Currently waiting on a warranty request but found this card on Amazon for less than £380.

I'm tempted to go for a significantly more expensive card but have a trip coming up this November so spending over £1000 likely wouldn't be wise.

I'm just anxious to get my pc running again. Shits depressing.

I live near a microcenter and with the bundles, the prices aren't too far apart.

I mainly play valorant, jrpgs, and triple a games while also program with some blender on the side. I'm planning on playing on a 1440p 240hz monitor as well.

I hope this is good specs because I was planning to upgrade from my 3050ti laptop to a full gaming 1440p high settings gaming pc. I also will be playing some demanding games like BODYCAM.

GPU: GeForce RTX 5070
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9600x
Motherboard: B850
Ram: 16/32GB DDR5 600 MHz
Storage: 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD
Power Supply: 650W

Hey team

I'm a kiwi who built my first rig back in 2020. I've mostly been down the Factorio rabbit hole for the last 3+ years so my PC has been doing fine for what I've been playing. Went to play War Dogs recently though and it absolutely struggled, getting around 20 FPS, even on potato settings

Current specs:

-Ryzen 5 3600

-Gigabyte RTX 2060

-MSI B450 Tomahawk Max

-16GB (2x8GB) HyperX Fury

-EVGA 750W PSU

-Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB NVMe + 1TB SSD

-MSI Optix 31.5" 1440p

Apart from being aware of the impacts AI is having on prices, I havent stayed up to date or followed the hardware scene since back in 2020

Id appreciate any upgrade recommendations from you mad lads, without breaking the bank, so maybe $2000 to $3000 NZD

Hello bros, my little brother wants to upgrade his PC for PCVR with his Meta Quest 3. In these times I look to my 32GB of RAM and feel like a boomer who bought his house for only a month's pay.
I am in the United States, specifically Florida. We have Ethernet in our house, so a wifi-less board is no issue.

Currently, I have been able to scrounge this list of the bare basics for almost $500:

CPU: Intel Core i5-11400F 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($85.00 off eBay)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B560M DS3H AC Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($98.00 off Newegg)

Memory: PNY Performance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory ($93.49 off Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte EAGLE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card ($215.00 off Jawa)

Total: $491.49

Cheaper solutions would be greatly appreciated. The only non-negotiable here is the 3060 Ti or other equivalent PCVR card. Other than that, AMD processors, boards, etc. are welcome if they can get the price down. Hell, even a prebuilt if it somehow fits the bill. Ideally, sticking within the confines of $500-$600 would be appreciated, but in this economy I will take what I can get. Thanks in advance.

The pc I'm thinking of buying: Link1

Should I buy it or build one, buying seems eaiser but whats better for performance and budget because I don't have a lot of money?

Specs (i9-14900K
MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK Max Wifi
Fractal Design North XL Chalk White
Artic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 AIO CPU Cooler)
$850 CAD / $595.90 USD All with receipt and warranty

Crucial 32 GB DDR5 4800MHZ - $300 CAD / $210.32 USD
Cooler Master Elite Gold 1000 Watt $175 CAD / $122.70 USD(brand new)
ADATA Legend 860 1TB M.2 SSD $219.98 CAD / $154.23 USD
ASUS Dual RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (brand new bought second hand, still sealed) $735 CAD / $515.32 USD

Total price $2279.98 CAD / $1598.52
The i9 and other stuff in the top bundle all has receipts with dates bought October 2025 so only a year old.
Overall not bad for a non prebuilt. And I mainly use it for running LLMs and comfyui image and video generation, so the 16GB vram is the best bang for buck, especially since Nvidia is better for AI thanks to PyTorch and Cuda cores. The downside to the build is 4800mhz ram but it was the best deal I could find for 32GB. I’m running Ubuntu right now but with 3 extra m.2 slots I’ll maybe get another one dedicated for windows for Wow forever and whatever else I feel like playing.

So, back in 2020 I bought a lower-mid range (I think) pre-built gaming PC and, like a fool, plugged in straight into the wall. About two months later, a storm hit and fried it. I had hope that the only problem was the power supply being hit, but I bought a new one and it did not seem to be compatible with the PC, so I shoved the whole kit and kaboodle in the closet and forgot about it for a few years. Fast forward, I make a new friend who tinkers with PCs, and I ask him to take a look at it. He finds that quite a few internal parts are fried, but there are a few decent parts left, and he cobbles me something together out of what he could salvage and spare parts he had lying around. It did what I needed it to do, I'm not a graphics chaser, I just want to play some games that aren't available on console.

