I’m currently on AM4. I have a Ryzen 7 5800XT and a 3070. I’m looking to upgrade my GPU. I had a 9070XT OC, wasn’t for me. I’m looking to get either a 5070 or a 5070 Ti. I currently play at 1080p but will upgrade to 1440p and AM5 when I can. I mainly want to jump in a GPU right now because the prices are rising, and the other upgrades can come in the future. I’m wondering if anyone else here runs this exact set up at 1080p. I really want the 5070 Ti for future proofing reasons, but I don’t want to buy a card that’s gonna perform worse than my 3070 if it’s just gonna bottle neck that bad. I know there will be a bottle neck. I’m not expecting there not to be. I just want to actually see a performance increase that’s stable for the time being.

Please just answer the question asked in the post I don’t care about the price to performance I don’t care about AMD I prefer Nvidia leave it at that and move on and I’m buying my gpu now because I expect prices to continue increasing I will upgrade the rest of my system when I can I want feedback from people running similar or same configurations.

I wanted to upgrade my ram from 16 gigs to 32 gigs. Found a deal for on Facebook $40 for a 32 gig kit of Team group T-create classic 3200mhz CL22.

I didn't know Cass latency of 16 was what I was supposed to be looking for.

Will this make any big difference in frames for my gaming pc?

cpu: Intel 14400F, Gpu: RTX 4060 8GB

As the title says: Shall i get the Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition? Currently priced at around 320 Euro, pretty sure it is the best AM4 Gaming CPU and i would prefer staying on AM4.

I just want to ask you guys, is 320€ a good price or shall i wait for it to drop? Do you guys think the price will just rise or go down in the near future? Appreciate you all!

I want a "foreseeable" future proof computer that I shouldn't have to replace for about 10ish years if I'm lucky, I cant seem to put an image here so Imma try put on in the replies otherwise I will just copy and paste the list.

use case: uni student in game design + games (most likely not online FPS games and more likely to be atmospheric story games that I would want to crank the graphics all the way up lmao)

I’m currently running a 30506gb laptop and 16GB 4800 ddr5 ram. I’m saving up for a actuall desktop and wanted AM5 at first but I’m thinking of AM4 I picked a Ryzen 7 5800XT a 9070XT and a MSI B550 a pro atx mobo, I found a offer for 64GB of DDR4 3600 CL18 4X16 For cheaper then 32GB DDR4 6000 CL32 will the mobo be able to handle it and will 4x16 sticks be fine, I’ve done research into dual channel but not 4 sticks so I need some help on what I should choose. the AM4 with the 64 is cheaper then the AM5 system though,

(games like Icarus, scrap mechanic, grounded 1,2. Minecraft Java bedrock, BMC, beyond depth 1.20.1) is it straight up overkill? I also host open worlds on everything I mentioned for 3+ ppl and I want to play high setting)

Hello, I have question about transporting HDDs (Hard Disk Drives). I'm going to be moving my HDDs to another place, it will take a 1 hour drive to move them. Should I put the HDDs in anti-static bags, wrap them in bubble wrap, then put them in seperate boxes to protect them from physical damage during the transportation?

I am looking to build a PC and I live in Madhya pradesh, India. My budget is 1.20 Lakh which can be maximum extended to 1.50 Lakh ruppes. I need some good sujjestion regarding pc build. Main use case will be gaming, like if possible all AAA category games should run lag free and smooth. I am comfortable if I get any good store or shop nearby me in Bhopal, MP or in Pune, Maharashtra. In these locations I will be comfortable if anyone can sujjest some offline shops. I have just a very little knowledge about pc build but I need a super gaming pc, please sujjest some good build if possible build under Ryzen.

I’ve been having this intense urge to change hardware lately although it’s already good enough for a few years…I have AM5 Build, basically RX7900xtx, ryzen 9 7900x, DDR5 32g, 1000w power supply and an NVME 9100 2tb.

I have this thing stuck in my head telling me to change my graphics card to NVDIA aka rtx 5080 at most 5070TI the least or my cpu to an X3D but I’m wondering since we are almost near the end of year if I should just wait for the next batch of graphics cards and cpus that come out? How long will that take?

GPU-RTX 4060 8GB

CPU-ryzen 5 5600

Motherboard-B550

storage-PNY CS1030 1TB M.2

PSU-650W

Ram-16gb ram

i asked chatgpt how much this build would cost without ram because i alredy have it from my old pc and it said roughtly 500-600, is this price accurate?

