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>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE
Post build list or current specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific uses + your BUDGET & COUNTRY
>CASE
mATX: AP201, Lian Li A3, O11 Air Mini, XT M3, CH260
ATX: XT PRO (ULTRA), AIR 903 Base/MAX, Lancool 207, Flux Pro, Meshify 3, 4000D FRAME, X50
Dual Chamber: Y60/70, O11 Vision, Antec C8
>CPU
Gaming: 250K, 7/9800X3D, 14600K
Budget: 225F, 7/9600x
Workstation: 270K
*New sockets from both Intel and AMD likely next year
*New AM5 AGESA BIOS dropped. Update for better RAM refresh.
*Raptor Lake microcode updating is mandatory
>COOLER
AIO: Thermalright Frozen Edge, Lian Li Galahad II Lite, Corsair Nautilus RS, Cooler Master Atmos, Liquid Freezer 3/Pro (AM5 mount iffy)
ITX/>42mm RAM: Mugen 6 Dual Fan, AXP120-X67
TIM: MX-7, MX-4, Duronaut, *PTM 7950, Kryosheet
*Most listings online are not actually 7950
>RAM
DDR5: 2x16GB 6000CL30 (AM5), 6400CL32 (LGA 1700)
Workstation: 2x 32GB (budget), 2x64GB (high-end)
>STORAGE
Keep SSD firmware updated
Budget: SN7100, NM790
High-end: SN850X, 990 Pro (Windows)
Save money buy Gen 4 SSD
HDD prices increased due to AI
>GPU
Budget: Arc B580, 5060
Midrange: 5070
Budget 4k: 5070ti
-The gpu you really want: 5090
>PSU
Buying guide:
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-har dware-busters/
>MONITOR
1080p: 24" 165/180hz, KTC H25X7
1440p: 27" 165/180hz IPS, KTC M27T6 (miniLED), ASUS XG27AQWMG
4K: KTC M27P6 (miniLED)
Ask before you spend $600+ on a monitor
>OS
Activate Windows @ >>>/g/fwt
>CASE FANS
Meta: Case with good stock PWM fans
Midrange: Arctic P12 Pro, P14 Pro (loud @ higher RPM)
High-end: Fractal Momentum, Noctua G2 (140mm or 120mm)
Use Noctua/Akasa silicone pins for quieter case fan use
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Do not trust Canadians.
Think for yourself. Do not blindly trust advice given here.
>A /pcbg/ for every use case and budget!
>Price tracking
RAM: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/ram-price-index-2026-lo west-price-on-ddr5-and-ddr4-memory- of-all-capacities
SSD: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-price-tracking-202 6-lowest-price-on-every-m-2-ssd
GPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/lowest-gpu-prices-trac king
>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_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDca SpZRB6Xt6JWkc/
>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/1illeNLsUfZ4KuJ9cIWKwTDUEXUVpplhUYH Aiom-FaDo/
>Other helpful Links
Mobomaps: https://mobomaps.com/
A PC build guide: https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
German autism: https://www.igorslab.de/en/
Alternate to pcpartpicker: https://pangoly.com/en/pc-builder
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Pic related
Troll thread created early by a spammer with an OP image meant to incite flamewars. This guy is a pathetic faggot trying to impersonate and be like dlss schizo with this low effort shitposting. Do not use.
Real thread
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This thread is made by pic related. A deranged loser trying to be the next dlss schizo. All he does is spam garbage gpu brand war shut to derail the thread preventing normal discussion because he thinks it's "boring" when the general is quiet and actually helping people build PC's. Report this dogshit thread for inciting flamewars. If you want on topic calm discussion this is the real thread below.
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I need 8 x 256GB.
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>>108548198
It's going to get pretty grim when they announce whatever's next.
If you think the salt about them abandoning RDNA3 is bad, when they announce RDNA5 is going to have AI upscaling and other features on hardware, which RNDA4 isn't going to be able to support... It's going to be a big tantrum.
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>tfw no rubin sapport
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MOTHERFUCKER
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>>108549500
Some of those cheaper AOC QD-OLEDs have nerfed brightness.
https://youtu.be/6vlkTwttEiE?t=538
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>>108549500
not even the same unit
plus yeah brightness as that guy said
plus it seems new firmware models have 24hour good boy hours on the aoc, which is an improvement on the previous 16h, which might make them bearable
still should not even exist to begin with but anyway
monitors are cucked
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>>108550180
>not even the same unit
The one on ebay is a best buy special that simply cuts down on hdmi ports from what I'm reading.
