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Think for yourself. Do not trust advice given here. Do your own research using the information in the stickies.

>A /pcbg/ for every use case and budget!

>News & Rumors
Just read TomsHardware -- industry is screwed until RAM/SSD/HDD catches up ;_;

>Price tracking
RAM: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/ram-price-index-2026-lowest-price-on-ddr5-and-ddr4-memory-of-all-capacities
SSD: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-price-tracking-2026-lowest-price-on-every-m-2-ssd
GPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/lowest-gpu-prices-tracking

>GPU hierarchy 2026
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

>PSU Reviews
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies
https://www.lttlabs.com/
https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-supplies

For tier-list enjoyers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/

>Storage Reviews
https://www.tweaktown.com/cat/storage/index.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=SSD
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/ssds/reviews

>Monitor Hunter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1illeNLsUfZ4KuJ9cIWKwTDUEXUVpplhUYHAiom-FaDo/

>Other helpful Links
Mobomaps, only lists a few AM5 boards but actively updated: https://mobomaps.com/
A PC build guide : https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
German autism : https://www.igorslab.de/en/
Monitor reviews : https://www.rtings.com/
Alternate to pcpartpicker: https://pangoly.com/en/pc-builder

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>AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT

Got tired of waitfagging for non-compromise display and ordered Odyssey OLED G6 (G61SD)
did i fucked up?

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>NVIDIA Geforce RTX 5070 Ti

>>108280786
its fine

didnt notice the new bread
pls respond, did i fuck up the fan thingies that fix it to the motherbaord?
>>108280805

>>108280815
prob not but i bet someone still makes a cooler that is compatible with your mobo for cheap.

>>108280707
>Monitor Hunter doc
>Asus XG27ACS
>'Best in Class 27” model'
What makes this "best in class"? The linked reviews don't seem all that positive.

OLED seems like a hassle so I'm wanting to go with IPS, just need 1440p and at least 144hz, but am willing to pay more for better quality.

>>108279770
Prolly cuz monitor ads haven't changed in more than two decades.
It's uncanny how they haven't changed much if at all. Every monitor/tv ad is just
>put vaseline/lower gamma in the rival monitor
>your monitor you want to sell is just stock w/ normal settings

There, that is the entire monitor ad's research. They don't need to put shit like tool makers: RPM, quieter, titanium/unobtanium FORGED tools. Real leather seats, cup holders and sockets for workfags like car makers.
>More vaseline, less power in rival tv. Done
No difference with TV Seller's ads from the 80s just:
>TRUE™ REAL ̶B̶L̶A̶C̶K̶S̶ NIGGERS FROM THE HOOD:Our monitors
>FAKE BUSTAS WHO LISTEN TO WHITE GIRL'S MUSIC:Rival's monitors
Almost every monitor has 1ms response times/different viewing modes/triple gaming modes/whatever with such fucking minuscule differences that only a Mantis Shrimp would notice.

The only thing that matters is what kind of panel you want, the size and resolution. Anything else is how much you are willing to pay The Cuck Markup over other brands. Really, I wish at least these cocksuckers bleeding people dry would at least offer cheap replacement parts like tool makers do for power tools OR state the kind of components inside to see where they are cheapening out.

>>108280853
If you want to play the contrarian bullshit on one of the most commonly reviewed & recommended 1440p gaming monitor, do that on your own time.
XG27ACS or the XG27ACG are good purchases when you get it on sale.
I don't own any ASUS monitor or ROG components btw.

normally i dont post those random videos but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2P9-1xpr38
impressive 2bh, 1030 running re9
if only jewreal engine was nuked from the earth

>9600xt 16gb for $420
>5060ti 16gb for $530
I plan to play on my 4k tv or stream AAA games to my steam deck. Is DLSS 4.5 really that good compared to FSR 4? How about performance on linux?

>>108280899
why not just play native on the deck

>>108280899
you def want a 5070 over both of those

>>108280899
>Is DLSS 4.5 really that good compared to FSR 4
Yes, DLSS 4.5 performance mode makes any 50 series card 4k capable.

>>108280899
If you want to run on Linux, just get AMD. Save yourself the headache.
I turn off the AI garbage, so I can't speak on either.

