Hey guys.
Sad day, my GPU is broken. :(
The 6700XT served me well, but alas. Should I buy the 9060XT 16GB? Or stretch to 9070? I'm not really considering Nvidia, considering I only really play videogames. Just need something to game with, within reason.
I've spent 8 full days on this now and whenever we install Valorant it completely bricks the PC. I've spent nearly 100 hours now having to flashback BIOS dozens of times with multiple Windows reinstalls. It can take upwards of 8 hours to fix the BIOS. Pulling the NVME doesn't even help. I've ran stress testing on everything for hours when it's actually running and ran several triple A games with cheat protection no problem. AMD 9800X3D, Ryzen RX 9070 XTX 16GB, Gigabyte B850 Gaming X WiFi, Corsair 32GB DDR6000. I'm completely at a loss. Secure Boot is enabled, mouse, keyboard, monitor, and ethernet are the only plugged in devices.
So I have wanted to build a pc forever and I finally have the funds to do so. Always been a GeForce NOW gamer on Mac throughout college and want to take advantage of the new 4k 240hz monitor I just got (XG27UCDMG). I was able to snag a WINDFORCE SFF 5080 for MSRP on Woot a couple weeks ago so I'm looking to buy the parts I need now. I've been eyeing the 9800x3d, B850 Gaming X, and 32gb Corsair RGB ram bundle on Microcenter for $780 (this bundle was literally like $150 cheaper just a few months ago) and am willing to pull the trigger given the fact that I doubt this bundle would get any cheaper anytime soon let alone stay the same price! Is this a good way to go for the build? i would just need a CPU cooler, power supply, ssd, and a case after (was looking to do the Lian Li 207). Any help here would be much appreciated! Once I get the parts I will surely be watching some more youtube videos to make sure I don't mess anything up as this will be my first time!