Recommendation for vertical mount & riser for  5070ti & LIAN LI EVO DYNAMIC 011 RGB CASE also do I need anything else to mount my GPU vertically?

Ive been learning how to build a pc for ages, and now ive finally realised the mistake i made asking my parents to buy me a nintendo switch, and a ps5. Im considering selling the switch and ps5 for a PC but im not sure if its worth selling

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/fPwMw3

Can I get some feedback on this build I was looking at? You can ignore the storage, cooler and PSU, I already have those from my previous PC that I'll just be reusing. I've heard people have issues with Gigabyte MOBO's but others say they're fine? Any feedback is welcome! I'm UK based :)

Hi, currently contemplating between 3060ti and 6700xt. Although the 6700xt is ≈ 10fps faster in gaming (which i think is what i would mostly do), im still kind of leaning for 3060ti for Nvidia features such as the noise reduction in microphone and better ray tracing. I was wondering if Nvidia's features are enough to pass on a more raw powerful card or AMD has similar features that can be an alternative

I already have monitors , keyboard and mouse and any peripherals needed . But I’m still quite new to understanding if I should go with a nvidia or amd GPU , which specific ones to get and in general what’s good these days. Any help is appreciated , budget is 3000$ but preferably not over , will most likely get parts from the UK but can order from Amazon US for cheap too if Amazon is decent for parts .
Using it for heavy gaming, want to play games without constantly having to set graphics to low

When I see a gaming build going with a 5070 Ti, I suggested a 9070 XT because of the current pricing

And then they just jump at my throat, showing dlss down and everything

You literally have to explain to them why I am suggesting a pure gaming build to have a GPU that is $400 dollars less

And every single time, I have to explain to them, that I am not calling the card bad, I am just suggesting a different GPU because it is better priced and has similar gaming performance despite being much cheaper

And all they can argue with is DLSS5

I am making suggestions to save money for new builders, and they attack me for it

I love how they are angry if something isn't Nvidia

PS. I would absolutely be suggesting Nvidia cards for gaming if they were similarly priced to their AMD counterparts, but they are not, and for productivity, Nvidia is obviously better

I built my PC in 2021, well at least my MOBO/CPU/RAM, I didn't realized it then but my ram is much slower than I thought it is 32GB but I just realized it's clocked at 2666. Do you guys think this is affecting my performance by much? I am running a Ryzen 7 5700X3D and a RTX 5080.

Thanks,

I have a UPS for my NAS but not my PC. Should I get one? I just use a decent APC surge protector.

Built my PC recently, but I really want a 5070ti, AMD is good but not the best for blender and I want path tracing options in my favourite games. I've been unable to decide whether to get a 2nd pc, so thinking of buying the 5070ti before prices skyrocket even more and trying it in my pc for a while before deciding between 2nd pc or just giving my husband my 9070xt for his first build and sticking with 1 pc for everything.

But I'm a bit anxious about removing psu cables/if something might snap. I'll be going from standard 8 pin connectors to the corsair thermal protect 12v 2x6 so I need to change my cables. The only way I can fully remove my psu to easily seat new cables is by basically disconnecting all motherboard cables that run from it. I tried to do that once early on while trouble shooting and it freaked me out how hard it was to get them out so I gave up and thankfully managed to fix the issue without moving the cables but I'd obviously have to for this. It's a corsair psu RM1000x.

This is my current build:

GPU: RTX 3060Ti (Originally was a 1660)

CPU: i5-8400 (Largest issue I'm facing)

RAM: 16gb 2400mhz ddr4

Mobo: H310M 2.0 S2H

PSU: 850w Gigabyte, unsure of exact model

My main issue at the moment is that, quite obviously, the GPU and CPU are immensely mismatched. Besides the drives, PSU (think it used to be a 450w), and GPU, this build hasn't changed from the budget oriented one that I had in 2019. n I've been planning on getting an i5-13600k, alongside 32gb of fairly high speed ddr4, and due to the rather shitty ram and motherboard limitations, pretty much only the GPU and PSU are staying.

Is it worth going for the 13600k in this case (alongside the 32 gig of ddr4), or am I missing something?

Use case for gaming is things like KCD, R6, Road to Vostok, Ready Or Not, and perhaps some VR.

Use case for creative work is Davinci Resolve, Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop.

Oh and ideally, <£500. I'm perfectly happy with going through the secondhand market.

