So i have an (been having some bsod and crashes thats one of the main reasons i'm deciding on getting a new PC)

i5 10400F

3060ti

16gb ram 2x8

256 m.2 ssd

And i'm thinking about buying a

Ryzen 7 5700x

RTX 5060

32gb ram 2x16 (colorful battle ax is the brand that the store quoted so i wanna know if they're good)

1TB m.2 SSD

B550 mobo (still looking for the exact brand that i want)

650W cougar atlas

So i'm just asking is this a good build, what do you guys think, i usually play CyberPunk 2077, GTA O, and fortnite on low settings for fps basically on the one i have rn getting 120 constant fps is kinda hard it just dips a lot, is this a huge improvement in performance?.

I would appreciate all the feedback (yes i know prices are just all over the place but i do need a PC)

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!

Hi everyone,

I'm looking into building a secondary pc but a bit on the fence with regards to the GPU. Here in New Zealand the RTX 5070ti is about $2550 whilst the 9070XT is around $1800. A $750 difference is quite big.

As far as i know, in terms of raster they trade blows. My main concern is the upscaler. I know for DLSS i can use the nvidia app to upgrade old games that have atleast DLSS2 to latest. From what i know, for AMD i can upgrade to FSR via driver as well but only if the game has FSR3.1?

For older ganes like RDR that only has FSR2, i heard you can use Optiscaler to inject FSR4. Whats peoples experience with doing it?

So in the past Ive only really had a shitty 450 euro PC from ebay. After that one died on me I got a hand-me-down from a relative but this one is also coming to its end. Its running on a very shit system with AMD Raden RX 5700 XT and AMD Ryzen 5600x 8 core.

Its been showing me green screens, its been shutting down on its own, the fans go crazy, its glitchy. I thought about buying a new pre built PC but theyre so expensive for mediocre specs. I thought about building my own PC, which ive always wanted to do because it gives me more control over how I choose to build it, I also thought it would save some money but nope, a good GPU nowadays is 800 euros.

I need advice on what I should do. I need to build something for heavy multitasking (shool work), music production which is also CPU heavy from what I know, and gaming with very poorly optimized games.

Im honestly just looking for good spec suggestions that wont break my bank. I want my PC to be around 1400 euro in total, which I know is not much but I think it should suffice. Any tips and guides are welcome too.

Country: India

I have purchased 9060xt 16gb VRAM at a sale. Now i want to build a pc

Major question is AM4 vs AM5

AM4 build config i thought

Ryzen 5 5600x

32gb ram

Am5 build config i thought

Ryzen 5 9600x or Ryzen 7 9700x

16gb ram

Confused about it. Can any one help me with best setup for Gaming and Video editing. I want best setup in lowest budget possible

I’m putting together a new PC and would appreciate some recommendations.

Parts I already have:

GPU: PowerColor Reaper RX 9070 XT

PSU: MSI MAG 850W Gold

Case: Lian Li Vector V100R (with the 4 pre-installed ARGB fans)

Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-E

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120

RAM: G.Skill 32GB DDR5-6000 CL36

Still need:

CPU: Planning on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Fans: Looking for 5 extra fans that match the stock V100R fans

Any recommendations for fans that will match the look of the ones that come with the V100R would be greatly appreciated

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.

Hello! First time builder. Im going for an AMD 4 build in a mATX size. After research, im going for a 9060XT 16gb, a B550 mATX, 16 Gb RAM and a Ryzen 5 5600XT. I have a few questions:

1: Does the 30$ ish difference with a 7 5700X worth it, or should i go with the 5600?

2: Partpicker and other calculators say a 650W power supply should be enough. That or a 750W to be safe?

3: Any recomendations for mATX case? Liam lis look pretty, but airflow seems harder to manage in those.

