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>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

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

>PSU Reviews
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies
https://www.lttlabs.com/
https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-supplies
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=Power+Supplies

Tier-list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/

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

>Other helpful Links
Mobomaps: https://mobomaps.com/
German autism: https://www.igorslab.de/en/
Alternate to pcpartpicker: https://pangoly.com/en/pc-builder

>HDR related
Game fixes:
https://github.com/clshortfuse/renodx/wiki/Mods
https://github.com/KoKlusz/HDR-Gaming-Database

OLED news:
New stripe RGB QD-OLED panels with higher maximum brightness releasing in 2027 (DisplayHDR True Black 600 certified).
https://global.samsungdisplay.com/31456
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-introduces-new-odyssey-lineup-for-fast-paced-gaming-at-gamescom-2026
https://displayhdr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DisplayHDR_Chart_2026-July_Full_Table.pdf

PC building in 2026? Nobody can afford that.

buy an amd gpu. switch to linux. leave the nigger cattle on windows behind.

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>>109747934
AMD Drivers > Nvidia Drivers

Windows & Linux

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>>109747087
Stabilized. Finished with anything DRAM related, unless it's needed for CPU overclocking. Which I'm leaning towards stock now.

>>109747685
Are headphones part of PC building? I have some wired OneOdio headphones. I hear a bit of static, but I hadn't used those headphones for months so I fear there was some "bitrot but for headphones" if that makes sense.

What's the best 3.5mm to 3.5mm audio cables I should get if that eliminates static? Any things I can do to eliminate the static? Maybe there is dust in the audiojack?

>>109748248
1: get a dac
2: eliminate ground loops
3: get a balanced cable

computers shouldn't cost money.

>>109748286
thanks for the info stallfag.

is 1440p REALLY that much of a step up from 1080p?
budget's no problem but I'm just wondering if the higher fidelity is worth the performance hit
(pc is built around a 9070 XT fwiw)

>>109748324
1440p at 27 inches feels like 1080p felt when windows 10 and 7 were still a thing
everything is so fucking big at 1080p on windows 11

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>>109748324
yes, but you should go 4k instead
I have the same GPU and have been running a 27" 1440p display for more than ten years, so it's safe to trust me

>>109748296
Or, money should be free. Another acceptable option.

I meant for me anyway, I didn't mean you.

>>109748324
>9070 XT
Oof.

>>109748324
It is, but 1440p ultrawide is an even greater improvement
Avoid 4k since it's only slightly better than 1440p and is too heavy on all GPUs but the 5090

>>109748342
I absolutely would not go to 4K without a 50-series.
4K is still very much the world of upscaling and AMD still haven't really made a decent rival to DLSS. Added to that, if you're going with a 9070 XT, you're probably more budget conscious and a cheap 4K monitor is going to look worse than a decent 1440p.

>>109748286
Poor people shouldn't use computers.

>>109748516
> Avoid 4k since it's only slightly better than 1440p and is too heavy on all GPUs but the 5090
My 4090 runs 4k fine (with upscaling).

>>109748283
My headphone is just one 3.5mm cable to the PC. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

>>109748558
>I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
Your headphone is just one 3.5mm cable to the PC.

>>109748558
bits are digital but sound is analog
this means your computer converts the former into the latter
since this happens inside your computer, all sorts of noise is picked up and transferred to your headphones in the process
however, there is a solution: a USB digital to analog converter makes all of this happen outside of your computer, which solves 90% of this

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>>109748516
>>109748518
my 9070 XT runs 4k fine (without upscaling) (I fucking hate upscaling and want to see crispy pixels even if it means palying on medium settings)

>>109747685
>6000CL30 (AMD), 6400CL32 (Intel)
Looking at parts for an 9800x3d build, the cheap ram available to me are v-color manta xfinity rgb cl30 6400 mHz and crucial pro overclocking cl32 6000mHz, the crucial costs $15 more, but i like how it looks much more, will i run into issues with the slightly higher clock timings and speed?

>>109748527
Computers should be free.

>>109748586
enable xmp for 6400 but change mhz back to 6000mhz

>>109748586
Get the v-color. It has hynix a-die which is far superior to whatever micron dies are in the crucial kit

well, alright then, I just ordered a 1440p 180hz monitor from samsung
guess I'll return this Dell one

sorry I should clarify I ordered it from amazon but the brand was samsung
I would've stayed with the dell brand but their 1440 monitor in the same price range only goes to 144hz

>>109748623
I can't pass cheaper better ram for just looks, thanks anon

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>>109748561
>>109748569
First time hearing this sort of thing ever.
Are you both referring to something like pic related?
I'm not sure if pic related is the best example of this sort of converter. I'd appreciate a timestamped pic of a converter for more authenticity since there's a lot of shills and trolls in these parts. I'm sorry if this comes across as rude.
Could this maybe boost the quality of the stupid dollar store headphones I still haven't thrown away?

