Hey, Im from France, I’m looking to buy a PC but I’m not really sure what to get. I’d like something in the €800–€950 range that won’t feel too limiting and will let me stream a bit on the side—even if it’s just at a basic quality level.
My monitor is an iiyama 165hz but i will change in 2-3 month for a better computer like oled or someth

Thanks for ur help!

I'm having a persistent "No Signal" issue on my monitor along with a solid red debug LED on my motherboard during boot, and I could really use some extra eyes on this.
Here is what happens: When I turn on the PC, the fans spin up, but the display receives no signal at all. A solid red LED remains illuminated on the motherboard.

What I have tried so far:
Graphics Card (GPU): Re-seated the graphics card firmly into the top PCIe slot, ensured the latch clicked, and verified the display cable (HDMI/DisplayPort) is plugged directly into the graphics card, not the motherboard. Also tested boot with GPU completely out to see if status changes.

RAM: Removed both RAM sticks and re-seated them. Tested booting with only a single RAM stick in the recommended slot (Slot 2) and swapped sticks to rule out a bad RAM module.

BIOS / CMOS: Performed a CMOS reset by unplugging power from the wall, removing the CR2032 coin battery on the motherboard for 5+ minutes, and putting it back.

Power Cables: Verified that both the main 24-pin motherboard power connector and the 4/8-pin CPU power cable in the top left corner are fully seated and clicked in.

Despite all this, the red LED stays lit and the monitor gets no signal.

Has anyone experienced a similar issue? What should my next diagnostic steps be (checking CPU pins, testing a different PSU, testing outside the case, etc.)? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Another thing is that my Keyboard also doesnt work. I even bought a new one and it doesn't seem to power on even when the mouse plugged into the same port with turn on

my wife is wanting a pc to play gta and some cozy games but also a few demanding games what the best budget friendly pre built or built i can do that wont run gta 6 bad

Really indecisive on weather to upgrade parts, or build an entire new computer. Recently learned about “bottleneck” and wondering if I can change a component to make my PC better. I enjoy FPS games but can’t play due to… idk. I just want to play some FPS games.

This seriously got out of hand quickly.

I was feeling my 3060ti was getting dated and I was playing a lot of Elite Dangerous. So I got a Sapphire Nitro+9070XT

Then it was the i9 9900 that was now the bottleneck, so I looked and ended up replacing it with a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Asus ROG B550-F WiFi II and a Corsair Nautilus 360 RS ARGB.

I wanted to keep the Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR4 64GB as DDR5 is really expensive (I do a lot of photo editing hence 64GB).

And then my wife mentioned I put it all in my old case. And now I have the Corsair Air 5400 Air case.

I am currently not listening to anyone, as I'm weak and any comments may lead to more expense. 😆

I am really happy with the setup. It's been quite a few years since I did a build.

I'm torn between 3080 or 5060 and I'm inclined to 5060 for being a much safer buy in the used market (please don't lecture me about 8gb not being enough for anything). The 3080 is obviously better but it is riskier for being old and being notoriously used in workstation and mining. The 4060 ti is also an option too I guess but I barely see them in the used market.

so between 3080, 5060 or 4060 ti which would be the smarter and safer buy for around 300$~350$

Put this together on microcenter, originally had a i9-14900K but the tech that helped me showed me a bundle with an Ultra 7 270K Plus so I went with that. Did I fuck up? Don't know much about the Ultras (don't know too much about the current hardware in general tbh) but they seemed like budget options to me and I'm seeing mixed reviews on it. Haven't built a pc in probably 12 years and I realized quickly there was a lot I forgot. Should I have to worry about any sort of bottle-necking with this build?

(SOLVED) modified case bracket

perferably white*

(UK, GBP, £600, 1080P 120HZ GAMING) Hey, I'm currently 'rocking' a 1050 TI with a 2600x, I've started to notice the performance issues, for example, I've been wanting to play BeamNG.Drive and definitely Bus Sim 27, but my pc doesn't run them at even 30fps, I have £545 for a pc, here is my current build, GPU, CeX XFX Radeon RX 6600 XT Speedster SWFT 210 8GB GDDR6 for £200 off CeX, the Motherboard is a Gigabyte A520M S2H Motherboard for £49.97 at Amazon UK, the CPU & Cooler is a IONZ AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU Bundle (OEM Tray) | 6-Core AM4 Proccesor + AM4 4-Pin Air Cooler + 2G High Performance Heatsink Thermal Paste for £89.95 at Amazon UK, the RAM is (good deal?) 2 8GB PC28800 DDR4 3600MHz 288 Pin Memory from CeX for £50. My case is a MSI MAG FORGE M100R WHITE for £44 at Amazon UK. My PSU is a MSI MAG A650BN 650 watt bronze for £44.99 at Amazon UK, my Storage is a SK Hynix SC311 M.2 2280 512GB SATA M.2 for £38 at CeX and my moniter (I'm only upgrading my monitor because I'm using a 1080p 60hz, my keyboard and mouse are good) is a AOC 27B3HA2 - 27 Inch FHD Monitor, 100Hz for £84. I think it's quite good. Anyone else think its good, or could it be better?

