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>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/

>>106844598
I don't give a fuck about my genes or this species. We can go extinct after I die for all I care.

>>106844639
>Nihilist misanthrope
>Likely an atheist
Yeah ur not beating the faggot allegations. Ask me how I know you have 0 friends irl or online.

>>106844648
Life doesn't have a higher purpose just because you wish it did.

>>106844663
>Life doesn't have a higher purpose just because you wish it did.
But it can help!

so uh, 7800x3d for a 4070ti super? could buy a new psu or an oled with the extra funds

>>106844798
It's definitely within the range of acceptable pairings. Depends on the games you play and the FPS you're targeting.

>>106844818
mainly thinking of it because i’m trying out some light productivity on the side of my (relatively) easy to run games. granted, the heaviest game i would run would be gray zone warfare but i don’t think i’d need to worry since i still get ~120fps in a highly populated zone w/ my 5600x. i do want to use my 64gb ddr5 so that’s definitely pushing my buying schedule earlier.

>>106844798
What are you upgrading? Just the CPU? 7800x3d is a good one to have if it saves you a lot of money over the 9800x3d

tomorrow ill finally build my first pc
I just want to thank all the anons that helped me not waste my money on bad parts or mismatching components
you guys are alright

>>106845090
cpu, motherboard and ram.

>>106845116
>not waste my money on bad parts or mismatching components
It's so hard to mess this up nowadays. The actual pool of parts to select from is really quite tiny. People rag on the Nvidia-AMD duo (and Lil' Intel) being your only choices, but unless you are mainlander Chinese with access and proper support for their own homegrown products there isn't really all that much variety in builds except for budget builds scraping the bottom of the barrel for low prices.

>>106845116
ery nice anon good luck with it

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rate my build bros

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i want small case but can fit matx with handle
does it exists ?

>>106845328
ch160 plus from deepcool but check the gpu clearance

>>106844611
>pic
>all anime cards are insanely expensive and can only be bought in chink land
>fucking ASUS is the only one who does anime collabs like evangelion
>a full Asuka config was sold by someone on a site here for 11000$
there is no justice in the world

>>106845328

yes factory goods exist but it is possible to rivet spring loaded handle nearly any of them

>>106844839
Well it's certainly a reasonable upgrade if you have the funds (and the 7800X3D is still <$350). Pretty overkill for the games you play but it's fine to have headroom. Alternatively, you could drop it back to a 7700 or 9700X if you need to save money.

>>106845326
Looks fine and will work well in toto but you're overpaying for the mobo, RAM, and card.

>>106845349
doesn't yeston have global shipping? they are way above msrp though

>>106845330
thx
sadly doesnt exist in brazil

>>106845349
Their 3090 and 3080 gundam cards are the sickest ones so far

>>106845521
I forgot about those as well, those are sick. Also astronomical price.

>>106845349
>>106845521
>>106845749
i ll ask him for a pic next monday when we meet at work but i have a coworker married to an art ho that paints his shit
He has his work laptop painted and adorned, the console, stands, shelves at home and so on, floral stuff, flowers leaves vines that kind of shit painted everywhere
So just marry an anime femcel that paints your case and gpu with a big tiddy Nikke girl

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>>106845777
trips checked
I don't talk to women so this won't happen
However I did do a custom paintjob on my own GPU, so it fits why black and white build, but it's just paint, no art

>>106845823
Looking good
I didn't like the asuka 4090 all that much. They coulda chosen a better drawing of her than the one used
Also that ftw3's design has aged pretty well. It basically looks like a more refined version of the 5090 astral which doesn't look as good because of the ugly RGB light bar Asus used

>>106845368
i live in russia and that mobo and ram were the cheapest (basically the cheapest 6000) and i wanna switch the mobo to a strix B850F for the future longevity thus yeah the same card is 63k rubles which is around 776usd in here

i don't care about gaytracing but i have been thinking of trying the VR meme so does either vendor have advantage on that field?

what's the best method to transfer data from an old laptop to a new laptop in current year?
Bridged USB? Using an external hard drive?

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>>106845858
Thanks, and yeah the ftw3 looks great still, even better in white imo. I used satin white enamel paint for the backplate and matte white acryllic for the shroud. My only gripe is that I couldn't mask the red line on the backplate properly, so I just painted over it.
And yeah, the Asuka 4090 could've looked better, when it was in stock here it way 2800$ converted...
The eva01 3090 looked nice though, but i dont really like the shroud part of it

>>106846064
If the OS allows it local network can be pretty fast.

>5 (five) grand for a 5090

jesus christ. do those things suck you off and grill steak dindins whenever you ask?

>>106846052
I think for VR raw horsepower is kind of better. Even one screen is very high resolution, and you have two eyes so it's even double that... grab something with a good amount of VRAM and power, I'd probably go for AMD, but depends on the prices around you. Upscaling can work in VR but if it's badly implemented (e.g. WRC, the rally game) you will notice the ghosting and feel nauseous instantly.
I have a 3090 and I can't crank the resolution up to native on my Pico4, it's not a weak card though.
Now that I remember, what might matter between vendors is the encoder, I'm not sure how good AMDs encoders are, but NVENC is known to be efficient. (since you'll be streaming your image either on wifi or cable to your headset)
Never cards also have AV1 but I'm not sure how it is for VR.
What headset were you planning to get? I'd suggest a second hand Quest2 (see if you can get a headstrap for it, the factory one is garbage), and if you like it then you can resell it and upgrade to a quest3 or something else (maybe valve's new headset)

Should I expect horrible bottlenecking with a 5080 + 5700x3d pair at 1080p? friend sold me his 5080 out of the blue and I don't have a 1440p monitor
yet

>>106846116
well i was mainly asking in case AMD had some inherent hardware/software disadvantage in VR like they do with RT/AI. like you mentioned the encoders which i believe used to be shit on AMD until recently.

>>106846192
Radeon is still broken and effectively unusable for VR, every VR community will tell you to avoid AMD

>>106846212
NTA
That's what I heard back in 2022 and they still haven't fixed it?

>>106846233
nope, even RDNA4 is fucked for VR

>>106846041
Alright no problem then. Next time let us know that in the post because, as you've seen, prices vary a lot by country.

>>106846153
i mean i dont know what bottlenecking do you expect
that combo will cap any game you want to play at 1080 at whatever hz your monitor provides (im assuming its a 59 hz?)
Getting a ~180hz 1440p monitor should be your only priority right now
At the moment the monitor is the thing bottlenecking your pc
Then on a better screen the cpu will be the culprit as a 5080 gpu can handle anything but again thats on the future, as long as you dont have a better screen upgrading the cpu will mean nothing

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my 3080 hovers at >100w with 2 monitors at idle
I dont believe you need 50w to push a static wallpaper or something.
Anyone had a fix for it?

>>106846463
Use custom resolution utility and set manual settings that works on both of your monitors

is a 5700 xt still good enough for extremely cheapo builds?

