pcbuildadvice

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    Question Help me upgrade my 2018 PC for $500-$600!

    I’m looking to upgrade my PC that I originally built in 2018. It’s still kicking, but it’s starting to struggle with stiffer games like Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3. It definitely needs more RAM, and I’m debating whether to add another SSD or just reorganize my current storage. I’m also...
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    Question Help me refine this $1600-$5000 flexible gaming PC build!

    Hey everyone! I’m putting together a gaming PC that will primarily be used for gaming (chunky titles like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, GTA, Baldur’s Gate 3, and maybe some VR in the future), but also for light multitasking, web browsing, and some photo editing. I’m not chasing ultra-premium...
  3. fixmyfpsplease

    Question My gaming FPS is so much lower than it should be ?

    hello, i just recently upgraded my pc with the specs listed below and i feel as if i am not unleashing my rig's full potential. I have optimized my rig a little bit and overclocked my gpu +100mhz, and my gpu usage is 20-30% and cpu is 25-35% - currently getting about 180-230 fps in game when i...
  4. Taron2000

    Question First time building pc (CAE and gaming).

    First time building pc (CAE and gaming) CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X OEM RAM: 64Gb DDR5 6000MHz Kingston Fury Renegade (2x32Gb KIT) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super Gigabyte WindForce OC 12Gb Mother: ASUS TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI SSD: 1Tb Samsung 990 EVO Power: 750W Chieftec Polaris Cooler: Arctic...
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    Build Advice Looking for advice on an upcoming build ($1800)

    I'm planning on building a new PC within the next week and considering it's been a while since I last did so, I thought I'd ask for some proper advice on here for a list I put together. I'm looking to stick with an all-white theme as closely as possible and ideally within a budget of $1600-$2000...
  6. Mxhawthy

    Build Advice Planning to build a PC for the first time in 10 years, is there anything I should tweak with this build config? + Advice about RGB please

    Hi there, As the title says, I am looking for advice about any tweaks I should make to the below build configuration, but please note that I cannot stretch my budget any higher. I'm particularly looking for help making sure that my RGB setup will work well, and will be easily configurable. I...
  7. luke514_

    Question Fundamental tips to build or buy a gaming PC

    I would like to play games like total war, bannerlord 2 etc. and I need to buy (or build) a pc. For my current budget, it would be better to buy a used pre-built gaming pc (and in the future build one) but I don't know how or "check" if it is "built" correctly or not. Specifically, I would like...
  8. alyszamoon

    Question gaming pc build help

    ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 white AMD Ryzen 7 5800X cooler master 650 watt power ROG Strix B660-A wifi corsair venegeance RGB PRO 2x8 gb Lian-Li ATX o11 hi guys, i’m building my first gaming pc (1000 euro range) and i am looking for some cheap but good components, i also tried to match the...
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    Build Advice Video and photo editing pc build vs laptop

    Hello, I want your advice between building a custom pc or ready gaming laptop for my needs. I’ll be using it for photos and video editing ( iphone footage ) not interested in gaming for the moment maybe some light gaming but it’s not a priority. According to my budget and current prices in my...
  10. allhappy

    Question First PC Build, Parts List Opinions, Feedback, and Compatibility Advice please

    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...
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    Question First PC Build, Parts List Opinions, Feedback, and Compatibility Advice please

    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...
  12. vertoxed

    Build Advice Need help with first custom PC build. $2000 max budget.

    Background Info: This is my first time ever building a computer but I have tinkered a bit with my computer now and understand most of the parts. I have a somewhat decent 2019 iBUYPOWER prebuilt. I upgraded the ram in it and the power supply. Build Info: High Mid Range to Low High Range...
  13. stavsavv2

    Question Which gpu should i buy?

    Ηello I would like to ask (as the title already says) which graphics card to get; I want to give up to 300 euros and from the country where I am (Greece) I am between the 4060 or the 7600 (they have the same price) or if you want to suggest me another card. My pc specs are : Power supply: be...
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    Question PC Build Feedback Please

    Hi all, I'm building my own PC for first time and have the below concept/ideas. Never built one and been a long time since I've got into the stats so thought I'd share with some smarter people than me to get any tips/feedback on my suggested epic build. Budget $5,000 AUD. Hoping to take...
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    Question Buying PC tommorow around 1000$

    I'm trying to build a pc that I'm going to buy my brother tommorow so I want to know wether I chose right GPU and CPU: Gpu: since I'm limited to two manufacturers either XFX 6700 Speedster Swift 10gb or PowerColor Fighter 6700 10gb both are around 345$ CPU: R7 7700 = 415$ I've done quite a...
  16. caroccp

    Question PC got hit & won't display so need help troubleshooting ?

