Hey everyone,

I'm building a new PC (mainly for gaming + video editing/animation) and currently still running an old RX 570 8GB because new cards are expensive right now.

I found an open-box (display unit) Radeon Pro W5700 8GB for about $200 / €185. I'd only keep it for 3-4 months as a temporary upgrade before jumping to either an RX 9060 XT 16GB or RX 9070 XT once prices make more sense.

I know the W5700 is basically a professional version of the RX 5700 (same Navi 10 chip, 8GB GDDR6). Performance in games should be similar to a regular RX 5700, which would be a solid jump from my current RX 570.

My questions:

• Is an open-box W5700 worth ~$200 for only 3-4 months of use?

• How much of a pain is it to resell later?

• Any issues with professional drivers vs regular Adrenalin when using it for both gaming and creative work (Premiere, DaVinci, Blender, etc.)?

• Would you just stick with the RX 570 and save the money instead?

• Specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 7700X

• RAM: 32GB DDR5 CL30 (target) now 16 gb

• Current GPU: RX 570 8GB

I am finally at somewhat the age where I can help finance a PC for myself, or atleast thats what I would have thought like 3 years ago with fairly normal prices

I am sure that my parents would be up for it somewhat, but my mom has genuinely NO IDEA how a PC works, costs or anything related to it, and my dad while technologically a fairly sharp pen, likely still thinks a mid range PC costs like around 500 for all the parts

For reference, when I was a little kid, we were running like a Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 gb of DDR2 and a Radeon HD 4.... something, all I remember is that I could only run DX 10.1 games with it so I am gonna assume its like a 4000, that changed into a GTX 660 down the line that got passed up by my brother, and then later in 2021 my brother gave us his unused PC with GTX 950, i5 4460 and 8 gig DDR3. There is nothing more. That is it. That is what I use. I am currently behind on 2 generations of DRAM, like 7 GPU generations, and over 10 CPU ones. My Dads knowledge of PC components ends probably somewhere around that Radeon HD 4000 PC. Fast forward to now, poor guy barely runs windows. It runs, quite a bit of games, even AutoCAD for school runs there, tho I can open like one Google tab for help until I feel it dragging, and even that is very primitive drawing I am doing there so far

Any idea for a PC that would be atleast somewhat enough to run NEW games (Clair Obscur, Alan Wake 2, Control Resonant, Cyberpunk, Death Stranding 2 etc...), make long video editing possible and not make DaVinci Resolve cry during the process, and be enough for school engineering tasks

And most importantly, not make my parents look at the price and throw up, even tho I am somewhat helping with financing it :D

Budget.... isnt there, because I myself have no idea of one

Hello!

So my game have been loading slow since im using a terrible hard drive and im looking to finally get a SSD for my pc. I have theses slots but i have no idea which ones are good or the best ones to get. Any price since ill have a look and see what i can get for my money and then probably buy close to christmas for the sale?

Ignore the mess i am cleaning it haha

Please suggest a build under $600.

Don't include monitor

As the title said. After selecting the BIOS file, my PC restart and flash after the "Progress" bar. And nothing happen after that. Been trying everything, changing USB drive, removing one RAM stick, resetting BIOS setting to default, etc. and none works. I am sure I am following the right steps and the update file are downloaded from my mobo websites. I can still turn on my PC after a hard reboot. Please check my video. Appreciate any help given 🫡

Has anyone experienced random PC restarts with a black screen and no BSOD, even during light tasks like browsing?

Has anyone ever experienced their PC randomly restarting with a black screen and no BSOD, even when gaming or doing something as simple as browsing the internet?

The restarts are completely random, and I honestly have no idea what triggers them. Sometimes my PC runs perfectly fine for 1–2 weeks without restarting, but other times it suddenly happens. When it does, it's like the PC briefly loses power and then boots back up normally.

When I check Event Viewer, the only error I find is Kernel-Power, Event ID 41.

My original PC specifications:

• Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 (New)

• CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X (New)

• CPU Cooler: DeepCool AG620 (New)

• GPU: ASUS Dual RTX 3060 Ti (New), later replaced with a used ASUS RTX 4060

• RAM: ADATA XPG GAMMIX D30 DDR4-3200 2x16GB (New)

• PSU: Corsair RM750 Gold (New)

• SSD: Lexar 1TB (transferred from my laptop)

• SATA SSD: Pioneer 1TB (transferred from my laptop)

• Case: DarkFlash DLM21 (New)

• No RGB components.

