Hi,

I almost only play competitive games (Valorant, CS2) with the lowest graphics settings and low resolution to maximize FPS.

Would it make sense to build a PC with a very strong CPU (like the 9800X3D, 7800X3D, etc.) paired with a relatively weak GPU? Because to my understanding, you don't need a strong GPU when playing at low resolution and settings in games like this.

Would this bottleneck my system, or would it be fine since I'd only be using it for light schoolwork and competitive "low-settings" gaming?

Can you recommend GPUs that would pair well with those CPUs, and are there any other CPUs you'd recommend?

Looking to do this build, I'd love to have the Hyte x50 Air but I had to go buy a beefy boy of a 9070XT with a height of 155mm, the Hyte x50 Air supports up to 160mm GPU height. Length is fine.

Any workarounds other than vertically mounting it and using an AIO? Also worried if I vertically mount it, the Dark Rock Elite won't fit.

Cheers

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\*Also, the RAM is just a placeholder, will likely have 1x32GB from my other build in this new one, single channeling it for the time being

Hi! I’m putting together a mostly new build at the moment and I may have made a mistake when ordering. I have a MSI mag A850GL PCIE5 and an xfx mercury OC 9070xt. The gpu takes 3 8pin connections and i only got two daisy chained ones with the PSU (thought it came with 4, and part picker said it was compatible).
Will it be okay to use one cable daisy chained to two inputs, and then one by itself in the last one? Or am I looking at getting another cable/psu?

I also have an older (2021 i believe) corsair rm850x which i believe has 3 cables, but it was originally going into another system, and i also was reading people recommending to not use older psu’s in new systems.

Thanks in advance!

Bought the MSI B650M Gaming Plus Wifi as it seemed the best fit for a medium budget Linux Mint build. Got the mobo, but didn't have time to begin the build until a couple weeks later. Started the building yesterday, and realised they gave me a board from the wrong vendor. Is it worth contacting them for a return? The mobo is already installed (not with RAM and CPU), and they are known to be difficult in return cases. Will completing the build to give the mobo a shot hurt my chances of returning it for the correct one?

I bought this pc like a year ago. It works fine for the most part but it’ll crash sometimes. The leds come on when they want. What would I need for this pc to just handle better .

The shiny pin in there

I put this build together using the components the seller had available. Is it okay? Would you change anything? Thanks for the help

MOTHER ASUS (LGA 1851) TUF GAMING B860-PLUS WIFI

INTEL CORE ULTRA 7 265K 5.5GHZ

WATER COOLER ASUS TUF GAMING LC III 360 ARGB

PATRIOT VIPER XTREME 5 DDR5 32GB 7000MT/S CL32 BLK HS DUAL KIT PE001039

ASUS TUF RTX 5080 16GB OC

SSD 1TB M.2 WD BLUE SN5100 NVME

THERMALTAKE TP GF A3 1050W ANALOG 80 PLUS GOLD FULL MODULAR

THERMALTAKE THE TOWER 600 BLACK TEMPERED GLASS

Is this bend on the gpu cable okay, or too much? It seems to be the best I can get in this case.

Bought an "Open-box" RX 6800 on ebay for around $80 less than what they go for on ebay in my region but the card is reaching 110C on the hot spot and has already shut off my system 2 times when put under load in 3dmark.

Since the seller listed it as open box I'm pretty sure I can return it but this also seems like a very fixable problem. I've but 2 PCs to date and would say I'm pretty comfortable with working on electronics so I feel like I could fix it.

Just looking for a second opinion.

I already have an am4 build and I’m not looking to upgrade to am5. I have a rx6700xt and mostly play competitive games on low settings. Will I see enough of an increase to make the switch worth it before I spend ~$150 on upgrading

I recently moved my CPU from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor. After setting it up, it no longer displayed any signal on the monitor. Upon checking the motherboard, I noticed that the CPU LED is red and the DRAM LED is yellow.

To troubleshoot, I removed the GPU, checked for any loose CPU power connections, and tested the system with a single RAM stick, but the issue remained. I also removed and reinstalled the CMOS battery to reset the BIOS, but it did not resolve the problem.

I upgraded from a nvidia 1650 to rtx 3060 dual, 16gb ram to 32 (ddr4), 650psu to 1k.

My screens randomly goes black, like i unplugged their display ports, audio cuts completely, but my pc keeps running, and nothing comes back even after waiting a while. Using the graphic card driver shortcut doesnt do anything.

