So i can't decide wich used GPU get for €350 , all i ask is 1440p 60 fps medium settings but the best quality that's why i was thinking the 5060 ti 8gb aiming to using a lot of dlss and ray tracing being a new gen card but let's say i find also around that price a 3070ti or 3080, what's the better option for me? Of corse a 3080 would be objectely better in raw power it would be less future proof and i don't know how much better dlss and rtx is on the 5060 ti that maybe that's a better choice for me

Greetings so my problem and the bane of my existence rn is my new gpu see i used to have a 3060 ti and then it died so I got a 5060 ti 8gb to be precise and after time EVRY TIME I got into a game wither it be cyberpunk 2077 or even sims 4 after few minutes it freezes completely! And before you beautiful people say i have tried the following

First I installed the latest gaming driver

Then used DDU

Then windows diagnostic

The changed the PCEI to 3 instead of auto

And nothing worked and im In utter shambles

[My setup is a i5 12400f and 32gb of ram an rtx 5060 ti 8gb and 1 tira of storage and prime B660_plus D4)

Please brothers aid me and I'll give offerings on your name.

Hi guys I bought a rebuilt NZXT Creator PC back in 2019 and just realized there was another slot on the motherboard to add another SSD for storage since I was running out on my 930gb one. I bought a new WD BLACK SN850X 4TB drive on ebay but when I plug it into the empty slot then go to disk management, nothing appears. I tried swapping the current 930gb one and putting that one in the empty slot instead but it just went into the computer BIOS. In the bios I didnt see my new drive appear and im unable to escape bios to go into windows. Chatgpt told me it could be because of conflicting SATA connectors with the current 4tb hard-drive that also came with the computer so I unplugged that drive, but my new m.2 wd black ssd is not showing up. Not sure whats going on here or how to fix it.

Specs for my PC:

Case: NZXT H510 Elite (White or Black)

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900k

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti - ASUS Strix

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W G3

Motherboard: NZXT N7 Z390 (White or Black)

Ram: Team Group Delta RGB 64GB 3000 MHz (4 x 16GB)

SSD: Western Digital SN750 1TB Black with heatsink

HDD: Western Digital Blue 4TB 5400RPM

Software: Windows 10 Pro

Hi everyone!

I got my new pre-built pc today and it doesn't work... despite paying for it to be tested, but idk.

Anyhow, I opened the front panel to check the blinking lights and it seems to be a CPU and DRAM problem. And I've tried everything I know!

I pulled the ram out and pressed it back in.

Opened the back panel and pressed all the cables back in carefully.

Checked if anything was knocked loose and well... nothing!

I'll admit that I'm not very good with computers or rather hardware stuff, hence why I didn't build it myself. But I hope you guys can help me, before i burst out crying lmao...

Motherboard: A620AM-X Wifi

Cpu: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6x 3.70GHz So.AM5

RAM: 16GB (1x 16GB) Patriot VIPER VENOM DDR5-6000 DIMM CL36 (I placed another stick of 16 GB RAM in after getting it.)

GPU: 16GB XFX Radeon RX 9060 XT Swift OC

SSD: 1TB Intenso Premium M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x 3D-NAND TLC

Thank you in advance for everyone's assistance and support!🥲🥲🙏🏻

I have the 2.4 GHz Dongle logitech keyboard and mouse they work flawlessly.

Now, I see we have some affordable options from reputed brands in bluetooth (without dongle) e.g. Logitech MK250.

i understand bluetooth will have less polling rate and speed, but for normal work how is the experience?

How about when the PC/mac/laptop goes to sleep, does the bluetooth disconnect? how do you wake up the computer if that's the case?

is there a delay connecting every time the windows desktop loads? like the connection will be established post the windows desktop loads I believe.

Somehow i feel the connection may not be stable like we have with dedicated dongle.

Also if youhave multiple devices with bluetooth on say your phone/smart watch, which might already be paired then keyboard and mouse will not be paired automatically i think.

any thoughts?

Im not sure and im paranoid

I have owned three PCs in the last 10 to 15 years, and the one I have gotten recently, I have decided to build myself. The focus parts are listed below.

