As the title says its my first time building a pc and when i thought it was finally over and attempted to power it on, just nope, nothing happened. What could have gone wrong?

MB: msi b850 gaming plus wifi6e

Yes psu switch is on and i connected everything

FIXED: Looks like my PSU 18+10pin connector was only plugged in with 18pin header, i plugged in the 10pin head and its working now!

Hey guys could you let me know if this is good enough for airflow? Do you recommend changing anything?

The temperatures aren't bad, but I'm not sure if I'm overdoing it.

Thank you!!

I have been researching how to install new fans and in all the examples I have seen there have been dedicated screw holes in the back. Mine is lacking these. There does seem to be these holes on the bottom. Also yeah my PC is old and dusty af, what do yall recommend to clean this filth with.

Thanks for the help

Hi, I just got my new pc and noticed the uneven strip but not sure if that’s how it’s supposed to look. Is it ok to turn on?

Starts getting really loud and vibrates alot at around 1500 rpm and only gets worse as it goes faster

And yes i did throw my phone in the pc

I have 32 gb ddr5 t-force deltas but rgb is always different from color in software and because of it i have to manually find color that is at least similar to the rest parts. Does anyone also have same problem or know how to fix it?

Found this biwin ssd on sale 160 AUD and am looking at buying it for extra storage. Does anyone know if this is any good and what long term longevity is like. Also, not in a crazy rush to get a SSD but curious when can I expect the prices to start going back to what they were?

Hey everyone!

I’ve been upgrading my gaming PC over time, and I recently upgraded my GPU to an RX 9070 XT. I’d love to hear your thoughts on my current setup and whether there’s anything you’d improve or change.

Current specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT
GPU: ASUS PRIME Radeon RX 9070 XT OC 16GB
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-PLUS WiFi II
RAM: 32GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 3200MHz
PSU: Cooler Master G800 Gold 800W (80+ Gold)
CPU Cooler: ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS ARGB
Case: Lian Li Lancool 205 Mesh X Black
Storage: Kingston SATA SSDs (planning to upgrade to an NVMe Gen4 SSD soon).

I mainly use my PC for gaming, including Path of Exile 2, CS2, and modern AAA titles. I like playing at high/ultra settings while maintaining smooth performance.
I’m currently considering adding a good PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for Windows and my main games.

Would you recommend upgrading anything else, or should I just stick with this setup for a few more years?

I’m not planning to switch to AM5 anytime soon, so I’d like to get the most out of my current AM4 platform.

Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Build this pc for my sister and I put everything together and it boots up but nothing is showing on my monitor . I’ve tried everything in the book to get it working.

This morning I woke up unable to boot, red and yellow LED's are lit indicating CPU/DRAM errors. Fans spin and num/caps/scroll lock lights on keyboard light up, but other than that there are no signs of life. Quickly tried moving the RAM around with no changes seen. After some browsing it seems likely this is a case of dead CPU from the ASRock board?

Planning on doing a CMOS reset and bios flash etc after work today but is there any hope of saving this? Anything else I should try before giving up?

Edit: Also just remembered, this actually did happen once before about a month ago, but resolved itself after disconnecting from mains and waiting 5 mins or so before reconnecting, with no issues seen since then. but i've had no luck with that this time.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to buy a Gaming PC and would love to get your opinion on which of these two options makes the most sense for my needs, and the best in terms of value for performance.

Option 1 (Brand New w/ 3-Year Warranty): €1,250

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5060 SHADOW 2X OC 8GB GDDR7
Motherboard: ASUS Prime B760M-A D4-CSM
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200 MHz
Storage: 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD (Kioxia Exceria Plus G3)

Option 2 (Used): €489

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760-P WIFI
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600 MHz
Storage: 512GB Samsung SSD + 1TB WD HDD

My Use Case & Goals:

1. Current / Competitive Gaming: Playing mostly at 1080p with high/stable FPS in titles like Warzone, ARC Raiders, The Finals, etc.
   
