I've been checking these pc build videos the past few days and have to say just how refreshing it is that the information is conveyed without excessive verbiage or opinions etc. Thank you and keep up the good work. 🙂 👍 (subscribed).
I showed a work colleague parts 1 and 2 last night and he's going to build a gaming/streaming Ryzen 5 PC for his son using your guide and has gone from 0 knowledge to feeling confident he could do it with relative ease. It was very pleasing to bring someone into the PC gaming/building community and thanks mostly go to your presentation style and assumption of 0 previous experience. The case you chose accepts even the biggest GPUs so the upgrade path is wide open for this Ryzen build, be it into 3rd (or 4th if they make them) Ryzen 7 CPUs along with almost any GPU. A rear-mounted push/pull 120mm water cooler could be used too. As the price of parts drop in time, this PC can offer potentially amazing performance without the need to buy a new case or mobo. It's the potential that this build offers which is what excites me. Thanks for the content and keep up the good work :)
Thanks for this. The case here will indeed take very large graphics cards. But decent cooling would need to be added -- something I cover in the final video in this series two weeks today. :)
@@ExplainingComputers IMHO the kind of people looking to add a premium GPU would more than likely understand that using both front fan slots and the rear would be mandatory but equally your standard of detailing exactly these concepts is why you are good at this.
@@ExplainingComputers I’ve got the following system; 1600 Ryzen, 16GB DDR 3000, GTX 1060 6GB. Everything is overclocked to Ryzen 1 expectations (so about 4.1mhz on all cores), although I have a number of profiles I run (so silent profiles for some work, and noisy where I need the system to sweat). There’s a 250GB NVME, 1TB Samsung SSD, 1TB HDD, 4TB HDD. The cooling is one 120mm case fan, 4 pin so only runs when needed. The fans that came with the graphics card, and 240mm AIO water cooling for the CPU. The only time I really hear the fans was last summer during the heat wave and it runs 24/7. I took some time with cable management but it certainly could be better, and the case will take full ATX so it is big but really I have never needed to worry about cooling under real life use. I’m learning the same with ITX builds, it is how you approach the cooling rather than throwing lots of cooling at it. Cleverer people than me build amazing ITX cases that can run i7Ks and 2080s through careful design
I have just finished watching all five of your Ryzen Budget Build videos. As a comparative dinosaur, whose last build was a Pentium 3, 333mhz desktop, I found your videos an inspiration, enough to get me considering building another desktop myself. Many Thanks.
Great video, as always! After fitting the graphics card, I think there should be a warning for new builders to change the graphics cable from motherboard to graphics card. It's a common mistake for new builders.
@Mahmoud Akram This just refers to moving your HDMI or VGA cable (that connects to your monitor) from the connector on the motherboard (internal graphics) to the one on the graphics card.
Great video on the capabilities of a budget Ryzen build! I'm very please that AMD has been able to create a solid low-end platform that truly is pushing the boundaries of 'low end' upward.
In the days of the i486 CPU motherboard I preferred a plug in graphics card. Then motherboard manufacturers/developers began the graphics processing unit on the motherboard. This improved graphics but if improved graphics were desired an external graphics board was required to be installed. It wasn't long before the external GPU's out priced the motherboard/CPU combination. For me, its been 6 years since I've built any new equipment. If I were to build something new I would build something similar to what you have built Chris. Great additional to an already great build.
Awesome and educational video as always, and courtesy of Mr. glass panel we know that the testing room has the so called popcorn ceiling. Can not wait for next Sunday to learn more.
Thanks for an excellent walk through of installing GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Card. I am grateful for the suggestion of removing the old graphic card driver before installing the new graphics card and its drivers. Your channel always provides excellent tips. In addition, your videos provide enough detail to keep the topic interesting without boring the viewer. Keep up the good work!
I’ve built quite a few computers over the years but prior to last year I hadn’t built a system for the past 15+ years so a lot had changed. I went with a Ryzen 5 for upgradability and fair performance and haven’t regretted it. My benchmark scores are slightly lower than this system but that’s partly because I only went with a GTX 1050, and my RAM score is also slightly lower. But great videos, spurring my on to get on with upgrading my system (though I might wait until 3rd generation Ryzen is released). Like that you don’t make it seem daunting and complicated. Building your own system can have some great advantages, such as getting exactly what you want, maximising your capital and not least it can make it easier upgrading later on. Keep up the excellent work and variety of your videos! They inspire, inform and entertain.
Your build series has prompted me to contemplate my options for an upgrade I am planning later this year. I think I'll wait at least for the next generartion ryzen processors to come out, it looks like the 3300G will be a great value APU. But then again, my computer is so old that even the cheap Athlon 200GE would be a significant improvement.
My Son used this card in his build. Says it's quite snappy. B250M Pro VDH No Over clocking at this time. He says the Gaming AP had conflicts and went back to the resident MSI Control software. Thank You again Sir ! As always, More Good Stuff.
How have I missed this vid? This is a great library Chris. Having just completed another new build (last in 2017) I thought I'd better backtrack to see what I've missed. Yes, I always read manuals last :) Thank you.
Thanks for your informative series on building a Ryzen-based Desktop. My wife's laptop broke down last week. Not wanting to spend too much on a new one, we opted for a Ryzen-based laptop and we are very happy so far with the performance vs price value. Should we have gone the Intel route, we would have gotten only a Celeron for the same price.
Thanks for showing us how to add the graphics drivers for Windows. Two weeks ago you taught us how to add Linux Mint. I was hoping to see how the graphics were updated in Linux Mint. Best wishes.
Fair point! Though I covered the Linux Mint 19 Nvidia driver install in this video: ruclips.net/video/eI7QQqnV1P8/видео.html About seven mins in I think.
For work, I have found that the Rx 580 is a better deal for just a tad bit more. But funnily enough, we have bought the same components. I just went with a prebuilt
I'm still running the AMD (MSI) R9 390 8GB card from a couple of years back with a Core i7 3770S as well and it's very good. I'm as pleased as ever with the Prof's master class.
Just a quick note on the GeForce Experience, if you don't do any gaming then absolutely correct - mostly bloatware and you likely won't want it. *However* if you do game, GeForce experience has "Shadow Play" built in which will allow you to hit a hot key and recall your last 1-20 minutes of gameplay (preset time limit) and save that to a video file with very little performance hit. It also includes things like FPS counter overlays and will alert you and install for you, the latest drivers when they are available. It also has features like analysing your system for a library of partnered games and will preset settings for you based on whether you want maximum graphics or good performance etc.
