Am looking to get into pc gaming rn i only have a 1080 p monitor and was considering going for a cheaper prebuilt but have made a choice to go a little steeper so i can upgrade the monitor and make it useful
This is currently what I'm looking at, and I'm personally happy with all the specs - but looking online ppl don't recommend Aftershock, so wondering if anyone can find anything better or if this seems okay (it's about 3k)? And no, I am not willing to compromise on the customisations, I want it pretty, mind you if I'm building it myself, I want all the parts in one order + my customisations part of the shell.
Title. Will be using it for the PC I will be building later next month. It'll primarily just be a bootdrive, might use it for digital art, downloading shows, etc. I have a seperate 4tb ssd for playing video games.
Also is it any worth it waiting or should I just buy now? I want to build next month.
Managed to snag it but I rewatched a few videos shitting on it when Nvidia said 5070=4090 performance which we all knew it's not the case however I'd like to know those that have own a 5070 how it's performed? This would be replacing a 3070ti.
Hi, currently planning to get a gaming PC now but unfortunately dont have the time to research/buy/build it myself. Been only playing rts like Wc3 reforged and stellaris lately. Is this a good deal?
Anyone have any recomendations around the 2-3k range?
Hey guys. Was looking at getting a msi gaming tri 5070ti gaming ocgot 1599, but I was looking at 5080 and found a palit gaming pro for 1699 from centrecom.
What are centre com like delivery wise? Im in wa so need to get it posted over, ive had a bad experience with amazon and a 5060 I got for my kid it was damaged when it arrived.
For 100 bucks more I'm really thinking its a good idea to grab this card any one got one
hey guys i’m been very keen on making a new pc as i’ve been an xbox gamer my whole life but willing to spend some money on a pc. i have a budget of around $2k just for the pc and wanting to get into sim racing whilst still playing other fps games and also connecting my xbox to it which will be fine so not worried about that. i asked chatgpt for a build and did some research on here and this is what’s it’s made for me. please help if anything’s wrong or and suggestions.
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
CPU Cooler
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Motherboard
MSI B650 Gaming Plus WiFi
RAM
G.Skill Flare X5 32GB DDR5‑6000 CL30
Graphics Card
Radeon RX 7800 XT
Storage
Lexar NM790 2TB NVMe SSD
Case
Montech XR
Power Supply
ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 850W
Looking for a solid high refresh rate monitor that does not break the bank. Mostly playing single player rpgs so vibrant colours matter more to me than competitive response times
Is this a good deal? Can I get anything better spec‘d for cheaper?
Running 5080 & 9800x3D on a 27inch 1440p 144hz.
Wasn‘t looking to upgrade. But this seems great deal.
Any real world reviews or feedback.
Thank you
This pc worth it gonna just be using it for streaming and mainly gaming for just over 2800 aud looking for something that I can use zip money with? Gonna lower the cpu to a 7800x3d and 9070 xt with 2tb of space and 360 aio?
Hi all! I'm looking to try and build my first ever PC and would like some advice! My budget is ideally around $3k including 2 monitors. I know absolutely nothing about specs but would just want a computer than runs smoothly if that helps lol and one that can run the following games well; League, Valorant, Fortnite, Rocket League & Dota 2. Any and all suggestions are welcome thanks!!
Its going to be for hardcore gaming aaa titles and some esports. Should i get this or go with something else if anyone has anything similar specs or better for around that price or cheaper.
Current budgets around $2800 - 3k
My laptop is dying and am looking to buy a pc with some longevity.
Ideally one that can handle gaming and general movies, multitasking, etc.
For me it’s probably motherboards. Once you get beyond a decent mid range board, it feels like you start paying hundreds extra for features most people never touch, yet people still treat them like they massively affect performance
Hi guys,
I'm buying my first gaming PC in 10 years and due to my situation I think it would be wise to go pre-built. Based on my needs and budget, I'm thinking my best option is something with a 9070XT, R7 9800X3D and 32GB of RAM. I don't know how relevant the other parts are. I don't think I want to game at anything above 1440p and I'm too old and cooked to appreciate a framerate beyond like 144hz. I mostly play pretty low spec games but I want the opportunity to hop on whatever multiplayer game when my friends ask me to play something a bit more demanding.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/958442
Is this one a good deal?
Is there any reason to avoid Nvidia GPUs other than the company's poor PR situation? I don't really care for AI upscaling and ray tracing is kind of an afterthought. So I'm more interested in the 9070XT because I've read it's better value for money.
