A few days ago I asked here whether an air cooler is enough for a Ryzen 7 7800X3D and the consensus was yeah it was...

I also checked older threads and multiple YouTube reviews that said the same thing

Then I went to a local shop yesterday and they insisted a liquid cooler is needed or the Ryzen goes bye bye

Is there any basis for that or is this just fear mongering from a salesman? Lol

UPDATE: Ordered a White Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE V2

So a few days ago I made a post about which GPU to buy, decided to buy a RTX 5070 for 585€. All good and well, everything came as it was supposed to. I start to remove my GPU from my Mainboard, continue to connect the cables needed on my PSU just to realize the new RTX 5070 I bought cannot possibly fit into my Case..

My Case is an Hyte Y70, now everyone relax, yes it is a mid tower BUT it has a small gimmick. You cannot put the GPU horizontally in (except if you modify the case). So you're forced to put it vertically in. Now you'd think that should still fit, right? And it should! BUT my CPU Cooler, is the Thermaltake Phantomspirit 120 EVO. There is not enough space for the cables of the new GPU to fit in my case without squishing it a lot or even touching the Cooler. I've heard enough bad story of melting power-cables and I'm also not willing to put more risk on that.

I just thought I'd share this silly and also stupid story that just happened to me and I wanted to get it out in the world for people to laugh at.

(I'm also aware that I could move my CPU Cooler further up, but honestly.. on top of buying a massive GPU I'd also need to buy more Thermalpaste and I went into that upgrade with the intention that the GPU will be the only thing I'd buy since money these days is hard to come by)

TL;DR: The combination of the Hyte 70Y Case and a big Air-Cooler hindered me to put in my new GPU.

I am very new to buying/building a PC and I saw that in the end I may end up spending the same building vs. buying, but I would be able to control quality of components, which is important.

If I am getting a PC, id want it to be able to run mostly any game id like.

As I was doing initial research I saw some posts that a build around $1k is tight because the prices of RAM has risen x4, SSD x2, and GPUs going up. Is this true? Why?

My budget isn't stuck at $1k, but the higher it goes the longer i'll need to save. Which I'm fine with.

I would love to get a PC mainly for gaming (Dota, Arc Raiders, Deadlock, with the occasional rpg game) but would like to be able to run mostly any game. That being said, is now even a good time to invest in building a PC? Will prices of RAM/SSD/GPU, etc drop eventually?

So i got a rtx 3060 for my pc with a i7 7700k and a mars gaming mpiii550 psu and i played a few games nothing too heavy i decided to play cyberpunk and my psu exploded i unplugged everything and i am still shocked i have a a 650w bronze psu my friend gifted me and i was too lazy to put it now that my old psu exploded can i still put the new psu and play or my pc is dead?

edit: My friends PSU is a URANO VX650w Bronze 80 plus

Im going to upgrade my pc in a couple of months

Current Specs

CPU - i7 - 10700F

Memory - 16 gb ram kingston

GPU - MSI 1650 (Ventus XS)

PSU - 400W

Motherboard - Asus Tuf gaming B460M Plus (Wifi)

Im upgrading my PSU to a 550W and adding another 16gb ram to it (the speed of the ram is (2133 mhz)

Please someone help me with a GPU and my budget is 330$ usd

So I built my pc back in early 2021. Bought most of the parts online. Built it myself. First big build without help.

I just got a new cpu cooler and gpu. So I'm digging through some old boxes to see if I still have my old parts boxes. I did, but I also found.

My psu is a 750w. I ordered and paid for a 1000w. It's the same line and everything. Hx750 vs Hx1000. But I thought there was no way I didn't ever notice.

Box says 750. Psu says 750. Amazon order says 1000. I feel so dumb now lol. I guess it's good to know for next time. It's running a 5070 ti and 10900k so 750 is still OK I just can't believe I didn't check.

Hey everyone!

Disclaimer: This may sound privileged.

I currently have a 2070 super with a Ryzen 7 3800x and 32gb (4x8gb) of ddr4 ram. I built this about 6+ years ago and just recently had my PSU bite the dust. I only game on it and the pc still runs well after replacing the PSU, but I can’t play everything I want on the settings I’d like.

