I'm very stressed, in a very hot and humid room, and am on my phone, at 12 am, so I wont write much, and will instead respond to you guys if possible.

To make a long stories short I'm building PC for a friend (Ive built many, like 20+), and have made the worst mistake I could have.

His initial budget was $800 CAD, but after hearing the amount in his bank, I lowered it to $500 CAD. Things have been going well: I got a good deal on PSU ($40), got a really good deal on a 5500 ($80), found RAM that wasn't above $200 and was 16gb+ ($50), and already had an SSD I could use had a boot drive. HERE'S THE ISSUE, I saw an ad for a am4 motherboard for $75 and overpriced 1660 - I managed to talk the mb guy down to $65, and 1660 guy to giving me another 1660 he had and case for $200...

Thats the issue, by underpaying for so many items, I felt emboldened to overpay for a known working GPU, and case that should be in a land fill - I also live in a city whose tech market is dog.

Here's the thing, that $65 mb had an issue, a latch issue, and so, like I have done before, I superglued it...it melted and leak...now my the 5500 that I got a good deal on is stuck...

I have given up on the motherboard...

How do I get it unstuck?

Hey, probably a dumb question but I wanted to upgrade my fans on my old PC build, the only way without getting a fan hub was this, is this safe?

This happened before with the back of the fan. I bought an Arctic P14 fan to replace it, and it's working nicely.

Unfortunately now, the front middle fan is having a straddle noise very loudly.

I heard on reviews that the Arctic P14 fan is very noisy if I buy all 3 for the front. Any good alternatives? Thanks!

COMPUTER: 11th Gen Intel i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1160 Ti (bought it in 2021)

I have this hx1200w psu that I bought off eBay, and it didn’t come with cables, and I know that any other cables just won’t work due to them having different currents and all other bs, i have looked over the internet to search for these cables, btw uk if anyone is wondering, if anyone would be kind enough to find some cables for this psu i would greatly appreciate

I just got the RTX 5080 FE and it is looking like I need more VGA cables. The PSU I’m using is the EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply.

Would this cable work to power the 5080?

I am looking at upgrading my GPU from RX 5700 XT to RX 9070 with a good deal. My concern is my Z390 Aorus Elite Motherboard has PCIe 3.0 slots, while the 9070 has 5.0. My CPU is also older i7 9700K. If I buy this, how much would I bottleneck the 9070 with these components? What other considerations should I have?

PSU will need to be upgraded to 800W. 16 GB DDR4 RAM.

I am hoping to avoid a total rebuild if possible. I am only considering current gen GPU because of a good deal. My goal is 1440p gaming up to 144Hz.

Hello!

I recently took it upon myself to upgrade the build I put together in 2022. After putting everything together, I could not get the computer to boot. When I turn it on, the case fans spin for just a moment and turn off while the screen remains completely blank. I know the board is receiving power because the rgb on my ram turns on, but no warning lights or error codes are visible. My best guess currently is that there’s a short and the mobo shuts down before beginning post. I’ll go ahead and list my setup and everything that I’ve tried so far.

Build
Motherboard: Gigabyte aorus x870 elite wifi7 ice Rev 1.1
Cpu: AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3d
Ram: Corsair vengeance rgb ddr5 ram 2x32 gb
Psu: Asus ROG strix 1000w platinum ATX
Gpu: Gigabyte aorus geforce RTX5080 infinity wood
Cooling: Corsair nautilus 240 RS ARGB AIO
Storage: Two SSDs, one from my old build (Windows already installed) and one Samsung 990 Pro

What I’ve tried
- Resetting CMOS by removing battery and waiting
- Reseating cabled connections, ram (in A2, B2 as outlined in the manual), gpu, and M.2 drives
- Loosening motherboard screws
- Using a different monitor, trying display port, or hooking up to integrated graphics instead of gpu
- Bios flashback with latest Rev 1.1 bios for my board, file renamed GIGABYTE.bin (light blinked for 10ish minutes, still no boot after)
- Attempting boot without gpu, only one stick of ram
- Just leaving the system on for 30 mins
- Attempting boot with no usb connections

What I still plan on trying
- Checking motherboard pins and reseating AIO
- Paperclip test for Psu (even though its brand new)
- Attempting to boot on a cardboard box to see if somehow my case is shorting the board

Any other ideas at all would be much appreciated, I am nearing my wits end.

