Think for yourself. Do not blindly trust advice given here.

>A /pcbg/ for every use case and budget!

>Price tracking
RAM: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/ram-price-index-2026-lowest-price-on-ddr5-and-ddr4-memory-of-all-capacities
SSD: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-price-tracking-2026-lowest-price-on-every-m-2-ssd
GPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/lowest-gpu-prices-tracking

>GPU hierarchy 2026
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

>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: https://mobomaps.com/
A PC build guide: https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
German autism: https://www.igorslab.de/en/
Alternate to pcpartpicker: https://pangoly.com/en/pc-builder

>>108657532
surely it can't be that bad of a downgrade?
I'm trying to cope here and tell myself I don't need to go the extra mile since I'm not going above 1440p anyway (27" 1440p 180hz monitor)
what do I even need extra 4GB VRAM and ~30% more raster at 1.5x more power draw for, you know?

>>108657892
3080ti is not at all overkill for 1440p at this point, and 8gb is really rough

I'm crying, why didn't I go for 128GB DDR5 for my home server......

>>108657892
it gets aboot 90 fps at 1440 in kenshi with the new rendering mod.

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Is 9070 XT really like this? Keeping the VRAM filled when I'm not even gaming, just 3 monitors. Not that I'm complaining but just curious. Because when I had my 3090 on it was only hovering around 3GB with around the same usage.

my water cooler sounds like someone squirting piss into a glass vial. and my computer is overhotting.
are you supposed to do maintenance on them?

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>>108657991
which one

>>108657965
task manager -> details
right click the columns and enable dedicated gpu memory -> sort by highest
post screenshot

>>108657991
>squirting
It can happen when starting up, its only a problem if it persists
>overhotting
You forgot to remove the plastic sheet before installing and you should learn 英語.

>>108658031
>desktop window manager taking 2.2GB while my browser takes 2.3GB
huuuh interesting, wish I knew I could check this when I had my other GPU on

>>108658145
Not him but I'm also waiting and you didn't post a screen shot.

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>they fell for the oled meme

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>3840x2160
my current monitor.
>2560x1080
>5120x2160
are the monitors I'm considering purchasing. only one though.

thoughts?

>>108658145
sounds like the difference between nvidia's driver overhead compared to AMD.

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>they fell for the ips or oled meme

>>108658250
I wish they still made TN.
I hate motion blur and I like products that last for decades.

>they fell for the display meme

>>108658258
ram prices would obviously account for that, mostly, not oil prices. on gpus anyway. gpus don't weigh much.

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>>108658168
4k uw are the only upgrades and the only recent release is the 39" Tandem
but it WILL have banding bad uniformity and dse because WOLED

the new 360hz 1440p uw qdoled with v stripe subpixels is not listed here, but that's also a downgrade in res so eh

>>108658156
>>108658250
if you do not have a qdoled tv you are literally not a the forefront of retin pupilmaxxing in 2026

>>108658648
oil price accounting is for later

>>108658664
filtering for $1 minimum price excludes out of stock items on PCPartPicker. I don't think I'll ever buy OLED for my desktop though.

>>108657699
What case is that?

>>108658747
I'm pretty sure it's the Fractal Meshify 3.

>>108658726
oil is not very connected to pc costs. idk, maybe with wfh

>>108658648
I think if AMD actually wanted to be competitive, they've just take the reduced margin.

>>108658156
>>108658250
>So you hate OLED's, I suppose you have spent time using the technology extensively to formulate your opinion, and at least have owned one yourself, yes?
>"uhh no, i just watched a youtube video.."

>>108658168
>WoTAN

HOLY SHIT

>>108658925
OLED does great for phones/handhelds because you don't use them for 12 hours at a time. I'll never get it for my desktop.

>>108658925
it just isnt a risk im willing to take.

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AM5 has been the worst mistake of my fucking life.

I think ram prices will be normal in early 2027, the chinese are building 5 new fabs this year, micron is build at least one new fab in new york, hynix just debuted a new fab today, idk about samsung but yeah, these will make a significant impact on supply

>>108658981
Yeah men, it's total garbage you're right.

>>108658974
You don't know what you're talking about.

thinking about getting 512gb of ram.

Oh my God... My PC won't even boot any more. I fucking hate AM5

>>108659003
what's this got to do with AM5?

An AM5 just flew over my house

>>108659003
Wait, Windows has had something like this? Wish I knew that on my previous installation before I wiped it just to see how it fared.

>>108659092
Everything, ever since moving to this platform everything has been an issue, ram, OS, bsods on the regular.
I'm so tired of dealing with it. Upgrading has been such an unbelievable mistake.

>>108659128
whats the motherboard

Holy shit it's still going it's still trying to boot.

>>108659136
Tomahawk X870 non-E

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>>108659118
I think it was first introduced in Windows 7, can't remember if Vista had it. It's basically a simplified way to view the Windows Journal, which logs a metric fuckton of data all the time that can be helpful in diagnosing issues. Though I'll admit I never knew that MS made a simplified view like this, it's pretty handy.

In my case there's always a critical program error because KDE Connect daemon keeps dying for some reason lol

>>108659144
Pardon, not Windows Journal. Windows Event Log.

