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Budget (including currency): ~$3,000 - $4,000 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Solidworks, AAA games 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): First PC Build This is my first build, wondering if anyone sees any glaring problems with it... or has any suggestions. I am dead set on the fractal north or north XL case with the tempered glass side. Other than that looking for mostly no RGB and relatively low noise. Thanks!

My budget it's 650$ for a whole pc and i have been searching for a lot of cheap gpus and the first one that I find was the rx 580, but his TDP gets up to 150w while the A380 get at 75w and in the benchmarks that I have saw theyre performance are really similar with only a difference of 25$ (A380 120$). I also want to pair them with a 12100f cause of his compability with ddr5 and pcie5 (also his 100$ price). So which it's the best option? or it's there any other gpu or cpu that could be better for a similar price??

Budget (including currency): $1500-$1800 USD Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Rust, Ark, Call of Duty, Fallout 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):

Budget (including currency): £1000 (ish) Country: England Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Just casual gaming with rtx enabled, 1440p. 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): Hi, this is my first pc build and I am thinking about getting the following (if they're in stock). I'm not planning to upgrade this setup until around 3-5 years or so, is this any good? CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 CPU cooler: The stock cooler. GPU: Nvidia rtx 3060ti founder's edition Mobo: Asrock b550m hdv Ram: Corsiar vengance 16g 3600 mhz PSU: Evga BQ 650w (modular) Storage: WD blue sn550 1tb and seagate baracuda 2tb Case: Cooler master masterbox nr600 (without odd)

This post isn't asking for any suggestions it's just a thank you to everyone on this forum who helped me piece by piece find, order, and build my new P.C. I am extremely grateful to you all. Here is the finished build. I'll also link the specs below. Thank you all so much https://pcpartpicker.com/b/4hrV3C

Hi everyone! I've assembled a new build (specs below), however, when I turn it on, I get lights on, spinning fans, USB power, but no video feed on my monitor. I'm running windows 10 on a SSD. However, this SSD was directly removed from an older built (specs below) and installed without any formating or clean install. Bios version is F14. I've asked the store to update it for me since I don't own an older AMD CPU. Therefore, I didn't clean the CMOS to avoid any trouble on this front. I've tried: Reseating the GPU on the new built: nope Changing the GPU for an older GTX 970: it boots as usual and I could see the other components are showing on boot screen and windows. It lives!! Updating the BIOS: already update Using the new GPU on my old built: it boots as usual and the system recognized it. I used a quick benchmark (can't remember the name) and it worked without a problem. Reseating the cables: nope Booting without HD/SSD: nope Booting just the main components (CPU, GPU, MOBO and RAM): nope Changing the PSU: nope (ugh!!! It was my last shot) New built: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DMsBDq Old built: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J47gXy Any other suggestions, please? Any help is hugely welcomed!

Budget (including currency): 2500.00 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly used for photo editing 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): Hi I am looking at building a PC mainly for photo editing and some gaming and originally planned on using an AMD cpu however with the shortage of graphics cards I am considering going intel for the onboard graphics. For AMD I was looking at the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor and if I go intel I was considering the Intel i5 12600k. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Budget (including currency): 10 Million IDR Country: Indonesia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly for working remote. Simple video editing. Competitive Gaming (CS:GO & Valorant) Sadly, most of the popular parts is not available in my country, so I think this is the best that I can find for now. PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kZXyXy CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard Memory: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D60G 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory Storage: *Klevv CRAS C710 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply *Other details: The SSD that I'm going to use is actually Klevv CRAS C720 512GB. Any concern about the build?.

