>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases
State BUDGET and COUNTRY or you will NOT be helped
Building guide: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Build_a_PC

>CASE
mATX: AP201, Lian Li A3, O11 Air Mini
ATX: XT PRO (ULTRA), AIR 903 Base/MAX, Lancool 207, Flux Pro, Y40, Meshify 3, 4000D FRAME
Dual Chamber: Y70/60, Vision (Compact), Antec C8

>CPU
Budget (including gaming): 7600/X or 9600/X
Gaming: 9800X3D, 7700/X, 9700/X
Workstation: 9950X, 9900X
Intel: If deeply discounted (firmware update needed for 13/14th gen -K CPUs)

>COOLER
AIO: Thermalright Frozen Edge, Cooler Master Atmos, Liquid Freezer 3/Pro (unhandy mounting solution)
Double towers: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3, Noctua NH-D15 G2
ITX/>42mm RAM: Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan, TR AXP120-X67

>MOTHERBOARD
ASRock AM5 boards must be updated to the latest firmware

>RAM
DDR4: 2x16GB 3200CL16
DDR5: 2x16GB 6000CL30 (AMD), 6400CL32 (Intel)
Workstation/high end: consider 2x32GB

>SSD (OS drive)
Budget: SN580, SN770
Premium: SN8100
Others: Check reviews, pick drives with TLC NAND
https://borecraft.com/

>GPU: compare value for money & features, get Optiscaler to expand FSR4 coverage
Budget: Arc B580
Mid range: RX 9060 XT 16GB, 5060Ti 16GB
High-performance 1440p & Mid-range 4K: RX 9070 XT, RTX 5070 Ti
Workstation: RTX 5090, used 4090 or 3090 Ti

>PSU
Budget: Corsair CX550/650
PSU buying guide:
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/

>MONITOR
1080p: KTC H24T09P
1440p: Acer M3BMIIPRX, AOC Q27G3XMN (stable), NEW Q27G40XMN (beware: firmware lottery)
4K: Gigabyte M28U, M27UA, Acer Nitro XV275K, Samsung Odyssey OLED G8

>OS
Activate Windows @ >>> >>105707358
>CASE FANS
Meta: Case with good stock PWM fans
Mid-range: Arctic P12/P14 (Max) (5-pack)
High end: Noctua NF-A12x25 G2, Noctua NF-A14x25 G2

Prev: >>105707954

>>105717579 (OP)
This is the real /pcbg/

late duplicate thread created to troll by dividing the general. real thread
>>105717480
>>105717480
>>105717480

>Additional PSU Reviews
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies
https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-supplies
https://www.lttlabs.com/

>Storage Reviews
https://www.tweaktown.com/cat/storage/index.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/ssds/reviews
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=SSD&manufacturer=&pp=25&order=date

Leave additional feedback to help improve the OP.

how many of you actually overclock? is it even worth it?
fyi I have a 12900k, 32gb 6000cl30 and z690-a pro motherboard

>>105717667
Imagine the following.
Blue screens, higher temperatures, potentially random (like after 500hours of system uptime) crashes
for like 10% higher FPS
when instead you can just buy a new CPU in 2 years that will give you that 10% higher FPS without crashing, at lower temps
No, it usually isn't worth it

>>105717667
There's some memory overclocking potential left in that kit, but it's very annoying & time-consuming to stress test.
Overclocking the 12900K is possible if it's liquid-cooled.
Undervolting the CPU will achieve the easiest performance/efficiency gain.

>>105717680
that sucks
temps wise I think it doesn't bother me since I have only seen it hitting the mid 60s so far but crashing is a no go
>>105717691
yeah I have the liquid freezer 2 360 aio cooler
guess Ill look into mid level overclocking
do you know what's a reasonable overclock for this cpu?

>>105717721
Maybe 5GHz P-Core during all-core loads, it's not very beneficial for gaming.

These are some good/detailed guides.
Read the sections about the voltage regulator's LLC and the CPU's AC/DC load line if you're going to set an adaptive OC.
It will help you set nice undervolts too.
https://skatterbencher.com/2021/11/20/skatterbencher-30-intel-core-i9-12900k-overclocked-to-5500-mhz/
https://www.overclock.net/threads/asus-maximus-z690-extreme-i9-12900k-guide-load-lines-vf-curves-adaptive-voltage-by-core-octvb.1794957/

>>105717771
thanks for your help anon Ill look into it

3060 12gb for 185$ or 3070 8gb for 220$? Local options, deadbeat discount computer user.

Best USED price-to-performance AMD GPU?

>>105717864
if just gaming (not latest slop) the 3070 also what CPU do you have

>>105717899
dumbfuck question
Go look at whatver used marketplaces your shithole has and what's available

>>105717864
3070 if you're certain you don't care about AI or VR. 3060 is a bit more flexible in that regard, but if you only want to play vidya at 60+ FPS and will lower settings accordingly, it's unlikely you'll hit the vram limit often.

>>105717906
CPU - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz

Looking at upgrading from a 1660ti so I can do SDXL and possibly improve gen times for images, but the internet seems to be in agreement that 3070 is faster gen and 3060 is bigger gen.

>>105717954
For SD I'd absolutely go for the 3060, no contest. img2img upscale especially will easily choke on 8gb, and larger batch sizes are always an advantage.

Is there a reason that 48GB and 64GB DDR5 kits occupy the same price range? Are the 48GB kits better for OCing or something?

>>105717899
Depends on your country/local pricing.
In the US, it looks like you can get lucky with a 6800/XT.
But prices for some of the 6800 non-XT is too close to a new 9060 XT 16GB.

>>105718001
I believe it's easier to set higher memory transfer speeds using 2x 24GB (single rank) modules than 2x32GB (dual rank).
Gamers will prefer 2x24GB.

>>105718001
48gb is better for hitting high clocks and are also produced with pricier high density 24gbit (3GB) chips that are probably price inflated because of server demand

>>105718001
48gb kits are for those who believe it's worth to go beyond "gear one", who want DDR5-8000+ i.e.
You won't find 64GB kits with this spec.

>>105717721
yes
but

Imagine the following,
No blue screens, same temperatures if you just use a louder cooling setup, no random crashes
for like 10% higher FPS
when instead of buying a new CPU in 2 years you just had that 10% higher FPS without crashing the whole time in exchange for higher volts/power consumption and higher fan RPM
No, it usually isn't worth it

but sometimes it is
overclock if
a) you don't depend on your PC for critical things (job, livelihood, etc)
b) you can afford to replace it
c) you have a secondary computer to use if something goes wrong and breaks
d) you're not bothered by some BSODs

>be me
>overclocked 20%
>rock stable
>system uptime usually months without reboots
>reboot to do things like upgrade SSD because lul
>temps fine
for me, it was worth it
but if you get unlucky with the silicon lottery you can just invite headaches

all the tryhard overclockers are usually in a honeymoon phase where they worship their PC and have a boner for it and stare at benchmarks
if you just wanna get shit done, overclocking is often a waste of time and you can usually just buy faster CPUs like an i9 instead of an i7 or an X3D chip if you want and the gap between overclocking a lower model chip is bigger than anything you'd gain from OCing anyway so it's kind of a meme now
last time overclocking was in a sweet spot was probably the 2500K era or delidded Ivy bridge when we had a decade of quad core hell and incremental gains

>16 months old rocket 4 plus 4tb
>very slow read speeds (10-15MB/s) and not detected on boot half the time
>request rma from sabrent and go through the whole song & dance
>they replied back saying they don't have a record of the drive in their systems
>ask for even more information
I feel like they're trying to deny the warranty. Fuck them
Gonna buy my drives only from good brands next time

>>105718515
Sucks to hear, report this issue to the retailer too.
Let them fight over it and have the retailer make you whole.