>>108659144
bledy aplikacji

>>108659092
Pssst its the guy who refuses to replace his PSU for weeks (months?) and blames every other component including the motherboard for OS stability problems. It may not even be a real person with a real problem.

>>108659144
>>108659154
>Windows 7
Huh. Been a long time and I still didn't know.
This would have been nice to know because I went and made my own filters for Windows Event Log when my W11 would like to crash and didn't dump any bsod logs. Oh well, at least I know about it now kek.

>>108659186
>Oh well, at least I know about it now kek.
Same. Though NirSoft has some handy tools to make looking through the logs easier, as is often the case with Nir Sofer's software.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/full_event_log_view.html

>>108659185
No I'm not you fucking nigger, I just want a functional PC, every single part works just fine in my AM4 motherboard, it's not the PSU.

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>>108659128
works on my machine

>>108659199
Huh, another thing I learned. I've used bluescreen viewer plenty of times over the years. It just didn't help with that W11 installation because it would never dump any crash files so there was nothing for it to look at.

>>108659223
Happy for you, I wish I was in the same boat.

>>108659003
>>108659142
>>108659077
>>108659137
Is the error display not showing off any numbers? Like 00?

has nicotroon died ?

>>108659142
rma it

>>108659282
01 error. Green light.
>>108659330
This is my second motherboard of the same kind.

>>108659333
then it's not the motherboard, it's the cpu or the ram

>>108658025
lower left

>>108658068
thanks for teaching so patiently. I notice, the warning overheat will present only at the computer's startup. bios warning.
i should have clarified that.
whether it's a quirk of my computer, or deeper issues, I don't expect /g/ to know everything. but I should say the CPU reaches much higher temperature during operating than when the message appears

>>108659338
>it's the cpu or the ram
NTA but that's what he was saying
it's AMD, it's always going to be some degree of unstable

>>108659352
shut up nigger

>>108659338
Just sent off the RMA request for the RAM.
Will do a switcheroo on the CPUs if that doesn't fix the issue.
The X870 Tomahawk is known for having a lot of PCIE related issues which I've also been experienced. I've had to enable the spread spectrum to get slightly more stable performance.

At this point I legitimately want to throw everything out and start from scratch.

>>108659361
just because your system "only" crashes twice a month doesn't mean it's stable

>>108659366
if you can afford it buy one of those cheap apus and with that you can test if the cpu is the culprit, the apus are always handy you can make a nas out of it later

Why don't you just steal components from microcenter?

Those CEO's won't care if they lose $10k.

>>108659378
Loss prevention will lock the front door until you pay just like Walmart or Target and if you don't you get arrested

>>108659409
>get arrested

arrested for wanting to play videogames, what a crazy world.

>>108659371
see
>>108659223

>>108659421
It's felony grand theft for items $750+ and thats how much 5070ti or 9070xt are

>>108659427
Ohhhhh your honour what if he ended up playing videogames though ohhh nooooooooo

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>>108659444
Judge doesn't care and also there's no probation in Florida so if found guilty you're serving that full sentence

>>108659375
Now I'm getting error 15s, I'm thinking it is just faulty ram, maybe faulty everything.
I'll follow up on the process if that fails I'll grab a new motherboard and CPU and see what eventually fixes it.

For the sake of the thread I'll trip fag until it's fixed. Switching back to my AM4 system in the meantime.

>>108659452
>serve full sentence
>get let out
>do it again

what now?

>>108659446
man look at those goalposts go
shame you don't share yours

I just don't understand why people are so rude.

>>108659467
i don't use windows so i can't
but obviously if shit is randomly crashing on your system on a regular basis it's not stable
would be obvious to you if you weren't an AMD fanboy

>>108659459
You become a Habitual Felony Offender which means the judge can impose stricter penalties up to life in prison

>>108659333
I assume you went through the usual steps like reseating the RAM for a sanity check? DDR5 is kind of funky. I had heard people had issues putting it in before, so I was double checking it seated right when I did mine. Really had to press down on them. You could also run memtest, if it doesn't crash at all then it may bring the issues to the RAM. And of course if you are able to run the memtest, then you'll most likely see errors. May even give them off immediately. The few times I've used memtest on faulty RAM I didn't even have to wait several hours, it gave off errors immediately.


>>108659366
>The X870 Tomahawk
I almost went with this one. Went with the MSi MPG Edge X870E instead. Thankfully it's been working fine for now.

Sorry to hear about your experience. Nothing worse than getting excited to build a new PC and shit hits the fan.

>>108659488
You said a judge doesn't care, surely they will see the hypocrisy in being a judge of the law while also ignoring clear self-sabotage.

>>108659506
Judge doesn't care about your sob story about video games is what they meant. Not that they dont care about their job or the law.

>>108657965
The fucking retarded AMD gpu does dumb things every time you turn around.

I got one for free and I’m getting rid of it. Literally its only job was to be a display gpu so my Nvidia card could do ML shit and it managed to fuck it up. It always has the gmem full. Random shit makes it spike to 100%. The MVIDIA card is 7 years old and doesn’t do any of that shit.

>>108659515
Oh right yeah I shouldn't want to play videogames I should be thinking about raping children, killing and stealing instead.

>>108659490
Yeah ram has been reset, checked if my GPU was faulty, the motherboard is knowingly faulty with PCIE even with bios updates entire thing is fucked basically

>>108659548
You will likely get shot and die from a cop or homeowner before you even see a justice system. Florida has a stand your ground law that's easily triggered.