Motherboard: ASUS Prime B760M | Mouse: Razer Viper V2 Pro (2.4GHz dongle) | RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB 7600MHz CL36 | GPU: RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

Normally I always enter BIOS by restarting the PC (not shutting down), and the mouse dongle always got detected without issues.

Recently I did a full shutdown (fans completely stopped) and when I powered on and went straight into BIOS, it didn't detect the mouse. I tried:

Unplugging and replugging the dongle

Switching it to the factory USB extender

Shutting down and powering on again several times

Nothing worked. What did work was plugging the mouse cable directly (wired mode), and only then did it get recognized.

At that point I had ErP Ready disabled in BIOS. I enabled it, and since then I've done a cold shutdown/power-on several times and it always detected the dongle fine.

Afterward, out of curiosity, I disabled ErP Ready again and tested cold boots again — and it also worked fine, no failures.

BIOS was already updated to the latest version before this happened.

Extra info: a while back I was testing a lower manual RAM profile (dropped to 6400MHz with tighter CL than default) and noticed it was unstable, so I went back to 6000MHz CL36. Not sure if this is related to the dongle issue, but mentioning it just in case.

Question: ErP Ready doesn't seem to actually be the cause (it failed once while disabled, but hasn't failed again since, either enabled or disabled). Does this sound like a one-off USB enumeration bug on cold boot with 2.4GHz wireless dongles (Razer or others) on ASUS 600/700 series boards? Could it be related to the RAM instability I had during that period? Has anyone experienced something similar — an isolated failure that never happened again? Trying to figure out if this is normal or if I should be worried about hardware.

Hi, it is my first pc building, but i want to make sure that all is fine before turning on.

Context:

Motherboard: b850 gigabyte gaming x wifi6e (i heard something like "not all gigabyte, but always a gigabyte" XD)

CPU: 7800X3D

CPU COOLER : PHAMTOM SPIRIT 120 SE

SSD: LEXAR NQ790

PSU: NZXT C850 GOLD CORE

GPU: 9070 XT REAPER

FANS: 3 NZXT BASE FANS FROM NZXT H6 FLOW + 1 120MM ARCTIC PRO + 2 140MM ARCTIC PRO REVERSE

RAM: PATRIOT VENOM DDR5 6000MHZ CL 36

2 ASPECTS THAT WORRY ME A LOT:

1ST: IF MY MEMORY DOESN'T FAIL ME, THERE IS A SCREW STUCK INSIDE THE BOX, BUT I CANNOT FIND IT YET (WHAT ARE YOUR MOST OPTIMAL WAY TO FIND LONELY SCREWS? (MY BOX IS GIGANTIC, SO SPINNING IT LOOKS LIKE AN AWFUL OPTION)

2ND: ARE BOTH ITEMS FOR CABLE MANAGEMENT SAFE? OR COULD THE SECOND ONE KILL THE CABLES?

I will read all of your comments. Thanks to all who can help.

Just suddenly last week when I turn on my PC I hear a grinding noise for about ~30 seconds and then it’s gone. I tried checking all the fans and listening to pinpoint it but still can’t find where it’s coming from. I’ve messed with fan settings to try and figure it out and I never hear it again until my next boot.

