Simple Questions - May 23, 2026
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Kinfy@reddit
Have been choosing parts for an upgrade and trying to decide which would be a better use of money given both options are equal in price. I have the option of going with a 9070xt and 4k OLED monitor or the 5070ti and a 2k OLED. I mostly use it for gaming/entertainment and light working. It seems like the performance gap between the 2 GPUs isnt enough to justify the difference in cost, but would either be suited to proper steady 4k gaming or should I stick to 1440p?
TemptedTemplar@reddit
Which monitors are you comparing?
The 9070xt does just fine for casual 4k gaming, but the 5070ti would have some non-gaming advantages with programs like CAD, video editing or AI.
However there is such a wide variety of OLED panels on the market now, that could be the defining factor here. Especially if you're comparing a newer Tandem panel to an older one.
Objective_Ad2421@reddit
Might be a stupid question, which is the better ram for gaming on 7500f? 1x32 6000mt cl30 2x16 5600mt cl46
n7_trekkie@reddit
I'd get 2x16gb even tho cl46 sucks ass. The bandwidth of 2 sticks of 5600mts is the same as running just one stick at 11200mts. Dual channel is just a huge bonus in bandwidth that I'd always recommend it
I_Push_Buttonz@reddit
Personally I'd go with the single stick of 6000MT/s CL30. At the same speeds, dual channel kits would always be preferable to a single channel stick... But that dual channel kit is just so damn slow and in most games the performance delta between single channel and dual channel (at the same speed) is usually only like ~5%. I feel like it would perform better, despite only being single channel.
TemptedTemplar@reddit
DDR5 is innately dual channel per DIMM. It doesn't have the same penalties to running a single stick like older DDR generations did.
qzeqzeq@reddit
Moved my build to a different place, my hx1000i psu cable (the one that goes from the wall socket to the psu) got mixed in a box with other similar cables. Can anyone help identify the original one? They all look the same, except they have different section diameter.
If anyone has the same psu and could share a picture of theirs, it would give me peace of mind/sanity check.
Also EU, in case that matter.
Protonion@reddit
Unlike the internal cables, the AC wall cables are fully standard. You can freely mix them, if it fits it works.
Also as they're a standard part, Corsair (and other PSU makers) buy them in bulk from various suppliers, so it's not going to have any marking that would let you identify that it came with your PSU. PSUs from different batches additionally may have cables from different suppliers so you can't really compare to other people's cables either. Just use any cable that fits there.
Emergency_Gene2432@reddit
First Gaming + IT Lab PC Build Advice?
I’m building my first PC and wanted some advice before I buy everything. My goal is to use it for gaming and virtual IT labs. My budget is under 600.
Current parts list:
CPU-Ryzen 5 5500
Motherboard-Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC
RAM-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3200
GPU-RX 6700 XT Hellhound 12GB
SSD-KLEVV CRAS C910G 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU-MSI MAG A650BE 650W PSU
Case-Lian Li Vector V100 RGB case
Classic-Crow3498@reddit
I have a budget of 1000-1500$ to get a gaming pc I have no idea what’s good for what price and hardly what specs I need. I just want a pc that can handle fps games pretty well. Can someone plz help?
TemptedTemplar@reddit
What display or monitor were you going to use it with?
Your resolution target would be the big defining factor. 1080p is twice as easy to run as 1440p, any GPU on the market can crush games at this resolution with relative ease. But 1440p or 4k have multitudes more pixels per frame, and with exponentially multiply the work load.
Canariki@reddit
I had my 14600k undervolted due to high temps till I get new thermal paster and contactframe and did a r23 test and got only 9000points then I removed the undervolt and got 21000 in multi while I see that the avrage score is 24400points why is that
TemptedTemplar@reddit
How much was the undervolt?
The 14th gen K CPUs can pull a ridiculous amount of power if you let them.
pepenomics@reddit
Is a 120gb OS drive enough? If I install all my games and programs on a secondary 1tb ssd?
I have 2 SSD 120gb and 1tb. Both SATA Drives. I'd like to use the 120gb drive for OS and those applications which can't be installed on Non-C drives like chrome, adobe pdf, etc and all other installable apps on the 1tb drive.
I'd like to not have to partition the 1tb drive if possible since it leaves wasted space which stays unused on the C drive...
Protonion@reddit
Just use the 1TB drive for everything as a single C partition. You can technically use the 120GB drive as a C drive but it will fill up really, really fast and you'd likely soon find yourself in a situation where you don't have enough space to install some software that wants to be on the C drive.
Terrible-Variety7985@reddit
im planning to have 2 ssds, one for the os and one for games, assuming that im using the msi b550 pro vdh wifi motherboard, which one should i put under the slot with the heatsink?
n7_trekkie@reddit
That's an unnecessary tactic. If you leave one SSD slot open, there's room to expand in the future
The boot SSD under the heatsink
3xtazzy@reddit
What would be a good b850 motherboard for 9600x? I need wifi to
jamvanderloeff@reddit
What size and what other features do you need?
Looks pretty sensible for an average midrange board, only in stock price on PCPartPicker US kinda silly though
3xtazzy@reddit
I want a mATX bcoz my desk is not big enough, I have no idea but I need WiFi. https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/s/GMFbFOk0gz I made a post btw. I’m from Indonesia so US price kinda off tk me
3xtazzy@reddit
I want a mATX bcoz my desk is not big enough, I have no idea but I need WiFi. https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/s/GMFbFOk0gz I made a post btw. I’m from Indonesia so US price kinda off tk me
agstus@reddit
I’m about to upgrade most of the components in my pc, (ram, mobo, gpu, and cpu) do i need to back up the data on my hard drive and ssd elsewhere or would I be able to just plug them into my new hardware and boot up normally?
jamvanderloeff@reddit
With modern Windows you've got fairly good odds of being able to just boot up normally and go but there is some chance of screwing it up, I'd want to be prepared with at least full backups of everything you care about from your SSD in case you do need to wipe and reinstall windows.