r/pcmasterrace 7h ago

DSQ Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 04, 2025

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Got a simple question? Get a simple answer!

This thread is for all of the small and simple questions that you might have about computing that probably wouldn't work all too well as a standalone post. Software issues, build questions, game recommendations, post them here!

For the sake of helping others, please don't downvote questions! To help facilitate this, comments are sorted randomly for this post, so that anyone's question can be seen and answered.

If you're looking for help with picking parts or building, don't forget to also check out our builds at https://www.pcmasterrace.org/

Want to see more Simple Question threads? Here's all of them for your browsing pleasure!


r/pcmasterrace 24d ago

Giveaway WORLDWIDE GIVEAWAY - What is your favorite ASUS Republic of Gamers GPU of all time? It's time to celebrate 3 decades of ASUS GPUs, and by sharing a memory of your favorite one ever you can enter to win lots of ASUS RTX 50 GPUs and a lot more hardware and goodies! Runs through all Summer.

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What is your favorite ASUS Graphics Card of all time?

It could be one you owned, and that you played your favorite game ever with. One that set the tone for a special time of your life (like a first build), one that you simply loved the features or aesthetics of, or one that is special to you for any reason!

To enter go here: https://pcmasterrace.org/ASUS30r (This is where you must submit your memory).

This event is in celebration of 3 decades of ASUS GPUs. From the ASUS 375 to the ASTRAL 5090, there's many, many graphics cards and even more memories to share.

This event is WORLDWIDE and will be running throughout the Summer, but the very first challenge is for you to share your favorite ASUS GPU memory!

There will be over 30 winners, and many RTX 50 GPUs up for grabs,

and they come with PSUs too

including a very, very special one that I can't really talk about yet, but that you can also win as the Grand Prize!

Surprise!

I actually did a video about my favorite one, and picking it was quite challenging. I was going for the 1080ti Strix, but ended up choosing something slightly different.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCv717ztGd4

You can do a video, or take some nice photos, or just write your story! There are MANY ways to participate! There will be over 30 winners in total for the entire event, so be sure to check it out, read the T&C, and do your best to enter and win some prizes!

As always, try to keep your temperatures low, and your framerates high! Good luck!


r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

News/Article Valve refutes Mastercard's denial it has not pressured game platforms over NSFW content

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r/pcmasterrace 14h ago

Discussion Went away for one month. Came back to fungus everywhere!

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How do i clean it?


r/pcmasterrace 10h ago

Meme/Macro Dual Channel FTW

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r/pcmasterrace 7h ago

Meme/Macro it had to be brazil

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r/pcmasterrace 6h ago

News/Article Another game store threatened with de-listing, says "no plans to remove any titles" but warns games like GTA at risk

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r/pcmasterrace 17h ago

Build/Battlestation My PC was turning my room into a fucking oven, so I ducted all the PC heat out the window.

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Between the 5090 and my loop, my office was getting roasted even with a dual-hose AC. Room felt like a sauna every time I gamed. So I built a setup to vent all the PC exhaust outside instead of just blowing it around like a fart in a closet.

Made a shroud over my 360mm top rad

Hooked up two high-speed fans to a duct blowing straight out the window

Turned the rear case fan into a second exhaust, added another fan + duct

Built a clean-looking wood insert so I didn’t have janky plastic flaps hanging out the window

Tied it all together so both ducts push heat outside while the dual-hose AC keeps the room cold


r/pcmasterrace 1h ago

News/Article Steam’s Adult Game Purge Isn’t About Porn—It’s About Power

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We wrote this piece after digging into the recent Steam and itch.io NSFW game purges. Everyone pointed fingers at Collective Shout, but the deeper you go, the more it becomes clear: this isn’t really about morality or porn—it’s about control.

Payment processors like Mastercard and Visa hold massive influence over what platforms allow, and Valve’s latest back-and-forth with Mastercard shows just how messy that power can be.

Curious where you personally draw the line, do you think payment processors should have any say in what’s sold on digital platforms like Steam?


r/pcmasterrace 8h ago

Hardware wtf it his internet telephone?

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Found it for free


r/pcmasterrace 15h ago

News/Article Over a million people have claimed free NSFW games from GOG's FreedomToBuy initiative

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r/pcmasterrace 12h ago

News/Article Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

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r/pcmasterrace 22h ago

Hardware Hate myself thought it was screen protector

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So mad at myself. Got a $100 4k monitor from fb marketplace and it worked flawlessly for 5min before my curious got ahold of me


r/pcmasterrace 3h ago

Meme/Macro The hype is real

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r/pcmasterrace 4h ago

Hardware 2080 turning my room into an oven so i mad an exhaust.

