated immediately
I had my pre build for 3 months and I'm not touching sht anymore lol, on day 1 I accidentally took out the clip when removing my 4080 super to install my other nvme drive and thought I broke my pc my anxiety was through the roof but thankfully all I had to do was clip it back in to the mobo.
My gf left me so back to watching Greg
strange that Zalman Case is like a full atx version of my Micro ATX Sama ARGB Q5-BK Case from newegg :D
Thanks for the breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
Hi Greg, quick question..
Can i mix ram from same brand, same speed 3600mhtz, but different model. Looking to put 2 sticks of Tforce DarkZ, and 2 sticks of Ttorce Delta. TY in advance..
you can mix it- it will default to the slowest speed/timings of all the ram. Sometimes even the same speed ram from the same manufacturer will have different timings, other then that it shouldnt be a problem.
Nah, never mix and match RAM if you can help it. I bought 2 16GB kits of yhe exact same RAM for 32GB and got instability like you wouldn't believe. Each kit by itself was fine, together caused crashes. Literally exactly same gskill part number.
internet driver? Is that like an Ethernet driver ... doesnt windows come with a default one ... or from the mother board CD (yes I am old) ... and run linux on the desktop for years
All of this was covered a thousand times before.
04:25 : ""this should never happen"" ?? well ... say that to my 😉FX8370 PC during Greek summer (40C🥵 ambient) while trying to play CPU-intensive games (i was ...trying to play minecraft with my little nephew) and i had several system thermal-shutdowns within 20min gameplay.
I changed thermal paste ,this dropped temps around 5C ,but still aircondition usage for dropping ambient(much) was the only real solution for such a system.
--my CPU cooler was an Arctic FreezerCO 13
Phone is godsent for ethernet driver installs.
Sadly for my ram i had no xmp profiles by manufacturer... So i have to do all timings and speed manually in bios. Also i use bios fan curve because its just done and forgot about it whereas i will obviously change it if its in windows
Shouldn't EXPO be added as an alternative to XMP?
What case is that?
Santa just brought me one. It's a Zalman i4 Airflow Full Mesh ($60-$70) that comes with 6 non-RGB 120mm case fans, but I see NewEgg has a $60 on sale RGB w/window version. I crammed a Godlike E-ATX Motherboard in the Zalman but couldn't stand that I couldn't see the temp readout through the mesh so I put it back in my $115 white Lian Li Lancool 216 RGB case, which has much better quality than the Zalman. The dust filters are a nice touch in the Zalman but they should've had magnets holding them on like the top filter instead of pieces of tape. The front dust filter on the Lancool 216 is magnetized but was a $13 option.
5:52 3/4 bars oof
Feliz Navidad Greg! (Merry Christmas)
Merry Christmas!
The fan curve I have put on literally anything for as long as I have been able to goes like this. All fans at 50% until it hits 50c. Then it is 10% points higher then the temp. So, 60c is at 70%. 70c at 80%. 85c is when I do 100%. For cpu's and gpu's. Case fans. Takes testing Usually about 50-70% all times. But, it depends on what fans. Sizes. How many and so on.
And Pro tip: If your going to have more then one computer in your name. Find a RETAIL license key. OEM ones (like his sponsor) are for a single computer. If your a dad like me and have kids, wife and Minecraft server, plus multiple of your own. A retail one works for all of them. And I mean ALL of them.
Yeah fans always 50% and up lol I don't care about silent PC bs because my temps stay low/ with-in specs ... GPU as well fans always on
why tf would u want ur temps to hit 85c ever? hell nah. 72c mines at full power.
@@East_Yeast I dont want them to. It in case for some reason they do. My 780ti in sli. Top one always hit 80 to 90. Thsts why that exists.
@@patrickprafke4894 bottom one should be at 100% at 65-70 top one 100% at 75
Turn off mouse acceleration in windows.
Maaaaan reddit pc threads are chalk full of "new pc but no signal." Tis the season. There's too many to save man. Too many to save.
6:07 Ayrton Senna helmet.
I turned up the speed to allow my DDR4 to run at what they said they should, and was told I voided the PC and that was why my USBs on top did not work. All the other plugs do but the 2 USBs. Oh well. Yes, they are plugged in, just anything in them, pops an error message.
Talk about a comp out for a faulty build.
Who told you this?
@@GregSalazar BestB. (really, YT, gonna filter that?)
