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Budget (including currency): 96,000 INR(Indian Rupees) Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AI, GTA V and other standard and similar game. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Planning to buy a new PC as it's my first build, like genienly researching before I purchase it. My specs is planned as followed - System Builder - Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core, GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB, MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower - PCPartPicker I believe I can get a little heaper, or get more efficient with nearby budget of not exceeding the max limit of 85k. I need suggestions. If you're not from India, please use amazon.in or Newegg's Indian price as currency for suggestion. Thank you! Edit - I just updated my build with more realistic pricing for CPU and some changes as per budget. I just realized that my case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case is not available on Amazon.in anymore so I think I'm gonna need a new one. Can someone please suggest me a good case and check to see if my setup is good enough? Thanks.

So recently I installed my new CPU (Ryzen 5 3600) and I loaded up Fortnite in hopes of some 144fps performance. I hop into my first game and the whole thing is a stuttery mess. My settings are pretty low and what surprised me is that the GPU (MSI RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6GB) is only at 50 percent usage and my CPU is also at 50 percent usage. The stutters happen often but not all the time. Some of the time its straight 144fps and then it dips down to 30-90 for a split second or just straight up stutters over and over for a few seconds. Is this just my underpowered PC? Just how Fortnite works? Help! SPECS RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16gb (2x8gb) 3200mhz CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (Stock Clocks) GPU: MSI RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6gb (Stock Clocks) Motherboard: B550-A PRO PSU: SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze EVO Edition 520W Game Drive: WD Black SN750 (1TB) OS Drive (Windows 10): Samsung 850 EVO (256gb) Notes: Stock Cooler, Drivers all updated (BIOS up to date, chipset drivers up to date, GPU drivers up to date, etc), using a Gsync compatible monitor at 144hz (LG UltraGear 1080p 144hz).

I've build my first pc a month ago. It posted, it's working, the temps are not bad. I've been using almost arounnd the clock for the past weeks. However, I keep getting the same Kernel Power 41 (63). It is not a blue screen, the computer just shuts down. It sometimes happens when opening or closing a game. Weirdly, never while playing games, I've spent hours playing and it went fine. It also happened a couple of times while using adobe software. Now, I've done my research and tried a bunch of stuff, and while the frequency of the error diminished, it is still happening. Things I've tried: Resetting the Ram Updating the BIOS and drivers Formatting the PC Disabling XMP Disabling Fast Startup Power settings set to high performance (Hard Drive Shut down never) Disabling duplicate audio drivers Aida 64 Stress Test (It all went fine, temps were good and the PC did not shut down) Change one BIOS setting to typical current idle Tested the system ssd with samsung's own software and it was ok Resetting all the power supply cables I know that it might be the power supply being insufficient, but I do not think that's the case. My specs: Ryzen 5600x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition B550m AORUS PRO DDR4 32GB 3200mhz (2x16) T Force Dark Z Samsung 860 EVO 500GB Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7200rpm RTX 2060 ASUS TUF OC 6GB 650 WATT PSU from Corsair (VS 650 80 PLUS WHITE) 6 fans and the case are from a brazilian brand (Pichau) Any help is welcome. Thanks. Examples of the error: The full error:

Greetings everyone. I need some help as the title implies to cool down my gaming laptop, because the CPU is heating up a bit much when I game a little. Now for some context, I live in South Africa in one of the hotter regions and I do not have air conditioning to help cool a room to normal temperatures. Now I have had this laptop for a few months now, I got it all the way back in May. When the South African Winter was just kicking in, and I found no problems, however now that summer is fully here. Let's just say it's increasinylu becoming a larger and larger problem. Now I want to ask for any advice or weird ideas on what to do. Anything, the more the better. I have a tight budget as well. I am lost as I really want to relax and play games with my friends at night and with the heat and Thermal throttling it is becoming impossible. Including I am 100% I am damaging the life expectancy of my rig. My Specs: ASUS TUF GAMING FX505DV Graphics Cards: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 GDDR6 6GB Processor: Ryzen 7 3750H Memory: DDR4 2400 16GB OS: Windows 10 64bit edit: I have a cooling pad that lifts the laptop up high up. The Cooling pad is Volkano Glacier Series VK-20053-BK I also included a core temp stat while I was playing War Thunder for 3 matches. I would be grateful for any help, thank you and kind regards. CT-Log 2020-12-15 23-48-47.csv

