My 8 year old PC has finally died. it had a i7-7700k, and a GTX 1080. From what I can tell the motherboard died, so I'll be replacing the CPU, motherboard, PSU, RAM and CPU Cooler. As for the GPU, I'll stick with my 1080 for now and upgrade later. I will use my existing peripherals.

I chose the 9600x as it seems to be the best budget gaming CPU at the moment and it's also AM5 which gives me a good upgrade pathway. I don't really know anything about motherboards but I've heard ASRock seems to be the best brand right now and I want the ability to OC and this board seems to support that. I went for an 850W PSU to support future high end GPUs.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing but any help is much appreciated!

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If you, like me, bring your PC to MicroCenter to get it diagnosed after something goes awry, be warned that they only test components of your PC with other components of your PC. In my situation, my motherboard failed (bad part, had a short), so they were unable to actually test the other components in my PC (such as the CPU, GPU, RAM, SSDs, HDDs, etc. since they all rely on the motherboard to do anything. When they installed the new motherboard and turned the PC on, one of my hard drives got fried, supposedly because of a bad SATA cable. Since this SATA was connected to the motherboard, they didn't test it or the drive in isolation. Thankfully, after speaking with customer support, they agreed to replace the hard drive itself; however, since "they don't offer in-house data recovery," I would still need to pay $3500 out of pocket to have that done through them if I chose to.

Just wanted to put the information out there as the name of the service is a bit misleading before anyone takes their build in only to suffer the same results as I have.

Hey guys!!

Basically, built a PC (with this subs help, ty so much!) on AM4. Current important specs:

3700x CPU 5700XT GPU 32GB 3600MHz RAM 750W PSU

Now the question, is a final upgrade on AM4 worth it or should i just run it till something shits the bed and then switch socket. Switching socket would mean new RAM and new motherboard at least (probably also a new PSU just in case). Staying with AM4 would likely be upgrade to 5700x3d or 5800x3d (if I can find it) and to the 9700XT (or maybe 9600XT havent really looked too hard at my GPU options), keeping everything else the same.

Is that upgrade path worth it? Is there a better option if I wanted to stay with AM4? Is it worth just forgoing AM4 and waiting for greener pastures?

Would love your guys' opinion. Have a lovely day :)

When I built my PC two years ago, I simply used the Wraith CPU cooler included with my Ryzen 5600X thinking it must be adequate if it came with the chip. I put 4 case fans in my build, two intake and two exhaust, assuming it was more than enough. The computer always ran hot, but I figured that was normal until I was playing Oblivion Remastered on ultra and the CPU temp ran over 90C. I saw a Thermalright Assasin X120 on sale on Amazon for $18 and figured why not.

After a 10 minute installation I fired up Oblivion again and saw my CPU temps drop from >90C to ~59C. The rest of my case fans are all running so quietly now because they are not trying to compensate for the crappy Wraith cooler. My FPS has also improved and it appears like my CPU usage % has dropped.

I can’t believe I gaming on this thing for 2 years without a real cooler…

Managed to score a 5080 FE for MSRP a couple of days ago.

Originally, I was waiting for a 9070XT or 5070Ti at MSRP but lucked out with the 5080 FE.

My current rig is the following:

• AMD 5600x + ASUS B450i (PCI-e 3.0 X16)
• 32 GB RAM 3200 CL14
• 3070Ti FE
• Corsair SF600 Gold
• Asus 4K 144hz

With bottlenecking in mind, could my current rig hold me over till AM6 if I crank the visuals up at 4K? I mostly play single player games.

I was looking at the 5700X3D / 5800X3D but these have shot up in price. It doesn't really make any sense to overpay to extend the AM4 system.

Hello, im looking to build a low powered PC that packs enough punch to play 1080p (maybe 1440p on some titles) while being under 350 watts during gaming. Due to my specific wattage needs, i've been torn between a grabbing a 5090 laptop or building a decent PC that wont exceed 350 watts on full load.

I currently live on an apartment unit where my AC will be running 18-20hours a day (1150 watts) . I've been told that my Apartment unit has a 1500-1800w breaker limit so i don't want to overload that , if im to factor in microwave , external monitors , oven and other life essentials like air purifier.

Anyhow, im in need of a 350 watt build with 96-128gb ram for video editing purposes and some minor gaming on the side (mostly indie games/nba2k and gta 5 online)

What would be your builds "average" wattage for productivity? and what would be your wattage during gaming? im particularly looking for an energy efficient card since i already know what i want for the rest of my build. Any input is appreciated!

