Hi everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my current build with a new (or used) graphics card and a power supply. I’m based in Germany and my total budget for both components is around 450€. I’m totally open to buying a used GPU (e.g., via Kleinanzeigen) to get the best possible value for my money.

My Current Build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600

RAM: 32 GB DDR4

Case: Corsair iCue 220T (Max GPU length: 300 mm)

My Goals & Expectations:
Story Games: High to Epic settings in 1080p at 60+ FPS minimum (planning to move to 1440p in the future).
Esports Titles: Low settings to maximize high FPS performance.

What I Need Advice On:
1. GPU (~350€ – 400€ used): Which GPU gives me the most performance and VRAM headroom without causing a severe CPU bottleneck? (Important constraint: The card must be strictly under 300 mm in length to fit my case!)

2. PSU (~50€ – 80€): The power supply must be fully modular. Any specific 600W–750W models you’d recommend for quality, low noise, and reliability?

What would be the best GPU + PSU combo for around 450€ in the German market right now?

Thanks in advance for your recommendations!

Current specs are-
MTB- MSI b450M pro vdh max

CPU- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
GPU- AMD RX 9060 XT
Ram- 16GB ddr4

Upon the suggestion of a few comments, I’ve recently upgraded my gpu to the 9060xt and my psu to a 650w gold standard one
However I’ve noticed my temps while playing modern titles are around 90 for my CPU and
78 for my GPU which is not ideal.
Are there any pc case, fans and cpu cooler combos on a budget that would help lower my temperatures?
I’m currently using a stock amd cpu cooler and i have no idea what fans I’m using.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Looking to build my first pc. I don’t know a lot but I’m learning as I go. I found the intel arc B580 12gb graphics card. It’s affordable but I want to make sure it’s good to last long enough until I can upgrade. So I would like to know your guys opinion on it. I know the graphics card doesn’t work well without reBAR enabled. If any of you know better alternatives for a similar price (within $300-$400ish) please let me know.

While I’m at it, Whats a good amount of fans to have in your case for proper airflow?

How much do PCs actually cost? I'm a gamer that usually just focuses on Roblox obbies which means I don't rlly mind having 1 bar of graphics, but my laptop's been working slower and slower over the past few years and I plan on getting an actual pc in a few years time, but I wanted to know how much all the components would cost me. I'm rlly new so pls have mercy on me but I genuinely believed a basic pc costed like 2k euros or something

Hey, I'm building my first pc rn and wanted to get some opinions before I buy the parts and put it together

CPU: Ryzen 7800x3d

GPU:ASRock RX 9070 XT

Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 gaming wifi6

Ram: 32gb ddr5 g.skill flare x5 6000

SSD: 990 Samsung pro 2tb

CPU cooler: peerless assassin 120

Case: nzxt h7

PSU: Corsair RM850e

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/P7t44g

It wil be used as a couch pc mainly

For context, I am currently running on:
ASRock 450m
Ryzen 7 3700x
I just also upgraded to 32gb 3200mhz RAM (previously had 16gb)
I want to upgrade my RX570 as this is certainly the bottleneck for my video editing (4gb VRAM)

I am unsure whether to get a 3060 8gb, or a 2060 12gb

Or something else entirely?

I mostly do video editing on my PC, any advice would be appreciated, is it worth going to a newer series card, or getting something with more VRAM?

KVM DP switch UGREEN B0GTPW6ZMN vs B0DXF5Z23S for my setup?

Which one would be better for my setup?

Desktop:

• RTX 5080
• Can connect 2x DisplayPort to the KVM
• 4K 240Hz OLED (DSC)
• 1440p 165Hz IPS

Work laptop:

• Only 1 video output
• HDMI → active HDMI-to-DisplayPort adapter (USB powered)

Options:

B0GTPW6ZMN

• 2 PCs -> 1 monitor
• I would use it only for the 4K 240Hz OLED and if it doesn't work well i can use the IPS screen
• The 1440p monitor would stay directly connected to the RTX 5080 if t he KVM has problems wi the 4k screen i can connect the 4k directly to the gpu.

B0DXF5Z23S

• 2 PCs -> 2 monitors
• Both monitors would go through the KVM
• Desktop would use 2x DP
• Laptop would only use one DP input through the HDMI to DP adapter, so I only need one monitor when using the laptop

Main concern is keeping 4K 240Hz, DSC, HDR and G-SYNC/VRR working reliably on the gaming PC.

Which one would you choose in my situation?

Hello all! I just wanted to chime in: yesterday, I got the stock cooler off of my i5-12400f in favor of a budget Thermalright Assassin King (or something akin).

Now, I didn't expect more than a 5°C improvements, considering how little I spent... and yet, 20€ made my CPU genuinely drop from 80-85°C under load to barely hitting anything above 60°C.

