>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/

Burning windows installation media onto a DVD to try and get this clean install on a shitty old board that refuses to boot to a thumb drive. If this doesn't work I will kill myself

>>106665158
maybe you fucked up the formatting of the thumb drive
what year is this

>>106665158
>Anon still uses PC from the '90s
Cool.

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INTEL WON
THIS INTEL HATER FAGGOT BTFO

>>106665158
I was about to say >>106665235
IIRC FAT32 is required. Did you use Rufus?
https://rufus.ie/en/

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>>106665254
Thank AMD for underserving the SoC/APU PC market.

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>>106665099
I wanna breed Wolfie hard!

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Its here.

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>>106665254
Because Intel sucks
You don't see AMD making a deal with the devil, and I don't mean Nvidia...

>>106664816
-15 core offset & +100 boost, expo is enabled. I just like a chilly room

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>>106665099
where's the gpu?

>>106665386
i have this monitor. it's pretty good but viewing angles are meh. some advice:

forget using HDR because it's broken as you can't change any colour or settings with HDR enabled and have to use the shitty presets which are broken

2. download a brightness slider app like win10_brightnessslider.exe so you can change brightness from your desktop because the buttons on the monitor are ass and the menu is tedious to navigate

>>106665235
Tried it several different ways and formats
>>106665266
I sure did xd
>>106665241
My friend asked me if I could get this thing working again for his kids. Starting to think the mobo is just dead. Running out of things to try

>>106665387
AMD is a company that used to reverse engineer Intel CPUs like the 8080, AMD got their big X86 break thanks to IBM's alternative sourcing requirements.

Anyone know of weeby motherboards like asus' blowing snow or maxsun's icraft, but cheaper? The miku one is too expensive...

>>106665473
>My friend asked me if I could get this thing working again for his kids. Starting to think the mobo is just dead. Running out of things to try
You are a good friend then. Check if it using legacy BIOS mode changes anything, if there is even such option.

>>106665408
Tried some YouTube HDR videos as a way of testing HDR, seems fine to me. Dont know why would you want to fuck with shit in HDR since HDR is basically "pre-fucked" settings.

Good tip on the brightness app, will get that, thanks. Would be cool to bind it to the keyboard knob.

Are you using stock stand? I have shallow desk and it takes waaay too much space. Will need to get monitor arm.

>>106665517
Legacy nor UEFI work. All roads lead to power cycling. I tried taking the GPU and second RAM stick out and still no luck. The only thing left I can think to try is using my own MOBO to install windows on a drive and seeing if it will boot to windows then. I'm not optimistic tho since it doesnt even seem to want to boot to the original dying HDD now. bg

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>Me when Dying Light the Beast

>>106665586
Cant you niggers lower the settings from Tech demo to high? Looks same, 20% more frames.

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>>106665504
MSI MLG

>>106665120
>News & Rumors
>24GB VRAM for 5070 TI SUPER
Fuck sake just when I decided for the non-super. Should i waitfag? If it's the same price it might be worth.

>>106665799
It wont be much faster i dont think and 16gb is enough for gaymen, so not worth waiting imo

>>106665799
Can you wait another 6-9 months for your GPU?
Or longer for prices to get reasonable.
By that time 6xxx series will be on the horizon, Just Wait™ never ends.

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>Is tech too expensive?
>...or am I too poor?

>>106665799
>If it's the same price it might be worth.
It will be scalped for at least 3~6 months

>>106665912
Both, even bill gates shouldn't have to pay what a 5090 costs.

>>106665822
This is exactly why I jumped on the 5070 as soon as I had the chance. I already waitfagged for 5 years. Going from a 5+ year old xx60-tier card to a current year xx70-tier card WITH support for DLSS and FG, has been transformative.

>>106665386
nice, nigga. I love this guy like you wouldn't believe. Why not get the updated version with more dimming zones though?

>>106665947
afaik pewdiepie has a 9070xt and musk uses a 4070 super
even richfags dont want the 4090 or 5090

>>106665953
Not available yet (ever) in yurop.

So far so good, Im blown away by the panel quality.

>>106665812
Yea I know. 16 gb seems perfect for 1440p gaymen but I play around with AI. That is just playing around though, not real work, and 16 is already two times what I have now. I doubt it will be a good 4k card anyways.
>>106665822
>>106665927
I'm feeling like I am getting stuck in the waitfag limbo. If the performance increase is minimal and the risk of scalping and low stock is real then I guess it's okay to just get the 5070 around this time.

