>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?title=Build_a_PC&diff=55476&oldid=55400

>CASE
mATX: AP201, Lian Li A3, O11 Air Mini, XT M3
ATX: XT PRO (ULTRA), AIR 903 Base/MAX, Lancool 207, Flux Pro, Y40, Meshify 3, 4000D FRAME
Dual Chamber: Y60/70, Vision (Compact), Antec C8

>CPU
Budget (inc. gaming): 7500F, 7600/X, 9600/X
Gaming: 9800X3D, 7800X3D, 9700/X, 7700/X
Workstation: 9950X, 9900X
Premium: 9950X3D
Intel: If deeply discounted (13/14th gen -K CPU BIOS update required)

>COOLER
AIO: Thermalright Frozen Edge, Cooler Master Atmos, Liquid Freezer 3/Pro (unhandy mounting solution)
Dual tower: A620 PRO SE, Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3, NH-D15 G2
ITX/>42mm RAM: Mugen 6 Dual Fan, AXP120-X67

>MOTHERBOARD
ASRock AM5 board issues are still reported; BIOS must be updated before CPU installation

>RAM
DDR5: 2x16GB or 2x24GB, 6000CL30 (AMD), 6400CL32 (Intel)
Workstation/high end: consider 2x32GB or 2x64GB

>SSD (OS drive)
Budget: SN5000, SN7100
High-end: SN850X, 990 Pro (Windows)
Premium: SN8100
https://borecraft.com/

>GPU
Budget: Arc B580, used card
Midrange: RX 9060 XT 16GB, 5060Ti 16GB
High-end 1440p & Midrange 4K: RX 9070 XT
Workstation: RTX 5090, used 4090 or 3090 Ti

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

>MONITOR
1080p: KTC H24T09P
1440p: Acer XV271U M3, KTC M27T6 (miniLED)
4K: Gigabyte M27UA/M27UP, KTC M27P6 (miniLED), ASUS PG32UCDM (QD-OLED), PG32UCDP (WOLED)

>OS
Activate Windows @ >>105870415

>CASE FANS
Meta: Case with good stock PWM fans
Midrange: Arctic P12 Pro (loud @ higher RPM), P14/Max (5-pack)
High-end: Fractal Momentum, Noctua G2 (140mm or 120mm)

Prev: >>105896556

>News & Rumors
RTX 50 Super rumors: 5070 Ti Super 24GB, 5080 Super 24GB, 5070 Super 18GB

>Omissions
RTX 5070 Ti: buy if you need CUDA, if you value DLSS/Reflex that highly, and if the 5060 Ti 16GB or 5070 isn't performant enough.
RTX 5070: buy if it's reasonably priced & if you plan to work around potential VRAM bottlenecks.
RX 9070 non-XT: worth considering if it's significantly cheaper than the 9070 XT.

>Product Notice
AOC Q27G40XMN: nice budget 1440p miniLED monitor but inconsistent QC.
Bad one causes DisplayHDR setting to look overbrightened and desaturated when applying the best local dimming option.

Gigabyte RTX 50 & RX 9000 video cards: thermal gel has QC issues, Gigabyte claims only early production batches were affected.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/update-on-thermal-putty-on-gigabyte-graphics-cards-after-further-storage-oil-separation-to-an-alarming-extent-and-silence-as-a-strategy/

Avoid updating Gigabyte motherboard's RGB controller firmware, as it can disable board features such as Q-Flash Plus.

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

For tier-list enjoyers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?usp=sharing

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

when are the super gpus supposed to come out?

>>105909028
In time for Christmas

>>105908993 (OP)
ANCIENT image
they're probably all dead now

>>105909028
I doubt it will be soon. they still have stock to sell and amd doesn't seem to be doing anything. they delayed the 5090 for the same reason

I just installed a new SSD (Samsung 9100 Pro) and now neither it nor my existing boot drive (Intel P4800x) show up in the boot options, although both are identified in the NVMe configuration settings. Both drives show up as boot options if I enable CSM, but then I still can't boot from it. Does anyone have a clue what's going on here?

>>105909046
thats distressing

>>105909110
maybe ur old nvme is formatted differently from 9100

>>105909199
>>105909110
I finished doing some more troubleshooting and the problem isn't with the 9100, apparently there's a 100mb EFI partition on the otherwise empty 16GB drive I took out to install the 9100, and my computer won't boot without that. How do I fix this short of a reinstall?

My Corsair Voids cracked in half after 5 years of service and are being held together by duct tape.
Any advice one a reasonably priced pair of wireless headphones? When I bought mine from walmart in 2020 they were like $70 but on Amazon when I looked up the Void headset they were damn near $140.
Doesn't have to be corsair, I just don't want chink shit which well fall apart in 6 months.

>>105909219
honestly I'd just remove all drives, install fresh windows on 9100 and then move old drives back, move data from them to the 9100 and format them

If it fits, it sits.

>>105909277
itx seems terrible for cooling

How long will my open box 5090 take to clear customs?

>>105909358
Well you gotta pay customs duties and VAT first

>>105909233
ChatGPT saved me, it was just a few commands in diskpart. The part that was annoying me was having boot problems when I wasn't even changing boot drives, the 9100 is just for storing my vidya and AI models.

>>105909358
niggers took it i am sorry :(

What's the best quality/price AM4 CPU? I really am on a budget.

Anon helping his astronomy telescope program boomer neighbor here. Here are the two parts lists I've come up with (many thanks to anons in the previous thread for helping with this)

Intel build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gYbPTM
AMD build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gjqZ74

I've gone ahead and sent these to him; but I have to give a final input on which one to go with. Previously, some of you said that AMD's IMC is shit and struggles with large amounts of RAM. For cost and complexity's sake, I settled on 2x64GB as frankly the idea of 4X64GB scares me on a deep level. I was aiming for a budget around $4,000; still waiting on a response from him as to whether he's willing to go full nuclear threadripper mayhem and drop $20k on a build. Knowing him, I would assume not.

For those who missed the previous thread, this is the program which he's using for astrophotography
https://pixinsight.com/benchmark/
https://pixinsight.com/sysreq/index.html

The GPU would just need to drive a couple of big 4K monitors. Most important is the CPU and RAM, second most important is storage speed, which I believe both those NVME SSDs handle easily. I think the builds are 95% finalized.

>>105909041
Christmas is canceled this year actually.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6nKV9C
>white ram not black ram as listed

>>105909362
I'm in burgerland.

>>105909387
They must've needed it more than I.

...so, do I, uh, call FedEx now, and give them my tracking number, and tell them... what, precisely?

