>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICEPost build list or current specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/Provide specific use cases and your BUDGET and COUNTRYAlternate to pcpartpicker: https://pangoly.com/en/pc-builder>CASEmATX: AP201, Lian Li A3, O11 Air Mini, XT M3, CH260ATX: XT PRO (ULTRA), AIR 903 Base/MAX, Lancool 207, Flux Pro, Meshify 3, 4000D FRAME, X50Dual Chamber: Y60/70, O11 Vision, Antec C8>CPUGaming: 14600K, 7/9600X, 7/9800X3DBudget: 12400, 12600K, 7500FWorkstation: 265K, 9950X3D*Multiple manufacturers report issues on AM5 platforms. New BIOS dropped.*Raptor Lake microcode updating is mandatory>COOLERAIO: Thermalright Frozen Edge, Lian Li Galahad II Lite, Corsair Nautilus RS, Cooler Master Atmos, Liquid Freezer 3/Pro (AM5 mount icky)ITX/>42mm RAM: Mugen 6 Dual Fan, AXP120-X67TIM: MX-7, MX-4, Duronaut, *PTM 7950, Kryosheet*Most listings online are not actually 7950>RAMDDR5: 2x16GB 6000CL30 (AM5), 6400CL32 (LGA 1700)Workstation: 2x 32GB (budget), 2x64GB (high-end)>STORAGE[Keep NVME/SSD firmware updated]Budget: SN7100, NM790High-end: SN850X, 990 Pro (Windows)Premium: SN8100https://borecraft.com/HDD prices also increasing YMMV>GPUBudget: Arc B580, 9060xt-Used: 2080, 2080ti*<16 gb constrained even at 1080pMidrange: 5060ti 16GB, 9070, 5070-Used: 3080, 3080ti, 4070 (~$380)4k : 9070xt, 5070ti-Native/High-end: 5090>PSUBuying guide:https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/>MONITOR1080p: 24" 165/180hz, KTC H25X71440p: 27" 165/180hz IPS, KTC M27T6 (miniLED), ASUS XG27AQWMG (WOLED but not yet in stores)4K: KTC M27P6 (miniLED)>OSActivate Windows @ >>>/g/fwt>CASE FANSMeta: Case with good stock PWM fansMidrange: Arctic P12 Pro, P14 Pro (loud @ higher RPM)High-end: Fractal Momentum, Noctua G2 (140mm or 120mm)Consider Noctua/Akasa silicone pins instead of screws for case usePrevious:>>108228588
>>108228961>>Previous:>>>108228588(Cross-thread)
Think for yourself. Do not trust advice given here. Do your own research using the information in the stickies.>A /pcbg/ for every use case and budget!>News & RumorsJust read TomsHardware -- industry is screwed until RAM/SSD/HDD catches up ;_;>Price trackingRAM: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/ram-price-index-2026-lowest-price-on-ddr5-and-ddr4-memory-of-all-capacitiesSSD: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-price-tracking-2026-lowest-price-on-every-m-2-ssdGPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/lowest-gpu-prices-tracking>GPU hierarchy 2026https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html>PSU Reviewshttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplieshttps://www.lttlabs.com/https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-suppliesFor tier-list enjoyers:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/>Storage Reviewshttps://www.tweaktown.com/cat/storage/index.htmlhttps://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=SSDhttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/ssds/reviews>Monitor Hunterhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1illeNLsUfZ4KuJ9cIWKwTDUEXUVpplhUYHAiom-FaDo/>Other helpful LinksMobomaps, 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_PCGerman autism : https://www.igorslab.de/en/Monitor reviews : https://www.rtings.com/Alternate to pcpartpicker: https://pangoly.com/en/pc-builderHad to bake on a phone... Pardon the images for OP and fucked up back link
>>108228979Such is a mistake when baking on your phone and it's page 10. Y'all gotta let me and the other anon on vacation take a break from baking and make sure xe who shall not be named makes it instead.
