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>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases
State BUDGET and COUNTRY or you will NOT be helped
Guide: https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
>CASE
mATX: AP201, Lian Li A3, XT M3
ATX: XT PRO (ULTRA), AIR 903 Base/MAX, Lancool 207/217, Flux Pro, Meshify 3, 4000D FRAME, X50, BF360
Dual Chamber: Y60/70, O11 Vision, Antec C8
>CPU
Gaming: 14600K, 7/9600X, 7800X3D, 9850X3D
Budget: 12400, 12600K, 7500F
Workstation: 265K, 9950X3D
*Multiple manufacturers reporting issues on AM5 platforms. Do your research.
*On Raptor Lake microcode is mandatory
>COOLER
AIO: Thermalright Frozen Edge, Cooler Master Atmos, Lian Li GA II Lite, Corsair Nautilus RS, be Quiet Silent Loop 3
Dual tower: A620 PRO SE, Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3, NH-D15 G2
ITX/>42mm RAM: Mugen 6 Dual Fan, AXP120-X67
TIM: MX-7, Duronaut, PTM7950 (phase change), KryoSheet (carbon sheet)
>MOTHERBOARD
Avoid ASRock AM5 boards, CPU degradation issues still reported.
https://mobomaps.com/
>RAM
DDR5: 2x16GB 6000CL30 (AMD), 6400CL32 (Intel)
Workstation: 2x 32GB (budget), 2x48GB or 2x64GB (high-end)
DDR4: 3200CL16, 3600CL18
>SSD (Keep firmware updated)
DRAMless: SN7100, NM790
PCIe Gen 4.0: SN850X, 990 Pro (Windows)
Gen 5.0: SN8100
https://borecraft.com/
>GPU
Budget: Arc B580, used card
Midrange: 9060 XT 16GB, 5070, 9070
High-end 1440p & Midrange 4K: 9070 XT
Premium: 5090
*Exercice caution with 12VHPWR on high end nvidia cards with high power draw.
*5070 ti and 5060 ti 16gb production is paused. Don't buy at current insane prices.
>PSU
Buying guide:
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-har dware-busters/
>MONITOR
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/
https://pcmonitors.info/
>OS
Activate Windows @ >>>/g/fwt
>CASE FANS
Meta: Case with good stock PWM fans
Midrange: Arctic P12 Pro, P14 Pro (5-pack, loud @ higher RPM)
High-end: Fractal Momentum, Noctua G2 (140mm or 120mm)
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>>108072980
just do the needful and hope that the mods one day do the same.
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gaymers btfo
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/report-claims-nvidia-w ill-not-be-releasing-any-new-rtx-ga ming-gpus-in-2026-rtx-60-series-lik ely-debuting-in-2028
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>>108072989
>200 dollars over msrp for the shittiest bottom of the barrel msi shadow model
>>108072980
Both are true stop simping for corporations
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>>108073015
it's not your call to decide the current price is "insane" or not, if people listen to it and wait then the prices go up even higher they'll wish they didn't take your meaningless tranny opinion as fact.
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>>108072821
It was a thing since time immemorial.
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>>108073028
>Buy now before the prices go up even higher! You don't want to miss out do you!
Get out of here with your FOMO shilling. Not recommending to pay over 1000 USD after tax for a mid range 70 ti class gpu is perfectly reasonable. This is not r/nvidia
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How do you explain to your mom that your graphics card costs more than her hospital visit to deliver you?
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>>108072821
>>108073034
cont.
>>108073039
>releases a 400mm^2 chip for B770
>trading blows with 181mm^2 5060ti
Intel might reach silicon usage parity in the next two generations but right now I wonder if TMSC even want to waste their fab on them.
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>>108073055
I'm only doing it because you're being a faggot and doing the opposite, telling people to wait as if you know prices will go down and won't go up another 200% first. The correct choice is to not weigh in on this at all, but since you're being a massive faggot, so am I. Great thread.
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>>108073104
What B650E do you have?
>>108073171
The 800-series boards have, if I recall right, two USB4 ports which support speeds up to 40Gbps. The typical USB port on the rear I/O will support anywhere between 5Gbps and 20Gbps, though usually the USB ports are 5-10Gbps.
