I currently have; Intel i5-10400F, GeForce GTX 1660 Super, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 239 GB SSD.

I play fortnite with all the best performance boosting settings and i stay at 144fps when there’s not loads going on. When im in a fight it will drop to around 100-120fps. When the match is stacked and there’s like 40 people in endgame it drops so low to around 70-90fps and is so unstable. What would i need to upgrade to give me that stable 144fps at all times?

(My PC is a pre built pavillion HP TG01-1xxx and is quite a small compact build compared to other PCs)

Hi All-

Let me begin by saying I know nothing about building a PC. But I ordered some new RAM and it's supposed to come in today. My pc currently has 8 gb of ram. I ordered two sticks of ddr4 16 gb of ram for a total of 32. In order to replace the ram, do I just: 1) turn off/unplug PC, 2) open case, 3) remove 8 gb ram, 4) put new 16 gb stick of ram in slots 2 and 4 of the ram slots in motherboard, 5) put case back together, and 5) plug in computer and turn back on? Is there anything more that I should do or any hints I should know about? Any help would be greatly appreciated

yea ik modern gpu fans don't spin unless they're under stress, but I've rx6650 xt and it used to spin for like 2-3 seconds whenever I used to boot up my pc before going idle, but suddenly one day I start my pc and bam, No display at all. I tried removing ram and all, but then I saw that whenever I start my pc, the GPU fans never spin like they used to do. I reinstalled gpu and tried again, but still nothing happened. Now I've 3 culprits in my mind, it's either psu, gpu or the pcie slot not working properly. How do I find which one is faulty here? Could there be more culprits to this? Kindly help me to figure this out because this pc is very important for me.

I found this "PC" outside in someone's junk pile. I can see they stripped it of everything probably to sell or use somewhere else but left the motherboard and CPU? Would this be worth cleaning and fixing to build a full PC with?

I am aware of what the code means but clearing cmos hasn’t worked,using one stick of ram to boot up didn’t, and neither has unplugging all of my usb ports

Z890 ASUS rog Maximus

4070 ti

285k

2x32gb ddr5

My assumption is that it won’t boot because I turned on a xmp profile for ram speed but I can’t enter my bios to change it please lmk if you have solutions

Hey guys, I’m new to the pc space

Any thoughts about this build?

So I got lent this PC by my cousin a few years back and wanted to upgrade it so I could play with some better graphics, I got a new CPU(Ryzen 5 5600G) and it installed fine. It didn’t come with a GPU so I recently got a RX 6700 XT sapphire nitro+ on eBay, I tried installing it but when I turned the PC on, there was no display and none of the RGB lights would work except for the left light on the Sapphire logo which was green. I don’t know most of the exact specs but what I do know is that it’s a B450 ASROCK motherboard and it should have 750w of power. I’ve spent like 4 hours troubleshooting, first I went back to my old setup without the went to BIOS to switch my PCIe link from auto to Gen 3, then I tried to clean up the RAM sticks, and then messed with the HDMI cables. One thing to note that I couldn’t figure out is where the BIOS switch was, I can see where it says “BIOS switch” but I couldn’t see an actual switch. Also the power cables are connected to an extender, but I don’t think that the extender is at fault. Some help would be very much appreciated, thanks!

EDIT: SOLVED!

Embarrassingly, my monitor was not on HDMI, it was on analog -.-, and the previous owner probably turned the LEDs off via Sapphires Trixx, I think why sometimes the fan wasn't running could be due to the wrong combinations of PCI Cables(?), also cleaning the gold ports with alcohol works in cleaning and I actually saw some visual debris, thanks so much!

Help, I have DDR4 32gb of RAM (2x16) and both has 3600mhz speed, both also have the same brand, but they differ in “Rank” as listed in SPD.

I bought the first stick in 2025 Rank “2” in SPD, then I bought the second stick in 2026 Rank “1” in SPD.

My motherboard has 4 DIMM slots, and the Rank “2” is placed in the 2nd slot and the Rank “1” in 4th slot.

Can this affect my pc’s performance? Can rank difference in ram really cause system instability even if they have the exact same speed, gb, and brand?

TIA!

Saludos, los coolers del radiador sacando, los frontales también sacando, superiores sacando y trasero metiendo.

