# What GPU should I use in the system I'm building **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [July 9, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470 "2020-07-09T21:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/1 "2020-07-09T21:56:51Z")
**Budget:** $2050 CAD **Country:** Canada **Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:** Gaming in general (I don’t plan to play any heavy games. My Steam library), video editing (Premiere) and, VMs in VMWare (Windows 8.1 and Server 2013) **Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you’re upgrading from, when you’re going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):** I set up a poll to more easily keep track of results from multiple sources you can vote @ [https://www.opinionstage.com/samgreenwood/which-gpu-should-i-use](https://www.opinionstage.com/samgreenwood/which-gpu-should-i-use) Here’s the rest of the config: [https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3Y4GZf](https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3Y4GZf) ---
**Author:** ![CleVeRFeLLa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/cleverfella/32/8015_2.png) [@CleVeRFeLLa](https://www.twit.community/u/CleVeRFeLLa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/2 "2020-07-11T01:42:23Z")
Hey Sam, Just curious what Type of games do you play? I really matters when choosing a video card. Maybe name a few titles. ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/3 "2020-07-11T07:04:36Z")
Basically almost any modern card will do for 1080p gaming. 4K gaming isn’t really possible on high settings with current cards. (_Maybe_ on the RTX 2080Ti or whatever… but your budget doesn’t allow for that… that card would cost as much as your whole computer budget.) There is a new batch of cards coming by Xmas, they may be better at 4K gaming, but again, it will still be expensive. You would do best to pick a budget for your GPU, and then get the best of breed that fits within the budget. ---
**Author:** ![CleVeRFeLLa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/cleverfella/32/8015_2.png) [@CleVeRFeLLa](https://www.twit.community/u/CleVeRFeLLa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/4 "2020-07-11T14:48:35Z")
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Founders Edition is on sale on amazon ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/5 "2020-07-24T00:51:16Z")
Here’s the full build list: [https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TCqg9G](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TCqg9G) I’m planning to build it tonight. ---
**Author:** ![knewman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/knewman/32/1153_2.png) [@knewman](https://www.twit.community/u/knewman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/6 "2020-07-24T01:17:59Z")
FYI, that memory is not on the QVL for your mainboard - [https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-GAMING-X-rev-11/support#support-doc](https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-GAMING-X-rev-11/support#support-doc) It’ll likely still work, but you may encounter system crashes if you try and actually clock the memory up to DDR4-3200. These Ryzen processors are sensitive to memory hardware, and performance suffers considerably unless you’re running the right memory speed. These PC build websites never check the QVLs, most of them are just in it for the affiliate link cash. I’m sure you’ll still be able to boot though. Let us know once you’re up and running! ---
**Author:** ![CleVeRFeLLa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/cleverfella/32/8015_2.png) [@CleVeRFeLLa](https://www.twit.community/u/CleVeRFeLLa)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/7 "2020-07-24T01:33:07Z")
Looks good to me! have fun man! ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/8 "2020-07-25T00:02:51Z")
How do I tell of the clamps on the CPU cooler are faulty or if I installed it wrong? ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/9 "2020-07-25T00:12:54Z")
Ryzen coolers are notoriously hard to install. I would look for a YouTube video to help, because I think you need visual guidance in this case. Maybe watch the next 10mins of this: [https://youtu.be/lhhKVq0uYIo?t=400](https://youtu.be/lhhKVq0uYIo?t=400) ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/10 "2020-07-26T00:36:30Z")
the bracket on the side that doesn’t have the lever side seems to be looser than the lever side but the release lever seems to be loose. I also had that problem with the CPU when trying to reinstall it after the cooler came off. ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/11 "2020-07-26T00:40:40Z")
wait I think the lock is missing from one side ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/12 "2020-07-26T00:53:36Z")
The lock/clips form a U. Find the setting of the lever where it lowers that side the most (the unlocked setting) then slide the side opposite the lever down onto the latch. Once the far side is latched, use the lever as leverage to lower the latch on the lever side down over the catch. Finally move the lever to the locked position. ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/13 "2020-07-26T00:55:09Z")
I think the lever is busted. It just flops around. ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/14 "2020-07-26T00:55:34Z")
It _will_ flop around until it’s properly latched. ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/15 "2020-07-26T00:57:02Z")
Does this video help? [https://youtu.be/alHCJAkzhsA?t=160](https://youtu.be/alHCJAkzhsA?t=160) Edit: or this one: [https://youtu.be/Xv89nhFk1vc?t=61](https://youtu.be/Xv89nhFk1vc?t=61) ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/16 "2020-07-29T00:12:20Z")
Got the CPU fan in, now I’m having trouble with the power supply. It is the right size and fits in the case but I can’t seem to line up the screw holes. ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/17 "2020-07-29T01:23:54Z")
> [@SamGreenwood](#): > > power supply … I can’t seem to line up the screw holes I suspect you’re looking at some of the wrong holes. Many cases seem to have extra holes for the PSU… I don’t know if there are different layouts or what. Also, perhaps the PSU is upside down? The PSU fan should normally face out of the case… Does this help? [https://www.corsair.com/it/en/blog/how-to-build-a-pc-psu-fans-and-cable-routing](https://www.corsair.com/it/en/blog/how-to-build-a-pc-psu-fans-and-cable-routing) and in particular this picture? [https://www.corsair.com/corsairmedia/sys\_master/productcontent/blog\_how-to-build-a-pc-psu-fans-and-cable-routing-Content-5.jpg](https://www.corsair.com/corsairmedia/sys_master/productcontent/blog_how-to-build-a-pc-psu-fans-and-cable-routing-Content-5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/18 "2020-07-29T04:37:55Z")
The case is a Cougar and a the PSU is EVGA. Both the PSU and the case have screws in the same configuration but I think it’s being weighed down by the cables. Generally how many screws are needed to hold the PSU in? ---
**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/19 "2020-07-29T04:50:00Z")
> [@SamGreenwood](#): > > Generally how many screws are needed to hold the PSU in Normally it is four screws, one close to each corner. ---
**Author:** ![SamGreenwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/samgreenwood/32/16086_2.png) [@SamGreenwood](https://www.twit.community/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470/21 "2020-07-29T21:39:57Z")
Power supply is in but the CPU cooler connectors came out i forget which goes where in the cooler end. [Next page](https://www.twit.community/t/what-gpu-should-i-use-in-the-system-im-building/7470.md?page=2)