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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

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https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-rolls-out-windows-11-kb5089573-update-that-makes-your-pc-genuinely-faster-and-more-responsive
https://x.com/WindowsCentral/status/2052787412040904924

>all that fancy hardware
>he installs w*ndows on it
kek

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friendly reminder that the bare minimum requirement for being a member of the pc master race is a 1440p monitor, preferably ultrawide.

You're a glorified retro console emulating pajeet if you're below this very reasonable, bare minimum.

>uh oh this package hasn't been updated in exactly 4 days and you tried to update, guess your install is bricked now
This is what Linux is like

Ughh I'm not even gonna bother with that pointless argument, it's all so tiresome
I'm actually fine with pc building dying just do it already so i don't have to worry about the future anymore

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>>108918382
>what other cables are there except between your 4G modem and router and your router and PC?
None, there's just my PC with a gigabit controller, the blue cat5 cable going into my router, which has the Huawei modem plugged into it which holds the sim card. The biggest upgrade it had over the years was updating from 2014 firmware to 2015 firmware which seems to have mildly boosted speeds. It also has the stock antennae replaced.

I get the impression however that plugging the modem in directly has always resulted in faster speeds and prevented the periodic need to restart the router because of a gateway error or the connection just dropping. This is despite living literally right next to a cell tower.

>>108918383
Yeah and then when you ask for help with something it's like this
>"What version are you using?"
>"Uhh... George Floyd ChungOS 1.653 Nightly?"
>"Lmao, retard. Use Frumz."
>Reinstall your OS
>Same issue.

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>>108918418
sounds really retarded huh.

>>108918383
>being a retard

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>>108918412
>I changed my cat 5 cable to cat 8
Didn't even know this existed, wtf
What is your setup?

>>108918380
gotta update your image guide to include 5k2k ultrawides

>>108918175
Let's see
>TL-MR3420 v2
>2.4GHz band only, 300 Mb/s theoretical transmission speed
>Huawei E3372
>LTE category 4, 150 Mb/s, theoretical download, 50 Mb/s theoretical download
What does that tell you?

>>108918380
4k is objectively the best now and there is no valid comparison
old games are easy to run now and newer slop games you can just turn on dlss 4.5 performance mode and it still looks good

Does anyone here own a WD Black SN7100?
I got mine for around $130 buck

>>108918380
1440p are for normie npcs, either you stay on 1080p or go for 4k.

>>108918450
what do you mean my setup, the pc is connected to the ISP router, that's all, one day I'll build an opnsense box and put that router in bridge modem and connected everything through the firewall pc, but only when prices get better

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I just wanted to ask, are we fucked? I cant see jewvidia or ampee or any opther company responsible for pc building not selling everything to ai forever and then forcing people to have a cloud pc or some other faggot shit

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Useless general, no one answered my questions. Guess I'll just have to go ask on Tiktok

>>108918571
stop being a doomer

>>108918586
don't be a retard and get a 9070xt

>>108918571
Yeah we're fucked
China is supposedly trying to start making parts but it will be awhile before they're good enough to match what we have now
At best we're kneecapped for the next decade while we play catch up, at worse personal computing will fade away into a niche market
I'm just leaning towards the latter. All of the oldfags who don't game have their hardware and new generation gamers don't even know how to use PCs and just game on phones/consoles, so the poor sales of individual consumer components will cause the industry to shrink and die out drastically.

>>108918586
The answer is always just buy the most expensive Nvidia gpu you can

I've been using an AMD CPU + NVIDIA GPU since my first computer that had a Phenom II x4 and a GTS 250, and I never even considered the competition because I'm autistic

>>108918514
I had the predecessor, the SN770. Got it for $76 before prices went to shit. Was kind of a bad deal at the time lmao.

>>108918639
i always ran an amd cpu + amd gpu because i never had problems with it

so ram went up a bit in price and everyone is acting like it's the end of the world
AI is a nothingburger and will collapse out after a decade once they finally realise it's a total farce and will never be useful for what they want

>>108918652
>a bit

>>108918664
*only applies to first world countries

>>108918652
You will NOT own a gaming PC and you WILL be happy

>>108918652
more than ram went up in price, ssd prices are now way worse, and now they're estimating gpus and cpus will go up soon too. the fact of the matter is there isn't any recovering from this. we will never have normal prices again assuming we even have a market at all after this. nvidia, amd, and all these others aren't even going to bother with us anymore now that they saw there's gold in other markets that don't include us. ai could collapse and they will either turn their head to data center infrastructure or just die out completely.
pc gaming is an overlooked nothing burger in all of this that will live and die by industries outside of our control.

