Hi everyone,

I'm currently building my first gaming PC, but I'm on a tight budget.

Right now I have an older PC with:

AMD A10-7800

32GB DDR3 RAM

I'm also buying newer parts:

Ryzen 5 5500

B550 motherboard

RX 7600

The problem is that I can only afford 8GB of DDR4 RAM at the moment. I already own 32GB of DDR3, but of course it only works with my old motherboard.

Which option would give me the better gaming experience for now?

Keep using my old A10-7800 with 32GB DDR3.

Build the new Ryzen 5 5500 system with only 8GB DDR4 and upgrade to 16GB or 32GB later.

I mainly want to play games at 1080p/1440p.

Thanks!

Hey, everyone. I got into PCs and PC hardware after I spent a year at a CTC learning Smart Systems and Engineering Technology. My program was full of fellow PC nerds, especially my instructor, and that was how I learned so much about PC hardware. I've put together a couple of builds on Google Sheets, and I want you all to gimme your thoughts. I named them something EXP adjacent so signify my new found knowledge and (hopefully) induction into the PC Master Race. I'm confident in my deal hunting to bring the prices down.

- The EXP: Pure Power https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LzHyLhHtdfZ8Z5DwNRAsDFXqHyW2PGow0VFQenesKRY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

- The PrEXP: Budget Killer

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YefwNo5Yn6iQpj2icTXB3sQMxqW1oXKomr34eGb-eMg/edit?gid=0#gid=0

I hope you will all accept my offering and allow me to become a member of this community. Or don't and just absolutely roast me about how utterly disgusting it'll look, or how it's hella unoptimized.

I’m having an issue with the built-in Bluetooth on my MSI PRO B650-S WIFI motherboard (MediaTek RZ616 Bluetooth adapter). Bluetooth suddenly stopped working, so I checked Device Manager and accidentally uninstalled the Bluetooth adapter while troubleshooting. Since then, it has completely disappeared.

Current symptoms:

• No Bluetooth toggle anywhere in Windows.

• No Bluetooth adapter listed in Device Manager (including hidden devices).

• AirPods and Bluetooth speakers won’t connect.

• Wi-Fi still works normally.

Things I’ve already tried:

• Restarting the PC multiple times.

• Reinstalling the official MSI MediaTek Wi-Fi/Bluetooth drivers.

• Checking Device Manager for hidden devices.

• Confirming onboard wireless/Bluetooth settings are enabled in BIOS.

• Performing a Windows 11 in-place repair installation.

Nothing has brought the Bluetooth adapter back. At this point I’m trying to figure out whether this is a driver issue, Windows issue, or if the Bluetooth portion of the MediaTek RZ616 hardware has somehow failed. Does anyone know what else I can try?

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I've decided on this build and was looking for any advice on anything I should switch out. here:https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/dWvFPf

I'm trying to keep it as budget friendly as possible, around $2000 AUD, but I could do a little more.

My main goal for this build is to run Ark Survival Ascended at 1080p and medium settings, I think it should run well, but I only have 16GB of RAM so I'm not sure.

I also want to do some basic video editing; I've had decent success using my laptop:

https://www.lenovo.com/au/outlet/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadl/thinkpad-l13-yoga-gen-4-13-inch-intel/21fks01d00. I'm assuming that the build will have similar of better performance for video editing, but I'd like to double check.

I'm not too sure about the PSU: My friend recommended 80+ Gold and Modular, but I'm wondering if it's worth going a bit cheaper.

Any help is greatly appreciated :).

I want to buy a pc ,I don't know the slightest bit about about this,I want sum thing good worth my money, I'm not the BIIIIIGEST gamer so nothing to crazy ,

Pretty much built my PC about 6 years ago and want to keep it relevant for new games such as dawn walker, fable and 3d printing software.

What needs replaced and upgraded first?

Or should I just build from scratch again?

These are the parts in it!

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/L3xgn2

Hello hive mind!

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For context, my current parts list can be found here.

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I'm looking to upgrade my case and cooler soon, and the idea that I have is to rack mount (4U Minimum) the machine and change out the cooler to using an 360mm AIO cooler. My question for y'all; I'm thinking of setting up the radiator with a push/pull configuration, but would doing something like that be counter productive for wanting to cool everything? My thought is that I'm both pulling cool air into the front while also pushing warmer air across the rest of the components, but I'd want to be pushing cool air across the machine.

My mobo is a MSI B450M Gaming Plus and i have the Ryzen 5600 with the original cooler.

Im going to upgrade to the 5800X3D and i need to buy a new cooler. I have two options in mind, the Phantom Spirit 120 SE and the Cooler Master Hyper 212.

There is a very low margin between the original cooler and ram sticks with this mobo.

Will any of these coolers work with this mobo? If not, what cooler can i choose?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E

GPU: ASRock Challenger RX 9070 X Gaming OC 16GB

RAM: TeamGroup T-Create Expert 2 × 16gb DDR5 6000 CL30

SSD: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 1TB NVMe

PSU: Corsair RM850e ATX 3.1 Gold Fully Modular

Cabinet: Deepcool Ch260 M Atx Case

CPU: Cooler DeepCool AK620 Digital

Fans: 3 × Arctic P12 PWM

Monitor: TCL qled 4k tv or LG Oled(if budget allows) as i dont have space for desk in my room

Estimated build Cost without tv, 2 - 2.50L

I want to know if all the parts are compatible and good and if there will be any problem using it with the tv.

My main usage will be mostly for gaming and some productivity tasks like creating VMs for creating kubernetes cluster etc

New Orleans 60mi~ radius is far as I'd travel under the right conditions.