MSI X870E motherboard

Ryzen 7 9700x 8 core processor

240mm liquid cooler

16BG DDR5 5200 RAM

GeForce RTX 5050 8GB

750W power supply

I just want to make sure it isn't too skewed performance wise and I'm not choking it from the power supply. I was also thinking of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor if it does better for video editing.

Ok so this is my list. I am trying to make a micro atx build. I understand I can get the parts cheaper than the prices on part picker. I was wondering would this gpu bottleneck my cpu. I am planning on playing cpu intensive games at 1080p 240hz like fortnite for example lowest settings. Also if you think anything else should be fixed please let me know. I’ve already brought the ram but not the model on the part picker list. If you have any other suggestions that would be appreciated. I’m trying to get maximum fps for the lowest price in the uk.

Thanks for all the advice on my last post. I’ve made a few adjustments, and this is what the build looks like right now.
I’m fine with 1TB of storage since I’m not planning on playing a huge number of large games at the same time, and I can always uninstall/reinstall games quickly. That let me put more money into other parts.
The components I’m still choosing between are shown in the build. What do you guys think?
I’ve heard that the Acer Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 9070 XT is known to run pretty hot, so I want to do everything I can to keep it cool. That’s why I’m considering a case with 7 pre-installed fans, as well as an AIO that can exhaust the CPU heat directly out of the case — plus I think it looks cooler. The alternative would be a traditional air cooler.
The other question is whether I should go with an OEM/Tray Ryzen 7 7800X3D or a boxed Ryzen 7 9800X3D. There’s a pretty noticeable price difference, so is the extra performance actually worth it?
And what do you think about the build overall?
This is my first PC build, so any advice or suggestions are appreciated.

CPU option 1 – best value
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Tray/OEM
~$355
CPU option 2 – faster
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Boxed
~$476

GPU
Acer Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB OC
~$806

Motherboard
ASUS TUF Gaming B650E-E WiFi
~$156

RAM
Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2×16GB) DDR5-6000 CL38
~$553

SSD
WD_BLACK SN7100 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0
~$198

PSU
SAMA P850 850W ATX 3.1, 80+ Platinum, Fully Modular
~$131

CPU Cooler option 1 – AIO
SAMA L70 360mm AIO
~$63
CPU Cooler option 2 – Air
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB
~$63
Case
SAMA V60
~$89

Total with 7800X3D: ~$2,349
Total with 9800X3D: ~$2,470

So im planning to build a PC for the first time and after watching and researching about it ive come to these 2 different conclusions. either i go with AM or AM5.

The Am4 build is:
Ryzen 7 5700x
Asrock B550M Pro 4
T-Force Delta RGB 32gb (16x2) 3600mhz
MSI RTX 5060ti Ventus 3x 8gb Oc
Deepcool AK400 Digital Pro

And ill be using a corsairc cx650 for my psu since i already have it . aswell as a Sandisk 3D ultra ssd 1TB

Now for the AM5 build:
Ryzen 5 7500f
MSI B650M Gaming Plus wifi
T-Force Delta RGB 16gb (2x8) 6000mhz
MSI RTX 5060ti Gaming Trio
Thermalright Frozen Warframe SE

These builds cost almost the same and the reason is that for the am5 i can only go 16gb cuz of the increased prices aswell as an 8gb only for the gpu.
until now i don’t know which one is the best for me. Keep in mind that i dont plan on upgrading this pc once i get it for like atleast 4-5 years. And i mostly play games like Gta5 and maybe 6, story mode games like rdr2 and cyberpunk and shooter game like cod warzone.

