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I suppose that could be possible as my CPU is used. Is there a way to test for that to confirm?
So it's just unstable rather than straight-up refusing to boot? Maybe you could get it to work by adjusting voltages or memory frequency, it's possible that the memory controller just isn't able to handle the increased load.
That's interesting to know, I just clocked my RAM down to 1333 to make up for that. My question that follows that however is, why am I able to use Slot 3 and 4 together but not say, Slot 1 and 3 (for dual channel)?
That's not to say it's not possible to get it working perfectly at higher frequencies, it just means you're left on your own when it comes to getting it to work. It's possible yours was running just fine at 1600. Looks like I didn't read your entire post correctly, thought you were saying you can't get it to work with all 4 slots populated. You mean it won't even run properly with just two sticks in dual channel when it's set to 1333?
Just finished testing and yes sadly it still crashes when using Dual Channel. As far as I am aware my system should support it. I even gave my system full control of how it handles the RAM by making it all auto. For some reason I cannot explain Slot 3 and 4 are the only two that work together.
So slots 2+4 are a no go as well? Depending on how your mobo is wired, it's supposedly better to use slots further away from the cpu first. You might also want to look into memory/IMC voltages if you want to improve stability. Sadly I can't really help you much myself with regards to what the recommended/safe settings are since I've never really bothered with memory overclocking and everything usually just works out of the box. You can probably find more info on that elsewhere.
forgot to mention thats the price on CLP, for reference a 1050 Ti is $163.000 the cheapest RX is 235.000
Reseat your CPU and make sure to tighten down the heatsink evenly, on larger sockets and motherboards this is pretty common.
I currently have a I 6600 K OCd to like 4.0mhz paired with a 1080ti for 1440p 144hz. Is there a need to upgrade my CPU or should I op for a better cooler to push is further.
I wonder, would it be practical to buy a RTX 2060 and use it for primarily 1080p game development, or should I just buy a 1060 or 1070 and ignore it for now?
My main problem is the price of the 2060 and the fact that its more focused towards 1440p rather than 720p/1080p since I will be using a 720p 60hz tv as a monitor then upgrade later down the line to a 1080p display or higher. I kinda think its a tad overkill for that kind of resolution but I'm mainly considering it for RTX game development but I got the feeling I should wait it out a couple generations.
I'm super outta the loop about CPU's what are some good options. Since I'm targeting 1440p @ 144 I know the 9700k is a good solid option, but I don't know about other options like on AMD's side.
The 2700X adds little to no gaming performance over the 2600X. The 2600X is the most balanced, easy-to-recommend gaming CPU right now.
Would it be worth to wait for the new Ryzen chips to come out later this year?
That's my plan. Currently running a R5 1600, most likely going to upgrade to a 2600X when the 3000 series comes out. Should drop prices a bit nicely.
Maybe, current ones are good enough for pretty much anything. Remember, something new is always just around the corner so don't make yourself wait too long for anything especially if it's at the expense of your gaming experience. If you want a new CPU, just grab one and have fun with it, that's better than waiting six months with a worse CPU
What is considered slow memory. I used 16gb DDR4 2400 would that be too slow? The 3000 series sounds really good so I might wait for those.
DDR4-3200 is the Ryzen sweet spot, CL14 is optimal but I have CL16 and that works fine too, even in RAM speed dependent workloads like shoving seven million triangles in Blender's viewport for some reason. only god can judge me
See my issue is that I just bought another 4*8 ram matching RAM set late last year. So I'm pretty conflicted.
So I bought a used 1080 TI for $600 on ebay, just I have the dumbest fucking luck with this incident. So like 5-10 minutes after I bought it, I messaged the seller asking to please ship to my PO box, because ebay has a hate-boner for some reason when you enter a PO Box as a shipping address it denies it, yet you enter a physical address and it's A-OK, except I don't get USPS service to my house. So after explaining this, I get told "I can't change the address", which in reality is "I'm too stupid to walk into a post office with a piece of paper and ask them directly 'please ship here'. ", but I'm told it will require signature confirmation, big fucking whoop if it doesn't even come in. I at least assume when it comes into my local post office or the one in town I could call them up and ask them to hold the package til I got there. So fast forward to MLK Day, a day you'd expect no fucking mail service or work to be done, well the post office got that package and put out a forward request, that wasn't honored because I couldn't go into my local post office because it's a fucking federal holiday, for the package to be sent back to the sender. Yesterday I spent all day running between my local post office and the one 15 miles away in Yucca Valley to end up with dick all nothing. Moral of the story is if someone asks you to ship to their PO Box because they have problems with mail being sent to their physical address, fucking help that person.