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>>108918417
Apparently my signal strength is only 77% even after the updates, only ever seen it go up to 80 once so I might try to take extreme measures to route the cable in such a way that it has a direct los to the tower

>>108918549
>to the ISP router
ISP router? The fuck?

>>108918716
modem, whatever

okay so personal computing becomes a niche thing for enthusiasts again

>>108918417
>>108918710
If plugging the modem directly gives you better speeds then chances are your router is kinda shit, rather than whatever cable you're using.
Cable quality and shielding only starts to matter once you run really long cables.
In any case are you actually forced to use LTE? I had similar internet speeds 20 years ago.

what will be the best way to make money within the beast system so I can afford my computer and home network hobby in the future, I don't want to be part of the slaves who own nothing and are happy.

>>108918785
Do you have any marketable skills that involve using a computer?

>>108918773
>are you actually forced to use LTE
Well we could have had fiber optic ever since the neighborhood got it years back with the cheapest 300MB/s plan starting at $11 but my idea was met with objections because we're paying for 5 sim cards with two of them having 80 and 1030GB data caps because Orange has favorable deals for that.
>your router is kinda shit
Probably, damn thing always had trouble dropping connections in the past. But I'd need to do more research before ordering a new router and cable for tomorrow, and because they don't tell me outright the speeds I'm paying for on cell as far as I can tell from the old paperwork, I'd have to call them and ask.

>>108918793
perhaps like 10 years ago but now there are millions of jeets who have flooded /tech/ who are willing to work for peanuts.

>>108918708
hopefully consoles will retvrn to soulful custom hardware

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worth the watch?

>>108918835
they've already taken the commodity x86 pill which has backwards compatibility built-in
there is no way they're gonna develop a ground-up custom soc from now on

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>>108918838
>drama nexus

>is right
>that somehow makes ai bros seethe
can someone explain?

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>>108918466
oh, true, i normally use this image

>>108918838
he tends to be a bit of a virtue signaller when doomposting about this sort of subject, but he's generally correct about most things. But being factually correct is rarely important when doing analysis of the tech markets and megacorps. They all too often operate on mindshare and media hype before actual structural advantages.

I'd never seen a gamers nexus video until recently and he wasn't nearly as obnoxious as I expected him to be

GN is a patriot

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Is it a bad idea to squish my ethernet cable under the window like with this coaxial satellite TV cable here?

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>>108918918
fuck's sake

>>108918918
Spoiler that shit.

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>>108918868
you don't have to be an ai bro to look at the situation realistically, and the reality of the situation is that we're fucked
no amount of sitting back and kicking our feet up thinking this will all blow over while ignoring the facts in front of us will help, we need to find a way to be heard by nvidia/amd/etc otherwise they'll abandon us
nvidia already confirmed they no longer see us as valuable and they're the only thing holding up the gpu market right now. if they abandon us the rest will follow

>>108918571
Nobody wants that shit. People don't have as much use for cloud computing as these companies want the investors to believe. None of this will effect you in a decade when the U.S. government buys out the big data centers and forces the tax payer to pay for it "because military industrial complex".

Everything the these ai companies are telling you is a half truth. The reality is that the U.S. military needs compute for things that won't even begin to effect your life, so they're subcontracting the initial build-up to private companies like they did for every other major military build-up. It's a underhanded supply chain free market drop meant to ease inflation and outsource military spending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GQuZFEjckw
linux > windows

>>108918950
Nigga build your own semiconductor manufacturing. Who's stopping you?

>>108918987
>buying a datacenter in a decade
you mean a warehouse full of e-waste?

>>108919034
>you mean a warehouse full of e-waste?
And water rights/power. Theres a reason why these data centers are being planned outfitted and then pigeon holed for indefinite periods of time. The resources are being secured for a future date to tool up. Same with money being dropped mostly into development and not implementation.

>>108919034
Exactly. This is what I can't understand. Spending literally all this cash at once and screwing up various markets/industries for stuff that will be obsolete before it even gets built.

These guys are out of their minds.

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>>108918327
this made my shit laptop so much faster

b840 MSI or any B8x0 Asrock?

>>108919069
You don't understand anon. Just two more weeks for AGI. They need to expand NOW before the investors notice they overspend hard without the promised return.

>>108919405
you can sell it and get a faster card

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Oh no no no

>>108919414
Is it different from a mainline 4000 series, though?