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Odd question, what is the smallest case that supports 140mm fans all around with enough room for a 357mm gpu? My case is fine, but I'm probably not shoving hdds in there like I planned so I can downsize it a bit.
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I'm sending back the entire build I ordered from Newegg. Fuck it. It isn't worth wasting my time and money on this hobby anymore. I refuse to pay these god-damned prices for a video card, and it isn't even worth it.
Look at the quality of games. They're all shit. The entire industry is a diarrhea nozzle. So what? I pay over $1,000 just so they can fail to optimize shit even further and I end up unable to maintain a stable frame rate? Let the entire games industry and every publisher end up having to answer to cloud service companies like Amazon regarding their hardware overheads. Fuck em.
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>>108073216
i think that was b550 and x570 and its not because of memory traces but because x570 had a whole host of problems like needing a chipset fan and having the chipset bottleneck the max bclk you could run while b550s didnt
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>>108073220
take the emulation pill, there are literally unlimited games on every older console that are still fun today and you run them on a toaster.
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>>108072965
post cute gpus :3
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>>108073232
if you're not a consumerist retard you should only be upgrading every 2 gens at most. Going from 3090 to 4090 to 5090 is real poor-coded behavior, it shows a lack of financial sense, which is not conducive to building wealth. If your upgrade path looks like that, I'm going to assume you're some poor retard.
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>>108073263
Bothering to wade through second-hand marketplaces just to offload your gamer toy is also middle class behavior at best; it is more financially sensible, so it's not as poor-coded, but it's also not something someone actually wealthy would consider worth their time to do.
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>>108072965
i’d have thought white parts in a white case featuring a black interior would look tacky but it actually completes the build in a way. is having no rear exhaust really a good idea, though, or is that just a display piece
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well well well
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>>108073254 is mine cute enough?
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>>108073275
Breeding sex and taking her gloves off so I can also hold her hands raw. So much skin contact I need to be even closer to her... shedding our electrons so electromagnetism no longer keeps us nanometers from actual contact and directly colliding our nuclei and turning into plasma together ejecting x-rays gammas and neutrons in pulses equivalent to the rhythm of me making love to her...
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>>108073398
so?
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Woohoo! It's been a frigging shitshow but after ordering a restocking PeNYs 5060 Ti 16Gb for 450€ that never restocked, a 500€ Assus one that was mistakenly marked as in stock when it wasn't, I now have another ticket on Mr. Skeltal's ride. Doot doot!
This time it's a 500€ Nigabite Eagle, refurbished. I'll make sure to stress test it with FurMark and Unigine Heaven but apart from looking at serial number is there any way to check if the previous owner didn't send back a wrong model? Like, can you even flash a 4060 or 5060 with a 5060 Ti 16Gb bios to trick the PC itself? Or is it not a thing and I'll know as soon as I plug the thing?
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Why is choosing a case so hard these days?! How did it get so competitive there's a million options and not one is just perfect?!
Wish the rest of the components were like this.
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>>108073438
time to take the zotac pill
>https://www.pccomponentes.de/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-twin-ed ge-oc-16gb-gddr7-reflex-2-rtx-ai-dl ss4
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>>108073476
but it exists
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>>108073438
You couldn't flash GPUs to higher tiers for like a decade now. Even if they use the same die they physically disable the FPU clusters at the factory. At best you can increase the power limit and increase the clocks.
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>>108073476
There's this if you want something clean
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>>108073491
>over $3000
lol wut?
>>108073501
Looks all right, but I don't want my ports on the bottom.
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>>108073479
Hey what do you know, it is available at the same price in my country too. Could have saved 10€ but more than anything could have saved myself nearly three weeks of bullshit.
Looks like I have a backup plan if this refurbished 5060 Ti is a dud. Danke mein Krautanon.
>>108073496
Thanks, I was slightly concerned about being tricked because it's a refurbished piece of tech but you are easing me already. Now I just hope the guy didn't send it back because of coil whine. Hate this stuff.
Weird to send back a 5060/5070 Ti 16Go anyway, those two cards keep pumping in price since HUB video.
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>>108073476
Could wait for this.
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>>108073271
>Unchecked Elitism goes from "you're poor" to "you're middle class" in two posts max.