>>109748684
yes, this is one example of a DAC
in fact, a DAC is another word for what is known as a sound card
your pic will likely work fine and certainly won't be a downgrade from onboard audio, but places like /iemg/ likely have better recs

>>109748684
Yeah that's the cheapest type of dac out there, which are just as good as expensive dacs nowadays, I'd probably go with a name brand one like apple cuz theyre still cheap

>>109748496
What's wrong with the 9070 XT?

>>109748684
don't use those or bigger dacs with usb hubs. just don't do that.

>>109748738
there are insane shills for every major company who spend all day posting here, nothing majorly wrong with the 9070xt

>>109748738
best gpu of this generation

>>109748814
Yeah, the shill problem will only increase. There's a solution to this mess, but most people are really lazy.

>>109747934
>buy an amd gpu
Nope
>switch to linux
Did
>leave the nigger cattle on windows behind.
THEN WHY DO THEY KEEP MIGRATING TO CACHYOS

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>>109749004
>Nope
nigger cattle

>>109748822
good, i bought it day ago for 1080p ultra wide gaming for few years, that shit only goes up in price

I don't have money to buy and build pc, but I like watching the pc building videos on yt.

>>109749019
Lisa Su and Jensen are cousins. No matter what you pick, you get screwed, you brown midwit.

>>109749058
nvidia drivers are so bad on linux that the clipboard doesn't work for some.

>>109749004
>>buy an amd gpu
>Nope
dope

>>109749058
Lisa Su promises to never NSA or CIA or mossad you ever.

>>109749098
is this true?

>>109749116
It is a pepe verified truth.

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>>109749068
If they're so bad why are linux users happily playing games on nvidia despite the so-called perf loss. To hell with Microsoft.

>>109749196
>so-called perf loss
>pays more for his gpu
and in return gets
>gets up to 20% less performance
>random driver related issues
>outdated game drivers
>random game crashes
what a deal! but if you ignore everything nvidia is just as good as amd on linux!

>>109749196
jensen was so young back then

>>109748738
9070 XT and 9070 are the only sane choices in the current market, everything else has far worse dollar to fps value. Indians obsessed with the hag filter will try to convince you otherwise though.

>>109749242
yeah it was just him lol

>>109748738
It's made by red company not green company

>>109749502
Why don't you want a redheaded awkward gf

>>109747685
>3600CL18
any reason to why 18 and not 16?

>>109749517
they're the same thing just that cl16 costs a couple bucks more
actually good 16-16-16-36 b-dies havent been produced for years

thoughts on cooler master qube 540?

>>109749543
seems like it lacks filters

>>109749558
she's just like me.

>>109747685
That connector is not just melted. It's black. That right there is a fire hazard.

>>109748283
>1
dacs still have the cpu process the audio first. useless
>2
my cable is already hanging in the air. placebo
>3
straight up placebo

the truth is, windows is fucking dogshit and you'd need to adjust the audio buffer, which you can only do on Linux

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>>109749767
You stupid nigger licker you'd be so much better off if you just shut the FUCK up you don't know what you are talking about my ears are gold your ears are SHIT and someone with SHIT for ears shouldn't be giving ANY advice on what sounds good and what doesn't NOW GTFO

>>109749767
I'm semi sure any half decent usb DAC that comes with a driver software allows you to adjust the audio buffer

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>>109747685
it melted good
a $5.55 trillion company made this

>>109749891
I really dont need news articles about every rma case
email about it to the seller or nvidia instead of reddit

>>109748248
>I hear a bit of static
It's coming from your integrated sound card because the environment inside a PC is very noisy from an EMI point of view, the CPU and GPU draw tens of amps of current in bursty / uneven patterns, from long and unshielded power cables that stretch across the motherboard and the large current spikes induce noise in the analog audio circuit that you hear. There is nothing you can do about it, it's a motherboard design and noise isolation issue, but you can expect some level of noise to be audible from mobo integrated audio in general because it would be hard to isolate the sound section completely from everything happening on the rest of the board and PC.

The solution is to buy some form of external sound solution (a DAC, an audio interface, etc.), a device that's going to sit physically separated from your computer. Ideally it would be something with its own power supply, but in practice you will usually not hear noise even if it's USB-powered from the PC.

This isn't something you're going to solve with a different cable, it's not the cable's fault, a headphone is too low impedance for noise picked up by its cable to be audible. Cables picking up noise are only a problem when going from one device to another, like an audio cable going from your PC to an external amplifier (which has a sensitive, very high impedance input).

>>109749891
>he is black
>just like his connector

I took an M.2 SSD out of an old Intel NUC and stuck it in my mobo. For some reason it doesn't show up in Disks on Linux Mint. It's also pretty bent out of shape from being crammed in such a small case for so long. Could it be a software/firmware issue or is it just defective?

Is RX7600 still worth the money for a cheap build? Or do I get the RTX4060

>>109750236
theres no good options for low end because vram pricing
only gpu that makes any sense to rec with current pricing is 5070

>>109750236
yeah, whatever you do, don't listen to the nvidia shills.