>>108228987>make sure xe who shall not be named makes it instead
>>108229003I have no response so enjoy my smirking eggs I made week agoAlso just get the X870E Carbon if you're so wishy washy about the Tomahawk I saw last threadOnly downside is wifi is wifi7 which is Win11 only afaik
>>108229033i am another anon. already got a board.
>chromax.black.swap is actually worse than standard beige because it doesn't come with the silicon anti vibration mountsNoctarded
>>108229083mountain jews got you
>>108228453>vram seems to be entirely dependent on texture resolutionIt's not, it's also needed for the machine learning algorithms (aka AI) that handle upscaling and denoising too If you need ray tracing in games you will need VRAM, unlike say a Blender scene where path tracing will consume maybe like 400mb of VRAM In a basic scene with no textures
>>108229083I'm sorry you're illiterate anonhttps://www.noctua.at/en/products/nf-a20-pwm-chromax-black-swap/specificationsYou get ALL the colors you retard
>>108229111>post refers to the absence of silicon anti vibration mounts>proves his point by showing anti vibration padsDouble dumbass on you.
>>108229087don't believe retards and do your own research >>108228981>Think for yourself. Do not trust advice given here. Do your own research using the information in the stickies.I can't help if you people can't Google or can't read product descriptions
I was barely able to get my new W Black 6TB HDD installed in my 2023 Corsair 4000D case because those retards designed the case be impossible to remove the PSU after you insert it in and plug all thr modular cables into it. That goodness my friend installed the 4SATA connector since it let me be able to bend and plug the power into the second drive without needed to remove anything. I am the retard for not double checking such a retarded a possibility when I got the case, but I just assumed that Corsair wasn't mega faggots about building a simple case.
>>108229127I'm again, sorry you're illiterate They're silicone Are you pretending to be retarded?
My $2,200 box is finally done.Took a few months of deal hunting. But it was worth it.GPU - ASUS Prime 5070Ti OC 16BG ($750)CPU - Ryzen 7 9850X3D ($400)RAM - Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s DDR5 CL36 ($100)SSD - WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD ($450)MoB - MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX ($180)PSU - be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 850W ($90)AIO - ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 280 ($85)Case - Fractal Design Meshify 3 Black Solid ($120)Now if I can sell my old PC for about $1,000 I'll be happy.
>>108229162Oh my fucking god, THOSE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. They're just giving you more colors for the regular corner pieces at the cost of the mounts. YOU ALREADY GET THOSE PRE-INSTALLED ON THE STANDARD MODELThe fucking nerve to project illiteracy onto someone else here.
>>108229166Also, no one tell me if there are better pre-built PCs I could have gotten for cheaper, I don't want to know.
https://www.reuters.com/business/amd-clinches-second-mega-chip-supply-deal-this-time-with-meta-2026-02-24/>AMD to sell up to $60 billion of AI chips to Meta over 5 years>Deal gives Meta the option to buy up to 10% of AMD>AMD had struck a similar deal with OpenAI last yearlmao
i wish that i could turn back timecause now the guilt is all mine
>>108229083Wow you are stupid. Mine come with a variety of colors.
>>108229183nuh gaymes are ass so it was still not worth it.
>>108229211THERE. Your came with a variety of colors for these?
>>108229183who cares, the satisfaction of DIY plus being confident about how it was all put together rather than having to trust the pajeet that built it are worth it
>>108229188So AMD is whoring themselves out to avoid being caught with the AI bubble bag? Also what is an "AI Chip"?
>>108229211how many colors do you have for these
>>108229230>what is an "AI Chip"?i think you wear it on your shoulder or smth.
how do i get some heat in my 7800x3d to stress test the cpu? prime95, cpu-z and cinebench only get it to like 75°C while testmem5 got it to 82°C. what is this bullshit.
