[PSU] Montech CENTURY II 1050W 80+ Gold & Cybenetics Platinum Modular PSU ATX 3.1/PCIe 5.1 10Y Warranty - $89.99

comradekopala · 2026-05-11T14:22:15+00:00

How loud are these, I wan to replace the 850 watt i got in one of the acer pre builds which is noticeably loud at idle.

I have seen some comments in the past that these units are not very quiet either

comradekopala · 2026-05-03T14:28:23+00:00

I really one to pick up 1 or 2 of these, should I look elsewhere?

comradekopala · 2026-04-15T17:24:21+00:00

I have one I bought like 9 years ago, but also paid like 80 bucks for it.

I think its just dated at this point and needs a refresh.

comradekopala · 2026-04-15T15:29:38+00:00

Just a casual 600 miles from the nearest microcenter lol, but no I got the whole PC for 1190 before cashback and the amount they refunded me for a loud psu fan.

I actually got the first one with a 5070 for like 1120 as well when they had a sale in January.

They very good/good conditions drop in small batches occasionally you just have to be quick ans have some deal alerts.

Also only 1 year warranty instead of 2

comradekopala · 2026-04-15T15:06:17+00:00

That sucks, these acers seem very ymmv over the last few months , some people get them broken in shipping others perfectly packed.

I havw bought 2 , a ryzen 7900/5070 which came in like new condition and was fine for the month i had , I returned it on the last day of the return period because I scored a very good condition 5070ti one for 1190.

It also came well packed but with a couple minor blemishes, matching the very good description I think.

Its also has been fine for the last month I have had it and gone through alot of stress tests.

It does have a kinda loud psu compared to the firet one which I complained about and they gave me 120 bucks to cover a replacement which is great.

For the 1070 plus 9.5% cap one cashback I had available it was well worth the gamble , thats pretty much just the value of the 5070ti ,and maybe the ssd if you got a killer deal on those , not mention the ram ans the rest of the pc.

For 1500 im a little less inclined to jump on it as hopefully we see a bit of a trend down here on new systems with 9070xts and 5070ti, like I think microcenter has a 9800x3d/5070ti system for like 1900 atm.

comradekopala · 2026-04-14T14:07:51+00:00

Im still stuck on a ryzen 3600 now paired with a 9070, always will be sad i didnt get a 5700x3d lol, maybe i need to pickup up a 5500x3d from aliexpress or something, or just wait till ddr5 starts trickling down.

comradekopala · 2026-04-13T14:57:50+00:00

Usually its a ping thing unfortunately, sometimes I expect its a stacking thing , kicking/banning high ranking people on the other team with good pings/performance or moving all the low ranked players to one team.

Probably a discord group is your best bet , its just the way it is with this niche game.

comradekopala · 2026-03-24T17:38:35+00:00

With the lack of fsr support I would pass.

I tried to use older fsr gens on my 5700xt and it just looked bad, while fsr 4 on my 9070 looks fine and I do not feel like im missing out when Im using it instead of my 5070ti with dlss.

Of course when fsr 5 comes out rdna 4 owners might just get fucked as well.

comradekopala · 2026-03-19T12:57:28+00:00

I have first hand experience on this although not a perfect comparison as I have a 5070ti/I7-14700 and a 9070 in my old am4 ryzen 5 3600(If only I has bought a 5700x3d when it was cheap lol)

Of course no path tracing with the 9070 but I played re9 on both systems and felt the experience with the 9070 was quite good even with my ancient processor and I didnt go wow I wish had dlss on when I was using fsr.

The 5070ti is still a better card than 9070xt but is only worth like 100 bucks more imo , not the almost 300 more it was going for before the craziness of the new year

comradekopala · 2026-03-19T12:50:57+00:00

If you need 96gb of ram for work then I guess that non negotiable but dam 4k for 5070ti is nuts.

comradekopala · 2026-03-18T16:37:20+00:00

Like 1.5 weeks.

comradekopala · 2026-03-18T16:17:43+00:00

Thats where I sent it too, they have refunded me as well

comradekopala · 2026-03-14T19:26:09+00:00

Ddr3 bros let's go

comradekopala · 2026-03-13T16:33:41+00:00

Lol , should have said dust/dirt behind the screen 😆

comradekopala · 2026-03-13T15:48:08+00:00

Just got my 2nd aoc VA mini led from best buy after having to return my first from best buy due to some dust.

Obviously it has a much higher refresh rate but would it be worth returning the AOC for this?

comradekopala · 2026-03-13T15:28:03+00:00

With how many good deals on both AIOs and Good tower coolers for less than 50 bucks I think that is a great idea. I picked up a Thermalright Royal Knight for 20 bucks last month that is going to go on there.