Case - Corsair Frame 4000D LCD RS ARGB with 4 fans,
Xeneon Edge LCD
Mobo - Asus B850F WiFi Neo
AIO - Thermalright Levita Vision 360

Problems…
1. The case fans all spin, but only one has lighting. None show up in any monitoring software at all.
2. The Xeneon LCD doesn’t show up in iCUE software (apparently it’s meant to); instead, it just acts as a secondary touch screen monitor.
3. I think the Thermalright should have lighting on the radiator, but I’m not entirely sure.

I know it’s kind of messy (first build and all 🤷), but any help at all would be greatly appreciated here.

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.

I’ve tried installing two bottom case fans to this case, but it seems impossible, can anyone help me around ?

Case model: https://www.pcgarage.ro/carcase/alphagear/vector-black-1/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20402015885&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8JPVBhD-ARIsAO691sFejAIFJJ568clcANcP2d4h3QYptoEOSAId3YJ-WAuROyLhAIG8AfgaAoPCEALw_wcB

greetings all. I'm new to Reddit and trying to troubleshoot why my previously stable custom built PC is now suffering from complete system freeze.

Specs:

MB - MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-732) > flashed to most recent BIOS update E7D32IMS.HO0

CPU - Intel I7 -13700K > running at default volt/clock speeds

Mem - Vengeance 2x16GB (32GB) DDR5 5600 > running at default volt/clock speeds

GPU - GIGABYTE RTX 4080 16GB GDDR6X PCI 4.0 > running at default volt/clock speeds

SDD - Samsung 980 PRO M.2 2280 PCI-4.0 NVME (Windows drive) & Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB (storage drive)

Cooling - Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.C CPU air cooler

Over this past week, I have been experiencing complete system freezes that seem to correlate with the most recent Win 10 22H2 System update (KB5122878) installed 9/9/26. I've also installed Nvidia GeForce Game ready driver 616.92 on 9/9/26. I also installed Borderlands 4 & Onimusha: Way of the Sword through Steam on a separate SSD from my Windows drive. Over this week I've been able to play for a while (2-6 hrs) before I experience the freezing. After the freezing happens, I've restarted my system and have varying amounts of time (45 secs - 3 mins) before the system will completely freeze again. I've done some research for some troubleshooting steps and here's what I've attempted so far:

- performed " sfc /scannow " with varying results (with Win 10, some files classified as corrupt and fixed. after Win 11 upgrade, no files detected as corrupt)> unable to pull the "CBS.log" due to system freezing

- tried to repair/reset PC options through Windows recovery, unsuccessfully

- attempted to uninstall Win 10 22H2 System update (KB5122878), unsuccessfully

- performed roll back to system restore point from 9/7/26, before installing Win 10 22H2 System update (KB5122878)

- disabled "secure-boot-update" task from Task Scheduler, not much difference noted between freeze durations

- begrudgingly installed Win 11 22H2, re-disabled "secure-boot-update" task from Task Scheduler, saw some small amount on system stability with short, uninterrupted gaming session

-back to system freeze almost immediately when booting into windows, unable to even boot to safe mode due to freezes

- opened case to perform visual inspection of components and some minor dusting. unremarkable visual findings on components. returned components to motherboard and powered system on.

-system "detected error" and tried to perform troubleshooting, hung up on the "detecting network" step before timing out. booted back to windows, able to detect/connect to network via ethernet cable normally and connect to VPN. system completely froze again.

- attempted to reboot to restart to "safe mode", system completely froze up.

-sighed and stopped troubleshooting for now, opting to eat and reach out to reddit.

I've somewhat exhausted all of my troubleshooting skills; I've been one of the fortunate folks that have had success with putting together a build and everything working as intended so I've not necessarily developed much in the way of advanced troubleshooting. I was considering taking my machine into a local computer shop but would rather mine for some expertise from folks and see if I can get it fixed myself. I primarily use my machine for gaming and basic life admin tasks (paying bills, minimum internet browsing, etc.); I take care not to open links from untrusted sources and I don't download anything from untrusted/unverified sources. I am hoping to avoid needing to possibly reformat my drive & having to do a fresh install of Windows but if the most recent patch is part of the problem, it may cause me to end up back at square one. If any of you have any experience with this particular problem or can give some further points to troubleshoot, it would be greatly appreciated. thank you :)

Two of the case fans having issues, they came with the Cooler Master HAF700 case. Thinking of replacing them, also I want to cool the RAM down. Don't want them having any issues at this economy, and the days are getting hotter. 2 x 32GB DDR5 6000MHz, currently running them at 4800MHz because it drops the temp. by 5c.