>>105909327
Depends on the case. Usually they are all mesh from all sides so you can have as many fans or dual rads as you want. I usually leave the side open and use no case fans at all, works good.
Thats an old pic, it looks more cramped than it has to be because i forced an mATX mobo and ATX psu into an ITX case. Had to actually cut the bottom with an angle grinder. You can see the mATX board sticking out.
Newer, even smaller NCASE M2 build that doesn't require any cutting:

>>105909407
define thine use case

>>105909022
have you properly setup and formatted both drives?

>>105909413
AMD build.
get the 420rad for the AIO not the 360, for normal usage the 360 is plenty, but he's gonna be running that pc at high load for extended periods of time, and the bigger AIO is needed for better perf long-term. The top-end Phanteks glacier and Lian-li AIOs are better at cooling than Arctic freezer aswell, they're just much more expensive.

Get a small 500gig m.2 for the OS, keep the 4TB, but also add a physical drive, one of those 12 or 20 TB ones for mass-storage, WD Black only. I have the same case, i know they come with 1 physical HDD slot, its fine.
Also, as much of an anti-Njudea hater i am, you really need to be suggesting one of their 5090s for this build. A 5080 just doesn't have the vram.

>>105909602
in that pic the cpu should have an intake fan at the top or at the side? Also why isnt the psu other way around to take fresh air from outside to not compete with the cpu cooler?

that gpu is about to explode from bending

>>105909639
In both pics, the front is the only side that has no mesh, so the psu had to be the way it is. Also, those 750W corsairs can put out about 300W in passive mode, and thats about what i pull even under load. The CPU blows to the back and that just goes out sideways on its own. There are no case fans. The first pic has one but that was just some testing.

I feel scammed.

>>105909861
9 year old gpu doesnt support DSC

>>105909611
From small games to small video editing

>>105909861
>8-bit color
yeah

My Phanteks Enthoo Pro case arrived. It's great except one of the tags from the optical drive slot fell off at some point and landed on the damn rear fan blade of all places. How does that even happen?

This is what I plan on putting inside it by the way. I haven't built a PC from the ground up since before the pandemic, so comments on what I have picked out are welcome: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Duck109/saved/#view=4CHPK8

>>105909919
5600 is about 100$ and its the last gen on AM4. Going below that will only net 20-30$ savings. With 6 cores rendering videos will take longer, but if you aren't a pro, just wait and do something else while it renders.

>>105909977
The fan in question. It's stuck on good, I honestly don't know how I'm going to get it off.

>>105909977
>https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Duck109/saved/#view=4CHPK8
There should be a shareable link for your build; you shared a login link.

>>105909994
Thanks anon. This it?
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/DsNmZc

Like I said, it has been a while.

Can anyone recommend me a case where the USB ports are on the side rather than above? I don’t know why Lian Li puts them on the above part of the case, it’s fucking awful.

>>105909993
stanley knife, cut it off, if it makes noise after, just cut off the entire blade, and replace it in a year, a single fan is cheap to replace, who cares.

Any 4060ti/5060ti 16gb niggas in here? I don’t think ill need any more power than that based on my research, and the power consumption is lower which is another thing im gonna prioritize

>part is in warehouse way across town
>have them transfer it to closer warehouse
>this was yesterday
>still no email about the part being in today
AAAIIIIEEEEE WHERE IS MY CPU

>>105910011
I would check the warranty on that EVGA PSU; it might be limited to 2~3 years because EVGA is winding down their business.
The warranty is long enough to deal with a defective unit (bathtub curve), but other brands offer 5~12 year warranties.

This is an alternative PSU I would consider if you want a unit with a longer warranty (10 years). FSP is a reliable OEM.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/qv3mP6/fsp-group-hydro-g-pro-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-hg2-750

Hopefully, you've avoided the early batch of Gigabyte RX 9000 video cards with problematic thermal gels.
Don't vertically mount that video card to play it safe.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/update-on-thermal-putty-on-gigabyte-graphics-cards-after-further-storage-oil-separation-to-an-alarming-extent-and-silence-as-a-strategy/

The rest looks nice.

>>105909629
Thanks anon, much appreciated. I was torn as to whether the 5080 would be enough, my neighbor thinks the GPU is not as important for this rig but I'll pass this on to him.

I will also gather the SSDs and find a big platter drive for him. My rig currently has a 16TB seagate enterprise drive which took a lot of finicky setup to run right, I'm sure the WD Blacks will be more user friendly.

>>105910105
Yeah, I'll put it under the knife. I'm not worried too much about losing one 140mm fan. Like you said, easily replaceable. Just a weird thing to have happen.

>>105910156
Thanks for the alt PSU. EVGA winding down their business is news to me. Too bad, I always remember them being a reliable pick.

I also didn't know about that Gigabyte GPU issue. Thanks for the heads up. That card is actually my second pick anyways. I'm hoping that an ASRock 9070 Challenger card is available at a decent price when I pull the trigger on ordering everything. That's my first pick for a GPU.

>>105909993
What do you mean it's stuck on? It's a sticker, that thing doesn't have superglue on the underside that somehow fell off before it cured. If there is a lot of adhesive on the blade remaining just take the fan out and use some moisture to help remove it.

>>105909046
they probably had a happy life

>>105910250
It's actually a thick plastic tag, and I do believe it is stuck on with glue. My best guess it that it was stored in a hot place and the glue melted, but it has resolidified now. But yeah, It should be an easy fix.

>>105910240
>EVGA winding down their business is news to me
They made 10 years' worth of profit during a single COVID-19 lockdown year, so the owner decided it's time to cash out.
NVIDIA was also leaving less margin for the board partners, which is part of the reason why it's hard to find an RTX 50 series card priced near MSRP.
https://www.jonpeddie.com/news/evga-wont-offer-nvidia-next-gen-series/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9QES-FUAM
https://www.igorslab.de/en/evga-pulls-the-plug-with-loud-bang-yet-it-has-long-been-editorial/
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidias-tight-geforce-rtx-50-margins-put-pressure-on-board-partners-msrp-feels-like-charity

Does a 4k monitor really need to be 32 inches? Because I'm on a 27 inch one and I already often feel like it's fucking massive.

Also, on the topic of monitors, text on OLED apparently sucks when not on 4k. Has that changed yet?

>>105910359
Nyo
Once you find a comfortable position for a given size of monitor, buying a larger one just means you will move it backwards to match the same FOV. There is literally no point.

Now the question is are 27" 4Ks less expensive than 32" 4Ks? It never made sense to me that when dealing with so many individual components the smaller and thus more electronically cramped screen is cheaper to make than the larger one.

>>105910303
Interesting. It seems a lot of wacky stuff happened while I wasn't paying attention to the industry.