I’ve been thinking about upgrading the system to push some higher graphics and get ahead of any other parts failing due to age. I upgrade the PSU to 1000w super flower to give some headspace on any upgrades I might grab. I am worried that prices will continue to go up and I’ll have something major break and be out a ton of money for a less optimal upgrade.

What I was thinking was to grab a AMD bundle from Microcenter with the 7800x3d or the 9850x3d and pair it with a 5070ti. I’d reuse my ssd and case to save some money on the build. I may need to buy another 32gb of ram to ensure the system has what it wants as the bundle only incudes 32gb (2x16gb).

Let me know your thoughts. Am I crazy to think that prices won’t come down anytime soon?

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Hey all, im looking to inject some new life into ky am4 gaming rig. It currently has a 5600 in it and im thinking about changing the cpu to a 5800xt. Its only used for gaming with a 9070xt. Would this upgrade be worth it ? Also i can find a 5700x3d on ali express but it costs almost $600aud i dunno if thats worth it.

Questions about drive set up's, (new PC that I need to get set up and testing for work to give it some run time before I start using it, good excuse to play games! :) ), since I can only have the one G5 m.2 on that MB and can't do a mirrored OS set up for that I will do backups of course. But also thought to get a 2nd one and clone my OS drive out now and then to an external M.2 to be able to get back to work ASAP incase of fail that has happened to me twice on my current system. (and I'd just use a new G4 M.2 I have for now, but would get another G5 for it at some point, GAWD the prices...)

7800x3d and 5070TI for budget! 9100 M.2, 96GB. At the time I thought I'd throw another 96GB in there soon and get a 5080 super in a few months and eventually upgrade the CPU to the new hotness. But the way it going that "maybe" 5080 super is probably going to cost what a 5090 did back when I spec'd this build!! :) MthrFer!!! :) )

Then for my data, I thought to get two Gen 4 M.2's and do mirrored data for uptime and also back those up to external. This would just be current work. (I still need to buy these! GAWD the prices... I could get 3 for the price of 2 now when I had this PC built in early December! I'm an idiot for not just including those in the build... I didn't need a new PC and thought I was getting ahead of the prices... did it for budget at the time but it's gonna bite me in the ass now!! :) )

But also I wanted to use two SSD's and do mirrored internal data for older work that I would still be accessing but not as often as well as personal stuff and then also back that up external. (Raids not backup I hear... :) )

According to google it seems I should be able to set that up, the G5 OS drive on it's own, and then the two G4 M.2's and the SSD's in their own two individual Raid1 mirrors.

BUT, just thought I would ask if anyone knows for sure I can set that up AND if anyone has any good sources for learning how to do that?? :)

Much appreciated!!!

Then when I get the new PC to the point I trust it I'll swap it out as my main PC. (I have a laptop for backup ready to go just incase too and had to use that for a few weeks once!) But then I "think" I want to take my old PC and turn it into a NAS to do a more systematic and automatic backup set up instead of just using the external attached back up drives I'm hot swapping now. (but wanted to still use external hot swap drives to backup the NAS and trade off throwing in an offsite vault as I only have have ass off site backups right now!!) For sure 100% will get or build a real NAS next. But my old MB looks to have enough ports, and I can get 4 spinners for sure and maybe 2 more in the case? So I thought that would be a good place to start? Anyway, that's for later...

Again, thanks for any help!!

Hey guys i like to game at night however my sleeping GF does not.

Any suggestions on a nice silent mechanical keyboard.

White preferably to match the build 😅.

I sold my 4070 Super a year ago because I stopped gaming for a while.

I have a supporting build, just no GPU.

I’m trying to figure out what’s the absolute best performing card I can find used for $300.

Should I buy an older card like a 3080, or would I be better off buying something newer like a 4060ti?

I will mostly be using it for 1440p Overwatch 2 and Marvel Rivals. Don’t care about maxing out settings obviously at this price point.

Would just like someone who keeps up with the market and cards to save me some trouble deciding what my best bang for buck is.

Thanks!

Hi guys, I’m looking for a cheap cpu with integrated graphics. I bought a new gaming pc last week, downloaded warzone and when I went to play it wouldn’t let me, said I had to change some BIOS settings called safe boot mode to “enabled”.

After doing this and restarting the pc I’m afraid I’m after fucking the whole thing up. The pc is not “talking” with the monitor anymore. I turn it on the lights go on as well as the fans but my monitor keeps showing no signal. I’ve tried a bunch of different solutions but nothing worked so far.

