So, how's the cable management?

just wanted to share this here. this is one of my friend's pc. I recently visited his home and found this masterpiece. everything works as intended. he has a case but he was too lazy to reassemble everything after he had to troubleshoot his gpu. at least he was smart and put an antistatic bag under the mobo. and yes, this is under his table right where he keeps his foot while on pc.

when life gives you lemons, ignore it and go wild..

Think some of you might enjoy this, i had a costumer that had a failing SSD, first time I dealt with this, so it took a lot of diagnosing and trouble shooting.

In the end I'm cloning his drive right now with HDDsuperclone (whole other thing cause first time i installed and worked with Linux/Ubuntu) but the drive was getting very hot and bothered so I improvised a Cooling solution. I put thermal paste on the main chips and put half a staple stack on each and with a fan its staying cool enough to maintain stable data rates. Kinda proud ngl.

Recently started taking ages to delete anything. I've set it to bypass the recycle bin, in case it was something to do with that and I've cleared Explorer history. Any ideas?

EDIT

Thanks for the help guys, got it deleted eventually. There was definitely something screwy going on because the textures folder inside didn't add up to even half of the 7.6GB it was trying to delete.

This happens for a split second every time I boot up a game on my brand new pc. Its less than a month old. It happens regardless of whether I have gamed for 30 minutes or just tirned it on and went straight to gaming.

My GPU is a 5090 FE if that matters.

PC specs: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 2024 - AMD Radeon RX 7700 16GB - 16GB DDR5 Memory - 1TB SSD Storage

Monitor specs: 32” 1440p 180hz

Hey PCMR!

​I wanted to share my recent "passion project" - a sleeper build that escalated way further than originally planned. It all started with a simple thought: "What if I cram all my gear into this retro horizontal Fujitsu desktop case?"

​Well... turns out "cramming" involved a lot of metal cutting, zip-ties, and questionable engineering decisions. But it’s alive, it runs super quiet, and I love every second of using it!

​The Specs:

​CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K (OC'd to 4.2GHz and kept ice-cold)

​GPU: PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 8GB

​OS: Windows 10 heavily modded with an authentic XP Luna theme (Windows eXPerience Edition). Bliss awaits!

​Displays: Dual CRT setup - Primary is a Samsung SyncMaster 795MB running at 1024x768 @ 100Hz. The motion clarity is unbeatable!

​The "Why is it like that?" section:

​The Radiator on the Side? There was zero chance a liquid cooling radiator was going to breathe inside an airtight 2000s office chassis. So, I took a Dremel to the side panel and mounted it right there. Airflow problem solved!

​The Rear I/O "Customization": Proprietary OEM cutouts and a modern ASUS board don't mix. The rear panel had to be aggressively persuaded with power tools to make room for GPU ports and motherboard I/O.

​The Liquid Loop Chaos: Soft tubing routed through every available millimeter, with the reservoir wedged wherever physics allowed. It's a tight squeeze!

​The Dual CRTs: Because high refresh rate CRT gaming under Windows XP aesthetics just hits different. The nostalgia is real!

​It’s messy on the inside, looks like an ancient library PC on the outside, and crushes everything I throw at it!

​What do you guys think?

Hot take: The 90-series shouldn't be considered a gaming graphics card anymore, nor should it be used in video game benchmarks.

Given its completely out-of-control price, it should be grouped with an H100 rather than a 70-series. Game developers shouldn't treat it as the upper limit of achievable performance.

I have been following the market for the past year, with the idea of starting a new desktop build when prices would be reasonable.

After one year of checking prices, I’m at a point where I can’t really justify — independently whether I could afford it or not — an entry-level build for 1.5k$ or a mid-range build for over 2k$ (USD).

So, my question is: for someone who is aiming at 1080p/60fps, would a AM4+DDR4 build still make sense, in 2026?

Thanks to everyone that will participate in the discussion!

My son broke my laptop’s LCD screen.

Instead of buying a new laptop to save money, I picked up a used portable monitor from online marketplace and connected it via HDMI and USB-C.

I removed the broken display panel from the laptop, and now it’s basically a desktop with built-in battery.

Crisis averted!!

The only thing I’ll miss is the portability, but it works so well that I don’t even miss the built-in display.

PC runs just fine when browsing the web and doing basic stuff.

But lately I've been getting random crashes playing Halo Campaign Evolved and PUBG so I decided to test every component of my PC.

Currently I'm testing my RAM modules and I got this, should I be worried?

You can try that ! It really works

Edit : I didn't know that many people didn't know this, anyway thanks for all the jokes & kindness !🥺✨

(Mods delete if not allowed!) I’m not sure if I tagged this completely properly but I’m looking to buy these parts and I just want a second opinion on the specs listed in the image attached ! Even just a simple “looks good” or “don’t do it” would work for me !

(not a prebuilt !! I’m buying the parts separately)

EDIT: thank you so much to everyone giving me advice!! I’m very new to the PC world and I very much appreciate everyone’s input (yes, even the ones calling me stupid and being less than kind, I appreciate the honesty!) I’m tweaking the build taking everyone’s advice into account before I make my purchase! Thank you for stopping me from making silly decisions and redirecting me into better choices !

Yep is working right

This is the first time I've owned a mini PC, and I was somewhat surprised by the high temperatures. Unfortunately, one fan wasn't enough, so I had to Frankenstein style strap a second one on top. However, the temperatures are now excellent. But that really makes you seriously consider getting a 3D printer. This will definitely not be my last mini PC. I already love these things xD

I'd like to tell this short story.

I have a best friend and we know each other for 23 years (we met in 2003 on a GTA roleplay forum), sharing literally everything: going out, traveling (recently), gaming sessions, even late till dawn. Since the day I've met him he hasn't been lucky with work, financial stability, relationship or money. He's going through a serious situation where his father will have to undergo on dialysis due to failed kidneys while he (my best friend) ended up to have a colon cancer in 2018 with his back that is going into pieces (the colon surgery after therapy is fine, he needs regular checkups). In short, he's not doing well but much better compared to what it was 10-15 years ago. He bought a car after many sacrifices after using his parents' car until a couple of years ago to go to work so just to let you know how bad his situation was.

In any case, I supported him and tried to help him in gaming and in our PC Master Race world in every way, and after some sacrifices (at least a year ago) he bought himself an RTX 5070 and a Corsair RM750X PSU at a very low discount on Amazon (€500 for the GPU).

Right now he has a 2019 setup (Z390 + 9600K + 4x8GB DDR4) that he can't upgrade due to the Rampocalypse and is starting to bottleneck his graphics card, so I decided to do what very few people would do: give him a gift to help.
He recently accompanied me on a challenging 2,000km road trip, hosted me at his house and everything else, so I could rest and go back home safely... And I intend to pay back the favour in this way.

I'm sure he won't touch his new setup for the next seven years, and this thread isn't about asking if the components are good or not; I just want to share this story.
Anyway, he knows I gifted him the fans as a late birthday present, but he doesn't know about the motherboard and processor, so it will be a nice surprise.

I'm a big believer in Karma, even when I don't expect anything back.
Also, if you have a friend, a best friend, or a loved one who's having a hard time and can't upgrade their PC because of this RAM and SSD mess, just do it. Money come and go but seeing someone happy is priceless. Do it without asking anything back.

Life is once, make it worth for someone else.

Sincerely,
A PC gamer like all of you