>>108919454
30% extra price to offset nvme, ram, vram prices prob makes sense

>>108919462
it's like a 3070 with a down clock and 16gb of vram with a lower tdp
i'd just sell it and get a 5070

>>108919454
two more weeks, trust the plan, bubble will pop for sure

>>108919454
steam deck is truly e-waste
thinking about selling mine

>>108919494
i'd buy your steam deck

>>108919494
it seems like a good backup pc to me
the cheapest lcd version that is

>>108919502
trust me as a fellow anon looking out for you, it's a waste of money.

>>108919485
This year, guaranteed. Six months to go, and the cracks keep on showing. People doomsaying it'll continue to 2030 are blackpilled twits.

>>108919454
I'm pretty sure Steam Decks haven't even sold over 10 million units, Valve won't be getting any favorable SSD/DRAM deals.
The APU's too old to justify that price anyway.

>>108919514
it looks like a great device for gaming on the go. other "emulation" handhelds running for android are a bit cheaper but they run android. i'd like a linux one. i could also play non retro platformer games on it on the go with it.

>>108919537
Not even 5 million last they shared their numbers. Everybody was making a big fuss about it a couple of months ago because the Switch 2 has already sold over double of Steam Deck in the year that it's been out, making fun of all those "Switch killer" posts

>>108919567
you can buy a switch at any place basically. steam deck is only available over steam and most don't know they exist. i haven't seen a single ad for a steam deck.

>>108919480
Alright, thanks for the info.

I bought a steam deck and not only did games that the internet claim ran great on it run like shit but mine experienced a bug where randomly when powering it on after unplugging it from the steam deck dock it will produce the most abhorrent ear rape siren known to man that can't be turned off unless you force power it off
It's amazing that this multibillion dollar company can produce such a steaming piece of shit then have the audacity to charge that much for it

>>108919604
must be user error

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>>108919537
>>108919567
I think the market is just too flooded with better alternatives.

>>108919604
same experience with mine
I thought it could easily emulate ps2 games
I was mistaken

>>108919673
https://youtu.be/23ZodrKmXuw?t=831

>>108919697
cherry picked examples

>>108919730
show those games running at his settings on your deck and then games that don't run at those same settings on your deck

>>108919740
I bet those games run completely fine on mine in those very specific scenes, the deck however struggles in open world cpu demanding games or games that rely in the spastic ps2 particle and smoke rendering techniques.

>>108919761
still no list of ps2 games that don't run on the deck

OH NO NO NO NO NO NVIDIA BROS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwhtYL3F1go

>>108919776
user error

>>108919796
yeah. he bought the wrong gpu.

Best computer for loading videos of women not wearing any clothing? (not me, someone asked)

>>108919803
he got it for free, just like all e-shills getting free shit for existing. that's why he's not raging.

>>108919820
does a normal user get it replaced for free since they paid for it?

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So I figure prices aren't going down any time soon and I got the itch to upgrade my humble 3060 system from 2021.
I think the CPU, cooling and SSD are straightforward picks after reading some recs, but I'm not sure about the motherboard. And yeah, it's going to be a housefire build.

>>108919776
I saw 007, but decided not to buy it. :^)

>>108919776
maybe its not a good idea to push more than 60 amps through one cable

videocardz publish a tip that I sent them, it's the brazilian fixing the 9070xt, I thought it was such an amazing job I sent them, she had to reball every single solder ball individually because repairshops don't have access to the reballing stencil since those cards are still fairly new

There's also a new The Sims clone. I didn't buy it either.

>>108919890
explain.

I'm interested in getting a brazilian reballing.

>>108919899
it's a gpu core bga repair job, the card broke because the heatsink is massive and the user didn't use one of those support brackets

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>>108919928
should have bought a better version

>>108919928
You don't even need a bracket, you can just use a piece of wood. I use a $5 kickstand off Amazon.

>>108919840
If you don't mind MSIs shit software you may as well look into the AI1300TS or AI1600TS PSU as it measures the output of the 12V-2x6 cable if you want to keep your GPU save and hwbuster at least reviewed it pretty well too but it costs like twice as much as the be quiet. 9950X3D is not only for gaming but productive work I assume?

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"ptm" from aliexpress lmao

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005960728133.html

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>>108919956
grim

>>108919956
just buy the ones from dercuck

>>108919980
I actually bought a different brand ptm from aliexpress that works great but theres scammers out there too

>>108919956
I bought mine from the "princess store" and it works amazing, I have to buy another sheet soon

>>108919939
it's not like those support brackets are expensive anyway

>>108919796
Did he not plug it in correctly?

>>108919953
Okay, it's worth to have a look at MSI PSUs.
The X3D and RAM will also double for some work stuff since I can't really afford a fullblown workstation build. And maybe it also makes sense to slightly underclock the 5090.

Never be a stan for the hoes.

