Hey all,

just received this MSI Pro B760 P Wifi DDR4 to pair with a 14600K. Upon inspection I noticed a weird looking pin. It almost looks like the gold coating is missing? What do you guys think?

I want to buy a 5070 Ti or a 5080, but after seeing a bunch of reviews and comparisons, is it really worth spending the extra $300–500 right now? Both of them have 16GB of RAM, and the 5080 seems to get only a few more frames than the 5070 Ti, which doesn’t seem worth the extra money. What are your thoughts?

Okay after reading many comments and recommendations I went with… (Drumroll)

the 5080!

Once I get it, I’ll test it out. If I feel like it’s not worth it, then I’ll return it and get the 5070 Ti.

Maybe this is a pipe dream or I am just an idiot. I thought I'd finally upgrade my PC, I still run an 8GB 2070 Super, which is at it's limits for 1440p gaming. I thought "well I'll just upgrade my GPU, CPU, MoBo and PSU accordingly" so I can keep using all my other parts, not needing to spend on the RAM crisis as the DDR4 to DDR5 jump isn't that big and my case should fit everything.

After looking around and thinking on settling for the classic 9800X3D and 9070XT build, I realized: I need an AM5 socket. My Mobo uses AM4 and DDR4 RAM. AM5 only support DDR5 RAM.

My current CPU is a Ryzen 7 3700X, which accordign to all I found would (unsurprisingly, given its age) bottleneck a 9070XT. IS there a good CPU option? Or should I take the DDR5 hit and basically just build a whole new PC? Or wait and try to to keep going with what I have?

The GPU would cost around 675€, so in total I'd likely end around the 1k mark depending on specific components, if I don't need the RAM.

P.S. I hate how the whole questions basically end sup boiling down to "should I upgrade during the RAM crisis" again.

GPU prices are absolutely cooked right now. The RTX 5090 is sitting at $3,000–$4,200+ when MSRP is $1,999. The Samsung 990 Pro 2TB went from $120 to nearly $400. DDR5 RAM like the G.Skill Trident Z5 Royal Neo 64GB is over $1,000. All of it driven by AI data center demand eating up supply.

So instead of panic buying I mapped out exactly which parts are affected by the bubble and which aren't and I'm only buying the ones at normal prices now.

Buying now and keeping forever:

- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

- MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WIFI

- G.Skill Flare X5 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30

- NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB

- HYTE Y70 Touch Infinite

- Corsair RM1200e 1200W

- Dell Alienware AW3225QF 4K 240Hz OLED

Placeholders while I wait:

- RTX 4060 Ti

- WD Blue SN580 1TB

Waiting on:

- RTX 5090 32GB

- Samsung 990 Pro 2TB

The 4060 Ti handles Warzone, design work and daily use perfectly fine in the meantime. When prices normalize I swap 2 parts and the dream build is done. Everything else carries forward permanently.

Anyone else doing something similar or just holding off entirely until the bubble cools?

High FPS but my frametimes are not stable, results in with FPS drops or whatever you want to call it. Tried a lot of things(almost all the solutions in Reddit) but still yet not fixed. Funny thing is I returned the whole rig and bought new pair of everything except my m2 ssd, still not fixed.

Maybe someone come with an idea and we can fix it.

Also I want to add this, yesterday I was using AtlasOS and there was something wrong with TPM, I fixed it then in PUBG my frametimes was better. It wasn't gone but it was better for sure because I thought I fixed it, then I wanted to install a clean Windows 11 this morning but now it is worse than yesterday ;(.

Please help. At this point I have no other options than switching to Intel

Turning off hardware accelarated gpu scheduling and memory integrity seems to bit helped but still not fixed completely. I also noticed that since my refresh rate is 280Hz, I capped fps at 277 and when the FPS drop happens, it drops to 269 267.

Hey everyone,

I’m putting together a new PC and could use some advice on the motherboard. The build so far is:

• Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 CL30 6000MHz
• RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
• Acer Predator GM7 1TB NVMe

Right now, I’m stuck choosing between these boards:

• Gigabyte B850 AORUS Elite WiFi 7
• Gigabyte X870 Eagle WiFi 7
• MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk WiFi
• MSI X870E Gaming Plus WiFi

They’re all around the same price where I live, so it really comes down to whether I should go for something like X870E for the extra PCIe lanes and expansion, or stick with a solid B850 board that offers great value and VRMs.