>>109750236
Not really because it's a weak GPU especially when we're heading into the next gen of consoles in almost exactly 12 months from now which will further increase the baseline min spec for games. I'd go for the 4060 solely because you're going to be leveraging upscaling a lot over the next few years with these weak GPU and nvidias upscaler is overall better and will get better over time. It'll also get dlss 5 neural rendering support which will probably run like shit but at least the support is there. Neural rendering is an rdna 5 exclusive tech coming out with the next gen amd cards next year so if you want the latest feature support on amd you won't get it on a 7600.

I've been told by an employed friend the market will stabilize within a year. Is this true? Should I hold off on my dream machine for another few months?

>>109750368
huh, no
they're planning datacenter building for 5+ years onward
sure some ram supply will come online in the coming years but the tech giants have placed orders until 2030's

>>109750236
9050/5050 is better if your bargain hunting

>>109750368
kek memory supply is sold out till 2030

>>109750575
dozens of companies will default on their payments once the bubble bursts

>>109750623
check out how money meta makes in a day that they can use to buy ram

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Is the MSI PRO Max 271QPX14G good? It's on sale for $320. I can get it for $280 if I bundle it with a 9600x.

>>109750651
>oled care
lol no

>>109750651
144hz = what

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>>109750644

>>109750651
only has 400 nits of brightness so hdr wont pop that much but you still get oled picture quality so go for it.

>>109750685
meta gets money from showing ads
meta spends hundreds of billions on AI regardelss of what anyone in that picture say or do

so will google
so will amazon

>>109750050
Does it show up if you go into the bios ?
Put it back into the nuc and see if it still works.

>>109750368
>dream machine
How long can you hold out on your current machine ?

>>109750666
144hz is plenty

>>109750752
144hz is too much

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

the end of the tv pill
ACR even worse than expected

it's actually over

>>109750663
What's wrong with oled care?

>>109750787
because the fucking screen degrades. burns.
so is just trash.

>>109750757
My current 24" 1080p monitor goes up to 180hz but I cap my games at 90 fps.

>>109750795
Doesn't oled care help prevent exactly that?

>>109750800
chad tbqh

>>109750816
>prevent
LMAO

It basically prevents the screen to work correctly. like keeping the brightness and colors limited and purposedly diming all the time. so you don't burn it.
no other monitor tech had this issue. ever.
CRTs burned in years if not decades. Oled burn in weeks if you let them.

>>109750795
a 3 year old burned in oled still looks nicer than a 1-day old ips lcd

bait used to be believable

>>109750889
Unfortunate truth nuke, no matter how many disadvantages oleds have i just can’t go back to ips

>>109750903
>when your mind is so cucked that the truth looks like bait

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never going back to Ips.
glorious oled can keep working when turned off.

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>>109750916
why don't they just develop display tech that isn't completely dogshit for monitors?

>>109750916
>buys new oled

>>109750916
that happens on my ips lcd
its called image retention

>>109749767
>you'd need to adjust the audio buffer, which you can only do on Linux
What settings do you recommend on the audio buffer? Just asking on the chance that the static noise can be removed without having to get a DAC.
I'm using Bazzite KDE.
>>109748731
>>109748737
Thanks!
I might give it a try thrown in when I make another Amazon order.
>>109748745
Why?

>>109750984
>Why?
causes issues with the audio

Need new speakers. Should I go for Edifier mr3 or mr4? Apparently these are the best ones for under $150, at least from the ones I can find in my country.

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>>109750916
>posts an ips
>clearly not oled
???????

>>109750651
oled can only be so bad, there is no panel variance on the response times for instance
the variance is how shit the firmware is from the manufacturer
and if msi didnt update it... kinda worse than now
and its still not perfect

>Choose boards with ALC1220 audio codec when possible

Why?

>>109751085
maybe thats the newest realtek slop
I know higher number newer

>>109751085
its older but has no audio popping issues of the alc4080 and alc4082 whatsoever

>>109751085
4080 and 4082 use usb as interface. It's basically the worst of both worlds as you have now interference from internal processing while also having the downsides of USB.

>use a alc897 just fine

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>z-edge
is this the ultimate poorfag brand?

>cheapest 4k 160hz 27"
>cheapest 1440p 260hz 27"
>think the cheapest 1440p 27" 240hz qdoleds
on my local amazon
180€ 4k
144€ 1440p

who the fuck is a zedge

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We use Bluetooth audio here

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Bluetooth audio

>5080 is $2k kangaroo coins
>5090 is $9k

It can't be that much better for gaymin can it? Waste of many dollars if I'm not gonna bother with AI stuff?

>>109751159
it's only 50% faster at best, usually more like 30-35% faster because of nvidia's massive driver overhead issues

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>anus matx boards are not only cheaper but they also have more usb ports than their atx boards

>>109751254
why do you crave for the anus? are you gay?

>>109751274
idk. i like their bios and never had issues with their boards. only other alternative is like two assrock boards which don't cost much more and also a few gigashit boards which do cost 50 bux more.

>>109751274
a MICRO anus Anon he's not only GAY but also a PEDO

>>109751282
assrock was only good back during am4

>>109751293
>implying the midget board is underage

>>109751308
He's looking at a 1-2 year old board
He's an irredeemable pedo

>>109751318
yo grandpa. your caps are leaking again.