>uses more vram
>and more power
>for less performance
why is AMDs hardware so bad?

>>105905928
> Hard to put entire OLED monitor into ass of donkey traversing Altai mountains from Kazakhstan.
But it's not true for IPS monitors.

>>105906166
> people are poor, so expensive oled screens have low sales volume
But why TV's aren't that expensive?
Why too of the line cards aren't having any premium?

It's just OLED monitors.

>>105910112
Nobody has a 5069 ti itt?

>>105910617
You're fat

>>105910694
5060

>>105910359
Why do you need 4k in 27 inches?

>>105910359
>Does a 4k monitor really need to be 32 inches?
It's a personal preference, I would go 32" for 4K.

>text on OLED apparently sucks when not on 4k. Has that changed yet?
Not really because the subpixel layouts haven't changed.
Your eyes get used to the text fringing, but the adjustment period could take anywhere from a few weeks or longer.

>>105910694
We're all rocking 9070xts, 5070tis or 5090s here

>>105910529
>It never made sense to me that when dealing with so many individual components the smaller and thus more electronically cramped screen is cheaper to make than the larger one.
It's not that it's cheaper, but rather that it is easier to convince people to spend more money on a bigger screen, so the prices of bigger monitors get jacked up.

>>105910764
Well im not spending that just to play goyslop and render goyslop

>>105910710
I want 4k, I just don't know if I'll be able to use 32 inches or not. Guess I'll just have to buy one to figure it out.

>>105910686
Not too many OLEDs being made and most of the supply is still going elsewhere, is all I can offer as an explanation. Prices will go down once saturation is reached, but how long will that take is another matter.

>>105910082
217

>>105910694
There may have been a few missing ROPs here but I suppose those anons got their replacements already.

>>105910866
and why do you want 4k?

>>105908993 (OP)
Finally finished upgrades and want to sell my old system's parts. What's a fair selling price for
>i9 9900k + Z390 Aorus Pro ITX motherboard
>64GB DDR4 RAM
?

>>105910866
4k 32" will work without as much scaling issues as 27"
And from that you'll also be able to view more things at once without wasting the extra pixels on slightly smoother text

>>105910953
64gb - $90
9900k - $250 (easier to sell with 12 sided box)
Z390 itx - $160

About $500 total

>>105910990
Don't have the box anymore lol. The CPU is already mounted inside the motherboard.

>>105910112
What even is your question? >>105877785

JOBANI MATKA IDI NAHUI SOOKA BLYAT

How much thermal paste you guys apply? I'm getting the ALF3 but I heard it comes with 1g is that enough?

>>105912107
AIOs usually have it pre-applied so you don't need to think about it. If it isn't, 1g will be plenty for a single application.

>>105912166
Thanks

>>105909046
their great grandchildren are alive and well

i'm planning to replace my dying 2060, i dont really do much gaming but i like to learn machine learning/LLM
>COLORFUL IGAME GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G L-V GDDR6
>Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G V2 GDDR6

i just got a gigabyte FO27Q3. Are the default settings already perfect or you can make it look even better?

I was about to buy this case, but since the base is tilted, I’m pretty sure none of the GPU supports I’ve seen would work with it, and that area is usually used for fans too, right?
I’ll probably get a 5070 Ti, since I already bought a PSU with the 16pin thing and I will use it

>>105912457 (me)
Are GPU supports even necessary?

>>105912453
I've had a Q2 for 8 months and love it

>>105912494
yes you really should use one if your gpu is at least 3 slots thick
i'm using the lian li GB-003 floating support bracket that came with my case. i think they only have the gb-001 and 002 for sale though

I may have applied way (way) too much paste trying to make a butter spread all over a Zen5 IHS. It's been working "fine" for about a month now, but I do wonder how much or little better it could be if I spread an extremely thin layer instead. The mounting pressure (AIO, typical springed screws) is max so it should have squished it completely, but I also know how viscous paste can be and how it can keep a really defined and thick layer together. Should I really open the thing up and redo it or just leave it as-is?

Some stress tests and ultra heavy shader compile will hit 90s, but generally 60s or thereabouts under normal normal gaming loads. The ramp up time from idle 45-50 to Tjmax 95 is about 3-4 seconds ish, though that's partially from lowering the fan curve as I've had it hover around 90 during colder nights and jet-engine fan speeds before. The temp ramp up does not noticeably bounce on reaching equilibrium so I guess it's working fine?

>>105912166
Preapplied """paste""" is always in some hard dry rubberlike state in strips that stand off fairly high above the cold plate, I don't see how they could ever be useful.

>>105912534
too much paste will only cause a mess and not impact temps at all but too little paste will overheat your cpu

also i have a trash bin 9800x3d that throttles in cinebench r23/24 at stock under a 360mm aio and i managed to drop temps by nearly 10C using thermalgrizzly's am5 offset mount

>>105912530
Oh nice, I found the GB-001 on aliexpress I guess it works with any board and case

What's the most bang for the buck used PC I can build that runs recent non-AAA games at an okay frame rate?

A friend of mine is low on cash right now and has a 750ti and even some recent indie games don't run on that machine. I want to gift him a better Mainboard/GPU/GPU combo that lets him play newer games until he has cash for more.

Ideal, but optional: Mainboard should have a TPM so he can run win11

>>105912688
look for used 8th/9th gen intel at minimum. preferably an i5 with at least 6c/6t
if you can afford to spend more, a ryzen 5600 with a b450/b550 motherboard and 32gb of ddr4-3200 ram will be a lot better

>>105912688
That is the most general generic request ever.

Buy things that are recent at the power level you seek, unless a moderately-used or slightly-older item appears at a big discount in your area. Non-AAA but not minimum spec? A class 60 GPU will do. 5060 or 5060 Ti or 9060 XT, the "regular" 9060 isn't out yet. Minimum spec? 5050. For the CPU, try for a 9600 / 9600x, but a 7600x will still do if the price is much cheaper. Consider a micro ATX because they are often cheaper due to being a smaller product compared to full ATX.

>he buyed a 4k monitor instead of a 4k tv

Is i5-14400F sufficient for 1080p gaming compared to something like 12700KF, 13700KF or 14700KF? I want to pair it up with RTX 5070 or something like that.

In my experience when you have to squeeze performance out with overclocking, usually your platform is already too old and in need of upgrade. 14400F is 150 euros and I can keep my DDR4 so it is very appealing compared to AMD, cheapest X3D chip is like 370 euros here, motherboards are more expensive and it makes no sense to keep DDR4. So that's an easy +300-400 euros between everything, compared to 14th gen Intel.

