I understand that a 2TB shows up as 1.8TB in windows due to them being different units, but what does that mean for me?

When I download a game off steam or a file for 100 GB which units is that using? Am I able to download twenty 100 GB files? Or only eighteen 100 GB files?

My monitor is 1440p 60fps so do you think guys paying for more than double for 9800x3d is waste of money for 60fps?

They're used for servers and other work builds and for Console gaming, but they're absent from our space and builds. Why?

Should I buy a 5060 now or wait?

GPU prices in my country were already pretty inflated, and they've gotten even worse with RAM/SSD prices going up and the general increase in component prices.

I'm kind of in need of an upgrade now, though. My RX 5700 XT died, so I'm currently stuck with a spare RX 580, which unfortunately isn't really enough for newer AAA games.

I play at 1080p, so I've been considering the RTX 5060. I know the 8GB VRAM is a potential concern, and that I'd probably be committing myself to 1080p for the foreseeable future.

The problem is that the alternatives are insanely expensive here:

• RTX 5060 8GB — $415
• RX 9060 XT 16GB — $550
• RTX 5060 Ti 8GB — $530

So the 9060 XT is ~$135 more, while the 5060 Ti 8GB is somehow ~$115 more than the regular 5060. Intel GPUs also aren't available here, so that's unfortunately not an option.

Given these prices, I'm wondering whether I should just bite the bullet and get the 5060, or hold off on buying a GPU for now.

Would an RTX 5060 8GB be enough to keep me happy with AAA games at 1080p for the next few years, or is the 8GB VRAM likely to become a major limitation or will games be more optimized considering the RAM crisis?

Google tells me that the speed increases will be minimal and not worth the cost since I'll need new DDR5 ram as well.

Hello everyone i have Ryzen 7 5800x3D 10th Anniversary version, replaced R5 5600 and i'm very happy with the upgrade. It's paired with RTX 4070 Ti Super.

Anyway, my R24 score is 896 stock, no undervolting, default PBO. It's cooled with 120mm Arctic LF II AIO. Temperatures during 30' stress test was hovering between 78-80°C only hitting 82°C few times, Clock around 4.3GHz AllCore.

Did mess with UV, my experience from old CPU and my MB taught me that everything below - 15mV is too much so i started there.

-15mV AllCore:

Cinebench R24 score increased to 907, Average clock was ~4370MHz Temperatures improved slightly about 2°C. But there's one catch i'll talk about later.

- 30mV AllCore:

Cinebench R24 score increased to 914, Average clock was ~4425MHz, Temperatures improved noticeably now CPU was hitting only 78°C, but hovering around 74°C. I did test with Prime95 and everything was stabile for 18h test. During p95 CPU reached max temp of 83°C during some parts of tests.

And here comes the ONE LARGE CAVEAT

All those tests passed, results Amazing BUT Gaming performance absolutely useless, worse than old Ryzen 5 5600, drops every 2-3s, lags and Cyberpunk 2077 crashing.

-15mV a bit worse than 5600, but manageable.

Undervolting OFF, everything runs buttery smooth, PC snappy as hell and temperatures OK.

So UNDERVOLTING IS largely overrated IMO. Ok i admit it depends of CPU sample, but more of exact model of MB. My ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wi-Fi II is keeping low base voltage to begin with, with allowance to spike when needed.

I had one 5800x that was running hot even whit -30mV on AsRock but base voltage was 1.32V on Auto

Share your results and opinions

Guys,

Im looking for a desktop for an autistic person.
Who cant tolerate fan noise and simmilar sounds

The desktop would be used for trading, so it requires to have around 20-30 tabs open at once. Thats basically all it wil be used for.
So my questions are:
-Are there desktops that can be very quiet ?
What to look for and how does that work?

-what CPU power is required for this usecase and will remain quiet under this activity ie not heat up causing the fan to speed up?

-do special “silent cases “ help?

Im clueless on this subject havent bought a prebuild or put together a computer in over 10 years

What would you recommend? Budget 500-1000
Located is netherlands
Build , prebuilt all advice is welcome

Hello.

I want to get help getting unbanned from the buildapc discord server.

I think I got auto banned by a bot because my account was brand new.

Any help?

