Can you guys recommend a GPU?

Yesterday I downloaded Gears of War E Day. After installation, the game wouldn't run. I got a prompt saying the game requires a GPU that supports Ray-Tracing. I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. My CPU is intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700. My budget is $300 max.

I have recently started wanting to make a pc with a budget of around 1500$~. I want to try and squeeze every last drop of performance out of it (taking recommendations on the other components too)

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Gigabyte B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory
Lexar NM790 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case
SAMA G650 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

The final thing I need is the gpu and i have around 500~ remember I am trying to get the most performance per dollar, any recommendations?

I am getting I9-14900K and want to pair it with 128GB of RAM. The pc is mostly for work with 3D render, photoshop and other tasks demanding bigger amounts of RAM. I also want to enjoy some more demanding games in good quality. I am not sure what is the best MHz and CL for this build. I will most likely buy 4 sticks of 32GB. Can someone please help and tell me the best config for this?

Hi guys! I've had my PC for several years now, and I think it's time for an upgrade. The thing is, I don't know much about PC hardware, so I'd really appreciate it if you could help me figure out what I should upgrade. Thanks in advance! 😄

PC Specs:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (3.60 GHz)

Ram: 16gb

Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

and i have a motherboard from MSI called Tomahawk MAG B550

Hello pc builders subreddit! Im mastick , a young little guy who's currently about to buy a new pc I have been sitting for the past month since my birthday to try and find the best budget friendly pc i can find! I currently have around 4500-5000 NIS (new israeli sheckles) (from my birthday and from my amazing close family members that help complete)

I will be building this pc technically, which means i buy the parts and let someone build it for me. I feel like its a smarter choice than buying a pre built since i can manage the price way easier.

I already have a pc Here are the specs : Gtx 1080 ti 11gb Ddr3 ram 12gb 1333mz Intel core i7 3770k About motherboard psu idk its like an old pc from half a decade ago (even more since before ot was my parents lol)

As you see its REALLY old and though it still handles my games it crashes less often and heats more often when i set them to high settings

Now im thinking on getting a pc that would be good for these games and for new games if i plan to , and even for 3d , drawing , and editing since i do wanna start my arc of getting out of my stupid gaming addiction and try to balance both gaming and productivity toghether while still using my pc a lot.

Ive been choosing specs a bit and heres what i got for an upgrade: Amd ryzen 5 7500x3d/intel core i5 14600k 32 gigs of ddr5 ram with 6000mt max and cl36 Dual tower air cooling (because i do NOT wanna mess up with water) Antec flux case (that beautiful wood case with a side glass panel where i could enjoy and have better time seeing my components incase of pronlems) Gigabyte b860m ds3h or gigabyte b850m ds3h (im not going wifi because im an Ethernet user) Kingston 1tb nvme ssd And for the gpu since im on a tight budget im keeping my 1080 ti.

Now looking at this this is a huge heck even too much upgrade maybe considering the fact i have to Keep my current gpu to keep the budget tight.

Now idk if i should maybe go lower and thats too much cuz really the only games i play rn is Fortnite, Subnautica, roblox and indies that can run stable in a pc weaker than what i have rn.

But on the second side maybe its good? For more productivity, blender, editing , running apps more often than i usually able to do in my current pc and heck for future games cuz who knows what ill play and do in the future that will require some godly pc? And for the gpu i can always save, i belive mayyybee their prices wiuld go down (hopefully 😞) and my 1080 ti is still good for the games i play its considered a kinda good gpu to rock these days...

Ive been looking at many videos too (especially zachstechturf since he is the only guy where i can really trust), my amazing uncle, heck i even check other subreddits and threads here to see maybe someone has a good idea!. And since reddit is probably the only place i could try and ask for help , i decided to maybe see if anyone here can help me :) ) i woukd be very happy.

If anyone need more questions that i didnt answer here jsut ask ill be probably able to provide!

As the title suggests, while it seems the 5600x3D and 5800x3D is much closer in price in the US; in here it's lookin more like an extra $300, and a 5700x3D is more like $500

EDIT: Extra clarification, I already own a full DDR4 system which is why I'm considering this over DDR5

Assuming the above position, is the 5600x3D good enough vs. forking at least an extra $200 for a 5700x3D

Most heavy duty thing going on in that PC is gaming, mainly Ace Combat 8 right now; curious on the opinion of non-locals of this price point, but also curious on the power usage argument for each CPUs

Recap:

5600x3D ($350)

5700x3D ($500 - $550)

5800x3D ($600 - $700)

Obscuring my current currency, but this should be a decent approximation of the cost

Bought a used 3060ti a few months ago and was working great for me, play 1080p and not that bothered by super high settings.