Noticed the third time running that during regular desktop use (web browsing) my screen blacked out then came back on with a green tint. This happened a week ago and a few weeks before then (and I haven't really been on my PC in between) and the only thing I can think of is my Asus Strix Vega 64. In the first case reinstalling my graphics drivers did it the other two times I've just resorted to restarting as it's quicker. Is this a sign of a faulty GPU? Also an issue I've had - framerate in games seems subpar to what it should be in 1080p. I run with a 3570k at 4.3GHz and 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 and when benchmarking max settings GTA V and Hitman it barely manages to stay at 60FPS. The RE2 demo got towards 70FPS but was more on an average of 67 which is fine but in both cases I've seen the same CPU or slightly newer (Haswell) paired with an equivalent GTX 1070 and getting better frames by a margin of 20-30FPS. Could just be a bottleneck at my end which I'll be rectifying with an upgrade to Zen2 later in the year but is it possible the card is having any issues? I'm running on an RM750 PSU I bought new in late 2013 as well which should be handling any power consumption from the card.
Little Advice on upgrading Mobo and CPU. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VmHmhy I was told that the mobo I had selected isnt very good, any suggestions. I would like to stay with Asus if possible.
I hate to sound like a broken record in this thread but is there any particular reason you need an 8700K? Are you gaming at >150 FPS or a heavy user of Premiere?
My motherboard has started to fail. USB ports, ethernet jack will just turn off and after a bit come back on, etc. Been doing this for about a month, but has been increasing in frequency as of late. I decided to build a new computer. Ordered an NZXT case, Samsung 860 SSD and Corsair Vengeance RAM so far. They all showed up today, but the case had a hole punched in the box (but not the shipping box). Oh well, replacement should arrive this weekend. https://i.imgur.com/4q2xwW0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/oWQd2zZ.jpg
My I5 7600k, is bottle necking on quite a few games. I cant really upgrade to far so If Im upgrading I might as well get something really nice.
IMO Wait for Ryzen 3rd gen, either it'll be better, or it'll drop Ryzen 2nd gen prices down, win win. Unless you're rocking a 1080Ti+, and planning to OC the 8700k, I just don't think they're worth the price tag.
Yeah I was told to wait last year as well but yeah.. lol
K-sku has a non-trivially faster base-clock (3.7 vs 3.2) but only a minimally faster boost clock (4.6 vs 4.7). My main point is that a lot of people look at the OC'd 8700K (@5.0 or @5.2 all core) and mentally compare that to a 2600X or 2700X – when in reality the difference in performance of a stock or mildly overclocked (4.8 all core) isn't that massive (depends on the game/application, obviously). Especially considering you start getting into really high-end cooling for the last 10% performance gain here, which adds to the price premium of Intel, I just don't think its worth it unless you have money to burn. You're also not going to be hitting situations where you need the top 10% better performance unless you have a GPU that can handle it (for modern games, that's a 1080Ti and up, generally). That's my take on it, the 8700K is an overhyped, overpriced, but pretty good CPU – better alternatives (2600X, 2700X) exist, especially considering the prospect of the AM4 platform.
Given that the clock speed is better on the K series stuff, A lot of games are primarily optimized for Intel stuff.
Working for a shipping company I can confirm that these sorts of things are VERY common. Holes in boxes are caused by numerous things, but typically we try to repack the box in a new one if it's exposed like that so that's pretty unfortunate they didn't show you the same courtesy. Mind you I don't deal in computer parts, I just find it a bit funny that we aren't the only company that has that issue.
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