>>103300685
>been waiting on Nova restock for 2 weeks
>9800x3D just sitting on my table
>local stores say they'll be in stock today
>check website
>already 10+ days backorder
>15% price increase
fuck you, seriously fuck you.

>>103300719
>didn't pre-order
>didn't buy a different board
lmao get fucked

>>103300719
x870e no(stock)va

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Behold my valkyrie
I built it on a 45c day and my room was 55c+ this is only the htpc idgaf

>>103300733
>I built it on a 45c day and my room was 55c+
i know 'straya is hot, but you would die at that temperature.

>>103300726
>didn't buy a different board
I would but there aren't that many options available to me, at least anything asrock is basically fucked

>>103300749
Kek and i did the fans they do nothing this is my bedroom fan btw
https://www.bunnings.com.au/dynabreeze-450mm-industrial-pedestal-fan_p4442106
Cant afford to run ac so i got two of these fuckers and a roof vent called a whirly bird going on this week

>>103300755
you have a 9800X3D literally any AM5 board would work you mong

>>103300766
Not him but day 14 of waiting for my x670e reee

>>103300771
do you need USB4 or could you use x670 instead?

>>103300733
its called valkyrie but it looks like a rats nest church where they pray to the rgb ram god at night.

>>103300651
AMD was expecting a 10-20% performance improvement over RDNA2, Navi 33 is a perfect example of this. it gets exactly the same performance as Navi 23 and uses exactly the same amount of power for the same amount of performance, this sort of makes sense as it has the exact same amount of CUs and shaders. they shrank the die using N6 so it was also at silicon parity. there was zero architectural performance uplift from RDNA2 to RDNA3.

>>103300780
LOL
thanks for the laff m8 its a htpc thats going against a wall never to be seen again

>>103300779
all i have is usb2 and 3
nothing uses 4
>>103300782
it was a gcn vega tier blunder but rdna 2/2.5/3 still overclocks like stink and aging well imho

>>103300766
>literally any AM5 board
once you start adding just a bit of features it restricts the pool drastically
>PCIE 5
>3x NVME without terrible lane sharing
>good amount of USB3.0 ports
this already puts me in X870 territory, where all I have available to me are shitty overheating Gigabytes, out of stock Asrocks and maybe the MSI Tomahawk
B650 SL would be fine too if I could actually find one at msrp

anyways feel free to recommend me a board, I'm an eu fag so take account of that

>>103300805
>anyways feel free to recommend me a board, I'm an eu fag so take account of that
dont ask me then i bought the cheapest msi board off ali lets hope its not shit tis only 200usd

Kind of off topic but any recommendation for a fairly cheap dock/hub to pair with a Chuwi Minibook X? It's a $350 laptop so I'm thinking $40-50 is a fair budget for a dock, need HDMI, Ethernet, 3+ USB-A ports, audio output would be nice.

>>103300813
i got the cheapest ones off ali ebay and facebook for my simdad gear

>>103300782
in timespy a 7900xtx underclocked to 2.4ghz gets 32k. a 6950xt oc'd to 2.4ghz only gets 22k. its about 50% uplift but most of the work is coming from faster memory/wider bus.

>>103300804
so you could probably get B650
>>103300805
why do you need PCIe Gen 5?

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Release the 8800XT and 5070 already, fuck CES

>>103300819
>why do you need PCIe Gen 5?
non-zero chance that future GPUs in the lifespan of my build could make use of it in some way
considering I'm not doing a budget build by any means it doesn't make sense for me to skimp out on this.

I have a hard time deciding between these two panels /g/:https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/compare/dell-g2724d-vs-aoc-q27g3xmn/41041/41611?threshold=0.1
They cost respectively 218€ and 283€ here. On one side, I wonder how real hdr looks like, but it's on a VA panel, and the vrr is dogshit according to reviews, on the other side I wonder if hdr and the other benefits of that AOC can be used for general purposes. Almost every site puts those 2 monitors in the "good budget" category.

>>103300839
>non-zero chance that future GPUs in the lifespan of my build could make use of it in some way
Unless we see a huge performance uplift in the 90-series or you're buying poorfag 60 series cards with x8 lanes I really doubt it. Maybe if you're going to get the 8090 in 6 years you'll max out PCIe 4 but surely in 6 years you'd be able to justify an upgrade to AM6 anyway.

Lads, is this it ? Buy GPU now or never cause muh tariffs ?
I use a 3060 TI for 1440p and i'm feeling the 8gbs of vram.
I used to own a 970 and it lasted me 5 years, almost 6.
What the fuck do i buy that lasts me 5 years at 1440p high and transitions to medium in it's last 1 to 2 years.
I live in Romania by the way but at this point markets are so globalized it doesn't even matter unless you live in Bangladesh or Argentina.

>>103300852
4070Ti Super or 7900XT

>>103300685
Who makes these boards
>PSUs 80 plus gold recommended

It doesn't matter a PSU can be 80 plus and still be c tier

>>103300851
even then, isn't the price difference between boards with and without PCIE 5 like 30€ at most?
all motherboards that have the features I want and capable enough VRMs for the future have PCIE5 anyways, so it's not really something to think about

>>103300852
I would at least wait to see what 5000 series offers. It should release so early into Drumpf presidency that GOP will not have time to create the tariffs yet. Anticipation of the tariffs affecting retailers may also motivate Nvidia to lower the MSRP of the 5000 series.

>lancool 207 replaced 216 in OP
Is it really better? I bought 216 last week for $100 but haven't done my build yet, could swap it out

>>103300818
you're forgetting the fact the GCD is on N5 instead of the N7 of Navi 21.
an equivalent GCD using N7 would be 874mm2
that uplift is coming from the node advantage.

I would ask /hsg/ but they seem to have disappeared for the moment.
is a lowly gt710 (kepler 2.0 version) good enough for transcoding muh aminays, or should I get an arc a3x0? it's all 1080p or less and I will basically never have more than one stream going at a time, so I don't need a full retard $600 space heater like a 3080 or something.

>>103300871
nta but aside from PCIe5 (which, as mentioned, you won't need as a consumer) your requirements are satisfied by a €150 LiveMixer. Not to say that you should buy it; only that you're overthinking this. It's fine to overspec the board if you've got cash left in the budget - you never know what'll come up - but you should understand you're paying for speculation and not pressing need.

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5070ti means 4080 tier so nvidia is saying anyone with a 7900xtx, 8800xt, or better is a high end pro card

I'm struggling between the choice of IPS and OLED. Of course there'd be like a 500 dollar difference between these two options as well but should I just rule out OLED if I want to use the monitor for desktop usage? They're all bad at rendering text so it feels stupid to spend money on one for that

is there something like the asus proart PA279CRV (4k, 27inches) but with 120hz or more?

