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Don't really want curved because I do a lot of CAD and stuff. Also it'd be a joint bday-xmas gift so waiting a bit longer to add an extra 80 quid doesn't have the same feeling.

Thinking of getting a new monitor for christmas and I am not sure of what to for. Ideally looking at IPS or VA purely for the colours. I'm thinking of 144Hz for CS:GO but 1440p would be good for literally any other game & being able to multitask. Max budget would be £180-£200, my mind is currently on these so i'm sorta asking on ppls opinions if you know of any major flaws etc. - 1080p 144Hz - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/G9LwrH/viewsonic-xg2405-238-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-xg2405 https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/tpvbt6/aoc-g2590fx-245-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-g2590fx https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/gjqBD3/aoc-27g2ubk-270-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-27g2ubk - 1440p, literally just one monitor - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/HMPzK8/aoc-q2781pq-270-2560x1440-60hz-monitor-q2781pq

So windows explorer (desktop and taskbar included) has been acting up recently. Sometimes I can't click any desktop icons. Often if I try to browse any files (like just open up the recycle bin) explorer.exe stops responding and sometimes ends up crashing. Other times i'll copy a file and have to refresh to see it. Often it will take a few restart attempts to fix it or it will stop responding for a while and then be ok from then on. Is this just a case of reinstall windows?

As the title says. Open word, go to open a file using 'browse' and it shows this: Solidworks and installers just crash instead However if I go to browse my stuff through the file explorer it works perfectly fine.

No bloatware lmao, I DDU'd when I changed from a 1050ti to this card. There is no BIOS or chipset update afaik, you can see all the specs on my signature.

Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W. Should be enough, plus the GPU doesn't go above like 130W in iRacing, and i've played doom at 4k which pings it to like 100% utilisation for like two hours straight with no issue

Specs: Ryzen 5 3600 Gigabyte 5700xt Gaming OC 16Gig of Ram The Crash: Its happened twice now in about a week and a half. First time I was playing Assetto Corsa Multiplayer, game freezes and the sound does a bit of a stutter and then would return for like a sec. After like 3 or so seconds the screen goes black, and after a bit it shows what looked like static in an old TV for a second and then back to a black screen. This time around I was playing iRacing (1.2 hours into a 24hr race) and a similar thing happened. In this second crash the GPU was reaching like 70 degC at most. To shut the PC down I have to hold the power button and it restarts and boots immediately with no issue. Event viewer doesn't really have anything of importance showing up under system at the time of the crash

I mean for the gigabyte gaming OC which is regarded as one of the better models its a £5 difference

Yea the max i'd go any time soon is 1440p 144Hz for games like CS but I don't see myself having money for a monitor that can show that. Streaming wise it will literally be some 24 hour races that I do and it doesn't have to be perfect. Thats too long to bother waiting for Even then a 5700xt should be able to handle most games at 1080p 60 fps and ultra/high settings right?

Budget is around £400, don't want to stretch it too much because I had to overpay a little for my power supply because they all seem to be in short demand. Current build is a ryzen 5 3600, 16 gb Ram and 1050ti (Literally upgraded CPU not even a week ago). I'm currently trying to decide between a 5700xt and the 2060/2070/2070 Super lineup. I do stream occasionally but not enough to the point where NVENC is required and software encoding shouldn't destroy my performance. The 5700xt's are on average more than £50 cheaper than the 2070's and as far as I know in terms of performance they are about the same. My main question is if there is anything to be released before cyberpunk comes out that would potentially be better than either of these cards at my price point, aswell as get peoples input on what you think is best.

I think i'd rather go for the tomahawk max then since its been proven to work and its probably better than the low end b550 boards i'd be able to afford

Since the B550 boards are quite pricey and my budget is around £120 for a motherboard, I am trying to figure out what the best course of action is. I've already purchased a ryzen 5 3600 and with the high price of the B550 boards it would make sense to go for a better B450 board instead like a tomahawk MAX

Guess i'll go for a Pure power 11 then, the S340 has plenty of space to store unused cables so its not a big issue that it isn't semi modular

https://www.cclonline.com/product/297627/CORE-GC-650/Power-Supplies/Seasonic-Core-GC-650W-80-PLUS-Gold-Certified-ATX-Power-Supply-Unit/PSU1720/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-EdGHJZOi4OijOvn5seoYnA I could get this which is still reasonably priced, seems like its in stock

Its a bit of a joke, they have a code for next day delivery but delivery is unavailable lol. And straight from corsair the prices are spiked up by quite a bit lmao