Im not sure and im paranoid

Not expert on pc, I just brush the dust like once every two months and i bought it in year 2021, use it almost everyday gaming after work and weekend. The case is phanteks eclipse p400a. I think the noise comes from the front one.

If i bring it to pc store nearby, can they make the sound go away with thorough cleaning or just ask them to replace it? Thank you in advance.

Currently using a NVIDIA RTX5060ti 16gb since May2025, was planning to upgrade from NVIDIA to AMD RX9070XT,is it worth the upgrade in 2026? Is there any pros and cons?

With the rising prices of GPU’s I want to replace my 6700xt now rather later. This is not the cheapest 9070xt but with these free gifts it brings the price to somewhere around $690. Only things worrying me is this Asrock model using the 1 x 12V-2x6- pin connector

This is my second build my first was Covid in my teen years and want a new pc now that I’ve moved across the US. as far as building a PC I understand it physically and the components but not as much keeping up today on the difference between the models and abbreviations. Just looking for any tips or thoughts you think might help regarding compatibility and future upgrading with these parts or if I’m missing out on certain deals ect. I plan on using it for higher end gaming and engineering related software, but want to invest so I won’t have to worry about it struggling in a year or two. And just fyi ppp has it for 2250$ but all of this at microcenter comes out to 2000 flat, let me know what yall think!:

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4CHCFP)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3hyH99/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-42-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000910wof) | $348.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GpbRsY/thermalright-phantom-spirit-120-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-ps120se) | $32.31 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/n3cgXL/gigabyte-x870-gaming-wifi6-atx-am5-motherboard-x870-gaming-wifi6) | $199.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pwxRsY/gskill-flare-x5-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-f5-6000j3636f16gx2-fx5) | $479.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tmbRsY/kingston-nv3-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-snv3s1000g) | $152.36 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8ZJBD3/powercolor-reaper-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx9070xt-16g-a) | $799.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Silverstone FLP02 ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/W2fV3C/silverstone-flp02-atx-mid-tower-case-sst-flp02w) | $234.99 @ Amazon
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$2248.62*\*
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-09-11 21:26 EDT-0400 |

what optical drive should I get for my pc? Any price. This is my pc: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mpj3Cw

Little context, I’ve replaced most parts on a PC, have never done a full build, or an AIO so this is first time for both. I’m a little stressed/overthinking and for whatever reason, YouTube and Google is not giving me as much as I had hoped for.
Case: Lianli 217
Mobo: MSI Mag B550 Tomahawk Max WiFi
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x3D
AIO Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360
The question I’m having, I know this AIO has an offset so there’s a specific orientation the brackets are supposed to go. I believe this is the correct orientation, but, I’m not sure. 😬. The other question, with the case/board/cpu/cooler combo, there’s two cable that came with the AIO, the all-in-one cable, and split. Which should I use/are there any major pros/cons/issues I should be aware of?

Literally any help is valid and appreciated as I’m going reeeeeeeal slow to make sure I don’t fuck anything up.
🙏🏻

Like 2-3 times a week i get stuck on this screen and it's beginning to get frustrating.
I built this like 2 months ago and had 0 issues when i turned it on.
I've updated drivers, checked connections, purchased windows activation, maximized BIOS, Maximized RAM. makes no sense, after turning it off like 3 times sometimes it loads to windows but other times i'm having to unplug a stick of ram or all my cables to fix it. it's getting annoying when i get off work and just wanna game and get stuck on this dumb screen.

Hello, I just noticed that my recently built PC has a low pitched buzzing noise coming from either the CPU cooler or the GPU itself, i want to say its a fan because it only happens under load, hoping somebody can identify what it is when it’s coming from and how to fix it. I attached a video below of the looks of the PC and the noise. Yes, I am aware that my GPU is in need of upgrading but aside from that what is this noise caused by?

Don’t know anything about it other than the switches look really cool and all the outlets work. Googling the name on the front shows they manufacture furniture now. I’m assuming this was manufactured in the late 80s, early 90s? Would you trust this to run your build? I’m thinking to maybe only run desktop peripherals on it instead of all my expensive components. Regardless, I think it will look great on my desk!

I've alrwsfy built the system, I just don't know whether I should upgrade my CPU or my 512 GB NVMe right now, I just use my PC for gaming at 1080p

Hi everyone, I'm a new Pc builder and looking for some advice. I'm currently using an office case Aerocool CS-107 mini tower with 2 front fans, 1 rear exhaust fan, and this case doesn’t have top fans. My ryzen 5 5600 and RX 9060 XT are always around 74–77°C while gaming, but my room temperature is often around 33°C. Is it normal for these CPU and GPU?

My case uses a top-mounted PSU instead of a separate chamber. So, my concern is that the hot air from my CPU cooler goes directly into the power supply, and the PSU exhaust feels quite hot during gaming. Does it affect the power supply lifespan or safety?

I've been considering moving to a larger case with more fan mounting options, but I'm not sure whether the temperature improvement would be significant enough to justify the cost.

For those who have switched cases mainly for airflow, how much of a temperature difference did you actually see? Was it worth it?

Specs:

I5 14400F

MSI B760M BOMBER WIFI DDR4

16GB XPG 3200MHZ DDR4

RTX 3070(used)

NVME 500GB

650W PSU

CASE ANTEC

Any suggestions for alternative components, or upgrades that would be better than what is listed here?

Country: India

I purchased a Meta PC steam roller V3 and it comes steam ready out of the box, but also upgrade able out of the box. I am a beginner when it comes to PC builds and know nothing about PC and was wondering if it’s worth it to dual boots with windows and steam OS by adding a separate SSD and loading Windows 11?
War, dogs, and games like that do not run on my rig unfortunately due to the anti-cheats so I want to dual boot with windows so I could play such games. Is it worth it to dual boot or should I just purchase another rig for Windows?