>>108280899
>>5060ti 16gb for $530
just get a 9070 with a bios flash at this point
>>108280915
>DLSS 4.5 performance mode makes any 50 series card 4k capable.

>>108280906
Because I want to play some new AAA games. The shilling on /v/ is making me want to play e33

>>108280924
the game is slop

>>108280933
brown

>>108280909
It's only 12gb though, isn't that a problem in the future?

>>108280941
it was made by brown people that is true

>>108280946
the higher perf in games is more relevant for your gaming experience
vram can always be tuned down in the settings

>>108280946
ye
more rtx = more vram
more upscailing = more vram

Is there a way i can stop games from raping my CPU when compiling shaders because it makes my CPU go to 100% usage and my temps go from like 50 to 70C+ and my CPU fan sounds like a jet engine

>>108280961
70c is fine. How often do you compile?

>>108280961
buy an air cooler so you hear the ramp up less
use noise cancelling headphones
limit the cpus boosting behavior/volts

>>108280946
it is but hes retarded and fucked up buying one so he also needs to fuck up over anons too
>>108280961
clean up and repaste
or just make a better curve, jet engine at 70c? youre doing it wrong

>>108280916
Oh so I guess nvidia is still unoptimized on linux then

>>108280961
just change the fan curve retard

>>108280946
No not unless you're maxing out settings which will kill your performance anyway. I haven't come across any game personally which requires even 10GB vram even at 4K when I target 60 fps which means either using DLSS or turning settings down which in turn lowers vram anyway. Just because a card has a lot of vram doesn't mean it can use it aside from caching, but all GPUs do that and it doesnt affect performance or visuals. For example a 5060 ti 16gb will be running sub 30 fps by the time you max out settings and enable shit like path tracing which will use up a lot of vram at 4K. But who's going to do that? Nobody. 12GB is fine for the foreseeable future. Consoles only have that much available for games and games are built around console specs.

>>108280692
>>Budget: Arc B580, 9060xt
>-Used: 2080, 2080ti
>*<16 gb constrained even at 1080p
>Midrange: 5060ti 16GB, 9070, 5070
>-Used: 3080, 3080ti, 4070 (~$380)
>4k : 9070xt, 5070ti
>Native/High-end: 5090

State the resolution and expected fps for each of these tiers and cards

>>108280805
>>108280815
wow
none broke off
they are still in one piece congratulations

>>108280992
watch a youtube video for the games you wanna play nigger

>>108280992
>>>-Used: 2080, 2080ti
what year were these cards released and for what games

>>108280979
That and I've still times where I updated my kernel and/or drivers in the last year and booted up to no GUI. Not the end of the world, but doesn't instill confidence.

RTINGS is paywalling all of their hardware reviews to subscribers-only.
https://www.rtings.com/company/revamping-our-membership-program

>>108281019
reminds me of that time I was regularly watching joe rogan, and then spotify gave him 100mil to make the stock price go up by a few billions and that ended that hobby

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>>108281019
putting the entire site behind a paywall is crazy

>>108281059
I can't fathom companies doing the subscription model starting now, people are tired of it for years already. Everyone I know are cutting more and more of them of. I've been off them for years.

>>108281008
that op is from the same retard that believes dlss can do no wrong
just check the am5 part, it used to be assrock only but after 1 asus report he changed it to that

>>108281059
>>108281019
pffff, what do they offer compared to the hundreds of youtubefags who already put all their tests/benchmarks online for free?

>>108281029
People don't buy new TVs or monitors as they regularly listen to a podcast series, a RTINGS sub is worthless.
A pay-per-content/comparison would've been more sensible, alongside a subscription option if they want to push that crap.
The best purchasing advice is to wait for the first major discounts when you're buying a new TV or monitor, because you'll know the critical hardware flaws & after service issues by that time.

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how did people do cable management on the IDE days? These cables are fucking huge
also why does it have to be a daisy chain? wouldnt that reduce performance if two devices on the same daisy chain are working at the same time? since they're using the same data cable
>>108280848
>>108280997
thank you
i managed to unstuck the stuck ones
these plastic things are always scary, i wish they just used fucking screws instead of something so fragile!