Listen kid, the world is all about raping children, stop playing your videogames, in the real world we FUCK EACH OTHER OVER!!! NIGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>108659568
>escalating a situation because you are jealous

what a crazy world you live in.

>>108659580
It's reality, go watch some police bodycam videos online they are uncensored now

did they know beforehand?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Au9Lb5Kw4

>>108659569
>Racism outside of /b/
Ugly drunk

I kid you not my poor 3700x has been collecting nothing but dust and booted up CLEAN in 15 seconds.

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>>108659554
Damn. Checked the drives too? I hope you can get it fixed soon. What parts did you get?

>>108659613
I'm not sure if it's because of AM5 or DDR5 because the boot times for me are about 30 seconds, and my 5900x boots up in 15 seconds. And this seems normal because when I was research motherboards, around 30 seconds or more seemed to be the norm for AM5 motherboards.

Can't seem to get my system to replicate my "crash mark" ram last time I checked it was good, fuck it could actually be the CPU and motherboard.

>>108659639
Just test your components individually, or sell them as faulty on eBay.

I don't know what the fuck you are doing but clearly you're being a retard on purpose.

>>108659638
Drives are healthy no problems there though I was considering it, I know I'm basically going a mile a minute here but I've basically scrutinised every other component and prayed it wasn't the CPU but all points are looking towards it.
Guess I'll just buy a B650 board cry and get another 9800X3D

>but what if I can't use ebay?

YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM DICKHEAD

>>108659649
I'm not made of money desu I swear every other part has an issue. The board is known faulty, ram could be but I did a men test a while ago which had no errors but I should run that overnight again maybe.
Straight up I'm leaning towards a new CPU and motherboard.

>tech support thread

hit that button

>>108659665
>I'm not made of money

You are just going to have to suck it up my man. Just start from the beginning.

>>108659665
buy a 8500g to test the cpu or sell everything and buy a 5800x3d

>>108659670
Sometimes a line has to be drawn in the sand because people like you muddy the waters with jealousy or entitlement.

>>108659652
Apparently even nvme drives can have a seating problem. Found this out during some troubleshooting myself with another PC. I did reseat them but didn't do anything, so I don't know how far the issues go with them. You could throw in the drives from you 3700x pc to check with that. Though that's a pain in the ass.
Get the 9850x3d. Surely their new CPU won't have any issues, right?

>>108659691
Basically what I'm doing unfortunately.
The ram rma is niggling but I can buy a new 9800X3D and swap them around on amazon returns. New motherboard basically paralyses me, there's too much choice and seemingly too few good options for a sub £250 build.
>>108659698
5800x3d sounds great... If I can find one.

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>>108659702
This is PC Building General not A+ Technician General.

>>108659717
Already thrown it in, it's booted in under 15 seconds whilst the entire thing was covered in dust.
I also accidentally cooked the 3700x for ages yet it's still more reliable than the 9800x3d by a MILE

>>108659341
What is the alarm temperature to begin with? As you say it triggers on startup at a lower temperature than what you can actually get from the CPU doing real work. It could just be that the temperature is set too low or it is just a quirk of the temperature sensor, in which case there should be no real risk to your hardware, just annoyance.

Also is it a visual warning or audio or both? You sure it is specifically an overheat warning?

>>108659721
https://www.hotukdeals.com/search?q=motherboard

this site has a lot of deals on it sometimes

>>108659727
Psh, all you girls do is chat to yourselves, as if me having knowledge of the subject is so awful.

>>108659729
AM4 really is just pretty reliable. It's why I didn't get rid of mine and still use it.

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Right, pray for me.

>>108659999
the definition of insanity

>>108660014
The CPU gets returned either way, RAM gets replaced either way, Motherboard gets swapped for one that actually works.
I know it's retarded and crazy, but can't blame me for trying.

>>108659999
nice

Oh my God, now I'm seeing people do brand wars over Asus vs Gigabyte...
I shouldn't be panicking actually, have a full week to return the Tomahawk, have the boxes and plastic for the CPUs, needn't worry myself.

>order PSU
>website says delivery time 1 day
>get a new message "your PSU is estimated to arrive in 10 days"
Bruh

>>108660127
You'll find every brand has an issue you one way or another. Really the only one I would avoid in general is ASRock. At least for motherboards.

>>108660162
Yeah because of the exploding X3D processors.
Was honestly tempted to get the nova, but I'd rather not wait a full week with my AM4 parts being on a box off of the floor as my temporary rig.
I really ought to sleep a bit, can feel just how neurotic I'm getting.

>>108660153
>order switch 2 from amazon when they were released
>amazon delayed my delivery twice
>basically throw an autistic meltdown at their customer service
>get like $50 off the total price

fuck them, they sold items they knew they didn't have

>>108659999
>x870-a
You should have bought the updated neo refresh motherboard for better IO...

>>108660191
>get like $50 off the total price
Nice
>fuck them, they sold items they knew they didn't have
Small shops do this all the time here. They have zero stock and they order from the supplier when you make the order to them. Really annoying.

>>108660192
Link? My noggin is a joggin

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It's like you can see the very hour I switched back to the AM4 rig kek.

