building-and-recc-chat

[limber oyster]

And no, but they hit 100% at 65°

[vague oracle]

Yeah you messed up the repaste

[elfin flame]

You also mentioned repadding, and I'm guessing the pads you bought aren't the right thickness, either. Or you didn't compress them enough

Which would result in less contact with the heatsink 🙂

For the die

Scared them away, oopsies

[verbal quarry]

can someone look at this build im trying to make and give me any pointers for the system? ive been outta the pc building world for a bit and dont want to make the wrong call https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KMWLRK

also what would be the best cooler for a mini ITX build

[obsidian wigeon]

Don't get that board

Because with AM5, you don't need to pay above $150 for a very capable board

[verbal quarry]

what would recommend i look at?

[obsidian wigeon]

https://wccftech.com/asrock-110-us-b650-motherboard-sets-overclocking-world-record-amd-ryzen-9-7950x-cpu/

This is for example

[verbal quarry]

jesus

[obsidian wigeon]

Is this a gaming rig?

[verbal quarry]

yes

[obsidian wigeon]

Alright

[mossy venture]

Here's my list, foxys prolly making one rn
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RZMQWt

If you didn't buy the gpu I'd change it some more

And if you're not set on the case there's other options

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7hfcn6

This is assuming you haven't bought anything

[verbal quarry]

yea i havent bought anything just yet

not trying to restrict myself because i bought one thing i gotta work around

[mossy venture]

Any reason you chose nvidia?

[obsidian wigeon]

I'd consider the psu in bacca's list tho

SFX psus are highly sensitive to transients

[verbal quarry]

thank you all for the help

[mossy venture]

This is MATX, but it's very very small
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zGQvyg

[verbal quarry]

last time i was here nvidia was the biggest go to

so i figured id start there

[mossy venture]

If you're not set on nvidia, 7900 gre or 7900xt would be a better choice imo

I'd rather have the extra vram for down the line

Could also do a 4080
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/77VPBL

Zotac has 4080s for $890 open box as well

[verbal quarry]

thank yall for putting me in the right direction and helping

imma go through these and figure out what i wanna do

[mossy venture]

One last question

[crimson zinc]

Why is that nvme drive $200

[obsidian wigeon]

o the im01 is back in stock

[mossy venture]

Got a monitor?

[obsidian wigeon]

lmao

[mossy venture]

It's $130

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[mossy venture]

At least for me

990 pro tier ssd too

[obsidian wigeon]

i see 130

[obsidian wigeon]

that's odd for you

for me i can confirm it's 130 like bacca said

[crimson zinc]

The MB is no priced

[potent portal]

You're probably missing a retailer source or 12

[obsidian wigeon]

Did you filter your pcpp to exclude those

[crimson zinc]

Nope

Not even logged in

[obsidian wigeon]

Weird

[potent portal]

Click where it says "storage" and expand the merchant list on the left with the +

[potent portal]

Huh

Alright clear your cache then

ctrl F5

[crimson zinc]

Where control

[potent portal]

Oh wait phone

lol

[crimson zinc]

[potent portal]

Clear it from app settings

[crimson zinc]

There we go

Idk why it just didnt

[verbal quarry]

no i do not

[mossy venture]

any idea what youd want to spend on one?

[verbal quarry]

im looking at doing a 2 monitor set up

not really wanting to spend over 650 on those

[mossy venture]

I'd get one from this list
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zx8qz6

If you go 4k, drop the cpu down to the 7600 and I would get at least the 7900xt or 4070 ti super, preferably the 7900xtx or 4080 super

One sec on side monitor reccs

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FRrs4M

[wary gale]

What’s the cheapest 240 hz oled monitor

[cyan ravine]

https://www.amazon.com/KTC-OLED-Monitor-Built-DisplayPort1-4/dp/B0CRDRL92Z/

Or

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1745626-REG/lg_27gr95qe_b_27_ultragear_curved_oled.html

[dusky hearth]

Curved monitor

[cyan ravine]

You're a at a is the be for it curved

[dusky hearth]

[mossy venture]

What

[viral ore]

what

[elfin flame]

What

[languid nimbus]

what

[thorn merlin]

Can someone recommend a mechanical keyboard that is medium-sized or has a TKL layout? The keyboard should also be QWERTZ and cost a maximum of 60 euros.

[teal dome]

yo

u still got a good under a 1000 dollar build

if u have prebuilt that work too

[mossy venture]

Few min

[mossy venture]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vq8cn6

Psu
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/s/fxmYZd67FY

And im gonna take some look around at some possible sales, so few min

Could do this for a cheap case
https://www.ebay.com/itm/296441821060?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Ok6NaWEKSPa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=art

[teal dome]

what abt prebuilts

because im thinking if i can build or not

for my friend

bro?? stfu

what r u saying

[mossy venture]

Bro doesn't even realize I'm a conservative jew

He had a long discussion with me in dms where he was immensely racist (surprisingly not against jews)

And now I blocked him and he is here

[elfin flame]

Wild

[coarse coral]

?ban 1240687373038125086 racism and harassment

[jolly river]

bornana_69420 was banned. | racism and harassment

[mossy venture]

Fantastic

Thanks

[teal dome]

are there any good prebuilts

my friend only plays roblox lmao

a good cpu would be nice with good storage

[mossy venture]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kct2cH

[teal dome]

thank you

[mossy venture]

Oh I do have a prebuilt option

[teal dome]

send

i might sell my pc and build a pc with something u sent lol

also when im giving him my pc can i just remove the ssd and put in a new one?

i need to redownload windows right?

[mossy venture]

Wtf was autocorrect here

Lmao

Yeah new windows

[mossy venture]

Yeah

[teal dome]

i mean i dont mind xD

[mossy venture]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156197764285?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

10400f 1660 super

Single channel 16gb ddr4 and 256gb ssd, so would at least need more storage

And im going to look at some others in a sec

[teal dome]

6700xt 5500 32 gigs ram for 750 dollars is aight?

[mossy venture]

Yeah

[limber oyster]

So ...I might go am5 after all

[teal dome]

how do i check ssd compatibility on motherboard

[elfin flame]

As in what PCIe gen they support or size, or SATA vs NVMe?

