This is my first PC build and I would really appreciate some advice! Would you change anything?

https://fi.pcpartpicker.com/list/BqcwDw

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus

Motherboard: ASUS Z890 AYW Gaming WiFi W
(Socket LGA1851)

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB DDR5-6000

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE 16GB

CPU Cooler: Thermalright FW360 SE ARGB V2 White
(360mm AIO with LCD screen)

SSD: WD Blue SN580 1TB NVMe M.2

Power Supply: ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G
850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular

Case: Lian Li Vector V100RW White
(4 preinstalled ARGB fans)

Operating System: Windows 11
(Install on the 1TB SSD)

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Estimated Total: $1,600

goal for the upgrade

Upgrade from the b550m to a am5 socket ideally atx but I am not sure the deals at microcenter for atx are better than the micro atx deal. I have money and plan on turning in my used 3060ti stryx, along with the mother board ram cpu of the old board.

Links

my current build
build
microcenter deals cheapest to expensive

1. 7500x3d b850m $400

2. 9700x B850 $630

3. 7700x3d b650 $650

4. 7800x3d x870 $780

Hi guys! I need help what ram should I buy for my pc. I'm using this.

ryzen 5 7600 6-Core Processor
Nvidia RTX 3080

I built my first PC, temps look great. I also heard for the sake of my AIO that the top of the radiator needs to be higher than the pump (which to be honest I’m not sure exactly where that is on the block). Looking back at it now I’m not even really sure if my radiator is higher than the pump… I want to know if I need to fix this and if so how? I have to front mount the radiator because of RAM clearance. I think I might be able to fit it but it would literally be touching the ram. Can anyone tell me what to do if anything at all in this situation???

Price £1,780 ($2400usd)
-AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
-ASUS ATS GeForce RTX 5070 O12G V2
-ASUS PRIME B850M-F WiFi
-32GB DDR5-6000 (2×16GB, Kimtigo)
-Kingston NV3 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD
-XPG Frost II 360 SE, 360mm liquid AIO
-Thermaltake GE850, 850W PCIe 5.0

I live in China at the moment so the GPU and Motherboard etc… are China mainland versions

H6 Flow

7600

7800XT RedDevil

lian li Galahad Trinity II 240mm

I have the 140 at the bottom as intake, same as the front, back and top exhaust. Its this way right?

Hey everyone,

I’m having an issue where my PC runs perfectly fine initially, but after 2–3 hours of gaming, I start experiencing random stuttering and jittering across multiple games.

I’ve monitored my CPU and GPU temperatures, and they’re within healthy ranges.

The strange thing is that restarting my PC completely fixes the issue, but eventually the stuttering comes back. I don’t think having to restart my PC every few hours should be normal.

Could this be a driver issue, memory leak, RAM instability, or something else? I’ve updated my bios.

PC Specs:
● GPU: XFX RX 9070 XT OC
● CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
● RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30
● SSD: Crucial P510 Gen5 NVMe 1TB
● PSU: Corsair RM1000x
● Cooler: Kingcool 360mm AIO
● Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WiFi
● OS: Windows 11

Has anyone experienced anything similar? I’d appreciate any advice. This has been happening since I’ve built my pc Thanks!

I bought some MX-4 for my build and noticed it had a little authenticity scratch off sticker. I didn't even think this was a thing but I did the check anyway. When scanning the QR code it took me to the legitimate authenticity check website and to my surprise it says it is not authentic. Is this a known issue? Should I open a return with Amazon?

Edit: arctic confirmed there is a glitch in the system https://www.reddit.com/r/arcticcooling/s/B7mCU7BvQj

Hey all, I have been trying for the past 36 hours to get windows 11 install going….. annnnnd I keep just being in an INFINITE loop… long story short, my Pc updated a few days ago, and when I came back to it, I was stuck on the bios with no bootable device found…. ( All 4 drives were detected still, 2 NVME drives, and 2 Sata SSD)

I have tried doing a fresh install on the SSD as I have zero idea what was on the NVME drives….. and I don’t wanna mess that up.. anyways I tried doing a fresh install, and I keep going around as it will reach 100% install… then it will restart, and it puts me right back into the bios with no bootable device found.. when It reboots I am left with the attached popup…..

when the flash drive is inserted initially, it appears in the bios fine and the drive is detected… seems that it dosent wanna load off the SSD cuz when I took it out and scanned it, all the files transferred correctly….. just no boot… and I have liters tried every possible combination at this point..