>>108660272
You'd think Amazon, the world's biggest company, would not pull sneaky tricks like saying "we have stock" when they really just have confirmation at some point stock will arrive.

It's not the same as having units in front of you ready to send out to customers, and that's why I got $50 off, because I actually missed a pre order on another site that had in store pick up near me.

Intel graphics driver update

after 6 years my psu died
fan isn't spinning anymore
randomly freezing after like 5 minutes if I play a game
it's over

>>108660399
my bad anon. there's only the b850-a neo and x870e-a neo. though the b850-a neo has a pretty good pcie lane allocation at least compared to the x870-a which has lane sharing. in fact the b850-a is so good that i don't even know why the x870e-a neo exists, since it costs a lot more and is basically the same board but with usb4
>https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b850-a-gaming-wifi7-neo/
>https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x870e-a-gaming-wifi7-neo/

>>108657965
My 6950XT uses 400MB/16GB at idle (on CachyOS with KDE)
>>108658925
>so you hate eating shit, i suppose you ate a lot of turds to formulate that opinion?

>>108661137
Yep, you watched a youtube video.

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My PC's reliability monitor (not an AM5).
The first critical event is "Windows was not properly shut down". It was probably caused by sleep mode.
Latest warnings were two failed Windows Update (Notepad & iGPU, which isn't utilized).

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>>108659999
Strix A is for children, TUF would be the more sensible option if it were cheaper.
Use this spreadsheet for product comparison, I can't share the link because this shithole thinks it's spam.

I just bought the basics for an upgrade and went with a 9600x but after I realised that the 7500X3D existed and maybe I should have gone with that? I basically only game and watch vtubers so I feel like I fucked up

I also paid like 460 for the combo and then realised that microcenter has a 300 dollar combo for the x3d

>>108660984
What's the brand?

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Are these temps acceptable when gaming?

It's running at like 1300 rpm

>>108661532
Not that big of a deal, return it for the 7500X3D if you can (and want to).
Microcenter is probably skimping on the memory and motherboard for the X3D combo.
But entry level motherboards are fine for those chips.

>>108661604
That chip has a performance throttling point near 100°C hotspot, you're fine.
Undervolt the chip if you want to set the card to run cooler & quieter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naBqsSfGX3A

If I don't care about price/value, is the 5080 better than a 5070ti?
I've heard stories about 5080's cables burning/melting, while 5070ti seems to be fine. Is that bullshit?

>>108661637
5080 is a direct upgrade of 5070ti.
you can mitigate cable melting quite a bit these days. look for asus' new psus equipped with rog equalizer which is basically per-pin current monitoring from the psu side coupled with an overbuilt 12vhpwr cable rated for 17A current draw over the standard's paltry 9.2A.

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>>108660177
I can only recommend the Nova. It's a great board. Most bang for the buck. You can savely activate PBO in BIOS, just don't increase the PBO Scalar, leave it at 1 and you are fine. Redditors who burned their CPUs possibly cranked it up. The silicon of any CPU itself is also more or less resilient to voltage spikes.

> PBO 2: Scalar

> Scalar is a tool that allows the user to override the warranted silicon stress level, or FIT, to achieve higher frequency. You can adjust the maximum allowed FIT level to 10 times higher than the factory-fused limit. While the tool offers precise granularity, typically, you’ll find the available options to range between 1X and 10X in steps of 1 multiple.

> The effect of increasing Scalar is that the Precision Boost algorithm more aggressively pursues higher voltages as it is less concerned with CPU lifespan. The tool’s relevance shifts from architecture to architecture as the FIT is only one of the Precision Boost infrastructure limiters managing the maximum allowed voltage.

sauce: https://skatterbencher.com/2025/03/11/skatterbencher-85-ryzen-9-9950x3d-overclocked-to-5900-mhz/#PBO_2_Scalar

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>>108661628
>reaching 3.2 at -70
do I go lower offset?

>>108661850
That might not be stable, play some games & run some benchmarks.
3DMark free version has Steel Nomad, Unigine Superposition is also free.

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>>108661861
I'm just playing the usual game I play

at 0 offset it's like doing 3.1mhz

300 watts at -10% power and temps dropped a lot

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I don't like that the frequency of this freeze, black screen, and driver restart on my 5070 is increasing, though I did hear something that did sound like coil whine for a good while right before this one when I tried opening up a png in paint.net so I don't know if it's the GPU, my RAM, my CPU, or something else that is unstable or if it's the driver.

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>>108661887
I'm happy for you

>>108659638
>I'm not sure if it's because of AM5 or DDR5 because the boot times for me are about 30 seconds
enable "memory context restore" and "power down enable" on your bios

>>108661906
Unironically user error. 0 nvlddmkm errors on my end.

>>108661906
Well have you changed anything recently?

what are the chances the new ryzen generation btfo's the current one?
the prices drops right now are sus

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>>108662570
>chances the new ryzen generation btfo's the current one?

>>108661906
the kernel mode driver for the gpu failed. this is almost always a windows issue (need to clean install latest version) or a driver issue (need to ddu and try different driver)

>>108662570
Too early to speculate the performance gains, gaymers need to wait for the new X3D chips as well.
It will be good/fun for overclockers if the rumored design changes turn out to be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maH6KZ0YkXU

>>108662570
the jump from 5nm to 2nm will be 15-20% performance jump at best. most of the gains will be efficiency which benefit laptops/handhelds more than desktops.

