pc build

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  1. L

    Build Advice Looking for Advice on High-End Gaming PC Build

    Hi guys, So I'm planning on building a high-end gaming PC with a budget of around $5000 that I will be using for many years. I'm not very experienced with PC builds, so I would appreciate any advice or suggestions you may have. I plan on using this PC mainly for gaming but will also use it for...
  2. J

    Question New system build - i9 13900 based - and review of my planned setup

    Looking for a sense check on this please! :) I'm looking to replace my i7 9700K / RTX 3070Ti / 64Gb DDR4 based system. I've always tended to go with decent spec, overclockable components, but then never overclocked. My initial thoughts for my new system are to do the same (and pretend I might...
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    Question I swapped power cords between modular PSUs and now my computers won't run. Did I fry something?

    My goal was to remove my Rosewill 750 W PSU from an existing build (Build A) and replace it with my Corsair 650 W from another build (Build B). Both builds powered on and ran prior to this (Story spoiler: they don't anymore). I plugged a CPU 8 pin cord from my 750 into my 650, which I later...
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    [SOLVED] MSI Z690 Force Wifi DDR5 Can't Install Ethernet/Wifi Drivers and getting error id 103

    As the title says I can't install those drivers. So this is a new build I was doing for a friend. MSI Z690 Force Wifi DDR5 i7-13700k I updated the bios perfectly, I can see the version in the top right. Next I installed a Wins10 Pro OS build from 2016. (<- note: this might be the reason. I'll...
  5. punkdumbo

    Question Need help choosing new graphic card

    I need little help with choosing GPU. My PC build is old and I'm slowly trying to change the components. But now my worst nightmare is my GPU - I work in Blender and my old GPU is not doing great job (I know my CPU will be still old) but for now I need just GPU upgrade (with future possibility...
  6. andyb3131

    Question Advice on building a i9 1300k machine for video editing and 3d

    So i've just had enough of my current ryzen builds and too much poor performance is pushing me to go back to intel but i'm a bit out of the loop. I'll be keeping my full ATX corsair case and my RTX 3090Ti + 850W PSU but need to go back to intel. I will overclock it so i'm after advice on which...
  7. K

    Build Advice The PSU in my new build is constantly making weird noise (it's vertically mounted in Asus Prime AP201 case) ?

    Hello guys, I've build this PC https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Nz2ZTn yesterday and the PSU is making different kinds of noises. Oftentimes when I'm just browsing its making a weird rough noise that I can not really explain but under load there is a constant humming which is very annoying and...
  8. Chugalug_

    Question i9 13900kf Z690 Boot Issues

    Hi, in a bit of a pickle here. I'm upgrading my CPU to a 13900kf, and decided to go the Z690 route with an MSI Z690 Carbon Wifi. Thanks to a debacle with amazon, also ended up with 2 sets of 2x16GB 5600Mhz DDR5 Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM which i'm a bit miffed at given the RAM speed limitations...
  9. rnadeau

    Question New Build Sata Problem

    Just completed my first build with: i3 10100 10th gen Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Ultra (Lga 1200) WD 1 TB Wd Blue M.2 Nvme drive 32 Gigs 3200MHz Vengeance ram Window 11 Pro Everything is running well and connected properly, except that Win11 doesn't recognize my internal Sata Data drive that...
  10. L

    [SOLVED] Intel i5-10400F + RTX 3060Ti vs Ryzen 5 5600x + RX 6700 XT ?

    Im going to build a new pc mainly for gaming and streaming, but also some graphic design work. I have heard that the best way to stream is to use GPU encoder and comparing the NVENC and AMD encoder I couldn't really find which one of these is better and more efficient. Some people saying that...
  11. A4G

    Question Pairing an i5-12600k with an Asus TUF B660m-Plus motherboard ?

    Hey Guys, i need to pair an i5-12600k with an Asus TUF B660m-Plus Motherboard. I know i will not be able to overclock it but can this motherboard handle the max turbo speed of 12600k ? will this motherboard bottleneck the 12600k ?
  12. Gonsa17

    Question Fan Hub not detected by Motherboard

    Hello people. Hope you are having a great time at this holiday season. Now, onto the pressing matter: I have a gigabyte b550 ds3h MB with 2 fan headers and 1 cpu fan header. I went and bought an additional 2 fans (CORSAIR SP120 RGB ELITE) so the system would be always cool so I had to buy a...
  13. K

    Question build help

    CASE: Thermaltake Case Versa MOBO: MSI MB B660M-B PRO CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5Ghz - 4.4Ghz CPU FAN: COUGAR GAMING CGR-FZA50 RAM: Kingston Fury Beast 16GB(2x8) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 SSD: Kingston 500GB NV2 M.2 NVMe HDD: Hard Disk WD HDD 1TB SATA3 64MB Cav Blue GPU:ASUS TUF RTX 3060 TI 8GB...
  14. R

