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What are they thinking right now?

The cable of the USB 3 header of the front panel of my case is shorting, how can I fix it? Can I just use electrical tape on any suspicious part?

What's the bare minimum one can breadboard a motherboard with? Only the CPU + cooler and the 24-pin cable? Or do I need the 12V cable as well?

>>107987722
you'll probably need the eps

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toasting in a shill bake
people are going to have sour grapes when the 5070 ti goes to $1200 or higher and they waited because nicofag's op told them 829$ was "insane".

Ah well, no sympathy for poor waitfags or canada parasite invaders.

>>107987722
Yeah you need it.

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>dollar crashes against my currency the same month GPUs and SSDs skyrocket in price

>>107987794
yes waitfags are retarded but kill yourself for dramaposting

>>107987794
Quit being a brand fag for nvidia it doesn't care about you retarded konata poster. Telling people to not buy a 1000 dollar 5070 ti isn't shilling nor does it make me the nicotroon. This is is not nvidia pc building general. You can make an nvidia thread if you want to tell people to buy their cards no matter what price out of some kind of cult like loyalty

>>107987792
>>107987796
thanks

>>107987822
you're the one telling people not to buy nvidia, im not telling people not to buy amd. you're the braindead brandfag who claims to know how prices are going to go and giving bad advice in your shitty op.

>dont buy 59 series its a terrible product
>ok, we'll sell to businesses only
>NOOOOOOOO BUY 50 SERIES NOW
lol
played urselves

>>107987822
it's not $1000, you're nicotroon, he's the only one who thinks it's priced insanely. You can go buy an MSI Shadow for $830 right now. Stop being a faggot.

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>>107987822
>This is is not
Rings true.

>>107987794
>>107987855
Shut up you /faggots/. I come here and "steal" the OP from the amdanon for the lulz, I have lost count now of how many times. I'm a certified nvidiot who also recommends AMD cards for budget-conscious users. And at the moment I think all GPUs are overpriced but WTF are we going to do about it?

>Tech neutral. Whatever helps anon get their /pcbg/ on is fine for us.

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>>107987899
>>107987899
>>107987899
You guys know the drill.

>>107987901
>MSI shadow for $830
Actual price $960 with taxes included.

Is it worth getting a soundcard for anything still in 2025?
Are there any benefits over mobo audio?

real non-biased thread, fuck the canadian bug spammer, make him seethe more by not using his thread.
>>107987899
>>107987899
>>107987899

These stickys are mostly copypasta, /pcbg/ couldn't organize itself if it tried. Assless chaps are the mandatory uniform.

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

Above is an nvidia brand cultist that thinks telling people not to pay the currently super inflated prices for two specific models of 50 series is "AMD shilling". The GPU still has more nvidia cards recommended then AMD. This retarded brand fag is losing his shit over two models undergoing a shortage not being recommended

>>107988046
no.one.cares.

>>107988027
>Assless chaps are the mandatory uniform.

>>107988046
your posting pattern is recognized, nicotroon. probably mystifying that we can do that but it comes with having higher iq than a chimpanzee.

I just figured out that my 5600 mhz kit I bought used is a Hynix M die, what are my odds to be able to get 6000mhz 32/36/36/36 without increasing the voltage to 1.35?

>>107988100
>>107988091

>>107987988
Bump since my post just got buried a bit

>>107987930
Are you implying AMD cards are not subject to tax...?

I can't bring myself to actually pull the trigger on a build and I keep missing out.

So why are the cpu coolers increasing in price?

>>107988155
copper shortage

>>107988100
you can do up to 6000cl30 up to 1.35v but you probably have to loose up the sub timings like 38/38/high tras if AM5

Post your unpopular PC building opinions

>>107988153
I'm currently sitting at my desk surrounded by parts and I genuinely cant decide whether I should build it or return all of it
The pricing situation has me on edge, im not quite broke but having the money would be nice, at the same times, everything is getting more expensive to waitfagging will likely fuck me over

Why does everything have to turn to shit, why cant we just have nice things

What case on the market has the best airflow? Fractal North?

no answers for ppl posting in a shill thread

>Other thread deleted
Lmao. Looks like the jannies decided throwing a tantrum and making duplicate threads because two overpriced models got recommended not to purchase isn't valid.

>>107988177
Everyone should have a ram fan

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i swear to god i gotta tell you something let me let me tell you something bitch

>>107988204
The other thread died...

>>107988229
Wat? Waiting on my bracket to cool my RAM, my AIO setup starves the mainboard of air wash.