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>>108662570

Why are there more OLED monitors than mini LED?

I'm so bored I wanna build a PC but it's so expensive my PC is so boring it does everything I need it to do and there's no upgrade I wanna spend on it I don't even know what you do with computers I don't care about software

>>108662787
oled is easier to manufacture at this point

>>108662787
subsidies
also miniLED monitors suckass at response times

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>>108662787
>Why are there more OLED monitors than mini LED?

Because OLED WON

>>108662820
Samsung's QD-OLED has kicked their ass so hard they're getting real serious now

>>108662789
Do a deep clean of your current PC and rebuild it.
Improve the cable management while you're at it.
Offer to build a PC to family & friends, but you'll become their tech support.

>>108662787
>>108662820
WOLED and QD is like HD DVD vs Bluray.

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Scored another cheap 4TB drive
Also switched to custom length power and sata cables and did some management, R8
Probably the final form until AM6 or something

>>108662857
QD looks objectively better and especially in HDR as it doesn't have the stupid white subpixel which washes colours out when brightness increases.

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To doot or not to doot

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What's a good monitor under $400 that makes blue sky and sunshine feel BRIGHT like when I'm outdoors? My AHVA IPS panel from 2016 while capable of 350 nits, is still not bright and contrasty enough for my liking. Anything from that new Mini LED tech in this price range?

I just want 32 inch 120Hz+ 4K flat display with deep contrast that doesn't deteriorate and 3.5 mm output.

>>108662881
get a VA then
but you'll have shit colours and crappy motion clarity

>>108662894
VA is actually what I'm fine with it, but like every 32 inch display available in Europe is curved.

Right now I'm on a 43 inch TV as a monitor for that reason, but I need something a little bit more compact.

>>108662878
https://us.ktcplay.com/products/27-inch-4k-hdr1400-miniled-gaming-monitor

>>108662864
The 970 evo plus is your gayms drive?

>look at builds on pc part picker
>pretty much everyone has the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III
is there a more normie npc component?

>>108663014
Affordable, performant, has white & RGB options.
Similar reason why the Corsair 4000D Airflow & NZXT H5 Flow are one of the best-selling PC cases on Amazon.

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>>108663014
the aio fan actually cools your ram and the back of the gpu

>>108662925
nta but wish these got sold in my shithole instead of shitty gigabytes

>>108662881
>3.5mm output
why tho

>>108663089
I want to use external speakers no matter what I connect.

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>>108657699
just a question, i've noticed a major PC components retailer is selling 1x12GB DDR5 RAM for desktop computers, how does that work ?
is it SODIMM RAM that was adapted to a DIMM format or something ?
i've also noticed it's not compatible XMP or EXPO.
here's the name :
Patriot Signature Premium 12 Go (1x 12 Go) DDR5 5600 MHz CL46
RAM DDR5 PC5-44800 - PSP512G56041H1
it's 1,1 volts also (my Gskill 6400 CL32 2x16GB are 1,4V).

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How'd I do?

>>108662787
miniLED monitors are at an awkward spot in terms of how much they can charge for the image quality they deliver.
Monitor manufacturers probably make more money selling more OLEDs than dealing with the bullshit associated with miniled quality control.
Apple's charging $3300 for a 27" 5K IPS miniLED, ASUS ROG and everyone else can't do that.

>>108662881
>>108662908
There's a single display that fits my criteria, but there's not a single fucking review on the internet, what the fuck?

GB3261UHSCP-B1

>>108663146
VA have poor viewing angles and cause gamma shift on the edges, that's why larger sized VA monitors are usually curved.
The edges of that monitor will show washed out colors.

tcl make some very good miniled tvs if you are willing to use a tv as a monitor

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>>108663014
What's hilarious is it's literally the worst option for the CPU that 99% of them are buying it for

>>108663156
I mean I have VA TV right now. 43 inches, I sit like 1.2 meter away from it and generally it's good enough for me.
With 32 inch monitor, I would sit like 80 cm away from it.

Would that use case be much worse?

>>108663191
They need to improve on everything except for the radiator and the tubes.

>>108663058
Do people add back fans to their aio builds nowadays to help with gpu cooling?

>>108663199
All I'll say is even the best 32" VA panel., the one in the Neo G8, needs a curved frame.
The Chinese hasn't developed anything better (yet), they just bought the LCD IP from Samsung Display.

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If the one anon that was asking about the Sudokoo SK700V is still alive/around, I finally got around to installing mine and have been pleasantly surprised/impressed by its performance. Granted I think it helps that it's cooling a very power-efficient chip (7800X3D), but even under heavier-than-gaming workloads (video encoding/AI upscaling) it hasn't gone higher than 78 degrees and is quieter than my previous dual tower/dual fan cooler. When gaming it doesn't get higher than mid-60s and the fan is almost inaudble with open-backed headphones. If you were listening to music or had some other form of audio going you wouldn't hear the fan at all. Wished it wasn't as expensive as it is, but so far I'm happy with it.

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>>108663253
>AM5-Only CPU cooler competently cools an AM5 CPU.
What did you expect? Happy for you.

