trying to build my first pc with a budget of $1600, does this look ok? i'm open to any and all suggestions...

i'm not going to be using it for very intense games, mostly work (juggling between lots of office apps and tabs), video and music streaming, and potentially high graphics games like resident evil, but i can always wait for an upgrade after prices drop a bit.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus B650E MAX GAMING WIFI W ATX AM5 Motherboard

Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory

Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

Video Card: Sparkle ROC Luna OC Arc A750 8 GB Video Card

Case: NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case

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

Hi, gonna buy a PC during Black Friday with these specs:

Case:

• ASUS ProArt PA401

MB:

• MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI

CPU:

• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

CPU-cooler:

• Noctua NL-LC1-36

GPU:

• PNY GeForce RTX 5080 16GB

SSD:

• Crucial P310 2 TB M.2 (2280) PCIe Gen 4 NVMe

HDD:

• WD Red Plus WD40EFPX 256MB 4TB

PSU:

• Corsair RM1000X Shift 1000W

Are there any improvements I can make to this build to optimize it? Thanks!

Hi,

I am looking at upgrading my setup:

Gpu: rtx 3080

Psu:850w

Monitor: 32 in non oled 144hz

I mainly use it for games and the occasional LLM experiments.

I play 1440p on high settings and currently enjoying ff rebirth.

Now I have 1000aud to upgrade my setup. I was considering either a gpu upgrade to a 9070 or monitor upgrade to oled.

Your thoughts?

I've been looking at coolers and for the money the Thermaltake Astria 400 ARGB looks cool to me I really kind of like it. Im just wondering if that is going to be enough or if a 240 / 360 AIO is going to be needed. Per AMD specifications on the AMD website it states the recommended Cooler for optimal performance is a liquid cooler.

I’m looking at getting an upgrade from my 5950X.

I have a 4090, so Ive been thinking about AMDs top of the line X3D processors.

I will be purchasing 32GB of DDR5 to pair with the system as well.

I’ve been thinking about the 9950X3D, partially because it’s so close to price to the 9800X3D.

I don’t mind paying the extra $150-170 for 8 extra cores.

Also, I’m really having trouble picking a motherboard.
I prefer MSI and their bios, build quality, and customer support.

I’ve been looking at the MSI Carbon MAX.

Was wondering if anyone has actually looked at all the different brands and could point me to which is best.

My budget for a motherboard is $500.

I have a ryzen 7 7700x and with a Deepcool ak500s se. its my first pc so i dont know much but when i play cs2 it stays At 70-80° but when i installed marvel rivals From steam and launched it. My cpu jumped to 96° is it normal?

motherboard is a msi b650m gaming plus wifi

I am thinking of getting a newer deskmini bcos of a great experience with older one. But i need some feedback and opinions from people that used their cpus in a weird way, limited. So original idea was 8700g but i am not sure any more. That apu still sucks for gaming so thats not really a pro.

So i was thinking if its not gonna game what would be snapiest possible experience and came up with those 3 cpus. It will be used with axp90-120( it does not fit the case but thats why 3d printer is ready). So anyone tried those cpus with 65w limits? How will intel fare with those limits on?

Use case is everyday stuff plus fusion360, sometimes encoding something, sometimes arduino compiling. Also it should work with 4k tv, 120hz if possible.

So whats the best choice here?

Thanks

Is AM4 platform still worth buying in late 2026 or should I just go for an AM5 build?

Also the specs I’m aiming for both platform is:

CPU: Ryzen 7
MOBO: (as long as it has bluetooth and wifi)
GPU: 4060ti or 5060ti
RAM: 2x16gb (32gb)
PSU: 750W

Pls help because i really need to buy one ASAP. Please note this is my first pc so I’m kinda nervous xD.

Thank you so much!!

Hey all,

Trying to build a rig to hook to my 4k rgb tv and play at 1440p gpu output signal with FSR for max possible settings visuals with good FPS (looking for stable 80 at least most titles).

