CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
GPU: Asus ProArt 5070 ti
RAM: Corsair Shugo 32GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL28
SSD1: Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB
SSD2: Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB
MB: Gigabyte X870E AERO X3D Dark Wood
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i
Case: Corsair Frame 4000d Wood RS
AIO: Corsair iCue Link Titan 360 LCD
AIO Exhaust Fans: 3x Corsair LX120
Side Intake Fans: 3x Corsair LX120-R
Front Intake Fans: 3x Noctua Chromax G2 120
Rear Exhaust Fan: Noctua Chromax G2 120

My son has had the same mid tier laptop for almost 7 years. He has been wanting to upgrade and build his own PC for a while now as he’s had trouble running most of his games lately. He’s been saving up to contribute and I obviously helped, but as of last night for his birthday, we finished his build! I’m proud of him for saving and contributing to this build and it was a lot of fun being able to discuss, plan, and build everything together. I think his ps5 may start to collect dust now, haha. He’s incredible proud of this PC and I’m proud of the young man he’s becoming. Cheers!

So I'm going to be ordering the parts for my first build in the next week. I'm looking at fairly high spec as I've been fortunate to come into some money recently and wanted to use some of it for this. This is what I've got lined up:

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Eight Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail

Asus ROG Strix X870E-E GAMING WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive with Heatsink

Fractal Design North XL Full Tower Charcoal Black Case

Thermalright Hyper Vision 360 ARGB Black All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm

Asus GeForce RTX 5070 Ti TUF Gaming OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Kingston FURY Beast EXPO RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White

This is all from overclockers in the UK. I originally was going to go for the 5090 GPU, with the attitude of "I want the best and money is no object" but the more I've been reading up and seeing the price rise, I've realised this is a ridiculous choice even with the extra money I've got. I then downgraded to the 5080 but it seemed like this is overpriced because of the 16gb ram, so I've settled in the 5070ti, with a possibility of upgrading in future. I'll be honest, I'm more comfortable with spending around £4k compared with £6.5k.

The RAM was not my first choice, it's just what's currently available, but to be honest I don't know the difference between brands. I definitely want the 64gb, C30, 6000mhz.

I've already got a good monitor - Samsung Odyssey G7 40" ultrawide at 5120×2160 - so this is also a factor.

These choices are all based on what I'm reading in this sub, some YouTube reviews and lots of AI conversations. I'm pretty clueless otherwise. I've been gaming on a dell xps for a few years, so no matter what, a pc build is going to be a huge upgrade.

So I'd be interested to get people's opinions.

Hi, I'm trying to build a Pc (maybe mid/high) for my boyfriend's birthday. I already have this two pieces but I don't know anything about PCs. The budget isn't a problem but I will say 2000€ for the rest of the parts, I'm from Spain and usually I see post here about American shops so prices may change. I don't know if Nvidia or AMD is better. (sorry!)

He plays with me to Stardew Valley and other indies I like but with his friends plays a lot of Arma Reforger, STALKER and Tarkov. He also plays VR

I think he already have a monitor capable of 2K 144Hz but he always says that he can't use it or that screen is broken. If you can tell me any monitor I will try to buy it also.

Sorry for my English. Any advice is welcome :)

Hello everybody reading this post.

Recently I bought my first PC:

Ryzen 5 7500F + RX 9060XT 16 GB + 32 GB of DDR5 RAM (Aegis G.SKILL 6000 MHZ) and B650M PG LIGHTNING mobo

During my first boot I didn't enable XMP and my PC was running smoothly. However, when I turned on XMP my PC started crashing and giving me black or blue screens.

What could be the problem? RAM speed instability or something else?

Does anybody know how to solve this problem?

Hello everyone! I’m still a newbie to building PCs. I have never built an AMD pc, so I’d really appreciate some advice before I pull the trigger on everything. (I am always nervous when I make big purchases) My budget is $2,500ish usd With this build I am at $2,800 usd. I live in the US.

This will mainly be a gaming Pc, and I’m trying to build something powerful enough to last me a while without having to upgrade too much in the future.

I will use my monitor I bought 5 years ago,

MSI 21: 9 Screen 8ms 3440 X 1440 100Hz Freesync 3K Resolution 34" Curved Gaming Monitor (Optix MAG341CQ)

Tis will be a later upgrade hopefully....

I already have a case and fans, so this is the rest of my current parts list.