Hey guys, I'm the person that was getting HDR flickering that I eventually fixed by updating my drivers. I was playing one of those unity engine porn games which always did that hdr flicker when started (then would leave hdr off on that monitor even though it would say that its on) and now it's doing the flicker again. I had to clean reinstall the driver again to fix it.

>>105912688
CPU generational uplifts tend to be very small but GPU upgrade would be very big here. Maybe if you only gift him a better GPU like 2060 super or 3060 he be fine

>>105912929
13600k and 14600k are much faster than the 14400F since the 14400F is just rebadged 12th gen without the increased L2/L3 caches, faster ringbus and faster memory controller that true 13th and 14th gen chips have.

>>105912929
>i5-14400F sufficient for 1080p
Barking up wrong tree. It depends entirely on how CPU bound an application is. But if you're an Intel bagholder with those price prisons then it may be your only choice if the current CPU is causing problems by being too old. The next product step up has a big price increase.

>>105912985
Sure but is it 2.7 times faster? Because its setup would be 2.7 times more expensive to me.

I7 14400F + B760 D4 mobo + reusing DDR4 + reusing CPU cooler
~320 EUR

i7-14700K + B760 D5 mobo + new DDR5 + new CPU cooler
~860 EUR

>>105913006
What does AMD have to offer in $350 range for both CPU and DDR4 mobo?

>>105912929
Yes thats perfectly fine. games want single core perf so you dont really need many e cores and these other intel CPUs run too hot imo. Its the sweetspot besides doing a full upgrade to AM6

Best value case fans out there these days? My SilentiumPC fans just keep dying one by one over the years and I don't know what to replace them with. Arctic fans are like $10 per fan, which seems crazy to me when I worry they could die at any moment.

>>105912949
You could run some of these for good measure

https://search.brave.com/search?q=windows+repair+command&source=android&summary=1&conversation=603f57b7b460201eae25b6

>>105913035
I'm running cheapest ArticCooling 120mm fans that costed like 6 Euro each. Silent and good airflow.

>>105913028
It's not worth buying into AMD AM4 (DDR4) now. I have no idea about Euro prices. The min buy in is really AM5 7600x or 9600x now. Which is not a bad spec really, that class of CPU will last you a damn long time. But you are going to be paying for CPU, motherboard and new RAM. It's all about keeping the current system going or spending money for the future.

>>105913028
5700X3D/5800X3D + some cheap am4 mobo + reusing ddr4 + reusing cooler if you still have the parts

>>105909277
>plugging custom cables directly into the psu

>>105913028
AMD ddr4 is ancient and very lacking in the single thread CPU and IO department unlike intel ddr4. The minimum when going AMD is am5 ddr5, and x3d is nice to have but not necessary.

>>105913089
RAM speed does not equal CPU speed, retard
>unlike intel ddr4
just look at actual benchmarks you retard

>>105913028
>>105913083
I just sold my 5800x3d + 32gb ram kit on eBay for $450

For the love of god just put the case i want on sale so i can finish my build

>>105913049
Meanwhile people are paying $33 PER FAN for Silent Wings Pro 4's...

>>105913107
Alderlake/Raptorlake ddr4 shits on zen3 ddr4
Your point?

>>105913089
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aD9ir2oXA

AMD will also save you from windows e core scheduler fuckery

What is the modern equivalent of an Antec Twelve Hundred?

You lads think my 6700xt, which i bought used around the time of 9070 release, will last me until the next GPU generation for 1080/60 gaymen?

>>105913308
It shall last thou
It is a mighty gpu for 1080/60

>>105912949
Check if the winblows is not replacing the driver with some other driver, that happened to few anons here

what am i looking for when looking for a boot drive

Is RTX 5070 Super coming out anytime soon? Like, 2 months soon?

>>105913618
2 more weeks

Is this true?

>>105913577
fast random read perf and high durability. and optionally with dram so you don't have to rely on OS based caching cope to work correctly

>>105913635
thats a bar graph alright

>>105913635
yeah

>2019+6
>gigabyte still downgrading amd boards to look like a shittier version of the intel variant
I'm so disappoint

should I wait™ for UDNA then wait some more to see if there are any glaring flaws or bite the bullet and get a 9070xt for 700 eurodollars?
For reference xtx is starting at 900 while 4090 is 1700 while 5090 is 2300 lol lmao

>>105913672
amd's first iteration of a brand new architecture always fails to impress
see
>hd7970
>rx5700xt

>>105913635
you need a zen 5 x3d just to not dip below 120fps vsync on your tv

>>105913720
I feel like this is an equivalent of
>imagine being shorter than 6'5"

>>105913637
thanks

>>105913727
no its windows bottlenecking your cpu. win32 is shit.

zen4 has aged terribly well compared to zen3x3d

https://youtu.be/EiOVOnMY5jI?si=ndjmU9vCuQ0TOfnV
Vex didn't kill himself

Why do you faggots continue reccing the xt pro?

DLSS FG X4 destroys over 30% of your real base framerate

Hey guys, I made a list of components about 7 months ago but have postponed building my new PC until now. Wanted to ask if this build still looks alright for mostly multi tasking and very light gaming. The build is supposed to last me another 7-10 years like my previous one: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/tvrkrM

Additionally, my uncle needs a new PC too, mostly for work, so a bit of multi tasking with 2 monitors. I chose a slightly cheaper PSU that should still work fine imo, and changed the SN770 2TB to a 1TB. Huge HDD is also unnecessary for him. Other than that however, is there even a point in choosing a cheaper CPU? 190€ for a 9600X shouldn't be too much, even if it's likely stronger than what he needs. He obviously doesn't need a beefy GPU though. Which GeForce card is good and cheap? What about the motherboard? I believe it was recommended to me here https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/FsDLgn

>>105914139
What's wrong with it? Not OP btw

>>105914100
is that with uncapped framerates?

>>105913892
>riftbreaker
that's a synthetic benchmark not a real world game

>>105914100
I tried fg once on lossless scaling and all the artifacts were not worth the smoothness, but I have not tried nv fg or ayymd
the funniest thing of all of these is that samsung tv interpolation for gaming is aLLeGeDLY better than even Nvidia framgen and it's running on a TV chip

>>105914163
I thought everyone non retarded already knew it had a performance hit

>>105913892
Cherry picking
They are about the same

>>105914200
Looks decent. Probably room to trim ~€100 based on recent prices but the overall idea is solid. If anything it's overkill for "very light" gaming.

>>105914200
>https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/kcdkrM

I replaced it with newer, cheaper parts

Is 5070 Ti the best Nvidia $900 can buy now and for the rest of 2025?

>>105909046
They are kittens and cats can live into their 20s so there's a chance those cats are out their doing toothless, senile meows.