[teal dome]

i have ssd in my pc how do i know if a ssd will work on my motherboard

like i wanna put in a new ssd

[elfin flame]

You can check manufacturer specs on the board's product page

[teal dome]

ok

[elfin flame]

Make sure you check the right board page... Some manufacturers have revisions of the same board, but it shouldn't be an issue even then haha

[teal dome]

alright, ill see, thank u

i have this ssd in my pc rn, https://www.amazon.com/SolidigmTM-Internal-Solid-State-SSDPFKNU010TZX1/dp/B0B983Y4QD?th=1, will this ssd work on my pc too? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9Y3DB2K?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1

[elfin flame]

Yea

[teal dome]

thank you

[elfin flame]

No issue at all unless you have some weird ass board or the slot is deadge

Only thing to note is that if you run a gen3 drive in a gen4 slot, then it will run at gen3 speeds. Backwards compatible

[teal dome]

alright

[elfin flame]

vice versa, gen4 in gen3 slot will run it at gen3

EZPZ

Enjoy the new drive

[teal dome]

thank you, i will buy the ssd

[drowsy thorn]

I'm hoping someone can help me. I screwed uo my pc the other day when I went to install a ssd. I accidentally pooled it, and had a hell of a time trying to take it out of the pool. So I tried to do a restore point and that scred it up even more. I eventually got the drive out and formatted, but now all my app won't work. Stream launches games then crashes. And steam VR womt work correctly. I keep getting errors.

[elfin flame]

Might have to reinstall Windows.

You could try running chkdsk

[jagged ember]

Probably chkdsk tbh

[drowsy thorn]

Sorry guys git it all fixed now. Had to do a memory scan. And it fixed it. Now I am having an issue where it's only reconizing 16 out of the 32 gb of ram I just installed. It's an alienware r12 and I installed 2x16gb corsair vengeance pro 3000hrz. I tried going into bios, but it doesn't let you adjust damn near anything. Is there something I can do or haven't done. Also at first I had them in the 2 and 4 slot. Then I changed them to the 1 and 3 slot. Same effect.

[dusky hearth]

memory scan????

also normally you should have it in 2 and 4

and yeah oem bios' are usually quite locked down/featureless

[tiny tusk]

Hey so I just built a new pc got everything plugged in and turned it on the monitor is staying black my mouse and keyboard also staying off and I see a red cpu light on the mobo I have an b650 aorus elite ax with a 7800x3d I reseated everything unplugged and plugged everything back in and even flashed the bios and it still has the red cpu light anyone have any advice should I just rebuild the pc make sure I didn’t miss anything? or should I just exchange the mobo

[elfin flame]

Did you bend any pins in the socket?

[mossy venture]

@crimson zinc
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/s/FyXSzBsN6z

[crimson zinc]

4 hours

[queen coral]

I have a new pc I just built it has a ryzen 5 7600x on a x670 AORUS ELITE AX and everytime I turn it on a get a red light next to my ram it goes away once it boots up and everything I just want to know if it’s a bad thing I have done a flash on my bios because I’m too scared and don’t know how to do it

[elfin flame]

So it boots into OS and you're not experiencing any issues while running it?

Then no problem, just your motherboard initializing hardware and checks before boot up

🙂

And I'd recommend going into BIOS, disabling fastboot, and you good

[queen coral]

yeah i mean i blue screened once before i had all my windows updatings but Have been fine otherwise everything is running normally

Oh fast boot is already disabled

[cyan ravine]

That's the pc going through the boot process. That's what the red leds are

[queen coral]

Well me and my friend are taking it apart anyway for some cable management so we will probably double check everything again anyway

[cyan ravine]

On GB it's 4 red lights

[queen coral]

Ah I see

[cyan ravine]

Completely normal if they all go off before windows

[queen coral]

Ok good to know thank yall very much

[thorn mural]

I have an lga1151 system that can run up to 2666mhz and I need more ram for it, would it be alright if I bought a 3200mhz/3600mhz kit instead since those are cheaper

Or should I buy a 2666mhz kit

[elfin flame]

I mean if it's cheaper

Or you can buy some OEM sticks

If those are any cheaper with rated speeds you want

[thorn mural]

Alright sounds good

[queen coral]

I wanna build a pc with the intel arc a770 what would be a good cpu to pair with it

[mossy venture]

Depends on the total budget for the build

[queen coral]

just around 1500

[mossy venture]

I'd get a far better gpu than that honestly

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NQDWqR

[queen coral]

i just like the way it looks the pc is just for aesthetes anyway

[obsidian wigeon]

A770 is a much weaker gpu

It's about a 3070 in perf

[queen coral]

im still fine with it

i already have a gaming pc

[obsidian wigeon]

Then you can surely spend less than 1.5k and get a very aesthetics focused build around an A770

[queen coral]

fair

thats just the limit i have

i was thinking of going with the i5-13600K

but idk

[obsidian wigeon]

I'd probably slap a 7600 in it at most

13600k fine too, but more money

[thorn mural]

would anyone be willing to give feedback for a stupid build idea

I have an old 9400f hp prebuilt chilling in my house and I was wondering if I should case swap and buy a new gpu for it

[queen coral]

its mostly the way it looks i like the way the sparkle a770 titan looks

[mossy venture]

Have you looked at any other options aesthetically?

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Y2CZxr/powercolor-hellhound-sakura-oc-radeon-rx-7800-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx-7800-xt-16g-locsakura

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KMYRsY/powercolor-hellhound-oc-radeon-rx-7900-gre-16-gb-video-card-rx-7900-gre-16g-loc

[queen coral]

or i could wait till the battlemage gpus come out

they look alright not exactly what im looking for but i shall take them into consideration

[mossy venture]

I think this looks kinda interesting https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6CkH99/pny-xlr8-gaming-verto-epic-x-rgb-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-super-12-gb-video-card-vcg4070s12tfxxpb1-o

[mossy venture]

That'd be a good idea

New cpus come out soon too

Supposedly anyways

Okey last link I'm spamming
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tNJgXL/asrock-taichi-oc-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-24-gb-video-card-rx7900xtx-tc-24go

[thorn mural]

@mossy venture thoughts?

[mossy venture]

Swapping case you'd have to swap psu and motherboard too

Since hp pre builts are OEM

Salvageable parts would be cpu, ram, possibly cpu cooler, gpu, and storage

And the ram is likely slow asf

[thorn mural]

Yeah but at least 3 of the standoffs line up and i'd still have rear I/O tho right

[mossy venture]

Maybe?

Never looked into it

[thorn mural]

This is true yeah its stuck at 2666

Well I meant i just measured sorry

[mossy venture]

No reason to apologize

I just genuinely don't know lol

[thorn mural]

Only one way to find out

[mossy venture]

YouTube would probably have answers

[thorn mural]

True

[mossy venture]

Gamemax m60 is $35, MATX so if it's an ATX build it won't work

But cheap not horrible case

[thorn mural]

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B365-HD3-rev-10#kf

Is this motherboard okay?

my other local options for a b365 are the asrock pro4 and gigabyte ds3h

[limber oyster]

Maybe I need a stronger card 😂

14GB of GPU memory used out of my 16GB

[merry turtle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LH3NgB

How good is this build?

[elfin flame]

What budget lol

@merry turtle are you just gaming?

