>News & Rumors
RTX 50 Super: 2026 launch. 24GB VRAM for 5070 Ti & 5080 Super, 18GB for 5070 Super.

>Omissions
RTX 5070: buy if it's reasonably priced & if you plan to work around potential VRAM bottlenecks.
RX 9070 non-XT: worth considering if it's significantly cheaper than the 9070 XT.

Intel 13 & 14th gen i7/9 -K CPUs: BIOS update required due to reliability issues. Recommended to set a CPU VR voltage limit (1.4 or 1.45V).

>Product Notice
PNY RTX 50 cards have QC issues (rattling fans, reports of 5070 & 5090 with blown capacitors)

Gigabyte RTX 50 & RX 9000 video cards: thermal gel has QC issues, Gigabyte claims only early production batches were affected.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/update-on-thermal-putty-on-gigabyte-graphics-cards-after-further-storage-oil-separation-to-an-alarming-extent-and-silence-as-a-strategy/

>PSU Reviews
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies
https://www.lttlabs.com/
https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-supplies
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=Power+Supplies

For tier-list enjoyers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/

>Storage Reviews
https://www.phoronix.com/reviews/Storage (Linux performance)
https://www.tweaktown.com/cat/storage/index.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=SSD
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/ssds/reviews
https://www.servethehome.com/category/storage/

>Monitor Hunter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1illeNLsUfZ4KuJ9cIWKwTDUEXUVpplhUYHAiom-FaDo/

SN7100 (Gen 4) vs SN8100 (Gen 5) if I care about battery life

8100 is more efficient at peak but not sure which is better during regular use

Would 8100 draw less power than 7100 at the same speeds?

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Why is bankrupt Intel and Nvidia joining forces and attempting to bruttally kill the onoly thing team red bros had going for us???
Is this legal for htem to do? What can we do to stop this?

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Guys, never using Nvidia GPUs again their drivers suck on Windows & Linux

Hello, ESL man from spain here.

>https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4K7Q4p

I am currently using the pc for work (.NET legacy code mainly)

I was thinking in buying a SSD for alternative OS boot (havent decided the distro yet) and escape the hellscape that developing for .NET and windows 11 is becoming in my country.

Is it worth it to buy a new SSD to keep both OS's isolated?

if my monitor has USB ports is it possible to buy some sort of external controller that will let me turn it on/off/use the OSD?
the little joystick for that on the back just broke and is barely working

which mobo should I go for?
b850 mag tomahawk or b850 aorus elite?
the mag tomahawk does have better headers and 2 usb3.2 headers (im gonna use the corsair frame 5000d and it would use both headers)
but the aorus elite does look nicer and has a better heatsink for the arm but doesn't have as many headers
>what cpu?
9950x3d
are there any other boards with 2 usb3.2 headers?
also when I look up known issues the tomahawk seems to have more of them and seems more unstable but I couldnt find anything conclusive regarding that

>>106625300
>Is it worth it to buy a new SSD to keep both OS's isolated?
I would buy a new SSD for the other OS.

>>106625139
I'd assume the SN7100 is more power efficient because it has no dedicated memory chip.
If you need the drive to have the lowest latency, get the SN8100.

>>106625405
At 14 GB/s, SN8100 pulls 6.7W
At 7 GB/s, SN7100 pulls 4.3W

I'm just wondering if SN8100 pulls less than 4.3W at 7 GB/s.

>>106625401
>are there any other boards with 2 usb3.2 headers?
There's a PCPartPicker filter for this ('USB 3.2 Gen X Headers').
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#S=2,4&c=169,166,167&sort=price&m=8,18,27

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>geardown mode off

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I really want an OLED but I just can't knowing about the extra fuckery involved.

like pixel refreshes and all that.

>>106625525
At least wait until the holiday discounts start or buy Gigabyte's new tandem WOLED monitor when it's available.

>>106625525
it's just not worth it imo
of course i'll change my mind about that when i can buy one

>>106625303
The USB ports are likely just a hub irrelevant to the rest of the monitor.

>>106625525
Until burn in becomes an extremely rare occurrence, oled won't be on my radar, especially not for a computer.
>taskbar gets burned in

>>106625303
no but you can use software like controlmymonitor to change settings from your computer

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I have run the ethernet cable, but at what cost?

>>106625684
bitch you live like this?

