Advice Needed

I've had this build for some years now, it was top of the line during the time of purchase however I feel like it's becoming more and more outdated now. On newer games, I find myself turning most graphic settings to medium, lowering the resolution to 1080p and shadows to the lowest, and I cant...

Hello,I work with tech repairs as a hobby, and I plan for it to become a more serious endeavor in the future , like a real work. However, for that to happen, I need more people to reach out to me to solve their issues. Today, I discovered that I gave a wrong diagnosis to a colleague of mine at...

Long story short, I wanted to upgrade my CPU. I went from an i5-10600KF to an i9-11900KF. I upgraded to the 10600 a couple of years ago, alongside my current motherboard (ASUS B560-PRIME), and had no problems. By all means, things went exactly as I would expect, except that when I reinstalled...

Hello all, I'm currently doing research on parts for my first ever PC build, and I was hoping to get some advice regarding part compatibility before I buy. This is a PC which is I want to use for programming (data science/Machine learning,deep learning) with very light gaming. I want this like...

Hello all, I'm currently doing research on parts for my first ever PC build, and I was hoping to get some advice regarding part compatibility before I buy. This is intended to be a creator style PC which is intended for GIS (cartography/data science/computer...

hey please help me build my PC, its been a long time coming. I could not buy or update from my current one for long time due cost constraints. i am not looking to overclock or need of any RGB. Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk or MSI Pro B650-P ? which one is having Supports for AMD EXPO...

Hi, My second monitor that I've had since 2014 just recently broke and I'm looking to buy a replacement. I also want to take this opportunity to try out a dual monitor mount/stand. My main monitor currently is the "Samsung 24" Odyssey G3 Gaming Monitor" which I'm happy with, however it's not...

First off, I'd like to start by saying this is my first time ever posting here, and that my first language isn't English, so please, forgive any mistakes you see along this post. I'm planning on getting a new PC and contacted a shop that builds custom PCs, in my area. My budget was more or less...

Hi guys, the day has come I can no longer confidently play late release games at 1440p maxed out and would like to update my GPU and hopefully avoid needing to upgrade every other component. My PC has run flawlessly for the last 5 years+ for casual gaming and is only starting to show signs up...

Approximate Purchase Date: this weekend in light of Black Friday / Cyber Monday Budget Range: Up to ~700€, if absolutely needed and/or very worth could be more System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Streaming Are you buying a monitor: No Parts to Upgrade: CPU (therefore potentially...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a new gpu and need some advice? Especially, because I do not know how specific values relate to each other. My GPU right now is a FirePro W4100. TechPowerUp: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/firepro-w4100.c2611 My main goal is a low power consumption and...

Hello, I bought a prebuilt PC with decent specs. I always thought it was underperforming however, I recently saw my friend's Nvidia 1060 running better than my 2070 Super and realized it is worse than I thought. I have done some research recently and found my GPU usage in game is very low. I...

Here are the specs - ASUS TUF B650-PLUS GAMING (AM5) (D) - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Corsair Vengeance DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) - INNO3D GeForce RTX 4070 Ti X3, 12288 MB GDDR6X - SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2TB - Aerocool Mirage L240 240mm, water cooling(black) - 750W FSP Fortron HYDRO K PRO 750 -...

Hello Everybody, My current Hyperx Cloud 2s are getting pretty old and are slowly starting to fall apart so I was looking at a futur replacement. I really liked them over the years and i could buy them again (63€) but maybe there is a better alternative now. I want a new over ear Replacement I...

Hi everybody, I'm just looking for a bit of advice for a first time wifi mesh setup. Currently with virgin media on the hub 3.0 and the router is sat on the other side of the house. It's not practical to run an ethernet cable all around the house to different devices. I've tried a range...

Hi, everyone. Forum noob here, looking for advice. Here’s my deal: I used to be involved in hardware, and know how to put a system together, but my knowledge is ~4 years out of date, and now that I need to put together a workstation, I’m overwhelmed AF with the options. I need it for my design...

Dear Forum, I need some advice. So far my pc works great. Recently playing Remnant 2 with FSR on high. FPS are 40 ish to 75 Without FSR it will be much worse. Do you guys think it's time for an upgrade and if so. For which component? This is my current RIG: CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K GPU: AMD RX...

Approximate Purchase Date: Not sure probably at least a couple of weeks. Budget Range: $2500-$3000 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming,media watching, and some coding for school. Are you buying a monitor: Yes was the main reason for this whole rabbit hole ive got myself into...

My current rig is: Ryzen 5 2600 Asus B450M-A Sapphire Pulsa RX570 8x2 GB Avexir Core 2 16gb 2666mhz 2x8 Seasonic S12II 520 Asus VG249Q1R My rig is currently running in its 5th year. Mobo has been brought to Service Center around 2020, also currently the Dual Channel slot doesnt work. (Ram...

I'm a little more out of touch with the best value to performance hardware nowadays so always appreciate some advice or guidance! This is a potential build for a friends photo editing PC. Not video editing, just photo editing, but potentially on the more intense side of photo editing. Main...