@ 1440p at least i assume

[merry turtle]

Yeah, along with some very light stuff that any old computer could handle

[elfin flame]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DGhHMV

You could do something like this, save a bit on the GPU, and spend the rest of your $500 budget elsewhere.... Like maybe on peripherals

Or just completely irrelevant to the PC entirely. Go buy yourself 40 bowls of ramen from a good restaurant

Idk what kinda case you want

But i just chose one that is affordable/budget and looks decent for $60 lol

Per my preference at least

[frigid night]

10/10 best suggestion

[elfin flame]

😁

Reo can buy 20 fancy burgers with that $500

Give or take sales tax and tip

[earnest olive]

all at once?

[elfin flame]

You could do it all at once, or go once a week for 40 weeks (but prices might inflate)

[languid nimbus]

so, buddy bought a prebuilt a while back and is having issues. apps/games randomly crash and he bluescreens from time to time.

i have no idea whats going on with it

but he tried resetting it and redownloading windows

also made sure that drivers are up to date

temps seem to be ok thru hwmonitor

[mossy venture]

Try disabling xmp

[languid nimbus]

oooo

in bios?

[mossy venture]

And make sure ram is in right slots

Yeah

Most mobos it's slots 2 and 4

Assuming it's not a two slot board

[languid nimbus]

ok so can't find xmp in bios?

ram is in correct spots

[mossy venture]

What mobo

[languid nimbus]

that i am not sure of i can try to find out but he is not pc savvy at all lol

[elfin flame]

You can check in device manager

It'll be like the first dropdown

[languid nimbus]

Microstar international pro z790-p wifi (ms-7e06) is what he said

[elfin flame]

Ah, MSI

Should be under OC settings in advanced mode, or you can just turn off XMP by clicking the "XMP" tab

In EZ mode

[languid nimbus]

Alrighty will check

[elfin flame]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/q7Q4fy

me and rommy spec'd out a blue/black pc

isn't it beautiful?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/649047327868452874.gif?size=48&quality=lossless&name=PepPizza

[cyan ravine]

With my sparkle arc 😍

[elfin flame]

so true rommy! how is your a580 doing

[cyan ravine]

Absolutely dying! 😄

[elfin flame]

it doesn't like your dark :(

sorry to hear

[solar fossil]

Hello, first time pc builder here. Would this be the correct chat to post my parts list and get some advice from some experienced people?

[obsidian wigeon]

yes

you've come to the right place

what's your budget, use case and country?

[solar fossil]

Around $2-2500, mainly gaming, but it’ll be used for some programming stuff as I am going to school for Comp. Sci. And country U.S

I have been doing a lot of research already and have a build list on newegg, I’ll share the screenshots. (And yes I know that the AIO I chose is completely unnecessary I just really like the aesthetic look of it) I mainly am unsure about the motherboard and psu I chose.

[obsidian wigeon]

Send me a link then

Because honestly, that much money can probably get you a 4090 pc

[solar fossil]

https://newegg.io/a62f1a7

[cyan ravine]

Travelling?

[solar fossil]

No

[cyan ravine]

Moving between dorm and home a lot

[solar fossil]

No I live at home. My schooling is online

[solar fossil]

Is that link working for you guys ?

[cyan ravine]

@solar fossil can you stretch budget over 2.5

Also are you ok with black

Actually I don't think I can make white really fit at all with what I'm working on here

[solar fossil]

I’m trying to stick with an all white build. I really like that nzxt case look in white. But I’ll be open to looking at whatever you got. I first wanted to know if what I have on my list is okay or if I’m overlooking any parts or features on any parts like on that motherboard.

[cyan ravine]

I can't do all white for a 4090 7800X3D build

Not without going quite a long way over budget

There's really no breathing room here, I can almost barely make it fit under 2500

Actually not with that case, better off going slightly over

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TYkYFs

Ram kit you'll do the XMP manually with me, takes 5 minutes, the kit can do any XMP under 8000MHz

[solar fossil]

Yeah I wasn’t really ever considering a 4090 😅 seems like overkill. That’s why I settled on a 4070 Ti Super on my list

[cyan ravine]

If I do white, it costs a lot more to do this kind of build

[cyan ravine]

I mean if you're gonna spend 2500 you may as well go for the cream of the crop right

Lol

White I can make work really cheap with certain skus, but 4090 is black only to keep it at 2500-ish

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BNdLRK @solar fossil What white would look like

If you want two glass sides
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FGp6t7

Intel also kinda works but it's a little cringe

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fFRcn6

There's not a lot of great white options available sometimes, and that usually means paying way above the norm for the same quality

Which is just a flat loss

Nothing wrong with 10% of the budget in looks but beyond that you enter the realm of buying parts that are basically scams

Like the NZXT kraken for example

Or most of anything Corsair made within the last 2 years that isn't a psu or a 3000D

Lots of asus stuff are very wasteful spending, anything with a strix label is yikes

Anyway, those are the lists I'm suggesting @solar fossil I can't stick around

[solar fossil]

I’ll be looking at these lists. Appreciate it

[mossy venture]

What's wrong with 3000d airflow?

[cyan ravine]

I didn't call the 3000D a scam?

[mossy venture]

Oh mb

[limber oyster]

Question, I use Microsoft edge and my download speed on it is between 1,000 and 900 KB/s. Is there any way I can speed that up?

[weary galleon]

Try a different browser

[limber oyster]

I have

Chrome, Firefox, and Opera GX

All are the same

[weary galleon]

Do you get higher speeds elsewhere?

Like a steam download?

[limber oyster]

Steam gets about 10-15

[weary galleon]

Interesting

[limber oyster]

Speed test used to get me 900Mbps, now I'm getting 60

I have a brand new Intel ax200 installed

[weary galleon]

If you go to #networks-security-and-home-servers I had a somewhat similar issue and got lots of help with it, you might be able to go through some of the same steps

Though I ended up needing to reinstall windows :/

[limber oyster]

Already reinstalled windows too

And drivers

[weary galleon]

Oh boy

[limber oyster]

From intel

I've tried w10 and w11

Both act the same

[weary galleon]

On wifi yes? Have you tried moving the PC or adjusting antennas? (Both PC and router)

[limber oyster]

Router MUST be in parents bedroom due to us using fiber. I game in the living room cause me and family game together OFTEN

Steam gets between 15-20MBps

[weary galleon]

I feel you on the router thing. We got fiber and now the routers stuck in the basement

Granted with a decent wifi antenna (and a windows reinstall) I still get full speeds thankfully

[thorn mural]

https://www.amazon.com/MagniumGear-MG-NE523A_WT06W-Mid-Tower-Airflow-Tempered/dp/B0CJZJVL46/

Hows this case?