>>108281078
nothing, they are on youtube too they have a bunch of channels

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>Thermalright Peerless Assassin 90 SE
you don't need anything more

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>>108280731
>actual RX 6070 XT

>>108281059
Just buy an LG C5/G5. There I condensed the entire site.

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https://www.rtings.com/company/revamping-our-membership-program
RIP RTINGs.

You can still access their recommendations and each reviews still has writeups of comparable models shown but all of the objective data/test results are now paywalled. Sad to me as their MPRT and text clarity zoom closeups of monitor subpixel structure/coating were quite useful. I think they spread themselves too thin away from TVs/Monitors where their methodology approach made and user base was attentive. They didn't need to apply it to mattresses, toasters, and shoes. This is massively bloating their costs and now they have to scramble to recoup the difference.

ASUS Prime 5070Ti OC 16BG ($750)
Ryzen 7 9850X3D ($400)
Kingston FURY Beast 32GB DDR5 CL36 ($100)
WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB ($450)
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX ($180)
be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 850W ($90)
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 280 ($85)
Fractal Design Meshify 3 Black Solid ($120)

Total - $2,175

I've been collecting the parts for a few months.
Would this have been a good deal price wise for this build?
I tried to never pay over what the MSRP of a part was.

>>108281089
The Phantom Spirit 120 SE is considerably better though.

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>>108281120
just look at it

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>>108281116
Arctic has an official US eBay account that sells B-Stock (refurbished) AIOs at a steep discount.
These AIOs are mostly returned because of case fitment issues and have the same 6 year warranty.
A lot of people end up with brand new AIOs.
https://www.ebay.com/str/arcticofficialstoreusa/Refurbished-Offers/_i.html

Not a big change to your total system cost though.

>>108280992
RTX 2080 = 35
RTX 2080 Ti = 42
RTX 3080 = 55
RTX 3080 T = i65
RTX 4070 = 60
Arc B580 = 58
RX 9060 XT = 62
RX 9070 = 70
RX 9070 XT = 72
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB = 68
RTX 5070 = 72
RTX 5070 Ti = 85
RTX 5090 = 120

I asked a computer to do it.

>>108281141
Funny enough, I'm actually planning to return that AIO. It's so obnoxiously loud. I got at be quiet! PURE LOOP 3 280mm. For the same price.

I know that the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro has a thicker radiator and in theory can cool better, but the be quiet! PURE LOOP 3 has faster fans, and those faster fans run much, much quieter. So the cooling actually evens out to be the same, if not better for the be quiet! PURE LOOP 3.

>it's over nvidiots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfOu6XE-ElQ

>>108281141
>>108281164
Just go open loop.

>>108281164
You basically have to keep the Arctic P14 Pro fans running at under 1000 RPM if you care about fan noise.
Mine is running between 800~900 RPM most of the time.

>>108281174
Literally no one owns AMD go away.

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>>108281186
most people also use w*ndows and are npcs. gtfo normalfag.

>>108281186
at some point in the 2030's the next console generation will have amd fsr 4 gpus in them
and then amd will be relevant again

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>>108280731

>>108281177
What's that mean? Pour water directly into your PC?

>>108281185
>Mine is running between 800~900 RPM most of the time.
What's your CPU?
I have a AMD 9850X3D, and I under volted / over clocked it, and while idle it's at about 42C. Under 90% load it's at 80C, but the fans are just so loud at 100%.

>>108281174
Don't worry I can just use optiscalar to get all the AMD tech on my nvidia card :^)

>>108281225
That will give your PC aids.

>>108281216
You keep the pump speed constant at around 2000~2200 RPM (the lower the quieter), and my CPU only hits above 80°C under stress test loads.
That 9850X3D can easily handle 80°C loads; its stock thermal throttle starts at 95°C.

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LF3 (Pro) is a pretty mediocre AIO for the 9800X3D, temps on a 9850X3D will be worse.

>>108281089
only for cases that can only fit 90mm and for CPU's with equal or less than 6 cores.
I'm surprised it's so cheap considering it has a solid contact, but the reviews on it are terrible for good reason.
I have the Thermalright Assassin X 90 SE V2 which is a bit cheaper and it works well with my 12100f, I could simulate water physics on it over night and it would never go above 50% fan speed while it runs at 70C (but the 12100f is a power efficiency champ, only beaten by the 8500g).
But I think the fans are too quiet, I cannot tell if the simulation is running and I have 16gb of ram and as more water gets added, more ram is utilized... So I generally need to increase the fans up to 60 or 70% so I could hear it from my bed.