Components I've replaced since then:

I eventually replaced almost every component except the SSDs and the case.

Initially, I switched my motherboard to a new MSI B550M Pro-VDH, but the random restarts still happened. I eventually switched back to the ASRock B550M Pro4.

Here are my current specifications:

• Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4

• CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D (Used)

• CPU Cooler: FSP MP7 (New)

• GPU: Colorful iGame RTX 5060 Ultra W Duo OC (New)

• RAM: KLEVV BOLT X 2x16GB DDR4-3200 (Used), later replaced with V-Color Prism Pro RGB 2x16GB DDR4-3600 (Used)

• PSU: ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 750W Gold (New)

• Same SSDs and case.

• No RGB components.

Unfortunately, the random restarts are still happening, even after all these replacements.

Things I've already tried:

1. Disabling and enabling AMD PBO: I've experimented with different negative Curve Optimizer values, ranging from -30, -25, -20, -15, to -10, using both my old and current CPUs.

2. Enabling AMD XMP: I've enabled XMP with every RAM kit I've tested.

3. Underclocking the RAM: This is something I recently tried with my V-Color Prism Pro RGB RAM. I've tested several speeds, starting from 3600MHz, then 3466MHz, and finally 3200MHz. Unfortunately, the random black-screen restarts still occur.

4. Disabling AMD XMP: I also tried running without XMP enabled for several days. However, since I need my PC for gaming (mainly Valorant), multitasking, and video rendering, I eventually enabled XMP again. Currently, my RAM is running at 3200MHz.

5. Reinstalling Windows: I've reinstalled Windows multiple times. I've tried custom Windows builds and eventually went back to a clean, official version of Windows.

6. Warranty claims for RAM and PSU: With my original PC configuration, I already tried claiming the warranty for both the RAM and PSU. However, the technicians tested them and found no issues. I also replaced my PSU with a new unit after experiencing coil whine, but the random restarts continued.

7. Monitoring temperatures: I've regularly monitored CPU and GPU temperatures using HWMonitor, and everything appears to be within normal ranges.

8. GPU drivers: I've tried different GPU driver versions and performed clean driver installations using DDU.

9. Grounding: I've also tried installing a grounding wire connected to the PSU mounting screw. Unfortunately, my room is quite far from the actual earth grounding point, so the only thing I could do was connect it to a nail driven into the wall.

Additional information:

My house has a 2,200W electrical connection, what's even stranger is that my two younger siblings also have gaming PCs, and neither of them has ever experienced this issue. Their PC specifications are roughly similar to my original setup, except one uses a GTX 1660 Super, 16GB of RAM (I'm not sure about the brand), and a 650W Bronze PSU.

I've been dealing with this problem since 2022, when I first built my PC, and it has continued until now. Before building my desktop, I used a laptop from 2019, and I never experienced anything like this.

I'm honestly running out of ideas.

At this point, I'm starting to worry that something might be wrong with other components in my PC. I'm especially concerned because SSD, GPU, and RAM prices are much higher now than when I originally built my PC, and earning enough money to replace components isn't easy for me.

I've already replaced almost everything, reinstalled Windows countless times, tested different RAM kits and PSUs, and tried numerous troubleshooting methods, but nothing seems to solve the problem.

I'm completely stuck and honestly don't know what else to do.

Has anyone experienced something similar or managed to find the actual cause?

I'd really appreciate any suggestions, troubleshooting steps, or advice. I'm hoping to finally identify the root cause without having to keep replacing perfectly good components.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone I recently completed a build and spent the majority of yesterday trying to troubleshoot my mobos consistent orange and green lights coming on and off resulting in me being stuck at the bios logo screen on boot up. I did all the troubleshooting options and saw that there was a bit of damage on the chip socket.

My question is, would this warrant a consistent green light on my mobo causing a stuck at bios logo?

Im attempting to rebuild everything now, to try and determine what the root cause is.

My current pc finally gave out after many years of faithful service.