>EPYC 4344P on AM5 with registered ECC DDR5 memory as an upgrade from my 3700X
Give me reasons why I shouldn't do this

>>105914491
Ecc is slower and you don't need it

>>105914538
>Ecc is slower and you don't need it
I'm tired of getting blue screens just by populating all 4 DIMM slots on AM4

>>105914288
>If anything it's overkill for "very light" gaming.
Yeah, but it's supposed to hold for 10 years so...
>>105914339
Thanks for taking a look at it.
I heard there's not much of a difference between 9600X and 7700. The 7700 has better multitasking due to more cores, while the 9600X is more efficient. Or is there another reason you prefer the 7700?
What's your reason for going for the MSI mainboard though, simply because it's B850?
Thanks a bunch for pointing out the 5000 series is out, would've accidentally bought the old 4000 without noticing, and it's a whole lot cheaper too. I see there's a MSI Ventus 5060TI for even cheaper at 437€ though. Any reason to go for the Gainward?

>want to replace old GPU with mid-high option
>9070XT looks ideal
>feel like its £100 more than it should be and at that point I should just go for higher end
Are there any more 9000 series cards coming or nah

>not a single angled sata/usb/24pin connector or header in sight
They should have never stopped making motherboards like this. Too bad the lane choice means USB 2.0 ports on the back.

Is Seasonic G12 GM-750 good PSU for RTX 5070?

>>105914663
It should be fine if you already own one.
If you're buying new, there should be better PSUs near that price range.

>>105914708
Gigabyte UD750GM? It's in main B-list here https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

>>105914663
C+ on the SPL list

I've noticed that /pcbg/ is one of the few threads that doesn't have a detailed Rentry guide on how to build a PC. Why not?

>>105914804
It presumes degree of competence.

>>105914731
If you're in the US, I'd rather get the ASRock Steel Legend 750W, 10-year warranty vs the 5 on that Gigabyte PSU.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NDCZxr/asrock-steel-legend-sl-750g-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-sl-750g

Because you can just read the manual shipped on the box

>>105914602
Ryzen 9000 is honestly a huge disappointment in performance uplift. The extra 2 cores on the 7700 will help you much more than the 10% performance difference between Ryzen 9000 and 7000 would

Asrock has been disastrous these last 6 months with them being correlated with high sudden death rate of Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Thankfully the tomahawk is even better than the SL in terms of features and has a better bios.

No particular reason for the gainward other than it having 3 fans and being one of the cheapest. Also msi's rtx5000 ventus lineup is pretty bad this time around

Are (You) ready for high-octane 720p 720hz gaming in 2026?

>>105914804
You don't need more™.

>>105914866
kek

is this the most powerful psu so far?

4 pcie 16 pin for 4 rtx 5090's
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YNBFf7/super-flower-leadex-titanium-2800-w-80-titanium-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-sf-2800f14hp

>>105915055
its only possible for it to go up to 3000 watts because its 240v meaning you cant use it in america where they use 120v
thats a powerful european power supply

>>105914836
>>105914780
>>105914708
Okay, consulting with SPL PSU tier list, those are options available to me:

>Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 750W
B+ tier, looks to be best fit

>Seasonic Focus Gold 750W
A-tier, but must not be older than 2018

>ASUS TUF-Gaming-750B
B-tier but no details about testing

>Be Quiet! BN329 System Power 10 750W (Gold)
B-tier, not modular

I guess I will go physically check out Seasonic, and if it's older than 2018 - then get Cooler Master MWE. Thoughts?

>>105915055
There were few 3000W and even 3000+W PSUs shown recently at the Computex

>>105915155
sounds good to me

>>105915212
they always show them off but never release them

>>105915249
because people aren't buying 3000 watt ATX psus
you can get a 3500 watt CRPS psu if you want

>>105914623
>Are there any more 9000 series cards coming
I've heard about a supposed 9090 coming out eventually. Later this year I guess.

Should I degrade from my 4k monitor to a 1440p? 4k seems too taxing.

>>105912107
Has too much thermal paste ever been a problem? No! You should drown that bitch, what you don't want extra cooling?

>>105912546
What is offset mounting?

>>105915630
It shifts the CPU cooler to better target the hottest part of Ryzen CPUs.
https://noctua.at/en/offset-am5-mounting-technical-backgrounds

>>105915638
So it's just different screws that make it tighter on the bottom? And that lowered your temps by ten degrees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSJd6VFFiWs
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

>>105915638
Is this only a thing for air coolers?

>>105915666
No, it's changing the position of the screws so that the entire cold plate is physically lower.

>>105913308
My 6700XT was still getting by at 1440/120 but I upgraded to a 9070 since I'm going to wait for UDNA2.

>>105915737
Arctic was one of the first people to market it on their AIOs and others copied.

>>105914858
>720p 720hz gaming
Just buy a CRT at that point and you won't need stupidly high refesh rates.

>>105915506
Taxing in what way?

is samsung 980 evo good?

>5 pack of arctic p14 pwm fans for $35
Is this good value?

>>105915981
I imagine he means GPU taxing. But that's the whole point of DLSS4/FSR4. 4k turns into 1440p but it looks just as good as native 4k.

>>105915876
What's the deal with Arctic AIO's? Everyone says they are the best but I read reviews and they have massive amounts of complaints about how terrible they are to install. Is it really worth it? What makes it so bad? What are the alternatives?

>>105915994
If your case doesn't make them produce horrible resonance. Max are the safer bet but more expensive.

>>105916007
Arctic makes high quality thermal pastes and pads, not just cpu coolers. Their AIO radiators are thicker than the competition so it filters out people with smaller cases or they didn't plan ahead when ordering their GPU.

>>105916024
even if it has whine the fix is to run them at static dc or a specific pwm range. you honestly dont need case fans going up and down in speed so dc is fine.

Usecase for updating gpu drivers?
Running 560.94 which is now the default on my 4070 and everything works fine even newer games like 'blivi shitmastered

>>105908993 (OP)
hey lads
some time ago i posted a questions about cpu coolers and if i could stick intel one onto amd,
now my question is this
>where could i find decent low(ish) profile CPU coolers for AMD?
specifically i am looking for one that sticks out no more than 60mm from the mobo just like the intel one i currently run.

>>105916024
I have a deepcool fh-10 that I intend to use them with

>>105914858
how are those things connected?
two displayports for one resolution?

>>105916030
>they didn't plan ahead when ordering their GPU
How do you do that? Are you only supposed to buy certain gpu brands with certain AIO's?

>>105908993 (OP)
I had both of those HDDs. Top one is a Seagate and the bottom is Western Digital.