Realize poor and middle class makes up for 80% of your population and give them more love. You admitted yourself middle class are financially sensible people, why then should they play pretend to be nouveau rich by pinching their nose at the second hand market while looking away? You single out the poor for not being cost efficient but then you single out middle class people for being cost efficient. Pick a lane your Lordship.
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>>108073661
What's up with the knobs? I'm curious. The zen garden theme is underplayed: switch the LED on a yellow sand to green bush gradient, then get some winy tiny pebbles, a small buddha and plastic banzaï to put at the bottom.
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>>108073661
I'm trying to build a pc, not an aquarium.
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I'm sorry but I can't trust retards on discord so I'll try on here.
U.K., £3600/$4887 budget
Use case: smooth high end gaming with good fps at 4k, I assume I'd get a lot of fps for comp games either way with a great PC. Essentially a PC that'll do really good for current games and future games. I also care about having good storage so good SSD's are important to me but not enough to sacrifice performance since they can be bought later so whatever is possible at the time. Monitors I'll buy afterward.
If you need anything else out of me just ask.
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>>108073688
Apparently they're aiming for $150.
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Knobs are RGB control, apparently.
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>>108073800
>3600 quid.
That is realistically enough to get more than you could ever want or really use.
But consider if you spend £800 less, you could get this.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/techforge-sakura-amd-ryzen-9800x3d-rade on-9070-xt-modded-gaming-pc-sys-tcf -00087.html
And it's really pretty. I'd probably ask them to chuck a 5080 in there and pay the difference.
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DOOR STUCK
DOOR STUCK
PLEASE
I BEG YOU
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>>108073874
just add this figure into that pc and its complete
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Anyone kind enough to help a retard out?
I cloned my OS to a larger drive, but the primary partition maxes out at 2tb.
I know I need to use GUID to extend beyond that, but I don't actually know how to do that on an existing partition, and even if I could, would I actually be able to extend that partition into the remainder of the drive?
Also why can't I just create a fresh partition in the unallocated space?
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>>108073011
so that means that rtx5000 super will be out in 2027 r-right?
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>>108074084
Maybe
the x3d lingered around 35-40 degrees on nioh while the 9600x is more around 60, and unless it overclocked itself without my knowledge, no extra performance settings, not even an undervolt
I genuinly have no idea whats going on, or which I should send back
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>>108074166
the point is vram is super premium priced now and nvidia can use tsmc capacity howevere they want
if they can produce more advanced silicon to pair with that expensive vram that makes more sense than trying to move volumes of 50xx gpus
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>>108074175
Checking the defaults with hwinfo, the 9800 had a voltage of about 1.1 while the 9600x has 1.35
Im not entirely sure how to read this, this was the max voltage or whatever, but again, I made no changes to either of them regarding voltages
Ill post some images after I get back, but if i got this correctly I just got a really nice 9800 and a really bad 9600 or something?
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>>108074209
You're misreading the situation.
First, Intel and AMD's GPUs are just that: pure gaming cards that no one bother to buy.
Second, this is nothing like the mining boom were gaymers suddenly had to compete with hordes of people inflating the market by turning a consumer level equipment into an investment. This is about a handful of mega corporations using infinite money to buy so much professional grade cards that not much is left to produce the consumer level ones anymore. No one outside the gayming world has to compete for a 5070 Ti and killing ComfyUI won't affect its pricing. There's just not enough VRAM and times to produce enough for gaymer cards once the big business to business contracts are settled.
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It's probably cancelled, at best i can see them releasing a 5080 TI with 24gb of vram and a 5090 TI with 48 GB if intel get serious with their workstation cards like the b70 and maufacture enough volume to cut into their profits with cheap 48gb/24gb vram cards
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>>108074418
No use. The data centers aren't even competing with cards. So the idea that any new cards are going to be manufactured is a moot point.
No new cards for the foreseeable future. They don't care about the consumer market and even Nvidia will bury the dead body that is their consumer offerings in sacrifice to the great datacenter in the sky.