I've recently built my own ryzan 5 pc. I've gone for a sapphire rx570 nitro+ 4gb. Found a really good deal found the card for £125 new. I was originally looking at the 1050ti but though research I discovered that editing software I would be using runs better with AMD cards.
@Max Pain I have the 100 6GB for just over a year, I only treat it as a 1080p card and to be honest, for the gaming I do it is enough, what you get over the 1050ti is more GDPR and about 30% performance improvement- mainly though you get the same resolution but higher details. Some of the 1050Ti are actually very good, I use them in ITX systems because they can run passive or without a 6 pin. Some of the passive versions have quite a lot of over clock headroom, about 15%. That said they are in cases of my own design that use the case as the heatsink for the whole system- doing that you can use the 200GE (I c 't get the better models like they can in the EU/far East) passive and 1050ti passive. It isn't the cheapest way to build the system, because of the Dc/DC PSU and case (which is all 3mm aluminium or thicker) but it is silent. Runs max (under testing) of 80C)
@Max Pain I agree, I don't game above 1080p (well I have a 4K TV but that only does 30 frames a second) and so the 1600 6GB still works there- and like I say if you shop carefully they can be had for £160. It depends on stocking levels, for example I think CCL have the R1600 for £7 more than the 1600X despite the later being the better CPU. Keeping your eyes open you can get bargains unless you want a very specific model of graphics card. For example the Palit 1050ti Passive is still selling at £150 but you could spend £20 less for a card that has quite fans- they won't even run unless gaming. Even second hand the Palit goes for £100 pretty much, whereas another choice of 1050Ti would be £75 to £80. By Christmass I think the 1050Ti will be the graphics adaptor that the 1030 was- not much good for gaming but great paired with an Intel chip or AMD non-APU for productivity. Which is why I probably wouldn't buy one now, wait and see what happens because they are only getting cheaper- the 1060 3GB is really cheap now but games are asking for 3GB GDDR so you are right on the limit. The 6GB gives headroom (it'll be a while before we need 6GB) but the technology can't escape its age.
Any decent video card is a very good upgrade to a computer with integrated graphics. Video cards reduce your system memory utilization (if the graphics cars has on board memory dedicated to the GPU, which in the case of this video it does.) It also reduces load on your CPU since the CPU isn't doing the GPUs job anymore. Even if you don't game, slapping a 1050 or better in your PC is a nice way to make it a bit better overall. My RAM utilization at idle dropped for 3 ish GB to low 2s consistently after a 1050 install and my CPU utilization hangs around in the single digit percents or basically 0 at idle with task manager running. Don't forget to install your drivers though, if no disk is given you can pick them up on the manufacturers website. Nvidia has drivers for almost every card they ever made. Plus these cards support multi monitor display set ups. Nvidia cards even the 1050 can support 3 displays. Newer cards can support 4.
@1:09 shows the "Typical" power draw, whatever that is. The maximum power draw would be useful to know when deciding what PSU to get. Also, the idle power draw (when not processing 3D graphics) would be of interest, since a card that draws a lot of power for 2D graphics will cost more to use over it's lifespan.
Some of that data is quite hard to get hold of (the 2D stuff) but in general all cards will be using very little power under 2D.. Individual reviews on the internet will give you the information. For example I jsut bought a passive cooled Palit 1050Ti. TDP rated 75 watt. Looking at various reviews (in the past, I have bought a few) in real life it is 68w under maximum pressure (about 75c). 30 something in mixed load and about 20W in pure 2D. If I only wanted 2D though I|'d use Intel graphics or the APU graphics. You don't need a graphics card. A lot of 1050ti would be about the same even with active cooling if the vans spin down- most of the time the fans aren't being used and will only kick in under heavy/gaming load. If you want to work out what PSU, and you don't like the maths, then the website uk.pcpartpicker.com/ will let you build a system and will indicate the power requirements. People always think they need more than they do in my experience.
Well, my build cost came out to a little over $900 US. But I upped RAM from 8GB to 32GB, increased SSD storage from 128GB to 1TB, and upscaled the CPU to an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (which cost $65 more than the AMD Ryzen 3 2200G). Otherwise I hewed close to the build that's been described other than substituting for products (e.g., the case) more readily available in the US - relative to the UK.
Bart Rob Steta je koristiti mocan PC za igranje kad se moze stosta fenomenalnog raditi na njima. PS I Xbox jesu za igranje. Mada ja i PS koristim kao uredaj za eksperimentiranje i kao fonoteku za glazbu.
Chris, I love your videos and have been watching them for over a year. I was particularly interested in this one because you showed how to install a discrete graphics card and get the drivers for it. However, you only showed us Windows. PLEASE do another video where you show us how to do it in Linux. I am a Linux convert and love playing with Linux, but find installing and updating drivers to be very difficult.
3:33 That GC don't mess around...looks like one I'll look into at some point. 18:06 Yeah, like pressing the same button on a hairdryer, it makes it much louder, lolz I am curious if anything bad would happen if the GC was installed and then the old drivers removed, though. It also appears that the card doesn't necessarily support multiple monitors, something I've needed myself because it sucks to be forced into fullscreen gaming, but also having a chat going on simultaneously and having to Alt+Tab to switch between them. A second monitor would help greatly with this.
i love this build i will buy like everything with same look but with 5 3500x and gtx 1060 and 16gb 3200mhz but same case but modular power supply everything looks soo good its not like everything rgb rgb rgb but its very decent red and black gaming pc. This was a very big inspiration for me Thank you
It's interesting how controversial the choice of graphics card has proven to be. But then it was, I think, the most expensive single component in the system.
What a great series! I love the way you meticulously go through everything step by step. I have followed your build with a few differences: I bought the B450M DSH3 motherboad with the Ryzen 5 2400G chip. Everything seemed to be going well, but I am frequently getting the BSOD with a VIDEO TDR FAILURE error. Have you ever experienced this?
Sorry to hear that you are having BSOD problems. I have not experienced the Video TDR failure issue, but have heard of it. I would suggest reinstalling your video (motherboard) drivers: maybe do an uninstall and reinstall in the AMD software, and that might fix it. Maybe before that, try removing and reinstalling your RAM, just in case that is causing the issue. Good luck! :)
@@ExplainingComputers I think I will try the RAM suggestion. Do you think it matters what slot I put it in? Also, I am going to be installing the same graphics card you used in the series. Maybe that will alleviate the problem?