[cyan ravine]

All g

[cyan ravine]

Not bad if you don't mind that it's not real wood

[elfin flame]

https://github.com/EvanMulawski/FanControl.CorsairLink

If anyone is interested in a ICUE/Corsair Link alternative

For your copium garbage Corsair products, enjoy

I haven't tried it, but I heard it works from some of the people who mentioned it to me

[cyan ravine]

Whoa

WHOA WHAT INTO FAN CONTROL??

[elfin flame]

Yes

[cyan ravine]

[elfin flame]

It's unofficial, so do use at your own risk, but I heard it works decent

@coarse coral come pin this

[earnest olive]

noooo!

my rgb fans don't even look good unless they're using 4gb of ram and 20% cpu for the pretty lights

[elfin flame]

Tell corsair to make their software worse

[earnest olive]

I did see icue using 20% of my 5800x

so that part isn't an exaggeration

I don't think it was hitting 4gb ram though

[pseudo pollen]

Should I upgrade to windows 11 for the sake of my 13500?

[crimson zinc]

never

[earnest olive]

is something stopping you?

10 and 11 are both full of spyware and adware already so if that's your concern go linux

the garbage windows 11 right click menu can be restored back to the good one from windows 10 so that's not a major concern

taskbar can be changed back to left

startallback exists if you want further customization of windows 11

imo no real reason not to do 10>11

microsoft copilot can be disabled

recall can be disabled

[potent portal]

13500 does have E-cores so you probably want the improved task scheduler they put into W11

And to add to Mushroom's point we do have a debloat script in the pins of #windows-ios

[pseudo pollen]

Alr thanks!

[steel musk]

Alright I’ve got a bit of a problem lads

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gTVjVW

^ Current build I’m working on (budget of ~$1150, US)

Told to replace AMD card w/ Nvidia counterpart (muh dlss and ray tracing) but not sure what to choose

Was also told to replace cpu + SSD

Thought I did solid for a first part list but apparently not

[potent portal]

DLSS I can kinda get since there's certain games that look better than FSR, and you can use FSR on Nvidia as well.
Ray tracing on the other hand, doesn't do anything for most games except lower your frame rate in exchange for slightly shinier reflections.

[elfin flame]

And there are only 2-3 games that actually implement RT well

Control, Cyberpunk and Minecraft RTX LOL

[potent portal]

Yep. And for it to look good in cyberpunk you have to enable the setting that brings a 4090 down to 40 fps at 1080p.

[elfin flame]

I would not determine your choice on RT, maybe DLSS (but not by much)

[potent portal]

The only way you're getting a comparable Nvidia card for the same price is if you get a used 4070 or 3080/ti

6800 deal right now is hard to beat

[elfin flame]

Why a white case for like all black?

I mean, you could go for 7700X if you wanna swap CPU

[steel musk]

I think I looked at price numbers and didn’t look at color

lol

[steel musk]

So 6800xt and 4070 are about the same perf wise?

w/o any dlss stuff

[potent portal]

The problem is the gap between the 4060 ti and 4070 is huge, and the 6800 falls right smack in the middle of it

There most comparable Nvidia card would be the 3080

[steel musk]

Alr

[potent portal]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QVvPBL
Some ideas for you, now color matched and with wifi

It's really hard to find a used 4070 for a reasonable price right now

So I put a 3080

[steel musk]

ok

by the way doesn’t the cpu come with a cooler in the box?

[potent portal]

Yes

[steel musk]

is it just a bad stock cooler or?

[potent portal]

And it is good enough if you want to skip the rgb

[steel musk]

alright

[potent portal]

It's just a little loud. Cooling capacity is fine for 7600-7800X3D.

[earnest olive]

skip the rgb? thou dare blaspheme?

[elfin flame]

The LGBTQ lights

🦈

[earnest olive]

fellas, is your pc even a gaming pc if it doesn't have lights

[wide sparrow]

true

[queen coral]

So my pc keeps crashing whenever I’m playing boarderlands 3 my cpu usually gets hot but stays around 70° and my fans are at max and it just cuts off straight to black

[sacred obsidian]

How do you know your CPU is staying around 70? What are you using to monitor temps?

[obsidian wigeon]

that to me sounds like instability

[sacred obsidian]

also are there any error messages that display before it shuts down or after it reboots?

[obsidian wigeon]

usually caused by the psu

if it just loses power instantly

[queen coral]

No error messages just cuts off

And I’m using the nzxt cam

[obsidian wigeon]

there's definitely a short somewhere

or the psu not being adequate for the system

what's the parts on your pc?

especially the psu, brand and model

[queen coral]

R5 7600x
Rx 7800 xt
X670 arious elite ax
Nzxt kraken elite 360
Nzxt c1200 gold
64 gigs of ddr5 ram form coursiar
2 2tb 990 pro from Samsung

And I’m using the h6 flow

The computer runs perfectly fine playing other games that I’ve played but ig I don’t play as many intensive games like boarderlands

[obsidian wigeon]

that is definitely unusual

i'd suspect of a short of faulty psu ngl

where a specific load happens to trip it or something

[mossy venture]

Yeah I'd check all psu connections

[obsidian wigeon]

those specs barely load up the psu

[mossy venture]

I'd also check what windows event viewer says

[sacred obsidian]

If you have dual monitors I'd run HWinfo on second monitor (not sure how reliable NZXT cam is but I'm currently having trouble with it), and see if theres in irregularities in voltage or temps in that when running the game. Also yeah what Bacca said, and then if it keeps happening I'd replace the PSU and see if that fixes it, and if not, return that PSU.

[mossy venture]

I'm just saying

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145753341211?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=q8slmemashg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[sacred obsidian]

evga ftw

[queen coral]

ill just run down to best buy and grab a new power supply rq

[obsidian wigeon]

i'd diagnose still

[queen coral]

but ill run that program as well

[obsidian wigeon]

better than to drop money

because the psu is a pretty expensive one lol

[queen coral]

also i just used the thermal paste that came with the cooler my friend said i should try reapplying new thermal paste

[obsidian wigeon]

70c is

perfectly good with a 7600x

no need to mess with it

[queen coral]

fair enough

[sacred obsidian]

cool I fixed my nzxt cam software

[queen coral]

Man I’m just stupid

I had it plugged into an extension cord the moment I plugged it into the wall works perfectly fine

[obsidian wigeon]

good it's just a small issue

[queen coral]

My cpu is now at 45 💀

[sacred obsidian]

I cannot say I've ever experienced that. Is it a low quality extension cord?

