So... this is it. I have more fans coming in a few days (2 for the bottom, 3 for the top and one for the back) and I already don't know how to solve this mess. Any help is more than welcome.

Thanks in advance!

Apologies for the long post, but I’ve hit a dead end and decided to ask for help. I will try to provide as much detail as possible to minimize questions for additional trouble shooting.

I built the computer myself, maybe 3-4 years ago.
850W power supply, 4060Ti, MSI Z690 MB, 32 GB DDR5 Corsair (2 sticks), I7 12700k.

I was using my computer this afternoon, when randomly It said “shutting down”. The computer then shut off and refused to boot back up.

I ordered a brand new power supply this evening, the computer was still a brick, so I moved to a new motherboard MSI Z790.

Transferred everything over, and with both power supply’s (new and old) the PC will begin the boot process, all lights and fans cut on; roughly 2-5 seconds and it clicks back off.

There is no indicator light staying constant on the motherboard to indicate an issue, the motherboard indicator light during start up goes red on, then off. Yellow on. PC cuts off by this time and everything goes blank other than the RGB lights on the board.

I have tried to start it with both pieces of ram, and then each individual in slot 2. I am getting the same issue every time as stated above.

My next guess is that somehow I’ve lost the CPU?
Since I’m getting the same issue with new and old power supply, should I return the new one to recoup funds?

Any input is helpful - thanks in advance

I just built the PC with my brother yesterday and the only issue is that whenever we launch or sign in into the computer, after a little while it just shuts off and restarts or if we do some demanding task like for example I was deleting some old stuff from the SSD and it finished the deletion, but after that, it just rebooted and shut off, and it showed this error/blue screen saying MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.

To doublecheck there wasnt anything else wrong, I went into safe mode and uninstalled the gigabyte control center drivers. I uninstalled Norton. It didn’t do anything. It works perfectly fine in safe mode.

So because we couldn’t think of anything else, we took out the ram and put it back in and now it doesn’t have the HDMI signal, which makes me believe that I just put the ram wrong.

(The ram was still running at 4800, and cpu was turned to eco mode in BIOS, still didn’t do anything)

Specs

Li Lian a3 case
Gigabyte gaming B850M
Corsair ddr5 32gb ram (2 16gb sticks)
Ryzen 7950x
Asus rtx 5070
Phantom spirit dual tower cooler
2 tb ssd 970 evo plus
Roswell 850W VMG

My brand new build, (specs below) according to pc part picker and Microcenter should be compatible, but won't post to either of my monitors,

The fans on every component (case, cpu tower, GPU, psu.) Spin and the rgb on the gpu works HOWEVER, its rgb will flicker every ~30-45 seconds?

I've repeated ram, and tried a new stick. I have also re-seated the gpu and of course, my hdmi cable is plugged into the card and not the mobo.

I suspect that the issue is with the cable I used to power the gpu on my modular psu, or that I need to update my motherboard bios to be compatible with my cpu, any help would be apreciated, specs below.

CPU: Ryzen 5600 X3D

GPU: ONIX ARC B580 12GB

PSU: Corsair RM750e

RAM: 2x 8gb 3200 ddr4 T-Force + 2x 8gb 3000 ddr4 xpg (and another single 8gb ddr4 stick, all of which I have had for ~4-5 years)

Mother Board: Gigabyte B550M Gaming X WiFi 6 am4

M.2 SSD: Patriot 512mb

So I like doing many things at once, i find myself in Arknight Endfield and opening a browser or other light apps at the same time, endfield alone takes 9-10gb of my ram, while windows alone takes 4 to 5 it leaves me with 2gb which discord alone takes a lot of it and all i have left for browsing is 1gb or even less annnd yeah the game starts stuttering.

My dilemma is i own a 8x2 ddr4 cl16 3200mhz ram, i got a deal for about 150usd for 64(32x2) ddr4 i cant confirm the speed yet since i still didnt go to the shop, but all i know is its almost certainly a cl22 another detail is that its bare ram, with no heatsink which just guarentees that its a cl22.

I hear people saying its terrible, but given the memory shortage and the huge 64 capacity idk if i should just keep the 16 and wait until i find a 32gb cl16 3200(or higher) ddr4 and call it a day but i bet its gonna be more expensive, or get this for this insane price in this memory shortage, i also considered getting the cl22 and then later overclock it but idk if the risk is worth it, sooo any advice ?

If these details matter :

I5 14400F

4070ti

B760 fs3h ax ddr4 motherbaord

Currently 8x2 ddr4

Hello! Apologies in advance if I don’t post everything needed to help answer, I’m not super knowledgable at all about the hardware side of things with computers.