>>106846463
do they have mismatched frsmerate?

does anyone have the MSI e16m monitor? Is it good?

>>106846607
It's a strong GPU for the money but RDNA1 had serious driver/hardware issues. Not something I'd gamble on when money is tight.

Recommendation for a 1080p monitor?

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I've got an ASUS RoG Strix B550 mobo for 100$.

>>106846618
4k 240hz
1440p 240hz

I tested different res/hz pairings and its slightly onfusing.
Changing 4k monitor hz to 120hz + 1440p 240hz makes me see <50w readings.
1440p 240hz alone = 35w
4k 240hz alone = 45w

>>106846706
There's a lot more to refresh rate than just the Hz
You can use CRU to edit those values and it they're matched, the GPU won't have to run it's vram at P0 state and waste 100w idling

>>106846705
nice. what cpu/ram?

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>hzmatch monitors
>ppimatch monitors
>sizematch monitors
>brandmatch monitors
>modelmatch monitors
just match them simple as

>>106846665
has it gotten some new issues? i dont remember it being all that unstable

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>>106846724
CPU : 100$ Ryzen 7 5700X from Aliexpress

RAM : 32GB Corsair 3200MHz SO-DIMM (58$) + SO-DIMM to DIMM adapters on Aliexpress (12$)

>>106846752
may I ask, why?

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>>106846773
So I recycle my laptop SO-DIMM RAMs.

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3x multimonitor setup + 1 large screen oled tv = 4 total
Idealized pc screen setup in 2025?

>>106846743
Nothing new (AFAIK) but it was known for driver issues throughout its lifecycle. It might not have been the drivers, even, but a hardware defect affecting only certain units. I say that because one of the first "fixes" released cut the boost algo back. I guess if you've used it in the past and know what you're doing you could go for it (but then, if you bought a $400 card in 2019 why are you poormaxxing now?).

>>106846869
>but it was known for driver issues throughout its lifecycle
4 years on 5700xt, not a single driver crash or other problems

>>106846701
don't get one

>>106846647
for $400-ish it costs you can get a tandem oled from gigabyte

>>106846869
It was the first pcie gen4 GPU available so a lot of issues might be bad first-gen pcie gen4 implemention on am4

>>106846950
I'm not trying to shit on the card here just letting the guy know there's a reason they're so much cheaper than the performance would suggest. I say the same about used 3090s and their defective VRAM cooling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUxkGHYJHAs

INTEL WON

AYYMDEAD IS FINISHED & BANKRUPT AND HAS NO MFG

>>106846463
You made me check, currently using 20W on a 5070 Ti for two monitors.

When is the best time to buy a new pc?
My dad wants a new pc and will probably buy a new dell prebuilt to replace the existing so he can get windows 10.
I was wanting him to hold out a bit longer day until January sales perhaps?
Some people are saying black Friday is best though.
Thoughts on this?

>>106847282
*Windows 11, he currently has windows 10 I should say

>>106847282
Summer. You're too late.

>>106847282
right after new gen release for maximum perf/time period

>>106847303
Use rufus, you can install 11 on any computer that turns on

>order extra ram like a year after having my new pc
>out of stock everywhere and 2 month restock at the store I bought the parts from initially
>find the pair on amazon too
>they dont list the qvl number
>everything matches so I order
>install them just now
>incompatible

Why would you make the same model, but different to the point of incompatability?

>>106847282
>>106847282
>When is the best time to buy a new pc?
nobody knows, sometimes you line up with an specific line launch and everything is great, other times you buy your shit and they announce new shit 2 weeks later, it is what it is
>My dad wants a new pc and will probably buy a new dell prebuilt
>Some people are saying black Friday is best though.
If he is set on a prebuilt ,and you are too to save yourself some headache, i couldnt imagine having to do IT for my dads computer, then yeah check the models you are interested in now and keep an eye for those on black friday. Usually a big brand like dell will have the event last the whole week, just make sure you compare with older prices to not get scammed.
If eventually you decide not to go with the prebuilt then its back to square one about never knowing which time is best, just come back with a budget and a list of needs and hopefully some anon here will help you.
>so he can get windows 10
>*Windows 11, he currently has windows 10 I should say
If his main worry is "upgrading" to windows 11 and doesn't need the new computer you can install windows 11 on just about anything

>>106847549
Start with disabling XMP.
Rarely manufacturers will even give you QVL for 4DIMM setups.

>>106847574
Wait, all ram cant be used to max the 4 slots? Since when?

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HOLY FUCKING TRAMP SOVL MSI. I KNEEL AND MIGHT EVEN BUY THE MOTHERBOARD

>>106847616
Since 2007. The xmp profile only applies to the sticks that are in the same package.
You can probably get it running with 4 sticks by playing with the memory controller if you aren't on ddr5.

>>106847616
It will run at JEDEC 99% of the time.
XMP/EXPO is just overclocking, it's not guaranteed to work on every system.
Official support for 4DIMM setups has always lower frequency.
With DDR4 it's not that bad but DDR5 4DIMM setups get fucked quite badly.
On AM5 it's silly 3600MT/s DDR5 for 4DIMM vs 5600MT/s for 2DIMM.
It will usually run at higher speeds but it's depending on IMC and motherboard quality.

>>106847677
>>106847684
I'm on am4, ddr5. I need the ram to offload ai models. But I guess it's not worth it for that huge loss of mt/s.

>>106847723
>am4
>ddr5
That does not compute.
Which one is it?

Reminder: Make a backup of your important stuff.

>>106847616
since the dawn of time if you want more capacity you trade speed. same with ssds. those 4tb drives are mostly qlc that drop their write speed drastically once you go over like 250-500gb.

Well my PSU died
what's the go to rock solid go to PSU now? It'll be in 24/7 use in a media server

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I can't deal with the fact that there is no desk-space to display my windowed pc case, extra monitors would just be better.

>>106845477
bruh , try to export it if its possible

>>106846273
aye chief will do , you are right

fuck it I may as well just do a new server build I don't trust that optiplex motherboard anymore, it's caused issues before and its ancient too

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Am I going to regret buying the Hyte X50? The matcha color looks so weird, I want it.

>>106846705
strix goes really hard for the incel legion

>>106847677
Another mandela effect? I've had RAM work at full speed all the way through DDR3 and 4's lifetimes, no problem.

>>106847558
Yeah he doesn't know too much about computers, I'm trying to convince him to stick with his current one for a while longer.
I've even upgraded the ram to 16gb ddr3, and CPU to i7 3770, it already had a 250gb SSD so it's running fine for all he needs it for.
Weird thing is the windows update says the pc isn't compatible with the upgrade to windows 11. I'm not sure why though.

>>106848123
maybe your board's bios was smart enough to increase the memory controller voltage or the speeds were low enough for it not to matter.