Budget (including currency): 1000$ or 75000 INR Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Multimedia server, Retero game emulator and Valorant. 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): First pc So Here is my list of parts I chose for my first pc build i am a little tight on budget and in my country parts are very expensive as compared to that in USA or Canada. I wanted suggestions on where i can cut corners and where i can spend a little extra. i am planning on using the stock coller with ryzen cpu and the igpu due to the gpu shortage and plan on adding a rtx 360 down the road, i already have a mouse and keyboard but do not have a monitor so add that to the price too. also i think there is a issue with b550 motherboard where you have to update bios to support ryzen 5600g, as mentioned this is my first build so i dont know how to do that so help me with that too PS: Sorry for bad English I am lazy and it i not my first language

Budget (including currency): £1500 (+~£100) Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Slime Rancher 2, Civ 6, Modded Minecraft, Modded Terraria, Borderlands 3 ect I would like to overclock and i would like to play lots of upcoming games, so i just thought i would check my plan against professionals and people who know quite a bit more than i do, I'd appreciate any help, like if i should change motherboard, if i should get a different power supply, or a differnt cooling system I already have the Graphics Card, and i searched up if i need a jumpstart but i read that if the motherboard is gen 5 ready so i wanted to know if it will not need a bios update out of the box here is the link: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6RYZp2 Thanks for any help