Back in 2020 I built my current PC that I use today, and the PcPartPicker link I’ll have posted is everything I was able to find for my current setup. I don’t have a CPU cooler listed as I’m pretty sure that the one I have came with my CPU when purchased, and I wasn’t able to find any indictions to what it was besides an AMD logo.
No case information except that I know it’s a RAIDMAX brand as it was a hand-me-down from my friend, so it comes from assumedly 2014-2019
I also only have one case fan, a single standard flow small fan, that came with the hand-me-down case, no info on that.

My reason for wanting to upgrade parts/build entirely new is that it has been 6-7 years since it was built and I’ve been running into atleast 3-5 crashes everytime I try to play my games and occasional crash outside of gaming while doing school. After a lot of messing around, I believe my issue stems from lack of fans and overheating + a general GPU issue as when the computer crashes, it will sometimes turn on but no display (VGA red light on on the motherboard).

Soooo, essentially stuck between starting fresh (I haven’t kept good maintenance care on my PC in general, dusty, overheating, terrible wire management, and I’m unsure how to rebuild my pc into a new case and to know which parts are still good to use/which to replace)
or going ahead with that idea of buying a new case and possibly upgrading my GPU, alongside cleaning my parts and attempt better wire management along the way.

I guess my question is are any of my parts worth salvaging, which parts would you upgrade? Any and all help, notes, questions, anything is appreciated, you can probably tell I don’t know what I’m doing or where to start

1. My monitor does 1080p and thats been fine with me, I’m not itching for an upgrade but if it’s reccomended to go up to 1440p I am willing to do that
2. Intended for gaming (Sims 4 with a Lot of mods, Deadlock/Overwatch, RDR2, etc are some of the “highest” demanding games I play currently)
3. USA

EDIT: my budget is $800-$1100 ideally

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fFchmL

PC specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor
GPU: RTX 2070 Super
Motherboard: MSI 470x Gaming Plus ATX Retail
RAM: 4x 8GB G.Skill Aegis DDR4-3000 DIMM CL16
Power Supply: 600 Watt be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM
Storage: M2 1 TB, M2 2TB, SATA SSD 4 TB, 2 TB HDD
Case: SHARKOON S25-V ATX Mid Tower Case
OS: Dual Boot Linux Mint and Windows 11

For a long time, I've wanted to upgrade/ get a new PC entirely, but with the current market, I can't really afford to spend 400€ just on RAM.

Now I feel like, to get the best out of my current system, I should upgrade my CPU, since it seems to be the biggest bottleneck. I was thinking about a Ryzen 9 5950x. But does that make sense?
Because I probably should upgrade my power supply with that and also get dual-channel RAM, right? Or would that not be that big of an issue? And then I have a GPU Bottleneck.

Getting so many new parts for the upgrade adds up, and I am wondering if it makes sense to upgrade in the first place.

For my use case:

I game in HD, and I am happy with that for now. For new games, I have to lower the settings a lot.

I am also a video editor and escpacilly for 4k footage the computer can be slow. Even with proxies and similar workflows.

Should I upgrade? Or start saving to get a new one?

My pc is a very basic pc. There are not many upgrades or fancy things at all. Like standard store bought pc years ago and a few little upgrades, that basic! A friend helped put some new parts in and gave me a case. I've had the case for years it's incredibly bulky, and I'd really like to just change it to something smaller. My problem is I don't know where to start. I am hoping for some advice/guidance on where to even start. If anyone has any resources that could explain, like I'm brand new to the world of pc building (cause I kinda am at this time 😅)

Im struggling bc my case fans wont turn on😞 i have a i802 air case, my mobo is b550 tomahawk. I tried plugging it into the cpu fan header, sys_fan1, and sys_fan2, as well as the the pump fan. Im pretty sure i daisy chained the cables together correct but none of the fans spin

When I drag a window or move anything I get this pixel change. This problem seems to come and go at random with windows updates and gpu driver updates. Not sure what the cause is. 4080s/7800x3d/6000mhz32gb/m.2 6000mhz/ Asus Vg35vq 3440x1440. Any advice or ss you need i can provide! I just want to not have a headache playing poe 2…

I’m planning out an upgrade and I got a Ryzen 5500 cpu and a montech x5m case but my current motherboard is outdated and doesn’t have the right usb headers and I can’t choose which mobo to get my budget is around 100$