Is there anything I should look out for or avoid while shopping? Should I hold out for another month and hope to pick up something at EOFY?
I paid 225 for a 32GB 6000Mhz CL36 DDR5 ram kit on Friday last week, that order has since been cancelled and they said they'll refund me.
Price was pretty good, I knew they'd do that. Still sucks though. Don't think I'd buy anything from them again if they refuse to fulfil orders that they took payment for and won't honour. They likely have stock, they just don't want to sell it for the price I paid initially. What little goodwill I had for them is now gone. Anyway rant over, anyone coulda seen it coming miles away, but I'm still pretty upset.
Hello, looking for general upgrade advice. Budget of around $1200 - $1800 at most. Currently on am4 with a 5800x3d, 64gb ram and an asus x570 mobo. Will be reusing case/cooler/gpu/psu and drives. Planning on upgrading cpu/mobo and ram to below and giving the 5800x3d/64 gig to a mate, I gave him my previous 3800x/32 gb ram, and taking the old chip and ram back for a NAS/home server pc in an old case with a 650w psu.
Cpu wise I think the 7800x3d should be a good chip, if price is close maybe even the 9800x3d. Motherboard wise im just looking between a b850 or x870 with at least 3 nvme slots, so gigabyte and asus boards are what I have been checking out currently run 2 nvme drives (1tb boot and 2tb game) and an old 1tb sata ssd and 2 1tb hdds. I am considering aiming for 48gb of ram, or 64 as would like to stay close to what I have currently but general pricing seems horrendous.
I know some companies sometimes run prebuilts without gpu but not sure if those sales will be any time soon.
Any advice is absolutely appreciated, thanks.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/sM9dDw)
Type|Item|Price
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**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/3hyH99/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-42-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000910wof) | $514.46 @ Amazon Australia
**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black 82.51 CFM CPU Cooler](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/R6kgXL/noctua-nh-d15s-chromaxblack-8251-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-d15s-chromaxblack) | Purchased For $0.00
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/72RnTW/gigabyte-b850-aorus-elite-wifi7-atx-am5-motherboard-b850-aorus-elite-wifi7) | $306.31 @ Amazon Australia
**Memory** | [Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/QF9wrH/crucial-pro-overclocking-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-cp2k16g60c36u5b) | $528.03 @ Amazon Australia
**Storage** | [Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/DDWBD3/samsung-980-pro-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v8p1t0bam) | Purchased For $0.00
**Storage** | [Kingston KC3000 2.048 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/sJPQzy/kingston-kc3000-2048-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-skc3000d2048g) | Purchased For $0.00
**Video Card** | [Sapphire PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/TmDnTW/sapphire-pure-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16-gb-video-card-11348-02-20g) | Purchased For $0.00
**Case** | [be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/FCK2FT/be-quiet-pure-base-500dx-atx-mid-tower-case-bgw37) |-
**Power Supply** | [Corsair RM1000x (2024) 1000 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/XZsV3C/corsair-rm1000x-2024-1000-w-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020271-na) | Purchased For $0.00
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$1348.80**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-05-12 14:16 AEST+1000 |
Never bought Philips before... And last time I bought a monitor was about 7 years ago.
I need 6x 27 inch monitors so found this Philips Evina. Because I need 6 I am trying to stick to $200 or less per monitor.
It's 95% used for software dev work. And a small amount of gaming (older games like Age of Empires 2).
Has anyone bought this? Any thoughts?
I’m looking into buying a pc from radium some time soon, but have no clue about specs. I want it for gaming, as I expect gta 6 will need a decent system to run.
If someone can please advise and share some advice about radium pcs.
If there’s another one I should look into please let me know.
I’m buying my first gaming PC and I’m kinda stuck on what combo makes the most sense.
Right now I’m looking at Ryzen 7 9800X3D RX9070XT
Im not with NVIDIA because of the insane price.
But now I’m wondering if it would be smarter to:
downgrade CPU to a 7800X3D
and use the extra money for a RTX 5070 Ti or maybe even a 5080
I’ll mostly be gaming at 1440p, maybe some 4K later.
Not really doing heavy productivity stuff.
From what I’ve seen:
9800X3D is the fastest gaming CPU
but it seems only around ~5–10% faster than the 7800X3D in most games
and at 1440p/4K the GPU matters way more anyway
Any kind of advice will help me please say anything!
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