>>109749891
Even the hand melted

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>>109750923
they did but they wanted to cut down on shipping costs

>>109750816
No that's nothing but a placebo to get that crap sold.

>>109751479
the only thing placebo is the FORCED 16-24 cycles that these cucks forced into the firmware, which is entirely placebo

>>109750905
Enjoy your techslop while it lasts.

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>buying a white monitor and then placing it in direct sunlight

>>109749767
that's not what a ground loop is you FUCKING RETARD
if you're going to say random stupid shit trying to start a fight at least say accurate stupid shit instead of showing how little you know

>>109751055
>oled can only be so bad
There is much to debate in QD vs W and matte vs glossy. It's not much different than LCD tech in this sense.

>>109751926
at the end of the day its still oled and shits on any form of lcd

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>>109751140
We use TOSLINK here.

>>109750778
>don't connect my TV to the internet
>it doesn't spy on me
damn that was hard

>>109751932
The real discussion isn't about OLED vs LCD anymore but people upgrading from OLED to OLED monitors. Many that bought the 2022 AW3423DW are moving to newer models like the AW3926QW.

Is using nvcleanstall and disabling telemetry mutually exclusive with using the Nvidia app?

>>109751926
but you also have to take into specific monitors and their config
in absolute terms qdoled is better in technical terms i would think

>>109752003
you didn't watch the video

>>109752003
>t. user of the glass

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How do these little chink monitors that people are putting in their PC cases work? I'm assuming they're using mini hdmi to regular hdmi cables going to the GPU, not sure about the usbc power though, do most modern motherboards have usbc headers on them?

>>109752098
i think most of them use DP or eDP routed to the gpu

>Choose boards with ALC1220 audio codec when possible
Could I just slap a $50 audigy soundcard to the mobo to avoid this wild goose chase? Am I even going to notice the difference with my peasant ears?

>>109752137
you have to check how the pcie slot works and is connected to the CPU. In my case USB slot that has a direct connection to CPU is better cause my PCIe socket goes through two layers of chipset

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>>109752087
It's over

>>109747685
https://wccftech.com/dlss-5-runs-on-dual-gpu-setup-using-reshade-add-on/
Repo is public: https://github.com/maohgad-web/Neural-coprocessor

wtf the guy who made this posted it in the thread yesterday >>109744422

>>109752003
>plug it in
>turn it on
>the 2nd wifichip autoconnects to whatever open wifi there is and scans everything it can find

and people really said buy a TV for my PC

>>109752277
>>109744422
wtf
nvidia should have done this to make dual gpus a thing again
who am i kidding, they probably want to sell more 5090s and 6090s

>>109752296
I don't think the singular QD-OLED shill really cares since he only shills for Samsung.

>>109752356
The first showcase of dlss 5 was done using dual 5090's
But most gamers dont have 2 gpus
and it likely has latency penalty

>>109752296
The death of the tv pill
or you accept surveilencemaxxing
hmmmm choices choices

>>109752404
All tv manufacturers have ACR tho Samsung too
Samsung and others already got sued in USA over it too
wonder how bad Samsungs ACR is, maybe GN will test them too, it's free content
I'm sure it's literally as bad though

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>>109752296
Honestly speaking the death was affordable 5K2K OLEDs. Now the resolution and aspect ratio advantage was in the PC monitor court, it had already been in terms of QoL. The only real difference is technology where monitors are generally 1-2 years late but that boils down to incremental brightness increases.

I wish monitor reviews were more useful.
You've basically got too options
>RTs posting a bunch of graphs you don't really understand nor can translate into what the monitor actually looks like.
>Tom's hardware reviewing the latest ASUS CHILDPREDATOR 9536 1000HZ IPSOLED GAM3R Monitor and basically just saying "Flagship performance from a flagship product, at a flagship price. 4.75/5".

>>109752734
Neither of those are real issues. Just because you're too dumb to read technical graphs doesn't mean the people that matter cannot. The real issue is cherrypicking. AW3926QW was only the most recent example where all reviewers, even the skeptical ones, generally praised it without major issue. Then people bought them and half of them had horrible uniformity issues or other factory defects. There's no real counter to this except lurking reddit for weeks before making a buying decision.

>>109752734
Monitors unboxed does good reviews

>>109752734
You sub to rtings?

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>>109752761
My point isn't "Nobody can understand this" it's "This does not translate to knowing what a monitor's picture actually looks like for most people".

>>109752734
>ASUS CHILDPREDATOR 9536 1000HZ IPSOLED GAM3R Monitor
KEK

>>109752412
>and it likely has latency penalty
It certainly will since the frame has to be copied from the rendering GPU to the DLSS5 GPU. It also mentions the DLSS5 GPU outputs directly to its own monitor, so that's going to be a bit awkward since you'd normally want your primary monitor connected to the main graphics card.