Kate Botello never gave Patrick Norton any cred for pushing back on Leo Laporte's sexual harassment.

>>108920003
Yeah, whatever. You don't have to spend money, you can use a stick and shim it with paper if it's a little short.

>>108920012
he likely didn't undervolt/powerlimit it like a mad man

>>108920034
you're never gonna do that for testing equipment

>>108918918
>nobody actually answers the question because they are too busy recoiling in disgust at the /g/ore

AMD K7 or Intel Pentium III?

>>108920077
Pentium 3 has thermal protection, AMD K7 will run until it catches on fire.

>>108918918
>>108920063
Yes it is a bad idea, the damage to the cable depicted should tell you that even that is a bad idea, despite coax being relatively more robust

>>108920013
I cant tell if those PSUs are available in your place as they are brand new. Here in the EU we only have the 1300 version. I considered getting one myself but I'm uncertain as it seems to require MSI Center for settings, readouts seem to be available in HwInfo as well if not for a driver, which is a pile of shit but on the other hand you have basically per pin ampere sensing just like the Asus Astral with a questionable throttling mechanic that reduces the output if it's too high.

Are the cables that come inside a pc with everything attached too long or long enough for upgrades? I wanna do that cable management porn stuff for asthetics buy idk how much extra wiring I’ll have or if that length would come in use someday. Obviously it’s be easier to just stuff the extra into some spare space but if it isn’t needed once the whole build is together it’d be cool to trim and reorganize the wiring. Barring I don’t fuck up and brick my system

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what's the smaller connection on the right side of my gpu for?

>>108920268
>got flipped
top side now

>>108920268
old stuff not used anymore, it was for sli

>>108920268
SLI, something that will only matter to you if you're doing AI stuff now. It never worked very well for gaming.

>>108918380
How high hz?

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>>108920752
well, if its below 100hz you're just cucking yourself, all modern gaming monitors are 144+ though so its not a problem.

man I cannot wait for new gpu gen, I feel like the current one was a scam.

>>108921013
Anon...

I got a SSD and didnt realize I needed to put windows on it to have better performance. is the way to get windows 10 on it properly from my HDD something like
1. put wni10 installer on usb
2. unplug HDD
3. go into BIOS and install windows on SSD
4. replug HDD
will having windows on the HDD and SSD do anything wonky if I can choose which windows boots first in BIOS like google told me? do I need to format any of the drives, really dont want to format either if possible

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>>108921013
well you'll probably be waiting well into next year, and frankly it'll be a disappointment, i guarantee that it'll be disappointing.

No idea why you're waitcucking now. Don't tell me you still haven't learnt from all the retards who waitcucked in this general before you, yes?

>>108921059
put a windows backup OS recovery thingy on the ssd, disconnect the HDD, then install windows via the ssd and start from there.

Its annoying and tedious but its your only viable option other than taking your rig to a pc store and paying them to do it, they have shortcut methods plebs don't.

the thought of reinstalling windows makes me feel tired and could put me to sleep

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>>108921096
same, boss, but my games are stuttering

>>108921096
the thought of reinstalling arch linux gives me a raging boner

>>108921084
if its cheap enough I might do it bc im worried ill just fuck it up, dyk how much it usually is for them to shortcut it?

>>108921084
also what is a windows back OS thingy

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>>108919776
I've said it before, AMDSteve's been trying to cause a melt on his 4090 & 5090 for years.

>>108921278
>dude he tried to melt that connetor
>he just ran the gpu without an undervolt with the adapter from nvidia
>he just put it under load
>he ran it just stock

What matters most for a pc in terms of spending the money on, gpu, motherboard or cpu?

>>108918380
23.5"/165Hz@1440p masturbator reporting in

>>108921278
lmao
freudian slip

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>>108921084
god dammit bobby what is a backup OS recovery thingy is it not just a win10 installer?

>>108920931
So 150 or so is normie? When does it reach top tier, around 200?

>>108918571
Then you're not paying attention, AMD has been telling us for years that they want to move to chiplet GPUs so they can sell the good shit to corporations and the leftovers to us thereby reducing waste asuch as possible and using as much of the water as possible.

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is this guy correct in saying I can keep the HDD plugged in and it will just let me choose or is he stupid?

>>108921096
Same and I have no real reason to but I want to just for peace of mind.

>>108918380
ive been 1440p gang for almost 6 years. i dont see the point of 4k like how do you even see anything? i have a bunch of old freeware games and the like that max out at like 800x600 that would look way too small

>>108921278
>AMDSteve
more like prickSteve

I'm considering an Asrock Deskmini H760 for everyday usage and using spare RAM and SSD that I can't use elsewhere (Unless i find a gaming laptop using DDR4).
I'm hesitating between an I7 12600 and I5 13500, both are about the same price.
Does having E cores is a bad thing or not ? (Especially with Linux and others OS)

If the rtx 5090 produces transient spikes in the region of 1 Thz, then everything makes sense.