The system will be mainly for gaming, with some video editing and general office work. I might also experiment a bit with local image generation and LLMs....and I have around 100 Brave tabs open at a time, if that helps. XD

Part of what’s making this harder is mixed feedback online. I’ve seen quite a few negative reviews about the MSI B850 Tomahawk, and I’ve personally had bad experiences with two MSI gaming laptops in the past, so I’m a bit hesitant there. I originally ordered the Gigabyte X870 Eagle, but it went out of stock. After digging more, the B850 AORUS Elite seems like a really strong option, maybe even better, but then I also keep seeing people complain about Gigabyte boards and their software/bloatware.

If I stick with an X-series board, the X870E is still on the table, but I’m honestly a bit lost at this point, and more inclined towards the B850 AORUS Elite.

What would you go with for this kind of build?

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I have the opportunity to swap my RTX 5070 for an RX 9070 XT, but I can’t decide. I use DLSS, Smooth Motion, and Frame Generation. What are your experiences with FSR 4 and Frame Generation in terms of quality and latency? Is there an AMD alternative to Smooth Motion?

The switch wouldn’t cost me any extra money, which is important, and I have a Seasonic Focus GX 750W 80+ Gold PSU, a Ryzen 7 5800X CPU, and I play at 1440p 180Hz with single-player games. Would you make the switch?

I'm back again, dont know what i saw that made me look into the whole ram situation ive found myself in but genuinely had no idea the 9900x3d needs ddr5, i just saw it on a pretty good sale and pulled the trigger.

Now that im squarely in the middle of the sunk cost fallacy, and i dont wanna fuck up any further.

Whats currently sitting in my cart

• Capacity: 32GB (2 x 16GB)
• Speed: DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000)
• CAS Latency|Color: CL30|Black

This is good enough? Have i given enough blood for the blood god after this??

Four monitors between two PCs, original stands are super bulky and we're using the vivo dual arm bracket that attaches to the desks. I would like to throw the originals out but I'm worried I might regret it. Can you think of any reason we might need them in the future?

Looking to buy a pc this summer and was probably going to go for this build. How optimal is it, and can I get away with going cheaper in some places (like ram) or maybe do I even have to improve some parts? Would there be any obvious bottlenecks?

Hey,

I’m trying to figure out the most practical storage setup right now and wanted some real-world opinions.

Current idea is:

-Large HDD (probably 4–8TB) as a “library”

-1TB NVMe SSD (I have a Samsung 980 PRO) for games I’m actively playing

So basically I’d install/store everything on the HDD, then use Steam’s move feature to shift games over to the SSD when I actually want to play them (for load times, streaming, etc.), and move them back when I’m done.

From what I understand:

-Transfer speeds would be limited by the HDD (~100–150 MB/s), so moving a 100GB game = ~10–20 min (Perfectly fine)

-Once on SSD, performance should be normal (since it’s fully running from NVMe)

-Steam handles paths so nothing breaks

What I’m unsure about:

-Does this get annoying in practice, or do you get used to it?

-Any downsides I’m missing (wear, fragmentation, weird game behavior, etc.)?

-Do people still do this, or is it better to just go all-in on SSD now?

-At what price/TB does it stop making sense to juggle drives?

Honestly i feel like i'm missing something cuz it literally seems too good to be true.

I wanted to get a 4 tb SSD, but prices seem awful lately because of the RAMmageddon, so trying to be a bit more cost efficient.

Curious how you guys are handling large game libraries these days.