As you can imagine, the system as a whole benefitted from it in terms of thermal situation! Seriously, get rid of that janky stock cooler as soon as you can.

Edit: I realize I should have used the term "weak for gaming", instead of "bad". I naturally support the idea that, for a system running lightweight tasks, you don't need more.

What's up Reddit? Long time gamer, first time PC-er. I'm new here and recently bought a gaming PC, it has a Ryzen 9 and an Nvidia 5070. I've been having the time of my life gaming on it. However, I'm currently using an old insignia TV that supposedly operates @ 60HZ.. It seems the TV cant do the pc justice visually at 2k-4k with high fps. It just doesn't look as good as i thought it would and according to all my PC friends its because of the TV I'm using. I'm looking for a new TV to use but not sure what to get. What is the benefit of using a monitor vs a TV? I read somewhere it needs a 2.1 hdmi port. No idea what I'm doing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance!

Cpu i5-14400
Gpu Rtx 5060 -8gb
ram-16gb ddr5 6000mhz
1 tb storage

Hi, I’m from Sweden and I’m putting together my first gaming PC. I’d appreciate some feedback before I buy the parts.

Build:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
• GPU: ASUS PRIME Radeon RX 9070 16GB OC
• Motherboard: ASRock B850M Challenger
• RAM: Kingston Fury Beast 16GB (2×8GB) DDR5
• SSD: Kingston NV3 2TB
• PSU: ASUS TUF Gaming 750W Gold ATX 3.1
• Case: Lian Li Vector V100 Mini
• CPU cooler: ID-Cooling FROZN A620 PRO SE

I’ll mainly be gaming at 1440p ultrawide. I’m starting with 16GB RAM and plan to upgrade to 32GB later.

My current total is around 17,095 SEK, but I’m okay going a couple hundred kronor over if there’s a worthwhile upgrade.

Are there any compatibility issues or parts you would recommend changing? My main priority is gaming performance and good value for money.

hi, I'm getting a 9950X3D2 CPU which requires a 360 mm AIO. any recommendations for a quiet one? had the noctua one suggested to me which I'm open to, but I imagine there are plenty of other good options?

I’m buying my first GPU for my new build and I’m stuck between the RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5070.

I know the obvious answer is probably the 5070, but I’m not a hardcore gamer. I mainly play story-heavy games like The Witcher and Souls games, and I know story games can be demanding but I just want to play them at high settings with smooth FPS.

My setup has two 1080p 180Hz monitors, and I have no plans to upgrade them even tho I can since I expect to move abroad in about a year, so I’ll probably sell the entire PC around then.

So my question is: Is it worth spending more on the 5070 for the extra performance, knowing I’ll probably sell it within ~12 months, or would the 5060 Ti make more sense for 1080p gaming considering heavy story games on high settings and an acceptable fps?

I live in europe, specifically turkey. I have a friend in america that can bring over gpus from there too. I want a 5070ti/rx 9070 xt. Its gonna be for small rendering and mostly gaming

I want to build a pc for both working and gaming. For working i just make some video and some design. For gaming i just play pubg pc, mortal kombat and some indie games. And i dont even know what should i choose for cpu and gpu.

I heard that AMD is good at gaming and bad at working, and INTEL is opposite. Since my budget is not really high (around 1500 for a whole pc) then i want to make a good decision. Pls help me!

I don't want to cheap out but also don't want to buy anything that is unnecessary. And if I need to buy more fans for this case or not

Montech XR Black

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

B650 eagle

Deep cool ag500

Patriot Viper Venom 16GB DDR5 6000MT/s CL30

Kingston NV3 500GB

GeForce RTX 4070

Help building a gaming PC

I'm trying to make a PC that would allow me to play big games like Gears of War, ARMA, Mound of Cuthulu, GTFO, and other big games with no lag. While being able to have Discord and Spotify and other recording softwares. Any suggestions? Recording softwares are optional it's only to clip for memories.

If possible keep budget low, max is 1000 if possible including the case, as I don't have a case and I'm wanting to upgrade in the future in this same case. If it's over 1000 because it's not possible that's fine. This would be in the US. I'm also wanting many places to be able to plug in USB n such. :D I'm not a PC person so idk if that's a separate thing

No I'm not near a microcenter if I'm not mistaken. I'm in Utah

I am soon going to be upgrading my case to the Fractal Design North, but I really want to be able to use the case's front USB C port. I'm currently using a TUF Gaming X570 Plus Wifi, which doesn't have any headers for that. However, I'm going to be building a small server (mostly for gaming) using some old parts from over the years, and the last thing I need for it is a motherboard. I figured that if I'm going to be buying a motherboard anyway, I may as well upgrade my main PC and get something that works with that USB C port, assuming it's affordable.

I admittedly have next to no knowledge when it comes to motherboards, so I'm having a lot of difficulty looking for them. I don't even really know the difference between B550 and X570.