Short of putting the two side by side (which I might end up doing anyway for reasons) I don't think there's too much of a difference.
Part of me wants to buy a another AOC one as my second monitor is now sitting about 15mm above the AOC one with my vesa setup, but I'm also capable of machining out a plate that handles the correction.
Why the fuck is vesa not standard in its location?
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Average from tpu
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And here's counterstrike
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I want an update from this anon
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https://sheets.works/data-viz/every-gpu
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>>108552413
that website is shit. radeon 7 was the first 7 nm gpu.
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>radeon 7
People didn't know that gpu existed even when it was the current AMD flagship.
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It's a shit website just for omitting the 750ti and 6600
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So...
I did a quick bench in an area (just 2 minutes of running around) of Crimson Desert on my 5090
and I'm getting the same 0.1% low and a single average fps more at stock (470-530W power draw with 1.025v) compared to my undervolted profile running at 150mhz lower clock speed... (360-410W power draw with 0.085v)
The amount of computing power that is used and serves no purpose absolutely baffles me
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>Both threads are on page 7
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Is there such a thing as a very, very vertical tower? Something like those wall mounted PCs but on a desk?
I have a lot of vertical space (obviously, up to the ceiling) but my desk has limited horizontal space for reasons.
Unfortunately my build is full ATX, a big ass 9070xt and I currently have a 360 AIO and a power supply that I stupidly bought because it has ports on the side instead of the back (RM850x shift). So it can't be too thin I guess. My current case is fairly bulky as it is (Lancool 216)
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What kind of speakers do you prefer? I used to have the 3-set subwoofer+2 speakers logitech set about 20 years ago and they had better sound than $400 studio monitors. The newer models however have unbearable white noise when idle.
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>What kind of speakers do you prefer?
for music diy studio monitors or the plastic genelecs that are half the price of their flagship and sound the same.
for gaming and media, the coolest vintage home theater setup you can find for free/cheap on fb market.
>white noise
>idle
you sure you don't have a ground loop or interference from your pc or anything?
i just tracked down my floor noise gremlin and it wound up being coil noise from my video card leaking through the usb connection into my dac, fixed with a $40 usb thingy.
try plugging your phone into your speakers and seeing if the noise is still there.
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Nvidia is the only way to play Resident Evil 9 properly
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>>108559358
i would never buy an oled personally. i try to keep my contribution to ewaste at a minimum.
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i only buy monitors from amazon so i can abuse the return policy for a perfect backlight and no dead pixels in the center 3/4
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Uh oh jannies here, i think I'm getting range banned for this campaign
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Should I go for AIO CPU cooling or not? I feel like it would be nice to build a custom water cooling loop, but I'm too retarded and don't want to bother anyway, so AIO is the only choice for water cooling for me. But if I use it, it feels kinda weird that I'm water cooling the CPU, but still air cooling the GPU.
Should I go for water cooling at all? Or should stick to air cooling?
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Should have spent "a few" more bucks and enjoy state of the art and lack of frustration...
That's what I'm thinking . This forum for months has been full of justly disappointed people (including myself). And today was the peak.
I wouldn't be here if I had 5070ti. I wouldn't read all this AMD-inflicted pain that y'all are translating into reddit posts.
Just note for myself from the future:
Don't rely on temporary emotions when deciding what product to buy. Nvidia is shitty but state of the art is state of the art. Of course they are ripping people off, who doesn't? But it's just money, you will be better off with a few dollars less but better mental heath. Just search "Redstone launch" or "FSR4 int8" and remind yourself what you want (what you are paying for) to avoid.
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>Air cooling in 2026
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all this autism for pcie cards sold by the gorillions
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Next time on pc ball g?
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>What kind of speakers do you prefer?
I prefer bookshelf speakers with a dedicated sub. I run a 3.1 setup in my home theater and it's served me very well, everyone I've shown it off to is impressed.
>white noise when idle.
Before I went deep down the home theater rabbit hole, I had this issue with my Edifier setup. I was only able to remedy it with a coax cable. I nonstop emailed them about their noise floor and they ended up sending me another $300 set (s350db, they're charging $500 for them now) for free lol. fywiw, Edifier makes pretty decent PC speakers.