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>>108074486
Nvidia cares about local AI, they want the students and university using their products, and intel is the only that already has shown that they are willing to release these cards (b70 has already 32gb of ram) and b50 had 24gb and was cheap and avaliable unliek the 9700X from AMD which you cant purchase unless you buy them in bulk sa B2B costumber source i tried to get one
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>Nvidia cares about local AI
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>>108074512
Yes anon, smuggling nvidia pro workstation cards is much harder but 5090s are much easier to smuggle to china so if intel releases a good and cheap 48 GB and 24GB workstaiton product in 2027 you bet nvidia would be pressed to release the 5080 ti and 5090 ti to match them
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>be worried about snapping the clips on the top panel
>end up working it up and it pops off normally
>take off front panel for today's belated Prime95/Furmark torture test
>get to the last clip on the bottom right
>it fucking flies off onto the floor front first to the side of the case and dents the edge
I fucking hate my luck and choices sometimes. Also, this old magnetic mesh filter from my SG1 actually looks pretty baller applied to thid chassi and would be a perfect fit if it was 360mm instead of 280mm.
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>>108073011
>Did not buy 5090 but waited
>It's fine I'll build pc 2027 when 6090 drops
>2028
>Did not buy pc before ram crisis
>Did not buy latest and probably last 5090 FE drop in EU for cheap
>Things will get worse
>Forever without a decent PC
>Life is just about eternal waiting without any benefit
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>>108074705
Okay so apparently I misread the instructions and didn't realize I was pushing outward instead of inward on those tabs, so that's good news. Bad news is that the rear right lock is fucking inaccessible and cannot be pushed down without removing the fan. Furthermore, the HDD cages actually make airflow to the GPU a bigger issue than I thought compares to cases with PSU shrouds given how spread out they are, pressure falls off dramatically. Old cases would rectify this problem by having fresh air being fed directly from side vents, but we don't do that in Germany I guess.
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>>108074837
They're not gonna release any. Zen 3 X3D was reusing already manufactured cache modules that didn't go into Epyc CPUs. When they ran out of stable enough silicon for the 5800X3D they made the underclocked 5700X3D and they ran out again.
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>>108074969
Nah. If you play @1440 you did okay. But If you wanted to scalp your fellow gaymers then yeah. You might have a three to six months window for 20% profits when we will be in the thick of it whereas anything 16Gb+ will be in high demand for a long time.
Unless this data centers scam crash. Then everybody gets a card and most of us overpaid.
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waitfags btfo
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>>108073318
>autistic loonix Finn isn't friends with anyone
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>>108075082
Zen3 still gets made for those Epyc SKUs and it's been awhile since the 5700X3D. They very likely have a stash of Zen3 chiplets that don't quite meet the Epyc standards that could be repurposed for a new Zen3 consumer chip, assuming they have the 3D Vcache available, another 5700/5800X3D release, or even a 5850X3D release is possible.
Could also be microcenter exclusive if they're really low on chiplets and want to release a new CPU but don't want to deal with a wider worldwide release. (like they did with the 5600X3D)
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I paid $610 after taxes for this on Tuesday, how badly did I fuck up?
My other options were to FOMO into a 5060 Ti for $50-$100 less or a used 3090 for $150 more, upgrading from a 3060 Ti. It still has to survive crossing the Atlantic ocean.
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>>108075848
I passed on buying a used 3090 for $700 because reasons so it was either this or pay a similar amount and lose 70% of your performance uplift in Optix rendering for 4GB more VRAM or pay almost $900 for an MSI Shadow 5070 Ti new at Microcenter after I became aware it was an option or pay the same for a second hand outlet 5070 Ti here.
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>>108075909
do you need the vram? it's fine to play any game at 1440p. There's good reason 5070 is already the #5 GPU on Steam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_conductivity_and_resistivity
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>measure case's native vertical PCIE to PSU shroud
>it's longer/taller than a normal PCIE bracket
So my case is expecting you to buy a proprietary PCIE riser that has a unique standoff that adds an extra 5-8mm of height to hold the GPU vertically besides the side tab bracket
and the stupid kit is outdated (PCIE 3) and not cheap even if I wanna buy it just to use the standoffs for another brand
Fuck you Fractal. I'm sending them some nasty ass emails.
Why the FUCK are there no good cases anymore that don't have homosexual glass windows? I don't wanna see my guts or be blinded by LEDs.
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>>108076453
I want to mount it vertical because I heard it makes the GPU and motherboard last longer / extends their lifespan due to how Xbox hueg modern GPUs are.