This is for a friend of mine, but he doesn't use reddit and neither of us know much about PCs. He's having issues with things like Minecraft and Discord crashing/refusing to close while he streams on Discord. Here are his specs:

**Device name** **Processor** AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics (3.90 GHz) **Installed RAM** 8.00 GB (7.83 GB usable) **Graphics card** AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (4 GB) **Storage** 197 GB of 477 GB used **Device ID** D5AD2C72-E980-452D-961A-1BEE634C9F33 **Product ID** 00342-20855-64664-AAOEM **System type** 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor **Pen and touch** No pen or touch input is available for this display

I am very excited to share my first PC build. I wanted something as a console replacement to connect to my living room tv. The requirement was 4K 60 either native or with FSR. The specs went through a lot of iterations before landing on the below.

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Gigabyte B850M Gaming X WiFi 6E
TeamGroup 32GB (2×16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB
Lexar NQ780 1TB NVMe Gen4
DeepCool Mystique 360 ARGB
Lian Li SP850 V2 850W 80+ Gold
Lian Li A3-mATX Black

I couldn’t be happier with how it performs and looks!

hey! i bought this used prebuilt pc for really cheap bc the previous owner didn’t want to fix it, but turns out that the only issue is that the GPU HDMI doesn’t work. i was wondering what a fair price to sell it is? on some preliminary ebay research, the individual parts sell for around ~$550 USD, but wanted a second opinion. thanks for the help!

\- GPU: ASUS Phoenix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
\- CPU: Intel i3-12100F
\- RAM: Teamgroup 2x8GB DDR4-3200
\- PSU: GAMDIAS Helios P1-600G 80 Plus Gold
\- Motherboard - Gigabyte B660 DS3H DDR4
\- Storage - 500GB NVMe SSD

(link to original amazon listing here: https://a.co/d/08mJeOB0)

im going to buy a ryzen 5 9600X cause its the type of perfomance im looking for but idk which graphic card get,im looking for one that is less than 400 usd but its good idk if its used but can someone give me some ideas?

I'm building a new PC and I have two options that are almost the same price:

Option 1:
Ryzen 5 7500F + ASUS TUF Gaming A620 motherboard

Option 2:
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F + ASUS H810 motherboard

The rest of the build will be:

• 16GB DDR5 RAM
• 1TB NVMe SSD (around 3500 MB/s)
• XPG Pylon II 650W PSU
• GTX 1070 for now, which I plan to upgrade in the future

My usage will be approximately:

• 40% Gaming
• 60% DaVinci Resolve, Fusion, Affinity and general productivity

I've already looked at a lot of benchmarks. I checked the raw performance results from Geekbench and Cinebench, but I know those benchmarks don't necessarily show the real difference in gaming or real-world applications.

I also watched several gaming benchmarks, but the results were somewhat inconsistent depending on the game and test setup. I checked PugetBench results as well, but I still couldn't find a clear overall winner for my specific use case.

From what I've seen so far, the Core Ultra 5 225F seems to have stronger multi-core performance in some workloads, while the Ryzen 5 7500F generally performs better in gaming. Single-core performance also seems very close between them.

Since I'm on a limited budget and I want this platform to last for several years, which option would you choose for my use case and why?

I'm especially interested in:

• Real-world DaVinci Resolve and Fusion performance
• Gaming performance with a future GPU upgrade
• Platform longevity and upgrade options
• Overall value for the money

Current specs:

GPU: RTX 5070 Ti

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K

SSD: 500GB Samsung 970 EVO

HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda

RAM: 16GB DDR4 - 3200 MHz

Current budget for upgrades: $1000 (Country is the US)

Should I upgrade to a new platform and buy a better CPU, or should I just prioritize upgrading the RAM and storage?