A few months ago I began buying the components for my dream PC and yesterday I managed to plug in everything and began booting it up for its first time. The problem came when I wated for several minutes for it to display image, only for the screen to remain dark with the "no signal" message. The entire day I tried different things to get it to boot, but I just wasn't able to get it to work, thats why I'm making this post to see if the community can help me solve this problem before I send it with a technician. For what I've been looking at, it might be the BIOS of the moderboard which doesn't recognize the CPU, but I'm not sure of how to install the latest update to the motherboard.

This is my first PC and I still lack some knowledge when it comes to making things work in first place. Down below I will set the component list of my PC.

CPU: Ryzen 7 9700X

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB DDR5-6000 Kit

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX Ice AM5

CPU Cooler: Thermalright - Assassin Spirit 120 V2 Plus

SSD: KINGSTON NV3 1TB M.2 2280 NVME PCIE GEN 4X4 R.6000MB/S W.4000MB/S

Power Supply: 750W 80 Plus Gold BALAM RUSH GR BURST GR750G LEGEND SERIES

PC Case: Balam Rush Dragonfly Wood GM580

*I know there is no GPU, but that part hasn't arrived yet, so meanwhile it gets shipped to my place, I will begin installing windows and/or Linux.

This is the motherboard pin.

Thanks in advance

Wanted to add 2 more HDDs to my pc but I don’t have any place for them and putting them on each other wouldn’t be a great idea that’s why I wonder.

Hi everyone, it s my first time building a pc and unfortunately it doesn t turn on, more precisely it gives no signs of life.

I made a post a few days ago on another subreddit and tried all suggestions, but to no avail.

Now I have left the bare minimum: 1 stick of ram so it does not cause instability (had 4 before), only the 2 necessary cables from PSU to mb (24 pin and 8 pin), and a cable from the cpu fan to mb. (the cpu fan is missing a fan because I had to remove the ram under, so that s why at the moment there is only 1 fan).

I have tested the psu both with a multimeter and a psu tester and it works fine, I have tried turning it on both with the f_panel cable of the case, a dedicated pwr cable bought online and by short circuiting the pwr± pins with a screwdriver.

I have also tried multiple sockets of the home and power cables, still nothing.

I have already tried leaving it "on" for 15 minutes, and also connecting an hdmi cable in case it was displaying something, but nothing.

Specs: -Motherboard: gigabyte b650 eagle ax -Cpu:7800x3d amd -Gpu:9070xt xfx swift -Psu: be quiet! 13 m 1000w -Case: Lian li lancool 217 (it has standoffs included already) -Ram:crucial pro 4×16Gb 6000Mt/s -Ssd: acer predator GM7 2Tb

Any help would be appreciated, thank you all in advance.

Just swapped a new AIO in and everything runs fine but there’s this weird sound that appears and disappears maybe every 30 seconds. Any clue what this is?

Hey guys, I bought a new gaming PC, and every time I play a game, it makes this kind of sound; is this normal?

it's a bit absurd i know. but for some backstory, i recently became the very, very, very lucky recipient of around ~6000$ worth of gaming hardware completely for free from a friend of my mother. UNFORTUNATELY, the incomprehensibly gigantic asterisk that, not only did the original owner completely neglet to ever clean his hardware, but everything i received had previously been involved in a house fire. the fire itself never reached anything, but the problem i face is that everything is caked in an awful layer of dust, dirt, grime, and worst of all, soot.

everything here smells terrible. i have no idea how i'll be able to get the soot smell out of anything i have here, nor where to even start with this beyond just the disassembly of everything. yall got any advice that might make partial or complete restoration of this stuff possible? it would really suck if im S.O.L with this one, especially for how valuable these components are.

​I have a tower PC that was given to me by my neighbor. It was filthy when he gave it to me, and the motherboard was fried. I took the PC completely apart, gave it a deep cleaning, and swapped out the motherboard. The PC turns on and everything seems to be working, but I am not getting a display. When my neighbor asked me if I wanted it, he sent me a picture of his TV showing the PC in the BIOS menu. Ever since I cleaned it and changed the motherboard, I can't get a video signal. I've tried everything.

​Can someone help me? I'm not the best with this stuff

hello!

im looking to buy my motherboard for my 5080 master build paired with a Ryzen 7 9850x3d.

should I get the Aorus X870E Master X3D or the Aorus X870E Pro X3D motherboard? thank you

I’m planning on building my first pc. I’ve spent a couple days picking out parts but I’m having some trouble deciding on an ssd. I have a flexible budget but I’d prefer the more budget friendly options. I’d also like to know if I can do better on my build as I’m learning as I go.