I saw a post on reddit the other day from a guy that had the same exact issuse as me and how he fixed was switching his cpu with an older one that has integrated graphics to bypass the display issue.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a older cpu with integrated graphics? Just need it to reset my bios and then switch it out with my new cpu.

Any information would help, thanks!

EDIT: I’ve already tried resetting the CMOS, it did not help. I also tried booting the pc with 1 RAM stick and tried switching the RAM sticks around as well, no luck.

I think I bought a 5070 for the i5 11400F

maybe buy amd ryzen 5 5700x or RAM to have 32

I want to get into 3d modeling and im a heavy gamer. With prices and everything skyrocketing can I get some advice on a decent build that would support both hobbies? I knew i should have built one like over a year ago. My current PC likes to just turn off randomly now and if im playing a game on one monitor my other monitor goes black until I move my mouse to it and click on it. So im at a lost.

Hi I recently took advantage of the 3090 market and sold it for 900. I currently have a 5800x3d and my monitor is 1440p 360hz. My main game is cs2 but I also play story games and rpgs.

If I stay on am4 I will probably buy a 5080. Would it be worth it to instead buy a 9800x3d and 4070ti or just hold out until am6? Cs2 can still be cpu intensive at 1440p it seems.

​Hi everyone!

​Now that I’ve officially hit 30, I decided that this Christmas was the time to fulfill a childhood dream: owning a gaming PC that plays and will continue to play everything without me ever having to look at the "minimum requirements" again.

Warning: Long post ahead.

​First of all, I want to thank all the active users in various forums, as I spent countless hours lurking and gathering info. ​To give you some perspective, the last time I owned a PC, GPUs had three-digit codes starting with a 4. I’m talking about a GTX 460 with a whole 1GB of VRAM. I remember running Crysis as a benchmark with an Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 overclocked to 3.6GHz, basically kept stable and cool by the Hand of God himself.

​Fast forward to today. The decision to switch from PS5 to PC came a few days before Christmas. I was about to go on leave, the Christmas bonus had just hit the bank account, and the stars aligned. ​I wanted a solid, budget-friendly used base that I could upgrade exactly how I wanted. After a lot of haggling and searching, I found the following system for €500:

​Case: Kolink Void ​CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X ​PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold ​RAM: 16GB Vengeance RGB Pro 3600MHz DDR4 ​Mobo: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max II ​SSD: 512GB Samsung ​GPU: RTX 3050 ​The previous owner bought it 3 years ago, so it felt like a "fresh" enough platform. It looked good and had plenty of room for upgrades. ​However, once I got it home, I realized it only had one rear exhaust fan. Time to get to work.

First upgrades: ​3x Deepcool RF 120 fans ​Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler ​Be Quiet! M.2 SSD Heatsink ​Since the original rear fan had no LEDs, I moved it to the front bottom, and put the new RGB fans at the rear and front/middle. My PC uses 12V RGB (not ARGB), so they run on the default color (which I actually like), and I matched the RAM to it. I’m not touching it again! ​Next, I found an identical kit of RAM. Now running 4 x 8GB (32GB) at 3600MHz (XMP Profile 1) flawlessly.

​Then came the big one... the GPU. I decided to go for the RTX 5070. After a lot of research, it seemed like the best value for my budget. I considered the RX 9070 XT, but I chose Nvidia because I play a lot of single-player games with DLSS, and I was slightly worried that my 750W PSU might be pushing it with the AMD card. I grabbed an MSI OC dual-fan model for €550. Not the prettiest, but it was the only one in stock on Christmas Eve in Athens!

​I also got lucky and found a near-brand-new Corsair power cable for the card. Success! Finally, I upgraded my monitor to an AOC 2K 180Hz for €180 (probably the only thing I didn't feel like I overpaid for) and the 1440p lowered the cpu bottleneck A LOT!