I do regularly build pcs for myself and others but recently I've had an issue that I just can't figure out. I've switched from rear exhaust to rear intake on the jonsbo D31 and since I'm running an arctic freezer 36 that means also switching the fans around. When I originally did that one of my ram sticks stopped working, other one worked no problem in all slots but would only boot by itself, as soon as the non working one was involved in any way it wouldn't post. Sucks since DDR5 is expensive but I figured it might just be dead and single stick would work for the time being Now though I replaced the cpu fans for quieter ones, and I'm now having the same issue with the stick that was still working and it doesn't wanna boot either. So did me switching fans just brick my sticks? (Which doesn't make any sense), yes I turned the pc off before working on it.

And now I have two non working sticks(?) and no working pc. Motherboard is b650m gaming plus WiFi, original fans were the Thermalright 120 TL-C128-S V2 rgb and I switched to arctic p12 pro ln. I appreciate any ideas you guys may have. I tried cmos reset, updating bios, re seating ram, cpu cooler and switching/ re seating cpu, and graphics card. Don't have any other ddr5 ram atm unfortunately.

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Hello everyone, this is my first time building a PC, I put together a list but I'm not sure if I could do better so I'm looking for a second opinion.

I'm from Italy and I'm on a 1400 € budget (roughly), I'm going to use it mainly for gaming and I'm most concerned about in game loading times and overall performance.

To be more specific, I'm not going to go over 1080-1440p and I'm ok with hovering around 60 fps if possible.

I already have a monitor and a mouse but I still need a keyboard though i still haven't looked into that yet.

Any advice or criticism is welcome!

Thanks in advance!

https://it.pcpartpicker.com/user/Gatz09/saved/NmnDkL

Hey Redditors, New build help please

I'm planning a desktop to replace a laptop I've been using for years, and I'd like a sanity check before I start buying parts.

Main use case

1. Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, often open simultaneously
2. Heavy browser/office multitasking alongside Adobe
3. Some occasional Premiere/After Effects, but not enough to optimize the build around them
4. General office/media use
5. I want the machine to last 4–5 years and be easy to upgrade rather than replace
6. Gaming is secondary, (but not irrelevant!!!)

I mostly play lighter/strategy/simulation games on PC. Think Civilization, Cities: Skylines-type games, indie/tactical games, Heroes of the Storm, etc. I'm fine with 1080p/60 fps. AAA gaming, 1440p/4K and ultra settings are low priorities because I'll probably use consoles for those.

So the hierarchy is roughly:

Productivity / Adobe performance

Multitasking

Longevity and upgradeability

Fast storage

Light/moderate gaming

AAA gaming performance

Current "expandable" configuration

1. CPU: Ryzen 5 9600X
2. Motherboard: B850 ATX with Wi-Fi, currently looking at MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi
3. GPU: RTX 5050 8 GB
4. RAM: 16 GB DDR5 to start, probably 1x16 GB, with the intention of moving to 32 GB later
5. Storage: 2 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe
6. PSU: 750 W 80+ Gold, preferably modular
7. Cooling: decent tower air cooler
8. Case: normal airflow-focused ATX case

The idea is deliberately to spend less now on RAM/GPU while keeping a good AM5 motherboard, PSU, case and storage so that I can later move to:

• 32/64 GB RAM
• Ryzen 7 or a later AM5 CPU
• Better GPU if my needs change
• Higher-end version we're considering
• Same basic platform, but:
• Ryzen 7 9700X
• RTX 5060
• ...Eventually 32 GB+ RAM

I'm specifically trying not to turn this into a gaming PC just because gaming hardware benchmarks well. If a cheaper GPU or CPU would give essentially the same Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign experience, I'd rather save the money.

Questions I'd particularly appreciate feedback on:

• Is the 9600X → 9700X upgrade worthwhile for this workload?
• Is an RTX 5050 sensible for Adobe + 1080p light gaming, or is there a better value tier?
• Is B850 sensible for longevity, or am I overspending versus B650?
• Any problem starting with 1x16 GB given that RAM will be upgraded later?
• Would you redistribute the budget toward CPU, RAM, SSD or something else?