>>105718532
I bought this drive through amazon so I'm not too worried as Bezos have covered my back before. Though I live in a 3rd world shithole and would have been SOL had I bought from any other retailer.

Just putting this out here so anons know what they're dealing with when buying from Sabrent

>>105717579 (OP)
TRANINE

there are no good sub 20 inch full HD monitors that are not zommer overpriced portable shit.
fucking kill me

>>105718685
>that screen real estate
Hmm

>>105718580
>he posted anime on an anime site?
>NOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>105717579 (OP)
I've seen people saying that the latest Nvidia 576.80 drivers fixed their blackscreening issues. What took them so long

I see there's another "fresh" /pcbg/
With the chubby Youtube guy

But me?
I prefer my threads to have anime girls in the OP

>>105717667
you are better off investing your time into wage slaving and buying better higher end parts
since the advent of 3d vache you are 99% there
the new problem is more making sure your system is stable and drivers work other than overclocking your retard shit to the max

>>105718685
those are called laptops I believe

>>105719404
Overclocking 100-200mhz is free and risk free
Buying a b850 and 9800x3d costs $600 at minimum

>>105717579 (OP)
Elaina is made for permanent bondage.

>>105719581
>mah oc
enjoy your dipping all core boosts because overheating 3dv meme
9800x3d was the first out of beta 3d cache cpu
3d memes are exactly what you buy to avoid oc memeing

>>105719607
I have no idea who these people are just stop making 50 differenet pcbg threads like a retard, thanks

>>105719639
>dipping all core boosts
Skill issue. Intel cpus are trivial to overclock

>>105719921
>Skill issue
nah thats how pre 9800x3d's behave which I thought we were discussing

>oc'ing intel
more mhz dont even scale past a point also useless
which is why also tweaking is mostly ram

in summary it's all copes, stop coping
now

>>105717579 (OP)
what card would she buy/steal?

>>105720194
She would kick the store owners nuts and acquire a 5090 astral. And when its connector gets burned, she would do that again.

>>105717644
>Double towers: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3, Noctua NH-D15 G2

This should be two segments
Budget alternatives: peerless assassin, phantom spirit and frozn a620 pro se. All three have similiar performance, choose the cheapest one in your region. And then Premium: Noctua NH-D15 G2

>5700x3d
>rtx 4070ti
>alienware aw2723df ips
>use is probably around 80:20 productivity/programming/browsing to gaming
looking at upgrading to OLED now they're finally fixing the pixel layout, text clarity and color fringing issues
ASUS PG27AQDP is what i'm looking at right now, and my understanding is that i should be going for WOLED over QD for the best text clarity
has anything newer from "4th gen" OLED dropped yet? or should i just get the PG27AQDP?

My uncle is gifting me a PC. As he claims that he took ample amount of time to research the parts I don't want to judge him as it would hurt his pride. And I am badly in need of a good PC. Here are the specs
> Lian Li A3 mATX case,
> Ryzen 5 5600X, 6 cores 12 threads, AM4
> Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite motherboard, micro-ATX, PCIe 4.0
> RTX 4060 GPU
> Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3600MHz, single stick (2x16GB)
> WD Blue SN5000 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD,
> Cooler Master ML240L 240mm AIO,
> Corsair CX750 80+ Bronze PSU
compatibility issues? Bottlenecks? I will not play latest games nor do i want to run AI locally. I just want a decent PC for creative stuff like photoshop, Aftereffects, Clipstudio or Krita.

>>105721393
It can't be much more expensive to go with AM5 instead no? It would be stupid to go with AM4 if you don't already have one.

>>105721422
Okay, I will try to convince him. But what do you think of the overall build?

>>105721393
More or less the same thing I built for my gf. Enjoy your female specs, anon. She's very happy it plays Sims well fwiw

>>105721436
it's a fairly well balanced lowend build other than the stick stick of ram (you really want two) and the 240mm AIO which drives up costs for minimal benefit on the 5600X, money that would be better used to go towards a faster cpu.

>>105721448
>>105721452
So, my uncle is not that much of a retard it seems. I underestimated.

>>105721393
>My uncle is gifting me a PC.
My uncle is giving me a PC.

Now you can talk like a human. You're welcome.

>>105721393
You have nothing
You can't complain
This is a big upgrade to your current nothing

You have potential upgrades but would be better off staying on this until AM6

>>105721495
So, its a decent PC? It will just serve the purposes I mentioned, right?

>>105719186
>>105719639
>I have no idea who these people are just stop making 50 differenet pcbg threads like a retard, thanks
Pic is the OP of the other thread. He should make a dedicated brand-war thread against NVIDIA/Intel instead of masking it as /pcbg/
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/105699899/

>>105720538
Peerless Assassin V3 has newer fans than the Phantom Spirit, I'll try to add the other cooler.
There's a 2K character limit in the OP, so I prob won't separate the NH-D15 G2.
The performance is similar anyway.

>>105721386
Gigabyte is releasing a new and brighter WOLED later this year.
https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/gigabytes-awesome-new-monitors-launched-at-computex-2025

>>105721436
The build is fine, just less upgrade room compared to an AM5 PC.

I was originally going to repurpose a B350 mobo I had, but seems like it's cooked (tried a few known-working ram kits & 3 different cpu's (3100, 200ge, 2400g))
would it be worth trying to scour local secondhand markets for a B350/B450 mobo for my current R3 3100, or just say fuck it and buy some cheapshit that has the features I need?
>12400f & cheap mobo for it
>5600g & cheap board
>generic n100/n305 board

>>105721517
Yep. The biggest major improvement four your stuff would be a 5950X and a more powerful GPU but that'll set you back another $1000 to upgrade that. Option's always there though.
But for photoshop AE etc you'll want more ram, I'd say 64GB but 32GB could do. 16GB is workable but pretty limiting. It's also good to have a scratch disk but that's an upgrade you can make right away just slap another TB ssd in there they are cheap.

How many people ITT are still on AM4

>all those guys that are benchmark stable but not game stable

>>105721473
>Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3600MHz, single stick (2x16GB)
>single stick (2 x16GB)
Is it a single kit (2 x16GB) or single stick (1x16GB)?
A single 2x16GB kit is fine, a single module is bad like the other anon pointed out.