[queen coral]

It’s the one that came with my gaming desk so probably 💀

[sacred obsidian]

well keep an eye on it, and if it doesnt get worse then yeah just replace that extension cord with a better quality surge protector

[queen coral]

Will do thank you guys very much

[dusky hearth]

EXTENSION CORD????

what gauge is the wires in it

[queen coral]

idk

it can charge my phone💀

[solar fossil]

Hey guys first time builder here. Was going to get a 4070 ti super but found this 4080 Super at what looks like a decent deal. Anyone have thoughts or experiences with it. Only found 3 reviews on the actual GPU and 2 were negative but one most recent positive

https://www.newegg.com/zotac-geforce-rtx-4080-super-zt-d40820q-10p/p/N82E16814500581

[lone flame]

the one you linked has 40 reviews, that the right link for sure?

most of them seem positive, zotac is a big nvidia brand

[obsidian wigeon]

that's pretty decent

for white 4080s

[mossy citrus]

Ok but its zotac

[solar fossil]

So for some reason under the reviews section Newegg shows “related product reviews” but if you filter it to only this specific item you’ll see only 3. It’s confusing and misleading and only reason I noticed was cause of the pics in some item reviews being different from whatever gpu I was looking at

[solar fossil]

Yeah that’s my question. Is it a good reliable brand 👀

[obsidian wigeon]

it's in the

good enough category

[mossy citrus]

Ehhhhh

Idk

[obsidian wigeon]

it's just meh because of past reputation

[mossy citrus]

I havent heard amazing things

[obsidian wigeon]

hence i said good enough

[mossy citrus]

Idk how good they are this generation

[potent portal]

Zotac is fine on 40 series

There's only a few to avoid, like the ventus 2x 4070 ti

At least Zotac hasn't forgotten to put thermal pads on like they did last gen that I've heard of

[lone flame]

7900 xtx is also a candidate here if you didnt need the nvidia advantages like rt and productivity

asrock xtx is like 899 USD

xtx edges out the 4080s in gaming a bit i believe

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-rx7900xtx-pg-24go/p/N82E16814930081

[potent portal]

It's close enough to 4080S to call them equal overall in raster

[obsidian wigeon]

^

but also

i think they're lookin for white gpus

[mossy venture]

Hey @austere condor you around?

[austere condor]

sup

[mossy venture]

I'm doing a build for resale and wanted your input if you don't mind

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8Y4K9c

I alr have the ssds, case buying online and everything else is $345 used altogether

[austere condor]

looks good

good photos / good listing is what helps a lot

[mossy venture]

Alr is it OK if I ping you when I take some pictures, probably a couple weeks down the line

Figured I could prob aim for $525-550

[austere condor]

typically, i try and build the cheapest modern system i can on PCPP that is performance comparable

like, cheapest board, ram, SSDs, etc

and then try like 80-90% of that PCPP price

i just did one for your list and it was $580

[mossy venture]

Sick

I was aiming for the $300 or so mark but ended a bit over

[austere condor]

@mossy venture so remember earlier when i was looking into upgrading my personal system since it wasnt capable of doing everything i want it to do?

i have made some changes

and ive now ran into another wall of hardware limitations for what i want to do

[mossy venture]

What wall?

[austere condor]

my main pc is a 5950x, 96gb ram, RTX 3090.

i have five monitors. four 1440p 165hz 32in for my side displays, and a 32in 4k 144hz center display.
i originally had all five plugged into my gaming PC, bottom three in my 3090, top two in a quadro M2000 i slid into the PC for more display output.

my workload is:
4k modded online playing GTA V RP
OBS recording at 1080p 30fps at a reasonable bitrate OR 1080p 60fps streaming on twitch
having a rather heavy duty spreadsheet open on google chrome
having photoshop open and ready to use
being able to use, and do basic editing in premier
and watch a youtube video in 1440p at the same time.

one PC couldnt do that

[mossy venture]

Cpu limits?

[austere condor]

actually i was GPU limited

lol

[mossy venture]

Really?

4090 time

[austere condor]

SO, rather than tearing apart my gaming PC

since its custom loop and i dont wanna fck with it

[mossy venture]

Ah fair

Unless you did second gpu

[austere condor]

i built a second PC

[mossy venture]

Also fair

[austere condor]

and im now running dual PC

with a 4kx capture card

[mossy venture]

I wanted to do a second pc for a TV but I already have a ps4 I never use

[austere condor]

so i offloaded the youtube watching and recording/streaming to the second PC

[mossy venture]

How's it handling so far?

[austere condor]

the second PC is a 5800x/32gb ram/RTX 3070

and its been letting my do everything i wanted to do, no lag

until today

cause i found a new toy i want to integrate into the workload

[mossy venture]

Just get an epyc 7703 or whatever it is and dual 4090s atp

[austere condor]

and, its very likely im going to have to upgrade this secondary PC to be more powerful than my gaming PC so i can do everything i want... lol

[mossy venture]

I'd cry

[austere condor]

ive been playing around with GOOD, real time AI voice changers

like, its wildy impressive what i can do

with these

and for GTA RP, so many crazy opportunities to have some fun

[mossy venture]

Just saying
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256496478753?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wbPYGD4bQhi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

$900

[austere condor]

so, im just a dude, typical white guy voice, right?

^ i can do this with the voice changer

this is me talking

[mossy venture]

Lmao

[austere condor]

or this

[mossy venture]

Do you plan to wait for new cpus/gpus this year early next year?

[austere condor]

idk

honestly, with a dual PC setup, my 3090 is doing everything i want for playing games at 4k

mutlitaskign it was falling behind, but ive fixed that

so... this 5800x/32gb ram/ RTX 3070 isnt cutting it anymore doing realtime AI processing

im hitting 100% CPU usage while talking and recording on OBS

and nearly 50% GPU

the more powerful the GPU you have, the smaller the chunksize you can use, reducing the latency for the processing

the 3070 is capable of about 128ms of latency before it craps out

and im peaking my CPU usage too

so.....

i remebered i have a 5950x just sitting around in a half built PC

lol

and a RTX 4080 sitting on my self

[elfin flame]

Go use hwinfo64 smh

Why da hell you using task manager

For monitoring

Smh

[austere condor]

cause i dont have Hwinfo64 installed on my second PC

🤷

[elfin flame]

Not very epic gamer of you

🦈

[austere condor]

think an EVGA CLC240 is good enough for a 5950x?

and idk if that 4080 is gonna fit

or if i gotta grab a higher wattage PSU

[mossy venture]

Lmao

Rm850x is fine for 5950x and 4080 super

I'd trust that load to the rm750x

[mossy venture]

Also aio twinsies

[austere condor]

Wasn't sure if I'd need to swap

[mossy venture]

Also also if you happen to want psus for builds
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145753341211?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=q8slmemashg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

That seller has a ton of repaired corsair psus

$30-60 or so 650-1200w

[austere condor]

wait what

they have all the cables?

no

[mossy venture]

Some of them do

Some don't

[austere condor]

Cables: 1 Power cord, 1 Power Cable, 2 UPC, 2 Pcie, 2 Sata, 1 Molex

[mossy venture]

Hm

[austere condor]

im assuming power cord/cable is 24 pin

lol

$40 a unit

[mossy venture]

So missing pcie and cpu power?

