So basically i really want to build a pc, i do have a gaming laptop so i wont rush making the pc right away but one main thing i wanna know is if only ram was made hard to get for building a pc or are other parts hard and expensive to get too. I have no idea how building one works so id like to know abit of how the market is looking rn to at least make something decent,nothing extremely insane.

Like the title shows I’m curious if it’s worth upgrading to a 9070 GRE I refuse to pay close to $1000 for a High end GPU. My current set up is 5800x, 3060ti, and 32gb DDR4. I found a 9070 GRE for msrp at my local microcenter and I know it’s impossible to get anything close to msrp with the current market. Advice?

Hi everyone! I'm kinda new here. My pc is slowly dying, and my 1060 not handle any new games good :(
Which is why I started thinking about almost completely replacing the components in the near(i hope) future. I've decided on the memory and processor.
First guestion about cpu. I'm looking on r7 7800x3d. Is Gigabyte B650 UD AX good enough for this? I'm not planning on boosting memory, card or processor.
And second, main question about gpu. Long enough i planning to get rtx 5070, but due to ai problems in the world, and cuz my country is shittiest place in the world in last times, i've read a lot about the fact that it's not the most reasonable option to take a card from Nvidia right now, but it's better to take one from Amd. So i started to thinking about 9700xt. In my country it doesn't cost much more, but it has 16 GB of VRAM. I'm not really interested in dlss5 things and path tracing, but framegen might interest me cuz i heard that on last rtx cards it extremely imperceptible. So I can't figure out who I want to take the card from in the end.
In general, are there any obvious problems with amd cards? Or i can safely consider this option at the future? I'm considering on this card "PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper", is it good?
Thanks for answers ^^

First off, I live in Canada, where availability and especially prices for parts is pretty poor. I'm upgrading from a 3050 8GB, play at 1080p (will go for supersampling if performance allows), and always try for high settings and framerates in mostly single player games. I don't care for raytracing, although a couple of newer titles I'm interested in require it.

My system has a 5800x (a little overkill for these cards, but I got it for $C230), 48GB of before-times RAM, and the biggest issue, I still play off of hard drives. Before-times-me never considered games would demand SSDs before he'd buy one large enough for games, I guess.

Also, haven't really looked at the used market, mostly for fear of getting a brick and ghosted.

With that out of the way, the two cards I'm looking at (13% sales tax included, prices accurate to time of posting) are the Arc B570 and the 9060XT, about $C500 and $C876 respectively.

There is also the bonus options of of the 9070GRE, which has one currently going for C$960, but feels like it'll fall out of my price comfort zone at any moment and the B580, which has units in stock starting at C$80 over the B570.

My biggest concerns are

1. VRAM, 10GB vs 16GB. While trying to "futureproof" your system is kind of stupid "how long until 10GB of vram becomes not enough for 1080p?" is something that, with prices likely to never get better, keeps me thinking in circles.

2. Drivers. Not really about stability, although I know Intel has been working on that, but more general experience (which I guess includes stability).

3. The price delta. This is basically the whole point: is the 9060XT 16GB worth the extra ~C$400 over the B570, for native 1080p in modern AAA games?

This is the PCPP list I'm using to gather pricing and availability data. Thanks for any help and sorry for the long post and any grammar issues, posting from mobile.

Hey everyone,
I recently bought a PowerColor RX 9060 XT 16GB from Micro Center for $499.99, but I’m considering returning it and exchanging it for the PowerColor RX 9070 GRE Reaper 12GB, which is $549.99 at my store.

The GRE is only $50 more, and I’ve seen people say it’s significantly faster. However, I’m unsure whether it’s worth giving up 4GB of VRAM, and I want to make sure my current PSU can handle it before making a decision.

My current PC specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X
- GPU: PowerColor RX 9060 XT 16GB
- RAM: 32GB DDR4-3200
- PSU: EVGA 650 BQ 650W 80+ Bronze, semi-modular
- Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
Resolution: 1080p currently, with a possible upgrade to 1440p in the future

The GPU I’m considering:
PowerColor RX 9070 GRE Reaper Triple-Fan 12GB
Micro Center’s listing specifies a recommended 650W PSU and 2 × 8-pin power connectors. My EVGA 650 BQ is rated for 650W, but I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea to run the GRE on it long-term or whether I should upgrade to a 750W PSU.