>>105717579 (OP)
14700K took a dump. Deciding for the first time ever to get AMD pajeetware.

9700X or 9900X or 7800X3D?

Likely not gonna get a 9800X3d.

>>105721517
It's an ok uncle gift, I don't know his finances, if you were my niece I would go a little higher end, not by much but another 200 dollars to get on am5 with a cpu with 8-12 cores and 32gb ram and get a 12gb 3060 instead of an 4060 since it's a computer for creative stuff.

>>105721602
7800x3d for gaming, 9900x otherwise

>>105721602
Might as well get the 7800X3D if you're mostly gaming to see what the hype is all about.
9900 is a budget workstation CPU, it runs like a slightly better 9600X in most games (one compute chiplet is parked for games to minimize latency).

>>105721602
>>Likely not gonna get a 9800X3d.
WHY
you should decide on what your tasks are if you do a lot of non-gaming CPU heavy shit the 7800X3D is gonna be slow outside of gaming compared to a 14700K and those others.

>>105721596
>'My Time Spy (single-run) & Cinebench stable OC'

>>105721393
The 4060 is a bit of a scam for what it is (8gb), but I imagine you won't need more.

>>105721386
>buying a matte 1440p woled for pixel clarity
you should buy a 166ppi 4k 27" qdoled if you want less fringing and shit, but keep in mind even autists complain about that that still has pixel fringing for them
but light years better than 1440p matte

the 500hz 1440p qdoleds coming out will also look better than the current 1440p 480hz woled due to colors+no matte (except samsung)

>>105721533
>brand war op
just stop making multiple threads nobody reads op anyway

>>105721602
>9800X3d

>>105721600
>(2 x16GB)
yes.

>>105721640
>nobody reads op anyway
Couldn't be more wrong. There's usually someone asking stuff like, "is rtx 50 that bad? why not intel?" etc.
He can have his containment /pcbg/ where he talks to himself to bump his thread up the catalog.

>>105721670
>(2 x16GB)
This means the PC will have two 16GB memory sticks, which is fine.

>>105721610
>>105721614
>>105721629
>>105721640
Lots of gaming, but I'm lazy and leave tons of tabs open.
No render or other dumb shit though.

I've seen the 9700X/9900X comparable to the 7800X3D, just not quite as good.
But pricing is a good metric for me. Thats why I ruled the 9800X3D out. 9900/9700X is dirt cheap.

>>105721701
I'd decide between 9700X or the 7800X3D then.
Some newer games are recommending an 8-core CPU, I don't think game devs will abandon 6-core CPUs very soon but you don't need a 9900X.

>>105721701
7800x3d then
ryzen's memory subsystem is really bad and hugely bottlenecks its cores and this really rears its ugly head in zen5 cpus even outside of games

thought on this - current deal being offered in Australia.

Lian Li x Dan Cases A3-mATX Micro-ATX Case Black
MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Evatech FX240 Blackout 240mm CPU Liquid Cooler
Klevv 32GB CRAS V (2x16G) 6000MHz CL30 Black RGB A-Die Hynix
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X OC
Klevv CRAS C910 1TB NVMe M.2 Gen4 SSD
MSI MAG A1000GL Gold PCI-E 5 1000W ATX Power Supply

$2800 USD

>>105717579 (OP)
She's gay

>>105721731
>>105721758
thanks lads.

>>105717899
>Best USED price-to-performance AMD GPU?
probably a 5600x, you will find a lot around. Shit like the x3d is probably too expensive.

>>105721779
5070ti and air cooling instead. If I remember correctly the AxxxGL psus have chinese factory workers and not japanese high school girls.

>>105721779
>MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X OC
How much are you paying for this card? It will probably run loud in that A3 mATX case.
ASUS Prime (OC) is usually the better model and at a similar price point.
I would consider swapping the card to the RTX 5070 Ti ASUS Prime (OC) if it provides better value for money.

You don't need a 1000W PSU for this build, the 850W version of that PSU is fine.

>>105721790
Appreciate it - thanks. Will look into it

>>105721894
No specific part pricing as it’s apart of a deal. https://evatech.com.au/custom-pc/217077/
Thanks for recommending on the 850 instead

>>105721931
Avoid the ventus. Picrel says 5070ti but its the same pcb&cooler as the 5080 and shows why its on discount.

>>105721931
If you have to buy one of the Ventus cards, an undervolt and a mild OC will help the card run cooler & quieter.
Some people don't mind the stock cooling noise either.

>>105721931
Avoid the ventus. Picrel says 5070ti but its the same pcb&cooler as the 5080 and shows why its on discount.

>>105721970
The anon is buying a PC from a system builder with more limited graphics card models.
The only available 5070 Ti from that builder is the Ventus.
He has to pay over $170 US more to get a Gaming Trio 5080 over the Ventus, he's probably paying around $1400 US for the Ventus as it is.

>>105722006
sounds like a shit deal all around
even if its cheap, a bad AIB model gpu makes for a really bad user experience because of how loud it can get let alone the longevity issue of the part over time

>>105721473
Your uncle not only buys you a PC, but spends his own time researching good parts, and you call him a retard?

>CORSAIR RM1000x 2024 edition
gonna pair this bad boy with a 5080 probably the msi suprim

>>105722296
>5080 probably the msi suprim
It's 5% off.

>>105722340
i could snag it up for 1.5 bucks
or get one from pny for like 1.1
i had a 1080 from pny but the temps were abysmal i don't trust the more "unknown" companies honestly

>>105722353
Please don't spend that much for a 5080...

>pny for like 1.1
They are still having some quality control issues with the fans, it's a lottery.

>>105722340
Is this USD?
What the fuck

>>105722413
yeah i mean i just wanted the psu
i'll wait and see how the prices change in the next months

>>105722340
>CoINNs

The fuck is that

RTX 5080 has the same transistor count as the 7900xtx but with 16gb of ram instead of 24gb

Therefore it cannot be worth more than it would

>>105721596
>all the people with well tuned and "stable" systems getting bsods on the regular and blaming windows

>>105722557
I highly doubt a 24gb 5080 is coming

>>105722557
Look who's tired of having no audience in the trash thread.
>RTX 5080 has the same transistor count as the 7900xtx
The 7900XTX's GCD itself nearly matches the transistor count of the complete 5080 chip.

The 5080 has a far more efficient chip design.
7900XTX's development was so scuffed, it ended up competing against a laptop form-factor GPU.

>16gb of ram instead of 24gb
16GB VRAM is fine for gaming, for quite a long time.
Game publishers & developers are already concerned about their bloated development costs.
People already complain about the install sizes of newer games.
They're not making textures that will only work on GPUs with +24GB.
The industry is headed to the opposite direction.

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/get-started-with-neural-rendering-using-nvidia-rtx-kit/
https://gpuopen.com/download/2024_NeuralTextureBCCompression.pdf

Just noticed my new AG276QZD2 has no Freesync, only G-sync. But I'm on a RX 9070.

Can I do without or should I return it? It's my first OLED and I'm not that impressed compared to my TN panel. Sure it's better in terms of colors, but I don't know, I don't have the "wow" effect.

