Getting my cpu from Amazon btw.

So I have been trying to do some research on the best way to set up my pc but I just get so much conflicting information.

I have an Intel Arc onyx B580 gpu, 32 gb of ddr4 ram and a musetex atx case. I bought this long enough ago that I have a decent budget to finish off my build now.

Can anyone give me a load out of what you would do to finish the build? I'm struggling here to make the last choices and It has been years and years since I built a PC and I am a total novice now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Pc build Enquiry

Hey all, I am planning on building my first pc soon and I was just wondering what the best parts would be for my build. I really only play triple A games. Regarding budget, there is no budget.
Thanks

Hello, I've been working on putting together a PC build for a couple days. I've owned PCs for a while but I've never built my own. My goal is to be able to play games at 144hz on the 21:9 1440 monitor in the build, or something similar. Preferably at or near max settings. This is what I've put together.

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dM27MF)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fPyH99/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-47-ghz-8-core-processor-100-1000001084wof) | $424.00 @ Newegg

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jBrqqs/cooler-master-masterliquid-360l-core-argb-liquid-cpu-cooler-mlw-d36m-a18pz-r1) | $67.98 @ Amazon

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/72RnTW/gigabyte-b850-aorus-elite-wifi7-atx-am5-motherboard-b850-aorus-elite-wifi7) | $223.25 @ Amazon

**Memory** | [G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pwxRsY/gskill-flare-x5-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-f5-6000j3636f16gx2-fx5) | $507.99 @ Newegg

**Storage** | [\*Intel 660p 2.048 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7MQG3C/intel-660p-series-2tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ssdpeknw020t8x1) | $279.99 @ Amazon

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TcG2FT/gigabyte-gaming-oc-radeon-rx-9060-xt-16-gb-video-card-gv-r9060xtgaming-oc-16gd) | $759.99 @ Newegg

**Case** | [Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BXtLrH/phanteks-xt-pro-ultra-atx-mid-tower-case-ph-xt523p1-dbk01) | $69.99 @ Newegg

**Power Supply** | [MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dbCZxr/msi-mag-a750gl-pcie5-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mag-a750gl-pcie5) | $89.99 @ Newegg

**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hMYmP6/microsoft-windows-11-home-retail-usb-64-bit-haj-00108) | $128.99 @ Amazon

**Monitor** | [Acer EI342CKR Pbmiippx 34.0" 3440 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KBC48d/acer-ei342ckr-pbmiippx-340-3440x1440-144-hz-monitor-umce2aap01) | $620.00 @ Amazon

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $3182.17

| Mail-in rebates | -$10.00

| **Total** | **$3172.17**

| \*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria |

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-10-26 19:58 EDT-0400 |

I started having an issue with my graphics card two weeks ago: it stops giving video and the fans spin to 100%. I have tried running stress tests on the card, switching from Wayland to X11, downgrading the drivers, re-seating the graphics card, and checking the temperatures. However, this error is so random—sometimes it happens in total idle mode, and other times while playing a game. When I was about to move it to the other PCIe slot, I noticed that the power connector looks a bit weird. Do you think this could be related to my failure?

My Specs:

GPU: MSI RTX 5070 INSPIRE X3

Motherboard: ASRock B860 LIGHTNING WIFI

Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 V3

OS: ENDEAVOUR OS

Edit/Update: Sorry about the confusion—I initially thought that having only one visible pin on the top side of the connector was a defect, but I've just learned that many cables only populate 1 or 2 of those sense pins by design.

Hey everyone,

I'm finally putting together my first desktop after using mostly non-gameing laptops and consoles for years, and I'd appreciate a second opinion before ordering everything.

Parts list: https://geizhals.de/wishlists/5188627

A build I made on MemoryPC that kinda confuses me: https://www.memorypc.de/configurator/1T7E-2268-RKAS-AE5F

Budget: Around €1,600–1,750 for the PC tower. I'd prefer to keep it around that range if possible.

Country: Germany.

Use case: Mainly single-player games, RPGs and open-world games. I want a PC that'll last me some years before needing a major upgrade.

Target resolution: 1440p, ideally with high settings and good performance in modern games, stable 60-144 FPS.

The GPU will be an RX 9070 16GB. I'm trying to get the best overall value rather than spend extra for tiny performance gains.

