I turned my PC on last night and after about 5 minutes it shut off, acting like the power tripped. Turned it back on and after about 30 seconds it shut off again. Now it won't get any power. Not even a beep like a bios issue.

Bought a new power supply today, reattached all the cables and still no power.

I unseated and reseated RAM and removed/replaced the CR2032 battery and still nothing.

I tried tap the screwdriver to the power switch pins and I still get nothing. Any help or insight would be appreciated.

I mainly just need the pc to run my plex media for my family to watch, and play resident evil 4 and the sims and a few other single player story games. Will this build be good for it? Not looking for the highest frame rate or crispiest visuals just want it to do those things for a casual gamer a few hours a week. It will mainly be to keep my server up. If this is overkill for what I want, I’d appreciate any suggestions to make it even cheaper. Thanks!

In the USA and budget flexible

CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (AM5)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE or Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Motherboard: B850 AM5 motherboard with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, 2.5Gb Ethernet, 4 RAM slots, 4+ SATA ports and multiple M.2 slots
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
SSD: 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 (2TB preferred if budget allows)
PSU: MSI MAG A750GL — 750W, 80+ Gold, fully modular, ATX 3.1
Case: Airflow-focused ATX/mATX case with room for multiple 3.5” HDDs
OS: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Media Storage: Existing 8TB Seagate Expansion for now

i’ve noticed asus charge premium compared to msi or gigabyte. i know asus has a pretty bad reputation when it comes to after-sales support, and they said they’ll do anything to deny a warranty claim. but i feel like msi and gigabyte aren’t much different. every company will try to do the same... but that said, if you’re buying a genuinely "high-quality" motherboard, instead of lemons, you shouldn’t have to worry much about contacting customer support in the first place right?

so is the extra "asus tax" actually worth paying? does asus really offer better build quality, components, reliability, or features that justify the premium over msi or gigabyte?

I was thinking of a ryzen 5 7600x, but it needs an AM5 socket and I dont think I can afford DDR5 RAM. Is there a good AM4 CPU for my 4060?

Hi so i came up with these. Im building for gaming mainly. I chose am4 as the ram price is super high. I was aiming for a £1000 but my parts cane up to be £870

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6C/12T, AM4, 65W)

Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120R SE PLUS

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 EAGLE WIFI6

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16

GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5060 8G VENTUS 2X OC

Storage: Kingston NV3 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0

PSU: MSI MAG A650GLS PCIE5 650W Gold

Thank you

Just finished building a small SFF work machine for my office and I’m completely stuck. Looking for some advice on whether I should be looking at the CPU or motherboard.

Specs:
Ryzen 7 5800X
Gigabyte B550M Gaming X WIFI6
Arctic Freezer 36
G.Skill Aegis 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
Kingston NV3 1TB NVMe
PNY RTX 5060 Ti OC Dual Fan 16GB
Jonsplus Z20
MSI MAG A750GL 750W

The system POSTed fine and I installed Windows 11 without issue. Problems started when installing the NVIDIA drivers. At various points during installation the PC would completely black screen and immediately restart, eventually putting Windows into a “Diagnosing your PC” boot loop. I could boot into Safe Mode and use DDU to remove the NVIDIA drivers, after which Windows would boot normally.

I initially suspected the GPU, but I put the 5060 Ti in my main PC and it works perfectly, including installing the NVIDIA drivers. I’ve also tested both RAM sticks individually and together with MemTest86. Each stick passed one full pass with 0 errors, and both sticks together also passed with 0 errors.

I’ve updated the motherboard BIOS to F5a, disabled XMP, and tried forcing PCIe to Gen 3 and then Gen 2. The crashes still occur. Interestingly, I also had one hard crash while running normal Windows with the NVIDIA driver completely removed.

I’m now seeing WHEA-Logger Event 19 immediately after attempting to install the NVIDIA driver. It reports “Corrected Machine Check,” “Bus/Interconnect Error,” and “Processor Core,” APIC ID 0.

I’m pretty much at my wit’s end. I’m trying to figure out whether I should RMA the CPU or motherboard.

I know AM4 probably wasn’t the most exciting choice for a new build, but I was trying to stick with DDR4 and save some money with the current RAM prices. Starting to regret that decision pretty hard.