Also I don't like the idea of anti sag brackets. The one I got is barely tall enough to hold up my current setup since the bottom PSU shroud to GPU length is something like 15cm or something. I'm not at home but it's stupidly tall.
I was hoping to easily vertical mount without any hassle but I also don't want to sacrifice my current PCIE slots because I may want to add a sound card but now I guess I will have to suffer the onboard SPDIF out to an external DAC anyway.
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>>108076470
I'll explain this before it gets confusing. Different CPUs have different sockets. Like currently AMD CPUs use AM5. I don't know what the Intel sockets at the moment are, but I remember it being like LGA #### or something like that. So your CPU has a socket it needs to pair up with. It can't just go into any modern motherboard. So if looking for one thing or the other, just make sure what you're buying will match up.
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>>108075987
>do you need the vram
Realistically not that much, I only play older games save for Minecraft with lots of mods and path traced shaders, occasionally prompting some stuff in SD but nothing serious. I don't do movie-tier Blender scenes anymore with high res assets so I could probably compromise. Probably.
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>>108075991
As much as people justifiably hate the tech, if I could fire up my old CRT and play something like Half-Life path traced with even better DLSS performance, it would probably be the perfect screen to experience those kind of graphics because resolution is always native.
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https://asrock.com/news/index.asp?iD=5743
>TAIPEI, Taiwan, 5th February, 2026 - ASRock is closely monitoring recent discussions regarding the performance and behavior of AMD Ryzen™ 9000 series processors on ASRock AMD platforms. In response to these reports, we have implemented comprehensive internal reviews and rigorous verification processes. We have been working in seamless coordination with AMD continuously to further validate system performance across a wide range of hardware configurations, while optimizing BIOS and enhancing overall system stability.
>ASRock deeply values user feedback as a cornerstone of our continuous improvement. Customers experiencing technical difficulties or seeking further assistance are encouraged to contact the ASRock Technical Support Department. We remain committed to delivering high-performance products that meet the highest standards of quality and performance.
Asrock is excited to tell you jack about what causes the issues.
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>>108076521
That is pretty dumb.
You could look into something like the Phanteks bracket that supports it's own weight/sits atop fans.
Alternatively there's the EZDIY-FAB Shield, which mounts your GPU upright and looks very wacky.
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>>108076657
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The funny thing is that people buying all the overpriced hardware probably means we're going to be looking at the normalization or even elevation of those prices. Because clearly people would pay $1000 for an RX 9060, right? If they had no choice, they'd just pony up the money. Because they're totally captive. A 5090 should be $100,000. The dumbasses would pay for it.
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>>108076731
If it were ever found that a hardware company were intentionally sabotaging their shit through drivers to obsolete them and force the sale of new shit, it would be grounds to hobble and crucify everyone involved.
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9600x vs 9800x3d guy here
Can anyone with an actual understanding of this shit figure out how I did on the silicon lottery or whatever?
Hear 9600xs are also dying now, thank fuck I dont have an assrock I guess, but it still kinda spooks me
>get 9800x3d
>they start exploding
>pivot to 9600x
>they start exploding
I'll go ahead an invest in AI now
Remember my sacrifice
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>>108076521
You have a case with a floor shroud and no fans attached. Buy a support bracket / pole or three. Also that is small and thin card by today's standards, you are not rich enough to be worrying about GPU sag.
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Thanks. I'm emailing Fractal later today to see what they suggest and vent my concerns. I'm going to guilt trip them over much I spent on the case.
It's so lame there's no thick walled, no-window cases on the market, except custom cases that cost thousands of dollars (I forgot but they're a Canadian and or Swedish engineering case company) which I'm awfully now tempted to buy so I just keep reusing that case for the next 20 years (then I'll hit 60 and stop caring about the world by then)
and looking up the accessory on Fractal I cannot tell if this is a unique standoff or re-using 2 more motherboard standoffs until I get home from work
Building a PC is tough when you work 10 hours days and start getting close to 40 years old, I just wanna come home and cooler dinner and crash on the couch
Dont take your youth for granted /pcbg/
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based Konata anon
>>108076706
I bought the dip on some $GLD but I wish I spent $10k more on international ETFs over the last 6 months... Some are up 30% fug
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I just built a new computer with a 9800X3D last week, I had no idea they were dying en masse
am I fucked...?