Is there a lighter version of the mx master mouse or a gaming mouse with that same shape but very light?

https://youtu.be/egES4r_ahQk
This pulsar review was not favorable

I should have bought a 1200W PSU. I think I'm gonna do that this week.

>>108281498
okay well im not favorable on the review for spamming flashing images
fuck off, christ

>>108281019
Holy kek you actually can't see shit anymore on tvs and shit
Guess it's over
Kek

>>108281108
Qdoled has been their go to recommendation for gaming tvs though

>>108281520
You should have never listened to the idiots here. They think saving $50 on a power supply is a smart move over some future proofing.

is this a good time to ram max, looking to get into the ai revolution

best computer for an of millionaire??

>>108281553
it's the absolute worst time for that until tomorrow

>>108281555
iphone pro max 2TB

>>108281555

puget tier stock e-atx atx itx

I assume rtings is eventually shutting down operations because who subs to a review site. can you imagine doing that yourself? You want to buy a TV once in 5-10 years and a site might have a relevant review for it if you pay 15 money for the access. It doesnt seem plausible.

The review sites function is to provide a baseline truth on the internet. You have everyone refer to it, and then make decisions based on it becaue everyone agrees this is true. A paywall means it loses that function, something else becomes the truth since a freely available source is going to be referred 100x more often.

Internet may not function in AI era but paywalls that have this hump to engage wont function either. Maybe this is going to lead to some generic sub servce where your google acc has credits that are drained per article of whatever.

>It was revealed in a recent leak that the next-gen AMD Zen 6 Ryzen CPUs would be delayed until 2027, and it has now emerged, that the upcoming Intel "Nova Lake-S" Core Ultra Series 4 CPUs may be joining AMD for an early 2027 launch, when previous reports placed the launch in late 2026. The news comes by way of ubiquitous leakers, HXL on X and Golden Pig Upgrade on Weibo, who say that a CES 2027 launch seems likely for both new CPU generations.

It sucks total balls that nvidia and AMD will blueball and say wait until 2028 for GPUs

CES 2027 could have been the craziest most hype show ever

>>108281575
Their argument is dumb af "AI is inaccurate us and reddit is full of lying corpo shills! We believe in the truth to help consumers! That's why we are removing all our vetted data now pay us you faggots"

>>108280979
They're better than they were in the past but you still lose performance compared to being on Windows or using AMD.

>>108281577
>Get a comfy year where you can focus on shit like cooling, cases, aesthetics and stuff like that.
Kinda nice, desu.
Not like a fan is going to be outdated by 2030.

>>108281575
I really don't understand why they couldn't leverage their YT channel more for reviews as an ad-revenue source *(works for FOMO, HDTVTest, and HUBTim) and would make AI-scraping a bit more difficult. The morons that would believe AI summaries/reviews were never going to be part of their audience. I continue to believe they wanted to become ConsumerReports 2.0 and have overexpanded the scope of their reviews to the point that now they are financially in trouble. Should have just stuck to TVs/Monitors

Why/how does AMD get so much shilling for its GPUs despite it clearly being a minority among gamers

>>108281769
It's not shilling, it's that Linux support for nvidia is really bad, and you have to use Linux if you want real total control over your pc.

>>108281769
amdrone delusion is strong they think 1-2% of the market dictates the entire market

nevermind AMD shipping literally 10 times less cards than nvidia and only releasing 2 GPUs for this entire generation

>>108281798
izzat status?

according to who

https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-2-24-amd-and-meta-announce-expanded-strategic-partnersh.html

amd gpu are far from dead, it's just that vram has become too expensive to realistically offer high vram cards to consumers, thanks to the nature of asian culture tending toward (in the West) illegal monopolies.

The fruit of all outsourcing and importation (offshoring of all kinds) is that regulation locally operates as a gift to the foreign nation, because they don't have such expenses.