>>106666015
creator of linux still uses a rx 580
gabe newell rocks a 6950xt

>>106666021
Ah I see, just euro problems. This panel made me so happy that I just shill minileds now. Glad to see others enjoying them.

I'm 32 and I've never seen a single biological female knowing anything about computers, nor building one.

I'm getting a portable monitor.
Both are 18 inches.
One is 1440p 144hz DCI-P3.
The other is 1080p 120hz sRGB. (half the price)
I have a 16 inch 1080p laptop.
Which should I get?

>>106666140
Younger women & girls are into PC gaming & assembling PCs.

>>106666140
True. Throughout all my college courses for CS I never seen a single female in there except for cleaning lady.

>>106666192
What country are we talking about? Here in eastern EU it's even cringe to mention video games, if not talking about computer parts. You are a fucking outcast if you know stuff about computers.

>>106666228
US & Scandinavian countries.

why is windows so fucking strange
I already had 10bit color on, full range in display settings and so on
felt like colors were being blown out and oversaturated for no reason, no way it could be correct
swap between 8bit and 10bit, and yes 8bit def blows out color
makes sense no since it was already set on 10bit before, idk
makes sense since panel is 10bit native though

>>106666278
oh, need a blonde Scandinavian gf who can tell the difference between 7800X3D and 7800 XT

>>106666290
now things are normally oversaturated still but everyone is not nuclear orange as before
looked retarded before

>>106666091
>rx 580
really good card, fucked up in 2018 by being a cheapass and buying an rx 560 instead cause it was 100€ cheaper, it was ok for the time but its an overglorified HDMI port now. Meanwhile the 580 is still chugging strong and still makes up abour 1% of the steam survey. Too bad it was AMDs last hurrah till the last couple months with RDNA4 and the FSR updates

>>106665554
HDR on mine for 3 of the presets is way too sharp to the point the image is fuzzy but with nice saturated colours but the sharpness makes it unusable and since you can't change the settings it's basically useless. or for the 4th mode (displayhdr or whatever) it has no over-sharpening but the colours are desaturated as fuck to the point where SDR with the game colour setting at 12 looks way better than HDR

>>106666337
also i use a double monitor stand

>>106666290
8 bit is for sdr, 10 bit for hdr.

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So what's the catch? Because I can't find one

>>106666290
If you're on AMD do this hack for better colors.
If you're on Nvidia/Intel you're just fucked unless you use a custom ICC.

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>>106666416
forgot image*

>>106666425
you can do all of this and more on nvidia

>>106666411
VA

>>106666411
QC lottery, no user-upgradeable firmware support.
>There's also a bug when using the 'Strong' Local Dimming setting in the 'DisplayHDR' HDR Mode.
>Content looks overbrightened and desaturated, and it stays like this even when switching back to SDR or turning the monitor on and off again.
>The only way to stop the issue is by resetting the monitor.

>Our unit was manufactured in February 2025, but there are reports that units manufactured in March 2025 and later don't have this same bug.
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/aoc/q27g40xmn#test_1387
Nice monitor if you don't get the dud.

>mfw out of curiosity, i picked out roughly the equivalent components i current use, as if i had to buy an almost identical pc for someone else
>include kb, mouse, monitor and my creative pebble pro speakers (which are great for the price)
>~$7450 australian
damn, i knew my pc was expensive, but shit.
Anons do the same, get similar spec parts for roughly what you paid for them, from wherever you sourced most of your parts originally, and tell us your total $

>>106666411
its not an ultrawide, thats the only downside for the price.

>>106665799
I've been waitfagging since the 2000 series, it really never ends unless you can be satisfied with your card for the next couple of years

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>>106666416
>>106666425
Retardeon 7900 XTX owner would be FUDing resolved issues.

>>106666433
>>106666485
I can't get it to work on my nvidia card so teach me

>>106666443
So lets say I buy it, and it has the bug : What am I losing setting local dimming to medium or whatever?

>>106666140
theres multiple videos of bio women building their first pc mostly in this and last year
you can tell they are actual women not just because they show their body and face on camera but because all of them make almost the same build
>all white
>fish tank case
>lots of rgb all set to purple, pink, orange or cyan
>none of them uses air coolers

>>106666450
Around 3400€, not much all things considered.

