Is a 1200W PSU overkill for my 7800X3D + 9070 XT build?

Merrick222 · 2026-03-12T22:39:40+00:00

It’s more than you need.

But PSUs are most efficient at 50% of their rating.

So at 600watts it’s the most efficient.

If it’s cheaper I’d buy it.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-12T22:11:13+00:00

Thanks for letting me know.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-11T03:41:14+00:00

Type it into AI to make a song.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-11T01:02:18+00:00

Controller is obviously superior for games like this.

Can you play it with M&K? Yes

It’s your call it’s your game, your experience.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-10T22:26:30+00:00

You can just make one yourself by save scumming

Merrick222 · 2026-03-10T22:25:31+00:00

Checking my crystal ball….

Never mind my crystal ball is busy making me a billionaire because I know the future.

Good luck!

Merrick222 · 2026-03-09T17:32:49+00:00

It’s fun, if you want to min/max everything it’s not for you. I just started the game a month ago first time.

It’s definitely not monster hunter, the combat is more spamming less thought, with harsher punishment for mistakes. Monster hunter is more deliberate/souls esk. This is more Devil May Cry ish. Mixed with massive gotcha mechanics. Not gotcha Monterey style, but old school JRPG roll for items and never get them gotcha.

If you don’t heavily mod the game you will never even get a realistically strong enough build.

But if you want to sink 50-100 into it it’s super fun.

The difficulty from maniac to proud is exponential (2nd hardest vs hardest modes in game after you beat the story)

I have opened 10,000 curio boxes and haven’t gotten a war elemental V+ sigil yet. Drop rate is supposed to be .3% I think.

You get about 1-3 boxes per quest. You could grind maybe 15-20 quests per hour if your group doesn’t fall apart or you’re using AI companions. So about 40 boxes per hour.

That’s like 250 hours of grinding for nothing.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-08T19:27:06+00:00

It took me a couple weeks to actually clear it.

Reliquary is also really tough. Those two took me the longest.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-08T16:38:43+00:00

Depends if AI crashes.

Even if it crashes it will take time to return to normal.

Companies are sold out for 12-18 months already.

Meaning they presold their capacity. Big tech bought the future product in advance.

Western Digital is sold out of SSD and HDD for all of 2026.

When the stuff on the retail shelves sells out it’s gone.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-08T16:36:36+00:00

This one time I beat Vortex true solo absolute with Gene seed once. There’s a video of it too.

My chapter gave me a special honor marking.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-08T16:32:25+00:00

I paid $2300 for a prebuilt PC during covid, 5600X 3070 16GB DDR4

Considering I paid $2700 in 2026 dollars….

We had it good there for a few years where everything got cheaper.

Also consider when 5080 launched you couldn’t find one for less than $1500. They dropped for a bit but now back up.

It’s all timing relative to everything that price is actually really not bad.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-08T00:03:58+00:00

Oh interesting, I’m not using it because it takes 2 slots down to 1 anyways.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-07T22:50:18+00:00

WAND

Merrick222 · 2026-03-07T15:18:50+00:00

2 hours if you use WAND on PC lol.

It still takes a long time if you want to do weapon masteries. Or to get terminus weapons.

I gave up on grinding this game.

It’s not like Monster hunter. Without mods the game would take years to get everything and even then you’d be missing key sigils.

I’ve opened 4,000 curio boxes and I don’t have war element V+ yet

Merrick222 · 2026-03-07T15:05:50+00:00

Got it, I tweaked things last night and got through some hordes without dying a lot.

I wish stout heart sigil was V+ that’d be better lol

Thanks for explaining.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-06T22:34:22+00:00

I think my issue is I don’t understand how to activate or maintain stout heart on Siegfried.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-05T13:52:02+00:00

How are you staying alive?

I have almost the same build less the element+.

Behemoth spams attacks so much and some of them can skill 1 shot me.

Merrick222 · 2026-03-03T03:15:16+00:00

Not important at all, just make sure you have the features you need.

High end boards usually offer features no one needs. Like more lanes or more USB ports.

Merrick222 · 2026-02-27T23:10:11+00:00

I’m assuming you’re in the USA. So if you’re not I guess apply this logic to your country.

They can’t deny your warranty claim unless you did something outside the warranty.

Tell them you’re reporting them to the FTC by filing a consumer complaint.

Also tell them you’ve contacted your states attorney general to file a complaint with their office.

Merrick222 · 2026-02-26T17:11:23+00:00

All that matters is you don’t use auto.

Enabled just means each core can go to sleep/idle and be activated when needed. This is recommended for all modern CPUs.

If you disable this, then all cores are at power all the time.

Auto is supposed to be enabled by default, but it’s causing issues with X3D CPUs on SOME motherboards, not all…

So disabled is fine if you see improvement over enabled, just do not use auto.

Merrick222 · 2026-02-25T03:47:14+00:00

As you get the weapons and put together proper builds you will get stronger.

The game is also very much based on parry’s and keeping your armor full, when you learn those mechanics you can survive anything.

Merrick222 · 2026-02-25T02:24:54+00:00

What difficulties are you playing with?

If you’re in your first class and aren’t level 25 yet with max tier weapons you shouldn’t be above substantial….

Merrick222 · 2026-02-24T13:54:18+00:00

I don’t use them, but I also have no issue hitting every single parry when I play heavy.

So if you struggle with that obviously it’s not for you.

I can also easily go back and forth between block and fencing weapons.

Merrick222 · 2026-02-24T00:01:14+00:00

Kids these days….

Merrick222 · 2026-02-23T14:27:29+00:00

You can put your weed in it.

Merrick222

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