>>105722895
AOC claims that OLED is an adaptive sync monitor, you should be fine.
Follow the FreeSync enabling instructions provided in this video.
https://youtu.be/CQdo67SjIHk?t=837

>It's my first OLED and I'm not that impressed compared to my TN panel.
Watch some HDR content.

>>105722761
RTX bot post

>>105722557
7900xtx is fine wine though

>>105721393
>single stick (2x16GB)
what is it?

>>105721686
Holy fuck
Is that really all the GPUs that AMD bother shipping? It's barely a million a quarter since 2022.

>>105722941
Mine says it's not unfortunately, confirmed with your help.

The place where I bought it had Adpative Sync on the picture, but I guess there's models with only G-sync and they send me that one.

>>105722340
a suprim is wasted on a 5080

>>105723032
just take a look at your nearby prebuilt pc store and you'll only find geforce. that's the main problem for amd

>>105722895
from my experience the final realization does not hit you so much as after when you compare to another display
but maybe my comparison was so abysmal I puked going back to a real horrid one
maybe a passable one won't be that much
but TN? shieet
what was your expectations anyway?
motion clarity only? you need a 500hz oled
strobed still beats oled at the cost of everything else but really?

>>105717579 (OP)
Don't you get toxic fumes from figurines exposed to high heat in the case?

>>105723097
semen isn't toxic

I just want a monitor that is the best in the world

>>105723082
It's nice for static images but yeah I'm big on motion clarity, and to match my TN response time I need to at least reach ~180fps (vs 144Hz of the TN).

The colors are nice for sure, and the 1440p resolution is great to see more of the games, but yeah I don't have the "wow effect".
And it's weird because I tried a bad IPS panel for the first time too, and the motion clarity was the worst of all, but I think I was more impressed on static images, even with fucked up reds.

>>105722950
>RTX
NVIDIA's marketing is so effective, it's forever stuck in your head, rent-free™.
AMD is following all of the AI & real-time RT trends that NVIDIA introduces, and a 7900XTX won't have enough AI hardware acceleration to use these techs.

>>105723032
AMD's TSMC production capacity is prioritized on more profitable businesses like Epyc, Instinct, and Ryzen chips.
It's just shills, bag holders, and content creators misleading reality.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amds-discrete-desktop-gpu-market-share-hits-all-time-low-as-nvidia-extends-its-lead

>>105723042
Go to the Adrenaline app and see if you can toggle on Adaptive Sync.
This might only work if you connect the monitor to the video card using a Display Port cable.

>>105723045
Agreed.

>>105723126
Yeah you are TN player and so should look at the max refresh rate monitors you can find 500Hz ones now

>>105723126
>and to match my TN response time I need to at least reach ~180fps
this is impossible since oled is way faster, in fact the normal conversion rate for oled to lcd is that oled is 1.5x faster per refresh rate
so to match a 144hz a oled would only need 96hz for the same percieved clarity
a 180hz oled would be equal to 270hz lcd
that makes 0 sense, literally impossible
unless you are running strobing which would 3,5x the clarity or something compared to the oled, I forget
if you care about motion you need a way higher hz or a strobed lcd

>>105723143
500hz oleds would be competing against 750hz lcds if we aren't accounting for strobing too
but zero shot at lcds are keeping up with the refresh rates at these points
but 540hz strobed lcd > 500hz oled for clarity sure

>>105723171
I don't know, if you look at the RTINGS reponse times, I think it indicates that the response time is actually not good in the lower refresh rates.

>>105723136
I tried but the Adrenalin says Not Supported. I'm on a DP cable. I'm gonna reboot see if it changes.

I'm gonna check the monitor's web manual for the OSD

What do you think of my dream build this time bros? Fuck Nvidia btw.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DhgTxg

Out of curiosity, how many people here actually use upscaling all the time and how many just rawdog it for pure performance?

>>105723206
VRR has to be toggled in the OSD first. Then AMD/Nvidia/Windows panel will say your monitor is VRR capable. The only requirement for VRR is HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4+

>>105723270
I'm checking helping myself with you /g/ and GPT. I have everything setup correctly as far as I can tell, but my OSD only shows G-sync as an option, instead of AMD freesync.

I can try to update the firmware but their G-menu won't install correctly (if at all) when I tried earlier. I can't boot it.

So much hassle for a monitor man.

>>105723206
I would get a refund for that monitor if the advertised feature isn't working.
There's no point claiming it's an Adaptive-Sync monitor if it can't run FreeSync.
There should be an Adaptive Sync toggle option, RTINGS tested the FreeSync performance of that monitor.
https://youtu.be/4uf87BQ8pcg?t=295

>>105723286
>but my OSD only shows G-sync as an option
Try toggling that on if you can. Could be bad UI design rather than feature incompatibility.

>>105723310
Fuck me it works, enabling G-sync (it was ON by default) in the OSD allows me to enable Adapative Sync in Adrenalin.

Seems wonky. Is there an idiot proof test to check if VRR works?

>>105723286
Display manufacturers may have to label the adaptive sync option as GSync if the monitor is GSync-certified by NVIDIA.
>Is there an idiot proof test to check if VRR works?
Adrenaline might have the option to show a FreeSync-enabled indicator.

>spend 2k building a new PC
>so many things bother me that I go back to my old PC from 2013

Planning to get a modern mid range CPU and RAM, how's this?

>>105721533
that anime woman is so damn cute

>>105723565
There's a $160 64GB memory kit with better timings available on Newegg, but you don't have to switch to this if you want to shop @ Amazon.
I doubt you would notice the performance difference..
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RHCZxr/patriot-venom-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-pvv564g600c30k

The NZXT board is manufactured by ASRock, you should update the board BIOS to a safer version before you install the CPU (protects CPU from potential damage related to the PBO feature).
https://support.nzxt.com/hc/en-us/articles/35879248773659-N7-B650E-Downloads

>>105723663
she's the oldest and most bullyable character in the series
F-tier compared to Maki

>>105723413
i dont know if your monitors osd keeps track of hz but it should be changing with your fps when it dips below your max. for example 60fps should be 60hz or a multiple like 90/120/etc.

>>105723482
unwind your autism

>>105723206
>I think it indicates that the response time is actually not good in the lower refresh rates.
there is absolutely 0% shot that a TN outperforms oled transition times
I have absolutely no clue how you would come to the conclusion that 144hz tn is faster and only matched at 180hz on oled
makes zero sense

recommended tool for unfucking W11? I've seen a bunch of names googling solutions to problems but I'm not familiar with what is jeet spyware and what is a safe registry editing GUI

things I want to fix
>use small icons / half height taskbar
>square corners
>disable smooth scrolling in notepad
>remove web search in start menu
>remove "recommended" in start menu (not depopulate it, don't even show the field)
>normal context menu without having to hold shift

>>105723725
You'll get better answers at >>105707358

>>105723677
Oh I know about updating the BIOS, I was going nuts on my friend's build wondering why it wouldn't boot
Also I'll look into the timings, I think I want the T Create because I have a glass case and they look so good

Not gonna lie, triple sided glass looks amazing

>>105723482
Did you fall for the Win 11 meme?