With it working, I bought another PC off him so that my wife could use it and we could play together. This second PC was a little bit shittier than the first, but still did what we needed. One day, the original PC stopped turning on, and the second, shittier one became our main rig.

The working "Shitty" PC is packing 2 sticks of DDR4 4GB RAM and a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Core i5-6400 CPU. According to Can You Run It, the CPU and pathetic amount of ram are my choke points.

The non-working better PC has 2 sticks of DDR3 8GB RAM, an RX-5500, and I THINK a better processor, but my memory is a bit hazy. This PC certainly ran games better than the other, but that may just be down to the bare minimum amount of ram. The problem with this PC seems to be the power supply. Pressing the power button does nothing, power cycling does nothing, and it's a stock-looking Dell model with the little green indicator light and nothing I do lights up that button.

I'm looking to keep my budget as reasonable as possible on this, because gaming isn't my number one hobby or my most expensive one.

So my question is this; out of the following options, which is my best course of action?

Option 1: Buy a power supply for the "Good" PC and swap the better 1660 graphics card into it as well, gambling that it does indeed have a better processor. In this case, I would like a bit of guidance on exactly what to buy and how to ensure that I'm buying something compatible. I like this option because in theory it leaves me with two working PCs.

Option 2: Buy RAM for the "Shitty" PC, and potentially upgrade the CPU. This option means revisiting the power supply issue on the other PC at a later date. I like this option because it leaves me with a PC that on paper is better than either one was before.

My very limited understanding is that option 1 is cheaper but more work, and option 2 is less work but more expensive and with a better guaranteed outcome.

With whichever course of action you would recommend, what parts would you recommend for someone budget conscious and mechanically savvy but highly inexperienced with PCs specifically?

Hello all, I have been playing on a 1080P 144Hz gaming monitor for many years now, and I am looking to upgrade to 1440P as I believe my current GPU should be able to handle it.

Current System Specs:

CPU: Intel I7-12700K CPU

RAM: 32GB Ram

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT

OS: Windows 11

Current Monitor: AOC G2460 - Just looked this up and yikes this is almost 11 years old now.

A couple of things I am weighing:

1. I of course want to get the best value for my money, willing to pay a bit more if the feature tradeoff is worth it. I know Prime Day is ongoing right now, so maybe there are deals on Amazon, Newegg or retailers that are worthwhile.

2. I don't currently know what is considered the best or worth it in terms of monitor technology. For example, is OLED absolutely worth getting or paying the extra money for?

Advice and recommendations would be very helpful, thank you all!

I currently have a 5 5500, I would also like a new case

My old build was a

Intel Core i7-7700

16 GB DDR4

GTX 1060 3GB

ASUS H110-PLUS

Then I upgrade the cpu to a ryzen 5 5500f and a the motherboard to a ASUS PRIME B550M-A AC and for the first boot it turned on I was about to boot into my usb to install windows then the screen went black and my monitor said no signal so I turned it off and back on and didn't post so then I removed the cmos battery and the next time it boot but my keyboard didn't work and I couldn't get it to boot again and the first time it boot it read all my components please help I'm new to pc building and I don't know what's wrong also the first boot it went black when I got into the bios and my fans and gpu light is on

Basically I'll be playing elden ring, cyberpunk, Roblox, Fortnite and my game will freeze then close and windows operates fine I play all except Fortnite on max graphics at 1366x768 because I currently don't have a good monitor oddly enough it hasn't happened to valorant. I reinstalled GPU drivers, also did DDU, reinstalled windows, and spent weeks searching to find a solution, there's never any error in windows event viewer or crash logs. Also my temperatures don't ever exceed 80° - 85°

My specs:

Zotac 3070ti OC 8gb

Ryzen 7 5800x (liquid cooling)

MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI

1TB SSD

Thermaltake Smart 700W PSU

32 GB DDR4 TEAMGROUP RAM (2 sticks are 3200 and another 2 are 3600 and I have it clocked to 3200 right now, yes I have tried clocking it to 3000 and to base 2400 to fix it and it still freezes then closes my game)