    A few months back, someone dropped something on my pc (desktop) and since then it will not display. The pc was turned off when it was hit. I've just recently tried to figure out what's wrong with it and I've taken it apart & put it back together, but it still does not display. Pc boots, fans...
  17. Dom200

    Question PC Build

    Hello everyone! It's been approximately 5 years since I last built a PC, and the time has finally arrived for me to embark on a new PC-building adventure. Here are my current PC specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3qTvLD. However, now I'm considering two different builds that I have come up...
  18. Jacklope

    Question Does this pc have any compatibility problems?

    I have done a pc for a friend of mine. He asked it to be around 875 bucks. He specified that it needs to be new, and have a nvidia gpu. I verified the pc in pcpartpicker but i dont trust it very much. CPU: Intel Alder Lake, Core i5 12400F 2.5GHz GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 EAGLE OC 8GB GDDR6...
  19. HashOnPC

    Question New monitor suggestions ?

    Hi, I want to buy a monitor and I can't decide which one will be good for me I mostly playing valorant and counter strike and sometime squad and MW2 my graphic card is RTX 4090 my options that I saw will be good are: LG 32GQ850-B Asus XG27AQMR(and if someone can tell me if it's good because I...
  20. HashOnPC

    Question 4x16 DDR5

    Hi, I'm building a PC and I recently saw that 4 sticks of DDR5 ram are not stable I've watched a video of guy that changing the VDD and VDDQ to 1.3 DRAM voltage but I don't thing it's a permanent solution is there ant stable solution or I just will use the 2 sticks of RAM and sell the other two...
  21. HashOnPC

    Question PC build Help

    Hi, I'm building a pc and I've left only a power supply to choose and if somebody can help me to decide which one would be better for my system and only those models Seasonic vertex GX 1200 or Silverstone HELA 1200R. My components are: Intel core I9 13900KS Z790 aorus master RTX 4090 AOURUS...
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    Question PC Part List Review

    Hey. I am currently looking to purchase a PC within the next few weeks. I went to Microcenter back in March to get help, as I am not very knowledagble in PC Building and do not know what parts are the best for my situation. The employee at Microcenter helped and gave me a list of PC Parts that...
  23. akaBebo

    Question Is there anyway to upgrade this PC or should I just build a new one ?

    HP ENVY 700-406 Desktop PC MS-7906 (orchid-s) AMD A10-7700K 16GB DDR3 (7.93 useable) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Seagate ST2000DMOD1-1ER164
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    Build Advice 2023 PC Upgrade Build

    I am currently thinking of buying a new PC. I plan on playing COD, Warzone, Overwatch and Fortnite on it. I also plan on using it for personal work like school or other work where I can multitask easily with a bunch of different tabs open. I also make music from time to time using FL Studio, so...
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    Question Help with understanding SSD/NVME

    Currently I have a Samsung 750evo 250gb.... Its old and I need to upgrade. The problem I am having is finding a middle ground without spending a bunch of money. There are two NVMEs that I am looking at. The first is a an Kingston NV2 NVME PCIe 2TB SSD with a read/write speed of 3,500/2,800MB/s...
  26. Zuber Khan12

    Question Which one should i go for AMD RYZEN 5 3600 OR Intel Core i5-10400F?