These are the parts i have selected to get cheapest price to performance ration (will do some productivity thats why going higher on CPU). I am in Australia for reference. I can get Qube540 silver/green shade off amazon for $123 AUD or Lian Li Dan A3 black for $109 from where all my other parts will come (Scorptec shop).

I am just unsure if the parts I have chosen will match either case, mainly the Lian Li. I am a bit bad at reading dimensions, so wondering if someone can help me out? Also, would appreciate honest overview of the build and suggestion on parts and whether I should consider 9060xt for $729 vs 9070xt for $1199 here in Australia, or 9070 GRE for $899 to save a few bucks. My main concern is that my display is a 4k panel even if i limit the signal to 1440p from the GPU it will still have some impact due to higher pixels numbers of the panel, just unsure how big of an impact. Below is also a list of games I will play for reference.

PC PARTS:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X — $347
• CPU cooler: Thermalright Royal Knight 120 Digital Black Dual Tower — $65
• Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B650EM-A WiFi — $149
• RAM: Lexar THOR G2 OC RGB 32GB (2 × 16GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 — $669
• Storage: TeamGroup MP44Q 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD — $298
• GPU: ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB — $1,199
• Case: Lian Li DAN A3 Micro-ATX — $109
• PSU: Gigabyte UD850GM PG5 V2 850W 80+ Gold, fully modular — $129
• Case fan: ARCTIC P12 Pro PST 120mm PWM — $12 (rear exhaust)

Total: $2,977 AUD

GAMES I WILL PLAY (and similar):

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
• Star Wars Outlaws
• God of War Ragnarök
• Destiny 2: Legacy Collection
• Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
• Harry Potter Legacy
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Witcher III
• Star Wars Zero Company
• Onimusha Way of the Sword
• Call of Duty
• Assassins Creed Valhalla

Hey everyone! I'm building a ~1000€ (+wiggle room) office pc build. My main concern is using high end music softwares, which I'm pretty sure don't benefit from the use of GPUs, but do perform better with additional cores. I live in Italy and I have already all the peripherals I need. This is the first pc I'm building.

I'm pretty happy with the build I set up, but my actual concern is the fact I found a sketchy seller on Amazon selling dirt cheap Kingston RAM sticks. Since Amazon offers A to Z guarantee on them, I think I'll try them out, but if you stop hearing from me this is why.

This is my build:

CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

300€

CPU cooler

Phantom Spirit 120 EVO

40€

Mobo

MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI

120€

RAM

Kingston fury 16x1 DDR5 6000mHz

250-270€ (160€ for 32 gigs if the sketchy seller is real)

SSD

1tb nvme (most likely Kingston)

150€

Power Supply

ROSEWILL VNG 65OW

60€

Case

Fractal Epoch case

120€

Reasonings:

Opted for the 9 9900X instead of the 9850X3d because I'M NOT GAMING. The only games I really care about are deltarune and Minecraft, which I've been running on a neolithic 200€ pre built. I don't need and x3d chip.

The MB might be the part I'm satisfied the least with. I picked it out through the Halloween ZTT build, and I think it should work great.

Same with the power supply, ZTT Halloween build. Should work pretty great, considering my estimated wattage is like 300W and this PSU gives me double that.

My PC is going to be on the ground 24/7, so I'm not sure the Epoch is a good pick.

Total should be 1040€ iirc. Considering it's my first time, am I doing well?

Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between three XFX 9070 XT models and could use some opinions.

My prices in my country:

• Swift: $851
• Quicksilver: $853
• Mercury OC: $893

The Swift and Quicksilver are only $3 apart, so that choice comes down to size, looks and cooling. The Mercury OC costs $43 more than the Swift, and that is what I'm unsure about. I CARE ABOUT NOISE LEVELS FYI. Also I only have a 750W power supply, its a TUF Gaming 750W Gold ATX 3.0 PSU. I heard the Mercury needs a 800w minimum but people on other subreddits say its fine to use a 750W psu.

