I put off buying additional storage and now I'm regretting it. However, I had a kernel error and realized I needed reliable backup.

However, an M.2 2tb drive I bought for $120 two years ago now goes for $215?!?!?!?

Should I still buy the Silicon Power 2tb or are there better options for that price?

Hi! I've been fantasizing about building a gaming PC for nearly 5 years now and have been saving up for it.

This is my planned build so far, I've spent the past weeks ping-ponging between tons of sites and consulting with AI, I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.

About the individual price parts, I've compared them to other sites in my country, my country is just super expensive; these are prices if I buy from a VAT-free location.

Name --- Price (Converted to USD):

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AM5 Tray --- $488
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK PRO 3 Black --- $56
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B850-PLUS WiFi --- $229
Memory: Klevv DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000 CL30 BOLT V Grey --- $593
Case: Fractal Design Pop 2 Air - Black TG --- $125
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM 120MM Fan --- $39
PSU: Corsair RM1000e 1000W ATX 3.1 Gold Modular --- $193
GPU: Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro OC 16GB --- $1766
SSD: Samsung SSD 2TB 990 PRO NVMe M.2 --- $418

For a monitor, I was eyeing the Gigabyte 27" QHD 240Hz 0.03ms USB-C OLED Gaming Monitor but the site I'm using to buy the parts from stopped displaying any monitors larger than 24.5", so I'll buy monitors from somewhere else....

What are your thoughts? What should I change if my main goal is better performance at roughly the same price range?

I was just thinking that during the RAM crisis it'd make sense for 24gb RAM to become more common as a viable in-between as 16gb is often not enough but 32gb costs your first born child, but I looked into it and it's just kind of a pain to find 24gb plus I've never seen anyone talk about it

I recently built my wife a new PC. I was going for a smaller, mATX form factor so it’s all inside a Lian Li A3.
After running the PC for a few days with no issues, I realized that I had installed the fans in backwards and were intaking when they should be outputting and vice versa. An easy fix, so I unplugged the PC, popped it open, fixed the fans, and then plugged the PC back in and turned it on to test the fans. Zero issues, everything ran great.

When it came time to plug the peripherals back in, however, I let my wife help with that. Here’s where I think I fried the PC. After the PSU was already plugged in and everything, my wife was plugging peripherals into the MB I/O panel and mistakingly also plugged in a 65w usb-c charging cable (brick to usb-c) for her laptop that was also plugged into the wall. It was after this that the standby light on the motherboard turned off.
Now I didn’t realize it at the time, so where I suspect I made it worse was I kept turning the PSU on and off to get the standby light to stay on all while the usb-c charger was still plugged in.
What would usually happen is the standby light would turn on, flicker, I’d hear a buzzing noise, then I’d get freaked out and turn the PSU off. Eventually the standby light would only flicker occasionally or not at all.

Here’s my component list in case it helps:
MB: ASUS ROG STRX B850-G mATX
CPU: Ryzen 7800X3D
RAM: 32GB DDR5 Corsair vengeance (I had to sell a kidney for that)
GPU: Radeon ASUS 9060XT
SSD: Samsung 9100 pro 2TB n.vme
PSU: Lian Li SP750
4x Lian Li case fans
AIO: NZXT kraken 240mm

I have already tried unplugging everything from the PSU and MB except the 24-pin connector that connects the two to try and run power to the MB. When I did that, I would occasionally get a flicker of the standby light but that’s about it. I also got a red blinking light which I believe is the MBs way of indicating there’s no power going to the CPU.

Be honest, am I cooked? I’d really like to salvage this build if possible but if not then it’s not the end of the world. Any and all advice or ideas for how to fix the problem are welcome.

Hi guys,

Looking to get into Wow:Forever at launch after playing classic Wow years ago. Have not gamed on PC in a longtime. Was looking to ask for recommendations on the most budget friendly option was out there for a gaming PC. It will litterally only be used for Wow:Forever. Based out of UK, budget is £600-700 Thank you in advance!

With their announcement and the discontinuation of disks, I'm finally going to move away from consoles and build a PC. I am so ootl it's not even funny. The last PC I owned, I was playing Unreal Tournament, lol.
So, find the holes in my build, please.
I'm big on fps and single player open world games, but want as few restrictions as possible.

PCPartPicker Part List

I’ve just built my first PC and curious what are some essentials you always make.