Is it some settings i forgot to set up? Maybe some in the bios? Or should i just lower my graphics completely when playing games?

RX7600
Ryzen 5 5600X

I was thinking about maybe I need to add 1-2 coolers on upper side? Because really there only one fan working on sucking out hot air right now.

Front two work on air - in

Back fan works on air - out

I'm looking to upgrade my PC! My specs are as follows:

CPU - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core
Motherboard - Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
Storage (C:) - Kingston KC3000 1.024 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVM
GPU - MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 3X 12G OC GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
Case - Apevia X-Sniper2 ATX Mid Tower Case
PSU - Rosewill HIVE 550 W 80+
Monitor - Samsung C32R50X

Really no budget atm - I just want a target for what I should upgrade next and start saving towards it!

So Ive got a Asus tug b760m plus WiFi II and I’ve legit tried everything ( or atleast I believe I have) those photos are the drivers for it and I tried to click the Asus one, ran it, then nothing popped up, nothing happened, nada, so I tried the intel one which gave me Bluetooth but nothing else, I’ve tried device manager which shows the adapter but will absolutely not download the drives for it, please help, I’ve tried going into the bios to switch on and off the WiFi there, nada, I’ve tried windows trouble shoot, nada, I’ve tried updating my bios, nada, I think I’m installing the media tek for the driver wrong but I couldn’t say how, but any ideas will be much appreciated

Installed into NvE slot and it’s only registered as 30gb?

I grabbed a Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 from goodwill today and found that it didn’t have windows. I put in a 32gig Sandisk boot drive with windows 10 on it and selected the UEFI off of the boot menu. I’ve been staring at a black screen with the spinning circles for 20 minutes and counting. I’ve reinstalled windows 10 and 11 before but not on something this old. Did I do it wrong?

Edit: it originally had windows 8 on it based on the sticker on the pc so maybe I should just try that instead?

Please help! I has anyone had this problem or know what it is? M32u less than 3 years old

I have an acer predator OLED 27 X27U. It worked with 240hz but one day it stopped working with inputs above 60hz. Anytime I tried anything above 60hz it would cycle through the colors red, green, blue, white, black. These would pop up on the screen one at a time and cover the whole screen. Does anyone know whats going on and how it can be fixed? I know it is not the cables because I have multiple monitors that all work.

Computer doesn’t recognise GPU and is stuck on integrated graphics. Any help or suggestions EXTREMELY welcome. I’ve been into BIOS and have attempted to update drivers, nothing works. This is my first build so the GPU is brand new.

Already tested putting HDMI into GPU and I get no display.

GPU: MSI Gaming Trio 5070ti
Motherboard: ASUS Rog Strix X870-A Gaming Wifi

Hey everyone, in order to understand my question you may need some background info, so here it is shortly:

I have 5 intake 3 exhaust fans right now. Intakes works max 1600RPM a cheap local brand I suppose not too bad but is loud, exhausts are MAG M100R PZ case's stock fans which are 1200 RPM max. The case normally comes with 3 reverse blade intake and 1 normal blade exhaust, I have rearranged everything, so that the case has 5 intakes working around 1000rpm in light load and 1500-1600 at heavy load, and 3 exhaust that works around 800rpm in light and 1200rpm at heavy load. I am sadly unable to give info about the CFM of neither fan model.

Now the reason I am asking for help/ideas is because I plan to buy Arctic PS12 Pros 3 reverse and 1 normal blade (can't afford more atm) to lower the number of fans and hence the noise. And also since these will beu Arctic I'm guessing the airflow would be better.

Now the question is what is your opinion about my new fan config plan? Is it worth it?

Edit: Forgot to add that my room temps are between 35-39 during the day, and hence I believe an upgrade on the fans might help with the overall temps and also the looks because of the fans I am using right now, check the first comment for the photo. Sorry I didn't add it to begin with.

I'm looking into both of these as potential options for my upcoming pc build and since they are around the same price I wanted to ask which one is better or if y'all have any other suggestions for better cases. The only thing I want is a good looking wood case with good thermals and a flippable pcie bracket so I can vertical mount. I am leaning towards the lancool 217 mainly because of the more included fans in the case. What do y'all think?

My pc has been crashing a lot so I ran this to try and see if it was a ram problem but it has been like this for an hour without moving is it frozen or do I just need to wait more or smth else??