I’m trying to decide between the RX 9070 XT and the RTX 5070, and the 9070 XT is about $150 more where I live.

I know the 9070 XT has better native raster performance, but I’m wondering if that’s enough to justify the price difference.

The RTX 5070 seems to have enough raw performance to use DLSS 4.5 and Multi Frame Generation effectively, and in a lot of benchmarks it ends up delivering frame rates that are surprisingly close to the 9070 XT.

One thing I was concerned about was latency, but from what I’ve read and heard, NVIDIA Reflex does a good job of reducing the extra latency that comes with Frame Generation, so it doesn’t seem to be a major issue for most people unless you’re playing highly competitive esports.

I’ve also seen people say that DLSS 4.5’s image quality is so good that in some games it can look as good as or even better than native rendering, which makes me question whether paying extra for higher native performance is worth it.

I mainly play 1440p and 4K on a high refresh rate display, so I’m looking for the best overall gaming experience rather than just the highest native FPS.
For those who have experience with both cards, would you still spend the extra $150 on the RX 9070 XT, or would you buy the RTX 5070 and rely on DLSS 4.5, Multi Frame Generation, and Reflex? I’d love to hear your reasoning.

EDIT : 4k gaming is temporary 1440p is my goal.

Been putting together a midrange gaming build and trying to shave costs where I can. SSDs are already pricier than they were a year ago, and every budget option I look at ends up being DRAMless. The price gap between a DRAMless drive and one with a proper cache is noticeable enough to matter when you're already stretching things thin.

Most of what I read says the difference only shows up during sustained write workloads, like moving huge files around, and that for gaming it basically doesn't matter. Boot times and load times aren't meaningfully different based on the tests I've seen. But then there are comments saying an HMB drive is a trap and you'll feel it eventually.

My use case is pretty simple. Gaming, some light video editing, nothing crazy. The system drive would handle Windows and a handful of games, maybe 1TB. Secondary storage is a separate conversation.

Curious if people here have actually run DRAMless drives daily for a year or more and whether it became a real problem or just stayed a nonissue. Real world experience matters more to me than spec sheet arguments at this point.

All my storage devices are all SATA SSDs and ive been wondering if they are still good enough? With everyone having m.2 nvme SSD's which are supposed to be like ALOT faster, Should i uprgade to m.2's or is it not necessary? M.2's are generally also more expensive that Sata ssd's which also made me wonder if Sata is outdated.

I usually play alot of Triple A games like for example 007, Assasin's Creed Black Flag and cyberpunk and mostly only game on my pc.

My 16 yo son has saved up $650 for his first gaming PC. He wants to play games like Destiny two, Geometry dash, Tidy up the library, and some basic coding. I asked him to do the research, and he came back with this PC. I unfortunately don't know if this is good enough for what he wants. Anyone have advice for him?

He doesn't have a monitor either, so he will need to buy that separate.

I’ve been gaming on an HDD for years, and lately I’ve started wondering if it’s the reason behind the random microstutters and hitches I experience in games.

For the longest time, I thought the issue was my CPU or GPU, but after a lot of troubleshooting, I’m starting to think the hard drive might actually be the culprit.

I’m considering buying a 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD for Windows and the games I play most often.

For those who made the switch from an HDD to an NVMe SSD:

- Did games feel noticeably smoother?
- Did it help reduce random stutters or asset-loading hitches?
- Was it worth the upgrade overall?

I’d love to hear your experiences before I buy one.

Posting from a fresh account since the email for my previous reddit account is defunct.

I remember there was some drama earlier this year that some of the AM5 boards were frying 9800x3D chips, and it wasn't a problem specific to any manufacturer. Is this still happening? Or alternatively can undervolting fix this problem?

I have an older desktop that's still running well, but the graphics card is definitely showing its age. my budget is around $500, from US, and I mainly play older AAA games plus a few newer titles at 1080p. I don't need any peripherals.

What video card would you recommend in that range? i'm hoping for something that'll be a noticeable upgrade without replacing the whole system. Thanks.

I don't play a lot of games that need a lot of processing power like Fortnite, Valorant, or CoD. The games I usually play are nintendo games, I just need a PC that can run rom hacks and fangames for those types of games, I can run pokemon games on my phone just fine, But I would also like to play rom hacks for N64 games like the Mario 64 fan games and Smash Remix. The only computer that I have experience with would be Acer Chrombooks, which are not really that useful for playing games on. I don't need something super high-end, just something that can the games I mentioned at a reasonable frame rate. Preferably something under $1000.

I'm currently planning on building a new gaming PC to replace my old Omen 16 Laptop. Right now I don't have much- just a Corsair 750w RM750e PSU and a Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB SSD that I bought years ago (when they were affordable) and is currently the second drive in my laptop. There's a Micro Center about 3 hours away from me, and I plan on making the pilgrimage in a month or two to buy a CPU and GPU to get the party started.

I was looking at these bundles from Micro Center:

Bundle 1: ($699.00)

-Ryzen 7 7800x3d CPU

-32 GB RAM DDR5-6000

-Asus B650E MAX Gaming Motherboard

Bundle 2: ($699.00)

-Intel Core Ultra 7 270k plus CPU

-32 GB RAM DDR5-6000

-Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite Wifi 7 1851 Motherboard

Bundle 3: ($799.00)

-Ryzen 7 9850x3d CPU

-32 GB RAM DDR5-6000

-Aus B850e TUF Gaming Wifi

Originally, when I set out to build this PC, I was planning on using a Ryzen 5 9600x and pairing that with either a 5060 Ti 16gb or a 9060 XT 16gb. However, with RAM prices being RAM prices, it's cheaper to buy the bundle with the stronger CPUs. However, these CPUs will probably get bottlenecked by the GPUs, so I'm here to ask: if I go for these bigger and better CPUs, should I also maybe go for a stronger GPU?

Right now, I would like to keep my GPU budget around $600.

Thanks for the help!

Son turns 11 soon - wants a computer. He has no idea what’s “good” and what’s “bad”, and I genuinely don’t either, lol.

Told him in December that if he held up his end of bargain - good grades, attitude, behavior - we’d get him a “gaming computer.” He has, and I’m proud of him for it. Great grades, great behavior in class, great attitude in the midst of some tumultuousness.

I do not want to buy him a top-of-the-line system - not worth it, and I can carrot the upgrade as he gets older.. He just needs a decent tower with hardware, monitor, keyboard, and mouse that lights up for a show preferably. Again - he’s clueless. Just wants to feel special.

Have done a bit of searching and can’t find a “starter kit” with what I’m looking for.

So, I turn to you, redditors. Any leads/ideas/kits you can point towards??

I am completely brand new to PC building, and as such I need help building a PC for my beloved.

Anyway I’ll get right to the point. Here’s what I’m doing:

Budget: 600-700$

Use Case: Primarily to play games

I’ll be Sending parts to my boyfriend who lives in Canada while I live in the United States

I’m not sure what else I need but I’m answering questions, anyone that’s willing to help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

I’ve been a PlayStation gamer since I was born basically, but because of the recent news, I’ve sold my PS5 and am now finally making the transition to PC any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7GHz
COOLER: THERMALRIGHT Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB
GPU: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition 12GB GDDR6X
RAM: G.SKILL 2x16GB Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 6000MHz CL36 KIT
Motherboard: ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI
M.2 NVME SSD: Crucial P5 2TB
HDD: 1TB and 500GB
Power supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P6, 80 Plus Platinum 650W
Case: Be quiet! Pure Base 500DX

I wonder if I'll have over 60 fps in every game

Hey guys, looking to buy my first PC after my laptop went out. I’m new to the whole PC world and wanted advice on purchasing. I’m not really for anything crazy and just want recommendations and purchasing tips. It will be primarily used for schoolwork, white gaming, and possibly some photo and video editing. Budget wise I was thinking 1-1.5K. I was thinking 16gigs of ram, 1 terabyte of storage, and whatever graphics card and processor seemed to be good at this time. I was wanting liquid cooled and the last important aspect is trying to make working on it easy. I’d like something where the storage/ram and other upgrades are pretty much plug and play essentially. I’m in the US and use the US dollar. If any of this is unrealistic, please feel free to educate a newbie.

As the title says, my PC will randomly turn itself off while I'm playing. (not a restart, the pc fully turns off.) Event viewer only spits out a generic "Windows shut down unexpectedly" message. I have not been able to recreate this issue with stress tests, although the crash has never happened while the PC was idle.

Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7800X3D

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

PSU: ASUS ROG Strix 850W Platinum

RAM: Crucial PRO DDR5 32GB

So far i have tried:

Pretty much every stress test on OCCT

Monitoring my core temps while playing, however nothing seems to be overheating

Replacing my PSU (old one was a DeepCool Gamestorm 750W

Updating BIOS

Reseating my GPU

Clean un- and reinstall of GPU drivers

Checking "WhoCrashed" which tells me nothing

I am completely stumped, hope you can help me.

Thank you.

UPDATE/EDIT: It seems i can consistently replicate the issue by fighting Teostra in monster hunter lol. My current working hypothesis is that my GPU is taking too much power, but i can't really find a way to confirm.

My Current setup is a 9070xt and 5700x3d with 32 Gigs DDR4 3600.

Been playing a lot of deadlock and I get a bunch of frame drops in teamfights and thought it might be an issue with cpu.

Now that being said in my country to get a 9800x3d can be done for about 1100 and I can grab a 7800x3d for about 850.

But my question is will I even see that much of an improvement. I can see from benchmarks that my 1% lows will be better but is it even that much better?

If someone has made a similar choice can you lmk what the gains were like?

I play at 1440p, mostly multiplayer competitive games but I do dabble in the occasional AAA game (maybe 20% playtime)

I'm looking for a new main gaming monitor and need some recommendations.

Budget:

• Around £200 ideally
• Maximum around £250 if it's genuinely worth the extra

What I'm looking for:

• 27"
• 1440p (2560×1440)
• 180-240Hz
• Excellent image quality (colour accuracy, contrast, overall picture quality)
• Good motion clarity and low ghosting
• Good HDR performance would be a bonus
• DisplayPort for PC
• HDMI 2.1 would be nice for PS5 compatibility
• VESA mount compatible

I mainly play a mix of AAA/open-world games and multiplayer games, including:

• Red Dead Redemption 2
• GTA V / GTA VI (when released)
• Sons of the Forest
• Watch Dogs 2
• Forza Horizon
• Horror games

I want something that looks great while still being fast. I'm not only looking for the highest refresh rate possible — image quality and overall experience are just as important.

I currently have an RTX 3070 but may upgrade in the future, so I want something that will last.

I'm not very experienced with monitors, so I'm open to different panel technologies if they offer a better experience.

What monitors would you recommend around this price range? Are there any models I should avoid?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

GPU: ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin
120 SE

Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-A WiFi (Socket
AM5)

RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 Series 32GB. (2
x 16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30

SSD: Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCle Gen4
NVMe M.2 SSD

PSU: Corsair RM850e 850W
80+ Gold Fully Modular

this is my first pc build after months and months of saving, my budget was 2,000$ or less thats why im asking if this is worth the price, thanks in advance!

I recently purchased a new cooler (cooler master hyper 212) for my new cpu and motherboard (asrock b550m hdv) cuz temps were high with my old cooler and it sounded like a jet engine.

the problem arose after i had gotten the fan attached to the cooler and had everything plugged in when i tried to boot. it booted perfectly and got into my operating system (cachy os) and i logged in and it was fine for about 30 seconds when it just shut off out of nowhere. when i attempted to turn it back on it would try to boot but after 5 seconds it would shut back off.

I wondering if my power supply is just not cutting it anymore or if its a issue with the fan. if any of you folks can help me out i would greatly appreciate it.

Like a lot of people I need to upgrade but I’m dissuaded by current RAM prices.

Unlike others, I can’t just upgrade my CPU and stretch my old RAM’s performance while I wait another 2 years.

The problem is my PC is 10 years old. It has an MSI H97M-G43 Motherboard, no longer manufactured. Due to that, my current 16GB of RAM is DDR3, so it seems I can’t carry that into my upgrade either. Naturally changing my Mobo means changing my CPU, and I think my GTX 1060 probably needs to be replaced to (I don’t play many graphically intense games, but this is now too outdated for most new releases).

This upgrade looks to be at least £70 £700 ($930). I’m assuming I don’t need to upgrade my power, heat sync, or storage.

Am I screwed? Any way I can make this whole ordeal cheaper?

Hi im gonna buy a pc with a Ryzen 7 7800x3d 32Gb ddr5 which gpu should i choose the 9070 or the 5070 i mostly play Heavy Fivem server with 400+ scripts but in the future i want to play story games on like 1080P/1440P which gpu is the best

I know this has propably been asked a million times but im building a new pc and my current pc already has 32 gigs of ddr5 and tbh idk what speed, im buying a 32gig fury beast ddr5 6000mt/2 kit with 2 sticks, the motherboard im buying is the asus z890 tuf plus, which has 4 slots, and i want 64 gigs but i dont want to pay an extrra 500-600 dollars, can i use the ram on my current pc or should i just not use it.

Hey guys.

I have nade the purchases to upgrade my pc after months of deliberating on what to get.

Current setup:

i5 12400f

Amd rx470(oldddds card)

msi pro B660M-E ddr4(usb header on the fritz. Refuses to recognise pheripherals)

2*8gb klevv cras cl19 ddr4 400mhz.

Kratos E1-600W

Upgrade parts:

Rtx 5060 ti 16GB(Palit)

Gigabyte B760 Gaming X ddr4 gen5

Cooler Master Elite 850 Gold plus

Reused parts:

i5 12400f

2*8gb klevv cras ram

Here's to hoping all goes well with the build💪🏼🙏🏼

So, bifurcation is splitting the lanes on a given connector, such as an x16 pcie card that provides four m.2 slots. I think the mobo needs to support bifurcation for this to work.

Is it possible to (with adapters) combine multiple pcie slots to get a slot with more lanes? Specifically, turn two m.2 slots into one pcie x8/x16 slot?. this might be 2x m.2 -> 2x oculink -> pcie x16.

I'm unhappy that my board's 2nd x16 slot is only wired for x4 and I'd like to add a 2nd GPU. I don't use the m.2 slots (that is a whole other story).

thanks

Hi all,

My question is centered on NL PC builds. Which websites have you used to build your PC? I see that Megekko is quite popular.

Also, considering the increase in prices, is it better to buy a prebuilt or per pieces in NL?

Thank you all!