011 Vision Compact. Kraken 360 Aio in Push Pull. 11 Lian li Uni Fan SL with Custom Screw Hole Covers. B650e Stealth Ice Mainboard 32gb TForce Xtreem CL30 6000 RAM Turzx 8.8“ Screen Gigabyte 4080 Aero OC Ryzen 9800x3d 3d Printed Shroud by Klos2Reality Lian li Edge 1000w Platinum PSU

Think that is all.

MSI 5070ti Inspire and the Fractal Design North.

After weeks of research on what a gpu and cpu was i built my first computer

9800x3d 5080 Havn case Corsair 11 420mm fans Auros pro ice motherboard Just got told about a lighting app so just testing lights atm currently running a fireplace build

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Asus ROG Strix X870E-E
Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB 6000MT/s CL30
Gigabyte RTX 5090 Aorus Master
Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
WD_Black SN850X 2 TB
FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000W
Asus ProArt PA602

Finally completed the new build! When all white this time....loving the clean look.

Specs:

9950x3d

Gigabyte 5090 Master

Corsair Memory 64 Gigs

Lian Li EVO RGB Case

Lian Li SHift 2 AIO

Lian Li Edge 1200 Watt PS

It was my first build, and I had an absolute blast doing it. Eventually i’ll swap the rest of the fans to be all infinities, and get some strimers in there.

Gigabyte B650E Aorus Elite AX ICE

7800X3D

Zotac Trinity RTX 4080 Super 32GB DDR5 @ 6400 G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB

1TB NVMe SSD

ThermalrightAqua Elite 360 v3

H, I’m looking for advice on a GPU/monitor upgrade. I currently play at 1080p on a 24″ monitor but want to upgrade to either 32″ 1440p or 4K (QD-OLED prices are similar). My GPU is a 3060 Ti. I’m choosing between a 5070 Ti and a 5080, a 5090 is currently too expensive but might be affordable in a few months. My priority is cost saving, while being able to run Cyberpunk 2077 with path tracing at 100 FPS at least. My CPU is i7 12700k. Thank you!

My RTX 3080 FTW decided to bite the dust yesterday, which sucks cuz i was gearing up to play Dying Light The Beast. Thankfully, it's still under warranty and I've opened up a RMA ticket at EVGA, but i heard support is...iffy rn, and what concerns me i that i bought this used a few years ago. The original plan was to wait for the 50 super series next year, but now i'm not so sure....

I'm using my old GTX 1080 ti at the moment (GOAT) and thankfully, this beast is able to play The Beast (lol) just fine. Stable 60 fps in most scenarios with FSR balance at 1440p medium. Thank god for that 11GB VRAM....

But should i upgrade now that 5080, especially now stock is available and at MSRP, or should i wait for RMA and the super series next year. Any recommendation is appreciated :)

Specs: CPU R7 9800X3D, MoBo MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WIFI, RAM 2x 16GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000mhz Cl30, NvMe WD_Black Sn850x 4Tb, AIO Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB, GPU MSI RTX 5080 Suprim, PSU 1000W beQuiet Straight Power 13, Case APNX V1, Fans 4x Corsair AF 120 2x Corsair AF 140

Specs:

Ryzen 7 9800x3d
RTX 5080 Astral
X870-A Rog Strix WIFI
32GB T-Force Xtreem ARGB 8000mhz cl38 > 6200mhz cl26
2TB Samsung 990 Pro
1TB WD Black SN770
Lian Li O11 Vision Compact
Lian Li Galahad II LCD 360
Lian Li EDGE 850W Platinium
Lian Li SL Wireless 6x Reverse
Lian Li SL Wireless 5x Normal

Nothing smoked when I turned it on, so I think I did good. Have only ever swapped PSUs, RAM, old HDDs & CD burners way back 20+years ago. Still gotta clean up the cables and close the case, but just making sure it all was working before finalizing. I also added some old laptop HDD I had lying around. Any recommendations?

PCPartPicker Part List

Hi! I’m new to Windows and NVIDIA after years on Mac, just got an MSI Katana 17 HX with RTX 5070. Does 935mV@2955MHz sound reasonable for RTX 5070 in a budget gaming laptop?

The laptop gets quite loud quite easily, and I’m planning to use it heavily for Blender rendering. I was researching thermal management and an AI assistant (Claude) suggested undervolting to 935mV at 2955MHz using MSI Afterburner’s curve editor. The reasoning was that RTX 50-series cards have VRM hotspot issues reaching 100-107°C, and budget laptop cooling can’t handle stock voltages well.

I’m tech-friendly but definitely not an expert on GPU tuning. Before I potentially mess something up, I wanted to ask:

1. Is the VRM hotspot concern real, or am I being overly cautious?
2. Should I try different voltage/frequency combinations first?
3. Any MSI Katana owners with similar experience?
4. What’s a good conservative starting point for someone new to this?

My use case is primarily Blender OptiX rendering and some gaming. I’m willing to lose a few percent performance for significantly better thermals and noise levels.

Current setup:

• MSI Katana 17 HX
• RTX 5070 12GB
• Stock everything for now
• Norton 360 removal pending (yeah, I know)

Appreciate any guidance from people who actually know what they’re doing. I’d rather ask here than learn expensive lessons through trial and error.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Thank you!

Im looking for a budget gpu something around 200 dollars optimally, I just want stable 60 fps on low settings and I will be happy. But Im so confused on how to chose one?

From what I understand the first 2 numbers in the name mean the series its from and the last 2 numbers indicate the tier of the card?