>>103300942
>I can 100% confirm
How? You're not Mr.Nvidia. The best you could do is 99%. Even then there might be circumstances where the announcement at CES would not happen for some reason.

>>103300943
>They're all bad at rendering text
This is such bullshit these days... We're still stuck with myths about panels from 4 years ago.
If money is an issue, rule out OLED, simple as, otherwise it's the least shit option to pick from current display market.

>>103300919
Depends on the codec(s) you use. A GPU that old likely lacks the hardware to encode modern formats. Or it has it but, due to lack of software support, is horribly inefficient. Ran in to that problem on my old HD3000.
I suppose if you already own it the easy answer is to just try it out. If it works, great. If not, A380s are available with next day delivery.
OTOH if you're building fresh I'd probably go for something more recent from the get-go. Depending on the platform it might even be cheaper to buy a used CPU with a modern IGP.

>>103300965
money is not an issue but I don't want to spend more than $999 on a monitor

>>103300987
most OLED monitors and TVs that are more than decent enough can be had for under 900 eur

>>103300965
>>103300991
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/aorus-fo27q3
This is one I was looking at, 1440p OLED and everything sounds amazing about it except for the text clarity

>>103300965
woleds have a 4th sub pixel so the text issue is valid as text assumes rgb. its less of a issue on qd-oled.

>>103300999
>QD-OLED looks purple in bright rooms
Welp. I never play in dark rooms because having a bright monitor in my fucking face and total darkness around me gives me a headache, so I guess not for me.

>>103300942
can you fuck off with your youtuber shit? nobody believes what this faggot says anyway because its all bullshit anyway.

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I need to upgrade my computer, currently running a 10 year old rig with a RTX 1060.
Should I just wait for the 50XX series or do an upgrade now?
It would be something like this that's around $2100, don't think you can get it much cheaper here in Sweden.

>>103300940
I know I'm overthinking this a lot. nothing is available to me right now so that's all I have to cope for in the meantime
guess I'll just buy whatever comes in stock first, B650/X870 SL or Nova

>>103300863
That's why there is a PSU buying guide included. There are too many PSU wattages, regions, and price and availability differences to include a list of PSU's. For instance, the Cooler Master V750 Gold i 750 W, one of the best 750W PSU's, is not available in the United States.

Also, tip, Corsair RMx 2024 line came out, so that is a safe bet if you want a good PSU.

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Reposting from last thread, with a couple questions:
>could i get away with swapping the 7800X3D with a 7950X3D whilst using an air cooler?
>would this be the best for 1080p or 1440p?

>>103301028
5070 should be better than the 4070ti apparently. it might be worth doing the rest of the build and just using your 1060 until the 50-series is out

>>103301028
Given that the 5000 series is probably less than 3 months away, you could probably stand to wait. That said, aren't they launching the 5070 first? it definitely won't be below 8190kr at launch.

You could buy everything you have in your kassa and wait for the gpu

>>103301055
>could i get away with swapping the 7800X3D with a 7950X3D whilst using an air cooler?
probably
>would this be the best for 1080p or 1440p?
1440p
if you're going to be exclusively gaming then I would say stick with the 7800X3D unless somehow the 7950 is cheaper

>>103300856
>>103300873
I could wait until 5080 gets revealed i guess. If tarifs hit in March i THINK i have enough time to buy it assuming it's worth it.

>>103301057
>>103301062
Any speculation about how the 50XX series will be priced? And how would for example a 5060 be compared to the current 4070?
I might just wait it out, but it feels like the 50XX series has been close to being released for like half a year now.

>>103301028
It would be better to jump on a new platform and build but carry over your 1060 until the new GPUS launch and then get something.

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Need it or keep it?

>>103301101
Expensive lamp

>>103301101
>glass front intake
lmao

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>>103300900
>Is it really better?
Fair question. Yes, it is better. The 207 has roughly 5C lower CPU and GPU temps compared to the 216 in gaming workloads.
Techpowerup review: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/lian-li-lancool-207/8.html
GamersNexus review: https://gamersnexus.net/cases/lian-li-lancool-207-airflow-case-review-cable-management-build-quality-benchmarks

Gamers Nexus recommends using a 150mm deep PSU, but that is bs, as people can fit 160mm deep PSU's just fine.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Corsair/comments/1fy3xfy/corsair_rm850x_atx_v31_and_lian_li_lancool_207/

The main reason for removing the 216 is stock and price issues. No point in keeping it in the OP when stocks are going to dry up and prices will increase.

>>103301088
Well they got delayed, and another delay seems unlikely, meaning a Q1 release date is pretty likely at this point.
I believe 4060 was slower than the 3070. But you're buying a 9800X3D, literally the best gaming cpu you can buy, seems kind of stupid to pay 6500kr for that and then cheap out on gpu?

Just get a cheaper CPU and the 5070, you'll notice a much bigger improvement in gaming that way.

I've been getting random reboots and crashes and I narrowed it down to either the CPU or motherboard, really can't know which so I ordered both. If, for example, the CPU is bad and I try it in the new motherboard (if it arrives first), can it damage it in any way?

>>103300733
Your RAM glows.

>>103301124
Yeah I suppose that the best option is to just wait for the new series. Just feels a bit tempting buying a PC now during black friday even if it's not that much cheaper.

just got a 4070 super and s 165hz 1440p monitor
will I regret not spending $250 more on a ti super?

>>103301147
Anything is possible with defective hardware. A dead short between two pins could easily kill a mobo. It's pretty unlikely though especially given that your PC boots and runs somewhat - a "hardware killing" issue will usually do just that the first time around.

>>103301002
No, shitty text AA assumes that, update your OS. Wait you're on Linux or something, LOL?

>>103301192
you will regret not waiting for the 50 series next year.

not sure where to ask this, but what are the most common causes for pc freezing? my pc froze yesterday and I tried restarting few times and it just keeps freezing and having issues, I don't think it overheating, never had problems with that, have the pc for 2-3 years, vacuum cleaned the dust and it wasn't even that super bad on the inside, didn't help either, I am taking it to a technician in a few hours

5700x3d from trusted local store
Or
5800x3d from Ali Express?

>>103301227
5700X3D from aliexpress

>>103301222
Too many things to troubleshoot in that scenario but I'd throw in a known good hdd/ssd for a start.
Otherwise running down the list of outdated drivers and testing ram.

LOL, Intels next microcode for 15th gen is increasing the power limits.
It just keeps becoming more like Bulldozer

I just added a new SSD to my comp because why not...mainly to store porn and fap videos. Maybe shove my 4chan pics in there too.

Getting mixed answers but does more SSD help in gaming and productivity?

