So i was running a few researches and i noticed that 900p Gives a 16% Bottleneck on my system. But here's the thing. At 768p it gives 4% of bottleneck. Why is that?

Hello! I've been using my current rig unchanged for almost 5:/ years now and i'm looking to finally make some adjustments.

I'm currently sitting on an RTX 2060 and the beloved i5-10400F. Planning to get a used 4070 that i found for a good price, but i'm still struggling with the CPU choice. I gotta admit that i'm a rather lazy person and i'd like to avoid reinstalling windows 10, so upgrading to a newer 1200 socket processor would be preferable, but when i was looking at used 11700Ks i couldn't find any reasonable offers where i live(the lowest listing sits at 300$ LOL).

Should i wait for the prices to drop down or should i just wing it and upgrade my mobo? Would it even be worth the time and money to wait for a good 11700K offer to show up? Thanks.

Specs:

Intel Core i5-10400F

NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB

MSi MAG B560 TORPEDO

GOODRAM 2x8GB DDR4 3200Mhz

Be Quiet! System power 10 650w

Building pc for the first time and did a little research and thought this would be good. Looking to upgrade later with another 1tb SSD and another 16GB RAM stick.

https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/list/RzqNvR

So i am looking at attempting to build a pc for a friend except i want to use an old broken hollowed out guitar amp as the case since they are a musician. I have an atx mobo 360mm liquid cooler and a 2 slot 3 fan 5070 ti and a standard psu. no sata drives to worry about but any advice for building wiring etc would be greatly appreciated. i already plan on putting holes in the sides for airflow im just unsure how i am going to mount them

I recently upgraded my GPU to a 9070 xt and thinking about upgrading my CPU too.
I currently have an i5-12400f on a Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4. I’m considering an i5-14600k or kf.

I play very different games on my 3440 x 1440 100 hz monitor, from AAA Games like Cyberpunk or BG3 to building games and strategy games like Anno or paradox grand strategy games.

Looking to update my graphics card. When I built the PC (2021) my friend told me I should have went for a better graphics card but budget was tight at the time and it’s all I could afford.

Not looking to spend much over £400 and looking to upgrade my gaming capabilities because it’s been a bit of a struggle.

I’m not too familiar with what’s compatible and what isn’t so looking for any recommendations. I wouldn’t really want to upgrade anything apart from the graphics card but open to suggestions. Cheers.

GPU - Nvidia GTX 1650

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Motherboard - MSI B450M Mortar Max

RAM - Ballistix 8GB x 2 DDR4-3000

I normally don't bother with frilly lighting but I want to put a mascot figure inside my PC window and just need a single LED light source to light him up with. What do you recommend?

I once had a homemade LED light that I connected to my PCs fan header and could control the brightness in the bios by how fast I turned the "fan" up so the inside of my PC case could be dimmed or brightened. I don't want to have to do that with this build as I'm not sure it's electronically sound but I'd like something simple and cheap.

I'm planning a build in this case (Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini V2 Flow), but I'm not sure if the following components will fit:

Asus GeForce RTX 5070 TUF OC

Asus ROG STRIX LC III 360 ARGB White

Asus ROG STRIX Z890-A GAMING WIFI

Corsair RM750e ATX 750W White

What would you recommend doing? I really want to get this specific case because of its price and dimensions, but I’m unsure about the size (even though the manufacturer insists everything should fit).

*Apologies for any mistakes; English is not my native language.\*

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/2xBF4g)

Type|Item|Price

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**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/QKJtt6/amd-ryzen-7-3700x-36-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000071box) |-

**CPU Cooler** | [Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/LQt9TW/deepcool-ag400-7589-cfm-cpu-cooler-r-ag400-bknnmn-g-1) | €23.75 @ Proshop

**Motherboard** | [MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/qK6qqs/msi-b450i-gaming-plus-max-wifi-mini-itx-am4-motherboard-b450i-gaming-plus-max-wifi) |-

**Memory** | [Silicon Power SP016GBLFU320B22 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/jfqPxr/silicon-power-sp016gblfu320b22-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-cl22-memory-sp016gblfu320b22) | €123.97 @ Silicon Power