>>108280692
HDD prices (non china shit) are getting ridiculous here in Ireland. I just bought a box of ten seagate baracudas 500GB 7200 64MB 6G/Bs to populate a RAID because the prices for 2TBs are fucking nuts now and the used stuff is fucking awful and the only seller I found who would sell me six new 2TBs wanted what would be nearly a 1000 fucking dollirinos at todays exchange rate. If I buy from the UK or US there are massive shipping costs. What the fuck happened? Don't mentionn china been there done that and that crap is worthless. Did some factiry blow up or something? I needed them to all match so mixing drives was not a runner.

>>108281880
sup

so like you may be wondering "how did I wake up incarcerated?"

And like most people, only you can answer this question. We can look back at your files. Maybe you were a doctor who got a little to grabby with the pills. Or maybe you had sex with your chihuahua. Lord only knows the sick shit that got you in this position. All we know is you deserve it and pretty much that's the last time I'm going to talk with you, goodbye.

>>108281901
a box of ten was 50 dollarinos and your mind is filled with bestality, prisions and medication.

Hello, scotland yard? I'd like to report an "innocent" hard drive buyer.

>>108278796
I just won't play shit games that put 0 effort into lighting and want Nvidia to do all the handholding for them even though I have a 5080. Same as I won't play any UE5 game that uses lumen or nanite. Don't reward lazy kike developers.

>>108281822
They're dead. Their current cards are even behind intel's battlemage in hardware support which is frankly embarrassing
>>108276765

>>108278796
This is a common misconception. When you design a scene, it's designed around a renderer. This means if you just throw it at another renderer, it's not a fair comparison. You can take a scene that works in povray and then bring it into cycles and it will be all messed up.

That's what you're seeing.

Is rasterization worse or better? I think it's a side show because if you look at her nose and hands they look really creepy and if I saw that in real life I would literally run as fast as my fat ass could take me.

>>108282022
investors don't care about gayming. on Linux, amd has the best support. Anyone who isn't on Linux is ... I won't say stupid, but really questionable.

>>108281116
Still looking for a more experienced person's opinion on this.
I've only been doing PC building for a few months.

What would a build like this have cost around a year ago?

>>108282042
>nyone who isn't on Linux is ... I won't say stupid, but really questionable.
if you have one onlined bucket of shit and another onlined bucket of shit which is the best bucket of shit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmq9P-8FiM

>>108282054
You might have been able to get a 5080 FE drop in the US and fit that total budget if you dropped the SSD to a Gen 4.0 drive (same 4 TB capacity).
A better DDR5 memory as well.

Right now there is a prebuilt at my walmart with a 5070ti, 9800x3d, 32gb of ddr5, and a 2tb NVME for $1800. Right now my current setup is a 3700x and 5700xt with ddr4 ram.

Is there any way I could upgrade my PC to the same level as this prebuilt and spend less money without having to snipe sales or is this the best deal I'm going to get? I should mention 1 of my case fans died and I'm using a stock cpu cooler, so I'd need to buy those as well.

>>108282065
>You might have been able to get a 5080 FE drop in the US
Like on sale or something. That's a what? 1200$ MSRP card?

>dropped the SSD to a Gen 4.0 drive (same 4 TB capacity).
The prices have always been within like 100$ of each other.

>A better DDR5 memory as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't an X3D CPU make that pretty pointless? Pretty much all DDR5 is the same, or so I thought.

>>108282064
How quickly can you <em-dash ;)> create a note RIGHT NOW? hard mode: you have to use the computer.

>>108282086
>>108282065
a mi50 32gb goes for <$500. Yes, it's not for games, but who does that anymore? It's all about the LLM's. gaming = atari

>>108282086
> doesn't an X3D CPU make that pretty pointless?
Only in games and only to a certain degree. Even an X3D needs to fetch data from the memory every now and then.

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Spent the weekend tuning my RAM, eventually settled on these for now, there is probably a little more I can squeeze out but I'm tired of running stress tests for now. I need to tune tRFC/tREFI, and tune down voltages still, but I'm waiting on some fans and a bracket to hopefully get the temps down. In stress tests my RAM gets to 68C and my CPU's CCD can get to like 98C (furmark + ycruncher-NTT).