Alas, Albino Boo is banned, but I love his tech advice. RIP you salty curmudgeon.
Anyway, I'm building a new PC, and I recall the Boo's solid advice of starting with a quality motherboard and power supply. I have a saved build here [https://pcpartpicker.com/user/BotaniculaSamsung/saved/2nLsYJ] if you're curious.
I would like to know what MoBo's you mofos chose and why. For me, I want something that can use higher frequency DDR4, has USB 3, and...that's about it. So I went with the MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, but I don't like that it's from 2015. Are there any newer boards you guys and gals can recommend?
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A bit of background on me: I'M LAZY.
I don't want to replace anything in the PC I build. I want plenty of power and I'll use an additional cooler to make this new machine last as long as possible.
I will eventually want to play games on my new rig but I also enjoy doing completely random crap like using Handbrake, Subtitle Edit, making games, a bit of programming, and having 30 different applications running all at once because I have no attention span. I also love fooling around on Adobe CS, Unity, etc.
So what pitfalls/pratfalls should I be aware of when setting up this new build? I've seen people listing instructions on how to set up things in the BIOS prior to loading Windows and I would like to avoid that if possible.
Anyway, I'm building a new PC, and I recall the Boo's solid advice of starting with a quality motherboard and power supply. I have a saved build here [https://pcpartpicker.com/user/BotaniculaSamsung/saved/2nLsYJ] if you're curious.
I would like to know what MoBo's you mofos chose and why. For me, I want something that can use higher frequency DDR4, has USB 3, and...that's about it. So I went with the MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, but I don't like that it's from 2015. Are there any newer boards you guys and gals can recommend?
.
A bit of background on me: I'M LAZY.
I don't want to replace anything in the PC I build. I want plenty of power and I'll use an additional cooler to make this new machine last as long as possible.
I will eventually want to play games on my new rig but I also enjoy doing completely random crap like using Handbrake, Subtitle Edit, making games, a bit of programming, and having 30 different applications running all at once because I have no attention span. I also love fooling around on Adobe CS, Unity, etc.
So what pitfalls/pratfalls should I be aware of when setting up this new build? I've seen people listing instructions on how to set up things in the BIOS prior to loading Windows and I would like to avoid that if possible.