building-and-recc-chat

[twin sequoia]

I mean it’s good, I just like top-tier

Has 7 fans in case

I wasted so much time trying to get exact details on this build but it’s like very custom… idk it’s weird

Also Lenovo is starting to make GPU’s I think the 4080

Idc about brands for my custom build so much. I just want min/max all parts. Will definitely be OC’n

[upper condor]

Starting at “B560”

You have B460 :)

[twin sequoia]

Oops… sleep deprived. I just saw the b part haha

[vale veldt]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-16-wqxga-165hz-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i9-16gb-ddr5-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-1tb-pcie-4-0-ssd-off-black/6494637.p?skuId=6494637

My family bought me this as a gift before college

People are telling me they got scammed

Because the 4000s series laptop are coming out

[cyan ravine]

looks not too bad considering it's a 16 inch

yes the 4000 series laptops are about to come out so that'll make that laptop make a lot less sense but in the current market, not bad

strix will be strix price tho tbf, you're going to pay a little premium for that extra quality

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[dim forge]

Hello

So, I tested my recently bought gpu (2060) on my friends PC bc I haven't built mine yet.
Video works fine, furmark no thermal throttling whatsoever and the games had no stuttering. The thing is, there was no sound, we thought It was the headset but my friend replaced the gpu and then the headset worked just fine

Is there anything wrong with my card or perhaps is a config issue or smth like that

[sudden cave]

So am I going to have to buy a new psu? @rugged anvil

[rugged anvil]

dunno, ask your question here though. i don't know much about psu's

[sudden cave]

It’s not loud

[rugged anvil]

someone else here should be able to guide you though on your unit

[sudden cave]

Ok

Lemme get a link to it rq

https://www.newegg.com/p/1HU-00J7-009V3?item=9SIAUNCHCM9776&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-_-power supplies-_-evga-_-9SIAUNCHCM9776&source=region&srsltid=Ad5pg_Fm2B-kpXK57je9DbR5D2v7Z_PNNpZHHkXMgGrOCVFYeC-8YtdpuyU

It’s this

I got it about a year ago

For like 65$

[stoic island]

@wanton tundra just kinda a general list, not really optimized for example
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xKMG4s

You can prob fit in 13600k 4090

[wanton tundra]

Would a 13600k 4090 be a noticeable difference in cpu performance?

[mossy venture]

Yes, for gaming

[stoic island]

CPU wise, 13600k will do fine for gaming, but for other tasks, it'll be a noticeable difference in CPU performance, but the upgrade from 4080 to 4090 is a decently significant upgrade in GPU performance

[mossy venture]

This or with 4090 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WT3zcb

[cyan ravine]

reference is loud

also asrock z690 pg riptide has flashback and cheaper

better vrm

that flare x ddr5 can be samsung too

imo spending $30 for an aib XTX is extremely worth it

[potent portal]

Samsung is fine unless you're buying it specifically for overclocking really

Works pretty well with AMD chips as a side note, just like D4 B-die

[cyan ravine]

imo I would put $10 in for a pair of sticks that have the potential to run much better for a good few more years than a pair of samsungs that mostly cap at 6000/6400

hynix m continues to get faster, KP boards are up to 7400 with it

[empty pollen]

@dim forge probably the pc switch to hdmi audio on the gpu

You just have to set the default output audio again

On the windows sound mixer

[dim forge]

tyvm

[raw yacht]

Do all am5s still take 1 min to post? Did they fix that or is it some mobos

[empty pollen]

First boot yes

Memory training

[raw yacht]

Or all boots? From Guru3d:
"The first time you startup the PC the BIOS will do memory training; this can take a few minutes. Once you move the BIOS to EXPO mode (the optimal SPD timings) and restart, it'll train again. Once trained you're looking at POST times of less than 30 seconds, which is still too much IMHO. Stability-wise we had no issues, but of course, since AMD provided these kits, they've been extensively tested for compatibility. This isn't any criticism by the way; for both Intel and AMD, with the start of a new architecture, it's racing against the clock to get memory kits compatible at a firmware level." Can we confirm ?

I have switched from RTL to AM5 in my new build because of 3d series chip support, but this is discouraging

[empty pollen]

Bios was upgraded on am5 long ago

Now only first boot take that long

Also switching form rpl to am5 is a severe waste of money, at least to me

[raw yacht]

Haven't bought it yet

[empty pollen]

Oh

" i have switched...."

