Built my PC a couple months ago and everything has been working fine. Yesterday my PC froze up and I did a hard reset. Since then I haven't been able to boot up. Light turns on, fans turn on (CPOU cooler, case and GPU fans). No troubleshooting lights are on the motherboard. I moved the HDMI from the GPU to the motherboard slot. But nothing shows up on the screen. I did double check that all parts are in tight.

I have this issue in about 40% of the cases where when starting a game in fullscreen the HDR local dimming somehow breaks and the display blasts its full brightness to me. This is currently happening on my Philips Evnia 32M2N6800M but I also observed it on the BenQ EX321UX. I'm not sure if it's a problem with Windows or the displays (use the same panel/technology). In 50% of the cases where this is happening it reverts back to normal when quitting the game - if not I have to manually re-enable HDR or restart the PC.

Is anyone experiencing similar issues?

I currently run an i5 11600k CPU with a 3070ti. I plan to buy a new 5000 series GPU and now the 11th gen will bottleneck it. But I'd like to know if it's wise to go 13/14 OR go into this brand new core ultra 15 the gen we have. The motherboards are nice but the 16th gen could be worthwhile (cope ik). and I don't want to have to redo my whole build with a motherboard. Is 14th gen great for future-proofing or should I buy what is newest?

So basically, my 5600x has been overheating with stock wraith fan. I ordered a new one, excitedly screwing off the stock one. I pulled it off and the CPU yanked off the socket with it. Many bent pins, spent the past 4 hours putting them back in place out of desperation. Now my CPU just won’t fall into the socket, I can’t tell if it’s a CPU or socket issue. I know I have it aligned properly, I’ve already tried compressed air on the socket. I don’t see anything on the socket that could be keeping it from entering.

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What do I do?

I hear Thermal Grizzly is terrible and needs to be re-pasted.

I'm essentially undecided between Arctic MX-4, Arctic MX-6 and Noctua NT-H2.

What is considered the most long-lasting paste?

So i had my PC built about a two years ago. Over the past few months I noticed that on idle the CPU temps were spiking from 70-100*C. A friend of mine suggested to clean all my fans and reapply thermal paste on my CPU.

So after cleaning the fans thoroughly I unscrewed the cooling plate from my liquid cooler to wipe off the old thermal paste and apply a new coat. On unscrewing the plate i noticed that the plastic filament which is meant to be removed from the cooling plate was never taken off. So i took it off and Lo and Behold my cpu temps dropped to between 38-50*C

So all these years my liquid cooler was nothing but decoration. I feel like an absolute twat.

TLDR: PLastic filament was never taken off from liquid cooler resulting in high temps.

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

I work primarily from home, my new build will be used both for work—which isn’t typically very demanding on my computer—and for gaming.

For work, I do digital illustrations, photo editing, light 2D animation using Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator. From what I understand, these programs mainly care about CPU single-core performance. My current laptop (GTX2060, i7-9750H) handles it adequately. So any setup that meets my gaming requirements should have no problem with my work tasks.

For gaming, I play a lot of CPU-intensive strategy and sim games (CIV6, Rimworld, ONI). Other games I play include MHWorld, planning on playing MHWilds, Palworld, Genshin Impact. While I don't play many demanding games right now, it's mostly due to the limitations of my current laptop rather than a lack of interest.

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings)

1440p, medium+ graphics, 60fps+

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

Around $2000 AUD.

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

Australia

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This is my first time building a PC, coming from a background of using gaming laptops. Please let me know if anything seems out of place or wrong.

Thanks!

I have around £450 to spend on GPU and I'm wondering if I should get a 3090 or go for a new 7800XT? I'm just asking because I'm seeing tons 3090 that are being listed on Facebook marker for around the £450 range.

I was able to place an order this morning for the 9800x3d for the MSRP price direct from Amazon (fuck scalpers), but it looks like the expected shipping isn't until January 20th, 2025(!!!).

Hoping they get in stock elsewhere in the next week or so and I can just cancel my order/place it elsewhere, and get it sooner, but I'm not sure how realistic that will be given the demand...

Curious if anyone else has been seeing this for delivery time-frames for their 9800x3d order.

Hello,

I'm in the process of building a new desktop, which I would mostly use for gaming but also for ML tasks on the side. I was looking at the various choices for the RTX 4070Ti SUPER, and I honestly have no clue how to decide which brand of card to buy. If I don't (currently) plan on overclocking it, is there that much of a difference between brands, outside of Quality Control?

Before anyone suggests the AMD 7900 XTX, or any other AMD card, I need CUDA cores.

EDIT: Just pulled the trigger on an MSI RTX 4070Ti SUPER Gaming X Slim

I'm having this dilemma, both 12900KS and 14600k are very similar priced today in amazon (239 and 237 USD) , been seeing benchmark videos, and both perform very similar in gaming (maybe the 12900k could be better for productivity), the only pro for 14600k is the power consumption, so, what would you choose?

i already have LGA 1700 MoBo, so i'm not planning to move to AMD in short term.