I mainly play Escape from Tarkov, including demanding maps like Streets, along with other games. I want good overall value and a GPU that will last through a future CPU/platform upgrade.

My questions:
1. Is the RX 9070 GRE worth exchanging my RX 9060 XT for at only $50 more?

1. Is 12GB of VRAM enough for 1080p and eventually 1440p gaming, or would I benefit from keeping the 16GB card?

2. Is my EVGA 650 BQ a reasonable PSU for the GRE, assuming it’s in good condition and has the required PCIe connectors?

3. Would I need to buy a new 750W PSU, or would that be unnecessary spending?

4. How much of a performance improvement should I realistically expect in games with my Ryzen 5 5600X?

I’m still within Micro Center’s return window, so I’d appreciate advice before making the decision. I’d rather make the right purchase now than regret it later.
Thanks!

Are there good specs for gaming….

Cpu RYZEN 7 7800X3D
Gpu RX 9070 XT 16G
120mm ARGB Air Tower
B850M Motherboard
32 gb ram Dual Channel DDR5
2tb ssd

Naturally, as I think that the majority of us are in this subreddit, I am tech support for all my friends; However, recently I have had my first "unsolved" mystery...

My buddies computer failed to post. So he calls me up and asks me to help him, the first thing I made him do was re-seat the RAM naturally, and then check single sticks. as that seems to be the quickest thing to cause any issue. Then I realized that we were working with a solid white VGA LED. So naturally, we try some Graphics card Debugging, reseating it, unplugging connections from the power supply, and the Graphics Card, plugging them back in etc. Plugging it into a separate PCIe slot.

Also notable is that he has no NVME Storage devices. He only has a 2.5' SATA SSD. I also had no means to a spare Graphics card, Spare PC etc. So I was not able to verify that the Card hadn't died. I also tried the "turn it on, unplug video outs, turn it off, turn it on, turn it off, plug video outputs back in and then turn it on" trick, that didn't do anything. Now I am wondering if it's a BIOS issue. We did reset CMOS by Bridging JBAT1. Didn't work, I am going to flash it, but I obviously can't get it to post.

Finally, after I was at my wits end, he tells me that he had the computer on over night, and then it just turned itself off and now won't post. So now I'm straying towards a potential Power Supply failing issue. This seems most likely, but I don't think he want's to go down a "Fix It" rabbit hole...

We are working with system specs of -

CPU: i7 10700k

RAM: Vengeance 32gb kit (2x16) 3200 cl16

Graphics Card: RTX 3080 Founders edition

MB: MSI MPG z490 Gaming Plus

Power Supply: RM850e (I Don't know what year, but I do know that it's new enough to have those braided style cables)

All In one water cooling, don't know the brand, and case looked like a h7 flow.

Any ideas that could help would be awesome, otherwise I guess I'll tell him to take it to someone :'(.

The only reason this upsets me is because I've never came across a computer issue that I wasn't able to troubleshoot and this would be my first one. I don't want a loss on my record.

My budget is 800, I want it to have a somewhat cool looking cases, I would js say the best specs I could get for 800 or less, and I would use it for games like Minecraft, fortnite, roblox, and cod if possible, im in Minnesota

Hi all,

My brother's PC is (imo) adequate-ish with managing of settings, but according to him, he wants to upgrade soon for new games like the recently released Modern Warfare 4 and potentially GTA 6 if the rumors of Q1 2027 are to be believed. Either way, I think he'd most benefit from a better CPU and GPU. As far as GPU goes, he will have to find a deal on one at some point, but that can be kicked down the road as a separate purchase.

For CPU, I'm not fully sure which path is best to take from the current specs and prices:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

4x8 Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL DDR4-3600 for total 32GB

EVGA RTX 3070 Ti XC3

2TB NVMe + some 500GB-1TB SATA SSDs

EVGA 750GQ Gold

Dual 1080p 165Hz monitors

Basically, I think he could buy a 5800X3D for roughly $300-350 to max out this (surely?) dead platform and get 2-4 more years out of it, or buy the cheapest Microcenter AM5 CPU/Mobo/RAM bundle for $400. The only issue is that that bundle has a 6 core 7500X3D with mATX and 1x16GB DDR5. I'm sure he can offset some costs by selling off his old CPU/Mobo/RAM, which can be used to buy another stick or a whole new 32GB DDR5-6000 kit and selling that one stick.

