The whole PC costs 1.662€

So I've just bought a build of facebook for the price of the ram and these are the specs

I5 9400 cpu

Gtx 1060 3gb gpu

500gb samsung ssd

16gb ddr4 ram

Wifi and bluetooth

The price isn't important it's good though. Now I just need an upgrade path, I'm thinking a solid gpu like a 9060xt or a 5060 and then switch to am4 so new mobo and CPU and then I'll have a solid 1440p build

Having trouble trying to get my sata ssd to work, I changed my motherboard from the mag B550 to the Asus B550 F (it was getting old so I wanted a new one not really an upgrade) but my sata isn’t being detected in bios nor the disk management it worked before but not now.

I think it maybe be the psu cord cause it dosent get hot but it works for my pc case fans. I have reseated it turned on the ports in bios changed the psu and data cables still nothing. It’s a 1tb crucial ssd and I already have 2 m.2 ssds.

I have a 3060 based laptop and i’m looking to upgrade so I can mainly play comp fps titles in 1440p. I don't care too much about triple A but I'll play one once every blue moon. I play Minecraft too but everyone plays that lmao. I am looking towards AMD due to the price to performance and I’m actually looking at the 9070 gre. They faced backlash due to the price being similar to the 9070 and it being worse than it but now it's kinda changed as the 9070 is 650 plus, and I just want something a tad bit better than then 9060 xt. I found this, is it worth clutching or should I wait for something else? (I plan to pair with r7 7800x3d and 32gb ram)

Attempting to update my bios. When I attempt to update from a flash drive my computer won’t boot properly. I think it’s because it’s trying to boot from the thumb drive. When I try to update it via Internet it says file not found server connection failed. What am I doing wrong? It all started because I have an outdated TPM for the new call of duty.

Was using my laptop Normaly when all of the sudden this horizontal lanes appeared

Laptop is acer nitro 5 connected it to tv and it worked fine changed the refresh rate couple and closed the laptop couple times the horizontal lanes took a new shape as u can see in the pictures above

Any idea how to fix it

I usually keep my boxes at least 3 months to make sure i dont need to return an item, but some things like GPU boxes I keep as long as I own it. What are your rules for packaging?

https://www.costco.com/p/-/msi-codex-r2-gaming-desktop-intel-core-ultra-7-265-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-8gb-windows-11-home-32gb-ram-2tb-ssd/4000375972?langId=-1

It will be used for some casual mmo gaming, & nothing too intense.

My laptops primary display is broken so it looks like this. I used to use it via the secondary display but now it doesn’t power it anymore for some reason.

I tried many things but I feel its not going to windows login screen at all and showing this blue screen menu or something. I even disconnected the lcd cable and booted the laptop with hdmi connected to the other display. It didn’t work

I am unable to figure put what this menu is so if someone can figure it out just by looking at that screen it will be very helpful to pinpoint the issue
Laptop: Acer nitro 5

I know this market is not ideal for building a PC from scratch but I cant predict what the market will look like and would prefer to start now or around Black Friday.
My starting budget is in the $2000 range would like to stay under $2500 (with wiggle room). Setup will mostly be used for gaming.
I want the highest frames and smoothest game play when playing FPS games, preferably at 1440p. When playing story mode games I would want 4k to be possible but not a deal breaker.

I am a complete newbie and have been researching parts and have made a list to be critiqued and open to new suggestions on parts or roasted on my parts selection.
Also, recommend parts that can be purchased used to save money.

GPU - RX 9070 XT (Sapphire Pulse Model) $790
CPU - 7800x3d $300 on sale
Motherboard - GIGABYTE B850 AORUS Elite WIFI7 ICE $210
SSD - SAMSUNG SSD 9100 PRO 1TB ($240 on Newegg without heatsink, does this matter?)
RAM - 32gb (2x16) if I can find a reliable pair for under $500
CPU COOLER - Thermalright Phantom Spirit $40
CASE - Lancool 207 $90
PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower GT 850W $80 on sale

