First for Chairman Xi, the only hope of the hobby.

>>107966068
>>107966058

At LEAST...

These stickys are mostly copypasta, /pcbg/ couldn't organize itself if it tried.

>News & Rumors
Memory situation unlikely to get better until at least 2027
New DLSS presets using DLSS 4.5, M and L (specifically for ultra-performance). Performance hit consistently significant on Turing and Ampere GPUs, potential for issues on ada and low end blackwell
6x and dynamic framegen coming in the spring
G-Sync Pulsar
ARC B390
PSU and CPU cooler prices may rise up to 10% soon
Nvidia claim *not* to stop production of some Ti variants but low stocks and high prices everywhere.


>PSU Reviews
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies
https://www.lttlabs.com/
https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-supplies

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

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

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

>Other helpful Links
Mobomaps, currently only lists a selection of AM5 boards but is being actively updated : https://mobomaps.com/
A PC build guide : https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
German autism : https://www.igorslab.de/en/
Monitor reviews : https://www.rtings.com/

A /pcb/ for every use case and budget!
Say No To Bullying ITT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwatnrbwEnQ

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Just in time for a new thread, just finished building today, admittedly it's pretty ugly

>>107967754
+1 for a patricians AP201 case.
+1 for a patricians choice in RTX goodness.

>>107967948

In the OP:
>Mugen 6 Dual Fan, AXP120-X67
These are not AIOs and the OP is almost always a copypasta (I am no the OP but the OP copied my old OP title and the OP text).

>>107967962
I think they don't care so long as the OP is not trying to use the OP as a brandwar thingie.

Long live /pcbg/!

>>107967754
>ugly
somehow but not rly
what sticks out is a power supply (no way??) in front.
how stupid.

>>107967754
what AIO is that

>>107966068
>5080 for 4k native but 5070 ti isn't

what nonsense is this?

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>>107969203
>>>107967754
>>ugly
>somehow but not rly
maybe the anon is colorblind or something.

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>>107969229
>5080 for 4k native

I have an AMD pc and haven't updarted my bios since 2019 AMA

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Should I install my RAM (45mm) before I install my CPU heatsink? (Not an AIO)

I am leaning toward yes bc isn't it a bitch to push in DDR5 nowadays? I haven't done this in a decade and keep doubting myself and I got long lanky basketball hands

>>107969733
you're going to have to update for the 5850X3D bro

>>107969774
yes, easier to put it in before the heatsink, just did this yesterday

>>107969774
CPU, ram and PSU cables goes in first before the cooler/gpu

>>107969859
I'm building outside my case first because my cooler is xbawx huge

Plus I'm waiting on my fans to come tomorrow

>>107969660
yeah it's kinda retarded, they make these cables and then you can't buy them anywhere
>At least you're future proofed if it's 3.1
the far away future yeah lmao
gonna sit on my ddr4 32gb and 5700x for the foreseeable future
not like it matters since the gpu was always the bottleneck (and still is at 4k)

>>107969229
its the 5080 redditnigger thinking hes high end
the hero of /pcbg/ according to some (((people)))

What's the best way to test new 8TB+ hard drives?

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i've been having problems with my 4090 card
will crash after gaming for 10-30min. getting an event id: 41 error.
does my cable look fucked up to you?

>>107970101
Hard to say. Instead of having Michael J. Fox take the shot, see if you could get a sharper picture.

>>107970115
it's not shakey man...

>>107970121
oh. Then try again, and this time focus.

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>>107970129
??

>>107970140
have you tried not being old?

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>>107970145
yes...

>>107970140
ok, better. If the connector was fully seated, I would try tightening the terminals. A very small pick took on either side of the terminals, 90° off from the gap, press gently to close the gap a TINY bit. This will mitigate poor contact. Go slow. Make small adjustments.

>>107970101
>>107970140
event id 41 can mean anything. what makes you go for the gpu first? it could be a cpu or ram error.

>>107970199
i first noticed a problem because the graphics card was rather loud early into gameplay. i haven't done much to troubleshoot since the issue started, as i've been pretty busy to even play games. when i saw other people having issues with card cables melting i got more serious.
i've been using gemini to troubleshoot for the most part, and it was saying the cable pin looks bad.
i was planning on asking the psu maker (evga) for warranty support

>>107970221
If you're on DDR5 this may apply to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rwp0NuqDlw
Basically your GPU uses 450+W and that heat has to go somewhere which is inside your case and if the RAM is 55C from working that extra GPU heat sends it to 65-70C which is enough to induce crashes/errors.

>>107970247
i'm still on ddr4. been meaning to build a more modern pc but life's been a bit rough last year. maybe i should just buy more ram if i wanna do anything local ai

>>107970253
ddr4 samsung b die is known to be temperature sensitive. its starts throwing errors as low as 60c. i dunno what dies you got.

Reminder that HUB lied, supplies died.

>>107970265
i got some old g.skill ripjaws. two v series 32GB. don't know if that tells anything.
my psu is a evga 1200 p2 so i should have enough juice

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>he didn't boughted a 5070 Ti before it was too late

>Trying to but a sff case on ali that everyone online says is $60
>It's now $120
Wtf I hate it here

>>107969217
asus prime lc360

>>107969203
It was a bit annoying to build with the way it's positioned but it ended up ok

>>107970353
too busy buying 36cm long platinum silicone horsecock and rainbow thighhighs, sorry
don't regret it tho
>humiliation ritual has only 2 panels
lucky me

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KEK ram will soon be bundled with CPUs and coolers as standard

>>107970417
but why?