>>105723763
That case fucks
Name?

>>105723763
That's the first actual cool glass case I've seen. Does not give that 13-year old gaymer vibe

>>105723819
Phanteks Evolv X2

>>105723715
I wish I could

>>105723763
>add another glass wall
>looks cool
It was that easy the whole time?

>>105723450
>>105723711
Gonna check that. As to test I used :
https://github.com/Nixola/VRRTest?tab=readme-ov-file
I can confirm activating GSYNC on the OSD and Adaptive Sync on Adrenalin provide expected results on high and fast FPS fluctuations. Thanks.

>>105723715
Sorry I confused it with input lag. The quick math I did before purchasing made me believe I need to reach 148fps to have the same input lag as my VG248QE at 144Hz.
My bad.

Hello, i'm having some latency on Dune Awakening, The Finals, Monster Hunter Wilds (this game not optimized tho)
https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/h2ZBt3

I'm not sure about what my cooler is, i bought this build from someone, i've been told that it is pretty shitty (pic related).
Also i'm getting constant 96°C to 100°C CPU (i9-12900 KS) while gaming.
CPU usage never goes to 100% tho

is that normal or am i fucked by CPU & cooler.

>the other thread got yeeted
kek

>>105723875
>The quick math I did before purchasing made me believe I need to reach 148fps to have the same input lag as my VG248QE at 144Hz.
since the screen is running native 240hz it should have superior input lag at even lower fps too but anyway
what are you trying to achieve
I know everyone is chasing the dragon and every update is lackluster to our burnt out dopamine receptors so much so that even a qdoled vs a tn does not impress you
you need 500hz or strobing to get better clarity pretty much
but even 240hz oled should be clearer
that assumes you are getting more fps than 144 tho

>>105724136
That cooler is pretty bad. I wouldn't trust it to cool more than a 12600K
You'll want to get a triple fan 360mm water cooler to cool that extremely hot CPU

>>105724136
Yeah a 120mm AIO is way underspecced for that CPU. Though it shouldn't need to dissipate much under gaming loads. It's plausible that you have some other issue but a cooler upgrade is indicated regardless.

>>105724136
That AIO with a cute 120mm radiator is not enough to cool a 12900KS that is specced to draw up to 241W of power (easily over 100W while gaming).
You want to use an AIO with at least a 280/360mm radiator to cool that processor.

>is that normal or am i fucked by CPU & cooler.
The CPU is fine and thermal throttling, you need to get a better cooler, the case seems big enough to fit a 360mm AIO radiator at the top.

I boughted the 5070 for my 1080p 60hz screen. The cheapest 9070 I could find was +$120 and the cheapest 5070ti was +$210. Reddit chimped out on me saying I should have spend the $120 for the 9070
I am happy :)

>>105724224
5070 is overkill for 1080p gaming, especially on a 60Hz monitor.
Have fun with it.

>>105724150
The dragon I'm chasing is being satisfied with 10+ years tech upgrades with products costing hundred of dollars, may it be a monitor or a GPU.
Which is I can agree pretty optimist in the current climate.

I'll say though that with that new monitor I'm pretty satisfied when I reach 180fps. That feels like an upgrade. Other than that well, I'll try to avoid the burn-in. Not on my eyes though. TN has this quality of not killing my eyes.

>>105724195
>>105724205
>>105724223
Thanks, ima go with the
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360.
heard it was decent.

>>105724281
Installing the mounting mechanism isn't very user-friendly, watch some installation videos to know what you're buying into (still a great AIO btw).
>>105718087
https://youtu.be/zfffNRTOZCc?t=1144

>>105724136
>i9-12900 KS
>120mm AIO
fucking LOL
>CPU usage never goes to 100% tho
Your CPU is throttling itself so it doesn't die lol

I hate vram autism so goddamn much. Indiana Jones isn't even a game worth playing.

https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1llq6q8/psa_windows_11_24h2_kb5060829_display_windowing/

Microsoft fixes more Winblows 11 bugs caused by Microsoft, retards try to blame Nvidia drivers, the most rock solid stable reliable drivers in the industry

Alri lads?
I just got a SSD to replace the 7200rpm HDD in my laptop. It's pretty much empty so I'm assuming I just unplug the HDD and plug in the sdd, then boot from usb which has the OS on it? (To get the OS reinstalled on the new ssd)

>>105724441
>Indiana Jones
Most of the fudders don't understand how this game's texture pool works.
Higher settings mostly affect the quality of textures that are further away.
There's no big visual difference going from High texture pool to Supreme or Ultra, especially if you're playing the game on a 24~28" monitor.

>>105724504
This sounds like a good plan

>>105724150
>>the other thread got yeeted
>kek
Because the OP of that thread got sick of talking to himself (he was doing that shit to bump up his trash thread).

>>105724448
>the most rock solid stable reliable drivers in the industry
but that's AMD on linux

>>105724564
There are a few Linux-related crashes in pic, bad enough for someone to reinstall their 3070 Ti (for Linux).

>>105717579 (OP)
cool thread
I spent many hours on all floors troubleshooting my PC being able to boot but not POSTing on reboot and the reason was that the BIOS setting that manages BCLK being set to Manual with all subsettings (the ones that only become available when set to Manual) on Auto is somehow different from the main setting being on Auto in the first place. I hope this made some sense, have a good day

>>105724632
i only see one linux crash in that pic
the most important question: have you used it yourself?

>>105724636
That's a strange bug, you should report the issue in the official tech support forum for that board.

>>105724664
>i only see one linux crash in that pic
There are at least four reported Linux-related issues in the pic.

>have you used it yourself?
Irrelevant to the fact that Radeon cards & drivers can cause crashes even in Linux.
And the crashes aren't just limited to RDNA4 cards.

>>105724769
>Irrelevant to the fact that Radeon cards & drivers can cause crashes even in Linux.
so the answer is no
you have no opinion on this matter

>>105724789
>opinion
I'm not sharing an opinion, I'm showing facts.

>>105724833
you can do a google search for NVIDIA crashes as well, no one cares
what matters is: have you used it yourself and what did you think of it?
everyone has used NVIDIA on windows, it works fine, it's decent
but it's still in second place
(at least on older cards, of course this is just a coincidence but everyone i know who bought 50 series has issues with blackscreens and streaming on discord)

>>105724888
Going by the amount of NVIDIA dGPUs shipped last quarter >>105721686 it's safe to say there are millions of RTX 50 card owners who are using their cards just fine.
If the past issues were as persistent as you make them out to be, NVIDIA would've had to deal with one the largest returns & refunds in their history.
No such news is being reported from retail sources or AIBs.

Not to mention Microsoft is trying to fix related issues on their end with these Windows updates.