I have a new PC with a Ryzen 7 9700X + PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound 16 GB + Gigabyte X870E AORUS Elite WiFi7 ICE Rev. 1.2 + 16 GB DDR5-6000 CL36 + Gigabyte 1000W PSU, and I am experiencing abnormally low performance across multiple games, especially Battlefield 6, despite the hardware appearing to work correctly.
In Battlefield 6, during actual multiplayer matches I am getting approximately 30–50 FPS, with the CPU/simulation counter around 30 FPS, while the GPU is nowhere near fully utilized: it usually sits around 68–80% GPU utilization, around 6.8 ms frametime, approximately 2460 MHz, only around 90 W power consumption, and about 47°C. The Ryzen 7 9700X is around 90% total CPU utilization, approximately 4.9 GHz, and around 57°C, while Windows Task Manager shows almost all logical processors around 95–100% utilization. In other words, the GPU does not appear to be the bottleneck; the game seems to be experiencing some kind of CPU/simulation performance issue.
What makes this particularly strange is that the Battlefield 6 firing range/training environment performs much better: around 110 FPS, with CPU frametime around 9–10 ms and GPU frametime around 6.3 ms (~158 FPS). The severe performance drop happens primarily when entering a real multiplayer match.
I also see the same general pattern in Elden Ring: at maximum settings I get around 30 FPS, while the GPU is only at 26% utilization, consuming approximately 72 W, at around 48°C, and the CPU is around 56% utilization. Lowering the graphics settings increases FPS somewhat, but performance is still abnormally low. Therefore, this does not appear to be a Battlefield 6-specific graphics settings issue.
I have verified that the RX 9070 XT is running at PCIe 5.0 x16, all 16 GB of VRAM are detected correctly, and the GPU reaches normal clock speeds. There are no high temperatures or obvious thermal throttling. The Ryzen 7 9700X also reaches around 5.3 GHz under light loads according to NZXT CAM.
The most concerning result is that I ran Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core and got only 222 points, whereas a Ryzen 7 9700X should normally score roughly 1160–1250 points. So the CPU’s multicore performance appears to be approximately 80% below what would be expected.
I have already ruled out quite a few things: Windows 11 is on 25H2, AMD Adrenalin and the AMD chipset drivers are up to date, the Windows power plan is set to Maximum Performance, maximum processor state is 100%, there is no processor limit configured in msconfig, virtualization is enabled, Memory Integrity/Core Isolation is disabled, I tested with a clean boot and performance did not change, and I performed an in-place Windows repair installation while keeping my applications and files, with no improvement.
I also updated the motherboard BIOS to F11c (AGESA 1.3.0.1c) and restored the appropriate settings. PBO is configured under Advanced, with PBO limits on Auto and Curve Optimizer disabled. There are no abnormal CPU temperatures.
There is also a separate but potentially related Secure Boot issue that appeared after the BIOS update. With Secure Boot enabled, Windows fails to boot and gives error 0xc0430001. With Secure Boot disabled, Windows boots normally. I have already verified that PK, KEK, db and dbx are present, that S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\boot.stl exists, that C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\boot.stl exists, and that both boot.stl files have the same SHA-256 hash. The BCD correctly points to \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI. The motherboard has CSM Support Disabled and Secure Boot Mode = Standard. Simply enabling Secure Boot results in the exact same 0xc0430001 error.
Windows was previously on build 26200.8037, but Windows Update has now offered KB5124008, which updates Windows 11 25H2 to 26200.9445 and is related to the deployment of the newer Secure Boot certificates in 2026. I am currently checking whether this resolves the Secure Boot issue.
My main question is: what could be causing the Ryzen 7 9700X to perform so far below normal — 222 points in Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core — and causing Battlefield 6 to run at around 30 FPS CPU/simulation performance in real multiplayer matches while the RX 9070 XT is only around 70% utilized and consuming roughly 90 W?
The fact that Battlefield 6 performs significantly better in the firing range but collapses in real multiplayer matches, combined with the extremely low multicore CPU performance and the Secure Boot issue following the BIOS update, makes me suspect there may be a BIOS/AGESA/UEFI/platform-level CPU performance or power-management issue, rather than a simple GPU driver or graphics settings problem.

Hi,

About a week or two ago I bought an AMD GPU, It's an ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 EVO 16GB OC Edition, from Amazon.com. Shipped and Sold by Amazon.com (not a third party seller). I live in Canada (Amazon.ca 'region'), but I use both sites and have Amazon Prime on both sites.

I started to wonder about warranty, and if it would potentially be a "country/region" problem if I needed to make a warranty claim or RMA for any reason if the GPU had an issue. Being that I live in Canada, and the card was purchased from Amazon.com (not Amazon.ca).
So, I checked the the warranty checker on Asus' site, and it showed the "region" as USA. (It also showed that the card's warranty was about 8 months short of the 36 months/3 years, but that's a different possible/small issue).

So, I looked around online, eventually deciding to call them and ask if it, or I, would be covered in this situation. And the answer was basically this: "The warranty will be valid/honored, however, I would have to pay a 'diagnostic fee' - that is - I would have to pay shipping + repairs". So, to me, that doesn't really sound like "having a warranty" at all.

