Hey everyone! PCMR has teamed up with MSI and BuildCores to see how you’d configure a build around the awesome MSI MEG MAESTRO 900R, and it's a WORLDWIDE GIVEAWAY!
Design your setup in BuildCores, share the thinking behind your build, and you could win a MEG MAESTRO 900R case and MEG CORELIQUID E15 360 liquid cooler!
As the centerpiece of MSI’s flagship MEG series, this case gives you room to get creative with your layout and show off your component choices.
HOW TO ENTER
Head to the BuildCores website (or use the app) and click the Start Building button.
Create a PC configuration on BuildCores featuring the MSI MEG MAESTRO 900R case, an MSI motherboard, and an MSI liquid cooler. The other parts are 100% your choice!
Post a comment in this thread with your build configuration in text, the BuildCores share link, a screenshot of your configuration, and a short explanation of why you chose that layout and those components.
To share your build: Use the Share button in BuildCores: [Example Image]
BuildCores is currently in Beta, so you may find some bugs here or there. If you do, be sure to give them feedback on their sub r/buildcores.
THE PRIZES
2 winners, with each winner receiving an MSI MEG MAESTRO 900R PC case and an MSI MEG CORELIQUID E15 360 liquid cooler.
You can enter until Oct 31, 2026!
Good luck, and may your framerates be high, and your temperatures low!
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About the case and MSI's MEG series:
If you're not familiar with MSI’s MEG (which stands for MSI Enthusiast Gaming) lineup, it’s essentially their flagship series, aimed at enthusiast builds and overall enjoyers of higher end options.
For the MEG MAESTRO 900R being given away here, here’s what MSI is highlighting: a centered internal layout, three-sided panoramic glass, and a detachable motherboard tray that can rotate into four different orientations. That gives builders quite a few options for how they want to assemble and display their system.
MEG setup
There are also some more premium finishing touches, including aluminum panels and diamond-cut detailing.
The four-way motherboard layout is probably the most interesting part from a builder’s perspective!
If you want to see MSI’s full breakdown of the MEG series, you can check it out here: "Excellence, Refined".
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The winner will be contacted by Reddit direct message (please make sure your DMs are open) in the 7 days after the event ends, and announced on this thread as well.
One entry per Reddit account; only your first eligible comment will count.
The prize winners will be selected randomly from all eligible entries on Nov. 7, 2026.
Participants must be 18+ and reside in eligible territories.
Winners must respond within 7 days, or a new winner may be selected.
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.
Using Jetsku's KytyPS5 Fork as it has some fixes in both Astro games.
Build is an RTX 5060 + Ryzen 5 5600GT (Same performance as a 5500, 6c/12t), 16GB RAM. Game is Astro's Playroom.
It's still getting around 35 fps in the main lobby, but inside the actual levels its hovering around 45-60fps! Not sure I'd call it fully playable yet, but the progress is amazing.
Edit: fixed link. Meant lower end when compared to most showcases of these emulators being 5090s, X3D chips and DDR5... Better wording would be "current-generation lower end".
Also, people seem to be wildly overestimating the 5600gt. Genuinely can't run any triple-A RPCS3 game at a locked 30fps.
I can’t believe I forgot about a 2 TB Samsung 970 SSD that was in an enclosure just sitting in my desk doing nothing for the last 3 years. What a great find lol.
I cloned this drive onto a Samsung 980. And just forgot about the 979. My current gaming PC has the 2tb 980 plus a 1 TB games drive. So I’m currently very comfortable. Trying to figure out what to use this for next.
Definitely never ever getting rid of any PC parts moving forward. Go check your parts bin for any hidden treasure!
