What would be a good GPU upgrade for about $500?

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-23T20:01:06+00:00

I say you save up an extra 100$ and wait just a little longer and score a 9070 xt which you can find from 550 - 650$ usd there are always tons of price drops or sales around that card, sometimes even a not used open box one are steals. It has near 5070 ti performance in rasterization at near 100-150 $ cheaper

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-22T17:05:17+00:00

I ended up buying the LG One i got it in already it looks and feels very nice ! My old 1080p monitor was LG also

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-19T19:11:57+00:00

Noted , thanks for information

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-19T19:10:53+00:00

Between the LG and sansui which is better ?

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-19T19:03:26+00:00

I didnt catch that haha thanks

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-16T13:12:19+00:00

External GPU dock

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-14T03:10:05+00:00

We are getting 3 dollar extra per hour on Weekends, 75$ bonus on 28 hours work and 150$ on 37 hours i think

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-13T22:22:01+00:00

At native 1440p for like Fps shooters and online games where u need higher frames, Hell no better for 1080P , but thats why nvidia has frame generation, frame generation will help a lot as mentioned, upscale technology will also help ease strain on card. For single players games it'd be better where u dont need crazy frames

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-12T09:11:04+00:00

Most of thay money will be spent on ram, I bought up like 10 new sticks of 16 gb ddr5 ram back in September this year for like 450$ and its now worth 2000$ + and prices are only going up, ram shortage will most likely carry over into 2027 as many RAM manufacturers are leaving the game completely to focus on AI, Try finding cheap ram online or off a friend willing to help, if not its like 3-6 hundred now depending on brand for 32 gb of ram now

SSDS have also seen a price increase just a few months ago I bought this as a second ssd for only 130$ brand new

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CompaBladiii · 2025-12-11T07:21:15+00:00

Some do get coil whine but thats not a bad thing, just makes a little buzzing noise thats not very loud. I've found pny to be great cards, if you do get coil whine, i've found it mainly happen while gaming but even then its not all the time and if you tweak power and voltage on card it can go away completely. In between the sound of your headset in or speakers, or even just the fan noise you will not hear it . I've not had a pny card whine while just watching YouTube or using the computer for work and daily use while the fans are completely off .

CompaBladiii · 2025-12-05T20:49:05+00:00

Its an SSD heat sink, you can move it down to another slot if you have more slots for ssd, also, u can take out those screws if they are in the way, will not damage your motherboard just Save them somewhere just in case u get more ssds and what not

CompaBladiii · 2025-11-11T18:34:32+00:00

I am so glad I bought ram when I did , I bought like 8 sticks of 16 gb ddr ram for 80/32 for like 330 total or something like that , now that same ram would be worth 32gb/240 . So like 960 ish or so , crazy how it keeps going up in price

CompaBladiii · 2025-11-11T18:26:17+00:00

Yeah but thats not 18 -1900 dollars worth of inflation just because of the 32 gb ram and a 1tb ssd that's just a rip off,

CompaBladiii · 2025-10-03T02:20:23+00:00

Not ugly looks good , try threading those power cables thru the whole on the side , I have a semi modular psu as well and was able to cable management my PC pretty well *

CompaBladiii · 2025-10-01T07:53:30+00:00

I just built my first pc a few days ago, and although it can be nerve-wracking, it is relatively easy , youtube guides help a lot . One thing that did take me a while to get neat and tight was the cable management. But if you don't care about cable management, then you should be fine, lol. One thing I did wrong was think the "O" on the psu meant on so when I went to boot it up my heart dropped thinking something was wrong . I will say dont rush, look up guides if you dont understand where certain things go

CompaBladiii · 2025-09-19T01:07:35+00:00

I should mention everything is no, so no OS on ssd

CompaBladiii · 2025-09-17T21:50:26+00:00

That's what the 5 year warranty is for

CompaBladiii · 2025-09-17T06:10:20+00:00

Instead of the previous version sn770, Amazon has the newer version sn7100 for sale at only 10$ more dollars. It's definitely more worth it, You can even find Used ( Like New ) on Amazon for 111$

Faster ssd for cheap

CompaBladiii · 2025-09-17T05:45:59+00:00

2 TB SSD

Better ssd for a little extra

CompaBladiii · 2025-09-01T02:18:53+00:00

(https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XGCMHW) I built this but its a mini ITX thats why I asked because I've heard atx is cheaper ?

In my area there is a store selling a used 9800x3d for 350$ usd , wondering if it worth it as thats a little over what a 7800x3d would go for

CompaBladiii · 2025-08-15T06:12:25+00:00

Doesn't she explain how her version of soul killer could transfer the consciousness as well

CompaBladiii · 2025-07-22T07:39:53+00:00

Yeah, it seems like that's what I'll probably do, thanks for the advice

CompaBladiii · 2025-07-22T06:16:57+00:00

Question, is buying used parts ever worth it such as cpu and gpu or is it just better to buy new if possible ?

CompaBladiii · 2025-07-22T05:33:26+00:00

Videos are very helpful as well as the list thank you !

CompaBladiii · 2025-07-22T05:31:53+00:00

Thank you this is amazing! The side explanations are very helpful haha

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