>>103301250
Massively if all you're used to is HDD.

>>103301250
yes. faster read speeds lead to shorter load times, and faster read/write cycles lead to better performance in productive software that isnt porn, games, or web browsers.

>>103301227
5700X3D from Aliexpress - I got mine the other day and upgraded my Father's PC.

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about to purchase an AMD Ryzen 7 5700x:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VCHQHZ6?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

and a geforce rtx 3050:
https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-WINDFORCE-Graphics-GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD/dp/B0D4XZXLL7?crid=1NAJK1H9E98VW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.llPMruQqizxb4nYzUPo1A8CVmjb4vXW9OTCUidpjCqGAraor4fBwwCuUbdb15vRKhuSuUA1iZhi2O8E8Q4zjtc7njuA-8u8R77kyFNog9z90dBOvVw-lUgCkVZh-IoyHnA0KjFhorJTvuL56Dto1QwP_Z55eufgZliVaRSTJmNTqmcXfjmu2tzJCiS4KPoJ-K3nu_QSiyUAVQ4Y422cmGg.-dS5tMMAO2nWXuGicFGRC5aAYfQpPfd4wvgfcKJALzY&dib_tag=se&keywords=gpu&qid=1732470728&sprefix=gpu%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-5

mostly because they're both currently on sale and within my budget. am I buying the wrong things. is this retarded? lmk pls

>>103301273
So basically I should use up my remaining power/SATA slot and grab another SSD?

>>103301275
Thinking about pawning my current off to Me Mum if I rebuild. She wants to get into digital art and I can always reset this up for that kind of shit.

>>103300685
>AVOID: AMD cards
The reason being?

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>>103300685
Roast me. Fresh order.

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Double checking before I take the plunge, any advice or optimizations on this basic 1440p build? Already got the GPU at a cheaper price and I'm not waiting until the 5070 because I don't have a pc at the moment.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/r6FFdb

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Upgrading motherboard and CPU for the first time in ages. I had something like these before so really I'm just looking for minimum hassle.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QmdVKX
Only buying the stuff with the red mark, the others are just to show what I've already got and to check compatibility.

>>103301304
check CCL for the 7600 at 105 and get that instead

>>103301303
No. What's done is done. Build it, enjoy it, and don't read any hardware reviews for at least a year.

>>103301297
Get a 5600 and a 6650XT

bong neets be waking up

>>103301299
Just the usual nvidia shilling

>>103301303
it's a good PC, just don't look at the news Q1 next year and you'll be fine.

>>103301328
Good idea. Will do.

>>103301324
Replace the Hyper 212 with a Peerless Assassin 120 and you're golden.

>>103301327
Awesome, didn't see the that, thanks anon

>>103301304
Outline looks decent. Safe and standard. Maybe £50 to save on the commodity components if you cared to check deals on the day.

>>103301199
You can say that about any next series in any year.

>>103301347
I know, but I'm inpatient and got a lot of free time till next year.

>>103301222
you have to be more specific on what kind of freeze. like does the audio keep repeating? is the audio normal but picture goes out"? no audio at all? it hints to things.

>>103301355
anon i just checked it's sold out, are you going to be buying it all today? if so your build is good, but if not then it's probably worth waiting until at least monday to see if anyone else discounts AM5

>>103301359
Yes, this is what happens when you buy late into a cycle.

>>103301245
thanks, my current SSD is samsung 980 pro so idk if thats the issue, not a pc expert and dont know how to do any of this especially when the pc keeps freezing, I guest I don't have many choices but see what the technician says and let him do his thing and see what he says

i usually buy the previous gen flagship gpu that's used but buying used 4090 seems fishy especially with the power connector issues

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>>103300957
Yes. Gigabyte M27U and M28U. The 27 and 28 inch versions of one of the 4K displays recommended in the Op.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GzWzK8/gigabyte-m28u-280-3840x2160-144-hz-monitor-m28u-sa
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dTJp99/gigabyte-m27u-sa-270-3840-x-2160-160-hz-monitor-m27u-sa
The M28U is currently on sale in America for $329. Very good price for a 4K display.

>>103301365
I don't need to order it all today, I'm picking now because of the sales. I'll wait until Monday for CPU.

>>103300983
the 600 series is supposed to be the oldest gen to support nvenc, so I should be gtg with my 710 especially since it's like 5 years old not an original release so it should have a new enough feature set to be able to do at least the basics like h264 (as you may know the 710 is THE most rebranded/rereleased gpu in history, no exaggeration) but I suppose I'll have to do my research to figure that out for sure.
I wasn't planning on doing a new build, I mean I would like to, but just too expensive for me to justify it considering this is just a file server I'm adding jellyfin to. but I was considering doing a 11/12 gen intel build because it would be cheaper and for the integrated quicksync to make things easier, but 14nm+++++ burns too much power even on the low end and I know how stingy Intel is with lanes on the low end too so idfk.
I wonder that if I do end up going with an arc, it'll be worth it to spend a bit more and get an a770 considering that while it is 3x more than a a380, it's tdp is only 75w vs 50 for the 300s and it has triple the vram and way more powerful.

>>103300852
>*inhales copium*
We don't know how murican tariffs are going to affect Europe. There's possibility that when the US market restricts itself companies will look for other markets to sell their shit and Europe is going to be one of them.
>*another deep inhale*
And with a discount because stores are going to be full due to supply excess, factories obviously aren't going to stop.

>>103301328>>103301360
Not a bad decision then. Time to fire up POE2 december 6.

>>103301385
NTA but anyone has a 27'' 4k monitor? how does it compare to 1440p? really sharp???

>>103301396
I have a 27" LG monitor 4K 60Hz. Use it as a second monitor. Primary monitor is a M32U. But I don't have a 1440p monitor, only a laptop. It's plenty sharp.

>>103301387
I'd say generally the build looks good, but just to make you aware you can get 4070S for as little as 500,but it is a dual fan model. I'd personally say that the 4070S doesn't need more than 2 fans because it's a relatively low wattage card but YMMV.

>>103301424
I already got that gigabyte one in the sale for £540. I'm fine with that. Thanks for your help.

>>103301354
That seems pretty good. Thanks.

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should I panic buy a 4080 super to upgrade my 4070 before Trump tariffs

5000 series looks like total dogshit and will be even more overpriced than previous gens.

>>103301434
enjoy your build anon

>>103301390
>it should have a new enough feature set to be able to do at least the basics like h264...
Yes that's likely. I just know how animefags are with their obscure codecs so I was cautious to recommend it wholeheartedly.
Seeing as you know the exact die revision I'll assume you already own it so no harm in trying it out.

