Huh, so I'm not the only one having problems with the video decoder lately? I'm still on 18.9 though. At seemingly random times the hardware video acceleration will just stop working outright, and any application that tries to play h264 will either display a blank screen or just hang. It fixes itself after a reboot though.
Gonna wait a few more days, just in case any news of catastrophic failures comes out, then I'll try the new drivers.
I've been having really bad hangs with YouTube playback, it'll just freeze Chrome entirely.
I'm on the fence, I kinda wanna upgrade my 970 to something but my budget is 300-400 Should I just wait till I have more or what?
If you're on the fence, I'd suggest to wait until CES and see when Navi is coming out. Even if it doesn't deliver what has been rumored it pretty much has to be a better card at a better price point. Unless you find a deal you can't possibly pass up, waiting another 3 weeks to see what AMD announces while saving up some more can't hurt. I wouldn't settle for anything less than 1080/2070/Vega level performance at no more than $400~ or your upgrade might be underwhelming for a lot of money unless you've been massively gpu bottlenecked.
If you have some a reason like you just bought VR or a 4K display and you absolutely hate the 970 performance, I might just jump on one of those Vega deals now.
I have a 4k display, and I'm hoping to be able to hit 60fps on RE2 when it ships on it, so I think I'll hold off for a bit longer/save up a lil mo money.
So I am in the market for a new mobo. But I am not exactly positive in what I should get. I am currently using a Gigabyte AB350M-Gaming 3 but I have been hearing some bad stuff about Gigabyte and the current board I have. I have fears it could die any day now so I am thinking its time for an upgrade. I've been eyeballing the ROG Strix X470-F Gaming because I hear it is a really reliable board and Asus products normally turn out to be good. But I could use some suggestions.
I've been using a GA-X58A-UD5 Rev.1 for 9 years, overclocked at all times. Any manufacturer can make bad boards, Gigabyte has made many which because of AMD's very lax style where you are allowed to put just about whatever you feel into any board which really is a feature IMO.
Zen 2 will probably bring new motherboards which should be backwards compatible, I'd just wait a couple months for one of those. Unless you put a 2700X into it and do folding in your spare time or something, I really doubt anything will happen unless you have like zero vrm cooling. Unless of course if your board has been widely known exploding VRM's or something, not just inadequate cooling and VRM design for AMD's full lineup.
I'm using the Strix H270F Gaming and I've had no problems so far. I don't know much about mobos or their OC abilities and whatnot but it seems solid. It has some ram frequency limitations however but that would be up to your discretion.
On an unrelated note, my GPU is suffering from a bad case of coil whine under load, have any better ways been discovered on how to fix it other than RMA'ing it and potentially getting it slightly fixed, or as some websites say, "putting gum or hot glue around it to reduce it the noise"?
Limit FPS, don't use daisy-chain style PCIe connectors. That's about it. high-heat-Siliconcarne on/around the inductors.
So I got the CPU today and it's legit. Fucking awesome.
stealing this one thanks
Can't steal what's already stolen.
From this grand lad.
It just kinda intimidates me because there is a like of choices for AMD boards. They can be pricey and I just don't want to end up with the "wrong" one.
I like the Crosshair VII Hero, X470 Taichi, and X470 Gaming K4. Personally. The ASRock BIOS is super weird and obtuse, but you can dive deep and do whatever you want basically, the boards are generally perfectly fine quality.
I don't like how pared-back the Gigabyte BIOS seems to be, and ASUS is the gold-standard in this department, generally speaking. I don't use MSI boards so no comment there.
I own this board. It's very good and I'd buy it again, but has some odd and strangely inconsistent POST behavior, and if you want to manually overclock, you're kinda shit outta luck.
Also the original version of its BIOS is hot garbagio, you absolutely need to flash the newest one.
Earlier this month I accidentally deleted my boot loader twice. I also learned how to restore an EFI boot partition twice.
