Im looking to upgrade my setup and im unsure of what platform to go with, any recomendations!

So basically i really want to build a pc, i do have a gaming laptop so i wont rush making the pc right away but one main thing i wanna know is if only ram was made hard to get for building a pc or are other parts hard and expensive to get too. I have no idea how building one works so id like to know abit of how the market is looking rn to at least make something decent,nothing extremely insane.

Like the title shows I’m curious if it’s worth upgrading to a 9070 GRE I refuse to pay close to $1000 for a High end GPU. My current set up is 5800x, 3060ti, and 32gb DDR4. I found a 9070 GRE for msrp at my local microcenter and I know it’s impossible to get anything close to msrp with the current market. Advice?

Update: I’m about 99% sure I’m going to get the 9070 GRE thanks for all the feed back. I’m going with it because it’s $560+tax. Considering all other options it’s the best one for me the 9070 base is $700+tax and I don’t think a 25% price increase is worth 9%-16% performance boost is worth it for me.

Hey everyone,

Building my first gaming PC myself with a budget around £2,000. Aiming for a future-proofed 1440p/4K gaming setup.

Before ordering, I’d appreciate a quick check to make sure I haven't missed anything or run into clearance/compatibility issues with these parts:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI

RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB RS DDR5 32GB (6000MHz CL30)

Storage: WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB NVMe SSD

GPU: ASUS PRIME RX 9070 XT OC

Power Supply: MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX

Case: Fractal Design North TG Mid Tower

First off, I live in Canada, where availability and especially prices for parts is pretty poor. I'm upgrading from a 3050 8GB, play at 1080p (will go for supersampling if performance allows), and always try for high settings and framerates in mostly single player games. I don't care for raytracing, although a couple of newer titles I'm interested in require it.

My system has a 5800x (a little overkill for these cards, but I got it for $C230), 48GB of before-times RAM, and the biggest issue, I still play off of hard drives. Before-times-me never considered games would demand SSDs before he'd buy one large enough for games, I guess.

Also, haven't really looked at the used market, mostly for fear of getting a brick and ghosted.

With that out of the way, the two cards I'm looking at (13% sales tax included, prices accurate to time of posting) are the Arc B570 and the 9060XT, about $C500 and $C876 respectively.

There is also the bonus options of of the 9070GRE, which has one currently going for C$960, but feels like it'll fall out of my price comfort zone at any moment and the B580, which has units in stock starting at C$80 over the B570.

My biggest concerns are

1. VRAM, 10GB vs 16GB. While trying to "futureproof" your system is kind of stupid "how long until 10GB of vram becomes not enough for 1080p?" is something that, with prices likely to never get better, keeps me thinking in circles.

2. Drivers. Not really about stability, although I know Intel has been working on that, but more general experience (which I guess includes stability).

3. The price delta. This is basically the whole point: is the 9060XT 16GB worth the extra ~C$400 over the B570, for native 1080p in modern AAA games?

This is the PCPP list I'm using to gather pricing and availability data. Thanks for any help and sorry for the long post and any grammar issues, posting from mobile.

Hi everyone! I'm kinda new here. My pc is slowly dying, and my 1060 not handle any new games good :(
Which is why I started thinking about almost completely replacing the components in the near(i hope) future. I've decided on the memory and processor.
First guestion about cpu. I'm looking on r7 7800x3d. Is Gigabyte B650 UD AX good enough for this? I'm not planning on boosting memory, card or processor.
And second, main question about gpu. Long enough i planning to get rtx 5070, but due to ai problems in the world, and cuz my country is shittiest place in the world in last times, i've read a lot about the fact that it's not the most reasonable option to take a card from Nvidia right now, but it's better to take one from Amd. So i started to thinking about 9700xt. In my country it doesn't cost much more, but it has 16 GB of VRAM. I'm not really interested in dlss5 things and path tracing, but framegen might interest me cuz i heard that on last rtx cards it extremely imperceptible. So I can't figure out who I want to take the card from in the end.
In general, are there any obvious problems with amd cards? Or i can safely consider this option at the future? I'm considering on this card "PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper", is it good?
Thanks for answers ^^

im building my first pc and im trying to find a good gpu for under 350 euros

Hey everyone,
I recently bought a PowerColor RX 9060 XT 16GB from Micro Center for $499.99, but I’m considering returning it and exchanging it for the PowerColor RX 9070 GRE Reaper 12GB, which is $549.99 at my store.