If you can, try to find some smaller desktop speakers like Edifiers or Kanto's (You can add a sub to these in the future, but they're quiet pricey and I've never owned them, but they're well regarded).
imo, It's not worth pursuing any of the more premium speaker options for your desktop (like expensive KEF LS50s (I use KEFs for my home theater, but I would never drop $1500 on powered speakers)). Having a sub changes everything, so go for an option with that if you can even if it's none of the examples I listed. Audiophile boomers can fuck off, home theater chads know what's best ;)
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So, are there people still thinking about upgrading given how prices are? I still have a i7-9700k/2080/2x8GB 3200 MHz. I've been thinking about upgrading to a build that can run 4k but I don't like the prices even though I can afford them.
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I think we're at least 3 years away from RGB miniLED monitors.
Those monitors or DisplayHDR TrueBlack 600 rated OLED with RGB stripe subpixels will be my next monitor purchase.
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It's only going to get worse.
Just wait until the inflation from higher energy prices starts showing up in consumer goods 6 months from now, inflation takes some time to make it's way around the system
That will be combined with the ongoing hardware demand, which isn't slowing down at all.
Anyone waiting for prices to drop will be waiting until they're simply forced to buy the expensive stuff, which has likely gotten even more expensive.
Even in a best case scenario, at bare minimum we're going to be looking at the elevated prices for the next 2 years and even if they start falling around then, it'll take 3 years for the prices to be low again.
If you need to buy something then just buy it.
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Noob/Goober Question
How much extra headroom would you guys get for a PSU?
Built a PC for the first time last year and with PCpartpicker I went with a 1000W PSU after it told me it would need around 750W.
I'm asking because I added additional Nvme's to the system and during a heavy gaming session, BF6 spiked the system causing a blackscreen shutdown. Im guessing with the added storage drives I lost headroom?
Would it be an overreaction/overkill if I went with a 1500W PSU as in image?
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hope you get a job, i got a min wage one just to get the legendary 6090, there is no way im missing on such a legendary card
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Nvidia literally cancelled the Rubin CPX which would use GDDR7 modules so the 60 series would be able to launch and instead moved to releasing ASIC's with HBM https://wccftech.com/nvidia-rubin-cpx-is-off-the-roadmap-but-may-retur n-with-feynman-in-2028/
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not a goober question and i'm kind of in the same boat, I fell for the "1000w is plenty for a 5090" meme and before I undervolted my gpu I had a similar random shutdown, so I'm all for headroom.
1500W might be pushing it but for a brand new PSU that's expected to live through a few builds idk. if you expect to be near the top end of the market it starts to seem practically prudent when you consider the general trend of the high end outpacing efficiency gains and the greatly expanding CPU core counts we already know are coming from both amd/intel.
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>>108561972
i wouldnt bother with it unless you really need a gpu right now, Ampere is really old, you are better saving some money and getting a 5070 on november when the prices are better even if its 550 i know it sucks but buying budget cards its just not worth it, you will be missing on RR, pathtracing and tons of logevity and 3 year of warranty because you cheapen out on 150
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Either that or save another 100* for a 5070, which would be usually not too far off in raster but everything else would be a lot better + you're not gambling on a used gpu that was probably full throttle for like 3 years straight (mining)
60ti v 70 is too close in price to make a lot of sense for gayming, and the 70ti you're paying 50%+ for.
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I would stay away from the ti series cards for gaming. The reason people faun over the 5060ti and 5070ti is the vram that isn't even ideal for gaming. The 5060ti isn't going to do shit with 16gb of vram and 5070ti struggles to make use of it.
That being said when running programs that are resource dependant like ai and heavy video editing it works out. For every one gaming they're just going to be sitting there with unused vram and memory bandwidth.
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I had a regular 3080 for a few years. It was a good card and easily capable of 1440p and 4k gaming with some DLSS. The biggest problem was the power usage and resulting heat. 30 series cards were inefficient as fuck out of the box and you can shave 80-100w off with a light undervolt. In the end I decided to replace it with a 50 series card because I like to have a quiet and cool system.