>>108663253
love to hear this same tone now that summer is about to begin

>>108663135
RAM speed, timing, & capacity is kind of cringe for the CPU you're pairing it with.

>>108663228
they put a 120mm fan on top of their gpu

What's the best way to transfer appdata and other similar folders onto a new computer? In terms of transferring game saves and data.

>>108662999
>The 970 evo plus is your gayms drive?
Mostly yes but also portable software and user/appdata backups.
I know it works at half speed due to old motherboard, still better than sata.

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What's with fanmaxxers?

>>108663451
right click
>>108663516
homosexuality

What are some IPS with minimal bleeding?

>>108663135
You don't need a fast memory for that X3D2 CPU btw.
I'd look at prices for 6000MT/s 48GB (2x 24GB) or just downgrade to a 6000MT/s 32GB kit.
Your memory controller might not be capable of running that 6400MT/s XMP/EXPO in 1:1 mode.

>>108663452
Figured, yeah it's better than plain old sata. Used to play on a sata ssd and had all kinds of pop ins and micro stuttering.
>>108663451
>In terms of transferring game saves and data.
https://github.com/Matteo842/SaveState

>>108663516
more fans means you can run fans at lower rpm

>>108663543
the quality control for ips no longer exists lol

>>108663543
If you are concerned with uniformity and contrast, you shouldn't be buying IPS

>>108662570
AMD is making huge margins on Zen4, and there's not a shortage of supply. RAM is expensive. Makes sense for AMD to drop prices to make sure they can clear inventory

>>108661906
Revert any overclocks or undervolts

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not a bad deal right here
what do you guys think?
currency is in AUD btw

>>108663683
Not a bad deal.

>>108663683
You're gonna pull your hairs out if ram prices drop.

>>108663565
>>108663579
Ok, so after doing test and getting opinions
>VA is trash for monitors, since the gamma shit is actually high this close to the monitor
I checked it by placing my VA TV where I would place the monitor and using non-scaled 1440p (4K display) to simulate ~28 inch display
>27 inches would definitely not be enough
>1440p would not be enough for me even at 27 inches
>IPS is trash if you want backlight uniformity, anything black
>OLED has burn in

I guess I'll have to continue with reasonably sized TVs.

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>>108663333
>quads
Checked.
>>108663547
>You don't need a fast memory for that X3D2 CPU btw.
Going to sell the RAM since I've already got 48GB of 8000CL38 (planning to run at 6000CL30), but the combination of the 8TB SSD, X870E mobo and 9950X3D2 for $1500 seemed like too good of a deal to pass up. If I decide to get rid of the CPU too, then that just makes it even better since it'd basically be an 8TB SSD and mobo for $700ish, no?

>>108663718
Dont' be a retard
Just get 32" 4K 240 Hz OLED

>>108663730
I can't justify buying it without compromising on my own user experience when using PC.

>>108663696
only problem is that this specific 9070xt is small(289 x 111 x 41 mm) so you just know it is going to be very HOT when it's pulling 350w at max usage.

I haven't been keeping up with PC part prices since I finished my new build a couple years ago, but now my gf's build is really starting to show its age as she's getting into more and more other games. So I'm going to try to build her something with a little more meat on its bones this time around but I'd like some input.

Budget is variable because I have a job and its not a pressing matter, so I have time to save up, but I do want to keep it under $1700 or so since I know the RAM is probably going to fuck me either way. Location is USA.

Anyways, I want to move her onto AM5 but I notice the OP says to avoid Asrock mobos, yet I have an Asrock mobo. Can someone give me an explanation? No issues so far for me but now I'm a bit worried, and I was planning to use this same mobo for her.

Currently she has an EVGA 3060 12gb but its just not enough anymore. Right now she plays shit like Marvel Rivals and friend slop games (RV there yet, Lethal Company, etc) but she wants to get into more demanding stuff (Resident Evil 4/9, Silent Hill 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, etc) and does light video editing, and streams on occasion. So I imagine I'll stick with an Nvidia card for the build with those last bits in mind. My kneejerk reaction is to just get a 5060 ti 16gb and call it a day but I don't want to be hasty like that and pull the trigger without any homework. She doesn't need 4K or ray tracing or anything, just needs something to make her games and load times not slow to a crawl. I know at this point anything would be better than a 3060 12gb so if you were in my shoes what would you upgrade to?

Hell I could stick with AM4 and reuse almost all of her old shit and just get a new CPU and GPU since she's only running a Ryzen 3700X. Maybe I'm jumping the gun trying to reinvent the wheel. But its also a bit of an anniversary present so I'd rather build something from the ground up regardless.

>>108663748
Undervolt and power limit it to around 250~280W, the card might be able to retain stock performance if you're lucky.
>>108661628

>>108663762
just get your imaginary gf a new gpu
no need to spend needless money for no reason

>>108663718
if you're scared about oled burn-in in 2026 then you're a bitch

>>108663762
>Can someone give me an explanation? No issues so far for me but now I'm a bit worried, and I was planning to use this same mobo for her.
There's a disproportionately higher amount of AM5 CPUs dying on ASRock motherboards, it's not limited to B850 & X870/E boards.
You should update your ASRock motherboard BIOS to the latest stable version. I'd probably get some other brand's motherborad for the GF build.
If the AM4 PC already has 3200 or 3600 MT/s memory, it's better to stay on AM4 (5700, 5800XT, or 5800X3D if you can find one @ reasonable price).