>>106625641
The solution is simple run your current LCD as your main productivity/desktop display and keep the OLED as your side "fun" monitor that is treated like a TV for games, comics, and video.

>>106625684
Nice rug

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is the Cooler Master NR200 still the king?

>>106625641
I'll just buy the OLED with the best buy warranty.
I literally win either way.

>asus oled
>has a theoretically great feature that should be in all OLEDS
>its a proximity sensor that turns display off automatically if you walk away
but it doesnt even fucking work for alot of people or it turns display off when people are sitting at it

>>106625646
that won’t let me turn it on and off will it (that’s all I really want to do and if the button really breaks I’ll be fucked)

>>106625450
its all x870/e lane fuckery, extinct x670/e boards also with lane fuckery or unstable b850s
this gen of motherboards fucking sucks
ill get the b850 tomahawk then

>>106625782
>warranty
I've had my fair share of things dying 1 day after the warranty ends. One of those things cost me 14,000 dollars.

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>>106625475
>powerdown disabled

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>>106625898
depends on your monitor, each monitor behaves differently
there is also MultiMonitorTool by the same guy which has the enable/disable monitor function

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>>106625763
for me it's the orange and black

apparently now people are saying if you have fans mounted to the top of your case the one to the right of the CPU air cooler should be intake.

>>106625997
thanks I’ll try it out tomorrow

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>>106625525
>like pixel refreshes and all that.
why do you think I've been sperging out about bad implementations about pixel refreshes for several months?
it's a solved problem and a non issue that should be invisible to the user and automatically done when the display is turned off, however due to retardation in the monitor manufacturer space, they some how interpreted this as the samsung/lg spec being it NEEDS to be ran at a 16 hour interval minimum, which then they implemented a FORCED pixel refresh at when the accumulated time has been reached, if a pixel refresh has not been triggered before then, this introduced even more problems due to shit like the timer running when the monitor is idle off - meaning it might run after 1 hour when the monitor is on, other things like that, and as such might trigger in a competitive match or some shit like this, as reported indefinitely on leddit and many places
corpo dick suckers will say this is not a problem and will defend their post purchase rationalization, techtubers will refuse to answer this due to sponsorships
to know that I am right about this you can look no further than to see that MSI had to back pedal to increase the timer to 24 hours, however this should not even exist
TVs already solved this before monitors
mobile phones with oleds don't behave like this
laptops don't behave like this (afaik)
no device behaves like this
it's a solved problem and you are safu if you just buy a non retarded display implementation, many are retarded however

>>106625536
woled is literally just worse, trying to rebadge it does not change it

>>106625641
you will never own an oled

>>106626077
>you will never own an oled
My phone is oled :(

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What are good VRM temps? I was talking to a coworker about PCs and he told me to watch my VRM temps and that 70+ is too high.

>>106626116
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9JxeIqVkuQ
tldw dont worry about it

>>106625963
Best buy warranty is good for 4 years
1 year more than the Asus one
Covers burn in too

>>106625804
before they implement this useless feature they first need to address the timed forced refreshes and implement basic bitch settings like pixel shift off settings
this alone kills like 80% of the oleds on the market and makes most of the budget segment unbuyable

>>106626086
amazin that it will never burn in

>>106626192
>amazin that it will never burn in
because the phone screen is off majority of the time.

would you guys recommend a thermal paste guard for a 9950x3d or is it a waste of money?

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>>106625763
>single shitty internal rad
ngmi

>>106626290
functionally it makes no difference

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>excuse me sars, please needful and buy AMD and Android products! They are very good value
>yes Apple security and quality is better, but it's very expensive, you need value saaars!

>>106626445
I'll buy AMD when they come out with the 9950x3d2. google seems to want to force me to apple with killing side loading apps so that might even be in the future. Fucking hell.

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>>106626445
>android is a good value
yeah, we know ranjesh, but thanks, I'm sticking with Apple!

>>106626445
X3D cpus are for the idiot intel crowd. You know the people who buy $500 motherboards for 60 amp chips.

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i'm chimping out right now
fan on asus zenbook is constantly at max rpm of 8000+ (cpu temps always stable at 50°C)
please do the needful saars

>>106626445
>shilling for one megacorp by shitting on another for no reason
you're not only retarded, you're wrong. Apple phones handle like shit, i hate how there's only 1 way to change anything i don't like about the phones, i HATE there being only 1 button, and its tech is generations behind android every time, although i presume the software is 'better'.