The RAM slot used should not cause this type of issue: if the PC requires the RAM in particular slots, it will either work or not work. Adding a graphics card may solve the issue, as you will be using completely different graphics hardware and drivers. The pending April Windows 10 update may also solve it. This kind of problem is infuriating I know.
First I wanted to use the Ryzen 3 2200G CPU for graphics, then dumped that one and got a Ryzen 5 2600X and a Radeon RX 570 graphics card. That setup works perfectly fine for GTA V as example. Now I'm tempted to get get a further upgrade to a similiar card of the GTX 1050 Ti after I installed further 16GB to the already existing 16GB of RAM. I got to say I'm really happy with my current setup and torture tested it with lots of power hungry programs and there's just so much reserve it just won't show any sign of weakness. My compliment. You made me buy and build a PC that fires on all cylinders with sheer endless power and the possibility to do future upgrades. It's a beast of a machine!
@@ExplainingComputers It is indeed a great rig at it's current state! So again thank you very much for your entertaining and informative videos! You do a great job, Chris!
Don't replace the RX570 with a 1030Ti as that is a solid downgrade, the 570 should be compared with the 1060- and even there the CUDA cores are main discussion point, do you need them.
The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card upgrade will definitely turn your system into a nice inexpensive work station for your RUclips videos. With any system upgrades, it's always hard to find something within your set budget. I'm not sure if you talked about a website called pcpartspicker.com in any of your past videos. For anyone building a new system or just upgrading an old unit, this website is a wonderful tool for building a system. It pulls in all components for your build. Finding the right parts can be very time consuming, having this program will save you time and money. Just reviewing this website would be a great RUclips video project, Chris. The Canadain pricing on Amazon.ca for the 1050 is $263.79 Plus tax, shipping is free for Prime members. Once again a nice relaxing informative video! Until next time.
A 1050Ti is £150 in the UK, one or two are £180 but of questionable merit. Secondhand they are £80, they'll be obsolete for gaming in a year so I'd buy secondhand.
ExplainingComputers : thanks Chris. I think a lot of new builder will really like using it. I just recently found out about it a month ago and it sure helped me understand the technology a lot better. 👍
Hi Chris, it's me again, Tom from the US. I am still working on arranging my now restored system and I only have a few minutes here and there to it. I managed with corporate to "drop sync" and formatted both my new HD and my older HD. In my own defense, I was bone tired and I should have put the imaging on hold when I feeling so tired but I wanted to be up and operational ASAP so ..... Haste not only makes waste but a lot of profits for the data restoration markets. On another thread, I pulled another computer out of my basement and tried to power it up and I managed to let the smoke out of my power supply. I don't remember this pc giving me trouble before or even when it was the last run so now I have a new power supply of twice the power rating sitting in the chassis. The next time I'm going to be wide awake and well rested and have the phones turned off before I try it again. Just curiously, did you ever get the chance to open that file that I sent you? I'm just curious about your reaction. Be well. Tom
Whenever I change out videocards, I pre-download the drivers for the new card before swapping. Saves time when/if the card isn't recognized after installing that the drivers are already available. Plus most drivers come on CD and most PC's don't have CD drives.
I'm not quite sold on the LED lighting yet but I do like the way the machine will look when finished. Just one thing: Personally, I would spend some extra money on a proper soundcard. I know that a lot of people will be content with the built-in one but I do occasionally work with MIDI (both composing and old games) so I'd probably spend some money on an AE-5 from Creative. That will probably push it towards $700 but it will be worth it for some people. In addition, the AE-5 actually has LEDs itself so it would fit nicely with the rest of the hardware.
I agreed with most things said and parts picked in the last videos, but the RX 570 is 60-70% faster, than the GTX 1050Ti and that is the reason for the exactly 60% higher Watts. Way better value in my opinion! One might say NVIDIA has better driver support etc., but I know enough people with a Radeon GPU, to surely say they work pretty good, if not as good, as the NVIDIA ones. BTW 120 Watts is really not much for a GPU. nothing to worry about.
If you are planning to do renders with Blender, the Nvidia cards are the ones to consider since they support CUDA which Blender uses for GPU rendering (faster than CPU rendering).
I went with a Ryzen 5 2400G with its onboard Vega 11 graphics in my latest build as I won't be using it for heavy gaming, just video capture & encoding. It should be at least twice as fast than my old graphics card while using 180 watts less power!
i love how much power computer processors and graphic cards use these days they go to such a low power state when not doing much my 1060 is barely using any thing while watching youtube and web browsing fans completely off for both but when running high demanding games then they up what they need in a instant :) geforce experience i wouldnt have it as well better to manually set your nvidia settings to max performance for your games and set up each game using the in game settings ive had all sorts of strange things happen letting that set my games up so stopped using it
Another great video and nice too see what a budget can get you (actually quite a lot). My system is based on the i7 4790k and recently sold one of my kidneys to get a 1080ti. I tried that test software and hit over 400fps on one of those tests. Funny thing though even with this pretty high end setup (I know the 4790k is a few years old now but still very fast), I still have to pull some of the detail back a touch on a couple of games to get over 60fps.
Great video again, I have decided to put a gigabyte rx 580 8gb in my Ryzen 3 build, I couldn't resist the AMD format and gigabyte, it goes so well, £180 new graphics card, its just a bit extra, I look forward to fitting it. Then in the summer if I feel the CPU is holding it back, I can put the next generation of Ryzen chip inside.
I just upgraded FROM the 1050 ti, I had it for 2 years. I'd suggest waiting for a 1660 or 1650ti to release before jumping on the 1050ti, they'll be listed for around the same price and bring a 50-70% performance bump for the same $$
I really like the black and red color scheme, my pc doesn’t have a set style so it’s got all kinds of different colors and such, doesn’t look as nearly as nice as your pc
Hmmm... AMD open-source drivers are very good, and yes, Nvidia's OK when you've got something with some proprietary stuff preinstalled, but I'd opt for AMD 99% of the time
Gaming on Linux with an AMD GPU has made quality of life so much better than with an Nvidia GPU. As everyone says, "It just works™." Steam's Proton makes running most Windows only games fairly simple, and so long as your distro has current drivers, running non Steam Windows games through wine-staging isn't too painful.