Thanks in advance!

hello, i have an optical drive, the large type that would typically go in an optical drive bay inside a full-size PC. i built my PC years ago in an NZXT case, and ditched the drive bays. however, the current way i use my optical drive is to pop open my computer and just sit the thing on my desk while it's plugged into the motherboard until I'm done using it, then close it back up. this takes me to optical drive enclosures. I was looking around after finding out they existed (I'm dumb and didn't think of their potential existence for years) and I noticed that they seemed wildly expensive for what is basically just a piece of metal. what I didn't understand is that they are USB devices that have a sata power and data port in them so that your internal optical drive becomes a USB device in a box. here's my thing - i DO NOT want this. i have a very specific use case for my optical drive and I'm being told by chatgpt (call me an idiot for consulting it man idk) USB conversion will make it not work. ANYWAY, I was imagining that I could find such a thing as an optical drive enclosure, where there is just a hole for the sata cables in the back, and then I planned to run sata cables through an unused PCIE bracket opening on the back of my computer, so that unless you're staring at the back of my computer, you basically don't notice anything. now, the other reason that I don't already do this and leave it external is 1. there are moving parts and I'm pretty sure that's bad, though i'm not an expert. 2. aside from the front I/O, optical drives are ugly man. one other idea I had is just ordering one and ripping out all the electronics but then I'm playing 50 bucks for a piece of metal, idk

So i’ve been looking at building a pc for a bit now and i have roughly 2k saved currently

The specs i’m going for

Cpu Ryzen 7 9800x3D

Gpu RTX 5070ti (rather have a 5090🥺)

Storage 4tb samsung evo nvme

Ram 32gb ddr5

Motherboard MSI B850

Case (a full tower so i may upgrade in the future)

Power supply (ideally someone that has gold or platnium rating 850+ watts)

Unsure of what thermal compound is the best

Are there any issues with my build or any brands/ components i should avoid like the plague?

Ideally i’d like to go to microcenter but we’ll see

Hello! I’m planning on upgrading my pc, I have an Alienware Aurora R11 and only upgraded the Ram before, but I don’t know much about compatibility or what things actually do😅. Originally I was going with just a GeForce RTX 5060ti from RTX 2060 then I saw that it could create a bottleneck with my outdated i9-10900f, so may as well upgrade that too. Went with a 9800X3D and saw I’d need a new motherboard and ram sticks and now I’m here. I guess I want to know if I have it right so far and guidance on what all I’m going to actually need for everything to be compatible.

Hello, I have a PC build Request. Budget is 2.4M CLP (around 2.5 USD). The final price so far is 2.25M CLP. It is a gaming pc, bought in Chile. No Peripherals are needed.

I'm mainly looking for 2K gaming and hopefully 244Hz. Also, as an important consideration, due to budget concerns I will be getting only 16GB of Ram, and then later on buying a second stick for Dual-Channeling. Would that be a problem? I'll probably hold on with 16GB of Ram for a month or two, so I don't think it'll be too big of an issue.

Besides that, the only other real concern I have for the builld are the dimensions for the case and if the Motherboard is good for the rest of the components. From what I've been reading, the Antec Flux Pro Atx should support my Motherboard, as well as my GPU and CPU, but if you have any recommendations I'll gladly listen.

Let me know what you think of the build :]

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor

Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler

Asus PRIME A620M-A-CSM Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard

ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL46 Memory

ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card

Antec FLUX M MicroATX Mini Tower Case

MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

I'm currently using an RTX 5070 and am considering upgrading my graphics card for 4K gaming. I've found a nearly new Sapphire NITRO+ RX 9070 XT for around $620 USD. On the other hand, upgrading to an RTX 5070 Ti would cost nearly twice as much as the AMD option.

Do you think DLSS 5 is worth paying almost twice as much for?

Hello, I’m looking into upgrading my graphics card because I’m struggling to run some games (like bloodborne new pc port??) and have been pushing off getting a new one with the inflated prices for the last few years, but it doesn’t seem like I can escape that.
I’m also relatively inexperienced and built my pc 6 years ago with the help of a friend, so can anyone help me with recommendations based on my set up?

I’m not trying to replace everything but only what’s needed, trying to spend no more than $300 on gpu… possibly used?

cpu: amd ryzen 5 3500x
gpu: rx570
mb: b450m
32gb ram
2tb HDD

Question: Is my PC upgradeable/ is it worth upgrading or should I plan on buying a newer one?