Also AMD outperforms intel in every metric and there is no reason to buy intel unless you're poor and wanting to save a buck.

Imagine shilling for the Nike's of phones, cringe. Never post again retard.

>>106626506
Hold down the power button until the computer turns off.

>>106626514
this happens every time after i shut it down for like 3 months now

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>>106626561

>>106626561
Dude, just give me a reason to send a report.

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>>106626586
Is "this post is extremely low quality" an option for /g/ reports?

>>SSD
>>Budget: SN7100, NM790
what happened for the lexar nvme to be added to the op recs?
did it not die after the phison whoopsie doodle?

>>106626631
>phison whoopsie doodle
QRD?

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>>106626514
saar please help me saar pleasseee
captcha: SAR4K

>>106626631
>>106626637
Affected drives were using pre-production firmware.
https://www.guru3d.com/story/phison-prerelease-firmware-linked-to-ssd-failures-not-microsoft-patch/

Ok this is heresy but what is the best pre-built options I can do for max budget being 3k?
I know this is pc build thread but I have two toddlers, a rambunctious dog, two curious cats and only space to build this would be my garage workspace that has no a/c.

My last pc was an aurora r9 and I had genuinely no problems with it.

>>106626657
Thermal Take, Star Forge, and Origin PCs is some of the better ones according to Gamers Nexus.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsuVSmND84QuM2HKzG7ipbIbE_R5EnCLM

Any downsides to mini itx build? Seems like you can use normal, off the shelf components for those. The only downside is 2 ram slots (but nobody uses 4 anyway) and less traces from cpu

>>106626722
Expensive. Hot. Noisy.

>>106626657
It takes like 20 minutes to assemble a pc, wtf

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>>106626722

>>106626746
Every one i know who's built one has it laid out on a desk.for a weekend at minimum

>>106626766
I built my first pc last month with 0 experience and it took me 1h30m, and I had to do it all with a shitty aliexpress mini screwdriver

>>106626766
those people are retards, even if you were doing a YouTube video of your building experience or checking all the manuals as you are building, it would be like 6-8 hours max (and im overshooting the estimate), or if you really just wanna take a lot of breaks it would be 3 days at worst
just shut your kids and pets out of the garage, clean it completely the day before and build the damn pc, if you want to be more prepared then watch tutorials and read all your components manuals beforehand
im saying this because even with 3k, you'd be spending between 500 to 1000 extra for the service fee when you could maximize the value and strength of your components by doing it yourself
at the end of the day, its your money anon, do with it what you want and think its best

>>106626657
Does your house not have any doors? Tell your wife you need 2 hours alone and lock the door. Problem solved.

>>106626756
>>106626728
Absolute nonsense that’s true for mini pcs, not mini itx
>>106626722
mobos are more expensive for what you’re getting. So are cases but you can find reasonably priced ones. heat isn’t an issue as long as you use a mid-tier gpu and undervolt, I use 4070ti and it’s fine

>>106625024
Is there any reason to pick 5060 8gb over 9060 16gb? Even if the Nvidia is worse supposedly on paper? Maybe Nvidia's drivers or whatever is better that it trump's even better AMD cards? Or it really is black and white and 9060 16gb is straight up better in everything?

>>106626912
People in tiktok and youtube short comments will look down on you

>>106626912
>5060 8gb over 9060 16gb
9060 competes with 5070, not 5060. There is no situation where 5060 makes sense over 9060 unless you somehow need cuda on a budget gpu (you don’t)

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>>106626937
>9060 competes with 5070
No it doesn't retard. That's the 9070 you're thinking of.
>>106626912
You get DLSS and everything under that umbrella now. Other than that no not really.
What would be better is the 5060ti or 5070

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>>106626445

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I finally was able to go a full intel + intel build
>14400f + b580

Fuck Win11
I had to sacrifice PCIe 5.0 to get a B650 board for Wifi 6e instead of Wifi 7 which is Win11 only.

>>106627144
Was there no appropriate board with M.2 wi-fi, so you could change the wi-fi card yourself?