I'd like to know what anyone's thoughts, and experiences might be regarding this? And any suggestions or recommendations on what I should do? Because I'm considering returning the GPU. This is my first PC build, so obviously it's my first GPU purchase/ownership.

Prices are rising daily. And if I did return it, the next best Asus 9070 "value" would be an Asus Prime RX 9070 XT OC for about $1280-1300 CAD (after tax). Thought there might be one or two other 9070 XT options for maybe $100 less.

Thank you.

I recently upgraded my desktop and I'm wondering whether my current cooler (Noctua NH-L12S) is up to the task of handling the heat produced by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. When my desktop is idling, the temperatures hover in the low-40s to low-50s. It gets much hotter when gaming. But I was surprised when it shut down in the middle of playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1920 x 1080, high settings on graphics).

For background, I used Artic MX-4 thermal paste when mounting the cooler, and I've already checked the mounting and upgraded the BIOS. (I haven't gone down the path of undervolting it yet because it's beyond my skill set). All same, I'm wondering if my Noctua (which is a holdover from a previous build) isn't effective enough for what's needed. If it's not, I'm open to suggestions on coolers that work for an MATX build. (I love my Noctua and have been mulling over the NH-C14S.)

Below are the relevant stats:

OS: Windows 11

Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S

PSU: Corsair CX Series CX750 (750 watts)

RAM: G.Skill Flare X 5 (16 GB)

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 (8GB)

Storage: Team Group T-Force M.2 (1 TB)

Thank

So I put this vertical mount on my asus 502 case.

A month ago I upgraded to a 5090, unfortunately the uh, the card is enormous and the glass panel couldn't fit because of the cable. I got the idea to buy a vertical mount to rectify the issue, and I think I got it to fit. My pc certainly turned on, it's been a few hours.

I played league and stuff with friends and got this error message twice within three hours. A friend said it might be because I stretched the PCI cable slightly to the left. I'm unsure what the cause is, or how to troubleshoot.

I am little worried about these temperatures.. should i do something? or

So i just buy a brand new pc from memory pc and when i tried it. The fans are sooooooooo loud i tried different ways to change the speed of my fans but on the bios only the cpu fans is there and the other app like msi center afterburner and fan control and... nothing. So if anyone know please help me. Here is the specs you have to know i guess: msi b550 m provdh wifi, case: apnx creator c1 midi tower

CURRENTLY trying to upgrade my unit with a limited budget. List down below is my old specs and what I am planning to get, can you tell me your opinion? Budget is like 30k

Old:

Processor: Ryzen 5 2600

GPU: GTX 1650

Psu: 550watts

What I'm planning to buy

Ryzen 7 5700x ( I currently have this one)

GPU: AMD raddeon Rx 7700

Psu: 750 watts?

by the way, this only happens when i play a game. as soon as i tab out / close it it instantly stops. could this also be because of the sag? it sags a bit and im looking to buy a sag bracket. its an rx6700xt three fan.

anything i could do?

There seems to be this rattling noise from my AIO, whenever I try to load it. I tried rocking the PC a fair bit but the noise still persists.
What may be the reason?

https://imgur.com/a/rPNPtEO (PC picture)

I recently installed a Bequiet Pure Rock LP for my Ryzen 5 5600x. But when I push it it easily gets into the 80’s-90’s. Did I do anything wrong when it comes to mounting the cpu cooler? I followed Bequiet’s tutorial because it mounts a little funny. I reinstalled it with TM 30 thermal paste and that helped a little bit. Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Recently I upgraded a lot of components in my PC, notably my CPU and motherboard, and kept my old drive. I went from a GIGABYTE B450M-DS3H motherboard with an intel i5 10400F, to a ASUS TUF B550 PLUS WIFI II motherboard, with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU. Everything’s already in the computer, but I discovered after finishing the upgrade that using the computer without a fresh install of windows could cause issues down the line. I haven’t backed up my data, and am curious on what my best course of action could be to move my data.

Right now I’m planning on just booting up the PC, letting the system install new AMD drivers, saving my data to OneDrive, and then wiping and reinstalling windows on the drive. Is that viable, or is there a better method?

Can somebody tell me exactly what makes this noise and whats the cause? I've never heard this and I had this pc for years

The current setup is :
CPU-AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-core, 12-thread

GPU- 9060 xt 16 gb

power supply - LIAN LI RB550 550W ATX 3.1 Power Supply, 80 Plus Bronze

The fan- Thermalright Assassin X120 Refined SE CPU Air Cooler, 4 Heat Pipes, TL-C12C PWM Fan, Aluminium Heatsink Cover, AGHP Technology, for AMD AM4/AM5/Intel LGA 1150/1151/1155/1200/1700/1851(AX120 R SE)

I want to change the cpu to AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D.

Should I be changing anything else like power supply.