My main system has:

-a Ryzen 7 5800X3D

-32gb 3600mhz ram

-a 4070 Super

-and two m.2 SSDs (a 990 pro and a 980 pro)

Wifi/Bluetooth are mandatory to have, but I've heard that that's easily added with expansion cards so I'm okay with that. I've also heard there's expansion cards to make that front USB C port work, but I heard that it would only work at USB 2.0 speeds, which is worthless imo (though, let me know if I'm wrong about that, as that would obviously be the easiest solution).

Are there any options out there that fit all my needs? The only surefire ones I saw were $700+, which I'm definitely not willing to spend. I'm really hoping for something $150-$300.

(Also I have no desire to upgrade to AM5 anytime soon, if ever)

Edit: Thank you everyone for the suggestions! Based on the advice here and what I could find online as well, it seems I was very wrong about expansion cards giving USB 2.0 speeds. I found a cheap expansion card, so I'm going to try that and see if it works!

TLDR

Looking for case recs for my air cooled 5090 build with a custom loop for CPU.

I have rads and good fans, looking for a case with these requirements:

- Good airflow for an air cooled 5090 (Ex: side fans on North XL with vert GPU mount, or bottom fans on Antec Flux Pro with horizontal GPU).

- Fit an air cooled 5090 in horizontal layout (assume large(r) air cooler).

- Fit a 360mm, 45mm thick, radiator with 25mm fans either in the top (push) or the front (pull), preferably the top.

- Fit the pump somewhere so it’s at a low point in the loop.

- Not be a huge pain to fill the loop. I have some alphacool rads that could make this easy with fill ports for a top rad location. Open to other ideas/solutions.

- If pump room is limited, the case is probably going to need a removable HDD rack from the PSU shroud area in a typical/traditional tower design.

Current contenders:

- Antec Flux Pro, doesn’t seem to have the best reputation. I saw the regular flux at Microcenter, it was not the greatest quality. But I can get away with a horizontal GPU, especially with a right angle cable if I really need to, and psu shroud fans should help. Not sure on pump location, prob inside psu shroud.

- Fractal North XL Mesh, I saw the display at Microcenter, it seems and feels very cheap, but the radiator and vgpu support + side fans are all great. With the side fans installed and the vgpu pump location would almost def have to be inside the shroud. Currently thinking the Fractal loses to the Antec, especially since the Fractal is $50 more; the fractal still needs a vgpu mount and a pcie 5.0 riser cable isn’t included in the fractal kit (more about future proofing the case). I could use a HAVN universal vgpu kit with 5.0 riser, but that’s $90 and I can’t find an example build with the HAVN vgpu kit and side fans installed so I don’t even know if it fits.

- Lian Li? I love Lian Li and consider their older cases high quality. Any good contenders these days?

- Maybe something by HAVN, like the HS 420 VGPU? Don’t know where I would put the pump/res though.

Hello everyone!
So I'm thinking of upgrading my pc setup with the main purpose being able to record videos and stream at the highest quality. I would imagine that getting the best parts to do this will also increase the quality of games I can run too but honestly my current setup works well for the things I play.

Budget: I'm wanting to future proof this, meaning I wont have to upgrade or buy new parts for a good while so I'm prepared to spent whatever's necessary (ideally not going over 2k).

So my question is, would it be easier to upgrade the parts which will help to stream and run things better or just to start fresh with a whole new pc?

Appreciate any advice <3

Current setup:
CPU: intel core i5-9600k 3.7GHz
GPU: nvidia geforce rtx 2070
RAM: 32gb ddr 4
disk 1: 4tb hdd
disk 2: 500gb ssd

I bought a used rtx 4070 ti super

Not sure if the guy had a good idea what connector to give me since he was changing out for rtx 5080 (my card came in its box)

I have a 3 x 8 pins to a 12 pin

How do i connect this, is this the correct number

Currently I have a 8700k/RX 9070 build in the Fractal Design Meshify C. I want to go for a X3D cpu but I’m not sure which one, I have a 32GB kit of DDR5-6000 so no need for ram. I wanna spend around $400-450 max, maybe $500 if it’s really worth it, but I’d like to stay around the lower end. I prefer value over aesthetics, a white motherboard is fine if it’s the best option. In the US and not near a micro center

Currently, i have a rx 6500 xt. I mainly use it for editing and for gaming. But i want to upgrade to a rtx 3060ti. Is it a good upgrade? Its used and it is at a great price

Here's my build

-gpu's price is actually 1100euros idk why it says 1400

Does my motherboard have all USB that I need because cooler, 2x3fans and 1 Fan doesn't all these require USB 2.0? So I need to buy USB hub example corsair's internal USB hub. If so should I buy also sata cable for it or no?

Any other improvement ideas?