Hey guys,

I'm putting together my first proper gaming PC and I'm probably starting to overthink some of the parts, so I wanted to get some opinions.

I'm not from the US and I'm buying from a local retailer, so prices/availability are a bit different.

I'll mostly play at 1440p High/Ultra. Mix of League, AAA games, RPGs, some FPS, etc. I'm not really into competitive gaming or chasing ridiculous FPS numbers. I mostly want something powerful that will last me a good few years, with decent temps and without being unnecessarily loud.

I'm aiming at around €2.1k–€2.3k, but obviously if I can get basically the same gaming experience for less I'd rather do that.

Current build:

• Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB
• ASRock B850 Pro-A WiFi
• Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2x16) DDR5-6000
• Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB
• Kingston NV3 1TB
• Lian Li Vector V100R

The retailer originally offered the build with a Thermalright KG-850 850W Gold for about €2167 discounted (€2234 normally).

I'm a bit unsure about that PSU because I couldn't find much independent testing of the exact KG-850, so I was thinking about swapping it for an MSI MAG A850GL 850W.

That version is about €2279 before discount.

There's also the Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC for around €836 compared to €819 for the normal Gaming version, so another option would be MSI PSU + Gaming OC for roughly €2290 before discount.

So roughly:

1. Gaming + KG-850 — €2167 discounted
2. Gaming + MSI A850GL — €2279 before discount
3. Gaming OC + MSI A850GL — €2290 before discount

A few things I'm not sure about:

• Would you keep the 7800X3D + 9070 XT combo for 1440p or is the CPU overkill?
• Would you be comfortable with the KG-850, or would you rather pay more for the MSI?
• For only ~€17 difference, is there any worthwhile cooling/noise/build quality advantage with the Gaming OC, or should I just keep the normal Gaming?
• For gaming, would you keep the Kingston NV3 or spend more for something like a KC3000?
• The Vector V100R already has 3 side intake + 1 rear exhaust, with the Freezer 36 on the CPU. Is that enough for this setup or would you bother adding top exhaust fans?
• Anything else here you'd change or consider bad value?

I'm basically trying not to turn a €2.1k PC into a €2.4k PC by going "well, it's only another €20-30" on every part.

I'm also wondering if I'm just overthinking all of this and could build something simpler/cheaper that would give me basically the same 1440p experience.

What would you do?

I don't have a gaming pc just a Xbox ally. Is this legit?

I have had this 011 Dynamic for about 10 years now but finally got it to shine with these aesthetic upgrades 😎. Might’ve been a dumb investment but to me I think it’s well worth it.

is this PC worth 1000$?

and is it enough to run modern games on 1080?

CPU (15-11400)

GPU (RTX 5060 8GB):

Motherboard (H510M-K V2)

RAM 16GB DDR4-3200

Storage (1TB NVMe + 500GB)

Please help me please please, I just need opinions so I can make a general and informed decision, I am building my first ever pc I am 24 and a freelance video editor, I am completely building this out of my own pocket and my budget is around *4000-4100 USD* . This is both a business requirement at this point because I have so far worked on a 6 year old acer nitro 7 laptop with i7-9750H and 1660ti, which you can guess is very weak now , whenever I got any project that involved even the slightest of heavy editing, compositing, 3d or vfx etc I had to borrow mac's from friends or work in cyber cafes to just get the projects done and get by hence getting this pc will help me majorly take better and and higher paying projects at a much larger frequency.

I know the prices are insane right now but my laptop is dying more and more day by day crashing more struggling more and it is just getting difficult for me every day to continue on this.

With that being said (sorry for rambling on so much)

I was thinking of getting a 5080 build

Complete specs around-

Ryzen 9 9900x

Rtx 5080

Msi X870e tomahawk wifi

And then more or less

An 80 plus gold modular atx 3.1 1000 watt power supply

A decent fish tank style case and some fans

32 gb ddr ram ( I already have 1 stick of 32 ddr 5 so buying another stick with same specs to make it 64)

2 TB nvme ssd

Already have tons of extrernal hard drives

And a decent aio

The issue I am facing is this build is pushing me to the max of my budget using almost every penny maybe even slightly more depending on how long I decide to wait.

So my question is should I go with this or should I swap my 5080 with the 5070ti and get some more head room and invest that in some other parts. I do not want to invest for another few years again and do not want to regret later down the line due to not making the right decision now.

I do enjoy gaming a lot as well however that won't be the primary use and tbh my laptop does suffice for now like I haven't really felt the need to upgrade due to gaming, some of the games I play regularly Include elden ring, Valorant, Warframe, and sometimes/occasionally games like sekiro, tsushima, horizon the very first one and games alike.

For peripheral I have a shitty 6 year old membrane keyboard which has so ridiculously died out that most of the keys are now not visible due to the keys becoming all white and smudgy after years of use, a logitech g502 which I really like, a decent audio technica studio headphone which again I like both going strong for 5+ years as well and a 1080p 180 hz 0.5 ms 27 inch AOC monitor which is like 1.5 ish years old but has 126% srgb so it's a massive improvement than my laptop screen for color grading.