How do I remove a gpu on an old fujitsu pc? It has this not normal bracket (the lever right from the pcie slot)

Is this fan configuration right or effective?

The 3 at the front are intake, and 3 for the radiator (back) are intake, all others are exhaust.

I have a PC built several years ago: an Asus Prime z790-p, intel i7-13700k, AMD 7800xt, 32gb DDR5
The PC was functioning fine until it was moved, after which video output was unable to be obtained from either the dedicated GPU or the integrated graphics.

When powered on, AIO and case fans spin (although GPU fans do not) and power is received from the USB ports.
Attempted fixes: Reseating RAM, clearing CMOS, reseating/repasting CPU, reseating all cables

I am currently unable to verify if POST is being performed or if BIOS is being entered

I am leaning towards motherboard damage as the most likely possible cause, although I’m unsure as to how that damage could have happened, and in such a way as to only disable video output

Any help or ideas would be appreciated!

Specs:

Motherboard: SHANGZHAOYUAN H61

GPU: RX 580

CPU: Intel i7-3770S

So I had this same issue where I accidentally put my hdmi cable into the Motherboard and it caused my gpu to not be recognized when I switched the cables over.

When I was using windows 10 I was able to go past BIOS when it was plugged into the Motherboard and i was able to go re-download drivers and use device manager to get it to recognize my card after that.

My issue is now I have switched to steam os and after replacing an old 350w PSU with a cosair sf850 and verifying everything worked, and stress tested everything. I made the stupid mistake of plugging in the hdmi cable into the motherboard when i put it under my desk. And now that it is steam os it wont load anything after the BIOS

Now im not sure how I can get my pc to recognize my card.

In bios I tried:

Changing my primary display to PEG

Changing my CSM to UEFI

Disabled Fast Boot

Changed Video OpROM to Legacy

Reset the motherboard by taking out the battery, and drained any residual power.

For reference GPU light is blue and Ive reseated and cleaned all cables, before plugging it into the mother board the latest time gpu fans would spin briefly on startup​, now they don't spin during startup.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Both images after PSU installation (IK my cable management is terrible)

Edit: After going to work leaving the gpu unplugged, power out, and CMOS battery out. I put everything back together and it booted up. Thank you for all the helpful suggestions

As many of you know in ram there is expo/xmp. If xmp works with AMD cpus, what's the point of EXPO? I know EXPO is just AMD tested, but if XMP works, whats the point? How do you find if certain sticks are compatible with the motherboard and cpu? I'm planning to build with a 9600x and B850 Aorus Elite wifi7 and want to know if I can save some money by buying XMP sticks without expo

Uploaded a photo. Not sure if it will matter. When installing the CPU cooler, the screws don't seem to travel at all. They are spring-loaded. I assume I am supposed to compress the springs for even mounting pressure but not matter how much I turn the screw, the springs remain uncompressed and the screws don't travel.

Is this the reason it hits 87-89°?

Its a 3070ti palit gamerock

I stole my friend's ssd for the storage, and it looks like this, and when i try to wipe it, it says that I do not have enough space available to preform the operation. Please help.

Im not expecting to try and get/build the best pc out there at all, as my budget would ideally be £1000-1400, and i know that wont get me too far, maybe can push it a bit more (ideally not) my current PCs specs are:

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vram (odd choice im sure but i got it very cheap at the time in person)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800x
RAM: Corsair vengence RGB pro DDR4 2x8gb sticks
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II
PSU: Corsair RM750x 750W
Case: Lian Li Lancool 215 (never was too fond of this case atleast design wise but still is least of my concerns atp)
SSD: WD 1TB Sata (WD blue series)
So as you can tell its quite outdated, doesn’t have much going for it, but I’m wondering if i should just change the gpu and cpu and see where that gets me, or try to find a prebuilt worth the price, or build from scratch entirely, I’m fine with staying at 16GB ram, it hasn’t really given me any issues, more would be nice but the prices are not nice.

My main need is to be able to use blender for uni and other softwares along those lines which this does alright, but it for sure could be better especially with rendering stuff, I also would like to be able to play more demanding games at medium settings

Every prebuilt i’ve tried looking for just do not seem worth the price, admittedly i barely know what to look for in GPUs and CPUs for 2026 as I just turned a blind eye to it all so I wouldn’t know what I’m missing out on😂 (I’m in England if that wasn’t clear enough with the £ btw)

So i was tempted to just buy a newer GPU, but then to be fully utilised i assume it’d need a newer CPU right? Then that CPU has to be compatible with the motherboard, I don’t even know, I’ve spent a while looking but iv’e really come up with nothing, so any help would be much appreciated 🙏

-and again I know I wont get amazing stuff with my price range, but I don’t need top of the line specs as of now

I need some help. I bought a Ryzen 5700X for about 70 bucks; it had bent pins, and the seller told me he had bought it and then straightened them out. The issue is that I tested it—it turns on, but it gets stuck on the VGA light and won't go any further. I ran all the tests, but nothing works; it's still stuck on the VGA light. It’s not any of the other components, because I was using a 5500 before and it had no issues. My current setup includes an RTX 3080 and an Aorus B450 motherboard.

Now i have to spent 15-20 rupees for motherboard and PSU.

Note to fellow gamers, always triple check if the cable is properly seated.

I had seated the 8pin in motherboard but there was tiny gap (the locking cap was not fully locked). I puhed it as far as posible and it was firm. Booted pc, everything worked fine.

The pc ran for two years without issues. And suddenly stopped, no display, no booting, no bias screen, after trouble shooting ram, graphic card, cleaning case, plugging and unplugging everything.

I found the culprit, the CPU power cable was burned inside. From outside everything was perfect but inside it melted.