>>106666380
Wrong

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>>106666507
Set it to 8-bit for SDR and calibrate your fucking monitor.

>>106665912
in some areas both, in others, you're just poor. Buy 1-2 components each month and you'll have your rig by the end of the year, outside of paypigging for an overpriced Njudean gpu

>106666485
fuck off DLSS schizo-pedophile, kys.

>>106666509
You return the dud and get your money back.
I wouldn't risk another shot at it.

>>106666520
But why does Nvidia need 8-bit for SDR when AMD is doing 10-bit for SDR?
>>106666425

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>>106666526
I'm not the DLSS spammer.
And 4 existing AMD display driver bugs (or 5 if counting AI APUs with RDNA3.x trash) are happening to buggy RX 7000 GPUs.
Enjoy your buggy product.

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>>106666553
10-bit SDR is a meme when the source image is only presenting 8-bit data.
Go ahead and buy a buggy RX 7000 for "muh better colors".

>>106666380
Ah damnit now I see, if I go from 8bit to 10bit, windows automatically turns on manage color for apps
The thing remains, if I use 8 bit without manage color for apps, it blows out color
nothing to do with if I change color space on monitor or not (G80SD)

>>106666416
>>106666425
using nvidia as gpu out
lol on laptop I have amd igpu too but it's not used as out
their control panel is just worse
anyway, not the point though

>>106666520
why would I set a native 10bit panel to 8bit? and then if I swap to from SDR to HDR the panel would still be running 8bit in HDR

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>>106666533
Yeah but it's $215
What do I lose setting it to medium?

>>106666589
>10bit panel to 8bit? and then if I swap to from SDR to HDR
Then leave it in auto. 8-bit recommended for SDR displays.

>>106666559
for the record, as a 7900xtx owner, i have never experienced any of the bugs they put under "known bugs" when they apply to games i actually play. The worst it gets is i used to get system lag from youtube on a particular chrome variant browser i used constantly, i switched to firefox instead, did everything the same, no problems.

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>>106666604
You literally miss out on the best local dimming option for that monitor.
Hopefully you get a working product.

>>106666615
Doesn't change the fact that you own a buggy GPU, that's why it's so power inefficient.

>>106666443
this is the opposite of what i'm experiencing on my monitor. setting local dimming to high dims the screen significantly in SDR but they say it forced max brightness. i think every model is running a random firmware because this shit isn't universal.

Do I really need to upgrade from a GTX 1080?

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>>106666626
im sorry you're seething at the existence of my perfectly functional pc and gpu that almost never gives me trouble, im sure you're projecting hard here.

I actually had issues with my 6900xt, but that was because i fucked up multiple times while mining crypto on it, with forgetting to apply the correct power settings, and i partially damaged a small component in the RAM, which got exposed by high vram games like Palworld, but i could still game on most things with no problems at 1440p.

Just fyi, its really, REALLY cringe to actively purview the patch notes of a gpu-brand you don't use, to find ammunition to abuse, for games you don't play, to insult your betters.

But, if you ARE gonna be a cringy Njudean shill and do it anyway, do be aware, that the phrase "may be observed" doesn't mean "everyone will experience this constantly", retard. It means, that it MIGHT happen to you, sometimes.

>>106666675
Says the shithead writing this diarrhea.
>actively purview the patch notes of a gpu-brand you don't us
As if you don't do this shit when NVIDIA releases new drivers.

>>106666678
>It means, that it MIGHT happen to you, sometimes.
It means the hardware has bugs that can't be fully resolved.

>>106666700
>>106666678

>>106666610
>Then leave it in auto
what does that even mean
if left in use default color settings by default it's at 8bit locked, but if you swap to nvidia color settings so you can change to 10bit and then swap back even it will be in 10bit regardless

>8-bit recommended for SDR displays.
but it's not a sdr display it's a native 10bit qdoled

color management if it's in 8bit or 10bit looks the same to my eye, but the benefit would be better gradient handling or whatever bullshit?

what's the benefit? seems to be 0

and if left on 8bit it will be 8bit in hdr if swapping over to hdr too

Hardware unboxed already debunked all the "5700XT hardware issues crashes everywhere bad AMD drivers" claims like 3 years ago why are we still discussing that

>>106666411
>VA
>180hz
>1440p
>overpriced (eu)
four catches right there my dog

>>106666726
Why couldn't you reproduce this issue with your old EVNIA OLED? Return that Samsung trash.