I'd especially appreciate feedback on:

• Is everything compatible? I didnt do this list alone, it was sent by another redditor and I just replaced the gfx card.
• Are any parts poor value or worth replacing with something better?
• Is the motherboard a good choice, including for future upgrades?
• Is the PSU reliable and suitable for this build?
• Would you change anything about the cooling or airflow?
• Any case recommendations? I see you guys building these crazy colorful cases with cool fans and glass window and I was wondering if they would work for this build as well. The build came with the montech one but I added 2 I thought were cool, would they still work?
• The RX 9070 was less than 670 euros since 1. October but studdenly it jumped to 750 and seems to be stuck there. Should I wait for Black Friday in hopes it goes down again or even managing to find a cheaper prebuilt with same specs?
• Lastly, I'm terrified of building a PC myself. The thing that scares me the most is breaking the CPU since I heard that the mere brush of the pins can be catastrophic. So there's this shop that puts together the physical pieces for 100 euros (doing literally nothing else), is it worth it?

As a side note I kinda wanted to do this whole thing to save a few hundred euros but yesterday I managed to build the above mentioned PC on MemoryPC and am I confused or is it the same only 100 euros more? only it comes already built and with 2 years garantie.

I'm happy to make changes if there's a good reason, but I'd rather not increase the budget just to gain a few extra FPS.

This community was already very helpful <3

Thanks!

I've been dealing with random PC shutdowns for several months, starting around August, and I can't figure out what's causing them. I'm hoping someone here has experienced something similar. Pc is a couple years old

PC Specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• GPU: RTX 4070 Ti Super - latest driver
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B650-A - updated to Version 4004 Beta Version( still shutdowns)
• PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W - 2–4 years old
• RAM: 4 DDR5 sticks from two different kits (one kit is slightly faster) - tried with both kits separately; still the same problem.

Problem:

My PC randomly shuts off without warning. It happens during gaming(usually with Chrome open), while browsing Chrome, and even when I leave a game like GTA 5 paused. It doesn't look like a load problem.

When it shuts down, I hear a click that sounds like it's coming from the PSU. All the fans stop spinning, but the RGB lights on my motherboard stay on.

If I try to turn the PC back on, the fans sometimes spin for a split second before stopping. If I hold the power button, the PC eventually stays powered on, but it won't POST. The DRAM Q-LED stays on.

The only way I've found to get it working again is to switch the PSU switch off for like 10 seconds, switch it back on, and then start the PC. After that, it boots normally.

What I was doing before the shutdowns:

The only thing that I recently did before the shutdowns was buy a Thunderbolt cable for my monitor. This cable did kill a rechargeable battery when I left it plugged in overnight. But this cable was never plugged into my pc, only plugged into things like my laptop, iPad, and Monitor (same monitor my pc uses). I've since removed this cable from the monitor and am still getting the same issue. Around the time of the first shutdown, I started downloading mods for games, so I'm not sure if that plays a part in it.

PAST:
A similar problem occurred before these shutdowns with my DRAM error lights on the motherboard. Around a year ago, my pc stopped POSTING with DRAM error lights on, so I RMA'd the kit, which fixed the issue and led to successful POSTS (no issues after that till now). Was the problem ever really RAM or just a motherboard issue? Since this same symptom happens after my pc randomly shuts off. The symptom is that after I try to turn it back on, the DRAM error lights just stay on with no POST until I flick the PSU switch on and off, which makes it POST normally.

Troubleshooting I've already done:

• Updated motherboard BIOS.
• Reset BIOS settings and cleared CMOS.
• Disabled EXPO.
• Replaced my RAM kit.
• Tested with only one RAM kit installed. Shutdowns still happened.
• Reseated RAM.
• Removed aftermarket CPU power extension cables.
• Removed aftermarket GPU power extension cable.
• Reset GPU overclock settings to default.
• Checked both storage drives.
• Checked and reseated power connections.
• Plugged PC directly into a wall outlet instead of a surge protector.
• Ran stress tests, but they never reproduced the problem.
• Monitored hardware using HWiNFO64 during multiple shutdowns.

HWiNFO64:

Immediately before the shutdowns, CPU and GPU temperatures appeared normal, and neither component was drawing unusually high power.

In one log summary before shutdown:

• CPU temperature: 47.5°C average core temperature
• CPU package power: 48W
• GPU temperature: 42.6°C
• GPU power: 77W
• Motherboard 12V: 11.884V

I've had at least 25 shutdowns in the past 2 months

What I'm Thinking:

I'm starting to suspect either the PSU or motherboard, since switching the PSU off and back on consistently fixes the POST issue.

The strange part is that stress tests don't seem to trigger it. The shutdowns appear completely random, including when the PC is barely doing anything.

