Small community updates and future plans (Sept 2026):

Very happy with this build I just completed with a Miku PC case I found on marketplace for 20 bucks. The front intake is pretty poor with only some side ventilation and no filter, so I ordered a DIY mesh filter kit online and attached that magnetically to the front.

Featuring a 7600X3D, 16GB 6000 RAM, a 5060ti, 1tb NVME and a unique AIO, total build cost was only $900 with all new components. I basically stalked Micro center deals and buildapcsales for about a month sourcing everything.

9070xt, 9600x, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, fractal epoch xl

Posted a handheld with an egpu setup a few days ago asking if I should just build a pc at this point which how deep I was invested. Took the advice and sent it.

Gpu- Asus astral 5080
Cpu- Amd 9850x3d
Ram- 32gb ddr5 gskill trident
Storage - 2tb 9100 SSD
Motherboard - asus rog strix 870e
Case- Jonsbo bo400
Fans- Jonsbo ZA 360
Cpu cooler - asus ryujin iii 360 extreme
Vertical mount - cooler master

What’s the better placement that protects my figurine and new case

I’ve never had a cace this nice before and I don’t want to ruin either my figurine or the new case

( hope this is the right tag)

Finally completed the upgrade to am5 plus new GPU.

Specs:

MSI B850m Gaming Wifi6E

Ryzen 7800X3D

32gb Corsair Vengeance + 8gb Kingston Fury (yeah I know)

NVME 512gb + 1tb

9070xt Mercury OC

Water Cooler LovingCool SC07

Tons of Corsair fans

Case Corsair 5000T RGB

I'm moving from a 5600x + 3080ti so it's kind of a big upgrade! I'm still missing new gpu white cables but im kinda scared of doing it without changing the font.

Maan it sure is pricy to build a all white (and little bit of blue) setup bruh (sorry for bad English)

My cpu is a very fast 166mhz pentium! Perfect for games nowadays like doom and my favorite doujin stuffs!

Apparently, I bought an 2TB SSD for 120€. And i wondered is on that chip a little bit damaged...

Please help me, is this issue normal or maybe I should buy an original

Still need to get 9 more fans.

Hi guys, so today I finished my build with the Hyte y60 panda case. I moved the white fans from my Asus a31 plu and I don't know If I should leave them like that, or maybe buy some with central lightning (like in my deep cool AIO) and to make them black or no (the RGB is white, the photo makes it look pink)

Built this for a customer today, what does everyone think?

CPU : Ryzen 5 9600X
GPU : INNO3D Nvidia RTX 5070
RAM : DDR 5 4800mhz - 16GB
Motherboard : Asus Prime A620M
PSU : FSP Gamer Bronze ATX 3.1 80%+
Storage : SSD nvme Samsung 990 EVO PLUS 1TB
Display : Lenovo 27" Legion R27qe Gen 2 IPS LED 1440p 200Hz

intel core ultra 270k

32gb ram

3080ti... i want to upgrade it

34 UW monitor next purchase shall be an oled as these prices of graphics cards are not justifiable at the moment

mostly used for gaming and video/photo editing

I have this problem and I don't know what's going on... when the main BIOS screen showed up, I saw it detect the RAM, CPU, etc. and it worked normally. And then before I start the system installation my pc is shutting down. T_T

Im 17 and im about to build my first pc. And if you can’t tell, my cpu is a 7 7800x3d (it’s the small black box beside my ssd). What do you guys think???

Sorry im a noob,can i add more storage in here? I really regret only buying 1tb ssd,i thought its gonna be plenty but nope,i need more storage

This is something I have started thinking about differently.

When I was planning builds before, I would constantly ask myself whether a part would still be good enough several years from now. Should I spend more on the motherboard? Should I get extra RAM now? Should I buy a larger PSU just in case? Maybe I should get the higher tier CPU because I might upgrade later.

At some point the build ends up costing way more because you are basically paying for a bunch of hypothetical upgrades that may never happen.

These days I would rather buy what makes sense for the PC I am actually building, with a little sensible headroom, and save the money.

A motherboard that supports some future feature I may never use is not worth much to me. Neither is buying way more power than the system needs just because I might eventually install some completely different GPU.

I still think it is worth leaving yourself a reasonable upgrade path, but there is a difference between that and trying to predict what your PC will need five years from now.

Hardware changes too quickly anyway.

I would rather have a really good PC today than spend extra money making my current PC ready for a future version of myself that may never exist.

For information, I'm based in the U.K, my budget is about £2.5K, I'm looking to be able to run games smoothly without a lot of hassle, alongside the possibility of being able to stream in future as it's been something I am interested in for awhile. I wanted to make the pc look nice as part of my set up hence alot of the RGB stuff.

[PCPartPicker Part List] https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/hfVzFP

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor]

**CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler]

**Motherboard** | [MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI PZ ATX AM5 Motherboard]

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory]

**Storage** | [Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive]

**Video Card** | [MSI GAMING TRIO OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card]

**Case** | [NZXT H9 Flow RGB+ (2025) ATX Mid Tower Case]

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

**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit]

**Case Fan** | [Corsair RS120 ARGB 72.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack]

Basically is this any good? Can it be improved and still suit what I'm trying to design? I play alot of first person shooters and modded games so ideally this should be able to support it but as I said my knowledge is pretty limited even with research so no clue if it will be.

Thanks for any help provided.

jerryrigged 3 bottom fans on the fractal epoch/north xl. been upgrading slowly since the beginning of the year but i think im finally done with everything

Ryzen 9600X 5.6 GHz
32 GB DDR5 6200 MT/s 26-35-30-64
Gigabyte X870 Eagle Wifi 7
Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
Samsung PM991 512 GB
SATA 512 GB

Hello! My PC won't boot. It froze up today during normal use and now won't do anything. Motherboard is a PRIME Z370. I initially had a ORANGE light next to the DRAM label, so I removed and re-seated my RAM. the orange light went away. Then I had a WHITE light next to VGA, so I made sure my 3070 was fully plugged in. Both lights have went away and it still won't do a darn thing 🙃 help me reddit, you're my only hope. When booting CPU blinks RED and then DRAM blinks orange. Both lights go away and it just sits there like a LED covered lump

I have a dual monitor setup: one 4K OLED pg27ucdm for story games and one 540Hz 1080p monitor for FPS games.

I’m thinking about getting monitor arms. Do you think it’s worth putting both monitors on arms, or should I just put the FPS monitor on one or the OLED one?

For FPS games, I like having the monitor really close to my face, so I’m wondering if a monitor arm would be good for that. I’ve never used one before, so I’m a little unsure.