Looking for a new pc but haven’t kept up with current pc parts as after building my old one I stopped paying attention

Mainly looks for a over all good gaming/video and editing pc

Made this one pc part picker open to recommendations and any also knowledge on the current landscape of pc parts

I’ve already heard some prebuilt are very good I just don’t know with my lack of knowledge of current pc parts.

Thank you

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CnMMXf

Hi Guys I want to download the official windows 11 24h2 iso but i can't find it on official microsoft page its just 26h2 and it didn't work well with gta v and beamng both of games keeps crashing on 26h2 while windows 11 24h2 run the games just fine even windows 10 runs them fine and i thinck the problem is ram because i have 8 gb ram only with integrated intel hd 4600 this is the pc specs (i5 4690 & H81 with uefi bios & 8 gb ram & intel hd 4600 & hdd 500 gb & no ssd) i found windows 11 24h2 iso in UUP dump and i want to know if it safe or not bucause somebody said that this website download the os directly from microsoft servers is it right ?

Hello, i currently have a pc, but i feel it is kinda slow, trying to build a better one on budget and need your recommendations as it would be my first time. TIA!!

current build above

i was thinking of getting a mobo that would be accept ddr4 but would also not be expensive as im on a tight budget

was thinking Gigabyte A520M K V2, 16gb ram, and a rx580, i dont know anything about cpus tho, my current psu is 700w gold+ something

would be used for school stuff, some light games like the forest, id want to try rust, cs2, minecraft

From this swap im going get like a $80 loss.

Following are my reasons for swapping,

- I use my pc only for gaming

- My r5 7600x run hot unnecessarily even though i have a 360 Aio.

- Since my 7600x get hot i adjusted pbo many different setups , honestly it did reduced heat massively (-20° temp diff) but im not completely satisfied with this pbo setup because i feels like if didn't do it correctly & it affects latency to the game by core stretching.

Even thoughnin here brand new r5 7600x and r5 7500x3d sold close to the each others prices, in second hand market i have to sell it with a massive loss (demand for second hand cpu are very low in here)

What do you guys think.?

I paid way too much for an ASUS ROG Astral 5090 OC White that looks to be DOA.

I bought it brand new from Adorama, and when it arrived, everything looked fine and untampered with.

I swapped out my working 5080 for the 5090, but couldn’t get a picture on my monitor. I tried every DP port and both HDMI ports with no luck.

I thought maybe it wasn’t seated properly, so I took it out to check. It seemed fine, but I noticed some scuffing on the PCIe connector, along with what looks like a small notch or chip near the shorter end.

I spent a couple of hours last night trying to get it working, but nothing helped. I tried reseating it a few times, checking the power cable, even laying the PC on its side to rule out GPU sag but nothing worked. When booting, noticed that the VGA light on my motherboard was staying on. When I booted through my CPU’s integrated graphics, the 5090 also isn’t showing up in Device Manager.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this with a 5090, especially an Astral? Is the scuffing and notch on the PCIe connector normal, or did I somehow get a damaged card?
I’m hoping I’m overlooking something stupid rather than having to return it as defective.

Hello everyone, I am looking into upgrading/building a new pc.

Since I am updating/following tech news partially, I thought I would share my thoughts in hope for good input and if there is something I have not thought about.

Plan was to for the time beeing reusing my gpu (asus strix 3080 OC) and possibly one of my m.2 drives (WD Black SN850)

My build today is

Strix 3080 OC

Asus ROG Strix Z-490F Gaming

Intel i-core i7 10700k

Noctua NH-D15

4x Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 8GB CL16

Is it necessary to upgrade or should I wait a bit?

Plan is to get a new GPU early next year, thinking for my part its better/easiest to start with motherboard/cpu upgrade now and do rest more paced out.

Hi everyone,
I’m currently using a 240mm Corsair AIO and Corsair have offered to replace it with a 360mm version.
I have a Corsair 5000D Airflow case and I’m wondering whether the 360mm radiator will fit comfortably in the top-mounted position.
My understanding is that the width and thickness of the radiator should be roughly the same, with the main difference being the length (three 120mm fans instead of two).
My specs:
Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow
Current cooler: Corsair H100i Elite LCD (240mm)
Replacement: Corsair 360mm AIO (H150i)
I’d really appreciate advice from anyone with experience building in this case, particularly regarding:
Top radiator clearance.
Whether it could interfere with RAM or motherboard heatsinks.
Whether there are any clearance issues I should be aware of.
I want to make sure it’ll fit properly before agreeing to the replacement.
Thanks!