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>>106666712
>It means the hardware has bugs that can't be fully resolved.
no matter how much you bitch, cry, cope, seethe and dilate, you wont ever convince me, that my perfectly functional, high performance gpu that wasn't made by the scheming kikes at Njudea, is a bad purchase, or a 'buggy product'.
I'd have to actually experience bugs to call it that, which i don't.

>>106666734
>Hardware unboxed
stopped reading right there

>bad AMD drivers
if you bought a 6900XT you could not play warzone for 2 years until amd fixed the driver (by their own admission as verified by the patch notes)

>>106666750
>you wont ever convince me
I'm not here to convince (you), you're beyond saving.
I'm letting everyone else know you're a coping faggot.

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Are we still on brand war mode?

>>106666761
>you know those things that dont happen to you? they're real man! your gpu is trash! even though i dont own one and i actively shill for the kikes at Njudea because i love licking the boots of my favourite megacorp.

>>106666781
you clearly are.

>>106666823
You are not special, that bug list isn't written up just for (you).
It's to address commonly raised issues that were reproduced by AMD, which happen to occur on buggy RX 7000 GPUs.

>>106666740
>Why couldn't you reproduce this issue
I don't even remember if I checked how it worked with color management on off
what is true is that it oversaturates with it off but not in a good way since it blows out color detail, not just saturates it more
the difference between these two monitors is one has smart os and the other had ddc/ci support and so on, not sure if it matters
I knew less about monitors then and still don't know shit, I just don't want shit to look shit
and I'm still more preoccupied dealing with shit firmwares in general

>>106666854
Return everything, sell your NVIDIA GPU/laptop and buy AMD if you're convinced it's NVIDIA issues.

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>>106666781
There is no brand war; AMD & their customers' actions say it all.
Laptop OEMs didn't want AMD's buggy 7900M GPU, so those buggy chips were sold as the RX 7900 GRE video card to unknowing gamers.
The same buggy GCD that's in all RX 7900 cards.

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>>106666909
>STOP BUYING AMD REEEEEEEE!! SARRR MY NJUDEAN OVERLORDS WONT PAY ME MY MONTHLY BONUS IF YOU WONT REDEEM NJUDEA!!!

>>106666961
Spazz out like the retard you are. That's why you paid full price for a buggy 7900 XTX.

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>>106666972
>PLEASE BUY NJUDEA!!!!!!!! I NEED MY MONTHLY SHEKEL RATION FROM MY GOOD SIR MASTERS AT NJDUEA!

>>106666961
>STOP BUYING AMD REEEEEEEE!!
I never say this btw, I've recommended plenty of 9060 XT 16GBs & 9070 XTs in these threads.
People who own buggy RDNA3 cards like you need to be put in their place.
You know those cards are trash when even the Nicoposter waited™ for RDNA4 cards.

>>106666880
I'm just talking about the color management and blown out colors without it
the black screening thing seems to be a nvidia or together with samsung issue though

>sell your NVIDIA GPU/laptop and buy AMD
already have amd cpu+igpu though
however if connecting external screens I think it's all through nv dgpu lol

>>106666675
1080 is still good to play stuff at low to mid so if your fine with that you can just stay vigilant for any good deals on newer stuff. Used 4080 go for 700 and are really good, just make sure you are able to verify that it works under load before buying used. As for new, 9070/xt and 5070ti are the minimum for comfy 1440p, 5060 and 9060 16gb enough for 1080p. B580 12Gb also exists as a super busget option but drivers are shit and Intel might kill their gaming driver team at any moment so its only worthwhile if you're gonna use it for a year or two, and even if you are you're better off with 5060ti or 9060 xt 16gb since they'll have a lot of resale value for the coming years

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Is this good computer for my son? He plays Fortnite and Roblox, I want for him to have merry Christmas this year

Thought on this GPU? AMD RX 9600XT

can updating your drivers change your gpus power draw?

>>106666337
Oh, Im not a monitor autist so to me it just looks nice with out of the box settings. Might feel the need to mess with the HDR when gaming, I literally used it for an hours or so watching YouTube HDR videos, seems good to me for now.

Also maybe firmware version makes a difference, dunno.

>>106667228
The 3050 might struggle a bit on Fortnite, 5500 CPU also performs like a Ryzen 3600.