1. Will I be able to play modern games with it (Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, etc) at a stable 60 fps? 2. Will it bottleneck? 3. Will ray tracing work at a stable 60 fps? BTW, sorry if my questions are common, stupid and dumb.

So recently Zotac has put up a white variant of their RTX 2060 super on their website Linked here. It looks pretty nice and as someone who wants a decent white GPU, its looks very intriguing. However, it does not have a price, I also can't find it anywhere to purchase. Websites like Vortez.net and techpowerup.com have both made articles about it. If anyone has any information please let me know!

Hello, this is my first discussion so i’m prolly violating a thing or two unconsciously whilst writing in this very forum. So i’m currently getting a new PSU, which is written on the the title, the Corsair CX550M (Grey Model) for my current RIG: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XTQ3RT Got me thinking that i got a very old mobo and cpu, should i were to upgrade it next year around, judging that i’ll be taking maybe i7 9700 (8700 as alternative) for intel based or Ryzen 5 3600 for AMD based, will the Corsair CX550M still a choice or i should change my PSU too in the future? this is the part link for Intel Base: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bBj2rr this one’s for AMD Base: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jdHzZZ and optionally, i’m also planning on getting an RTX 2060 after getting a new CPU, does the PSU will still hold the system aswell? thanks in advance!

I need a new laptop and the Zephyrus G14 with an RTX 2060 and 1TB of storage costs 2000€. Is it worth the +300€ compared to the version with a 1660ti and 512GB of storage? Also: there are 2 models (HE214T and HE339T) which seem to have the same specifications (2060, 1TB and 120Hz display) but the HE339T costs 30€ more. Is this one newer or a more advanced version? I used my Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p for CAD, photo editing, office tasks etc. for 7 years now and the first 4 years were pretty intense usage. Do the newer laptops hold up to this lifespan or can I ditch them after the warranty expires?

Hello. So a bit of backstory behind my issues. I stream to twitch using SLOBS. I mainly stream osu! (which has never given me any issues), but whenever I would try to stream a game such as Overwatch, my SLOBS would crash, along with all of the other programs running on my computer. After this happening to me many of times, I decided to look into what may be causing such issue. For the past couple of days I have been running test streams on SLOBS and messing around with certain settings. I would find myself having the same issue, osu! runs fine, but everything would crash when I would try to load up any kind of fps game. After messing around with settings for a couple of hours, I had thought that I had fixed my issue. I had uninstalled OBS, StreamElementsOBS.live, RazerCompanionApp, and NVIDIA Broadcaster (which I had been using for my mic). I disabled my steam wallpaper engine while running a stream and seemed to be able to stream these fps games fine now. Ensuring that my Windows GameMode was turned off with all of those other settings disabled, along with disabling any overlay that might have been running with the game seemed like the solution for me. That was until I got back onto my computer the next day to try and play COD Warzone. Trying to run this game caused some of the worst problems to my GPU. Attached below are some screenshots of some crash messages I have got, along with a video of what the crashes look like from my end (it was originally a Snapchat video I sent to my friend, so I apologize for the language). My drivers are up to date and I even uninstalled and reinstalled my GeForce Studio Driver. I haven't done any serious overclocking apart from using the Gigabyte EasyTune AutoTuning feature (which I am unsure even did anything). I have my specs posted below as well. Is this an issue that can be solved by myself, or is my GPU broken? GPU - EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard RAM - 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-2400 Storage- 2x1TB WD Caviar Blue HDD Cooler- be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler Power Supply- Corsair RM750 sstg-8F24AECD-71CC-441B-A961-90BFCCC47579 (1).mp4 Please let me know if you need any more information. Thank you so much!