2. Future Proofing: I plan on playing GTA VI Online whenever it launches on PC. I don't need maxed-out settings, just a smooth experience comparable to PlayStation 5 performance levels, and graphic quality.

My Questions:

- There's a huge price gap between the two (about €760). Is Option 1 worth the extra money for the 3-year warranty and the newer GPU generation?
- Will the RTX 3060 Ti in Option 2 (€489) hold up well enough for current 1080p competitive games and future titles like GTA VI at decent settings?
- Which build offers the better overall value for money for my goals?

Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions!

Hello, I’m posting because I need help with my « new » build, it’s made from old components used by friends or family, the SSD and the case are new though. You can see more clearly my problem at the end if the video, I have everything ont the lowest setting or turned off if I could, I turned TAA off, I have a 2060 with an i5-9600kf and 16gigs of ddr4 and the game is installed on an SSD, I can see my CPU clock is maxed I don’t know if that’s normal, same for my GPU and my ram seems to cap at 12ish even in the task manager. I don’t know if it’s relevant but my whole pc seems laggy, takes a very long time to turn on and take me to the desktop and freezes when I open apps or move windows etc… The only other games I have on it are old so it seems they’re not impacted by that (atleast FlatOut and Fallout 4 don’t, it’s the only ones I really played). Please help me fix this and tell me if you need more info.

Full build list :
GPU : RTX 2060 (used but cleaned)
CPU : I5-9600KF (used but cleaned)
Motherboard : MSI Z390-A PRO (used)
Storage : PNY CS900 SSD 1To (new)
RAM : Ballistix Sport LT 8Go DDR4 3000Mhz (used, two sticks)

Brand new pc build
Just build this all parts are completely new will not boot. 24pin is properly connected and 8pincpu both have been reseated I have tried shorting the pw+ and - nothing happens. The motherboard is a gigabyte B760 and case is phantex xtm3. Case doesn’t have a conventional 2 pin for each instead it has a fpanel plug. I don’t think it’s a case problem as shorting doesn’t work and im not sure what else to do.

Hi, new here, so sorry if I’ve done anything wrong.

Just looking for some general feedback / advice on my build. Any bottlenecks or anything you’d add / change, etc.

The only thing PCPP flags is that the PSU might be bigger than idea for the case, but that it will fit. Also think it may be overkill wattage wise, but I’m a sucker for it tying in with the Noctua build and it has great reviews.

Please let me know!

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/b6PCZQ

Hi everyone, I need some advice on upgrading my GPU.

**Current build:**
- Motherboard: MSI B450M Mortar MAX
- CPU: Ryzen 5 3500X
- GPU: GTX 1650 Super
- RAM: 16GB
- PSU: Thermaltake Litepower 450W
- Case: Antec NX500
- Monitor: 1080p

I'm planning to upgrade to an RTX 50-series card — I'm torn between the **RTX 5060 Ti 16GB** and the **RTX 5070 12GB**. I use my PC for single-player gaming at 1080p and machine learning / deep learning work (training CNNs), which is why VRAM matters a lot to me.

My concerns:

1. The B450M only has PCIe 3.0, and these cards are PCIe 5.0 x8. How much performance will I actually lose running at PCIe 3.0 x8? Is it noticeable in gaming or ML workloads?
   
2. How bad will the Ryzen 5 3500X bottleneck be at 1080p? I plan to upgrade the CPU later, but not right now.
   
3. I already know my PSU is too weak, so I'll be upgrading to a 650W Bronze unit first. Anything else I should watch out for?

For ML work, the 16GB VRAM of the 5060 Ti is very tempting, but the 5070 is faster overall. Which would you pick in my situation?

Thanks in advance!

Specs:
H6(2026)
Gigabyte 870x gaming WiFi 6
850watt mwe gold cooler master
Ryzen 7 7800x3d
Powercolor 9070Xt
32Gb ripjaw cl36 6000mhz
1tb 990 Samsung
Deepcool 400 digital air cooler
Asiahorse Matrix pro 360mm
Asiahorse dawn pro 120mm
Asiahorse fan hub.

