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Hello, I am about to upgrade my PC and have a few questions about signal rgb compatibility/recommendations. If I have compatible fans, motherboard, but my controller isn't listed on the website,can I still use the controller to avoid having to use an rgb splitter?I am planning on purchasing the Cooler Master SickleFlow 62 CFM 120 mm Fans and the NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case. I would like to fill out all of the fan slots so using less fans isn't really an option. For my motherboard I have the MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard which I also cant change as I purchased it with a bundle and am not sure about the return policy. For my budget I was looking at about 20-60 dollars for 9-10 a-rgb ports. I have been looking at the zalman z sync controller and have found a listing at at a reasonable price, though the controller only has 8 slots so I would need to use a splitter for two fans which defeats the purpose of using signal rgb's custom profiles. My other option I have seen is the Gelid Solutions Amber 8 Pro which I got from this post here: This controller would be perfect to have as it has the 10 ports I need along with PWM ports for fan power. Even though it is from the official sub, when I checked the website for signal rgb compatibility, it was not listed. Please comment your recommendations while considering my criteria Secondarily, I was planning on buying the NZXT Kraken 360  AIO, which is good for the price, though when I checked the signal rgb site to see if it was compatible I saw that the other nzxt coolers like the z73 are compatible, while the newer kraken 360 was not. I am assuming that this is because the z73 has the older nzxt fans with the outer ring rgb, while the kraken 360 has the updated fans with blade rgb. Though if the cooler is unsupported, I am concerned the the nzxt cam rgb software may fight for control with signal rgb. Do any of you know what would be the right pick? I'm not really wanting to upgrade to the z73 because of the near 100$ price jump though. If i need to switch could you please recommend me other aio's with LCD's. Thank you for your time readying this post, and hopefully thank you for your kind recommendations.

Hello! As the title suggest, I'm looking for a GPU upgrade for my current PC. I've been very skeptical about upgrading it though for several reasons, which I'm gonna explain in a second. Firstly, I'm running an old HP tower that has a GPU slapped to it, namely the HP Tower G1 800 with an i7-4790 (3.6GHz), 16 GB of DDR3 RAM, 320W PSU and a Zotac GTX 1650 with a TDP of 75w. I struggle finding a GPU that fits this rig, without bottlenecking it too much, and that has a decent enough TDP to be accepted by my PSU, which I'm not willing to swap out. My current GPU was used for a lot of mining, and its performance was hurt to a level, where I can barely use it for gaming (even games like Minecraft, or Fortnite on the lowest settings struggle a lot and have insane frame drops). I'm willing to buy used, I just need a card that won't require me swapping out any other parts. I wouldn't mind a 3060 or even a 2060 so long as it offers a performance boost, but I need it to be within the TDP that my PSU can handle. I'd be willing to make compromises, such as buying a card that exceeds the TDP and capping it (although I wouldn't know how to do that, and I don't even know if it is a good idea). My eventual plan is to buy a whole new rig in about 2 years, so I don't want something too crazy like a 40 series GPU. What is your suggestion? Should I even consider upgrading? Should I maybe get another 1650 or something in that range and be happy with it? Thanks a lot in advance for any assistance you're able to give me! P.S.: I have checked and I am 100% sure my current GPU is the problem.

so i just recently got all my parts for my new build but i dont yet have the cpu.. until "Nov 15th" soo should i wait before setting it all up? i still have my 5600x and can use for the 10 day wait period.. i ended up getting a new gpu motherboard and cpu... but like i dont know if it would be a hassle reassembling the cpu when my new one comes in... or should i continue using my build now, until said cpu comes in? any suggestions upgrading to the 5800x3d, and b550 for gen 4 speeds, forrr anyone wonderingg!! NEED HELP PULLING THE TRIGGER ON TAKING APART CURRENT PC AND PUTTING NEW PARTS IN UNTIL THE 15TH WHEN NEW CPU COMES IN Part List - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, GeForce RTX 3070 LHR, Corsair Carbide Series 270R ATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker

Ok so im about to buy a used 1080ti because they're decently priced and about the best i can put in my current rig which is a Dell Optiplex 3020 with a I7 4790s i found on ebay and 16 gigs of ddr3 1600mhz and a nvidia 750 my brother gave me. However my PSU is undersized 290w vs the 600w i probably need for the 1080ti. My question is what PSU should i get my motherboard only has a 4pin cpu connector and a 8 pin board connector? i think any should do if i have a 4pin and 3 8pins but im not sure and finding one is a pain

So I never really picked up how exactly to choose a PSU, I could use some tips on how to get exact numbers of Watts, because I just can't find how many Watts will for example RAM or motherboard need. Below are the parts that I picked so far, GPU IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW, IT MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON FINAL BUDGET (I don't have a final budget yet, so more expensive parts don't have to mean worse GPU), thats why I need generic tips on how to pick a PSU, I also need help with CPU cooler, because I am not really sure how I am supposed to pick cheapest cooler that can cool an i5 13th gen, I just need something to look for in a cooler or some recommendations for some cheap cooler, I don't really care about looks, I just need it to cool my CPU for the lowest possible price. I also wasn't too sure about what motherboard to choose, I don't need anything super expensive, I just want one that will work fine with my components, so I will be glad for any recommendations. If there is anything else that I could change, please let me know, I am aiming for a decent value/price gaming PC that is as future proof as possible. Also I am from czechia and I will be buying parts from either alza.cz or czc.cz as it's just better for me than for example amazon. CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC Fera 5 Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z690-P RAM: Kingston FURY 32GB KIT DDR5 5600MHz CL40 Beast Black RGB SSD: Samsung 980 1TB (I will also use 1TB HDD from my current PC) GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC 8G (rev. 2.0) PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW Case: I didn't pick a case yet, I don't really care about looks that much, I will find something that's not too expensive later. Thanks in advance for any help.

Greetings. Ever since my Asus ROG phone's speaker died, I've been using the Xiaomi Poco M3 as a budget backup since August 2021. Fast forward to mid-2022, and it's been acting up. Rebooting the phone even proved to be a hassle where I'd get stuck in a endless boot screen. Now, my financial situation has vastly improved, and I can afford a better phone. Question is, what is a good phone to get? The most I'd pay for a phone is 650€. I am looking for a phone with a headphone jack, some good speakers to listen music on, a good amount of RAM so it won't choke with just twitter being open, it needs to have a good OS (Big requirement is that it is not an apple product, I refuse to use their proprietary crap), battery life is good, it is snappy, and maybe most importantly, it won't start dying after 1 year of use. I am extremely inexperienced when it comes to phones, all I want in life is a phone that'll be just as snappy one year later as when it's fresh out the box. As said, suggestions are very welcome, please give me your recommendations. Thank you kindly!

Should I wait 6 months to buy a Laptop or buy a ROG Strix G17 2022 with specs Ryzen 7 6800H 16GB RAM 512 GB SSD RTX3050 for ₹90000 (1130 USD)

So, My PC is suffering from performance issues (AKA Low FPS). Which one of my main components is the bottleneck. I5 9400f or GTX 1070TI According to some websites my 9400f is bottle necking my 1070TI. In real world however my GPU utilization is almost 100% in minecraft w/ shaders but my CPU hovers around the 60% mark. Which one should I upgrade and any suggestions on what to upgrade? Looking for balanced gaming experience with the most "bang for the buck" experience. If anybody's interested rest of my specs: CPU: Intel i-5 9400F Mobo: Asus Prime H 310M-A R2.0 PSU: Corsair RM 650X GPU: MSI Nvidida GTX 1070TI Storage: 1tb seagate parraguda and Samsung 500 gb ssd CPU Cooler: Rajintek leto Case: Corsair Spec-01 Ram: HyperX 16gb kit 2666mhz

Should I buy a laptop now or wait till black friday/a sale? And while I'm here, any suggestions for a laptop around 1400/1500? I'm currently thinking the 2021 g14 from BestBuy (I'll mostly be using this laptop for gaming and video editing)

So i just want a cheap pre-built laptop/small desktop (slightly upgradable, HDD and RAM) just to mess around on becuase i dont want to mess with my actual desktop or laptop. What i've currently been looking at is cheap MacMinis on ebay (mostly 2011) or a 2015 macbook air but im not to sure if its worth it. if anyone has any suggestions that would be rlly good (preferably in AUD)

I want to buy a new gaming monitor. From my local online web stores I've found my 2 best options. I can't decide which one though, so I'm asking for your help. My picks are ACER Nitro XV240YPbmiiprx for $245 or Philips 27" 272E1GAJ for $258. Help would be appreciated.