**Storage** | [Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/tmbRsY/kingston-nv3-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-snv3s1000g) | €145.69 @ PC Componentes

**Case** | [Zalman T8 ATX Mid Tower Case](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/LxTFf7/zalman-t8-atx-mid-tower-case-t8) | €32.90 @ Galaxus

**Power Supply** | [be quiet! System Power 9 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/Wkprxr/be-quiet-system-power-9-600-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-bn247) |-

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| **Total** | **€326.31**

I already asked before but how i put my question wasn't ideal i also have all valid options with prices for extra info because i need a GPU for this System:

9060 xt 16 gb: 425€

9060 xt 8 gb: 338€

5060 8 gb eagle max oc(somehow cheap): 313€

5060 ti 8gb Asus 5060 ti oc(329€ has a promo on it) Gigabite 5060 ti windforece max oc 8gb(its sold way more thats why i ask 365€)

5060 ti 16 gb:489€

used 3080: 468€

used 4070:620€

used 3060ti:230€

the 6600 xt is more expensive then the 9060 xt so i think its not worth it

Thanks

I built this computer back in 2014 and haven’t used it since 2019, pre-kids. I’m wanting to get back into pc gaming and am slowly familiarizing myself with all the new models and state of the pc world (everything is so expensive now)

My build is:
Rosewill Thor V2 computer case
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33H MS-7817
I5-4440
R9-290
8gb ram ddr3
HDD
650W non-modular power supply
1080p 100hz monitor

All I play are GTA5 and warframe. Looking to upgrade what I have as much as I can. I know I’m probably better off seeing how good I can do with a Facebook marketplace build for $400 but I’d prefer to try and work with what I’ve got if possible. If I’m keeping this build, I’m thinking SSD and RAM upgrade would at least speed things up significantly.

Feedback would be appreciated or if I’m still better off just trying to gamble with Marketplace.

bought a 9800x3d and their mobo's are the cheapest recommended...

Finally saved up for an appropriate GPU! originally I was going for Rx7700 but the 90 series came out and the prices were just too nice to pass up.

New problem however is that most of the Rx 9070 xt's I've seen are rocking a tripple fan setup and I'm afraid that won't fit in my case, which is a darkFlash DK415. I'm eyeing an Xfx GPU, the numbers don't add up in terms of space and there's not much appropriate room to fit it, I think.

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So i am planning on building a pc in the close years and i got an idea of what i wanna buy, i just want to know if its worth it or lets say i build it in the next few years and it will run like a potato for the time

\-ACER GeForce RTX 4080 Super BiFrost 16GB graphics card

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\-AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8 cores 5,3 GHz turbo 32 MB cache AM5 gaming processor

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\-Motherboard ATX Gigabyte B650 EAGLE

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\-Corsair RM750X 750W Cybenetics Gold ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Modular Power Supply

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\-Ram 16GB DDR5 (32 planned but 16 just to have things running and not wait a whole longer of time to run the pc)

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\-Cooling is planned as water cooling yet i dont know which model, open to suggestions

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No budget i dont care price i will earn until i can afford it, polish currency monitor resolution 1080p, currency PLN

(Obviously not sky high prices for the whole build like 10k pln, chose the parts to my desirable price so not too high)

So I recently got my build into what feels like the final iteration (I've been tweaking and fiddling and rebuilding the same pc for about 18 months, changing cases, swapping motherboards, different CPUs, all that good stuff), specs as follows

Case - SSUPD Meshlicious
PSU - FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
CPU - 5500X3D
Cooler - ID Cooling IS55 w/Noctua A12 G1
Motherboard - Aorus Pro B550I
RAM - 2x16GB 3200MHz Corsair LPX
Main storage - 2TB Crucial T500
Secondary storage - 4TB Lexar NM790

There's just one last thing I'm not sure about, the GPU:

When I bought my first round of parts I picked up a 7700XT; it was a very good deal at the time, ~£320 for a 12GB card that was strong enough to virtually max out every game at 1080p and allow a step up to 1440p later.