Cool build, but I would've done a ryzen 2600 with an rx 570/580/gtx1060, as well as 3200+ memory. Doesn't cost that much more, and has significant performance increase. I would use a 2200/2400g in a htpc, though, so you can always swap out that cpu to do that. too bad you didn't get the 1050ti low profile, would be nice as htpc card, too, for hardcore madvr rendering :p
Linux worked fine with the card once I'd installed the Nvidia drivers -- as covered a while back in this video: ruclips.net/video/eI7QQqnV1P8/видео.html
Excellent Video.. a question though. Is this pc considered a mid range pc? Will it run most games such as the fifth farcry etc? Keep the videos coming Christopher the videos are well explained and well presented by you.
I would call this a low-end gaming PC. But it should play many games (at 1080p, not 4K), if struggling with the latest AAA titles. It just about meets the Far Cry 5 minimum specs, so it would depend on the settings selected and what performance the user would consider to be OK. If you used a Ryzen 5 processor, rather than the Ryzen 3, and a more powerful graphics card, it would be fine.
At 10:17 Installing the graphics card.... You did not specifically mention the retention clips and that they need to snap in. After Mr screwdriver assisted you, you past off a comment snapped into place at the bottom, but if you're building a computer for the first time that may not be enough of a mention. Just thought I'd give you a heads up from the future, for your future builds....
That pc would fly a lot faster thru my Blender renders. I've been waiting more for a render to finish the last week, then I was bussy making the compositions. I made a lot new 3d desktop backgrounds for Armbian. I've done a lot with the NanoPi M4, but once it was too heavy I had to use my pc. You could use the cpu + gpu for Blender Renders with Blender 2.8. Good luck with it, it's a very nice system. Greetings.
Hi Nico. I've been watching your Rock Pi 4B videos this week as I've been working with the board. :) I've managed to access a WD Black NVMe SSD, as you will see here next week.
@@ExplainingComputers I can't wait to see your video. I bet they will sell a lot more when you've made a video about it. I hope you've had a good time with it. I've had. I do need the bigger heatsink for it so it can become my nr1 sbc. I'm using the M4 more now since I do not need to use a fan on it, but the RockPi has 4GB ram and the M4 only 2GB. I trully need 4GB on it. Next month first thing I buy is the heatsink and m.2 hat. I'll make a laptop out of the M4 then. With the an underplate from metal to keep it cool, and my 13.3" display. I also can't wait to get the Odroid N2. That again is going to be a step up in performance. People I know who have one for testing have done my benchmarks and it blows away everything I've ever tested. Even the octa-core NanoPC-T3+. That's going to be a great render machine. Greetings. Good luck with the RockPi video.
MSI are awesome. Glad you avoided the AMD RX series cards. I've got a brand new one sitting on my shelf I've had nothing but issues with. I kept it because one day I will get it to work right (tell future me maybe AMD drivers will improve). But as for past and present me I can't make it work right with games or any load.
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Chris speaks to us like we're all kids enthralled by our new toys.... BECAUSE WE ARE !!! thank you Sir :)
I love your building PC series. More informative and the parts you use is in good price range and descent performance.
I've been checking these pc build videos the past few days and have to say just how refreshing it is that the information is conveyed without excessive verbiage or opinions etc. Thank you and keep up the good work. 🙂 👍 (subscribed).
I showed a work colleague parts 1 and 2 last night and he's going to build a gaming/streaming Ryzen 5 PC for his son using your guide and has gone from 0 knowledge to feeling confident he could do it with relative ease. It was very pleasing to bring someone into the PC gaming/building community and thanks mostly go to your presentation style and assumption of 0 previous experience.
The case you chose accepts even the biggest GPUs so the upgrade path is wide open for this Ryzen build, be it into 3rd (or 4th if they make them) Ryzen 7 CPUs along with almost any GPU. A rear-mounted push/pull 120mm water cooler could be used too. As the price of parts drop in time, this PC can offer potentially amazing performance without the need to buy a new case or mobo. It's the potential that this build offers which is what excites me.
Thanks for the content and keep up the good work :)
Thanks for this. The case here will indeed take very large graphics cards. But decent cooling would need to be added -- something I cover in the final video in this series two weeks today. :)
@@ExplainingComputers IMHO the kind of people looking to add a premium GPU would more than likely understand that using both front fan slots and the rear would be mandatory but equally your standard of detailing exactly these concepts is why you are good at this.
@@ExplainingComputers I’ve got the following system; 1600 Ryzen, 16GB DDR 3000, GTX 1060 6GB. Everything is overclocked to Ryzen 1 expectations (so about 4.1mhz on all cores), although I have a number of profiles I run (so silent profiles for some work, and noisy where I need the system to sweat). There’s a 250GB NVME, 1TB Samsung SSD, 1TB HDD, 4TB HDD.
The cooling is one 120mm case fan, 4 pin so only runs when needed. The fans that came with the graphics card, and 240mm AIO water cooling for the CPU.
The only time I really hear the fans was last summer during the heat wave and it runs 24/7. I took some time with cable management but it certainly could be better, and the case will take full ATX so it is big but really I have never needed to worry about cooling under real life use.
I’m learning the same with ITX builds, it is how you approach the cooling rather than throwing lots of cooling at it. Cleverer people than me build amazing ITX cases that can run i7Ks and 2080s through careful design
Yay! Mr. Sissors is alive and well!
rustle, rustle..
So is Mr. Screwdriver at 10:19 :D However we missed the install of the GPU driver for Linux Mint.
Chris is smart and funny! I think he's great! 👍😂
@@MrRa1nes Yes! I agree with Ryan. Please do another video where you show installing the drivers on the Linux side! :-)
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this is the one of the very best unboxing and tutorial of gpu installation on RUclips ever! keep it up sir! 👍🏻👏🏻
I have just finished watching all five of your Ryzen Budget Build videos. As a comparative dinosaur, whose last build was a Pentium 3, 333mhz desktop, I found your videos an inspiration, enough to get me considering building another desktop myself. Many Thanks.
Great video, as always!
After fitting the graphics card, I think there should be a warning for new builders to change the graphics cable from motherboard to graphics card. It's a common mistake for new builders.
Thanks for this, and I almost included a section on this. And then I thought "nobody would do that". But you are right, I should have said it.
@@ExplainingComputers can you show me how to do this sir? I want to build this build but I knew nothing about builds till i found your channel
@Mahmoud Akram This just refers to moving your HDMI or VGA cable (that connects to your monitor) from the connector on the motherboard (internal graphics) to the one on the graphics card.
@@ExplainingComputers Thank you so much sir. I really appreciate it
Sitting down after lunch to watch my favourite afternoon channel.