[raw yacht]

Rtl is inefficient unless you underpower it to like 70 watts plus is a dead platform

I did switch. I switched my build plan

[untold vessel]

Hey guys, what’s that incredibly OC’ed-to-the-max GPU company overseas that is the secret best of the best?

[raw yacht]

Most are Chinese. Evga is the last us one I know of

[untold vessel]

For example people brag about the strix

[empty pollen]

Maybe he is talking about the hall of fame cards

[untold vessel]

But there’s one overseas that has some crazy $3000-$4000-$5000 GPUs that are OCed to HEAVEN

do you guys know what I’m saying?

[raw yacht]

Really curious now

[untold vessel]

It’s kind of like googling a song without the lyrics

[raw yacht]

The googling shall commence

[untold vessel]

But I had a conversation about them about a year ago with the pros of this server

[empty pollen]

Galax my friend

Galax make the hall of fame cards

[untold vessel]

How do I see this hall of game cards

Hall of fame*

[empty pollen]

HoF 4090 as an example

[untold vessel]

Wait

[raw yacht]

It's a diamond 3dfx voodoo

That's what you wnat

[empty pollen]

Google it ceraso

[untold vessel]

THIS might be it!

Galax!

[empty pollen]

Hof cards are meant for extreme oc

Much like the kingpin cards were

[untold vessel]

I remember seeing an AIRCRAFT CARRIER sized GPU that was distinctively $1000 overpriced

KINGPIN

that rings a bell too!!!

[untold vessel]

And colored white

[empty pollen]

Kingpin was the evga counterpart of the hall of fame

[raw yacht]

Galax is from Hong kong

With a name like galaxy microsystems I'm not surprised

[empty pollen]

Are you aware that most gpus come from hong kong xD

Msi, asus, you name it :P

[raw yacht]

Gigabyte

All the same

[empty pollen]

Kinda, yes

[obsidian wigeon]

just to add

the extra power consumption of raptor lake cpus won't even make much impact on power bills

unless you plan to pair it with something like 4090 lol

and run it 24/7

under constant full load

besides sure, it is going to be dead end platform- but i wouldn't buy into promises either

amd is promising future upgrades, yet look at their past shenanigans

300 series am4 boards almost lost support for 5000 series cpus

cause amd decided to cut it off, breaking their promise in the name of profit

big companies aren't to be trusted, what matters is get what's best for your budget, use case at the time and worry about the future later once you do need to upgrade

im not saying intel is better than amd, they can still be scummy cause yes, they're not a charity

[leaden mauve]

hof

well the product series is hof

[bold prism]

Anyone know the cheapest 3050 or 3060 gaming laptop on market is rn?

[obsidian wigeon]

if you can

i would hold out for 40 series laptops

they're launching soon

[plucky timber]

imagine how power efficient they would be

[humble fossil]

hello

this? or

this?

for i5 12400f

[cyan ravine]

Neither

You can get a z board for less and that's just inherently better because it's a z board

Try gigabyte b660m aorus pro AX

That's about as premium of a board I'd go with that cpu

[obsidian wigeon]

i would instead go with z690 pg riptide if wifi isn't a need

[cyan ravine]

Honestly that then a 12600KF if it's cheap enough with a dual tower

[obsidian wigeon]

yep

[humble fossil]

have 3.9 rates in newegg

[mossy venture]

The ratings are irrelevant

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kpJ7bK

[limber oyster]

My PC is too powerful 😂😂. It broke the TV at work

[upper condor]

How hot is too hot for GPU hotspot/memory junction?

Mine sits around 90-95C for both under full load

[mossy venture]

That's fine

[empty pollen]

110 is too hot

[fossil cedar]

Depends on the memory type g6x is rated for 110c and g6 for 100c iirc but imo under 95c is fine

Although ofc cooler the better

[digital nebula]

PC's running smoothly, funny part is now i can see like alot of pixels on my mw2

[digital nebula]

my system doesnt support resizeable bar.. sadge

[bold stone]

@fossil cedar ik its not your field

But I gotta deal with my ps4 slim now

Any idea why it can only run like 40 fps

[potent portal]

Is the hard drive full

[bold stone]

Nope

500/800 gb

[fossil cedar]

i knew close to nothing about consoles ngl

[bold stone]

Yeah thought so

[fossil cedar]

last console i owned was the wii

[bold stone]

W

[potent portal]

What game is it? Some newer ones are targeted at the PS4 Pro and the older ones don't run as well

[bold stone]

Fortnite warzone any battle royale game any story game ark

[potent portal]

Ark is no surprise tbh

[bold stone]

Yeah

Solid 20 fps

[brittle tinsel]

My friend had a blackout through the night I guess, when he woke up his pc wouldnt power on. he was able to get it to power on with 1 ram stick he reset the cmos and put all the ram back in. the computer is on all lights are on RGB and everything. but his monitors are not displaying. his keyboard and mouse also arent getting power

[potent portal]

When's the last time it was cleaned?

