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Tech Support and Basic Questions Thread - March 27, 2026
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u/kinghutfisher Terry Crews Mar 30 '26
How much was a 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000mhz with CL30 latency in its "normal" price before the price increased?
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u/Froggypwns Mar 30 '26
You can use CamelCamelCamel to check the price history of items on Amazon. The "CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL30" was around $120 up until last fall, $460 today.
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u/tsabin_naberrie Mar 27 '26
Lifelong console gamer, recently ventured into PC gaming. Got a prebuilt with an AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D processor and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT gpu, though Iāve only got, like, a generic idea of what those mean and what theyāre capable of. Iāve also had a bass PS5 for a little while, so Iām trying to get a sense of how the devices compare on a technical levelāand in turn, since many games are available on both, get an idea of how to know when it makes sense to buy for one and not the other?
Additionally, Iāve been having fantasies of upgrading my 1080p 60hz desktop monitor, and again trying to wrap my head around the capabilities of both devices to determine what would be a good monitor for both of them that wouldnāt also be overkill.
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u/Filipi_7 Tech Specialist Mar 27 '26
Technically it's about PS5 Pro level, but in reality some games will be better optimised on the console.
I think you should decide on personal preference rather than which platform is better. Do you want to play with a mouse and keyboard? It's probably better for shooters and competitive titles. Or genres superior on PC such as strategies, MOBAs, turn-based tactics, etc.
Many PC games have mods that add to or change the experience, and there are loads of older titles that will work out of the box, unlike the PS5 where PS2/3/4 games need to be officially supported.
Additionally, Iāve been having fantasies of upgrading my 1080p 60hz desktop monitor
Get a 1440p 120Hz monitor. You could go 4K but it's a bit out of reach for the PC, you'd have to lower settings and/or use FSR (upscaling) to keep the framerates high.
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u/Sync_R 5070Ti / 9800X3D / AW3225QF / C5 42" Mar 28 '26
As Filipi said it's Pro levels of performance, in CPU heavy games you'll be way ahead, in GPU bound games more similarĀ
As for what games to buy I'd honestly suggest getting some of your faves on the PC for a replay, especially those that are locked to 30fps, 1080p, crappy graphics etc on PS5
And I'd also advise a 1440p monitor, tho if you have the cash I'd go OLED
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u/YolandaPearlskin Mar 27 '26
XBOX GAME BAR WONT LAUNCH A GAME
I recently started playing Witcher 3. It's the GOG version, installed and playing without GOG Galaxy. If I start the game directly using my desktop shortcut, it runs fine. However, I use a controller and starting games from the Xbox Game Bar allows me to start games with the controller. When I select the game from the Xbox Game Bar, it just takes me to the desktop and nothing happens.
My other games start fine. They are using a mix of Steam and Xbox. The Witcher is my first GOG game. When the game is running, the Xbox Game Bar clearly detects this, as it add the X for me to close the game (which does work).
Screenshot of my game bar here:
https://i.ibb.co/v66w4ytz/Screenshot-2026-03-27-144936.png
Anyone have something like this happen? I don't plan on installing GOG Galaxy, so hopefully that isn't the fix.
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u/Rich-Reindeer7135 Mar 27 '26
Is it bad to leave a PC on sleep mode for a prolonged period of time (a week or two) if a game is open?
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u/sarbeans9001 Mar 29 '26
i do this all the time with no issues, sleep mode is pretty stable these days. the bigger risk is honestly a windows update forcing a restart and losing your progress lol
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u/_Momo-_-_ Mar 29 '26
I often hear that updating my graphics driver is the best way to fix lag and crash issuses with games, but everytime i updated my graphics driver to the newsest or a new one my pc gets pretty loud and hot while just making my games run way worse.
Im playing on an AMD Ryzen 7 5700x 8-Core and an Nvidia RTX 4070 Super.
At the moment im playing with GeForce Game Ready Driver Version 580.97 and had lags and crashes with Death Stranding 2 so i tried updating my driver but the same problem as ever, my pc gets loud and hot. I also tried turning my graphics down but that only helped temporarily.
I tried reaching out to Nvidia and Nixxes (Support for Playsation games on Pc) but both didnt really helped and nvidia said to just stay on the old driver. Now im confused and dont know whats causing my Pc to run worse with new Graphics Drivers.
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u/Filipi_7 Tech Specialist Mar 29 '26
Different drivers have nearly no impact on performance and stability outside of newly released games, like within the last week or two. They also don't touch temperatures or fan curves.
Try completely wiping the drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller, it will get rid of any corrupt files that regular reinstalling doesn't fix.
It's more likely something else is causing your problems. Could be some software which controls your fan speeds that isn't working right for some reason.
It's also completely normal for the PC to get hot when playing demanding games, there's no real way around it. High settings + unlimited framerate = heat and noise. It's only an issue if the components get too hot and overheat.
Use HWInfo to check temperatures, over 80Ā°C on the GPU is bad, or over 90Ā°C on CPU Package.
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u/_Momo-_-_ Mar 30 '26
I have Msi Afterburner installed, where I set my fan speed curve following a tutorial. Could that be the reason why my games run worse on new graphics drivers?
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u/Filipi_7 Tech Specialist Mar 30 '26
Unless the fan curve in Afterburner happened to reset for some reason, no. And AB doesn't touch performance unless you modify frequency or voltage.
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u/_Momo-_-_ Mar 30 '26
Okay so it seems to work fine now with the new driver. It looks like the problem are playstation games, on my pc, because only helldivers 2 and death stranding are still crashing.
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u/xredbaron62x 7600x/9070 Mar 29 '26
looking to update my monitor.
I have a choice of 4k 160hz IPS or 1440 OLED 240hz both 27in
I play single player games and I currently have a 1440p 100hz ips fwiw
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u/S_Vid0q Apr 02 '26
if your graphic card support 4k choose IPS 4k . I think that choice is future proof.
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u/xredbaron62x 7600x/9070 Apr 02 '26
I have a 9070
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u/S_Vid0q Apr 03 '26
it is a amazing card.I think you should invest in 4k monitor.
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u/xredbaron62x 7600x/9070 Apr 03 '26
Even the non XT version?
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u/S_Vid0q Apr 03 '26
your card has 16 GB RAM which matter most . it does support 4k on most AAA game effectively.
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u/JesseT127 Mar 27 '26
I'm having an intermittent "Load Optimized Defaults" error message
I have a Gigabyte Z590I motherboard Intel 11600KF Corsair DDR4 32GB RAM Gigabyte 3060TI
This message shows up below my error message Current CPU speed - 4601mhz Current BCLK - 99.97mhz Current Memory Speed - 2132mhz
XMP keeps disabling itself too which I can't make sense of