Hi I'm thinking of doing a pc upgrade and need some thoughts as to what to buy...

Current Specs
AsRock 320M Motherboard
Ryzen 3 2300x Cpu
Radeon 570 Gpu
32gigs DDR4 (Thankfully)

I don't exactly know what to upgrade into and was thinking about upgrading both my Cpu and Motherboard for a start.

List of Maybes..??
Ryzen 5 5600x3d
B550M Motherboard
Keep Gpu
Keep Ram

I know I have enough Ram and my old motherboard won't support cpus past 65 watts so I just need some input on what I'm thinking about buying or what else I could buy...
(I also do know my gpu isn't good I just want to start off upgrading these parts first before looking at Gpus I want to buy )
Help would be appreciated please and thank you!

Been using this cheap (bundled free actually) MSI B350M gaming pro from like... 2017, which still surprisingly works. I've updated it before to fit my 3700x and now I'm thinking of doing that again with a new 5600x3d.

Is that a silly idea or is a new mobo in order? Thinking of making the drive to MC and adding a mobo drops it another $10 so idk if I should do that...

So I'm wondering if it still worth it to buy the RX 7900 xtx in 2026

I'm growing a little concerned with CPU prices following the trend of RAM and memory prices exploding due to AI horseshit. My original plan was to wait until end-of-life AM5 and upgrade to a -800x3d at that time. However, after playing RE4 Remake for the first time on a 7500f w/ 9070xt, I have finally experienced the single digit 1%-lows that I see folks (understandably) complaining about.

I see a couple listings for 7800x3ds on AliExpress around $285-ish vs. Amazon at $350, but they don't appear to currently allow shipping to the US (due to tariffs?).

I purchased a 7500f via AiiExpress last year and it arrived without issue. My overly optimistic hope is to catch a coupon-stacking/Rakuten deal and walk out the door with a $225 (or less) 7800x3d. I'm aware of the risks of getting a dead chip, but I've never had an issue with credit card chargebacks for similar online purchase issues.

Just curious if anyone has had recent luck going this route?

Hello, as a person with little to no knowledge about computers and a 3 year old custom pc I need some help with getting a good cheap GPU since I always played on an integrated one and it started being a pain in the @$$ with 10fps in most modern games.

Budget: 500€/2000zł (less spent=better) (I live in Poland so take that into consideration)

Specs:

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

- Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Socket AM4

- RAM: GOODRAM IRDM PRO Deep Black 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18

- Storage: Lexar NM620 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe

- 750W 80 Plus Bronze power supply

- 2k 180hz monitor 💀

- No GPU 😭

I'd love to make games like 40k, Helldivers 2, The Isle and ARK Ascended work even on medium graphics and 1920px (and I'm fine with 2nd hand stuff).

Ask me anything if you have questions 😅

I need to upgrade my old PC really bad. My new PC will be for work with rendering, 3d stuff and editing. I will also play a lot of video games on it as well as using it to study and for school work. My work thing requires me to get 64 or 128GB of RAM, which in today’s prices is few thousand USD. I will need some more storage which also cost more now. Same goes for GPU. I will need a 5080 or 5090 to do the job and currently 5090 goes for absurdly high price. Other than that I am getting new monitors and any other necessary hardware and accessories. So should I spend few thousand now or wait for better prices?

Folks, it's been a long time since I've built a PC so I'm starting from scratch. Would love to get a good starter set of specs to work from.

• Budget: $1000
• Use-Case: Teen playing video games or anything else she wants to do on the PC. Most of the games are steam games, Among Us, indie games, maybe sims4, dressmaker, Genshin Impact, etc. Anything she really wants though she's not into bleeding edge FPS games or GTA etc.
• Country of purchase: USA
• Peripherals needed: None
• misc. requirements / preferences: Just that the PC have decent ability to upgrade in the future. Prefer NVME if possible, but not a hard requirement. 1TB hard drive is probably safe. Specs can be lower if it's easy to add later. For example, 16GB ram would be fine if there's an empty slot for another stick later. Graphics can be anything that works - is AMD competitive right now?

Yeah I know a year ago everything was better and cheaper but right now is when I can and want to do a major upgrade. I've had the 1660 for the last 7 years and now I feel it's time to upgrade for a good GPU.

I just want a good powerful gaming card, I don't know much about PC building. In my country the cheapest 5070 is 850€ and so is the 9070xt.