I have an AIO with 3 fans on the radiator, but one of them is grinding and has to be replaced. The problem is that these fans are no longer available. Can I replace the one fan for another brand fan (Noctua for example), or is it better to replace all three of them due to some issue or whatever the fuck I am overlooking? I already know how to do it since the pump comes with a breakout cable that controls all 3 fans, just trying to figure out how much it'll cost me.

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>>106626766
outside of the 3 radiators i put in the case prior to gpu release, this computer got put together by 9pm the day that the 9070 xt was released and that included the nap i took after i got home from microcenter. as you can see this photo was time stamped midnight that night after it was already loaded into an os

Do you think Nvidia will release a 5090 Ti along with the 5070/80 super cards?

>>106627266
that'd be a waste of silicon they could put into an AI gpu instead. Why would they bother offering idiots like you what you want when they could make more money off tech firms?

>>106627144
Run linux or get a USB/PCI-e/M.2 WiFi card nigga wtf (then again, PCIe 5.0 isnt that much better than 4.0 atm, maybe next gen of GPUs will make it truly matter, still wouldnt buy anything new without it)

>>106627266
Only if there's leftover GB202 dies.
The 3090 Ti was released because the 6900 XT put up a fight against the 3090, and AMD had a 6950 XT mid-gen refresh.

>>106627209
You can slap anything on there even if they are daisy chained PWM, PWM is a common analogue technique so theres no compatibility issues. Personally I would replace all the fans though, if one shat itself the others are likely going to do so too, everything is built to break now and fan 5 packs are cheap

>>106627209
might be different rpm but its not going to explode

>>106627409
Yeh, these are 500, the one I want to get is 450. But the rotationspeed for the current ones is like 1500, new one has it on 2000. I could always replace the other two if there are drastic temp shifts or anything. I just want to stop this rattling noise.

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>be me 2014
>want to play Watch_Dogs as a stopgap until GTA 5 comes out
>it runs like dogshit on my Intel HD 4600
>be me 2015
>get an R7 260
>still runs like dogshit because only 4 gigs of RAM
>be me 2018
>get an RX 570 and 12GB of RAM
>still runs like dogshit because the CPU is just an i5-4440
>be me 2020
>get a whole ass new PC with a 1660S
>still runs like ass sometimes because the 1660S isn't powerful enough to hit 1080p60@Ultra with smooth frametimes in a 2014 PS4 launch title apparently
>play for a couple of hours then quit because the stuttering is too annoying
>be me 2025
>finally have a PC that can run Watch_Dogs flawlessly
>5070 baby let's go finally current year technology
>ultra graphics 1440p 144+ FPS hell yeah
>the game looks very dated and visually unimpressive, and the gameplay and controls (especially driving) have aged terribly on KB&M
I guess even a powerful PC isn't the solution to having fun with games, huh... jealous of all the PS4 havers who played this as god intended back in 2014 and loved it...

>>106625258
I tried a couple times to update from 537.58 and every single time it causes problems and I roll back. That driver came out in October 2023. It's been almost two years since Nvidia has had a stable driver.
Pathetic for a trillion dollar company selling GPUs at exorbitant prices like they are.

is it silly to upgrade my 3070 to a 5070 super/5070 ti super when it comes out? using a 5600x cpu

>>106627186
No, not below 200 bucks, microATX

>>106627358
There is only
ASUS TUF Gaming B850M-Plus II and it has no m2 2230 slot, and if I use the 2nd PCIe slot, it will block the airflow of the GPU, like it would fuck it up.

Which leaves me with only those retarded USB wifi sticks, which would be fine by me, but none of them has the Intel wifi chip.

>>106627543
Forgot to mention...almost all the boards below 200 and have B850 chipset are from ASROCK...what a coincidence.

Surely has nothing to do with those boards all frying the CPUs.

>>106627518
If you can I would wait a bit longer, one more generation will give you much better results. By then you could upgrade your cpu and gpu and have something that will last you a long time.

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>>106627486
Except BF6 causes driver crashes on AMD cards as well.
Being stuck in that old of a display driver means you're out of your depth.

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>>106627518
>is it silly to upgrade my 3070 to a 5070 super/5070 ti super
You're going to be waiting until early next year at minimum, if you're not in drastic need of a new gpu you might as well wait until next gen. Will be a better generation than blackwell.
Same with am4, might as well wait for new sockets before an upgrade at this point.

>>106627576
>>106627607
im starving but you guys are right..