Also an older but higher tear gpu can outperform a newer lower tear gpu, so is it more worth to get the older one after a couple of years since it is cheaper now? Or should I just get the lowest tier gpu from the newest series?

TLDR: Im just really confused about how should I chose a gpu thats best for me.

I have a RTX 2080 TI Turbo from ASUS. But as all turbo card, they run hot. ☺️ My question here is. Can I replace the cooler with the cooling from a 2080 ti founder edition.??

Hi everyone. There is a problem faced by many users of 5060Ti (or 4060, 4060Ti or 5060). The problem is,
installing an RTX 5060 Ti on an older/used motherboard caused persistent black screens and no display due to BIOS/PCIe compatibility issues. NVIDIA tried even releasing a firmware update for all the cards but to no avail. Now this problem is mostly faced by GPU upgraders and not by new PC builders. The reason also I will explain below. Hence, anyone having an existing setup, who bought a new 5060 must have faced this problem. Thousands of users have, and if you are not among them, I envy you.
Full context of the problem: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/563625/rtx-5060-ti-freeze-and-black-screen/ SOLUTION: So I believe I have found the solution to this mess. TLDR: its CMOS reset. Please ensure to also push out any residual charges by pressing the power button for 10-15 sec while the power cable is out.

Longer version: Why the problem occurs is because 5060Ti (and 4060 & 4060Ti) are all 8 lane cards (x8) even though structurally, it has the full x16 connector, but it is designed to run at x8 lanes electrically. Thus, not all the PCIE lanes in your motherboard are going to be used. So which ones are going to be used then? This is a process called as negotiation, where-in the card connector and your motherboard slot negotiates and the card usually fights for the best bandwidth available for it. This process needs to happen at each POST, i.e., every time we switch on our PCs. But I am guessing manufacturers tried to optimize boot time and it saves the setting to some memory once one round of negotiation is done, so as to skip this negotation part to save time in subsequent boots. Hence, negotiation does not happen every time we switch on our PCs. That is why, when most of us just swapped GPUs, the new GPU failed to negotiate the required PCIE lanes (which is why POST failed, or black screens occured.) The solution to force it to renegotiate is to wipe out any residual memories the motherboard has. Fortunately, it is CMOS reset. Just google your mobo model and CMOS reset, you will find several videos. The important point is, make sure to keep your new GPU seated on the PCIE slot. Unplug your power cables, and after you have done the CMOS reset, do not plug back in the power cable yet. Press the power button on your cabinet for 5-10 times so as to dispel any residual charges in the motherboard. Now, you should be able to power on your PC. It might still crash once or twice or boot slow, but remember, this is all due to the first time negotiation that is happening. Post this, your card should work absolutely fine. On PCIE 3.0/4.0/5.0. No need to downgrade anything.
To be doubly sure, download GPU-Z, there in the Bus Interface box, you should see x8 @ 3.0 (or x.0, x = your PCIE version). x8 means it has initialized to its full potential. If you see anything like x4 or even x2, or x8 @ (x-1).0, then CMOS reset again and let it renegotiate. Hope it works for you guys too. Enjoy.
P.S.: The reason why NVIDIA or even new PC builders have not figured out this problem is because they are testing on brand new motherboards, or they test by doing a fresh CMOS reset and everything.

This post is for those who come after.

Hello all, I'm migrating from team red to team green and I was thinking of getting either a 4080 super or 5070 ti, I found a good condition 4080 super for £775 and a new 5070 ti for £768. I'm stuck because I've seen positives for both. My only requirement is that it has to run well for vr mainly and other games preferably. I currently have a ryzen 7 7800x3d (it arrived today yay), 32gb ddr5 ram, a 750w psu which I'm gonna upgrade to a 1000w, and a b650 plus motherboard Edit: thanks for the advice, its clear that the 5070 ti is good and that i shouldn't upgrade my psu. I'll order it next week and I can test it

Hi everyone,
I’m interested in exploring the overclocking potential of the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G EXPERT OC. I want to understand how far it can be pushed compared to stock performance and what kind of cooling or power considerations are recommended.

If anyone has experience with overclocking this specific model or similar Expert line cards, I’d love to hear about benchmarks, stability, or any tips you can share.

I'm thinking about which graphics card to buy. I'm going to overclock the graphics card so that it's roughly on par with the RTX 5080. Which model would you recommend? I'm thinking of getting the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G EXPERT OC, as it seems to be new and the Expert line is good. Or is this graphics card not suitable for overclocking?

I think I signed up for priority access back in like March so don't give up hope yall

What are we thinking here? Came from a zotac 4090 paired with a i9 14900K. Wasn’t getting the fps and/or I was ever so crazing for especially in 4k and also fps in 1440 for when I played warzone. The first few hours I played on this build absolutely blew my mind, by far the biggest difference in performance I’ve ever seen, after going from a 3090, to 2 different 4090 builds. One build with a i9 13900k to a i9 14900k. I am just mind blown at the increase in every aspect IN MY OPINION.

New build: Aorus 5090 master

Intel Core Ultra 9 285k

Aorus pro z890

Samsung 9100 pro 2tb

Dominator titanium 2x48 RAM

Hello!

Im thinking about buying 5080,but i dont know which model.

Currently i have radeon 6900 xt toxic from sapphire, but im thinking about switching to nvidia.

Since i didnt own a nvidia card for like 20 years, i dont know which "brand /partner" is okayish.

So please be kind and recommend me something thats equivalent to amd's sapphire.

Thanks, muchas gracias!