The GRE is only $50 more, and I’ve seen people say it’s significantly faster. However, I’m unsure whether it’s worth giving up 4GB of VRAM, and I want to make sure my current PSU can handle it before making a decision.

My current PC specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X
- GPU: PowerColor RX 9060 XT 16GB
- RAM: 32GB DDR4-3200
- PSU: EVGA 650 BQ 650W 80+ Bronze, semi-modular
- Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
Resolution: 1080p currently, with a possible upgrade to 1440p in the future

The GPU I’m considering:
PowerColor RX 9070 GRE Reaper Triple-Fan 12GB
Micro Center’s listing specifies a recommended 650W PSU and 2 × 8-pin power connectors. My EVGA 650 BQ is rated for 650W, but I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea to run the GRE on it long-term or whether I should upgrade to a 750W PSU.

I mainly play Escape from Tarkov, including demanding maps like Streets, along with other games. I want good overall value and a GPU that will last through a future CPU/platform upgrade.

My questions:
1. Is the RX 9070 GRE worth exchanging my RX 9060 XT for at only $50 more?

1. Is 12GB of VRAM enough for 1080p and eventually 1440p gaming, or would I benefit from keeping the 16GB card?

2. Is my EVGA 650 BQ a reasonable PSU for the GRE, assuming it’s in good condition and has the required PCIe connectors?

3. Would I need to buy a new 750W PSU, or would that be unnecessary spending?

4. How much of a performance improvement should I realistically expect in games with my Ryzen 5 5600X?

I’m still within Micro Center’s return window, so I’d appreciate advice before making the decision. I’d rather make the right purchase now than regret it later.
Thanks!

Hello everyone! I first got my pc back in 2018 and I only upgraded my sdd and gpu since then. I mainly do digital art, sometimes vtube streaming and playing MMO games. I wanted to ask and get some recommendations on what should I upgrade first and choose what should I get..!

currently my build is:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

RAM16.0 GB ddr4

Radeon RX 570 Series

Thank you!

9800x3d and 5070 for gaming stuck between the choices on motherboard msi x870 gaming plus or the gigabyte b850 aorus elite wifi7

Hi all,

My brother's PC is (imo) adequate-ish with managing of settings, but according to him, he wants to upgrade soon for new games like the recently released Modern Warfare 4 and potentially GTA 6 if the rumors of Q1 2027 are to be believed. Either way, I think he'd most benefit from a better CPU and GPU. As far as GPU goes, he will have to find a deal on one at some point, but that can be kicked down the road as a separate purchase.

For CPU, I'm not fully sure which path is best to take from the current specs and prices:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

4x8 Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL DDR4-3600 for total 32GB

EVGA RTX 3070 Ti XC3

2TB NVMe + some 500GB-1TB SATA SSDs

EVGA 750GQ Gold

Dual 1080p 165Hz monitors

Basically, I think he could buy a 5800X3D for roughly $300-350 to max out this (surely?) dead platform and get 2-4 more years out of it, or buy the cheapest Microcenter AM5 CPU/Mobo/RAM bundle for $400. The only issue is that that bundle has a 6 core 7500X3D with mATX and 1x16GB DDR5. I'm sure he can offset some costs by selling off his old CPU/Mobo/RAM, which can be used to buy another stick or a whole new 32GB DDR5-6000 kit and selling that one stick.

Is that 7500X3D worth getting as an upgrade over the 5600X and for the future socket upgradability? Will the 3D V-Cache bring his fps up at 1080p enough to run decently? After reselling old parts, he should be better off just having the same core count but with newer architecture + 3D V-Cache and upgrade path rather than maxing out the AM4 socket with a 5800X3D for marginal cost difference of $50-100-ish and no available future upgrades, right?

The GPU will need to be done at some point later regardless of the CPU platform, so we'll decide on a decent AMD GPU later.

Thanks.

Essentially it all started 2 days after an immediate power outage that lasted 1s.

Afterwards PC was working fine for 2 days and then suddenly it crashed (as if the plug was pulled) and it would not boot. Power was completely unresponsive.

After a while it booted, however, it always crashed after a while and boots into bios screen with BIOS settings reset and the clock being a couple of minutes behind.

Troubleshooting steps taken:

Got new PSU, same crashing.

Closed XMP.

Re-assembled the entire PC.

Left the PC running with onboard graphics to rule out GPU, still crashed.

Tried each RAM stick on A2, still crashed

Disconnected RGB controller and moved everything to MOBO still crashed

New CMOS battery still crashed.

Tested the device at another house and it ran for 24h without crashing.