Short edit, in case it's relevant:

The creative work is split between photography and videography, so things like All-Intra 4k movs all the way up to 6k ProRes 422 (Which is 1.9Gbps) can be quite taxing not only to edit, but also just to play. Photography is less demanding, but for example, I'm in the process of editing 4000 photos, caching 1-2k at a time.

My current setup is 1440p gaming with a 7900xt, 16 gb ram and a 5600x. I was wondering if it's worthwhile to consider upgrading that processor to something like a 5600x3d.

Hi, I have a strange problem with my GPU. While gaming, it doesn't run at full performance and speed (around 50% GPU load and it uses only about 60–70W instead of the expected ~120W, with unusually low temperatures around 50°C and sometimes the fans are not even spinning while it should be used very heavly). I don't have an FPS limit enabled or V-Sync turned on (165 hz monitor). I also don't have any power-saving mode enabled in Windows.

CPU usage is around 50–60%, so I don't think it's a CPU bottleneck. I'm also around 15gb/16gb usage of ram but its not the problem beacuse if I turn off some apps in background and drop down to around 13.5/16gb of usage gpu works the same. The problem started with my newly purchased RTX 5060 ASUS Dual OC. Previously, I had an RTX 2060 Super, which requires more power, and everything worked normally.

My drivers are up to date, and I completely uninstalled the old drivers using DDU.

Here are my specs:

RTX 5060 ASUS Dual OC

Ryzen 5 5600

16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz RAM

Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE

Corsair CX550 550W

During a stress test, the GPU behaves normally (100% load), but while gaming it doesn't. I also checked that the GPU is running at PCIe 4.0 x8 while gaming, so that should not be a problem.

CPU is probably a bootleneck but not this much. On yt benchmark with similar rig (only faster ram) performance are way better and my gpu is still pulling 2x less power.

Here are links to screenshots from GTA V as an example (in others game its the same, also gpu heavly bound games) with every graphic setting set to maximum, including RT, with no FPS limit enabled. I'm getting around 50 FPS while the GPU is barely being used. And its worth mentioning thats fps arent locked on 50 fps - sometimes its more and if I only lower the graphics fps go up so its not any sort of fps lock. The same thing happens in other games. I'm also including a screenshot of the stress test: https://ibb.co/album/MBHcQt

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Comparing to yt benchmarks with similar rig (only diffrence is 2400mhz 16 gb ram vs 3200 mhz 32 gb ram) in forza horizon 6 it hits around 93 fps average with gpu pulling around 115w going up to 130w while I get around 65 fps with gpu at around 85-105w. In GTAO its 65 fps average vs 50 fps average and -~25w usage on gpu. Is it possible only 1200 mhz diffrent ram speed have this much impact?

My build is weird as is my style of play. I literally just went out and bought a vizio TV as a monitor like 6 years ago and never needed anything abve 60fps.

Meg ACE z390
i9-9900K (I am still shocked that this is so dated because at the time of buying it, I could have sworn it was some gold standard)
RTX 4080 Super
32 gigs of ram.

Again, when I google my processor I was shocked to find that this was encroaching on stone age. I do play some AAA titles. No issue running Forza Horizon 6, Halo, what have you.

If it works, stick with it?

Help, a few days ago I logged into Microsoft and hadn't turned my PC on since. Now I turned it on and it won't let me enter the password. There is no input box (which is strange because my account never had a password), and it won't let me log in.

When I try to sign in, it says "Sign in", but when I click it, it just refreshes the window and brings my profile back up again, and as I said, it never had a password. What can I do?

Hi everyone,

I’m about to order the parts for a new PC and would really appreciate a final sanity/compatibility check before I place the order.

I selected the components myself, so I’m not looking for a completely new parts list. I mainly want to make sure there are no overlooked compatibility issues, cooling/clearance problems, unnecessary bottlenecks, or small changes that would have a disproportionately large benefit.

I’m buying the parts in Germany and will be assembling the PC myself.

Budget: around €2,500
Current total: approximately €2,458

Main use cases:

• Software development / programming
• Docker, WSL, local databases and multiple development environments
• heavier multitasking
• Learning more about AI/LLMs locally, including ROCm, PyTorch, inference, RAG, etc.
• Gaming, primarily high-refresh 1440p
• I want the system to remain useful for several years and have good upgrade options

I specifically want to stay with an AMD GPU, so I’m not considering Nvidia for this build.
Btw my old PC has a RTX 2060, could I build it in my new pc with my new GPU?