>>107988252
Once you go 65k trefi and 120ns trfc you cant go back to whatever the fuck you were using before and you need a ram fan for that.

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Report all flamewarring, trolling, spamming posts. Long live /pcbg/!

Remain vigilant, /pcbg/, report in silence, and above all - have fun.

>>107988262
Certified retard here what do those numbers even mean

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>>107988229
my choices are either an ugly rattly corsair ram fan bracket, 3D print one or buy the new Asus Glacial motherboard that has a snap on ram fan

>>107988278
stfu nigger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWR6-nTpTaU&t=238s

>>107988262
im ok with 32k

whats the trefi meme number for ddr4?

>>107988390
130k if your cock is big but 65k if you've got a pindick like >>107988262

>>107988409
ddr4, I dont think it's that high

>>107988177
Buying the parts is more fun than building.

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Concise CPU and GPU guide for newfags
>Intel + Nvidia = Faggot Normie Consoomer or Indian
>Ryzen + Nvidia = Reddit
>Intel + Arc = Brain Damage
>Ryzen + Arc = Schizo
>Intel + Radeon = Schizo
>Ryzen + Radeon = Real PC Enthusiast #Pewdiepie approved

>>107988390
anything above tRFC/tREFI = 1% is a meme
you can double tREFI beyond that and nothing happens
but if all your OC knowledge comes from one der8auer video then that's not something you've tested yourself

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>>107988153
same. it will be agony of choice until you dont have one anymore.

>>107988409
https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-raising-or-93224642

>>107988177
Most of the time stock coolers are fine.

>tfw trfc/trefi = 0.03
I am truly a ram overclocking god, I still could push one of two timings a little bit more, but I'll wait for the 7800x3d in am4 to do that

>>107988578
Not untrue, but aftermarket ones can certainly be quieter. Considering replacing my old wraith stealth with a royal knight or something since the spin up is starting to bug me.

>>107988605
you can't even adjust tREFI on AM4

>>107988621
yes you can

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>>107988621
LARP assassinated holy fug

>>107988631
no you can't, the IMC doesn't support it, and i already know you confused nanoseconds with clock cycles in zentimings
AM4 always uses JEDEC spec for tREFI

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>>107988650
oh, did I

>>107988661
yes you did
530/14553 = 3.6%
best you can do on AM4 is like 2% with B-die

>>107988677
samsung ramped up ddr4 production, I know it's for rdimms but I hope they'll make more bdie too eventually, would love to get 32gb dual rank bdies

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Why are you speaking in tongues?

>>107988707
it's real pc building hours

>>107988690
B-die already got replaced with c and d-die

>>107988690
sure
enjoy your 7800X3D AM4 edition and 2026 B-die soon (tm)

>>107988716
it WILL happen

>>107987647
>plug microphone into the front jack of the HAVN BF360 case
>it recognizes it's plugged in but won't accept any audio in

what the fuck is wrong with the retards who designed thsi

>>107988177
asrock is better than asus

>>107988757
front panel audio is a dumb passive connector, you probably have it plugged in wrong or incorrect software settings/driver settings

the chinese should be making ddr4 by now, it's like 13nm manufacturing, they can do it, probably better than the koreans too

>>107988821
going to check the drivers, when I plug it in the back it works but not when it's in the front (even tried to set it as a speaker)

>>107987667
those motherfuckers pulled out at the right time lol

>>107988757
Does that same mic work in rear port?
Does another mic work in front panel port?
Very unlikely but some motherboards just don't provide power required by condenser type mics.

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>>107988046

>>107988867
Yeah same mic works on the back port. It's a headphone mi, so I plug the mic wire in and it works. The last PC I had had two jacks up front, one mic, one headphone so I thought this single jack was pick which one but I guess not

2026 is a good year to buy a new PC case and a monitor with the current prices. I will wait till 2028+ for all the other components.

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>>107988885
>I thought this single jack was pick which one but I guess not

I tried tcwl 12, no post
trp 19, no post
then I gave up
should've tried tcl 16
should've tried trfc 490ish
those are possible
also need to vddg iod 1v instead of .95
vsoc 1.13 and 3800mhz could maybe also work

>>107988885
Shit give me a headache.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/ac97-vs-hd-audio-computer-case-frontpanel-audio-i-feel-clueless/

>>107988913
>gave up
/noob/.