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>>108076842
Yeah it's a 5070 Ti - MSI gaming trio
But I may want to go to a 6080 in 4 years if they ever do release
I bought at $800 but REALLY wanted the Noctua 5080 to pair with my aesthetics but it's price was already $1550 -- why spend almost double for 15-20% perf gains?
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>>108076833
you dumb nvigger no AMD chips or GPUs explode except to user sabotage. 9000 series is fool proof, the reddit posts are fake. reddit and computer journalism are liars and scum. put the PC together correctly and this gen for AMD has been solid reliable. I mean most nvidia stuff works too unless user error. intel is more american scams.
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>>108076861
1. Fearmongering
2. May be mobo brand and bios related
3. Theory is some mobos and or bios version are letting vddin (?) get too high on boot which stresses the vrm and CPU last I read --- so if you barely reboot you're fine
Also mostly reported on ASrock and Asus mobos more than anyone
Also again don't believe unemployed disinfo /g/ posters, it's like COVID, blown out of proportion
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>>108076916
I'm using an Asus mobo.... fuck me ;_;
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>>108076896
I swear it's all user sabotage. I interrogate AI over when it prompts me with nuws and it's skewed by reddit freaks who unseat things, probably spray water on it.
I've used PSU cables incorrectly before but I realized my mistake fast.
9000 series is bulletproof. there's no RMAs from any specific type unless you have a real ultra rare processor defect.
unlike intel chips failing.
also finally: assrock (assus)
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>>108077136
there are no mass failures
stop getting gaslit
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>>108077173
you will not win against this retard
>all red cpus are failing
>blue? theres no way they rusted or sudoku themselves goy
and depending of what he took after waking up, it will switch to red vs green instead
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>>108072965
Petition to change this section of OP from:
>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases
State BUDGET and COUNTRY or you will NOT be helped
Guide: https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
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>upgrade & build advice
don’t
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Can I trust Gemini to pick out a motherboard for me?
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>>108077222
Why does it have to be red versus blue?
Can't CPUs just not die?
Used to be the one component that was basically unquestionable and a safe bet when buying used.
Or is gayming performance and the ability for mobo venders to abuse CPUs more important?
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>>108077173
Jesus, 4.6%.
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>>108077257
I suppose if you were just going to look at the first tomshardware link that had a list of recommended boards its not much different
But personally I would be thinking about what features I actually want and look for those features specifically rather than just lol this one is ok
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Anything wrong with this mother board if I just want to use my current Intel 12th gen CPU, and use DDR5 ram?
This one is actually at a local store, so I could get it in a few minutes and set up my new rig.
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Concise CPU and GPU guide for newfags
>Intel + Nvidia = Faggot Normie Consoomer or Indian
>Ryzen + Nvidia = Reddit
>Intel + Arc = Brain Damage
>Ryzen + Arc = Schizo
>Intel + Radeon = Schizo
>Ryzen + Radeon = Real PC Enthusiast #Pewdiepie approved
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>>108077474
you might have to be careful with fitting a big cpu cooler with all ram slots filled and the mobos obstructive elements around the cpu
Id still rec upgrading to am5 with a better x3d cpu since you got the ram already, and manufacturers want to get rid of mobos/cpus due to people generally being unable to build systems due to ram pricing.
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>>108077495
>>Intel + Nvidia = Esoteric ancient knowledge tier
>>Ryzen + Nvidia = Normie tier
>>Intel + Arc = Mossad tier
>>Ryzen + Arc = Schizo tier
>>Intel + Radeon = GPU was cheaper tier
>>Ryzen + Radeon = Normie political stance tier
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>>108077535
>>>Intel + Nvidia = Esoteric ancient knowledge tier
eh im just old and set in my ways.
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>>108077547
ye
amd cpus have been the standard rec for gaming for like 5 years now
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>>108077633
depends
some intel cpus have a lot of cores and then you may get multicore stuff done faster if you have 20 core cpu vs 8 core
but these days 9950x3d is the go to cpu for mixed usage, 16 cores and the x3d makes the cpu good for gaming.