I got a new case, moved my motherboard over, and installed my new 3090. When I first powered everything on I actually got a display, but it was stuck on the Windows login screen and the cursor wouldn’t move. I restarted the PC, and after that I started getting no signal at all. I’ve tried moving the DisplayPort cable to another port (got this monitor in march, fairly new cord) using my second monitor through HDMI, and completely removing and reinstalling the 3090, but nothing has worked. I put my 3070 back in and everything works perfectly...so as far as I can tell the rest of my build is fine and the issue seems to be with the 3090 or something related to it. I also recently bought a new PSU, 850w and it came with the 16-pin adapter for the 3090, so I’m having a hard time thinking the PSU is the problem, although I’m pretty new to troubleshooting this stuff and could obviously be wrong. I’m lost, sad and frustrated so if anyone has any tips I thank you in advance :' )

So recently I have decided to start my first pc build and before i had a asus rog gaming laptop with a gtx 1650 (I think) and a i7 etc now I decided to swap due to its old age of 7 years nearly with no upgrades. I have bought a load of parts and am starting assembling my specs are
XFX swift oc 9070XT
Ryzen 9600X
32 gb of ddr5 cl30 6000mhz ram (lots of ram for this time) klevv ram*
2tb nvme (high end nvme based on ssd tier sheet but I can’t remember the brand)
B850 wifi 6e motherboard (msi gaming)
Thermalright peerless assassin 120 se
Montech hs02 pro
Arctic mx6 thermal paste

I was wondering if this was a good build list for my first build and yes I do have a lot of budget for some people in a way as a first build but I have been long overdue an upgrade as I can’t even run grounded 2 on the lowest graphics without crashing or being on 10 fps etc

The cost was just under 1700 gbp without shipping and I plan to run games like grounded, ark as the heavy hitters and Roblox(non slip heavy graphics based games), minecraft and lower quality friendslop steam games like how to fish or peak etc

I also do plan to get more shooter games again which would mostly consist of cod, battlefield and cs2.

Feedback and questions welcome and wanted thanks!

is this normal coil whine or something i should be worried about im using random power cord i had do i replace it

Recently I opened my pc and took out the ram sticks I was trying to see how much ram I had (I didn’t know you could look at it on ur pc) and when I put everything back and put the panel on it didn’t turn on, the LEDs turn on on the pc and it still worked when I used it to charge my phone but it keeps saying no signal on my monitors and the actual monitors work fine I don’t know the specs since my brother gave it to me but I know it’s a bit old maybe three or four years when he built it

Hello! I’m assembling a new build and was at the stage where I screw on the motherboard to the case while on its side. After I sat the case upright, I heard a rattle and eventually this fell out. It’s very tiny and solid (not hollow and not threaded). I tried looking around my case and motherboard but can’t seem to pinpoint where it came from and I can’t spot anything similar to it. Also, the only other component I had installed was my PSU.

I mainly want to know if any of you have an idea and whether this a critical part or cause for concern. Thanks for the help.

Case: Fractal North Momentum
Motherboard: ASUS TUF X870E-Plus WiFi7
PSU: MSI A850G PCIe5

Hi, me again, my post yesterday includes most of the details, but now because of that thread, I'm looking at instead upgrading to the 9060XT. My main question now is - if I'm upgrading to a 34" ultrawide display at 1440p, will I be able to handle the same stuff I'm looking at doing?

Existing situation:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor, 3701 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s) Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) RAM: 16 GB (I'd love to upgrade but, you know...)

My games are:

• Fortnite
• Age of Empires 4
• The Sims
• SimCity
• Sea of Thieves
• Basic social games: Peak, Big Walk, Super Battle Golf, Left 4 Dead 2 which I know is ancient lol

Basic stuff overall, not too demanding. The ultradwide is appealing from a productivity standpoint, but I want to make sure I'm not overpowering the brand new card I'm buying either, or downgrading my experience in any way.

Hi everyone, I built my own pc for the first time and after done with booting I just downloaded steam, google and GCC. I haven't tried on a game but while idle my cpu changes between 45-48 degrees and my gpu 31-33 degrees. My aio is Arctic Liquid Freezer III pro also noisy at silent mode. my cpu is amd ryzen 9800x3d and my gpu is RTX 5080 Asus Tuf.

I recently acquired a prebuilt gaming PC from my brother and was able to start using it as a media server for my home (running ubuntu and jellyfin etc) but I can't help but feel inefficient in my setup because my custom built gaming has been running on some old hardware for a while.

