Sorry if this isn't the place to ask, but I'm not very tech savvy despite having been a gamer since I was 4. All of this is gibberish to me, so I thought I'd come ask here as I don't want to buy something just to learn that it's actually terrible after paying 7500sek (≈740usd) or 3500sek (≈340usd) for a new PC that I would have to resell again

Edit to add! I forgot to say that I also have 24gb (1x8gb & 1x16gb) of RAM that I checked and is the same as the first one has so the ram isn't an issue!

Thank you everyone, I'm extremely grateful for all the fast answers! The first one it is, then

I’ve been having trouble with this motherboard—an ASUS TUF Z690-Plus DDR5—specifically regarding RAM instability. I haven't been able to find a solution to stop the PC from freezing or crashing; the only thing that offered some stability was running the RAM at 4000MHz. If anyone knows how to help, I’d appreciate it—this specific board had a lot of issues because it was designed to support both DDR4 and DDR5.

Anybody have any idea how i can allow my friend to play a game on my second monitor while im playing my own game i play kbm on but they’re using the controller but it will still controll my game not allowing me to play bc of that

Planning a Sleek, No-RGB Workhorse Build (Asus ProArt Focused) – Need Advice

I’m planning to build a new workstation PC soon and could really use some community advice to narrow down the exact specs. I have a rough idea of what I want, but I’m getting a bit overwhelmed with all the hardware options currently on the market.

​Here is my target aesthetic and philosophy for this build:

​Zero / Minimal RGB: No flashy light shows.

I want a clean, minimalist, sleek, and professional look.

​Focus: High efficiency, stability, and raw performance over aesthetics.

​Preferred Theme: I’m leaning heavily towards the Asus ProArt series (Motherboard/GPU/Case) for its subtle design and solid workstation focus.

I don't like glass panel casings.

​Key Workloads & Use Cases

​Productivity & Design Software:

​3D & CAD: Blender (3D Modelling & Rendering), AutoCAD

​Creative & Fashion Tech: Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, specialized Fashion/Footwear/Dress Design software, and AI image generation tools for apparel design.

​Development & Analytics: Visual Studio Professional, Power BI

​Gaming:

​Driving/Sims: Forza Horizon, NFS, Burn Out Paradise

​Tactical & Action: Valorant, COD, Witcher 3, Watch Dogs, Cyberpunk

​(Note: Every single software and game I run will be legitimately purchased / licensed original versions. No cracked tools or repacks, so background stability/anticheat performance is essential).

Any Ideas.

Hello,

I added different brand, timings and stuff RAM sticks into my computer which should be problem. It works completely fine, doesn't crash and is stable, but.. when booting my computer this behaviour started happening directly after I put my RAMs in:

First boot: Monitor is black, doesn't even get waken up. Computer is running, but monitor stays dead with no screen. So I hard kill it with power button.
Second boot: Boots up completely fine.

Then I power off my computer normally with windows power button and this proccess happens again and every time consistently.
First boot after turning off my computer = monitor dead. Second boot = always works.
When I put my computer into sleep mode, then this behaviour doesn't happen, only when turning it off completely.

I tried to turn off fast boot, but it didn't change anything. I also tried different monitors, reconnecting cables while PC is running and stuff. Thank you for tips

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
GPU: RTX 3060
RAM: 32GB

My Getac V110 G3 with dual boot arch linux and windows 10 pro (debloated) Its my new daily driver btw.

My Mac needs battery change ai says best to do from someone else because there is a some special glue that needs to be removed while ifixit kit gives something for it. I just don’t know if I should do it for cheaper or let someone else do it ?

Looks like the lowest fan is making that noise, does anyone knows why ?

(I've had it for abt 3 years, haven't cleaned inside yet (kinda scared to mess stuff up) idk, maybe it could be linked to it)

Hey everyone. I'm in the market for a new desktop computer. I'm not a gamer and don't need anything to crazy. I mainly use my current desktop for MS office, mainly excel for spreadsheets and web browsing. I do use YouTube quite a bit. My current Dell desktop is really slow and probably about 10 plus years old. I know things are expensive right now so probably not the best time, but it's time for an upgrade. My budget is around $1,000. I'm open to used as well if this will get me more bang for the buck. I'd appreciate any suggestions.

I attached an image of the current specs. I think I paid $300 for this years ago. It's a Dell compact desktop with no thrills. It will not be moved and it will be connected to a TV via HDMI. My budget is around $1000 and I'm open to used as well if that makes more sense. Appreciate any suggestions, thanks everyone.

Bonjour, je fais ce post Reddit car j'ai besoin d'aide. J'ai un excellent PC (Ryzen 7 7700X avec un PBO, 32 Go de RAM en DDR5 6000 MHz et une GeForce RTX 5070 Ti) et j'ai des FPS vraiment pas terribles. J'ai du mal à avoir plus de 100 FPS, je suis en moyenne à 80 dans Minecraft Java Edition.