Budget Aim: $2000 Budget total after Completion: $2263.20 Country: Australia (AUD) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General gaming including new and older titles with decent performance. Parts: Be Quiet! Pure Wings 80mm x3, Noctua NF-A12x25 12mm x1 Cooler Master Hyper 212x CPU cooler Cooler Master MWE 750W Power supply Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD WD Green 3D NAND 240GB M.2 SATA SSD ASUS Tuf Gaming GeForce RTX 2060, 6GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB 3200MHZ DDR4 Intel I9 10850K, 3.6GHZ MSI MPG 2490 Gaming Edge WIFI Motherboard Unknown Beige Case Several fabricated brackets and some nuts and washers as well a standoff and screw kit Peripherals: MSI Optix MAG321CURV 4k 60hz ttesports Black V2 mouse Logitech G512 Carbon Tactile (soon to be an AKKO Silent 3108 Cherry MX Red to keep with the retro theme as much as I can) Project Constraints, Considerations and conclusions: After doing some research it was clear airflow and cooling was going to be a concern in an old style case. I chose the Hyper 212X as It was affordable and seemed to have good reviews. I've so far found it to be really good with the testing and usage of the system I've done so far as such I would highly recommend it for budget builders. Although this cases was designed to fix ATX Motherboards the mounting spots had square holes and only two center brass standoffs. After reading a forum post I almost used washers to combat this issue but didn't like the look and decided it would be too tedious and instead measured up and made two washer plates that riveted to the Mobo base I then tested fitted the Mobo marked mounting holes when aligned with the IO hole and drilled little holes for my standoffs and used small washers to step them out about 1mm. I also used little nuts on the back of the standoffs to secure them tightly In order to achieve decent exhaust flow I removed the two expansion slot covers on the top and bottom of my GPU. To allow room for the 120mm front fan and give more space for cable management the disk drive caddy was trimmed to only accommodate the disk drive that was then gutted and used as a HDD caddy. the CD Drive face clipped to the front and the tray shield was screwed to an inner lip. the audio jack and volume control are glued in place and non functional but the volume slider still spins. The Floppy disk drive is still completely assembled but not plugged in as I didn't want to deal with more cable management or finding out it doesn't work all together. While all the case buttons and lights are fully functional the HDD light plug was 3 pin and had to be cut down into two single pins with a razor blade making it difficult to plug in. In some of the photo's you will see that I mounted the CPU fan backwards!!!!! I quickly picked up on this and fixed it as those photos were taken. I would like to note that I'm aware that I could have added more floor fans. I didn't do this because the steel of this old case is thin and I didn't want to compromise the integrity too much. even when drilling the first fan I noticed a lot of flex. I understand its only the floor but keeping this hard to find case as original as possible was important to me. the bottom of the front panel has a gap as well as the small holes at the front. if down the track I find the cooling to be inadequate I will look into adding an additional exhaust fan and maybe another floor fan making both larger or even water cooling. I do have case fan filters coming in the mail but they didn't arrive on time so I will be adding them in the near future. Please take into consideration that I am still new to Pc building and did my best to build this computer. I really want to get some feedback on how I went. Build Description/ Explanation: I would like to start off by saying that this is actually my first ever attempt at building a pc and have been mostly a console gamer my whole life. I began gaming many years ago playing such games as aoe1, aoe2, Total Annihilation and Runescape as well as early sims titles. It wasn't long before I made the transition to PlayStation and have been primarily a console gamer since. After a brief stint owning Old Alienware M18x R2 Laptop my interest in pc gaming and gaming as a whole expanded and I soon found myself finding much to be desired with my old laptops performance (which was surprisingly good all things considered) and even the PlayStation hardware I was so familiar with. After some friends had also made the transition to Pc I was inspired to look into buying a much better system and then eventually convinced myself that in order to save money it would be a great idea to attempt building one. After some thought and reminiscing about the great times I spent playing old titles in my childhood and the old beige/white systems my family owned at the time I was inspired to build a new system that would preform excellently into one of these old towers. After many hours of late night research on various tech forums (including this one) and countless Linus Tech Tips YouTube videos I built up enough knowledge and confidence to start looking for a case and parts. which led me to my current tower that I found on eBay that is almost identical to the towers I was surrounded by at a young age. With a case that supports ATX form factor I was ready to get my parts and begin case mods to assemble the system. With a few clever mods some determination, concentration and basic DIY skill I was able to have all my cuts, gutting, drilling, painting (case floor is painted) and fans mounted in a day. this includes removing the old PSU cables and drives, cutting the drive tray mount down, gutting the disk drive to be used as a HDD caddy, Step drilling holes for floor fan, making and riveting plates for the Mobo mount tray as well as mount for the upper front fan all done in a day. the next day was spent test fitting the the Mobo then marking and drilling holes for the standoffs. With some trips to Bunnings (Australian hardware store) and a few hours later the Mobo was assembled and mounted and I began slowly mounting the rest of the parts and spent the rest of the night neatly labeling some wires and hiding spare plugs. on the Third and final day my cable management was done and I was ready for the first boot. Having read and watched many tech videos I was expecting to have some issues as I was aware that your supposed to test all your parts outside of the case first. I disregarded this advice as I don't have a test bench and didn't feel confident setting up parts on my table in my busy crowded living environment. To my surprise everything started and booted on the first button press without a single issue. I was quick to set up some basic overclocking (only to 4.0GHz as I will need to gain some experience and possibly update my cooling solution before pushing the i9 too hard) and play with my fans a little then installed windows followed by some drivers. I did some testing on Cinebench and used Speccy to monitor temps that I found to surprisingly good ( between 30-45°C at idol and between 55-65°C under load for about and hour). Finally I installed the highly anticipated first game. That game being aoe1 definitive edition. At the time of writing this that was the only game I've played as I suffer from the notoriously bad condition known as Australian Internet. I thoroughly enjoyed going back to the basics and cannot wait to get some newer more demanding games installed and see how they run as well as continue learning and building on the system as time goes on. Please give me feedback and constructive criticism and enjoy the build photos. Build Updates: Tuesday, 5 January 2021, Added another front intake and a lower rear intake fan that has greatly improved cooling. Both rear fans (exhaust and intake) are a Noctua NF-A8 80mm fan while the be quiet fan was relocated to the front.

Budget (including currency): 30 000 - 40 000 NOK Country: Norway Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: MSFS 2020, fs22, snowruner, CS2022, gta, ets2 and many more. 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): https://www.komplett.no/wishlist/shared/aebf83cf-96ac-49a9-a4ed-d805f5c4d0f6 (In Norwegian) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TP2tZw, I am upgrading from a 6-7 year old gaming laptop that is the ASUS fx553ve. I am probably planning on buying it later this year, maybe in the summer. I am going to play on 2560X1440P 165Hz monitors.