You just reminded me to eat something...it's been about 11 hours since I've eaten.
@@CaveyMoth LOL , me too
@jason crigger thanks
I know right? He's like the Bob Ross of computers.
@@ivandksd is it a coincidence that I watch Bob Ross painting as well?
Very impressive performance from that card, and thank you for this series, Chris!
i'm a little late at the table but this was a delight to watch, presentation of the video card was better than most gpu reviews on youtube.
Thanks!
Great video on the capabilities of a budget Ryzen build! I'm very please that AMD has been able to create a solid low-end platform that truly is pushing the boundaries of 'low end' upward.
Awesome series! Every day I'm more excited to be able to build my own PC someday.
In the days of the i486 CPU motherboard I preferred a plug in graphics card. Then motherboard manufacturers/developers began the graphics processing unit on the motherboard. This improved graphics but if improved graphics were desired an external graphics board was required to be installed. It wasn't long before the external GPU's out priced the motherboard/CPU combination. For me, its been 6 years since I've built any new equipment. If I were to build something new I would build something similar to what you have built Chris. Great additional to an already great build.
Awesome and educational video as always, and courtesy of Mr. glass panel we know that the testing room has the so called popcorn ceiling. Can not wait for next Sunday to learn more.
Thanks for an excellent walk through of installing GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Card. I am grateful for the suggestion of removing the old graphic card driver before installing the new graphics card and its drivers. Your channel always provides excellent tips. In addition, your videos provide enough detail to keep the topic interesting without boring the viewer. Keep up the good work!
Been waiting for this part of the pc built, thanks Chris 😊
I’ve built quite a few computers over the years but prior to last year I hadn’t built a system for the past 15+ years so a lot had changed.
I went with a Ryzen 5 for upgradability and fair performance and haven’t regretted it. My benchmark scores are slightly lower than this system but that’s partly because I only went with a GTX 1050, and my RAM score is also slightly lower.
But great videos, spurring my on to get on with upgrading my system (though I might wait until 3rd generation Ryzen is released).
Like that you don’t make it seem daunting and complicated. Building your own system can have some great advantages, such as getting exactly what you want, maximising your capital and not least it can make it easier upgrading later on.
Keep up the excellent work and variety of your videos! They inspire, inform and entertain.
Thank you for last weeks Megapi. I built it this week and ir is fantastic.
Great to hear -- glad it worked out for you.
this man is beast person i have see explain pc basic component
I think you mean "best person". :)
moos3b yes and i am a complete programer sense 2000 so if i tiles you he is great thar mean he is
very good video! I was eagerly awaiting this video to be uploaded, it did NOT disappoint. :)
Your build series has prompted me to contemplate my options for an upgrade I am planning later this year. I think I'll wait at least for the next generartion ryzen processors to come out, it looks like the 3300G will be a great value APU. But then again, my computer is so old that even the cheap Athlon 200GE would be a significant improvement.
Mr Scissors. That always cracks me up.
Chris is back with another video I've been looking forward to.
sunday already, time goes fast !!
Maybe Chris left fast-forward on.
It flies indeed.
My Son used this card in his build. Says it's quite snappy. B250M Pro VDH No Over clocking at this time. He says the Gaming AP had conflicts and went back to the resident MSI Control software. Thank You again Sir ! As always, More Good Stuff.
when I recognized the fortnite ad in the installation window the idea of Mr. Barnatt playing it came to my mind, I guess I'm beyond help
i love it when you build computers❤
How have I missed this vid? This is a great library Chris. Having just completed another new build (last in 2017) I thought I'd better backtrack to see what I've missed. Yes, I always read manuals last :) Thank you.
:)
Thanks for your informative series on building a Ryzen-based Desktop. My wife's laptop broke down last week. Not wanting to spend too much on a new one, we opted for a Ryzen-based laptop and we are very happy so far with the performance vs price value. Should we have gone the Intel route, we would have gotten only a Celeron for the same price.
I look forward to watching your video every Sunday. Thank you.
atleast i have a complete guide on how to build my own ryzen rig, thanks to you
Can we have a whole video on Mr. Scissors I really want to find out more about him, his background and how he works, such an enigmatic character......
Thanks for showing us how to add the graphics drivers for Windows. Two weeks ago you taught us how to add Linux Mint. I was hoping to see how the graphics were updated in Linux Mint. Best wishes.
Fair point! Though I covered the Linux Mint 19 Nvidia driver install in this video: ruclips.net/video/eI7QQqnV1P8/видео.html About seven mins in I think.
9:38 and the thing I really like about masterbox lite series
They didn't end up going with non replaceable gpu shield
For work, I have found that the Rx 580 is a better deal for just a tad bit more. But funnily enough, we have bought the same components. I just went with a prebuilt
Joey Hillers Where did you get pre built?
I'm still running the AMD (MSI) R9 390 8GB card from a couple of years back with a Core i7 3770S as well and it's very good. I'm as pleased as ever with the Prof's master class.
Excellent video for your Ryzan build series, well done.
Nice video. The only improvement I can think of would have been a before and after comparitive video render test, using the card's GPU Vs CPU only.
Yes, I should have done that! :)
Just a quick note on the GeForce Experience, if you don't do any gaming then absolutely correct - mostly bloatware and you likely won't want it. *However* if you do game, GeForce experience has "Shadow Play" built in which will allow you to hit a hot key and recall your last 1-20 minutes of gameplay (preset time limit) and save that to a video file with very little performance hit. It also includes things like FPS counter overlays and will alert you and install for you, the latest drivers when they are available. It also has features like analysing your system for a library of partnered games and will preset settings for you based on whether you want maximum graphics or good performance etc.
Except "Shadow Play" has been called "NVIDIA Share" since at least 2016.
Windows has its own version as well, although I use a capture card (£150).
Windows 10 has Game DVR, which was originally part of the Xbox App, and modeled after the Xbox One DVR
I have had my msi 1050ti for a few years now. ONLY NOW have I found out I can customise the leds.
Initially I had the same system without the GPU because of budget limits. I saved for a 1050ti for 1 year and upgraded the pc to this budget beast.
The RX 570 is a performance grade above the GTX 1050ti.
I've looked at it, and yeah, that's pretty good.
I've recently built my own ryzan 5 pc. I've gone for a sapphire rx570 nitro+ 4gb. Found a really good deal found the card for £125 new. I was originally looking at the 1050ti but though research I discovered that editing software I would be using runs better with AMD cards.
