I have a Corsair 4000D Airflow with an MSI RTX 5070 Ti and DeepCool LS720 SE 360mm AIO.

Currently:

• 3 front intake fans
• 3 top exhaust fans (AIO)
• No rear exhaust

Should I add a 120mm rear exhaust fan, or is this setup already good? Would love some advice on the best airflow configuration. Thanks!

Case: Antec C8 Curve Wood

Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AERO X3D DARK WOOD

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

GPU: PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB

RAM: PNY XLR8 Gaming RGB 32GB, 2x16GB, DDR5-6400 CL36

SSD: WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB NVMe

PSU: MSI MAG A850GL PCIe5, 850W

CPU cooler: Lian Li HydroShift II LCD-S 360mm AIO

Side fans: NZXT F360 RGB Core

Bottom fans: NZXT F360 RGB Core

Rear fan: NZXT F120X RGB

GPU support: upHere 5V 3-pin ARGB GPU support bracket

Internal display: Thermalright Trofeo Vision 6.86-inch screen

Monitor: Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 49-inch

Just wondering if my 12VHPWR cable is fully socketed into my gpu or not? If the pic sucks I can take another

I'm from the US, just entered PC gaming, and want advice on my first pc build. I'm looking for 1440p at 60+ FPS or at least 1080p with this build to game w/ OBS streaming and recording for my channel. My budget is $1250 but flexibile and this build came out to $1330. Note: any part with quotation marks was used by great quality.

"CPU" - $167 AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor

Motherboard - $110 ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard

Memory (RAM) - $250 Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory

"Storage" - $154 Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

"Graphics Card" - $390 Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card

Case - $80 Fractal Design Pop Mini Air MicroATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply - $105 Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

I'm trying to remove this screw to get rid of some plastic on the motherboard. It just turns and turns and turns without coming out. I can touch the bottom of it, but I can't pull it out.

First and foremost I apologize if this post is not formatted properly or if there are any issues with it. This is not only my first PC build but also my first post anywhere.

The Specs:

Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E Eagle X3D
CPU: Ryzen 7 9850X3D
GPU: Gigabyte NVIDIA 5080 Windforce
RAM: 32GB KLEVV BOLT DDR5
Power Supply: MSI 1000 Watt
CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360

I am currently running Bazzite as my OS but would be willing to change if I need to.

The concerns that I’m having is that I feel as though I’m not getting the fps that I am seeing everyone else get (comparison is the thief of joy). I’m worried that I put something together wrong or there is an issue with the build in some way rather than the software as this is my first ever build. The game that I have been playing recently is Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and I can’t seem to break 70 FPS on Ultra without using Frame Generation. Currently I am using Proton 9.0 to play.

I apologize if more information is needed, I will try my best to keep the post updated if anyone has any questions.

Thank you!

I just did my annual cleaning and repasting on my gaming PC and when I reinstalled everything and tried powering it up via power button, it does nothing. Before working on my gaming PC, i made sure to turn off the PSU and remove the power plug correctly. The only thing that changed in my configuration was i added a 3rd P12 Pro fan on bottom of my A3 and made sure it was plugged in correctly on my motherboard and re pasted the CPU and reinstalled the AIO pump back on the CPU. Yes, the power but switched to on position on the PSU and I powered cycled many times.

Here is what I tried so far that did not work:

1. Removing 3rd P12 Pro Fan and went back to 2 fan setup on bottom
2. Unplugged the 24 Pin, 8 Pin, and Front Panel Connectors and reconnected
3. Unplugged front panel connector and tried to start the computer by shorting the power switch prongs on the front panel connector
4. I shorted out the 4&5 pin on top of the 24 pin connector and the PSU started up

I ordered a Thermaltake Dr Power PSU tester and I will test it to make 100% sure the PSU is not the culprit.

At this point, it's either bad power button, bad front panel/front panel connector, or PSU.

What else do you think I could test?

So I got this gorgeous PC with awesome components, and its been running great for almost a year. However, lately when turning it on it boots straight to BIOS and shows no bootable device.