[austere condor]

it has two UPC

two PCie

im assuming the UPC means EPS?

[elfin flame]

There's 1300W G2 on eBay for $50 rn

Comes with all the cables and extras afaik

I was looking at it to buy

https://www.ebay.com/itm/355747166560?

Idk, use for test bench or something

[crimson zinc]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8HNXrv

Find deals on my stuff @elfin flame

[mossy venture]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285788355340?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wbPYGD4bQhi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Check amazon warehouse for mobo

Also iirc they had a 3600 for like $65 on there

[elfin flame]

Woot/amazon warehouse nice

Otherwise, eBay for buyer protection, and you can always try local... But ehhhhhhh

[crimson zinc]

I’ve been checking AW for prebuilts to salvage
I’ll grab that 2080ti when I get paid Friday if it’s still up

[jagged ember]

Sometimes warehouse be missing some things in the package tho

[elfin flame]

It's gone

[elfin flame]

They make that known tho

[crimson zinc]

2 available it says

[elfin flame]

Oh, it showed me it wasn't

[jagged ember]

Ah

[crimson zinc]

Maybe eBay just doesn’t like your browser

[elfin flame]

Nah, showed me on both phone and desktop

[crimson zinc]

Hm

[elfin flame]

eBay being dumb

[crimson zinc]

Can’t wait for that case to be able to mod it for newer gear

[elfin flame]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386971890705?

Same boardge for $75

[cyan ravine]

Ah the midge

[elfin flame]

He paid $90 for boardge

Make him spend less on midge

Hey what's that pencil grinder tool doing in the description

😂

Is it blue?

[cyan ravine]

You know what's blue

My cup of coffee rn

BLUUUUUUUU

[elfin flame]

I'm wearing blue shirt

I'm intel

In hell

Burning up

Just like their CPUs

😍

[cyan ravine]

*Recommends ddr4 *

[elfin flame]

I'm gonna recommend DDR4 to some unfortunate soul with a 13k/12k SKU

128GB ofc

[analog hearth]

I’m about to buy DDR4 for a server lol

[potent portal]

X299 or bust

Xeon is best at... Uh, something, I'm sure

[obsidian wigeon]

Being cheap

I guess

[potent portal]

Is it though

[obsidian wigeon]

Not really

Leaning into meh side

Or even expensive lmfao

[potent portal]

I guess it is still pretty cheap, you can find HP workstations for 100 bucks

1650v3

[obsidian wigeon]

fair nuff

They're pretty old by now tho

A mere r5 7600 would roast one of those

But $100 is unbeatable

[potent portal]

A 5600 would roast it for that matter

[obsidian wigeon]

ye

[potent portal]

Oh as it turns out, the 2600X roasts it

Even the 1600X

Embarrassing

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2389vs3000/Intel-Xeon-E5-1650-v3-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X

[obsidian wigeon]

wow

lol

expected outta such an old cpu

[potent portal]

What a difference 2 and a half years makes I guess

[obsidian wigeon]

with that sense

5600 would annihilate it

[potent portal]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2389vs3000vs4811vs5573/Intel-Xeon-E5-1650-v3-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X3D

https://tenor.com/view/muttly-laughing-giggle-silent-laugh-laugh-gif-5561789

Less than half the multi core between 1650 v3 and 5600

[teal dome]

hey guys, my friend is buying my pc and i want to keep my ssd and get him a new one, what should i download on the new one and also what should i delete on the old ssd

[mossy venture]

Install windows on new ssd, reinstall windows on old ssd

[teal dome]

How do I reinstall on old ssd? How do I delete it first?

[vivid copper]

Just install windows on the new one. You don't have to do anything with the old one if you're keeping it.

[teal dome]

I mean I'm gonnna have new parts and stuff, so I probably should get new drivers and stuff right?

[mossy venture]

When swapping mobos you should do a fresh install of windows yes

[vivid copper]

Yeah you'd have to do that regardless. So yes if you don't have anything critical you want to save, you just reinstall windows on the same drive. Unless you partition the drive it's going to format the drive and reinstall window over it.

[teal dome]

well i wanna save all the files and games i have downloaded, is that not good? should i just get a new ssd and give my friend the one i have rn ?

also is the stock cooler for the 7600 cpu good enough or is it best to buy a cpu cooler

[obsidian wigeon]

stock is okay

heck a 7800x3d can run it

am5 doesn't need much cooling

[teal dome]

alright

[vivid copper]

Who gets what drive doesn't matter. If you want to save your files games etc. Just throw the old drive in the new comp. It's best practice to always have that stuff on a secondary drive and your main drive just the OS for that reason. But you'll mostly be fine.

[teal dome]

so when i get a new pc, put in the ssd, start the pc, then redownload windows and drivers then ?

[vivid copper]

Windows will already be on your PC because it's installed on your drive. You'd just need to download your new mobo drivers, chipset drivers, gpu drivers etc. Only thing windows might give you grief about is being that you changed hardware. So it might ask you to re-activate it.

[teal dome]

alright thanks

[obsidian wigeon]

It's more pain to do that than to reinstall tho

Reinstalling games is easier than losing your sanity to windows being weird

Drivers conflicting, etc

With windows, I don't wanna take risks myself

For my own sake

[teal dome]

yeah thats true

ill see what i wanna do and talk it over with my friend

whats the difference between a b650m motherboard and a a620m motherboard

[vivid copper]

A620 chipsets have fewer PCIE lanes (so less m.2 slots, usb ports etc) and CPUs aren't able to be overclocked. They also generally will be entry level boards with lower powered VRMs. Unless you're tight on funds do yourself the favor and grab a b650. Especially if you ever plan on upgrading your CPU in the next few years.