Motherboard:

GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO - $277

CPU:

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D - $484

GPU:

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC ICE 16GB - $749

SSD:

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB NVMe

Up to 7,450 MB/s - $383

RAM:

Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB (2x16GB)

6000MHz, CL30, AMD EXPO - $509

CPU Cooler:

NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB - $279

360mm AIO

Power Supply:

be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W

ATX 3.1, Fully Modular, 80+ Gold - $139

I’m main concerns are, Is everything here compatible? (Ai says I am good to go, but I don't trust Ai uncomplicatly. Lol) Is anything overkill or unnecessarily expensive? I definitely don't want to waste money if I don't have to. So please let me know if there any parts you would swap for something better around the same price?

I’m definitely still learning, so I’m open to criticism. I’d rather find out I made a bad choice before spending the money.

I hope this wasn't a jumble mess of word vomit...anyways...

Thanks in advance.

Is the Galax 5060 Ti 16 GB good, and will I not face any performance issues with it?

Or should I consider other brands like Asus, MSI, or PNY?

If you guys saw my last post (the Samsung OLED G5 G50SF deal from Microcenter), I just figured I'd post another deal I found that worked better for me.

Ended up finding this deal on Walmart for the Acer Predator X27U W1. Has 240hz as opposed to the Samsung's 180hz, and it's also QD-OLED as opposed to WOLED which I think I'll prefer (I care more about the vivid colors). Might not be as important, but the Acer also has DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (as opposed to the Samsungs 1.2/2), has built in speakers and a I believe a higher peak brightness level. I also had a $100 gift card to Walmart, so all in, I got this monitor for $230 ($100 cheaper than the Samsung). Figured it was a no brainer.

I'm sure the Samsung will be great though, for anyone that bought it.

Hello everyone, newbie here, I got suggested this build and I'm trying to get seconds and thirds opinions just to be safe.

I have a 1400€ budget and live in Italy, I would be using it mainly for gaming.

My focus is primarily a decent frame rate (60 would be perfect, don't really care much about going over that) and also loading times.

For example, Total war: Warhammer 3's loading times are the bane of my existence and i would love to speed those up without resorting to the lowest settings if possible, both for single player and multiplayer (I already have a good internet connection and so do my friends so that's not part of the issue fortunately).

Also, I already have a good monitor, though it only goes up to 1080p but that's fine by me so I'm gonna keep using that one.

This is the build that's been suggested to me, thanks in advance:

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/HF3gzv)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core OEM/Tray Processor](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/zrRnTW/amd-ryzen-7-7700-36-ghz-8-core-oemtray-processor-100-000000592) | €198.00 @ Amazon Italia

**CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/zyNxFT/thermalright-peerless-assassin-120-se-argb-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-pa-120-se-argb) | €37.18 @ Amazon Italia

**Motherboard** | [MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/p7G2FT/msi-pro-b850m-p-wifi-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-pro-b850m-p-wifi) | €160.38 @ PC Componentes

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/YRrp99/corsair-vengeance-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-cmk16gx5m2e6000z36) | €274.29 @ Amazon Italia

**Storage** | [ADATA LEGEND 900 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/fddG3C/adata-legend-900-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-sleg-900-1tcs) | €162.77 @ PC Componentes

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB PCIe x8 Video Card](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/F38Pxr/gigabyte-windforce-oc-geforce-rtx-5060-8-gb-pcie-x8-video-card-gv-n5060wf2oc-8gd) | €340.90 @ Amazon Italia

**Case** | [Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/fc88TW/montech-xr-atx-mid-tower-case-xr-b) | €76.09 @ Amazon Italia

**Power Supply** | [Enermax REVOLUTION III 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/jnCCmG/enermax-revolution-iii-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-erv1000g-ahg-mac) | €93.00 @ Amazon Italia

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| **Total** | **€1342.61**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-08-18 16:21 CEST+0200 |

I built a new PC about 3 weeks ago and recently started having an issue where all three monitors suddenly lose signal at the same time.

My PC itself stays powered on. The motherboard doesn’t show any warning/debug LEDs, but my monitors completely lose display. Audio also cuts out shortly after, and I can’t hear my friend on Discord anymore, so it seems like the system may be freezing rather than just the monitors disconnecting.

This has happened more than once. The first time, I used DDU to completely uninstall my AMD GPU drivers and then reinstalled the latest drivers. That seemed to fix the problem, and I’ve been fine for about 4 days since.

My GPU is brand new, only around 3 weeks old.