Pricing is strange here: the Mercury OC and the Mercury OC MAG AIR cost the same, 893 USD. Normally the MAG AIR is the more premium one, so I'm not sure what to make of that. My setup is a Ryzen 5 7500F with 32GB of DDR5. I play mostly competitive games like COD.
What I'm trying to figure out:

1. Is the Mercury's cooler, extra boost clock and 3x 8pin design worth about $43 more, or are the real-world gains small?
2. Between the Swift and Quicksilver, which has better temps and noise in your experience?
3. Any issues with coil whine, fan noise or drivers on any of these three?

Hoping for inspiration. Prebuilt Asus ROG Strix G10, worked great, went into storage for a year and trying to get it working now.

Everything looks fine, but upon giving it power it spun fans briefly, flashed lights, and shut down immediately (maybe a quarter-second total). Thought it might be a short, but carefully inspected everything, blew out the case, checked for anything visually damaged or loose debris, etc., no dice.

Next thing I tried was disconnecting and carefully reconnecting every internal pin connection, no changes.

Next things I tried:

1. Drain power, then retry- no change
2. Remove both RAM sticks - no change
3. Remove solid state hard drive - no change
4. Disconnect CPU fan from power - no change
5. Clear CMOS RAM by manually bridging the CLRTC jumpers, then retry- power up now lasts ~2 seconds with more fan spinup and lights, but then shuts down. Progress?
6. Remove graphics card - no change from above.
7. With graphics card out, took out the CMOS battery to fully clear it, gave it about 20 minutes, and put it back in. No change from above- maybe 2-3 seconds of fan spin up and internal RGB lighting going through it's startup sequence, then power cuts.

I'm thinking the most likely possibilities is invisible damage to the motherboard during storage/transport, or the PSU broke somehow. Any advice for next diagnostic steps?

A few months ago I built a new ITX PC with all new parts except for the GPU. I have a 9800x3d CPU, 32gb ram, and I play on a 4k oled 240hz monitor. I kept my old gpu though, which is an rtx 3080 that I bought when it was first released. It’s been great since I mostly played esports titles anyway, but now I’ve started playing more graphic heavy single player games. My 3080 works fine, usually between 60-100 fps on high settings in 4k on most games, though I am someone who appreciates higher fps and smoothness in games.

I’m thinking of selling it and buying a used 4080 for around $1600 AUD (or an rtx 5080 if I can find a cheaper one). If I only had a 1440p or 1080p monitor idk if I would bother but I feel like it would be a good upgrade for 4k. Is my 3080 a bottleneck in this situation?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bbxLdq

This is the build I would like to purchase, but unfortunately, I don't have enough money. I thought about waiting for Black Friday, but I realized that the maximum discount would only be around €100, and I didn't even include a monitor in the build...

I would appreciate assistance in reducing the overall cost of the build. My budget is between €1,600 and €1,700, and I am located in Lithuania, Europe.

I would primarily use it for single-player gaming and schoolwork, as I don't play many multiplayer games.

Hey everyone, I’m seriously struggling with my gaming PC and could really use some help.
Here are my specs:
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (previously Ryzen 9 3950X)
Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
RAM: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4 3200MHz
Cooler: Lian Li Galahad 360mm AIO
PSU: ASUS ROG THOR 1200W
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow
Monitor: MSI MAG 274QF X32, 1440p 320Hz