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Most everything not CPU and GPU could use a refresh. But the problem is that with modern parts you're really looking for negatives rather than positives because the average has reached near universal okayness. So instead of recommending cases, coolers, storage, monitors and such, it really could be condensed down to recommendations against anything with known issues. Everything else should be up to individual preferences at this point. The RAM section is about right really, completely generalist statements, though it should have an LGA1851 section noting the higher speed that is good to go with it. Maybe should list what RAM module prices were in the past for comparison so that anyone reading can get a sense of when prices have come down to a level that they're willing to pay, or perhaps if they never do come down...
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>>108562422
It's correct. Only a 3% difference in performance.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3080-ti.c3735
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Okay, my Exodia build is finally done.
This all started months ago as "buying cheap RAM because I found 32GB of DDR5 for $100, but then realizing my CPU doesn't support DDR5, so I built a whole new PC."
PC:
GPU - ASUS Prime 5070Ti OC 16BG ($750)
CPU - Ryzen 7 9850X3D ($400)
(Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet ($24) I'm too lazy to do thermal paste)
RAM - Kingston FURY Beast 32GB DDR5 CL36 ($100)
SSD - WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB ($450)
MoBo - MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX ($180)
PSU - be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 850W ($90)
AIO - be quiet! Pure Loop 3 280mm ($85)
Case - Fractal Design Meshify 3 Black Solid ($120)
Other Stuff:
Monitor 1 - MSI MAG 271QP OLED 27" 240Hz ($300)
Monitor 2 - ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG32UCDS 32" 4K 165Hz ($700)
Arm - Ergotron LX Pro ($150)
Keyboard - Keychron K2 HE ($70)
Mouse - G502 X LIGHTSPEED ($85)
Pad - ATTACK SHARK CM02 ($14)
Display Cable - RUIPRO 8K Fiber Optical HDMI 20' ($60)
How'd I do for my first from-scratch PC build?
Did I miss anything? Am I retarded for spending this much just to upgrade my RAM?
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skip the kyrosheet and just use thermal paste, unlesss you're overclocking, using a threadripper cpu, or using water cooling you don't need that shit
everything else, idk, pretty beastly PC to be honest.
>buying a display cable
I know for a fact that the asus rog oled will come with a bag containing a DP, HDMI and usb-c cable, you can use one of them with the MSI display, I expect the MSI display will also come with its own display cables anyway.
My advice? Don't buy the KryoSheet (designed for extreme overclocking) and get a better mousemat/mouse or something.
Also I really do not agree with buying such a luxury pc case, cpu, gpu, monitor,
but then buying kingston ram, i think you can definitely get some g skill instead at cl32 6400mhz
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>skip the kyrosheet and just use thermal paste,
My PC is all put together already. I have never put on thermal paste before, and I don't want to learn or fuck it up. The sheet is just "put it on" and you're done, so I went with that.
That said, I did overclock / undervolt everything on the PC.
The CPU gets to 70C under 100% load, and maxes out at 5.65Mhz.
The GPU is overclocked / undervolted as well. Hits 50C at 100% load.
I want this PC to last a while, so the low temps it runs at, the better.
>I know for a fact that the asus rog oled will come with a bag containing a DP
You're right, it did. But I keep my PC in a closet so I don't have to listen to the fans. The 20' Fiber Optic cable let's me just run it from my desk to the closet and not lose single quality.
>such a luxury pc case, cpu, gpu, monitor,
Really? I thought all the shit I got was midrange?
>i think you can definitely get some g skill instead at cl32 6400mhz
Not right now I can't. That shit is way too expensive now.
But, I watched a Hardware Unboxed video and the difference between 6000Mhz RAM and and 6400Mhz RAM on a CPU with X3D is less than 1% in performance. The X3D cache covers for a lot, I guess. No idea how it really works.
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>3th
3rd*
I mean, people say the 5060 is trash. And the 5080 is way overpriced, as you only get like 10 more FPS for $500 more.
But I've had people in these very threads tell me my CPU and GPU is midrange.
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>5080 is overpriced
I bought one and though it isn't the best deal, its the best card for gaming hands down. The 80 line has always been the premium, its just not what the 90 cards have turned into.
If I recall its the rtx 4500 chip.
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the geforce 8800 gtx released in 2006 at $599 and it was considered the best gpu you could get
and back then, SLI existed, so you had people buying two of them.
that's $1200 back in 2006
don't tell me your 5080 is overpriced, you have been in this game as long as i have been making memes about pc building
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>Monitor 1 - MSI MAG 271QP OLED 27" 240Hz ($300)
>Monitor 2 - ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG32UCDS 32" 4K 165Hz ($700)
Why didn't you buy one 32" 4K OLED monitor with 480Hz 1080p dual mode? A second display doesn't need to be an OLED/miniLED (use your old monitor as the 2nd screen).
