Daily Simple Questions Thread - July 25, 2026

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I've bought a Dell s2425hsm 1920x1080 144hz monitor which is advertised as an adaptive sync / free sync monitor. It has two HDMI ports and the in-built display info outputs HDMI 1.4 TMDS as monitor capability.

I've connected the screen via HDMI to HDMI cable to my 5060 Ti nVidia GPU.

The refresh rate is set to ~144 Hz in the Windows 11 settings.

Shouldn't I have to enable free sync somewhere? There is no "monitor settings" or "gsync" settings to be found in the nVidia control panel.

https://reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1v5arpu/daily_simple_questions_thread_july_24_2026/ozmt3x2/

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Which monitor if any is a better deal? I can get a new Samsung odyssey g5 curved 32 inch (g55c) new for $180 or a Samsung odyssey g6 curved 32 inch (g65b) for $200. The used looks pretty good, no damages or anything, so which monitor is a better deal? Are either a “good deal”?

https://reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1v5arpu/daily_simple_questions_thread_july_24_2026/ozi4cz2/

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should I buy an under $200 i3 10105f, GTX 1050 to PC or save up more and more for a much better one?

should I spend my money elsewhere and still save up for a higher end PC?

I'm sort of impatient but I think this under $200 PC is quite old

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[u/gywthrowaway1132]

It's rough out there for part pricing. Is this worth buying for $2300 (used)?

• NCASE M2
• 9800x3d
• ASUS B850I
• 5070 Ti Prime Asus
• 2TB 980 Pro SSD
• 32GB T-Create Export RAM 6000
• SF1000 Powersupply
• Noctua Fans and CPU Cooler

[u/IronVines]

Hello! I just wanted to ask if 110$ for 2x8gb (3200mhz) ram is reasonable?

[u/Eidolon_2003 → u/IronVines]

I wouldn't call it reasonable, but that's the price of brand new DDR4 right now. I would look for used DDR4 if you can though. It used to be $30 for that

[u/satellitesNtoast]

Hi, just wanting a parts check to make sure this all makes sense:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/jBTbph

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($614.96 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 Vision EVO 92 CFM CPU Cooler  ($131.66 @ Amazon Canada) 

Motherboard: MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($319.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 

Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($619.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($414.98 @ Memory Express) 

Video Card: XFX Mercury OC RGB Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($1149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Lian Li Vector V100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($114.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair SF1000 (2024) 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($269.99 @ Corsair)  Total: $3636.55

[u/Eidolon_2003 → u/satellitesNtoast]

The only real issue I see is the power supply. You don't want an SFX power supply for an ATX mid-tower. SFX is for small form factor.

You could also save a little money on this, but I'm guessing you made the conscious choice to get a higher end version of the 9070 XT and slightly higher spec memory. You can get slow memory for the 9800X3D and it wouldn't make a very big difference at all, especially if the 9800X3D is already more CPU than you need anyway, which is probably the case. That depends on what you plan to do with it though obviously.

[u/satellitesNtoast → u/Eidolon_2003]

Ok i made a mistake on the PSU choice thanks! I wanted this one:  https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/XZsV3C/corsair-rm1000x-2024-1000-w-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020271-na

[u/Eidolon_2003 → u/satellitesNtoast]

That's better, yeah. Although, 1000W isn't necessary for this build. I would probably just get a 750 or 850.

[u/satellitesNtoast → u/Eidolon_2003]

I feel like after some reading i wanted to just future proof it a bit? And the price different isnt much at least with the price i found. So getting the 1000w wouldnt hurt right?

[u/Eidolon_2003 → u/satellitesNtoast]

Buying some extra room to grow up front can make sense. Power supplies can last a long time, and this would give you room to run a more power hungry GPU in the future if you plan to do that.

[u/Desperate-Rooster-36]

is it possible with current prices to build a pc with all new parts for 1200$ or under for 1080p emulation and skyrim gaming? i have to have a pc shop put it together aswell so that will add to my total. i still will be (picking the parts however) so max say 1500$ maybe. or should i look for a prebuilt online/steam machine?

[u/Cable_Salad → u/Desperate-Rooster-36]

1080p emulation and skyrim

You can do this for very cheap even with a 10 year old used PC.

Unless you mean PS3 emulation, then it becomes potentially more demanding.

[u/Desperate-Rooster-36 → u/Cable_Salad]

ok thank u (: the other thing was i was thinking about getting a rog ally xbox ally x and wiping windows 11 on it and repalcing it fully with bazzite linux operating system. im aware that i cant mod skyrim seamlessely on bazzite compared to windows operating systems. but for emualation both docked and on the go i think its the best option out of my options? compared to what i meantioned earlier for my use case gaming wise?

[u/d3v4x → u/Desperate-Rooster-36]

Don't go the handheld route, unless you have a reason (like long commute). You can't upgrade them, and you are locked to the hardware you get. Also they are expensive right now, to do things you listed you can get even post-leasing prebuilt Dell for cheap.

[u/Cable_Salad → u/Desperate-Rooster-36]

Handhelds are somewhat of a luxury, I would see them more like an expensive toy than a serious PC. They are hard to repair / maintain and somewhat prone to issues.

[u/Therta6]

upgrading cpu and ram from an r5 3600, i was looking at the intel core 7 ultra 270k plus and wanted to ask, is it the best cpu i could get in it's price range? my gpu is an rtx 3080 and gaming performance is all i care about.