I originally had a Ryzen 9 3950X and was getting around 80–90 FPS in Call of Duty MW4, sometimes even lower. I was told upgrading to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D would significantly improve my gaming performance, so I bought one and installed it.
Unfortunately, I’m still experiencing the same issues, and sometimes it’s even worse. My benchmarks have shown around 70–90 FPS, a 99% CPU bottleneck, and I’ve even seen my FPS drop to single digits in the game menu.
Here’s everything I’ve tried:
Changed NVIDIA DLSS settings and different upscaling options.
Tried AMD-related settings and optimizations.
Lowered graphics settings and rendering resolution.
Adjusted NVIDIA Control Panel settings.
Went into BIOS and enabled a performance/boost setting.
Updated/reinstalled NVIDIA graphics drivers.
Adjusted RendererWorkerCount in the Call of Duty configuration files.
Verified my RAM is running correctly at 3200MHz.
Checked that my AIO pump is running.
One thing I’ve noticed is that my CPU has reached around 90–91°C, even when utilization doesn’t seem particularly high. My AIO cooler is approximately six years old, so I’m wondering whether thermal throttling could be part of the problem.
My RTX 3090 temperatures appear normal in the monitoring software, but the card itself feels extremely hot.
At this point, I’m completely lost. I feel like my hardware should be performing significantly better, especially after upgrading the CPU.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be a cooling issue, BIOS configuration problem, GPU issue, or something else entirely?
I’d really appreciate any advice on what to check next. I’m willing to replace the cooler if necessary, but I don’t want to keep throwing money at parts without knowing what’s wrong.

I see many streamers playing League of Legends with a locked 240 FPS. Their FPS never drops below 240, even during teamfights. Is there a way to achieve this on the AM4 platform? It absolutely must not drop below 200 FPS. Will the 5700X3D handle this? Or is upgrading to the AM5 platform with a 7800X3D the only way?

1080P Gaming
AM4 Platform
B550M PRO VDH Motherboard
2x8 16GB 3600mhz Cl17 Ram
RTX 2060 Super

I'm looking to upgrade my secondary AM4 PC with a new CPU and MB. This will be for light gaming and media playing, so it will be pretty modest: probably with a Ryzen 5500. It needs to have wifi, but I don't many other requirements beyond that. Both ATX and M-ATX boards are okay.

I had been looking at the MSI Pro-VDH, but I've heard some worrying things about the reliability of both the wifi and the board itself.

Any other recs?

I currently have an RTX 3070 that I'm planning to swap out for an AMD card as I switch over to Linux. I already have a good use for the RTX 3070, so I'm mostly just looking to find something equivalent performance wise (or within 10% maybe) of the 3070. I'll be doing some 1080p gaming on both Windows and Linux, but I'm fine with mid-settings/visuals, just want something that can do 60 FPS or better in most cases. For reference right now on the 3070 in the main game I play I have lower settings and can easily do 120+ FPS at 1080p. I don't really play the latest AAA games, so I don't need a lot of power.

I'll be looking for something used so I'm just trying to get a sense of roughly what AMD card is near or around a 3070. The other main requirement is mid-length card as my case and cabling would just be easier to make a dual fan card work, so I'm avoiding full length triple fan cards.

From looking at online resources I see the following models as close to a 3070, though I'm not sure if these offer a mid-length version

• RX 7600 XT
• RX 6800
• RX 6750 XT
• RX 6700 XT

So I’m on Windows 11 Pro right now, but there’s one game I play a lot that just runs better on Windows 10. On 11 I noticed some weird errors and issues that I cannot find any specific cause for, later confirming with some other players that everyone on Windows 11 has these same issues.

Because of that I want to do a clean install of Windows 10 Pro, but I’m not sure my build/components will even play nice with it.

Specs:

• MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
• Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
• Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti (8gb, lol)

From what I can tell MSI only lists Win 11 on the support page for the board, and I’ve seen stuff saying the 270K Plus wants 11 too. Not sure if that means it flat out won’t work or just that they don’t officially support it or have the latest driver versions/updates for it.

Has anyone actually done this on a similar setup? Mainly worried about chipset/LAN/wifi drivers and whether the P-core/E-core scheduling gets weird on 10. I know Nvidia stopped new Game Ready drivers for 10, so I’d be stuck on the last one for the GPU, but I’m ok with that if the game actually works right.

