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Did you know you can download the windows iso direct from rufus. A hidden quirk, in the settings enable updates.

What's your current system? If you are still using something right now, then yeah that's probably the best option. Also why a ryzen 9, are you doing any productivity  task? If not, then just stick with the highest x3d ryzen 7 CPU. In my opinion, it's actually better, price-wise to buy parts at quarter 4  of the year every time and not in the middle. As these are the times when rams, storages or even PSU drops in price. So the more you save on these parts, the more budget you can get on the more important once.

What's your current system? If you are still using something right now, then yeah that's probably the best option. Also why a ryzen 9, are you doing any productivity  task? If not, then just stick with the highest x3d ryzen 7 CPU. In my opinion, it's actually better, price-wise to buy parts at quarter 4  of the year every time and not in the middle. As these are the times when rams, storages or even PSU drops in price. So the more you save on these parts, the more budget you can get on the more important once.

If you don't normally turn on raytracing then you can go with an AMD GPU and adjust the few components so that you can max your CPU as well. 7900gre should be close and on par with 4070s.
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€400.00 @ Amazon Italia) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€42.90 @ Amazon Italia) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-P Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€135.79 @ Amazon Italia) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory  (€99.74 @ Amazon Italia) 
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€74.98 @ Amazon Italia) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card  (€594.04 @ Amazon Italia) 
Case: Zalman S2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€45.46 @ Amazon Italia) 
Power Supply: Asus Prime AP-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€92.43 @ Amazon Italia) 
Total: €1485.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Personally, I would probably buy a windows key from vipcdkeys for around 15-20USD. But as for something you can upgrade after 5yrs, what you really need is an AMD. If you go with intel, the highest you can go is a 14th gen and from 13600k, the next best upgrade option that won't break the bank  if ever is a 14700k. But those won't improve gaming performance that much. You can also use 64gb ram as depending what you will do, you might need more ram than a normal gamer.
 
Intel
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($575.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($84.55 @ ExtremePC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 D AC ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($368.99 @ PB Technologies) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL34 Memory  ($402.71 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($286.35 @ PB Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($115.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($115.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($1139.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.99 @ PB Technologies) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 ATX 3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($169.00 @ Computer Lounge) 
Total: $3334.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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AMD build is probably not better in terms of productivity, but it will do and you can probably upgrade in 3-5yrs for a 1-3generation higher than 7000 series, depending on how much AMD will be generous with us. But what's important is that, if you upgrade to 8000 or hopefully ryzen 9000 and 10k gen(f their kind), will have performance uplift compared to 13th to 14th gen upgrade that you will be stuck with if you choose to go with intel now.
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($569.00 @ Computer Lounge) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($84.55 @ ExtremePC) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($335.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL34 Memory  ($402.71 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($286.35 @ PB Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($115.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($115.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($1139.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.99 @ PB Technologies) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 ATX 3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($169.00 @ Computer Lounge) 
Total: $3294.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Well GPU voltage and even usage would really fluctuate depending on how much load or is being utilized. There are more than one reason why you are having this issue. During these dips, did you notice what's the GPU and CPU utilizations are? 

Just going by what you provided, you can try to lock the gpu voltage and frequency using afterburner. So it would consistently run at the same clock and power.

I mean I bet that the drop in power also means a drop in gpu utilization. So the next question is, what are these specific games that's having these issue and during what part of those games? At what resolution are you playing those games at? What happens to the CPU utilization when this happens? How much vram is in use? What other application are running in the background when this happens? Have you already tried to use DDU and reinstall gpu driver and made sure all drivers are updated?

ddr(number) ram stands for double data rate random access memory. Meaning it transfers twice per clock cycle, so that's 1333x2=2666mhz.
 
If anything, I'm seeing that it's using a very loose timings, which is 19-19-19-43. Since it's using hynix, try using a tighter timings like 5-15-15-35 or 16-16-16-36.

Use file sharing. You just need to turn on both devices. Just google the steps or guide for file sharing between mac and windows pc. As long as both are under one network, you would be able to transfer files between devices.

Use file sharing. You just need to turn on both devices. Just google the steps or guide for file sharing between mac and windows pc. As long as both are under one network, you would be able to transfer files between devices.

Creative? Hopefully. Fun? Could be. Useful? Depends! If you already have another pc and you just want to do something with this, why not use it as an arcade emulator? All you really need is monitor or an old crt and a joystick. You probably need a few skill or at least watch videos on how to make an arcade cabinet. But I guess if there's any fun to be had, it would start with building, designing and painting the cabinet.