Budget (including currency): ~$2,000 USD Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I am a 3D developer working in real-time and 3D software like Unity, UE4, Maya, Houdini, After Effects, Nuke etc. and a lot of my work involves VR development (currently prefer Oculus Rift & Quest). Most of my work is real-time with some occasional rendering tasks. I also occasionally play some VR games, indie titles, and online games like WoW. 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): - Extremely peripheral heavy for work. I often have studio monitor speakers, headphones, a Wacom drawing tablet, VR HMD w/ sensors, various mobile devices, depth cameras, and multiple displays all plugged in at once for various development tasks. - Real-time game development, mobile & VR development, 3D VFX simulations, occasional rendering out of Maya or AfterEffects - Occasional VR games, indie games, and WoW - Upgrading from an i7 system to Ryzen - May move the system around a bit for projects, Bluetooth/WiFi is a + - Love a sleek, professional RGB build (black/white or black/gold) - Use a NAS for project storage - Dell UltraSharp U3419W 34.1" 3440x1440 60 Hz Monitor - Already have some components, would love thoughts or suggestions. COMPONENTS https://pcpartpicker.com/user/matttidridge/saved/rC2MVn CPU: [purchased] AMD Ryzen 7 5800X GPU: [from prev build] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 FE RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 PSU: Corsair RMx (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold CASE: Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX Mid Tower CPU AIO: NZXT Kraken X63 RGB Case Fans: Suggestions? MOBO: Torn between these two. Would love thoughts or suggestions: - Asus ProArt B550-CREATOR + WiFi/BT expansion cards - Gigabyte B550 VISION D-P

HI! I've been searching this forum for years any time I needed info on tech/hardware shenanigans :) time for a first question : anybody aware of an hdmi 2.1 (4k 120hZ) spec dummy plug? I need it in order to bump the monitor resolution I stream into Virtual Desktop in order to use it as a decent primary screen :) Thx in advance lads!!!

Ello Hello all, first post here. I've been looking for a new Laptop but not really sure where to start, I've heard good things about the Dell XPS 15 but wanted to see if anyone here can help me narrow my search down or give me a some suggestions to look into! Looking for something that is about 15.6-inchs or more, I watch a lot of YouTube and Netflix and do a lot of reading for work so having something with a nice screen and speakers would be great, about 500Gig to 1TB in storage, Ports for my external HDDs and a HDMI port. (Not sure how common these are on laptops anymore) I will be taking the laptop around with me a lot for work so don't want a bulky gaming laptop monster. Most of the games i would want to play on it would be stuff like Minecraft, OSRS, Simulator games (PC build sim, World of warships), Diablo 3. I do have a Battlestation for my proper gaming sessions.

Any suggestions? Budget ≈ $1500. Will be used for gaming @1080p and productivity work such as Zoom calls, some Google tabs open, and gaming at the same time...Let me know what you think... CPU: Intel Core i7-10700k (looking to run @ 4.8 ghz) RAM: 16gb (2x8gb@ 3200mhz) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro GPU: Asus ROG Strix RTX 3060 ti PSU: Segotep 650w 80 Plus Gold fully modular PSU Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 Plus Storage: Samsung 780 Evo NvMe M.2 SSD & 2tb Seagate 7.2k rpm HDD CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken x53 240mm AIO Case: Cooler Master Masterbox NR600 Case Fans: 6x a-RGB 120mm fans

I'm looking to get a better gaming rig I was wondering if this would be a good option to game on if not what suggestions would you have? Case NZXT H511 MID-TOWER GAMING CASE (WHITE) Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.1GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready! Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 16GB) Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready! 1st Storage Drive 512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W) and 1t sega hardrive Power Supply CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING Extra Case Fans 1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) Price: £868.00

I have narrowed my search to these two laptops that fit my budget, which of these two would you recommend? I don't game that often, even if I do it's Minecraft or KSP, nothing else my main work focuses on coding, simulations and cad work.

