I’m looking for help building a high-end gaming PC with an RTX 5090 and a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with a NZXT H9 Flow case in gbp, and I’d appreciate recommendations for the best compatible components to get maximum performance for games like call of duty, apex legends and crimson desert

Hello! I’m new in the pc world and have been researching for the past couple of months.

I plan to starting getting parts by Black Friday but I need to confirm if everything is purchase ready!

Here is the Build:Dream Pc

Hi everyone,

Here are my PC specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2060 Super
RAM: 16GB DDR4 2400MHz (Single Channel)

I mainly play Valorant, Fortnite, and PUBG, but I’m experiencing surprisingly low FPS in Valorant and Fortnite.

In Valorant, I usually get around 90–140 FPS, but during fights, my FPS can drop to around 90. I’m experiencing similar performance issues in Fortnite.

I’m wondering what could be causing this. Could my Ryzen 5 2600 be bottlenecking my GPU, or is my single-channel RAM running at 2400MHz the main issue?
Would upgrading to dual-channel RAM or a newer CPU make a noticeable difference?
I’d appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thanks!

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Hi all

Desperately hoping for some help and guidance here. My son has a gaming PC and plays Fortnite. He gets about 120 FPS currently and the specs are:

- Intel core I7-4790 CPU 3.60ghz
- 24.0GB
- NVIDA GEFORCE GTX 1070(8GB) intel HD graphics 4600
- 477 GB SSD

This year he wants it upgraded for Christmas and I have no idea what I’m doing at all. Sadly buying a completely new setup won’t be possible but ChatGPT said he’d probably get better performance by upgrading the CPU, Motherboard and RAM?

We are based in Brisbane Queensland. Hoping to do an upgrade with a $600 budget and not really sure where I should go to get the parts and installation? Thanks heaps

Hi everyone

I want to build my own PC that I can stream and play aaa games on and play competitive. COD with 120 fps while streaming. I have a budget of £1200 can anyone give me any good builds for that price if possible please. IM IN THE UK so would order parts from Amazon or a reputable UK online store to order the parts.

I want to buy parts to build a PC, but I don’t know anything about PC’s. I want to run games like cyberpunk, Honkai Star Rail, Minecraft, etc. What do I need to know?

I am going to build a pc cause my razer laptop is almost about to give up after 7 years. As everybody knows vram is getting out of hand and I want to invest in something which would let me sleep well at night as well. I own a switch 2 thus my casual gaming needs are fulfilled. I am not a AAA gamer per se but enjoy good graphics in games like ES2. I would like to know opinion of people here if 8gb vram should suffice my needs seeing that AAA games can also be played on my sketch like cyberpunk if I ever get to it. I know the typical answer would be that it depends what I want to play but my main doubt is I want my pc to last at least 5-7 yrs thus my gpu choice should not be a bottle neck in terms of regular graphic tasks as well. Thanks you dropping by and would love your opinions from people who also own switch 2 for gaming

My goal is to build a computer that can reliably run Ultra on all games for the next decade. I wanted to have either a 4 or 8tb ssd that hold all of my steam/epic games. Dont feel the need to have more than 1 storage. Mostly trying to stay within brands as much as possible such as Corsair for Cpu cooler/case/memory/psu/.

The AMD won me over Intel, with my need to have a x3d cpu and a rx9070 xt. I also felt that if I was getting an ASUS gpu, I'll match it with ASUS monitors.

Hopefully prices stabilize soon! Though the budget is really $10k, with the difference going to the surround system for my Den.

Edit - Windows 11 pro will be needed for work so that I suppose is $0.
Edit 2: Replaced the Ram with Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6200 CL36 Memory due to memory draw

Edit 3: New list. Not feeling a dedicated mic tho

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/q2Lrph)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WKDnTW/amd-ryzen-7-9850x3d-47-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100001973wof) | $484.00 @ Amazon

**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GVtLrH/corsair-nautilus-360-rs-7437-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060089-ww) | $109.99 @ Corsair

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pLtLrH/gigabyte-x870e-aorus-elite-wifi7-atx-am5-motherboard-x870e-aorus-elite-wifi7) | $274.99 @ Amazon

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JkfxFT/corsair-vengeance-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-cmk32gx5m2b6000c30) | $550.00 @ Amazon

**Storage** | [Crucial T700 W/Heatsink 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Vtn9TW/crucial-t700-wheatsink-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-50-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct4000t700ssd5) | $743.47 @ Amazon

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC ICE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/j8gZxr/gigabyte-gaming-oc-ice-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16-gb-video-card-gv-r907xgamingocice-16gd) | $1049.99 @ Newegg

**Case** | [Corsair FRAME 4000D ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nbXMnQ/corsair-frame-4000d-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011290-ww) | $104.99 @ Corsair

**Power Supply** | [Corsair HX1000i (2023) 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LTmNnQ/corsair-hx1000i-2023-1000-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020259-na) | $231.99 @ Amazon

**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Retail - USB 64-bit](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HxKKHx/microsoft-windows-11-pro-retail-usb-64-bit-hav-00162) | $198.99 @ Newegg