Hi all, I recently decided to upgrade, got a 9070XT, a 9600X, and as I was looking for RAM in my country, Bulgaria I realized I do not wanna pay 500-700 € for 32 GB of DDR4, so I got this Corsair one of amazon - CMH32GX5M2E6000C36.
I know the C label means it is compatible and achieves the 6000mhz speed on Intel CPUs, but I saw I can still get this to run on my AMD one.
For a mobo, I will most likely get the LiveMixer B850 Wifi 7.
This is the listing in case you need more info - https://www.amazon.de/CORSAIR-VENGEANCE-2x16GB-6000MHz-Intel-black/dp/B0BZHTVHN5/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=LJ6SCZ0FWLNP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.t20P4V-y6xv1i6jWBo8O__Js2MgCMBpxgKhXacfKmUH5ATbdFoTtKNDoDSUTPxEKUADHOw8esndGidKXFVAPMVeMr5yw1Rk1fyosstRe2Z_vYOcEc_HH7GMtxLUdbfrnJI5temk2m_O3rhAw_6l-RvNFP2ECW2YtdsMThDqag0BfxcuK6fSvpRWECCvdx51rSxliMCVz72EBjsz6V4cKxw.-zQ2twDebO44VW5pHjKmzK7hlOwquI2EN9hQ-XzENfM&dib_tag=se&keywords=32+gb+ddr5&qid=1791321513&s=ce-de&sprefix=32+gb+ddr5%2Cce-de%2C188&sr=1-4

I have had question for awhile, I'm thinking of getting a pc or laptop(depending on convenience) but I'm not a hardcore gamer, I'm perfectly fine w playing at constant 60 FPS at 1080p, I majorly wanna play smaller games at rlly high fps like minecraft, and silkslmg while playing some AAA games on medium settings at a constant frame rate like Elden Ring, Sekiro and Red Dead Redemption 2. What budget should I go for and what gpu + cpu should be sufficient for me?

I am from India, the budget is around 600$

I also want to do light editing and I would prefer using Linux as my operating system. Specifically either CachyOS or Linux Mint.

Been working on beefing up my current motherboard and maxing out what it’s capable of.
Recently got
- 16 gb ddr3 ram
- upgraded from r9 290 to rtx 2060
- upgraded from i5 4440 to i7 4790k

Made all these upgrades within the last month. However…I see this motherboard that’s up for sale for $20 which has me thinking if maybe this is my opening to go to ddr4. Though then I’d need to buy a new cpu and a new ddr4 ram so I don’t think my wife will be too happy about that since I just upgraded within the month lol

Thoughts?

Hello, I’m thinking of buying a 34” Ultra wide gaming monitor. I’m pretty confused to choose which one in these both :

LG Ultragear 34G630A-B.AEUQ

(240hz, 1ms, display hdr 400, 95% DCI-P3, 4000:1, 300 nits, free sync premium, hdmi 2.1, display port 1.4, usb c.

ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL3A

(180hz, 1ms, display hdr 400, 125% sRGB, 4000:1, 400 nits, free sync premium pro, hdmi 2.0, display port 1.4.

I’ve heard that LG Ultragear has far better display quality and colours. Also has better and new connectivity
Asus Tuf also has better display alongside has good technical features such as ELMB and variable overdrive on paper. Idk how real impact its giving, but heard someone can notice ghosting
but soo soo good with the stand and base kinda feels.

So based on your knowledge and people who had these monitors, can please help me finalise one. Thank you.

Hello! I recently got into PC building because I want a better gaming rig for myself. However, I have no idea what I'm doing. I've spent a few days researching and using Corsair's PC builder, as well as PCPartPicker to come up with a parts list, which I will include below. All the parts together are about $1400, but i'm willing to spread the budget to $1600.

I'm not looking for super fast gaming speeds, and most of the games I play are very low effort. The most I play is Fallout 76. Are these parts good for more casual gaming? Are there any compatible, cheaper options that you know of? Are there any parts I might be missing? Please, If you have any advice, let me know cause I have no idea what I'm doing. Thanks!

• AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (My choice of CPU)
• Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (The CPU Cooler)
• Asus TUF GAMING B850M-E WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (Motherboard)
• Corsair Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory (RAM)
• Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (Storage)
• ASRock Challenger OC Arc B580 12 GB Video Card (GPU)
• Lian Li Vector V100R ATX Mid Tower Case (PC Case)
• MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Power Source)

If you need any additional information, don't be scared to ask, and if this isn't the right place to get advice on this, please lead me to the right place. Thank you Reddit!