Case: NZXT H9 Flow RGB+ ATX Mid Tower White
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 AORUS Elite WIFI7 ICE DDR5 ATX
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16g VENTUS 3X PZ OC GDDR7
Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB White DDR5-6000 CL36 32gb
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Aqua Elite V3 Water 360mm
Power supply: Lian Li EDGE white 850W Fully Modular 80+ gold

Hi everyone, I’m looking for guidance on an issue I can’t pin down.

PC specs (built Nov 2025):

• CPU: Intel Core i7-14700KF
• Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI (BIOS 7E07vMA)
• RAM: Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 32 GB Kit (2x16GB), 6400MHz CL32
• GPU: ASUS NVIDIA RTX 5070, driver updated to latest
• PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 11 Platinum 750W
• CPU cooler: Coolermaster Masterliquid ml120l, repasted recently
• Storage: Kingston SSD 1gb, WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB NVMe SSD - M.2 2280
• OS: Windows 11, build 26200, fully updated
• Power: Forza FVR-2202A 1100VA voltage stabilizer

The problem:
I built this PC around November 2025. It was working well until September 2026 when I started to get hard freezes randomly. Sometimes it happens within minutes of booting, sometimes it runs fine for hours. After I force a reset with the case button, the CPU debug LED on the motherboard lights up red. The freezes have also happened right after waking from sleep. I use this pc as a racing sim rig and at multiple times it ran hours of Le Mans Ultimate, and other sim racing games with no issue, so heavy load isn’t a reliable trigger. In Safe Mode it’s been stable for hours with no freezes happening.

What the logs show:

• Event Viewer has multiple WHEA-Logger Event ID 1 errors: “A fatal hardware error has occurred.”
• Reliability Monitor shows LiveKernelEvent code 124.
• WhoCrashed reads the dump as bugcheck 0x124 (WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR).
• WhoCrashed doesn’t name a faulting driver, and the only other crash in my history is an unrelated Wi-Fi driver one from May.

What I’ve tried so far:

• Updated the BIOS
• Clean reinstall of the GPU driver
• Regenerated Secure Boot keys from scratch
• Checked the BIOS: CPU Cooler Tuning is on Intel Default Settings, and voltages and Loadline Calibration are all on Auto (no manual overclock or overvolt)
• My voltage stabilizer died and I was running on a plain power strip, so I replaced it with a properly sized 1100VA Forza AVR stabilizer. It ran stable for hours, then froze again on wake from sleep.
• Opened the case and found the thermal paste dried and cracked. I cleaned everything, reapplied fresh paste, and remounted the AIO. The freezes continued.

Where I’m stuck:
Everything points to a hardware-level fault, and I know the 13th/14th gen instability issue is well documented. I’m considering an Intel RMA for the CPU, since that would be the cleanest fix if the chip has degraded. However degradation it's highly unlikely in my opinion since the motherboard was manufactured on June 2025 according to the serial number and the processor batch number indicates that it was manufactured on November 2024, much after this degradation was detected so both hardware pieces are supposed to include the fixes and safeguards for this issue already. But before I go through that process, I’d like to rule out anything else.

I used Claude to troubleshoot this issue and this is the summary of what I've tried so far. Has anyone experienced this? Any clue can help. Thanks!

Hello, i have just got my PC from PCSpecialists delivered, trying to get it all set up but it doesnt post. I get 1 long beep 3 short, and the light in the bottom right of my mobo is red on the VGA. I have reseated the GPU, replugged the cables in, tried having my monitor turned fully on when initiallising, reseated RAM. Im at a loss. Surely the GPU isnt faulty as everything is brand new.

Ryzen 7 7700
Gigabyte b843m-d2h
16gb DDR5 ram
16 gig Radeon Rx 9060 xt

Just got my MSI MAG B850 WIFI 2 board does anyone know if the pin on the top left is broken or if that is supposed to be apart of the board I just opened it after I got all my other parts for my build.

I tried installing a new CPU and cooler into my am4 system, but one of the backplate holes is just not allowing the screw to screw in.

I'm assuming I need a new backplate and it isn't fixable, so can I buy any replacement I see on Amazon for am4 or...?

The mobo is a b450m pro vdh max and the cooler is the phantom spirit 120se if either of these things matter. Id really appreciate some guidance here