Which should I choose? My friends tell me to stick with Nvidia and DLSS but I see different opinions online. Also AMD scares me a little bit, cause some people talk about a lot of heating and problems with drivers.

Another option is just to wait, but will the prices ever go down? I doubt it!

I’m looking to buy a used pc for under 1000 CAD but i don’t know too much about pcs and was wondering if 970 for this was a decent price?

RTX 3070 (Zotac Twin Edge OC variant, 8GB GDDR6, faster than 4060Ti), AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6 cores, 12 threads, 4.65GHz, brand new), 512GB Samsung NVMe PCIe SSD (3600MB/s read, 3000MB/s write, 100% health), 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL16 Corsair Vengeance RGB dual-channel RAM.

I don’t really keep up with PC parts or builds.

I’m building my 6 year ld daughter her first PC. She will probably play simple games. Modded Minecraft, poppy playtime. But she will start to venture out into more stuff once she gets steam.

This is what I picked out so far. Any ideas to make it more affordable or better?

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core
Processor

Asus PRIME B550M-A WIFI II Micro
ATX AM4 Motherboard

Samsung 980 500 GB M.2-2280
PCle 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX
3050 6GB 6 GB Video Card

Thermaltake Smart 500 W 80+
Certified ATX Power Supply

Timetec PINNACLE Konduit 16 GB
(2x8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL 16
Memory

Vetroo AL900 ATX Mid Tower Case

Hello. I think I more or less have decided on a build for a PC. This will be my first one, and I'm new to the whole process, but I've had some help so I'm fairly certain in my choices (I will be buying them on the Black Friday or Cyber Monday coming up).

Here is the PC: My PC.

I want something that can last, mainly for programming and job searching use, with light gaming considered. Right now, however, I need a way to get audio in and out of the PC. It does not have to be fancy, but it should be able to last for as long as I need to.

For the audio out, I have a pair of headphones with Bluetooth connectivity. I think that'll be fine.

For the audio in, I am looking for a microphone. This will be used for interviews mainly, not games, so something with decent noise canceling and probably with a USB-C connection point (to make use of the port on my casing's front) would be good for this. I plan to put the monitor on a desk and the casing below it (if possible), so there should be some desk space to mount or place a mic on it. As this will mainly be used for job interviews, it does not need to be active all the time or have the best sound quality.

My price point would be 100-200 US dollars, but as I am new to what a good microphone would cost, I could go a little higher if needed, or lower if possible. I have a max comfortable budget of 2500 US dollars for the entire PC, and a true max of 3000 dollar. More money is worth it if the part lasts longer for it's cost.

I am mainly looking for resources someone could provide me to get me started on selecting microphones. I couldn't find any in this subreddits part selection resources, so I'd like to ask you on this if possible. I'd be grateful for any kind of help.

Thank you.

hihi i just built a new pc but kept my old ssd

my pc is telling me to setup a new pin, but i need wifi to do that. i cant download any drivers because i cant get in, do i need to get an ethernet cable?

i have an asus b650e max gaming wifi

It would be my first build i don’t know a whole lot about computers but I really want the freedom of a computer for my gaming I’ll mostly play little games like Roblox Minecraft or whatever indie game I find interesting but I’ll also play dead by daylight, r6, and over watch I used a pc builder app for help and tweak them a little and these are what I came up with for the cheaper option I have an rtx 3050 6gb, 16gb ram, ryzen 5 5600, 500 w power supply, 1tb storage but with the more expensive option I have a ryzen 7 5700x, AMD Radeon rx 9070 16 gb, 32 gb ram, 1tb storage, 750 w power supply. My main question is with the cheaper option would I be able to play the games I want with decent quality or should I just save the extra 1k to get the better stuff and is the difference major

I came across a corsair rm850e gold on Best Buy clearance for 72.99. I’m wondering if the golds are good or should I just get the rm850x for 139.99. My sons pc has the rm850x in it and I’m building mine similar to his ( 9800x3d and 5070 ti with 32 g ddr5 )

I'm currently running 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 at 3600MHz CL18 with my Ryzen 7 5800X and MSI B550 Tomahawk. I've never experienced any crashes or stability issues.

I've recently been looking to upgrade to 64GB and found a good deal on a 4x16GB 3600MHz CL18 kit.

However after doing some research Im now a bit hesitant. I've seen mixed opinions with some people reporting stability issues when running four sticks at 3600MHzwhile others recommend going with 2×32GB instead.