Context: I have always just gamed on PlayStation. My wife and I have been playing our PS4 for like 8 years, never felt the need to upgrade to a PS5 but we know we will upgrade to something eventually.

A friend gave me his old gaming pc that he was done with so I could get into sim racing. It was a prebuild from Cyberpower that he tinkered with. I have been driving on Assetto Corsa with a single monitor and the PC has done just fine. The only plan I had for my set up was going with triple monitors down the road.

I figure I could get the PC up to snuff and ditch the console. We play on a projector that we would upgrade too. We play a bit of everything but have spent days upon days on games like God of War, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, COD MW3 but also Hollow Knight, Death's Door and whatnot. Definitely don't care about having the most insane graphics. I mainly care about not being able to play a game because my PC can't handle it. I want the PC upgrade to be a longer term investment and not feel lacking in a couple years.

We will watch an occasional movie off of it but other than gaming that's it. I don't edit media, stream, or much of anything outside of very basic laptop usage.

PC Specs:

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700x

GPU AMD Radeon RX 5700

SSD Samsung 850 Evo 500gb

SSD #2 Sandisk X300 256bg

Ram 32gb DDR4

Board Asrock B550AM

Power EVGA 600 watt Gold 80 Plus

Cooler Master A71C

Fans 3 Aprevia 120mm

Case Cyberpower H550

OS Windows 11

Monitor Dell S2721DGF

I have read different comparisons of what CPU and GPU would give the most similar performance to a PS5 Pro.

I read stuff about parts being too old to upgrade with the wrong ports and whatnot.

I put all of my components on the different sites but they just told me that my CPU and GPU were well balanced without bottlenecks.

Then my eyes crossed. Like I said, I have always been a spoon fed console boy, PC world is weird.

Thanks for taking the time to read all of this!

hello guys I have a question ? is that videocard 3050 low profile good enough for broadcast nvidia ai??

hey all. please read full post if you can.

i've recently noticed in my (incredibly) budget build, periodically (as in probably one every week to two weeks) i've been playing something mildly intensive for my system, usually fortnite, will run just fine for about a half an hour, then, almost randomly, will totally cut video instantly, then a few seconds later my computer will shut off. it's not an instantaneous shutoff like if you were to unplug the power cable or trip the power switch on the back of the PSU, but more like something overheating. thing is, i've been monitoring my GPU temps and rarely do they get over about 83 degrees celsius, which i know is a little toasty but shouldn't be triggering a thermal protection. i just recased my computer from a crappy montech x1 (technically the inland version) with molex fans to a fractal pop air. i was thinking maybe poor airflow or the cheap molex fans in my montech could be the culprit but this machine has pwm fans and half-decent airflow (which albeit are daisy chained but still) and it just happened again last night.

curiously, it doesn't seem to be related to how long i play, or how hot things are. it happens the same way any time that it does. screen cuts, then maybe 3-5 seconds later, machine shuts down. no error on startup. sometimes i'll run several solos matches on fortnite in a row with no problems at all, then boot up something like quake champions and play a couple matches on high graphics settings and have no issues, even running the AMD adrenalin stress test doesn't seem to trigger it. other times i'll play two games of fortnite and it'll shit out.

i just put in a new cpu cooler a couple days ago, thinking maybe it was some sort of cpu overheat from my stock cooler, didn't help. ran memtest86 today, nothing. checked crystaldiskinfo, nothing.

power supply is an ASUS tuf gaming 750w modular, which is only two years old and has given me no trouble to speak of (yet). it's a pretty decent unit as far as i can tell, not the best but it's certainly no slouch. my graphics card, however, is an rx 580 4gb which i bought used. i did realize today that i had some conflicting drivers from a previous nvidia card i had, so i wiped everything and reinstalled my amd drivers. no problems yet but as i said it's never very consistent. i am wondering if maybe it's possible for my graphics card/driver to be the culprit considering it isn't an instant shutdown but rather a black screen and then a power down. i usually up until recently would leave this machine on in my room while letting the screen go dark. not the smartest decision but i don't think it would really do a number on things.