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>>108077633
if you're looking at mainstream platform productivity, 9950x vs 285k is going to come down largely to use case, they trade blows a lot and the Intel is generally slower in gaymes. If you need quicksync in particular though Intel wins hands down. If you just need raw horsepower and time is money there's no reason to stick to mainstream though, go up to HEDT where Intel has absolutely no answer to Threadripper.
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>>108077669
Man, PC stuff is so confusing. It's like there's never just one clear answer.
My work is CAD stuff, Photoshop, large file transfers, etc etc. Leaving web browsers open for a month and never closing them.
I've never had a single problem with Intel stuff in the 20+ years I've been using computers. I don't think a minor game FPS drop would bother me.
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>>108077627
NTA but I've done it before
Motherboards can get pretty spendy after a few years once they stop being sold at retail.
Actually make senses to buy a cheaper board in the beginning and then snap up a cheap higher end one later. Get an upgrade and have a spare should something happen.
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>>108077705
It is not 50% faster. Maybe 20%. With pathfagging it might pull ahead by a lot more but that's a hairworks tier piece of njudea bullshit
I have a 5080 too so im not a radeon shill or anything.
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>>108077674
price is actually £550 or something for the motherboard but with reasonable discounts its still a £450 board so I got a good deal
also amazon refunded me a whole £20 for the PSU because it arrived missing cables when they said it was just a damaged box, i can use cables from my random cable box to make up for it
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>>108077682
Months ago I bought 64g of DDR5 for like 60$.
And I also got an ASUS Prime 5070Ti that I haven't opened yet.
My current motherboard can't support DDR5, so that's why I was looking for a board that could use my current cpu with the DDR5.
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>>108077760
You anons play at 720p low?
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>>108077705
>>108077731
9070 XT is actually faster than 5080
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>>108077785
yeah it looks like the 5080 is only about 8% faster here, it's obviously going to vary from game to game though 20% is just an average. Not really considering the overclocked 9070 xt since it's apples to oranges, the 5080 is a pretty wicked overclocker, if you wanted to make a fair comparison the 5080 is a solid overclocker and i suspect would take a double digit lead over the overclocked 9070 xt. Radeon does give a lot of raw raster for the price though, njudea's advantages lie mainly in gimmicks like pathshitting and having better hallucinated frames and upscaling. Cuda too, if you're into that.
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What are some good benchmark programs with(3dmark) or no leader-boards(gpu-z or something)?
Last thing left was the GPU and it's coming but I still wanted to benchmark all my components before I swap them out for the new stuff.
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>>108077825
Ram is super easy to steal in mass quickly because unlike gpus or cpus it's not screwed into the machine. Smash the stupid ass glass tower, pop the latches, grab 'n move on to the next workstation.
It'd probably still be worth stealing the quadros and stuff but that's a lot of extra time spent per computer extracting it...
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Where the fuck can I buy a sexy sleeved SATA cable? Cablemod is out of stock 60cm for straight to straight on Amazon
Fuck
I don't wanna use Newegg because they charge for USPS shipping that is absolutely ass
I've been spoiled by Amazon
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>>108077922
>SATA
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>>108078036
Well maybe those in power should be focusing on automation to uplift the masses and create a better quality of life rather than diving down the ketamine-fueled rabbit hole that is glorified chatbots and data regurgitation algorithms. Hard to do an investment scam when you're actually expected to present physical results, I guess.
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Poor college student. Need a PC capable of light compiling, VMs, notes, etc for school shit. I also want to be able to game the few things I play. I mostly play games that are intended to run on toasters so as to garner large player bases. Apex Legends, Overwatch, Path of Exile 2. 90% of this build is from eBay.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bQQKH3
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Legit question:
Why you guys can't just have a normal case like pic related? Why you guys must put RGB leds on everything? Why your hardware must have many edges like bismuth?
Why you must have a glass to see your motherboard?
No offense but each time I see such things on a computer I only see those bad taste rednecks 'tuning' cars
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>>108078064
It's a bit of both.
It isn't your responsibility, but you are still much better off than they are.
>>108078085
What's the principle? I would love to get free shit but unfortunately I have to work for it, on principle you could say well that's wrong, but it's the way things are.
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>>108078103
Because there's no more fucking normal cases
Are you implying people without options are the ones wanting this?