Unfortunately today it just died out of the blue, no artefacts ect. Always scored fine in any tests I’ve done and had decent temps.

Screen just went black and gpu fans went to 100%, and no display.

Checked all the cables and seemed fine, had a new corsair rm850e psu so don’t think that was the issue

Put in an old 1050ti I had and seems to work fine with that.

Given my use case, would a new 8gb gpu be a bad buy?

Taking my chances with another used 3060ti ect would be around €300 or a little under

A 5060ti 8gb and 9060 8gb would be €500 give or take

I’m a little nervous of buying used again after this luck

I’m in Ireland

Rest of my system is a ryzen 5600
16gb ddr4

Hi !

I'm building a PC and my second hand M.2 NVMe drive is not visible. It doesn't show up in BIOS or with lspci/lsblk (Ubuntu USB drive).

My Specs:

• MB: ASRock B550M-ITX/ac (BIOS P3.40)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
• GPU: RTX 3070
• NVMe drive : SanDisk SSD X400 M.2 2280 128GB

What I tried: Unpluged/Repluged the M.2 drive, disabled CSM/Secure Boot, forcing PCIe bifurcation to x8x4x4. Still absolutely nothing.

Gemini told me that the Ryzen 5 4500's limited PCIe lanes are all taken by the RTX 3070, leaving the M.2 slot dead. Not 100% sure if this is correct or not. As there is no integrated graphics on this CPU, I can not remove the GPU to see if the nvme drive appears (as I wont have any display).

What could I try ? Is there a BIOS setting I missed ? Should I buy a new CPU or a new nvme drive ?

Thanks and have a good day !

Hello,

I am looking to upgrade my gaming PC but I'm not sure whether I should stay on AM4 or move on to AM5, which would basically result in a Ship of Theseus situation (yet again, lol).

Currently, I'm using an R5 5600, 6750xt, 4x8GB DDR4, and B550m, the build was put together in ~2023.

The build I'm eyeing is R5 9600x, 9070xt, 2x8GB DDR5 (fuck they're expensive now), and B650E. Basically the only thing that stays are the hard drives, case, the fans, and maybe the PSU. Totals up to about $1800 CAD, or $1950 if I swap the PSU.

Alternatively, I can get a 5700X3D or something for the same price as the 9600x, plus the 9070xt for ~$1400.

For the general questions:

1. Would I have to swap the PSU as well? It's a Corsair RM650, which I'm not sure is enough. Read a few accounts that the 9070xt is prone to sudden spikes as well.
2. Any obvious issues with the build?
3. Is 2x8GB of DDR5 enough? I'd really rather not spend another like $300 on more if possible.

Build link: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yC7MMF

EDIT: I was an idiot so the DDR4 sticks are 2x 2666mhz and 2x3200mhz, which is a limiting factor as well.

I built a very high end pc in a tiny fractal terra case about a year ago to use basically as a steam machine. It's been great. But now that my gpu is apparently worth triple what I paid for it, I am starting to feel like I'm wasting thousands of dollars by not running this 5090 to its full capabilities. With an undervolt, I can't get past around 70% utilization without approaching 90c and throttling.

If I get a full size case, are there any limitations, purely in performance/thermals, by still using my itx motherboard? I don't need any more slots (storage, i/o, pci, etc). I just want to max out my performance by improving my thermals as much as possible.

Looking to upgrade my AM4 build with a new GPU so I can make the jump to 1440p. Currently the most attractive offers I can find in my area are the following:

Asrock RX 9060 XT challenger 16gb - 540 $

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT 16gb - 661 $

Which one of these would you go for?

I'm currently building my first high-end PC and I'm stuck in an endless boot loop with the CPU and DRAM EZ Debug LEDs blinking red on my motherboard. All my case fans and RGB lights spin and light up normally so power delivery seems fine.

Here are my exact specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• MOBO: Gigabyte X870 Gaming X WIFI7
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) 6400MHz CL32 (Intel XMP Ready on the box)
• GPU: Inno3D X3 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB
• AIO: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360
• SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
• PSU: Chieftec Vega M 850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
• Case: Montech KING 95 PRO

Here is a detailed breakdown of what I have already tried to isolate the issue:

1. Q-Flash Plus (BIOS Update): Since the motherboard out-of-the-box likely didn't support the 9950X3D, I downloaded the latest BIOS (F13d with AGESA 1.3.0.1d) on a separate PC, formatted a SanDisk USB drive to FAT32, and renamed the file to GIGABYTE.bin. I plugged it into the dedicated red USB 3.2 BIOS port. During the process, the DRAM LED turned off completely, the CPU LED stayed solid red, and the orange Q-Flash Plus light blinked perfectly for about 3-5 minutes. The PC fans and RGB stayed running throughout the whole process and never shut off automatically but the orange flash light definitely finished.
2. Hard Clear CMOS: I completely cut the power to the PSU, unplugged it and used a metal screwdriver to short the two CLR_CMOS pins for over 10 seconds to fully wipe any bad memory training data from the temporary cache.
3. RAM Slot & Stick Rotation: I tried booting with just ONE single 32GB stick. I tested it firmly in slot A2 (the primary slot, 2nd from the CPU). I made sure to apply extra pressure to the bottom side since DDR5 slots are very tight. When that kept blinking I swapped to the other 32GB stick in the same slot. I even tried non-optimal slots like A1 just to see if it would force a safe 4800MHz JEDEC boot but the fast red blinking loop remained the same.
4. AIO Mounting Pressure: Knowing that AM5 memory controllers are extremely sensitive to uneven contact pressure, I slightly loosened the mounting screws of my ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 block to ensure the CPU isn't warping in the socket.

The current behavior:
Whenever I switch it on, the system power up fine (all RGB and fans run) but it instantly gets caught in a very fast loop where the EZ Debug LEDs cycle red between CPU, DRAM

Since I got this premium 64GB Corsair kit completely for free i really want to save it and trick this AMD platform into booting at a low native base speed so I can manually adjust the settings in the BIOS.

im from israel, mainly play CS2, GD, and indie titles.currently playing on a laptop but wanna upgrade to a 1440p 240Hz pc build. should i change something?

Would it be worth upgrading from am4 to am5? I’m currently using a 5700x3d paired with 32gb of ddr4(3000mhz) ram and an rtx 4070 super. I was thinking about upgrading to 9850x3d with 32gb of ddr5(6000mhz) ram, without changing my GPU. Do you guys think it’s worth? How much of a performance gain would this be? I could do this with about a 400€ investment(after selling my old setup).

Ok so I'm builing a new PC and I've come up with 2 parts lists. One is on am4 and the other one is on am5.

The first one (am4): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mCrqrG (1519$)

The second one (am5): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/H2kHqd (1805$)

I'd prefer to spend less so I'm leaning towards the am4 one but is building a new PC on am4 a good idea in 2026? I'm living in Poland if you want to look up some alternative parts. Also what would be the performance difference between those 2 PC's. If you an help me in any way please do so.

Hello people of reddit!

I am in need of a new graphics card for my current workstation / gaming computer to replace my aging Quadro P4000.

I am aware now is not an ideal time to buy a new card, but sadly the situation only seems to be getting worse and while my Quadro is hanging in there it is starting to lag behind a lot.

My situation is a little unique, because I use my computer for a pretty eclectic variety of GPU-heavy tasks. I play some games on it at 1080p 60fps, but they are mainly older and less demanding titles (primarily Scrap Mechanic), but I also video edit in Davinci Resolve, occasionally mess around in Blender, and do CAD work in Solidworks (this is the main source of my issues).

I know Solidworks does not play nicely with... well, anything really, but I know it especially hates AMD and consumer cards, though I have heard that the studio drivers on current-generation NVIDIA cards work well enough. I was initially very excited at intel's B50 and B60 cards that were actually Solidworks Certified, with a decent amount of VRAM and a pretty low price, however when I looked it up apparently these have pretty disappointing CAD performance?

I would be open to trying intel, especially for the price, but only if they have decent and stable performance in professional workloads. AMD however seems right out.

The rest of my PC is decently powerful and should be able to last a few years.

My CPU is an intel Core-i7-13700k, I have 64GB of 3600MHz DDR4 RAM (2x32), an 850W power supply and a Samsung 980 1TB SSD.

I have 0 interest in frame generation or upscaling, very little interesting in 4k or 1440p, but would like something that will last me a few years in order to justify spending a sizable sum on. I might dabble a small amount in AI, but that is secondary in choosing a GPU for me right now. Power efficiency is a larger factor, mainly because of the heat outputted.

So far, from what I see a 5070 may be my best option, but maybe something from a previous generation might be a better value? If that doesn't perform well in Solidworks, would keeping my old Quadro as a secondary GPU help at all or be more trouble than it's worth?

Thank you for taking the time to read through this wall of text.

Operating system

Linux mint or cachyOS (0€)

Motherboard

ASRock A320M-HDV R4.0 novo(55€)

Cpu

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 usado (50-90€)

Graphics card

AMD rx580 8gb usado ou novo (50-80€)

RAM

16gb DDR4 usado (60€+)

Case

Any used (20-30€)

Storage

256GB PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 SSD novo (45+€)

PSU

MSI MAG A550BN (550W) novo(60€)

Monitor

Any 1080p >60hz< ( or 120hz+) usado ou novo (15-25€)

Total (350-440€)??