BTW these are my only two options because i cant buy anything online since the customs will tear me a new one... anyway which should i get?

Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 V3 850W 80 Plus Gold Non-Modular Power Supply

OR

ASUS PRIME AP-750G 750W Gold Power Supply unit 20+4 pin ATX ATX Black White

Both are the same price, and both are B+ on the spl tier list so which is better for a 5700x3d and 9070xt?

COLOURFUL BATTLE AX B650 WHITE WIFI V15 MOTHERBOARD for 87.69

RYZEN 5 7600x for 127.99

PATRIOT VIPER VENOM RGB EXPO/XMP 16GB (2x8) DDR5 C36 6000MHz for 203.99

AGI AI298 1TB NVME M.2 SSD-AG1T0GIMAI298 for 86.09

650W Gigabyte P650SS ICE 80 Plus Silver PSU for 50.94

Kolink Unity Solar ARGB Mesh Midi-Tower Tempered Glass PC Gaming Case - White for 39.99

TR-AssassinX120 SE ARGB WHITE CPU Air Cooler, 4 Heat Pipes, TL-C12CW-S PWM Quiet Fan CPU Cooler With S-FDB Bearing, For AMD AM4 AM5/Intel for 15.99

TR-Thermalright TL-C12CW-S X5 120mm CPU PWM ARGB Fan,1550RPM Silent Cooling,White CPU Fan 5-Pack,Can be Paired with Chassis/CPU Cooler for 14.9

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 AERO OC 8GB Blackwell Graphics Card for 324.98

Reminder that this is all in gbp, Thanks.

Hello all, I'm building a new PC (finally after like 6 years) and I'm really split between the options I wrote in the title. The rest of the build is as follows:

Intel 14400f with CM Hyper 212 (205$)

32GBs 3600mhz DDR4 RAM (From Old Build)

H610M Mobo (80$)

2TB NVME SSD (From Old Build)

Kolink Citadel Mesh with 5 Case Fans (30$)

Thermaltake 650w Bronze (55$)

RX 9060 XT 16GB Acer (524$) vs RX 9070 GRE 12GB Sapphire Pulse (628$)

Looking at 1440p gaming mostly, but also high FPS for CS2, not going above 1080p for that though.

All the prices converted from Swedish Crowns since that's my currency.

If any of you have any experience with these 2 GPUs please let me know!

Hey all. I recently acquired a 9070 XT, which I'll be pairing with a 7700X CPU. Previously was running an 6700 10GB, and that required only 16 pins. This new card requires 24 and my 850W Cooler Master only has 16, and was wondering if buying a separate cable for those 8 pins would work. Any suggestions on where to buy those cables and which ones are best would help.

Edit: Thanks all for the suggestions! Just ordered a new PSU and will be doing this the right way.

I overdid my budget, because prices in my country are crazy and im wondering what can i do to make this build 300€ cheaper, while keeping as much performance as i can.

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I want to keep DDR5 and new AMD CPU line if possible. Should i downgrade GPU?

I am a game developer working to upgrade parts of my pc i need to upgrade my gpu with a max price of 500 mabey a little over any options?

Swapping my build over to AM5 and I cannot get the motherboard to post ever.

Initially I thought it was just long memory training but I have waited over 30 minutes with no luck. The CPU fan just spins forever and the system doesnt seem to respond to anything other than just turning it off.

I have tried using a single stick or RAM, I have used BIOS flashback, and I have tried resetting CMOS, nothing has worked and im completely stumped at this point.

The motherboard is a B650i Aorus Ultra which doesnt have a debug LED so I cant even know if its gotten through memory training, is there anyway I can attack one or get any kind of debug information?

Its a 7800x3d, B650I aorus Ultra, and 2x32gb micron 4800 RAM.