Hello there! I'm on the edge of buying 3060 TI + Ryzen 5 5600X - but I can barely even squish them in my budget, so there's not much I can do about the motherboard itself. I'll present you a couple of options for a couple of B550 motherboards, please advise me on what I could get. I am not...

Hello all, my laptop lid is slightly bent on one side. It won't close 100% all the way to the left however the other side is 100% fine. Could this cause issues in the future? Pictures are in the link since it won't let me post it. View: https://imgur.com/zX29bHs View: https://imgur.com/a/1d9PgcK

Is this a decent server to start build on ? https://pcserverandparts.com/build-your-own-custom-hp-proliant-dl380-gen9-8-bay-sff-2u-server-2-5/ with these two xeon which is a little better then the ryzen 5 pro 2400ge but up side thers 2 for the price id like to get this an add some tb ssds...

Howdy, tldr: My CPU is overheating a lot. Do I need a better fan, or is something else going on? I'm a 3d game artist who was long overdue for a PC upgrade. I finally got a new build up and running, but things haven't been great so far. It seems that the CPU is really struggling with tasks...

I bought a pre built PC around 6 months ago now and since i have got it i have never had my graphics card usage go above 25% when im playing any games from rainbow six seige to FiveM, I can run these games at max settings or minimum yet it just stays around 25%, My PC is a MSI MAG H510 infinite...

Hi, I'm building a new pc for work. Currently, I'm working in Revit (BIM 3d modeling) and Lumion (GPU Render) My current PC is an Asus G14 (Laptop) Ryzen 9 5900HS, 16GB Ram, 1TB SSD, RTX 3060. BUILD: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($409.00 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken...

I'm building my list right now and I'm currently stuck between 3 motherboards that I'm thinking of going with. Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI Gigabyte B650 Aorus Pro AX Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX I'm thinking about going with one of the Gigabyte ones since the Gaming one is the cheapest but...

Hi, This is my 2nd Gaming PC build, last time i build one was when 1050ti came out in 2016, and that pc is now outdated and i'm planing to build a new one My budget is 1500$ i was looking to make a 1440p build and enjoy this pc for a long time, and maybe upgrade it in 5 years if i need to. I...

So I've decided to upgrade my computer recently, my first time doing something like this and I've picked some parts, want to see what other people would reccomend and if everything would be compatible without any additional quirks like cooling or whatever else. Approximate Purchase Date...

Hi there, just installed a new RTX 3060 and i don't see much of an improvement in performance from my 1060. Thinking it's maybe the older motherboard/cpu and I did experience some lag and crashing when in the BIOS so could that be the issue? I've clean reinstalled drivers, CPU/Motherboard/RAM...

Hello everyone, so my friend with no experience in PC building asked me to build him a full PC setup for around 2000$. I came up with most of those things from the top of my head. Just done some additional research for current prices. But IMO, my knowledge is… let’s call it decent… So I do not...

Thoughts & advice on NZXT H5 Flow & Hyte Y40/Hyte Y60 fans layout/cooling iv recently be thinking about a case upgrade for my first build which is as followed current build an spec before the gpu upgrade my 1660 oc super triple fan never broke 52c under load an while i know the its a...

I was wondering if around 200€ for the I7 7700k is still worth it in 2023 since I have a motherboard that fits it. I'm not going to run it as a gaming cpu I just want to use it to run a couples of servers on a pc, anyways would it be better to buy it or change motherboard and cpu?

I am looking to get a full AMD build within the budget of 2k. I can go over to close to 2.5k but I feel like I don't need to. How good is this build? Should I tweak anything? I want advice on this build I'm looking at. https://newegg.io/675af70

So my PC currently runs on a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, and it looks like it‘s getting pushed to the max getting a lot of stuttering and frame rate drops, can anyone recommend a decent one, in the UK or do I need to upgrade the CPU? The RAM is going to be updated from 16GB to 32GB, here‘s my specs...

PC is a prebuilt dinosaur. Aspire TC-605-UB12. i5-4460 I'd like to if at all possible get a good enough upgraded PSU to carry over to my next/first PC build when I eventually upgrade. I know its old but it was free. Brother in Law upgraded and gave me this to see if I even wanted to get back...

I recently upgraded my PC with all new parts, I got: GPU: MSI 3070ti CPU: Ryzen 9 7900x PSU: Corsair RM1000x RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 16gb DDR5 MOBO: MSI Pro B650-P SSD: Samsung 980 Pro Gen 4 I kept my old SSD as well until I could move everything over to my new SSD, however I've been...

Hello good people. I ordered an SSD a few weeks ago from AliExpress for external data storage. It was a 512Gb SATA drive SSD. Once I received it, I viewed the SMART data for the SSD. Everything checked out and the health was good. I used CrystalDiskInfo - I'll share a screenshot of the SMART...

I'm planning to build a new computer as, after 8 years of faithful service, this one is starting to fail. I'd like to be able to run modern games on high settings at 1440p and 120+ FPS, and for the system to last for at least 4 years. I have some money so I'm not capping the budget. But the...

Hi everyone, My friend has a very old PC. He finally decided to build a new one, I made this build for him. I was wondering if you can please comment if its good or if you would change anything? He does 1080p gaming, mostly MOBA's. He wants this PC to last a few years before needing to...