Probing Paul #51 is here! Thanks for stoppping by today everyone 🙏 ►TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:33 What is the maximum amount of RAM you can have? 8:06 What audio device does your GPU’s HDMI-out use? 13:07 Water cooling pros and cons - AIO vs hardline vs soft tubing 16:19 Why is it hard to find coolant reviews for custom liquid cooling? 18:11 What about front panel USB ports for audio, are they OK? 19:13 Other Gaming PC streaming options - Parsec and Rainway 20:29 Are you excited for the new Bill and Ted movie? 21:01 Positive feedback is always appreciated! 22:05 Probing Paul twice as fast 22:48 Probing Paul twice as often

@yazmo109

3 жыл бұрын

Paul i have a quick question, and cannot find the culprit, my game as i move i can see texture appearing as i get closer. its annoying, not very far bth, so it get me worry i just build that PC over amazon durng covid RMA my card PNY 2060 super, , i have i7 8700k 32 ddr4 3600 g.skill on NVME drive aorus z390 ultra on windows 10 64-bit i do not have spare memory to swap or a CPU, the card got send back to me they told me its pass all the test for what that mean. its seem like shadow is the problem! any thought. try different monitor LG 27GL650 27" and i also try 1060GTX 3gb but i do get those problem as well with this card.

@Fincher123

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul i like to know if i could get the Audio Signal from my GPU to my M-Audio Fast Track Hub which has a input over USB Type A Thank you =)

@Z0idberg100

3 жыл бұрын

Even according to the definition you showed on screen, bimonthly can also mean every other month. You might want to avoid using it since it has two meanings.

@Doobie3010

3 жыл бұрын

Paul's Hardware Great bunch of questions in there,and super replies.

@granthampson5917

3 жыл бұрын

Toslink support "It supports uncompressed PCM stereo audio, and 5.1/7.1 Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel audio for people with surround sound systems. It does not support SACD, DVD-A, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X or high-definition audio such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio."

At $16,278 per stick of RAM, you think they'd offer free shipping with that.

@TheMartinScott

3 жыл бұрын

Delivered in a small car, which is also the packaging you get to keep. :)

@ChazzerB31491

3 жыл бұрын

I had the exact same thought when I saw that

@MandoMTL

3 жыл бұрын

You get a "free" mail order bride with each one.

Yep a sound card that emits a sound called 'coil whine'

@emperorSbraz

3 жыл бұрын

that't the sound of engineers crying in marketing.

@Safetytrousers

3 жыл бұрын

No coil whine on my GTX 1050, and none on my water blocked 2080ti.

@AngryChineseWoman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Safetytrousers Lucky man, my 1080 ti of 2017 had it, and my 2080 ti has it. But as long as my pc case is closed (basically 100% of the time) I don't hear it

@christophervanzetta

3 жыл бұрын

My 2070 super doesn't have coil whine. I also don't mess with the voltage ;)

@dayspoiler4608

3 жыл бұрын

@ThaReal CLo but you literally just told us you have coil whine. since when is that ok lol

My GPU can be whatever it wants it to be. As long as it delivers the frames, meanwhile!

@xbyxenos3200

3 жыл бұрын

It can be whatever you want... Ponyboy😉

@ashansomasiri2098

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@chrisohanlon69

3 жыл бұрын

It can be whatever it wants to be, as long as it's happy, that's all that matters.

@Thomfer12

3 жыл бұрын

Gpu LGBTq+

@saricubra2867

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, AMD Threadripper 3990X (CPU Master Race), can render Crysis by itself.

Part that blows me is that $16,000 ram had the audacity to charge you $15 for shipping.

