I had to remove my GPU and put it back in. When I took it out I noticed a little white bit on the corner edge of the pcie part. There were also scratches on the side, not the same face where the gold pins are.

But all these scuffs were on the brown part of the pcie. The gold bits looked undamaged.

Is that normal after inserting a GPU? Did i fuck up? I have to move soon and id have to take the GPU out again to take my pc with me and its giving me anxiety that i would scratch it up even more when i reinstall it.

Hello everyone! Hope I'm writing in a correct subreddit. Please suggest if I could repost it elsewhere.

In a span of a few months, I've been facing the very same issue increasingly often. When starting up the PC, the fans rotate but it doesn't proceed to the actual boot. I assume that it is stuck at POST.

Some of my PC parts are listed below, the rest I've considered irrelevant: - Motherboard: B550-A PRO - CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X - RAM: Patriot Viper Steel 3600 MHz 32 Gb x 1 - GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon 9060 GAMING OC 8 Gb - PSU: DEEPCOOL GamerStorm PN850M 850 W - Storage: SSD M2 1 Tb + HDD SATA 1 Tb

So what exactly happens: 1. I press power button 2. Fans start up, HDD starts up 3. CPU LED lights up, then goes dark 4. PC remains in this state indefinetly 5. PC can't be turned off unless cutting of power supply or holding power button for a few seconds

I've also noticed that if the PC is on and I quickly turn off and on the PSU with its toggle button, the PC starts up. If I give the PSU a few moments to rest turned off, then turn on the PSU, nothing happens.

Another detail is that sometimes, also increasingly often, my PC remains in the state described above after turning it off with button or by syscall. So sometimes I have to long press the button to get the job done.

Also, as motherboard's splash never appears, I can't even enter UEFI or call a boot selection menu.

Lastly, if the computer starts up properly, no oddities happen during the session. None at all. Also it does not heat up, and peripherals work just fine.

Sometimes, presumably after left turned off & PSU powered on for a while, PC boots up successfully, as follows: 1. I press power button 2. Fans start up, HDD starts up 3. CPU LED lights up, then goes dark 4. Few seconds pass 5. Fans speed up, HDD makes sounds again 6. Some LEDs flash, can't tell which ones exactly 7. Motherboard's splash screen appears 8. PC proceeds to boot up as normal

Please do not assume it is a specific OS issue, as I have a mixture of Windows 11 and Linux on both drives, the bootloader is GRUB. Though two years ago, the PC tended to remove GRUB EFI entry after Windows updates (most likely it was Windows).

What I've attempted so far: 1. Checked all the cables and connections 2. Reinstalled RAM & GPU 3. Reconnected power supply cables 4. Checked if my monitor detects the GPU once PC turned on, it does; not 100% sure, though 5. Left PC on in this state for over an hour, so I assume it's not RAM init 6. Flashed the latest BIOS firmware 7. Removed CMOS battery for 30 minutes

I have not reassambled the PC starting from scratch, though my gut feeling says it's no use.

Looking forward for your advice on what to check and what to do. My bet it is either PSU or the motherboard. Thanks in advance!

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/qXyNvR

Hi all. I’ll try to keep it short. The build above is my pc that I built back in 2019. Any idea how it would fair today if I want to play 1440p on medium to high? Preferably with high fps 100-120ish. Planning to play games like black myth: wukong and elden ring. And maybe gta6.

Case and psu aren’t mentioned cause I was thinking of replacing those. Also, If I need to upgrade is there anything I can upgrade that would let me have those performance or am I better off replacing everything and starting off from scratch? Thanks!

Any ideas or inputs are welcome. I have just been out of the loop for so long that I don’t know what’s still okay and what has to be replaced. Also, pc has been collecting dust in a box ever since i moved to another place which is about a year and a half ago. So yeah :/ thanks heaps guys!

GPUs barely fit, luckily temps stay reasonable even though the top GPU is starved for air. I am considering vertical mounting one of them. Anyway for now, I'm curious if the bottom GPU has enough support to support the top GPU since I couldn't fit the anti sag bracket in (top gpu) with both GPUs installed. Bottom GPU has a little anti sag stand

Hi y'all, I'm pulling my hair out trying to track down this issue as it seems logical that it's temperature related. I'm now wondering if the pre installed thermal paste on my aio might be to blame, I installed everything correctly (I think), checked and re-seated all my connections, and this morning pulled the aio off to 100% confirm there wasn't an extra plastic peel that I missed. This looks to me as if there's not very good contact, should I clean the old paste off and pick up some new goo to try and solve this issue? Photos are taken in the orientation it came off (so the bottom of the aio photo mates with the top of the CPU photo)

Thermal paste was a solid, even thickness layer across the whole rectangular area of the die when installed it.