>>105916143
They didn't take the measurements listed online into consideration. In other words, they're stupid.

>>105914858
A very worthwhile upgrade if the tandem oled gives better hdr performance.

>>105916147
I've never seen an AIO go down far enough to block a GPU. They are tiny compared to air coolers and those work with gpu's. This feels like some kind of strange bait.

>>105916171
ATX is a motherboard standard, not a everything standard.

This is a NZXT AIO, its smaller than the Arctic one.

>>105914491
Zen 5 has 2x performance on avx-512 workloads compared to zen4.
No point in a zen4 workstation build.

>>105916007
They can be annoying to install, yes, but once you do they have very good performance and they are quite cheap.
There maybe are [spoiler]slightly[/spoiler] better AIOs, but they cost thrice as much as Arctic

>>105916007
elements of the arctic AIOs are hard to install, but components of them are also very convenient and easy to mess around with, and easier than the competition too. They're not much harder than installing an aircooler imo, i installed my first AIO, a 360arctic freezer III, a few months back, it was okay.

Is Arctic M.2 Pro SSD cooler any good? I got one for free from Arctic support because my MB included SSD cooler blocks the Arctic LF3 AIO. I watched they yt installation manual and it seems difficult to pull off the SSD, they even scratched that cooler in the video trying to disassemble it, plenty of comments under the video that is horrible design and someone claimed it damaged their SSD. I wonder if I should use it or buy some other SSD cooler from Thermalright or whatever

>>105916731
all ssd coolers are the same design. just two sheets of aluminum or copper sandwiching your drive. what matters more is that the pads arent too thick because drives have different pcb component layouts.

What you guys think?

>>105916684
The guys in that podcast have a daily system with an RTX 4090.

>>105916796
It's fine, MX6 paste is slightly better if you can get one at a reasonable price.

>>105916797
duh. the fastest amd card is 5070ti tier.

>>105915506
just render games in 1440p and upscale
so no
unless the 1440p is better than your 4k one maybe

>>105915971
yes let's just buy products that don't exist or are in production anymore

>>105916111
you press a button on the display which changes the reported resolution from the monitor to 1/4th the original resolution and you get a hz increase
4k -> 1080p
1440p -> 720p
kinda weird they could not hit more than 720hz on 720p, they should be hitting 1000hz at that point

>>105916165
probably a small bump to sdr and hdr like the new qdoleds which can hit closer to 300nits sdr
probably still unimpressive due to the gimped monitor performance

>>105916210
Those cocksuckers at AMD better make a Zen 5 based AM5 Epyc CPU then

>>105916837
>kinda weird they could not hit more than 720hz on 720p, they should be hitting 1000hz at that point
Any type of dual mode panel needs to be able to address the whole panel regardless of resolution.
Unless LG is doing some weird black magic, that panel at 720p/720hz is still has to be addressed at 1440p/720hz.

Is this good monitor?

>>105916956
it's your basic bitch 1440p180hz generic IPS but it's asus so slightly better than most brands due to osd and design choices in general

>>105916948
idk their implementation since they botched it on their 4k panel too and asus did a better implementation
4 pixels -> 1 pixel

OLED shit list update, Gigabyte might be compromised, I might not be able to recommend Gigabyte

furthermore MSI's 24 hour pixel refresh firmware update is a HOAX since it does not address the buggy nature of sleep mode in either how these monitors operate or how windows operates

hopefully one day these companies can look at basic TV firmware and implement refresh behavior only in monitor off idle

until then a boycott on all levels must continue

Thoughts on the new Lancool 207 Digital? I think it looks fucking sick.

https://youtu.be/JEXnFz_WGAc?si=dusQDi2W-_B8CJSX

>>105917191
>lcd screen
somehow even more retarded than rgb

>>105917191
if the LCD requires software it's trash.

>>105917199
What’s wrong? It’s fucking awesome, you can just look at it to check GPU/CPU usage and temperatures.

>>105917215
anon are you 12
this shit will get old after 30 minutes

6 months ago I built my first gaming PC, but I made a lot of mistakes and I’m not satisfied with my build (aesthetically; performance is fine). Did this happen to anybody else? What did you do? Sometimes I wonder if I should build another PC but holy shit it would cost me a lot of money.

>>105917092
>gigabyte might be compromised
uhh... sweaty... it's always been compromised, SHITTYBYTE is the cheapest trash you can buy. Their Aero is the only thing they can get right.

>>105917246
Are you staring at your PC while using your monitor? no? then don't waste your money.

>>105917246
I optimized some cables after I noticed there are better ways to do it. What did you do that you'd have to build an entirely new rig?

>>105917279
First off I bought a white case and black parts, I thought they would make a nice contrast together but now I realize it’s just ugly, second I bought an air cooler instead of an AIO and it’s just not aesthetically pleasing at all, it’s also really fucking hard to replace anything on the motherboard without unmounting the cooler first, third the case I bought is an mATX case and I just don’t like it, I wanted a traditional ATX case, fourth my GPU is ugly because it’s not triple fan, it’s just awkward, big triple fan GPUs are way more aesthetic.

>>105917246
Throw some Christmas lights inside your case and put a anime figure ontop of your GPU

>>105917326
>First off I bought a white case and black parts, I thought they would make a nice contrast
depends on the case cause mine is "white" as well with black parts but it's not really 100% white to be fair. If it really bothers you this much get a new case and cooler while you're at it and then just move the parts while selling the old ones used. GPU I wouldn't bother unless it's for performance.

>>105917191
damn, they really did forget how to make good cases

>>105917401
The Lancool 207 is the best case of 2024 according to GamersNexus.

>>105917401
lcd screen is unironically more useful than 5.25'

>>105917393
Can you post a picture of you build?

>>105917445
Apparently my smartphone pictures are always huge while looking like shit. Thanks Android. I think the cables could be better somewhat better and yea it has a lot of RGB and LCD shit.

>>105917558
Whoa, that’s 100x better than mine.

>>105917573
It's stupid expensive as well for questionable features.

my 480hz monitor almost never wakes from sleep -- I have to manually turn it off and on again.

Is this a bug with the firmware or nvidia drivers? I did buy an open box monitor so maybe it's just defective

>>105917191
Is that the Titan ADA inside the case?

I have an intel i3 with built in UHD Graphics. 630 built in from 5 years ago that can output 60hz at 4k to my Samsung TV that is capable of HDR. Old early version of windows 10. Tried enabling HDR and playing a HDR movie on latest MPC-HC and it was slow and glitchy.

Is there any chance I don't need to upgrade my computer to play downloaded 4k HDR movies and I should just try upgrading to the latest version of windows 11 clean install and maybe it will work better/right? I heard 10 has issues with HDR. Thank you.

