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Hi TweakTown, greetings from Indonesia! I have an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming, and now I am looking for RAM kits.

At the moment, I am considering between Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 3200MHz C16 (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16) and G. Skill Trident Z Neo 2x8GB 3200MHz C16 (F4-3200C16D-16GTZN). These two are my strongest candidates after consulting the motherboard QVL list.

So, I need your help in choosing one of them considering these variables: a. Single or dual rank? b. Samsung vs. Micron vs. Hynix die? c. Frequency: 3200MHz or 3600MHz? d. Latency Cl 16 or Cl 18? e. Capacity: 16GB or 32GB? f. Brand reliability: Corsair or GSkill?

What's the best mid-range PC for gaming in early 2021 based on an Intel CPU?

What's the best value entry-level PC for gaming in early 2021 based on an AMD CPU?

What's the best value entry-level PC for gaming in early 2021 based on an Intel CPU?

Which direction should I go to get in the here and now? My gaming PC is at the bottom of the gaming rung, and I only have a budget of $1200 right now. My current build:

• ASUS Z87-A
• ASUS ROG GTX 1070
• Intel Core i7 4770K
• 16GB Crucial DDR3 Memory
• Thermaltake Smart 650W PSU
• Acer Predator XB1

Hi, I just picked up a Ryzen 7 3800X, ASUS Prime X570-P, 32GB of Viper Patriot 3600MHz DDR4, and Seagate NVMe. This is to replace my AMD FX 8350, GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7, and Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz RAM.

My question is, I have an R9 390X that I was looking at upgrading for an NVIDIA RTX 3080 or Radeon 6800 XT. However, I am very put off by pricing at present.

Do you think it would be best to stick with my R9 390X until prices get back to normal or upgrade now to something slightly better and then upgrade later again to the card I want?

Hi TweakTown. Should I buy upgrade my GPU only or the rest of the setup?

I am planning to buy the new RTX 3060 Ti for the upcoming games. My current GPU is ASUS Strix GTX 1060 6GB. I am currently playing at 1080p. But I want to crank it up higher to 2K or possibly 4K. Recently, I saw a used GTX 1080 Ti, look at the reviews, all positives accept slow shipping. The seller will give it 1-month warranty coverage from the date of purchase. The price is $433. Here are my specs:

• Motherboard: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
• CPU: i5 6600k
• GPU: ASUS GTX 1060 6G
• RAM: 2x 4GB 2400MHz GSkill Ripjaw
• Storage: Silicon Power 512 SSD, HGST 512 HDD, Kingston SSDNow 240GB
• PSU: Thermaltake 650W fully modular PSU

Any advice would be appreciated!

I am looking to upgrade my work graphic rendering system. I am looking at a GIGABYTE X570 Extreme or Master with three GIGABYTE RTX 3090 Turbo blower style GPU cards. My concern is, will the 3rd card block the pins at the board's base, USB, etc. Any advice is appreciated.

I recently built a PC. The system specs include:

• AMD Ryzen 5 2600 clocked at 4.1ghz all cores
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
• ASRock b45/ac
• 16GB DDR4 3000MHz RAM
• 500GB SSD
• 600-watt 80 Plus power supply

I have the resolution set to 1080p, and it runs fine, but I was playing Godfall the other day, and my GPU usage was 100%, my CPU was around 15-25%, but I was getting approximately 15-18 FPS with a lot of stutter on low settings and stuttered non-stop on medium settings.

What might be the reason for this, and how to run games faster and better?

Does this build make sense, mainly for MS Flight Sim?

• AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT
• GIGABYTE B550M DS3H mobo
• GSkill Trident Z DDR4 3600 16GB memory
• Corsair RM550X PSU