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Real frens don’t let frens use mid displays (if the friend can afford the upgrade).
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Gpu's like that have been relegated to integration into the cpu. What we're expecting out of dedicated gpus has ventured into the absurd. A 5090 is something like 60% larger in die size than a 1080ti.
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i have a old rx480 that just keeps crashing with driver time outs, its been doing this for a few years now, tested on multiple computers, ran good for the first year i bought it new and subsequently shit the bed. now im looking to upgrade. are the newer amd card still having this issue or was this just that era of cards that have that issue? i told myself i was gonna go nvidia when it was time to upgrade but now i dont know. i must have submitted a billion crash reports but maybe the card was just cursed.
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (Purchased For $310.00)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $34.10)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX-7 2 g Thermal Paste (Purchased For $6.89)
Motherboard: ASRock B850 LiveMixer WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard (Purchased For $144.49)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (Purchased For $290.00)
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $220.00)
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (Purchased For $649.99)
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $84.90)
Power Supply: be quiet! Power Zone 2 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $99.90)
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 PWM 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $34.50)
Total: $1888.95
Got some good discounts with a new Amazon credit card reward and points + some eBay scouring
Just for Linux gaming (Mac for productivity)
I’ve always wanted the beefiest Nitro+ every generation and I finally pulled the trigger despite the meme power connector
You only live once
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So I looked up a bunch of prices and they look something like this. What's the vibes? I'm feeling I'll just give up on Nvidia and get a 9070xt. I feel like the price difference from the 9070 is not big enough to not get the xt version. Also these are all second hand prices because first hand is too expensive.
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>>108563205
>ok so why does everybody say the AI bubble is popping now?
All the fake money seems to be running out and the hype is dying down. Sora shut down to save money, Disney not giving them the billions they promised, new models being meh, datacenters not getting built, users jumping ship now that the prices are up... Don't expect cheap GPUs and RAM any time soon, but the times they are a changin'
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>>108564024
>Sora shut down to save money
It got shut down because there are programmers willing to pay $1000/day to generate code. Nobody is willing to pay anything like for creating video and there isn't enough compute for both.
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DO NOT BUY OLED OR MINILED
How come nobody warned me about this? Especially if you use your PC in dark room like a typical gremlin.
The local dimming will rape your eyes. You could be staring at a pitch black screen then be blasted with pure white light a millisecond later. I can stare at my TN panel for 24 hours no problem but anything with local dimming makes me wanna cry. The extreme brightness and contrast shifts might look good but your eyes will be miserable because it will be constantly dilating like a tranny.
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>>108564093
it doesn't fix the problem because you don't have a "flat image" like LCD screens everything part of the screen has its own brightness level
so you turn brightness to 0 and the whites look tolerable but the dark pages are now unreadable. the contrast levels are just too wide.
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>>108564073
People have different eyes and brains. Some are more sensitive to flashing than others
Also I never use my first gen qdoled in a dimly lit room since the minimum brightness in HDR mode is way too bright for that
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my ban expired so what did I miss? ram status? anything positive?
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>>108564366
dram will be solved by 2027, the chinks are building massive capacity because of the prices and the gooks, who think themselves are very smart, won't notice the trap they walked in and china will own 50% of the dram market by the end of 2027
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>>108564380
>the gooks, who think themselves are very smart
>won't notice the trap they walked in and china will own 50% of the dram market by the end of 2027
thast far in the future
gooks made what? half trillion? I dont think they care. they own the peak memory tech on the market and they simply forced the market into submission by acting like cartell thugs.
I hate the gooks now, but I dont think they care one bit. tech bubble, thats what it is.
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>>108564189
(((they))) want you to buy lcd because it's the cheapest slop you can buy
va is the modern day TN equivalent aka ultraslop (but tn was superior)
>>108564073
>don't use hdr
>>108560763
slop
>>108559507
>i would never buy an oled personally. i try to keep my contribution to ewaste at a minimum.
lcd last forever fallacy swallowed deppthroated whole by the industry
you fell for the psyop
again and again
plus poor
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>>108564073
You shouldn't be using HDR outside of games which is why mini LED are better because you can just turn off the local dimming to have a uniform image in SDR without the crazy brightness fluctuations that comes with HDR.
