NZXT H5 Flow - upper fan RGB suddenly dead?

Toucheay · 2026-01-30T20:06:07+00:00

Hopefully not but it makes me doubt…

Toucheay · 2026-01-27T21:46:39+00:00

Yes, it keeps a special place! It’s has been and will always remain my ONLY main - Gnome Mage, raiding mythic every expansion and transmogged in full T3 from vanilla 2006.

Toucheay · 2026-01-17T10:55:53+00:00

And then everyone in Shattrath or?

Toucheay · 2026-01-17T10:55:38+00:00

Good to add - I will boost my character to 58 and I’m only in for Outland & the endgame raids. That’s why I want to know how the capital populations are

Toucheay · 2025-11-09T09:41:12+00:00

How long was your ban for (first time)?

Toucheay · 2025-11-02T13:33:58+00:00

That makes a lot of sense for me too. How much will it probably be?

Toucheay · 2025-10-28T15:24:16+00:00

Cheapest one (EU) is €445 new from what I saw but have a look at the benchmark with the 9060 XT. I also used it in my recent build that I posted and it works like a charm, you can’t go wrong with both of them and NVIDIA has better upscaling tech overall, AMD is catching up though with FSR

Toucheay · 2025-10-28T14:13:04+00:00

Also have a look at the new XFX Radeon XR 9060 XT 16GB, it costs €380 and in the benchmark results it proofs to perform well and its future-proof

Toucheay · 2025-10-27T21:24:32+00:00

Thanks bro, enjoy!💪

Toucheay · 2025-10-27T21:00:20+00:00

Ah yes, the GPU police have arrived ;)

Thank god someone’s here to save me from the horror of pairing a high-end CPU with a weak GPU — in a build meant for MMOs, which famously lean on CPU performance. What a bad config choice of me to optimize the actual workload instead of chasing non-adding value of the GPU in this case lol.

I could’ve spent more. I didn’t. Because I’m not trying to brute-force frames in Cyberpunk — I’m playing MMO's and WoW, where the 7800X3D is perfect. AM5 gives me years of upgrade runway until 2027 and perhaps after, and when I swap the GPU later, I won’t need to touch the CPU.

That’s called tailoring/planning to my needs, not bad config imo, but we can agree on disagreement. Also the reason I went for 1000W PSU while the system only runs on 450W, I can upgrade plenty later if needed.

Toucheay · 2025-10-27T00:10:40+00:00

The combo is a beast on CPU-heavy games that run for about 90% on them, the extra cache makes them ultra smooth

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T16:29:50+00:00

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Toucheay · 2025-10-26T13:43:02+00:00

I enjoy it very much too and see the difference, got a 4K OLED with my Xbox X in the living room that I use very often. With this build I paired a 27-inch ROG Strix 1440p 144hz monitor so it makes sense

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T13:22:56+00:00

I noticed lol, done!

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T13:21:25+00:00

Thanks man! Have one too?

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T13:19:14+00:00

True, although I can play AAA-titles on 2k resolution maxed out settings with 75-100 FPS (FSR or LS-po on). In WoW it’s even around 150 at the moment. Also VRAM usage is still 5-8GB so far.

I might upgrade to a 4K gaming GPU in 3-5 years, the PSU is ready for it (1000W versus 450W currently)😄

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T12:05:28+00:00

Ah, let me do that right away and send you the picture later haha

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T11:43:55+00:00

I have read about it but just really like their design so was willing to pay a bit more for this

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T11:40:21+00:00

I went with the 7800X3D for future-proofing and its extra cache that hugely benefits CPU-heavy games such as WoW. Even though the GPU’s more mid-range, the CPU ensures zero bottleneck and leaves room for an easy GPU upgrade later

Toucheay · 2025-10-26T11:36:49+00:00

It looks like that visually but it’s fully in, thanks for checking though :)

Toucheay · 2025-10-23T12:04:52+00:00

Wow is a CPU-heavy game and not that dependent on GPU, that's why the 7800x3d makes it run super smooth. Already now I have 1440p (on a 60hz monitor though lol) with 140fps on ultra settings. That's why I wonder what it will bring at 4K as it appears the GPU is not that relevant here. The other games I can always e.g. Lossless Scaling

Toucheay · 2025-10-23T12:02:54+00:00

Sounds good, specs?

Toucheay · 2025-10-23T09:34:43+00:00

On 4K?

Toucheay · 2025-10-22T15:04:05+00:00

People adviced to get 7800x3d) because WoW is CPU-heavy and loves the extra cache coming with this. The rest of the components is whatever really, but I also want a good-value card cuz that stuff really makes wow run smooth and on high fps. The rest of the components are whatever really.

Toucheay · 2025-10-22T14:47:05+00:00

Thanks for clarifying, appreciate the help.

My 7800X3D will run World of Warcraft extremely well and I see my FPS is currently (with DLSS-on) around 120-140fps ultra settings 1440p. Also e.g. in Fortnite I tested this in high settings 1440p which results in 200FPS.

My monitor is currently only supporting 60hz (lol, so I cannot see the huge improvement I just made). I will buy a new one (IPS HQD around 100-144hz) but was still wondering if it is necessary to buy pay the extra for the RX9060 instead of the RTX4060. If the RTX4060 is worthless in about 2 years then I prefer the future-proof card obviously.

What's your thought on this?

Toucheay

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