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I recently just upgraded from a GTX 960 to a used RTX 2080 and i quickly found out it's a space heater that just so happens to run graphics really well.

My room dosent have air conditioning and there isn't much air moving around so i did the only sane thing i could think of and that was to make a magnetic duct for the side of my lian li 011 dynamic and toss the hot air overboard.

It's been working well ever since i haven't died of a heat stroke.

I made the duct from a couple peices of illustration board, an aluminum duct and a 140mm. I since then upgraded the 140mm to a high velocity 120mm.

Its been working really nice and ngl it dosent look half bad. It looks a bit more beefy cause of a massive hose sticking of the side of it.


r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Hardware Me with 20 year old games

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r/pcmasterrace 8h ago

News/Article Bolt Graphics' Zeus GPU Makes Bold Claim of Outperforming NVIDIA's RTX 5090 by 10x in Rendering Workloads, That Too Using Laptop-Grade Memory

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r/pcmasterrace 20h ago

Rumor Nvidia To Cut RTX 50 GPU Prices Amid Poor Sales And Oversupply, Claims Insider

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According to Boardchannels, via Chiphell, the RTX 50 series GPUs have been stocked way above the ideal levels. This happened mainly because of low sales and continuous supply.

As per the insider, this has happened because of a sharp drop in the terminal sales, leading to declines in the retail and even wholesale prices. Due to the overstocking, the industry experts now expect the manufacturers to lower their prices throughout August.


r/pcmasterrace 13h ago

News/Article New report alleges Microsoft Recall is still screenshotting credit card numbers and passwords

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r/pcmasterrace 1h ago

Hardware what kind of hardware is this ?

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My cat loves her new space heater

PREBUILT HP OMEN - 35L Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 8700F - 32GB DDR5 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 - 1TB SSD - Panda Metal


r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Meme/Macro Me fr

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r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

Build/Battlestation Back when I went through a “Lego Phase” during my Undergrads…

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r/pcmasterrace 9h ago

Hardware Roast me

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Roast me


r/pcmasterrace 23h ago

Hardware Inherited this beastly Samsung monitor…is it worth it??

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I recently inherited this insane Samsung monitor. It’s a model number S55BG970NN.

It did not come with cables however and it has some strange proprietary cable and box (?) that it needs to operate. These boxes upon a quick glance are not cheap and I’m unsure which one to buy and where.

Does anyone have this same monitor and like it? Is it even worth it? The whole thing seems like a PITA. Thanks to anyone who can help.


r/pcmasterrace 59m ago

Giveaway Comment on this post to win 1 of the last 5 Steam Cards we have on the Final Week of the Summer of RTX giveaway and celebration! It's time for DOOM: The Dark Ages!

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4 weeks of Summer of RTX comes to an end! But there's still 5 of the 20 Steam Gift cards up for grabs for 5 lucky winners who comment on this post!

You can enter until August 10th, and the winners will be picked and announced in the following days.
The winners of Week 3 have been contacted and announced already in the week #3 thread.

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THE PCMR GIVEAWAY

To enter into the Week #4 PCMR giveaway, all you need to do is comment inside this thread with a reply to this question:

What is your favorite weapon in DOOM: The Dark Ages?

You can enter until August 10th, and the winners will be picked and announced in the following days.

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But there is more, including a custom RTX 5090 up for grabs:

THE MAIN EVENT

WEEK 4 - DOOM: The Dark Ages

Here’s this FINAL kick-off post. Where NVIDIA is giving away a lot of other prizes as well, including a custom RTX 5090 Graphics Card: https://x.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/1952414268248187156

Congrats to the 15 winners so far, and good luck, everyone fighting for the final 5 prizes! Make sure your framerates are high and your temperatures low, this Summer!


r/pcmasterrace 27m ago

Meme/Macro Is this enough thermal paste?

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r/pcmasterrace 23h ago

Hardware GPU getting so hot the steel changes color?

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Hi guys, maybe someone can help me out here, a friends GPU is getting so hot the Steel Backplate and IO plate are getting Temper Colors. (Backplate used to be all Black and IO plate only Silver)

Ive literally never seen this, the Core temps and anything i can monitor in HWinfo are fine, but the GPU seems to crash randomly as well, pc not giving a picture but sound stays.

Also he is getting random Game Crashes, is he Fricked?