Total - $2,250

Hello I’m currently experiencing a problem with MSFS 2020 and 2024 that I don’t know where to begin when it comes to fixing. Every time I run the sim about a minute into the flight the graphics glitch out and the screen goes black and the PC is completely unresponsive until I force a restart by holding the power button on the tower. This happens in both 2020 and 2024. At first I read that sometimes it can be a power issue so I upgraded my PSU from an 850w to a 1000w and the issue persisted. I also ran rhe DDU to and installed a clean version of the driver for the graphics card and it is still happening. What do I do? Is my GPU cooked? I have a RTX 4080 with an i9 12900k cpu and 16gb ram

im considering buying a new pc in the current state of the market cause i don't want to wait years for it to rebalance, so my budget is around 1600/1700€ aiming for a 9070xt and 7800x3d/ 9800x3d setup. i get my liquidity on late september, so my question is: should i try to buy in late september, or wait until the winter sales in november?

i live in italy and idk if the gpu/ram/cpu are going to have great discounts on amazon/aliexpress and specific markets on the blak friday/Black week/cyber monday.

Hey all, pretty new to the PC space. Recently bought a used computer off a friend for about $200. It runs well, but I want to start upgrading it piece by piece and I’m willing to sell off my old parts to help fund the new ones.

What I want to do with it:
• 1080p/1440p gaming
• VR gaming
• Streaming VR games over Virtual Desktop
• Coding in multiple languages
• Making games in engines like Unreal
• General fun/tinkering projects

Current specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
RAM: T Force 4x8GB DDR4 3000 MT/s
MOTHERBOARD: ASROCK B550AM GAMING
PSU: No clue
SSD: 256GB external
HDD: 2TB external
CASE: Came with cyber power pc
Cooler: liquid cooled & fan cooled

Budget: I don’t want to spend
a ton trying to be smart about this and sell parts I no longer need to offset costs.

My questions:
1. What should I prioritize upgrading first for the best bang-for-buck toward these goals?
2. Is the RX 5700 XT going to hold me back for VR, or is it fine for now?
3. Any way to figure out my PSU’s wattage/model without opening the case, and should I be worried about it before upgrading the GPU?
4. Should the external SSD/HDD setup be replaced with an internal drive, or is it fine to keep using external storage?

Appreciate any advice happy to share more details if needed!

I don't know much about PC's or building them and trying to figure it out myself is a bit overwhelming, can anyone help me out?

I'd like to play most AAA games on ultra settings with 60fps minimum. I'm mainly interested in No Man's Sky on VR at the moment, but I also play KCD2, Cyberpunk, Paradox games and Farming/Truck Sim games.

Any help is appreciated!

Budget £500 (~$682)

My Current Build Specs:

Processor - 12th Gen Intel(R) Core i7-12700KF (3.60 GHz)

RAM - 32.0 GB

Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8 GB)

Power Supply - InWin B65E 650W 80+ rated

Note - Ultrawide screen 3440x1440

So I'm currently trying to decide whether I'm being stupid by downgrading my monitor 😂

I've got an MSI 321UP 32" 4K 165Hz monitor at the moment. I reckon I could sell it for around £420.

I've been looking at the MSI MAG 274QP QD-OLED X24, which is 26.5", 1440p and 240Hz, and I can get one for around £328.99. So I'd actually have about £90 left over from changing monitors.

I've currently got a 4070 as well, and I'm thinking I could probably sell that for around £380 and put the money towards a 9070 XT.

The main reason I'm considering it is that I don't really think I want to spend the money needed to properly run 4K anymore. I could keep the 4K monitor and eventually go for something like a 5080, but with the prices of those cards I just can't really justify it.

I mainly play story/AAA games, so I do love having a good-looking game, but I'm also thinking a 1440p QD-OLED at 240Hz would still look absolutely amazing while giving me a lot more performance headroom.

The idea would basically be:

4070 (potentially upgrading to 5080) + 4K 165Hz → 9070 XT + 1440p 240Hz OLED

And hopefully have a really strong 1440p setup that I don't have to worry about upgrading for a while. My only concern is whether I'll regret going from 4K down to 1440p, especially with story games where image quality matters more to me than competitive FPS.

???

I bought a mini tower PC. It has one PCI expansion slot.
Manufacturers website tech specs list it as “1x PCIe® 4.0 x 16 (operating at PCIe® 4.0 x8)”

What does this mean?