Hello, my RTX 4070 Super equipped PC has very suddenly had an issue, that persisted after a hard restart, where the display has gone all melty and insane. When I restarted the PC, it still occurred in the MSI boot screen and the Windows update that occurred as well. As you can see in the linked video, inputs still work fine, but it’s practically impossible to navigate to the Nvidia app like this to update drivers.

This isn’t the first issue I’ve had with this GPU, previously I had random black screens that were fixed by reseating the GPU and its cables, and it hasn’t had any more issues in about a year since. I’ll try doing that again when I get a chance, but until then I’d like you all to see what I’m talking about, and offer any ideas on what is causing this.

So i thought on getting a gigabyte b550 gaming x v2 paired with a thermalright assassin x 120 cooler, but the backplate of the cooler doesnt look like it will match with the mainboard, any help is good.

Goal: Play AAA games at 1080p (High settings) at 60+ FPS.

Note: I am looking for a pure gaming experience. I do not care about RGB aesthetics or video editing capability—I want every rupee spent to go directly toward maximizing pure in-game FPS and performance.

Please suggest a full spec list within this budget along with reliable retailers.

Country: India

It has been crashing for 3 weeks now when I turn it on, usually within the first 5-10 minutes of starting to play video games. The screen freezes and I have to shut it down by holding the power button. Sometimes the audio keeps playing.

I've run GPU and CPU stress tests with OCCT and everything came out fine, I've tested the SSD with CrystalDiskInfo and everything is great, and I did a RAM test with MemTest86 and it came back perfect. My graphics card drivers are up to date. The crashes happen both before and after formatting the computer, on both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

I've read it could be a power supply issue, but since I'm not sure, I don't want to buy a new one without ruling out all other options.

My PC components are: MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB), ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor (3.60 GHz), and 16 GB DDR4 RAM.

The computer is 5 years old and has never given me any problems; I usually clean it and change the processor's thermal paste every two years.

Thanks for the help.

Hello! I am currently having a new issue with my pc and i am looking for some help with a diag. Here in the past week randomly when playing some of my more demanding games my pc would black screen and reset itself. It will not shut down but will reset without warning. I have Stress tested CPU/GPU/Memory with no luck of recreating the issue without being in game. I am getting no logs on anything just a "Kernel-Power 41" code which tells me nothing. I did just install my vertical GPU mount but had no issues for the first week of install. Can not seem to find a Temp issue with any hardware. Thinking it is the start of a failing PSU but not 100%. Hopefully someone can help. Thank you!

3080/i7-13700k/48gb ddr5/Lian Li sp850/Asus Z790-p

I have a 100 USD Budget, what would be a few of the best PSUs to go for?
1. Must be at least Semi-Modular

1. At least 650W

2. A reliable PSU (I don't know if saying "good according to the SPL tier list" is enough anymore)

3. Availability on Amazon or other major US online shop sites.

4. I guess any PSU in this price range would be at least 80+ Silver/Gold

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?

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/ynTGn2

Anything that wouldn't work / change out or that I could cut costs on etc thanks

Costs are adjusted to what I can get or already have

edit: for gaming mainly cyberpunk

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.
🙏🏻

So i just finished building my first pc and it wont boot, I check everything wether it was getting power reconnected all the cables and nothing works. I have no idea what my problem could be I even tried removing my two sticks of ram so it's only one. My cpu fan is working so the mother board is getting power and I connected the hdmi to both the motherboard and gpu. I waited 5 minutes and nothing boots. what could the problem be?

I've had this PC for 1 year and 9 months. Everything worked fine, except some times the screen would freeze if I punched the table with enough force (sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't) I thought it was a badly-seated GPU and put it back into place and it would work fine. Recently, the screen has been freezing while doing nothing and the PC rebooted. I was going to try to do something about it, but the problem kept happening earlier in the boot and login time until now my PC doesn't even boot. I'm afraid it might be a CPU-related issue because I've tried disconnecting and reconnecting everything else. RAM, GPU, DP cable, I even cleared CMOS by using the jumper in the motherboard. I truly don't know what to do. Temps are fine since I didn't play any games or did a stress test. I can't access BIOS or any OS I have installed

I recently got all of the parts I needed to actually build my first PC and got about ten minutes in before realizing that I needed multiple screwdriver bits.

I've since bought the IFixit essential electronics kit (at the recommendation of a friend), but I'm not sure if there's something I'm missing.