Guys man holy shit. So im running metal gear solid 4 on my sony bravia X90L at 3840X2160 120hz, achieving 120fps via https://github.com/drbermejor/mgs4Ultra120, and this shit is a dream come true its a completely different experience man. Im playing with the MGS1 soundtrack playing on youtube in the background

I had this monitor for a few years now and just today this black line came up and a few seconds later when I took the first picture half of the monitor just turned off.

However it was a easy fix I just had to turn off the monitor and turn it on again and it was back to normal.

The thing is that should I be concerned about this in the future? Like I already fixed it but it might occur again later and it may not be fixable.

Please let me know what I should do since my options are limited. (And yes it's a LG monitor)

I'm currently running a pre-built box purchased about 6-7 years ago for ~2k back then. Any of these worth the quality/performance jump? Current PC works just fine, but I'm also not even trying to run some of the latest and greatest releases, and most games I am turning down to "medium" and such. I'm ignorant to this sphere so if I left out any helpful info feel free to let me know. Any advice appreciated, cheers!

Edit: Denomination is USD, and for clarity there are four images of offers.

Edit 2: Okay okay, thank you everyone, I'm sorry that these prices are so bad that folks are nearly angry at me for even showing them to you all hahaha! I'll take the advice in the comments but leave this up as some of you seem to be almost impressed at the gall of this store. Cheers everyone and I appreciate the outpouring of advice even if I caught some strays for asking ;)

Hey everyone,
I have an ASUS RTX 3080 Ti TUF Gaming, and I noticed that the 8-pin PCIe power connector on the GPU side has black/discolored metal contacts.
I’ve also been experiencing crashes/black screens while gaming, so I’m concerned the connector may have overheated or developed a bad connection.
Is this normal discoloration, or does it look like heat damage/arcing?
what could be causing this?

Thermaltake level 10 case. I got this over a year ago and traveled to Cali to get it. A guy sold it to me for 500$ and I have never been so happy as to get a PC case.

Made like 300 of these and I always wanted one. So this was my dream case. I modeled everything after the black wall. Cyberpunk 2077.

Tell me what you think. And ask any questions you want. I love feedback.

The support are 2 80lb brackets mounted into studs that run the height of the wall. Pc after added parts is close to 65lbs of material. And the brackets are meant to hold up to 160. So they are secure.

Running a 3950x maxed at 4.1ghz

Mobo is x570 prime pro

128gb ram, gskill 3600mhz

9070xt hellhound

19tb of storage. Split with 12tb hdd. And 7tb of m.2 ssd storage.

Throwaway because my main has my old 4090 build posts and I don't want the "just buy a 5080 bro" comments.

Last month my 4090 started artifacting. Out of warranty. Repair quote was $400. I sat there looking at a brick that cost me $1,600 and felt genuinely stupid.

So I did what any rational person does: I started looking at 5080s. Then I stopped. I looked at my Steam library and realized I've been playing the same five games for three years. CS2, Rocket League, Stardew, Hades, and a modded Skyrim that runs on a potato.

I bought a used 1660 Super on eBay for $80. It came in a Ziploc bag. It's ugly. It has no lights.

It runs everything I play at 1080p, 60+ fps. CS2 is smooth. Rocket League is locked at 144. My modded Skyrim actually stopped crashing because I'm not running 4K textures for no reason.

The $1,600 I didn't spend? It's sitting in savings. My wife doesn't roll her eyes when I mention my PC anymore. I don't feel like I'm chasing a dragon that keeps moving.

I'm not saying a 1660 Super is a "master race" card. It's not. But the PCMR has become a consumer treadmill. New card comes out, your old one is "trash," you need to upgrade, you need to justify the purchase. I'm done with that.

Anyone else step off the treadmill and feel like they got their hobby back?

Our team benchmarked Gears of War: E-Day across 25 GPUs and 28 CPUs ahead of launch.

Considering what the game is doing with UE5.6.1, Hardware Lumen, MegaLights and a pretty ridiculous amount of detail, the performance is actually better than I expected – but you still need a fairly strong GPU if you want 60 FPS at high settings.

A few interesting takeaways:

• ~60 FPS at 1080p needs roughly RTX 4070 Super / RTX 5070 / RX 7900 XT class performance with our settings
• WQHD pushes you closer to RTX 5070 Ti / RX 9070 XT territory
• CPU scaling is unusually good for a modern UE5 game
• even older 6- and 8-core CPUs can still deliver playable performance
• Intel's Arc B580 benefits a lot from XeSS Multi Frame Generation
• 32:9 support is actually pretty decent, so we benchmarked that too

We also took a closer look at Hardware Lumen, MegaLights and RTX Mega Geometry.

Apparently glass panel shattering under zero pressure is common with Corsair 4000D Airflow...

Edit: Why's this post getting downvoted? Did I make Corsair fans angry or something?

Is there different types of " 100% gpu usage" ? Have been playing a lot of satisfactory lately and it's default resolution is at 4k but it pegs my 4090 at 97% to 98% gpu usage .

