As the title says I'm thinking of selling my 5090 and downsizing. I'm in a lot of unrelated debt, and really don't use the card fully as it's intended.

I mainly play Call of Duty with some Forza and Minecraft mixed in. My system has a 9800x3d and 48gb's of ddr8000. I play on a 27" 1440p 480hz oled which in Cod settings I lock at 300fps which stays pretty much there with little movement.

Now for the replacement I'm going to be honest i'm skeptical going AMD. For semi recent gpu history is as follows....2080ti, 6900x red devil ultimate, 7900xtx nitro+, 4080 super, 5090. I had driver issues with both Amd cards. Yes they provided great frames in Cod, but I had constant driver crashes. Going into and coming out of the switch to/from Amd gpu's it didn't happen with the nvidia cards.

For background reference I'm old (mid 50's) and used to have my MCSE and A+ 25ish yrs ago, so I'm not unfamiliar with setting up and trouble shooting PC's.

I think the only reasonable options are the 9070xt, 5070ti, or the 5080. I'd like to keep similar performance knowing that current levels would be my high end on a new card.

Have the driver issues of old been fixed on the newer Amd cards?

Oh almost forgot. I do not use Raytracing of any kind in anything I play, nor do I see myself. Shaders in MC yes, but no RT. I also play Cod with lower settings to maximize my frames.

The only other upgrade I might do is switch to a 27" 4k 240hz oled as my eyes aren't as good as they used to be.

Appreciate your time.

thoughts on the quoted Tech Shield PC for $1950

compared with the Msi aegis and codex for $2K-$2300K?

I'm considering replacing my 2017 rig with this prebuild. I intend to transfer my own additional ssd from my old computer to this one so the storage doesn't bother me. I would prefer a liquid cooled pc but im fine with air cooled if its a good deal. do know that building my own would be less money but Im willing to pay $200-300 if it saves me the hassle of buying the pieces individually and worrying about compatiblity.

Found a local builder near me selling a PC with these specs

GPU: XFX Mercury OC RGB Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU COOLER: Corsair NAUTILUS 240 RS 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
MOBO: ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E AM5 Motherboard
SSD: 2TB WD_BLUE NVMe SSD
PSU: 750 W Corsair RM750e
PSU OS: Windows 11 Pro

No ram

$2000

Is this worth it or should I keep looking for something?

AZZA Gaming Desktop CARMEL SNOW AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 32GB DDR5 2TB M.2 SSD AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Windows 11 Home

For some context, I’ve never had a PC before and decided that I’ve recently been wanting to get one to play with some friends. So I found this prebuilt that was in my budget of 2k.

Long story short my laptop's hinge is fucked and I need a repair,

I've been to the CC on Hwy10 and Queen just to buy stuff a few times and the staff seemed really incompetent to me, I'm not sure if this is just the sales guys or not but I want to know if anyone has done anything service related at that specific CC or the one on Burnhamthorpe and Mavis (Haven't been to this one but its the next closest)

Or if you have had good experiences at other stores or smaller shops in the Brampton/Mississauga region, id love to hear some recommendations as well

Trying to buy a PreBuilt PC and it looks pretty solid this PC for 2850 or is it not worth that

ARMOURY Sentinel prebuilt from Canada Computers for C$1,000. Bought April 2025 and lightly used,

Specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700, 8 cores / 16 threads
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti, believed to be 8GB VRAM, still confirming
• RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000
• Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD
• Motherboard: B650M Gaming Plus WiFi, exact brand to confirm
• PSU: wattage/model not confirmed yet
• OS: Windows 11 Home
• Prebuilt part number: RTARU00258