    Question New pc build hardware good or not?

    hey every one, I want to build a new pc and was wondering if everything is compatible and good choice of hardware. I already have a MSI RTX 3080 Anidees AI Crystal XL (CASE) HDD and SSD...
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    [SOLVED] Is this a good build? $2000 - $3000 high end build

    What do you all think of this build? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wTCj78 The case I want to get is the Fractal Design Torrent Compact (https://www.newegg.com/black-fractal-design-torrent-compact-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352149) but it was not showing up in PCPartPicker, so I listed it here. As...
  16. K

    Question be quiet! System Power 700 W or Corsair RM750x

    Hi, im new here so sorry if im doing something wrong... btw. Im building a new pc and i had some question about the psu to take, i was undecided between the be quiet! System Power 700 W and Corsair RM750x here's my pc build: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Motherboard: MSI B550 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 RAM...
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    Build Advice Reliable moderate gaming build recommendations

    Hi, I would appreciate any recommendations for a new PC build! Budget (including currency): 1700 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1440p gaming at 165hz, Apex Legends, Hunt: Showdown, Minecraft w/ Ray Tracing, code compilation in VS Code, multi-tasking with...
  18. Chprime2003

    Question Mini ITX Build not booting to bios but post

    I need help with my pc build. So I have put all parts together, checked all cabling and it all is plugged in properly. What I have going on is when I go to turn the pc on everything thing lights up, all fans spinning but I am unable to get anything to display, just a no signal. Now I’ve done...
  19. PrinceOfDarkness00

    Question Buying a new PC need opinions.

    So the recent encounter with some brand new PCs from my previous thread has inspired me to cook up something of my own (in a different shop where I got my last PC from) CPU : Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz LGA 1700 BOX Coolers : CPU : COOLERMASTER Hyper 212 RGB BLACK Case : MS FREEZE L220 Blue...
  20. adamkiss994

    [SOLVED] Please help me finalize a PC build

    Hello all, I'm planning to buy a new PC. It needs to handle mostly games that have a lot happen (open RPGs like No Man's Sky, Kenshi, Cyberpunk 2077; grand strategy games like Terra Invicta and Crusader Kings 3). While it's difficult to predict, I want this to handle smoothly some AAA games in...
  21. J

    Question Did I Blow-Out my Power Supply?

    PC Details: CPU: INTEL XEON E5-2690 GPU: NVIDIA Quadro K2200 PSU: EVGA 600w Bronze Motherboard: X79 motherboard At first, the PC build was working okay. Then this morning, I was running Photoshop and Gigapixel AI and the tower shut down suddenly. It refuses to power up now. I was restoring...
  22. D

    Question Planning to upgrade my pc (little by little, what should I prioritize first?)

    Built in 2018, started with a R5 2400g, 2x4gb ram 2988mhz. Updated in 2020 (https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/rhWcjZ) Planning to upgrade in order, and little by little (https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/8FnpMb) Adding Samsung G7 27" 240hz (Arriving in a few days, got it from 300€ second hand...
  23. Vvvviolet

    [SOLVED] First time PC build, New Zealand. ($3000) Suggestions?

    Hello! I’m interested in building my own pc for the first time. I’ll be upgrading from an entry level gaming laptop which is exciting. The last few years I've started playing more games on pc and my laptop isn’t really cutting it anymore. I’ve debated buying a ready build pc but I think it’ll be...
  24. S

    Question PC newbie trying to build an XP machine from a childhood rig pulled from storage

    Hello! I'm a big console guy trying to rebuild an old PC from my high school days with XP gaming in mind. This PC was originally built back in the early to mid 2000's when I was barely in High School. My stepdad bought all the pieces for this PC and gifted them to me for Christmas back then and...
  25. Oscar74

    Question PSU recommendations for a new build please - i12600/RX6500

    Hey guys Building a new PC for home with the following config: CPU: i5-12600 RAM: 4x16GB 3200 M/B: Asus Tuf B660M-e Case: BeQuiet B500DX with 2 additional 140mm fans Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock Slim GPU: RX6500XT Storage: 1TB NVMe + 2 x HDDs I have a spare 550w 80+ gold PSU whic I was planning...
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    Question Is this PC worth building?

    Hi, I have in my hands a HP Z8 G4 Motherboard with 2 Xeon Gold 6128 3.4ghz CPUS and 2 RTX 5000 Graphics cards and around 400 gb of DDR4 Ram.. I am only missing the case to setup everything together, which will cost me around 500 euro. My Question: Is it worth paying the 500 euro to make this...
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    Build Advice Music production/engineering PC build - thoughts and advice

    Hello everyone. As the title says, I will be building a PC (for the first time in my life) primarily for music production/sound work and occasionally some light/amateur Photoshop (not including basic everyday tasks like browsing obviously). For the past month I've been intensively informing...
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    Build Advice Need a PC build review/ suggestions to change parts ?