Sorry, first time posting on here but reddit was no help. Not sure this is the right place, but oh well. Anyways my Warzone is unplayable. My gpu time is like 2000 ms and latency flys up to 1000 and fps is like 1-5. Every thing is fine until i load into a game. my gpu will ramp up pre game lobby then go silent. All other games run perfectly fine have updated all drivers, bios and windows. temps are good and not throttling. I tried turing my settings down and even trying direct x 11 still no difference. Nvidia control panel shows that modern warfare is using my gpu and not cpu. have tired reinstalling as well. any suggestions? specs 9700k 2080ti 32 gb 3200

Hey Guys! New to this forum and was just wondering if anyone could provide any suggestions on my current build i'm ordering online. Budget (including currency): £1,200 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: All games at 1080p Specs: Case: COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH RGB GAMING CASE CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard: ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready! RAM: 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB) Graphics Card: 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti Boot Drive: 128GB ADATA SX6000 LITE M.2 PSU: CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Total Price: £1,107 Please note I already have a 2TB SSD for games and such that I will be installing once the build arrives. Thank you!

Budget (including currency): $2,000USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming first and foremost (CP2077, RDR2, GTAV, Witcher 3. Things like this!) , graphic design and art second. Needs plenty of space for the plethora of files I have for my business and eventual downloads once I get things in order. Other details I posted a full run-down of what I'm aiming for here on Reddit. I thought I'd just extend my reach here a little since no one there has (of yet) said anything about the build itself. In essence, I'm completely new to PC building and I've only had prebuilt gaming laptops until now. I've always wanted a custom desktop rig but I would let the anxiety of my lack of knowledge get the better of me often, which in turn would keep me from finding a good place to start. What I basically want to know if what I outlined in that separate post (linked above) is possible with the budget? I'm well aware that currently it's not a great time for building - that's fine with me, but I'm still interested in a potential list I can go off of if anyone has any suggestions for when the time comes I will be able to build. I apologize if I sound silly or if any of this is dumb. I'm just a complete noob that wants a nice PC.

Budget (including currency): € 1000 - € 2000 (VAT / BTW incl.) Country: BE (Items must be bought at alternate.be) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Sysadmin PC (Vm's, containers, programming etc...) Also light gaming (Gamestream to Shield Pro) Any feedback on this setup? I'm keeping my STRIX 1060 6GB for the moment since I cannot get my hands on any nvidia gpu. (I need gamestream). I will be swapping that out with a RTX 3060Ti or 3070 when prices come down and they are restocked.

I need an access point that is able to be mounted on the ceiling and have PoE. My budget is around +/- 100 euros. Any suggestions? The walls in my apartment are made out of bricks. From one side of the apartment to the other is around 15-25m. The ceiling is about 3m off the ground.

Hello fellow brethren, I recently purchased asus tuf gaming vg27wq1b but my experience with it has been horrible (extreme blur on moving images probably because it's a VA panel and has high MPRT + g2g i guess?) and i will return it today or tomorrow. As a result, i am left searching for a new monitor. At the moment i am thinking about getting the following monitors: -ACER predator xb271HUA -AOC G2590FX -Acer XN253QP -Asus VG278QF Any recommendations or suggestions would be nice. I am looking for a FPS AND MOBA gaming monitor without blur which also has a low input, response, grey to grey time. Display size, as well as, viewing angles, and color reproduction don't interest me that much. Maximum price 500$.