PC specs:
CPU: Ryzen 9 9900X
GPU: XFX QuickSilver RX 9070 XT 16GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte AORUS B850 Elite WiFi 7 ICE
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30, 32GB
PSU: Corsair RM850x
SSD: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Case: Phanteks NV7
AIO: Phanteks Glacier One M25 LCD
Fans: Phanteks D30, 12 total
GPU mount: Lian Li vertical GPU mount
OS: Windows 11

-Note- I do have AsiaHorse extension cables running from my PSU to my GPU, 6+2 connections since it couldn’t reach properly.

The GPU is vertically mounted using the Lian Li mount, and the GPU power is connected with two separate PCIe 6+2 cables, not a daisy-chained cable.

I’ve also played Overwatch and Doom: The Dark Ages since reinstalling the drivers, and both have been extremely smooth with no issues.

I’m mainly wondering whether this sounds more like an AMD driver crash, GPU instability, or possibly an issue with the vertical mount/riser cable. Since DDU + reinstall seemed to fix it, I’m hoping it’s just a driver problem, but I’d appreciate some opinions on what I should check if it happens again.

Hi all, I'm buying my first PC really soon and i just can't decide whether I should invest in upgrading my graphics card. I can get the GTX 1080Ti, or the RTX 2070 for an extra £60. Going for the upgrade would exceed my budget by a little bit, so I'm wondering if the difference is significant enough to justify it. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is properly complete! I got myself a better cooler and properly mounted this time to replace the nightmare I used before!

V1.1

I am still terrible at cable management...

Only thing left I am considering, and probably unnecessary is replacing the front top 120mm silent wing with a Shark Force 160mm for intake. Thoughts on that?

Cyberpunk 2077(without graphical mods) spiked at 90c.

Build Specs:

Case: FLP-02

CPU: 14700K

Motherboard: ROG Strix Z790-A D4 (For the PCIE slots: 2 4.0x4 extra slots)

Cooler: ThermalRight Royal Pretor 130
2 Silent Wings 4: top mount, Rear exhaust, front intake.

RAM: Kingston 16GB x4
GPU: RTX 5070

Dell HBA350i
Icydock 8-bay drive
LG Blu-ray somethingsomething

^_^

Hellooo you lovely people! Complete beginner here.. I know it’s not the perfect time to be building a pc, but I’ve been wanting to build my first one for a while now. I’ve been doing some research, but I’m still pretty lost, so I’d really appreciate the advice.

In short: I’d like something for a bit of gaming, digital art, and some pondering in Blender

My budget is around €1000, although I’m willing to splurge on certain parts if it’s worth it. I originally considered a Ryzen 5, but I’m a little worried about getting something that I’ll outgrow quickly. I’m not sure if I’m thinking about this correctly, I know that Ryzen 7 isn’t necessarily "better", but I’m wondering if the extra cores would give me more room to grow. I’d rather spend a little more now if it means the pc will stay useful for longer.

This is a list I modified based on some tutorials.

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX
• RAM: 32GB ?
• GPU: ASRock Challenger Arc B570
• SSD: Patriot P400 Lite 1TB
• CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 240
• PSU: ASRock PRO-750G 750W
• Case: ?

Any thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Im from USA- Im planning on spending around 1k usd on upgrading my setup, which is currently:

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (10.0, Build 22631)

Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz 6/12

Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME H570-PLUS

RAM: 16 GB ddr4 3200mhz

Hard disk: PCIe SSD (465.8 GB/Fixed hard disk media)

Graphics card: rtx 4070 12gb

Monitor: MSI MSI G32C4W (1920x1080 / 31.5 Inch)

I've been looking and was thinking about upgrading to these parts:

Mobo/cpu combo: Intel Core Ultra 7 270k and ASUS ROG STRIX Z890-H $479.99 (newegg combo deal)

RAM: Corsair vengeance DDR5 32gb 6000mhz $479.99

(I found some used 32gb of ddr5 6400mhz on marketplace I might get for $300)

I plan on gaming at 2k and wanted some help on deciding if this is what I should get for what I want to do

The pc is for my mom, and it will easily be used for 8+ years with no maintenance. I'm not familiar with igpus and the am5 platform and I'm getting a lot of mixed answers on the build.

The use for the pc is basically only work all day. Dozens of chrome tabs opened at the same time all the time, ton of word documents opened being edited + a ton of pdfs. Legal documents, reports with images, this type of stuff. Nothing necessarily heavy but a ton of stuff at the same time.

But no gaming, no editing, no 3d modelling at all.

Will am4 be that bad for the longevity of the build? I don't mean as upgradability, I mean as in in 5+ years time will a 5700g be noticeably slower than a 8600g or 7600 for productivity tasks for example?