[bold stone]

Apperently normal according to my mom and playable

[bold stone]

4 months ago when we replaced the harddisk

[brittle tinsel]

update it boots and lets him in with 1 out of 4 ram sticks.....

[potent portal]

Try that one stick on the other slots to see if it's the sticks or the channel that died

[bold stone]

Btw it's not steady

Drops to 30 and 20

[brittle tinsel]

so far 1,3 work. 2 didnt. he is testing 4 now...

4 works too..... is it possible to get a bad slot but the channel is still ok?

[potent portal]

Yes that's possible

Usually from physical damage, which a short circuit could qualify as

[brittle tinsel]

are all AM4 processors the same?
he has a spare motherboard he was looking to upgrade down the road but he has a r5 2600 currently. the motherboard is a b550 msi tomahawk.

also can you use 3 ram slots or will that slow it down?

[potent portal]

Yeah any AM4 processor should work on any AM4 board in theory. Double check the compatibility lists if it's a B350 board or something, it would probably need a bios update or 3.

[brittle tinsel]

its a b550

[potent portal]

3 slots is fine, the way that works is 2 of the sticks run in dual channel mode and the third runs in single channel

[brittle tinsel]

yeah but Ive heard running dual channels messes with the memory controller or something. he had 4 sticks in so I didnt know if 3 sticks would slow the memory controller down anymore

[potent portal]

Dual channel is faster

I checked the compatibility list for the B550 Tomahawk and it doesn't support 2000 series chips

[brittle tinsel]

oof. alright, ill break the news to him. he may just be stuck with 3 sticks of ram for a bit.
australian electricity seems to suck. this is the 4th PC issue they both have had after a blackout. they lost a gpu to it and a power supply

[potent portal]

I recommend a UPS to fix that long term issue

[brittle tinsel]

well.... he just tested with all 4 sticks in and it boots...

im lost

[potent portal]

Recommended, will clean up dirty power, protect from intermittent power loss, and can send a shutdown signal when the battery is low. https://www.amazon.com.au/CyberPower-Systems-Value-800EI-Interactive/dp/B077HWMJZ2/

[bold stone]

Thanks dyno

[plucky timber]

i should get a ups at some point

or just stick to laptops

at least with laptops

worse case scenario i drop to 30fps

with no ups

save data go boom

[potent portal]

Get a laptop that does USB C charging, a massive USB C battery bank with passthrough, and a UPS. All the battery.

[plucky timber]

mine does

i can probably charge my laptop off a car if i was desperate

[potent portal]

The advantage of that setup is the PC doesn't know it's on battery power and runs full tilt

[plucky timber]

but cars don't usually have 100w usb pd charging

so like

i can charge it off a car but not game off it

[plucky timber]

what if you just keep hooking batteries up to it

infinite power

[potent portal]

Asking for 8A from a 12V outlet is a bit much lol

[potent portal]

Exactly, when the UPS runs out of power the battery bank still runs and you can just change the UPS with zero interruption

[plucky timber]

there should be a new usb standard that allows me to power an entire gaming pc with usb

or more efficient gpus

[potent portal]

1kW USB PD wen

[plucky timber]

at that point i would worry about wire gauges

imagine causing a house fire with your 1kw usb charger

[potent portal]

Imagine how giant that charger would be. Basically the size of an ATX power supply.

[plucky timber]

[potent portal]

At least sff

[plucky timber]

should just be built into the wall at that point

the thing i like about usb pd tho

i can just bring my small pd brick with me

instead of bringing the massive asus brick every time i want to charge my laptop

[zenith cargo]

I bent my 5v 3p (only one pin), I was able to unbend it but I don't think it works anymore

rgb cpu fan doesnt read it anymore

[south cliff]

for some reason somtimes my monitor flashes like a white bar only on my main monitor not my second and i have reinstalled driver could it be the monitor

i think i fixed it

nvm

[dim forge]

Huh

[tepid roost]

@potent portal what's the command for the ddu info

[jolly river]

DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) Guide by Pato
https://github.com/NeweggTechie/Graphics-cards/wiki/How-to-use-DDU