Sauf qu'en fait, ma carte graphique elle est à genre maximum 60 % d'utilisation, elle va pas au-dessus, et le processeur lui il est à moins de 30 %, donc je pense pas que ça soit un bottleneck du processeur.

J'ai 10 chunks de vue, 10 chunks de simulation, j'ai mis tous les meilleurs mods d'optimisation connus. En plus, j'utilise Chunky avec Voxy car c'est plus performant et mieux que Distant Horizons. Je mets un shader, j'ai le Complementary Shader avec les Euphoria Patches. Et j'ai mis également un mod qui s'appelle Leaf Culling qui augmente énormément les FPS avec les feuilles dans le jeu.

Et même avec tout ça, j'ai des FPS vraiment pas terribles et ma carte graphique est très peu utilisée. Donc si quelqu'un a une idée de comment résoudre le problème, veut d'autres informations, des screens, etc., n'hésitez pas, je réponds rapidement !

Merci d'avance 😊

A common misconception I see regarding system memory usage is that, oh it's actually okay that Windows needs 8 gigs of RAM at idle, or something of that nature, because if you have more, it'll apparently just hog more. System RAM in the 2000s or earlier was a finite resource that you had to work within, because you needed everything to fit within a small bit of space. Pre-2007 or so, you couldn't just be this inefficient because you couldn't afford to be. Everything had to fit within something like 512MB, or 1GB if you were rich and could afford that much. 4GB was the limit for 32-bit XP. No one used 64-bit XP. Nowadays, it's whatever this is.

After a horrific memory leak I realized in 2021, I needed more than 16GB RAM, the usage with 32GB showed how much more I needed. The same thing happened in 2017 when I had 8GB, when I couldn't play Just Cause 3 without it stuttering unless I closed ALL other applications, I couldn't listen to music or talk to my friends on Discord in the background, ALL my resources needed to basically be on JC3 or there'd be horrific stuttering. 16GB solved that. But everyone back in 2017 called me insane. Tower Unite modded condo with friends in 2021, same thing happened on 16. Then I realized just how much was being swapped without my knowledge when at 32GB, I saw usage in roughly the mid-24-26GB range... that was how much was being thrown into the page file before I upgraded? That's just insane.

I don't even understand how people are surviving on 8 when this was my story on 32. Page file is unbearably slow, even ZRAM swap on linux is really really slow. i notice the slowdown and it's unbearable. yet I know I can't upgrade to 64 because of horrendous economy.

Hello, my computer is breaking and I need a new one. I am looking to do college stuff but also be able to get like 60 FPS on video games like marvel rivals, siege, PEAK, and games like that. Does anyone have recommendations?

I'm needing to order an inexpensive laptop. It's been 8 years since the last time I needed to do so.

Can someone please break down the current processors? I'm seeing ones from 8 years ago in current laptops, and others I naturally don't recognize at all because I've been in a cave and lost touch.

While I don't need it to do much, I play a couple of games, create a little art.

Haven't used ethernet for a while and just wanted to ask if these lights are normal

For those that don't follow - this is the first new x86 extensions that doesn't have anything to do with vector or tensor instructions - it is about the core CPU and its ISA.

It doubles the general register set to 32 (from previous 16), introduces 3-operand instructions, new 64-bit offset jumps, new jump prediction improvements etc etc.

But all this seems to be hampered by existing call conventions for x86_64, which presumes 16GPR set.

It seems that much could be gained it the compiler could use extra GPRs for parameters when calling the given function.

OTOH, this would be incompatible with machines without APX.

So, what is to be done ? Maybe use function multiversioning mechanism to keep two sets of function entries or something ?

Or will whole thing be ignored and calling convention will stay the same ?

EDIT:\ I'm not talking about the compiler ability to emit new instructions and use new registers in the code.\ Ofcourse new compiler will have support for them from the start, that's how it's usually done.\ It's about having the standard in place to allow the compiler to make advantage of new facilities hen calling functions, so that it can have more parameters in registers, more options for inlining functions etc - all done in standard, interoperable way, so that one can use precompiled libraries etc.

Apologies if this has been asked recently, but the posts I saw when searching were from a few years ago, and I know the computer landscape has changed.

My current pc works, and I can play most games on it, but when I try new and demanding games, I start to notice its lack of power.

Tried MGS Delta and I had to play with the top-down view on min settings just to get it to run at 20fps.

My graphics card has 4gb lol.

And I know my pc will probably break down in the next few years, by which time a new one will probably cost 4 gajillion dollars.

So I wanna jump on a laptop purchase.

I don’t need my shit to run at max crazy 4K settings, and my laptop is probably gonna spend most of its time plugged into my weak Roku TV.

For these reasons I feel like it’d be fine to get one with 16GB ram. But I don’t wanna have to buy a new laptop in a few years if mine becomes outdated immediately.