>I wonder that if I do end up going with an arc, it'll be worth it to spend a bit more and get an a770
IMO not as a pure transcoding card and especially not for a single 1080p stream. I confess I don't know for sure but I don't even think the hardware encoder is any different on the bigger GPUs. Maybe if you needed the compute power as well?

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Should I put this on my case?

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>>103301380
you pretty much have to open any used 4090 or 4080 thats not a FE due to pumped paste and worn out pads. just hope when you open it its not missing the core+vram.

I have had several short power outages in the past month, they last less than a second. How badly would they fuck up my PC over time? I looked into UPS, but they cost around 400 euro for 900+ watts, which is fucking ridiculous.

I'm trying to find out if the MSI B550 Gaming Plus supports Zen1 and Zen+ (it doesn't officially, but that doesn't mean much). Is there a website to search for CPU-Z results or something similar to see if at least a handful of people got this combo working?

>>103301362
the picture, idk about the audio. somehow the mouse still moved in the last freeze but I cant click on anything, the picture just froze nothing responding

>>103301440
I got the 7900XTX instead of the 4080 Super and I'm more happier.

>>103301465
>but they cost around 400 euro for 900+ watts
is your PC worth less than that?

>>103301304
That's a few hundred £ overkill for a basic 1440p build

>>103301469
>somehow the mouse still moved in the last freeze but I cant click on anything
usually it means bad boot drive, bad ram, or unstable cpu.

What's the smallest form factor that a person can realistically build? I'm not looking for gaming, this is just something I want to sit in the main room as a web browsing, video watching type of computer. I thought about getting one of those mini PCs that you can hook up to the mounts on the monitor, but I think building a computer is going to be cheaper

>>103301483
What would you change?

>>103301459
not a bd sticker so no

>>103301468
just buy a 1200 for like 20 of your local currency

>>103301483
Wouldn't it make sense to go overkill now for a longer life span ? Like buying a 7900XTX now but playing 1440p high for the next 5 years.

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Which of these components are 'buy now' for holiday savings? The discounts aren't that big, honestly.

>>103301504
maybe the PSU? The SSD is overpriced and the RAM is not cheap. the cooler is shit and you could spend $10 more for like 30% better cooling

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I decided on a GPU to buy and was browsing storage drives before I went and finalized the purchase.
In the time it took me to compare prices on those drives the price of the GPU went back to normal. Unless it goes back on sale before the end of the week I'll have to grab the 2 fan model which is still on sale instead of the the 3 fan model I was planning on.

Not a big deal for me, but for those of you still on the fence about the GPU purchase consider speeding things along. Alternatively, wait for Xmas sales.

>Upgrading PC
>My dad tells me to tape down my SSD instead of finding the right screws
...

I am upgrading by RAM, should I update my BIOS?

>>103301504
Super flower seems to have better deals on Newegg. Still only like $10-15 off the usual price. Everything else is like 5% off at best, not saving much. Use keepa to check Amazon price history before deciding a black friday deal is even an actual discount.

>>103301513
What if I'm still weighing up over whether to buy a 3000/4000 or wait for the 5000s.

>>103301514
sounds reasonable to me
you could also consider hot glue if you don't like the look of tape

>>103300819
Already ordered the board its coming in a weeek
Hopefully it all gets here in time for Christmas that black Valkyrie is actually for my mum as a htpc

>>103301504
PC internals seldom get real "holiday discounts". Demand is highest at this time and there's no need to clear out old inventory because that gets done on the (non-yearly) release cycles as a matter of course.

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>>103300685
Why are people shitting on this again? 950 eur new.

>>103301088
>Any speculation about how the 50XX series will be priced?
Prices are lucky to stay the same across the board, RTX 5090's cost will increase for sure.
Don't expect discounts from the RTX 40 series MSRP, the only question mark is the RTX 5080's price but I'm guessing it will cost around $1000 and $1200 or more for the eventual Ti/Super.
More if the 5080 Ti/Super uses cut-down GB202 dies.

>>103301496
With those parts you can run the yearly AAAA game at max at 1440p 240hz. Unless that's exactly what you want to do go everything a tier lower on AM4 socket, they're dirt cheap now.
>>103301503
All that just for the genereational rockstar game? Everything else but those sort of games will run fine for a very long time.

>>103301568
I'll just keep it as it is then. Thanks.

>>103301568
Fair point about going overkill with the 7900XTX.
Those EU5 games are scaring me tho.

>>103301513
if you want something now, buy it now. newegg and ebay tells you how many people have that item in their cart and it gives you insane fomo.

>>103301452
>I just know how animefags are with their obscure codecs
not wrong lol. however everything was downloaded many years ago long before even hvec and av1, and it's all avi mp4 and mkv so it should all be standard fare. honestly I probably could just completely get away with cpu encoding, but I already have the card so I figure why not try to leverage it to avoid spending money as long as possible.

>Maybe if you needed the compute power as well?
definitely not, so yeah you're right in probably not worth it. server is linux too so going nvidia is probably the best from the simple point of the likeliest to have the least headaches.

>>103301604
Speaking of newegg how's their return policy compared to amazon?
I've never had to return anything to them but I also don't buy much from them.

>>103301493
>bad boot drive
thats probably it!
interesting that you said that because some of the times I restarted the pc I had this message: "reboot and insert proper boot device and press a key". or something like that. I have only one drive which is 2tb samsung 980 pro SSD and I have my OS installed on it.

>>103301162
Reeeee glownigger ram it was old 3200cl16 i picked up for 100usd 2yrs ago 4x16gb kit

Ddr5 6400cl32 gomna be a huge upgrade at 94gb my 64gb can max out in beamng mod vr mp in ogc2 map lol

>>103301638
They will not offer cash refunds for opened video card returns, only a replacement of the exact model.
It might be the same for motherboards so buy what you intend to own.

>>103301638
They are currently in their Extended Holiday Return phase. If you have any problem you can return for a replacement or refund until the end of January.

>>103301639
>samsung 980 pro
oh boy. how old is it and have you ever upgraded the firmware on it?

>>103301639
I was the first to tell you about the bad drive and you ignored me…. But his advice you take. I see how it is.

Is a FE card generally better or worse than cards with a brand name like MSI ASUS etc on them?
Only the FE cards have that opposing fan placement?

>>103301699
I returned a opened 4070 Ti Super to them and they gave me the option of store credit or refund to original payment method. They probably didnt do this in the past though when crypto mining was relevant.

>lian li only has a 1-2 year warranty on their fans
Now I'm hesitant to buy more from them.

>>103301744
why youd need a fan warranty? unless it's for the meme LCD variants

>>103301709
2-3 years and no. how to upgrade the firmware? especially with the freezing issue. will I lose data with the upgrade? need to reinstall windows afterwards?

>>103301749
Fan bearing failing.