i don't believe i've updated my bios since i got this board. i was curious if this could be the problem as well. trying to be as thorough as possible. whenever i boot up event viewer after these crashes i usually get a 6008 error and nothing really informing around it.

spec sheet (don't judge my parts list lol, i'm a musician and computing is but a hobby for me, not something i tend to dump much money into):

board: ASUS gryphon z87

processor: intel i7-4770

cpu cooler: thermalright assassin x 120r

gpu: sapphire pulse rx 580 4gb

ram: 4x 4gb DDR3 sticks, two are samsung from a dell machine i had, two are patriot from a project pc

storage: inland platinum 1tb SSD

power supply: asus tuf gold 750w modular

case: fractal pop air

Hey everyone, my PC was working perfectly fine before I unplugged it for about 2 months. Now when I turn it on, the fans and RGB work, but there’s no display.
I have an ASUS ROG Strix motherboard with two RAM sticks. When both RAM sticks are installed, I get a solid yellow DRAM light. When I remove one, the yellow light disappears, but I get a white VGA light and green BOOT light instead. My monitor still says “No DP Connection.”
I’ve already tried reseating the RAM and replacing the CMOS battery, but nothing has changed.
Does anyone know what could be causing this or what I should try next? Thanks!

i recently just built this pc it wont turn on but i think power is getting received by the mb the build has
850w vetroo sfx
7600x3d
16 gb ddr5 ram
b850i aorus pro

Hey all,

First time long time(God I'm old)... so I bit the bullet and built my first PC because my son has been wanting one and ps doesn't seem the route for me going forward. I built it with a Ryzen 7 5800x3d, asus b550 tuf gaming wifi plus 2, asrock challenger 9070(non xt), 32gb ddr4 3200, 2tb ssd, semi modular, and a case from new egg. Main question, benchmark showed me that I got a few issues so I looked into it. Based off what I have, what BIOS settings should I have set.. like when I play a game the AMD GPU tells me to alt r and enable graphics setting but when I do it tells me I have to enable it on bios.

I'm not sure if anyone will know what I'm talking about, I'm just new to PC and have no idea what these things mean. Is there a way to tell me what I should have set(like just by knowing my set up or if someone has the same one) or should I delete this and post with screenshots the things im seeing. My apologies for asking questions with out some screenshot help for what I'm saying but i just finally worked up the courage to ask.

Also, did I f myself by not giving myself an upgradeable route. I did research, alot, but didnt know all the little stuff til after I bought. I saw ram prices and my research said... ddr5 gives you 10% more speed but is double tbe money so I thought staying am4 was smart but now​ I know that to upgrade I'll need a new cpu, motherboard, and ddr5. But I know I'm good for a few years so I'm not kicking myself too bad

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.

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.

As I mentioned, what the actual f happened to gpus and their prices? Like, I checked a few months ago and prices were KINDA "acceptable", now it's just...what.

Yes, I remember we had a shortage during covid (I got a 3060 back in 2021 and it was a miracle), and I know global market is not in a good situation right now.

But I mean, are we having a shortage again? Prices weren't that crazy 2-3 months ago, right?

Help ! I’m a first time builder , if you can even call me that. I have basic knowledge and am pretty good with my hands. I’m helping my step son build his first PC (more like I’m doing it)

Long story short , everything seems to be connected, I go to turn on the PC and all that turns on is this red flashing light. The motherboard and the CPU are Ryzen 5500 and the motherboard is B550M pro vdh wifi .

Any thoughts ? Any suggestions? Every time I try to turn it on , nothing happens and I press this black button on the panel in the black and it keeps flashing red but stops after a few seconds.

After doing some research, it said something about BIOS flashing and I did this hard drive thing , extracting some files from MSI and yeah I’m lost as hell. Any help or suggestions ?

Thanks !!

I have a asrock b850 pro rs and it was idle and then my cpu just died out of nowhere I have a 9600x and im upgrading to 9800x3d but im scared to place in 9800x3d after being told the board is fine been looking to upgrade to Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 Motherboard but im now paranoid about weather or not its good enough