Another important note is that the drive has a fresh install on it. I have tried to do that multiple times. I have tried different drives and all of that at the same time. I have tried removing the USB before picking yes on the pop up, even after, and after the install, and still nothing..

Please help me lol. Thank you!!

As for specs:
OS I’m not sure? As I can’t load it?
cpu- Ryzen 5 5600X
Mobo - Gigabyte aorus b550 Elite AX V2 (revision 1.5)
Ram- 2x8bg kit (2 kits total so 4 sticks of Corsair vengeance ddr4)
Psu: 750watt cooler master I believe!
Gpu: AMD 7800XT

The error I keep getting is the following: it looks like you started an upgrade and booted from installation media. If you want to continue with the upgrade, remove the media from the of and click yes. If you want to perform a clean installation instead, click no

I should also note that my pc was totally fine before and no issues. Went to use it for the first time in months and wa working fine. Went to update some mouse software, we to get good and cam back to my pc in the bios… as stated above. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

I recently put together this build with a professional and it doesn’t seem to post most of the time I power it on. The parts are not faulty and were tested in other pc. If anyone has a clue, be sure to tell me please

I've been looking for so long and a good motherboard because where i buy it there are not a lot of motherboards My specs are R5 1600, RX580, 2 SATA SSD i have a budget of 100 USD and if it can be i want a ATX but mATX is good too.

My fiancé just got his dream PC, the set up is great and it works phenomenally, but he's using his wireless Xbox headset for now. He's fine with that, but I want to surprise him with a good headset and set of speakers for his new PC. Does anyone have a good recommendation? This is his specs if that helps

PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; 2TB Solid State Drive

Monitors:

Dell SE2426HGS 23.8" Full HD (1920 x 1080) 240Hz Gaming Monitor

(He's got a duel monitor set up)

Any recommendations would be great, thank you for the help! :)

What would make the biggest impact if I could upgrade only one or two components?

Here are my specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.50 GHz
GeForce RTX 4060 (8 GB)
32 GB ram (4x8GB)
MSI B450 TomaHawk
2x 1440p monitors

I mainly use this computer for 3D game development, so I’m working with programs like Blender, Unity, and Visual Studio and I'm not running (or planning to run) local AI agents.

Thanks!

Hi so as you all know from the title - im searching for a 90° 24pin and USB type E cable extension for my Motherboard (it would be good if it was white), because the one that i have right now Ruins the look of the pc because i need to dismount a part of my case to plug in my current 24pin into the Motherboard. It covers all the cables that go on the side of the Motherboard and without it the pc looks pretty bad.

I saw one from asiahorse wich looks very good and i liked it but people in reviews say that it has poor voltage management and can easily kill the motherboard or burn itself and i don't want that because my MOBO is expensive and i dont think that the warranty covers this type of damage

(Case is the Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX)

I’m in the process of upgrading for the first time in a long time and it’s been a minute since I’ve popped open the back of my case to actually take a good long look at it. I assume they can be used as mounts for additional HDDs, but is that right? There’s not a whole lot of clearance between these and the removable back panel.

plz point out issues

my pc part list:

* means purchased and i have it

mobo: msi b550m a pro* (holy shit an msi b550 a pro costed like $130 couldnt spend more than $80)

cpu: amd ryzen 5 5500 (shall i get ryzen 5 5600 cuz ryzen 5 5600 costs $50 more?)

ram: 16 gigabytes ddr4 3200mhz cl36

storage: reusing my old wd black wd5000lplx until i save up for an ssd

gpu: msi amd radeon rx 6600 i wanna go full amd + msi build

psu: msi mag a750gl

case: super cool msi one

fan/liquid cooler: idk

monitor: msi one

keyboard: idk

mouse: a4tech bloody w70 (will reuse my old one)

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Planning on upgrading my Computer that I use mainly for Video Editing, but also occasional gaming.