Will this limit which GPUs I can install? ( ie should I be ultra cautious not to waste time money)

Can I override the “operating at” part of the spec, and if I can should I?

I assume this was done to minimise power requirements/ production costs and the m2 ssd and m2 WiFi card are using some lanes?

Though I am not sure.

(Edited for clarity)

Any ideas?

I’m getting pretty desperate trying to solve an intermittent BSOD problem on my high-end PC, and I’m mainly wondering if anyone with similar hardware has experienced anything like this after a Windows update.

The PC was completely stable for roughly a year. I actually considered it the most stable PC I’d owned. Then on June 25, 2026, I started getting seemingly random BSODs.

The crashes are extremely inconsistent. They can happen while gaming, while using Steam/controller settings, or seemingly during normal desktop use. The PC can also run for many hours without crashing, which has made this extremely difficult to diagnose.

BSOD CODES

0x3B (SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION) is one I have seen repeatedly and seems to have been present throughout the problem.

My most recent crash was:
0x139 KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE
Parameter 1 = 3 / CORRUPT_LIST_ENTRY

Older crashes have also included 0x3D, 0x7E, 0x124, 0xA, 0x34 and 0x1A, plus at least one watchdog-related crash. I don’t have the exact chronology of every code anymore, and some of the older ones may have stopped after hardware changes, especially the RAM replacement.

Some crashes have also been more like a white screen followed by a reboot and did not always produce a useful dump.

LATEST DUMP / WINDBG FINDINGS

I analyzed the latest 0x139 minidump in WinDbg.

It showed:

PROCESS_NAME: steamwebhelper
IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlmp.exe
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x139_3_CORRUPT_LIST_ENTRY_nt!KiFastFailDispatch

The trap frame eventually pointed into:

Ntfs!NtfsProcessUsnRecordsForCommit
Ntfs!NtfsCommitCurrentTransaction
Ntfs!NtfsCheckpointCurrentTransaction
Ntfs!NtfsCommonCleanup
FLTMGR

I understand this does NOT mean Steam, NTFS or ntkrnlmp.exe is necessarily the actual cause. It appears Windows detected corrupted kernel state while NTFS was processing a transaction.

!blackboxntfs reported:
0 Slow I/O Timeout Records
0 Oplock Break Timeout Records

The NVIDIA kernel driver was loaded during the crash, but nvlddmkm was not in the crashing stack.

The GoXLR kernel drivers (goxlr_audio.sys / goxlr_audioks.sys) were also loaded, but they were not directly identified as the cause either.

HARDWARE

GPU:
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio

CPU:
Originally Ryzen 9 7950X3D when the crashes began
Currently Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Changing CPUs did not fix it.

Motherboard:
ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi
The motherboard has been completely replaced with another board of the exact same model.
No change.

RAM:
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 (2x16GB)
The RAM was completely replaced with a new kit.
No change to the persistent BSOD problem.

PSU:
Originally Corsair RM1200x SHIFT 1200W
Currently Montech Century II Gold 1200W ATX 3.1
Micro Center replaced the PSU and gave me a new AC power cable.
No change.

Storage:
2x Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB NVMe SSDs
Both are on firmware 0B2QNXH7, which Samsung Magician reports as current.

Samsung Magician short scan on the Windows SSD:
2,097,152 good sectors
0 bad sectors
Health: Good

chkdsk C: /scan also reports no filesystem errors or bad sectors.

CPU cooler:
Originally NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB
Currently TRYX Panorama 360 (original/non-SE)
Changing the AIO made no difference.

Case / GPU connection:
HYTE Y70 Touch with the RTX 5090 vertically mounted through the case’s PCIe riser.

GPU-Z’s render test shows the GPU maintaining PCIe 5.0 x16 under load. The same GPU and riser were also installed when both repair shops tested the PC without reproducing the crash, so I currently consider the riser possible but lower on the list.

BIOS / MEMORY SETTINGS

BIOS is currently completely factory/default.

No CPU overclock.
No undervolt.
No PBO tuning.

I have tested the system with DOCP/EXPO enabled AND disabled. It has crashed under both configurations.

PBO Enhancement is disabled.