>>108229309stress both the cpu and memory. you run prime95 smal fft + memtest
An RX 9070 XT makes way more sense than any 50 series gpu barring a 5090, but that is stupidly priced. And if the rumors of rdna 5 being 300% faster than rdna4 are true nvidia will be in trouble again, because that time amd's drivers won't suck like in the radeon 6000 era.
>>108229343amd drivers were always better than nvidia especially on linux
Need GPU help>RTX 5070 12GB>RX 9070 XT 16GB1440 gaming, this is the last decision I need to make to complete my build.9070 is about $50 more but has more VRAM and seems better on paper, but I have no personal experience with AMD gpus or any of their nvidia-equivalent features.Most of the benchmark showcases I can find also put the 9070 a fair bit ahead, but they all use bottom of the barrel AAA slop games I'd never play so its hard to derive meaningful value from that. Is there any reason I should not shell out $50 more for the 9070XT? Or conversely any reason the 5070 should be considered?My CPU is a 7800x3d and my PSU is 750W if that changes anything.
>>108229380if you don't care about slop get the amd gpu
>>108229380I would go 9070xt.
>>108229230Mi455x is so good that Lisa had to give 20% of AMD for free for someone to use it.
>>108229343the most significant thing about RDNA 4, and the trend will continue in RDNA 5, is the ray tracing hardware added to the cards. upscaling is good enough that it's no longer a selling feature of a brand, and ray tracing was the last thing Nvidia had over AMD. but Sony wants to push ray tracing on the PS6 so AMD started adding RT hardware to their cards.so now if you don't have a software stack that requires Nvidia's CUDA, you just buy whatever is the best price in your budget, and ignore the brand.
>>108229380In a recent blind study of 1,000 people they showed them games at 4k with FRS vs Native vs DLSS 4.5.Over 50% of the people said DLSS 4.5 looked the best visually. All games use some kind of up scaling. Nvidia is just doing it best right now.So I would go with the RTX 5070.
>>108229309do you have thermal limits set in BIOS, like eco mode?
>>108228961Is ebay always this filled with scams? I was looking for 5090s, found one for a low price, clicked to see more technical information and only then did i see its actually a 3090. The title and the images used are all 5090 stock images just to further confuse people
>>108229175>>108229239>>108229228So you're posting the wrong picture and get mad at people.Silicon plugs/pins motherfucker.And yes, certain pins or plus like the SAV4 come only in brown. Stop being an obtuse faggot and use model # next time instead of misleading people.Literal autism. Yes some of the smaller plugs or pins only come in brown. I know this for the 80/90mm PWM/FWM/DC models that they don't sell enough to warrant a black version.
>>108229380Personally I'd go with the 9070xt for the extra vram. The 5070 would do better ray tracing and upscaling, but since that's mostly for modern slop, it's up to what you're wanting to play.
>>108229476life is filled with scams.make prisons great again.
>>108229476anon you will always get scams if you search up "flagship product". the trick is to actually use the sorting tools.
>>108229309Use y-cruncher:https://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/
>>108229343> An RX 9070 XT makes way more sense than any 50 series gpu barring a 5090A 5070Ti makes more sense than a Radeon. It comes with DLSS and CUDA support, also has a better resell value because of this.
>>108229480>chromax black version has no mounts>beige/brown has themWhat's there not to understand?
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>>108229588Nvidia has poor resale value unless its an AI card (24+gb)
>>108229642do you think the Korean Skyrim knock-off will be any good?
>>108229631Well it's only a problem for the smaller fansIf you have 120+ you use theseSAV2See attached picSAV3 black versions only come with the IS inlet spacer stuff for some reasonhttps://www.noctua.at/en/products/na-is1-12-chromax-black-sx2/specificationsSAV4 is brown only - I know Can't say they will fit the holes on that model as I need to check the metric screws between your swap model and a normal 120 - if it's the same fucking size metric screw then these will workOR JUST BUY KNOCK OFFS AS I PUT IN OPhttps://www.akasa.co.uk/search.php?seed=AK-MX003-BKT60Available on AmazonThere you go
>>108229642You get what you pay for and not getting DLSS/CUDA makes no sense.