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I need an IPS monitor like the AOC 24G2ZE/BK, but 27inch 1440p or 2160p and with proper 10-bit color or 8 bit + FRC instead of this crappy 6 bit + FRC that causes color banding.
My BenQ PD2700Q is still the best screen I have but it sucks for mouse input and games due to the huge input lag.
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>>108565292
Usually they just mean "everything inside the case cost X".
But sometimes people don't count things like fans, coolers, extra drives and various other things.
Pretty much never are people referring to mouse, keyboard, monitors, desk, chair and whatever else.
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>>108565222
You need a monitor with at least DisplayPort 1.4 or HDMI 2.1 to run high refresh rate 1440p @ 10-bit (up to native 240 Hz).
There are no 4K IPS gaming monitors with DisplayPort 2.1 required for high refresh rate 10-bit without DSC (at least 33 Gbps bandwidth needed @ 120 Hz).
You need to get a newer IPS with miniLED backlights or OLED for higher display bandwidth.
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>>108565250
>27M2N3501PA was cheap
It is cheap, DAMN. I paid 879 PLN for my 24G2ZE/BK in 2024. It retails for 700 here. I wonder if there is a catch or if I could get 2160p 240Hz if I spend a little more. This is cheaper than a 5700X.
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>>108565338
This thing looks really good too and has a proper stand by the looks of it.
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>>108565397
the philips is like 400nits
oleds are like 300nits sdr now
unless you tvmaxx and get 500 nits
>light themes
this does not speed up burn in but anyway
>>108565417
the asus 5k edge lit ips slop is out
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>>108565433
>the asus 5k edge lit ips slop is out
The PA27JCV is $850, this is Eizo territoty and OLED territory unless you mean another screen
I don't understand why 10 years later the price cliff between 4K and 5K is still there
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>>108565443
Most of these new LCD panels can be calibrated to display accurate sRGB colors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPBgtG70Ta8
The problem is paying for a colorimeter. See if you can rent one near your area.
I'd look for used or refurbished colorimeters in decent condition as well if you need a calibrated display.
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technically what are the minimum dimensional hardware requirements to be considered the owner of a 'big penis'
I might have been wrong all me life.
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>>108565581
Looser factory calibration tolerances for gaming monitors means the manufacturers get to sell more of them at a faster production rate.
I'm pretty sure these monitors are calibrated in production batches (1 representative display calibrated & everything else in the batch inheriting that display profile).
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>>108565634
Just stop caring about that childish crap.
Get the best parts you can responsibly spend on.
>>108564005
You get the 9070 XT given those local prices, unless you think CUDA + DLSS is worth the nearly $400 premium (I don't).
>But the 5060 Ti
If you needed CUDA for work, you would've bought this card already.
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>>108565663
like a 'fistful' or the size of a physical fist????
>>108565718
>Get the best parts you can
bitch im worrying about giving the best parts I can...
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>>108565821
It will realistically take around 5 years, gaming isn't priority for NVIDIA (especially Linux gaming).
They're starting to care more about Linux since Valve is making it impossible to ignore.
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I just reinstalled Windows after 1 year.
I barely had anything installed before. Firefox, mpv, libreoffice. But I just felt like it.
And now holy shit, everything feels 3x as fast. I open any program, it opens in 0.1ms. Any website I go to, opens in 0.1ms.
Either the launch day drivers were absolute dogshit or I am absolutely tripping.
That is all, thank you for your attention in this matter.
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>activate the big penile enchantement. load up eporner.com. filter for 4k;milf.
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>>108565871
Nvidia by design sucks on Linux because lots of shit is in proprietary firmware and not open source. AMD is open source everything. Even AGESA is getting dropped for OpenSIL. Intel and Nvidia are both more locked down than AMD.
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>>108560763
In 3 years we'll probably see first-gen QNED monitors (basically OLED minus the burn-in risk):
https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1773392979
>According to a report by Korean newspaper ETNews, Samsung Display restarted QNED development in late 2025. The project had been paused in mid-2022 after multiple years of research due to challenges in aligning LEDs and achieving uniform light and color. QNED is similar to QD-OLED in that quantum dots convert blue light to red and green. The key difference is that QNED uses inorganic (nanorod) LEDs, whereas QD-OLED uses organic LEDs, i.e. OLED.