>>109747685
speaking of 5090s it seems i'm going to have to RMA mine. at some point between when I got it last year and yesterday when I got suspicious and checked it apparently developed an issue.
it still reports drawing the usual 575w-600w but seems to be pulling voltage and not clocking up and temperatures don't go above 60C, and it benchmarks at around a 4080 level now. Tried fiddling with afterburner curves, using the stock curve, uninstalling afterburner entirely, DDU/reinstall nvidia driver, reseating card and power cable (which I didn't want to do, but the cable is fine)

it's never been so over

Is this a good place to find a girlfriend?

>>109753143
did you try reinstalling windows

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Dlss5 is a psyop to fry 5090s
It has only begun

Inb4 N-

>>109753165
it's a good place to find a girlfriend substitute that's just as expensive

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guy is getting his gaming pc shipped and here's the delivery driver taking it to his van, he must be a big katamari damacy fan

>>109753173
not yet. planning on it today before i actually go through with an rma. i'm convinced it won't help but that's about the only thing left to try.

>>109753244
try a different psu

>>109753243
The post office is one of the few places that hires criminals and retards and treat them as equal as normal people.

>>109753243
this is what prebuilt buyers deserve, the delivery guy is a pcbg regular

>>109753243
to be fair you dont ship them with cpu coolers and gpus hanging freely and expect it to turn on afterwards

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>2019 iMac
>5k display
>intel 9th generation cpu swappable up to i9 9900k
>Radeon 500 series gpu
>check ebay: average price around 250 bucks but you can get them on craigslist for cheaper
>no soldered ram or memory
>no T2 chip preventing booting linux direct from drive
>300 watt power supply
genuine question is this a good value for money in 2k20+6 soon to be 7. I mean buying all this stuff separately will put you over 500 dollars

>>109752677
>monitors are generally 1-2 years late
If you rranslate the vesa hdr spec tvs are TB1000 even more
The peak highlights blow that spec out by alot but not the 100% sustained number.
Kinda weird spec because hdr should be way more on the small highlights idk
Oled tvs are hitting 4500 nits peak highlights monitors are 1400nits? And a bunch of dimming to hit that

Monitors had the refresh rate advantage they Will go to 5k and 6k way Faster than tvs which won't even and then it will be really questionable what you want
Even the display guy said he will stop using OLED tvs for monitor when 5k OLED monitors are out

If the quality is that much better maybe it's worth

240hz is really good tho feels way better
Haven't tried more must be really good

>>109753143
I was shilling 5090s and anyone who didn't buy one was retarded but seems pretty stressful owning that shit that can combust at any time
How did everything turn to shit
Things were supposed to improve your life not more problems

Reminder to avoid all LG and Samsung OLED displays

>>109749940
>anon doesn't understand you need to raise hell before a company will do any kind of decent customer service

>>109753243
Why don't fags like this get the boot

>>109753593
Avoid every company and every product everyone is scummy and exploits you
It's over
Return to Monkee

>>109753593
>>109753950
Hisense scammed my brother a few years back, i assure you, your complaints are trivial.

>be ausfailian
>brother wants a really nice TV, high specs, with a specific needs-list
>watches a PILE of reviews, reads up on more
>all the techtubers and web-reviewers are praising this latest Hisense tv
>ticks all the boxes for him
>he gets it
>notices within a few days that its not performing to the standard he expected, little things not adding up, colouring mediocre etc.
>goes back online and researches again
>turns out that all the reviewers were yanks
>yanks got the tvs with the specs as advertised
>the rest of the planet got a tv with the identical model-number, but a lowered spec TV with worse QA, for the same price minus taxes.

>>109754000
oh yeah tcl has same thing with eu
All the good tvs go to usa, are reviewed there and eu had some random bs products

>>109754000
yep TVs are the worst and you always have to check the model numbers and stats like that that's why you need to check displayspecifications.com and even the store you buy them from because not only the country but even the store you buy them from will have special models unique only to them. It's a total shitshow and the TV market thrives off of customer confusion by design. Hisense and TCL especially are notorious for this shit.

>>109754312
>>109754049
never heard of the brand TCL, thanks for the tip. I haven't bought a tv in 14 years as im a loner-fag and just do everything on my computer instead. Ultrawide monitor, i don't own a smart tv, its not even 4k, its a 1080p LG lcd with some basic functions.

>>109753459
imac's get cooked due to built-to-fail cooling systems. Its probably a piece of shit that'll switch off after half an hour of usage.

You'll have to do maintenance and fix it up for it to work. Good luck with a 9900k with that shitty cooling system.

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Prebuilt with a 9060xt and 32gb ddr5 under 1k euros. Worth it? I can pay 350 euros extra for a 5070 but i don't think that's worth it for 1080p

>>109754406
yeah, seems worth

>>109754406
Its kinda lame because the cpu is so bad
you're not getting some amazing deal with ddr4 ram and too small 1tb nvme with who knows what specs

>>109754406
>5700X
uh that's definitely not ddr5

holy shit cut down from 1700 they are dreaming if they claim it was ever worth that

It's probably the 9060XT 8GB too make sure you check

>>109754424
Wait it's ddr4, i'm a moron. Nvm

>>109754406
Those ddr4 ram are gonna be terrible. The ssd will always be a horrid dramless stick (if it's not sata lol). The cpu is decent, and the gpu is price-to-performance. For the price it's definitely a good buy.
>>109754447
Crap I forgot 9060xt xomes in 8gb too. Yeah that's 100% 8gb

>>109754384
TCL are the one major miniLED brand

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>>109754406
So the 9060xt isn't 8GB...