>>105724941
>If the past issues were as persistent as you make them out to be
i'm talking about three people, two with 5080s and one with 5070
it would be best to trust my own eyes and ears, wouldn't you agree?
>No such news is being reported from retail sources or AIBs
https://www.techpowerup.com/332944/nvidia-investigates-geforce-rtx-50-series-blackwell-black-screen-and-bsod-issues
>Not to mention Microsoft is trying to fix related issues on their end with these Windows updates
that's great
i don't have to deal with microsoft bullshit at all

>why dont i watercool my 4090 and 5090
>450w+575w+170w
>needs 1200mm of radiator

>>105717680
>buy a new in 2 years
I'm not saying to overclock, but that's a bad argument, you should just cope with what's there at the moment and accept it, we weren't even there 2 years ago, and the improvement of CPUs is slowing down. There's no point in waiting out a new component.

>>105724998
Oh what a surprise, it's your time to share stale news.
>Saturday, February 22nd 2025

>>105724833
>call of duty keeps crashing
damn... so it's over, huh

>>105725029
this was last week
so are you saying it's PEBKAC? please, use your brain, share your own experiences and opinions instead of acting like a braindead shill
i guess i'm expecting too much from /g/

>>105717579 (OP)
>>GPU
>Mid range: RTX 5060Ti 16GB
High-performance 1440p & Mid-range 4K: RTX 5070 Ti
>Workstation: RTX 5090
So OP is just shilling broken overpriced garbage now?

>>105717680
>Blue screens
doesn't happen if you stress test properly
>higher temperatures
depends
>potentially random (like after 500hours of system uptime) crashes
doesn't happen if you stress test properly
>when instead you can just buy a new CPU in 2 years that will give you that 10% higher FPS without crashing, at lower temps
you can do both

>>105725054
>share your own experiences
Except you're also sharing someone else's experiences.
>i know who bought 50 series has issues with blackscreens and streaming on discord
Use your brain.

>>105725143
>Except you're also sharing someone else's experiences
yeah ok
i was there
lmao
i didn't compile a picture of a million random reddit posts to justify my brandfaggotry

>>105723136
>Mass replying with shill images
Oh so DLSS schizo is still posting he just changed his style a bit so people don't realize it's him and of course retards in this thread fall for it

>>105725172
you're right
he turned on randomized filenames in 4chan X so people won't recognize him
https://desuarchive.org/g/search/image/4nWQonkJJl36eqiHZrUZfQ
lmaooo

>>105725157
>justify my brandfaggotry
Except you're doing that right now.

>>105725187
linux isn't a brand
that's the only thing i will ever shill
but you haven't used it so your opinion doesn't matter

>>105725172
>>105725185
Replying to many people at once is simply more efficient.
The DLSS spammer doesn't have a copyright to this.
You guys have a serious chip on your shoulders.

>>105725214
ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for a delicious apple pie

>>105725196
>opinion doesn't matter
Except I wasn't sharing an opinion, I was sharing facts that Radeon cards & drivers can cause Linux crashes.

>>105725237
>Reddit screenshots about nvidia cards having driver issues are meaningless and not proof of anything
>Reddit screenshots about amd cards having driver issues are facts
Least obvious njudea shill

>>105725257
reddit posts are never relevant
but you can ignore the bot now, it's more fun to argue with a brick wall

>>105725257
>>Reddit screenshots about nvidia cards having driver issues are meaningless and not proof of anything
If they're about old drivers, yes.
The drivers Gamers Nexus Steve complained about are so old, NVIDIA doesn't allow RTX 50 card owners to download it from their website.

https://www.xvideos.com/video.ohcckeoe819/i_got_an_rtx_5090_and_a_blowjob_in_one_visit_to_my_ex_

>>105725287
This one's so obsessed with NVIDIA & GeForce, he's searching for RTX cards in porn websites.

>>105722630
it's almost certain.
I thought we were going to need to wait years to see 24Gb (3gb) chips being used by nvidia for consumers, but they were already using those chips on the mobile 5090 in march which is a 5080 but with 24gb of vram (only possible because of the 2gb -> 3gb chip upgrade).
So as the supply increases, they are going to put them into the other GPU's for the vram increase.

>>105725396
4chan is a porn website anon.

>>105725507
NTA but I've come to a point where real porn makes me a bit depressed while AI generated porn is fine.

>at 32" I can use 4k on 100% scaling in windows
how true is this

>>105725550
i mean its using the most advanced tech money can buy to make a pretty picture vs watching somebody's drugged up daughter desperate for coke money

>>105725589
If you have good vision or sit relatively close, sure.

>>105725609
But degrading roastie beef women is the best part of porn.

>>105725589
I would say 40"

>>105725066
AMD is more expensive outside of the 5060ti vs 9060xt matchup though?

Is HDR worth it on a monitor?

>>105725929
There’s a lot of tweaking involved because most games don’t ship with good HDR mode.
The OLED monitors also don’t get as bright as TVs.
Some of the miniLED is nice, but not perfect.

>Finally decide what monitor I want
>LG 32GR93U
>32" 4K SDR
>check youtube
>see comment
>"In Korea, we have been experiencing a lot of panel failures for both the 27GR93U and 32GR93U. The earliest cases occurred within 3 months of installation. Symptoms are known to include anomalies such as horizontal stripes on the panel.. The problem was thought to be unique to BOE's 4K IPS high refresh rate panels, which led to controversy, and LG Electronics acknowledged the problem. It's unclear if overseas versions have the same issue, but it's worth keeping in mind when buying."

this market is cursed

>the way it's meant to be bombed

>>105726053
truly based

I'm trying to get my new SSD to work as I install Ubuntu from a memory stick but the pc doesn't seem to be detecting the SSD.
I'm not sure what to do here bros.
In the bios it doesnt seem to have the latest version I manually installed, I'm guessing this was installed on my old hard drive rather than onto the mobo?

I’m building a new PC with a asus prime 5070 ti oc gpu and a corsair rm850x psu. Do I connect the gpu to the psu with the 12v-2x6 cable that came with the psu, or do I connect the gpu to the psu with the 12v-2x6 adapter (which attaches to 3 6+2 pin PCIe cables) that came with the gpu?

>>105726545
>connect the gpu to the psu with the 12v-2x6 cable that came with the psu,
This way.

Is it just me or are a lot of cases running out of stock and not being restocked?? Is it the tariffs?

>>105726558
yes, that's exactly the reason

5080 super when

>>105726578
It's at least 6~8 months away, and it will be scalped just as badly as the 5080.

>>105712103
Did the reviewer not measure the hotspot? That's what I want to know.

I have never screwed in a case fan before.
Are we supposed to quite clearly and mercilessly just rape the plastic holes with the screw threads or am I missing something?

>>105724636
what did this mean?

>>105726695
Yep. They're self-tapping.

>>105726717
there is no meaning

are there any decent websites/blogs for laptop reviews? there's a very new budget laptop that i can't find a single review for. the new gigabyte A16

>>105726530
Do I need to put my old CPU back in, update the bios, then, then install the SSD?