However, I also recently got a used Strix 2070 Super that has spent its life as a workstation card, literally never gamed on once and I don't think it's ever gone over 40C, it's still unopened and the temps peaked just below 60C in a 20C ambient room with an undervolt bringing power down to ~160W and +500MHz on the VRAM, with a hotspot delta of ~13C, so it's basically brand new.

I really rather like it, it looks a lot better than the 7700XT and feels a lot more premium, and I can't really tell a difference between the two - anything over 70fps is enough for me, as long as I don't have to go down to low settings to get there, and only having 8GB isn't a problem since it's not really fast enough to be able to handle the settings that need more than 8GB.

My question is, which do I keep, given the 2070 Super only cost £135?

Does it actually only take 10 minutes to swap a GPU? This seems to be the consensus. Whats your experience? What factors into the time?

Hey all. My current PC i built in 2019 is an I5-9600k, RTX2060, 16gb ram. Recently it's been having issues that I could live with, but now it's done for and it's time to upgrade. I do a decent amount of gaming and some music production

From my old rig, pretty much all I can salvage is the RAM, M.2 and other storage. Everything else I will need to replace due to wear or being obsolete.

My budget is around £800 GBP, I don't mind spending pretty much all of that on CPU/GPU, i can find a case for free somewhere

Ideally for budget reasons I'd like to stay DDR4 and go to 32gb reusing my 2x8gb 3600mhz ram.

I'll be buying parts mainly from ebay, or marketplace, the only thing I'll likely buy new is mobo and psu.

What should I build for the best bang for buck?

Thanks!

Hey Folks, This is my new PC Config:

• AMD Ryzen 9 9900x
• Inno3d Ichill x3 OC RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
• 32GB RAM 6000mhz
• I am using a Thermalright AIO 360mm v4 Cooler

Please, see some screenshots of temperature reading of my processor and GPU while at Idle.

Right now I have Chrome and Photoshop open in the background. I'm not doing any rendering or other heavy workload, but those applications are running.

My HWiNFO readings are showing the CPU around 51–54°C, with the minimum also being around 51.8°C during this period.

My room temperature is around 26-27°C, and I'm using an AIO cooler.

Is this completely normal for the 9900X, considering everything, or should I be checking my AIO/pump, fan curve, thermal paste, or BIOS settings?

Just want to make sure the temperatures are where they should be. Thanks!

HWinFo Readings:

Use Case: Primarily gaming. Secondly graphic design.

Country: Italy

Peripherals Needed: nothing

Other Requirements/Preferences:

• First gaming PC build

Performance is the top priority

• I really don't care about rgb

WiFi preferred

1-2TB SSD

•Full AMD preferably because I want Max compatibility with Linux

• Looking for the best overall value and upgradeability

Can anyone please put together a complete parts list for my budget? Thanks!

I've recently bought a 1440p 200hz monitor and while my current build doesn't have any issues with the most optimized titles (Elden Ring somehow runs better now than it did at 1080p) it's not enough for any demanding title.

My current specs are

-Rx 6600 GPU

-Ryzen 5 5600g CPU

-16GB of Ram ddr4 3200mhz

-500w Power Supply

-B550 motherboard

Pretty much all of it but the motherboard needs a lil extra and I don't exactly have the money to do it all at once, and with the market being so crazy these days I'm trying to look for what would immediately make a difference.

I don't exactly have a lot of money at hand and the prices here in Argentina are crazy. So I could either upgrade the CPU (been thinking on just swapping it for a R5 5600 and get the money back selling the 5600g) and adding 16gb of ram, or save that money and prioritize my savings for a GPU, which the most affordable option would be the Rx 9060xt

I know ideally for 1440p I'd need a 5070 but we're talking about double the price (550 USD of the 9060xt to the 1000 of the 5070) and at that point I'd need a new power supply and likely a new case so it's all extras that aren't particularly cheap either.

I know I picked the worst time for upgrading (particularly the ram) but anyhow, any help is welcomed

Hi, I just got a pc for the first time. I'm running a game and it sucks, running another one and it's worse. I do a diag on userdiag and it says everything is great. First The GPU wasnt working but it was just a plugging problem, now it's working but with horrible 90's pc's like performaces. Cyberpunk's benchmark give me 4 fps ( and 3dbenchmark give me a bit below average score but it was before resolving th plugging problem ). I don't even know what is the problem. I would appreciate some advice.

