PC Building V4 - "ok SSDs got cheap, now do RAM next"
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I'd prefer sticking to nvidia for the CUDA support in tensorflow. The (majority of) training will be done at my work but I might have to do short training/predicting at home to test some stuff. Gonna switch to the mobo you suggested though. Do you think it'd cause issues with the case fittings? never did a micro/mini atx build so I have no idea.
yo anybody got something similar to EaseUS Partition Master?
I need to install W10 on my SSD and this seems like the best program for it, but there's no goddamn way I'm dropping sixty dollars on it.
Might actually change the build to straight up go for a Ryzen 5 1600 and a GTX 1060, costs like $630 bucks but thats with 8GB of RAM
its a little cheaper if i go for a GTX 970
https://i.imgur.com/KMrK7qt.png
wew first time installing a new motherboard and CPU. A lot less of a pain in the ass than I thought it would be, and I'm so happy to be done with my old shitty FX-6300.
Congrats!
Ryzen is going to feel like a whole new level of experience coming from that.
Case! I like the Carbide 270R, and the reviews seem to be pretty positive. Anything I should be aware of?
What's the smallest full ATX compatible case that I'd be able to use a normal PSU with?
For a new motherboard I'm very seriously considering an ASUS Crosshair VI Hero (mostly for its hilariously absurd amount of USB), but my current OEM case was clearly designed for mATX boards. I'm working with some space constraints (12w x 18h x 18d max), but want to make as few compromises as possible with this final rebuild.
A Define C or Meshify C would fit in that space, it's an average height case but with a very short length due to omission of a drive cage. Drives are stored behind the motherboard tray or underneath the PSU shroud.
how the fuck is my zealios 67g board so worn that my A key is (basically) linear. that shouldn't even be possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvyVeldfgvs
is there a way to tell when HDR is turned on?
It should switch your input when its enabled to say "*Display Adapter* HDR" and your brightness should max out.
not the best example as it cant be toggled but i tried the bf v beta and i quite like it, it seems really bright and a lot of contrast.
Well, I think I've figured out what was wrong. Turns out the motherboard fan control settings actually DO work, it's just that I'd been messing around with Speedfan testing out the fans, and it turns out the "software controlled" setting sticks even when you don't have Speedfan running, thus the fans were basically stuck at a constant speed .
On the not-so-bright side, it seems that my mobo is very conservative and slow to react when it comes to adjusting fan speeds, looks like it only modifies them by +-150RPM or so. I think it's setting the speeds based on one of the temperature sensors on the board, but I haven't figured out which one exactly it is. Still, at least I can pick a good starting point where the fans move a decent amount of air while being reasonably quiet and then let them adjust from there.
Question: I replaced the OEM 4x2 RAM in my current unit with 8x2 Vengeance, and now have that 8GB sitting around doing nothing.
If I upgrade my mobo to one with 4+ RAM slots, can I use both the 2x8 and the 2x4 sets to get 26GB total, as long as all the numbers are the same? Both sets are DDR4 running at 2666Mhz, would I just have to alternate their placement (one set in black slots and one set in gray)?
Can't hurt to try, but yeah, at the very least make sure that alternating slots have identical kits.
Modern memory controllers are pretty damn flexible, worst case I'd expect is maybe having to dial down the speed and timing to a lower common denominator.
At least Intel ones are, Ryzen's are definitely improved but still throws a fit on some configurations that really should work.
Uh oh. Is my single 16GB stick going to be an issue?
Nah, as long as it's a good stick
Not sure if this is the right thread, need some upgrade advice. My current motherboard is this Asus H81M-D Plus with a socket type of LGA 1150. I installed a 1070 last year but the CPU is starting to show it's age, especially with CPU-hungry games like Battlefield 1/Battlefield V. I'm currently looking at picking this i7-4790K up during Black Friday and wondering if it's a good idea, or if I should just bite the bullet and do a full upgrade with a more expansion-friendly motherboard. As a secondary question/concern, regarding installing heatsinks, I fucked up badly the last time I tried it so if anyone can put foward a good step by step guide specifically for removing a CPU/heatsink and old CPU and replacing it with the new one I would really appreciate it.
You should really do a full upgrade. That i7 isn't terribly strong when you can't overclock it, speaking as someone on a 4770k.
Nvidia Speculated to Drop Ray Tracing from GeForce RTX 2060's La..
RIP mainstream adoption of raytracing, if this turns out to be true
When I put second pair of sticks in my work machine (2400MHz + 3200MHz) everything downclocked to 2133MHz so YMMV. Could just be Dell being shit.
Well, who's gonna enable ray tracing if it looks worse than a cheaper lighting option? You sorta need baseline quality to above that of max settings, and if that baseline quality nets you "cinematic" frame rates on lower end cards, there's really no reason to waste silicon (and pricing flexibility) on it.
So they name their product Bazooka but instead use an RPG-7 in the graphic 🤔 Okay MSI.
Someone brought this to my attention, and it's why this whole debacle upsets me:
Nvidia's raytracing still uses a pixel grid method of obtaining points in a scene, and that grid currently corresponds to screen resolution. There is absolutely no reason why that grid can't be scaled independently of screen resolution to achieve a lower "quality" of the effect (fewer pixels in the grid = fewer rays cast) with better performance, similar to how some high-end bokeh effects scale in current games, but they're not going to let devs or end users do that for a while (at least not officially) because they want it to look as pretty as possible for marketing and PR.
Yeah I mean that may be the case, having to find a common speed and timings both are stable on. I doubt that OEM board supports anything above 2400 anyways.
Dell's Ryzen boards seem to support 2666 DDR4, though it's a bit of a crapshoot as to whether or not the BIOS will expose it to you, or which particular systems it will be stable on. Still, if you can make it work, it works perfectly fine.
Aargh, I installed the SAMA Armor 650 and now one of the fans in the computer is being buzzy, probably when I dicked with the cables and kept bumping into them. Doubt it's the PSU fan, it is in this cage after all
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PC Building V4 - "ok SSDs got cheap, now do RAM next"