>>106627518
It's pointless. You can always lower graphics settings or use (more) upscaling but you cant weasel your way around a cpu bottleneck

I literally called the intel and nvidia "merger" several months ago

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>>106627617
You're in much better shape than me I'm still rocking a 960. We're all gonna make it brother, don't let them break you.

>>106627626
I just woke up what happened?

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>>106627661
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/intel-and-nvidia-announce-stunning-plans-to-combine-their-cpu-and-gpu-products-for-both-consumer-pcs-and-ai-servers-with-nvidia-taking-a-usd5-billion-stake-in-intel/

tldr trump most definitely forced nvidia to do this
this also means rest in piss arc

>>106627668
Hmm I would like to think this might mean good things for consumers but it never does. Oh well, I love my cyberpunk dystopia.

>>106627682
it's being done purely to keep intel alive and it likely won't matter for enthusiast pc builders, you will more than likely see this stuff in laptops

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>>106625763
I have one but it doesn't fit any aib 5090s without modifying the case. FE impossible to get still while zotac pny MSI had been available for msrp

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>>106627617
If you really feel like you need a new gpu, maybe look for deals on the 5070. Online we've already seen some of the models go on sale for like $500. Go to your local walmart and check out the pcgaming section, mine has had pretty heavily discounted 5070/tis + 5090 like all year, last week they had a pny 5070 sitting on the shelf for like $450ish.

>>106627599
Is this RNA shit or just normal shitty AMD drivers?

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>>106627854
No clear answer. BF6 is unstable, and there are reports that the RX 9000 tends to boost too hard at stock settings and cause instabilities.
OS & performance fixes by game devs are more impactful updates than new display drivers in the DX12 era of PC gaming.

>>106625684
it goes UNDER the rug

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Today I played two games and had zero stutter, I think I've finally made it, bros.

>>106625684
Move out of your babushka's place, Ivan.

>>106627543
>it will block the airflow of the GPU, like it would fuck it up.
How did we get to this level of paranoia?

>>106628013
Now play any UE5 game.

Is getting an X3D cpu really an actual upgrade for 1440p and 4k? feel like my 7600x is already doing quite nicely

>>106625024
Main build is
i7 8700
H310m mobo
16gb ram

Also have the following pieces to build a 2nd PC for my nephew
Ryzen 5 2600
B450M

Do those mobos use the same ram? As in, can I take my 16gb ram, put it into that 2nd build then just grab 32gb for my computer? Or is that a waste and I'm better off sticking to 16gb for the 2nd build or even getting 32gb for it instead?

>>106628189
for anything other than maybe a 5090, no

>>106628189
Yes and no. On paper it's an upgrade, in practice it's mostly worth it for high FPS competitive gaymang like CS/Valo

>>106628189
it would mostly help with 1% lows

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>>106625442
So here are the stats from techpowerup:

SN7100 2TB
Idle Power Draw: 1.1 W
Avg Power Draw: 2.4 W
Max Power Draw: 3.7 W
Sequential Read: 7,250 MB/s
Random Read: 1,000,000 IOPS

SN8100 2TB
Idle Power Draw: 1.4 W
Avg Power Draw: 4.2 W
Max Power Draw: 7.5 W
Sequential Read: 14,900 MB/s
Random Read: 2,300,000 IOPS

It's tough to decide.

>>106628189
More cache certainly helps lower resolutions and halo GPUs. But some games get a boost regardless. Like Asian MMOs.

does anyone else have temperaturtism? I get really obsessed with the temperatures guys I want them as low as possible even if they're already low

>>106628258
Get the SN7100 if you don't need the SN8100's better performance.
DRAMless SN7100 already passed the Nipponese SSD FUD.

>>106628368
Downclock the stock boost frequency to the most power-efficient levels.

First time builder, should I get a anti-static bracelet? Been reading loads of tidbits about common mistakes (like RAM placement etc). Is there anything else I am guaranteed to fuck up?

>>106628368
yes I always run hwinfo64 sensors in the background. if you're overclocking ram or putting in a hot gpu you don't want those sticks to get more than 60c or you start getting errors.

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Is this amd's secret weapon?

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I know people will always recommend building your own, but I'm half curious if computers like these are even competently made. Usually bad cable management, cheaping out somewhere like the motherboard or only having the 16GB of RAM here, and they don't tell you enough details. And of course this exact model is missing from Skytech's own site seemingly.