Budget: 1450 specs: MUSETEX ATX MID-TOWER Samsung 860 EVO 500GB Solid State Drive ASUS ROG STRIX AMD RX 5700XT MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO ARESGAME Power Supply G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB I already have the processor i was just looking if there is anything i should get. (i am already over budget)

Budget (including currency): 1000$ Country: Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: pure gaming 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): first build i want it to last with the upecoming consoles,1080p60fps hey guys its my first build, at first i was going to get a 3600 + 2060super or 5700 but since its my first build i don't wanna upegrade it anytime soon specially with the upecoming aaa games, 8cores consoles and iam on tight budget so i thought ill get a ryzen 7 3700x + 1660 super or Ti just to be safe on those 8cores and for now ill game on only 1080p60fps i think the 1660s/ti will do the job. so yeah is it a good or bad idea ? how bad is the bottleneck and will it affect the gaming experience with micro stutters and such turndowns ? let me know what you guys think or have a better idea and please go in details explain as much as you can or i have a risky choice i can cheap up on the psu ''thermaltake smart rgb series" so i can put the money on rtx 2060s ? or 8gigs of ram otherthan 16gb and spend the rest on a better gpu ?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mYpb6X Tell me if I should change anything, I can go up to a $1,300 USD budget. Thanks in advance! (Also want to keep the minimum price $1100)

So I'm getting ready to build my first PC. I've chosen almost everything, except a case. I've narrowed it down to a few contenders but I'm not sure which I should go for (I like all of them in their own way). I'd love to get feedback about the user-friendliness of building/cable management in each case. I want something clean and appealing but still have good lighting since all have a glass side panel. Thank you so much in advance for helping me out The Top Contending Cases Are: Fractal Design Meshify C NZXT H500i Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX TG The build they'll be housing can be found here

Hello, I want to build my first pc (gaming) but I don't have a high budget ( 400€ - 430€ germany). I've spend a lot of time searching and comparing pc pieces and I think I have found good ones. I'm not an expert (more a noob) so could you please look if my chooses are good. I do have a Pc part picker list but there are some pieces that don't show up. So I've made a web where there are all the exact components. I just buy from amazon because I had very good experiences with the returns. I want to play minecraft with this pc and I have now a laptop with the intel i3-6006u with integrated graphics card intel hd 520 and it runs Minecraft between 50-60 fps but there are often frame drops and if there are a lot of chunk updates like Redstone the fps drops to 0-10. And Minecraft is a game that uses more the cpu than the gpu. So i think that the ryzen 3200g is better than the intel i3-6006u and it will have more fps. I3-6006u vs ryzen 3 3200g: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6006U-vs-AMD-Ryzen-3-3200G/m214467vsm824486 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC6CxTxat74 This is minecraft on ryzen 3 2200g: https://www.userbenchmark.com/PCGame/FPS-Estimates-Minecraft/3776/441833.441832.0.0.0 https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/TcwzHB My website where are all the components: https://spaceagle17buildsapc.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-pc.html Thank you guys a lot!

So I just won an auction on a good GTX 1070 on ebay so I guess its time to build a computer. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Stiggy_5/saved/vQkMZL My budget is around $800, and I already own the storage, case, and now PSU/GPU. I'm located in Tennessee so sadly no local electronics places. I use a really sub-par monitor right now but I'll be gaming on a 4K TV, mostly racing games and emulators. I will be upgrading my monitor after the build is done and proven. Any recommendations?

It’s taken weeks of research to get to where I’m at now, and it was almost like delving into a whole new world. I had always thought about getting a pc for gaming but always put aside the idea for later and I guess now is later. This is the build I have come up with but I’m sure there are better changes to be made, keeping in mind the price as well. I’m happy and hopefull to hear some recommendations! PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $69.99 @ B&H Motherboard MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard $149.97 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $97.99 @ Newegg Storage Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $64.99 @ Newegg Storage Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $34.50 @ Amazon Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card $513.98 @ Newegg Case Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case $97.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $83.98 @ Newegg Keyboard Redragon DEVARAIAS K556 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard $59.99 @ Amazon Mouse Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse $46.90 @ Amazon Headphones Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset $79.64 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1514.90 Mail-in rebates -$40.00 Total $1474.90 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-22 03:09 EST-0500