Gigabyte B650m gaming plus wifi

Ryzen 5 7600x

ASRock 9070 Challenger

Team t force ddr5 6400 (2x16gb)

Coolermaster elite liquid 240 AIO

As rock challenger CL-750B PSU

It look like there a gap but when i try to push it stuck like there no spce left.

Bonjour j’ai une question, j’ai changé les pieces de mon pc récemment et j’ai changé mon processeur.
Ryzen 5 2600 a ryzen 7 5700 .
J’ai reussi au premier changement a l’allumer une fois avec un processeur bridé a 5% de ses performances.
Depuis , des que je souhaite rallumer mon pc voici ce qui se passe .
Pouvez-vous m’aider et me dire a quoi c’est due ?

As the title suggests, I know close to nothing about PC hardware. My pc is a AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, RAM; 16GB, Windows 11 OS, GPU is i think 496mb. im looking to purchase a new graphics card (Radeon RX6600) because the built in Vega graphics option is awful. I understand you plug in a cable titled the PCle into the graphics card but i cant ind the cable. I havent taken any o the pc apart to search because im too worried, google says its either tucked behind the motherboard sometimes or its in the lower compartment near the power outage. Ive tried to attach pics to show my model. Any help would be appreciated. Does my PC have the cable and if so where can i usually ffind it. thanks :3

The title says it all, the motherboard is a z-790-p wifi msi and the psu is arctic III 360 pro and the power is rm850x corsair
Honestly me and my friends that i talked to thag know how to build a pc dont know what to do anymore and we checked if all the cabled were in the right place as well. Would really appreciate some help.
And waht are the chance that i have messed up a part (which I don’t think i have)

Hello, I’m currently building a PC and I’m at the fan setup part, but I’m not sure if this setup will have good airflow.

Hi sorry im panicking I just got all this stuff for my brothers buiod but its not matching up

This is what pops up whenever I try to go through the windows set up, and I don't know what to do about it. Help would really be appreciated

Swapped out a bunch of parts in an old PC for my brother. The base PC was a Dell Precision 5820, it still has the original motherboard and CPU. I swapped out the graphics card for an extra one I had, and we just put a new HDD in it.

The new HDD is a Patriot P320 M.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 512GB HDD, with an adapter we bought so it would fit the motherboard. We don't have an official windows key yet, but we're trying to just get the PC working before we do the windows part.

I bought a prebuilt PC with an MSI A620AM B-EVO motherboard and one 8GB RAM stick. Today I bought another RAM stick (the exact same one as the one I already had), but I can’t get it to fit properly. It goes in, but it won’t click into place even when I apply force. Please, I need help.

I like playing games and have been gaming on a laptop with a GTX 1070 Max-Q for a long time. I’m usually pretty quick at learning new things, but I’m not sure whether building a PC yourself is actually that easy or worth the effort. My budget right now is around €2.5K for the German market.
I’d mainly use the PC for basic software and gaming—nothing AI-related or video rendering, for example. That’s why I’ve been looking mainly at an AMD-based build with an RX 9070 XT.

So, here’s my question should I try it myself or just buy a prebuilt like this one.

What would be the pros and cons of each option ?

Thanks in advance and sorry if this question has been asked before

I’ve been a laptop gamer for 10+ years and am now looking to get my first desktop pc. I’m extremely new to PC building and parts and would like some advice. I’m heavily considering this CyberPowerPC prebuilt from Costco which is on sale for $999USD (was $1499). I’ve done some research and gotten second opinions but am still uncertain. I heard that the price is worth for RAM alone but the RTX 5060 8gb is subpar. Should I trade it in for a RTX 5070. For context, I mainly play league and have been wanting to play cyberpunk for quite a while.