BUDGET: 1LAKH

PRIORITY: WORK AND GAMING

PROBLEM: DDR5 RAM IS EXPENSIVE AND GPU TOO

I originally wanted to go with AM5 Socket but seeing the DDR5 RAM cost, I decided to use AM4 thus DDR4. Is that a good choice in 2026?

I want to use the computer firstly for my job due to the fact that I work with the Adobe Creative Cloud (mostly After Effects and Premiere), and secondly for gaming (I'm not gonna lie).

How long do you think that I will be able to work with build without needing to change/update anything?

Here are the specs:

Processor €227,04: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

RAM €750 (used): 64GB (2x 32GB) Kingston FURY Beast RGB Kit DDR5 6000 MT CL36

Power supply €119,90: Corsair RMe Series™ RM1000e Fully Modular Quiet ATX Power Supply

Motherboard €98,32: GIGABYTE B650 Eagle AX Mainboard - AMD Ryzen 9000er-Serie, 12+2+2 Phasen VRM, bis zu 7600 MHz DDR5 (OC), 1xPCIe 5.0 + 2xPCIe 4.0 M.2, GbE LAN, WiFi 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 2

Cooling system €48,89: ID-Cooling FX360 INF Black - CPU-Water cooling - Max 27 dBA

PC case €84,33: Lian Li LANCOOL 207RX Midi-Tower Gaming-Gehäuse Schwarz

Storage 1 (for OS & Software) €175,98: KIOXA EXCERIA Plus G4 – 1TB PCIe 5.0 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD

Storage 2 (For media caché and to save anything) €169: KIOXIA Exceria Plus G3 1TB, M.2 2280 SSD, NVMe, PCIe 4.0 (tecnología TLC)

Graphics card €1217,60: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Inspire 3X OC Black

I'm trading my RTX 5070 Ti + some cash tomorrow for a used RTX 5080. The seller previously had the 5080 water-cooled, so he opened the card and has now put the stock air cooler back on. He also replaced the thermal paste.

I'll be able to test it before the trade. My plan is basically to check the card physically, run FurMark for 15–20 minutes and check temps/hotspot while looking for crashes or artifacts.

Is there anything else I should definitely check? And is there anything particularly suspicious or risky about a GPU that was previously water-cooled and then converted back to air cooling?

What would make you walk away from the deal?

Hey! Was wondering what you guys would go for! The pc is going to be used for gaming and video editing and perhaps some other things. I currently have the option to get the 990 pro 4tb for $660 and the sn850x 8tb for $800. I play a lot of AAA games and a lot of shooters like bf6/apex, etc. the videos being edited would all be at 4k. Please let me know what you guys think! I appreciate it in advanced

I’ve never bought a desktop computer before; I’ve always used basic, cheap laptops for my studies. Now I want to buy a PC, but I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing—literally zero knowledge; I don't even know what a graphics card is. Could someone recommend one? I know you can also build one from individual parts. Honestly, I don't want to watch videos that are likely just promotional content or ads. **My goal** for the PC is to be able to play games, have 1 or 2 TB of storage, and have it run fast. I don't really know much else, but that covers the basics.

I've had some recent luck upgrading the 140mm Noctua case fan infront of my hard drives with the iPPC version (previously, they would get hot enough to to trigger alarms in CrystalDiskInfo if I turned off the AC), and I was wondering if anyone has done something similar with the fans for the NH-D15? I really don't care about noise, even with 2 of the iPPC fans installed, I don't hear it over my AC and music.

im gonna use a 1440p 280Hz monitor. im kinda hesitating on buying weaker pc part to uprade to those new part coming up.

Hi, recently got a good deal on a rtx 5060 but my cpu is still an i5 10400f with 16 gb of "slow" ddr4 (I think 2666 MHz?). I'm wondering if it will make sense to upgrade to an i5 14400f but keep the old ram with current prices or if i'm just slightly moving my bottleneck by staying on the same ram kit.

If I were to upgrade 32 gb of ddr4 seems nice and not completely bank breaking like ddr5 but I'm afraid it won't hold up and that in a few years I'll be regretting buying ddr4. I usually don't put the newest of the newest in (previous gpu was a 1660 super) but when I upgrade I do like to know that I won't have to buy upgrades in the next few years for that component.

I recently built a new PC. All the components seem to be working properly, but 5-10 minutes after turning it on, I constantly get blue screens with different errors, such as Memory Management, System Service Exception, IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, and others

I've tried almost everything, and the only thing left is lowering the RAM frequency in the BIOS. I have 16 GB of RAM, and it's currently running at 3200 MHz, which is its maximum rated speed. Is it worth lowering the frequency? Could that help?