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>>103301729
FE card is a competitive purchase if you don't pay above the MSRP.
Pricier third party models are capable of better cooling & more overclocking headroom.
You won't notice the OC performance difference though, it's mostly for setting personal benchmarking records.

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>>103300732
I just found this on AliExpress:
AU$18.59 | TEUCER T30 CPU Cooler Fan 2150RPM 4PIN PWM 12cm Computer Case Cooling System Fan S-FDB Bearing Silent PC Gamer CPU Cooler 120mm
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPVgNdh

Gonna get six of these in white with hub yay nay? Prices here in aus are fucked i have to import

Ill put the spare fans in the black case nobody will see it

>>103301499
I already have one to test with, I don't want to buy the board if it only does Zen2 and up (and X570 boards are absolutely extinct here so there's no safe option).

>>103301440
No. That's as dumb as buying a 3080 Ti right before the 4000 series release.

Keep your 4070 until you can buy the 6080 Super at the very least.

>>103301721
sorry anon I am an ESL and when he said bad boot drive it clicked for me because I remembered I had that message on my screen that said something about boot drive/device and I wasnt sure what it meant, appreciate your help!

>>103301782
just buy the board and send it back if it doesn't work? or does your cunt not have consumer protections

>>103301483
??
Retard.

>>103301744
Arctic or Noctua.

>>103301809
I would gladly be buying more of noctua especially, I just wish it had that special connection method.

>>103301814
What method is that? Im only used to pvm 4pin 3pin and the gpu smaller connectors and now rgb shit so i can turn it off

Dudes, how can I make my shitty table stop vibrating whenever my pc puts in work?

>>103301826
Foam pads? Like the ones audiophags use to isolate their speakers.

if i get a new ssd and don't have an nvme with cache do i get one with cache?

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>>103301495
A small Intel N100 based PC/NUC.
https://liliputing.com/aoostar-t-box-is-a-cheap-palm-sized-intel-n100-pc-with-3-hdmi-ports-and-2-gigabit-ethernet-ports/

>>103301844
Download more cache

>>103301844
Cache-less isn't too big of a deal anymore because modern SSDs use Host Memory Buffer (HMB) instead.

Basically instead of the SSD having it's own Cache, it uses a tiny little bit of your PCs RAM.

>>103300852
4090/4080s

>>103301826
1. Put the PC on the floor.
2. Buy a new table.

>>103301504
Buy parts that don't get old and keep their value, ie PSU, CPU cooler, case, fans. Go for them if you see good offers, things aren't going to get better.

>>103301824
He's probably talking about the wireless daisy-chaining method on Lian Li and a few other fans.

>>103301333
could you elaborate on why?

>>103301826
rubber feet

>>103301824
>What method is that?
That newer daisy chaining method that lian li pioneered and then some other brands are copying. It has two major advantages, cleaning up cable mess but also powering up to 3 fans and controlling their RPMs without having to use 2 headers. Real game changer for fan management physically and software wise.

>>103300942
So 5080 is not 256bit 16gb vr anymore?

>>103301846
link?
>>103301853
I guess my question is if I'm budget limited do I get a 2TB DRAMless Gen 4 or a 1TB Gen 4. I can spend the extra to go to 2TB with DRAM but I don't really feel like I should

>>103301495
you could probably get away with buying a pi/pi competitor and using it. might even be avle to bodge the tv/monitor power cable to also run to it and supply it inline (risky shit, but ive done it with fans for shit like modems before).

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I can get this for about 1000€. Of course I'll be adding some more RAM to it myself. Thoughts?

>>103301874
if it supports HMB then get the dramless. thats the whole point you & ssd maker save money by using your ram instead of buying cache.

>>103301874
You do a lot of i/o intensive tasks for extended periods, dram has a major benefit. If all you use your computer for is web browsing, multimedia and playing games, you likely won't notice a difference. If you are a "normal" user Dramless 2TB drive is fine.

Well ordered those 6x white fans for 50usd fingers crossed their a bit quieter and move more air then the stock valkyries
Need more anyways ill get another 7 on Friday

>>103301897
>if it supports HMB
I think you can't even get a NVMe SSD that doesn't in the western world

>>103301249
So what are the ultra dogshits pulling now? 300w?

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>>103300685
I want low temps and low noise.
Is my money better spent on a more expensive case, or a budget case plus aftermarket fans?

>>103301871
>>103301859
Oy the magnet one? Saw it yeah ots cool

>>103301909
I went cheap case and cheaper aio and fans
Now trying slightly less cheap fans for my front 480mm valkyrie aio in my am5 build will be interesting then having the cheaper fans as exhaust

>>103301897
>>103301898
my concern is that I download a lot of stuff from F95 and have hammered my Gen 3 drive over the past 12 months. Would that make a difference?

>>103301929
>I went cheap case and cheaper aio and fans
How did that work out with the temps and the noise?

>>103301909
case obviously. a good case already has good fans. the case design affects how much air also noise passes through. also fans wont save you from coil whine but a case can dampen it.

>>103301885
Not that good of a deal
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/PMdmqH

>>103301885
It's value for value. A €1000 PC will get you roughly the same PC, but with 32GB DDR5 and probably a better motherboard, PSU, and case. You won't be getting any extra value by buying this prebuilt, if that is what you are asking.

>>103301885
I have ADHD and bad motor skills and even I built my PC myself. Why do you insist on a prebuilt?

>>103301939
>a good case already has good fans
Im not him but i consider any fans under 2k rpm to be fairly shit after playing with Ali server fans and older noctura industrial fans

Wanted 10k rpm artics but can't find them outside of eu and they dont deliver here

>>103301752
>2-3 years and no
I say again, oh boy.

https://www.google.com/search?q=980+pro+firmware+issue

good luck.

>>103301955
This i get shakes after about 5hrs just power through
Usually i slap a build together and tinker in bios + install windows in under an hour
Only translating valkyries bloody waifu pictograms took agss lol

>>103301958
Some people like to buy fans that run optimally between 800~1500 RPMs to account for operating noise levels.
Those sub 2K RPM fans have a market.

>>103301885
You could build that for less than half off ali ebay and marketplace new/used
Prebuilts always had the shittiest mobos and psus id rather just my used mobo and gook psu than that shit

>>103301752
You should check the drive health using CrystalDiskInfo and start the RMA process if you can.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2023/02/02/update-on-samsung-ssd-reliability/

>>103301972
I like the whirrr it wasn't the noise that bothers me its the ramping up and down i prefer to have them either run flat out or half speed coming from cars my brain doesn't seem to think their working otherwise

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Day 599 of waiting for next-gen GPUs.