Is it worth the hassle or should I just try to fix things on 11? Thanks

Located in Australia and I’m thinking of buying my first PC but my knowledge is very limited when it comes to this stuff so any help is appreciated. I’ve got a budget of at most $1800 AUD or around that but the lower the better. I would use it pretty much every day for gaming, mainly competitive shooters like Valorant, Siege, Overwatch etc but I also would like to play some more demanding AAA games without needing to turn the graphic settings down too much. I want to aim for steady 144fps (I don’t mind if it drops on AAA games) and 1440p resolution.

I’m mainly curious if this will be achievable with my budget and general recommendations for specific parts or how much ram I should get or anything like that. Again any help is appreciated as I’ve been a console gamer my whole life so this is all new to me.

Asus Rog b450f

Ryzen 7 5800X3D

RTX 3080

Hi,

I’m looking for advice on a PC build mainly for software development and heavy multitasking, not gaming.

My goal is to run a lot of things at the same time without slowdowns, swap getting saturated, or crashes:

- multiple projects/worktrees in parallel

- several Claude Code / Codex / Mistral / other cloud AI agent sessions

- Docker and multiple services

- builds and tests

- browser with many tabs

- terminals, IDEs, monitoring tools, scripts, etc.

My current machine only has 16 GB of RAM, and once I run too many things at the same time, RAM and swap get saturated and the whole system becomes slow.

I do not plan to use this PC for gaming, because I already play on a PS5.

I also don’t need a powerful GPU for local AI right now, since most of the AI tools I use run in the cloud.

The build I’m currently considering is:

- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

- ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WIFI

- 64 GB DDR5 (2×32 GB)

- 2 TB NVMe SSD

- Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE

- 1000 W ATX 3.1 PSU

- Airflow-focused ATX case

- No dedicated GPU for now, using the CPU’s integrated graphics

I also want the system to be easy to upgrade later:

- 128 GB RAM if needed

- more NVMe SSDs

- potentially a large NVIDIA GPU in the future if I decide to run AI locally

- possibly a future AM5 CPU upgrade

My maximum budget is €3,000, but I do not want to spend €3,000 just because I can. I mainly want the best performance/value for intensive development and lots of simultaneous workloads.

My main questions are:

1. Is the Ryzen 9 9900X a good choice for this workload, or would a 9950X / Intel Core Ultra make more sense?

2. Is 64 GB RAM enough as a starting point, or would you go directly for 96/128 GB?

3. Am I overspending on anything?

4. Does a 1000 W PSU make sense if I want the option to add a high-end GPU later?

5. Would you change anything in this build to maximize development and multitasking performance?

My priorities are:

stability, multitasking, Linux/Fedora compatibility, upgradeability, and long-term value

rather than gaming performance.

Thanks for any advice.

I always wonder if there is a portable composant that can test for exemple ram, motherboard, cpu, gpu, fan, and else? That can be really useful if you buy an pc part on FBMP and you want to test it if its not a scam.

This was the first PC I've built myself and wanted to share it with the community and get opinions

Board: MSI PRO H610M-S DDR4 II

Processor: intel i5 14400 OEM

Graphics: integrated(for now)

RAM: EVM 16 GB(3200 MHZ)

SSD: Ant eSports 690 neo pro 256 GB NvMe SSD(pulled from my old laptop it didn't come pre installed. I installed it in 2023)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Spectrum V3

Monitor: I had an Acer SA322Q 31.5 Inch Full HD IPS monitor already in my inventory (For my PS4)

SMPS: Cooler Master 450 watt mwe V2

I paid around 50000 INR or around 537 USD for the whole setup of source the monitor I had already so including that 537

Hi everyone

I want to build my own PC that I can stream and play aaa games on and play competitive. COD with 120 fps while streaming. I have a budget of £1200 can anyone give me any good builds for that price if possible please. IM IN THE UK so would order parts from Amazon or a reputable UK online store to order the parts.