>>107970353
i was too busy spending my money on a 5090

>>107970419
A form of rationing to the peasants who can't pay AI money for ram

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>he didn't boughted a 5070 Ti Prime instead of TUF

>>107970417
Microcenter already has it bundled with a CPU and mobo.

>>107970419
buy more save more anon

>>107970440
Imagine buying a tuf instead of a strix. SAD!

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>>107970440
ENTER

>>107970449
but i am in fact paying more!

>>107970440
>Prime instead of TUF
whats the difference

>>107970308
if its cl14 is likely samsung. if its cl16 or cl18 its likely hynix. but its unknown what you actually got unless you check.

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I shit myself FUCK I hope if I start cackling no one notices

>>107970460
how much you paid twin

>>107970460
Asus 5070ti Tuf white?

>>107970460
Too lazy to check, which version is this?

>>107970472
The Prime is the poorfag/sfffag variant and looks like a McDonald's toy.

>>107970504
prime is for people who just want a gpu. tuf is for people who touch their pc components all the time and don't actually use them. got it.

>>107970494
Nevermind, it's just a prime 5070ti oc
Cue my disappointment

>>107970554
You don't touch your pc components? How do you put them in? Do you let someone else do it? Like a cuck?

poorfag cope itt kek

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>>107970098
>>107970098
anyone knowledgeable about HDD pls respond?

>>107970633
i touch them once so it's not a buying consideration.

>>107970098
>>107970669
What do you mean by test? What exactly are you trying to test on it exactly? It's health? Read and write speeds?

Going from a 5900x to a 9800x3d. Am I going to feel the burn of not having a workstation grade CPU anymore?

>>107970730
>workstation grade CPU
>5900x
since you didn't have one to begin you shouldn't really feel the difference.

>>107970730
Maybe? IME my 9800x3d does bog down a bit more than my old 13900K did in windows so I can't wait to get a 10800x3d whenever it comes out just so that windows can feel just as snappy as before

not really

Was thinking about getting a 8TB WD Black for all my game backups, but it seems to be $210 on Amazon. Is that still a good price or should I get a 6TB for $30ish cheaper? I'm maining in FOMO mode in regards to HDD price increases.

>>107970744
windows is just ass. not the fault of the cpu that they can't leverage it. it works just fine on linux.

>>107970730
no the 9800x3d is faster than the 5900x by enough to outperform it even is extremely well scaling benchmarks like rendering despite the core deficit, not to mention poorly scaling productivity tasks like compiling being no contest in the 9800x3ds favor
if you feel the need for a 'workstation class' cpu at all though you might want to do more research into the higher core count AMD cpus or even intel depending on the workload

>>107970730
9800x3d gets higher cinebench multicore & singlecore score than 5900x

>>107970683
Just try and make sure it survives the bathtub curve

Should I do a long / full zero format?

>>107970754
I read it might be due to some core scheduling issue on Ryzen even on 1ccx Ryzen CPUs. Like how changing core affinity for games to avoid CPU0 results in +20% on the 9800x3d. So I don't have much hope that a faster 12-core 144mb L3$ 10800x3d will change things much

I'm buying IPS monitors, use them for some months and then sell them because I hate the IPS glow. I think I should buy my first OLED and settle down.

>>107970765
Honestly couldn't help you there. I think you just gotta use it normally. Might ask /hsg/ if they have any ideas if there's a way to test for such things. Maybe a read/write stress test might help? I'm sure you can take a look at the SMART data as well.

>>107970098
>>107970765
nta and i know it's a little silly because the expected lifetime is far in excess of the number of writes i'll ever ask a drive to do when i'm using it, but SSDs do have a limited lifespan and you can actually watch the "drive health" tick down over time in whatever SSD control panel software your brand has, so I try to not run too many random benchmarks on them much less any form of stress test

>>107970775
If you use your computer at night just get OLED. Your eyes will thank you. You can game for hours without eye strain, those backlights just wear your mucus.

>>107970771
>+20% on the 9800x3d.
i doubt this only works on the new amd cpus since i used to do the same thing on my x5675 as well. this is just the nature of windows.

>>107970771
That core 0 trick is specifically for DX11 and older games because they end to be single/dual core focused. For DX12/Vulkan you want all cores available for PSO comp.

>>107970782
It's definitely a thing on Ryzen, I just wonder whether intel engineers have fixed this on their end or not since it would explain why their CPUs just lags less in the windows DE

>>107970781
(upvote)

future cpus like zen 7 are gonna come with low power cores for the OS and background apps and that's the only solution to the scheduling problem

>>107970781
My OLED at 50 brightness doesn't do a thing to my eyes compared to my VA at 30. One has to be turned down to 0 to be comfortably used in the dark, the other doesn't need to be adjusted unless white backgrounds are just too much of a flashbang.

Does anyone here own a 32GX870A?