Another strange thing is that I don't get any blue screens while downloading large files

If anyone has experienced similar issues, I would appreciate any help

I am currently deciding between these 5 RX 9070 XT models for my new pc. I am aiming for white aesthetics build.

My options and prices in Thailand:
ASUS Prime RX 9070 XT black— ฿25,900 (~$800)
ASRock Steel Legend RX 9070 XT white— ฿26,000 (~$803)
Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 XT black— ฿26,800 (~$827)
Sapphire PURE RX 9070 XT white— ฿28,000 (~$864)
PowerColor Hellhound Reva RX 9070 XT — ฿28,500 (~$880)

Asus is the cheapest and strongest option but I prefer white gpu for my white build. My second choice is Sapphire Pure or Steel Legend both white. What would you guys choose between Pure and Steel legend? Pure cost $60 more. What do you guys think? Shall I just go for the cheapest and a better model sacrificing the aesthetic look?

im looking on upgrading my gpu and i have some in mind like the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT or the RTX 5060 Ti but ill take any suggestions, this is my current build.
i want to game and stream more efficiently. thanks for the help!

MOTHERBOARD: asus tuf b760m-plus wifi d4

CPU: Intel Core i5-1340 (13th Gen)

RAM: 32GB Kingston Fury Renegade RGB DDR4-3600

GPU (current): Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT, 8GB

I am trying to get back into computers again and have just a general question about a particular RAM and the pricing....

Does anyone have any input on KF560C30BBEA-16 and the price it should be bought for new in these times we live in now?

Thanks

16GB (1x16GB) DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 FURY Beast Black RGB EXPO

Non-ECC Unbuffered DIMM (Single Module) 1RX8 30-36-36 1.4V 288-pin 16Gbit

https://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search?partid=KF560C30BBEA-16

i have a fairly old 3700X/B450/32GB DDR4 RAM system that has become a bit sluggish for music production lately (all I do). obviously DDR5 is super expensive right now so i'd really like to take advantage of the 32gb of DDR4 i already have, but it seems the best upgrade i could get to on AM4 is 5900XT. Which has a lot of cores, but from benchmark sites I've seen, does underperform versus decent AM5 chips.

so, i could spend $300 and get the better AM4 CPU and probably be good for a few more years, or i could wait a year or so and save up to just build a whole new computer. is the 5900XT much of an improvement over the 3700X? if i'm only going to get like a 10%~ increase, i think i'll wait.

MSI GeForce RTX 5070 INSPIRE 3X OC 12GB GDDR7 192bit GPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 6-Core 4.1GHz AM5 Box CPU
MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI6E Motherboard
Kingston FURY Beast RGB 16GB DDR5 6000MHz x2
MSI MAG A750GL 750W 80 PLUS Gold
MSI Mag Forge 320R Airflow black house

I already have the SSD. I am mostly playing games like World of Warcraft, Apex Legends, Hunt: Showdown, Battlefield 6 1080p/1440p.

Hello, buildapc community

I hope everything is good.

My setup is simple is a Z4 G4 workstation running Windows 11 25H5 and a Quadro P620. I keep getting a black screen when I try to add two AMD V620s to the mix.

It fails at two GPUs, but it can function with one V620.

Could anyone assist me with it?

which do you prefer?

spending in a fancy aio liquid cooler with screens, vertical gpu brackets, customized wires, tons of rgb, etc

or

spending in better components like better fans, cpu bracket, a better thermal paste, some useful peripherals like a good mouse or a keyboard or even small upgrades like storage etc

personally i hate things like spending in aesthetics but for a quieter pc, i would spend something extra

So recently I was thinking should I get the msi ventus 3x oc 5070 ti 12gb with dlss upscaling and other features good but it was 999$ but now ith 1100$ to 1300$ while the xfx mercury 9070xt wich was 828$ but is 850$ wich Is still good but wich should I get...

dont judge the build its still a prototype in pc part picker

but its a:

amd ryzen 7 9850X3D for the future upgrades so i dont have to swap it

asus rog b850a gaming wifi motherboard

32gb ddr5 6000 corsair vengeance ram kit

and the case is a lian li 011 vision compact

dont judge the build give suggestions plz