I finally worked out it is a faulty board through IBB (prebuilt) but too late and not worth sending back for just 2 USBs. It detects something (shows up as unknown and Error 43) is there but stops it from being usable. So I use a hub now in back.
"I turned up the speed to allow my DDR4 to run at what they said they should" If the ram should run on that memory speed then that would be it's base memory speed.. XMP is an overclock that not always works and it can cause weird freezes
In other words you overclocked the Memory. Overclocking voids the warranty unless bought with those specifications, it is NOT a cop out.
@@belakiss1381 I get that, but the USBs did not work from the start. I thought it was because I had no 3.0s to use.
IBB was great. They walked me through the overclocking and putting a new drive in about 4 months into having it.
After about 6 months I went to the store because the new mouse did not work. They turned it on, said the PC broke because I changed the speed, and shut it down.
When Best wouldn't help I went back to IBB and they tried to figure out the USBs. After undoing all the changes they walked me through initially it still didn't work, so concluded it was the board. Since it would take 2-3 months to get it back I just keep using a hub.
“Internet driver”?
XMP is never guaranteed to be stable, even if the kit is listed on the QVL. Need to stress test it afterward, at least a day of karhu and/or hci memtest, even occt would be good. I would rather tell people to run their ram stock than blindly enable xmp, the latter is a great way to later find them complaining on the steam forums about a game constantly crashing.
The goat has uploaded
Thank you all for making videos like this! They are much appreciated! Anyone who needs a full PC build guide, Linus Tech Tips did one not long ago that was the entire build process in First Person POV. I built my first PC early this year and it was extremely helpful throughout the times I got stumped.
The first thing I did with my brand new laptop was install Fedora 41.
Hello everyone
Hi!
People still buy windows keys? LUL
Just bought a new gaming laptop. I upgrades the Ram, like always and instead of setting it up, I put a fesh copy of Windows in it to get rid of all the bloatware.
And of course, I used the oobe\bypassNRO
Nothing like a de-bloated Windows install. Happy gaming!
@@GregSalazar That's so true. I know not everyone are feeling comfortable to do this, so that's why we're here to help them and sometime do this for them
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.🎅🎄
Again...how many times will someone make video about that. Maaan.
If that was the case nobody would make new videos about stuff their videos about almost every topic multiple times
is there anyway you could make a video about possibility's for random black screens and fans ramping up please would so amazing
I'm 99% sure your cpu is overheating
I can’t enable xmp because of I do my motherboard won’t boot again
If this is the case, you can try manually setting RAM frequency lower than the rated value assuming your motherboard supports anything over base.
I have always set aios to locked 70%, never had an issue
#1 break and send in to be fixed lol
Question to @gregsalazar would you be willing to help me out with small problem related to windows blue screen? I think it's the gpu driver is the root caused. i get code error 144. All gpu drivers are new clean install. IT's been annoying to deal with it. Normally i restart my pc twice if not 3-4 times to keep it from bluescreen when turning on or loading slowly into windows. I'm running nvme ssd 5000's mbps reads if i label it right. Maybe tech guy like you can see the problem i'm not seeing.
My new msi b650 tomahawk is broken. It boots I set everything up. Then I power down and it won't boot unless I use a screwdriver on the jbat1 prongs. Was going crazy trying to figure out was wrong, turns out it was the motherboard is broken
Install windows 11 iot enterprise ltsc only.
My Aorus board causes crashes, black screen, and BSOD when I enable BSOD. 6000 mhz Corsair memory 32 gb or ram DDR5 board, and yes BIOs are updated.
"5 Things To Do With EVERY New PC!"
1. Wipe the hard drive.
2. Download spliced drivers for your hardware.
3. Download new copy of windows 7
4. Install windows 7.
5. Enjoy windows before it became a virus/spyware.
Yeah, use an os that is no longer updated, what could possibly go wrong.
And welcome to a long ago past. You're welcome to live in it.
Not to mention, newer apps/games refuse to run. Unfortunately sad. Windows 7 was a fantastic OS, but it can't be recommended any more.
Doesnt windows 7 not support dx12 and like... steam... just use linux, it plays more games at this point
Bios for fan control? Software is bad for this? Just say you don't want to promote Fan Control which is the best fan control software and it's free. If you don't support even these developers that are actually passionate about doing something good you don't deserve to give advice in this industry.
Chill out. Merry Xmas.
BIOS is better.
does anyone know why vip-scdkey wont like work?