PC Building Thread V6 - "running six RGB controller utilities at once" edition
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I've started to notice something weird. I keep getting choppyness when VSync is on, it's not for every game, but it's just... weird. It feels like the game is dripping grames despite almost every single game being locked 60, this happens regardless of it being Software based, or forced through my control panel
Driver updates have been known to cause similar issues, especially for Nvidia cards. Try rolling back drivers a few weeks, or to the last point you remember being good.
I should've said something earlier probably, but I didn't want to bandwagon you with a bunch of recommendations. You'll be fine, OutetPC should let you fix the order before it ships.
They just did. Pretty surprised how fast their response was. Still, I'm going to order the mobo from newegg since it never went through to outlet pc
So I swapped out the enermax air cooler for the NZXT x42 again, and either reseating the CPU or having a more effective cooler is making the cube pc more stable. Weird.
Alright kiddos, help me out with this one
I have to pick an AM$ ITX board. I want to do a simple 3.75/1.2V OC on an R5 1600 in a Node 202 case. Which board is going to help me do that better?
Personally the price is a secondary concern. I'll pick the cheaper option if there's no difference in OC performance between these two.
Gigabyte B450I Aorus Pro Wifi
or
ASUS ROG Strix B450
https://www.strawpoll.me/17645213
Would it be stupid to pair an RTX 2070 with an older i7-3770 ?
What about a 2060?
1080p@60fps@maxed out would be the aim, for at least a few more years, before I'm ready to build a completely new config.
Get the 2070 or 2060, run higher res at ~60fps, no problem for the CPU. Get a good cooler and OC. You'll be fine. Both cards will be fine for 1440p and up for the most part.
Heads up, the Gigabyte board does NOT have two M.2 slots, it has one slot, with the wifi component using some sort of M.2 interface. I got confused by this too.
My replacement ram came today, jumping from one 8gb stick to two had made a huge difference, all my stutter issues are gone!
Thanks for the suggestions folks, in the end I went with the 2060 (ASUS Dual OC), as the 2070 would have been 40% more expensive and not really justified until I make the leap to higher res.
Having a blast right now after using a 670 for so many years!
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/1195/c27db2ec-79d2-4af9-96c5-97a39b142d88/IMG_8967.jpg
Although I almost couldn't get out the power cables from my old card, they were ridiculously stuck for some reason.
Ok so what would you guys go with, a RX580 8Gb or a GTX 1660 6gb. The price is pretty close and i dont really play a ton of new games but i also want something that is best value and play anything i want in the future.
Shit, I'd say it depends on if it's on sale or not. They're both meant to compete with each other for price point, but the 1660 is slightly better.
Yeah, 1660 trades blows with the 1070, RX 580 is more of a match for the 1060 6gb. Think of the 1660 as being right below the Vega 56 and 1070.
I'm wondering if I should try and replace this R5 2600x that's giving me problems, or if that would even do anything for my issues. I set everything back to auto so that games and things will work, but they tend to crash still.
If I shot the CPU, are any other parts possibly affected, like the motherboard or PSU?
Depends on what kind of performance you are wanting in which games really. But with the crazy deals you can find on AMD stuff like $259.99 Vega 56's and $160 RX 580's, they're often better value.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131720
Here's a RX 580 8GB for $169.99 with the 2 free games deal.
What mobo are you rocking?
I've had (Linux, granted) stability problems on an ASRock Pro4 B350 – ended up fixing it by updating BIOS and setting the power management to AMD CBP instead of the default ASRock OC setting.
Otherwise troubleshoot the other components, it's incredibly rare a CPU goes bad.
After getting my CPU temps in order I have started fiddling with my GPU fans because they're like jet engines sometimes.
I've set my fan curve in MSI Afterburner to be around 60-70% between 80-85C and my card generally never heats up beyond like 78C when being benchmarked. At 60-70% the fans are quite silent.
Still my fans go to 100% and somehow beyond even though the temps never even get to 80C. What gives?
It's no big deal when I'm using my headset but the sound the fans make worries me greatly.
Card is RTX 2080 Ti if that helps.
Aorus B450 I Pro Wifi
It seems that if the GPU even touches 80C it overrides my MSI settings and just sets the fans to 100% until it goes to like 75C.
I undervolted my GPU a bit and set the temp limit to 81 and so far the fans have never gone past 50%. Performance hasn't suffered at all and it's quite quiet now, temps reach 75C at max.
Undervolting is a must for anyone who is not OCing. Takes so little time and offers so much.
So if anyone is having the same kind of problems I did, I undervolted my RTX 2080 Ti to 1.050V from 1.250V and there's pretty much no difference beyond fans being pretty much silent and my temps dropping 5-10C.
Everything works just as well, except I don't have to wear ear protection when playing stuff at 144fps.
This is why I run my PC from inside a freezer. Maximum oc and minimal noise.
You can just watch clock rate in Furmark or log it in games.
GPU-Z shows you your performance cap (perfcapreason), including thermal, power, voltage, etc.
I'm curious to see results on this, if an under-volt caps off the maximum memory and core boost at a slightly lower level.
Because with my 1080ti the GPU boost voltage curve dictates the highest core speeds, if the power is available it will automatically over volt against a curve by default, lowering the set voltage over the board may see a decline in top-reaching core speeds before any thermal throttling is deployed.
Maybe I have this wrong, but this is what I have inspected from my card.
weird problem with my kraken x52
all of a sudden it's making a lotta clicking noises and it's not being recognised in the CAM software. the CPU temps are still fine but something definitely ain't right with it
That'd be air bubbles in your pump. Care to post a pic of how you mounted it?
Cavitation in pump, rotate your whole case or take cooler out and put upside down etc. The aim is to get the air into the radiator and not the pump.
If its intermittent that could mean the AIO is low on coolant due to it evaporating, could be an the end it its life unless you refill and reseal it yourself.
It would be pretty weird if it's evaporating considering I just bought it.
This is how the pump is rotated
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/227099/3041fe66-1ee3-4522-86a6-a8b5bc8de532/image.png
I had to have the tubes coming out of the top because they push against my RAM when they come out of the right hand side. The cables aren't pinched or kinked.
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