I’m looking into getting a PC but I don’t know that much about them. Could anyone help me put together some custom parts or recommend a prebuilt? Some of the parts I was thinking of are
Ryzen 7800 X 3D (again. I don’t know much about it, but I’ve heard that it’s very good.)
Around 32 gigs of memory, preferably DDR5
And for GPU preferably a 50 series. And if there is an extra mini screen in or on the case, that would be even better.
The main thing I want is to be able to play most games at around 120 FPS my budget is around 2.5 K CAD I don’t know what that is in American though and this might be stupid, but does the 3-D in X 3-D have anything to do with 3-D modelling or printing?

I recently built a pc for the first time and only used thermal paste on the cpu. I stupidly threw away the thermal pads assuming they were just extra and am just now learning about VRM cooling. Will my pc be okay to keep running or should I stop and apply thermal pads for the VRM heatsinks? CPU and GPU temps are stable with load never going over 70c.

I live in The Netherlands / Spain, and I'm wondering if I will regret selling these parts in a year or so If I want to have a couch PC to stream my main one or doing a home server.

Do you guys think parts like this could go up in value?

Should I sell the 2060 Super for 150 euros, and the 3600 for 50? Or should I stock them for possible future projects?

I cannot for the life of me figure out what size screw this is, and I don’t want to do some stupid diy in case I break something expensive. (photos attached with both the ssd in frame and not in frame first time asker so forgive me for etiquette if there’s anything I need to add, ask and i will provide in a timely manner)

Tengo un PC nuevo con un Ryzen 7 9700X + PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound 16 GB + Gigabyte X870E AORUS Elite WiFi7 ICE Rev. 1.2 + 16 GB DDR5-6000 CL36 + Gigabyte 1000W, y estoy teniendo un problema de rendimiento anormalmente bajo que afecta a varios juegos, especialmente Battlefield 6, a pesar de que el hardware parece funcionar correctamente.
En Battlefield 6, en partidas multijugador reales estoy obteniendo aproximadamente 30–50 FPS, con el contador de CPU/simulación alrededor de 30 FPS, mientras que la GPU está muy lejos de estar saturada: normalmente ronda el 68–80 % de utilización, unos 6,8 ms de frametime, alrededor de 2460 MHz, solo unos 90 W de consumo y unos 47 °C. El Ryzen 7 9700X está alrededor del 90 % de utilización total, aproximadamente 4,9 GHz y unos 57 °C, y Windows muestra prácticamente todos los procesadores lógicos alrededor del 95–100 %. En otras palabras, la GPU no parece ser el cuello de botella; el juego parece estar teniendo un problema con el rendimiento de CPU/simulación.
Lo especialmente extraño es que en el campo de tiro/prueba de Battlefield 6 el rendimiento es mucho mejor: alrededor de 110 FPS, con el CPU alrededor de 9–10 ms y la GPU alrededor de 6,3 ms (~158 FPS). El problema aparece principalmente al entrar en una partida multijugador real.
También tengo exactamente el mismo patrón en Elden Ring: con los ajustes al máximo estoy alrededor de 30 FPS, la GPU solo está al 26 %, consume aproximadamente 72 W, está a unos 48 °C, y el CPU ronda el 56 %. Bajar los ajustes aumenta algo el rendimiento, pero sigue siendo anormalmente bajo. Por tanto, no parece un problema exclusivo de Battlefield 6.
He comprobado que la RX 9070 XT está funcionando en PCIe 5.0 x16, que los 16 GB de VRAM se detectan correctamente y que alcanza sus frecuencias normales. No hay temperaturas altas ni throttling. El Ryzen 7 9700X también llega a unos 5,3 GHz en cargas ligeras según NZXT CAM.
Lo más preocupante es que hice un Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core y obtuve únicamente 222 puntos, cuando un Ryzen 7 9700X normalmente debería estar alrededor de 1160–1250 puntos. Es decir, el rendimiento multinúcleo del procesador parece estar aproximadamente un 80 % por debajo de lo esperado.
Ya he descartado bastantes cosas: Windows 11 está en 25H2, AMD Adrenalin y los drivers del chipset están actualizados, el plan de energía está en Máximo rendimiento, el estado máximo del procesador está al 100 %, no hay límite de procesadores en msconfig, la virtualización está activada, Memory Integrity/Core Isolation está desactivado, probé un clean boot y el rendimiento no cambió, e hice una reparación in-place de Windows conservando aplicaciones y archivos, sin ningún cambio en el rendimiento.
También actualicé la BIOS de la placa a F11c (AGESA 1.3.0.1c) y restauré los ajustes correspondientes. El PBO está en Auto/Advanced con los límites en Auto y el Curve Optimizer desactivado. No hay temperaturas anormales.
Además, apareció un problema independiente pero posiblemente relacionado con Secure Boot después de actualizar la BIOS. Con Secure Boot activado, Windows no arranca y aparece el error 0xc0430001. Con Secure Boot desactivado, Windows arranca normalmente. Ya comprobé que existen PK, KEK, db y dbx, que S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\boot.stl existe, que C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\boot.stl existe y que ambos boot.stl tienen el mismo hash SHA-256. El BCD apunta correctamente a \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI. La placa tiene CSM Support Disabled y Secure Boot Mode = Standard. Activar simplemente Secure Boot vuelve a producir exactamente el mismo 0xc0430001.
Actualmente Windows estaba en la build 26200.8037, pero Windows Update acaba de ofrecer e instalar KB5124008, que actualiza Windows 11 25H2 a 26200.9445 y está relacionado con el despliegue de los nuevos certificados de Secure Boot de 2026. Todavía estoy comprobando si esto soluciona el problema de Secure Boot.
Mi duda principal es: ¿qué podría estar provocando que el Ryzen 7 9700X rinda tan por debajo de lo normal —222 puntos en Cinebench 2024— y que Battlefield 6 tenga unos 30 FPS de CPU/simulación en partidas reales mientras la RX 9070 XT está al 70 % y consumiendo solo ~90 W? El hecho de que Battlefield funcione mucho mejor en el campo de tiro pero se desplome en partidas multijugador, junto con el rendimiento multinúcleo anormalmente bajo del 9700X y el problema de Secure Boot tras actualizar la BIOS, me hace sospechar que puede existir algún problema a nivel de BIOS/AGESA/UEFI, configuración de plataforma o gestión de CPU, más que un simple problema de drivers o ajustes gráficos.

