Get and read all of the documentation relating to the boot-time “BIOS” settings before messing around. Only change settings if you understand what the results of any changes mean. Diagnostics? Windoze?
Look on the bright side. If you “brick” your “SSD - 500GB Sata III”, you can get a Class 40 NVMe SSD.
Class 20 drives denoted mainstream SATA SSDs. These are the typical SSDs found in many client platforms and are suitable for workstation customers who want quiet, fast, and reliable drives but don’t necessarily need the highest performance.
Class 30 drives represent the highest performing SATA SSDs. Initially when we introduced the classification system, there were quite many models of Class 30 SSD, but due to a number of factors including manufacturing costs and increasing performance of TLC-based drives, there are very few Class 30 drives today. Workstation users desiring higher performance than Class 20 should look to NVMe devices.
Class 40 drives are predominantly mainstream NVMe devices that incorporate TLC flash. There are a significant number of different models available in Class 40, which tends to lead to performance variation as newer generations replace older generations.
Class 50 drives are the highest performing SSDs offered on Precision workstations. They provide some significant performance gains over Class 40. Many are based on MLC flash, while some incorporate newer, faster technologies such as 3D Xpoint.
I was hoping that others (such as your good self) might be there for him, regarding the accompanying rigors. Was being a bit sarcastic (about the NVMe SSDs), I suppose. Regards to your kind expertise. I think that I have provided some meaningful information on this thread. That’s all. Good luck to you all !
Yes, I went and looked it up and watched the video. LOL, it is basically common sense, which it seems I don’t have much of. Well, I got that part figured out anyway.
I finally figured out how to hook up my stereo to the PC audio using the GPU
As for the NVMe, I don’t have the cash for that yet. A question though, the MB has two ports for an NVMe, does that mean I can use two of them or do they have two ports for convenience?
Need some advice my friends and maybe even more than advice.
Ok, got it built. I have 2 fans in the from pulling in air bunt nothing in the back blowing the air out. There is a place for one (apex 4.5in x 4.5in). If you could recommend a decent fan that isn’t expensive ($20-$30).
What I really need to know is how to make sure my PC is running efficiently. Do I need to overclock? or do anything with the GPU?
I just learned about overclocking. Some say don’t need to and others say yes you should.
Don’t worry about the air getting out of the enclosure if you’re pumping it in wit 2 fans. Just install a program to watch your temperatures but I’m sure it will be fine if you don’t have 110 degrees in the room.
With the efficiency and overclocking… I would first make sure it runs on the specs it’s supposed to. So make sure it runs on the Mhz it’s supposed to and that the RAM is set correctly in the bios. As long as you don’t have a killer application which is hungry for more power then you can think about it but to be honest, your cpu is not bad at all so I’d give it a go first and monitor the temps. That’s a good indicator for the work it’s doing.
I’d check the temperature first if an exhaust is necessary. In my experience cooling is not such a big thing anymore. And then I’d rather use one of the two existing ones as an exhaust before I buy another one.