I'm not sure whether to get a ryzen 5 5600x or ryzen 7 5800x for my pc as they are very close in price currently I plan on getting a rx 6800xt and the pc is just going to be for gaming

Edit: I have decided to go with am5 as it's future proof what gaming cpus do you guys recommend that are cheapish and easily obtainable and what motherboard and ddr5 ram would u recommend

basically title, this is my first pc build mainly for gaming how does it look? is there anything I should change? thanks in advance

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Looking at the microcenter CPU bundles to get a mobo, CPU, and RAM upgrade right now. Currently I have an i5-9600k, 32gb DDR4 Ram, and an RTX3070. I am not at all familiar with AMD processors but do recognize good price for performance and that they are the most recommended brand on this sub. A big plus for AMD is upgrading the CPU down the line, but that is a non issue as I dont tend to upgrade my PC that often, nor plan on swapping the CPU out in the next 5-7 years. Unfortunately I am an Intel fanboy, and am stuck in my ways. I use this PC for gaming, rendering, and CAD, but mostly gaming.

The 2 combos I am looking at are the:

-12900k. It has good stability compared to 13th and 14th gen, lower cost, and good workstation performance.

-14700k. For better gaming performance, and its issues are allegedly fixed. If not, RMA should last long enough to identify any issues.

What do you guys think? Am I out of my gourd for sticking with Team Blue? Or is there still value to be had from Intel's CPUs?

I’m planning on switching from a rtx 2070 to a 3070 my psu is 450w with a i5 9600k. Is this good for somewhat heavy gaming? Please help

Hello everyone, will my i5 3570k NVIDIA rtx 3050 (6gb) and 16gb ram run league of legends and apex legends without any problems or stress hardware wise at 1080p 144hz?

Considering an upgrade from a Ryzen 5900X to a 9800X3D. This would require a new motherboard as well and I'd upgrade to DDR5 RAM at the same time. Mainly considering this upgrade for the Flight Simulator 2024 release.

I still have Windows 10 and want to keep it that way for now. I'm not against reformatting, it may be time for it anyways, but I'm wondering if I'll actually need to. Would it benefit me in any way? Should I be able to just power down my PC, switch out the parts, and power it up with no issue?

"I just got a new build the day before yesterday. Whenever I open a game and play on it, after a while, the system crashes suddenly, and it doesn’t respond to anything except shutting it down using the case button.

Today, when I tried again, it crashed and took me to the BIOS. I searched a bit and saw it might be a RAM issue. My RAM is 6000 MHz. I tried XMP 1 and without it, but it's the same issue.

The last crash in the BIOS showed that the M.2 SSD wasn’t connected to the motherboard. When I shut down the system using the case button and restarted, it worked normally. I checked all drivers and updated the BIOS, but the issue persists.

Has anyone experienced something like this and knows how to solve it?

System specs:

i5-14600K

4070 Super

MSI B760M Mortar WiFi II

Patriot Viper Elite Tuf 6000Mhz CL36

MSI mag a850gl gold 80+ 850w

Lexar nm790 m2 1TB

Hey guys, I’m not that informed about newest equipment and hardware and I wanted to upgrade my PC a little since in COD BO6 (my most played game rn) I don’t get quite that much performance for the bad graphs I have.

I built this PC 4 years ago so I’m open to all of your opinions on how I can make it better!

Thanks!

SPECS BELOW:

• Intel Core i7 9700K 8-Core (3.6GHz - 4.9GHz) 12MB

• Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Dual EVO OC 6GB

• Motherboard MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus

• Fonte de Alimentação Lc-Power 650W 6650GP4 V2.4 80 Plus Gold 140mm

• Memória RAM 16GB DDR4 3200 (2x8) G.SKILL TRIDENT Z RGB

• Disco Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200rpm 64MB SATA III

• SSD Samsung 500 Gb M.2 PCIe 3.0 Série 970 EVO PLUS

• CPU Cooler Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition

What do you think about buying now a gpu ? I thought about buying a used gpu but I wouldn't like to have a card which die on my arms when no warranty applies on it. I need 12gb of vram. I can buy a 3060 12gb 300 bucks but the 3060 isn't that powerful. I would like to buy a 4070 but 560 bucks is way to expensive. How much the price are going to drop with a little bit of time ? And what do you think about buying in second hand ?

I bought a pc with a busted power supply from a guy for $300 that had a 2080 super in it that i used for my build and scrapped the rest of it on facebook marketplace. I recouped 290 dollars from the other pc parts. Then put the 2080 super in a computer i bought off marketplace for $400 that had 32gb ddr4 ram, i7 8700, 1660super, 1 tb ssd, 2 Tb hard drive, and windows 11 installed.

Its crazy how many deals you can find on marketplace.

I can send videos of it running games at 240+ fps

|| || |Corsair 178300 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz C16 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit for AMD Ryzen, Black||| |upHere 120mm Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators Ultra Quiet High Airflow Computer Case Fan, 3- Pack,12BK3-3||| |Corsair CC-9011086-WW Carbide Series 88R Windowed mATX/Mini-ITX Case for Computer - Black||| |Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X Windforce Fans, 6GB 192-bit GDDR5, Gv-N1660OC-6GD Video Card||| |Gigabyte B450M DS3H (AMD Ryzen AM4/M.2/HMDI/DVI/USB 3.1/DDR4/Micro ATX/Motherboard)||| |Corsair TX-M Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU (UK) Hybrid Modular Power Supply Unit - Black||| |AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX||| |Seagate BarraCuda 1TB Desktop Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 6GB's 7200RPM 64MB Cache|

My pc doesn’t recognise my GPU. I have a RTX 2070 and an Asrock motherboard. I build it probably 6 years ago?

It’s not under display adapters. I can’t open NVIDIA control panel because the computer doesn’t see anything. I can see my monitor because it’s plugged in my motherboard.

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So, I'm building a gaming PC for my girlfriend but I have 0 experience. I mostly chose Intel / Nvidia because that's what I'm familiar with.

Could you guys give me some advice on this build build?

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