Hello. So a bit of backstory behind my issues. I stream to twitch using SLOBS. I mainly stream osu! (which has never given me any issues), but whenever I would try to stream a game such as Overwatch, my SLOBS would crash, along with all of the other programs running on my computer. After this happening to me many of times, I decided to look into what may be causing such issue. For the past couple of days I have been running test streams on SLOBS and messing around with certain settings. I would find myself having the same issue, osu! runs fine, but everything would crash when I would try to load up any kind of fps game. After messing around with settings for a couple of hours, I had thought that I had fixed my issue. I had uninstalled OBS, StreamElementsOBS.live, RazerCompanionApp, and NVIDIA Broadcaster (which I had been using for my mic). I disabled my steam wallpaper engine while running a stream and seemed to be able to stream these fps games fine now. Ensuring that my Windows GameMode was turned off with all of those other settings disabled, along with disabling any overlay that might have been running with the game seemed like the solution for me. That was until I got back onto my computer the next day to try and play COD Warzone. Trying to run this game caused some of the worst problems to my GPU. Attached below are some screenshots of some crash messages I have got, along with a video of what the crashes look like from my end (it was originally a Snapchat video I sent to my friend, so I apologize for the language). My drivers are up to date and I even uninstalled and reinstalled my GeForce Studio Driver. I haven't done any serious overclocking apart from using the Gigabyte EasyTune AutoTuning feature (which I am unsure even did anything). I have my specs posted below as well. Is this an issue that can be solved by myself, or is my GPU broken? GPU - EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard RAM - 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-2400 Storage- 2x1TB WD Caviar Blue HDD Cooler- be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler Power Supply- Corsair RM750 sstg-8F24AECD-71CC-441B-A961-90BFCCC47579 (1).mp4 Please let me know if you need any more information. Thank you so much!

PC COMPONENTS FOR THE BUILD : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Upto 4.4GHz 6 Core 12 Threads AM4 Socket 35MB Cache Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Thermal Solution (100000022BOX) MOTHERBOARD : GIGABYTE B550M DS3H (AM4 AMD/B550/Micro ATX/Dual M.2/SATA 6Gb/s/USB 3.2 Gen 1/PCIe 4.0/HMDI/DVI/DDR4/Motherboard) GPU : Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 OC 6GB GDDR5 Graphic Cards (GV-N2060OC-6GD) RAM/MEMORY : XPG ADATA GAMMIX D30 DDR4 8GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz U-DIMM Desktop Memory -AX4U320038G16A-SR30 STORAGE (OS) : Crucial BX500 240GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch SSD (CT240BX500SSD1) STORAGE 1 : Western Digital 1 TB HDD (I have this one already from my old pc) STORAGE 2 : Seagate Barracuda 500 GB HDD (I have this one as well) CASE : Corsair Carbide SPEC-05 Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Black ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions : 1)Will I be fine with the stock cooler ? 2)Will I be fine with the mobo, what i mean is will i require a bios update ? 3)Should I wait for November 5 and go for the Ryzen 5 5600X ? 4)Is that memory any good ? 5)Is the gpu good with this cpu or the upcoming 5 5600X ? 6)Main Question : What psu should i get ??

Hey, I was just wondering which would be best for 1080p 144Hz gaming. My two options are: Ryzen 5 3600 ($343) + RTX 2060 ($549) Ryzen 5 2600 ($243) + RTX 2060 Super ($598) Thanks in advance! (btw the most intense games I would be playing would be Assassin's Creed or SOTR)

Hello everyone, I just got a new (old) gpu that I bought second hand and when I tried placing it in my pc, the gpu lights is the only one that turns on and I got no display. I am wondering if it is a bad gpu slot or just a underpowered gpu. Any thoughts? Ryzen 7 1700 32gb 3600mhz ram corsair RM750i 256 ssd 500 hdd

I have i5 4440 and 8 GB RAM. I upgraded my GPU to RTX 2060 but I am getting only 10 - 20 fps in games with a 1080p medium setting. Games tried: GTA 5 and God of war. In starting of gameplay it shows 60+ fps but then it goes down to 20- fps. GPU temp remains at around 50 - 60 Celcius.