Paul killed the memory question and then kept beating it with a stick

@ThunderKat

Жыл бұрын

There aren't many benchmark/KZreadrs doing proper testing to what's best. Server level CPUs are build to handle more RAM not by limitation of a number but less bottlenecks when addressing too much stuff load on it. I always seen the maximum amount of RAM for a specific CPU the same way a GPU has a maximum amount given they can't drive so much data efficiently pass a certain point, you need to upgrade the CPU at that point and same goes for a GPU (bigger the size the more speed and channels of communication you wanna have/need). I do wonder what happen if you put 128GB of a very weak CPU and load it with bunch of statics programs on it, then compare the performance with a high end CPU both pushing a game or something as you have the ram fill with 100GB of static crap on it. And this is the reason I say, I haven't seen anyone do proper benchmarks for this things other than dual slow vs quad slots just stressing the memory controller and they endup with the conclusion dual-slot rams are better for speed, stability and overclocking...

A few years ago I was considering getting a pre-built gaming PC because I didn't have the best track record when it came to working with my hands in the past. I found your channel and your comprehensive build guides, part picking guides and reviews gave me the confidence to try building my own PC. Throughout the entire build process I referenced your build guide whenever I was unsure of something. I really appreciate the work you put into making these vids.

Loved the extended answers on the first 2 questions. Interesting topics. Keep it up! ;)

Hey Paul, thanks again for all your awesome content! I found your channel a few weeks ago. Have always wanted to put a build together and never have. Literally ordered parts for PC parts picker website with your suggestion. Ordered parts on Tuesday...watched a few of your videos and by Friday same week I had built a high performance desktop. Thank you!!! So glad I’m not using my old system. Your rock! Stay safe

Paul.thank you for takein your time to do your videos.

I agree with Roman. I used Paul’s 3 part pc building video series to build my first gaming PC. I built PCs back in the mid 90’s and there are a lot of differences. Thank you so much Paul for this service!

Enjoyed this, thx Paul !

Hey Paul, I love your work. I always look forward to watching your videos during my study breaks. Maybe increase the frequency of the videos a bit. I have watched so many PC build videos that I am now confident of the process. But, one thing I am not sure how to go about in the building process is the case fans and RGB assembling process. There's no comprehensive on how to setup multiple fans with limited fan headers and RGB header. Basically, I'd love a detailed video on setting up RGB+fans from assembling to customizing on software for synchronization of lights. Believe me, there's isn't any comprehensive video on this that explains each and every part. I'd love to see separate videos for this. ❤️

That article said that the 256gb is a hardware limitation. the theoretical maximum ram supported by 64 bit Linux is 17 billion GB.

@biv_ky

3 жыл бұрын

Me: blinks Also me “welp guess I have 7 petabytes of images now.

@joer8854

3 жыл бұрын

@@biv_ky I have to admit, even on the server side I can't imagine what one would do with 17 billion GB of ram.

@doctorthee

3 жыл бұрын

@@joer8854 you can finally run multiple chrome tabs

@JuryDutySummons

3 жыл бұрын

@@joer8854 Run a huge database fully in memory for insane access speeds.

@joer8854

3 жыл бұрын

@@JuryDutySummons gigabyte needs to make an epic motherboard that can use a ton of EPIC processors and 17 billion GB of ram. Gigabyte should do it just because of their name. Imagine the supercomputer you could build with that.

Awesome as always, but there was something special about this episode ❤. Fun Fact: TOSLink is short for Toshiba Link optical fiber connector system based on the S/PDIF "Sony/ Philips Digital interface" software layer digital audio interconnect.

I haven’t seen this series. Really cool thanks.

Thank you Paul for sharing your build knowledge. With the videos of your DTX AMD build using the Lian-Li TU150 and Asus ROG Crosshair impact, i built a new system using the same case and MoBo. using the idea you shared about the "upgrade path", i've slowly upgraded bits and pieces of it from some of the older parts i already had, and it i am so happy to gradually upgrade my system as new stuff (and new money) comes along. computing/pc building/upgrading/tuning is part of the lifestyle now, thank you!

Paul, I share your build series (almost) daily. I used it almost a year ago to build my first at the ripe old age of 34. You da man

Hey Paul, Nick again. Loving the more regular probing Paul. I’ve noticed that you have really good lighting covering your build area, was wondering if you could take us through that, and maybe camera locations you use when creating build videos? Love the channel, and your videos, keep it up.