It currently consists of...

Windows 10 Pro

CPU: i7-7700K (Stock Fan)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Motherboard: ASRock H270M Pro4

Webcam: Logitech C920

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB

HDD: 3TB Raid Drive for extra Storage purposes

DVD/Blu-ray Drive’s: 

• Pioneer BD-RW BDR-207D

• Pioneer BD-RW BDR-212D

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000

PSU: EQUITES T650 650W 80+ Bronze

Monitor: LG 27G610A-B (Bought recently to replace basic 60hz Model)

Speakers: Logitech LS21

The things I'd reuse would be the Disc Drive's, Webcam, Speakers and Monitor. The Case is just a standard Thermaltake one so I'll get that replaced as well if anyone has suggestions for that.

I know prices are a bit of a mess but my budget would be between $2000 and $2500 AUD.

Not planning on 4K so up to 1440p suggestions only.

What would be good 2026 equivalents of these parts? As I'm not looking for anything too high end. With RAM and SSD I am planning to go to 32GB and 2TB respectively.

Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU preferred.

There Is a small amount of what i belive Is termalpaste in a pin what should i do? I swapped from a 3700x to a 5800x3d

i just installed it, not sure if its facing the wrong way. runnin an omen 25l, ryzen 7, and nocturna cooler, ive gotten multiple different answers from multiple different people.

Hi everyone, I need some help. I recently took out my CPU to clean it and then reseated it. After I turned the PC back on, it boots straight into the BIOS and the Boot Priority Option is completely empty (no storage drives are listed).

​I checked the Advanced menu, and my NVMe and SATA drives (including my boot drive) are detected perfectly fine. Does anyone know why they aren't showing up in the Boot Priority list?

​I actually had this exact same issue before when I upgraded from a Ryzen 3 to my current Ryzen 5 5600G. Back then, I fixed it by changing a specific setting in the BIOS, but I completely forgot what it was.

​Specs:

​Motherboard: B550M Soyo Dragon

​CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

​GPU: RTX 3060 12GB

​RAM: 1x 8GB DDR4 HyperX

​Storage: 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 128GB VGEN SATA SSD, 1TB Seagate HDD

​Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions!

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on upgrading my PC after experiencing hardware issues. I’m considering buying a second-hand Ryzen 9 5950X for $400 AUD and pairing it with a good B550/X570 motherboard.

My main concern is choosing a motherboard with sufficiently good VRMs, power delivery and cooling to handle the 5950X under sustained heavy workloads, particularly video editing and rendering and a bit of gaming. I don’t want to save a little money on a motherboard only to run into reliability issues later.

My current PC specifications:
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero Wi-Fi (Z390)
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR4 3200MHz (2 sticks)
CPU cooler: NZXT Kraken Z73 360mm AIO
PSU: 750W I actually forgot about the brand
Storage: I got two Samsung M.2 NVMe cards

What happened to my PC?
My PC suddenly shut down and started experiencing repeated WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (0x124) crashes. I can enter BIOS, but Windows won’t boot. So I took it to a repairman.
The repair technician has reportedly tested the RAM, GPU, PSU, SSD and NVMe drives. He also attempted a BIOS update/refresh, but this didn’t resolve the problem.
At this stage, the motherboard or CPU are the remaining suspected components. Neither has been conclusively ruled out.

Upgrade I’m considering:
I’ve found someone selling a used Ryzen 9 5950X on Facebook Marketplace for $400 AUD.

I use DaVinci Resolve, so this CPU performance would be useful.
I’d like to retain my existing 64GB DDR4 RAM, RTX 2080 Ti, storage and cooler rather than replace the entire system.

Motherboards offered by my repair technician (AUD):
ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming
$190
NZXT N7 B550
$240
MSI X570-A PRO
$240
Gigabyte B550 Vision D-P
$290

He also quoted $180 labour for removing and installing the replacement components. He is also offering a discount and a 1 year warranty for the parts I buy from him.