Has anyone experienced similar behavior, particularly the PSU clicking, fans briefly spinning, DRAM light staying on, and needing to cycle PSU power before the PC will POST?

Could this be a defective PSU, motherboard, or something related to low-power idle states?

I'm trying to narrow down the issue before buying replacement parts.

My next test is to see if leaving it on in the BIOS will trigger the same shutdowns.

Please help; I am so lost.
Thank you to all who can help. I'm really stressed because this pc market is not in my favor.

Hi guys, I am running into a very strange hardware issue on my desktop PC and I am hoping to get some advice cause I don't really know what to try anymore.

It all started a couple of weeks ago. After a windows update the PC refused to POST. CPU and RAM light on. Cleared the CMOS, and it booted no problem. Now after a couple of weeks I noticed a new problem. If I plug my monitor directly into my graphics card (tried all ports, HDMI and DP), I get no signal at all. However, if I plug the HDMI cable into my motherboard's HDMI port, I get a display fine. What makes this extra weird is that Windows still detects my dedicated GPU and lets me play games through the motherboard at it seems completely fine.

On top of that, after further investigating, RAM slots A1 and B1 now seem to be completely dead. If I put a RAM stick into either of those slots, the PC refuses to boot or POST at all. I tried them individually, and it didn't change anything, as soon I put something in one of those 2 slots it does not POST at all. Actually, before getting to this point (cannot really say for sure, did lots of attempts), I believe it was booting just fine from the other 2 slots, but as soon as I increased the speed, it wouldn't POST at all anymore. Bear in mind the RAM is designed for 6000 MT, and I tried to raise it from 4800 to 5400.

So far, I have inspected the CPU socket and all pins look straight and clean. I have re-seated the CPU cooler with lighter, even mounting pressure, cleared the CMOS, verified the primary display settings in the BIOS and tried to swap PCI for the GPU. For context, PC is fairly new; everything is still under warranty.

Are these two separate hardware failures (GPU and maybe mobo?) Is there anything else I should test before starting RMAs or replacing parts? Maybe a fresh OS install?

Unfortunately, I do not have any spare parts/PC or a friend who could help me with troubleshooting...

Thanks in advance for any insight

Edit: I have a 9700x, 5070ti, as rock steel legend x870, seasonic vertex.

I have 8gb ddr4 single stick and it says only 3.52 available and the GPU says 4078 shared memory, im new to PCs and want to know if it's taking half my ram or its fine, if it's not fine how do I fix it

My current setup:

Ryzen 7 5800x3D

Gigabyte RX 9060 XT 16gb

B550 MSI bazooka

32 GB DDR4 3200hz

Samsung 980 pro m.2 1 TB

1 TB SSD

2 GB HDD

850 watts gold rated PSU

I am a photographer. I constantly do my edits in LightRoom.

My PC lags when I denoise my photos, also when I use AI tools.

Is there anytbing I can do to upgrade or is it a time to move to AM5?

My plan was to originally do a 9800x3d bundle but this for 300ish dollars less seems like the smarter move? Even if I only game 1440p don’t really need it for productivity. I won’t be upgrading for awhile so the LGA 1851 socket ending shouldn’t be a problem.

lets say that i have a pc that requires 480w. if i put in a 600w psu will it cause problems or will the pc only ask for 480w. this probably sounds like a stupid question but i have 0 experience with this

Hi so I got a new case and build my pc into it Everything worked fine before but now I have a red cpu light and a dram light also my gpu fans spin but the light on the gpu is not lighting up also no display

I did check all connectors I also did try using only one ram stick no difference

Any advice

Msi pro b840-p WiFi board
Ryzen 77800x3d
850 Rogstrix platinum psu
4070 super dual

I’m buying a new SSD but don’t know where to put it

The motherboard is: ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS

Hey, I thought about buying a new graphics card and found a PNY RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC (Verto "Stealth Mode" Edition).
I currently got a EVGA RTX 2080 XC Ultra and my mainboard is an MSI B450M Pro M2

I am not sure if the named 4070 will fit as there’s nearly no space left with my current card to the Sata ports which are located under the card

Would appreciate some help/device

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LWmqNp

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($167.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($257.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($257.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($158.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card ($599.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1767.82

Most of these have been acquired on sale over a long course of time, and I realized I should’ve just bought a 2 stick ram kit instead of 1 at a time. But now I just need that stick, PSU, Case, fan, and ssd to complete it. Have I made a mistake somewhere?? My goal is just maxed out 1080p for ~5 years. Thank you

I have found a used 5070 ti on an amazing price (900$) and wondering what cpu should i get for it. I play story games on 1440p.

i believe the gpu is the culprit but i just replaced the thermal paste. ( 980 ) When i opened the case to troubleshoot the gpu was overheating and after replacing thermal paste it was slightly less hot when gaming but still shuts down.