Should I get one of those fancy HE keyboards or upgrade my headphones to the HD 620S?
Currently using an old HD 598Cs. It's fine, but I'm curious whether the 620S is worth getting.
I have a DAC/AMP to get the most out of the HD 620S.

>>106848123
4x32gb on ddr4 is hard to run above 3200mhz
Ddr5 pushes the envelope on speed which makes it exponentially harder to run two sticks on a single copper wire which is what happens when you run two sticks in a single memory channel

>>106848103
It looks nice, a bit form over function.
The perforated mesh holes are a bit too small; they will obstruct fan airflow more than cases with larger mesh holes.
This only matters to fan/airflow schizos.

>>106848203
Then they shoulda have increased memory channels

>>106846961
and it would burn in in 2 years the way I use my pc

>>106846791
kek that's cheap man. so you at least have 64gb total?

>>106848103
never seen that before. looks super cool in that color over the other ones they offer.

>>106845349
Bought my Yeston Water Waifu card in August for 756$ tax shipping etc on sale. 690$ was a fair enough price since every decent model is 700$+

>>106848328
In a way that's what they did. Each DDR5 stick has two 32b sub-channels. I don't think we'll see physical quad-channel memory on consumer platforms any time soon. It's so expensive to implement that it'd defeat the point of client/server segregation.

>>106848501
Ryzen 395 has quad channel memory. The thing is, it's soldered to the board because they run it at so high speeds it would be unstable with socketable dimms.

>>106848399
There's a bunch of colours. And the curved glass is laminated it's the hyte X50 don't know if it's shipping yet, they had it at computex in january

>>106848132
I thought that the updater would tell you exactly which are the issues preventing the update
Guess you could go point by point in here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-system-requirements-86c11283-ea52-4782-9efd-7674389a7ba3
But as some other anon said if its just installing win 11 then you can brute force it with Rufus
But also also, if he can afford it and want a new machine for whatever reasons then... might as well, if that would keep him off your back on this issue.
I dont have the best relationship with my family so might view might be skewered

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>>106848103
This case radiates heavy Frutiger Aero aesthetic vibes.

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Radeon sisters, what is our current clitty status? Because mine in engorged, inflamed, and leaking heavily.

>>106848675
>battlefield 6
post a real game please.

any good deals on prime day? seems like it's mainly 7800x3d/265k and some pc peripherals

>>106848675
Someone explain to me how older radeon cards are outperforming the new stuff

>>106848765
7900 is a proper big boy chip, the 9070 is upper mid range

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About to buy a new PC and this is the final build, the SSD is gonna be 1TB only tho.
Posting to check if there is something I missed or can still imporve on.
Only thing im not super sure about is the mainboard, if there is anything better (cheaper - dont need anything fancy) to buy I gladly hear about it.

>>106848652
Black and white are apparently shipping this month, the other colors are shipping in November.

>>106848675
The game is $70, I might buy it when it drops to 70. The beta ran at 150 fps on 5700X.

>>106848675
3060 TI
64 fps @1080
I win again with my gpu and my shitty 1080 monitor @60hz
Man it feels great
No way in hell i would buy this slop but still

>>106848765
No optimization? AMD probably will work on that game next driver update.

>boughted a high end motherboard
>two weeks later realize I have no real use for 5 SSD slots, 12 usb ports, thunderbolt 4, pcie 5 x16 gpu / ssd or high end power delivery whatever to cpu
huh

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What is this diversion tactic by Tim? Is he actually retarded?
No one gives a fuck about naming schemes, you should be complaining about anti consumer features like the shitty oled pixel care not arbitrary letters
no one except retarded fucking techtubers and hwub specifically gives a single fuck about something so redundant as product letters
what do they put in the water in that slave colony?
FIX YOUR FUCKING PRODOOOOOOODUCT

>>106848923
>youtube grifter chases views rather than providing valuable info
no shit?
next you'll tell me he uses some basedface thumbnails

>>106848675
>1080p
>2010+15

>>106848776
Is there no high tier 9xxx cards coming or what? I'm so confused what AMD are doing.

>>106848501
Anon is clearly saying they should have done a 256bit memory system or quad channel or octo subchannel

>>106849062
There doesn't seem to be any coming, no
Next gen Radeon will have a proper highend GPU that'd make the 5090 look like a mid sized chip

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>>106849062
If there's nothing said in the next like month and a half it's not coming.
That being said even amd has said rdna4 is already outdated
>>106848978

>>106848675
>>106849128
Will be interesting to see results on realistic settings and in multiplayer. I don't think most people play maxxed out, even if their GPUs can handle it.

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>>106849161
Lot of the earlier stuff from beta was suggesting that most people would be realistically cpu bound, and to a marginally lesser extent even at native 4k. Were a lot of complaints of people who fell for the air cooler meme that their supposedly "efficient" amd processors were constantly throttling.
Which isn't surprising since it overall looks like bf4 and bf1 but with better textures and character models + maybe a bit more dense

I think USB-C is a failed concept. I've never seen a reason for it.

>>106849102
Sure there's always ways one can increase bandwidth but doing it before the necessary tech is mature leads to really expensive motherboards (and CPUs). Frankly we might already be there with the whole DIMM system; needing 10 layer PCBs to get reliable high-speed 2DPC is not exactly ideal.

>>106849254
You don't charge your phone?

>>106849254
I've never felt a need for it on a desktop computer

>>106848765
AMD released a 2025 GPU gen literally weaker than their 2022 cards.....and that's a good thing!

>Check this general yearly
>Everytime it has become even more of an njudea shill central
>There is literally a name nigger now labeling himself as a brandfag and seems to be spamming the same posts every thread
>Mod doesn't give a fuck
Well time to close this thread in disgust again see you guys next year. Any newfags that want actual advice and not advertising I suggest the pc part picker forums. TPU forums are good too.

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>>106844605
>5060 8GB destroying muh vram cards
Reality is often disappointing

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>>106845349
They are expensive for a reason

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>watching stream on pc
>only hear sound due to single screen
>wait hear something happening
>have to find tab (amongst clutter)
>swap there
>swap back

If I had a large display this would only mean you have to window manage smaller gayer windows like 1080p (on a large 4k)

I have suffered long enough on cucked laptop use and single screen
my desktop died and I had 2 monitors which were shit also and ancient and small, shit I could probably just kept my other monitor if I got a hdmi cable but fuck that

pc use might literally be near unusable with a single screen really, a large screen would fix this if you have multiple windows open statically which is the same kinda thing yeah
but the point where you do a full screen application you are cucked again, what are you gonna play in a window mode in 1080p? crazy

monitors should be cheap and plentiful but they are also overpriced unless you buy them on sales
going back to poorfag lcd might be the wises move one can make

I probably should have built a 14600k budget build too at this point

>>106849291
Phones are a creation of the devil to brainwash you with evil vibes.