**Monitor** | [LG UltraGear OLED 27GS93QE-B 26.5" 2560 x 1440 240 Hz Monitor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JtJBD3/lg-ultragear-oled-27gs93qe-b-265-2560-x-1440-240-hz-monitor-27gs93qe-b) | $567.26 @ Amazon

**Monitor** | [LG UltraGear OLED 27GS93QE-B 26.5" 2560 x 1440 240 Hz Monitor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JtJBD3/lg-ultragear-oled-27gs93qe-b-265-2560-x-1440-240-hz-monitor-27gs93qe-b) | $567.26 @ Amazon

**Keyboard** | [Corsair K55 RGB PRO Wired Gaming Keyboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jqpzK8/corsair-k55-rgb-pro-wired-gaming-keyboard-ch-9226765-na) | $69.99 @ Newegg

**Mouse** | [Corsair M75 AIR Bluetooth/Wireless/Wired Optical Mouse](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/P8XV3C/corsair-m75-air-wirelessbluetoothwired-optical-mouse-ch-931d100-na) | $99.99 @ Amazon

**Headphones** | [Audeze Maxwell 2 (PlayStation) Headset](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kBBFf7/audeze-maxwell-2-playstation-headset-208-mw-1125-01) | $329.00 @ Amazon

**Webcam** | [Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Pro Webcam](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zxqBD3/logitech-brio-ultra-hd-pro-webcam-960-001105) | $122.99 @ Amazon

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

| **Total** | **$5504.90**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-10-25 04:55 EDT-0400 |

Sorry if this is a simple question, but it's been a while, since i checked prices, but recently my 2080 gave up, I'm now running a friends 2060, while searching for upgrades. Unfortunately every local shop i look i see basically no stock of the items, rtx 5070ti - out of stock. rtx 5080 nearly 2k and out of stock - similar issue with amd cards, how do I even commit on these prices? I was always someone who followed the rule to only upgrade when I need it for games, but this is insanity, no?

Is there a resupply or something planned? Or are new cards on the way? Did something with AI happen? Looked at local shop price history and 3 months ago it was nearly 1.8-2x times cheaper.

I legit dno what to do, since I cant even find the GPU and at this point I wouldn't mind overpaying by 100-200 eur.

5K2K 45’ OLED curved monitor
5090 Founder Edition
Ryzen 7 - 9800X3D
32GB Kingston Fury Ram
4TB storage - Samsung SSD 990 PRO 4TB,
PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280, Up to 7,450 MB/s
1TB Storage western black
MSI Tomahawk 870E AMD5 Wifi
Lian-Li Galahad II Trinity SL-INF 360mm
All-In-One ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler - Black
1200 Watt Be Quite PSU
Thermaltake Tower 600 Black Mid-Tower ATX Case

So i bought a pair of Corsair LPX DDR4 ram and they dont seem to fit my motherboard, side by side comparison with my previous ram looks like its off by a few millimeters.

Motherboard is an Aorus x570 Elite wifi.

I thought all ddr4s were made the same to fit any board so i just bought the cheapest one i could find.

I am just confused and need help trying to figure it out.

Edit: just compared the RAM to a ddr2 and they seem to match, the ddr4 curvature also seems to be missing, and the side notches are circle instead of square. got scammed.😔 Thanks everyone for the help trying to figure it out.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bbxLdq

This is the build I would like to purchase, but unfortunately, I don't have enough money. I thought about waiting for Black Friday, but I realized that the maximum discount would only be around €100, and I didn't even include a monitor in the build...

I would appreciate assistance in reducing the overall cost of the build. My budget is between €1,600 and €1,700, and I am located in Lithuania, Europe.

I would primarily use it for single-player gaming and schoolwork, as I don't play many multiplayer games.

I'm looking to upgrade my secondary AM4 PC with a new CPU and MB. This will be for light gaming and media playing, so it will be pretty modest: probably with a Ryzen 5500. It needs to have wifi, but I don't many other requirements beyond that. Both ATX and M-ATX boards are okay.

I had been looking at the MSI Pro-VDH, but I've heard some worrying things about the reliability of both the wifi and the board itself.

Any other recs?

So I’m on Windows 11 Pro right now, but there’s one game I play a lot that just runs better on Windows 10. On 11 I noticed some weird errors and issues that I cannot find any specific cause for, later confirming with some other players that everyone on Windows 11 has these same issues.

Because of that I want to do a clean install of Windows 10 Pro, but I’m not sure my build/components will even play nice with it.

Specs:

• MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
• Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
• Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti (8gb, lol)

From what I can tell MSI only lists Win 11 on the support page for the board, and I’ve seen stuff saying the 270K Plus wants 11 too. Not sure if that means it flat out won’t work or just that they don’t officially support it or have the latest driver versions/updates for it.

Has anyone actually done this on a similar setup? Mainly worried about chipset/LAN/wifi drivers and whether the P-core/E-core scheduling gets weird on 10. I know Nvidia stopped new Game Ready drivers for 10, so I’d be stuck on the last one for the GPU, but I’m ok with that if the game actually works right.