I'm currently a senior at university studying geophysics and oceanography. I do work in GIS, numerical modelling, satellite data analysis, and rudimentary data science programs (RStudio/MATLAB). I also would like to be able to set up a DAC for recording/music editing (I already have a DAC w an XLR input) as well as gaming with my friends from back home. Three of my roommates are big PC enthusiasts who have built multiple PC's before and have agreed to help me w a build and as such I would like to get more into computers while also making one such that I will not need to build/buy another until for a while. Currently I have: a used Corsair 750D 3-4 140mm fans Assorted HDD's from older computers an Optical Drive 5.25' and a multi-card reader 5.25' I plan on getting: Motherboard: ASUS Z390-E CPU: Intel i7 9700k CPU Fan: Corsair H110i (or comprable) GPU: No Idea RAM: 32 GB DDR4 (GIS uses a metric s**tload of RAM) PSU: 450-650W Unit? 1. What GPU should I use? (I can upgrade the GPU later down the road) 2. What is appropriate for PSU wattage? 3. I was curious about running a push-pull setup with the Corsair H110i as a top exhaust. 4. Do I need a sound card for the DAC to run into? I'm sure I'll have other questions. Best Regards

Hi everyone. So I've been thinking about building a PC for quite some time. I want to build a PC that can handle both extreme gaming and work load. I tried to build some PCs on website like maingear.com but it's confusing with so many options available and getting everything top tier might get the job done but with a big cost. So i guessed that there might be some tested and benchmark-ed configurations out there that will do the job for me without costing me a fortune. Although I have very high expectations from this build such as it should be able to handle big deep learning models and graphically intense upcoming games like Forza Motorsports, Hitman 3 at least 60 fps on a 4k monitor with ultra settings for years but I'm willing to spend accordingly. The GPU I have targeted for this build is the Nvidia RTX 3080 or 3090 with Intel Core i9-10980XE 3.0 GHz LGA2066 processor. But i will appreciate if i can be corrected and get the help i need. Thanks. Budget (including currency): € 3,500 (Maximum without the monitor) Country: Europe/Finland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Deep Learning model trainings, Forza Motorsports, Hitman 3 and all upcoming games Other details This is my first build so everything needs to be made from scratch. I will buy all the parts from either a local store here in Finland or from amazon.de

Budget (including currency): 1700 eur Country: Lithuania Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, video editing, streaming. CS:GO always over 144fps 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): PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price ... Its my first build, i am looking for confirmation that i chose good parts, suggestions are appreciated.

I am planing to build a pc (my first one) and i dont know if i chose a good cpu to my video card. I chose RTX 2060 super sc ultra gaming 8gb and Intel core i7-9700k. So i wanna know if there will be any bottlenecking. And if i should change it. This is my list of components https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/RjWMjp. Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Do you like my shelf? its air cooled and has a CPU (sort of) in it Sometimes at night i can hear whisper "build meeee"

Hello everyone, I thought it'd never come, but here it is, the day I'm going to order parts for my FIRST SELF BUILT pc . Now, I know that this post has been made already about a million billion times, but please help me out too. Now, I live in Europe, and the parts are not as cheap as in the US... So too bad, but I have saved all my money up, and now I have enough to buy a decent build! So here's the list PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€279.23) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.21) Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€98.14) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€102.29) Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€98.71) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€58.47) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (€415.31) Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€72.08) Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€84.61) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (€106.84) Monitor: AOC i2369V 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (€169.23) Monitor: AOC i2369V 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (€169.23) Monitor: AOC i2369V 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (€169.23) Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard (€15.00) Mouse: Logitech Performance Wireless Laser Mouse (Purchased For €49.99) Total: €1921.57 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-01 17:22 CEST+0200 These prices are from my local store, it's some more expensive, but the service is awesome! Is this a good list? Are there any bottlenecks that you found? What can I improve? EDIT 1:added peripherals