>>106849373
just go triple monitor

>>106849371
I am willing to pay $3500 for that Miku card

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GEFORCE PARTY ON OCTOBER 30

NVIDIAGODS UP BY 10 BILLION

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>>106849398
You can get waifu parts for a thousand dollars or the full waifu pc for less than two thousand.

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>>106849330
>Implying the "njudea shills" won't be there too
>Implying the board didn't have a horde of team-red schizos until a mod decided they were too autistic for even this general and range banned them
lol, someones having a melty.
>>106849373
>monitors should be cheap and plentiful but they are also overpriced unless you buy them on sales
What are you talking about, the budget and mid monitors are fucking great right now. Like $150 gets you something spec wise that was maybe like 5 years ago well over $500.

>>106849482
Seriously, being a poorfag sucks for the computer itself but there's never been a better time for screens. My 12 year old monitor was state of the art when I bought it and cost half as much as my whole build. Now it wouldn't even qualify as ewaste and I could get something three times better for 3 times less than I paid for it.

>>106849330
I just check here for news if anything
But not only this general
The entire 4chan is shill central
The place is worthless

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>>106849330
Nah you're just a bitter jaded faggot. I learned more in the last two years here than I knew about computers in the last 20. Because of this general I was able to get the computer of my dreams and understand how to avoid getting ripped off.
Compare that to my brother who just watches youtube and built a ramshackle piece of shit. I couldn't believe how random his parts were, he's not stupid either but he just had no concept of deep diving discussion about pc's and took the advice of linus tech tips as the be all end all.
So what if a couple of faggots brand war? That's what humans do, we constantly seek to put things in boxes and put ourselves in tribes to fight the other tribe. Doesn't mean we can't learn from each other.
As far as I'm concerned you guys are alright and I am very thankful this place exists.

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>>106849330
My posts are helpful to people building a pc.
The key take away being stay away from RDNA if you want a gpu to actually last longer than 2 years and that raw performance is no longer the most important metric.
Be mad at whoever is making decisions for Radeon if anything, it's not my fault they've cared basically 0 about consumer gpus since like vega.

>>106849606
>took the advice of linus tech tips as the be all end all.
That isnt youtubes fault, your brother is a retard. Plenty of good tech channels with reviews, but I get your sentiment lel

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>>106849606
I'm happy for you. I'm here to help ppl.

>>106849606
Glad anons could help

>>106848808
Spend the extra 3 euros or so and get the B850 Eagle board if you plan to get a high-end CPU upgrade in the future.
The Gaming board is fine, but it has a 150W CPU power limit. 150W is more than enough for a 9800X3D for reference.
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/Rf8Pxr/gigabyte-b850-eagle-wifi6e-atx-am5-motherboard-b850-eagle-wifi6e
https://youtu.be/hLMTT7-rfeM?t=1699

Rest is fine, nice monitor.

>>106849254
dumping files from a phone. necessary now. much better than the other micro USB implementations. it's great. but can't replace USB3 and below. I always have a USB to USBC cable around, but never a USBC to USBC. I like having both now because phone is a great camera.

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I thought I'd try replacing the ancient MX-4 paste on my i9-9900k with a PTM. I was skeptical of whether PTM was a meme or not, but it turned out good. CPU used to throttle during Prime95 Max Heat test before, now it's fine.
Installation was even easier than paste, I just put the PTM pad in the freezer the night before installation, cut it to approximate IHS size, removed the film from one side of the pad, put it on the IHS and applied some pressure with my palm to it for 10 seconds, and removed the upper film afterwards. The top film removed cleanly and it also pulled with it excess PTM material not touching the IHS.
If any other anons are thinking about PTMs, I can recommend them. I got the Thermal Grizzly Phasesheet PTM that's supposed to be genuine PTM7590.

Should I take the be quiet pur power 12 or 13 as my PSU?

>>106849990
What's the difference?

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Back connect motherboards should just be the default. You cannot argue against this.

>>106850018
ATX should die already.

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>>106850018
THIS THE ONLY CASE I'M LOOKING TO BACKCONNECT TO

40% of your computer budget should go to your GPU. 30% to your screen, 20% to your cpu. 10% to the rest. Nothing else matters except those three parts.

>>106850087
Not sure if bait or just retarded.

>>106850087
50% GPU

>>106850108
Couldn't help but notice you had no rebuttal. Your concession has been accepted. But go ahead and spend 400 dollars on ram and complain that your 9070 can't get the fps you want.

>>106850146
Retarded it is.
Build me $2000 system.

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Can someone explain the whole paper stickers on m.2 thing? I don't really it it, it doesn't serve any purpose and looks so awkward how you can see it's sort of just stuck on there not flush against it. Then if you rip it off it voids the warranty? How did this become a thing?

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>>106848036
Did I fuck up? Should I have gotten two 2tb versions?

>>106848071
Corsair RMx whatever wattage you need.

>>106849330
>everyone I disagree with is a shill
Grow up.

>>106850018
>form over function
It'll never be anything but a niche for aestheticsfags.

>>106848103
It has good reviews, I think it will be a solid quirk chungus bubble gum case. It's not just fluff they actually put thought into the design.

>>106848184
What is your current keyboard? I don't know anything about headphones you'll have to ask in their gen.
But a hall effect is only really necessary if you play a lot of competitive fps games. Otherwise you're paying extra for no real benefit.

>>106848762
Prime day is over bwo... wait for black friday now.

>>106850320
>>106848762
Newegg still has their fantastech sale going, and you don't need a subscription to benefit from it.

Anyone built a Lancool 217? Should I bother with the sideways PSU? Is it really that much easier to cable manage that way? I'm not going to have a bunch of HDD's so I don't think I need that space right next to it. Also that little power cord extender thing has me worried, feels like a point of failure. But I like the concept, is it safe or should I just stick to the normal configuration?

>>106850191
they are metallic and act as a heat spreader
removing it removes the serial number

>>106850266
Someone please respond, should I send it back and swap it out for smaller drives?

>>106850287
It functions better though, less cable bending.

is there something like a mini-pc but about triple it's power (and thus size)? I'm not interested in microatx either so something smaller than that
almost exclusively used for gaming (but not demanding games)

>>106850521
no, m.2 slots are precious

>>106850526
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVbOWbgTar0

>>106850526
mini ITX is the smallest "normal" PC form factor

Tell me 1 reason why you need a 280Hz monitor

Nobody needs more than 144Hz MAX

>>106850582
Professional fps esports player. Other than that there is no reason.

>>106850582
You actually don't need anything more than a device that can access emails and browse the web. You actually don't need more than a 1080p monitor. You actually don't need to shit up the thread with your shit posts.

