So basically i really want to build a pc, i do have a gaming laptop so i wont rush making the pc right away but one main thing i wanna know is if only ram was made hard to get for building a pc or are other parts hard and expensive to get too. I have no idea how building one works so id like to know abit of how the market is looking rn to at least make something decent,nothing extremely insane.

Im looking to upgrade my setup and im unsure of what platform to go with, any recomendations!

Like the title shows I’m curious if it’s worth upgrading to a 9070 GRE I refuse to pay close to $1000 for a High end GPU. My current set up is 5800x, 3060ti, and 32gb DDR4. I found a 9070 GRE for msrp at my local microcenter and I know it’s impossible to get anything close to msrp with the current market. Advice?

Hey everyone,

Building my first gaming PC myself with a budget around £2,000. Aiming for a future-proofed 1440p/4K gaming setup.

Before ordering, I’d appreciate a quick check to make sure I haven't missed anything or run into clearance/compatibility issues with these parts:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI

RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB RS DDR5 32GB (6000MHz CL30)

Storage: WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB NVMe SSD

GPU: ASUS PRIME RX 9070 XT OC

Power Supply: MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX

Case: Fractal Design North TG Mid Tower

Hi everyone! I'm kinda new here. My pc is slowly dying, and my 1060 not handle any new games good :(
Which is why I started thinking about almost completely replacing the components in the near(i hope) future. I've decided on the memory and processor.
First guestion about cpu. I'm looking on r7 7800x3d. Is Gigabyte B650 UD AX good enough for this? I'm not planning on boosting memory, card or processor.
And second, main question about gpu. Long enough i planning to get rtx 5070, but due to ai problems in the world, and cuz my country is shittiest place in the world in last times, i've read a lot about the fact that it's not the most reasonable option to take a card from Nvidia right now, but it's better to take one from Amd. So i started to thinking about 9700xt. In my country it doesn't cost much more, but it has 16 GB of VRAM. I'm not really interested in dlss5 things and path tracing, but framegen might interest me cuz i heard that on last rtx cards it extremely imperceptible. So I can't figure out who I want to take the card from in the end.
In general, are there any obvious problems with amd cards? Or i can safely consider this option at the future? I'm considering on this card "PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper", is it good?
Thanks for answers ^^

First off, I live in Canada, where availability and especially prices for parts is pretty poor. I'm upgrading from a 3050 8GB, play at 1080p (will go for supersampling if performance allows), and always try for high settings and framerates in mostly single player games. I don't care for raytracing, although a couple of newer titles I'm interested in require it.

My system has a 5800x (a little overkill for these cards, but I got it for $C230), 48GB of before-times RAM, and the biggest issue, I still play off of hard drives. Before-times-me never considered games would demand SSDs before he'd buy one large enough for games, I guess.

Also, haven't really looked at the used market, mostly for fear of getting a brick and ghosted.

With that out of the way, the two cards I'm looking at (13% sales tax included, prices accurate to time of posting) are the Arc B570 and the 9060XT, about $C500 and $C876 respectively.

There is also the bonus options of of the 9070GRE, which has one currently going for C$960, but feels like it'll fall out of my price comfort zone at any moment and the B580, which has units in stock starting at C$80 over the B570.

My biggest concerns are

1. VRAM, 10GB vs 16GB. While trying to "futureproof" your system is kind of stupid "how long until 10GB of vram becomes not enough for 1080p?" is something that, with prices likely to never get better, keeps me thinking in circles.

2. Drivers. Not really about stability, although I know Intel has been working on that, but more general experience (which I guess includes stability).

3. The price delta. This is basically the whole point: is the 9060XT 16GB worth the extra ~C$400 over the B570, for native 1080p in modern AAA games?

This is the PCPP list I'm using to gather pricing and availability data. Thanks for any help and sorry for the long post and any grammar issues, posting from mobile.

im building my first pc and im trying to find a good gpu for under 350 euros

Hey everyone,
I recently bought a PowerColor RX 9060 XT 16GB from Micro Center for $499.99, but I’m considering returning it and exchanging it for the PowerColor RX 9070 GRE Reaper 12GB, which is $549.99 at my store.

The GRE is only $50 more, and I’ve seen people say it’s significantly faster. However, I’m unsure whether it’s worth giving up 4GB of VRAM, and I want to make sure my current PSU can handle it before making a decision.