>>103301987
>it wasn't the noise that bothers me its the ramping up and down
NTA but I hate this shit too. I keep everything at a flat percentage for this reason.

>>103302048
Very based and autismofanpilled

>>103301966
yea just read about it and most of the people had issues during the first days not years so kinda strange, some said that the firmware upgrade only fixed it for couple of days max and it crashed again, I will tell to the technician to upgrade the firmware and see if it helps, if so then I will see if everything keep running fine for the next few days or will crash again like it happened to other people. if not then good, if it will crash again I have unused 1tb SN770 SSD that I can use, or maybe should I just take the SN770 SSD with me to the technician and installing windows on it and not bother repairing the samsung 980 pro and just finish everything today instead of just worrying that it might crash again and then having to replace it anyway?

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>>103300820
based immerhater

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My mobo has a heatsink for an M.2 drive. Cool but am I supposed to renove the sticker from my m.2 label before seating it on or I just leave the label on right? Also it comes with these little optional rubber pads I dunno wtf to do with em.

>>103301984
I see, will try it when I will be at the techinician place

Sn 850x or 990 pro?

>>103302133
no, the label is made using some special foil stuff, it transfers heat through it fine. a 970 evo doesnt need a cooler regardless.

>>103302048
Same, but that flat percentage is 100.

>>103302136
Both. That’s what I did.

>>103301885
That's gay

>>103302152
I beg to differ, I just cloned my old 970 evo to a new 990 pro and both drives were fuckin COOKIN hot. it took a while because I had to use an nvme to usb adapter since I only have 1 slot, but I had the 970 in the adapter and I had to ended up having to put a makeshift heatsink on it because it was getting so hot it would throttle. the 990 was also getting toasty but the mobo heatsink cover kept it under control.

God why is buying a monitor arm so hard.
Options
>$50 shit from Amazon
>$300 actually durable arms from random manufacturer
Literally nothing in between

>>103302133
your warranty is void if you remove the label.

>>103302216
>>103302152
Thank you anons

>>103301169
You can buy all parts but the GPU though, right?

>>103301481
Obviously not, but I'm wondering if these outages cause any actual damage and if it's really worth it. I have a basic surge protector and my psu has atx 3.0 for what that's worth. I hope you can give me some insight before I potentially waste money.

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>>103296996
It shipped!

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>>103301955
I have Parkinson's disease.

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>>103302288

>>103302264
I missed it when it was "erroneously" price dropped to 999€ for a brief period before bumped up again to a higher price and I didn't have time to buy, now I'm seething and refuse to buy until it drops again
considering it's overall the best 4k 32" qdoled meme, unless the flat MSI drops a bit more to the same price I can consider it too, the Samsung is already at that price but fucking matte (altho the best matte not like lg matte) and shitty samsung tv features, maybe the gigabytes will drop a bit more idk
either buying a c4 42 soon for even cheaper than all or it's all over

>>103302288
NTA but i'm sorry to hear anon. I hope you can enjoy your PC

dumb question probably, but if a mobo has an x16 and 4 x1 pcie slots (both wiring and physically), is there a product to be able to combine those x1 slots into a single x4 wide slot of whatever physical size? for example to add a x4 nvme adapter for full speed, or 10gbe or whatever.
I know there are ones to turn an x1 into an x16, but only for a single x1 slot.

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>>103300685
>>103300733
>both ends of the turbofag spectrum epitomized
>200% mad
well done
please reply with an actually slick build so I can stop seething in a reasonable timeframe

>>103301554
its 825 here universally in all stores
apply a few codes and 720

Anons, are there any single color RGB fans that still exist? Because I despise that remote, molex thing

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Is this any good? It’s $160 on amazon

>>103301465
>UPS costing over 400 euros
Goddamn that's expensive. I bought my for around 100 euros worth around the same wattage [spoiler]in Brazil[/spoiler]

>>103302376
>300 nits
>HDR
lawl

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>>103302376
The ASRock Monitor from the OP is 180Hz and cheaper. Do you just not read anything?

>>103302376
it's the bare minimum allowed screen in current year
if that answers your question

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My motherboard has 2 of these 8pin cpu power plugs. My PSU only has 1 8pin cord. There might be another one somewhere.. My CPU is a Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Do I need both plugs or am I supposed to only use 1?

>>103302405
>Do I need both
Well yeah

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>>103302384
Let me guess, Line Interactive?

>>103301465
Decent On-Line ones that are over 2000W start at 400 eur here.

>>103302384
Which one did you buy and did it serve you well? I heard they need to be online and have pure sine wave and the only ones which do that are expensive as fuck.

Does CFM on a fan matter? What should be the minimum? For a Sff like Lianli A3?

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>>103302339
There isn't many
Uphere makes some but it may not be the style or performance you want.
The rest are a mix of generic cheap shit or old models at inflated prices.

I've bitten the bullet a few times with tidying up wiring on RGB fans because the next best alternative is $20-30 a piece uni fans

>>103302405
One of those is specced for 250W and can theoretically provide 384W max. So one is fine. However all good PSUs today come with two EPS cables so you probably have a garbage PSU.

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>>103302320
u rike?

>>103302421
>>103302422
Who says they need to be online?
Do people not know how switching power supplies work? Line interactive is fine for 99% of shit.

>>103302457
Its a fine one but I probably just misplaced all the extra cables somewhere. I should use both if I locate the other cable, right? I wouldn't ask such a time wasting question but my living quarters are small and my possessions are compactly boxed, so its a significant hassle.

>>103302492
>connecting your studio monitors to a line interactive UPS
cringe

>>103302455
I see thanks anon, guess I'll stick to my old fans for now until I can get a good deal on there "wireless" fans

I really hate the current state of the monitor market.

You either go super budget and get a 200 dollar IPS/VA monitor or you have to jump up to 800 dollars for OLED. There's no in-between, there's only low range and premium these days.

>>103302532
>or you have to jump up to 800 dollars for OLED.
What's wrong with people? 25 years ago you wanted a nice display, you pumped out easily over a grand for a good CRT, that's without accounting for inflation

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Good deal for a 4070ti super

>>103302439
>Does CFM on a fan matter?
No, as you won't be blasting the fan on full speed and it heavily favors fans with a top speed you won't use as it is too loud.
>What should be the minimum?
Something like 20-30. The Noctua NF-A12x25 has 55-60. Other fans with higher CFM aren't necessarily better. Arctic P12 fans are fine for your use case.

/pcbg/'s approved thermal pastes?

7600X with RX6650XT

How fucked i am for MH Wilds?