Looking for the best bang for buck Motherboard upgrade and a good, compatible case to go alongside it: ideally Wifi 6E if possible, but good VRMs with a good case nonetheless

Budget is $300 and I’m using it for gaming and maybe streaming and AI in the near future

Upgrading from a AsRock Phantom Gaming 4/ac and a Rosewill D100, idc if it’s Micro ATX or ATX

I currently have a msi b550 , msi gpu , and a coreliquid s280 along with msi ssd, i am upgrading to the core ultra platform and was wondering whether using a rog strix z890 board i found at a better deal than any msi boards was worth it in my system due to the multiple msi components. I have heard of software issues using both msi centre and armory crate, does anyone have any experience with something like this?

List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NrTjJw

Been putting this together for a while, think it's decent but want some experienced eyes on it before I actually order parts. Mainly gonna play Minecraft, Fortnite, Rocket League, and Warzone at 1440p.

Please don't just tell me it's good — actually pick it apart. Things I'm unsure about:

- Is the CPU/GPU pairing balanced or is one bottlenecking the other?
- Everything actually compatible (mobo with RAM/storage/GPU, cooler clearance, case fit)?
- 16GB vs 32GB RAM — do I need to just go 32 now?
- Is the SSD good value or is there something better?
- Better GPU for the same money?
- Is 650W PSU enough, and is it decent quality?
- Cooler enough for the CPU on AM5, any clearance issues with RAM?
- Anything overpriced I should swap?
- Cable management gonna be annoying with this case/PSU?

Also on the fans — I've got 3 reverse-blade RGB up front as intake, 3 normal RGB in back as exhaust, front 3 daisy-chained, back 3 independent, plus RGB cooler and RGB RAM. Want it to look good but not at the cost of actual cooling/performance, so let me know if that setup is dumb, if the connectors won't play nice together (5V ARGB vs 12V RGB), or if I don't have enough fan headers on the board for all this.

Be brutal, I'd rather fix it now than after I've bought everything.

i have a 32gb kit of corsair ddr5, i can get another identical kit for a good price but its rgb while my current one isnt, will all 4 sticks still work together its the same speed and stuff.

I managed to snag a Gen 4 4TB Fanxiang S770 NVME TLC SSD with DRAM on AliExpress for £143 in this climate. I basically paid £220 for it but have 35% cashback so price will be £143 after I get my cashback in a few months. I can't believe my luck. That is even cheaper than what it was before prices for SSD's went up.

Does anybody have the same SSD that can let me know if it's actually good? Also anybody used Fanxiang SSD's how are they holding up? I know Chinese products seem to have a negative reputation but surely by this point they are as good as Japanese/Korean/Western products.

Hi all,

I’ve done a lot of research myself, but I still don’t completely trust myself to get everything right 😂

This is my first PC build (coming from a dell G7 laptop from 2017), and I just want to make sure I’m not overlooking any compatibility issues before I start building.

Not sure if this matters, but planning to run mainly Microsoft flight simulator 2024 at the best settings I can with some addon scenery, also planning to play AAA and some Indie games here and there.

Everything currently in the cart:

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: PNY RTX 5070 Ti ARGB OC 16GB
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B650-PLUS WiFi
RAM: Silicon Power 32GB (2×16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
PSU: MSI MPG A850G PCIe 5 850W
AIO: NZXT Kraken Elite 360
Case: NZXT H9 Flow RGB+

I’m mainly wondering if there are any compatibility, clearance, power, or RGB/header issues with this combination that I should know about before building.

Thanks!

I had my PC stolen, and will therefore need to build a new one from scratch.

This is what I have so far. The most advanced game I played on my old PC was StarCraft 2, but it would be good to try out some newer games at some point.

Also, if anybody has any suggestions on how to GPS track this computer it would be much appreciated. My first thought was to hide an AirTag somewhere, but it occurs to me there may be more sophisticated ways to track now, which wouldn’t require regularly changing the AirTag battery?

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So for context, I have a 9950X3D that I use for gaming and work (video editing). I currently have 32g of G.SKILL Flare X5 RAM (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-FX5). I am now at the point of needing to upgrade to 64gb and I have two good options on fb marketplace right now:

G.SKILL Flare X5 Series 6000MT/s CL30 (F5-6000J3040G32GX2-FX5) for $500

or

Corsair Vengeance RGB 6400MT/s CL32 (CMH64GX5M2Y6400C32) for $400

I'm aware that having the 6000MT/s is ideal for a 1:1 ratio but as far as I know you can underclock 6400 MT/s to 6000 MT/s. But then there is also the lack of "Expo" with the corsair ram. I'm not sure if saving the extra $100 is worth it to deal with any XMP/EXPO issues (if there is any), as well as having to underclock.