>RGB MiniLED
Sony is really doing everything in their power to just not make an emissive display. No wonder TCL bought out their name/assets.
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>>108566127
we have always been at war with eastasia
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hardware stocks are all up though.
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Is this the best deal I'm going to get for a 1TB SSD?
I need to replace an old SSD so I can sell my old PC.
But holy fuck, I am sick of all these inflated prices.
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today i will remind them
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>>108567097
that cooler reminds me i don't think i cut myself once when i built my latest pc. baka kids these days don't know about the blood sacrifice
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>>108567739
>low mid tier card.
Now that's a stretch.
>>108567730
If you're undervolting it's probably not going to make much of a difference, you can get them below 150w.
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>>108567743
>Arizona
so on top of your default american bonus (which provides 1 free ac unit) you live in arizona, which provides another free ac unit, that means you got atleast 2. you dont need 3 fan version of a weak gpu. dont buy 3fan 5070 for extra 100, unless you already got a 5090 and this is only secondary pc and you can afford luxury.
seriously buy the 3fan version only if you really really like the design over the cheaper.
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>>108567833
Your classification scheme is tarded
Doesn't Nvidia and just about anyone else count the 70+ as high end?
What people think when they hear "low midtier" can't be anywhere near what a 5070 would actually deliver.
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>>108567859
>Your classification scheme is tarded
you mean nvidia is retarded with its powerscaling which only serves one thing, to make the consumer spend the most money in the long run.
the 5070 is a strong card. its only mid tier in its own generation. both the 5070ti and 9070xt high mid tier/high tier cards. (they are obviously high tier compared to former generations) its a spectrum, like the autism of this guy >>108567877
when the super refresh is here the obvious low mid tier status of the 5070 12g is going to be apparent.
the 5080 is high tier because its an 80 card. Its the worst card of this generation because its vram limited while being expensive but evenone knows that. the 80s / 80ti is going to be super strong and potent.
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>>108567859
The whole point of the naming system is to separate them into their own tiers.
You are literally arguing that 3 is bigger than 4
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>>108568010
>5070 Ti and 5080 are very clearly in the same tier of card.
nvidia clearly failed to make the distinction apparent
when I call the 70ti high mid tier and the 80 low high tier it kinda means they are in the same league.
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>You are literally arguing that 3 is bigger than 4
you should listen when I try argue that my 5 is bigger than her ex's 7
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>shader-core version
qrd? I don't see anything about this anywhere else on the internet.
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>>108568274
>60fps at 4K in basically all games on the market. (Minus PT)
70ti can do that. It's only 4k and it has been 10 years. 4k 60fps should be Default, not accomplishment, but muh rt muh pt and Indian 'optimized' unreal games gatekept 4k to this day.
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3090 died (fans spin but not POSTing anymore).
Is the 5060ti 16GB good enough for local AI gen?
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>>108568391
>3090 died
good night sweet prince
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I was surfing the web, vibing, watching some random vid on star trek starfleet academy and this thing came up.
I had to see it so you have to see it too.
I demand an apology from american posters.
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My PC has been running for almost 2 years straight.
Does this thermal paste look dried out? Should probably just change it anyway, right?
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>>108568739
Every single PC i've ever built i've never replaced the thermal paste unless I had to remove the cpu cooler, because once you separate them i think you may as well and because its been moved youve got air in there so it will flake off
but nah, replacing thermal paste after x years i have never done, youd only do that if your temps were consistently in the high 80s etc
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>>108565443
every decent 1080p monitor is the same, some monitors have 6bit color with FRC but I have a 6 bit frc panel and I am very happy with it.
But the brand has the option to cheap out on: gsync certified (it will still work, but you need to manually turn it on), not including a displayport cable (required for gsync), and a non adjustable stand (vesa monitor stands can be pretty nice however).
For $600 CAD (plus tax...) you can get a ok Woled.
https://www.displayninja.com/best-oled-monitor/
GIGABYTE MO27Q28G is the first option I picked from the list and it's $600 on canada computers.
It does not have RGB stripes for text clarity (the monitors will come out this year, but I doubt the price will be $600), but the quality of OLED is amazing for people who watch a lot of space/horror/dark media in a dark room, because oled has inky blacks. Burn-in is always an issue, but I think it's worth it, maybe by the time your monitor burns-in, they will release gsync pulsar for oleds or something.