>>105726693
Good to be thorough, don't buy that card.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/faulty-chip-surface-ex-works-on-a-radeon-rx-9070xt-extreme-hotspot-temperatures-and-research-into-the-causes-of-pitting/

What happened to motherboard quality & prices?

>>105723763
Looks like a coffee machine.

>>105724632
my rdna4 gpu fails to start because of some recent linux-firmware shit, and they released a fix, but has to be installed with whatever version of kernel I think, which isn't out yet or smth god I hate this shit uncoordinated releases that break shit
>not my job

>>105726850
For only 348 €uro you get the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870E NOVA WiFi, a luxury premium board for small money:
https://www.igorslab.de/en/asrock-phantom-gaming-x870e-nova-wifi-in-test-cheap-taichi-alternative-with-experience-report-teardown-material-testing-and-thermal-modding/5/

Best used with latest BIOS v3.25 installed via Flashback.

>>105723763
> uninspired, boring, tasteless showcase with trivial hobby user hardware
What's the point? If it was showing rare fossils or precious antiques or some complex model that you built I would get it... but ordinary techslop?

>>105726817
Sorry but are you confirming this?
I thought when I upgraded the bios It was put onto the mobo not the old hard drive?

how fucked am I?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/1llnwi0/mini_review_of_the_msi_mag_274updf_e16m_27inch_4k/

>he gets the msi mini led that i've had my eye on
>he tests it in fucking mac os
fucking retard

>>105726850
>>105726906
"premium" motherboards are a scam

>>105727019

>>105726990
how much power do these take? need 1000w supply or 600w is fine?

>>105727019
tard

>>105727032
I'm hooking it up to an old Seasonic 650w and seeing what happens
it's only a 300w card

>>105727045
It'll be fine.

>>105726990
It's a fine card. Get Optiscaler too.

>>105727032
Manufacturers mostly suggest 750~850W to cover their asses.
But it doesn't necessarily mean bad things will happen to this anon >>105727045 (as long as the rest of his system isn't a power hog).

>build new pc
>boot up for first time
>fans spin, lights on
>no picture detected on monitor
what do

>>105727107
reset bios, reseat CPU/RAM/GPU, pray, curse, change cabel, make sure you powered the monitor. change cable in gpu ports, swear, wait for whatever the fuck ram learning bullshit they got on am5, takes a fucking while, see if lights say anything or are showing fine status and prolly some other shit

>>105727032
I run a 7900xtx on a 750w and these use even less power.

>>105727066
I'm only concerned about coil whine, when you run PSUs to the limit they can sometimes induce coil whine in connected parts
I'm running the 650w version of pic rel so I think it'll be fine
>>105727107
wait
for some reason newer systems make you wait a bit to "train memory" or something at boot

>>105727107
Look at the Debug LEDs on your motherboard. This is what they are meant for, to tell you what's wrong.
You can google for the Code if not described in your motehrboard's manual.

> boot up for first time
Reset CMOS. Try again.

I've replaced my HDD with an SSD and it's not letting me install normally. It's not detecting the SSD, just the usb the os is on. What the hell is going on?

>>105727172
the windows installer is missing your storage drivers
either download the drivers, put them on the thumb drive and load them in the installer
or download CachyOS

>>105727172
This wouldn't be a problem on Linux.

Do we know what's the most silent card that can keep the lowest hotspot temperatures?

>>105727172
maybe some wait I forgot soemthing about...hmm...no that's for usb. shit, there was something i think, without needing drivers. some setting from boot options in bios I think.

>>105727196
power limited 5090

>>105727196
Forgot to mention I'm talking about 9070XTs

>>105727196
It's a lottery whether you get coil whine or not. So someone else's quiet card is your hellscream

>>105727182
Sorry I'm trying to install Ubuntu from a usb which worked previously?
>>105727191
Okay I'm trying to install Ubuntu like I did prior to this SSD install, what is going wrong?
Is this SSD too new for the laptop?

>>105727208
The PTM7950 models with large coolers. Sapphire Nitro, Powercolor Red Devil, Asus TUF.

>>105727199
I can't make sense of what you've typed? Do you have a solution?

>>105727220
more likely you didn't connect it properly/fully? does it show up in bios?

>>105727220
make sure you're using the latest ISO
make sure the drive appears in your current OS. maybe throw a partition on it so the installer has something to scan

>>105727242
I started typing thinking of something but realized I don't remember what it is, just the feeling that there was some kind of setting from bios, like from legacy shit to ...not legacy shit, but completely forgot what its called, but might be for usb not hdd/ssd

>>105727245
I can't find it in bios. Is it possible that this SSD is too new for the laptop? I'm pretty sure I have it plugged in as far as I can?

>>105727259
>alzheimer's posting
you're talking about the CSM (Compatibility Support Module)
this is not needed on modern OSs and you want it disabled otherwise you can't use resizable BAR

>>105727263
>laptop
it's possible the slot you're sticking it into doesn't even support NVMe. some slots only support AHCI SATA
OEM shit can be picky

>>105727263
sata? should work fine. got any other computer to test it on? also get latest bubuntu just to make sure

>>105727228
I guess that makes sense. Those coolers are fucking giantic though. How's the XFX Mercury? Fucking 4 slot monsters. I hope it's whisper quiet.

>>105727269
yeah that shit exactly. damn, forgot what it was called. but he on laptop doe don't think he has that in bios

>>105727120
>>105727133
>>105727166
I neglected to plug in the 8 pin cpu power cable :v
Any thoughts on the 4 pin receptor next to it? My psu didn’t cope with any 4 pin cables

>>105727314
>My psu didn’t cope
kek

>>105727019
'Premium' in the case of the Nova means: five usable M.2 slots, no lane sharing with PCIe 5.0x16 slot, two USB 4.0 sockets, elaborate heavy duty cooling solution, GPU quick release, Debug LED + Debug CODE, 8-layers PCB, 20+2+1 phase power design, 5GbitLAN, WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz (be warned: only Windows 11 drivers for this, a shame!) It's the feature set, the functionality and usability that make a motherboard 'premium'.

>>105727282
XFX should be okay too. There's also Yeston the waifu cards.

>>105727314
see if you gots a 8 pin one that can be split, or shoved in there on the 4 connector. like half of it hanging

Do I really need pcie 5.0 storage? I'm seeing conflicting reviews, some say it's not even worth it. But all the newest motherboards have dedicated slots for it. Should I at least get one for my OS drive?

>>105727314
> 4 pin receptor next to it?
Not needed, you can safely ignore it.

>>105727338
but like don't turn it on tho, just see if it fits and then think about it some more before turning it on with it hanging to the side. maybe do some research. but some 8pin ones can split in the middle 4+4. see if you have any like that.

>>105727330
>asrock
Ok but I don't want my cpu to explode, why shill a defective product?

>>105727280
Man I've literally anplihhed the HDD and plugged the SSD into the slot idk what is going on.
>>105727276
I mean I plugged the usb with the os into the usb 3 slot this time but I tried plugging it into one of the 2 usb 2 slots before that and it didn't work?