    Hello Community, :) Hope you are all well. I need your suggestions, and views on this issue, i was having eyes on these 2 processors from long time but because of budget i waited. Now things seems in my favour and i am getting AMD RYZEN 5 3600 - 122.99 $ or 9999 INR. and Intel Core i5...
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    Question 2X8 3200mz with CL16 OR 2X8 3600 with CL18?

    https://computecheg.com/en/product/xpg-ddr4-d60g-rgb-16gb-2x8gb-3600mhz/ https://computecheg.com/en/product/gskill-ripjaws-v-memory-ddr4-3200-cl16-1-35v-16gb-2x8gb/ I just want to note that the one with 3600 is advertised as CL 14 in the link(which I highly doubt because I have made some...
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    Question $2000 PC Build Suggestions

    Can anybody suggest to me what parts to get to build a pc for a $2000 budget? I don't need monitors, windows, keyboard or a mouse included in this since I have those taken care of. I mainly just want to use this for after effects and blender. I don't game too much either. And I live in the...
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    Question Parts List Opinion For New PC Build Please

    Finalizing my part list to buy during black Friday (Already have a few of the parts I found on sale, but should be within return window). Would love some feedback/advice on this. Anything worth upgrading? Mostly work on this PC (3 monitors, multiple browser windows/tabs always open, photo...
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    Question this is my build what do you think

    I am upgrading my pc since my friend cannot afford a new one and I will give the old parts to my friend and keep my GPU, monitor, and hard drive. I am rushing before my country raises the taxes. this is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rBzFxs I will upgrade the monitor and GPU later ...
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    Question Any recommendations on changes to my build?

    I want to upgrade most of my system which I have been doing by buying better cpus, gpus, ram, storage, etc but I want to upgrade it with more latest tech. I want the pc itself to look good but also have a nice performance, mainly going for a high end build. My current build consists of: case -...
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    [SOLVED] Msi b660 pro A vs msi mag b660m mortar

    I have seen a lot of benchmarks that says that the mortar one is the superior one(vrm wise and points wise) BUT the comparison were between msi b660m pro A and b660m mag mortar. Now my option with pro A is normal one(not micro atx) and b660m mag mortar. So my only question is:if the pro A one...
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    [SOLVED] I5 12600KF(or 12600) with msi b660 pro A OR 12700 with b660m dsh3 gigabyte?

    Credit to other members from my latest post they have pointed out to me that dsh3 mobo has bad VRM so I wanted to ask if it would be better to have 12600kf(or 12600) with msi b660 pro A OR 12700 with b660m dsh3 gigabyte. IK it is better to have z690 with k series BUT I am not planning to...
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    [SOLVED] Intel i5-12600k vs i7-12700F vs i7-12700 ?

    I have heard that k series excels in overclocking but IDK if by that means manual overclocking or does it achieve these results on its own(I am not willing to overclock manually anyway) . So I have planned to update to 12th gen Intel. Found some good deals for either z690m dsh3 gigabyte with i5...
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    [SOLVED] PC Build Suggestions

    Hello all! I want to come back to gaming and need a PC that will handle all of my work stuff, gaming and potentially some streaming. I will play some newer titles like Dying Light 2 however most of my hours will be spent on CS:GO/Valorant. PCPartPicker Part List...
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    [SOLVED] Is the there a substantial difference between psus that someone should bear in mind before buying?

    I mean I know that bronze, gold is about energy saving and all that but will they have effect in the long run? Will they affect the longevity of the psu so it doesn't like get fried under pressure? Will they affect any other components? I mean for example I feel this one is so good and with...
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    [SOLVED] Will DDR4 3200 ram be compatible with a z690 DDR5 motherboard?

    I mean would it work fine? Will there be any problems or anything to be careful about? Or it won't work in the first place?
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    [SOLVED] Is antec a400 good for i5 12600k?

    I have really really tight budget. Mobo is z690 UD aorus and cpu is i5 12600k. Is that cooler even compatible with that cpu and mobo? Will it be good enough for cooling? Because I know that Intel can get really hot and especially where I live it can reach 40c/104f or even more at the summer
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    [SOLVED] 3200 or 3600 with i5 11600k?

    I am planning to get i5 11600k with z590 AD mobo and 2X16 ram but I wanted to buy 3600 rams and some guy told me that 3600 is completely useless with Intel I better stick with 3200 So is that true? Also are there anything else to focus on while buying rams (like manufacturing companies or any...
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    [SOLVED] 3D Rendering build using unused power supply ?

    Hi, I have unused 2 years old 1stPlayer BLACK.SIR 450w power supply and recently, I'm quite active on making 3d stuff, so I thought I would use that power supply to build a dedicated renderer and make a render farm like environment with my other 2 pcs. but I wonder if I should use a GPU or not...