You can try to fix the text clarity by using MacType for windows. It's RGWB.
Also rtings is blocking results from users. But the rtings video mentioned that this specific monitor has a banding issue that depends on rng. And there is VRR flicker, and the grey uniformity isn't perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ZDUHbBQv4
If you want to wait + overspend on a monitor that has brand new tech motion clarity tech inside of it, and you have a nvidia GPU, you can consider a gsync pulsar monitor for CRT-like motion clarity, But it's not in stock anywhere in canada (it is in stock in the US) and it will probably cost $1000 CAD~ which is more than the woled. But... it's a nice monitor for emulation / I personally like scrolling through porn using the middle mouse button, and I just like the clarity of the thumbnails and text when I enable MBR on (my monitor had pulse width support?), but I keep it off because I like gsync more and I don't want to switch between it when I game.
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>>108568739
Once you removed the cooler, you can't just simply place it back on with the old thermal paste already on because you'll just introduce air bubbles which reduces contact between the cpu and heatsink increasing temps.
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Wish all components could deprecate like this lmao
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>>108568010
5070/Ti are literally mid-tier. They don't suddenly become high tier just because you decided you wanted to compare them to prior gens for some reason. Mid as in "middle". Am I talking to some dumb shit zoomer who thinks "mid" means "mediocre, basically literal diarrhea shit and anyone who likes it should KILL himself" because your retarded slang holds that meaning?
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>>108568391
Yes, you will have to run the nvfp4 quants for the video gen though, at least the power draw is much loger and you have warranty so you can run that shit 24/7 as much as you want, just make sure you get one with a metal backplate with thermal pads as it uses a clam shell config to run the extra vram on that bus
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Guys, what are you going to spend your pussy points on?
https://nzxt.com/en-intl/pages/nzxt-club
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What are the secret codes?
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disclaimer: i have not built a pc in 15 years. in fact the first pc i had was done by my dad after i got my first job still in my teens and this case is the only thing left from it (antec nsk-4482b, a 16 year case)
questions:
- how do i cable manage this? this PSU is like 9 years old so i think it comes with more connectors which makes it messier than modern builds. the side panel has no space or holes to run cables through it
- i see that modern cases and pc builds have like arrays of fans at the front, bottom and sides. is this a non-negotiable thing nowadays? this has my brother's old rx 570 and 3400g which i understand to be lower power hardware which doesn't get too hot
- wait, is this PSU even safe? i mean, it doesn't make any weird sounds or have intermittent flicker, crashing, etc and doesn't seem to run hot
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>>108569523
You should just keep in mind it looks really schizo when you pretend everyone who replies to you is the same person.
I think your whole argument could be resolved if you just added the qualifier "mid range in the current generation".
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>Just tried to play Crimson Desert on my 5060
>Have to play with shitty medium settings due to 8GB of VRAM and both high and ultra caused me to spill over just barely
>DLSS looks weird and like shit compared to FSR 4.1 that I saw on benchmarking videos
Already refunded the game out of shame and regret. I can't believe I chose this junk over a launch day $350 MSRP 9060 XT 16GB since I live near a Micro Center just because it was GeForce. I've always bought 60 series cards and was coming from 1060 and I had no idea how much of a scam Nvidia's low end has become. Every new game I've tried to play it's been a mediocre experience at best. This GPU is the most I've ever regretted a purchase in my whole life.
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Nico nigger's baiting people by copying old questions again.
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First time building PC and I challenged myself to do it without looking at shit besides the manuals in as little as possible. Don't laugh this is the only thing that I found no instructions in the boxes for.
What PCie slot am I supposed to put the graphics card in? I'm guessing the top since it looks the most beefy???
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>>108569595
following old nvidia logic your correct, 6000 pro fully agree, the 5090/4090 are geforce dumbass, nvidia used to make 90 series titan that was the translation they now have a higher tier geforce is gaming
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I don't know why I ever bother entering these things, I know I will never win.
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>>108569639
You're one of those anons who buys a 240hz monitor and then realises the refresh rate was set at 60hz 2 years later aren't you? Or those people who buy DDR5 6000mhz and don't enable XMP in bios.
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You are stupid as fuck.
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