Ooooooh, you know I've often wondered about sound output - never realised my GPU was doing the sound work, great video too, many thanks! Deffo subbing :)

Discovered your channel today and love your content. Immediate sub

THANK YOU! I just got into a discussion with an old-timer who claimed that the on-(motherboard) sound device handled the HDMI audio output for a discreet GPU. This video really helped!

I recently built my "Lockdown Gaming PC" after following your three detailed guide videos, and only had to use Google once about the CPU power cables that came with my PS, so thanks for that. The last PC I built had a dual core Pentium CPU and 128MB of RAM, and things have gotten a lot more advanced since then, but also a lot of the complicated manual stuff has been made much easier. It's a great time to build a PC!

@Atlessa

3 жыл бұрын

12 year old me is so jealous of your 128MB of RAM right now. xD

@kingofthenerds4708

3 жыл бұрын

literally one of the worst times to build a pc with new hardware releasing in a week, power supplies in short supply and pricing at a premium on them...

@TonyParkinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingofthenerds4708 Back in April, the prices were still good. I got a better motherboard, case and power supply than I really needed, and saved money by getting a good-but-budget CPU and GPU, knowing that those 2 things would be the first upgrades when the next gen comes out at the end of the year.

@keithmarlowe5569

Ай бұрын

I built pc's for a job circa 2000. A couple years ago I decided to build one vs buy a laptop. I had a lot to catch up on. New SD drives being a big one, then the UEFI that replaced the bios. Your right about simplicity and plug-n-play actually working as intended now.

I recently decided to build a desktop after not building one since about 2002. While much is the same, a whole lot has changed. Really enjoy your videos.

For the longest time I thought the "EXCELLENT" at the beginning of the video was from Wayne's World

I love the light at the end of the tunnel in the beginning

A couple of fab, deceptively simple questions in this episode! Smart stuff **^^**

thanks to videos from you, kyle and jay I built my first pc in probably 15-20 yrs. r5 3600 4.4ghz all cores @1.3 with an evga rtx 2060 ko ultra with +170 gpu/+1099 mem (gpu boosts to 2100mhz at the highest i've seen)and my first time using an aio. idle is 33C, under load is 58-67C. couldn't have done it without your vids and the other guys. thank you

i like this newer trend on YT of time stamping vids lol. so simple yet super underappreciated to me.

Thank you very much for hdmi audio answer,! Been looking for that quite some time

Appreciate your probing. These answers a lot of our uncommon questions. How can you tell if a motherboard has a good vrm? What are phases, chokes, etc.?

I've been using my vid card through my television over EARC to my home theater receiver. Works like a charm.

Hi Paul. Your videos have been great. I'm new to building a pc and whenever I have a question, somehow you post a probing paul video that answers that exact question I have. Anyway, I have ordered my new cpu and gpu (ryzen 5 2600 and evga gtx 1060 3gb, both used btw) for my first ever build, and I am planning to get the rest all new. Can't wait to put it together!

Out of all the videos for building a PC, the most helpful one for me, is the one where Paul goes step by step on how to get the OS set up and running after you build it.

While I haven’t done a full system build I will say Paul’s work has helped me with updating my rig with a new case, aio, ram, and fans In Preparation of a new gpu and cpu/mobo. Bless Joe the editor too

Great video! Much Thanks!👍😎👍

Man that was a deep dive into ram!!!

The first PC I buiilt was way back in 1997. It had a 200 MHz Pentium chip. And back then you had to add your own modem and sound cards. A lot has changed since then, and I have been building PC on a fairly regular rate (like one every other year or so) ever since. And yet, I still feel like you have forgotten more about building PCs that I could possibly learn in a lifetime. So - thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Since you said I should: I built my first ever computer after watching your step-by-step process several times. I had "inherited" an old computer from my friend and actually went in and fixed a couple mistakes that had been made, but it never felt like my own. I then spent around 6 months gathering (starting last July/August) my computer parts piecemeal and built it this past January. It took around 7 hours to make sure I did everything right (including cable management), but my computer still runs like a dream, has had no issues, and is very well "future-proofed." Since then I have built two other systems for friends of mine. They gave me a budget and thanks to your monthly build vids, I was able to stay within their budget and then build the computers for them! In addition, any troubleshooting they may have I can now fix and it all started here!!