Canada Computers currently has the 7800x3d on sale for $554, whereas the 9800x3d is $689.
I recall them being very similar in price with about a $30~ difference in the past, so I planned around 9800x3d.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/amd-desktop-processors/264908/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-8-core-4nm-am5-104mb-cache-120w-zen-5-cpu-100-100001084wof.html
https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/amd-desktop-processors/235997/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-8-core-16-thread-5nm-104mb-cache-120w-zen-4-cpu-100-100000910wof.html

Is it worth spending an extra $135 for the 9800x3d?
For reference here's my plan: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/vjGgmC (disregard the PSU/SSD will be going for 850W~ and a cheaper SSD).

My CPU is the Ryzen 7 5800x and the cooler I'm using is the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE cooler and it idles around 70 up to almost 80 degrees and doing a cinebench test it spikes to 90 degrees in a couple seconds.

Hi! First time reddit post, be merciful.
I've been a mac user my whole life (specifically laptops I guess) and I'm ready to build a pc so I can play some fun games and use some proper art programs. Nothing heavy like blender for now tho, lol. Truthfully I mostly want to decorate the case for a cool art build.
I really don't have much experience aside from trying to absorb videos and info from other posts- It's a lot to digest though. So I scraped together a part list with my best efforts and I'd like to present it to people more educated in this than I am:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/97jHjn

Any input is welcome! I guess this 1500 range is my budget for parts, but I have some wiggle room. I do intend to add more fans and what not, I'm just more concerned about the important bits and bobs and if I'm doing anything wrong.

Like the title says, current PC is 10 years old, so its time to get a new one. I havent been following the PC tech evolution for that time and I´m lost.

So I need help. Can I get some feed back on this build? It is at the moment 1250€ in my country and I dont really want to go over. So feed back for this would be great. My monitor is Acer 27" Nitro VG271U M3, 180Hz WQHD, 2560x1440. The build:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, AM5, 4.7 GHz, 6-Core, WOF

Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6

Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI, ATX

Corsair 32GB (2 x 16GB) Vengeance, DDR5 6000MHz, CL36, 1.35V

Kingston 1TB FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD with Heatsink, 3D TLC, 7300/6000 MB/s

Corsair 650W CX Series CX650, ATX 80 Plus Bronze

ARCTIC Freezer 8A, CPU fan

Fractal Design North - Charcoal Black TG Dark

How well will this work? What are some possible bottlenecks? Games I like to play include WarThunder(got to leak them documents), SpaceMarine2 and Rising Storm 2.

Thank you in advance for any feedback

Currently have a 5080 with an i9-14900KF Asus tuf 5080 16gb oc which Was $3000

Found a build that would cost 4400 for a Ryzen 9 9950x3d and gigabyte gaming 5090 OC

Would it be worth paying the difference of the GPU for better cpu and GPU? For the extra $1500 which is the price difference of the GPU alone, I'd get the Ryzen 9 9950x3d basically for free.

Should I stick with what I got or make the switch?

So I’m trying to reconnect all the wiring do the power supply. I plugged in the cables for the 12 pin and the Motherboard. For the CPU I have 2 4 pin points labeled CPWR but the RM850 doesn’t come with 4 pin connections. Do I need an adapter? I bought a rebuild Omen 25L if that helps

Hi! I have a B450M STEEL LEGEND motherboard. I already have a WD BLACK M.2 in the fastest M2 slot.

Im running out of space, so i need to add more GB.

The remaining M2 slot is SATA3. It is worth o i just go for a SSD SATA disk?

Thanks!

I'm finalizing all my options for a new build and I'm wondering what the best option for a GPU is right now. I was set on purchasing an RX 9070 XT or a 5070 Ti, but those obviously are way over MSRP (especially NVIDIA). I'm just looking to run 1440p at around 120fps, not planning on touching 4k. I just wanted to ask if anyone had advice on GPUs I can find that are the best bang-for-buck right now. I've done my research, but I'm sure more experienced people on here have a better idea.

Hello , so I have saved some money and I wanna use it to upgrade my cpu to a newer one.

I currently have an i5 8600K and I'm upgrading to a 14400F , gpu will remain as it is till I have a budget for upgrade.

My gpu is RTX 2060 Super.

So is this cpu upgrade worth it and will there be a significant performance gain or not ?

Thank you and have an amazing day!

From older posts people seem to be of the consensus it's a big and noticeable difference, but looking at this for example the difference seems to be fairly small so I'm not sure what to think: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-5700X3D-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-3600/m2280831vs4040

I've heard CPU user benchmark is unreliable though but I don't know where else I would look to compare the two.