So I just upgraded from GTX 1060 to Asus RTX 2060 12 GB. As soon as I did it I played game for few mins. Everything was fine because I had enabled Vsync so that was capping at 60 fps. As soon as I disabled it to check how further it goes. After 5 mins game got crashed, closed and system got hanged. Then I tried to boot it up again but no display port. Both gpu fans spinning. Then I put my older card and same issue. Afterwards, I reset the CMOS jumper to reset BIOS putting screw driver for 10 seconds and removed the battery for 2-5 mins. I also removed my one RAM slot(2 *GB sticks) and then boot it up again and it worked. So here's what happened: 1) after that, when I logged in first time after few mins blue screen error came up. 2) I tried 2nd time to boot up and everything seemed fine. 3) Then I installed my 2nd RAM stick and seemed everything is working 4) Then I changed it to my newer GPU and played it for a while. So far it seems to be working. I even played under heavy gpu load for a while(99% usage, 80C temp, 180W) and it seemed stable NOW, I'm really worried about what I should do. Can anyone tell me what caused that? I don't want my PC to crash again. Here's my specs: Ryzen 3 3100 MSI b450 Tomahawk max Asus dual RTX 2060 Corsair CX 550W No overclocking except enabling XMP

I was using GTX 1060 used card. Then it stopped working. So I'm planning to buy a new gpu probably RTX 2060. In specs recommended psu is 500W and I have Corsair CX 550W psu. But I was wondering if it won't be too much for my PSU as I want my PC to be stable for long-term. Do I need to upgrade for safer side? many says its completely fine and many says better to upgrade for safer side. I don't have much budget to buy another psu. Still would like to know your thoughts. PS: Not looking to buy any AMD gpu I know RX 6600 is a good option due to driver issues and all.

Budget (including currency): ~800€ preferably, DEFINITELY not more than 1000€ Country: Greece Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: from LoL and TFT to Elden Ring, Witcher 3 and other demanding games, Visual Studio and other IDEs Other details: I already have a system (Ryzen 5 2600X, MSI Radeon Rx 580 ARMOR OC 8G), but since I'm becoming a bit more stable (financially) and the GPU prices are dropping, I decided it's time to upgrade to something that can play almost anything, in >medium settings. For now, I play in 1080p 60Hz, but I might upgrade to 1440p later, 120Hz and get a second monitor to help being more comfortable when working. I am completely fine if my GPU won't be able to manage 1440p >60Hz in high quality settings in some games, I can make compromises. I don't need any recommendations for peripherals. I will probably buy before Christmas, it depends on the prices and my financial situation, as I'm not really in a hurry. The ram can be anything from Crucial, G.Skill, Kingston etc. at 3600MHz 16 latency. I'm gonna choose whatever is cheaper at that time. Also, for storage I have a NVMe SSD and a HDD, not that important for the build, I believe. The purpose of this is to help me answer four questions: Are Manli's GPUs reliable? Their specs match those in NVIDIA's site, so I suppose they don't really overclock their GPU's. Is there a reason to prefer a more well-known brand like MSI or Asus, whose GPU's cost 30-50€ or more than Manli's? The question is: should I go with Manli's GPU's or not and why? AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs 3600. The difference is around 40€, so I figured I could go with the extra performance of the 5600, even if I don't really need it. Should I go with the 3600 and save some money or invest it elsewhere? I'm planning on keeping the CPU for ~5 years or more, and maybe do one more GPU upgrade before I need to upgrade CPU. RTX 3060 vs 2060. Is the difference in performance worth the difference in price? Should I expect that the prices will drop after the release of the RTX 4000 series? Some opinions on the motherboard and PSU would be welcome. I chose 700W, because I read that peak efficiency is at ~50% load. I'm not really sure about the motherboard choice, but I don't really think that something more expensive is required for my needs (for example, I don't do heavy overclocking). This is my first post on the LTT Forum, I hope I haven't messed up much. I know I'm asking a lot of questions and my needs and situation make it a little bit tricky to answer them, so I really appreciate your help. Edit: I should have presented my current system info, but I thought it wouldn't be necessary, for I consider it to be kinda "cheap" and in need of an overall upgrade. However, I am doing it now, after requests from a couple of people. Current system: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GIGABYTE Aorus B450 M MSI Radeon RX 580 ARMOR OC 8G THERMALTAKE TR2 S 600W 80PLUS G.SKILL Ripjaws V 2x8GB 3200MHz 16-18-18-38 (F4-3200C16D-16GVKB) Edit No. 2: I'm planning on selling the old system (minus the storage) at around 400€. As of 24/09/22, in Greece, a used 2600x sells for about 95€ and a used Rx 580 sells for about 190€.