Probably around this budget:
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($93.75 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($32.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MS30 512 GB M.2-2280 SATA Solid State Drive  ($33.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte EAGLE Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card  ($160.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart 600 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: MSI G244F 23.8" 1920 x 1080 170 Hz Monitor  ($104.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $594.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Or go with an APU
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($172.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($32.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MS30 512 GB M.2-2280 SATA Solid State Drive  ($33.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A550BN 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.00 @ MSI) 
Monitor: MSI G244F 23.8" 1920 x 1080 170 Hz Monitor  ($104.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $512.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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But it would be hard to convert the pricing as it isn't one to one, when talking about price from one region to another.

 

Yup, it is overpriced(for us). For a $1600 budget, you only got 7600x and a 3060 or rx 7600. That's like entry-mid level components for the price that could have gotten you  high end parts. Like these for example:
 
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($357.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($86.23 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650 LiveMixer ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($94.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card  ($539.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ MSI) 
Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F120T30 67 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1588.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 07:43 EDT-0400
 
But again, it's your choice to get a prettier pc. It's ok. That is what's great with PC. However, you do need to understand that you are sacrificing performance over form. By the way, when it comes to AIO. More often than not, like 80-90% of the time. The radiators are all the same. For almost all brands, performance-wise, the difference are just the fans. meaning a $100 240mm/280mm/360mm AIO would just perform the same with those 240mm/280mm/360mm AIO that cost $200, 300 or even more. ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III or even II, is probably same or better than the more expensive AIOs. The price you are really paying for corsair or asus for example, are the other features like rgb and lcd/led screens and branding. But if you are really going for an all corsair RGB, I guess, at least you would only be using ICUE. That's probably not are cup of tea. But you are the one who will be using it. So if you like it, it's worth it.

Worth is highly subjective. What is the cost? Do you make enough money to comfortably pay for it?
 
Is an xbox a decent gaming experience? Yes. It is "worth" it? That is up to you to decide.

So far extremely minimalist...

Its not that its overkill, its overpriced, an RGB LF3 is better performing and 2/5's the price

With just the information you provided. You might want to look at switches with lower actuation points or force needed to press the the key, like silver switches(from anybrand). You can also check the keyboard driver or app(if there's any for your keyboard) or even try other usb ports and cable. 

I would probably say 5600 is the better cpu. While I don't know which specific motherboard you are referring to. If I remember correctly, the major difference of this boards is pcie 4.0 support. Meaning since b450 don't support it, even if you have an gen 4.0 nvme that has a 5000-7000mb/s read speed, it will only run at 3.0 speed, around 3500(in real world performance around 3000-3300mb/s). It could also bottleneck those entry level gpus with only 4lanes like 6400 and 6500xt. One of the reason why even if there's like a converted $10-20 difference, it's might be advisable to just get a b550.

You might also want to consider your upgrade path. The highest CPU for gaming that you can upgrade to for the AM4 platform is a 5700x3d or 5800x3d. While for the 1700 platform, it's 13th and 14th gen. the ryzen x3d cpu are great, but at this point, a 13600k is same or better than the 5800x3d for gaming and better for productivity. Or you can also check 7500f or 7600 build, so that it would have a better upgrade path, but this would probably a minimum of $50-100 higher. Because other than the increase in cpu, you would also be getting a ddr5 ram.

I would probably say 5600 is the better cpu. While I don't know which specific motherboard you are referring to. If I remember correctly, the major difference of this boards is pcie 4.0 support. Meaning since b450 don't support it, even if you have an gen 4.0 nvme that has a 5000-7000mb/s read speed, it will only run at 3.0 speed, around 3500(in real world performance around 3000-3300mb/s). It could also bottleneck those entry level gpus with only 4lanes like 6400 and 6500xt. One of the reason why even if there's like a converted $10-20 difference, it's might be advisable to just get a b550.

You might also want to consider your upgrade path. The highest CPU for gaming that you can upgrade to for the AM4 platform is a 5700x3d or 5800x3d. While for the 1700 platform, it's 13th and 14th gen. the ryzen x3d cpu are great, but at this point, a 13600k is same or better than the 5800x3d for gaming and better for productivity. Or you can also check 7500f or 7600 build, so that it would have a better upgrade path, but this would probably a minimum of $50-100 higher. Because other than the increase in cpu, you would also be getting a ddr5 ram.

I would probably say 5600 is the better cpu. While I don't know which specific motherboard you are referring to. If I remember correctly, the major difference of this boards is pcie 4.0 support. Meaning since b450 don't support it, even if you have an gen 4.0 nvme that has a 5000-7000mb/s read speed, it will only run at 3.0 speed, around 3500(in real world performance around 3000-3300mb/s). It could also bottleneck those entry level gpus with only 4lanes like 6400 and 6500xt. One of the reason why even if there's like a converted $10-20 difference, it's might be advisable to just get a b550.