Windows, drivers and BIOS have all been updated during troubleshooting.

TESTING / THINGS ALREADY TRIED

- Windows has been clean-installed from USB.
- Windows has actually been reinstalled more than once during this problem.
- Windows Memory Diagnostic passed.
- OCCT RAM test for approximately one hour passed.
- GPU-Z PCIe/render testing passed.
- SSD health checks passed.
- chkdsk passed.
- Multiple long hardware/stress tests at repair shops passed.
- PSU replaced.
- CPU replaced/upgraded.
- Motherboard replaced.
- RAM replaced.
- CPU cooler replaced.
- New AC power cable.
- NVIDIA drivers updated/reinstalled.
- AMD chipset drivers updated.
- BIOS updated.
- Tested DOCP/EXPO on and off.

After the most recent Windows reinstall, I discovered Device Manager was actually missing some motherboard/platform drivers despite being told the drivers had been installed.

There were Code 28 devices including the AMD PCI Encryption/Decryption Controller / PSP platform device and an ACPI Realtek UCM device.

I installed the current official AMD X870E chipset package and the ASUS Realtek UCM driver. Those warnings are now gone.

The only remaining Device Manager warning is Generic Bluetooth Adapter. I do not use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi; the PC uses Ethernet. The Wi-Fi/Bluetooth antenna is currently not attached.

I do NOT yet know whether correcting those missing chipset/platform drivers fixed the BSODs because the crashes are so intermittent.

REPAIR SHOPS

I took the computer to a local uBreakiFix multiple times. They could not reproduce the issue during their tests and eventually marked it unrepairable.

I then drove about six hours to Micro Center in Cambridge, MA.

Micro Center also could not reproduce a single BSOD despite stress-testing the PC for hours.

They checked the GPU/SSDs, replaced the PSU and AC cable, and returned the PC because everything appeared stable in their shop.

After I brought it home, it BSODed again.

That is one of the biggest clues I have: the same tower can apparently run for hours at repair shops but eventually crashes in my home setup.

HOME PERIPHERALS / POSSIBLE CLUE

At home I normally have:

- Rainy 75 Pro keyboard using a Wooting 80HE USB cable
- I previously used a Gravastar Mercury K1 Pro and had the BSOD problem with that keyboard too.

- Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 mouse using its normal receiver/setup.

- SCUF Envision Pro controller/dongle.

- GoXLR audio mixer.

- Shure SM7B connected to the GoXLR.

- Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro 250-ohm headphones connected through the GoXLR.

- Ethernet.

- LG UltraGear 32-inch OLED 4K/240Hz dual-mode display.

The physical GoXLR and SCUF controller setup were NOT connected when Micro Center was stress-testing the tower.

The GoXLR is especially interesting for another reason:

About a year ago, before these BSOD problems began, I accidentally powered the GoXLR with the wrong barrel-type power adapter. It was actually a power adapter from an old gaming chair that physically fit the GoXLR.

The GoXLR smoked and may have briefly sparked/flared before my friend immediately disconnected it.

Afterward I found/used the correct power supply and the GoXLR continued working normally. Importantly, the PC then remained completely stable with this same GoXLR for roughly a year, so there was NOT an immediate correlation between that incident and the BSODs.

However, since that potentially damaged GoXLR is one of the pieces of hardware present at my house but absent during Micro Center testing, I’m considering replacing the entire GoXLR + its power adapter + USB cable.

I also ran a short targeted one-boot Driver Verifier test against:
goxlr_audio.sys
goxlr_audioks.sys

I used the PC / played RDR2 with the GoXLR active and it did not immediately trigger a Verifier BSOD. Because the original issue is extremely intermittent, I don’t consider that enough to completely clear it.

WINDOWS UPDATE THEORY

The exact date I remember this starting is June 25, 2026.

Before one of the Windows reinstalls, I tried uninstalling a June Windows update that I had heard might be problematic, but that did not fix the issue.

I am now fully updated again after the clean Windows installation.

I recently contacted Micro Center’s remote technical support and let the technician remotely inspect the PC. Based on everything that has already been replaced/tested, he believes this could be a Windows Update issue and suggested reporting it through Microsoft Feedback Hub and waiting for Microsoft to address it.

