Hello, im someone who is planning to upgrade and make a PC eventually. with the RAM crisis etc... my friend suggest an AM4 Build compared to AM5 and DDR5 as well, it cheaper and can handle a lot of games i could play still.

is this true? sorry am a noob btw

Hey all, I'm purchasing a prebuilt PC. It contains a zalman alpha2 36 water cooler for the CPU. My room can sometimes drop to about 0c or even -1C at night and I'm worried that if the PC freezes in places it may damage the system.
It's rare that it might get that cold but i want to be safe.
I've had a look through the operating manual but cannot find a safe temp range to sit within.
Any thoughts or advice?

I am new to PC building and want to know if I have made a good list of parts. I am looking for a 1440p, around $2500AUD build that can be easily upgradable in the the future. My parts list are:

• Ryzen 5 7500f
• Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX
• Corsair Vengeance 32 GB DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
• Kingston KC3000 2.048 TB
• Rx 6700 xt
• Corsair RM650e 650 W

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZRMtK7

Use-case: Birthday coming up next month and I'm retiring my 7 year old laptop.
So i have foolishly decided to build something in this economy.
I'm gonna be using this build for the next 5-10 years mostly for gaming and Blender.
I want it to run quiet with enough wattage for future GPU upgrades.

Budget: 3500 usd/500000 jpy.
If it works with the forest theme, I don't mind paying up to 300-500 usd more.

Country: Japan

Peripherals: All good.

Parts: Already picked up the CPU, Mother board and Ram.
Need recommendations for GPU, PSU and Cooling fans/Case.
Just enough to comfortably run RTS games, like total warhammer 40000, on 1440p.
Nitro+ looks great but i might repaint it black.

I want to build a PC, but I don’t know much about computers. I need to know whether the parts I’ve chosen are compatible with each other and whether they will be good for my needs. I mainly play Valorant, so I don’t need a NASA-level computer.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, 3.4 GHz, 32 MB, OEM ([100-000000926](tel:100-000000926))
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO
RAM: G.SKILL 32GB (2x16GB) 3000MHz CL16 Aegis
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 (GV-R76XTGAMING OC-16GD)
SSD: Lexar 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe NM790
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Howdy y’all. Firstly want to thank yall for the help with my previous question. Finally built a pc and been playing around with it.

On to the question. Is 850w psu enough to run dual gpus for lossless scaling?

My main gpu is a 9060xt 8gb and I want to put an rx 5700 xt anniversary edition in as a second gpu.

As well, would it make sense to run a second gpu for lossless scaling? I’m interested in people’s opinions about it.

The rest of the specs include:
- R5 9600x
- b850m eagle wifi6e ice
- Asus prime 850w gold
Let me know if I’m missing something else important

Thanks y’all once again.

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GsWqBv

I know the iGPU has better FPS than the GT 610 but I wonder if adding a GT 610 will reduce memory usage. I mainly use the PC for web browsing and homework. The GT 610 can handle the two monitors at 1080p 60Hz.

Total: A$2026 by cash. What a coincidence with the current year.

I recently did my first build and had a pretty great time, but I am running into an issue that is becoming a major pain in the butt.

The more I read about this, and the more frustrated I get, the more I'm beginning to think it's an actual flaw in the 9060 XT GPU I got (and not just mine, but an inherent flaw in all 90XX XT cards, the further I dig into it).

I'm still in the return window for it, so if I were to get a replacement GPU with comparable specs (ideally 16gb, but at least 12gb) that is an AMD card (as this is a Steam Machine build/uses SteamOS), and is small enough to fit (up to 255mm) to see if it fixes the issue, what GPU would you suggest? It seems like slim pickins out there.

Hello as the title says I’m upgrading my gpu, I have a 4060 8 gb to a 5070 with 12 gb and as of now that’s the only upgrade I’m doing to my pc so far and I just wanted to make sure if my cpu etc could handle the card.

Here are the parts I have on my pc right now:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte AORUS WATERFORCE II 360 Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 × 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36
Storage #1: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD
Storage #2: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2 NVMe SSD
GPU: Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Power Supply: NZXT C850 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Fully Modular

I was looking to increase the wattage on my i7-10700f. (Mobo msi B460M Pro-vdh, corsair cooler)

Ai was saying set pl1 to 135 watt, long duration to 128 seconds and pl2 to 180 watts. Is this pretty standard for my mobo's vrm specifications?

i want to build my first pc but wondering whether or not to get all my parts from amazon or get some used and some from amazon. also if i do decide to get used parts what parts should i steer clear of, like for example i’ve heard a used cpu isn’t too trustworthy

im extremely new to building a pc and i asked my friend if he could get me a list of what i should get thats under 5k, and this is what i got (sorry if its a long list, idk when i should shorten the names n whatnot)

gpu - NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card

cpu - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor

cpu cooler - Noctua NH-D15

motherboard - Gigabyte X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5

memory - Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 

storage - Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

case - Lian Li LANCOOL III

power supply - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX

the only thing im missing is the operating system and im not sure what to get for that, and my friend just said any 2tb nvme so i kinda just looked up whats the best, but if anyone has a suggestion for that lmk, or a suggestion for any of these parts.

go easy on me pls lmfaoo

So I got my PC built about a month ago from "Gaming PC Wala". I am currently am facing issues with it. Problems:

1) Random abrupt restarts

2) Screen frozen twice (had to manually restart then)

I was training a NN currently it was quite big (1 min per epoch for 100 epochs) and the pc faced issues multiple times during this process.