>>106625024
>Intel Arc Pro B50 has already become the best-selling workstation GPU on Newegg
waiting for the B60.

>>106628900
>Max Memory Size 12 GB
lmao

>>106628900
RDNA3 is still alive baby
FSR4 on Windows and Linux
Finally hitting 3ghz boost clock with new drivers

>>106628949
I bought a prebuilt during the coof cause GPUs were sold out at the time and people recd you just buy a prebuilt and it was competently assembled, your mileage may vary. At the time the premium on a prebuild was so low, I think I paid 50€ over what I would've paid for the parts, nowadays its more like 500€

Thinking about returning the MSI B650M Mortar board, because the

>ASUS TUF Gaming B850M-Plus II

now available.

It has PCIe 5.0 x16, and also the ALC1220 which simply worked. Browsing through the net, I am a bit concerned about the ALC 4080 now.

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>>106625258
Join team red, the drivers just work meaning you'll have more time for fun & games and productivity rather than constantly trouble shooting Nigvidia shit.

>>106628949
>I know people will always recommend building your own
I prefer using already existed Dell Lenovo and Gateway cases to have a sort of sleeper look so long as there's not to many weird annoying propriety design features that get in the way. I hate modern RGB lit gaymer PC aesthetics.

>>106629007
>waiting for the B60.
Buy a B50 now an enjoy it then upgrade to B60 and give your old GPU to a friend or family member or just sell it used on OfferUp or whatever.

I'm buying a laptop for work. It will be a windows machine.
I will dual boot that shit, so it must be capable to run 2 ssds.
My desktop is a r7 98003xd, so I just want the laptop be powerful enough for programing, remote work, youtube and animus. I will go for a budget tier AMD.
I want to know how much ram I will need too, I will not be playing heavy games on it, but I want my laptop fast too. So 16GB, 24GB or 32GB?

I saw brands like Asus, Dell, Lenovo, etc.
Which one of them would you recommend?
What should I be aware of?

>>106629024
Does rdna3 have anything to offer raster gamers?

It seems like the 6950xt was the last real gamer card ever made.

>>106625258
huh, maybe install the latest drivers.

>>106629187
>for work
kys work-haver

>>106629280
Dual Issue CU
applications are finally making use of it

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good evening niggers, i am currently on linux mint and helldivers 2 is running a little poopy. even before i switched from win11 i struggled to get 60fps on 2k with a 3060ti and an r5 5600x. i am starting to have my doubts about this card being good for 2k. i've also been told that my cpu could be causing a bottleneck but i don't know. help me figure this out cause there's no fucking way a shitty ps4 game is assblasting my system like this. 40 fps even down to 30 with barely anything happening on screen.

>>106629389
>2k
Anything above 1080p is a meme.

>>106629389
at 1080p does your fps improve? then you will know if it's a cpu or gpu bottleneck

>>106629414
at 1080p it improves by quite a lot

>>106629415
then you have your answer, it's the gpu, you probably get heavily cpu limited at diff6 and above though

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An extremely hooded out nigger gave me a 4090 for $300, works so far.
How much do I sell this for?

>>106628824
if you take the proper precautions of grounding yourself periodically its unnecessary

>>106629528
Tree Fiddy

Looking to upgrade my monitor
>27inch OLED, not sure if WOLED or QD-OLED
>1440p
>240hz+, preferably 360hz
>preferably glossy finish
>$650 budget

>>106629187
Getting pretty late around here, so dunno how much I can assist rn. Still, here are some things to consider.
> display
What size, resolution, and hz do you want?
Resolution also implies an aspect ratio. 16:10 is often a good choice, being very close to 16:9 for content consumption, but also slightly taller to benefit browsing/office stuff/programming.
Then there's display type. IPS might be better for programming/browsing/other text things, OLED is usually superior for gaming & content consumption.
Might also wanna think about glossy/non-glossy panels, as well as color accuracy.
Lastly, do you envision yourself connecting it to an external monitor much of the time? If so, the laptop display may matter less, being only used as a secondary screen.
> budget
How much are you looking to spend, roughly?
Obvs, if you find a cheaper machine that would work well, you can always spend less. If your employer is paying for it tho, might as well get as much machine as you can.
> battery life & bulk
Are you gonna plug it in most of the time, or will using it on battery be a common occurrence?
Will you be lugging it around a lot, or just between rooms of the same place, or else just between home and work?
> programing, remote work
How heavy are these? If it's just medium-intensity compiling and office work, you probs won't need a recent high-end 45w CPU or whatever.
On the other hand, if you're frequently compiling Chromium, or handling hueg spreadsheets, a stronger CPU might be helpful.