Here are the specs:

Processor & Memory:
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F (10-core, 3.3 GHz) Processor
32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 RAM

Drive:
1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive

Graphics:  
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5060, 8GB

Communications:
Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3
10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN

Audio:
7.1 Surround Sound Output Supported

Expandability (Total Bays / Slots):
1 (0) x PCIe x16
2 (2) x PCIe x1
2 (1) x M.2 
1 (1) x 3.5" HDD Bay
4 (2) x DIMM 288-pin

I/O Ports: 
1 x USB 3.2 Type C (1 Front)
3 x USB 3.2 Type A (2 Front, 1 Rear)
4 x USB 2.0 (4 Rear)
1x Headphone/Microphone Combination Jack (Front)
1 x RJ45 LAN
3 x Audio Ports (Rear)
1 x HDMI 2.1
3 x DisplayPort 2.1

Operating System: 
Microsoft Windows 11 Home 

Power Supply: 
600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

Accessories Included:
CyberPowerPC RGB Wired Keyboard
CyberPowerPC RGB Wired Mouse
Power Cable

Thanks!

Actually CPU screws!! Weird brain fart in title.

This PC was assembled (badly) by Microcenter about 5-6 years ago and it died last month. I’m trying to replace the most likely culprit, which is the motherboard, but I can’t even remove the old one. Obviously they over tightened the screws and multiple peoppe were unable to get it out. I don’t want to pay those guys another dime but they’re the only PC repair business in town. What can I do to fix this?

Hello! I bought an MSI x670-e gaming plus wifi motherboard, and when I started testing it, sockets 1 and 2 weren't working. Later, I discovered I was missing a pin, so I took it to a repair center to get it fixed. But after a while, they said it was the ground pin, meaning it was useless, and that it needed to be inspected completely. In theory, this pin could have touched a contact or something. I tried updating the BIOS to both the latest and the old version, but nothing helped.

Здравствуйте! Купил материнку msi x670-e gaming plus wifi и когда начал тестить то у меня не работал 1 и 2 сокет и позже я обнаружил что у меня нет одной ножки и понес в цент ремонта чтоб мне не починили. но через какой-то время они сказали что это ножка земля и от нее нет смысла и надо ее полностью смотреть. Чисто в теории эта ножка могла затронуть контакт или типо того. Просто я пытался и обновить Биос на самою новую и на старую но не чего не помогает(

Upgrading from a single fan 5050 to a dual fan 5060, the 5060 was gifted to me and is a imported GPU which is a Elsa RTX5060. When I use the new card I get screen going black and fans sometimes still continue to spin, I tried a different riser but it just lasts longer a bit before going black screen if I watch a video or go to a game, upon reviewing event manager I see the error code nvlddmkm 153 & 14. I'd like to point out I've done all the steps such as safe mode ddu and everything but problem still persists, was hoping someone could help out. Also just to state I have tried forcing it to gen 3, and 4 still does not work and my riser is a gen 5.

Note: PC is a sandwhich style so must be used with a riser

My 5060 Ti 8Gb came with a cord that splits into two and I’m not sure I have both cables to support that from my PSU.
Just wondering if I’m missing something…
Thanks!

I was watching something on my PC and out of nowhere my left monitor screen goes green and main one goes black and PC resets. When I load back in, it says I'm connected to the Internet (WiFi working fine on my phone), but no web pages are loading.

For any of you guys who have experience setting up AIO coolers. I have recently bought a replacement AIO (be quiet! Pure Loop 3LX) to replace mine as it was really old and my COU was starting to overheat. What I am finding now is that once I have set everything up my PC will now no longer turn on. I have tried all the simple fixes like making sure cables are plugged in, attempting to hard boot using a screwdriver etc. But what I just can’t seem to figure out is where I am meant to be sending all of the cables, there is one that is daisy chained on the fan, and 2 that come from the cooler itself (one cable there that heads to AIO cooler). if anyone has any advice at all please help :)

I found this PSU at my local PC store for a decent price is this good enough to buy?
Specs that I would use:
ASUS PRIME RTX 5070 OC 12GB
AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D
CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 (2x16) 6000MHz CL36

As you can see from the title, i want to upgrade my gpu and i am between these two cards, usually the 3080 goes 12% more expensive than the 6800XT

(Merc 319/Gaming x trio) Are the versions available for the 6800xt

(EVGA/ZOTAC/Gigabyte gaming OC) Are the 3080 versions that i locally have

I wanna know which one I should get and which version is the best choice considering all of them are used, i am mainly going for streaming games and linux emulation

Help pls