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>>108921059
is this the right way to move windows 10 to a SSD or not dammit

>>108921059
>>108921526
I don't know about the right way, but before I got rid of my old PC, I moved my windows install onto an SSD by cloning my OS with some free software onto the SSD and just unplugging the old HDD.

>>108918586
gonna game on linux? you need amd. otherwise go nvidia

>>108921537
I want to keep my HDD and plug it back in after. do I need to format (or delete all partitions or whatever) the SSD when I plug the win10 installer USB into it? is there no way to keep what is on the SSD already without making a backup?

>>108921526
I remember him, back when 10 downing didn't have a gooner.

>>108921383
Yeah I havent been paying attention to amd gpus ,but to be fair its like 10% of the market. Most people buy nvdia

will 6000cl30 ram be obsolete when zen 6 comes out? I heard that 6400 ram will be the meta for it.

is it better to clone the C drive onto a SSD tog et windows onto it or should I fresh install with a USB? is one way just better/easier than the other or can either cause problems?

>>108921617
and would I need to wipe the SSD f I want to clone it?

>>108921617
A new install will be less headaches. You need to be sure that SSD is higher priortiy at boot when you put the hdd back.

>>108921617
fresh install always
some people say otherwise, dont trust them, they hate you

>>108921631
>>108921634
would I need to wipe (format/delete partitions/whatever) the SSD when I fresh install? I think the only thing on it rn is just games I can redownload but not 100% certain. if so how do I do that or would it ask me to do it when I install windows?

>>108921653
you may be asked to format delete the partition you want to install windows on during installation

>>108921653
>I can redownload but not 100% certain
well get certain lmao

>>108921656
>may be asked
ok should I do it or not? dont think anything important is on the SSD but it IS like 2TB of games that would be annoying to download, dont think I have anything lying around I cna make a 2TB backup of either

>>108921669
move the files to a different storage device or partition you wont format

>>108921617
You can clone, but you'll have to do some partition size fuckery if the SSD is lower capacity than the source drive.

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>>108921663
I mean this is whats on it currently, I dont see anything that stands out that I cant redownload.
>>108921676
asking a different way, is it required that I do it when I fresh install or is it just an option? are there problems that can happen if I choose not to format or is it just generally better to format it when I fresh install?

>>108921688
its not, but the anons tell me fresh installing is generally just better and I dont want to engage with any more fuckery than I have to.

>>108921688
>>108921704
its not smaller than the HDD I mean

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lmao I could actually sell my steamdeck for more than I paid for it if I wanted to right now after the price hike. it's currently serving me as paperweight collecting dust so I am considering it.

>>108921727
wait another 2 years it can only go up

>>108921699
Just buy a hdd and dump everything over there first, then, if you needed it, it's there.

>>108921749
already started moving some of the bigger games thatll fit onto a E: storage, but what I am trying to find out is if its a direct requirement for a fresh win10 install to format or delete partitions on the SSD. will it fuck up my computer if I decide not to wipe it before installing win10 onto it or is it just the normal thing to do is wipe it before doing a fresh install or is it unavoidable?

>>108921788
>direct requirement for a fresh win10
ooooooh windooowwwwzzz

I am 100% out of then installing loop, ever since I got shit from an installer about keys and shit. I was like nope, done, fuck you pol word etc.

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>order pc parts online
>have to wait 2 days until they arrive
Fuck I'm so excited friends. How do I make time go faster?

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>>108921837
god fucking dammit it was always windows 10 I just like how it looks god dammit anon I was trying so hard to get a straight answer

>>108921871
drugs

>>108921901
I'm a retard but every time I reinstall windows it lets me keep my old files. So I usually just reinstall on the same drive and just move my old files back to my desktop.

>>108921871
>>order pc parts online
>>have to wait 2 days until they arrive
>they send an email letting me know my shipment was met with some issues and deliverybwill be delayed
>a few days later they send another email letting me know my delivery is cancelled and they will be refunding me
Such is my life

>>108921934
That sucks ;_;

>>108921917
>every time
qrd for a proper clean install? I think what I have to do is unplug the C and E drives so the V (SSD) is the only option left, plug in the windows 10 installer USB, boot it in BIOS, then just let it run normally after that. will let it format the V drive for a clean install if thats the least issue-causing way of doing this. if my C drive still has windows on it after can I pick which drive starts in in BIOS and then delete it from C without causing issues? anything I got wrong?

