r/pcmasterrace 7h ago

Giveaway PCMR x MSI Winter Giveaway event! Win an MSI QD-OLED Monitor + extra goodies. 6 winners in total.

156 Upvotes

Hey, everyone! It's time for the PCMR x MSI Winter Giveaway event!

Let's try to keep our hearts warm this winter (but our PC temperatures low, of course).

This time, and something many of our users have been asking for, we’re spreading the love across different regions with a Winter Giveaway.

Due to shipping availability, this event is open to our European community in the following countries:

Germany, France, Spain, and Poland.

-The PRIZES:

- Grand Prize: MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED, 360Hz Monitor

- 5 Additional prizes: MSI Gear Packs (5 sets): MAESTRO 300 (Headset) + FORGE GM300 (Mouse) + MSI MPG Flannel Blanket + Dragon Doll Charm

For a total of 6 lucky winners!

-HOW TO ENTER

Simply comment inside this thread with your favorite MSI product from your local MSI e-store (FYI, the MSI Winter Sale is live storewide, with deals and bonus gifts available):

Germany: https://msi.gm/winter-de-pcmr

France: https://msi.gm/winter-fr-pcmr

Spain: https://msi.gm/winter-es-pcmr

Poland: https://msi.gm/winter-pl-pcmr

That's it!

You can enter until January 30th at 11:59PM PST! The winners will be contacted via Reddit DM in the next few days after the event ends, and also announced right here on this thread!


r/pcmasterrace 12h ago

Daily Simple Questions Thread - January 16, 2026

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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 4h ago

Meme/Macro The A.I. Situation is crazy...

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r/pcmasterrace 8h ago

Build/Battlestation My wife says it’s ridiculous…

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5.8k Upvotes

Is she right?


r/pcmasterrace 15h ago

Meme/Macro I miss my computer

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r/pcmasterrace 13h ago

Meme/Macro Do you guys also punish your components?

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12.5k Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace 4h ago

News/Article Its now possible to play doom in pdf

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1.4k Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

News/Article - Windows 11 23H2 Affected Only Patch Tuesday update makes Windows PCs refuse to shut down

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r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

Meme/Macro Microslop

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1.3k Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace 18h ago

Build/Battlestation My wife says it’s ridiculous…

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21.0k Upvotes

Is she right?


r/pcmasterrace 19h ago

Meme/Macro Well, I guess I have my kids house deposit sorted!

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29.7k Upvotes

Now I know why I've been collecting this stuff for the last couple of decades. ;)


r/pcmasterrace 2h ago

News/Article Steam updates AI disclosure form, requiring developers to report visible and in-game AI but not background tools

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r/pcmasterrace 22h ago

Discussion Took everyone’s suggestions and removed my PC from the floor

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r/pcmasterrace 16h ago

News/Article Fallout London lead says its time for Bethesda to “look at selling off” the series as “the writing has just gone downhill”

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r/pcmasterrace 11h ago

Hardware Bought a used motherboard. I didn't know these were a thing and of course I don't have a T20 to remove it.

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r/pcmasterrace 7h ago

Meme/Macro Where can I get replacement insulation felt for my laptop heatsink?

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435 Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace 6h ago

Hardware My 5080 melted

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It’s still working but blackout when playing games. Which customer support should I go to, GPU or power supply?


r/pcmasterrace 14h ago

News/Article Rust/GMOD lead makes '25 million' offer to buy axed Amazon MMO New World, because "games should never die"

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r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

Video Corporations want to make Computing Power a Subscription Service

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231 Upvotes

Unless the A.I. bubble pops, they're going to use A.I. as an excuse to let us own nothing and be happy.


r/pcmasterrace 9h ago

News/Article [ASUS] Public Statement to Clarify Recent Reports Regarding the ASUS GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti and RTX™ 5060 Ti 16 GB

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252 Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Question Good Deal?

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4.7k Upvotes

Should I grab it?


r/pcmasterrace 12h ago

Meme/Macro weirdest program

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401 Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace 10h ago

Meme/Macro The Power of Keeping Ancient Games Playable

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r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Discussion Reminder to cancel all your ''cloud gaming'' subscriptions

5.5k Upvotes

Do NOT subscribe to cloud gaming.

These greedy fucking trillionaires will never have enough money to be happy.

They want EVERYTHING to be a subscription to where you never own anything.

Music, Movies, Video Games, your fucking FRIDGE has a subscription and now they're moving to PC hardware.

Prices will stabilize, its the same dotcom bubble all over again, just be patient and stop panicking, you will be able to purchase hardware in a relatively short amount of time (1-2 years)

Remember Bitcoin miners? We thought GPU prices will never go down again but they did

Just give it time, and do NOT subscribe to these clowns.


r/pcmasterrace 8h ago

Discussion Finally upgraded my PC and now I’m weirdly stressed about using it

152 Upvotes

This is going to sound stupid, but I’ve been thinking about it all day.
I finally upgraded my PC after putting it off for a long time. Nothing insane, but it’s a pretty big jump from what I was using before. I was excited the whole week waiting for parts, watching videos, planning everything out. Built it last night, it posted on the first try, no issues, temps look fine. Objectively, everything went perfect. And now I’m sitting here kind of scared to use it? Earlier today I was literally just playing on my phone instead of turning it on, because my brain kept going what if something is wrong and I don’t notice, what if I messed something up and it slowly kills the parts, what if the PSU explodes or something dumb like that. I know that sounds irrational. I’ve built PCs before. I know how this works. But this one cost more than any build I’ve done and now it feels like I’m babysitting it instead of enjoying it. I keep checking temps, listening for weird noises, opening the case to look at cables like they’re going to move on their own.
The funny part is that when I had my old crappy PC, I never cared. If it crashed, whatever. Now that I finally have something nice, I’m acting like it’s made of glass.

Did anyone else get this after a big upgrade? How long does it take before you stop being paranoid and just use the thing like a normal person. I feel ridiculous typing this but here we are.