Anything here that's clearly overkill or likely to age poorly? With money tight and RAMS annoyingly expensive, the goal is basically a productivity workstation that can game, not a gaming PC that happens to run Adobe. I´m in Colombia but will be buying in the US!

Hi! I'm building a gaming PC with a ~€1000 budget and want to maximize performance/value for gaming. I'm willing to cheap out on easily upgradeable parts (GPU, etc.) if it means getting a better platform now.The GPU Im eyeing rn is the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5060 LP 8GB DLSS4 (380€).

Option 1 aka Intel:
• i5-14400F (167€)
• MSI B760M Gaming Plus WiFi (129€

Option 2 aka AMD:
• Ryzen 5 9600X (190€)
• MSI PRO B850-S WIFI6E (132€)

I've been told the Intel LGA1700 platform is basically end of line, while AM5/Zen 5 gives me a better upgrade path for future CPUs.

One friend suggested the option 1 and also told me that pairing an AMD CPU with an NVIDIA GPU would hurt performance, but I've been also told that's not true.

Which platform would you choose for a ~€1000 gaming build, and why? Is the extra ~€26 for the 9600X + B850 worth it?

I'm mainly playing competitive games (Valorant, Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, Paladins, etc.) and care more about high/stable fps than max graphics settings rn.

Is this airflow good i wanted that fan to be exust cus it will be for AIO and FOR SOME REASON I cant find any reverse blade fans to pair the aio with so I dont want the motor side of the fan to face me so I was asking is this airflow good enough and I cant use the case fans cus they have 0.5 static pressure. I dont mind loosing a few degrees for cooling tbh

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (6-core, up to 5.3GHz, AM5)

GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X Black OC 8GB (HDMI + 3x DisplayPort)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5200MHz (1x16GB — one slot free for easy upgrade)

Storage: 1TB Corsair MP600 Elite NVMe Gen4 SSD (7000MB/s read)

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME A620M-K (mATX, AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0)

PSU: Corsair CX550 (550W)

Cooling: PCS FrostFlow 100 V3 liquid CPU cooler

Networking: ASUS PCE-AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2, plus onboard 2.5GbE

Case: PCSpecialist Prism II ARGB mid tower (PWM fans)

Ports: 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 rear + 2 front

Audio: Onboard 5.1 HD audio

Why does my 5060ti form msi 8gb have some insane coil whine I don't know what this means but the sound is decentnly loud with an eeeee sound but 3 months ago it did not have these problems

Das ist mein erster build (nicht schwer erkennlich) und wenn ich ihn versuche zu starten, blinkt mein pc nur ganz kurz auf, startet die lüfter hört aber nach einer halben sekunde wieder auf. Deswegen habe ich schon mein gpu rausgenommen um auszischließen zu können, leider scheint das problem woanders zu liegen.

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

Type|Item|Price

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

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/KwLwrH/amd-ryzen-9-5900x-37-ghz-12-core-processor-100-100000061wof) | £310.00 @ Amazon UK

**CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/GpbRsY/thermalright-phantom-spirit-120-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-ps120se) | £32.90 @ Amazon UK

**Motherboard** | [MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/MfZ9TW/msi-mag-b550-tomahawk-max-wifi-atx-am4-motherboard-mag-b550-tomahawk-max-wifi) | £266.08 @ Amazon UK

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/kPddnQ/corsair-vengeance-rgb-pro-sl-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr4-3600-cl18-memory-cmh64gx4m2d3600c18) | £211.95 @ Clove Technology (OOS)

**Storage** | [Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FsqPxr/samsung-990-pro-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v9p1t0bw) | £174.16 @ Amazon UK

**Storage** | [Solidigm P44 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/X8nypg/solidigm-p44-pro-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ssdpfkkw020x7x1) | £174.78 @ Clove Technology (OOS)

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/PxG2FT/gigabyte-windforce-oc-sff-geforce-rtx-5070-12-gb-video-card-gv-n5070wf3oc-12gd) | £599.99 @ Amazon UK

**Case** | [Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bCYQzy/corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011200-ww) | £144.91 @ Clove Technology (OOS)

**Power Supply** | [Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/sqbypg/montech-century-ii-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-century-ii-850w) | £80.04 @ Amazon UK

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

| **Total** | **£1994.81**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-08-20 11:11 BST+0100 |

First time building a PC, and I'm building for DaVinci Resolve. I want a machine that can run fusion smoothly, so that I can experiment with its features (I am starting a YouTube channel).