>>106667228
it's fine if he bitches smack him and tell him to turn down the settings

>>106667228
Just make sure your boy doesn't Troon out, join shady discord and get brainwashed in university or colleges

I wish you a merry Christmas

>>106667228
You could probably find a 3060/3060ti at a similar price and it'd do far better. Also check for 4060 and its prices. Personally I'd also get a better case with access to top fan mounts to allow future upgrades to the system, though this depends on your houses ambient temperature throughout the year, im a south europoor so no AC in the summer always meant that my PC has to deal with 30-40°C ambient which makes having good airflow of paramount performance, if your house's temp doesnt exceed 28°C it doesnt matter much, just make sure that whatever GPU you put in in the end fits. Also make sure to benchmark the CPU and GPU once its ready to check out temperatures, if your son is tech savvy then get him to run something like HWID on the background while gaming and then check the average ans peak temps. If CPU temp is too close to the manufacturer stated max operating temp then look into getting a new CPU fan, the Peerless Assassin SE 120 twin tower fan is essentially the best, having 100$ performance at an average price of 30-40$

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>>106667258
kino

it's ATI tho

>>106667228
why are you giving him a direct pipeline to brainrot

>>106667228
at this point just buy a prebuilt because at these lower prices you'll probably squeeze out a bit more value from a reseller rather than buying these components yourself and delivery costs. for $500 i'm sure you could probably get a 3060 tier prebuilt on the used market or maybe even new/refurb

>>106667398
Ty sir

>>106667398
Around 2013 my father had a laptop with a ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 for a little while and I was impressed at how amazing it was for early-2000s gaming. It ran CoD2 and Half-Life 2 like a champ! Struggled with WoW 1.12.1 (private servers) for some reason, possibly a weak single-core CPU or not enough RAM?

>>106667228
No joke that GPU performs worse than one I got 10 years ago for not that much more money. You should heavily consider a used GPU, for $180 you can probably get a 6600XT or maybe a 3060 that won't feel instantly obsolete.

>>106667433
Classic WoW? definitely the single core.

>>106667458
To be fair it was the original circa 2006 WoW 1.12.1 client, not the updated 2019+ "Classic WoW" modern client.

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i legit cannot get over how quiet my new pc build is, its almost uncanny.
Corsair frame 4000d with 3x 120rs fans in front, 2x corsair rs 120 at back&top back for exhaust, thermalright phantom spirit 120 cpu fan, 5070ti that has built in quiet mode

Its like my PC is turned off, i almost need to turn on my desktop fan to not go insane from how quiet it is LOL. Temps have not gone over 65c yet even when playing UE5 games at max, fans still extremely quiet when gaming other than the occassional cpu spikes on loading screens(shaders etc). IM SO HAPPY

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>>106665099

>ignore this entire thread
>buy a microcenter bundle
>install linux mint
>move on with my life

Tell me why I shouldn't do this.

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>>106667522
Install Bentoo :DDD

>>106667522
> linux mint
you want to use a pc for fun and productivity

>>106667485
I remember when i first upgraded my CPU fan from the stock shit 6000 rpm direct blowing fan to a be quiet tower cooler, went from having a fan spin at max RPMs to nothing. Nowadays my PC doesnt make any noise during boot, which actually gets annoying some times since i dont have any RPG shit and i have to look at the fans to make sure its even powering on before the screen lights up

>>106665953
what's the model number of the newer version?

>>106667522
Why would you have to ignore this thread to do that? This thread is just a conversation between PC enthusiasts, not the fucking law

>>106667549
Q27G40XMN

>motherboard audio through my B650M-H/M.2+'s 3.5mm jack (7.1 CH HD Audio Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)
>nvidia audio over DisplayPort through my Odyssey G5 G50D's 3.5mm jack (Nvidia HD Audio)
Which way, white man that has just bought desktop speakers (Pebble Plus 2.1) after not owning ones for a decade?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWR3UfIOQK6WzDQYnrKe27Q
https://youtu.be/CMQo8GpPAZY

I like this guy's builds but where's he finding these cases for sale

>>106667777
Nice digits.
I would use external dac.

>>106667777
>Pebble Plus 2.1
I'm not sure it matters
why not some edifiers at bare minimum

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oh nononono rnda 3 bros we got too cocky

>>106667823
>I'm not sure it matters
Cool, I'll just use the monitor then. Less cable mess.
>why not some edifiers at bare minimum
These were cheap (35 euro) and came with a subwoofer. They're also round and short so they fit under my monitor at a reasonable height.