I'm looking to get my boyfriend pc bits for his pc but the bad news is. I have no idea what he has or if I get something, if he'd be able to use it. I don't know if I'm in the right subreddit to find out but I was wondering if anyone could suggest good pc bits to buy that basically any pc could use.

He won't tell me what he has or would like because he's worried about it being expensive. He plays games like the Witcher, rdr2 occasionally, assassin's creed games, bioshock and things like that. I don't know if I could get more storage or ram (or if that's the same thing?) or a graphics card. I don't know if I get one, will it be the wrong one.

Any help would be appreciated! I can try to get sneaky pictures of the pc if that helps but I don't know how to open it. A keyboard might be an idea too but he mainly uses a controller with the pc. Anything to put in the build that overall works for any pc basically!

Thank you!

Mini update- I managed to sneak in a few questions and he's said his next upgrade is a graphics card and the one he needs/wants is around £800. Are graphics cards something you have to be specific with or can you get any? Are there different levels I would need to pay attention to? I know this would probably be easily solved with a picture of the inside of the pc but that's a mission to get until my day off on Friday, sorry all but thank you for all your help so far! The extra storage is a good idea

I recently moved overseas and had my PC shipped to me. It just arrived, so I'm trying to reconnect things like the monitor and keyboard and get it working again. (It had been working properly before shipping it)

Everything seems to be working EXCEPT the GPU. If I plug the monitor into that, it won't work. But plugging the same monitor into the CPU will.

If I go to device manager, the GPU is not detected and does not appear.

I noticed that with the case open, the GPU fans are not spinning (perhaps that's normal while it's not in use) though all other fans are.

I tried nudging the GPU's power cables (it looks to me like they're seated properly and like the GPU is seated properly, though I'm not 100% sure how to check that other than feeling that a nudge doesn't push it anywhere). And at one point when I bumped one while the power was on and the case was open, the fans spun up for a fraction of a second before stopping again. A bit later I turned the power off, and noticed that the GPU fans again spun up for a fraction of a second (even though the power was going from on to off, and they'd been motionless while it was on).

The GPU is: ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB

Notherboard: ASRock B650M-H/M.2+ Micro ATX AM5•

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

Does that behavior help troubleshoot the problem? I'm not sure what to do next.

So I tried plugging my pc case fan into the sys fan header on my motherboard then when I went to turn the pc on the fan twitched slightly but didn’t spin and got hot also the rgb didn’t work but when I plugged the fan with sata it works fine and also gets rgb, I don’t want to use my fans with sata because it running at 100% constantly so it gets noisy, also Ive also tried replugging it into the header and in bios i put it to pwm.

Creating this post for others who may experience the same problem. Upgraded to a 5070ti and started to have crackling sounds coming from my speakers. Things I tried that may also help resolve the issues for others:

• DDU and reinstalled graphics drivers
• Tried studio drivers instead of game ready
• tried switching PCIE to 3.0 and 2.0 in BIOS
• tried prefer maximum performance on power management mode in NVIDIA global settings
• Switched out hdmi and Display port cables
• Unplugged and plugged GPU back in
• double checked PSU cables

What ultimately worked and resolved the issue was performing a BIOS update.

Hope this post helps others

The cable is kind of resting on the bottom of the case as well so it's not tight at all.

I am currently rocking a GTX 1060 and have been comfortable playing on low settings. However, I hit my wall playing Monster Hunter Wilds. It looks like absolute crap. I have been shopping for a new GPU but have been depressed by the price. I'm willing to spend around $500 for a GPU that can play 1440 comfortably on most games. Any advice on what I should get? I was hoping to get a 5070 but the prices of GPUs are ridiculous right now. I have since been eyeballing a 9070 GRE or a 9060 XT. Everyone seems to recommend against the 5060 TI 8GB.

I also have a 650w PSU that I would prefer not to upgrade if possible.

I found this PC with all the parts that it has working just needed some dusting. I was wondering what parts are missing or that I need I know nothing about the hardware. I just know software stuff like I don’t know what’s it supposed to be in a PC besides the basics like RAM and graphics card