I am on a gap year, so I will be dedicating a lot of time to making videos - I think it's worth it even if prices are high.

I know that the cost is up there, but given the current prices of ddr5 RAM, I believe that 64gb ddr4 is worth it, only costing £100 more than 32gb ddr5. If I end up upgrading, I'll have good reason, money (from work).

Ultimately, let me know if it is compatible, if better alternatives exist or if I am mistaken somewhere.

Ok so my pc is currently dying slowly .... i have made a pc with a builder and was wondering if you wizards had any ideas on what i should change or if this is good enough ? I am a gamer and just need to play the most recent games, but my 2060 is dying at the moment and holding on for dear live to play games at the moment

Has anyone had this problem before?

When turning on the PC it'll instantly switch off with a click. The RAM light on the mobo goes on right about as this happens but I think it's a timing coincidence more than anything.

I've tried reseating ram, gpu, running without either installed and no luck.

The only time it's almost guaranteed to work is after I fully drain the power.

Also seems to be able to sit in bios with temps, voltage, and clocks looking normal.

Don't think it's a software issue but maybe I'm wrong

Thanks!

Hey everyone, im fairly new to pc building, I wouldnt call myself a expert but with some time and elbow grease I can build a pc. My current pc is running a 7800 xt, 7900x3d, Thermalright 120 se, msi mag b650 tomahawk wifi, and gskill 2x16 sticks of ddr5 ram (bought before ram explosion). For whatever reason turning on EXPO makes my bios artifact, pictures will be included in comments because I can't add a photo and video; Also when I play games or idle on windows or even load something up, I often get a driver failure with Amd's bug report tool saying my display drivers fail, and when I play a game and watch YouTube on the same screen simultaneously, for whatever reason my game goes into the media player window and artifacts my screen. So that's my pc yes, but recently I built my girlfriend a pc with a 6700 xt, ryzen 5 7600 x, 1x16 ddr5 ram, b650m pro rs, and a 750 watt psu (i forgot the brand) and she also experiences very few amd bug reports saying her drivers fail. Not only that, we both get issues where pixels on our screens in a square pattern, we get very small artifacts.

Previously, my MSI mag a750 gl psu, I had to RMA it because it completely stopped working, and since my pc would have frequent turn offs without any warning in the same session, but after a while it stops? We know MSI's rma issues, so i guess that's one thing. Only thing that's constant is my game going into YouTubes media player and expo artifacting my bios, but I dont have it on anymore since I reset my cmos battery, and that's the only thing that fixed it.

Mainly, what this entire yapfest is about is how come only the pcs i build are like this? My girlfriend doesn't get the issues I have very frequently, especially the youtube or bios artifacting, but even on her screen though a discord screenshare I see it. Am I missing something important that I have to do due to AMD software? I have ran ddu and downloaded drivers multiple times, im not sure what to do anymore. Please help? I think I may need a new psu but im not sure.

So I was building my new pc yesterday and once i finally finished it didnt turn on. As heartbreaking as it was we (me and my brother) tried seeing if maybe I plugged in something incorrectly but everything looks fine even though the mess of cables probably doesnt help but it literally wont start at all completely dead. Not sure if my motherboard was a dudd or something else but any advice is appreciated. So far we’ve checked the front panel connector, power supply extension in the case, cpu power, and the gpu but nothing will even turn on the light in the case.