@Max Pain I have the 100 6GB for just over a year, I only treat it as a 1080p card and to be honest, for the gaming I do it is enough, what you get over the 1050ti is more GDPR and about 30% performance improvement- mainly though you get the same resolution but higher details. Some of the 1050Ti are actually very good, I use them in ITX systems because they can run passive or without a 6 pin. Some of the passive versions have quite a lot of over clock headroom, about 15%. That said they are in cases of my own design that use the case as the heatsink for the whole system- doing that you can use the 200GE (I c
't get the better models like they can in the EU/far East) passive and 1050ti passive. It isn't the cheapest way to build the system, because of the Dc/DC PSU and case (which is all 3mm aluminium or thicker) but it is silent. Runs max (under testing) of 80C)
I vote Radeon 570 as well, just got one with 4GB off of ebay for $75 US plus shipping, was using a GTX 950 so a big step up for me. Great vid :)
@Max Pain I agree, I don't game above 1080p (well I have a 4K TV but that only does 30 frames a second) and so the 1600 6GB still works there- and like I say if you shop carefully they can be had for £160. It depends on stocking levels, for example I think CCL have the R1600 for £7 more than the 1600X despite the later being the better CPU. Keeping your eyes open you can get bargains unless you want a very specific model of graphics card. For example the Palit 1050ti Passive is still selling at £150 but you could spend £20 less for a card that has quite fans- they won't even run unless gaming. Even second hand the Palit goes for £100 pretty much, whereas another choice of 1050Ti would be £75 to £80.
By Christmass I think the 1050Ti will be the graphics adaptor that the 1030 was- not much good for gaming but great paired with an Intel chip or AMD non-APU for productivity. Which is why I probably wouldn't buy one now, wait and see what happens because they are only getting cheaper- the 1060 3GB is really cheap now but games are asking for 3GB GDDR so you are right on the limit. The 6GB gives headroom (it'll be a while before we need 6GB) but the technology can't escape its age.
Another great information packed video as always looking foreward to the led vid thank you
I bought Asus Dual-GTX1060-6G 2 months ago for €249.- which now costs €298.- for some reason at Amazon.
Any decent video card is a very good upgrade to a computer with integrated graphics. Video cards reduce your system memory utilization (if the graphics cars has on board memory dedicated to the GPU, which in the case of this video it does.) It also reduces load on your CPU since the CPU isn't doing the GPUs job anymore. Even if you don't game, slapping a 1050 or better in your PC is a nice way to make it a bit better overall. My RAM utilization at idle dropped for 3 ish GB to low 2s consistently after a 1050 install and my CPU utilization hangs around in the single digit percents or basically 0 at idle with task manager running. Don't forget to install your drivers though, if no disk is given you can pick them up on the manufacturers website. Nvidia has drivers for almost every card they ever made. Plus these cards support multi monitor display set ups. Nvidia cards even the 1050 can support 3 displays. Newer cards can support 4.
@1:09 shows the "Typical" power draw, whatever that is. The maximum power draw would be useful to know when deciding what PSU to get. Also, the idle power draw (when not processing 3D graphics) would be of interest, since a card that draws a lot of power for 2D graphics will cost more to use over it's lifespan.
Some of that data is quite hard to get hold of (the 2D stuff) but in general all cards will be using very little power under 2D.. Individual reviews on the internet will give you the information. For example I jsut bought a passive cooled Palit 1050Ti. TDP rated 75 watt. Looking at various reviews (in the past, I have bought a few) in real life it is 68w under maximum pressure (about 75c). 30 something in mixed load and about 20W in pure 2D. If I only wanted 2D though I|'d use Intel graphics or the APU graphics. You don't need a graphics card. A lot of 1050ti would be about the same even with active cooling if the vans spin down- most of the time the fans aren't being used and will only kick in under heavy/gaming load.
If you want to work out what PSU, and you don't like the maths, then the website uk.pcpartpicker.com/ will let you build a system and will indicate the power requirements. People always think they need more than they do in my experience.
Well, my build cost came out to a little over $900 US. But I upped RAM from 8GB to 32GB, increased SSD storage from 128GB to 1TB, and upscaled the CPU to an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (which cost $65 more than the AMD Ryzen 3 2200G). Otherwise I hewed close to the build that's been described other than substituting for products (e.g., the case) more readily available in the US - relative to the UK.
Good choice. It’s an incredibly quiet card.
One of my favourite MSI graphics card I have the 1070ti and the 2080ti Ventus card upgrading to 4090 next.
Pretty nice card. I went with the red devil 4gb oc gpu from power color for my amd ryzen pc. Works very well and handles loads of good games.
Beautiful.
First grade video & audio & content delight. 🥇
Thanks Elvira.
Gospodjo je li bi mogao sa tim istim komponentima da ubacim rx 570 4 gb expedition,hvala unaprijed😊
Bart Rob
I mene zanima bi li se moglo.
Malo cu procesljati po specifikacijama.
@@elviraeloramilosic9813 ok hvala posto inace igram na PS4 i x box one ali bih zelio se prebaciti na pc ne samo radi gaming nego multitasking-)
Bart Rob
Steta je koristiti mocan PC za igranje kad se moze stosta fenomenalnog raditi na njima.
PS I Xbox jesu za igranje.
Mada ja i PS koristim kao uredaj za eksperimentiranje i kao fonoteku za glazbu.
I have a 1050Ti as well but mine is a smaller factor, "Zotac" brand and the old PC versus the new one, the heat output of the system is worlds apart!
Chris, I love your videos and have been watching them for over a year. I was particularly interested in this one because you showed how to install a discrete graphics card and get the drivers for it. However, you only showed us Windows. PLEASE do another video where you show us how to do it in Linux. I am a Linux convert and love playing with Linux, but find installing and updating drivers to be very difficult.
PhysX is used in many modern games and has been since the Xbox 360 era. For example, Final Fanasy 15 uses it.
You probably should have installed that.
3:33 That GC don't mess around...looks like one I'll look into at some point.
18:06 Yeah, like pressing the same button on a hairdryer, it makes it much louder, lolz
I am curious if anything bad would happen if the GC was installed and then the old drivers removed, though. It also appears that the card doesn't necessarily support multiple monitors, something I've needed myself because it sucks to be forced into fullscreen gaming, but also having a chat going on simultaneously and having to Alt+Tab to switch between them. A second monitor would help greatly with this.