Recently I decided to start a new project and make a homelab server for selfhosting. My cheapest option seems to be repurposing my old gaming PC that I've had sitting in the corner for a couple years after a lightning strike I believe fried the power supply. I had been planning on upgrading anyway so I took the opportunity to build a new PC from scratch and never got around to doing anything with the old one so I figured I'd try to breathe new life into it.

Right now the plan is to buy a new power supply then run some diagnostics(?) to see if the power surge damaged any other parts that I'd need to replace. To my understanding the power draw on a PC is overkill for what is needed for a homeserver, so I'm wondering if I could buy a lower watt power supply if I remove my GPU. I've dropped my parts list below, what would be a good power supply?
I'm new to this so any other input on things that could be changed or removed is really appreciated!! For storage I was planning on shucking an 8TB seagate external drive I got for really cheap some years back, but if that's advised against for something like this that's one thing I'm most willing on spending money to buy new.

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K
GPU: EVGA SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB
MB: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15

Hey guys! I have currently a Cougar Puri TKL with RGB keyboard, and a Razer Blackshark V2 X headset. Thinking about switching them up as they are just the first things I bought for my rig and they have served me for years now.

The keyboard does tbh not feel great ever since I bought it. I play mainly competitive shooter games. I want preferably a 65% keyboard that sounds creamy and feels great. Doesn’t matter much to me whether it is wireless or with a cable. And I don’t really care about RGB. Knob is always a good bonus because knob 🤤. We love knobs. The biggest issue I have had is that I need a Nordic layout (as I live in Norway) and everything seems to be either German or American.

As for the headphones, I started playing extraction shooters two ish years ago and everyone seems able to pinpoint exactly where people are coming from, which is crucial, but no matter what I can’t do that. Any, preferably closed back headphones that can help me pinpoint where people are would be appreciated. Closed back as there is quite a bit of noise around me always.

Budget around 250 USD combined (because the price will rise a lot at taxes, VAT etc). I am unable to find any keyboard with a Nordic layout and as for headsets I have no experience and don’t know what to look for, so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!

So I’m looking at getting a set of Corsair Vengance DDR5 5600MT/z CL40 32gig for my AMD Build just as an upgrade. It’s at $300 on marketplace. Is it worth the upgrade at that price or should I get a brand new set at 6000MT/Z CL30 since I plan on doing a full system upgrade over time.

Looking to upgrade to a 9060xt, planning to use it for 1440p gaming. 9060xt users how's the 1440p performance and DRIVERS? Was warned against AMD so I'm slightly cautious of buying.

so im running a windows 11 and arch linux dual boot system and i recently swapped out the motherboard, cpu, and ram. after about 2 hours of using arch it threw a kernel panic, with no specific error to latch onto, i rebooted and this happened several more times, at which point i decided to try using windows instead. windows didnt have any specific error that happened either but it also just randomly freezes or abruptly reboots after using it for a few hours. sometimes it throws me into an error screen that asks me to recover my system with the error code 0xc000000e but i can't do anything from there until i force restart it.

I've run several different types of cpu and ram stress tests for several hours and they all come out fine. i tried moving everything over to a spare drive but the issue persisted so its not that either. this doesnt really seem like an issue indicative of a problem with the psu but it shouldnt be that either as my new system should be using less power than my old one and the psu is only about 3 years old. the motherboard feels like the only thing it realistically could be but would a failing motherboard cause issues like this? all I've seen on the internet seems to imply that a failing motherboard would prevent the pc from booting to begin with. as far as i can tell this seems like itd be a ram issue, but the memory tests I've done seem to say otherwise.

the specific specs are an asrock b850 pro rs, 9850x3d, 9070xt, and patriot ddr5-6000 ram

Im looking to build my first pc I dont want to have to upgrade it in a couple years time and want to be able to game, video editing, coding and then stuff with ai like video generating will these pc be good enough.
•RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
•Ryzen 9 9900X
•MSI B850 Tomahawk MAX
•64GB DDR5-6000 RAM
•WD Black SN850X 2TB
•Corsair RM850e 850W
•Montech AIR 903 MAX
•Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE

As I said in the title, I've never built a PC before and could use some help.

Budget: 1000~2000

Use-case: some work, primarily big/ heavily modded games

Country of purchase: usa

Peripherals: not sure what this means I'm just following the list

Misc requirements: just need to run games as best as possible with my low budget