/r/buildapc - Planning on building a computer but need some advice? This is the place to ask!

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The prices for RAM keeps going up like crazy. It's my first ever PC build, so I don't know if it'll ever drop to a lower price this year. Should I just buy it now? I regret not picking my parts a few months ago lol.

Im very new to posting on reddit, so please be patient with me. Recently a power outage (about a second of the power going off and coming back on lol) messed up my computer. When I turned it back on, I was stuck on the Gigabyte splash screen for a while. Assuming something got corrupted, I attempted winRE repair. When that didnt work, I decided to just suck it up and do a cle...

To start i'd like to mention i prefer to build 10year PC's, that entails a good CPU/MOBO/ram combo that will support ancillary easy upgrades down the line, GPU,Storage,Monitor upgrades ECT.

We both have working PC's at the moment, but i upgraded late 2024 to a 14th Gen i9, and we planned on upgrading hers in 2025, but the prices started climbing before we could pull t...

I just recently upgraded my internet to a WiFi 7 router with 1GB internet. I currently have a WiFi 5 802.11ac chip. I have a Gigabyte B550 ud ac rev 1.0 motherboard. I’m trying to figure out if replacing the M.2 chip would be easier/better or going with one of the PCIex1 slots. With that in mind, I’m not sure of which WiFi 6/7 card that would be the best option with the corre...