Hello there, So my last gpu GTX 1060 6 GB broke. For a while I had random black screen flickering and now it stopped responding at all. No display outout and after booting up the fans just stopped spinning. So I changed my gpu with my very old gtx 750 ti while I buy a new one. Now I'm really confused which one to pick between RTX 2060 at 26K INR(325USD) or RTX 3050 at around the same price it seems. Benchmark shows that 2060 still outperforms 3050 by 30%. But it has better RT cores. And just Nvidia launched 4000 series and DLSS 3.0 I am wondering if 2060 is still a good option for 1080p 60fps at high settings. DLSS 3.0 will only work in 4000 cards because it has newer RT cores. But still we have chance they can implement it on 3000 cards in future. Also 3050 consumes less power around 50W. My plan was to wait for a year or more till newer budget gpu comes. But those are gonna be more expensive and power hungry. Seems I have to buy now. Let me know guys what you think. my system: Ryzen 3 3100 PSU: Corsair cx 550

Hi, I bought new card a few weeks ago and then some artifacts like that started to appear https://imgur.com/a/yuutcDB . My card was overclocked from factory so I think it can be the reason. I set up graph of frequency and voltage like that https://imgur.com/a/5hJy8bk . Now problems doesn't happens, but voltage in simple is 0.755. Does it much more than regular 2060? Some people told me that it could shorten gpu's life. Also I have warranty, so could service center declain it because of that?