Are there different types of 100% ? Is 100 running cyberpunk 2077 the same as 100 in satisfactory? Should I be down lowering resolution? I don't want to blow my 4090 that's out of warranty in this economy.

Sorry if this question is being asked again or again but I would like to know your personal opinions on this, I don't think the AI bubble is going to pop near that time. Furthermore I even think that this heavy super inflation might not even be because of ai and this is just ram companies doing it on purpose so that they can inflate ram prices for their profit because the way i see it, everyone is adjusting on it and this issue is not being raised properly, i could be wrong tho idk man but fuck data centres

Bonus : Even at 1440p, the 4090 Can't get 60FPS Average

EDIT : Microsoft Fans already ATTACKING me and making excuses. Lowering the Settings still doesn't improve much. 4090 Still can't get 60fps average and 5090 minimum FPS still below 60

Currently developing a game and was smacked with this 'Memory pressure warning'.

This basically translates to 'Your machine is choking because there is less ram'. Mind you I bought my machine for £2k about 3 years ago when 16GB was a step up from the old minimum of 8GB RAM.

Might have to upgrade to a new PC, windows this time because you CANNOT do game dev on a mac like I am now.

I saw a PC on amazon running for £1.9k with 32GB RAM with ryzen 7 9800X3D and a RTX 5070 Ti. Im tempted honestly :(

how do i fix this

Yeah, I think GPUs are now a real investment (and more expensive then 20 of my PCs)

EDIT: For the Americans here: For the LC Version: 13450,52$ And for the Astral: 12442,42$

I hope no one buys this

I'm not sure if i won the lottery big time or im doing something incredibly wrong.

I'm using MSI Afterburner for my OC, MSI Kombustor as my Stresstest and HWMonitor/RTSS for info.

I got a new GPU and decided its time to limit test my 3060.

I went as i learned it and had Kombustor running at max res (1440x3440) and cranking up Core Mhz in +10 steps until it crashed.

i got 90Mhz over my expected number (it crashed at 300). Which is insane imo.

I don't plan on dailying this ofc but its astounding how hard i could push it.

Hope this doesn't get too controversial and gets taken down in an hour.

I recently bought a new gaming PC after only console gaming for roughly 12 years. Before that, I had a gaming PC that eventually got fried during a storm, and I was only like 16 at the time, so I never got another one.

Until the other day! Finally! It's all set up, I have a ton of games installed, I can finally make use of all the games I've been buying on steam in preparation for this moment. Huzzah!

Only one problem though: I hop into games, mess with the graphics settings, tweak things, and then stare. Close, open a different game, make sure it's running smoothly, then... Close it.

I've forgotten how to PC. I've forgotten the joy that gaming brings. I enjoy all types of games, but I can only seem to repeat this cycle. Download a few more games, rinse and repeat.

I've been waiting for this moment for years, I'm at a point in my life where I can finally afford the things I've always wanted, I was so excited to get this baby up and running and now...

I just feel lost. I remember when I was younger, I'd spend all my time on my computer. Not just gaming, there were other things I did too, I just can't seem to remember what the fuck they were.

I'm not a part of any gaming communities, I don't have any friends to play games with as life has drifted us apart. I guess I just feel super lonely? Maybe I don't know how to make online friends anymore? Which is funny, because I'm still friends with people I played on a Minecraft server with from over a decade ago. We talk somewhat regularly.

I thought this PC would reignite my love for gaming and PCs, and while it has in some aspects, it's fallen short due to my own ignorance.

Anyone have any advice so I don't feel like I just wasted 3 grand?

Wow. First time working with this case and I do not how I feel about these non reusable rear slots. I wanted this case because it was a small atx that support from optical drives. But I didn't realize that they made cases with these rear slots before. Wtf. So, I better choose the right slot for the gpu and also file down any loose metal.

I've looked up different videos and looked at the instructions and tried everything. These are the only cables that even get this far.

What's the point of having a 6x frame generation? Whenever I tried to use it on any game all i get is just input delay. Am I doing something wrong? Please let me know if there is something that I should know before using it.

Ps: also I always keep my games locked at 60 fps just for a smooth gameplay. So that I don't get to deal with any kind of shuttering and stuff.

The price was insane when it dropped in 2022 ($1600) but man we didn't know how good we had it.

Now, 4 years later it's still the 2nd best gaming GPU on the market, only succeeded by the 5090 which even at launch was $2500+, and now closer to $6000.

I was trying to think back to a time where I could buy a GPU at launch, and it still be the second fastest GPU on the market after 4 years. 4 years that will likely turn into 5 or so. And unless the 6080/AMD's equivalent have a large jump in performance, it still might be top 4 or 5 for 2-3 additional years. That's insane longevity for a GPU to have top tier performance.

I know there's a ton of mitigating factors for why that's the case, but the 4090 might have been the one time a halo product was absolutely worth every penny. Oh, not to mention, the price appreciating so ya know, haven't lost value on it either to boot.

Wild.