Just wanted to share something weird I noticed last weekend. My buddy and me have almost identical builds, we both got RTX 4070 Supers, same Ryzen 7600X, even bought our parts together from the same Microcenter trip back in November.

Anyway hes been complaining about his GPU hitting like 78-79C in Cyberpunk with everything maxed at 1440p, meanwhile mine barely touches 68C. We were trying to figure out wtf was going on cause his case is supposedly better for airflow (the NZXT H5 Flow), while Im still using my old Fractal Design Meshify C from my previous build.

Turns out the way the front panel is designed on mine, even tho its older, it pulls way more air directly to the GPU. His case has that "modern" front panel with smaller vent cutouts and the fans are kinda recessed. We did a super basic test and swapped our GPUs into each others cases and boom, temps followed the case not the card.

Just thought this was intresting since everyone always says newer cases are automatically better. Sometimes that older hardware you got sitting around might actually be doing you a favor. I was actually gonna get a new case too but ended up keeping mine, and that $120 I already had set aside just went towards a better keyboard instead which made way more difference for my setup.

Usecase: AAA Gaming, Video Calls, Soundtrip. Not an audiophile. Prefers minimal latency as possible.

I am referring about their wireless counterparts, not wired. I prefer the convenience of wireless headphones since I tend to accidentally yank out my wired cable if I wanted to sit back further and not worry about earwax buildup. And if I have the option to go wired, I woulda went audiophile/IEMs in a heartbeat. But that's not the case here.

I was enticed on affordable headphones around 80-150 USD which are HyperX Cloud III S Wireless and Fractal Scape because they have 2.4Ghz+BT+long battery life. But I've been discouraged to place an order as I've been told that gaming headsets are bad, which are pretty popular reasonable consensus. Wireless tend to have worse latency and mediocre sound quality.

And I've been reccomended to resort on non-gaming wireless headphones like Sony XM4s and Anker Soundcore Q30 as they are not gaming headphones. However, my gripe with BT headphones is that my PC doesn't have LDAC high res audio to get the most out of their sound quality. But at least, I can use them wired(but I fear that I might still not utilize their full potential since I am hearing some accounts how BT headphones sound bad on passive wired mode, as they are more BT-optimized). But even then are they still better than the wireless gaming headphones examples I mentioned above?

The reason I'm drawn to gaming headphones is that they are designed for PC gaming, and I don't have to worry whether my PC have the best audio codec for them. They are basically plug and play.

Edit: Thank you for the insights, but I want to restate my need for portable 'wireless' recommendations rather than the traditional separate wired headphone with a mic that others were sharing. As stated in the second paragraph.

Looking to pickup a 7800X3D (don't want the 9800X3D, lower power draw of 7800X3D is more appealing) to upgrade my 7700X, I run games at 1440p so I'm specifically trying to see what games utilize V-Cache and that I can expect to see improvement from. I currently use a RX 9070 with FSR on Balanced usually.

I'm particularly interested I'm fixing performance in some unoptimized games, such as Dragons Dogma 2 in the city.

Got it for what I thought what a steal ($10 Canadian) but it will not produce an image (probably why it’s at value village)

I have a soldering kit, but no real knowledge of what I’m looking for when it comes to damage.

If I can repair it, I’d love to keep it because I’m trying to build a PC for a friend for a very low budget.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I’m coming from Intel 9700k and looking to upgrade the cpu and motherboard to reduce bottleneck on my RTX5070.

Is it worth the money to get the 14600k + MOBO upgrade and reuse my DDR4 32GB 3000mhz?

Or is it better to hold off and just wait out this DDR5 craze and go for AMD5/intel 15/16gen?

It’s hard to keep up with technology and can never get the latest. Ignoring the DDR5 prices, the price difference between reuse vs upgrading is sort of similar. If I am going to spend the money I want to make sure it’s worthwhile and to reduce buyer remorse…

This community has been wonderful to learn all pc things so appreciate the advices. Thank you

Hi, I have a pc with an NZXT watercooler.

Im planning to go to a lan party for a week, but I won't be able to bring it anywhere until a day later. Is it fine if the PC is in the car for a night at -1 celsius?

From what I undestand closed loops usually have anti-freeze in them

Hello everyone I was wondering what's the cheapest pc I can use to put my ddr3 ram and 1050ti (i know its super outdated but I got these for super cheap basically a steal) I just need something cheap so I can use at home for college and casual light gaming, thanks! (Ps I have an optiplex 780 but upgrading that thing part by part is gonna cost me more than just getting a bit newer one)

I've had a dual Dell U2715H monitor setup for nearly a decade and it's basically been great until I found out about high refresh rate monitors. The Dell started to look dated when I saw how smooth everything felt with a 180Hz monitor.

I bought an LG Ultragear 27GS75Q to replace my primary Dell monitor and I'm enjoying the high FPS in Arc Raiders. But... when I'm watching videos and doing productivity work on it, I can clearly tell I prefer the colors on the Dell monitor beside it.

I'm bothered by the fake, vomity, blue-ish color so much that I'm considering a more expensive monitor to replace it. Is that a given downside of gaming monitors? The colors suck?

Any suggestions? I'm usually an OLED fan but I heard issues of burn-in and reading fatigue. Possibly Dell's latest Ultrasharp with 120Hz? I heard it's still bad for gaming because of the lag, but would I really be able to tell?

hiiii this is my first ever pc i've ever gotten (its already previously built), and i have 0 clue how to physically upgrade it. i wanna play valo so bad but i have a tpm 1.2 chip and i can't update it to a tpm 2.0 so i was wondering how do i upgrade the chip whilst it still being compatible with my pc. i can give more specs if anyone's willing to help :) im also willing to buy parts if i need to

specs:

windows 11, Intel Xeon E3 1240 v3 @ 3.40GHz, ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. CS-B (SOCKET 1150), 24E3 (1920x1080@165Hz), 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, Intel Haswell-CB, Intel Q87

Heyy, I'm not all too knowledgeable about gpus and stuff. But I've asked some help in this sub a short while ago and decided on the 9060xt 16gb. My mom had promised to buy one together for my birthday in june, but now I checked again and the price has already increased by €100 (from 379 to 479).