>>107969247
is the AMD the special boy :3

>>107970809
We need low latency powerful cores to fix the problem and not power saving laggy cores to make it worse

>>107970809
ryzen already fixed the scheduling problem its called single ccd.

future ryzen chips will eliminate the soc and 2nd ccd altogether by just combining everything.

So I got the 9800x3d bundle from microcenter a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to build anything yet, but I see there's issues going on with multiple motherboards including asus. It seems like it's mainly the x variants though. I got some discontinued b650 board or something. Will I be fine?

>>107970919
just make sure you update the bios and it should be alright

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What's the simplest way to overclock my 3200mhz cl16 kit to 3600mhz cl18? Can I just go into the BIOS, change the timings and frequency and bump the voltage by 0.1 until I test that it's stable? Or do I have to do some more in depth shit?

I want to build a nas/plex/frigate machine all in one...my first time doing this.
I have my old gaming computer with a 3700x and a gtx1650 super, should I use that or sell it and buy an i5 14400? I can get a pretty good deal on the i5 and a mobo for it, so it's basically breakeven. I have 32gb of ddr4 ram already set aside.

What's the difference between all these OLED types these days?

>>107970982
you wont need to overvolt for that

>>107970990
you can ask ai

>>107970990
>all these
It's just woled and qd-oled

>>107970247
Every week I accidentally find a new reason to be glad I didn't chose AM5 for my new rig.

3d v-cache really got people convinced AMD wasn't the budget janky option (i have an 9800x3d)

>>107971089
it's a ddr5 problem not an am5 problem. and to solve the problem you just point a fan at it or flip your top one. wow. no reason to use shitel or their suicide cpus.

7800x3d on am4 rumors THIS WEEK!

Please diagnose my level of retardation for having my current PC break right now and getting RAPED with buying a new one. Fuck Altman and AI.
PC is for work, heavy VM usage, and some gayming on the side for my leisure.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7/5.2GHz Tray
413.40€
Gigabyte X870 EAGLE WIFI7
230.99€
RAM *Team Group T-Force Delta RGB DDR5 6000MHz 32GB 2x16GB CL30 Dual AMD EXPO e Intel XMP
569.95€
Fractal Design Meshify 2 USB-C 3.1
161.99€
be quiet! LIGHT LOOP ARGB 360 Kit 360mm
129.99€
Corsair RMx Series RM850x PCIe 5.1 ATX 3.1 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular
150.90€
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G SHADOW 3X OC BULK 650€ (refurbished)
WD BLACK SN7100 2TB SSD 7250MB/s NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Gen4 TLC 3D NAND
209.95€
Philips Evnia 27M2N3501PA/00 27" Fast IPS QHD 260Hz HDR10
199€
Raped 2,757€ times.

>>107971157
>PC is for work, heavy VM usage, and some gayming on the side for my leisure.
>Ryzen 7 9800X3D
prob should just get a 16 core if you plan on having a bunch of vms.
>32GB 2x16GB
more ram. the speed doesn't really matter all that much outside of gaming and more is always better than faster with a system for work and vms.

Do I want "2x8pin-16pin native cables"?

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>>107971157
>PC is for work, heavy VM usage
why are you getting a gaming cpu then

>>107971157
If its work then you want the 9950x unless whatever you do barely counts as work. You've decided to pay out the nose for "normally optimal" RAM so might as well just give up the X3D to shuffle around the costs (and its only 32?). Overpriced AIO but you do you. Depending on your "work" perhaps you want more than 2TB over multiple drives? This just looks to me more like a gaming device first and work second.

>IPS
haha unc

>>107971185
>R9 7950X
26.51s
>R7 7700X
27.17s
>9950X
29.29s
>9800X3D
29.50s
>5950X
29.55s
did i miss anythin... oh it's virtualbox. like the worst vm software there is. mind you if you aren't using linux for vms you are doing it wrong but hyper-v and vmware are better than this pos. fucken usless benchmark numbers. nobody cares.

>>107971193
oled for work is retarded, oled on pc in general is retarded

>buy a 9070 Sapphire for 600€ two weeks ago
>it's now 779€

l m a o

>>107971101
Didn't mean to shit on AMD. I did go with an AM4 rig because this whole "ddr5 needs to attune" was byzantine to me and felt like enshittification. I'm sure most AM5 owners are happy but God every week high build patricians have some horror story to share like cables melting in their GPU or motherboard frying their CPU or overheated RAM crashing the system. I'm happy with my choices.

>>107971199
Nigga it's all virtual just admit wanting to do work on that build is stupid and he needs more ram

>>107971185
>>107971168
>>107971193
To play videogames at home obviously, this pc is a mixed bag.
You're right that should use a Ryzen 9 for this one at least.
Thanks for the input.

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>>107970247
>Mfw ram is idling at 60c

>>107970247
I thought ddr5 handled temps better than 4?

there hasn't been any real reason to upgrade from zen 2/3 until today and that's crazy, everything is just a tiny bit faster and that's all, I know zen 6 will change this but it took way too long

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>>107971213
why are you laughing? you have a 9070 now.
>>107971217
it's just supid people mostly. getting fucked for not doing research. ddr5 is better than ddr4. just has some problems with temps and the price.
>>107971219
>Nigga it's all virtual
hahaha you fucking retard. virtualbox is like a type 2 shitty hypervisor. losing a lot of performance on that pos already. those numbers are basically useless. how can 9950x be slower than a 7950x? how is a 9800x3d just as fast as a 5950x. this benchmark is basically useless. it doesn't make any sense. like what is it testing exactly?
>>107971237
~28°c

>5080 at $2000 in some places
rape. complete and utter rape.

>>107971255
>why are you laughing? you have a 9070 now.
Why wouldn't I? It's a good card for my use and anything similar by Nvidia was at least 300€ more expensive when I got this.

>>107971264
are you doing at least a bios flash?

>>107966068
what's the best way to get ddr4 ram now that shit's all fucked? should i just buy it from china?

>>107971268
Of course, even I am not that retarded

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Case is a Lian Li 216. I have 3 extra 120mm fans lying around. I was thinking of doing 2 intakes at the bottom and 1 exhaust using the fan bracket that comes with the case. See pic related.

Would this configuration make sense or would that bottom exhaust steal the fresh air from the two intakes?

>>107971274
i remember when i looked into it that you needed a bios flasher tool to connect to the chip on the pcb directly. can you do it without now?

Should I go Gigabyte Gaming or PowerColor Reaper for an RX 9060 XT 16GB? Gigabyte is the 3 fan non-OC model, Reaper is about $50 cheaper right now. They're the most affordable 16GB 9060s I could find here.

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>>107971281
do it right

>>107971288
i got the 2 fan powercolor reaper if you have any immediate questions

>>107971288
gigabyte has the weird melting goop thing if you're gonna mount it vertically

>>107971255
>how can
By reading you fucking retard

>>107971287
I'm not sure because I had a friend who has a bios flasher tool help me with it. It was a bit of a hassle but nothing too difficult

>>107971303
I only have three fans. Wouldn't that top intake fight against the natural convection of hot air?

What happens if I mix match memory? Will my PC blow up?

>>107971237
Nvm its my Gpu memory temps.

>>107971321
your benchmark pictures suck ass. can't tell me that a 9800x3d is just as good as a 5950x for vms.

>>107971341
you disable expo and install the new memory and it will figure out how to run. then you'll have to manually tweak from there because the expo profile will no longer run stably, but this is usually true of going from 2->4 sticks of the same exact memory anyway
ymmv but that was my experience

>>107971334
For the last fucking time hot air does not rise into the air with such force to fight against a fan, otherwise we wouldn't need balloons to collect the hot air and standing over a campfire would let you fly.

>>107971370
Alright, so since I only have three fans. What would your recomendation be?

>>107971319
Are the thermals actually a reason for concern or is it just a brand wars thing?

>>107971319
I won't.

>>107971384
I would install the exhausts but I would also buy more fans and populate all slots

>>107971384
Bare case
Three fans
Two at the front
One at the back
The bog standard
The usual
Ye olde' arraign'ments

>>107971393
Sorry, I meant I have three extra 120mm fans. I have the stock 160mm fans at the front and one 140mm fan at the back.

How are MSI boards for AMD these days? Do they suck like all the rest?

>>107971389
The thermal gel they use isn't electrically conductive but maybe it is getting heat onto components on the PCB that shouldn't. It might also be a sign that it will pump out much faster than expected over time and thus need replacement. They are supposed to have fixed the problem by now so maybe check the card's manufacture date?

>>107971391
So two exhausts, the one at the top and the one at the left-side bottom rear? What about the third fan? The 216 has great CPU temps already, but meh GPU temps.

>>107971309
>>107971389
>Are the thermals actually a reason for concern or is it just a brand wars thing?
Meant to reply to you as well. It's the main thing I've seen people complaining about with these two cards.

>>107971397
1. There isn't going to be a fan where the PCIe expansion slots are.
2. The 216's PSU bay is still in the normal back location, so the rear bottom fan will be somewhat obstructed.
3. Thus, one intake on the bottom front, one intake top front, one last exhaust top rear.

>>107971403
What do you mean by "suck like all the rest"?

>>107971403
Buy Sapphire.

>>107971422
Wouldn't those top fans mostly be helping CPU temps? Based on my cursory research, the 216 has great CPU temps stock, but somewhat mediocre GPU temps.

>>107971407
They fixed it within 2 months so I don't know why anons keep bringing it up as if it's still February 2025...

>>107971421
i'm happy with the temps and i'm going through a remarkably hot australian summer. run it exclusively on 1440p. cannot comment on other models.

is there anything wrong with having my sata ssds sitting in a hammock of zip ties?

>>107971499
i used to leave mine absolutely loose in the case back when i had a bunch of them, just kind of push them into a vague nest

So for reasons unknown to me, I have two sets of 32gb ddr5 memory. I have some Crucial 6000 36CL and Patriot Venom 6000 30CL.
Which set do I keep? I know the Patriot is "faster" but I don't really know much about the brand.

>>107971534
Keep the patriot obviously
Ram brand doesn't matter. The type of ram chips found in 6000cl30 kits are made of sk Hynix and they're the gold standard for performance and stability for ddr5.

>>107971534
the reviews for patriot ram on newegg and bestbuy are really bad

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why are nvidia drivers so shit? they need like os updates to properly work.

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>>107971551

>>107971551
>>107971554
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law

>>107971554
why are amd drivers so shit? they don't make use of new os features.

okay guys I'm schizophrenic
I cancelled the PSU order and I'm getting https://seasonic.com/12vhpwr-cable/ this instead, it will work with my atx2.x seasonic focus gx right? the problem with the compatibility list is that there''s revised focus gx that have atx3.0 and 3.1

>>107971561
>>107971565
>new features
more slop
still doesn't explain why amds gpu works the same way on both windows 10 and 11 while the nvidia gpu needs a whole os upgrade to properly work.

some people are pretty pressed about only being able to afford amd cards huh

>>107971575
Nvidia put in an artificial limit for Windows 10

>>107970730
>he didn't boughted the 9950x

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>>107971585

>new OLEDs
Why would you buy this when they'll be at least 150% more expensive than 3rd QD-OLEDs but only be like 10% better?

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>>107971585
>>107971588

>>107971334
It will go against it and make a hot mess. But this setup assume you use a CPU aircooler so the top intake fresh air is sucked straight into the cooler to be expelled by the rear fan, this way the regular airflow isn't affected. It works.

>>107971589
They won't be 150% more expensive. What are you smoking?

i havent dusted my pc in 2 years and temps are still under 60c

ips microrgb ultrawide is the future of pc monitors

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Meshify 3 or 4000D FRAME?

Apparently my motherboard doesn't have PCIe 5 lanes for the GPU or something? How much will that affect my 5070ti?

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>>107971672
minimally

>>107971672
Margin of error difference in performance vs Gen4.

>Be me
>Cruising on a pauper build 3600+4060 8Gb
>Panicbuy a 5060 Ti 16Gb about a week ago to weather the storm with extra VRAM and DLSS clutch
>It's not in stock before few days but it's at local MSRP
>HUB releases the 5070 Ti End Of Life video the very next day
>My card still isn't in stock but price rises 10% nonetheless
>It's restock day but online stocks go "Restocking" to "Unavailable"
>Email customer service
> "Yes anon, it'a coming today no worries. Online stock have nothing to do with your order"
>It's bullshit but I still want to believe a tiny bit
>Week-end pass and nothing happens
>I email them this morning again
> "No stock and no news from the supplier anon"
It's over. I emailed PNY Europe myself twice but they're playing chicken.

>>107971672
>>107971682
it should be noted that if you are pushing up against the vram limits of your card it starts to matter a lot. you should be more than fine with the 16gb of vram of a 5070ti but someone posted some benchmarks of the dropoff on an 8gb card and it was pretty dire.
i only bring this up because there's a kneejerk reaction that pci-e gen doesn't matter at all but that 5090 will essentially never be out of vram so in some cases can be slightly misleading to generalize from

>>107970353
>Too late
What happened?

>>107971694
At this point you should just get 5070 instead, 50€ difference at least in my slav shithole.

>>107971706
explain
Performance generally goes bad when you run out of VRAM, no matter the PCI gen.

>>107971682
>>107971706
Huh, then hope I'm fine. I bought a warranty from Microcenter with their bundle because of all the dead cpu failure rates I keep hearing. I think I have to keep using the B650-E board I got with it for the warranty to count or whatever.
Maybe I should just call and ask for a refund on the warranty.

>>107971709
I paid 450€, 10x payment installation. How much is a 5070 in your country slavanon mon ami?

buy your shit asap, look at gold prices, something bad is going to happen

>>107971734
5060Ti 16GB are minimum 520€ at the moment, 5070 start at 570€.

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>>107971725
random screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LhS0_ra9c4

when you're running at the edge of your vram limit the pcie speed starts to matter

got a 6800xt. should i upgrade to an 9070xt? i wanna run linux in the future so no nvidia.

>>107971767
I would, I own a 9070xt

>>107971769
is the sapphire pulse a good one? only the xfx quicksilver, hellhound and prime are above it in price here.

>>107971785
I'd go with xfx, I have the steel legend asrock

>been wanting to move to linux
>boughted a 5070ti anyway
Whatever, the performance on it seems all right for Linux. Maybe I can just do gpu passthrough if I need to. Fuck dual booting.

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Has this ever been addressed?

>>107971767
I would wait for RDNA5/10070XT

>>107971752
I'll keep waiting on a miracle and harassing customer services then.

>>107971863
what are you waiting for? it's over. microslop lost. gayemers lost. nvidia lost. amd won. linux won.

Does 5070ti mog 3080ti? I wanna low key upgrade my GPU for premiere pro and vidya

I'm gonna buy chinese ddr5

There is nothing wrong with buying chinese ddr5 if it really works at advertised speed

>>107971907
it's unamrican.

>>107971913
Yes, and?

>5070 ti shadow 3x
It was the cheapest and still available here but holy shit this is the worst GPU ever.
Plastic backplate, 50 degrees on idle, fans are straight up broken ootb and loud af at load, locked power limit and the one I got is not even "OC" edition apparently.
Damn, at least there is no coil whine at all.

MSI should NOT sell such shitty brands for 5070 and higher tiers wtf

>>107971918
support our schlomo goverment.

>>107971873
3080ti is basically a 4070 super which is basically a 5070, I wouldn't get a 5070ti right now because they have just gone up in price and to be honest you will not notice a 25%+4gb difference, but its your money.

>>107971384
i would buy a 5 pack arctic for identical sound profile and ditch the garbage fans shiped with your case

>>107971954
So going from 3080ti to 5070ti is a bad move?

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>>107966068
I'm extremely sad that I'm not a turbo retard consumerist and upgraded to 64gb RAM when I could

>>107971971
I'm mad I only got 6000MHz CL36 over a more baller kit, desu.
It would only have been like $150 more for CL30 8000MHz.

oh great now my fucking adjustable desk died and had to buy a new one
I spent 3500 bucks in the last 2weeks on a replacement PC, replacement gpu, replacement monitor, replacement psu
fucking hell

>>107972021
>replacement PC
TV*

>>107971633
Cheapest 3rd gen OELD 4k240hz here is 550€. Those new ones will go for a thousand more

>>107972021
>he fell for the standing desk meme

>>107972060
meme? it's perfect for using a walking pad while working

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>>107972065
>walking pad while working

>>107972052
That's not 32" for sure which defeats the point of 4K screen IMO.

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>>107972071
32 inch here is 619€ so it's almost the same. I'm gonna get pic related cause the new ones will be jewified to up to 1600 or more

>>107972085
that is an insanely good deal
I have the curved version and it's great

>>107972108
oh nvm it's the Curx, I have the 165hz version of that
still, same panel, really good monitor

>>107972116
The 165 Hz flat version is 599 and then the flat 240 Hz flat is 699. I'mma get curved cause I'll mainly use it for triple a games and Netflix.

>>107972085
>>107972108
I got the lg c5 42'' for 900 euros. Good deal?

>>107972060
i admire anyone that can actually stick to using one. i've been in two offices that gave em to us and it gets old fucking fast despite knowing you 'should' be using it for your own health. everyone gives it an honest go at first of course but it just became rarer and rarer over time to see anyone bother.
come to think of it there was this one first-in/last-out/lived and breathed the work guy that was always in standing mode. There's probably some correlation there but he can keep it

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I put off upgrading to am5 6 months ago because ddr5 seemed expensive

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>>107972165
I put off upgrading to am5 6 months ago because ddr6 seemed so close

i upgraded like an unthinking fomo sheep following the panicked herd and that turned out to be the best course of action

>>107971927
i've never bothered but that seems like a good time to look into deshrouding

>>107972085
That's a great deal tho, 1000€+ in my cunt'ry.

>>107972165
am5 is almost end of life
Zen 10000 later this years will be the last chip

>>107972219
still better than anything from intel. so no reason to not buy am5.

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Are there any issues with Deepcool CH160 Plus case?

Is it good? Thermals?

>>107972219
>am5 is almost end of life

lol what. it's officially supported for at least 2 years

>>107972230
>deepcool
See >>107971913

>>107972236
that is a good thing.

>>107972224
>so no reason to not buy am5
exept having a dead end platform
Next after Ryzen 10000 will be am6 with ddr6
>lol what. it's officially supported for at least 2 years
how naive.
Ryzen 10000 will drop late 2026 / early 2027.
Nothing will happen the rest of the year and early 2028 AM6 will get launched.

>>107972219
zen 11000 will be the last generation for am5

>>107972246
they said the samething about am4...

>>107972253
am4 ended with the 5800x3d. everything that came after are just rebadges of old cpus

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What's the minimum system configuration I could get away with for use with Koikatsu (moderate amount of mods to make renders look less basic) and Blender?

For Blender, I won't be doing crazy simulations. I just need something to get me through these price hikes; I don't need to go overkill.

>>107972262
i7-6900k
radeon rx6900xt
geforce gt 420

>>107972262
9950x
128gb ddr5 6000mhz
5090
5090
8tb nvme

>>107972249
its not like they never canceled anounced chips before in favor of a new platform (hint, it happend prior to am4 launch)
ai shit is lucrative enough to not stay on obsolete ram for another 3 years

>>107972262
Whatever amount you spend on a PC would be better spent on HRT and gender-affirming care.
You got this sis.

>>107972262
Just wait for iwara to come back and you won't have to make your own goonslop

>>107966068
is 60-65 *C normal idle for r5 3600

>>107972312
Yeah, if your ambient temperature is 50C.

>>107972264
Is the CPU a hard fast baseline (for either program)? I've already got a lot of RAM and a decent GPU, it's the CPU of all things that might be an issue...
>>107972286
It's kill, anon.

>>107972335
so its fine in Australia?

>>107972372
just go with a 9950x, it will last you long time

>>107972372
Last news said they got backups for most content and are looking for a safer hosting.
There's a public backup mentioned in comments too.

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>this is unironically a real picture
there is no worse time in pc history than now

>>107972418
>5200CL40
absurd for this price

>>107972418
don't buy this ram. it is trash. i should know. i have it. do not recommend.

>>107965802
absolutely horrendous benchmark and claim brought up here
enjoy your dips in games like I said
the copes/knowledge/AMDicksucking is absolutely horrendous here as we move forward

i'm upgrading from my 7900XT to a 5070Ti AMA.

>>107972411
I'd rather wait until the bubble pops. Waitfags will have the last raugh, just you watch.
>>107972414
>most
Imagine how many shitty Koikatsu/MMD renders/videos were lost...