You can spend the savings on a better monitor, a higher tier GPU, new keyboard/mouse, or something else.

>>108663801
I mean even in the latest tests, 400 hours is enough to burn in game HUD.

>>108663813
I meant to say 5700X. Don't get the non-X.
Regular 5700 is a completely different, inferior CPU.

>>108663814
>latest tests
source on any of these "tests"

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>>108663838
>The reviewer estimates around 400 hours of Overwatch 2 playtime over the two-year period, averaging about 30 minutes per day. Higher daily exposure to a single game could result in stronger burn-in, particularly from static HUD elements.

https://videocardz.com/newz/reviewer-shows-minimal-oled-burn-in-after-3000-hours-limited-mostly-to-overwatch-ui

>>108663848
yeah that is bad but the photo is edited in a way so to make it more obvious
plus this was on a shitty LG w-oled with zero panel cooling

>>108663813
>5800X3D if you can find one
Aren't they about to drop a new batch of 5800x3d into the market?

>>108663893
It will be instantly scalped. I'm expecting the MSRP to be at least $279~299.

>>108663813
>If the AM4 PC already has 3200 or 3600 MT/s memory, it's better to stay on AM4
Right now she has 16gb 3200mhz but I think I'm going to take your advice and the other guy >>108663781 and just stick to AM4. If I can snag a 5800X3D it would be insane but even if not I see a few 5800XT's floating around for about $300 give or take. So if I can nab one or the other (at MSRP for the 3D re-launch of course, I didn't know they were a thousand dollars right now) then I can get maybe a 4080 or something and a more beefy PSU and call it a day. She likes her mouse and keyboard and we just got a new monitor last year. Decent shape overall but the 3060 + 3700X ran its course and I want to retire them for something with some real horsepower for today's standards. I might end up bottlenecked by only 16GB RAM but what can you do lol.

>>108663848
My lg c2 which I have used for over 3.5 years now and has almost 13k hours accumulated has only the faintest of and almost imperceptible burn in of my browser task/search bar and it's only barley visible when viewing it on a completely grey wallpaper.

>>108662787
oled is jew tech
it gives a good viewing experience but also needs to be replaced earlier so manufacturers love it

>>108663253
Might have been me, in which wew that was like two months kek but it's all good. I got it myself, but I got the non V version. Works pretty well on my 9800x3d. It would only hit TJ max when compiling, but I undervolted it and now I don't see it go above 70s when doing that. And games are usually around 50s or reach low 60s. It's not too shabby. And sure it's more expensive than one of those thermalrights, but it's not as expensive as the Noctua either. From the sounds of it, the Noctua would have only been a couple degrees cooler. I can't really tell how loud it is because the a few of the case fans I got are more audible than I'd like but meh. I like the plate it came with.

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>OLED monitors are finally affordable! $350!
>open product page
>its $500 CAD

>>108663451
Teracopy has worked for me. And if you can, clone the drive first just in case. Of course if it's a big drive that will take a bit of time. Also, teracopy does an annoying thing where if you just try to copy/move and paste something, it has Windows ask if you want to use Teracopy or File Explorer. You can probably turn it off but I usually just uninstall it once I'm done.

>>108663051
>Corsair 4000D Airflow
Got this. I wanted the Meshify 3 but I couldn't justify spending near $300 on a case. I also learned after I bought the Corsair that the Meshify 3 has a cheaper version with no lighting and a solid black panel for around $160, but I still got the Corsair for under $100. Maybe if I see it go on sale in November I'll get it and just move my parts to it if I'm feeling up for it.

>>108663135
Where is this at?

>>108661936
I'll look into those. Thanks.

>>108658025
>Aioshit
A proper heatsink.

>>108664339
Newegg; they had the combo listed for $2400 initially but randomly dropped it to $1500, before raising it back to $2400 an hour later.

>>108664408
Well damn. I would have jumped on that deal as well if I knew.

>>108663801
True you should be scared of vrr flicker giving you eye cancer instead

>>108664292
Sucks to live in Canada

>>108661604
Which model is this? I have the XFX Mercury, and I can't get it to go above 50c half the time.

>>108664292
nigga just drive down the border and buy it

>>108657699
If "ai demand" drives the memory prices what the fuck does 5090 or hdd have to do with it?

>>108664292
What, 365$?

>>108657699
Whats a cheap elcetronics shop in uae?

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1000$ budget. I want to be able to play the new call of duty or cyberpunk at least

I already have ssd

>>108664990
Slightly over budget.
PSU is overkill, but reliable budget 650W units cost at least $60, might as well spend the extra and carry it over to a future PC build.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8gBp8Z

>>108664990
Trash that case & 5 fan pack.
Buy one of these cases instead.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LMZWGX/corsair-frame-4000d-rs-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011312-ww
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bvTZxr/nzxt-h5-flow-2024-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-h52fb-01

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Oh dear

>>108665059
Should've bought the Mercury or the Red Devil.

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>>108663762
>>>Currently she has an EVGA 3060 12gb but its just not enough anymore.

then why are nvidia relaunching it? Chessmate

>>108663762
>I know at this point anything would be better than a 3060 12gb so if you were in my shoes what would you upgrade to?