Paul, a Yamaha receiver I have has the HDMI (several actually) into the receiver first then out to the monitor.

Just built a PC two weeks ago and it was an amazing experience,Paul.

Thank you!

Kept waiting for Wendell from Level One Techs to show up when you used the magic summon word of "Linux". I guess the current pandemic is impeding his ability to respond in a timely manner!

Subscribed. Awesome contents.

HI Paul,love your content. Could you do a tutorial on updating your Bios?

Amazing video sir!

Hey Paul. Can you give a quick explanation on the control you guys have as creators over adds before, during and after your videos? Love your channel and keep up the good work. PS from South Africa.

I can say that Paul's Videos are the reason I got through the process of putting together my P.C. I am glad I have it because I'd rather buy a new graphics card than any of the new consoles. Thank you for the entertainment and education. I hope you keep the great work.

On the sound routing; If you have a good AV receiver that handles both HMDI switching and the Surround Sound, they have HDMI Out so you go PC -> Receiver -> TV.

The transition from 32 to 64 bit? Some of us remember the transition from 8 to 16 bit. :) Keep up the good work.

@nulious

3 жыл бұрын

Quite a few of us do, I suspect.

@usoppbarbosa981

3 жыл бұрын

@@nulious and 16 to 32 :) I feel old now, having used 6502s..

Parsec is awesome. I found out about it from a twitch stream where JChensor was having a bunch of people play Soul Calibur together. I now use it as my remote desktop app by default. So much more responsive and none of the issues that certain apps have when being switched from the console to a Windows Remote Desktop session.

After watching one of your videos on taking an old pc and installing new hardware in it I decided to do that to my old HP P6000 series pc. I installed an Asrock b450m pro 4 mb along with a Ryzen 2600x and 16g of 3600 speed ddr4 memory. I was able to keep my upgraded version of Windows 10 (upgraded from Windows 7) and I installed a new 650 watt power supply as well. Thought it was going to be a modular power supply but it wasn't so I had a real birds nest of cables shoved in next to my hard drive cage and zip tied in place. I installed 3 70mm case fans where I could find space to fit them and it worked really well. I never would have attempted that build if it wasn't for your video showing it was possible. I have since purchased an H510 pc case and moved everything into it except the dvd/cd drive. Been driving trucks over the road for 30 plus years and if I can build a pc then anyone can do it. Thanks for the videos and sharing your knowledge. It has opened a new horizon for me and it's going to be interesting to see where it goes.

cant wait for the gunks!

Hey Paul, love the channel. Built my first PC based on your videos so, you definitely helped. Thanks so much! Usually don't comment but wanted to ask... what do you do with the old/dead parts after an upgrade? Hoping to avoid turning my office into a Radio Shack....

Hi Paul, I appreciate your videos so thank you. I was watching the new computer software and streaming setup video you made a few months ago and wondered how you captured the screen on a system that hadn't had windows installed yet. I assumed you might be running it thru a capture card on another system but if you could tell us your specific methodology I would be very interested.

According to my Sherwood receiver manual the TOS-link actually supported up to 7.1 about 12 years ago, but in most cases 7.1 is actually 6.1 with back channel being divided in half and being identically monophonic.

Absolutely love your videos Paul. Only you can make backyard cleanup and house chores interesting. I have a video question for you. I'm helping a small church get setup for live streaming. I got them a Panasonic GH5s, an El Gato HD60, and a Ryzen3600/RTX2070 PC. Any tips/recommendations you can give me for the video/streaming side of things? I've never streamed before so any help/insight would be appreciated. Thanks and keep up the good work!