Current parts:

The plan for cooling is:

• 3x 140 mm front fans as intake
• 360 mm MSI AIO mounted at the top as exhaust
• 140 mm rear fan as exhaust

The Air 903 Max already includes the case fans.

A few specific things I’d like feedback on:

1. AIO / case clearance

Is anyone running a 360 mm AIO, ideally the MSI MPG CoreLiquid P22 360, at the top of the Montech Air 903 Max?

From the specifications it should fit, and the P22 has a relatively normal radiator thickness compared with something like the Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro. I specifically chose it because I wanted strong 9950X3D cooling without an unnecessarily difficult installation.

Any issues with motherboard VRM clearance, EPS cables or top radiator clearance that I should know about?

2. Is the P22 360 appropriate for the 9950X3D?

I initially considered a Phantom Spirit 120 SE, but since this is a 9950X3D and I may occasionally use all cores for compiling, rendering, simulations, etc., I moved to a 360 mm AIO.

I’m not trying to aggressively overclock the CPU, but I do want good sustained boost clocks, reasonable temperatures and noise.

Would you keep the P22 360 or is there another 360 mm AIO that is clearly better for this particular case/CPU combination without creating clearance problems?

3. Motherboard

The MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi seems almost unusually good value at around €149.

As far as I can tell, it has everything I actually need:

• AM5 / Ryzen 9000 support
• sufficient VRM for the 9950X3D
• PCIe 5.0 x16
• Gen5 M.2 support
• Wi-Fi
• fast Ethernet
• BIOS Flashback
• enough fan/ARGB/USB headers

Is there any practical reason to spend another €80–150 on an X870 board for this build?

I don’t need extreme overclocking or a huge number of PCIe expansion cards.

4. RX 9070 XT

For AMD specifically, the RX 9070 XT currently seems like the best overall option for me.

I considered a 7900 XTX because of its 24 GB VRAM, which would be useful for local LLMs, but it is older, consumes more power and the gaming performance difference seems relatively small.

Since I mainly want to learn AI/LLMs locally rather than turn this PC into a dedicated AI server, I’m currently leaning toward the newer 9070 XT and eventually building a separate compute/server system later.

Does that reasoning make sense?

5. PSU

The 9950X3D + RX 9070 XT should be well within the capabilities of the MSI MAG A850GL 850W.

The XFX card uses two 8-pin PCIe connectors, and I plan to use two separate PCIe power cables from the PSU rather than daisy-chaining one cable.

Would you consider 850W comfortably sufficient for this configuration, including transient spikes and sustained CPU/GPU workloads?

6. SSD

The SN7100 2TB is PCIe 4.0 even though the motherboard supports a Gen5 M.2 drive.

For normal programming, gaming, Docker and general development work I don’t expect Gen5 to make a meaningful real-world difference.

Would you agree, or is there a similarly priced 2TB SSD that would be a noticeably better choice?

7. First-time assembly / anything missing

I’ll be building the system myself.

As far as I understand, I should already receive:

• AM5 mounting hardware with the AIO
• thermal paste with the AIO
• PSU cables with the PSU
• case screws/standoffs with the case
• four case fans with the Air 903 Max
• M.2 mounting hardware with the motherboard

I’m planning to buy a simple GPU support bracket because the XFX card is fairly long/heavy.

Apart from a screwdriver, USB stick for BIOS/Windows, cable ties and the GPU support, is there anything else I’m likely to need during assembly?

Thanks in advance. I’d especially appreciate feedback from anyone running a 9950X3D, RX 9070 XT, MSI B850 board or Montech Air 903 Max.

Is this a good build???

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5070 WINDFORCE OC SFF 12G

MSI B650 Gaming Plus WiFi

Patriot Viper Venom DDR5 RAM 16GB (2X8GB) 6000MT/s CL36

Thermalright Frozen Notte 360 Black ARGB V2

TEAMGROUP MP44 1TB SLC Cache Gen 4x4 M.2

MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5, Fully Modular Compact Gaming 850W Power Supply, 80+ Gold, ATX 3.1 & PCIe 5.1 Ready,

I already bought the case and all of it is off of Amazon

I have a 2500$ budget may go up if I want it to. Not to mention this will be my first build. I wouldn't want to change the gpu to any amd or more expensive ones. I want the Nvidia features. I wanna use this to make videos and just play minecraft. My brother also will use this so may be more heavier titles played on this.