>>106850547
this looks like overkill for what I want but it's very interesting to me
if the specs and price were slightly lower then it would be great. I don't need a bigger size but wouldn't that mean better cooling and lower price as well, if so then that would be preferred. price isn't an issue but I'm just trying to keep costs low
from the description:
>RAM – 96GB / 128GB LPDDR5X @ 8000MHz, shared with GPU
normal ram shared with GPU, so 96GB vram? I can't believe it
>AI Performance – 126 TOPS total compute, 50 TOPS XDNA 2 NPU, 2.2× faster than RTX 4090 in LM Studio
wtf, how bad is this

>>106850554
I see, I'll suppose I'll look into some mini ITX pc's

>>106850624
Honestly I just saw that in my feed this morning and thought it looked funny, I have no idea how good/bad it is.

>>106850582
>Nobody needs more than 144Hz MAX
You'll say that until you try one out yourself
Nobody really needs more than 720p 60hz anyways.

>>106850582
>Tell me 1 reason why you need a 280Hz monitor
>Nobody needs more than 144Hz MAX
>>106850603
>Professional fps esports player.
not even. you can easily see the difference between 100-400FPS. I can't go back to a 60FPS phone ever ever again after having a 100+ one. I can't go back from below 170FPS desktop ever ever ever again.

Anyone have an OLED screen? How do you manage static UI in games?

>>106850582
I simply want 120Hz+ with BFI on top.

>>106850698
>BFI
whats that?

>ITX board have better I/O than mATX boards for around the same price
this isn't making any goddamn sense

>>106850704
Black frame insertion.
OLED analog of backlight strobing on LCDs.

I've heard you can negate VRR flicker if you lock your fps and don't get fluctuations below it. Is that true?

>>106850725
i dont think thats what its analogous to op

>>106850734
>I've heard you can negate VRR flicker by not having a variable refresh rate

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>>106850685
I own an OLED monitor. You can set lower brightness levels and keep whatever panel protection meme features enabled.
Prepare for the worst, etc. I don't want to own this for over 5 years anyway.
There's definitely going to be a better monitor by then.

>>106850746
yeah lcds can have both backlight strobing and bfi, though manufacturers are usually too incompetent to allow for both at the same time

>>106850768
Only reason I finally went for it was because of the 5 year best buy burn in protection plan. At least I can sleep knowing it will be ok for half a decade. I can live with that.

>>106850547
for 1500~ that's a fairly good deal. for 2.5k no. for 1750 at maximum. cool post haven't seen that yet. don't like that video, guy says baldurs gay 3 is the best game of the decade.

>>106850734
um.
yes.
Variable refresh rate was always a cope anyway these shit games just cannot guarantee high frame rates when they should all guarantee 360fps locked easily by now

>>106850777
Good man. Good warranty. So long as you get a good 5 year warranty there's nothing to fear with OLED.

is it possible to power limit a 5090 in the bios of the card itself so I don't have to type in the nvidia-smi-pl command everytime I boot up my pc?
linux btw.

I'm gonna do it
I'm gonna build TWO SFF PCs

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>>106850832
It's coming tomorrow, I'm a little worried about the 8' cable. But stupid LG puts their slots on the left side of the tv which makes no sense. Everyone puts their pc/console to the right of the screen. Got the 8' just to be safe but I'm going to measure it once it's setup and hopefully I'll be able to get away with a 4'.

>>106850846
why would you power limit a 5090 and I won't accept "muh fire muh 150C cable" as a reason for it

Should I get a 4tb SSD or 2tb SSD+4tb HDD?

>>106849392
Aaaah
Also you can't go triple premium monitor unless you wanna drop insane amounts and people who talked about the burn in meme would be real then after you run a static shit non stop

>>106849482
>What are you talking about, the budget
Maybe in amerikas
Monitors are still volatile and swing up and down in price and vary alot by retailers
I'm talking the same screen has cost more than 100% at other places
We talking hundreds of euros extra, several
You really won't have consistently low ones if you wanna save
It goes in cycles hard

I want a 27" 4k oled monitor, I narrowed the choice to samsung, asus and alienware, but here in my shithole I only have access to the samsung. Is the odyssey g8 a good deal for around 800 usd?

>>106850846
not really but you should know how to fucking automate it

>>106850872
Bad quality control on the knob and extremely heavy matte coating if you are taking about the g81sf
Sounds very expensive I would buy on bigger deal
You can peel the coating if you really want too
Tbh I'm not totally sold all these expensive ones are really worth the cost
Maybe if you have more money to blow but

>>106850872
Read up about G8 OLED monitors' black screening; it's mostly coming from 32" model owners.
Samsung is blaming NVIDIA atm.

>>106850873
but I have to put in my password everytime because of muh sudo

>>106850872
There's really no asus? they shill everywhere they can

>>106850866
4tb SSD obviously

>>106850888
>>106850905
Got it, I guess I'll continue waiting.
>>106850908
just the rog swift in 32" but I want a 27", besides, it costs almost double the g8 at around 1500 usd here.

>>106850866
2tb SSD+4tb HDD obviously

>>106850866
Don't get a HDD unless you need 10TB or more. Get the 4TB SSD

>>106850866
512gb ssd + 8tb+ hdd

Is the Asus XG27ACS monitor good, anons? I've been checking Monitor Hunter's list for monitors and this one has caught my eye

>>106850734
it happens when the fps swings all over the place. a fps cap wont prevent this. for example some game does shader compilation in real time then the entire frame present pauses (flicker/stutter)until its complete unless it has some async method.

>>106850938
G81sf 27" was 585$ on sale here before
Never know how 27 4k OLED is but 27 is not very large
32 you can get away without scaling
27 will be even harder
And I feel larger screen would be even better
Idk

>>106850734
Maybe in some games In games with shit engine no it would still be inconsistent
Vrr flicker looks like ass too
Just not running vrr and some small tearing is not even noticeable in comparison to that

>>106850906
add that command to sudoers so you don't have to write the password for it when ran with sudo
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Sudo#Example_entries

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That VRR flicker
OLED boys are crazy to deal with this

>>106850087
no mobo, ram, storage, cooling.
pants on head retard

>>106851004
I currently have a 27" 1440p so something similar would be nice, also supposedly ppi is better. I was looking at 1440p oleds at that same size but thought if I am going to spend on an oled might as well go all the way to 4k to also use it to watch movies. I'm not sure if I would find 32 a bit too big or not.

>>106851043
this is the worst case scenario because its going from 8fps to hundreds of fps multiple times per second. this will only happen in like a loading screen.

>>106851057
Where did I say you don't get any other parts? I didn't, please learn basic english and try again.

>>106850980
It's good, but wait until it's discounted to near $220 again if you're in the US.

>>106851043
all monitors i've owned do this
TN, IPS, etc, doesn't matter

>>106851141
I am from the US. I've added it to my wishlist to keep an eye on its price. Are there any just-as-good alternatives you would recommend?

>>106851040
>archlinux
I'm on Mint

>>106851187
nah, you're a fucking retard

>>106851157
Not that anon but the m27qa is also worth considering.

Is there a hybrid CPU/GPU, or CPU with substantially good integrated graphics? Is AMD's APU still a thing? Just wanted one chip that can do-it-all

if I would delete openrgb would the settings remain? I turned off the lights

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>he uses an anus motherboard with armory crate malware
Please don't tell me you're a low IQ uninformed gamer.

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>>106851274
There are, but you're paying for that performance.

>>106851365
who games on that?

>>106851389
No one, but future iterations will be enough for pretty much everyone. It already runs games@1440p with everything turned on well enough. PLUS that's all done at like 125w.

Why do you hate RTX HDR? Why shill some fake useless dim things like RenoDX make by underage discord trannies?

>>106851218
Also looks good, will keep an eye on this one as well, thank you anon.

>as a sidenote, what would be a good secondary monitor? another 2k? 1080? refresh rate should be same, right?

>>106851157
>Are there any just-as-good alternatives you would recommend?
>>106832173
The Dell Alienware would probably have the better customer support in the US.
M27QA was well reviewed & discounted recently. I haven't price checked them today.

>>106851429
400W will always beat onboard. you also have raytracing etc so they'll always look better than "integrated" shit

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>>106851431
>Why do you hate RTX HDR?
Because RTX HDR usually crushes blacks and blows out whites.

>>106851274
Strix Halo, good luck finding it in anything outside of $4000 laptops

>>106851517
Well Asus does have that 2 in 1 with it and GPD put it in a handheld where it runs at 90C lol

>>106851512
Okay, but he was literally asking about integrated shit. That's like saying a 5090 outclasses a steamdeck when someone asks about handhelds.

>>106851478
>Alienware, $100 cheaper
I don't know about this one, anon. Couldn't find a review either. What's good about it?

>M27QA
Is this "M27Q" on Amazon? same price, same everything, but no "A" for some reason. Other retailers have it as M27QA. $279 rn, I'll also keep an eye on this one.

>>106831862
I also see an LG and KTC monitor in that reply. Any good?

I can't believe my PSU just died right after this damn amazon sale ended

>>106851567
meant >>106832173 in cross-thread

>>106851524
bro are you retarded or what? nobody prompted you to say this:
>>106851429
>but future iterations will be enough for pretty much everyone
I counter your stupidity and then you immediately go all
>but he was literally asking about integrated shit
you are acting like a faggot

>>106851454
Depends on what you're doing with that secondary monitor. You might find higher ppi better for document reading and media. Resolution and refresh rate don't have to match but I'm sure in 2k25 there are still some apps and games that may have minor issues such as scaling or slight hitching dragging across screens but most don't notice. There used to be issues a few years ago with multi monitor setups drawing more gpu power but those are resolved now. Go with what you like.

>>106851597
Bro are YOU retarded?
>>106851274
>>106851365
>>106851389

>>106851610
no, I can follow the discussion. you keep going on tangents and offering your opinion unprompted. again, you had this braindead take:
>>106851429
>future iterations will be enough for pretty much everyone
I just told you they aren't enough for everyone and then you go all "but he asked about".
I know what he asked about, I was countering your unsolicited retarded claim that integrated shit will be enough for everyone, which is a retarded claim. and has nothing to do with what he asked. that's your unprompted retarded opinion

>>106851621
>keep going on tangents
Only one yapping here is you, I made two posts.

>>106851598
>find higher ppi better for document reading and media.

I hadn't actually thought of this. That makes sense. Essentially, the 2k main monitor would be for gaming, or whatever I'm focused on, while the secondary monitor would be for browser/chatting/explorer, music, etc. Other minor things where I'd prefer readability and whatnot.

my eyes hate 60hz and below so I'll probably go 1080p 144+hz or maybe even another 2k 144+hz. What's an example of a good "reading/media" high-ppi secondary monitor, anon?

Thank you

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I bought a 10 year old 5TB drive for $20. apparently it's kinda shit but 5TB for $20 is 5TB for $20. I'm gonna load it full of shit and never delete anything.

>>106851431
RTX HDR has a noticeable fps impact compared to real HDR or AutoHDR. its like the last resort if neither doesnt work.

Are bios fan settings only for my case fans or can or should I control my gpu fan as well? Does it need to be a different curve than the case fans?

>>106851678
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tests/picture-quality/text-clarity

Dell would be what I'd look into, 27" 4k would give the best clarity (overkill) but 27" QHD is sufficient too. idk if monitors like S2725DSM are there yet, but office monitors can go to 120hz and 144hz now.

Any speaker recommendations in the sub $100 range? As neutral as possible would be nice. I already have decent headphones, these would just be a backup for when I don't want to use them.
USA.

>>106851782
I can even go up to $150 if they're /really/ a good value, but I'd prefer to not go that high.

>>106851431
lol
RenoDX isn't fake, if anything it's the closest to a native HDR implementation that's actually integrated into the game's rendering pipeline since it replaces the normal SDR rendering the game does.

RTX HDR (and Windows Auto HDR) take the SDR image the game renders and then tone-map it into HDR. This doesn't necessarily look bad but it loses any detail that the game already nuked when preparing its SDR output. If you do the HDR rendering in the actual game, these details would be visible. They also have more practical annoyances, like the fact that they HDR map game menus and UIs. Like if the game has some white text on the scree in SDR, RTX HDR and Auto HDR make it bright as all fuck.

>>106851725
RTX HDR looks better though, the gamma curve Auto HDR uses is retarded and fucked, it results in raised blacks and overall lowered contrast, it looks more washed out than it should. RTX HDR is better even just strictly for the reason that it's actually adjustable and you can make it look right. It seems to me that RTX HDR also gets brighter highlights, which is still probably just because you can adjust it. Auto HDR would be great but it's really neutered for no reason whatsoever, I have no idea what the fuck MS is thinking and why their defaults are so bad.

I'm building a 2nd pc (Current is i5 6400f and rx580 with 16gb ddr4) and the best option is a z170k with an i7 7700k + gtx 1080ti and 32gb ddr4. Right now it works out to £250 for the parts listed. Is it a bad idea paying so much for 8 year old components considering I'm playing 8 year old games?

>>106851798
12100 + 2060 super or 2070
Anything older you might as well just go for an in socket upgrade.

>>106851798
building a good PC is stupidly expensive these days and prices haven't improved in years, just build what you want that will suit your build

>>106851798
Is that you Matt?

>>106851578
These are still on sale and are supposed to be pretty good, it's what I just got for my build. https://a.co/d/b3ZXtFB

>>106851789
I've heard these balls are decent https://a.co/d/0CqOME9

>>106851790
NTA you've been talking to, I've never experienced HDR before. But I'm getting a tv that can do it soon, should I be looking into these programs? Is normal hdr the game comes with not enough? I heard windows 11 does hdr naturally, would that conflict with these? Do I need to turn it off somehow?

>>106852000
Also I've heard of HGIG, how does that come into play with these options?