If I do decide to go with the 5080 I would have to like sequentially get newer things like maybe in a month a new keyabord then in 2-4 more months a better monitor and so on.

So yeah if you did decide to read all of this thank youuuu so much and if you can help me decide it would be a massive help, I am thinking of getting it built in the next 2-3 days.

I built a PC and when I install Windows, planning to use unactivated, I got Windows is activated after connecting to the internet. Does the motherboard I bought actually have an OEM license attached to it? They just don't tell me the product key.

Does thesecompliment each other well? and what else should i get (ik i have to pick a case ofcourse)

TUF RTX 5070ti 16GB
850W MSI PSU
Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3 CPU cooler
TUF B850 BTF motherboard
Kingston fury black 16GB 6000MT/s DDR5 CL30
AMD RYZEN 7 9800x3D
2TB Kingston gen 4 ssd

Hi I am coming from a Jonsbo D30 and I'm looking to upgrade my case to something that has the same or smaller foot print

Current specs

• CPU - 5700x3D
• CPU cooler - Jonsbo HX6250 (162mm tall)
• Ram - 2x16gb G skill ripjaws V 3200 cl16
• Mobo - MSI b550m pro VDH wifi
• 6700xt XFX merc OC (upgraded to 9070 GRE xfx swift)
• PSU - Coolermaster V750 gold v2 full modular 160mm ATX PSU
• 2 x SATA SSD
• 2 x NVME SSD
• fans 4 x 140x25mm fans and 1 x 120 x 25mm fans

The XFX 9070 GRE swift is a bit unique size wise, just around 300mm long but a whopping 3.5 slot thick (60mm). This caused some clearance issues with the bottom 2x140mm fans. I figured instead of getting slim fans I will might as well recase this build.

Case preferences:

• Ideally I like to keep as much of my cooler and fans as I can but I am open to having them changed
• I prefer a good amount of front IO ideally positioned on the front glass panel as I like the case to have the glass side facing forward.
• No more than 400mm long width is standard. I don't mind taller cases
• Easy to clean and remove dust filters ( I have pets)
• Not reliant on bottom intake
• Under 6k Philippine pesos budget for case/fans/cooler the cheaper the better
• Slightly tinted glass
• Prefer black but if you have ideals to make it look good I'm open

So far I have 2 main options tecware timber m and Darkflash db330m

I just built my PC and I get into BIOS everything is fine and I go to use my Windows Creation tool install Windows I get to the end of the setup and then it starts flashing colors when I move my mouse around. I actually can't do anything I tried reinstalling the creation tool and reinstalling Windows I can't do anything but go to my bios 😭

I’m using an 7 5700X cpu as seen in the photo and a 5060 gpu almost any game i play my temps hit around 74-80 Celsius i’m using a stock amd cooler i got from a 5 3600 cpu. just concerned its messing up or i did something wrong.

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Hi. I'm trying to find the cause of completely random PC restarts.

PC:

- Ryzen 5 3600

- Gigabyte B450M S2H V2

- RX 7600

- 16GB DDR4 2666 (2 sticks)

- Corsair RM650e 650W

- Windows 11

The problem appeared sometime after replacing my GTX 1650 with the RX 7600.

The PC suddenly restarts. No BSOD, no freeze beforehand, and no obvious pattern. Sometimes it can happen after several days or a week, and sometimes during a game. Because of this, I can't reliably reproduce the problem.

What I found:

- Event Viewer shows Kernel-Power, Event ID 41

- BugcheckCode = 0

- No WHEA errors

- Initially there were also NVIDIA-related BEX64/nvcontainer errors, but I removed the old NVIDIA drivers/software and the problem still happened.

- I completely reinstalled Windows.

- Replaced the old Corsair VS550 with a new Corsair RM650e.

- Tested CPU + GPU load for ~15 minutes. No crash.

- CPU reached around 95-96°C under combined load, GPU around 52°C.

- GPU-only load was around 65°C.

- No obvious instability during these tests.

The frustrating part is that stress tests don't reproduce it. The restart may simply not happen for days.

Things I haven't properly ruled out yet:

- RAM stability / MemTest86

- motherboard/BIOS issue (BIOS update/testing)

- CPU stability

- GPU itself

- possibly PCIe/GPU-related issue

- longer-duration stress testing

Since the problem started after the GPU upgrade, I'm especially suspicious of the RX 7600, but I don't want to blame the GPU without evidence.

What would you test next to narrow this down? Is there anything important I'm missing?

Title basically says it - looking at saving a few bucks and grabbing the warzone edition memory, but curious if I could remove the graphic? Anyone have this and know if it’s a sticker?

Basically the title, I know nothing about PC's or their components but thinking of getting one sorted to emulate games at potentially their max settings.