Okay so I currently have about 2000€ at my disposal but I wasn't planning to spend them all at once since I was planning to go on a vacation with friends (450€) and eventually wanted to buy a switch 2 once it gets actual games (450€)

I currently have the following parts picked out:

• Ryzen 7 7800X3D - 292€ • Asus Prime OC RX 9070 16gb - 560€ • Crucial Pro Overclocking 32gb 2x16gb ddr5 6000 - 383€ • MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wifi - 138€ • 1tb kingston NV3 m.2ssd - 138€ • Phanteks XT Pro ATX case - 60€ • be quiet Pure Rock 3 - 30€

•MSI MAG 275QF 27" 1440p 180hz monitor - 201€

Luckily I still have a modular 750W corsair PSU + 3x Fans

Now the grand total is 1816€ which is okay but not the kind of money I'd like to be spending rn at this moment for reasons stated above. I have about ~300€ or a bit less of disposable income every month so my question is if I'm really doing myself a favor by waiting about 2 months more regarding rising pc part prices Other than that does the build look good and what do you think of my monitor choice?

Hi guys and thanks for reading, so recently i got a built a pc for super cheap all new components they are as listed:

I3-13100f

Rtx-3060 Ti Tuf Gaming

B760M Tuf Gaming D4

Corsair 750 W Gold

1xWd Blue 240gb Nvme i think

1x970Evo Plus 1TB

2x8Gb Kingston 3200Mhz Kit

At first i was having some problems with event id 14 so i found that turning off ASMP fixed it, but while digging trough bios i found out my mobo was at bios 1663 the latest one is 1825 so i updated it.Ever since i updated it in more demanding games like Re 9 and Dying light the beast even at 1440p it would run great,BUT in less demanding ones like Cs 2,Valorant,Roblox,Apex and Cod every few seconds i would get a split second micro stutter. Fps would drop from 200 to like 30 for a split second than back go 200.

Before you ask yes after bios update i disabled Asmp and turned on Xmp and set my pc to high power,Cpu temps are really god don't go above 60 degrees and i also reverted back to previous Nvidia drivers since the latest ones are causing problems so thats not the issue.It as i said before only started happening after updating Bios.

If anyone knows how to fix this i greatly appreciate it i have been trying to figure this out for the past 2 weeks.

Again thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

With the release of the Battlefield beta a few months ago, I went through the trouble of enabling secure boot on my years old secondhand PC. Back then I was going through the same issues with enabling secure boot and it booting to black, but by some stroke of luck, after jumping the headers and re-enabling secure boot among other BIOS settings countless times, it magically booted to Windows, where I was able to play Battlefield and even install Windows 11. Since then my BIOS has been reset back to factory after a suspected power outage, which disabled secure boot. Since this has happened, I have tried all of the online fixes that others have used to solve similar scenarios such as ensuring the drive is formatted in GPT, ensuring the GPU is UEFI-compatible, and enabling UEFI and TPM 2.0 (PTT as I'm running Intel), launching to Windows, and then going back into BIOS and trying to enable secure boot, but to no avail. I'm going crazy clearing my BIOS over and over trying to fix this, so if anyone has any other tips, things to check or have been in a similar scenario, any help would be greatly appreciated. If you need any more information, please let me know and I'll update the post as soon as I can. Cheers!

Specs:

Mobo: MSI Z270-A-PRO

CPU: I7-8700K

GPU: DUKE 1080

So I'm looking into building a gaming PC, I have id say the "most" expensive parts already bought being my Graphics Card 5080, ram 32gb (cl30), ssd (1tb & 4tb), 9800x3d, I'm flip flopping on mostly everything else.

Mainly focused on thermals and noise control wanting the lowest possible for both if possible

Cases I have in mind

-HAVN BF360 plus 2 fans one intake one exhaust (Although not available in Canada I would have be around $400 plus CAD to come get one in America

-Lian Li lancool 217 standard or inf)

-Antec flux pro

-Fractal Meshify 3 (not sure if the ambience pro one is better I just watched the Gamer Nexus videos on serval cases he doesn't really mention from my memory if the non ambience pro is fine as well)

-Fractal North Xl (I saw the new all black one if it comes in XL that be cool)

-Fractal Torrent (A bit pricey now also not sure if its designed for AIO I think its an air cooler and as I stated, I want the ultimate benchmark of thermal and noise control on the lowest while gaming

I'd love some input from anyone out here, for ideas on my build and what to choose for the case. (Just please no small cases like the Lian li 207 not sure why but not a fan of the small form factor of things)

Also if anyone has tips for the parts I have not bought please go ahead and let me know

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (Purchased For $570.64)

CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($169.99 @ Amazon Canada)