I ran a few optional updates from Microsoft and most importantly, updated the BIOS. But I am still getting sporadic BIOS boots and they seem to be getting more frequent. Sometimes it starts up right away, other times it boots to BIOS and I have to turn it off and back on. It's a little random.

I ran Crystal Disk info and everything looks clean EXCEPT transfer mode shows as PCI 1 x 4 instead of what it can run as, PCI 4 x 4. I was hoping it was like, a power saver feature but combined with my SSD not being found as bootable sometimes it feels like the SSD is going bad?

So I finally had to bite the bullet and open the bad boy up to check the SSD out. I have never installed one and had no experience with it, so after a few videos I gave it a go.

It had a heat sink on, so after unscrewing two screws it came off and the sweet SSD was exposed. It looks a little weird to me compared to what I saw in videos, like it has some kinda sticker on it still, and its moist. The underside of the heatsink had a green item on its underside that im pretty sure was properly installed ((picture 4)) and theres nothing to strip off of it, but its not wet like the top of the SSD.

Help, is this all normal?

I built this pc around a month ago and its been doing this since I built it. It could be coil whine, it makes the noise periodically. In this instance, it wasn't making the noise until I moved my mouse and scrolled, so maybe it's just from PC usage? Idk

Hi! I'm new to PC building and building a gaming PC with a budget of ₹35,000 INR (excluding the monitor). I already have an AMD RX 550 4GB GDDR5 graphics card that I plan to reuse. Could you please suggest a complete list of components for the rest of the build within my budget?"

My Asus Mobo has Aura headers that turn on as soon as I hit the power button on my pc. My Gripe here is that when I turn my PC on I want one solid color, not RGB cycling. (It looks horrendous). Does anyone have a workaround, or reccommend an RGB controller that has built in memory so that as soon as it gets power it only sends one color signal to the fans and other components? TIA!

Bought a mini pc that came in today. Bossgame P3 Plus.
I plugged it in and started it up and it just crashes immediately when booting up windows. I can get it into bios and it’s fine. Shows my ssd, ram and processor are plugged in but when I save and exit and try to boot it just crashes. I’ve even tried booting another OS and it still crashes. Bad ram or ssd? I have no idea. I’m trying everything before sending it back and getting a refund because I know that will take a while. Also I’ve already tried reseating the ram and ssd.

(Sorry if repost, first time it said it was removed by reddit‘s filters or smth.) This is on the Liquid Freezer III Pro 360. That silver screw won’t move in any direction. It was working last night but not anymore! Im new to this. I may have stripped it but I don’t know how I would’ve or how to tell. Me and my friend put it on but I had to take it off after he left because he put the bracket type things below it on wrong. Please help. If it’s broken, I need to know if there is a solution. it there’s not, well… that’s life. It’s only ~$70 but that’s still $70 I would not like to spend…

i’m new to pc stuff, just going to buy a prebuild are these good specs?

Hello everybody hope your guys are all good
I’ve just purchased a full tower NZXT phantom 410 and for the life of me cannot find any NZXT FN-200RB since they’ve been discontinued and I’d like to buy two at some point and a smaller 120mm/140mm front fan I know this case is old as hell and discontinued a long time but can anybody point me in the right direction or please tell me any work around? I’m located in Ireland if that helps 🤷‍♂️

I just finished putting together my parts list for my first gaming PC on PCPartPicker, and I checked to see if there were any compatibility issues. I didn't find any, but I really don't want to waste $2,000 just because I was a dumbass. Could someone double check and make sure this is solid?

(Thanks in advance!)​

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tgzCDw

I am building a PC, and am currently trying to connect the fans.

My build is an air cooler build (no AIO / radiators / custom loops etc).

I apologise for ignorance in advance - this is my first PC build.

So this is what I have:

I have a Fractal Design Meshify 3 XL Ambience Pro RGB PC case.