Hi Amy! :) The GTX 1050 Ti supports three monitors. :)
i love this build i will buy like everything with same look but with 5 3500x and gtx 1060 and 16gb 3200mhz but same case but modular power supply everything looks soo good its not like everything rgb rgb rgb but its very decent red and black gaming pc. This was a very big inspiration for me Thank you
It's interesting how controversial the choice of graphics card has proven to be. But then it was, I think, the most expensive single component in the system.
What a great series! I love the way you meticulously go through everything step by step. I have followed your build with a few differences: I bought the B450M DSH3 motherboad with the Ryzen 5 2400G chip. Everything seemed to be going well, but I am frequently getting the BSOD with a VIDEO TDR FAILURE error. Have you ever experienced this?
Sorry to hear that you are having BSOD problems. I have not experienced the Video TDR failure issue, but have heard of it. I would suggest reinstalling your video (motherboard) drivers: maybe do an uninstall and reinstall in the AMD software, and that might fix it. Maybe before that, try removing and reinstalling your RAM, just in case that is causing the issue. Good luck! :)
Have you installed al driver for your motherboard and igpu?
@@dominator4260 I did, still same issue
@@ExplainingComputers I think I will try the RAM suggestion. Do you think it matters what slot I put it in? Also, I am going to be installing the same graphics card you used in the series. Maybe that will alleviate the problem?
The RAM slot used should not cause this type of issue: if the PC requires the RAM in particular slots, it will either work or not work. Adding a graphics card may solve the issue, as you will be using completely different graphics hardware and drivers. The pending April Windows 10 update may also solve it. This kind of problem is infuriating I know.
What would be nice, would be to see you try making an all fanless similar build
That would indeed be a great project.
First I wanted to use the Ryzen 3 2200G CPU for graphics, then dumped that one and got a Ryzen 5 2600X and a Radeon RX 570 graphics card. That setup works perfectly fine for GTA V as example. Now I'm tempted to get get a further upgrade to a similiar card of the GTX 1050 Ti after I installed further 16GB to the already existing 16GB of RAM.
I got to say I'm really happy with my current setup and torture tested it with lots of power hungry programs and there's just so much reserve it just won't show any sign of weakness.
My compliment. You made me buy and build a PC that fires on all cylinders with sheer endless power and the possibility to do future upgrades. It's a beast of a machine!
This is great to hear. You seem to have built a system that works well for you. :)
@@ExplainingComputers It is indeed a great rig at it's current state! So again thank you very much for your entertaining and informative videos! You do a great job, Chris!
Don't replace the RX570 with a 1030Ti as that is a solid downgrade, the 570 should be compared with the 1060- and even there the CUDA cores are main discussion point, do you need them.
You are awesome guy I ever seen before....
The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card upgrade will definitely turn your system into a nice inexpensive work station for your RUclips videos. With any system upgrades, it's always hard to find something within your set budget. I'm not sure if you talked about a website called pcpartspicker.com in any of your past videos. For anyone building a new system or just upgrading an old unit, this website is a wonderful tool for building a system. It pulls in all components for your build. Finding the right parts can be very time consuming, having this program will save you time and money. Just reviewing this website would be a great RUclips video project, Chris. The Canadain pricing on Amazon.ca for the 1050 is $263.79 Plus tax, shipping is free for Prime members. Once again a nice relaxing informative video! Until next time.
Video video idea about PCPartsPicker. Noted!
A 1050Ti is £150 in the UK, one or two are £180 but of questionable merit. Secondhand they are £80, they'll be obsolete for gaming in a year so I'd buy secondhand.
ExplainingComputers : thanks Chris. I think a lot of new builder will really like using it. I just recently found out about it a month ago and it sure helped me understand the technology a lot better. 👍
Hi Chris, it's me again, Tom from the US. I am still working on arranging my now restored system and I only have a few minutes here and there to it. I managed with corporate to "drop sync" and formatted both my new HD and my older HD. In my own defense, I was bone tired and I should have put the imaging on hold when I feeling so tired but I wanted to be up and operational ASAP so ..... Haste not only makes waste but a lot of profits for the data restoration markets.
On another thread, I pulled another computer out of my basement and tried to power it up and I managed to let the smoke out of my power supply. I don't remember this pc giving me trouble before or even when it was the last run so now I have a new power supply of twice the power rating sitting in the chassis. The next time I'm going to be wide awake and well rested and have the phones turned off before I try it again.
Just curiously, did you ever get the chance to open that file that I sent you? I'm just curious about your reaction. Be well. Tom
Such a handsome build!
Whenever I change out videocards, I pre-download the drivers for the new card before swapping. Saves time when/if the card isn't recognized after installing that the drivers are already available. Plus most drivers come on CD and most PC's don't have CD drives.
Looking forward to your next video.
Thank you, Sir. 👍
I'm not quite sold on the LED lighting yet but I do like the way the machine will look when finished. Just one thing: Personally, I would spend some extra money on a proper soundcard. I know that a lot of people will be content with the built-in one but I do occasionally work with MIDI (both composing and old games) so I'd probably spend some money on an AE-5 from Creative. That will probably push it towards $700 but it will be worth it for some people. In addition, the AE-5 actually has LEDs itself so it would fit nicely with the rest of the hardware.
I agreed with most things said and parts picked in the last videos, but the RX 570 is 60-70% faster, than the GTX 1050Ti and that is the reason for the exactly 60% higher Watts. Way better value in my opinion! One might say NVIDIA has better driver support etc., but I know enough people with a Radeon GPU, to surely say they work pretty good, if not as good, as the NVIDIA ones. BTW 120 Watts is really not much for a GPU. nothing to worry about.
If you are planning to do renders with Blender, the Nvidia cards are the ones to consider since they support CUDA which Blender uses for GPU rendering (faster than CPU rendering).
a video on windows 10 bloat wear, "shutup10" and Classic Shell would be nice
Again nice video ...good work Sir !!
It's a nice capable video card and a great review once again Chris 🤩🤩🤩 Kim 🤩 🤩🤩
I went with a Ryzen 5 2400G with its onboard Vega 11 graphics in my latest build as I won't be using it for heavy gaming, just video capture & encoding. It should be at least twice as fast than my old graphics card while using 180 watts less power!
i love how much power computer processors and graphic cards use these days they go to such a low power state when not doing much my 1060 is barely using any thing while watching youtube and web browsing fans completely off for both but when running high demanding games then they up what they need in a instant :)
geforce experience i wouldnt have it as well better to manually set your nvidia settings to max performance for your games and set up each game using the in game settings ive had all sorts of strange things happen letting that set my games up so stopped using it
Great video yet again; Would be great if you could do a video on how to add a secondary HDD for storage 👍
Good idea -- noted. :)
Nice! Looking forward to the fans. Please discuss decibels for the fans. :)
They are very quiet until the card is pushed card. They don't even spin at idle.