After my [product] gets here I'll tell everyone why they also should get one, since it's discontinued.

>>106629652
Not many glossy WOLEDs at that price range, look for discounted QD-OLED monitors (240/360Hz).
Alienware AW2725D is probably the better $500~600 QD-OLED monitor.
Samsung G61SD 240Hz is an alternative; MSI appears to have a lot of 240Hz QD-OLED monitors near $500 but MSI has the stricter panel protection routines (can't disable pixel shift and other quirks).

If you're okay with matte WOLED, wait for the new Gigabyte monitor.
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/gigabyte-mo27q28g-4th-gen-woled-release-date-and-pricing-confirmed

test

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>>106630031
>someones getting rangebanned

>>106629810
[PRODUCT] comes TOMORROW!!!

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Retard first timer here. I heard cpu coolers already come with some thermal paste in the box for you to apply or preapplied. I'm not seeing anything in the box though, is there any preapplied in pic related?
Cooler is Deepcool ak400 and cpu is a ryzen 9600x

>>106630053
that looks like paste, touch it and see what it is. What are you retarded or some shit?

>>106630053
test it on a rabbit. If the rabbit cries, then you are BASTE and it is thermal paste.

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>>106630058
I'm not sure if I was supposed to do that, but I guess that confirms it is paste.

>>106630053
That's probably legit garbage. I would absolutely never trust oem stock paste.For a few years some manufactures were shipping thermal pads that ran hot as fuck.

>>106630080
Where's the rabbit?

>>106630080
Underaged looking hand, mods ban this child please

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>>106630087
Sorry I don't like seeing bunnies cry

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Building a passively cooled PC with this DB4 case. Can't think of anything higher spec for it than an 8700g, mini ITX motherboard, 128gb ddr5 6000/30cl, their zf240w psu, 2tb nvme. I don't play any crazy advanced games, just WoW, and would mainly use it to fuck around with LLM's/CV(yolo, ultralytics), etc.

I have a norbauer Heavy 9 keyboard and an Eizo CS270 so it all fits in thes aesthetic if anyone has a good wireless mouse recommendation too.

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Built my new PC build for 8 hours today as a complete first time builder, and i still need to finish a bit more wiring before i can boot >.>.. fuck me it was exhausting, but also very fun! the hours flew by so fucking fast wtf.

things that would've made my life easier: not mounting the top exhaust fan until after plugging in the cpu power connector, that top left spot was so insanely tight, same with the cpu_fan connector that was so damn near the thermalright fans, also HOLYYY i think i used 2 hours just to get the motherboard inside, tried it with 3 different screw sets until i found the correct ones, tightening 8 different ones one by one, then some wouldnt tighten so had to take them all out to recheck if that one spot was bad or wtf it was, if i tightened too much it would just get too lose again, chatgpt said it was normal for motherboard screws to be like that. then after not getting anywhere when the screws was too lose i started checking the other screw packs that came with the case, the 3rd pack was superdamn easy to tighten and wouldnt 'reset' if i went too hard.

left to do:
front panel wiring, usb wiring, audio wiring and 5x fans + rgb
wanted to be really thorough so tomorrow should be a good day:')

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>>106625763
for me, it's the PCCOOLER I100

>>106630222
I really wanna do a FormD but ALL THE PARTS I NEED ARE NOT IN STOCK.

why do AMD poodeon fanboys not talk about poodeon horrendous efficiency ewaste?

>>106630053
>>106630080
classic /pcbg/ moment

>>106630053
>>106630080
You're supposed to eat that stuff, it's a snack provided for you while you are working on building your pc.

are full copper thermalrights really that much better that the normies? $15 dollar difference

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>>106630125
well done so far, anon
you sound just like me a week ago
it's definitely bizarrely exhausting to keep running into dead ends that you have to stop and try to research when you don't even know what you're looking for

if you're not sure about anything going forward, just ask the thread

>>106627450
The original was great, don't get the second one lol

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>>106630305
anon, please don't post parasite carrying disease vectors in the pc building thread; thanks.

