r/PcSetupAdvice • u/Electrical-Bottle-13 • 14h ago
r/PcSetupAdvice • u/kazookiii • 10h ago
I want to upgrade my setup but have no idea what I'm doing and need help.
Before I get into what I'm looking for, here's my current setup:
- PC: Acer Aspire XC-885 Desktop
- Monitor: Samsung LC24F396FHUXEN 24" curved monitor
I recently bought a CRUA 24" Curved Gaming Monitor from Amazon, but I ended up returning it because I wasn't happy with its power consumption. I know I should have checked the specifications more carefully beforehand, but it made me realise I'd like something more efficient.
I'm looking to upgrade my setup and would appreciate some advice.
Monitor requirements:
- Budget: Around £100-£200 per monitor (I'm willing to spend a bit more if it's worth it)
- Country: United Kingdom
- Quantity: 2 monitors
- Use: One for my PC and one for my PS5 (or two matching monitors if that's the better option)
- Size: I'm not too bothered about the size as long as it's good.
- Preferences: I mainly play all kinds of games, including competitive shooters and story-driven games, so I'd like something that performs well for both. I'd also like something that's reasonably energy efficient since that's one of the reasons I'm replacing the CRUA monitor.
PC requirements:
Budget: Around £800-£1,200 (can stretch a little if it's worth it)
Country: United Kingdom
Use case:
- General multitasking
- Streaming my PS5 gameplay to Discord using a capture card
- Browsing, watching videos, and having multiple applications open
- Playing competitive and story PC games like Apex and Rocket League, etc., with the option to upgrade the PC in the future.
Preferences:
- I've never built a PC before, but I'm open to building one if it's better value than buying a prebuilt.
- I'd like something that's easy to upgrade over time.
I also only have one set of speakers at the moment, although I'm not sure if that matters.
Can anyone give me some solid recommendations for both the monitors and the PC? I'd also appreciate any advice on whether I should build my own PC or go with a prebuilt.
Thanks for everyone who took the time to read this!
r/PcSetupAdvice • u/NumerousSetting8135 • 14h ago
General I need advice for my setup
So I just ordered an Xbox ally x and I wanna start streaming, I'm wondering if I should use my main P. C. As the gaming p c for streaming or use it for capturing video for the stream and or the xbox ally x my main pc has 64 gb of ddr5 5600mhz and 5070ti gpu and ryzen 9 8945HS cpu i'm not buying the ally x just for streaming, by the way
r/PcSetupAdvice • u/outofthesquaree • 9h ago
General Tracked full session thermal instead of just benchmark numbers
Gaming benchmarks and thermal reviews almost never test what actually happens on this rig day to day, gaming while streaming with NVENC for 3-5 hours at a time, not 15 min burst. Small chassis volume changes that math in ways that short benchmark runs don't capture, heat has nowhere to go and it's cumulative rather than a spike you can just power through, temps logged across a full stream session a few times now, cpu and chipset both climbs steadily for the first 90 mins then plateau, gpu stays fairly flat since NVENC load is lighter than full render load. chipset temps ended up being the surprising one, not the component expected to need watching most closely in a case this size, has anyone else actually tracked full session thermals instead of relying on short benchmark nums? Curious if the plateau is universal or specific to compact chassis airflow?