My current PC specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X
- GPU: PowerColor RX 9060 XT 16GB
- RAM: 32GB DDR4-3200
- PSU: EVGA 650 BQ 650W 80+ Bronze, semi-modular
- Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
Resolution: 1080p currently, with a possible upgrade to 1440p in the future

The GPU I’m considering:
PowerColor RX 9070 GRE Reaper Triple-Fan 12GB
Micro Center’s listing specifies a recommended 650W PSU and 2 × 8-pin power connectors. My EVGA 650 BQ is rated for 650W, but I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea to run the GRE on it long-term or whether I should upgrade to a 750W PSU.

I mainly play Escape from Tarkov, including demanding maps like Streets, along with other games. I want good overall value and a GPU that will last through a future CPU/platform upgrade.

My questions:
1. Is the RX 9070 GRE worth exchanging my RX 9060 XT for at only $50 more?

1. Is 12GB of VRAM enough for 1080p and eventually 1440p gaming, or would I benefit from keeping the 16GB card?

2. Is my EVGA 650 BQ a reasonable PSU for the GRE, assuming it’s in good condition and has the required PCIe connectors?

3. Would I need to buy a new 750W PSU, or would that be unnecessary spending?

4. How much of a performance improvement should I realistically expect in games with my Ryzen 5 5600X?

I’m still within Micro Center’s return window, so I’d appreciate advice before making the decision. I’d rather make the right purchase now than regret it later.
Thanks!

This is my first time building a PC I live in Austria and I want to build the PC for gaming and work

My budget is around 1000 euro:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 for 125 euro

GPU: ASRock Arc B570 Challenger for 292 euro

SSD: Kingston NV3 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD 1TB for 148 euro

Power supply: be quiet! System Power 11 650W for 60 euro

Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550M K (AMD AM4) for 72 euro

Ram: G.Skill RipJaws V UDIMM 32GB Kit for 256 euro

Case: Phanteks XT Pro 68 euro

Everything together is 1021 euros

I want to know if the build ist good for light - mid end gaming or not?

And is there anything that i should change?

Hello! I am looking to start building my own pc but I just need to know the parts I am getting are good/decent enough. I dont really know what I’m doing so any advice is appreciated. My main budget is around $1.2k to 1.7k. I’m trying to aim for a white color scheme. The main goal for my pc is to play DBD, Minecraft, The Sims, Marvel Rivals etc. While also handling graphic designing/art as well. I am willing to be under $2k if I need my budget to expand. Let me know if there’s any parts I should switch. Overall looking for under $2k white color scheme for decent quality :)

Thanks in advance for any feedback/help !!!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

CPU COOLER: TRYX PANORAMA SE AIO 360mm ARGB

MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard

MEMORY: TEAMGROUP T-force Delta RGB 16GB (2x8gb) DDR5-6000 CL38

STORAGE: Lexar NM790 1TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME solid state drive

VIDEO CARD: ASUS DUAL OC Geforce RTX 5060 8GB

POWER SUPPLY: Asus Prime AP-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power supply

CASE: MONTECH XR Panoramic High Airflow ATX Pc case, 3 ARGB PWM Fans, White

Hi all,

My brother's PC is (imo) adequate-ish with managing of settings, but according to him, he wants to upgrade soon for new games like the recently released Modern Warfare 4 and potentially GTA 6 if the rumors of Q1 2027 are to be believed. Either way, I think he'd most benefit from a better CPU and GPU. As far as GPU goes, he will have to find a deal on one at some point, but that can be kicked down the road as a separate purchase.

For CPU, I'm not fully sure which path is best to take from the current specs and prices:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

4x8 Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL DDR4-3600 for total 32GB

EVGA RTX 3070 Ti XC3

2TB NVMe + some 500GB-1TB SATA SSDs

EVGA 750GQ Gold

Dual 1080p 165Hz monitors

Basically, I think he could buy a 5800X3D for roughly $300-350 to max out this (surely?) dead platform and get 2-4 more years out of it, or buy the cheapest Microcenter AM5 CPU/Mobo/RAM bundle for $400. The only issue is that that bundle has a 6 core 7500X3D with mATX and 1x16GB DDR5. I'm sure he can offset some costs by selling off his old CPU/Mobo/RAM, which can be used to buy another stick or a whole new 32GB DDR5-6000 kit and selling that one stick.