>>109754561
That's a thing?

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>no post/vga debug light motherboard suddenly posts every time after i decided to record a vid for the RMA process
i spend 2 weeks troubleshooting this pos with a colleague and eventually bought a new one. should i send it in anyways? what are the chance it's only working temporarily?

>>109754561
maybe its the new 9050, it has a 4gb variant as far as i remember

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Because of anon I wanted to check out prebuilts in my country. What are these combos

>>109748013
AMD drivers are dogshit on windows anon. great for linux, but nobody games on linux which is why they buy AMD lel

>>109752111
yeah it's garbo in windows because it fucks up everything when you turn a different monitor off or change plugs. Just get the gkill thing

>>109754727
intel cpus outside of 270k gen are mostly paperweights all shops want get rid of

>>109754747
The 250k would be a decent buy at $100, I guess.

>>109754768
it doesnt rly matter
ddr5 too expensive, mobo platform is dead

A friend got a 5070. He can get the control game for free right now. If he waits, can he get a different free game or does it lock you out of all future deals

>>109754786
anything to convince people to buy am4/am5 I guess

>>109754796
what "future deals"?
If he doesnt want control resonant you can pm me the code

>>109754812
Future free games. I believe you got arc raiders 1 year ago and monster hunter wilds a few months ago

>>109753461
OLED TVs are at like 2200 peak while monitors are 1300 peak. It should be remembered that monitors are supposed to have more static elements and thus more susceptible to burn-in so it makes sense to not drive them as hard as TVs. Otherwise not a singular WOLED monitor survives the 3 year warranty period.

>>109754000
Hisense haven't been like this for at least 7 years. I remember I nearly bought their tv back in around 2019 in eu and it was the same issue but they announced the models from the following year will be identical globally and ever since they've been good with that consistency across regions.

Im coming from thinkpads and need a gpu. What laptop is good all these gaming laptops seem like dogshit longevity?

>>109754964
laptop specs are a clusterfuck to the point where they recommend apple because brand name.
Having any win11 laptop in memory would be a silly attempt.

Is there a reason its a gaming laptop and not a desktop

Good HDD for backups? 2-5 TB range.

>>109754994
I have a workstation at home and need something to travel with and when im also at my second place. Ive considered building a second workstation but its not really in budget and it also doesnt solve the shit I need on the go

>>109755068
Theres nvidia spark laptop but since memory crisis the prices will be around 5000€

>>109753459
>genuine question is this a good value for money
Apple is actually never a good value, and its proposition is that they have good gui code, basically. Throw that mouse and keyboard away.

>>109754561
Yeah, but it's still a 9060XT.
Why spend money on a new weak graphics card when for the same money you can get an older more powerful graphics card?

>>109755068
If you don't play competitive games, I'd look into streaming games from the workstation using parsec/sunshine+moonlight.

i have broken off one of those small brown capacitors on my gpu moving my shit into a new case
can this backfire and fry my mobo or cpu?

>>109754000
It's known region variants are completely different, he scammed himself
>Watched (mainstream) Reviewers
Second level of self scam
>LCD
Third level of scam

You could say he 3x self scammed

if he didn't buy on seasonal sales for 50% off I would say that's the 4th level of scam also

overall pretty cheap price to pay for a learning lesson

>>109754907
>OLED TVs are at like 2200 peak
no

>>109755160
I once did this on purpose so I could RMA my card and get a brand new one. EVGA were pretty based for honoring it.

>>109755175
>OLED TVs are at like 2200 peak
Samsung QD-OLEDs get that high, but then again if you need brightness that high you are likely in a bright room suffering from a purple screen anyway.

>>109755694
s95h literally peaks at 4500 nits broski

>>109755700
In what? .5 window size? It hits 2800 nits peak in 2% and 1600 nits sustained.

>>109754727
>i7 and a RTX 5050

ah yes the $999 laptop special

>>109754831
they swap the game out every couple months depending on what's coming out it was 007 first light a few months back

After control resonant it'll probably swap to Gears of War: E-Day

>>109747685
Just so you bling slop slurpers know: I will never buy OLED bling, the jew among display techslop with integrated highspeed obsolescence.
If it was any good then professionals would use it. But it sucks. Like a hamburger sucks compared to authentic bistecca alla fiorentina.

>>109755945
OLED mastering monitors were just a dream after all.