>>105914858
Who needs that

>>105915994
Why do you need additional coolers at all? I have zero coolers installed (aside of those with case)
Always laughing at 4-6 coolers setups on budget hardware

>>105917092
What is he talking about? Force clean pixels.. what is that?

And people are paying for OLEDs $2k+ on average

>>105917794
fans are so cheap and come in packs you might as well stack your PC with them plus it might seem counterintuitive but more fans = less noise and dust since they can blow at a lower rpm. It really just depends on the setup and case in particular.

>>105917814
after 16 hours, the monitor forces you to shut it off so it can spend between 5-30-60 minutes cleaning it. it depends on the monitor.

>>105917814
OLEDs have pixel refreshers which are supposed to reduce the build-up of burn-in. Most expensive OLED tvs like Samsungs and LGs have it. Been using my LG c4 for a year and it's still great

>>105917728
something like an intel arc a380 or a310 gpu would probably do the job.

>>105914163
>>105914267
The difference between no framegen and x4 is nonexistant/maybe 1% for me in Silent Hill, Oblivion, and Cyberpunk
Debunked :)
>>105917770
Me

>>105917846
>Been using my LG c4 for a year and it's still great
So you bought $1300 42 inches TV for using as . monitor and considering that it survived for a year is a good thing?

Any news about higher VRAM cards?

>>105917864
I pretty much just wirelessly connect to my NAS for a huge library. I just thought that it would eventually run HDR well when I actually decided to try it. It runs 4k 60hz SDR fine.

A barebones new build with 11 would be fine too I guess under $1k. I could test it, but it's my main TV and don't want it down for days.

Is HDR still shit hard to configure and set up for Windows? I keep seeing new releases with it more and more and think I am missing out since I have a less than one year old HDR10+ Samsung TV attatched to it now.

>>105918007
Nvidia and AMD both want you to buy their datacenter cards or rent cloud if your want VRAM

>>105916796
I think you'll regret only getting 1TB of storage, at least get 2. Also you might as well just get the 7800x3d, it's not that much more expensive. Save for another month or two if you need to, I compromised on my first build and still regret it 10 years later.

>>105916796
>not using an aio in the year 2025
Grim

>>105918012
W11 has a HDR switch that works for me just fine without much work but I cant tell if the HDR does what it is intended to do cause my monitor is an IPS so the HDR600 is merely lighting up to 100%.

BROS... I currently run CMW16GX4M2C3200C (Corsair Vengeance, 2x8GB CL16 3200MHz @ 1.35v) on my B550M DS3H AC Rev 1.5, in dual channel.
I want to add a single module... of KF432C16BB/32 (also CL 16, 3200mhz and 1.35v) :(

what do you all think? what's gonna come after this? what kind of weird behavior should I expect? Am I about to do some stupid shit?

>>105917137
Is monitor schizo our version of the bikini schizo?

>>105918082
just buy a new 2 x 16 pack and throw away your old ram

>>105918068
I am assuming it fixed some glitches the last five years and going to win 11 but I am curious if I am lacking video processing power for playing the HDR movies. It SEEMS like I may be when I play things in Win 10 but it just came out and was not a constant maxing out 100% in performance/task manager.

>>105918114
10 got bloated over the years, 11 is sadly similar with even more useless background crap and some idiotic design decisions. There is a chance that some GPU and thus HDR related things work better as I have read here and there some people claiming this but I honestly have no clue. I only use 11 cause video games and laziness.

Can I emulate PS4 games with a 5700x3D?

>>105918082
I have gskill and patriot mix it works at lowest kit frequency and lowest kit latency, so 3600 and cl17

>>105916796
blyad get separate SSDs for OS and games

>>105917246
>aesthetics
My build rests on a three level bedside table, as an open stand.

>>105918161
Would you happen to know of a good custom Windows 11 iso pre activated torrent from a reputable scene that cuts out much of the bloatware but retains the features for general usability and HTPC related stuff? I haven't been following things since my last install over 5 years ago. There are so many now.

This is a good general question for the thread as well as everyone basically wants a bloat/telemetry limited OS. I gotta stay with Windows though. I appreciate it.

>>105918241
I used the official iso and tweaked it slightly with rufus. You can try your luck in /fwt/ >>105870415 with a question like this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LPL3GJ
This is going to be my PC for the next 6 years. And it would cost me exactly 1200 euros even though I'm re-using DDR4 and CPU cooler.

I'm going to play so much Cyberpunk and EFT!

>>105917444
objectively wrong, also you can put LCDs in 5.25" bays too

>>105918280
Thank you, been away too long. Seems like every five or ten years I gotta relearn a bunch of stuff just to set up a new computer. There use to be less options in the 90s and early 2000s and you knew all the people who posted good stuff on USENET.

Aww Christ...

"Avoid W11 at all costs unless you bought crippled hardware (Intel estrogen cores) that need the new CPU scheduler in W11.
5X more demanding on hardware for less performance.
Entire UI is written in React Native aka javascript."

First thing I read. This is gonna be fun.

>>105918371
Welcome to modern software development. It's all shit.

>>105918371
It's like 1 thing in start menu that's in reactjs, you can disable it and performance issues go away. I had this reaction going into early win10 from win7. For some reason my eyes kept bleeding out and I couldn't figure out reason why, so I just went back to win7. Years later I went for win10 for VR & audio features and it was completely fine. In a year or two win11 will mature and quirts will be solved, officially or unofficially by users.

>>105917430
But it's 2025.

Where do I learn how to build custom loops?

>>105917558
Taking the sticker off would help, also unify the rgb there are too many clashing colors. Why is only one of the ram sticks lit up? It does look like shit but I think it could be salvaged by just changing the lighting.

>>105918389
I... just want to see HDR movies right. Literally the only reason I'd upgrade if I need to. I just play movies I download on my home theater and watch TV in browser.

Anyways, I'll check back in if I find out I need to build a new computer. Heading to /fwt/. Thanks and hopefully I won't be back.

>>105918321
>samsung nvme for some reason despite being a budget build
>ram more expensive than both mobo and cpu
>250gb ssd in 2025
this shit looks abysmal

>>105918407
We can only hope. There is always something we are waiting for. I would literally go back to Win 95 if it played HDR movies right lol. That's the only thing I need. Oh and to access my NAS.

>>105918371
i wonder how soon we'll reach the point of killing explorer.exe while gaming for the sake of performance

>>105918476
I already have those DDR4 and SSDs on LGA1151.