>>103302474
hard to make out details
>>103302532
it's like that for everything
food, cars, clothes, kitchen appliances, real estate, everything in consumer electronics, there only seem to be the destitute option and the one that you might be able to pay out of pocket if you have more dosh than the king of England
makes me want to scream
>>103302559
thermal grizzly kryonaut, noctua nt-h1/h2, arctic mx4/mx5 are the best in my opinion

>>103302532
Honestly, the only 'problem' is simply that we are still on the bleeding edge of OLED. The lack of mid-budget options actually speaks to how mature & competitive the market is for great IPS and VA panels.

>>103302532
M28U (4k 144hz) is $329 on Amazon US. Also available at B&H and Newegg.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094NX6C8R
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GzWzK8/gigabyte-m28u-280-3840x2160-144-hz-monitor-m28u-sa

>>103302570
aight. thanks

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>>103302512
it wouldn't hurt to plug both, it depends on your CPU honestly, the second plug is for CPU needing exta juice

>>103302421
Nah, TS Shara, local brand.

>>103302422
As I said, TS Shara, local brand. It just need to be plugged in all the time, but you can just turn it off during the night. Pure sine has really gotten cheaper over the years, at least here in brazil. Even a GAMER >2000 watts UPS solely for a gaming PC doesn't get more expensive than 250 euros. It's expensive by brazilian standards, but even I can save for a couple of months and buy it.

>>103302512
No need to use both until you get a CPU requiring more power.

>>103302574
don't listen to him, just get MX-6. it's the best set and forget paste since MX-4

What is the x870e nova popular?

>>103302591
Not popular here, we use B650 LiveMixer.

Just how badly does Nvidia's software solutions (DLSS 2 & 3) mog AMD's competing solutions? Feels like AMD isn't even in the conversation for GPUs right now.

>>103302590
didn't even know that exists despite having a tube of it in my spare parts rummage drawer
nice to know, might repaste my GPU with it

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>>103301459
The old stickers are more interesting than the new ones. I vote "stick it on there".

>>103302591
Because for all the years of people saying they only need 1-2 SSDs, they are suddenly creaming themselves over a board with 5 m.2 slots

>>103302614
substantially, but we can expect the gap to narrow considerably in the near future

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>>103302595
Only a single USB C port and the amount of USB 3 ports is kinda disappointing to me personally. I think I'm willing to spend $50 more to get more ports.

>>103302591
>4x Gen4 NVME without lane sharing
>entry-level overclocking features (clear CMOS button, post code)
>VRM/phase step-up from the X870
>lots of I/O in general
>easy release mechanism for GPUs
>backplate
and a bunch of other stuff.

None of this is necessary of course, most X870 boards especially from ASRock will do just fine with all Zen chips.
It just has a lot to offer if you can find it at MSRP, with all the features that a semi-advanced user would need without charging you for stuff you likely won't use (external clock gen, custom waterblock support etc).

>>103302615
people are using PTM7950 for GPUs nowadays

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No thanks. You can keep it

>>103302619
Expandability is always attractive. Also a few years ago the average fotm shooterslop didn't weigh 200 gigabytes. At this rate games will cross the terabyte threshold sooner than later.

Is there any reason i would be wary of this B650 board? I like the amount of ports and 3 ssd slots.
https://a.co/d/doO2JkY

>>103301101
why is this 400€ more expensive than my build even tho I have 128 GB of ram?
nice scam

>>103301814
>special connection method
I recently put together a case w/ a bunch of Phanteks D30 fans, and they have a daisy chain connection type. It is pretty slick.

>>103301915
The ones I mentioned, each fan has bumps & notches on the edge for alignment, then there are plastic clips that snap in the sides where two corners meet.
Once connected they're pretty rigid. You can hold a stack of three fans by the very end, and the assembly stays straight, doesn't flex downwards.

>>103302651
Expensive. Also I gotta get wise about how much of an asspain that is to apply. In any case it would not make a difference for my wimply little RTX3060. Fucker never went over 70°C. But it's worth considering once I get one of those 300W+ cards.

I'm a complete newshit to buying new popular computer parts. Do they accept preorders for these things on the initial launch or will I have to be available on my computer or phone to buy the 5090 when it comes out?

>>103302710
System integration offers abysmal profit margins so they try to fleece spendthrift retards as much as they can. You would do the same.

Techtubers will shill ASRock a lot more in 2025. You heard it here first.

>>103302746
Bless them for it. Gigashyte, Assus and MS-I need to be taken down a peg.

>>103302710
labor costs mostly. if you can't do it yourself then they can charge whatever people pay for. don't go to microcenter where people pay money so they can have the employee slot in the gpu for them or install Windows.

>>103302614
it doesn't matter because all upscaling looks like garbage

>>103302771
>don't go to microcenter where people pay money so they can have the employee slot in the gpu for them or install Windows.
Seeing their prices for this shit was so fucking mind-boggling.
What do you mean its $80 to install a HDD/SSD/NVME and $100 for a fresh OS install.

>>103302736
If the 4090 is anything to judge by, the 5090 will be understocked for a very, very long time after launch. You'll not get one at launch unless you pay a scalper or have some serious connections.

>>103301806
Cope

>>103301101
>4080S price: $1100
>9800 x3d price: $700
>64 gb RAM 6000mhz: $200
>1 TB SSD: $100
>X670 motherboard: $200
>That awful case: $80
>Freezer III AIO: $120
Price of components TOTAL: $2500
Convert to Euro: 2400€
Total Markup by Boutique Company: 1,050€
Keep in mind I padded $10-30 on some of the parts numbers to account for you buying a median-specced equivalent part during Black Friday Week, but the boutique will likely use the cheapest possible equivalent parts to maximize revenue.

>>103302809
That doesn't exactly answer my question. I'm guessing that I will be able to preorder the 5090 depending on the store, but due to manufacturing shortages and high demand I will be placed on a queue and have to wait potentially weeks or months for me to finally get it?

If anything lights inside your case your fucking gay

Bought a Samsung SSD from Amazon and I can't tell if it's legit. The packaging is sealed but is also kinda worn and doesn't look new.

Is there any way I can check if this shit is legit with a serial number or something?

>>103302868
Yeah, that's the gist of it. Any estimates or even guarantees mean fuckall in this bitch of a market.

>>103301101
I don't know what that is in real money but a 4080 build for $3,000+ is insane. You can comfortably get a 4090 at that budget. Looks like a FE 4080 no less.

>>103302651
I know the draw of ptm is that it doesn't dry out and is good basically forever, but is it any worse thermally than non liquid metal common pastes for non oc'd out the bunghole applications? is there like a max heat vs coverage area chart out there?

>>103302391
they should really stop scamming people with this man
300 nits on an IPS panel with a no local dimming?

honestly its just making people think HDR is non-sense (I actually did until I learned more about it and saw real HDR with my phone)

>>103302880
Alright. I'm fine with waiting months for my turn as long as I can preorder it. Seems way better than the stress of having to keep track of stock or paying several hundred dollaroos in premium to scalpers.