Update 8/13/2022 Brought my pc today to a technician, turns out my GPU is defective. They swapped GPUs with theirs and installed my GPU on their pc. Games and furmark ran fine with their GPU on my pc, but their games and furmark kept crashing on their pc with my GPU. Best recommendation they gave was to get the GPU's PCB checked by a specialized technician or buy a new one. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ My PC was built last 08/06/2022 all with brand new parts. Before this issue, I got to play 10+ hours of Elden Ring, play 12+ hours of Apex Legends, and even got to mod Minecraft to look like the trailer. Playing any 3D game after the loading screen finishes would result to the screen freezing and eventually the game crashing. I could still run the game and navigate the main menu or go past the title screen but when I try to load into the game world, the game would just freeze and and crash. I initially thought this was an issue with Elden Ring, but as it turns out it affected all 3D games installed on my PC. This issue happens only to 3D games but not to 2D pixel art games. The games where I tested/experienced this issue are the following: Elden Ring - would load me into the game world, but would freeze and crash after a minute or two Apex Legends - after clicking Continue, I am met with a white screen and the DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG appears Horizon Chase Turbo - game would freeze after clicking Press Any Key on the title screen Minecraft - title screen would still load, but loading into a world would cause it to crash with exit code -1073740791 Vampire Survivors - able to start a game and kill a wave, no issues even when pausing/unpausing Garden Story - able to watch intro cinematic and start a new game Full PC Specs OS: Win 10 64-bit BIOS: American Megatrends International, LLC. F15, 07/29/2022* CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 MOBO: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2060 6GB PSU: MSI A650GF 80+ Gold RAM: (16x2) 32gb Team Group Dark Za Alpha DDR4 3200 Storage Boot: Samsung 980 M.2 NVME SSD 500GB Storage Gen: Samsung 870 QVO SATA SSD 1TB Note: All drivers updated to the latest versions as this is a newly built PC No overclocking or undervolting done to GPU and/or CPU Not using UPS or AVR Apps running on startup: IDM and Logitech Gaming Software (for my mouse) CPU/GPU Temp (idle): 30-40 C CPU/GPU load (idle): <3% CPU, ~1% GPU All NVIDIA Control Panel are set to default "Automatically optimize newly added games" is checked in Geforce Experience What I've tried so far, in chronological order: Set Shader Cache Size to "Unlimited" in NVIDIA Control Panel Turned on/off Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in Windows Graphics Settings Turned on/off Game Mode in Windows Games Settings Clean reinstall of NVIDIA Drivers via NVIDIA installer Uninstalled NVIDIA Broadcast (as it started causing errors on startup) Restored settings to Default in NVIDIA Control Panel Removed and plugged back in the HDMI cord of my monitor Updated my BIOS* Rolled back 1 version of NVIDIA GRD Drivers Switched from GRD to latest SD Drivers, with Clean install via NVIDIA installer Rolled back 1 version of Windows Update Re-installed the Windows Update I rolled back Reinstalled graphics drivers via DDU in Windows Safe Mode Consulted my PC builder friends any possible solutions, they suggested I reseat my GPU and RAM then check. They also suggested to reinstall the OS if the first solution failed. I'm also planning to undervolt my GPU, as I'm thinking this may be an issue with the GPU and PSU. However, before I try any of these I would like to seek advise for next steps or help with diagnosing the issue. This is also in reference to a previous issue I had that was fixed by updating the BIOS. The issue stated above is sorta like what was left with the original issue.

Recently I got a used RTX 2060 Super. I've been having an issue where when playing a game (or getting off of a game in the case of metro exodus) My screen turns black and my gpu fans get loud. I Have to turn my pc off to fix it. The gpus dye isn't getting too hot, since It maxes out around 75c and the max temp before a shut down is 85c. I also replaced the termal paste after the first time. I'm thinking the memory may be getting too hot because the thermal pads on the memory don't cover them entirely. I haven't measured the memory's temps though, so I'm not exactly sure.

Budget (including currency): ~5000 RON (1060 USD) Country: Romania Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: GTA V, Minecraft, Blender, and other AAA games Other details (I'm currently only interested in my tower, not any peripherals. I'm here to ask whether the components I have selected are good/compatible/a good deal) *I'm also in Romania, so I can basically only use pcgarage.ro Here is my wishlist: https://www.pcgarage.ro/vizualizare-wishlist/5122272/ There is also this SSD that comes as a gift: https://www.pcgarage.ro/ssd/intenso/premium-500gb-pci-express-30-x4-m2-2280/

This issue has been bugging me for few months now. I'm experiencing micro stuttering across all games like League of Legends, Apex, TFT, Football Manager, frame time suddenly tops out out of no where, tried DDU reinstalling Windows doesn't help. I even RMA'd my GPU and it still has frequent micro stutter issue Here's my rig i7-11700F B560M Bazooka RTX 2060 G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16GB*2 3600mhz SFX 650W PSU I attached a GPU-Z log at the +-1 sec moment when my stuttering happened, it seems like Board Power Draw [W] , GPU Chip Power Draw [W] , PCIe Slot Power [W] , 8-Pin #1 Power [W] , all has significant dip, does this mean my PSU is faulty or is it the motherboard is faulty? Also there are issues like sometimes unable to boot if I turned on XMP and when I unplugged my headset from my 3.5 port, it reboots instantly. For people who doesnt want to download my file, you can view it here, the highlighted part is the moment when i had the stutter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10QYaVVzKGsX_w7FjwGXyruVcgOGXul0OVLEJrBpRuFs/edit?usp=sharing APEX Stutter Log.txt