>>107972461
I hope this upgrade didn't cost you more than $150.

>>107972465
it's going to cost more but the 7900XT isn't holding it's value (thanks AMD)

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/nvidia-set-to-supplant-apple-as-tsmcs-largest-customer.html

NVIDIA WON

>>107972461
ok i'll bite, why the downgrade?

>>107972236
>2025+1
>still supporting zog

yikes. even american AI shenanigans killed this hobby

>>107972462
iirc the public dataset is up to july 2025 complete with all private and unlisted videos, not sure if that's the one they will restore from.
but images were all lost.

>>107972476
7900XT probably won't be getting FSR 4 anytime soon and I want to make sure that I get enough performance at 1440 ultra going forward even if I have to use DLSS (no frame gen)

>>107972471
Are you using some flavor of Linux?
The biggest bitch ass move was not releasing int8 FSR4 for older cards. I'll wait to upgrade my 7900XT until next gen, because it's not worth it unless I would buy 5090.
>inb4 there will be no next gen

>>107972488
there's barely any difference between the two
you should have gone full retard and boughted the 5080 to at least have enough of a performance difference to bother upgrading

>>107972495
not using Lincucks just yet but I feel like I probably will within the next couple years when i inevitably upgrade again and hopefully the RX10080XT is a great card enough for me to go back to AMD.
>>107972506
it's 10-15% in raster and much much more in RT without DLSS being taken into account, it should be enough to last me into the next gen.

right time to sell a used gpu? or not?

>65" LG 2025 OLED C5 and a PS5 Pro

or

>Gaming PC

what do

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if temps with ddr5 are a problem why would they design gpus like that? was it done to just make us suffer? what is the deal here?

>>107972670
pcs were never meant to have dgpus
nvidia's gpus are basically parasiting off of ibm/intel's pcs

>>107972670
not an issue with proper air flow

>>107971006
>Just trust A-LIE

>>107971988
Could try overclocking to bring the timings down a little

>>107972707
the hot air moves right above the ram. it's a stupid design.

>>107972707
>t. nvidia engineer

>>107972670
Nvidia GPUs are for datacenters where they have extremely loud and large cooling solutions for everything compared to a home nigga. Server RAM also has super slow speed for stability.

>>107972720
if the air in your case is hot you have shit airflow. you think it makes a different if the gpu vents trough the backplate or sideways?

>Ryzen 5 9600x
>RTX 4070 Super
>32 GB CL30 ddr5 ram
>2TB NVME
>1080 monitor
KINO

>>107972670
the ATX form factor was designed when PSUs only needed 300w

>>107972670
The real problem are those plastic "heat sinks" on DIMMs with shitty thermal pads, those often act like isolators.
If you have AIO you are more likely to need additional air flow.
This is also why I test RAM stability with some GPU heat-load in the background, sometimes slightly higher temps will be enough to make the system unstable.
Or you can just use JEDEC spec and cook your RAM without any issues.

>>107972734
well it is THE hot air from your gpu. like half of it. going right over your ram. that doesn't like being past 50c. yeah it is still a stupid design.

>>107972752
on a standard board partner card, half the blast is directed towards the pcie slot, heats up the mainboard ground plane which heats up everything, CPU, VRM, M2, DRAM.

this nu design allows the exhaust air to mix with fresh air (at least on a non shit case) before being sucked over the ram by the cpu cooler

>>107972775
are we seeing one of those non shit cases in the picture i post (that comes from nvidia directly btw)?

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>>107971971
>tfw upgraded from 6400cl32 2x48gb to 6000cl26 2x32gb

>>107972789
the top fan should be on the same level as the cpu socket
>that comes from nvidia directly btw
who cares
Who of you niggers even has a case without top fans

>buy msi qdoled monitor
>Two promotions currently
>Re requiem 70€
>100€ steam bonus too
I guess both can be redeemed

>>107972800
do no redeem

>>107972798
i didn't know that nvidia sold ram heaters. really nice of them.

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>>107972823
does medication for NDS exist yet?

I had to reseat my m.2 drive. To do this I needed to take off my CPU heatsink, fiddle with a tiny screw and then redo thermal paste and put it all together again.

I hate assembling PCs. These cases are too small for my hands.

>>107972831
nice design. heating my cpu and my ram. they didn't need it at all you know. but nice of my gpu to do it for them.

>>107972831
I'm sure Jensen is going to see this bro

>>107972670
There's a reason Arctic was doing those AIO pump fans. It blows air over the vrms and ram and the back of the GPU.

>>107972834
thats why im never going back to air meme
watercoolers dont block important parts of the motherboard like that

>>107972848
yeah they just block your way to get a girlfriend instead.

>>107972858
>he doesnt know girls would rather put funny cat gifs on aios that have an lcd over having an ugly block of metal
ngmi

>>107972848
Initially I thought I needed to take out the GPU as well so I unscrewed it, but didn't screw it back in before putting the heatsink on. Then I spent 30 minutes trying to screw in the GPU to the case because my fingers couldn't fit quite well enough and I wasn't strong enough to hold the GPU in place so the screw holes aligned for long enough that I could properly put it in.