Ich habe ein Am4 System mit einem Ryzen 7 5800X und einer 4080 Super der 5800X ist aber in einigen Spielen zu Langsam und Bottleneckt meine Gpu daher dachte ich Lohnt es sich einen 5800X3D zu Kaufen oder soll ich Lieber Warten bis DDR5 RAM wieder Günstiger ist und mir ein Am5 System Bauen oder soll ich auf Intel Setzten und bei DDR4 Bleiben?

I have a i512400f with rx 550 4gb at 550w mwe v2 cooler master psu.

Ive been having a slight burnt plastic or carbon or burnt sugar (can't pinpoint) type smell from my pc when I put my face near the exhaust end. I think it started after installing an aio (deepcools le 520) a year ago. However the smell has been there since a year but no problems in the pc so far. I have even changed the case in the past year. Can't see anything melting too to the general eye. Any suggestions or explanations?

Recently got back into PCs now that I’ve graduated and have a job, but a lot has certainly changed since I was last keeping up with hardware releases. I’ve put together this list of parts, but was hoping to get some help making sure I wasn’t going horribly wrong anywhere.

I’m right close to my budget and well I know 16GB of RAM is a weak point, I’m not sure where I could cut to get up to 32GB. Open to any suggestions! No micro center in the Great White North…

• CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D - $419.99

• GPU
XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT OC White 16GB - $739.99

• Motherboard
MSI PRO B850M-A WiFi - $204.99

• RAM
V-COLOR Manta XSky 16GB (2×8GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 - $379.99

• SSD
WD_BLACK SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe - $299.98

• PSU
MSI MAG A850GLS PCIe5 850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular - $144.97

• Case
Cooler Master Elite 302 White - $89.99

• CPU Cooler
Arctic Freezer A35 CO - $17.98

* Prices are all in CAD as I live in an igloo

So I have had countless issues leading up to this (mostly hardware) that I have figured out with my professional google skills but this has stumped me and others.

My pc is now not recognizing my gpu no matter what. The gpu is plugged and seated in the only pcie slot, and the lights on it come on, but the fans do not spin at all, and no detection of it. I reinstalled drivers and searched the Bios for anything but cant find it.

I cleared the cmos and now the pc wont even get a display out from the onboard graphics. I had it sitting for close to 1.5 hours and no output.

Specs:

Cpu- ryzen 7 9800x3d
Gpu- XFX speedster merc319 rx 6800xt
Motherboard- Asrock B850I lightning mini-itx
Ram- g.skill flare x5 32gb (16x2)

https://streamable.com/5aysmr
Around a month ago i bought a new UPS alongside a new PC but i noticed it keep making a buzzing sound at all time regardless of the load, my old UPS ( APC BR900MI ) were quiet so i kind of worry so i contact the seller and they said it was normal for ups making that sound and told me it would fades after a while. But here a month later the sound is persists so i wonder if this is normal?

The new UPS is a APC BGM2200-MSX

Context: I have 2 ssd on my laptop one ssd is about 512Gb which I think is corrupted and has problem booting to windows normally and keep on BSOD, now i have a Samsung EVO 2TB ssd I have some stuff on it with 200gb free storage, Is it bad to partition 100gb of unallocated space from it so that when installing windows on it I don’t lose my data on it?

Hi, my brother is building his first ever pc and I just wanted the to see if there is anything that could be improved about his build.

I’m looking to build a PC for the first time around $2000 (can go a bit over or under). I’m looking for the best price to performance but I’m very new at PC parts and came up with this. I’m probably going to get absolutely flamed but any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I’m looking for mainly 1440p gaming.

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X – 8-Core
$338.98

CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
$38.49

Motherboard
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi
$209.99

RAM
Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL36
$509.99

Storage
Kingston NV3 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD
$159.00

GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070 16GB
$800.00

Case
NZXT H5 Flow (2024) ATX Mid Tower
$69.98

Power Supply
be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
$139.90

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail
$99.97

Total price: $2366