Is that 7500X3D worth getting as an upgrade over the 5600X and for the future socket upgradability? Will the 3D V-Cache bring his fps up at 1080p enough to run decently? After reselling old parts, he should be better off just having the same core count but with newer architecture + 3D V-Cache and upgrade path rather than maxing out the AM4 socket with a 5800X3D for marginal cost difference of $50-100-ish and no available future upgrades, right?

The GPU will need to be done at some point later regardless of the CPU platform, so we'll decide on a decent AMD GPU later.

Thanks.

I recently cleaned my custom built PC, as I have many times before. I used 70% isopropyl wipes (I know 99.9% would've been better but too late now), and a can of compress air. I then plugged it back in and turned it on almost immediately after cleaning like an idiot.

I must have messed it up and got water somewhere in the motherboard, because when I turned it on, a few things weren't working.

-The LEDs in ONLY my front intake fans weren't working, the fans were still spinning though.

-I was getting no video output on either of my display ports.

Everything else seemed to be working normally.

-Every other LED worked fine.

-All fans, including the ones in my GPU were spinning normally.

I then turned it back off, after about 30 seconds of letting my life choices sink in.

I came back tomorrow and hopefully tried it again. This time, as u flipped the PSU switch, I saw a flash coming from the IO panel. I then turned the PC on, only to get the same results.

My motherboard is replaceable within reason (B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2), but my GPU dying is another thing (RTX 4070). The complete lack of video output scares me to death, but the fans still work, so maaaaybbeeeee???

Anyone with more knowledge than me know if the no video output is a death sentence for my bank account, or if there is still hope?

P.S.

pls be gentle.

9800x3d and 5070 for gaming stuck between the choices on motherboard msi x870 gaming plus or the gigabyte b850 aorus elite wifi7

Hi everyone!

I'm currently working on a project called Tower Cube — a completely custom PC case designed to combine a high-capacity NAS, an AI workstation, and a powerful multi-GPU system in a single enclosure.

>>Tower Cube<<

I've spent quite some time looking at existing cases, including the Jonsbo N5 and various server/workstation chassis, but none of them really meets all my requirements.

So I decided to explore designing my own case from scratch.

I'm now at the stage where I have a preliminary layout and I'm looking for feedback from people who have experience designing, fabricating, or modifying custom PC enclosures.

The overall concept

The case consists of two separate horizontal compartments stacked on top of each other, mechanically connected but with independent airflow.

Lower compartment — NAS/storage:

• 12 × 3.5" HDDs in the initial configuration
• Three removable HDD cages, each holding four drives
• Preparation for an optional second row of 12 HDDs (24 total)
• Dedicated, airflow-isolated PSU compartment
• 3 × 180 mm front intake fans
• 3 × 180 mm rear exhaust fans
• Optional middle fan bank if the second HDD row is installed
• No hot-swap backplanes — standard SATA data and power connections

One of the main design goals is HDD serviceability.

I'm considering making the entire front and rear fan assemblies removable, allowing access to the HDD cages from either side without having to disassemble the upper compartment.

The HDDs would be mounted with vibration isolation and approximately 45 mm center-to-center spacing, leaving around 19 mm between drive bodies before accounting for mounting hardware.

Upper compartment — workstation / AI:

Current hardware includes:

• ASUS Pro WS Z890-ACE SE motherboard
• Intel Core Ultra 9 285 CPU
• 128 GB DDR5 RAM
• Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU
• Broadcom / LSI 9500-16i HBA
• 3 × M.2 NVMe SSDs
• be quiet! Dark Power 14 1200 W PSU in the lower compartment

For CPU cooling, I'm considering either a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 or an ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 AIO.

The long-term goal is to support couple high-power GPUs, potentially RTX 5090-class or RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell-class cards, plus the HBA. I know this will require revisiting the PSU capacity, PCIe card placement, and cooling.

Cooling concept

My priority is a quiet 24/7 system with enough cooling capacity for heavy workloads.

After comparing 140 mm, 180 mm, and 200 mm fans, I've decided to design around Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-18 PWM 180 mm fans.

The idea is to run them at low RPM during normal operation and automatically increase speeds based on HDD, CPU, GPU, and internal air temperatures.