>>105918441
It's the default lighting which changes randomly. The other memory stick merely happened to be dark the second I took the picture. I didn't bother installing any software to manage the lighting cause it's ASUS and Armoury Crate can go to hell. I also don't want some unnecessary services to sit on the CPU the whole time. The glass has a foil applied to it and the sticker is part of it. I haven't removed it since I think it's a nice protection against scratches even if it might not look as clean.

>>105917770
Professional counter strike players, not anyone this general.

>>105918321
>I'm going to play so much Cyberpunk
I can't think of a worse fate. Do people really just replay single player story games over and over?

Which do you recommend between gigabyte x870 wifi6 and gigabyte b850 eagle wifi6e

>>105918534
>check openRGB supported devices
>nothing listed
ah well whatever. Would have been better with blue/purple lighting similar to the astral instead of the full RGB on the ram kits and ARGB headers but not gonna bother with lighting software.

>>105918588
Previous PC I bought in 2018 specifically to play Fallout 4, and I proceeded to play like 2000 hours of it.
>>105918602
I thought x870 allows overclocking CPU while B850 does not?

>>105918626
>I thought x870 allows overclocking CPU while B850 does not?
AMD doesn't play that shit, B850 boards allow CPU & memory OCing.

>>105918665
Well, it's an intel chipset, so...

what should i upgrade my storage to? 500 gb is too small these days

motherboard supports PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe drives, and my budget is around $50-$100

>>105918067
water coolers are actually air coolers

>>105916796
no clue on the prices but seems aight. maybe get a second 1tb ssd. just 1tb might not be enough

>>105918067
You can't prove that a game can't be played just as well with an air cooler vs an AIO.

>>105919100
get any 256gb sata ssd for OS and continue using 447gb ssd for games

Is enabling the audio visualizer on my G213 keyboard going to break the LEDs sooner?

>>105918105
:((

>>105918202
but 2 + 2, right? I want to use 2 + 1... and discover what fate has in store for me with such a combination.

>>105919280
Oh, fuck that lmao. Just buy another 8x2 kit with similar speed and timings, what's the problem? One of the slots is broken or blocked?

>>105919304
no it’s just that I actually want a decent amount of RAM this time (16GB isn’t enough anymore), and I was eyeing that Kingston 32GB one since it was on sale ($55)—that’s pretty much the only reason I’m even considering buying it

but before buying, I wanted to know if anyone here has tried something similar.

>>105919361
I'll tell you that I tried plugging 8 8 8 and this shit didn't work on z270. Just add 2 more 8gb modules, 32 gb is more than enough for win10+ modern games and entertainment. If you need it for workstation tasks, consider replacing kits entirely.

What cooler fan is best for AM4 mAtx?

>>105919240
why not 1TB?

>>105919361
DDR memory modules are designed to work best in pairs.
The 1x module set up is for cheapass OEMs or troubleshooting.
You'll find out when you benchmark a 3x DIMM config vs 2 or 4.

>>105919451
Why would anyone need 1tb for OS? Just keep windows physically on separate SSD.

>>105919436
Peerless Assassin V3 if you're looking for value.
Mugen 6 DBE if you want better memory module clearance.

>>105919457
Aren't there usually two SSD slots where one is faster and the other one is slower?
Wouldn't you be better off putting a huge storage on the faster one and use it for all things (OS, games) rather than splitting them both?

>>105919478
In my experience, physically separating OS and applications, including games, is always better.
>Aren't there usually two SSD slots where one is faster and the other one is slower?
You do not need that fast of an SSD for OS, 200gb 2025 games loading hundreds of gigabytes of textures from storage, that's where speed matters more.

>>105919470
both looks xboxhueg
any recommendation for smaller ones, like hyper 212 size?
is hyper 212 itself decent?

There's no stupid questions general up right now so I'm asking here

I'm using a 1440p 16in laptop, this is my first larger then 1080p display. By default windows scaling was set to 150% or some shit, which sized everything right, but led to obviously things being a bit blurry, so I set it down to 100%

However, that makes everything too small, and I figured I could just set say 150% text size in the accessibility settings... which fixes the text to be find, but that is ALSO scaling images in web browsers too (at least when opened a their own url), not just text, and that doesn't scale shit like the windows taskbar or UI elements

How do I scale text and have properly sized UI elements for a relatively small 1440p, that doesn't actually cause blurry upscaling and leaves images at their native size when you're trying to view them at fullsize?

>>105919548
Arctic Freezer 36
>>105919556
Have you tried holding CTRL and scrolling while on web page?

>>105908993 (OP)
Rtx pro 6000 Blackwell worth it? Mainly wondering if it’s good for ai llm code shit for whenever chatgpt or Claude starts becoming dogshit or paywalled to hell

>>105919624
I mean this will supposedly be biggest consumer VRAM GPU, so of course it's going to be best for LLMs.
>whenever chatgpt or Claude starts becoming dogshit or paywalled to hell
Starts?

for about 588 usd (small fortune), did I do a good job for price hunting or am I retarded and should kill myself? all parts are third hand or refurbished
>MSI b650m-a pro wifi
>32 gb vengeance 6000 mhz 32 cli
>amd ryzen 7600x
>peerless assasin 120 cooler
>arctic mx4 thermal paste
>samsung 500 gb 980 evo
>1 tb 2.5 inch seageta hdd
>512 gb kingspec ne 2280
>750w xpg core reactor psu (this one was so expensive but no other good options in my thirdie market)
>3 thermalright case argb fans
>office pc case
>some random accessoar slop from temu like keyboard, screwdrivers and dust blower
no gpu. Going to play csgo and dota so who cares.

>>105919570
>Have you tried holding CTRL and scrolling while on web page?

that scales images too, even a their own tab/url and when intended to be viewed at their native resolution

>>105919570
>Have you tried holding CTRL and scrolling while on web page?
what is this sorcery

>>105919696
>>105919570
Also, even if it didn't do that, that wouldn't resolve the windows taskbar and other elements being too small when windows scaling is set to 100%, and the fact that using that at a higher % also scales images up, which I don't want

I want something that scales or resizes text and menus, but leaves images when intended to be viewed at their native resolution at a 1:1 native resolution on your screen

>>105919639
I told myself to stop depending on it half a year ago. Is it that bad for single use functions now?

>>105919730
We made AI bot for our group chat about a year ago and 4 months ago OpenAI upped the pricing and made free models "inventive" aka it makes shit up more often than it doesn't, when you ask it something.

>>105911025
500$, he's delusional for a 7yo ram+moob+cpu
250 at best

>>105919787
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>>105919754
Simply lovely. Well guess I’ll pull the trigger now. Thanks breh

>>105908993 (OP)
would a 600watt psu be ok with a intel arc-b580

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>>105918055
> it's not that much more expensive.
You mean twice more expensive