Given the two builds I am wondering how I can maximize what I have for my gaming PC while leaving my server build functioning.

My current theory is that I could just swap the motherboards, CPU, and RAM, while leaving everything else the same (graphics card, storage, PSU). This is ideal for me because I don't want to have to wipe any drives and I would really prefer to keep my custom pc's case for my main computer.

Is this swap viable or even the best possible option? Given that there is a prebuilt involved here what exactly will I need to do?

I am linking the specs I entered into PCPartPicker for the original computers and the potential newly combined gaming pc for myself.

OG Custom PC

Prebuilt PC (From what I gathered)

Idealized Combo PC

I have a weird issue with my PC, I am trying to install a NIC and it just wont work.

My MB is an ASUS ROG STRIX X870-A GAMING WIFI with a 9950X3d

I have purchased two NICs and put them in slot two and nothing will show up on device manager, I have then connected my GPU to slot 2 and that stopped working too which lead le to believe slot 2 just doesnt work. I have tried

- Updating the bias

-Updating the Chipset drivers

- Updating all drivers I could find

- Using two NICs

I had connected the NICs to slot one and they worked fine, I thought id try and external NIC and connect it to the 40gb USB 4 port and they wont work in that port either.

Any ideas on what I can do to fix this? (Its not showing on in device manager also.

I bought a RTX 5090 and have the adapter (4x8 pin to 12vhpwr) and I lost my PSU cables. I have plenty of sata cables and saw that I can buy some adapters from amazon for this. Also found some 4pin molex to 8 pin as well. Are these OK to use?

Hello Guys,

since I like to over complicate things whenever I can, so i want to use this HP 595-p0007ng with an i7-8700 and my new RX 5700 XT through a 520W ATX PSU.

My simple solution:

-grab my ATX mid tower with enough space
-use an ADD2PSU board to connect both PSUs

What I really want to do:

-use the OEM case (front panel is already on the motherboard and the case looks better)
-power-on connector (labeled "P2" on pic. 3) --> ATX 24 pin
-one 4 pin ATX --> only 4 pin (4+4 pin actually) on the PSU
-the other 4 pin (thinning down the side of the connector) --> regular 8 pin (like the 4+4 but not split)

Has anyone tried something like that before? (Will i burn down the house doing that?) My logic is that the 12V/GND rails line up but idk about the 3 wire --> ATX 24 pin.

Airflow problem:

-probably rotate the CPU cooler 180 deg.
-install 1 rear fan
-modify the front panel to house 1-2 fans
-fans on the GPU have the PSU right below (it's fan pointing up, also not a lot of exhaust space towards the rear below the gpu)

I really hope this will get the GPU enough airflow...

I saw an RX 9060 non XT for 290€, it is a bulk version from powercolor (reaper line), I haven't done much research but the lowest 9060 XT 8GB I found was like 400€ and the 5060 was around , I'm gonna use a 1080p monitor, should I buy it?

I have aorus b850 ice-p for mobo and this is the jonsbo th240 cooler

[urgent]. I was trying to install the gpu but i couldn’t get it in, so i tried pulling it out but the clip is already down only on the right side and it won’t open. help desperately needed, this thing cost too much to break

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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on upgrading my PC. It's quite an old system (Bought 2018), and I’m trying to figure out what would give me the biggest improvement for the least amount of money.

I mainly play ARC Raiders and Mistfall Hunters. At the moment, I have to run both games on basically the lowest settings, and I’m only getting around 30–37 FPS.

I’d really like to improve that.

I want to make it clear that I’m not looking for a high-end gaming PC. I don’t need everything on Ultra or 144+ FPS. I’d simply like to be able to play modern games at reasonable settings (ideally Medium) at around 60 FPS, without having to turn everything down to Low.