>>106851567
>>Alienware, $100 cheaper
>I don't know about this one, anon. Couldn't find a review either. What's good about it?
It's a refresh of the AW2724DM, which was a decent monitor. But no guarantees that the 25 is an upgrade to the 24.
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/alienware-aw2724dm

>Is this "M27Q" on Amazon? same price, same everything, but no "A" for some reason.
It's called the M27Q Advanced on Amazon, it uses a newer panel compared to the one's in the M27Q.
https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-Advanced-2560x1440-180Hz-FreeSync-Adjustable/dp/B0DCGPTNKV

>I also see an LG and KTC monitor in that reply. Any good?
They both got positive professional & user reviews.

IPS monitors around this price range will look and perform about the same, with panel lottery & factory color calibration quality making the biggest visual difference.
The ASUS monitor is considered to be the better one in the pack because it has good factory color calibration, offers single overdrive mode, and black frame insertion (ELMB-Sync).
M27QA is also known to have good factory calibration.

>>106845326
I don't think Asus B series mobos let you overclock. Double check that

>>106846064
Use an Ethernet cable. Set computer 1 IP to 10.0.0.1, and 2nd computer to 10.0.0.2. transfer directly over network by citing the IP in your file explorer

>>106851761
>27" 4k would give the best clarity (overkill)
Microscopic pixels are based, being able to lean into the screen and actually see more detail and no pixels feels incredibly natural and is one of my favourite part of the monitor

Should I enable PBO? Someone said it voids your warranty?

>Got my replacement 9800x3d back before ASSRock even acknowledges my RMA
lmao what board should I pair it with now? got a white theme going with my pc

>>106852239
use the replacement asrock but with updated bios

Think I might need a router, I have one of those cox internet wifi boxes and I'm pretty sure there's only one ethernet plug. I am in need of running a second computer for a while. It would only be a temporary thing so I just want something cheap that will get me by for a little while nothing fancy. Any recommendations?

>>106852239
Aorus Elite ICE would be an affordable option.

>>106852211
Technically turning on XMP voids your warranty.

>>106852395
Wtf seriously? Why is it even an option then? Will they know if I do it?

>>106852401
They won't know unless you outright tell them. It's a normie trap.

Which thermal paste method do you guys prefer? I still can't figure out if I should do an X or dots or use one of these spreaders to paint the whole thing. I have big bulky hands, I'm afraid if I try to spread it I'll get it over the edge. How bad would it be if that happens? Couldn't it leak down into the pins and fuck it up?

>>106852410
For CPUs it don't matter. The best spreader + heatsink will spread it on contact. Having too little paste is worse than having too much.

For GPUs you want to spread it because there is no heatspreader.

>>106852410
I ordered some Thermalright Heilos from aliexpress
it should have the best performance possible since its phase change material

>>106852410
I use 4g of paste for a cpu. Just use the entire tube, doesn't matter how you apply it just put most of it in the middle.

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Looking to finally replace my old slow PC from 2018. Does this look good or is there anything in particular that I should change?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG0GZpr9w_A
In this GPU installation video you can see they are putting a ton of pressure on the card when plugging in the power cables. Wouldn't it be better to plug in the cables before you insert the card so you aren't putting pressure on that tiny insertion wafer? Can't those things chip or snap pretty easily?

>>106852482
Can you wait a few more weeks? Black friday sales should start early november and you could probably get better parts with savings.

>>106852482
Non-RGB RAM is probably cheaper, and you can go with the 990 EVO instead of the Pro if you're gaming

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KKtZNz
should I wait for a cheaper 5090 like the nigabyte windforce or founders edition to restock or should I stick with the ventus?

>>106852239
Which ASRock motherboard model was this?

>>106852482
That monitor doesn't have a height-adjustable stand if it matters to you.
Either get the Peerless Assassin V3 (new fans) or the Phantom Spirit (extra heatpipe).

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setup my DB4 passive ITX case build to log CPU temp and package power then ran a script to visualize and fit the system thermal response curve.
Case: Streacom DB4 (2 panels on CPU, 1 on PSU)
CPU: Ryzen 7 8700G
PSU: Streacom ZF240

Room temp: ~69F (20C)

Let system idle at ~42 C with nothing open.
Ran stress-ng --cpu 8 for 60–180 s to generate steady 50 W load, this didn't work very well and I'm not familiar with this stress-ng and it let my CPU idle at 20W, so I just opened librewolf at the same time (worst optimized hack of a project OS in history) and it quickly spiked one core to 100% utilization and temp to 85C
After about a minute I terminated the load and recorded the cooldown curve.
Fitted exponential decay to derive thermal time constant t, thermal resistance R, and effective thermal capacitance C_eff.

The results: Idle: 42 C
Full CPU load: ~85 C steady (no throttling)
Effective ambient (inside chassis): 45–75 C
R: 0.25 C/W
t : 180 s
C_eff : 740 J/C

So the DB4 dissipates around 1C per 4 W of CPU heat (per R 0.25 C/W) with a 3 min thermal time constant. The neat caveat is that the CPU core itself cools extremely fast dropping from 85 C to 42C in about 10 s once load stops while the chassis remains hot, because the inertia I measured belongs to the aluminum mass, not the silicon.
Aluminum’s specific heat is 900 J/kg C. From the fit data the system C_eff is 740 J/C, which corresponds to about 0.8 kg of aluminum thermally coupled to the CPU through the heatpipes. so, when the CPU power falls off its die temperature plummets instantly but the walls of the case still hold hundreds of joules of stored heat. That slowly leaks into the surrounding air and partially back into the CPU over the next few minutes, so the temp decay curve is incredibly smooth and stable with longterm equilibrium around 80–85c.

>>106852485
Either is fine, but you can plug in the power cables first if you want. What you should do is install the NVME drive first before the the GPU as it's so large that it often eclipses the M.2 slot where you secure it down.

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This shit is so fucking useless, give me more Type A's motherfuckers.

>>106852639

hit 2000 character limit.

Nothing else besides librewolf generates this much heat. Not WoW on high settings, not running a 70B Q8 GGUF model, both just cap out at 75C for sustained load. librewolf is just a really, really bad browser.

To the touch, the RAM (96GB) hurts, but everything else including the CPU cold plate and the copper heat pipes are fine to touch. I think I need bigger heat sinks on RAM.

>President Donald Trump announced he will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30% tariffs already in effect, starting November 1 or sooner.
well, there goes my black friday plans

>>106852591
You're getting robbed if you pay $2400 for a frikkin Ventus 5090.

>>106852401
>Will they know if I do it?
lol no

>>106852676
The stuff retailers plan to sell during Black Friday is already in US warehouses.

>>106852676
Even if it happens which there is a good chance it won't and is just bluster. These things have a lag time before they start effecting prices. You'll be fine through the rest of the year.

>>106852639
>>106852653
Mental illness. Just get fans.

I'm building a pc for my little sister who has never had a gaming PC before.