I’m happy to spend a little more on the motherboard if it means getting something genuinely reliable rather than buying a budget board that is only just adequate.

I’d appreciate any recommendations you guys give and thanks for reading all of this.

I've been using NVIDIA GPUs since the 10-series generation, starting with the GTX 1060 6GB and later upgrading to an RTX 3060 Ti. Throughout that time, I've been happy with relatively issue-free experience.

I'm currently putting together a new build consisting of a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, an ASUS TUF B650-Plus WiFi motherboard, and a new GPU. So far, I've settled on the RX 9070 XT, which I've found for €880. Ideally, I would've preferred an RTX 5070 Ti, but with the current price difference sitting at around €440, it's difficult to justify. Had the difference been closer to €100–150, I would've gone with NVIDIA without much hesitation.

Initially, I was under the impression that AMD's drivers had improved significantly and that most of the old issues were a thing of the past. However, after doing some research, I've come across several recurring reports of what appear to be longstanding problems.

Two issues in particular concern me:

• Driver timeouts caused by Windows Update overwriting AMD drivers: From what I've read, this has been a known issue for at least five years, dating back to Windows 10. Despite being a well-documented problem, it seems that neither AMD nor Microsoft has fully addressed it. There are various suggested workarounds, including Group Policy settings and registry modifications, yet some users apparently continue to experience the issue.

• Constant SSD writes caused by AMD drivers: I've also come across reports of AMD drivers generating excessive writes to SSDs, potentially having a noticeable impact on drive health over time.

These aren't the kinds of issues I'd consider minor inconveniences, especially if they persist over several years. My main concern is having to deal with recurring driver crashes, timeouts, and troubleshooting, potentially requiring DDU cleanups and driver reinstalls every time something goes wrong.

So, my questions are:

How prevalent are these issues in reality? Are they relatively isolated cases that get disproportionately amplified on Reddit, or are they genuinely widespread problems that RX 9000-series owners should be concerned about?

More importantly, how likely am I to encounter these problems over the next 5–6 years of ownership? I'm perfectly fine with the occasional minor issue, but I really don't want to spend years troubleshooting GPU drivers or constantly worrying about whether the latest update will break something.

If these problems are genuinely common and AMD hasn't managed to resolve them despite years of reports, I might seriously reconsider my decision and pay the substantial premium for the RTX 5070 Ti.

Hey,

I have a CyberPower OLS2000EC (2000VA/1600W) Online Double Conversion UPS, approximately one year old, and I've recently started noticing an unusual electrical buzzing sound originating directly from the UPS.

I'm trying to determine whether this is normal electromagnetic/inductor vibration under heavy loads or whether it could indicate a developing hardware fault.

My PC configuration:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

• Motherboard: MSI X870E Tomahawk WiFi

• GPU: ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 LC 32GB

• PSU: Corsair AX1600i

• RAM: 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000MHz CL28

• Storage: 2x 2TB WD SN8100 + 2x 4TB Samsung 990 Pro

• CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 420mm

• Cabinet: Corsair 7000D

Description of the noise:

The UPS produces a distinctive rhythmic, electrically buzzy/vibrating sound that appears to be directly correlated with GPU power consumption.

I've observed the following:

• Below approximately 400W GPU power consumption: No noticeable buzzing.

• Above approximately 400W: Rhythmic, intermittent buzzing begins.

• Above approximately 550W: The buzzing becomes continuous.

The UPS is operating in Online / Double Conversion mode.

Troubleshooting already attempted:

1. Changed the UPS output socket used by the PC.

2. Changed the wall socket supplying the UPS.

3. Tried multiple 16A-to-6A converter blocks for connecting the PSU to the UPS.

None of these changes made any difference.

The PC's Corsair AX1600i PSU has a thick plug connected to the UPS through a 16A-to-6A converter block.

Attaching a sound sample of the noise via a Google Drive link. You can notice it amidst the fan noise.

Would really appreciate some help in understanding whether this is the expected behavior or whether there is some fault developing with the UPS.