PC Building V5 "needs extra thermal paste" - Hardware & Software

I always rec Tariffs raise January 1st, I'd only wait for sales. Although, Intel might be pricing these with the tariffs in mind so they can gouge early adopters during their supply shortage and look better when they get to announce their prices aren't going up.

I don't foresee outright increased prices being the long term solution to the tariffs. Gray markets will emerge in places like Hong Kong, built on legal loopholes and savvy inside sellers. All it'll do is kill the smaller outfits, like what happened to Caselabs. What I see happening in late 2019 or 2020 is an increase in forced bundles, including intangibles like games, coupons for other products, keys for enthusiast software like 3DMark's suite, or additional years of support. These things cost very little to throw in as "added value", and can make the higher cost easier to stomach for people who've never built a PC before. The last thing companies like Corsair and EVGA want to do is shrink their own markets; raising prices with only a "please understand" to show for it will shrink their markets VERY fast, and tarnish their reputations for years.

Hey guys, I'm running a Ryzen 5 1600x and a GTX 970. Should I upgrade my processor or my video card first? CPU seems like a wash... the i5-8400k barely beats the Ryzen.

CPU is fine, look into a 1070 or 1070ti for the GPU I'd say

I tried cloning the drive with my OS to my SSD, but every time it boots to the HDD, or when I remove the HDD's connection it can't find or boot from the SSD, even though they both have the same files and should in theory work. This is my SSD. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178967 I'm using EaseUS Backup tool.

Probably isn't cloning the boot partition, in general I'd recommend using a low-level sector cloning tool like clonezilla to copy sector to sector. Though I'd also recommend just reinstalling Windows when you switch to a new boot drive. If you have the windows install media you should be able to "repair" the boot sector, though that's getting into partition and GPT/MBR stuff and other people here can probably give better guidance.

Yeah, I'm not entirely satisfied. I mostly play Escape From Tarkov these days and it's fairly resource heavy. I wanna max this bish out and have it smooth. My machine seems to handle everything else just fine on high/very high settings. I was already considering the 1070, but figured the CPU was my bottleneck as that was always the case with being an AMD fanboy. Guess I'll just upgrade the GPU and see how it goes. I went from an R9 380 to a GTX970 and it was a big improvement, so a 1070 might be the ticket.

Im wondering , I have a i3 6100 , 16gb of ddr4 and a gtx 1060 6gb . The i3 isn't really handling newer games all that well , should I get an used i5 6500 as an upgrade or save twice as much and just get a new board and a ryzen 5 2600 ,do you guys think the i5 would be enough to not bottleneck a 1060 for the next 3 years or so ?

I just hope they take advantage of it in a good way, by making deeper and richer experiences, or just generally more interactive. I feel like over the last decade, games have moved to making thing static, less things can be impacted by gameplay - I'd love to see what CPU power be harnessed to add that back.

this seems more like a board manufacturer issue rather than intel but wtf is with the z390 boards, some have a increased BCLK almost all of them exceed the turbo duration, the msi godlike runs the cpu at about 180-190W. when they fuck your cpu by running it out of spec are msi going to replace it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBrumDWpl-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9ZJm7aVYg&t

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/198800/9c6a6332-db2f-40c8-ad27-e5baff875405/Drivesm8.jpg I don't understand how it's not cloning it, I separated my HDD into two drives so I could load games onto one, then just clone the OS and base programs I have on the other. It cloned the partition with Win 10 on it, it just won't boot. I've since re-wiped the SSD so I could try again today.

Fuck yeah I got it to work, SSD is now the OS drive.

I'm not the most familiar with that game, but I don't really see that CPU being an issue unless the game is VERY intensely CPU bound. What might be more likely is a lack of VRAM, if your card is the 4GB variant and the game is more VRAM intensive than most. Games with large, complex or busy playspaces tend to use more, as do games with extremely high res textures (like what some open world games are doing now with terrain, using 4K or even 8K textures to increase sharpness up close) RAM could also be a bottleneck, in the case of enormous open world games. Too little and it has to keep paging to your boot drive when you move through the game world quickly. 8GB DDR3 is what I'd consider a minimum for really big games, and you'll want to close Chrome while playing them too. Long story short, play the game windowed, open task manager and leave it in the background, and alt-tab back to it every minute or so to see what your usage numbers are saying for each component. If any are consistently in the 90% range or higher during gameplay, you've found your problem.