>>108921871
One way is to increase your wanted status.

>>108921871
lol "2 day shipping" always ends up being 5-7 for me. i chose to live in rural maine tho so its my own fault.

>>108920268
It's where you attach the baby board.

>>108922122
I ordered a book, because it was on sale. It won't be here for two weeks. It's not a new printing or anything, it's just a book that's on sale. I am glad I ordered it, but wow that's slow.

I got the media creation tool from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 for win10. do I need to run it on the USB before unplugging the C and E drives and booting into BIOS with V (SSD) still in it or will BIOS run it with just the download from there and make V the win10 drive?

why doesn't anyone make the things that (((I))) want

>>108922235
they do market research and doing that is deemed unprofitable

whats something nice or QoL I can get for a computer that anyone should have that I probably dont? cheap or not

>>108922261
install linux

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>>108922266
god fucking dammit is that all this board ever talks about

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>>108922277

>>108919776
>>108921278
I just bought a 5090 three weeks ago. I'm paranoid about it melting.

>>108922292
>>108922289

>>108922289
if windows ever forces me to get 11 ill go to linux right hand to god but until that day im on win10

>>108922304
>>108922289

>>108922292
Hard to give you a good answer. Personally, I don't like running day 1 games. Could be the next new worlds.

But anyway, the melting just increases the resale value (if yours isn't a melting one).

>>108922261
Large mousepad, like 50cm wide
wrist rest pad
Bias light behind the monitor
Monitor arms to give you more desk space and maneuverability
Standing desk, with a groove in the back to place an extension cord power strip to connect all electronics like monitor power, wireless mouse/kb chargers
usb powered cup warmer

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>>108922315
heres a pic of my current mousepad as ty

ok the win10 media creation is done running on the USB, will it work on its own if I unplug the other drives other than the SSD or do I have to find it in BIOS and run one of the things on it from there or something else?

>>108922344
win10?

Win 11 you go to bios and set the usb as the boot device ahead of the ssd
Its generally recommended to unplug the other drives during the installation

>>108922359
win 10, fuck win 11 just for how it looks. the other drives will be unplugged but C (HDD) still has win10 on it so hopefully nothing fucks up after V (SSD) becomes the win10 drive

>>108922365
just install win11, it has stuff like hdr support
you can use windhawk to move taskbar or something

Is the keyboard general dead

>>108922372
until it locks me out of my computer for not having it I will never get 11. Id rather get linux

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>>108922261
good chair+footrest.

Chair is subjective as HELL, if you have neck trouble, almost no chairs at all will suit you, as they all force your neck forward in bad postures. But only the more expensive chairs are worth it. I'll leave the recs on those to others.

But footrests? wildly underrated, i have 2 of these and i love them.

www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008156960706.html

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dunno where else to ask this but is this cpu fucked?

>>108922567
ye

>>108922571
fucking ebay, at least I should be able to get my money back

I had to bisect a git repo yesterday. Even though it was about 60 files to recompile the bisecting took ages. Seriously considering the 5950X over the 5800X3D. Currently on a 2700X on an X470 Taichi by the way.

>>108922567
I don't see whats wrong

>>108922567
Just clean it with some isopropyl and a microfiber

>>108922586
go for it
having more cores is really nice

>worried about my 5070Ti blowing up
I'm having a 12-pin melty

>>108922660
why
its within warranty for like 4 years
Id only be upset about the cable burning if I cant replace it for free

>>108922660
should've bought the 9070xt, 8 pins, linux, 30% cheaper, slight better performance on most games, the only drawback is it uses more wattage, but you can undervolt and cap the power usage to 220w, you can play around with the card to mitigate it, with nvidia you can't, what's not to like

>>108922692
> the only drawback is it uses more wattage
plus, you know, all the other drawbacks which is why amd has <10% marketshare

>>108922698
>amd has <10% marketshare
I'm tired of this meme, the reason AMD has 10% market share is because they don't make enough GPUs and don't push them on prebuilts or laptops. The enthusiast market counts for fuck all of the actual market share, it's why Intel was still the majority leader in CPUs until you started seeing every single "GAMING" prebuilt come with a ryzen cpu.

how big of a hassle is it to clean install windows 11? is it really what the other guy was doing and unplugging the other drive, using the USB media then finishing in BIOS? does it do anything fucky to a computer if 2 drives have win10/11 on them?

>>108922726
the most annoying part is that you need to login to microsoft acc during it

>>108922730
so its easy?

>>108922730
Just use that open source program that lets you remove that shit from the installer

>>108922726
you format the drive or create a new partition and install windows there. its that simple.