Hello Paul, i'm from the Philippines ... enjoy watching your videos with the PC i dream that possibly i will never have.

I watch everything at 2x speed because of all the youtubers I sub to and the length of each video.

Excited to have gotten to one of these videos in time to ask a question! I recently completed a build with a Lancool II Mesh (Performance) case, along with the cable for the USB-C connector on the front panel. The problem is, my motherboard (ASUS STRIX B550-F) doesn't have a header for it. Are there any adapters I can use that would let me add a header for the front panel to the board?

Hey Paul, can you make a video on which tube size and fitting sizes go together when doing a hard loop build

12:02 You don't need to duplicate HDMIs at all; receivers support multiple HDMI sources nowadays - you just connect your PC to one of these, select that input on the receiver and it will send the video to the TV while decoding the audio locally. The ARC part is used to allow your TV to stream audio back to the receiver via the same single HDMI connection (hence the name Audio Return Channel), i.e. while watching Netflix or KZread on the TV so that the sound could be played through the surround system as well.

Having a external capture device for video (in my case a old Hauppage Rocket) made is really importent to have the audio pass thru the video card (Hdmi) so the audio was in sync with the video. A bit odd so few people mention it, back then i went thru so many different setups & troubleshoots but no one mentioned the video card passthru. A real "doh!" moment when someone randomly mentioned you had to select the right windows audio output unit, and sure enough it was in there all along. Also next step was of cause to have a hdmi spitter after the capture device so you yourself can hear the aoutput live as well. A bit of a cable mess but its a one time setup so np.

very helpful video

Absolutely love these episodes, have you given any thought to showing update builds? We see budget builds all over and many speak about leaving an update path but showing updates might also be interesting. I have updated my Ryzen 5 2600 build which had a lowly XFX 580 and 3200mhz memory to a 5700xt Taichi and 3600 speed memory but I noticed my cinabench score actually went lower. I think the latency on my memory might be the cause.

I remember it taking 2 days to get a sound card working 25yrs ago. I helped my daughter build her first computer( Really just talked her through it). Man we have it mad now.

@Atlessa

3 жыл бұрын

I still remember... Port 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1. I still don't know what those numbers mean, but ALL the games needed them if I wanted sound to work. :D

i was just thinking about the hardline cooling and couldnt you technically have quick disconnects on that as well you would just have to make sure your bends would work with the disconnects on each end so making sure both ends can be unhooked at the same time and then pull straight away... idk just an idea i might look into :)

You should set up a home audio system with HDMI as follows PC/GPU -> Audio Receiver -> TV HDMI standard allows a device to pass a video signal as long as it does not have an HD display. HDMI prevents TVs from passing multi Chanel audio if they have a speaker. HDPC will work if set up as described with a TV and receiver that support it. Most receivers are also HDMI switches, good if you have consoles as well as your PC. I am typing this on a Home theater PC plugged into a 5.2 receiver then into a TV. Set up is HDR 4k ready but I cant afford a new TV yet for that.

I love you for this video.

Question: Thanks Paul, love your work, I would like to know what is the relationship between the PSU and an UPS wattage? Do the UPS need to have the same wattage that the one in the CPU + monitor? or can it be that we can use a UPS (watts) CPU + Monitor (watts); UPS (watts) = CPU + Monitor (watts); and the only thing that would be affected is the duration of the charge hold by the UPS. Again, thanks for your time.

I built my first PC by myself by following your 3 part Beginner's Guide. In the past, I had to buy prebuilt or ask a friend to help. Your guide along with many other guide helpful techies on KZread has given me to confidence to go beyond just building a PC for gaming and into the realm of overclocking and setting up HTPC's. My PC falls along the lines of mid-tier $800-$1200 gaming systems along with some basic VM for learning IT skills. I am grateful for the content, and I want to thank you for saving me from buying any more prebuilt systems like a cuck or a simp... or whatever the kids are calling each other in competitive fps games these days.