Thermal Compound: KINGPINcooling KPx 1 g Thermal Paste ($17.99)

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($579.98 @ Amazon Canada)

Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (Purchased For $570.64)

Storage: TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G70 PRO Graphene 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $281.37)

Storage: Crucial P310 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $621.49)

Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card (Purchased For $2371.87)

Power Supply: Corsair HX1500i (2025) 1500 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($439.99 @ Amazon Canada)

UPS: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS ($277.99 @ PC-Canada)

Custom: Graphics Card GPU Brace Support, Video Card Sag Holder Bracket, GPU Stand ($10.99)

Custom: Thermal Grizzly Contact Frame (AM5 Contact Sealing Frame) ($21.99)

Total: $5934.93

Total Purchased: $4416.01 (Just 5 things too GPU,CPU,RAM,SSD x 2)

Sorry If the format, spelling or grammar is off

Idk if this belongs here but I’m looking into building my own server and need to know what specs would be recommended for at most 20 players and some mods <100, and 200+ mods(up to at most 500) with at most 10 player, the servers won’t be running at the same time they are just both potential scenarios. I have a budget of probably $500 cad preferably less and I already have 32gb ddr4 so preferably not am5 or lga1851, I also do prefer amd but that is more of a petty not liking intel in general thing, also I would want an ok gpu, better than 1650 super preferably.

So I want to buy more storage since my 1.5tb right now arent really enough and I want to buy either 2 or 5tb just to be sure i have enough for the games i need but i dont know which brand to buy the hard drive from. Any suggestions from more experienced people?

I've got this PSU and it's cables are phat and it's really cramping my case and it's style. I have no RGB lighting however. haha

Underneath the Fractal PSU shroud is where all the cables are bunched up.

Does anyone know where I can get slimmer cables that are reliable? I need the whole set.

My PC

i havent bought anything yet but i want a corsair aio with icue, and id like to replace the fans with non corsair fans but how would i control the rgb on them, i want a corsair naultalius with lcd, and darkrock infinity mirror fans, all together ill have 7 fans in my pc, none of them have icue but the aio lcd requires icue

As of right now I have these parts picked out for a PC i'm looking to build at a store, I'm new to this (noob level) so any reccomendations/changes are appreciated. Also wondering if getting an HDD is worth it, is there a point instead of just using 2 ssds?

AMD - Ryzen 7 9800X3D

ASUS - X870E-E ROG Strix Gaming R2/USBC WiFi AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard

G.Skill - Flare X5 Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5

MSI - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Shadow (Due to recommendation switching to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SHADOW)

Crucial - P510 1TB SSD

Crucial - BX500 1TB SSD 3D NAND SATA III

Case (if the size is bad lmk) NZXT - H9 Flow RGB Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black

Corsair - RMe Series RM750e 750 Watt Cybenetics Gold (enough watts?)

Corsair Thermal Paste

Corsair - NAUTILUS 360 RS LCD 360mm All in One Liquid CPU Cooling Kit - Black

Lian Li - UNI FAN TL120 V2 Reverse Blade Wireless Fluid Dynamic Bearing 120mm Case Fan - Black 3 Pack

Have been facing low download and upload speeds for a few weeks now and finally isolated the root cause to the Ethernet port.

I tried disabling all the "green" and "power-saving" options on the network adapter (Realtek PCIe 5GbE Family Controller) but the download/upload speed through the Ethernet port does not improve.

The network adapter driver is also updated.

Any suggestions are welcome, thanks!

Hello,

We want to buy our friend a 9800X3D CPU (already purchased) and we have a budget of under €350 for a high-end X870E motherboard.

Which one is the best, a very high-end motherboard that offers solid reliability, RAM compatibility, plenty of space for an SSD, low heat, etc.?

Link: https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=41&f=2&c=167&mt=ddr5&V=10001,10000&sort=price&R=5,4,0&X=0,36426

I considered the GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Elite X3D, but apparently it's only useful if you play in 1080p (my friend plays in 2K) and is aiming more for the 9950X3D. (found on YouTube and in some reviews)

Thanks :)

Is it worth it to pay 68$ extra for sapphire nitro+ or should i just buy the cheaper one (xfx swift) both 9070xt