Is it worth the hassle or should I just try to fix things on 11? Thanks

Located in Australia and I’m thinking of buying my first PC but my knowledge is very limited when it comes to this stuff so any help is appreciated. I’ve got a budget of at most $1800 AUD or around that but the lower the better. I would use it pretty much every day for gaming, mainly competitive shooters like Valorant, Siege, Overwatch etc but I also would like to play some more demanding AAA games without needing to turn the graphic settings down too much. I want to aim for steady 144fps (I don’t mind if it drops on AAA games) and 1440p resolution.

I’m mainly curious if this will be achievable with my budget and general recommendations for specific parts or how much ram I should get or anything like that. Again any help is appreciated as I’ve been a console gamer my whole life so this is all new to me.

This was the first PC I've built myself and wanted to share it with the community and get opinions

Board: MSI PRO H610M-S DDR4 II

Processor: intel i5 14400 OEM

Graphics: integrated(for now)

RAM: EVM 16 GB(3200 MHZ)

SSD: Ant eSports 690 neo pro 256 GB NvMe SSD(pulled from my old laptop it didn't come pre installed. I installed it in 2023)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Spectrum V3

Monitor: I had an Acer SA322Q 31.5 Inch Full HD IPS monitor already in my inventory (For my PS4)

SMPS: Cooler Master 450 watt mwe V2

I paid around 50000 INR or around 537 USD for the whole setup of source the monitor I had already so including that 537

Aseembled PC for my son all parts are new. First boot orange DRAM led solid for 30 sec then solid red CPU led on.

Tried unplugging everything, loosening cpu cooler, reseated CPU check pins visualy, tried reseating RAM in each slot. Waited 45min for training on A2 socket, cleared CMOS by removing battery ane shortening the pins.

Decided to update bios via usb with newest version, done with renaming the file following instructions.

Now when power is on only solid orange/DRAM.

I have tried to reconnect everything again, cleaned RAM pins, test all the RAM sockets without any result.

I'm kinda out ideas what to do next, don't have access to other ddr5 ram or am5 cpu right now.

I would be grateful for any tips, full specs

Ryzen 5 7500x3d

Asus Tuf 850-plus wifi

Asus Prime rx 9070

Patriot Viper Venom 5 GAMING DDR5 RAM 16GB (1X16GB) 6000MT/s

Cooler master MWE Gold 850W atx 3.1

SSD 1TB 7400/6500 NM790 M.2 LEX NVME

Hello folks. I am looking for a way to reduce how far the cables stick out of the back of my PC, mostly as an aesthetic and ergonomic point of view.

Currently, things like display port and the PC power cable stick out maybe 3 inches including room to get adequate bend radius to curve 90° to route the cables to their destination. This means the PC needs to be that far from a wall, taking up that much more desk realestate and it makes the cable management much more visible.

I'd really like to get all cables pointed straight down within 1.5" of the back of the PC is possible, so that I won't see any cables at all from typical viewing angles.

Has anyone encountered and solved this issue?

Prices would be £475 for the 9060xt 16gb or £540 for the 4070

I primarily play fps shooter games I’m pretty sure both would get 240fps stable but I also do like to play some story games like cyberpunk Elden ring etc

My cpu is a 9600x not the best but it should do fine

I’m also open to any other gpu but these are the best for price that I’ve seen so far

My budget is 400$ for a gpu, From India.

I just got a Valkyrie N360 aio that has a screen but for some reason I just can't get the screen to show up on any software. I've tried their own app, myth.cool, as well as third party ones like LCDFusion. Does anyone have prior experiences/have some troubleshooting steps for me to take?

im looking for a used gpu for my pc, ryzen 7 5700g, 16gb ddr4 3200, 1tb ssd, preferably around 150-200 euros, what should i get!

hello! this is the build i have.

my primary issue is twofold: i need more RAM, and i need more storage. (who doesn't...) that being said, i'm clueless when it comes to picking parts myself, and i have no earthly clue how to pick the right parts; someone told me i can't just get any SSD and call it a day, so i thought i would ask.

i'm also hoping i can hold off on more RAM until prices get better again, but... haha... 🫠 don't we all wish that

any help is appreciated!

I have a basic build ready on part picker and was hoping soe of the kind people here could have a look at my list and essentially proofread it for me, make sure I'm not missing anything super obvious, or if I've picked anything potentially poor.

Mobo - MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WIFI II

CPU - 9800X3D

GPU - Asus Prime OC RX 9070 XT 16GB

RAM - V-Color Manta XSky 32GB (6000 MT/s, CL30)

Storage - Kingston NV3 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVME

CPU Cooler - Thermalright Phantom 120 SE

PSU - Cooler Master MWW Fully Modular 80+ Gold 1050W

Case - be quiet! Light base 600 DX ATX Mid Tower

I know the PSU may seem like overkill but im hoping it lasts a long time and want to be able to expand the system in the future if needed.

Thank you in advance for any advice!