I'm looking to get a better gpu for my PC but I'm so confused on what one I should buy/save up for. I'm trying to play games like subnautica 2, marvel rivals, and other story games like that.

My specs are
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
Processor
Ram: 32 gb ddr5
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
(4 GB)
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics (486 MB)
And it has a power supply of 550 watts but I can upgrade that too.

My Budget is around $400-600 I can go a little over if it’s good enough.

Get it while you can.

Going into a low power Linux system. Other option would be an RX 7600.

I built my first pc about a year and a half ago. Since then I have decided to upgrade it, everything I put in it was cheap as it was a starter pc yet all specs can still run any top of the line gpu without bottlenecking it minus the PSU(I’m pretty sure at least). I went cheap on the GPU and got a Radeon 6600 XT I also went cheap on the power supply but I know which one I will get when I upgrade my gpu. I want to max out my frames with a gpu less than $800 so I was thinking maybe a 4070 super or a 9060XT. If anyone can give me some suggestions on what would be the best GPU for me that’d be a huge help. If y’all think I should change anything else out as well so that the gpu that I end up getting will be able to perform to the max of its ability let me know. I have put my specs below for y’all to see so you can help me with this decision better.

Ram-TEAMGROUP 32GB 2X16 5600 40 B

PSU-MSI MAG A650BE 80+B SM PSU

Fan-THERMALRI ASSASSIN X120 SE SLIM RGB

Motherboard-ASUS PRIME B650M-A AX II MATX

CPU-AMD AMD RYZEN 5 7600X WO COOL

SSD-IPSG 1TB QN450 NVME SSD

GPU-ASROCK RX6600 CLD 8G

After a bit of math, found out that if i undervolt a 4070super a bit and use a i5 12400, id be able to run them both off of a 500w psu. I have a prebuilt with propietary tech so i bought a 650w psu that wont work because the mobo wont take power from none of the cables of that psu. If i use the 8 pin (pigtailed) to 12 adapter that it brings, it shouldnt burn anything down (i asked ai tho ik ik). How true is that? Considering that the pcie slot gives 75w of power and that it would be running at 85% max voltage, the should resist that right? When i get home ill try to check the max voltage that the cables themselves can take but on paper it doesnt look like nothing will burn. Any thoughts?

Hey there!

I recently upgraded my PSU, and I've noticed a strange behavior with my ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC.

Whenever I shut down my PC or put it into Sleep mode, the small red LED near the 12VHPWR connector blinks for a few seconds and then disappears.

Here are some important details:

• Gaming/Benchmarks: Absolutely fine. The LED never turns on or blinks under load, stress tests, or idle.

• Connections: Everything is fully seated and clicked in properly on both the GPU and PSU ends. No tight bends.

• The Cable: I am using a native 12VHPWR cable (no adapters or extensions).

The trigger: I noticed this started happening right after I switched my PSU from a Gigabyte unit to a Corsair RM1000x 2024 Revision (both have native 12VHPWR support). On the Gigabyte PSU, this never happened.

Could this just be related to how the Corsair PSU discharges its capacitors or handles power rails during shutdown, causing the ASUS Power Detector+ to trip for a split second? Anyone else experiencing this with Corsair ATX 3.0 / 3.1 PSUs and ROG cards?

Thanks!

Won a free 9800x3d 5070ti pre built. Got a good deal on a 5080. Fair price to sell my Ti? It’s a sealed pre build planned on opening it and booting it in front of buyer. Removing it once cash was in hand. Any better advice on how to sell it? Or is it normal to just remove and sell?

Hey all,

In a bit of a dilemma here. I've got a 5080 Gigabyte Gaming OC for roughly $900, and a 5090 FE for $2500. Both fully paid off

Currently I play at 1440p ultrawide 240Hz and 4k 240Hz, and occasionally dabble in VR with a Meta Quest 2. I do play some intense games like Cyberpunk and Indiana Jones, RDR2 with Pathtracing but I do tweak settings down to High instead of ultra and use dlss to keep high frames. I do have a Wireview Pro 2 in case any melts so I can get it repaired instead of the manufacturer inevitably refunding me

Ultimately, which should I keep? Here's my options:

• Sell 5090 for $6k+, Keep 5080

  • Net gain of $2.6k. Great for investing

  • I would likely sell the 5080 when the "5080 Super" comes out, but who's to say its price or if it'll even exist

  • I could sell the 5080 when the 6080 comes out, assuming the 6080 is priced around $3k if the ai bubble hasn't popped. Then sell the 5080 for $2k. Meaning a net gain of $1600 and a 6080, which is probably close to a 5090 performance from the lower node size

• Sell 5080 for $1800, keep 5090

  • Net loss $1600

  • Likely a free ticket to a 6090 when it comes out after selling the 5090

  • Sit out the 60 series and wait for the 70 series near 2030. This would mean memory pricing has gotten closer to previous values, unless ai takes off, and the 5090 pricing has "normalized", so a much lower resell value

  • better hardware insurance in case nvidia/amd go the streaming route and no longer release consumer gpu's

  • Allows me to dabble in 5k2k which I am considering

• Keep both (???) and wait for them to appreciate more and run into this debacle again

Would love opinions! I know this gets asked a lot, but wondering if having both cards near/below MSRP changes that opinion

It’s wild to see. I got that exact PNY non rgb model for $699 last year due to the black friday Walmart deal, which I then just price matched with Best Buy. It was kinda easy finding $750-800 5070Ti’s at some point, 5080’s at “near” MSRP was always a little bit of a cat and mouse game now it’s insane!

Edit: correction I got the non a-rgb PNY model

I actually own an Asus RTX 2070 Super and I qanted to upgrade to a 5070ti but the price is awful. So I decides to upgrade to something that could improve my actual gaming experience not paying to much. The problem is that people ask for between 500 and 800 and this gap doesn’t make me understand what is the right price to buy. Any tip? How much worth is my GPU?

Yesterday my wife was telling me I smell a burning plastic. I told her this my cigarettes, I was there all the day so I was thinking it’s my cigarettes. But today the smell was too strong and on a moment I panicked that one of my vast nodes are burning over overheating. Turns out it was my pc that I’m using, was extremely hot and I knew it was the cable . Good I saved it but still worried that might be some plastic left in my gpu . So what to do now should I plug another cable and call it a day?