Showcase Cleo - Budget PC for email, Office and YouTube

[Cleo]

Just for visits to my parents on odd weekends. Here's what available GPUwise with a rough "value for money" index.
I'm leaning towards the 1650 Super or the 2060.

 

[Cleo]

There are no 3060 TI's or 2080's in shops. I used Tom's Hardware's gpu scores from the his hierarchy tables.

 

[CyberTech]

Monitor model?

 

[Cleo]

Monitor model?

GQ271

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Windows 10 Pro 4-bit

64-bit

 

[Cleo]

Locked in that 1650 super.

 

[Cleo]

Uh oh, Mobo debug LED:CPU is on. Does an MSI b365m need a bios update for the coffee lake refresh chips?

 

[Cleo]

Uh oh, Mobo debug LED:CPU is on. Does an MSI b365m need a bios update for the coffee lake refresh chips?

Hmm, Tom's Hardware is unhelpfully ambiguous.

 

[The_King]

The first thing to check is that the CPU 4/8 pin power adapter is inserted properly.
Best to removes all devices including SSD and try booting with only 1 stick in DIMM slot A2.
If the PC successfully boots use A2 and B2 for dual-channel memory.

Here is the support page for your mobo you can also check your storage and RAM compatibility with
the board.

B365M PRO-VDH | Motherboard | MSI Global

Best Intel 1151 B365 Micro-ATX motherboard, Turbo M.2, DDR4 Boost, Core Boost, MSI PRO

www.msi.com

 

[Cleo]

All good now. 8-pin Power cable was the first thing I checked before powering on; and It was out, so I plugged it back in to the PSU (and mentally crossed that off my list of possible problems for later). Apparently it falls out easily.

 

[Cleo]

I can barely notice any gaming difference between this and my work rig(2970WX, 3070TI) on my preferred game settings. I also regret buying the H10 when they flooded Gumtree months ago when Intel announced its end-of-life. The mobo support for it is weak af. I never got the Optane cache recognised even with this "Optane/RST board partner" mobo. The next build I'm planning is all Maxsun/be-quiet! on whatever Ryzen ___X for B550M I can score a deal on.