How are these specs for a decent build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600x

Mobo: ASRock B650i lighting wifi (I already own it, and that's why I went with the 7600x instead of the 9600x)

GPU: AMD RX 6600 (already own it)

Case: Asus AP201 black

Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 (I finally broke my crippling noctua addiction and got a cheaper cooler)

Storage: 2 TB 990 Evo Plus (already had one handy, didn't need to buy it)

RAM: 2x16 Corsair vengeance 6000 CL36 MHz

PSU: Corsair RM750x

Case fans: 5xThermalright TL-C12C with 4 pin hub (because the cheapo asrock mobo only has one chassis fan connector)

Monitor: Amazon basics cheapo 27" 100 Hz IPS that I already have. I have an extra cheapo Logitech mouse and keyboard set for her to start with too.

Total cost: $605

I don't think it's so bad. How did I do?

>>106852676
he tanked crypto prices in one swoop

>>106852698
just get an rog ally x

>>106852482
Listen to >>106852490 if you've waited this long 1-2 more weeks would be worth it.

Anyway you're overpaying for your NVME:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/f4cG3C/silicon-power-ud90-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-sp02kgbp44ud9005
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/silicon-power-ud90-ssd-review
Any speed differences between most modern SSDs are neglible outside of benchmarks because QD1 Random Read/Writes & Access Latency are all the same on them which is what client end users "feel" as the speed of their storage.

Slight savings on the PSU with a bit more wattage to boot (both have 10-YR warranties):
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sqbypg/montech-century-ii-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-century-ii-850w
https://www.cybenetics.com/evaluations/psus/2813/

If you just want an entry-level 1440p@180Hz Fast IPS you can save a bit more with the Asrock:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LfzXsY/asrock-pg27qft1b-270-2560-x-1440-180-hz-monitor-pg27qft1b
https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asrock-phantom-gaming-pg27qft2a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L97Ak-VfqGY
^A-Variant is the same as the B-Variant with a different stand (you can always get a 10-15$ gas spring monitor arm and VESA mount it on your desk for maximum adjustability and still come out ahead).

>>106852706
I don't think she'd play a ROG ally. This is a PC that she'll mostly use for work/college but she could also play games on.

>>106852698
>>106852714
Can you not get a DDR5-6000 CL30 kit for as much as the slower CL36 stuff?
I found one for $97 as a reference: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cCKscf/silicon-power-value-gaming-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-sp032gxlwu60afdeae
Thanks to AMD's dogslow Infinity Fabric, their Ryzen chips are pretty sensitive to RAM speed.

>>106852676
I have a pet theory on this that it will only hurt middlemen in the US that don't actually do anything. They can't actually sell goods in the US past their saturation point (which they already have). That is, if they're buying a table from China for 100 dollars and they're selling it for 2000, it's because they've optimized to hit the peak of what the market will bear. On a mass, national market scale, there is nowhere for that 30% to come from besides the pockets of middle men drop shippers.

In any case, I'll have to be less stingy this month and drop a few grand on the last few pieces of solid walnut and sandalwood furniture I've been importing from China for the last year. I may not be buying a bookcase from a US middleman for $10k, but Chinaman isn't going to pay the tariffs if I import, so I'll still be out an additional 30% on a $1100 walnut book case.

>>106852696
God forbid people have fun with computers. It also looks nice compared to the average disgusting looking computer case. When not in use I have a roll top section of my desk to hide the monitor, but I can't do that kind of thing with a case. It has to look good on its own.

>>106852698
NVM this >>106852747 post I found the CL36 kit for $78 which is a good deal:
https://sp-siliconpower.com/products/silicon-power-storm-rgb-ddr5-6000mt-s-pc5-48000-cl36-32gb16gbx2-dual-pack-1-35v-desktop-unbuffered-dimm

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I'm confused about this part, how do I know which type of SSD I have?

why AyyMD worse in game of the year BF6?

>>106852929
110 and 80 denote the length in mm as it's a form factor. Most consumer nvme drives will be 2280. Can always measure it if you're unsure.

>just a few years ago I loved rgb and now I think it's pure cringe
what happened?
did I "mature" ?

>>106852930
They are trying to warn you that it's a bad game you shouldn't buy at full price.

>>106852942
ayymd poornigger cannot afford game anyway

>>106852939
I like the concept of RGB but in practice I don't want other lights distracting me from my screen. If I was young I probably wouldn't care as much. It's probably an oldfag thing, paying attention to multiple things gets more and more difficult. The less distractions I have the better nowadays.

>>106852954
I'm not amd but I still won't buy it, they removed fucking classes, destructible objects don't actually collide with or hurt you. The devs are a joke who have no knowledge of the legacy of the franchise. It's basically cod but 10% slower.

>>106852939
Lets take maturity out it for a second, since that's just a taste thing not maturity.... how did you deal with with bright as fuck lights at the edge of your vision when looking at a monitor?

Having the option to use rgbs in your case is always fun
it gives immediate feedback for when the pc is awake, like I sometimes have wifi on which prevents sleep and if the lights stay on while my monitor goes black I know I have to turn the wifi off first

then you can pick and choose a rgb theme that you prefer, maybe a solid color thats dim red so its there but doesnt distract you so much since the energy levels are low

>>106852969
what? Bf6 is the one they added classes back in

>>106853023
I heard they didn't but guess I could be wrong. Either way I'm never buying an fps game day one again. I've been burned too many times in the past.

>>106853029
lol it's been in all the promotional material

>>106848083
Buy a bigger desk, some guy always recommends buying a wooden table top @ Home Depot or something, and find strong & affordable desk legs

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I don't really understand this PWM/DC part. Is this some sort of US vs EU electrical thing? Do I need to worry about it?

>>106853054
>>106853054
>>106853054

>>106852969
I don't like the small maps, but I understand this shit had to happen because of the Series S or some other console-related bullshit.
I want DICE to do well because it's nice to have an active BF game in the market.

>>106853072
I'm so sick of the third world and consoles holding back gaming.

>>106853083
The reality is the scope of the games would be drastically cut down without console sales & MTX.

>>106853092
Most retarded comment in the thread so far

>>106853066
There will be 4 pin fan headers all over the board and they're labelled. They accept both 3 pin which are dc controlled fans etc or 4 pin which are pwm. Make note of fans whether they are 4 pin or 3 pin because that will dictate how you can control their speed. Cpu fans which come with aios and coolers will be 4 pin, same with most consumer fans now unless they deliberately state they are 3 pin or dc fans.

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>>106848675
nvidiggers would suck cock in order to make invidia look better

>>106848808
anon go for m motherboards they should be cheaper (well if you wont need the 2nd pcie slot) my advice is aerus b850m or asus tuf b850m (decide it upon the amount of m2 slots , tuf has 3 aerus has 2) great case but if you can go for seasonic or phanteks as well as thermalright 3.1 psu s they are more reliable , rest are good , but id go for cheaper ssds they are not much big of a deal (im guessing that youll only do gaming in this build) go for kioxia propredator or viper ssds and they should be cheaper