GPU is a Digital Pass-thru. I externally mount an STX II 7.1 sound card (power and pcie extension cables) then it connects to a Denon AVR 7 individual channels. Sounds great

Starting with my 290x and continuing with my 1080 and 2080ti I've used HDMI out from the GPU, it goes into a atmos receiver and then to my LG OLED. You would think it adds tons of latency however I tested it using the tried and true mouse click and LED method. It added 38ms of latency not including the 9ms of latency the TV adds. It's not noticable during gameplay. I've been playing this way for... 7 years.

I recently built an update of your 3600/5700XT/Fractal video and absolutely love it. You probably saved me around £500, and I enjoyed the actual building an awful lot. For Linux experience, try Manjaro KDE. It's widely regarded as the best 'beginner' distro and one of the best looking as well as being rock solid and doing pretty much everything out of the box

EXCELLENT!

Maybe this has been asked before, but~ I was wondering if there was a type of GPU stand (like as a trophy) that could power the lights/fans to set on my desk. (Low power) I'm really bad at putting together my own electronic stuff so I was hoping I could buy one and not brick one of my old cards. Enjoying the content Paul! Keep up the questions and answers :)

I have tried Rainway and it is pretty good for game streaming. (plus it supports above 60fps streaming)

There is a lot to be tested out about how sound travels and if it gets distorted in any ways. From system drivers, trough hardware paths, how close stuff amplifier see is lining up with the digital source. Haven't really seen analysis of it. Like, what is the point of DAC if signal at the motherboard already have been tinkered with? I only heard that HDMI signal is raw, while spdif/toslink being transcoded within onboard audio.

Hi Paul. A lot of interest around the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 game. I would love to see an (ideal spec build) for the game as unsure about so many different components. Thanks for all your videos

Been a subscriber for a few months now and I really enjoy your way of reviewing items along with guides. I am curious, with the way the world is now due to covid and so many people working from home. What would you say is a good chair to have for being at the desk for 8 plus hours? My girlfriend has a cheap one for work.

23:07 I put the video at 0.5 speed, and it reminded me of a conversation I had at closing time at the bar.

@SkylerB17

3 жыл бұрын

omg this is incredible

@SkylerB17

3 жыл бұрын

it definitely seems like hes drunk and trying to find words xD

@NaoVII

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my neighbor's mentally challenged dog

Hey Paul, thanks for all the great content! With the new NVIDIA cards around the corner I have a question. Do you need an M.2 drive to take advantage of the new cards ability to work directly with storage or will a SATA SSD work? Thank you!

So Paull. Along the same line of the ram question. I was looking a while ago again at the page for the awesome Dell Studio XPS desktops they shamefully now got rid of and how you could put 4 drives into it. So like the ram could you have or not too many SSDs or HDDs? I kinda think not as you would go into each 1 individually but what if you do the rade thing?

Just bought a 5.1 sound bar with rear speakers. I love the eARC HDMI connections. It is setup a little differently than Paul describes. HDMI PC to soundbar (receiver) to TV through eARC HDMI.

@zoomzabba452

3 жыл бұрын

Any latency issues?

@Safetytrousers

3 жыл бұрын

@@zoomzabba452 No, none at all.

@BarntCrust

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't noticed any latency issues.

Most home theatre recievers have HDMI passtrough so you connect the card HDMI to the reciever and then the reciever to the display, many even passthrough Blu-ray 3d. Makes it easier to have multiple devices, just switch input on the reciever.

Hardline looks good, but soft tubing is easier to work with. I used to use ONLY soft tubing (1/2” ID Tygon), but decided to do 1/2” PETG on my last built, and it really was a learning process. I think I spent over $2000 on my dual loop, once you add up the cost of everything (including the tools for doing the PETG cutting & bending).

Parsec is awesome and works very well. Easy to connect to a friend for some across the world couch coop

Hey Paul, long time fan here. Thanks for the videos and the builds. I still have a sealed Corsair SPEC 02 Alpha for a build I was going to make years ago. I left it for later since I didn't have the money back then. But now, I don't know if I can use this case or rather buy a new one. Are the cases of now better than those in the past? Do I "upgrade" to a new case or use the one I have already?