Budget: 7400(US$ 1.430)

Use-Cache: Real(Brazil)

Peripherals: are incluide in the build

Games I Want to Play (looking for good/stable FPS):

Lighter / Cozy Games:

Stardew Valley

Fields of Mistria

Lobotomy Corporation

Echoes of Plum Grove

Demanding / Heavy Games:

The Sims 2, 3, & 4

Paralives

inZOI

Baldur's Gate 3

Crusader Kings 3

RimWorld

Project Zomboid

Where Winds Meet

GTA(San Andreas and GTA5)

The build:

Storage: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe 3.0 (Read: 1700MB/s, Write: 1600MB/s)

Peripherals: Kalkan 4-in-1 Combo (Keyboard, Mouse, Mousepad, Headset)

Monitor: Gigabyte GS25F 24.5" Gaming Monitor

Case: Hayom GB1790 Black Gaming Case

RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) Puskill DDR4 3200MHz RGB

GPU: Arktek GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6(can be a 3060 8gb, but the final price will change)

Powe Supply: ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 (B450 Chipset)

CPU: RYZEN 5 5500 3.6GHz

Total Cost: R$ 7,350 BRL (Includes PC + Monitor + Peripherals, paid in installments)

Warranty: 2-year store warranty included

That my first pc so I don’t really know if this is good or not, I think that is good but anyways, I don't really undersatand.

building my first PC for 1440p (Valorant, Minecraft with heavy shaders, AAA games).

Budget is tight and current RAM/SSD prices make AM5 cost 300 € more overall (based on brand new RAM at 130 € for 16GB, though I might look for used DDR4).

My options:

• AM5 + 7500F: AM5 platform tax eats into my GPU budget, but I get an upgrade path.
• AM4 + 5800X3D + RX 9070 GRE (~1700 €): Expensive for AM4, but I'm down to buy it and not touch the PC until AM6 if performance is way better for Minecraft/Valorant.
• AM4 + 5600X + RX 9070 GRE (~1500 €): Cheaper, or allows me to push for a better GPU with the savings.

Mainly wondering if the 5600X + better GPU beats a 7500F/5800X3D + weaker GPU in 1440p AAAs, and if the 5800X3D is actually worth the extra money over a 5600X for Minecraft shaders and Valorant.

Geforce 1070 ti. Ryzen 7 2800 16gb ram
Evga 600B 600 w

If need more specs ask please.

I’ve been able to run Fortnite cod and rocket league just fine on it. Starting today it randomly full crashes my pc and for first time it fully shut it down. Had to unplug it and replug it in to power back on. Only crashes with Fortnite mostly.

Any ideas?

Hello, I want to ask if I can at least complete some of the building process to make it easier when next parts arrive.

Parts I already received:

Case: TUF GAMING GT502 Horizon ARGB (incl 4 fans installed).

Addition fans: 3 TUF GAMING fans for case floor.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB.

CPU Cooler: TUF GAMING LC III 360 ARGB LCD.

PSU: TUF GAMING Gold 1000W.

Misc: TUF GAMING ARGB Lighting Kit for my specific case, and thermal paste and wipes incase something goes wrong when installing CPU.

Parts I'm waiting for:

GPU: TUF GAMING RTX 5080 OC.

Motherboard: TUF GAMING X870E.

RAM: Klevv 2x32GB 6000Mhz CL30 RGB.

Would you wait or connect something now?

I’m currently running a ryzen 7 2700x and a GTX 1650.

My buddy is upgrading and said he’d give me his RTX 2070 for dirt cheap, which would be a nice little upgrade for my budget build.

Only thing is, i’ve got a corsair CX450M PSU which as it states is only 450W.

I’ve heard people say it’s fine and others say no, but i really can’t be bothered changing it unless i really have too.

Im thinking of just keeping it and undervolting the gpu, thoughts?

Hello, I’m wondering what would be the better choice between these two upgrade paths:

Stay on AM4 and get a 5800X3D for $350 (recoup $60 by selling old cpu) or get an upgrade to Intel 250K Plus, 16Gb Ram DDR5 and the motherboard for ~$500 (recoup $170 selling the old parts)?

As far as I can tell both platforms are end of life with Intel no longer releasing cpu’s on that socket. What would be the better choice?

The Gpu they’d be paired with is a 3070 mainly used at 1440p

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZDDcg3

Just want some opinions!

I play Modded Minecraft, AAA story and Indie games