The upper compartment currently has:

• 3 × 180 mm front intake
• 2 × 180 mm side intake
• 1 × 180 mm rear exhaust
• A separate side-mounted 420 mm AIO radiator with its own fans, or alternative case fans if air cooling is used

The compartments would be separated by a solid panel, with protected cable pass-throughs to prevent unwanted airflow between them.

Mechanical design

The preliminary footprint is roughly 730 × 540 mm (29 × 21 inches), although dimensions are still being refined.

I'm considering either:

1. An aluminum extrusion frame with custom sheet-metal panels.
2. A fully custom sheet-metal chassis with folded structural reinforcements.

Other planned features include:

• Removable side panels
• Modular, replaceable fan assemblies
• Removable four-drive cages
• Solid metal feet approximately 100 mm high, with rubber vibration-isolation pads
• Separate cable routing for HDDs, PSU, fans, and motherboard
• Enough room for future hardware upgrades

I'm also looking into professional fabrication companies that could help with CAD design, mechanical engineering, prototyping, and manufacturing a one-off enclosure.

What I'd really appreciate feedback on

Can anyone recommend a company in Europe that can design and manufacture a one-off custom PC chassis?

I'm based in the Czech Republic, so European manufacturers would be ideal.

I've attached the preliminary top-down layouts of both compartments. These are still conceptual drawings, not final production-ready CAD models.

I'm very open to suggestions, especially from people who have already gone through the process of building a custom enclosure.

My goal isn't simply to build a huge PC case — it's to create a quiet, modular, maintainable NAS and AI workstation that I can keep upgrading for years.

Thanks in advance for any advice, experience, criticism, or recommendations!

Guys, these are the parts I’m planning to use for my next PC. I’d love to hear your opinions and suggestions.

Budget: $2,640.77

Use case: Linux as my main operating system, mainly for gaming, including AAA titles. I currently play at 1080p (1920×1080) and 180Hz, but in the future, I plan to upgrade to a monitor that better matches my GPU’s capabilities, either 1440p (2560×1440) or 4K (3840×2160).

Country of purchase: Spain 🇪🇸

Peripherals needed: I already have all my peripherals.

Components:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D — $414.23
GPU: XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT — $854.99
Fans: Corsair RS120 ARGB — $41.75
SSD: Crucial P310 1TB NVMe — $179.00
Motherboard: MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi — $173.22
AIO cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360mm — $100.66
Case: Corsair 5400 Airflow RS-ARGB — $159.95
PSU: Corsair RM1000x 1000W — $181.98
RAM: Patriot Viper Venom RGB 32GB DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 — $534.99
Total: $2,640.77

I’d especially appreciate feedback on Linux compatibility, gaming performance at 1440p and 4K, thermals, noise levels, and whether any components are overkill or poor value for money.
Would you change anything in this build?
Thanks.

I use a 3,5mm headphone jack to the front panel jack on my pc. Recently, I decided to use the Bluetooth version on my headset so I could lie in my bed and watch videos. This sadly made the audio 300ms late. When i tried to use the headphone jack again, nothing worked. I used the green one on the back; I checked the physical jack and the connection to the motherboard. I've done some of the Win + R things like mmsys.cpl, services.msc, and msinfo32. I downloaded the drivers for my motherboard. I honestly have no clue what to do. If anyone could help me, I'd really appreciate any help.

Naturally, as I think that the majority of us are in this subreddit, I am tech support for all my friends; However, recently I have had my first "unsolved" mystery...

My buddies computer failed to post. So he calls me up and asks me to help him, the first thing I made him do was re-seat the RAM naturally, and then check single sticks. as that seems to be the quickest thing to cause any issue. Then I realized that we were working with a solid white VGA LED. So naturally, we try some Graphics card Debugging, reseating it, unplugging connections from the power supply, and the Graphics Card, plugging them back in etc. Plugging it into a separate PCIe slot.

Also notable is that he has no NVME Storage devices. He only has a 2.5' SATA SSD. I also had no means to a spare Graphics card, Spare PC etc. So I was not able to verify that the Card hadn't died. I also tried the "turn it on, unplug video outs, turn it off, turn it on, turn it off, plug video outputs back in and then turn it on" trick, that didn't do anything. Now I am wondering if it's a BIOS issue. We did reset CMOS by Bridging JBAT1. Didn't work, I am going to flash it, but I obviously can't get it to post.