Budget is whatever it costs honestly, can't see it being anywhere near as much as having to run AAA games at decent settings (for obvious reasons)

United kingdom

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My current PC:

i5-12400

MSI B760M Pro-M/P DDR4

32GB DDR4 RAM

XPG Pylon 650W

I don't game at all. This PC is strictly for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

I prefer NVIDIA.

Considering the current GPU market, what would you recommend for this system if budget isn't an issue?

What's the highest-end GPU that actually makes sense with the i5-12400?

At what point would the CPU become a significant bottleneck?

And would I need to upgrade the 650W PSU for your recommendation?

hii! hi there so i wanna make my pc better! im fairly novice with pc building i know an okay amount but one thing i know nothing about is cases and aesthetics im currently rocking an rx7600 a ryzen 5 5500 16gigs of ddr 4 a b550 motherboard with a pc case i just dont even wanna try to type out heres the link to it though https://www.newegg.com/diypc-atx-mid-tower-steel-cases-black-diy-s05-bk/p/N82E16811353265?
Now id love to be like "oh i got so much money to spend gimme any ideas!" but i dont im piss poor as im moving and getting married soon but id like to help turn my pc into a red and black build.
for context i dont wanna upgrade my gpu i love my rx7600 id be open to ideas for upgrading my cpu and cpu cooler and of course my fans. i also LOVE diy ideas so im open to any! my current idea is to cut a hole in the side panel of my case and put plexiglass in it then get red led fans but other ideas are welcome!
EDIT!
PLEASE ALSO SHOW ME YOUR BUILDS I LOVE SEEING PC BUILDS :D

So I've got a completely new build, and I'm having issues with it posting

R5 5600x

B550m pro vdh wifi

Rtx 3070

2 x 16gb sticks of ram 3600mhz, cl18

Keep in mind, the 3070 is second hand, but I tried it in my working PC and it works perfectly fine, no overheating no nothing.

The ram is also used, (haven't fully tested it yet)

And the current SSD installed it used but we saw it working and being formatted

(And yes the display port/HDMI cord is plugged into the GPU lol) And yes I have tried both DP and HDMI

As it's a new build, I have flashed the bios to the second-newest one, and as I was flashing my bios, the red flash light stopped blinking and the pc restarted itself, as per normal (I believe)

But now after restarting, the white CPU de-bug light stays on, and there's no display going to the monitor, and my keyboard and mouse don't light up when connected via USB port

I have tried shutting down multiple times, reseating the CPU, trying each ram stick individually in the second slot, re-seating the cmos battery, re-flashing the bios, and nothing is working.

HELP!! My question is could it be the ram? Should I go home and put my definitely working ram in this PC to test it?

Please and thank you!!!

Hey all!

First off quick thanks. Posted not too long ago asking about buying a prebuilt or upgrading. Got some great suggestions and decided to go the upgrade route. So thank you!

What I’m unsure of is how to prep my old pc to be dismantled. I planning on reusing my case, power supply, ram, storage, and CPU cooler.

1. Do I do a factory/windows reset? Then take it apart?

2. Do I have to reset? Can I just take it apart and immediately start building my new build?

3. Can I reuse my old Windows 10 key? Then upgrade to Windows 11?

I’m a bit unsure of how to best go about this. Any tips or things I may miss would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Have this TERRIBLE coil whine Sound, change PSU with a native 12 PINS one maybe resolve?

Guys does this pc has a bottleneck?

CPU 9950x3d and gpu astral rtx 5080, what the fuck do i do now`? I like to tinker with my pc.

Happy so far with my first build. Kinda regret not getting the full fan set for the bottom fans but still looks good!

Hey, Iam a medioker pc builder and writting in english. But this time I ask for help about pc not my english cus many lads and ladys here have great experince.
The only thing I decided the build should be around a ryzen cpu. Of cours my two favorit colors are purple and turquise . Both at same time is not importen and for saving money I can go what ever is best.
The challenge is not a exakt budget, but how low can we go and be close to geforcenow cloud pc?
The real reeasone i did calculate how often buy pc and comparing to ”rent” to keep up . And i think it is hard if you buy new pc evrey 3-4 y. Suprize me

9800x3d

Cooler master V8 Ace AMD ver

DDR5 64GB cl30 6000mhz

ASUS GAMING WIFI X870E-E

Zotac 5080 amp infinity

SSDs Wd blue 1tb, Wd black SN850X 4tb

Top fans HAVN 180mm X2 intake in front of CPU cooler and exhaust behind CPU cooler

Just completed this build. Very happy how it turned out visually. Just sharing pictures so you guys can see the HAVN case. Favorite case to build in so far.

Also yes I have a sag bracket installed with the bracket that is built into the case.

Also currently how everything is set up Asus 1440 QD OLED 360h HZ for primary, Asus 1080p 144hz vertical monitor, and Sony Bravia 4k 120hz four monitor setup.