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>>108922742
Found it, it's called Rufus.

>>108922737
well they make installers into a "click next" simulators as much as possible

theres potential issues if your mobo is old and uses wrong format, or usb stick has data loss,
I wasted some time when the installer asks "if you want to keep installing windows click yes, otherwise remove usb stick" and the correct action is to remove the usb stick which moves on with the process or it starts the installation process again, it was worded oddly.

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>he is going to use linux after windows 10 is over btw

>>108922762
whats wrong with 11?

is it me, or are component prices trending down from the peak of the insanity? meanwhile it seems like eCelebs are still banking on the doom and gloom with their shitty clickbait and poorly organized productions?

>>108922767
please read the convo from this post downwards >>108922261 to see why i am laughing at him now >>108922289

>>108922767
there's a 33% chance you get an actual successful windows install. the other 66% is you getting a bricked install where everything seems fine but you get lower fps than others or things act funky as you are missing gradual rollout features.

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>>108922780
seems to just be you

>>108922567
I tried cleaning with microfiber + 100% isopropyl but no luck. None of the pins in the motherboard socket are damaged so I guess It was just a shitty cpu.

>>108922814
is there a way to not fuck it up like that or fix it?

>>108922819
They probably sent you a used one

>>108922826
10 iot ltsc

>>108922780
Only thing that went down a bit in my area is the 9070xt, all of them were at $700+ and now I can find some of the basic models for around $660.

>>108922826
dism/sfc/vivetool
if those fail you can in-place upgrade from iso to fix your shit while keeping your files

>>108922818
pcpartpicker is not a retailer and prices vary wildly by locale without any way to properly verify legitimate product owners.

Anyone play the original version of Metro 2033 lately? Is this game just really hard to run? I have a RTX4080 and im getting like mid 90s at 4k maxed. I feel like my old 1080ti ran it about the same but I don't remember for sure

>>108922848
are those first ones command prompt? no clue what a in-place upgrade from iso is either

>>108922767
nothing i just find people who confidently state that they are going to leave windows 10 for linux once 10 hits eol really funny. since those are the people who struggle with using windows the most apparently. making their switch to linux seem very unrealistic in my eyes. if they can't even handle a switch from windows 10 to 11 (i don't mean that windows is not complete dogshit but just the ui and install etc change). i guess there are two types of people who switch to linux. the ones who know windows in and out and don't struggle using it but just hate microsoft and how they do and not do things and the ignorant windows users who think it's a drop-in replacement and that all their problems with windows are going to be solved on linux. it does take a lot of ignorance to state something like that while struggling with windows is my point.

>>108922861
play the remaster instead

>>108922856
ok well if you have a better source then share with the class

>>108922861
it's one of those games that are so old they run like shit on new gpus unless you use DXVK like GTA 4 or Dark Souls 3.

>>108922869
idk what it's called but there was a firefox plugin a while back that tracked newegg prices. maybe another anon remembers?

>>108922864
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-system-file-checker-in-windows-365e0031-36b1-6031-f804-8fd86e0ef4ca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAOwN68AInE

>>108922861
>>108922879
i am also getting sub par performance on linux with proton. got a 9070xt running at 1440 ultrawide and i am getting like 90fps too. gpu doesn't seam to do all that much and i have a 7800x3d.

>>108922861
>>108922894
non remaster btw

>>108922894
At 1080p my RTX4080 is at like 70 to 80 percent utilization with the game running at a locked 165. At 4k it's at 98 to 99 percent utilization and I'm getting 80s to 90 FPS.

Thinking of trying to GoG version to see if that's any better. I feel like I should be able to run this at 165fps at 4k without issues.

>>108922914
the redux version apparently fixes all the issues with performance and other things. it also handles higher fps better.

>>108922914
This is on Windows 10 and it's the non redux version

>>108922914
are you using SSAA or Physx?

>>108922944
Ive toggled both on and off and it doesn't seem to make a difference in FPS.

>>108922949
what about moving the game off core0 with taskmanager

I'll have to give that a try, what cord should it be on? I'm on a 11700k so I don't have any E cores or anything like that to deal with.

>metro 2033 breaks above 60fps
>game dev forgot to add vsync to the game
...

>>108922949
you are cpu limited
download dxvk

>>108922980
Just turn off core 0 in task manager for the process

>>108922914
whats supposed to be better again?

>>108922988
CPU usage is in the low 20 percent on any given core. I will try DXVK though

>>108922996
For the GoG version? Seems like a lot of bug fixes, the steam version crashes on launch every few times I boot it up

>>108923003
I mean the perf numbers seem normal for cpu bottlenecked and gpu bottlenecked scenarios

>>108923007
just change aa from msaa to the other one. it gave me a few more frames.