Is that 7500X3D worth getting as an upgrade over the 5600X and for the future socket upgradability? Will the 3D V-Cache bring his fps up at 1080p enough to run decently? After reselling old parts, he should be better off just having the same core count but with newer architecture + 3D V-Cache and upgrade path rather than maxing out the AM4 socket with a 5800X3D for marginal cost difference of $50-100-ish and no available future upgrades, right?

The GPU will need to be done at some point later regardless of the CPU platform, so we'll decide on a decent AMD GPU later.

Thanks.

Thermalright A70 .how many for intake and how many for exhaust would I need for this case? And in which positions? 8 fan slots. I have a 3 fan aio. Thanks in advance

So as the title would suggest, this will be my first PC build. I've scoured this sub and all the questions seem specific so I figured I'd ask my own.

I know....honestly nothing of PCs other than ELI5 basics. I've been an xbox gamer my whole life so this is all new to me but I'm looking at building my pc, google "what parts are required"-CPU okay great I knew that, now lets check microcenter. Look at CPUs and might as well be reading giberish. I have gleaned from this sub that "Clock speed isn't the same across the board just because it's the same Ghz", "More cores doesn't mean better" and "AMD is the best choice for gaming right now".

All that said I do plan on going with AMD unless y'all suggest otherwise but WHAT should I go for? My budget is lets say $1,800 and I want something I won't have to upgrade for a few years.

Also while this is about CPUs if y'all want to lowkey help me build with ideas of not only what is compatible but what's actually good that would be much much appreciated. Thank you all in advance

TL;DR: Never built PC, break down how to understand what makes a CPU fast and how to ultimately build a fast gaming rig for $1,800

I recently cleaned my custom built PC, as I have many times before. I used 70% isopropyl wipes (I know 99.9% would've been better but too late now), and a can of compress air. I then plugged it back in and turned it on almost immediately after cleaning like an idiot.

I must have messed it up and got water somewhere in the motherboard, because when I turned it on, a few things weren't working.

-The LEDs in ONLY my front intake fans weren't working, the fans were still spinning though.

-I was getting no video output on either of my display ports.

Everything else seemed to be working normally.

-Every other LED worked fine.

-All fans, including the ones in my GPU were spinning normally.

I then turned it back off, after about 30 seconds of letting my life choices sink in.

I came back tomorrow and hopefully tried it again. This time, as u flipped the PSU switch, I saw a flash coming from the IO panel. I then turned the PC on, only to get the same results.

My motherboard is replaceable within reason (B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2), but my GPU dying is another thing (RTX 4070). The complete lack of video output scares me to death, but the fans still work, so maaaaybbeeeee???

Anyone with more knowledge than me know if the no video output is a death sentence for my bank account, or if there is still hope?

P.S.

pls be gentle.

Got a 5700X and a 9070 16GB. Mostly play at 1440p and do a fair bit of Quest 3 VR.
Is the 5800X3D still worth it as a last AM4 upgrade, or should I just move to AM5 at this point?
Curious what people would do in my situation

ive never owned a pc or built one i have absolutely no knowledge, does anyone know how much it could cost??? i play games like cyberpunk, fatal frame, silent hill, resident evil and that typa vibe so idk if that would change anything?? idk i have no clue😔 or would it be better to save up and buy a already made one? and if so, any recommendations? im also in australia

I’ve never been enough of a gamer to think about building a PC, but I’ve been getting back into Fortnite after I quit during college in 2019 (playing on a ps5 this time). I noticed the jump from 60 to 120 fps and then started using kbm on console to prep for when I could spend some money on a pc… and man. A locked 240fps on a 240hz monitor looks out of this world.

Got a ryzen 7 7800x3d and a 5060ti with 32gb ddr5, fried a motherboard in the first build attempt (lol) and had to make a windows bootable usb from my Mac (ugh) bc I’ve never had a windows device.. and after all that, I’m left with this beast of a machine (by my standards) that I created.