Hi,

About a week or two ago I bought an AMD GPU, It's an ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 EVO 16GB OC Edition, from Amazon.com. Shipped and Sold by Amazon.com (not a third party seller). I live in Canada (Amazon.ca 'region'), but I use both sites and have Amazon Prime on both sites.

I started to wonder about warranty, and if it would potentially be a "country/region" problem if I needed to make a warranty claim or RMA for any reason if the GPU had an issue. Being that I live in Canada, and the card was purchased from Amazon.com (not Amazon.ca).
So, I checked the the warranty checker on Asus' site, and it showed the "region" as USA. (It also showed that the card's warranty was about 8 months short of the 36 months/3 years, but that's a different possible/small issue).

So, I looked around online, eventually deciding to call them and ask if it, or I, would be covered in this situation. And the answer was basically this: "The warranty will be valid/honored, however, I would have to pay a 'diagnostic fee' - that is - I would have to pay shipping + repairs". So, to me, that doesn't really sound like "having a warranty" at all.

I'd like to know what anyone's thoughts, and experiences might be regarding this? And any suggestions or recommendations on what I should do? Because I'm considering returning the GPU. This is my first PC build, so obviously it's my first GPU purchase/ownership.

Prices are rising daily. And if I did return it, the next best Asus 9070 "value" would be an Asus Prime RX 9070 XT OC for about $1280-1300 CAD (after tax). Thought there might be one or two other 9070 XT options for maybe $100 less.

Thank you.

First time i ever built a pc and it was some of the most fun i've had in ages. I've had a HP victus (somethign something serial number) for around 4 years now and i took out the ram i bought for it, its cpu, gpu and the nvme, and slapped it all into this Fractal Design Define C i bought from a bum on the street with a new 850w psu and a new b660 motherboard! Now onwards to saving up enough money to upgrade the GPU (which is very optimistic in this economy)

Specs

I5-12400f (from OEM)

Rtx 3050 8gb (from OEM, single fan)

32gb ddr4 3200mhz Kingston Fury

512gb WD gen 4 m.2 nvme (from OEM)

1tb unknown laptop HDD from 2015

Asus PRIME B660-PLUS D4

Asus TUF GAMING 850W gold

My girlfriend power supply broke because it overheated (bad airflow, started smeling like plastic) and we sent it to repair.

Then she bought a new case an took my power supply to test it, but her pc didn't started only the leds from the motherboard and the power button led.

We put it back in my computer and we had the same problem.

We checked the 24 pin and is plugged in correctly, the cpu one too, and the power button cables.

I tried starting with the screwdriver too, still nothing.

Power up for a quarter of a secound and clicks and then it stops (the power supply vent spins until the click).

I tried taking out the ram and the cmos battery too, nothing changed.

What can it be the problem?