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>>109752277
>>109752356

it's nuts this was posted here and nobody paid attention

Dual GPU boys we are back in action

I dont rly see why would anyone vow allegiance to witnessing ips contrast for the rest of their lives

>>109755971
Obviously the bot powered articles dont actually use the mod and report how it goes, they go "thing exists, text proof on the internet says so"

>>109755808
was thinkin of the 83" and also its dependent on settings
either way its way more than 2200
you amke monitores and tvs sound comparable
they arent
but anyway

>>109755945
lcd is the real jew considering it's cheaper to produce

>>109755971
I saw it but i have nothing to say

>>109755977
you don't get it you might have to buy another monitor after 10 years

>>109755971
The wall socket can't handle it.

>>109752098
they only need 5v, you don't need to sacrifice your entire usb c header, you can power it from one of those now almost useless usb 2.0 9pin internal usb headers, also some motherboard now have internal hdmi connector, you can route it to that port for more clean look

>>109755971
>you will get lower scores
>and spend $10,000
>and you will be happy

Will the RTX 6090 have anti burn connector tech and a dedicated neural rendered boost on the die so u can run dlss5 without burning up and halving fps?

>>109756161
Who knows, probably not. They were aware of the issue with the 4090 but didn't care enough to fix it with the 5090 so I'd bet on "no". The 6090 will either be a 600W card with a node upgrade doing the heavy lifting, or it will have dual 12VHPWR sockets which might or might not rectify the issue, depending on power draw. Remember, 350-400W is enough to burn a connector so even a 800W TDP with dual connectors would still burn in a worst case scenario.

Does this look correct? https://youtu.be/M-OIL2kuTeA
ER DLSS5 mods
looks like gamma is switching every camera angle change like vrr flicker almost
and haloing around things maybe from the frame gen
something feels off, well the video feed not smooth either?

>>109756203
something needs to be done it's beyond bad right now

Fucking hell, the coil whine from running a game at 200fps makes this 9070 sound like it's dying a painful death. Surely this can't be normal?

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Night time really exposes how bad high resolution LCDs are with their viewing angles, the vignetting on a 27" 4k display is noticeable in the corner of my taskbar

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>>109756283

There's no point to buying anything now
wait until black friday only 2 months
it's not like last year everything's fucked already
but maybe monitor and other hardware will be on sale then

>>109756271
every gpu has coilwhine (allegedly)
how bad it is depending on your config
high hz monitors also have coilwhine
just get tinnitus brah

>>109756283
saw a hdtvtest a 5k miniled on some showroom with new lcd tech that had oled like viewing angles and fooled him
if you want best viewing angles gotta get qdoled, literally perfect from every angle kinda insane

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>>109756290

>>109756297
>just get tinnitus brah
This is horseshit, I have it and I can still hear every coil that whines clearly
>>109756271
It's "normal" insofar as it isn't consider a manufacturing defect within capitalist tolerances

>>109756295
>but maybe monitor and other hardware will be on sale then
Yeah the old shit they're clearing out. Black Friday sales haven't been good since covid.

>>109756283
Well it's not like tandem OLEDs are much better. Monitors are designed to be looked head-on.

>>109756271
AMD uses cheaper components, you should expect some sacrifices for the lower prices.

>>109756300
is the game worth buying?

>>109756412
AMD has nothing to do with coil whine.

>>109756412
>AMD uses cheaper components
Like with their power connectors?

>>109756420
That's classic 1990s Marathon and no you can't buy it because it's freeware but yes you should play it. Not 2 or Infinity though.

>>109754406
beware of mediamarkt, they often got problems with payments and delivery, would not recommend

>>109756425
Well 9070XTs are combusting with more frequency than 5080s, so yeah, apparently.

>>109756687
you know this is not true

>>109756283
just sit in front of the computer, that fixes your "issue"

>>109756948
anon doesn't know, anon only feels

>109756687
^

whatever that thing is, it's scary.

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>>109747685
very enraging that qualcomm NCM865 min req says win 11, has anyone actually installed this on win10 and can confirm the drivers are not functional

>>109757323
why would you get a qualcomm in the first place?

>>109757323
use a wifi mesh and jack in ethernet.

>>109757334
they're pretty much the only legit wifi 7 chip, the intel one apparently works like trash on AMD rigs

>>109757396
>>109757323
windows 10 doesnt support wifi 7 at all. gotta move to windows 11 or linux.

>>109757396
sounds like something an ai would say. it either works on both or it doesn't work on both. unless you give a concrete reason as to why.

>109757435
It's a shill ai...

if even here has ai, how bad is it out there?

>>109757512
People be acting like AIs in the real world and falling for the most obvious psyops on X like an AI
It's bad out there

I don't like whatever kind of bot that is.

>>109755144
I already do this but no good for shooters

>>109757323
>very enraging
Truly the standard reaction of those yelling at the boat to come back to dock.

so did nvidia leak dlss5 themselves to increase their 50 series sales or is that tinfoil>?