Tested the power at my house with a polymeter, it seems fine.

Removed all fans besides CPU fan.

Removed all peripherals and cables while testing.

Tested on a different monitor.

Tested in a different room with a completely different power outlet.

Tested with different cables.

Ran CPU diagnostics all passed.

Ran RAM diagnostics all passed.

The device seems just not to care or it is haunted at this point.

I am either suspecting CPU degradation from the 14th Gen incident or Mobo power management got fried and is failing.

Specs:

Operating System

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

CPU

Intel Core i5 14600K    32 °C

Raptor Lake 10nm Technology

RAM

32.0GB Unknown @ 2394MHz (40-40-40-76)

Motherboard

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI (LGA1700)    23 °C

Graphics

LG ULTRAGEAR (2560x1440@165Hz)

4091MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc)    31 °C

Storage

931GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB (Unknown (SSD))

Any opinions on this as I am completely lost at this point.

Thanks in advance!

I currently am looking to upgrade to Am4 as i will not be able to afford ddr5 ram

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

my current specs.

.i5-6500

rtx 5060 8Gb

Hm110R motherboard

16 Gb 2333hz ddr4

500W psu

i am also looking to build in a new case something like the lian li A3 so i would need a Micro atx motherboard

From the title you know I possess no knowledge about building a compute, and yet here I‘m trying to get one in one of the most expensive years

Basically, I attempted to finish choosing components on pcpartpicker and realized how hard it is to check the clearance or compatibility. The list is basically finalized but I do think it is somewhat overpriced, especially when I was expecting something around $3000.

Here’s the link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MQvVfp

Not sure if the Lancool 216 works with Corsair shift but I choose them because they seem to tidy up the cables a bit and cables would be side-shifted. Has anyone used both? How did they work out?

Honestly, my biggest concern right now is how I purchase the part. I’m not sure about buying these off Amazon, and I don’t seem to know any local sellers or suppliers. I don’t know anything I’m missing too like thermal paste or Ethernet cables etc etc. What do yall think? Is there anymore I should be aware of?
Any opinions or insights are welcomed, I am still in the process of finding YouTube videos on literally how to build a PC… Thanks.

My PSU caught fire so I ordered this PSU to replace it. https://www.newegg.ca/asrock-pro-series-atx-3-1-compatible-650-w-80-plus-gold-certified-power-supply-black-pro-650g/p/N82E16817955024?item=N82E16817955024

I can't get the PSU to function. A friend of mine seems to think it is missing a specific cord or connection.

Does anyone have any insights on this?

While playing Enshrouded i suddenly started experiencing something that looked like high ping. My character would rubberband.

I wanted to run cmd and ping to check if it's my internet but Start menu wouldn't show up. Task manager wouldn't show up. Start eventually showed up, tried launching event viewer but it just wouldn't launch. The computer was overall extremely slow. I hard reset the pc.

After reboot i tried to open event viewer immediately but no luck. I managed to download windows media creation tool and launch it. Pc bsod'd somewhere at the end of preparing the usb drive.

I got the usb ready on a laptop. But now pc simply will not boot into it. Won't even boot into windows. It just gets stuck at mobo logo, without the loading circle.

I can get into bios without issue.

I unplugged all drives one by one, unplugged and swapped both ram sticks, tried disabling xmp and resetting bios.

What else can i check?

I just built my first pc a few months ago and its been awesome! My question is around adding another nvme to my build. I was able to buy a 1TB ssd, the one I got is KLEVV Cras C925G 1TB 3D TLC NAND PCle Gen 4 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive. I recently was gifted a used Samsung PM981 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD pcie gen 3 and I was wondering if I would be able to use it as extra game storage for my build. Ive already cleaned it, and prepped it to plug and play with my laptop that showed it was "healthy." Let me know what you think!

I recently cleaned my custom built PC, as I have many times before. I used 70% isopropyl wipes (I know 99.9% would've been better but too late now), and a can of compress air. I then plugged it back in and turned it on almost immediately after cleaning like an idiot.

I must have messed it up and got water somewhere in the motherboard, because when I turned it on, a few things weren't working.

-The LEDs in ONLY my front intake fans weren't working, the fans were still spinning though.

-I was getting no video output on either of my display ports.

Everything else seemed to be working normally.

-Every other LED worked fine.

-All fans, including the ones in my GPU were spinning normally.

I then turned it back off, after about 30 seconds of letting my life choices sink in.