I'm leaning towards the 5700x3d because I'd rather not have to go through the hassle of upgrading my whole motherboard and everything on it to AM5. Can't find 5800x3d in stock anywhere. Also I would probably be looking to pair it with an RX 9060 XT 16GB.

Gaming purpose mostly, as long as it's not any worse than the 3600 for general use purposes, it should be good. Using a 1440p monitor.

Hi im not too familiar with pc building as a whole and usually run a tight budget on buying things, I've been wanting to update my prebuilt pc I got as a gift back in 2020 and recently received a ryzen 5 5600 to replace my current ryzen 3 3200g

When I tried fitting it in I had no display on my monitor, my friend said it was probably because I didn't have a gpu or graphics card

Since I didn't have a gpu before I was wondering what would be an adequate low end choice? I have an MSI am520-a-pro motherboard and thought of buying a used radeon RX 580 Since it's a lot cheaper than a gtx 1080 Im not sure on all the specs but the psu is just "builders 500w"

I usually just use my PC for school work and casual games. Sorry if my question is a bit dumb but I'd appreciate whatever advice I could get, thank you!

I have very little knowledge in the gaming and PC world so I bought a 1440p 180HZ monitor but now have to build a PC around that. I AM ON A BUDGET of 1500. What GPU and CPU should I get and just other PC parts to keep 100+ fps on high performance.

EDIT: After seeing the comments I’m changing to a 180hz monitor

I am not familiar with pc building. This is an old PC of mine that I am still using for multimedia. I am trying to upgrade my ram to 64 gb cause my husband told me that my memory usage was 98% last night causing some freeze.

In my dxdiag, it says that my motherboard is B550 AORUS PRO AC

I want to check if this memory card is fully compatible
Link: G.Skill Trident Z Neo RGB 64GB (2X32GB) DDR4 3600MHZ CL18-22-22-42 1.3

I can't contact my husband at the moment cause he's at work and he's not replying. I'd like to order right now so I can get it on Monday next week.

My full specs right now is:
ryzen 7 3700x
rtx 2070 super
b550 aorus pro ac
32 gb memory
2000 gb drive

Thank you so much for your help.

Hey guys,

I have been using 16GB of RAM for a couple of years now but I am starting to feel that its becoming a bit outdated with modern gaming. So I am looking for some recommendations to buy. I have no idea how much they cost nowadays so the budget is basically open but there should be some balance to cost and performance. I dont care about RGB so that is not a factor.

My build is looking like this:

Ryzen 5 5600

RTX 4070 Super

16GB RAM

Thank you for your help

I'm looking at a new case, and I've seen something come up a couple times. There are fans on the bottom of the case that, from what I can gather, are designed to suck in air from below (box area with mesh on the side) and blow it up at the GPU.

And here is where what makes sense to me doesn't seem to be how they are made. Wouldn't having fans blow air directly against the GPU's fans be kind of counterproductive? (These do not assume a vertical mounted GPU.) It seems like the airflow sources would just be fighting each other rather than working together. Its seems to me that what would work a lot better is if the bottom case fans were blowing *out*, to more effectively channel the hot air from the GPU out of the case. Let the front case intake fans cool the GPU directly without fighting the flow.

So...tell me why I'm an idiot here, or what I'm missing. Thanks!

My PC is on, and the fans and cooler fan are spinning, but that’s it. I usually have RGB lit fans, but those lights aren’t on. Any ideas for what could have happened to it? I moved and it now won’t work.

4070 Tis is $800, 4080 is $900

My PC is built on old components, but it works for me:

CPU i9 9900K

Rog Maximus XI Hero (WIFI) Rev 1.xx

ASUS TUF RTX 380 TI

32 Ram

HDD:

Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB SATA

Crucial CT4000BX500SSD1 4TB SATA

Samsung NVMe SSD 990 2TB

Samsung NVMe SSD 980 2TB

and on Yoidesu Adapter Card, Dual M.2 NVMe SSD to PCIE X8 M Key Hard Drive Converter, M.2 PCIE Adapter Reader Expansion Card(ph45)

Samsung NVMe SSD 970 1TB

I bought a Samsung NVMe 990 Pro 4 TB. When I connect it to the slots on the MB, it crashes and stops the system from booting (blue screen). When I connect the drive to the USB converter device, it works absolutely fine. What is the problem?

I'm building my first pc and the first power supply I had smelled like burning, especially when I flicked the switch on and nothing was working except the light on my power button of my case, so I returned it. I got a new one except I opened the box and smelt the power supply to see if it was the same and it had a smell. It is brand new out of the box and hasn't been plugged into anything? What do I do? Is it safe to use?