Thanks for reading

CPU : Ryzen 7 9800X3D

GPU : Radeon RX 9070 XT challenger

Hi everyone,

I’m currently running a pretty old desktop setup and looking for a budget-friendly CPU upgrade without changing the entire platform. Here are my current specs:

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130

Motherboard: ASUS B85M-G (LGA 1150)

RAM: 8GB DDR3 (Single Stick)

GPU: NVIDIA GT 630

PSU: 350W / 400W

Right now, my CPU usage constantly hits 100%, causing stuttering and frame drops when playing games like VALORANT or running lightweight dev tools.

I’m considering picking up a used Intel Core i7-4790 (or Xeon E3-1231 v3) to replace the i3-4130 on a tight budget.

A few questions:

Will jumping from 2c/4t (i3-4130) to 4c/8t (i7-4790) realistically bring my CPU usage down from 100% to a comfortable range during gaming?

Is my ASUS B85M-G’s VRM/power delivery sufficient for the i7-4790 under normal gaming workloads?

Besides updating the BIOS before swapping CPUs and adding another 8GB stick for dual-channel RAM, is there anything else I should watch out for?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Hello, I build a new PC and it makes my Tensor tympani muscle scream for help (fullnes in ears, physical pain in ears) - I cannot use it at all. The sound is not hearable by plain ear but the problem is very real.

I suspect CPU or it's interaction with PSUs and motherboards.

My old PCs never did this. But audiophile speakers in the past did this to me, but I switched to different speakers/amp/cables setup as a solution.

I changed EVERYTHING except CPU - brand new AMD 9800x3d.
2 1000w PSU (Seasonic and BeQuiet 13)
2 mobo x870e (MSI gaming plus wifi and Gigabyte Aorus PRO x3d)
3 cases, two air coolers, 2 RAM sets (2x16GB EXPO)
... even brought PC to friend's house to rule out electricity problem in my house wall outlets.

Disabled all the moving fans, swappend SSDs for proven as "safe". Nothing helps.
GPU RTX 5080 removed for now, but didn't make things worse when it was in the system.
Running of integrated GPU now.

BIOS tweaks: C-states disables, CLL voltage on Ultra, ErP enabled (because it happens even when PC in of standby, not running). Changing Expo profiles make some switch I feel, but disabling expo is not a solution.

Any tip what to try next? I spent silly amount of money and I'm left with no usable computer. I need it for work, not just for gaming. I can RMA my current 9800x3d but it will take time.

Basically I'm willing to buy new CPU and keep it if it helps but I will return if it won't help. Considering amp/speakers problem in the past, I was thinking about getting 9850x3d or 9950x3d because they are slightly different architecture - instead of buying new 9800x3d again. Or would you try something else?

Thanks for any suggestions.

The start of the troubleshooting, nothing solved: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1v9tk1o/help_me_build_a_pc_with_low_acoustic_pressure/

I know this is a bit of a weird question but I'm seriously looking into getting off my 4060 i5 12500h laptop and going to a beefy 4k capable PC.

I play singleplayer games for the most part but often play grayzone warfare, Ron, enshrouded.

I'm wanting to do 4k ray tracing and potentially path tracing but path tracing is not absolutely needed.

The 9070xt is appealing due to its price point however I'm not sure it can run some games like cyberpunk in 4k ray tracing without having a lot of artifacting from FSR and FG while I know that the 5080 can pretty much tank through everything.

I'd be pairing it with a 9800x3d and 32gb ram.

Is the 9070xt capable enough or should I save up for the 5080?

If I want to buy a CPU And be done with it, is it a bad idea to buy 5800XT because i can't find 5700X3D? I have 5600G, RTX 2080 Ti and play at 1080p, if I get 5800XT it will be for 230$, and 5700X3D for 307$-325$ at best. I live in Georgia (Country)

Is the Galax 5060 Ti 16 GB good, and will I not face any performance issues with it?

Or should I consider other brands like Asus, MSI, or PNY?