[limpid barn]

does anyone have any video recs on cable management basics? about to build my second pc and want to do it right this time

[keen bobcat]

It is time

[dawn iron]

when building my pc ive heard ppl say you dont need to pick an operating system but have been confused on why

like on pc part picker

[calm oyster]

I AINT PAYING 2.5K FOR A FRIGGIN ROG 6950 WHEN I COULD JUST GET A 4080

[earnest olive]

not a rog aio either

or a rog case

[languid nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/madge-gif-23552833

[desert gulch]

Id be willing to bet that's not an rog PSU either

Def corsair

[jagged ember]

windows 10/11 is freeware, you don't really need to pay for a key

obviously linux is free, and hackintoshes are only possible if you already bought a mac

[dawn iron]

so when building my pc on pc part picker i dont need to buy windows 10?

[jagged ember]

nope

don't buy it unless you absolutely abhor watermarks

[dawn iron]

nah i just need somethin for games lol

[stiff dome]

CPU: i5 6600k
GPU: Geforce GTX 1070
RAM: 16gb
Motherboard: ASUS Pro Series ITX w/wifi
Storage: 250gb Samsung SSD and a 500gb WD Black HDD
OS: Windows 10
PSU: XFX 850w
Case: Thermaltake V100

For 500 cad is this a good deal or no?

Cpu Ryzen 3100 (wraith spire cooler)
GPU Msi Ventus 1660 Super
Ram 16GB Spectrix D60G
500GB crucial ssd
550Watt psu
4 Corsair fans with rgb controller that works with Icue software or this for 650?

[tepid roost]

@potent portal where's felix

Idk his name now

also my audio stopped working on my pc plugs after I changed everything

my mic is still working via usb and I plugged my headset into that but it's not working on my front ports nor my back ports

[tawdry lance]

So, what exactly is that 4 pin cable next to the 8 pin cpu? I do not think my PSU came with a 4 pin cable.

Oh nvm, the cpu power cable can split to be a 4 pin. I feel dum.

[potent portal]

The extra 4 pin is optional, intended for extreme overclockers

[tepid roost]

idk why my audio not working bruh

mic working fine

and headphones plugged into my mic working fine falcie

normally my headphones show up as realtek speakers

or something like that

[potent portal]

Felix is Fish Flakes right now btw

[tepid roost]

ok

good

[tawdry lance]

Can I use the CPU power cable as a PCIE power cable?

[empty pollen]

no

[potent portal]

Only if you like fire

[empty pollen]

not only the connector is different (cant physically plug it into the wrong socket) but the voltage on the pins are different

[tawdry lance]

Oh ok, thank you so much.

[rugged quarry]

have a friend that recently built his pc, cpu has been running way too hot at roughly 90-94C

what are troubleshooting steps/potential causes?

[potent portal]

What CPU and cooler?

[rugged quarry]

r5 5600x, and he is using an stock cooler that came with r7 3700x

was my old one I never ended up using

[potent portal]

That's pretty normal for a stock cooler

[rugged quarry]

oh dang fr??

[potent portal]

It needs a high airflow environment to even keep it at stock performance

[rugged quarry]

hes running 3 front facing fans + 1 exhaust

definitely not a lot

[tepid roost]

falcie

that's not normal for a stock cooler on 5600x at all

85 or so was the highest I hit on stock 5600x

with only 2 fans aside from cpu fan

[potent portal]

Best step I can suggest is a $20 tower cooler

[rugged quarry]

94 def seems high, thought that is when cpus can get damaged or start to effect performance

[potent portal]

Yeah it's a tad high but nowhere near dangerous

Platform thermal limits are very far from anything that could cause permanent damage

[rugged quarry]

ahh okay, he told me sometimes games would crash and he'd notice temps got high, you think he should just get a basic tower cooler or AIO setup

[potent portal]

Basic tower cooler yeah

AIO is overkill

[rugged quarry]

got any recommendations?

[potent portal]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Zr8bt6/id-cooling-se-214-xt-682-cfm-cpu-cooler-se-214-xt-argb

[rugged quarry]

whatr are expected temps with that ?

