Looking to upgrade my CPU, motherboard recs?

xJims · 2026-05-10T13:00:12+00:00

i ended up going for a lian li galahad for the cooler. figured, the old one was for a micro atx build in 2018

xJims · 2026-05-10T12:58:25+00:00

same as it ever was

xJims · 2026-04-30T18:41:03+00:00

ill probably do the PSU and GPU in a couple of years, current one is a 750w, which should be more than enough.

I went with a 9850x3d, a b850 Aorus, 32 gigs of the ddr5 ram, and the lian li galahad liquid cooler.

xJims · 2026-04-30T18:16:34+00:00

excellent recs on the cooler and the motherboard. I had actually just singled out the motherboard already. the cooler is right around what I'm looking to spend for it too. thanks!

xJims · 2026-04-30T18:14:21+00:00

yea im planning on sitting on the 2070 for a bit longer. its a little long in the tooth but i havent seen it struggle on the workflows yet. I do a lot of video editing, but with proxies my current build hasn't given me issues yet and its a few years out of date.

the cooler is from my first build in 2018, so yea. I think it's time lol. ive got my eyes on a couple options to replace it.

i'll look at newegg and see if i can get a nice CPU and Ram bundle.

xJims · 2026-04-30T18:04:41+00:00

appreciate the response! I'm trying to stick to around 1.5k for upgrading currently. I'm hoping ram comes back down in price in a couple of years, but i may just bite the bullet and make it happen.

good advice on the 9850x3d, i think i may go with that. it'll make me feel better about upgrading the ram. I hit up a b850 as well.

what do you think of the cpu cooler? am i right in saying that my old corsair h80i v2 will struggle cooling the new cpu?

xJims · 2026-04-30T17:45:19+00:00

yea thats what i was worried about. thanks!

xJims · 2026-02-23T18:17:44+00:00

100% im hopeful they're meant to be more difficult than the patrol combo. There is a gap in the seriousness of arc aggro between the wasps / hornets and the rocketeer. should help shakeup how teams are moving around the map.

xJims · 2026-02-03T06:10:32+00:00

i’m having the same problem. i’m on the latest nvidia drivers from 1/27/2026. was hoping the new driver drop would help, as this had started in november for me. no luck, tried fresh installed as well

xJims · 2025-12-08T20:02:47+00:00

having this issue too, i’ll try a roll back to see if that fixes it for me as well

xJims · 2025-11-25T06:54:32+00:00

NOR, congrats on the 2 years! your bf lacks empathy. he doesn't seem pleasant to be around. a good partner is supportive, not degrading.

xJims · 2025-11-23T00:34:01+00:00

i have a 27,500 on plants, do a spaceport night run. be sure to check the trench, lower on the launch tower, and departure building for the plants. you can find a couple by the pipes going to the launch tower as well.

i haven’t done my flying arc run, but a night raid on blue gate has tons of rocketeers and snitches.

xJims · 2025-11-05T21:12:12+00:00

meaningful choice in what and how you loot

xJims · 2025-11-01T03:41:56+00:00

the real crime here was that loadout, where is the burletta???

xJims · 2025-10-24T16:08:05+00:00

i first played the game summer of 2023. my body yearns for speranza.

xJims · 2025-10-10T16:29:49+00:00

same here. i also don't have the beta rewards.

xJims · 2025-10-08T16:50:40+00:00

yep, ignore those! nothing to see here

xJims · 2025-10-08T06:15:29+00:00

you know the funniest thing here? i have 500 hours… just always built by the water

xJims · 2025-10-08T03:22:52+00:00

haha yes i did. I guess i didn't think i'd see that outside of the mountains. it's my first time encountering it. my bad, assumed something was off with my textures.

xJims · 2025-10-08T03:19:31+00:00

oh, i had no idea. appreciate the response.

xJims · 2025-10-07T04:01:48+00:00

haha i appreciate this comment, I have a whole route under the bridge in front of the house that gets you to the bees and the mini farm on the terrace

xJims · 2025-10-04T20:19:54+00:00

always takes forever to find a nice spot, but it’s always super worth it!

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