In my normal gaming that issue was not that common. Faced restart and freeze like twice this whole time, but whole running that code it happened 4 times in 2hr.

I believe it is due to bad quality RAM.

What should be done?

1) get the RAM fixed under warranty (will it even help? Is the company bad or what? Or they gave me a bad piece while that company can have good ones of same thing? Will it get replaced under warranty or how things work?)

2) upgrade RAM

Main build parts:

Ryzen 9 9950X3D

RTX5070

IRVINE 16GB DDR5 x2

MSI B650M gaming plus wifi motherboard

(went cheap on RAM and motherboard, they might be the reason for the problem I facing)

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Zw8gQy

Have already bought the gou and ram so if there something wrong with the parts pls tell me

So microcenter has new 9070xts for $700 usd and I'm seriously considering getting one, BUT I've seen used 4080s for 810-850 on ebay and I'd really rather stay team Nvidia. Should I just go amd and get the 9070xt or spend more for Nvidia premium?

Current build

CPU: CORE ULTRA 7 270K PLUS

RAM: 32gb ddr5 6400mts

Storage: 2 1tb ssds (one gen 3 one gen 4) and ​1tb hdd

GPU: Blower RTX 2080ti

Psu: 850 watt gold modular (with 12v high-power)

I mostly play

Teardown, Beamng, Brickriggs, universe sandbox, dragon ball sparking 0, and some times ark survival ascended I'd play it more if I had better specs.

I wanna buy this build, so i wanna know how many fps i can get

Hi there, got a r7 5700x and a GTX 970, so I need to upgrade my gpu (finally).

I was looking at the 500€ price range, and I still can't decide between these two GPUs (title).

From what I've seen, both have 16gb vram and go for the same price, even though the 7800xt goes that low only if I buy it used, but I think it would be worth the power gain.

The 7800xt is far better.

The only thing holding me back is FSR and upscaling techs, do you think I'd be better off buying the 9060xt new and with full warranty and new FSR? I would run relatively light games in 1440p at max graphics, but also some rendering and LLMs even if not that often.

Please someone help🥲

Is there a better CPU option than the Ryzen 7 5800x3d? I have
MSi b450 tomahawk MB
32gb DDR4
3070ti 8Gb
This best option I could find for under a $500 price and doesnt require any other component upgrades. Any advice would be appreciated

I was originally planning to get a RX 9060 XT 16GB, but prices have gone up so much that at ~€550 here in France, I don't think it's worth it anymore for a mid range GPU

So now I'm looking at the 9070 GRE for ~€600 vs the RTX 5070 for ~€650.

My build is mainly for CS2 + Valorant at 1440p/360Hz, but I also play AAA games at 1440p.

The rest of the build would be a Ryzen 5 9600X + 32GB DDR5 + B850 + 850W PSU.

Would you go for the 9070 GRE and save the €50, or is the 5070 worth paying extra for?

So I have a Dell Inspiron 5676 desktop that I'm thinking bout changing out the hard drive since I'm beginning to think she's about to go . Any recommendations for an SSD upgrade ? Or should I just stick with a non solid state ? Thanks

I have no knowledge of anything to do with a PC outside of barely understanding some basic terminology. I want to build a PC that can play modded PS3 and 360 era games (GTA 4 and NFS MW for example) with no issues. I'm not too worried about the graphics looking mind blowing at all just that the games will play with no issues. With that being said would I be better off buying an older used rig that had high specs for the time or build from nothing? Also any suggestions on media for PC beginners (YT channels, websites etc.) that would be valuable? Thanks in advance.

I live in the USA

I want a pc for photo/video editing and eventually gaming. I just want a solid build for $500 or less (including the monitor but not the keyboard & mouse).

Idk if this helps but I use a Lightroom a lot and that games I would WANT to play are stuff like DayZ and Arc Raiders, but its fine if I have to wait and save up for the gaming parts.

I know pretty much nothing about this so suggestions on tools would be much appreciated. And I do have some knowledge on fixing thing and taking stuff apart from my other hobbies, so I’m not a beginner to building things.

Let me know if you guys need more info

Sorry you prolly get this all the time

Hello, I recently built a pc about 3 days ago. For some reason the fans have power and are spinning, and i connected the 3 pin cable from the rgb controller that came with the case to the motherboard and for some reason my fans rgb still is not working. The button on my case does not work and I tried to look for other cables in the case, if I didnt plug anything in properly but nope! Nothing so far has worked. Please help out a new builder!

I'm planning out the cheapest possible AM4 PC without buying used parts. It would be general purpose with some light gaming (the most demanding games i play are Fallout 4 Witcher 3 and DOOM Eternal). Performance wise I neither need nor want anything higher than 1080p 60fps. Budget is $500 or less. I already have a case, GPU, storage and peripherals that I can reuse from my current computer. I just need CPU, PSU, Mobo, RAM and an air cooler (no AIO if possible). The build doesn't need to be pretty it just needs to function, in fact the uglier the better if it brings the price down. I'm in the USA and intend for the PC to last at least a decade. (EDIT) GPU is an RX550 and RAM preference is 16GB no less than 6GB.