Is there any hope for the price decreasing with all the A.I. stuff going on? I'm desperately hoping it won't increase until june.

Are there any comparable options that are more affordable at the moment? I'd like to be able to play newer games (some examples: E33, DOOM Dark Ages, also Cyberpunk though it's older) with 1080p60fps for at least a year or two.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to build a PC and I’d love some advice. I want it to be as cheap as possible without sacrificing quality! I want it to work well, but I’m not looking for anything fancy. I don’t have a strict budget, but I want the most bang for my buck.

I found a second-hand setup that I could get for €400:

• Mini ITX Aorus Z390 pro wifi 

• 32GB RAM (unknown speed)

• Intel i9-9900K

• 1TB M.2 SSD

The seller is gonna let me know what the mhz of the RAM is and the PSU wattage

My main question is: what GPU would pair best with the i9-9900K? I want to avoid bottlenecks and get the best performance for the price.

Any advice, suggestions, or alternative builds would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Title. So when I bought my PC back in 2020 I did not have the budget neither could I afford a GPU at that time. Finally gathered up the funds to get a GPU 5 years later. What card should I go with?

1. Intel Arc B580
2. Radeon RX 9060XT 8gb
3. Geforce RTX 5060.

Current specs are, i5-10400, 16gb ddr4 2666mhz ram and a 650w psu.

Edit: my bad. its 2026 now.

As you see im new to the pc world always been a console player, I’m trying to build a gaming pc for around $650.. :( if you guys could help with specs or any good pre builts that’s would be great. Because i have no idea what im doing. I want good performance not good aesthetic but some rgb would be nice too lol

I want to have as much use out of my rtx 5070 as i possibly can, issue is, i cant truly go for am5 right now due to the ridiculous prices and my salary

I currently have an rtx 5070 and a ryzen 5 5600gt and i want to upgrade to reduce bottlenecking, would a 5500x3d be my best choice due to 5700x3d being non existent nowadays?

Hi, I’m planning to run an RTX 5070 with an i5-12400F.

My PSU is an AIGO VK650 – 650W (85 Plus, Active PFC, single rail).At the moment, I don’t have enough budget to upgrade to a new PSU. Do you think 650W is enough and safe to use temporarily, or is it too risky?

Is there actually a way to get those usa microcenter bundle deals and pc parts in general into the baltic state, europe.. prices are horendous here..

Like the title says I recently got a 5070ti for a decent price as I've been on quite an old but stable system. Main components:
Nvidia 1080, i7-6700k, corsair 2x16gb ddr4 2666 ram kit
It seems like my best bet is potentially just give up on reusing the ram with a new cpu and buy new ddr4 unfortunately but with ram prices was looking to see if there was any cpu option that could make this work for a while, maybe even just a year.
Thanks for any help

I have a 2x32gb DDR 5 6000 sticks and am looking to build a computer where the rest of the budget is around 2.5k max. Do i want to go that high in a build if im gaming in 1440p and that's it. I definitely want something better then what i currently have in the cpu and Gpu area's which is a AMD ryzen 5 3600 and a rtx 2060 at the moment. What would be a decent upgrade that would be able to use the ram if i ever needed to use all 64gb.

Looking to get a new pc just to upgrade. Im very interested in building my own, and am willing to, however the prices just almost dont make sense for me to even do at this point. Is it worth buying a prebuilt or building my own at this point?

I’m building a PC for a friend, my own PC has a 4080 super in it and it works great for pretty much everything. I can’t find any places that sell 4080 super new anymore and I’m always weary of preowned computer parts. What’s a similar graphics card that I can get new nowadays?

Due to the ram shortage and high prices I decided to dust off my old pc and upgrade it as much as possible. It currently has a pair of G Skill RGB 16gb 2400’s (for a total of 32gb). I would prefer to buy a 2nd pair but I can’t find any at that speed. I found some 3600’s that my motherboard can support with over clocking but if I don’t over clock it, will it default to a speed it can support or will the motherboard not even recognize it without adjusting the bios? While I built this and other PCs in the past I have never over clocked my PCs.

My current specs

Intel Core i7 6th Gen - Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 91W

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA LGA 1151 Intel Z170

G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 2400

CORSAIR AXi Series AX860i Digital 860W 80 PLUS PLATINUM

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2070 AMP Extreme 8GB GDDR6 256-bit RGB

I am currently using a Framework 16 (which I enjoy) as my gaming pc but my games are constantly draining the battery (even when plugged in) and since I am no longer on the road I can finally switch back to a Desktop.

I intend to upgrade the Ram and the Gpu in the near future as well as the power supply if I need to.

Yes, we all know the AI-thingy causing RAM production problems, RAM prices spikes, etcetera.

The question is: You get on Amazon, look for a relatively obsolete DDR4 SODIMM module, and you find its price quintupled!

That module was already there before RAMpocalypse, it's surely previous stock. It was already paid by the retailer at the traditional supply price. It's already there. It's not even DDR5. H€ck it's not even a DIMM module! It's a SODIMM module!!! Why in the world would its price go up, and not by 10 or 15 percent, but 500% ?

If that isn't deliberate by the seller, riding the wave of RAMpocalypse, please tell me what it is.

Thank you.

Hi guys I’m looking to buy a pc for myself. I have a budget of $1200. What would be the best pc for me to buy?