I currently have a EVGA GTX 970 in my pc. I want to upgrade to either a GTX 1660 Super or a RTX 2060. If I could get either at MSRP (hopefully through EVGA que, I dont mind the wait), which would be the better value? The RTX 2060 has better performance but more expensive, or the 1660 Super that is cheaper with less performance. I have a 165hz monitor and looking for constant FPS because I compete in tournaments online. My PC Specs Cpu- Ryzen 5 1600 Gpu- EVGA GTX 970 Ram- 16gb 3600MHz Motherboard- Rog Strix B450-F Psu- 850 watts

Budget (including currency): 400€ (up to 600€) Country: Italy Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Genshin Impact, Minecraft, Discord streaming (no twitch high bitrate stuff) Other details: RTX 2060 and PSU already owned (from a previous upgrade) the monitor is a 1080p 60hz, Part list: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/user/Trentonx/saved/Rgbh99 PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (€140.97 @ Amazon Italia) Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€91.98 @ Amazon Italia) Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (€64.48 @ Amazon Italia) Storage: Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€76.00) Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB Video Card (Purchased For €0.00) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€67.98 @ Amazon Italia) Power Supply: Azza PSAZ-650B14 650 W ATX Power Supply (Purchased For €0.00) Total: €441.41 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-24 17:12 CET+0100 My notes: Stock Cooler from what I've seen is good enough (temp-wise) for the non-X cpu, and if I want to get a Cheap model (around 30€ like the DeepCool Gammaxx 400 V2 or a Hyper 212 evo v2 for 40€) I'll get the same noise output at higher temps so maybe I can work on the fan curve and hope for the best vs spending an extra 40€ on a "not that big of a difference" solution. but I'm open to see your experience or tips if you've had to use the stock cooler on a similiar build. Motherboard: seems like one of the cheapest I could find with Bios compatibility out of the box. I checked: https://imgur.com/ZkhWDuF on the Mobo site and it seems that the oldest revision of that board which supported the 5600 came out in 2022/01/13, it's over a year ago so it shoudl be safe to get. (in the image it's a screenshot of the latest revision instead! I didn't took a second screenshot but I got the date) let me know if you think I can go lower (B450?) and still get a strong chance of out of the box 5600 support. RAM: honestly I've went with the cheapest 3600 kit I could find, they also ahppen to be CL16, good I guess. they aren't listed in the QVL but they are a common model so it should work fine. Storage: I always go with MX500, this is for a friend who's not tech savy so I was also considering the perk of being able to plug the drive into an external reader for any possible issues, plus I doubt she'll feel the difference at boot or gaming between a Sata and an NVME, closest I could find are Crucial P5 Plus 1TB or Sabrent SSD 1TB for 110€ (I avoided all Dramless SSDs and didn't check for QLC vs TLC, should I? it doesn't seem to make that much of a difference on this price range, but let me know if otherwise) GPU: we are lucky, it's so beefy that at fullHD she'll have no issue for the forseeable future, I picked that CPU because I didn't want to go with a 1600 or a 2600 for the sake of budget since I could squeeze a 5600 for around 400€ thanks to the GPU already be present. also for some reasn the 3600 on Amazon italia is 100€ more. so hooray! I guess. Case: the cheapest one that doesn't have finger-cutting sharp aluminium, a small form factor limits our search of a Mobo but cheaper mobos are mini/micro anyway, feel free to suggest better options, (Cheaper models I've found have bad airflow or are made of pure cinesium with images of crumbled cases during shipping lol) PSU: I know I know.. but it was able to feed an OC cpu and a 2060 playing games like Cyberpunk 2077 so I'll say we give it a go, and if cant' keep up with the new system, it was due to a change anyway and I've managed to keep the budget low so it won't be a heavy hit. Overall for 450€ to upgrade I feel confident it's a good system, for the objective we are well within the performance room given my stretch to get a recent CPU instead of an older model. I saw that the Intel competition for that performance level was higher on amazon + the Motherboard and the stock cooler issue I didn't research much into team blue but if you have a good combo let me know thanks again for your time to reply to this post