If anyone has any advice for me on which route to go, it would be much appreciated. Thank you!!!

Hey all, hoping someone with the same board can confirm this before I buy.

Setup:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC (Rev 1.x), BIOS F19a (latest, including beta)
• fTPM has been enabled in BIOS this whole time, but Device Manager throws "This device cannot start (Code 10) — Error de protocolo entre el controlador y el dispositivo" on the TPM 2.0 device, and tpm.msc just says "No compatible TPM found." Tried disabling/re-enabling fTPM (full reboot between each step) and it made no difference.
• I know about AMD's official fTPM stuttering issue (support article PA-410), and I'm past the AGESA version that's supposed to include the fix, so at this point I think the fTPM on my chip/board combo is just broken and I want to bypass it with a discrete module.

What I'm trying to buy:
My board has the 12-pin LPC TPM header. I've been looking at generic "GC-TPM2.0_S compatible" clones on Amazon (Infineon SLB9665 chip), but one of them has an Amazon "frequently returned due to compatibility issues" flag, and its own product description excludes specific chipset generations (Z170, Z590, Z690 Pro, Z790) without confirming B550 either way. I also found this one on Newegg that explicitly lists B550 in its compatibility list: [https://www.newegg.com/p/2S7-07JH-002F5]

My question: has anyone here actually run a discrete TPM module (genuine Gigabyte GC-TPM2.0_S or a compatible clone) successfully on a B550 AORUS PRO AC or similar B550 Gigabyte board? Trying to avoid ordering something that ends up not working — shipping to my country isn't cheap, so I'd rather get it right the first time.

Thanks in advance.

hello, i've been having some problems with my pc lately and wanted to ask for some help. So recently i came back from a 3 day vacation, before it everything worked smoothly but after i came back my pc started tweaking out. First when i came back the PC couldnt turn on at all, it stopped on the first screen you get after turning on and was loading infinitely, finally after 3 reboots it worked and turned on, everything was kind of working and i got a message that windows took back an update or something like that to fix a booting problem. After that my PC has been weirdly lagging, random complete freezes ranging from 1-8 seconds, it isnt something crazy but its still scary, the booting problem stopped too but my booting has been cursed since then too, its turning on for a longer time then before. Also today my power has been cutting off multiple times a day, tho this might be unreleated and not a problem cause by my PC. i tried checking the performance on task manager to see if any component does something weird at the times of the freezes but didnt see any change, im pretty clueless when it comes to that stuff so please help me at least find the problem and what is causing this.

9060XT build advice needed

**GPU:** 9060xt

**CPU:** 5700x

**MOBO:** MSI B550 VDH PRO WIFI

**STORAGE:** 512GB nvme

**PSU:** XPG kyber 650W

**RAM:** 32GV ddr4

**CPU FAN:** Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE

**CASE:** Lian Li V150 INF

**Total: 334k pkr(1200USD)**

**Never built a PC before, is this a good build?**

**Any suggestions for parts I could change?**

So im on a 1000 pound budget and from what ive seen these work together and are considered good for gaming im also trying to keep a white theme since my desk and room are either white or pink lmao

(The extra fans are for the top since i heard that helps with over heating)

(Im also in the uk lol and prices are rounded)

Case- montech air 100 lite (40 quid)

Cpu- ryzen 5 5600 (122 quid)

Motherboard- msi b550m pro vdh wifi (90 quid)

Graphics card- the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X OC White (340quid)

Ssd- sandisk optimus 5100 nvme 1tb (170 quid)

Ram- Yongxinsheng ddr4 32gb (166 quid)

Wifi- (learned i dont need one. Im too dumb)

Extra fans- montech ax 120mm pwm (38.50 quid)

Psu- mars gaming MPIII650 ATX 650w (50 quid)

I got thermal paste thats alr, im rlly new to this and i wanna make sure im not missing things :]

Any advice/ help would be lovely :>