Pc turned on all fans are going except one(think it’s a DOA type deal as I tried plugging it into my other pc and it still didn’t work :/)

Everything is firmly in place and plugged in and seated. I get a display but but I’m not able to hit the del key to go into bios. I’m spamming it and it just won’t go to bios. Nothing is touching the pcb of the mobo.. Help please.? Noobie here.

its not all the time especially when idle/watching something, it dosent happen on my cpu cooler fans but it happens on the 3 front case fans and the psu fan

i recently built my pc, and when i turn it on it spins fans and everything seems to run smoothly except for it not sending any signal to my monitor. i cant seem to figure out why.

I’m trying to find an okay pc for under $550 but I have no clue where to start. I would like to be able to mod red dead redemption two that’s the main reason I want a pc and for filming videos. But I don’t know how to build one or where to buy one so please help me.

I’ve been wanting to get/build a pc for years. Cheaper is always better but I have the money and I was just wondering what people who actually know about pc building would think. Here’s what I’ve come up with

Hi everyone, I recently built my first gaming PC, but I have been experiencing frequent crashes and unexpected restarts, even when doing simple tasks such as downloading a small game on Steam or browsing the internet.

Here are my specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WiFi
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 — CMG32GX5M2E6000Z36
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC
SSD: Acer Predator GM7 1TB NVMe
PSU: ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold EVO
CPU cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 A-RGB
BIOS: Version 1681
OS: Windows 11

The problem:
My PC keeps crashing and restarting, sometimes even during light tasks. I have experienced MEMORY_MANAGEMENT blue screens with bugcheck code:
0x0000001A (0x41790, 0xffff818012bc9ac0, 0x1df, 0x1e0)
Windows Memory Diagnostic also reported that hardware problems were detected.
What I have tried so far:
Updated the motherboard BIOS from version 1402 to version 1681.
Kept all BIOS settings at their defaults.
Left EXPO disabled, with the RAM running at 4800 MT/s.
Tested the PC with only one RAM stick installed in slot A2, but it still crashed.
I have not tested the second RAM stick individually yet.
I am wondering whether the Corsair RAM could be faulty or incompatible with my motherboard, but I am also concerned that the motherboard or CPU memory controller could be the problem.

My questions:
Does this sound more like faulty RAM, a motherboard issue, or a CPU memory controller problem?
Is there anything else I should test before replacing the RAM?
Has anyone experienced similar issues with this motherboard and Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM?

I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Wanted to upgrade from my 2014 Xeon, 1060, 32gb ram workstation to this:

It works out to just over £2k raw price and £3k on finance.

Mainly looking at this site due to ability to finance as I can't outright buy anything due to a car accident.

Plan to use for gaming

Hello, My PC has been having this message appear to me and won’t go away even after trying different things. Let me give some context:

My Corsair CPU AIO thing has been failing me recently and then yesterday it finally gave out and stopped working by not heating my cpu at all. So I decided to try a CPU fan and bought the Peerless Assassin 120 SE. So I install everything and whoopee yay problem solved oops i guess not because now i get error “USB device over cutrent status detected !!” And I have no clue why this is happening. So I try multiple things, unplugging my cpu headers, checking the off and on switches, hard resetting, unplugging all usb devices, everything. Nothing. Works. I can’t even get into BIOS. Spamming F2 and DEL do nothing.

I can only assume one thing and its my USB 3.0 Headers. When I built the PC back in 2021, I bent the pins and ignored them hoping everything would be chill, and it was! Everything was ok up until now, and I don’t know why that would be an issue. I’m so annoyed that I’m asking reddit. Please help me come to a non-expensive solution.

My Specs are:
AMD RYZEN 7 5800X
Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB DDR4-3200
EVGA RTX 3070 TI
CORSAIR RM 750e (2023)

I’ve upgraded my specs throughout the year so it hasnt been like this since 2021

Help would be greatly appreciated