[obsidian wigeon]

It doesn't matter

A620 might have less pcie lanes, but when asrock has an A620 board with 3 m.2 slots

You know it's not very limited

OCing modern cpus aren't gonna give you meaningful gains in anything

Besides they still allow eco mode, xmp, ram oc, etc

[teal dome]

the motherboard i looked at for am5, the a620 were more expensive than the b650

so ill probably pick up the b650

[obsidian wigeon]

And the vrms on the upper end of A620 boards are fit for even the top of the chain

[mossy venture]

I'd spend the lil extra for an extra pcie slot or two tbf

[obsidian wigeon]

ya ofc

B650 ain't much more money

Or even same price lol

[mossy venture]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FcbRsY/asrock-b650m-pro-rs-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-b650m-pro-rs

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CvcgXL/gigabyte-b650-eagle-ax-atx-am5-motherboard-b650-eagle-ax

[obsidian wigeon]

But the vrm point isn't exactly true

[mossy venture]

Yeah a620m pro rs wifi can handle a 7950x

[obsidian wigeon]

There's mega cheap B650 boards around too

[mossy venture]

And it isn't limited wattage wise

[obsidian wigeon]

With crappy vrms

[teal dome]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/q8tmTY

[mossy venture]

There's this too
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RtFmP6/phanteks-xt-view-atx-mid-tower-case-ph-xt523v1-dwt01

[teal dome]

what can i change, i want to it to around 950-1000 with taxes if possible and also decently aesthetic i guess

[mossy venture]

Or sky two is $60 rn with newegg+, which is free atm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jYDb9c

That's over $1000 with taxes though

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DvCFf7/enermax-revolution-df-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-erf750ewt

[vivid copper]

You're crazy if you think you're going to throw a 7950x on a A620 chipset with a 8+1 phase VRM. And even if it's okay for now that's also not accounting for CPUs down the line. That $20 ~ $30 bux ain't really going to do much for you in the long run.

[obsidian wigeon]

That same point can be said with $100-110 B650 boards

So really it matters none the chipset the board uses

What matters is the stuff on a given board you're looking at

[mossy venture]

https://www.newegg.com/xpg-32gb/p/N82E16820246069

[obsidian wigeon]

https://wccftech.com/asrock-110-us-b650-motherboard-sets-overclocking-world-record-amd-ryzen-9-7950x-cpu/

8+2+1 board hitting wr

[teal dome]

alright ill add this ram in

any good cases

[mossy venture]

Xt pro view and xt pro ultra

Sky two is $60 on newegg

[teal dome]

the black version right?

[mossy venture]

Not sure

[teal dome]

it says with new egg members, and im not one

[crimson zinc]

G360a
Or p500a

[crimson zinc]

It’s free

[teal dome]

how do i become one

[crimson zinc]

Sign up for emails

Basically

[mossy venture]

^

[crimson zinc]

G360a for $69 rn

V nice

Good case

[mossy venture]

Tbf it's a $10 rebate

[crimson zinc]

Still a good price

Rebate or not

[teal dome]

how much difference is there for 7600 and a 7600xt

[mossy venture]

8gb vram

Nothing else

It's a worse gpu than the 6700xt

[teal dome]

i meant the cpu

[mossy venture]

Oh

[crimson zinc]

7600x is what you meant then

[mossy venture]

Lmao that's so funny

[teal dome]

yeah myb

[mossy venture]

7600 7600 7600x 7600xt

But it's not much

[teal dome]

added a "t" by mistake

lmao

[mossy venture]

About 1-2%

[teal dome]

is it worth saving the 10 dollars by going for the 7600

[mossy venture]

And it doesn't come with a stock cooler and pulls a lot more power

Yeah

[crimson zinc]

^

[teal dome]

the 7600?

or the x

[crimson zinc]

7600

[mossy venture]

7600x pulls more power, no stock cooler

[crimson zinc]

You want that one

[mossy venture]

7600 low wattage, stock cooler

[crimson zinc]

You do not want the x variant

[teal dome]

yeah i might pick up the one with stock cooler

what are some good power supplies, 750w modular

also what does the core mean after a gpu? like this one XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Core

[mossy venture]

D.f 750 is A tier and $80

For atx 3.0 the be quiet one

[mossy venture]

I have no clue I've always disregarded it

[teal dome]

What does the number atx mean? What does the version do

[mossy venture]

Atx 3.0 has the new connector nvidia cards are using

Not sure if new amd cards will use them yet or not, but for future upgradability atx 3.0 is useful

There are adapters though

[teal dome]

alright thanks

the 7600 also has integrated graphics right?

[crimson zinc]

@mossy venture imma sell my mag 550w

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8HNXrv

What should I replace it with that is full modular

[wide sparrow]

Builb

[crimson zinc]

Yes

[crimson zinc]

Biudl

[wide sparrow]

Hard to pronounce that one

[mellow meteor]

can anyone tell me if this part list is good? i dont really have a lot of knowledge on parts https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pYwpmD

[mossy venture]

It is solid, but I would make some changes

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FRGBn6

There's also this, although I'd get an 850w if you went this route
https://www.zotacstore.com/us/zt-a30810j-10p-o

[shrewd crest]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hJxFDZ thoughts? I’m going for overclock as well

[lone flame]

zotac 30 series..

[mossy venture]

I'd say
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nmqqZJ

Xt pro ultra is also $70 with rgb

[shrewd crest]

Alright the 7800x3d doesn’t get that hot?

Not even on like those heavy games like starfield or triple a?

[mossy venture]

Not at all, and this cooler is among the top air coolers

A $17 214xt is more than a 7800x3d needs

[shrewd crest]

Let’s gooo

[mossy venture]

This is also a thing rn
https://www.ebay.com/itm/386665748687?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_WbF24AfQmC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[shrewd crest]

7900 xtx or 4080 what are the differences

I’m upgrading from 5700x and 6700xt

[lone flame]

XTX has 24 gigs of vram compared to the 16 of 4080. xtx is very slightly faster in regular rasterization, 4080 has the advantages of the nvidia features like rt and dlss,

if you just game and dont really care about rt get the xtx imo

[shrewd crest]

What is rt? Like sharpening

[lone flame]

ray tracing

[shrewd crest]

Ray tracing does?

[lone flame]

https://tenor.com/view/minecraft-nvidia-ge-force-rtx-rtx-on-gif-21180788

[shrewd crest]

Mhm

[lone flame]

basically does alot in terms of lighting from my limited knowledge

makes stuff like reflections and lighting look better ig

[shrewd crest]

It’s doesn’t burn like an 4090?

[lone flame]

it favors nvidia cards but still tanks their performance if you turn it on in already demanding games/scenarios

xtx can power through it aswell though

just maybe not as well as a 4080 would

[shrewd crest]

I see nvida as like expensive and xtx as a value

I don’t wanna drop loads of cash and have a thought of it burning😭

Ima lose my mind lol

[lone flame]

xtx is still close to a grand after taxes and shipping

if you call that value then good for your wallet lol

your wallet is fuller than me

https://youtu.be/YbKhxjw8EUE?si=zGtK6rFFfODih2a5

if you wanted benchmarks theres that

[shrewd crest]

Alright

[lone flame]

best XTX cards are probably XFX's or Sapphire's imo, but get whatever is cheapest if you feel like it

also get a 2nd opinion, there are smarter folks in here than me

[shrewd crest]

Alright thank you

[lone flame]

oh would you be getting this 4080?

i didnt see that I figured you meant brand new

[shrewd crest]

I just wanna know

I was always with amd I don’t like change much lol

[lone flame]

what did you have currently again?

