Ryzen 5 9600X

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Ryzen 5 9600X

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My first ever gaming PC 🥹

Yes, another terra post 😅 BUT it doesn't matter cause I'm HYPED

Specs: GPU: Powercolor reaper 9070xt CPU: Ryzen 5 9600x Cooler: ID COOLING IS-55 (Fan swapped for noctua NF a12x25 G2) PSU: Corsair SF750 Platinum SFX RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 (33mm low profile due to cooler)
SSD: 2TB Kingston Fury Re

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Mon-A in r/sffpc

October 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM

669

Just any average Dell Optiplex 3010

Front IO pulled to the future to USB 3.0
Power button also fully usable
DVD tray is now a 8x SATA bay
64GB of ram.
2x SFP+ ports
Intel Arc B50
Ryzen 5 9600X

Cursed airflow.... CPU will throttle after around 5min of cinebench. Also the top back of the case gets hot.

Going to try a few t

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USBhost in r/SleepingOptiplex

November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM

577

Fractal Terra with Noctua GPU Deshroud and PSU Fan Swap

After several revisions I'm finally done with my first SFF build that began a month ago.

My previous pc was a mid tower that was more or less completely silent so I was initially unhappy with the noise that was coming from my terra. I undervolted the CPU and GPU in order to gain some thermal headro

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ZenAllQuip in r/sffpc

November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM

334

I've come over to the dark side... 9070XT & 9600X

After 20 years of using nVidia cards, I have taken the plunge & gone for the 9070XT. I managed to pick this one up at less than MSRP for £540. I also picked up a Ryzen 5 9600X.

I almost used a RX 580 in my last build but ended up returning it for a 1060 6GB.

I'm excited to be moving up to 1440

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n0stalgic_gam3r in r/radeon

November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM

232

Finished BTF Black & White build.

  • Case: Cougar CFV235
  • Motherboard: ASUS TUF B850 BTF
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • RAM: KLEVV URBANE V RGB 32GB(16Gb x2) 6000 MT/s DDR5
  • Graphics Card: ASUS TUF RTX 5070 Ti BTF
  • Cooler: ASUS TUF GAMING LC II 360 ARGB
  • Storage: KLEVV CRAS C910 M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB
  • PSU: FSP VITA GM 1000W
  • Fans: LIAN LI SL-INF, T
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No_Rise_8056 in r/lianli

November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM

197

First all white build, first MATX, and first AMD CPU and GPU.

CH260, Ryzen 5 9600x + RX 9070XT

Had to flip my PSU to hide the cables.

justwanttofeelunlost in r/mffpc

November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM

188

New SFF build - Super smooth setup!

Just wanted to drop by and add to the choir. Recently did a new (my first SFF!) build. Having dabbled with various Linux distros, I wanted to give Bazzite a shot after seeing how smooth the Steam OS experience has been on my wife's Steam Deck.

TL;DR - Super easy!

I got some help from [this pos

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persianskateboard in r/Bazzite

November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM

154

Linux barely using any memory or VRAM [Linux Mint]

Now this sounds stupid as it should be a good thing, however my problem is that it makes shader cache times UNBEARABLY slow, and according to BTOP I’m only using 655Mb out of 8GB VRAM when doing the pre-cacheing.

What makes it even weirder is steam is telling me that it’s downloading the files at

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SirNurtle in r/linux_gaming

June 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM

1.1k

Final Build!

Solved my concerning cpu temps thanks to the Full Copper + A9x14 combo and also my cable management. Really proud with how this turned out!

Full Specs:

Motherboard: Gigabyte B850I AORUS PRO CPU: Ryzen 5 9600x COOLER: X47 Full Copper + Noctua A9x14 RAM: Kingston Fury Beast 32GB @ 5600 MT/s PSU: C

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Y33tBoii in r/sffpc

November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM

142

I build my pc on the wall

I just build this wall mounted pc custom built (drilled holes through piece of metal)… I’m genuinely curious to know what other builders think of this.

My cable management is decent at best, maybe overkill with the rgb? And I struggled until finally giving up at laying my GPU flat. I think I just

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Zealousideal_Fan6823 in r/PcBuild

February 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM

986

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