Budget (including currency): ~3000$ Country: EU Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Python, Jupyter Notebook, Tensorflow, Keras, PyTorch. 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): So hello everyone, I am a PhD Student, doing machine learning research and I am in the market for a new laptop. I currently have a early 2015 Macbook Pro 13", which is, well, aged enough to make me consider an upgrade. So I would like your help and suggestions to make a choice. Effectively what I am looking for is laptop that's gonna last me for quite some time, is going to be reliable and have a lot of battery life (under normal work loads and not neural network training obviously). I mention training neural networks, which should hardly be the case in most cases as it is unreasonable to train complete models on a laptop. My most demanding workload will be consisted of development/coding and testing (training) smaller iterations of my models before I deploy them on a GPU server that is gonna handle the days/weeks of training required. To that end, I have concluded that my 13" screen is too small to spend so much time on it and I am aiming for something like a 15"-16" laptop. I have narrowed it down to 3 choices that I would like to list in a "best first" manner: 1) Macbook Pro 16" - Late 2019 - with a dedicated GPU in the form of 5600M (8GB) and 32GB or ram. 2) LambdaLabs Tensorbook (details here: https://lambdalabs.com/deep-learning/laptops/tensorbook ) 3) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition with RTX 2080 However, I am facing a lot of tough choices here. While I would prefer the Macbook, Apple doesn't seem to play well with Nvidia which I would require for running experiments (even small ones) locally on GPU. There is an alternative to using, let's say tensorflow, with an AMD card with ROCm but I would have to boot Ubuntu - which pretty much negates the point of buying a mbpro. I could buy a nvidia eGPU but there's no guarantee it's going to work in the long term and every MacOS update could potentially brake the compatibility. And last and worst I could use Keras with PaidML but for anyone doing active research would know that Keras is not the way to go if you want to do innovative research and publish your work (so that's off the table). As my "best option" for the mbpro is to book on Ubuntu, why pay the premium of apple and not just go for the LambdaLabs Tensorbook which seems to be tailored to my needs (per say). The only reason I'm sceptical about LambdaLabs is because a) I have never heard of them before today and b) what's going to happen if I have a service issue given that I'm based in EU and the company is based in the US. I can't go without a laptop for a long period of time... Razer Blade comes third only because I feel like I'm paying extra for literally features (like a high refresh rate monitor) that I don't need. Otherwise I feel like it has a good enough build quality and overall specs to do what the Tensorbook would do for me (given that it's going to run Ubuntu anyway). Some quick quirks of mine: - I hate working on windows and I refuse to do so. For anything but work, Windows is OK, I just can't stand working on windows. - I understand that if you read this far you might be confused as to why I need a GPU at all if I am going to run the majority of my workload to remote servers, but I would like to afford the luxury of running small experiments in my laptop before I just go off and wait 72hours for results. I could technically do it in CPU (which all 3 could cover as they are Intel based), but time is money and money is what I need (being a student and all), so I'm looking for more effective options so to speak. Also, should I wait for the next generation of macbook pro's coming out in a short while? I am clearly not thinking about Apple Silicon systems which will most likely not be compatible with my needs, but for the new Intel processors. Is it worth the wait, performance wise, if I end up using CPU for the experiments that is. P.S. I would especially love to hear what you're rocking if you're a machine learning developer or data scientist or what have you.

Budget (including currency): 85000 INR or ($1100) Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 60 fps gaming currently at 1080p but eventually at 1440p or 4k Other details my Current dead build i7 4790 k Asus maximus 7 Hero Corsair 750 W standard, pretty sure it is a standard or a bronze (Can't check atm) gtx 970 HI! first time posting here. I didn't know any better and got myself a standard rated PSU and according to a technician, it is what caused my motherboard to short. CPU, even if it is in working condition would be of no use if i upgrade to a new socket, right? Now my GPU is working fine and I'd like to possibly upgrade it in the future to a nvidia 3070 or a 3060. I used to game at 1080p 60fps (barely) and would like MOBO+CPU+PSU+ RAM combinations as well Since, a ddr3 ram would be of no use in a ddr4 slot I guess. My thoughts intel build i5 9600 k = 20500 INR ($280) GIgabyte z390m Gaming = 14600 INR ($200) Corsair vengeance pro 8x2 GB = 8000 INR ($110) Coupled with a gold rated 750 w PSU (recommend pls) Amd build 3600x = 18500 INR ($251) gigabyte b550 auros pro =17000 INR ($231) ( or should i go for a 570 board for future proofing?) Corsair vengeance pro 8x2 GB =8000 INR ($110) Coupled with a gold rated 750 w PSU (recommend pls) Which would be a better value for money? I am open to your recommendations as well for the above builds. Since, there are no socket problems with gpu's, my thoughts are to go for a slightly mid range build but going all out on a future GPU upgrade . Further what could be done for voltage fluctuations to minimise possible damage to parts? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks