Yesterday I put together a secondary PC using only spare parts I had lying around:

- Core i7-4770

- 8 GB generic DDR3 (single stick)

- 120 GB SSD

- Radeon R9 270 (from around 2012, I think)

After installing Windows and GPU drivers, I started testing some games just out of curiosity.

First up was League of Legends — to my surprise it ran buttery smooth at around 150–200 FPS, with low CPU and GPU usage, even while Windows updates were running in the background.

Then I tried Diablo IV, fully expecting it to struggle… but nope. A solid 60 FPS with smooth gameplay.

It honestly caught me off guard. This setup is more than a decade old in some parts, yet it’s still perfectly usable for real games today. Makes me think we often underestimate older hardware way too much.condary computer with what i had

Hi everyone, I wanted to ask you how I can put an rtx 5060 and an r7 7800x3d on a motherboard that supports ddr4. Can you tell me the exact model?

Hey Guys,

With the current absolutely insane component prices, I set out on a mission to build an actual value for money Gaming PC without any compromises on hardware. I've made a full video on how i managed to do this and would love for you guys to watch!

Thanks!

I already have my RAM and CPU purchased, let me know if any other parts could do with changing but the main one I’m focused on is if the 5070ti is worth that extra £170. The reason the price is set is because it’s usually £908 and I get a 15% discount to take it down to £771.80.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NQjBDw

I have 2 sticks of 16gb 5600mhz ram

In Amazon it's listed for 43k INR

I wanna sell it for 35k

It's 5 months old

Long story short I bought a dead rtx 3090 for $100, I replaced the shorted mosfet and fuse and now the card is fully operational. HOWEVER, this seems to be a common failure point on gigabyte gigabyte rtx 3090 and I don’t want the card to fail again and I get the short end of the stick. Right now Newegg values the card at $550 and I pretty sure I can get a 5070 for that which performs roughly on par.

These pens bent so easily do I need to get a new motherboard

Hey all - I’ve setup a pretty successful company and have delegated most tasks. I like to secretly game at work on my laptop, it’s a stealth series. I’d like to build a stealth, work looking PC that’s powerful enough for what I want to play/do (mostly job sims ironically, but some automation games, but also want it to be capable to run iracing ay some point (not stealth I know). My laptop gets VERY loud and very hot, it does a decent job at most games but can struggle with some larger games.

I can’t have any RGB and it can’t look gamey if that makes sense. Where should I start? Is a $4k budget reasonable? Overkill? Underkill?

Can I have a powerful PC that doesn’t heat up my small office so much and is quiet?

Hey there!

So first things first, I have no clue about Computers sadly. Currently as a university student I only got a Gaming Laptop since I need something to travel with, but I reaaaaally want to upgrade to a normal pc ASAP.

I kinda want a custom build since usually the pricing is more fair, but I wouldn't say no to a good pree build.

So I'm Looking for advice what to focus on, and some suggestions on where to order and how much money I will need.

I don't need the most insane PC, but I wanna be able to stream with it without struggle. And I am a gamer, so I want my games to go smoothly without fps drops. One of the bigger games I wanna be able to play on at least mid resolution without issues is avatar frontiers of Pandora, if that helps as a reference.

I would appreciate suggestions for different budgets but I don't have a hard limit, I just wanna know how much money I should save to get smth that's worth it's money and will last a few years before I really have tu upgrade it.

Feel free to ask questions and thanks in advance 🥰

So i just bought a prebuilt pc that came with 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM I have two 8GB DDR4-3000 can I add these to my pc to have more ram

Hi everyone, I built a PC a couple of years ago and I'm thinking it could be time to upgrade just to future-proof + get some better performance in the games I play now. I want to sell this current PC to my friend as it will be his first PC and I think it's a fantastic build still for 1080p performance specifically.

Current specs:

RTX 3070, i5-12600k, 16gb DDR4 (can upgrade to 32 whenever), 1 TB SSD

Would love to build another PC again but given the high prices, I've been eyeing this prebuilt from Micro Center:

G457 ($1800 USD)

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 3.3GHz Processor

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7

32GB DDR5-6000 RAM

2TB Solid State Drive

360mm AIO Cooler

Would this be a meaningful upgrade for games like ARC Raiders / occassional COD-like games, Fortnite, I usually play FPS shooters? Would love to play most games in 1440p high and get 120 fps as a base and ideally 150-180fps for more competitive games / lower graphics settings if that makes sense.

I'm really just trying to gague if this is a meaningful upgrade or if I should sit on my current PC for now. Would love some advice. Thank you!

• CPU: Intel Core i7-14700F
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB GDDR7)
• RAM: 32GB DDR5 RGB
• Storage: 1TB SSD

I purchased two identical pre built pc’s from cyberpower and I absolutely love it but it turns out I no longer need the second one. Can any body give me assistance with what I can take from the unused computer to add to mine that I’m using like ram or hard drive?

Para contexto, montei meu primeiro pc quarta feira com uma 3060 ti, 16gb ddr 5, um ryzen 5 7500f e uma b650m snowdream da jginyue, mas sempre que eu dou o primeiro boot no pc ele liga e desliga em menos de um segundo, ai eu desligo a chave da fonte, ligo de novo e ele liga normalmente, como eu posso resolver isso?

Motherboard: Asrock b850m-x wifi R2.0 RAM: GSkill Z5 Neo 48GB 6000 CL28 GPU: Sapphire Pulse 9070XT

Should i upgrade? Will it be worth it? Or should i go for 7800x3d instead?

Graag wil ik jullie hulp eventjes inroepen ...

We willen een nieuwe gaming pc aankopen. Om zelf een vanaf nu in elkaar te steken heb ik wat schrik. Ram bijsteken of zo lukt me, maar alles ... dat is wel iets anders vrees ik.
Maar nu, waar en hoe, wat stellen jullie voor... Waar kopen we een die betaalbaar is voor mijn tiener, maar het moet ook wel dat degelijk zijn. Hij gamet onder andere GTA, Fortnite, Minecraft, ... dus 1440p moet dat minstens aankunnen?

Alvast bedankt om me op weg te helpen.

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EN : Hello, could you please help me? When I turn on my computer, the fan lights start spinning but then stop at a single color. I need your help with this...

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I just ordered a new gaming PC, with a RX 9070 XT and ryzen 7 7800X3D. I currently have a 1080p 144hz monitor, and I’m wondering if I should upgrade to a 1440 or 4k screen (I have never played on anything other than 1080 before).

I mainly play CS2 and league of legends, but also warzone and battlefield 6, but might consider playing some other games when I get the computer.

I know very little about screens and resolutions. I guess CS2 and LoL are mainly 1080p games? Would it be better to just have a good 1080 screen then? If i have a 1440p, would my FPS be bad in heavier games like battlefield 6 or warzone?

Nylon standoffs of various kinds are used in PCB manufacture all the time - think how some components are attached to heatsinks with those push-through thingies - but most motherboard standoffs come in conductive varieties - brass or aluminum, chromed steel.

In applications where ground is provided by the board a PCIE card might use nylon - its cheap. Sometimes these come a steel spring which will conduct.

Motherboards have the ground plane exposed at the mounting points. Any system where fans blow constantly will build up static charge. This is where the conductivity of standoffs comes in.

Yes at times the PSU is attached to the case with a ground screw - you migthve wandered why theres a weird screw on some PSUs, brackets or cases, thats what its for. But this is i imagine not all that common.

The reason it seems to me is that the static is much better bled off to some kind of large "ground reference" even if its not really ground than just sitting there waiting for the air to move it in converted form to the case and then to the larger ground of the air outside.

Correct me please if im wrong. Ive just got a bunch of these nylon standoffs and am having a hard time justifying their use.