A 5070 and nothing else
it will do everything she wants for $500
I certainly wouldn't be building a new PC
If you need a new CPU, AMD is going to relaunch the 5800X3D so get that when it comes out

Those are the only things I'd bother doing

>>108664292
That is $350

>>108665059
So AMD's started using those stupid connectors too? I thought it was just Nvidia doing that shit.

>>108664292
Being a leaf is rough. I should know.

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>>108665178
>So AMD's started using those stupid connectors too?
Only the sapphire nitro+. Imagine getting the one amd card that has it and it keeps frying your connectors, some people just refuse to learn.

>>108665059
cant catch me putting in fisher price colored cable into my $1000 gpu

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>Take apart computer a few months ago
>Extra screw
>Take apart computer today
>Two more extra screws
Where are these screws coming from?

>>108665277
robot sex

>>108665277
Forgot a Mobo screw but not all are required

>>108665244
So avoid Sapphire then, got it.

>>108665319
The pulse doesn't have it or the pure.
Also ASRock taichi has it but not the challenger or steel legend.

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https://old.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/1ssqo1r/24_83_qdoled_confirmed/
24" QD-OLED monitors confirmed. I can smell the fear radiating off of Samsung HQ towards TCL's inkjet printed RGB OLEDs from here across the Pacific.

>>108665505
what took them so long

>>108665530
No real competition besides whatever LG could muster (at higher prices) plus fatter margins on larger panels.

>>108665130
>Mercury
I was glad to find out it just used three 8 pins instead of the 16 like I thought I had been hearing.

>>108665244
Asrock's taichi has it too.

>>108665505
at what resolution.
Even the most rundown hospital I've seen have 1440p 24" screens

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I cant spend $700+ on a 1440p OLED monitor.

I dont care how much people keep shilling it as the "Sweet" spot, It's only the sweet spot right now because of no new GPU's.

4K is substantially just better and is the resolution you should buy for high end.

There's this weird shill campaign to make it seem like 1440p is close to 4K when thats not true.

1440P 27" at 24" distance is 49 PPD
4K 27" at 24" distance is 74 PPD

These are not the same. And you need extra pixels so when you get closer or move your head since you dont always keep your view 100% in the same spot its still sharp.

Once AMD releases a GPU between a 5080 and 5090 4K will be the new standard.

>>108664838
The same machines that make your consumer DDR5 can make server memory or video memory instead.
5090s use memory.
AI requires storage. HDDs are still relevant for certain datasets.

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>>108665616
Just wait™

>>108665889
>unparalleled detail and precision for ants
The most pointless venture out of all computer components.

Damn, when are these prices going down?

should I build an APPLE mac (intosh) personal computer? These are UNIX supercomputers now.

>>108665059
>goes out of his way to buy a model with the shitty connector
Fucking hate normgroids

>undervolted 9800x3d to -35
>been playing games just fine for about a month
>just browsing the web
>screen goes black and fans ramp to 100%
Think it's the undervolt ? Don't some people say you may not get an issue until way later?

>>108666788
-35 is insane, what are you doing.
i'm running -15 on run despite -20 working perfectly, for some safety margin.

>>108666794
>what are you doing.
I never know what I'm doing. I just went down that far and nothing happened under benchmarks so I kept it.

Turned it back down to -30. Should be fine.

>>108666874
Clock streeeeeeeeeeetch

>>108666885
Fine I'll lower it to -25 gosh.

I suppose it's actually raising now that I think about it.

>>108664735
XFX Mercury Gaming
>I can't get it to go above 50c half the time.
are you sure you're looking at hotspot?

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some of you guys

>undervolt peecee
>bluescreen
>programs crashing regularly
>programs having bitflips leading to silent data corruption
>filesystem is slowly accumulating errors

What a pro gamer move

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I like to keep my undervolt at a nice, simple -10. Enough to feel like I'm doing something without actually doing anything, for better or worse. It's a win-win.

>>108666997
Pretty sure I have been looking at junction but will have to double check next time.

>>108667002
I use -10. I have absolutely no idea what it's doing because the weather here can swing a ridiculous amount from day to day. Was the shader compilation closer to 80 instead of 90 because of an undervolt or because it was just that much colder that night?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

One little pc crash doesn't hurt these days.

>>108667035
Just leave it at stock desu
There's no point to an undervolt when you don't understand what it's doing

>>108667035
Don't listen to that dumbass advice. If your PC isn't crashing, it's fine.

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UOHHHH

>>108667172
proof?

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the wanted me to buy an OLED

>buy an oled chud
>perfect blacks chud
>no flicker I swea

Lies

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>>108657699
>Framework Desktop as a main PC replacement

I'm looking for advice on knowing if replacing my current system with the Framework Desktop a good idea. My specs are Ryzen 7 5800X & RTX 3070.

I don't play video games anymore, except some world of warcraft and elder scrolls games occasionally.

The main things I am attracted towards to in the Framework are:

- The smaller size
- Less maintance/dusting
- Powerful enough for the next decade for my usage

The other cons I'm seeing are :
- Probably won't handle Elder scrolls 6


Thing is, I've had enough of large gaming system. And I don't see any SFF case that arent completely shit. (esp for the cable management and maintenance).

Any opinions?