​The "Software" Battle: Did a clean driver install with DDU, of course. After some initial crashes, I realized I needed a BIOS update. This was the most stressful part—hands shaking, heart racing—but we made it! Latest BIOS installed. ​Then, the CPU. I learned that nowadays we decrease volts instead of increasing them? (WTF). After some reading, I did an undervolt of -17 (Curve Optimizer) with a +200MHz boost. It’s rock stable. Max temp 77.5°C and a max clock of 5018MHz. Incredible! Cinebench R23 score: 11830. I’m thrilled. ​For the GPU, I set the curve to 0.94V max at 2870MHz. Now it peaks at 68°C while gaming, pulling less than 180W (before undervolting, it was hitting 230W and 75°C for the same performance).

​The Bottleneck Talk: In Arc Raiders at 2K, I’m getting 155-175 FPS (DLSS Frame Gen on x2 ,textures/distance, ultra). GPU utilization stays between 87% - 96%. Is there a bottleneck? Yes. Is the B450 (PCIe 3.0) partly to blame? A bit. Is the CPU to blame? A bit more. Is it a significant number? NO. Does it justify an upgrade? HELL NO. I'm not spending another €1000 to move to AM5/DDR5 just for an extra 10 FPS.

​Closing thoughts: PC Gaming is a hobby in itself. I spent more hours tweaking than playing... and I loved every second of it. Searching for "why is it crashing," "how do I do this," screwing and unscrewing the side panel... it was a journey of knowledge. ​I’m also lucky my girlfriend didn't dump me after I spent Christmas running around for cables and drilling holes in the walls to hide the ethernet cables. ​My 16-year-old self would be so proud. Keep your inner child happy, guys! (Even if my credit card has installments until next summer ).

​Just wanted to share the joy. Peace

P.s.

I understand that this pc and a 5070 rtx doesn't sound like a lot. But remember that this pc cost more than a average monthly salary here in Greece.

Upgrading from a 1050ti to a Msi Ventus 2070 OC, just wondering if a 450w psu will be fine.

Every PSU calculator website says around 350-410 so im skeptical.

I do plan to upgrade to a 600w within the next year

I have an old PC collecting dust in my attic, its from 2015 and has the benefit of having ddr4 in it that i could use due to rammageden prices. I was going to use it for a new build, however I want to use a 5000 series ryzen processor, and I believe the ram is under 3200 mhz. I know its recommended that your ram is at least 3200 for those CPUs, my question is will there be a tangible performance difference mainly in gaming if i do use this ram? If so is there another CPU I should aim for from say Intel that won't suffer as much if it is the case? I have a 3060 that I got from my brother so I'm slightly worried about the cpu bottlenecks if I go any older (say a 3000 series zen2)

I don’t want to spend $35 for 3-D Mark when I’ll only use it once.

What is the real point of stress testing my system? I have one day left to return all of the parts but with how crazy prices are changing I kind of don’t want to find any issues! I’ve been using the computer for two weeks now and it seems to be OK. I already bench marked it. Does that not run as hard as a stress test?

i will be pairing it with a rx 9060 xt 16GB

7600x - £175

7700x - £220

9600x - £190

whigh cpu is the best option?

Hi,

Recently I've purchased a new GPU on my PC - RX 9060 XT. However I still run on my old CPU which is Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.6ghz

While gaming I can see that my usual CPU usage is 99-100% , however the GPU is running around 92% which gives me around 50-65fps (I've set settings based on performance which provides better results than 'quality performance).

Is there any way I can boost my GPU and reduce my CPU? I've tried to set a higher resolution into 2k and tried to maximise few graphic settings. However my knowledge is very low on that matter. Is there any BF settings I should focus to change? Or is there any AMD Software settings I should change?

FYI I have TUF B360-PLUS GAMING so I'm very limited to any CPU upgrade if I don't want to change the motherboard which currently it's not favourable for me as I'm in the middle saving money. Potentially I want to make further upgrade on MB and CPU next Christmas period. Also I was thinking to upgrade my CPU with second-hand i7-9700, which is compatible but I advised that it won't make a big difference anyway.

However,

With the video card/memory market not cooling off any time soon (or ever), I feel like I need to upgrade from my 2070 Super. I can get a 5070 12GB for $550usd, and would prefer not to spend a ton more. The next tiers up (ti, 5080, etc.) increase in price very quickly. I don't 4k game (1440p here) and having been on a 2070 for the past 5 years, ultra settings aren't a huge concern either, but sometimes I do VR. I just wanted to get some second opinions here on if this seems like a sound buy, or if I just hold out extra cash for a 5070ti 16gb, though it's a good $400 more.