My 970 is the 4gb variant. I have 32gb of RAM and have already checked to ensure it's not the bottleneck. The game doesn't run horribly or anything, I'd just enjoy maxing it out. I'm kinda shocked the 1070ti is so damn expensive, though. Is there that huge a difference between an overclocked 1070 and a 1070ti?

An overclocked 1070 can outperform the TI, but needs a way better cooler to do so reliably, and will use more power to achieve it. The TI has the advantage of a higher stock clock (that can beat the 1080 if you push it) and being generally better binned. Speaking from experience with the 1070, you would be shocked to see just what you can throw at it and get excellent results. 1080p is no challenge at all for it, 1440p is still comfortable, and it can even do 4K if you treat it right and are prepared to fuss with it a little. The TI handles 1440p like the 1070 does 1080p (from what I hear), so it's the best choice if you want to rock games maxed at 1440p.

And now my screen is flickering still with the nvidia 560 GTX card. Checked everything from viruses to card settings and nothing could make my screen act up like that.

I'm looking to get two 21:9 monitors to go with the two 16:9 monitors I've got. Looking for something on a sale around black Friday for around £500 a piece, if such a thing is possible. I don't really game anymore, but I browse and watch movies so having something which gives a good picture and has VESA mounting (100x100) is a must. I'm not bothered about 1080p/1440p but if a sale is on for the 1440p I'll steal it. I also have an MSI GTX 970 so I'll probably need either a new GPU that can output 4 monitors at once or another small GPU. Any suggestions are much appreciated!

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/198800/9fe7eb84-8092-4174-9bd6-82f9ab311a67/IMG_20181111_154556[1].jpg https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/198800/06f8dc8d-c5fc-471b-8b16-376ae764cbe4/IMG_20181111_162554[1].jpg I fucking did it! Just took some time dremeling the holes in the front for the fans to be longer, along with chopping the top of the hard drive tray. I took the better pair of fans from the 2018 H75 and put them on the front of both radiators blowing in, there wasn't enough room for more fans though or I would have done a push-pull configuration.

I don't think my VESA mount would be able to carry that! Though it's a neat alternative. I'll keep it in kind. Ta

I dunno, it's oddly working out as a better cooling setup then I thought. The front of the case, which I originally thought was plastic, is actually metal. This seems to act like a passive air cooler in tandem with the two bad ass fans pushing air through the radiators, and leads the exhaust out the back as intended. Hell even the idle thermals got colder, my GPU with my monitor and TV hooked up would make it idle at 30C, now it won't go past 24C.

if your upgrading or building a pc before nov 30 you get a AC:Odyssey with pretty much any samsung ssd Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | Samsung UK

Speaking of, I got a copy when I bought mine and none of my mates want it. Anybody here want AC Odyssey at a discounted price? Maybe 25-30% off?

I had a look around and decided that I wasn't going to go for the ASUS. I'd have preferred keeping to a minimum of 144hz but have been left with two choices - an LG 24MP59G 75hz IPS vs a ViewSonic XG2401 144hz TN screen. At first I was leaning towards the ViewSonic at 144Hz with its speakers as a bonus, however, I've heard much of IPS screens and their better colour presentation and given the LG matches what I was looking for I'm a little torn. Also heard the XG2401 has good colour presentation for a TN. I play a bit of CSGO/Rising Storm and Rising Storm 2, Squad, CK2, Witcher 3 and so - I'm not out for competitive play. I also intend to play through the Resident Evil 2 Remake and Devil May Cry 5 next year on the specs I have. I'm not planning to seriously upgrade anything in the near future as my machine runs everything at a satisfactory level at the moment. Will it be worth the difference between 75 and 144hz? I'm running with a GTX 970 and i5 3570k.

I have the XG2402. Color banding is minimal. Blacks and color depth are way better than average TN screens but still can't compete with IPS in any way.

What does the XG2402 have going for it? Either way it's going to be an improvement over the ancient screen I'm using right now but I'd rather go for the greatest gain. With the specs I have could I pull the framerate needed to make use of even 100hz to make it worth going for over the IPS?

Pretty much the best motion blur you can get under $500. IPS displays still have fairly blurry motion, even at 144Hz.

Any improvements over the XG2401?

They're nearly identical.

Is it just a case of being a slightly newer model then? I won't be upgrading my CPU for a long while, it doee the job and I'd rather not go through the expense and hassle of a new chip and mobo.