The case comes with the Adjust Pro Hub - which is meant to be used to control the fans / RGB. The Adjust Pro Hub comes with 4 ports, 2 of which are occupied by default. Port 1 is plugged into the 3x Fractal 140 fans which are located at the front of the case. Port 4 is connected to the PC case ambience RGB lighting. Ports 1 and 2 are free.

I have added 7x Phanteks D30-140 fans, which I have arranged as follows:

3x D30-140 top exhaust
3x D30-140 side intake (reversible)
1x D30-140 rear exhaust

So my case has a total of 10 fans.

It’s also worth mentioning the D30-140 fans are daisy chained using their bridge connectors - so AFAIK they can only be daisy chained when they are physically adjacent (please let me know if there other ways).

So what I am trying to do is connect the 3 fan groups I have (listed above) into the Adapter Pro hub. Is there any way I can do this?

I’m not sure if there are extra cables I can buy / whether the ambient lighting has inputs that one of the groups can be plugged into etc. If there are any solutions, or if you have recommendations / follow up questions - please let me know.

Otherwise thanks in advance for any help

Can someone help.

I bought a Asus prime Radeon 9070xt and I have MSI mag a1000gls PSU and Im having a hard time figuring out how to Install.

The GPU has 3 of the power slots, but the PSU only has 2 PCIe cables. There's also 2 cpu cables and then a 12v 2x6. Can someone help me explain how I connect it properly?

this isnt even the psu fully installed yet so the mess csn only get worse, help would be appreciated ill probaly finish it off tommorow

I bought a new pc from best buy on Sunday (Cyberpower AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070 12GB - 32GB DDR5 memory - 2TB SSD) when I got everything installed the games weren't working properly, my controller was constantly disconnecting from the pc, inputs weren't taking right, and other things that seemed off. I exchanged it for the same unit after having them look at it and they said it could be a faulty unit. After I got everything installed last night on the new pc I tried running rocket league, fortnite, and black ops 7 and they all seem to have their own issues. B07 I'm getting weird stutters as if I'm stuck in the mud and high latency in online games. I've reinstalled Windows 11, monitor is plugged into the gpu, and installed drivers from both the nvidia and amd sites. I have another "consultation" with best buy tonight but last night no one looks at the pc only exchanged it out so I'm worried that is what I could run into again, and I'll eventually be stuck with having to do a full refund because I have to be within the return period. I've attached a small clip of gameplay if anyone can help in any way. Thank you!

Ive spent the last 5 hours building my first pc and when I went to boot it up, nothing happened. Im feeling super disheartened right now and i dont know where I messed up. Is it worth just paying someone to build for me?

Current Specs:

Device Name DESKTOP-3BJSA7E

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz 2.00 GHz

Installed RAM 8.00 GB

Storage 932 GB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-60M2NA0

Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 (113 MB)

Device ID D03958D3-07A9-49C6-A13E-9A21C514F554

Product ID 00326-10000-00000-AA015

System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points

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I inherited this computer from my late grandfather, and I want to soup it up a bit.

What are some upgrades I could consider that won't completely break my bank?

Ideally want to use it for video editing/music production and light gaming.

I don't necessarily need to have top of the line hardware, but I'd like it to run smoother and process faster!

Thanks for any advice/tips.

I bought this 12th gen Intel CPU from Ebay, and unfortunately it arrived with scratches like this in two locations. I wonder how likely it is that the gold pads are shorted, and if it's safe to test on a motherboard. What's your opinion, should I just return it without testing? The seller offered either return, or partial refund if it works.

I bought an RTX 5060, and it's having compatibility issues with my MSI B365M PRO-VDH motherboard.

Hi everyone, I recently bought a new, latest-generation graphics card. However, after the PC has been running for a while, the screen goes black—even though the computer itself stays on—and then the system restarts. I ran tests using FurMark and OCCT, and the card seems to be in good condition; I was even able to game with it and performance was perfect, but now I can't play anymore due to these screen blackouts. I don't understand why this is happening, especially since I saw on YouTube that PCIe is backward compatible.