>>105727364
*Unplugged the HDD and plugged in the SSD*

>>105727364
so it's sata ssd right? maybe there's like an adapter between the hdd and ssd? and that got out of the pcb part? or is the connector on a flex cable thing? that goes into the pcb? maybe that got out if you pulled on the hdd I dunno see if you can check that part

>>105727402
>between the hdd and ssd
I meant between the hdd connector and pcb fuck letters

>>105727341
Depends, do you have any other M.2 drives?
5.0 is faster in mostly professional tasks, like it will load faster some huge files in the video editing software and so on. not much for daily 4chan lurking or games
So if you have 4.0 or even 3.0 drives you probably don't need it. if you don't have any drive you might buy it as primary drive. if you have the money

Here's the old HDD.

>>105727418
Money isn't an object, but I don't want to throw it away if I don't need it. I don't have the computer yet I'm trying to figure out information for a future build. I don't do any professional work, it would be used strictly for gaming and file storage I run a plex server that's about it. My computer is 11 years old so I don't even know what "fast" feels like. I'm looking at prices and the 5.0 m.2's don't seem that much more expensive. Maybe worth to get one for the OS drive and 4.0's for the gaming and random storage?

>>105727341
If you have to ask you don't need it and you certainly don't want to waste money on the more expensive SSD. The OS in particular DOES NOT make any significant use of the higher theoretical bandwidth. Neither do games. Only some productive applications read/write huge amounts of data from/to disk repeatedly and might nearly saturate it. Even if the motherboard manual declares the 'Blazing' M.2 slot the primary slot to install a disk in, you shouldn't waste it for your (hopefully dedicated and smaller) OS disk. Reserve it for later in case you eventually happen to really need the bandwidth for heavy workloads.

>>105727448
Get a Gen 4 NVMe SSD, 2 or 4TB recommended (TLC NAND).

>>105727502
>TLC NAND
What is that?

>>105726990
I wish they still sold the shorter version of that card with two fans that appears on GN's very first 9070XT review—it seems to have been relegated to 9070s and 9060XTs entirely

>>105727341
Honestly the actual-lcd deoog light is a better argument for higher tier mobos than gen 5 storage. Really useful to know AM5 memory training is just taking 15 minutes
Even the 5090 only fills like 1% more than gen 4.0 x16

>>105727541
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/what-is/qlc-vs-tlc.html
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B27_j9NDPU3cNlj2HKcrfpJKHkOf-Oi1DbuuQva2gT4/edit?gid=0#gid=0

>>105727360
The motherboard is not defective, it's perfectly fine. Only ASRock's software engineers did a sloppy job with the BIOS but finally managed to fix it. Just flash the v3.25 or v3.30 before installing/booting a CPU and it's good to go.

>>105727575
There are many reports of cpu's dying after the bios update. They didn't fix it or it's something else. No point in risking when there are plenty of other brands that have the same features.

>>105727402
I have no idea why this isn't working
To all the other lads, no idea while this isn't working. Does the new SSD not work with the old laptop?

>>105727546
Here's the one I'm talking about which you can't buy anywhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP0axVHdP-U

What can be considered a fast boot on AM5? How many seconds?

>>105727670
About 3.050

>>105727658
I doubt the thermals are good with just two fans.

You did what you want with your profit.
Crime rates going thirsty, you did what you want with your profits

>>105727706
I can always deshroud and upgrade the fans—I just need non-stupid cooler proportions

>>105727735
The card's heatsink will be the deshrouded cooler's bottleneck. I know.

Eat this!

>>105727783
It won't be waterblock-tier but should still be competitive with models with three fans noise-wise
My current 6700XT has the same mod, but admittedly the heatsink is a bit taller

will anyone ever care about intel arc ?

>>105726558
If you've watched any of those GN videos, the case situation for the US is totally fucked and it's not gonna improve any time soon. It's fucked.

>>105726578
as fast as the 50 series is being shitted out by december

>>105727341
you need it if you need to wc your ssd

>>105727430
I'll give you $7.50 for it

>>105727872
no
intel should have gone balls deep on APUs but they let AMD have all of it
Intel just exist to get government gibs now

>>105727430
looks amazing

>>105726558
>>105727889
I am not seeing this, amazon is chock full of cases? What is this FUD?

>>105727935
some are disappearing like Hyte.

>>105727568
Thanks, guess I've got some reading to do.

>>105721782
Canon btw

>>105728443
A very strange show, never expected a cute witch with a huge hat to be so morally dubious.

>>105728506
could be bigger

>>105728677

>>105728713

>>105728506
Honestly why the FUCK is 98% of japanese slop like this
I mean this isn't interesting either nearly nobody is as cynical as this bitch and frieren is just a sad cope of a guy who clearly cannot write emotions but zoomgroids gobble it up like pigeons because uwu elf anime gurl
Animation is hard, writing should be comparatively easy
I should be expecting GRRM tier writing from these chink cartoons but instead it's just this

>>105728773
good show

>>105728773
>writing should be comparatively easy
It clearly isn't considering 99% of western writing is dogshit and the east isn't doing much better. Coming up with good new stories is very difficult. But yes there should be a baseline of writing that most should be able to reach that for some reason isn't.

>>105728773
If you watch nhk japan they are just like that, yesterday there was a farmer pouring his heart out to another farmer about his failing business and the guy zenly replied
>if you took someone else's advice you'd regret it, but if you decide for yourself you can live with it

>>105728677

why do so many people own a 5090
every build pic is always 5090 5090 5090

>>105729018
everyone I know still uses 3080s and rtx4000 gpus

>>105729018
Halo-tier PC components & peripherals tend to attract people who like to show off their possessions.

>>105729018
gamers want the best raw performance which only NVIDIA can provide

Next cultural discussion:
>>105729201
>>105729201
>>105729201

Updated OP, leave feedback (only YOU can improve PCBG)
thx

>>105729018
>wait 2 years for a performance bump in gaming
>one company does not deliver any performance increase
>forced to go to another company if you want an increase
it's not rocket science

>>105726010
>settle on lcds because lcds last forever right ACK-

>>105725589
if you sit at a laptop distance sure, but then the screen is so fucking large you have no decent pov of it and have to turn your head
but schizos do it fine with 32 all the time so not sure
even retards in these threads claim to use 27 28 unscaled so idk
its extremely tiny
I can use a 140ppi laptop 15" unscaled but going up to 32" is kinda different
if you really wanna fall for the real estate meme get a large tv if you already are at that point

>>105724255
diminishing returns and fomo is real

>Not on my eyes though. TN has this quality of not killing my eyes.
oled has flicker which may or may not affect your eyes, also the infinite contrast causes the pupils to zoom in and out constantly which might cause eye strain unless you lower the contrast, allegedly, also most people probably use too high brightness which also can give you eye strain, also blur and pixel fringing can give you eye strain too
tldr everything can give eye strain but not sure what is causing yours if you have any

you still need more fps for more motion clarity, or you need strobing at 100hz+(to avoid flicker)
120hz strobed is like 320hz+ motion clarity
anyway