You might also want to consider your upgrade path. The highest CPU for gaming that you can upgrade to for the AM4 platform is a 5700x3d or 5800x3d. While for the 1700 platform, it's 13th and 14th gen. the ryzen x3d cpu are great, but at this point, a 13600k is same or better than the 5800x3d for gaming and better for productivity. Or you can also check 7500f or 7600 build, so that it would have a better upgrade path, but this would probably a minimum of $50-100 higher. Because other than the increase in cpu, you would also be getting a ddr5 ram.

I would probably say 5600 is the better cpu. While I don't know which specific motherboard you are referring to. If I remember correctly, the major difference of this boards is pcie 4.0 support. Meaning since b450 don't support it, even if you have an gen 4.0 nvme that has a 5000-7000mb/s read speed, it will only run at 3.0 speed, around 3500(in real world performance around 3000-3300mb/s). It could also bottleneck those entry level gpus with only 4lanes like 6400 and 6500xt. One of the reason why even if there's like a converted $10-20 difference, it's might be advisable to just get a b550.

You might also want to consider your upgrade path. The highest CPU for gaming that you can upgrade to for the AM4 platform is a 5700x3d or 5800x3d. While for the 1700 platform, it's 13th and 14th gen. the ryzen x3d cpu are great, but at this point, a 13600k is same or better than the 5800x3d for gaming and better for productivity. Or you can also check 7500f or 7600 build, so that it would have a better upgrade path, but this would probably a minimum of $50-100 higher. Because other than the increase in cpu, you would also be getting a ddr5 ram.

Seems decent for $500. This would probably be able to play all games at 1080p right now. If you learn on how to optimized graphic settings for each games, you would probably get good fps.

Just to be sure that we are all on the same page. All cables, from displayport, pcie cable(meaning checking the psu if the cable is inserted correctly on the port that say pcie or checking if you are using the cables that come together with the PSU and the from an old or different brand/model), to reseating the gpu has already been check and done, right? and what you get is a no display, but fans and motherboards are on and lastly VGA LED is solid, correct?

Personally, this is why I don't like CPU without igpu. If it's was me, the first thing I will do after making sure all are slotted correctly, is to reseat CPU and check for bend pins on the motherboard as well. Basically, because I don't have a secondary GPU that I can try, I would first illuminate the CPU. There are times that the error is that the VGA isn't detected resulting on a solid VGA led light, but the cause is the CPU not correctly placed or some bent pins. Reseat ram as well.

Second is to try different displayport on both gpu and monitor(if available). I would even try to turn on the monitor first before the computer. If this is a new computer and first boot. I would also try to leave it on for a few at least 10-15mins. I would also try to use other pcie slot if available.  

If that does not work, I would try to remove and clear the cmos. If that did not work, I will update the bios, so check if your motherboard support bios flash without cpu. As desperation sets in, I would disassemble the pc and just try to boot it using minimal components and just on the box of the motherboard. Lastly try to borrow a known working gpu. 
 
 

Yup, what he said. @JAMEASY PC Are you just trying to understand the concept? or you have a specific cpu or motherboard in mind?

But in general and in most basic explanation, it could be explain as socket/platform and generation. The example of the former is the LGA 1200 that supported intel 10th and 11th gen, LGA 1700 supports 12th to 14th gen, for intel. While for AMD, it's the AM4, which supported the 1st gen up to 5th(5000) series of ryzen. Meaning, depending on the generation of the CPU, it can only be socketed into specific platform of motherboards. Another example is that it's like with consoles. If you are familiar with them, you will know that you can't run ps1 disks on PS5(you're going to need PS Now). As PS5 only support PS4 disks directly. It's kind of like that as well.

Another compatibility that you might be asking about is in parts and quality. Like an intel H610M motherboards supports 14th gen CPUs, but you can't just pair it with a 14900k and expect it to run well.

I would just ask, why are you asking about compatibility?

the basic idea is a shop vac can generate static electricity but if everything is grounded then it'll be fine. there's an ltt video showing just how difficult it is to kill modern components with static shocks anyway.

I don't know if you already have. But if it were me. I would create a custom fan curve for the GPU. What I would do is to install a fan control application, (what I have is called Argus Monitor). You can use Rem0o from gethub. Basically, what these apps do is first identify every fans that's connected to the motherboard and then allow you to create a curve based on many things. One of it's feature is detecting all temp sensors, so you can create a fan curve that's bases on gpu temp.