Another great video and nice too see what a budget can get you (actually quite a lot). My system is based on the i7 4790k and recently sold one of my kidneys to get a 1080ti. I tried that test software and hit over 400fps on one of those tests. Funny thing though even with this pretty high end setup (I know the 4790k is a few years old now but still very fast), I still have to pull some of the detail back a touch on a couple of games to get over 60fps.
Did you really sell your kidney? You sound like you're not joking.
@@MuhammadAli-jd2ut haha.. no, I didn't
@@redmozzy You had me scared there for a second. I didn't wanna live in a world where people sell their organs to buy graphics cards.
@@MuhammadAli-jd2ut 😄 my 1080ti was just under £1,000 at the time (which was crazy i know). At least the new gen Nvidia cards are more affordable.
@@redmozzy Me: cries in GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
Nice computer, Chris
Ge Force Experience is best to install as it checks daily for a new driver.
Only if you want to risk a new driver taking your system down every day! :)
Good video as per usual. I am not enamoured with the current trend for LED lighting though. Too gaudy for my tastes.
I felt I had to experiment with the remaining motherboard connector . . .!
Great video again, I have decided to put a gigabyte rx 580 8gb in my Ryzen 3 build, I couldn't resist the AMD format and gigabyte, it goes so well, £180 new graphics card, its just a bit extra, I look forward to fitting it.
Then in the summer if I feel the CPU is holding it back, I can put the next generation of Ryzen chip inside.
Thank you for another excellent video.
Oh Thank God for Nividia GeeFarce Experience. . . couldn't blow my nose or wipe my ayse w/o it! . . . . well done, Cheers
I just upgraded FROM the 1050 ti, I had it for 2 years.
I'd suggest waiting for a 1660 or 1650ti to release before jumping on the 1050ti, they'll be listed for around the same price and bring a 50-70% performance bump for the same $$
Dear Mr. Computers, have you ever considered covering CoreBoot, reviewing it, showing how to replace your BIOS with it, etc?
I have made a note of this as a possible future video. :)
@@ExplainingComputers Kewl!
I really like the black and red color scheme, my pc doesn’t have a set style so it’s got all kinds of different colors and such, doesn’t look as nearly as nice as your pc
Holy Crap, Those fans!
Hmmm... AMD open-source drivers are very good, and yes, Nvidia's OK when you've got something with some proprietary stuff preinstalled, but I'd opt for AMD 99% of the time
Gaming on Linux with an AMD GPU has made quality of life so much better than with an Nvidia GPU. As everyone says, "It just works™." Steam's Proton makes running most Windows only games fairly simple, and so long as your distro has current drivers, running non Steam Windows games through wine-staging isn't too painful.
@@Gexzumi And we must follow the preachings of Linus Torvalds...
Cool build, but I would've done a ryzen 2600 with an rx 570/580/gtx1060, as well as 3200+ memory. Doesn't cost that much more, and has significant performance increase.
I would use a 2200/2400g in a htpc, though, so you can always swap out that cpu to do that.
too bad you didn't get the 1050ti low profile, would be nice as htpc card, too, for hardcore madvr rendering :p
And now is best time to get Nvidia cards as they now support freesync (but currently only working 10XX & 20XX series)
Chris, my fiancé is jealous! But I say Back woman! Every Sunday morning is Explaining Computers please.
Thanks for explaining. Good stuff. ;) Greets to you!
Can we see what the Linux OS thinks of the new card. Cheers.
Linux worked fine with the card once I'd installed the Nvidia drivers -- as covered a while back in this video: ruclips.net/video/eI7QQqnV1P8/видео.html
Excellent Video.. a question though. Is this pc considered a mid range pc? Will it run most games such as the fifth farcry etc? Keep the videos coming Christopher the videos are well explained and well presented by you.
I would call this a low-end gaming PC. But it should play many games (at 1080p, not 4K), if struggling with the latest AAA titles. It just about meets the Far Cry 5 minimum specs, so it would depend on the settings selected and what performance the user would consider to be OK. If you used a Ryzen 5 processor, rather than the Ryzen 3, and a more powerful graphics card, it would be fine.
At 10:17
Installing the graphics card....
You did not specifically mention the retention clips and that they need to snap in. After Mr screwdriver assisted you, you past off a comment snapped into place at the bottom, but if you're building a computer for the first time that may not be enough of a mention.
Just thought I'd give you a heads up from the future, for your future builds....
Very cool! Will you be doing any over clocking tests on the graphics? I look forward to that if you do. 😊
That pc would fly a lot faster thru my Blender renders. I've been waiting more for a render to finish the last week, then I was bussy making the compositions. I made a lot new 3d desktop backgrounds for Armbian. I've done a lot with the NanoPi M4, but once it was too heavy I had to use my pc. You could use the cpu + gpu for Blender Renders with Blender 2.8.
Good luck with it, it's a very nice system. Greetings.
Hi Nico. I've been watching your Rock Pi 4B videos this week as I've been working with the board. :) I've managed to access a WD Black NVMe SSD, as you will see here next week.
@@ExplainingComputers I can't wait to see your video. I bet they will sell a lot more when you've made a video about it. I hope you've had a good time with it. I've had.
I do need the bigger heatsink for it so it can become my nr1 sbc. I'm using the M4 more now since I do not need to use a fan on it, but the RockPi has 4GB ram and the M4 only 2GB. I trully need 4GB on it. Next month first thing I buy is the heatsink and m.2 hat. I'll make a laptop out of the M4 then. With the an underplate from metal to keep it cool, and my 13.3" display.
I also can't wait to get the Odroid N2. That again is going to be a step up in performance. People I know who have one for testing have done my benchmarks and it blows away everything I've ever tested. Even the octa-core NanoPC-T3+. That's going to be a great render machine.
Greetings. Good luck with the RockPi video.
MSI are awesome. Glad you avoided the AMD RX series cards. I've got a brand new one sitting on my shelf I've had nothing but issues with. I kept it because one day I will get it to work right (tell future me maybe AMD drivers will improve). But as for past and present me I can't make it work right with games or any load.