>>107988913
none of those are gonna do anything, your timings are fine
if you want more performance you need a stronger CPU

>>107988969
don't care about performance really, it's about getting smaller numbers

well i set up the gigabyte oled monitor holy shit it's a good thing i got a matte monitor, when i had the protective film it was reflective as fuck and I though, jesus if this matte is this reflective the glossy must be a literal mirror, but then i took the film off and it looks fin
I'm in a bright room, during the day at least
anyway i didn't win the panel lottery, there's a bit of grey banding but it doesn't matter
and i can see the text fringing thing people talk about, thought it's also not an issue, unless the text is highlighted, looks like fucking chromatic aberration then

also windows 11 (or the graphics card or both) has been shitting itself on this 280hz refresh rate

lastly the displayport cable they gave is way too short wtf, i need like another foot

>>107988977
i get that but you said you gave up so now you're gonna try again and give up after 2 weeks when you get one error after 4 hours of memtesting

>>107988995
nah, only gonna touch that if they make a new x3d cpu and I get forced to update the bios for it then I'll try for tighter timings, this one passed 12 hours of stress tests and months of daily pc use

>>107988716
>>107988746
Based

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Jensen's drivers are making me go fucking insane. my 5080 isn't even able to do youtube videos without dropping frames. can't believe i bought a 1300 dollar paper weight.

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Well /g/, I am 1 for 4 on the CRT monitors I have Inherited from my uncle.
The behemoth on the far right and my current heartbreak is a Cyber Vision C112. It's a 19" monitor and weighs about 60 pounds. Whenever I plug it into a VGA source, it makes a good awful sound for about 3 seconds and then completely cuts itself from power (at least visually with the front indicator light). Also the front power and menu buttons are non functional.
The second from the right is an Optim 17". It will get a picture for a second then disconnect the next and then reconnect again. It will repeat this as long as it's hooked up to a source.
To the left is a Gateway 15". This one actually works and came in it's original box, however I think my late grandmother must have used the crap out of it because this thing barely lights up. It's unusable during the daytime, well past its expected life span. The cool thing about this one though is that it was in its original box and it actually had its shipping sticker attached to it. It got delivered in February 2000 to my grandmother's house.
And the last one to the far left is a Dell 15''. This is the only one that actually fully works and has a good picture on it. It's 1024x768, so not a very high resolution one. But it works and I got it for free, so I think I'll use it for playing around with legacy operating systems and games.
Has anyone else worked on old CRTs in attempt to fix them yourself or know of good resources? I wouldn't know what I'm doing desu, but I figured if they're already broke it'd be cool just to look inside them. It's kind of heartbreaking especially with the bigger two.
I'm also getting a lot more stuff from my uncle at some point soon, including his old gaming PC. It's kind of weird how much you learn about someone after they die. I was never close with him, but he seemed like an interesting guy. Hell, he probably posted on here for all I know. RIP

>>107989142
crts are black magic, no one works them

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>>107989142
>I wouldn't know what I'm doing desu, but I figured if they're already broke it'd be cool just to look inside them

Danger lurks. Literal death for electronics /noobs/ inside a CRT.

>You have been warned.

Currently have a 5900x, am upgrading to a 9800x3d
I play at 1440p, 60 fps, most of the time, is this gonna matter for the 9800 temp wise?
My 5900x currently runs at about 60 degrees on CV2, Im wondering whether the upgrade is pointless or not
Not whether its necessarily better but more like its actually worse since it would draw more power/get hotter for no payoff

>>107989073
firefox or chrome?

>>107989142
Build yourself a killer MS-DOS machine with the working one.

>>107989185
It just occurred to me that opening one of them up would probably just be like trying to open up a PC's power supply.
Thanks anon. I guess I'll just end up recycling them, as much as it would pain me to do.

>>107989189
upgrading is pointless, you only buy a computer now if you need one

>>107987794
you and the nicoposter should both wear pajamas and have a sleepover

>>107989185
>>107989236
I got shocked my a 27 inch tube tv when I was young. I stuck my finger under the suction cup thing going to the tube while it was plugged in. It zapped me so bad my head almost hit the roof due to the involuntary jump. I was too scared to unplug it and throw it away, so it sat there disassembled for weeks.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/gpus/exclusive-intel-confirms-xess-3-is-coming-to-arc-b580-next-month-and-its-now-my-top-gpu-recommendation

Intel has confirmed to Tom’s Guide via email that the Intel Arc B580 is officially getting XeSS 3 with Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) next month.

INTEL WON

>>107989284
wow! I love fake frames!

>>107989240
>pc breaks in 2 years
>buying another one costs 3x as much as it does now
I dont know man, having a spare sounds like a good idea right about now

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>>107988868
i swear nicotroon writes these articles

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>>107988046
be honest, the only reason you do this its because you got memed into buying a 9070 xt