[potent portal]

Probably closer to the 60s, maybe 70s if it's a hot room

It'll be a lot quieter too

[rugged quarry]

dope for sure, thanks

[potent portal]

Alternative if they don't like RGB also https://pcpartpicker.com/product/q6H7YJ/thermalright-assassin-x-120-refined-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-ax120-se-d3

[earnest olive]

i think this is a bad cooler mount or bad paste application more than insufficient cooler

since thermal throttle point is at 90C

94C and crashing indicates a catastrophic failure, not just "slightly higher than 90C"

a cooler upgrade would still be beneficial

but i am pretty sure the prism is mounted incorrectly

[obsidian wigeon]

^

[strong raft]

$20 was always worth it to me, even if only for sanity thnx to low noise vs some stock coolers. What's funny is price I paid in 08 for early direct heatpipe tech.

[dense phoenix]

08 💀

How do the coolers perform in today's standards

[obsidian wigeon]

probably not very good now

[potent portal]

They're not as bad as you think but modern processors tend to give off more heat and in a denser area, which the old coolers don't expect

[hazy ruin]

Hey i have a question about m.2 storage when i install into motherboard one m.2 storage i can add second m.2 storage in the future please answear me

[cyan ravine]

If there's a slot for a second one sure, and if the chipset is happy to accept a second one without issues

Some boards have limited chipset lanes so they disable other stuff (normally sata) to make the extra m.2 slot work

[hazy ruin]

wait a sec

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

[cyan ravine]

You can definitely fit 2 on that one

[potent portal]

You have 2* M.2 slots

[cyan ravine]

There's also pcie slots for even more m.2's

[hazy ruin]

because i have now a 256gb storage but i can i want have it only for windows and i want buy a 1tb m.2 storage for games programs ...

and i don't know if there can be any problems

[potent portal]

(Stupid specs page is formatted weird and looked like it had 3 for a minute)

That'll be perfectly fine

Just pop in the new drive and open disk management, select GPT, then right click the drive and create new simple volume. Just hit next through the prompts.

[hazy ruin]

okey if i'm going to have any problems i will write here

Beacuse it going to be my first pc build

[upper condor]

Having a strange issue. I noticed my hard drive wasn’t being detected so I took out my PSU made sure everything was connected etc etc

I put it back in

Now whenever I try to start it up, I see the lights on my GPU connectors light up for a split second, the front fans start up for a second, I hear a click noise then it all shuts off

But for some reason the RGB on my ram works and stays on

[mossy venture]

Double check all connections

[upper condor]

On PSU and Mobo I assume?

[weary galleon]

Sounds like Cpu most importantly but really just do all of them

[upper condor]

Huh

Seems like having my hard drive plugged in causes it to not turn on

[strong raft]

Anyone is losing their mind thinking that 08 cooler isn't just still on my E8400, lol. The 2013 one is on a 3770 & recently repasted. Heatpipes lose efficiency over time.

[dim forge]

guys, did the 13100 have any big gains from 12100?

[cyan ravine]

Not really iirc

[dim forge]

hmm so the "big" jump is from 12400 to 13600 isnt it

[cyan ravine]

The raptor lake parts start at 600 iirc ye

12400 to 13400 is a big jump but not for games

Basically a 12600k in a new box

[potent portal]

13100 is literally just a 5% overclocked 12100, same core count and architecture. So it might be worth it if it's only 5% more money.

[fossil cedar]

13600k btw the non k isn't afaik

[dim forge]

I'll probably just get the 12400 then

budget king

[potent portal]

Yep

[tepid roost]

@cyan ravine I got my new gpu cpu and psu in

everything working good tho when I played some games they stuttered at first but I figure it's just cause it was my first time running them

[cyan ravine]

Can do

Stuttering now?

Sometimes the first run the pc is just caching everything so it stutters a bit ye

[potent portal]

Yep building that texture optimizing cache can take a bit, some games do it before you run it the first time and it just looks like a really long load screen.

[tepid roost]

yeah It seems to be fine now

also felix for some reason

my headphones aren't showing up after changing everything

and Ik the headphones are fine themselves cause when I plug them into my mic they work

I'm wondering if maybe I didn't plug something in for the front ports

[cyan ravine]

Likely

[tepid roost]

also my cpu fan doesn't have rgb for some reason

[cyan ravine]

There's a hd audio plug

[tepid roost]

despite being plugged in and everything

yeah I have that plugged in

[cyan ravine]

Hmm not sure then

[tepid roost]

it's in the bottom left on my mobo

[potent portal]

Did you install the HD audio drivers

[tepid roost]

I updated drivers

[potent portal]

From the motherboard support page?

[tepid roost]

lemme try that

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-TOMAHAWK-MAX/support#driver from here?

