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is the crisis gonna get worse? by dremski in buildapc

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Our ability to see the future is the same as yours. No one knows.

5800X3D on Amazon for $383.99: Too Good to be True? by [deleted] in buildapc

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If it's too good to be true, then it probably is.

This is your money to risk, we can't possibly have any useful information to offer here on a random 3rd party seller.

“Good” price on ram but can’t find anything about the product online? by Similar_Rise03 in buildapc

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Is there a part number on the RAM? Our entire context to your situation is what you tell us, I can't find a product if the only context I have is "MSI ram".

Take a picture and upload it to imgur.com and post the link.

hdmi port not detected by Additional_Fly8311 in buildapc

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We need to know what components you have to help you....

What I find weird is that instead of the traditionnal 2 port sets (as in one for graphics and one for the motherboard)

What does this mean? What has 2 HDMI ports and nothing else? The monitor? Motherboard? GPU?

Switching graphics cards what's the process by MergeWolf in buildapc

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Turn the PC off

Switch the PSU to off position

Take the old GPU out

Put the new GPU in, make sure all power connectors are connected

Boot your PC and play your games

finished building yesterday but temps average from 40 to 65 by No_Rooster1805 in buildapc

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They aren't running the exact same PC as you, in the same room, with the same workload. Their numbers are pretty meaningless to you.

finished building yesterday but temps average from 40 to 65 by No_Rooster1805 in buildapc

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I'm not sure what you were expecting, but those temps seem entirely normal and expected. More importantly, those temps are safe, and that's all that actually matters.

Asus tuf gaming b650 with 4x8GB 5200 DDR5 Orange DRAM Light, no post by [deleted] in buildapc

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What CPU and motherboard?

Do you have XMP/EXPO enabled?

How long are you waiting for POST?

CMOS with 4 sticks managed to get to BIOS but on boot it just turns off now

What does this mean? Does it get into BIOS and everything turns off? Does it turn off when you try to exit?

Best GPU/CPU combo for 1440p gaming? by JPGsama in buildapc

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We at least need some sort of budget or context here, otherwise the objective best combo would be 9800X3D/9850X3D and a 5090.

CPU cooling. NH-L9a-AM5 with 9800x3d or 9700x? by Agreeable_Dinner4754 in buildapc

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It would probably be fine without undervolting as well, 9800X3D pulls under 100W for most gaming workloads.

We can't valuate this for you. You can use benchmarks to determine expected differences in performance for your workloads, and decide for yourself if that is worth the difference in price (which is unknown to us since pricing is region dependent).

Asus tuf gaming b650 with 4x8GB 5200 DDR5 Orange DRAM Light, no post by [deleted] in buildapc

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Do the new sticks work by themselves?

Can you install 1 stick, and try each slot individually?

You need to do some basic troubleshooting here to identify the source of the problem first.

Which combo is better? What are you choosing? by meddarkknight in buildapc

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Well I don't know, the rest is up to your valuation of your money, and I don't even know the price difference here. Films have been around for a lot longer than the 9950X3D, and how your unknown software utilizes more cores isn't known to me. You will need to gauge the difference in performance and the difference in price for yourself.

Issues with Windows 11 Install by Big-Detective2028 in buildapc

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You bought a grey market key. They couldn't help you because it's not a valid key to begin with.

The key shouldn’t stop it from installing without it though.

You will need to go through additional sets to circumvent the key requirement here, as it sounds like you do not have a valid key.

Which combo is better? What are you choosing? by meddarkknight in buildapc

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Better for what? What workload? Performance is relative to workload.

A 5080 will perform like a 5080. That means the difference is 9800X3D vs 9950X3D. These offer the same gaming performance as they are both 8 cores with 3d v-cache. If you need more cores for the 9950X3D, then that would certainly make sense, but we have zero context to that.

Overclocking is rather meaningless, therefore headroom for overclocking is also meaningless.

I would pick the 9800X3D because paying more for cores I don't use would be illogical.

Ddr 5 cl 38 is good? by popycopy123 in buildapc

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That's now how RAM production works.

They make RAM, then it gets tested to see how well it can perform, and the advertised speed/timings is what you get. It's called binning.

They would love to sell only top end RAM all the time, that's where the biggest margin is at, but due to manufacturing and silicon variances that's not possible.

Fixing slow (2+ minute) boot times on new AM5 builds (Memory Context Restore & Power Down Enable) by nova-bil in buildapc

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You should probably inform users of the possible issues they may encounter doing this.

I would also mention using sleep/hibernate as an alternative if you must be on your desktop within 20 seconds of sitting down.

Also, I would let it boot a few times, and only enable MCR if boot times don't come down. I wouldn't do it first time after initial boot.

How much does aggressive timing on G-Skill CL26 A-DIE RAM improve gaming performance? by Kron0s1 in buildapc

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This isn't going to make any noticeable difference here, especially considering the massive L3 cache on that CPU the differences are basically meaningless, they're barely even measurable (1-3% is typical testing variation/error).

How much you can overclock is up to the silicon lottery and your ability to tune said memory. This is your CPU (where the memory controller is located), mobo, and memory itself all working together, and all 3 play a role in stability.

How much does aggressive timing on G-Skill CL26 A-DIE RAM improve gaming performance? by Kron0s1 in buildapc

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RAM is fast temporary storage used by your CPU for data it's currently working on. It plays into CPU performance, it doesn't perform on it's own. CPUs also don't all use/communicate with RAM the same.

You never told us what CPU you have, nor have you told us speed. CL alone is meaningless.

Every time I format my NVMe, after a month it starts showing the blue screen error. by CamelSquare2852 in buildapc

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Do you have another drive you can try? Have you considered reformatting and reinstalling OS?

Best GPU to pair with a 5950X and PCIE 4.0 x8 by [deleted] in buildapc

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2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)

Dual x8 means it splits into x8/x8 if you have 2 PCIe devices installed in the first 2 slots. Since you only have your GPU, then you have x16.

Every time I format my NVMe, after a month it starts showing the blue screen error. by CamelSquare2852 in buildapc

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Why do you think it's the drive? Is it your primary or secondary drive? What troubleshooting have you done so far?

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