>>106667813
its china, they have everything
also those side ridges on the front of the case are gonna be cancer to keep dust free

>>106667835
What about it?

WHAT THE FUCK GETS RID OFF DRY CRUSTY THERMAL PASTE AND PADS THIS SHIT IS NOT COMING OFF

THESE FUCKING WIPES ARCTIC HAD IN THE BOX SUCK AND THEY FUCKING STINK

>>106667835
Imagine paying for an RDNA3 card just to dumpster dive for outdated FSR4 models.

>>106667964
just heat it up a lil bit bro

Still can't choose between 9070XT and 5070TI.. ~$200 CAD difference between the models I'm looking at (Sapphire Nitro+ vs ASUS PRIME OC)

>>106667813
my friend in taiwan said there aren't any shortages on pc hardware
she walked into a store on a whim and got a pc built with a 9800x3d and 5090 all at msrp

>>106668072
Getting the 9070 XT is fine when it's nearly a $150 US difference between one of the best 9070 XT and the entry-level 5070 Ti.

>>106668103
Is there a better model than the Sapphire Nitro +?

>>106668116
XFX Mercury, ASRock Taichi, and PowerColor Red Devil is also nice.
Red Devil & Mercury don't use the 12V-2x6 power connector.

>>106668116
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bvT5XvG65Y

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uh oh fellas how are we gonna twist this one

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>>106668281

>>106668294
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1nnvhtq/generational_performance_and_price_increases_for/

>>106668281
>>106668314
>>106668294
Blackwell buyers are king?

>>106668373
it would seem so
i bet we'll look back on this generation fondly despite the jewtoobers constantly feeding misinformation to poor people looking to get angry

>>106668170
>>106668270
Thanks, I'll do some more research but probably going with the 9070XT for now unless a crazy sale happens, but stock of the 5070TI is bad in Canada right now so I don't foresee that happening.

TrueBlack 600, when?

>>106665953
>Why not get the updated version with more dimming zones though?
Sadly the updated version doesn't support 10 bit at 1440p240Hz. it doesn't have either HDMI 2.1 nor DisplayPort 2.0.

https://www.amazon.com/AOC-Q27G4ZMN-DisplayHDR-Adaptive-Sync-Zero-Bright-dot/dp/B0FNG7ST7M

> $270 shipping to Portugal
Why doesn't Europe like AOC?

>>106668532
aoc didnt release the model in eu
KTC M27T6 uses same panel but is more widely available and it was 260€ at launch on amazon de, but quickly ran out

>>106668532
Don't you have any local retailers that sell it? There's a ton in Greece that have this monitor for 200-240€. Even if theres no one in Portugal, check Spanish French and German markets for it, shipping from there will be cheaper than amazon.com.

>>106668548
I remember KTC had a very similar panel to the Q27G3XMN too, but their local dimming algorithm was atrocious. In fact, that was the only reason why I bought the AOC monitor instead.

>>106668560
>There's a ton in Greece that have this monitor for 200-240€
Are you sure? I don't think this monitor is available anywhere in Europe. This is the newer 240Hz VA.

>>106668560
ah im retarded, thats the VA model, yeah not in europe, just look for a good monitor thats been shipped to the EU, they are cheap

curiosity question, do you still find am4 cpus and motherboards being sold in america and w. europa nowdays?

>>106668661
how the fuck would we know

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What sound solutions are expected these days?
The motherboard manufacturers devastated the soundcard market over the last 2 decades now this is the support you can expect from these same MBs.
I just feel like I am missing something. How do I hook up my Cambridge 5.1 set with this pathetic setup?

>>106668532
>Q27G4ZMN
Wtf, since when did they have that available in the US? I thought we only got the 180hz best buy model?

>>106668675
being from these places ofc saar

>>106668661
AM4 is still very common, hell, you could find AM3+ if you dig around enough, though with decade plus old tech its hoarded by some retard boomer that thinks asking multiple times the MSRP of a part decades after release is a reasonable business strategy, which is typically why they even still have that stuff to begin with(saw a fucking GTX 710 listed at 150€ yesterday)

>>106668681
> Date First Available : August 22, 2025
Most of the good monitor reviewers aren't based in the US.
RTINGS is pretty slow with covering affordable monitors.