I came back tomorrow and hopefully tried it again. This time, as u flipped the PSU switch, I saw a flash coming from the IO panel. I then turned the PC on, only to get the same results.

My motherboard is replaceable within reason (B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2), but my GPU dying is another thing (RTX 4070). The complete lack of video output scares me to death, but the fans still work, so maaaaybbeeeee???

Anyone with more knowledge than me know if the no video output is a death sentence for my bank account, or if there is still hope?

P.S.

pls be gentle.

I’m trying to update my pc but whenever I go to the indies update in settings it gives me an error screen. When I try to troubleshoot that in get help it also gives me an error

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=2800b21b-140e-4eb0-9636-d5a49d0c0914

I've been off gaming on my PS5 and, funnily enough, using my MacBook Pro for gaming much more often.

Here is a setup I got going for me; it will basically replace the PS5 (couch gaming).

The goal was, of course, improving my gaming performance-wise, while still keeping budget in mind.

I will also be downgrading my laptop and running a remote development setup with this build, but first I just wanted a solid rig to play on my TV.

I am aware, too, that this is probably the worst time to buy a PC, but I don't know if it will get better soon. My main reason to leave is for more buying opportunities, a performance boost, and access to more games.

**I am aware this build is missing an OS and a case.

For the OS, I was going to give Linux a try; I have done it in the past for development, dabbled a bit in gaming, but the laptop was crummy, so I didn't do much.

For the case, I am going to ask and browse the options there in person. It will be a smaller HTPC case I am going for. It will live in an open front-and-back media console; not too worried about airflow, space is the limiter. 15" deep, 22" wide, and 13" tall cube area.

Hi!
I recently bought a pc, i got a 9800x3d, 9070xt, 32gb DDR5, 2tb nvme, a gigabyte b850 eagle wifi7 ice motherboard, and an 850W power supply. The biggest issue was the cooling and case. I got an arctic liquid freezer 3 pro, and the krux exo rgb case. The issue is i can’t fit the AIO inside the case, me and my friend tried multiple ways, it’s just impossible despite the shop assuring me it won’t be a problem. I can return the case, but obviously i need a new one. I did a little bit of research and supposedly Montech King 15 pro should fix my issue. I really want the fish tank style case, that will fit those specs without an issue. I also don’t want to pay a lot for it.

TLDR: I need a budget friendly fish tank case that will fit Arctic Liquid Freezer 3 Pro with a Gigabyte B850 Eagle WiFi7 Ice case.

Thanks!!!

I’m a student studying AI, so I need a GPU with a decent amount of VRAM that allows me to train small to medium-sized machine learning and deep learning models. I also enjoy gaming, so I’d like to run AAA games at decent settings, although I don’t need everything set to ultra.

I’m planning to buy either a 1440p or 1080p 240Hz monitor. My maximum budget is €900, and I’m from the Netherlands. So far, I’ve been looking at the RTX 5060 ti 16GB and the AMD RX 9060 XT or RX 9070 XT. However, I’ve heard that AMD GPUs may not be compatible with as many Python libraries and AI tools as NVIDIA GPUs.

My system now consists of:
- amd ryzen 7 5700g
- 32gb ddr4 ram 3600 mhz/s
- 1000 watt gold psu
- asus rog strix b550 wifi 2

I'm trying to get a PC with a strict €1500–€1550 budget (buying from France/EU).

I got gifted a 1440p OLED 360Hz monitor. Right now I'm playing on a laptop (i7-12700H / RTX 4060) which is fine for Valorant, but I want a desktop that can actually drive AAA games at 1440p.

Here’s my current PCPartPicker draft (~€1583 total):

• CPU: Ryzen 5 7500F (€140)
• Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin (€44)
• MB: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (€127)
• RAM: Patriot Viper 16GB (1x16GB) DDR5-6000 (€291)
• SSD: Silicon Power 1TB NVMe (€155)
• GPU: XFX RX 9060 XT 16GB (€630)
• Case: Corsair 4000D RS (€98)
• PSU: MSI 750W Gold (€98)

With current RAM & SSD prices taking up almost €460 for just 1x16GB and 1TB, it severely chokes the GPU budget. I can barely fit a 9060 XT and I'm already over budget.

I see a few options:

1. German Prebuilts (Memory PC ): Since they get bulk deals on RAM/storage, is a prebuilt the best way to get a better GPU (like a 9070 GRE/9070) for €1500?
2. Go AM4 / Intel DDR4: Drop down to something like a 5600X or 14400F with DDR4 to free up money for the GPU?

I'm open for some ideas/deals, thanks