    I am trying to build a new PC that will be mainly used for Photo/ Video editing (Premiere Pro , Photoshop etc.,) and a little bit for gaming as well. Here is my build below AMD B450 AORUS Motherboard - Rs 11,800 INR AMD RYZEN 7 5700x processor...
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    Question Very confused on why my computer is lagging so much when playing games or even when I am just using it normally, my SPECS are as follows....

    Here are my specs! RTX 3070 Nivida and AMD Ryzen 5 5600x 6 core processor I have also 16g of ram. I honestly have no idea why it is slow, I thought I had a beefy computer but it can't even play any game without LAG/freezes or use chrome without freezing and it also feels like my keyboard has...
  30. FIT2

    Question Msi A520M Pro VH or Asrock A520M Hdv for ryzen 5 4650g . Which is better ?

    I want to know which is better ? Asrock motherboard support m.2 to work with cpu or it's only a normal m.2 without cpu control ?
  31. PcBuilder0132

    Question Is this an alright first of build?

    My PC parts ↓ https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xTnzhk
  32. S

    Question On NewEgg it differentiates between "ATX" and "ATX12V" power supplies. Which one do i need for my build? What's the difference?

    On NewEgg it differentiates between "ATX" and "ATX12V" power supplies. Which one do i need for my build? What's the difference? My build list has following components: Intel Core i9-12900K - Core i9 12th Gen Alder Lake 16-Core (8P+8E) 3.2 GHz LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Desktop...
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    Build Advice Buy Now or Wait? (High End PC Build)

    Hi everyone, I just heard the great news that all GPU prices have dropped in prices for preparation for the brand new RTX 4000 series cards, which are getting ready to launch later this year. I am in a situation where I am not sure if I should buy or wait for the new RTX 4000 series cards and...
  34. Foyezes

    Question Rate my i3, DDR5 no gpu build plan

    I'm planning on building a pc mainly for 3d work and gaming. I'm planning on upgrading some of the parts in the future. CPU: i3-12100 Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M Aorus Pro DDR5 RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 1x16gb 5200Mhz DDR5 ( Wanted to get 2x8 ram kits but none available ) Storage: Samsung 980...
  35. Mimisss

    [SOLVED] What do you think of this build?

    Hello, I am thinking of building the following desktop PC: CPU INTEL CORE I3-10100 3.60GHZ LGA1200 BOX 111.00€ MOTHERBOARD ASROCK H510M-HDV/M.2 67.80€ RAM G.SKILL F4-2666C19D-16GIS 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 2666MHZ AEGIS DUAL KIT 50.90€ SSD SAMSUNG MZ-V8V500BW 980 500GB NVME PCIE GEN 3.0 X4...
  36. XiNHe77

    Question Thermal Throttling after installing new CPU Cooler

    I have an i5 11400 paired with a GTX 1650 Super, Before,I had a stock intel cooler installed and I noticed that as the summer came, The temperatures of the CPU started to touch 100 degrees C as I live in a hot region.. So I decided to upgrade to an aftermarket cooler and bought the Cooler Master...
  37. G

    [SOLVED] Computer crashes while playing games

    I recently built a new pc. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/skang28/saved/Dr8b23 I've been having trouble figuring out why my computer crashes when playing games. It mostly happens while playing Apex Legends. So the screen will go black then computer restarts. It seems like a CPU/GPU crash...
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    Question My RX 570 isn't getting proper wattage ?

    I downloaded MSI Afterburner and I have noticed that my RX 5704gb ( https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-radeon-rx-570-axrx-570-4gbd5-3dhd-oc/p/N82E16814131717?Item=N82E16814131717 ) only pulls in 60-90w while gaming on any game. All of my games however run fine except Fortnite. There are times...
  39. Foyezes

    [SOLVED] Is it possible to build a good gaming pc under $700 (Thanks to everyone who helped)

    Hi. I'm planning on building a pc capable of gaming and 3d work. My budget is $700. Any advice on what parts to pick? I'm planning on getting an intel cpu since the affordable ryzen ones are mostly sold out in my country. I was hoping is to get an RX 570 gpu when or if the prices go back to...
  40. X

    [SOLVED] What power supply should I use? (Need help asap)

    Hello everybody here on this forum! I need some help on what PSU I should choose for my new pc build. I'm planning on overclocking both the GPU and the CPU (the first time overclocking the CPU, btw). I will use the pc for gaming and gaming only. Is there anything that I could change to make it...