[shrewd crest]

6700xt and 5700x

[lone flame]

when i built my pc last june I had a 6700xt

what model

[shrewd crest]

Sapphire

[lone flame]

cant go wrong with their cards

i had an asrock, put it in my old prebuilt that i gave to my sister when i got my 6950xt in january

[shrewd crest]

Ahh nice

[lone flame]

it was kind of an impulse buy but im very happy with it lol

[shrewd crest]

Let’s go

[lone flame]

imo one of the best looking gpus ever if not the best

its loud but itll run whatever i want it to

do you currently need to make the jump to a high end card

supposedly next gen cards are coming out late this year, could get information on them next week at computex

[shrewd crest]

Oof

New cards this year

Didn’t know

[lone flame]

rtx 5000 series which is probably going to be stupid expensive and not worth it to the average consumer

and then amd rdna 4, (8000 series)

from what leaks suggest

amd will not be doing high end

[shrewd crest]

So amd is more like value

[lone flame]

and will be doing like 7900 XT performance at like

400-500$ or smth

[shrewd crest]

Ahh

[lone flame]

but with better raytracing and stuff hopefully

then they will be back with high end for rdna5

but

rumors are rumors

stuff could change

[shrewd crest]

Ahh

I still probably pick up the xtx

I’m not going with nvida just yet

[lone flame]

XTX is a beast, nothing wrong with that

if you want to stick to sapphire you have both very solid choices;

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RRfnTW/sapphire-pulse-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-24-gb-video-card-11322-02-20g

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/F3fnTW/sapphire-nitro-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-24-gb-video-card-11322-01-20g

[shrewd crest]

Thank you

[lone flame]

XFX is also prob top 3 for the AMD brand cards;

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GtXJ7P/xfx-speedster-merc-310-black-edition-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-24-gb-video-card-rx-79xmercb9

[shrewd crest]

Xfx does have a nice sleak to it

[lone flame]

it is a very popular card

im not huge on half of it being black then the other silver

[lone flame]

i still think their high end 6000 looks better (this)

[shrewd crest]

Mhm

[lone flame]

it can also look insane though like this build i just found on pc part picker

i believe they painted something on the bottom white

[shrewd crest]

Pretty nice

[lone flame]

very good for black and white builds if thats your thing

[obsidian wigeon]

xfx gpus are always loud stock tho

[lone flame]

real

[shrewd crest]

Mhm

[obsidian wigeon]

sapphire is better in that regard

[lone flame]

both are very solid card makers for amd though, prob the top 2

imo anyway

[shrewd crest]

I’ma go for the sapphire the non rgb one

[lone flame]

the pulse?

[shrewd crest]

Yeah

[lone flame]

pulse's are very solid from what ive heard, also cheaper which is nice

[shrewd crest]

That’s one looks like my 6700 xt

[crimson zinc]

Anything by Sapphire is probably good

[shrewd crest]

Just with an extra fan

[obsidian wigeon]

It's only second to the nitro+

So one of the best radeons you can get

[lone flame]

real

[crimson zinc]

I wanna see a nitro+ 4090

[lone flame]

it would look the same

as an xtx

probably

cough

[crimson zinc]

I want a speedster 4090 as well

I like the design

Not the cards

[cyan ravine]

There are white xfx cards

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/graphics-cards/amd/107402-rx-78tqickw9

Called "core"

[lone flame]

australia isnt a real place

silly felix

[cyan ravine]

You're not a real person!

[lone flame]

https://tenor.com/view/disintegrating-funny-thanos-gif-22399978

[dim forge]

is a 12400F for 103 a good deal?

[cyan ravine]

Not bad yeah

[dim forge]

trying to upgrade my cpu

the lack of cores is rly noticing

[obsidian wigeon]

good upgrade

[analog hearth]

Thinking about getting my gf a 12400F now

[jagged ember]

Steam deck tho

[weak flint]

am i trippin or did u wanna get a 2021 mac

[analog hearth]

Not a 2019 lol

Huh? 💀

That thing will be outdated in two years

[teal dome]

Is a 3080 still good nowadays? and also is it worth buying a used 3080 for around 400 dollars? How much watt powersupply does it need

[cyan ravine]

400 is not bad if legit

[teal dome]

Buying from eBay I can send u listing

[teal dome]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154966939908?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2bCBlDMmSmy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=lwaysqbhruy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[cyan ravine]

As long as it's an account with like 100-200 reviews and good feedback

[cyan ravine]

Looks good

Painfully loud card tho

[teal dome]

I don't mind lol

[cyan ravine]

Depends what cpu you have as to the psu

[teal dome]

I don't know if I should go 7700xt, 6800 or 3080

[teal dome]

CPU is 7600 and psu is enermax df

[cyan ravine]

Used 3080 is good value

D.f how many watts

[teal dome]

750

[cyan ravine]

Ur fine go for it

[teal dome]

750 works for 3080?

[cyan ravine]

Yes

7600 uses so little power

Leaves a whole 85% left for the gpu to use

[teal dome]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rYhMWt

this is the build rn '

[teal dome]

alright

[cyan ravine]

That ram is whoag

💀

[teal dome]

hmm?

wdym

[cyan ravine]

My guess is in cpu z they'll say micron for manu

I'd flip those for $65-$70 then go get 32gb 5600 cl46 t-creates for like $83

Get the best ddr5 you can buy while it's still cheap

[teal dome]

which is?

[cyan ravine]

^

They have hynix h16a

Often found doing 8000+

[teal dome]

t- create classic right

[cyan ravine]

You can put like virtually any XMP in

Yes

SPECIFICALLY

That sku

5600 CL46

6000 CL38 can also contain it

But the former is cheap

[teal dome]

alright, ill try getting the ram as soon as i can with the motherboard and cpu

[cyan ravine]

The difference between micron rev A and hynix rev A even with an xmp can be as much as like 10-20%

And that's 10-20% over what basic ddr5 can give over ddr4

Xmp in question/context

[teal dome]

oh alright

thanks

[cyan ravine]

Np

Buy them then look up some 6400 cl32 profile

Copy it in bios

Boom

[teal dome]

should i get a air cooler for the 7600 or stock works?

[cyan ravine]

Stock fine

Just loud

If anything

[teal dome]

alright

[winter marsh]

howdy ho pc builders

I'm stuck in the old rtx 3090ti vs 4070ti mode

I'm wonder which is supported better on an older 800 watt psu

new style connector fires kinda got scared of the 4000 series

[mossy venture]

What psu

And what do you use the pc for

And what is the price diff between 4070 ti and 3090/3090 ti

[cyan ravine]

Both 3090ti and 4070 ti use the same connector.

[mossy venture]

Oh ye

Forgot abt that