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Anyone here know much about Blu Ray drives? external or internal? I'm thinking of getting one but I'm not sure if I'm wasting my time with them, anyone here got a good recommendation for one?

>>108923039
We typically use HDD's or nvme storage these days

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>>108923045
I usually buy blu rays for movies and anime I want to watch, if it's available to purchase of course, if not then I use my nvme

>>108923106
you can use a bd reader to transfer the data to hdd

>>108919585
Steam hardware isn't even available over here
>inb4 Jeet
Yeah but a lot of people were interested in getting them (atleast prior to the price increase) but can't

>>108923118
i wonder if you can get them in china. would also be a huge market.

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im looking for my old NVME in the slot closer to my CPU so I can swap it with a SSD but for the life of me I cant find it on my own MB. I think its under my fat fuck of a GPU but really dont want to take it out to check and just be wrong. MB is a X570-P and Im looking for the first M2 slot closer to the CPU. cont. with pics

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>>108923132

>>108923132
It 100% is under your GPU, same shit happens on most MBs nowadays where the first m.2 is under the GPU.

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>>108923132
here is the second M2 the SSD is in

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>>108923139
fuck me I hate everything I dont wanna take it out burn the thing

>>108923148
gpu is literally the easiest thing in your pc to remove

>>108923152
when I first put my PC together like 6 years ago I had an issue where I inserted my GPU in some fucked up way because I had no clue what I was doing and it somehow got stuck in the socket and wouldnt come out. went to a PC store and the guy had to like wrestle it out and it made some loud noise when it came out and I thought he like snapped my MB but everything was fine when he did but I still have like GPU insertion PTSD and dont want to wrestle with my computer

>>108923165
if you break your gpu/mobo then its just a good opportunity to upgrade
you know how it goes, exposure to trauma is the best way to build tolerance

>>108923172
fucker I dont wanna spend money on parts now I dont have much throwaway money and I dread getting a new MB just plugging in everything all over again. will give it a shot tomorrow tho after a proper mirror pep talk and counseling

>>108922586
If you compile as much as you game, then a 5950X is a no brainer.

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>>108923338
>>108922598
I boughted.

>>108923354
those better be dollarydoos

>>108923364
It certainly is kangroobux yeah. Literally everything here is imported.

>>108923366
my condolences
enjoy the threads

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Here you go, the best of the best version of RX 9070 XT.

>>108923462
>gigashit
anon i...

>>108923462
Powercolor Reaper 9070XT is the only high-end two slot card on the market. It's the ultimate for SFF builds.

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>>108923462
Oopps posted the wrong pic. Here is the best of the best version of RX 9070 XT.

>>108923475
Sapphire Pulse is better than Reaper.

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>>108923476
Not even close.

I'm finally considering a full upgrade from my ancient pc. What's a reasonable price in america for a computer that can run most games at a solid 60fps on mid settings with room for future upgrades? I poked around on pcpartpicker and most builds end up around 2k, is that roughly the price I'm looking at or can I get what I want for cheaper?

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remind me again /g/ why are 12pins bad again?

>>108923506
ram and ssd tax made all solid pcs 2k and trying to gimp budgets just literally doesnt work anymore

>>108923512
The flaw is that all systems use the same ram and storage. A $15,000 workstation benefits from the same ram and storage as whatever the cheapest system you can build does. In fact you can increase a cheap pc's usefulness, or gimp it by the ram selection and capacity. Same with storage. People are trying jump ship back to ddr4 because the reality of competing with the industry is too much. Literally trying to invest in dead end sockets to save money by dodging competition. Even ai bro's are purchasing am4 because server farms are too much to compete with.

>>108923506
can you reuse the ssd and ram? then the pc prices aren't so bad compared to previous years

If I do not care for 4k or even 2k resolution and will stay on 1080p till the end of time, is a 9070xt overkill?

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>>108923462
crazy how the steel legend that I have and the ASUS prime look the best of them all

>>108923574
for 1080p you can stay with a 60 series card, for "(very) comfortable 1440p, get the 9070xt

How come 1440p is 2K if 4K is the double of 1080p and 5K is the double of 1440p.

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>>108923554
if i would buy RAM for 15k rig i would buy the 6000MHZ 28CL Saudi RAM

jsut checked
>cheapest 6000 30 cl ram is 500 (just to be 250 lmao)
>saudi ram 6000 28cl is just 600 (just to be 500 lmao)

i think i might invest in to saudi ram now that's it only 100 nbuck cheaper than cheapest ram