Can you help reccomend a good multithreaded work horse (for music production) laptop that's also good for games? I've been looking at Ryzen 4000 series stuff like Zephyr models. Love your channel btw. You're one of my favorites

Hey Paul, great content, keep it up! Hope my question isn't too late for the next video. I'm building for the first time and one of my concerns is airflow. I have the ASRock B550M Pro4 Motherboard and i'm planning on putting it in the Corsair iCue 220T case and pairing them with a CoolMaster MWE 550W PSU. The case comes with 3 fans already installed and Corsairs Lighting Node Core for pretty RGB-ness. I would like to add a couple of additional (exhaust) fans but i'm confused about powering them. I'm fairly certain that the Pro4 wont have the capacity to power 5 RGB fans by itself. What would be the best way (fewest cables/cheapest) to power these fans? (Electricity is hard man) Thanks in advance for any help!

Ask Paul a question and you get a very understandable comprehensive answer. Very entertaining.

love your vids what is the best way to upgrade a prebuild

Steam or Steam Link support whole PC streaming and gaming. Your input device can be either connected to your TV or your PC or Steam Link box if you have one.

Hey Paul, I'm planning out my "next-gen" computer build, probably something to the tune of a R7 4700X, RTX3080 Super, X570 Tomahawk mobo, 16gb 3600hz memory, 360mm AIO. My questions are: 1) Is there any components I should pick up now, or should I wait until everything is released? 2) I'm thinking of throwing a 850w Gold power supply in this computer, what do you think the ranges of "minimal", "reasonable", and "overkill" are for PSUs? (honestly wattage required is something a very rarely hear anything about.) 3 ) (optional) Is this a balanced build? Am I over or under spending on something?

Hi Paul. I am new to pc building and I'm going to be using my first AIO when I move my computer to its new case. What, if any, bios and/or software settings do I need to change? Also are there any compatibility issues I should be aware when changing from air cooling to an AIO? Thank you for all the help I could have never build my 1st pc without ur videos. Much appreciated!!!!

A followup question to yuriko's question you answered in this video: I'm interessted in adding a soundbar to my pc set up. I don't have any hdmi 2.1 ports, also none on my monitor. How could i do that? Does it work if i just plug a secound hdmi cable directly in the soundbar or does it need some additional add in cards like a soundcard? Thank you

Hello Paul, I am a fan of your channel and I also appreciate the Probing Paul segment too. I have a question regarding four HDDs for a redundant RAID setup in the AMD system that I own. Which RAID configuration would you recommend when using four HDDs?

12:40 Modern audio-video receivers (AVRs) are usually supposed to be the entry point. You plug your GPU's HDMI into them, as well as also something like a CD/DVD/BD player or a console or whatever, and then pick which output goes to the TV from the remote. HDMI CEC sometimes allows you to even just use one remote for the whole setup, but that's often janky. And ARC is left for if Android/cable content is needed. If your priority is sound quality, your AVR should probably be the first thing to receive sound. Maybe if you're worried about latency (for gaming), it would make sense to feed HDMI to the TV first. And then there's a whole can of worms of playing music on the same setup: HDMI requires a video channel to output audio (so, a mapped desktop in OS), TV might not passthrough your audio when off, using SPDIF/TOSLINK for pure stereo is more convenient but might lead to marginally worse audio etc. etc.

My Onkyo 5.1 surround amp has HDMI inputs fed by my 2 PCs GPU outputs and Firestick, it outputs the audio out to my surround speakers and passes the video signal through to my screen. There are 4 HDMI inputs and the Onkyo remote selects between them. The Onkyo handily also strips the HDCP from the signal to the TV allowing 4k from the Firestick.

An important point to consider, and this is more relevant in regards to current Ryzen CPUs, is that larger capacity DIMMs aren't often available at higher speeds. Buying a lower speed higher capacity kit, provided you won't need the data capacity, may inhibit performance.