I want a good solid case with plenty of room and modern QOL case features (vertical mounting and easy cable management and toolless and or ability to have multiple HDD etc) but noooo all the cases are for faggots who wanna be blinded by their shit
Trust me as a millennial boomer I hate this small case fishtank shit
I want a 3 foot case
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>>108078110
because the world now has even greater production capacity and more efficient supply lines for making gpus compared to even a decade ago yet they still increase the prices on people generation over generation.
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>>108078103
give me top end hardware with all the RGB removed, plain black shrouds on the GPU with plain long life span fans, a windowless case with long life span fans pre-installed, etc. Make the boxes they come in also plain brown cardboard boxes. Take all the savings and pass it onto the consumer. as it is, the non RGB stuff all costs more than just buying the slop and turning it off.
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>>108077474
Okay, about to go to Best Buy and get this.
Going to use my old cpu which is 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12600KF, 3700 Mhz, 10 Cores, 16 Processors.
And my new 64g of DDR5 and with my new 5070Ti.
Anyone want to call me retarded before I do, so I know there's something wrong with my choice?
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>>108078131
I don't see any of you guys removing all those RGB leds and lgbt colors...so you guys only custome your stuff when is OS but not when is hardware?
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>>108078136
Okay, guess I'll have to throw a copy of windows on a flash drive.
Sorry, one more dumb question.
If I have SSDs with stuff on them. Can I just unplug them before doing the reformat, and then plug them back in after installing windows? Or will they not work with the new windows?
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>>108078159
>buy brand new item with warranty, unforuntately has RGB cancer
>RGB cancer can be turned off via the accompanying software
>NO YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY ALTER YOUR HARDWARE TO REMOVE THE LEDS
you're a retarded autist
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>>108078159
I have to install iCue to disable RGB or make white only
I have to install gay MSI software to disable the GPU LEDs
Thankfully the motherboard RGB has a literally toggle on the motherboard
Also learn 2 English
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>>108078095
>sata
>fine
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>>108078190
>>RGB cancer can be turned off
>>via the accompanying software
the software is malware as well.
>>108078204
*subhuman
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>>108078188
Unplug during reinstall and just plug in afterwards
You might need to assign drive letter in computer management after the install which Google AI can spoonfed you steps, real real simple
Just unplug during reinstall so you don't accidentally fuck with your storage data
Also someone bake before the faggot Canadian with his disinfo spergs about again I'm at work
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>>108078208
>he fell for the gaming laptop meme
Classic
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>>108078205
>what is MLC for OS
skill issue
also NVME only truly shine heavily with sustained reads and writes which is not OS booting or basic program access
it's also good for a scratch drive for a minimal page when you set it to low if on a high RAM system
if you don't know then you don't know
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Thank you. Appreciate the help.
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>>108078224
enjoy your throttling jet turbine of a laptop
>not 2007
Trust me, I know.
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>>108078253
i mean pathtracing really is just hairworks tier bullshit but upscaling and framegen have use cases. AMD not having functional framegen at all is a pretty big black mark against them. The 9070 xt feels like it's tailor meant for playing games made before 2019 at 4k high hz....
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Not totally sure I understand this.
But my CPU won't bottle next my GPU at 1440p, right?
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>>108078268
>9070xt tailor made for raster
>loses in raster to 5080
That's the real problem, if they suck at rt or pt but beat the shit out of 50 series in raster, people would have a reason to buy them at the current pricing.
Actually they suck at everything, raster or rt or ai.
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>>108078329
its just a general idea that you should buy the best cpu can afford so that when games are heavy on the cpu you notice it less
buying a good 3xd cpu means you'll have less issues in future games when they stress the cpu
bottlenecks isnt a good way to think about it outside of "this part is shit and this other part is premium"
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>>108078357
idk why people talk about future bottlenecks as if they aren't just going to swap cpus the next time something shiny comes out
even if you don't you're going to become progressively more gpu bottlenecked unless you swap gpus
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>>108078268
>entirely new (for real-time rendering) lighting engine that also works for providing accurate real-time reflections
>a meme
Pick one. Hair has also gone to shit since hairworks and furworks were sunset. Phsyics have been SHIT since hardware physX was sunset too.
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