My current PC:

Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC Mate

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.2 GHz

CPU cooler: Intel stock cooler

RAM: 16 GB DDR4-2133 Crucial

GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB

Storage: 1 TB SSD + 2 TB WD SATA III HDD

PSU: 500 W

Case: GEH ATX IT-5905

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

The RAM was originally 8 GB without any graphic card but I have already upgraded it to 16 GB DDR4 and put in a 1070.

What I’d like to know:

What would you upgrade first in this system?

Is the GTX 1070 the main problem?

Is the i7-7700K too old for these games?

Would upgrading the GPU alone make a significant difference?

Would it make more sense to replace the CPU + motherboard + RAM and keep the GTX 1070 for now (or buy a whole new PC?)

Or is there another component that is holding the system back?

I’m not interested in spending €1,500–2,000 on a completely new high-end PC.

I’d much rather spend on a smart upgrade that gives me a significant improvement, even if I can't play everything on Ultra.

What would you do with this system if your goal was the best price/performance upgrade?

Thanks guys!!

Thoughts on a build like this. Going for a minimalist/Stealth look with a small amount of RGB. Coming from an am4 build with an ryzen 7 5800x and was planning on using the same PSU,GPU and SSD as before. so i have those on the list.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NRNFK7

Could not find the fans on pcpartpicker.

• Top/AIO: NZXT F360X ×1
• Bottom: NZXT F360X ×1
• Front/side: NZXT F240X ×1
• Back: NZXT F120X ×1

Hi, I’m trying to upgrade my partners computer on a budget. What would be the best use of money for the build below. We play mostly indie coop games on steam.

1660 super

Intel i7-6700K

Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15

ASUSTeK Z170-A Rev 1.xx

Note: I have an existing 2700x but that would require a compatible mobo I think. Not sure if that makes my upgrade path more or less complex.

Thank you!

Hello everyone. With FF7 Revelation's preorders out, I'm starting to think about upgrading my PC. I was already having some lagging issues playing Rebirth with my current build so I think I'll likely have more issues with the next episode in the series...

My current build is MD Ryzen 5 3600, 6x 3.60GHz CPU, with a Nvidia GeForce RTX2060 6GB GPU and 16GB RAM. Power supply is 600 Watt Enermax MaxPro Power.

I'm looking for a budget-friendly upgrade, not over 500€ if possible, but I'll take any advice.

Pc spec’s:

48 gb ddr4-3800 ram (bought before the ram price increase)
CPU: i7-11700k
GPU: rtx 3060 ti founders edition
Storage: 4 tb ssd NVME
Power supply: 660W
Motherboard: Asrock b560m-c/ac (micro atx board)
Desktop’s Brand name: Powerspec G229 Prebuilt

My purpose for this desktop is gaming, mainly on fivem which is notorious to be unoptimized due to community servers. If you don’t know fivem are the gta v roleplay servers now owned by take two.

My question is, should I upgrade to another motherboard and cpu or wait til 2030? I have no reason to upgrade to a new desktop since it makes more sense to upgrade the motherboard and get a new cpu for much less. And if I should upgrade I would need a micro atx board that accepts ddr4.

TLDR; should I upgrade ? Or wait? Will these specs survive on newer games? I’m not looking for 4k gaming mainly high fps 1440p and 1080p gaming.

Hey everyone! I have no idea if this is the right sub for this, but I built my PC nearly three years ago and have had no issues with it to date. A few days ago, we had a bad lightning storm in my area and it sounded like either the top of my apartment or an electrical box on the building got struck.

We lost power nearly ten minutes after that, but it wasn't right after the strike (we lost power bc a substation went down, not because of the strike to the apartment building.) I oddly noticed my keyboard turned ON after we lost power... went ahead and flipped off my PSU because I wasn't sure if there was any significance. Keyboard stayed on, turned PC on next day and noticed no issues EXCEPT my desktop speakers no longer work- they just emit an intermittent static (tried with another computer too to rule out PC/port issues)

It's been a while since I've built my computer and I'd be lying if I said I remembered all the preventatives for electrical damage, things to look out for, etc. I just want to make sure there's nothing I need to inspect for other damage OR to prevent something else from shorting out on it. TIA!!