>>106668738
>> Date First Available : August 22, 2025
This monitor is 9 months old by now. How come AOC has so much trouble releasing their monitors?

>>106668738
Now I feel pretty good about holding off on the best buy model, picking this up soon.

>>106668677
Get an external DAC

>>106668746
Tariff uncertainties probably fucked with the US release.

>>106668794
> Tariffs
It's not even avilable in the EU.

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Got an old RTX 4070 and a PSU after replacing them in my new rig, so I decided to put together a second build on a budget. Please leave suggestions what to change or improve, it's my first Ryzen build.

Case will be darkFlash C285, which seems to be very similar to my Asus GT502.

>>106667228
I feel like you can legit get way more value and a better upgradable case by copying some of those 500 dollar builds on YouTube
like other anons said you are better off buying a better used gpu than the 3050 which is only good as a dedicated physx32 card, not an actual gpu
and personally, I know your son just plays absolute slop but you could definitely buy an extra nvme storage and preload it with emulators with multiple actual good games for him to at least diversify his likes and try different things
and make sure to debloat windows for his sake, all that telemetry is gonna get him fully profiled for corporations by the time he becomes 18

>>106667522
modern linux fags truly are worse than vegans at this point

>>106668677
a dac and an amplifier you retard

I'm probably going to upgrade my GPU to a 5080 Super and would like advice on what PSU to buy
>A/S/L
UK, around £100 and https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RPQ69C

>>106668870
850w, preferably from corsair

>>106668891
thanks for the quick reply, do you mean like the RMe series or RMx?

>>106668896
rme uses taiwanese components
rmx uses japanese components
i think we both know which one is better

>>106668908
thats kinda racist tbqh, m8.

>>106668824
the 2TB version of the SN7100 usually retails for about 125$, you might as well put that instead of the 500Gb one. Also iirc that AIO is supposed to be pretty loud under stress but the 9600x is a very cool CPU anyways, im using a single tower be quiet pure rock slim 2 and I dont ever exceed 80C even with my shitass zalman z1 neo case with a woping total of three P12 fans

>>106668932
everyone is a little racist

>>106668870
>I'm probably going to upgrade my GPU to a 5080 Super and would like advice on what PSU to buy
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?gid=1973454078

Filter for A, A+

>>106668938
guess I cannot argue with that. cheers.

The GT210 is still being sold brand new in 2025 for 28 euro. What a fucking legend.

>>106668959
I remember working at a small business that bought loads of these cheap GPUs - mainly the 710GT. The whole point is to have a dedicated GPU to connect to one or more monitors, nothing more.

Is it normal to be hitting in the mid-40's c on a
7800xd/7900xtx/32 cb 6000mhz cl 28 setup? I just dusted my box a few weeks ago, like thoroughly. I used to be getting high 30's low 40's. For clarification I picked a meme case with the lian li sup 01. I just think it looks neat. I have tried running ram at stock and at advertised speeds and fucked with my fan curves without much change.

>>106668677
>onboard sound
why

>>106668974
Back when I was in High School, around 2017ish, my school bought a bunch of new-ish Desktop PCs to replace the very aged PCs they had before. I remember checking out what specs the PCs had, and they all had either GT710 or GT730, I can't remember exactly, and the entire point of them was having an HDMI output.

>>106668935
The person that will use this PC performs formats very often, so the storage should be fine, though I probably should get something bigger.

I'm planning to get a different AIO - SMX SNOWY BLACKOUT 360, but it seems to be Poland only, and that looked like the closest thing. For some reason I feel like an AIO is a must, do you think it's an overkill?

>>106668896
do NOT buy anything from corsair if you care about noise. I had to return my RM1000e, because the clicking sound was unbearably loud. They even admit it themselves - https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/diy-builder/power-supply-units/corsair-rm1000e-clicking-noise-explained/
Make sure whatever you buy does not suffer from this.

>>106669031
>go for chink version
>get a dud
what did you think would happen retard

>>106668940
thanks anon, very useful
>>106669031
>do NOT buy anything from corsair if you care about noise
my current RM650x is dying because I've been running it at around 85% for 5 years and only now is it getting noisy

>>106669059
So which one is a non chink version?

>>106669062
Interestingly enough I returned it in May, and the linked article says they fixed it in June. Kinda funny.

>>106669101
>>106668908