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blogposting in a slow thread

>>109753143 (me)
i'd forgotten again i have a kill-a-watt and after plugging it back in confirmed that the entire system never goes above ~420w from the wall now at complete stock settings, despite the GPU claiming it's using 575+ watts by itself. Pretty clear root cause of the problem since GPU-Z reports a 'PWR' perfcap under load meaning it's throttling due to that obviously erroneous power reading.
and go figure, i'd actually mentioned the kill a watt measurements randomly here before back when the card used to work
>>108297998
>>108298035

So I skipped any further attempts at troubleshooting and went to nvidia support chat for my RMA, and I foolishly thought mentioning that power draw discrepancy alongside the clocks being half of what they should be would just be more evidence on the pile pointing to a hardware issue, but the guy was utterly bewildered by the idea. i should have just left it at "100% gpu load, 1200mhz gpu clock speed, pls fix". but after 2 hours of back and forth and i am now getting escalated and waiting for an email.

I'll also note that i randomly made this post
>>107741885
really should have known sooner when I didn't melt this summer that my card had gone bad. literally lost half my performance who knows how long ago and thought minimax h3 was just slow. i feel like one of those guys that you'd hear about plugging their monitor into their integrated graphics without realizing it

>they fell for the oled

don't think I can enjoy games unless it's on an oled desu desu
going back to ips or even va is like playing a game on your classrooms cheap projector

Are there any signs ram prices will go down ever?

>>109758669
prices are coming down right now. just wait.

>>109758669
They're building new fabs so it should go down in 5 years
Also they'll have a large oversupply of manufacturing capacity if the ai bubble pops and companies start defaulting on payments

>>109758669
Never. this is the lowest the prices will ever get. Humans are obsolete, giving ram to humans is waste but prices do not yet reflect this. The correction is over when human purchasing power can no afford ram.

I did it guys. I just ordered the following:

MSI Pro Max 1440p 27" OLED monitor - $305
9600X CPU - $150
MSI Pro B850-S mobo - $120
Cooler Master Liquid 240mm AIO - Free

$45 in taxes and fees brings the grand total to $620.

I already bought a Fractal North mesh case for $124 and a MSI MPG A850G PSU for $80.

Now comes the expensive parts. But selling my old parts will help offset the cost, especially my 5060 Ti 16gb.

>>109758702
>5060 Ti 16gb.
well yeah those are going for $800 now in store so that could cover that parts list by itself now if you can get $600-700 for it

>>109758437
>420w
>575+ watts
These numbers are insane to me after being used to building PCs that weren't power hogs. Even my GPU drawing supposedly 250 watts at maximum stress makes me nervous. When did GPUs on either side turn into brute forcing perfs at cost of power?

>>109758702
you could have got the 240hz alienware oled for similar price the extra 100hz is a big upgrade

>just blew a capacitor in my power supply after running a lada to demosaic a video
computer made a loud popping noise before blowing the connected circuit. now I'm just posting on my laptop while I wait the computer store to open.

>>109758912
Rtx1080ti - 250w
Rtx2080ti - 260w
Rtx3090 - 350w
Rtx4090 - 450w (cancelled rtx titan: 800w)
Rtx5090 - 575w (rtx6000 pro blackwell: 600w)

now that normies have given consent to DLSS 5 sloppa 800w will be the new normal before too long

>>109758912
whats confusing you about a large chip taking a lot of power

>>109759410
i used a 650w psu with a 7900xtx for a while

>>109757022
>>109756334
>just sit head on bro
The problem is that it IS visible head on, probably because when you are still using a flat panel at 27" inches the corners of your screen, or your taskbar will still be noticeably dimmer and washed out
Maybe this is better with curved displays

>>109755971
They killed SLI for this

>>109759416
blackwell 6000 mentioned!

>>109759472
I just have a 2070 super which is significantly weaker.
according to a tech forum, sometimes capacitors would dry out and that could be the cause. the power supply is 7 years old at this point, and they mention that they typically last between 5 to 10 years.

I dunno, just gonna get a 750w psu just to be safe, thank god some components are still cheap.

>>109759416
there are 800w 5090 models

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>>109759410
>>109759525
my little laptop can run tales of vesperia.
this is just delightful.

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Dragon's Dogma as well. Look at her go.

>remove 3090
>install 3060
>sell 3090 at 2x
>live happily ever after

>>109759531
Those are limited run models
I've only listed the official power specs for each of those cards

>>109759474
>Maybe this is better with curved displays
Well that's and the reflections from a glossy finish are some of the best arguments for a curved display which is why many of the larger monitors and all ultrawides are curved. My favorite midwit check is complaining about curves.

>>109759574
This but 5060ti 16gb

>>109760415
They're basically the same unless you game at 720p/1080p

>>109760450
That's true of even a Ryzen 7600 in all fairness

>>109760488
Well it ultimately depends on your setup. If you're using a 8k polling esports controller then by all means get X3D to avoid dropped inputs.

>2026
>still no fps with in-engine editing that's really better than minecraft

I looked. It should be possible to edit, create, walk around in fps, etc...

like you should have every type of furniture, building, animal etc.

but no. people are like muh dlss

like what you gonna do with that? Call of Duty made famous the on rails fps scenario. It's as out of date as a pinball machine.

>you can SHOOT
>you can DRIVE A CAR
>you can get a GIRLFRIEND

wow amazing game.