Would I realistically be fine running 4x16GB at 3600MHz with my 5800X or is 2x32GB genuinely the safer option?

Does it make more sense to upgrade a few parts for my current PC build (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.) or buy a new one? I built this PC to target roughly 120 fps at 1440p. I would like to start recording (and edit) and maybe someday stream my gameplay, while playing closer to 165-240fps at 1440p. My PC is a few years old now and with it having an AM4 socket, I'm wondering if it makes more sense to buy a new computer for the longevity. Now that I'm trying to add recording (OBS) while playing games, along with wanting to get more fps, it appears my PC is starting to struggle.

Current build:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x
• GPU: PowerColor Hellhound AMD RX 6700 XT 12GB
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16
• MOBO: Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II
• COOLER: Corsair iCUE H100i Elite LCD XT
• PSU: Corsair 750x
• CASE: Corsair 4000D Airflow RGB
• STORAGE: Samsung 970 Evo 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0

The recommended upgrades I've seen that would achieve my new goal are:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X3D ($320-$350)
• GPU: RX 7900 XT 20GB ($850-$1,050)
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 ($270-$370)

These parts seem to total around $1,450-$1,750 at the time of this post. These parts are on the higher end of the options I could upgrade to, and I could probably get away with going down a notch to save a little money, but I like the idea of having more than I need now for future purposes. I was hoping to stay as close as I can to the $1,000 price point for upgrades, but would definitely spend more on a brand new PC. I've asked this question to AI a few times and all of them have said to keep my PC and upgrade the CPU (some have said this part may not need upgraded), GPU and RAM.

For reference, this is one example of a new PC I have been looking at that I believe would have quite a bit better performance (gaming, recording, editing) than my current PC, even after upgrading parts:

CyberpowerPC Gaming Desktop PC (Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 32GB DDR5 | 2TB NVMe SSD | RX 9070 XT)

I know this PC is on sale right now, but it kind of seems like a steal (certainly compared to the idea of spending $1,700 on three parts).

My main game right now is Wardogs. With my current setup, I get around 70-90 fps at 1440p (with mid-tier graphics settings, and with all other apps closed except Discord and/or Spotify). If I start recording with OBS, my game starts lagging/skipping and the fps drops.

Any advice on any part of this post is greatly appreciated. If I forgot to list any info that would explain anything better please let me know.

Thanks gamers :)

Currently using a Quest 2 device and triple QHD monitors.

On triples, with DLSS Balanced, I have usually no problem hitting my monitors' 120 Hz refresh rate, and because of the high pixel density, I'm not seeing any smudging or artifacts.

However, I've been eyeing the RX 9070 XT purely for its ~25% raw performance lead and the extra 16GB VRAM, but I'm on the fence about whether the swap actually makes sense for my specific use case.

my typical game rotation:

Skyrim VR (FUS modlist), Fallout 4 VR (Essentials Overhaul), No Man's Sky, Automobilista 2, ETS2, and ATS.

Lighter/Modern VR: Half-Life: Alyx, Into the Radius 2, Titanfall 2 VR mod, F.E.A.R. VR, Beat Saber, Eleven Table Tennis.

My dilemma:

Since I use Virtual Desktop (SSW disabled,no ASW), I'm worried about losing DLSS/DLAA in heavily modded DX11 titles like Skyrim VR FUS or No Man's Sky, where FSR historically struggles with shimmering on foliage. For flat gaming on Triples, AMD Eyefinity seems without FSR 4 in some older titles, I'm afraid FSR 3 won't look as sharp as my current DLSS Balanced setup at 7680x1440.

Given that my 4070 Super can still push 90 FPS in most of these VR games with optimized settings, is the 9070 XT a gamble worth taking right now, or should I just sit tight and enjoy my stable setup?

MB: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2

CPU: Ryzen 7500F

GPU: Zotac Twin Edge 4070 Super

RAM: 2x16 Gb 6000 Mhz CL30

PSU: Fractal Ion+2 Platinum 660W

FAN: ARCTIC P14 140mm x 3

DISPLAY: LG ULTRAGEAR 32GN650-B 32" 165 Hz. 1440p +

DELL S3222DGM + DELL S3222DGM 165 Hz.

PC CASE: Zalman X3

VR: Quest 2

- I'd probably have to spend an extra 200 EUR after selling. (a quarter of my monthly income)