The upside of air coolers is that the radiator (most important part) is basically as good now as it was 10 years ago.

>>107972749
>>107972720
>>107972680
>>107972670
The real issue is the side panel. It's supposed to have a big fan on it that blows air directly on top of the whole motherboard and cooling everything.

But nooo. We have to have glass side panels instead. It's like replacing the radiator on your car with a glass panel to show off what's under the hood.

how much slower 14700k is going to be with 4000Mhz ddr4 ram
idgaf about gaming performance

>>107972878
>we
i have all mesh?

>>107972835
where do you think a normal gpu vents its air

>>107972878
>>107972887
my mesh fractal north gets really dusty really quickly
i prefer having that block of glass tbqh

My computers has been turning itself off then immediately turning itself back on. Both times it was during a load screen in two different games.
Causes? I plugged it directly into wall instead of power bar. This ain’t happening to other things in the room

>>107972930
psu undersized or dying

>>107972878
the real issue is people building 1kW "silent" setups lmfao

>>107972948
It’s an oversized and I’ve been using it without issue for 7 years.

>>107972975
>without issue
not anymore you aren't

>>107972975
that means it's not undersized

>>107972975
7 years is EOL

>>107972864
>girls
those aren't girls anon and you will never be a woman.

>>107972656
>>65" LG 2025 OLED C5
just buy a S90D apparently still available in americas for you
or a S90F or a S95F
you are falling for old goyslop WOLED

>>107972594
guys?

zen 3 refresh when

I think the following issues could be causing my pc to turn off and turn back on
>psu
>wall power outlet
>power button on case
>ssd

>>107973059
zen3 refresh happened years ago... on laptops

>>107972930
>>107973062
massive cpu/memory instability will crash your system the same way too

>>107973071
>>107973059
It's still in production, and a 5850X3D is a high possibly in the next 2 months, though expect a paper launch and limited stock.

>>107973097
more like 6 months if it happens (its not)

>>107973138
Nah, it'll be soon. They just want to give the 9800X3D room to sell first, 4-6 weeks after that we'll get a paper launched 5850X3D, potentially even a microcenter exclusive launch, with limited stock coming in waves every 2-3 weeks for the next 6 months.

We already know at least 2 motherboard OEMs are doing a fresh run of brand new consumer AM4 boards which would only make sense if there was a he AM4 SKU being launched soon.

>>107972844
It honestly does a make a difference compared to AIOs with a screen.

>>107973160
>9800X3D
9850X3D
my autocorrect is too used to the 9800X3D apparently

uh is am5 worth it at all, I live in jungle hell

>>107973160
the 5 series doesnt compete with the 9 series in 2026 dram clown world

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>>107972108
>>107972213
IT GOT DOUBLED IN PRICE A FEW HOURS LATER LMAOOO

>>107972085
>MSI
Forced refresh, avoid

>>107973174
Not directly, but it does indirectly, and every company staggers product launches, consumer fatigue is a thing.

>>107973176
ye cause they are hot items. people could have got a alienware or gigabyte oled for $400 a few days ago but now they are back to $550-600.

>>107973204
I saw that deal too but the Alienware was too small for me (26.7 inch) and I'm not sure about the software support.

>>107973208
Dell has better support than a lot of these other chink companies. They stepped up after LTT secret shopper.

>>107973138
it depends on what they're actually going to release, if its a new sku like a 7850X3D on AM4 or Zen3++* with Vcache it will be six months as they actually spent time and money developing it.
if its just the 5800X3D re-released at at vanilla Zen5 pricing, it could be here by April.
*[spoiler]Zen3+ with Zen5 style vias to put third gen V-cache under the die[/spoiler]

>>107973174
no but RDNA5 does

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-300-panther-lake-reviews-are-here-cpu-and-igpu-gains-analyzed

INTEL WON

>>107972834
Success! My SSD works again, but not because of the reseating. It still didn't work even after that. I had to turn on a BIOS (uefi) setting about nvme and PCI-E. (It's an old Z97 board)

What I don't understand is how can unplugging the PC (after it had been properly shut down) cause this one setting to change, because the SSD worked before that. And changing this setting made it work again.

>>107973239
was actually just reading these and about to make a shitpost about something something tick tock amd nova lake etc
anyway it looks good, hopefully this is a good sign for nvl

>>107973238
6 months is too short to develop new silicon. even if they reused the existing IOD and zen4 CCD, they'd still have to debug signalling issues in the cpu substrate and respin it a couple times until its fixed
raptorlake was completed in record time (1 year) and look at what happened to it

>>107973258
Zen3 Epyc is still in production, I have to imagine that's what they'll be using since they probably have a ton of CCDs that don't quite meet Epyc standards but are fine for consumer chips.

>>107973258
>6 months is too short to develop new silicon. even if they reused the existing IOD and zen4 CCD, they'd still have to debug signalling issues in the cpu substrate and respin it a couple times until its fixed
they were working on it before the decision was made that Zen4 wasn't coming to AM4

>>107973239
i'm glad intel are actually competing again even if X3D will still be the fastest

>>107973239
still won't buy intel.

>>107973322
>>107973322
>>107973322

>>107970780
Illiterate.

>>107971708
Cheapest you can now get them for is $960, but most are selling for $1100+