Finally, after I was at my wits end, he tells me that he had the computer on over night, and then it just turned itself off and now won't post. So now I'm straying towards a potential Power Supply failing issue. This seems most likely, but I don't think he want's to go down a "Fix It" rabbit hole...

We are working with system specs of -

CPU: i7 10700k

RAM: Vengeance 32gb kit (2x16) 3200 cl16

Graphics Card: RTX 3080 Founders edition

MB: MSI MPG z490 Gaming Plus

Power Supply: RM850e (I Don't know what year, but I do know that it's new enough to have those braided style cables)

All In one water cooling, don't know the brand, and case looked like a h7 flow.

Any ideas that could help would be awesome, otherwise I guess I'll tell him to take it to someone :'(.

The only reason this upsets me is because I've never came across a computer issue that I wasn't able to troubleshoot and this would be my first one. I don't want a loss on my record.

i want to buy a 1440p oled panel but im not sure what is the best for price to performance.

-my setup is in front of a window, so the sun hits the back of the monitor

plz recommend high frame rate panels (over 144hz)

• Budget-2.2k or as close as possible
• Use-Case 3d design/gaming
• Country of purchase USA
• Peripherals needed IDK what this means
• misc. requirements / preferences Not sure

I am building a new PC. It is my first build. I do a lot of 3d design and some light Gaming. The Software I use requires good single core processing. Below is a list of what I found I need, but my total is ending almost 1k over budget. I know I will most likely remain over budget, but is there any chance at cost savings here? With little compromise on performance? I am shopping at microcenter but am willing to go elsewhere if needed. I also used AI to make this list and have no idea what im doing!

Here is my shopping list:

1. Bundle deal- $899.99
   1.1 Gskill Flare x5 Series 32GB( 2x16) ddr5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 dual channel Desktop Memory Kit SKU: 440792

1.2 AMD Ryzen 9 9950x Granite Ridge AM5 4.30GHz 16-core boxed processor -heatsink not included SKU: 721191

1.3 ASUS B850-Creator Proart Wi-Fi Neo AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard SKU: 024760

1. MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070ti Gaming Trio Overclocked triple fan 16 GB GddR7PCLE 5.0 Graphics card- $1299.99 This item isnt currently in stock

2. Liquid freezer iii Pro ARGB 360mm All in one liquid CPU Cooling Kit-$139.99

4.WD Black SN850x 2 tb 112-layer BiCs5 TLC NAND PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVME M.2 internal ssd- $389.99 SKU: 691840

1. ASRock PRO-850G 650Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX non-modular power supply ATX 3.1 compatible.-$64.99 SKU: 076430

2. North momentum Tower- $151.99 SKU: 995134

The programs I frequent, usually multiple at the same time

Solidworks

Fusion

Inkscape

Blender

Discord

Epic games

Bambu Studios

Thanks in advance for your help!

What do you think regarding MAYUMI or kingster external hard drive? As I see the current prices of WD and Seagate are out of my budget, I am looking to buy one of these, or perhaps you have other options or brands I should consider that are under 5k or 6k.

Let me know in the replies which one would be the best. I want to buy this to back up my files and store my YouTube videos.

So currently, I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti for my GPU and I have recently bought a GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16G Graphics Card, PCIe 5.0, 16GB GDDR6 to replace it.

I’ve been told my GPU is quite old and anything newer would be better, but I just want to make sure if this is decent purchase/upgrade. Seeing prices surge is making me panic buy and I’m also not that knowledgeable about PCs so any help is appreciated!

I have a GA Aorus 3060 12gb and an i7 4790 with ddr3 ram and I want to upgrade my cpu. I need to upgrade motherboard and ram if i want to upgrade. Any recomendations? Max budget of 200€

My computer died all of a sudden on the Assrock X870 Steel Series motherboard and the CPU red light is on. I tried the CPU on a MSI motherboard with same issue. I can't replace the CPU since it was bought used.

Would it be risky to buy 7600X and use it on the same motherboard to save some money or should I try to sell the motherboard instead and buy a 7600X combo at microcenter?

The computer will mostly be used for internet browsing, roblox and fortnite at most.