I just wanna look at it while it runs lol I’m completely obsessed with this thing. I wish I would have done this before but I didn’t have adult money. Probably not the most relevant thing in the world but I just felt like sharing bc nobody else I talk to really cares to hear about my “computer stuff” but this was really an awesome experience. I’m so glad I didn’t buy a prebuild if for nothing else but the learning experience.

Hello,

I am considering upgrading my PC, but it has been quite a while since I've done it last time.

For arguments sake, let's say I'm planing to get:

• Gigabyte X870E EAGLE WIFI7 ATX AM5
• AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
• 64GB RAM 2x 32GB modules

My question is to the RAM latency. Purely for gaming, what difference do RAM Modules with CL30/36 or CL40 do?

Is this something noticeable? Or rather something you would really only notice when running benchmarks?

I play on 3440x1440 ultra wide and have an Nvidia 4080.

Let me know if there is more information you'd need.

Many thanks,
Odom

Hi, does anyone know if the HP Pavilion 16-a0029nw laptop comes with mounting brackets and a ribbon cable for connecting an internal drive? I'd like to buy and install an additional drive. Where are the best places to look for such a drive? Will something like Amazon be okay?

Built my machine in ~2018 and it's been showing its age. I'm still on a 1080p 60hz monitor which helps but more and more games need to run at near the lowest settings to be playable. I play mostly FPS games like BF6, Ready or Not, Wardogs (running on "Potato" settings), what hardware should I prioritize replacing, and with that?

My current setup:

MicroStar Z370-A Pro motherboard (PCIE gen3)
i7-8700k CPU
NVIDIA GTX 1070 Ti GPU
32GB 3000 MHz RAM DDR4
RM650x 650W PSU
24" Dell 1920x1200 60Hz IPS (Used to have a 1080 144hz but it died)

I've been thinking about upgrading just the GPU, and I've seen a used RX 9060 XT get recommended as a budget upgrade for others at my tier, especially because my board is PCIE 3 and apparently some GPUs will get bottlenecked by that, or not used to their fullest?
I'm looking to spend ~$600 on internals, and if I upgrade my monitor that would probably be a little down the road after I upgrade the guts. If I really should upgrade more internals I could stretch the budget. I'm not afraid of buying used hardware but I'd prefer doing it from major retailers and not some rando on eBay, unless there are sellers that are well known there.

Thanks!

Hey guys,

I have a few questions because I'd like to upgrade my current system.

My current system:

CPU: i5 12400F

GPU: RTX 4070

RAM: Patriot Viper 32 GB DDR5 Kit Intel XMP

PSU: 15yo coolermaster idk

Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M Gaming X AX

My potential upgrades:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850 X3D

PSU: Corsair RMe 850

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX

CPU Cooler: Thermalright peerless assassin 120

What do you guys think?

Thanks in advance for helping me out:))

Hi, I wanted to buy an XFX Swift RX 9070, but I’ve read that it can be quite noisy.

Can anyone confirm this? And overall, is it worth buying?

I also have a Corsair RM750e (2025) PSU. Is 750W enough for this GPU?

Thanks for your help!

I'm building a pc for 1.5k-2k Euro (Latvia) ( Closer to 1.5k).
I have a 140hz monitor/keyboard/mouse.
Games will be Cs:go, gta 6 ( hopefully gta 6 will run well on pc, but that's unkown).

I built one but I'm unsure if it's the best one you can build for that amount of money and maybe there are some logical things I could improve in the build itself.

Any help would be very much appriciated!

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BczfV4

I’m trying to buy a pc and this one caught my eye for $450, is this any good?

Ryzen 5 5500
16gm ram ddr4
1TB storage
1660 SUPER
750PSU b550
I

Hi guys, when I play r6, as soon as I start the game, my pc crashes. This happens only with r6, while with game like fortnite or rocket league doesn't happen. This is what I try:

-Reinstallation windows 10 and driver

-Reinstallation R6

-Power Limit at 80%

-Change CPU and GPU

Please someone can help me?

These photo are the two error that the pc give me

PS: this crash happens only when I play in 144FPS. In 60 FPS this doesn't happen