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>>106630331
YOU'RE a disease vector

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>over $1700 after taxes
Is there really a justification?
Who would pay a $600 premium for an 80 class card?

>>106630288
lookin to get the 5800x for my final AM4 upgrade since I can't find x3d chips at a reasonable price, thinking of getting the AXP90-X53

>>106630417
at that price point you may as well make the jump to a 5090

>>106630288
if you're doing sff and are space constrained sure

>>106630428
5800Xs degrade.
That's why they were silently replaced with the 5700X.

Intel Arc will cease
Nvidia Arc will replace it
What role will it play in the product stack? Iunno.

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>>106630388
I'm not, and in my state (and almost every state) you my legally remove as many pests as you want.

When will GPUs get small again?

>>106630477
what do you mean? should I just get the 5700x?

Any real reason to go from a 7950X3D to 9950X3D?

>>106630502
You feel an obsessive need to post your system specs in forum signatures to win the e-peen measuring contest?

>>106630490
Yes.
High boost zen 3s degrade like intel cpus just not as fast and dramatic.

>>106630489
possums aren't pests, they eat pests and are generally pretty chill

Never.

>>106630533
holy based and opossumpilled

>>106630519
yea I just saw some reviews, small performance difference for damn near half the wattage at stock, would really help cooling since I'm on a mini ITX, might also save me about 30 bucks which would almost cover the cooler I plan on getting. Thought the 5700 was a better 5600 before this exchange, thx anon

>>106630553
Careful, 5700X and 5700 are completely different. You want the X version, the other one is a crappy laptop cpu.

>>106630580
got it, just sayin I thought they were six cores like the 5600, local vendor doesn't hold any 5700s anyway

>>106630533
SSSSSSSSssssSSSSSSSSsss

>>106625024
What's the most power efficient build?
I read that Intel consumes less energy on idle, is that true?

>top case fans
>2 of them above CPU air cooler
>both exhaust
>now people are saying to make one intake
>a top fan fucking intake
>hot air rises WTF

>>106630657
yes intel is a bit better for idle power
245k is decent all around efficiency

>>106630667
Passive convection hardly matters with active cooling

>>106630681
Silently nuking your ntfs partitions wow great job intel

they seriously never unfucked their chips and they are still disappearing folders.

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>>106625155
abolish IP
>>106626458
Itoddlers BTFO

>>106630667
Remove it. You don't want a low pressure zone in front of your cpu cooler.

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>>106630688
cool, can you cool a RTX 5090 down then?
Picrel is the ideal high end card design

>>106630695
china can't make a videocard.

>>106625024
so which of the two budget ssd would last longer?
the sn7100 or the nm790?
they are about the same price in my country

>>106626445
amd is perfect for gorgeous looks and big booms
>submitted 5 hours ago https://old.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1nko2bt/9800x3d_dead_after_13_days_asrock_x870_bios/
>submitted 2 hours ago https://old.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1nks1gn/9800x3d_b650e_steel_legend_bios_340_another/
>https://old.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1njlpqi/9700x_dead_b850_steel_legend/
>https://old.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1niv342/i_think_my_7600x_died/
>why did you redeem the assrock benchod?
>because it's the most popular brand for amd mobos

>>106630802
technically the nm790 has a higher tbw rating but its probably a tossup

>>106630802
They're both TLC so durability will be about the same. Of course in client use the controller usually dies first. Here the Lexar is using an off-the-shelf Maxio chip which is /maybe/ more "proven" but it's not like WD has issues with dying controllers.

>>106630608
yeah that's all they do, and if that doesn't work, they pretend to be dead.

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>>106625024
What's the best cheapest case that can fit an matx board (even willing to go full size case btw). Just for a 2nd build I'm thinking of having with spare parts

Thinking of a thermaltake h18 or h24. Wee they any good for an older gaming PC parts or is there something cheaper?

>>106630900
Go to website and sort by price.

I boughted MSI X870
My 9800 has not bought the farm
I am happy with my non-overthrift choice

>>106630900
If you live near a recycling center you can probably pick one up for ≈free. Might need to buy standoffs etc. but you're looking at <$20 all-in. Also worth checking local classifieds.