>>103302898
>honestly its just making people think HDR is non-sense
Yep, all people who shit on HDR are people who never even experienced it.
Proper HDR and VRR should be de-facto nowadays.

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I don't even know why I'm stressing about any of this.
I play like two modern games a year, and spend the rest of my time on things I could run on an old laptop

>>103302894
I mean it's a good deal when compared to other builds. You're literally paying for the service of having someone build it, ship it, and handle returns if anything is fucked up.
That build would cost €5000 if it was from a high street store.

>>103302532
QDEL (Quantum Dot Emissive Lighting) will likely replace OLED soon, it's literally OLED without ORGANIC and it's very cheaply scalable and could be easily be manufactured with existing LED pipelines just modified by a nit. Their demos last CES 2024 looks fucking great. They said it'll be ready in 2-3 years for the TV market but probably earlier for phones, laptops, and monitors.

>>103302917
I reckon you get enjoyment just from building it and watching it run.

>>103302684
I wish that attitude was shared with actual PCIe slots, which can also do M.2 plus more.

I'm not jaded, I promise.

>>103302925
> paying for the service of having someone build it,
Imagine paying this high of an idiot tax
> ship
you have to pay for someone ship your parts anyway.

>>103302565
The open beta test was atrocious and insanely CPU bound for no reason,
You will 100% need to run FSR to 1080p because that shit is not gonna run at all well at natively 1080p on that hardware but not because the spec are too shit for that game, it's Crapcom selling a Pajeet core coded game for $70
Just play World, Wild is not going to have the same success

>>103302944
Building is a lot of fun. I do like optimizing things

>>103302898
>HDR is non-sense
it kinda is with how bad it's implemented in games, there are like 3 good ones and some (like cp2077) still need RenoDX to work properly.
still haven't seen a single game using actual wider color gamut, it's almost 99% within bt.709 (SDR essentially)

the only good thing with HDR are dark scenes with small highlights, anything else and your monitor won't be able to display it due to ABL and other tech limitation

>>103302959
I knew you were gonna stop reading there and post that exact comment. Autistic people are so predictable.

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the glass side panel of my PC case broke
how should i cover the side of my PC temporarily before i get a new PC case??

>>103302998
Cardboard

Think there will be any sub $200 cpus black friday worth upgrading from an amd 5 5600 x? Last parts that need an upgrade are my cpu and motherboard, been holding out but don't feel like spending a fuck load.

>>103303015
i thought about it but wouldnt it make it hotter inside or something...

>>103300685
i need wifi and i dont free pcie slots and dont want usb cards
can i just buy a router and connect it to ethernet or is this going to introduce delay? i get like 2ms on wifi with my phone as router i wouldnt want more
5ghz

>>103302977
Works perfectly on PS5 and Xbox One X/S out of the box.
If you have a Nvidia GPU, any game that supports HDR on PC works fine and even older games benefit with AutoHDR on Windows 11.

>till need RenoDX to work properly.
No.

>>103303023
Probably no hotter than glass as glass panels add 5 degrees according to GN

>>103302717
Phanteks uses some crazy daisy chain method because of lian li's copyright doesn't it?

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Irishanon here.
Currently running a Ryzen 5 2600, RX 570 8GB and 16GB 3200 MHz CL16 RAM, on a B450 TOMAHAWK MAX motherboard. I honestly don't play many demanding titles, and besides playing Fortnite and other similar multiplayer games, I only plan to upgrade my system in order to play Dead Space (2023) and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. The Ryzen 5 5600 is currently at a Black Friday price of £79.18 from Amazon UK (low enough Irish people like me don't pay custom fees), is it a good enough upgrade to at least get better frames in Fortnite and give me a decent CPU for the demanding single player titles once I upgrade the GPU sometime in 2025? Could it even help get 30fps minimum for the Dead Space and S.T.A.L.K.E.R., despite the RX 570?

>>103303027
the fact that you even mention AutoHDR shows that you have no idea what is "good HDR" beyond "bright = good"

I'm not convinced the performance gain of an X3D card is worth the up to $200 premium on it compared to other cards? The benchmarks I'm seeing for intensive games in YouTube videos makes it seem like the difference can be like 12 frames at most basically? Do I really want to pay $18 per frame when it's already going past 120 with frame gen?

>>103302629
No 10G network for that price is kindof a letdown on such an expensive board.

>>103303124
>>103303124
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>>103303068
>5600
>Stalker 2
lol
lmao
stop being cheap and get at least 5700x3d

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>>103300685 (OP)
i need wifi and i dont free pcie slots and dont want usb cards
can i just buy a router and connect it to ethernet or is this going to introduce delay? i get like 2ms on wifi with my phone as router i wouldnt want more
5ghz

>>103303069
It doesn't always work well but when it does, it does good.
I mainly play on PS5 Pro behind a LG C4 anyways, you can't get better HDR in games than that.

>>103303086
but then you could get rid of your fake vaseline smeared frames in favor of crispy and sharp real ones

RAM compatibilty is a thing now?

I bought a microcenter bundle and they graciously let me swap out the CL36 for CL30 sticks. After building my system, when powering on there's no POST, blank screen and the dram LED is orange, and supposedly only certain RAM sticks are compatible I'm reading?

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>>103302896

I have the Peerless Assassin cooler for a AM5.

How tight am I supposed to tighten this thing? I've heard that too tight or too loose is a big problem, and might be why my build isn't booting at all.

>>103304348
if it refuses to post you might have bigger problems
even if your cooler were inadequately seated your CPU would at least boot until it throttles and automatically shuts off

>>103304424
I see. Multiple forum posts seem to say that if you have a RAM light issue it might be because you tightened your cpu cooler too tightly. I don't know if that could actually be it or if its just one of those timewasting things nerds blurt out for you to go and try.

>>103300685
>AVOID: AMD cards
NO!

>>103304599
hide your radeon card or geforce bro will come

>>103303884
it should be possible to get pretty much anything running, getting it running at the proper speed requires some level of compatibility
try testing each stick individually

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>AVOID: Intel 13/14 series

why ? I planned to buy one of these to pair with a 4070 super / ti super

>>103304820
Thats just normal ddr5 things? To test each stick individually in each slot and get it to work that way? I know apparently DDR5 needs to test the ram or something for awhile before its ready. I didnt know it helps to do it one stick at a time

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!?!

Wtf I do? I've been fucking with these ram sticks all day. Should I enable fTPM?

Should I enable TPM? Does it give any advantage? I don't plan on using win11, stucking with win10.

>>103305145
Ask in the new >>103303124 thread, what are you even doing here.