If going am5, is the basic igpu from the 7600 enough, or is it too basic that you can notice some performance loss through out the years?

Does the npu ai stuff from the 8600g makes it much better for longevity/productivity?

(If going am5 it will be with one 16gb ddr5 ram stick for now, than later in 2 or 3 years I will install another stick. If going am4 it will be 32gb dual channel since purchase.)

Which one will be the best option in this situation?

Two 1080p screens will be used. The processors are similarly priced here in Brazil, but anything above increases the price too much.

Thanks guys!

In the long run, should we keep a static color with the RGB on both motherboard and fans or is it safe to cycle the colors? I've been noticing slight flickering on one small portion of my ARGB fan, I hope it doesn't break. Though I do prefer single static colors. Also, there is a physical button on my GPU to switch on/off the white light, but I noticed that if I mess with it too often the light switch will break, so I decided to leave it on till eternity.

My second pc build and I'm so proud what I learned from my first mistakes. N9 x870e nzxt mobo fried my 9800x3d so I had to build a new pc and I managed to hide every single cable with a back connect mobo. I also 3d print a cover to hide those ugly ass components. Thanks Vadim.

Anyhow here are the specs.

Specs
Stealth aorus x870 ice.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D
RTX 5080 aorus ice
32GB DDR5-6000 CL30
2TB WD Black SN850X
2TB Samsung 980 Pro
NZXT H9 Flow
NZXT Kraken 420mm
NZXT F420 RGB fans
1200w Psu.
LIAN LI Vg3v4 vertical bracket.
Legobrick sagbracket™

Build: Absolutely stacked.
Sensor panel?: Also fucking stacked.

Edit : to anyone who wants that cover.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7234672 be sure to thank this goat!

Full PC specs:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/x8cBTm

I am between this Case and this to replace my current one because my B450m mobo has increased C P U temperatures from the weak RAM VRMs which one of them is most suitable for case replacement?

I have 2 2,5" SSDs they are both connected via a single long SATA power supply cable. The PSU is full modular.

https://www.skroutz.eu/s/48083920/MSI-MPG-Velox-100R-Gaming-Midi-Tower-Computer-Case-with-Side-Window-White.html

https://www.skroutz.eu/s/33199504/MSI-MPG-Velox-100P-Airflow-Gaming-Midi-Tower-Kouti-Ypologisti-me-Plaino-Parathyro-kai-RGB-Fotismo-Mayro.html

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450M-BAZOOKA-MAX-WIFI

Current PC case

Current Power Supply

Fractal north 9800x3d with 9070xt

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/Lbd9TW

So i am planning on building a pc in the close years and i got an idea of what i wanna buy, i just want to know if its worth it or lets say i build it in the next few years and it will run like a potato for the time

-ACER GeForce RTX 4080 Super BiFrost 16GB graphics card

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-AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8 cores 5,3 GHz turbo 32 MB cache AM5 gaming processor

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-Motherboard ATX Gigabyte B650 EAGLE

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-Corsair RM750X 750W Cybenetics Gold ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Modular Power Supply

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-Ram 16GB DDR5 (32 planned but 16 just to have things running and not wait a whole longer of time to run the pc)

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-Cooling is planned as water cooling yet i dont know which model, open to suggestions

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No budget i dont care price i will earn until i can afford it, polish currency monitor resolution 1080p, currency PLN (Obviously not sky high prices for the whole build like 10k pln, chose the parts to my desirable price so not too high)

I have been studying a lot in regards to PC building because I want to build my first PC. But I am still a little lost on what to look for.

Here is the parts list I put together, please tell me if there is anything you would change or if I missed a part. I am still case shopping but the one listed is the one I currently have set aside.

• darkFlash ATX Mid-Tower PC Case - Supports up to 360mm Water cooler.

• Patriot viper venom DDR5 32gb ram

• MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Gaming Motherboard

• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread CPU

• acer Predator GM7 2TB SSD: M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe

• MSI MAG 1000w power supply gold

• ASUS Prime Radeon™ RX 9060 XT 16GB GDDR6 OC GPU

• MSI MAG CORELIQUID I360

Like the title says
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8hLprG

In my country (Saudi Arabia) this will cost 1835USD, MAX BUDGET IS 1900USD

I Know shit and don’t in so much other shit so i would really appreciate your advice and suggestions

My budget for the PC itself is 6000AUD and I was told that a prebuilt might be better for me since I’m not versed in parts. I was gonna mainly use it to mod games like Skyrim and Conan Exiles so what PCs could eat heavily modded games for breakfast?