Any tips on fan placements in a case? I'm considering to buy the Fractal Design Meshify C Mini along with some beQuiet! SilentWings 3 for fans. I already have the NZXT Kraken X62 for my i7 8700k. I've never paid much attention to fan placements or any of that stuff so I'm green on this. The X62 is a 280mm AIO so it'll only fit at the front intake.
Would 2 fans on the AIO configured to pull in air and 2 fans at the top as the exhaust be sufficient? I'm worried about my GPU and other components eating up the hot air from the AIO. Or would it be a better idea to configure it like I just said and also add a intake fan on the bottom of the chassis along with one more exhaust on the back?
Hi friends
Minor issue with my build that I've never really considered to be much of a problem but lately I've been thinking it might indicate something bad.
Once every now and again (maybe 1 in 20-40 times) I turn my PC on and it fails to boot. I get presented with an American Megatrends BIOS screen that says Overclocking Failed! Restart the system and it comes on fine every time.
Now, I can't remember if this used to happen before I overclocked it, but my overclock is a reallly low and safe one. CPU is an i5-6600k. I put it back to stock clock and it still happens. Took a while to happen because its so infrequent, but it happened.
Any chance it could be my PSU? It's a piece of shit tier D PSU from 2011, maybe earlier. I just bought a Seasonic Focus Plus 650 to replace it in hopes that it is infact the PSU.
That actually sounds a bit like a CMOS battery going bad, since that can cause fuckery with BIOS settings.
Otherwise, assuming you had a shitty PSU before, it's always good to upgrade to a good one (like, fo real, how much $$$ on components, and going with one that has a chance to make everything let the magic smoke out??).
Yeah, I've just been upgrading this build since I got it in 2010. Back then I had no idea and completely skimped on the PSU. Surprised it hasn't blown up on me already tbh.
Anyway I can check if it's the CMOS without replacing it and hoping? Someone else actually did suggest clearing the CMOS, guess I'll do that first.
Yeah, I'd reset BIOS/ClearCMOS. On some systems you can view VBATT (should be ≈ 3.0V), so that can give you an idea of that. The battery should last at least 3 years, I've one of mine last 5 years perfectly fine.
If you're at the store, you may as well pick up a CR2032 coin cell and pop it in, can't hurt to attempt.
Otherwise, if you suspect PSU, I'd go for that first. Then look at RAM and see if that's failing.
Fuck I'm getting anxious, I'm supposed to get a third oculus sensor, four 10Ft. USB 3.0 extension cables, an HDMI extender, and two sticks of 8G DDR4 3600 to replace the 16G DDR4 2133 stick I have.
I have an apu 2200g that I've had for a while but recently bought a 570 4gb gpu on sale during black friday and it's performed p well (in esports games) with the 2200g as the CPU. Should I stick with this or upgrade if I want to play more intensive AAA games?
I'd chill and wait for Zen 2 / Ryzen 3rd gen, either it'll be amazing, or the 2600 will drop in price even further. Win-win.
Just bought this for my home network:
i3-4130T
16GB DDR3
64GB SSD
Dual Gigabit on Motherboard + Intel Pro1000VT Quad Gigabit NIC
(hard drive was for testing purposes and is not in the system as of right now.)
OS: OPNsense 18.7.9-amd64
https://imgur.com/a/iAu14Rh
Who the hell thought putting springs in the screw of Wraith coolers was a good idea? That thing just conflicts with other screws and
I tried installing the thing for hours on multiple occasions but all I got was slightly damaged motherboard and a cut on my finger
I haven't used the wraith cooler, but my Dynatrons for AM3 and AM4 had spring-tensioned screws, and I haven't had problems with those (I mean, aside from Dynatron making their AM4 cooler a significant downgrade of their AM3 cooler somehow).
So my case came with a fan hub, and I have my CPU cooler and pump plugged into the hub. My software isn't recognizing the pump though. Is this normal?
I don't know if that would work, but I've personally never worked with a fan controller before, just been lucky enough with fan and pump connectors on my motherboard and setting an appropriate curve.
Any recommendations for nice, watercooled AIO's? I've heard some people say EVGA's headliner AIO has some of the best thermals for an out of box liquid cooler.
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