Please pray for me. I can't sell my hardware. Please pray for me anons. Send some supporting energy through the ether. Thanks
>>108229685It's shaping up to be this year's Witcher. Definitely goty 2026. I can't see another game this year beating other than GTA 6 but I think that's getting delayed again.
>>10822958899% of people buying GPUs don't need CUDA.DLSS is equivalent to FSR and XESS when you're playing games instead of micro-analyzing screenshots of motion.good luck getting some AI enthusiast to buy your used low VRAM card.
>>108229716I mean you also get what you pay for too. Pay more for flaky Linux support, worse cooler, and the Windows 11 glitches.
>>108229446Upscalers take their payment in RAM as well as 4k resolution does. Can a 12GB GPU afford it nowadays?
>>108229878my 4070 does 4k. techtubers and paid shills in /pcbg/ are lying to you.
>>108229890It can display 4k but it's not ideal for 4k. It doesn't even have displayport 2 and you're reliant on dsc for high hz.
If you are considering an AMD 9000 series GPU because you have been influenced by Reddit, Twitter or a wealthy tech YouTuber, it’s worth understanding AMD’s track record. While their GPUs are often great at beating cherry-picked benchmarks, they normally fall short in real-world gaming performance. Every year, an army of influencers target first-time buyers declaring AMD a godsend for PC gamers. Every year a small percentage of users get duped. Since almost all PC gamers use Steam, the February 2025 Steam statistics are relevant: AMD’s combined market share for discrete 5000/6000/7000 series GPUs is 3%. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s 4060 alone has 9% market share. This reality starkly contrasts with influencer hype. The reason is simple: influencers rarely play games and gamers rarely buy AMD GPUs. Experienced gamers know all too well that high average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, black screens, excessive noise and a limited feature set. It’s notable that AMD’s GPUs have not historically had these problems in consoles because, unlike PCs, consoles operate in a closed environment which is less dependent on robust drivers. Using influencers for hardware performance data is less effective than using foxes to babysit chickens
>>108229951Thanks ChatGPT retardDidn't read
>>108229901I plug in my 4k monitor on display port and it does 144 hz.
>>108230009grats now lets see that pixel fillrate
DLSS 4.5 SOLVES ALL PROBLEMS
>>108230055sure show me your cuda cores
>>108229454no. only the stock tjmax limit of 89°C since it's set to auto in my bios.>>108229564will try
>>108230066i'm on iphone 11
>>108230055you guys are always coming up with new cope. nobody even knows what you're talking about.
>overclocking on ryzen be like
>>108229951Cool wall of text. I got a 9070xt because I refuse to spend more than $600 on a gpu.
>>108229751Actually instead of praying for this anon pray for meWhy doesnt anyone want 5070 TIs or DDR5 Ram? Is the rampocalypse over?
>>108229685I hope so (I got it free with my CPU)
>>108230163it never existed nobody was buying your small kits at datacenter prices.
>the 9850x3d tomahawk bundle is goneFUCK WHY DID I HESITATE WHY DID I SAY I'D SLEEP ON IT WHY THE FUCK AM I STILL WAITFAGGING WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>108230175>Bought a cpu bundle right before they started giving away the gameI didn't get it for free so I hope it stinks.
>>108230134Very neat. Any other methods to negative PBO other just adjustment the CO?
>>108230134>says overclocking>shows undervolting
>>108230246clocks go up.
>>108230134it's over...>>108230245i do run the llc at level 1 (the lowest) out of principle so my voltage is already low.
i' entertaining the thought of building a specific rig for AI, what should i be looking for? are there dedicated graphic cards that offer greater VRAM at the cost of being unable to game on them?
>>108230307yeah the 3090ti
>>108230184>still waitfaggingyou just don't want to buy