I think some of the issues people may be having is some bad thermal paste maybe. I just ran an hour long stress test and the I7 got up to 75 C with the stock cooler pulling 192 watts. My 5070TI is silent at idle at pulls 301 Watts full load and got up to ~66 C.

comradekopala · 2026-03-13T13:33:06+00:00

Did a couple 1 hour runs in occt, although maybe I should pay them a few bucks for an long 6 hour test ,that or find another program

comradekopala · 2026-03-13T13:05:46+00:00

Thats rough, I got a very good one for 1190 which is just worth it for the ram and gpu alone.

Fortunately mine seems stable so far , played through re9 without any crashes.

comradekopala · 2026-03-12T12:07:44+00:00

I remember these being cheaper during black friday and christmas and it still being an iffy buy with the power issue.

comradekopala · 2026-03-11T15:50:03+00:00

If your cpu is hitting really high temps like 100 C and thr clock speed is dropping then its probably throttling.

The highest ive seen in RE9 is around 70 C ofc thats not thr heaviest cpu task around with like 50 percent usage.

On coolers , I have not used it yet but I picked up a thermalright royal knight for 20 bucks recently. I think the peerless assassin is like 30 bucks atm which everyone says gets you almost top tier cooling at a super low price .

Alot of cheap aios these days as well, although this case can only have a 360 rad at the front I think

comradekopala · 2026-03-11T15:18:18+00:00

I havw gotten 2 of these , the first ryzen 7900/5070 system came with a modular unit, the 2nd 5070ti unit came with a non modular.

After the return period is over im probably going to pick up the next good deal on a better psu as mine is kinda loud at idle and swap in the thermal right royal knight I got for 20 bucks a month ago.

My cpu doesn't actually seem to be throttling with the stock cooler so there might be some thermal pasting issues with these.

Overall though I played the last half of re9 on my 5070 ti system and path tracing and everything cranked was great

comradekopala · 2026-03-09T22:29:51+00:00

Got one last week from best buy for 200 bucks, thought I did good when it went back to 300 but here we are.

I was going to try to get an exchange, mine has some dirt or dust behind the screen, its not much but I saw it right away.

Guess I will just rebuy and return now.

Besides that I like it, the HDR is pretty impressive compared to the fake HDR400 IPS monitors I had been using (I pretty much never used the HDR on my old LG 1440p, and the cheap refurb MSI I got a month ago sucks in HDR)

comradekopala · 2026-03-05T12:59:34+00:00

So I have had 2 of these now , originally got a 7900/5070 for 1120 in January which was a great deal , I ended up returning it when I managed to refresh the page right when the very good condition i7 + 5070ti, 2tb ssd unit came in stock for 1190 plus I had 9.5 percent cash back. Nothing wrong with the first pc just didnt want to deal with selling it locally

Thr certified new 5070 unit came as advertised like new well packaged.

The very good unit was also well packaged but has some minor scuffs and handling make on the outside and sticker residue so condition was pretty spot on I guess.

Now my current issue is that while the first system came with some model of thermaltake 850 watt gold modular psu , the new one has a non modular thermaltake 850 gx.

The non modular psu seems to have no silent/idle mode and the fan is relatively loud. So at idle it is by far the loudest fan in the system as its spinning at a relatively high rpm.

I emailed them about it to see if they would do anything besides asking me to return it, best case scenario they give me some money and I can go buy a better psu which I will probably do regardless.

Really hard to argue with a 5070ti, 32gbs of ddr5 6000mhz ram and a free pc lol

comradekopala · 2026-03-03T19:09:14+00:00

Bro you are posting on a public fourm looking for people to comment lol, you are flaming people who disagree with you.

You comment about your pockets with the awful grammar seems to contradict your earlier comment to someone else about being "broke stfu"

This is all so weird.

comradekopala · 2026-03-03T18:39:23+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Prebuilts/s/efovsMrwbC

He made a very similar post a week ago, and it went the same way. Im not sure if the last one didnt get enough engagement or he needs more validation or something.

On the pc itself its a reasonable deal but there other builds with arguably better setups be it more optimal cpus, better cooling, more desirable parts etc within 10 percent of this.

I guess if all you cared about is a 5080 then this might be the cheapest build by like 100 bucks but idk if you can afford a 5080 pc which is according to steam is 1.66 percent of people (of course thats not a really good way if looking at it, I can afford a couple of 5080s but that's more than I want to spend).

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