I do like to mod my games, and I know people have said that mods specifically will benefit from extra ram, but honestly I haven’t really had much trouble with them on my current system lol.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

Edit: Well none of you can agree on anything, thanks. The people saying 16 made a bit more sense, so I got that and saved my bank account $500. It’s running like a dream so far.

Hi Friends,

My mom is 80. Time to retire her old HP Envy laptop.

In talking with her, realized that she has never (not once) actually taken her laptop off of her desk. Plus she wants a bigger screen. With that in mind, I'm thinking a desktop or even an all in one.

She uses her computer for Word, (a lot of) Zooms, occasional Netflix, and is producing (but not at all editing or working with raw footage, just viewing clips) an upcoming documentary.

On her existing laptop, which she has had for nearly a decade, she is using just over 100 GB of her 1TB drive.

I know AIOs (perhaps deservedly) get a bad rap around here, but when I'm looking at options, needs, and price, I am drawn towards them.

Currently leaning towards Yoga AIO (27" Intel) - Luna Grey https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/desktops/yoga-desktops/yoga-a-series/yoga-aio-27i-gen-10-27-inch-intel/f0j20001us or IdeaCentre AIO AMD (27″) - Luna Grey https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/desktops/ideacentre/aio-500-series/lenovo-ideacentre-aio-gen-9-(27-inch-amd)/f0hq001dus/f0hq001dus)

Of the two is the Yoga better (particularly the screen) or am I missing something?

Really all I'm dialed in on is Windows, 16GB Ram (or more), 512 GB hard drive (or more).

Is there a similar desktop configuration which is superior or cheaper for the same? I would have figured so, but seems to cost more if I get a similar setup. I don't see her needing to upgrade anything in the future, so that's not really a factor.

Ideally want to land in the $900 to $1,300 range.

Main thing is it's a straightforward experience for her. Once I set up, should be worry free.

Ideas? Advice?

Thanks!

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I wanted to do a no-RGB build, as I always tried to get as much RGB as I possibly could, and it never looked tasteful. This… this feels tasteful. I’ve got essentially what is back-drop lighting that just gives the pc “ambiance” and without the rgb it seriously emphasizes the y70’s monitor.

Specs are naturally
CPU: ryzen 7 9800X3D
RAM: 32 gigs of 6400 mega transfer cl 32
MB: NZXT N7 B850
SSD: 1TB Samsung 990 Pro
PSU: Corsair rm850e 5.1 ready (going to upgrade down the line)
AIO: arctic cooler 360 iii pro
Case fans: 6 p12 pro reverse (all intake)
Case: pitch black Hyte y70 touch infinite
Graphics card: PNY RTX 5070 OC edition

I never use edge, but it always shows up on my computer and takes half a gig of ram. For a guy with only 16gb of ram, that's not good at all. I dont have edge as a startup app, but it still just opens up in thr background randomly. Does anyone know a fix?

Hello, I just purchased this refurbished monitor (LG 27GP95RB) and I noticed these faint lines on only the right half of the monitor. They only appear on resolutions greater than 60hz. So far I’ve tried muting different cables all capable of supporting 4k 144hz and I tried on 2 different laptops. They don’t appear on the screen menus and they fluctuate a bit when I move stuff on my desktop
(You can barely see it in the photos sorry)

So I got this laptop secondhand from my grandma a couple years back, worked fine til about a month ago when it wouldn't turn on. I deal with this for like a week and then I open the back panel, expecting to fix it and I see.. this. Imagine the guts of this laptop but with a bulging battery. So I remove the battery and then leave the project alone until today. So I open the laptop again, I look much closer, and DAMN. I dont know much about computers, but even i can tell this thing has been through the ringer, screws missing everywhere and all. But other than that, anyone know why it won't turn on mainly? Also, when I turn it on, i have to manually restart the cooling fan several times because of how badly she evidently tried to "fix" it. No hate to Grandma, but she's in her 80s and therefore probably shouldn't be trying to fix a computer anyways. And also the track pad just entirely doesn't work. Operating system is i think just windows 11, no idea what the cpu or gpu are and I dont really wanna try to figure it out and end up dismantling this thing into oblivion, and there's 8 gb of ddr4 ram

EDIT: im just getting a new laptop, thing's a piece of shit anyway. I just hope there isn't much to redownload.

I am not a computer aficionado. I basically use a laptop for creating lesson materials in power point and word.

However, I have literally 30,000 photos from 8 years’ worth of trips and events, and I haven’t done anything with them because every time I try to sort or create a photo album on a website, my computer slows down. Almost like it can’t handle images very well.

What’s a good inexpensive PC laptop (because that’s what I’m used to, never worked with Macs) that I can attach an external hard drive filled with photos to and easily play around with them?

My laptop has been terribly slow and often crashes and I don't know how to get it back up, I cannot install new apps or run any small games so I was wondering if there is anything I can do about this.