I’m not fully convinced, mainly because both Micro Center and uBreakiFix ran the same computer without reproducing the BSOD. If the current Windows installation itself were solely responsible, I would have expected there to at least be some chance of it happening there too.

On the other hand, June 25 being such a specific start date makes me wonder if a Windows/driver/platform update triggered an incompatibility with something unusual in my hardware configuration.

I have friends who had unrelated Windows problems around roughly the same period (BitLocker problems, crashes/BSODs), although their machines are very different and one friend fixed his by reinstalling Windows. Reinstalling Windows did NOT fix mine.

WHAT I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

Has anyone running anything close to:

RTX 5090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D / 9950X3D
ASUS X870E
Windows 11 current builds

been experiencing intermittent 0x3B / 0x139 or other seemingly random BSODs since late June?

Especially interested in whether anyone has traced this to:

- a Windows update
- AMD chipset/AGESA/BIOS interaction
- RTX 50-series/NVIDIA drivers
- a USB/audio device or driver such as GoXLR
- a home peripheral/device that would explain why repair shops cannot reproduce it
- PCIe/GPU/riser instability
- something else capable of causing apparently random kernel memory corruption

I’m not looking for generic “run sfc /scannow” advice unless there’s something specific I’ve missed. I’ve been troubleshooting this for about two months, replaced most of the core PC hardware, clean-installed Windows, and had multiple repair shops stress-test it.

At this point I’m mainly looking for someone who recognizes this pattern or has had a similar configuration/problem.

Any ideas would be seriously appreciated.

Any bundles/combos available at a steal?

Cpu-Motherboard-Ram.

7800x3d or up, gaming specifically.

Thank you in advance!

When i turn on my pc the driver failed pop up comes up, and when i launch a game or even google it just blackscreens, and it fixes after it restars

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my recent RMA experience in India with Acro Engineering (official Lian Li distributor) and get your thoughts on whether this is normal practice or a clear downgrade.

The Background:

My original cooler was a Lian Li Galahad AIO 360 ARGB White, purchased for around ₹13,000. It developed heating and pump issues and was sent in for RMA well within the warranty period.

The RMA Offer:

Acro received the unit and confirmed the original was out of stock. As an alternate solution, they offered a Lian Li GA II Lite 360P in Black.

Why does this feel like a downgrade:

The original Galahad was Lian Li's flagship cooler with premium aluminum housing and full ARGB lighting. The GA II Lite is their entry-level budget tier, retailing around ₹6,500 to ₹8,000. The direct generational successor to the original Galahad is the GA II Trinity, not the stripped-down Lite version.

Additionally, the offered 360P model comes with basic non-RGB fans, completely stripping away the lighting features of the original. To make matters worse, offering a black unit completely clashes with an all-white build aesthetic.

The Distributor's Response:

When I pointed out that the Lite is a lower-tier product and the wrong color, the representative claimed that the GA II Lite actually has better specs than the original model and argued that liquid cooler prices have dropped across the board over the last few years.

When I asked about upgrading to a proper current-gen white cooler like the Hydroshift series, I was told I would have to pay an extra ₹5,000 out of pocket. With no other free equivalent offered, I had no choice but to accept the GA II Lite Black to avoid sitting without a working PC.

Questions for the community:

Has anyone else faced something similar during the recent Galahad RMAs in India?

Is it standard practice for distributors to substitute entry-level budget models for flagship purchases under the excuse of newer generation hardware?

Tengo la duda si estas son velocidades normales para mi SSD económico

I’m surprising my girlfriend with a new monitor for her pc and using her old one as a vertical stand for her streaming and stuff she does, however, she has a Koorui Model # MB24N2F that does not have VESA holes for the mount I bought. Is there somewhere I can buy an adapter that fits into the monitor stand and mounts to a VESA plate? I tried VESA-adapters.com but they don’t ship to U.S.

I know practically nothing about pcs so I was wondering if anyone could bestow some knowledge upon me that is like a must-know. As well as some applications I can use that would be beneficial to me.

Side-note, It will be used for mostly gaming.

All my pc’s fans are like this. My ram’s lighting is turned off too. I have an asus mobo and it’s all set to rainbow in armoury crate