[potent portal]

Yeah this one https://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/mb/realtek_audio_R.zip

[tepid roost]

which app do I open

the set up or rtlupd64

[potent portal]

setup

That's the win11 one btw

[tepid roost]

bruh

[potent portal]

Didn't know which OS you had

[tepid roost]

Im 10

why did you wait to saw lol

say*

[cyan ravine]

He didn't wait

He just remembered

We do that a lot here

[tepid roost]

he waited like 20s lol

[tawdry lance]

So downloading games seem to spike my CPU temps more than actually playing the game. Is that normal?

[tepid roost]

I already started it

[cyan ravine]

Yes because he probably just remembered the detail after the fact

[tepid roost]

ok I need the win 10 one lol

[potent portal]

Wait... Win10 is the same package

Sorry

[tepid roost]

uh

lool

[cyan ravine]

And most likely this anyway

It's realtek

[tepid roost]

most likely?

[cyan ravine]

The installer is out of windows xp

[tepid roost]

ight I'ma restart pc and try my headphones

hope this works

[potent portal]

Downloading/installing at high speeds is pretty CPU intensive so yes probably

Games, especially at 1440p+, aren't as CPU intensive

[tawdry lance]

Oh ok, seemed weird when my cpu was spiking to 80 C when downloading, but 60 C when actually just playing games.

[tepid roost]

falcie they still not showing up

[potent portal]

Yep, remember that it's not just copying data off a server, it's getting a compressed file, extracting it, and writing the uncompressed data while verifying it all at the same time

[tepid roost]

I have the razer blackshark v2 x

so they wired

[potent portal]

It's not in the Windows audio settings as an output device?

[tepid roost]

nope

not in device manager either

maybe I need to turn my pc off and just make sure the hdaudio is all the way in

[empty pollen]

a screenshot could help

[tepid roost]

of what

[empty pollen]

to see your audio devices on the device manager

[tepid roost]

sound settings?

ok

print screen easier but I can snip if you need me to

[potent portal]

It's there in device manager

[empty pollen]

yup

you should have that output on your mixer settings

[tepid roost]

which one

the blacksharks aren't there

my mic is

[empty pollen]

this is mine as an example

win 11 ofc

[tepid roost]

are you talking about the speakers that mine says?

cause that's my mic

I have my mic in 7.1 surround set to that

so I can have sound still

the hidef audio device is my monitor

cause it's defaulting to that

[tepid roost]

falcie

only the input shows up not the output

[empty pollen]

which options do you have on your sound mixer?

[potent portal]

It's disabled

[tepid roost]

yes that's the input falcie

[cyan ravine]

This looks like a razer issue

Not the first time I've seen it before

[tepid roost]

nothing shows up even when that's enabled falcie

for audio I mean

[cyan ravine]

Surround screws with sound inputs up down left and right

[tepid roost]

never had this issue

want me to turn surround off rq and then replug or something?

[cyan ravine]

Uninstall surround

Disable it

Then try

[empty pollen]

to me it sounds like your blacksharks are faulty

[tepid roost]

ravell

they work just fine

[cyan ravine]

No it won't be the blacksharks

[tepid roost]

working when plugged into my mic

[cyan ravine]

The surround software is known to have issues

[tepid roost]

ok lemme try that

[cyan ravine]

Which blacksharks are these McFlurry?

[tepid roost]

v2 x

the wired ones

[cyan ravine]

Ah yeah

[empty pollen]

those are 3.5mm i think

[tepid roost]

yes

[cyan ravine]

If I'm not mistaken, those have issues with surround due to not being usb

[tepid roost]

weird that they just started if that's the case but we'll see

[cyan ravine]

I used to lurk the razer forums, I have a lot of experience in this matter

[tepid roost]

still nothing

I exited surround

[cyan ravine]

I'd suggest dolby surround instead

[empty pollen]

i have the krakens and they work just fine

[cyan ravine]

No disable razer surround

[empty pollen]

however these are usb

[cyan ravine]

Don't just exit it

Uninstall it

[tepid roost]

bruh ok

[cyan ravine]

The sound driver persists even with the app closed

[tepid roost]

ok uninstalled

[cyan ravine]

Control panel > sounds and hardware > sounds > input and output, right click razer surround and disable both

The v2 x working in the mic port both input and output is correct

[tepid roost]

?

[cyan ravine]

That shows it works as intended with surround out of the picture

Some front panel jack ports also don't have the poles to support dual channel audio

[tepid roost]

I don't think that's the issue

[cyan ravine]

So it's one of two things

[tepid roost]

7.1 isn't showing in the sound thing so it's gone

[cyan ravine]

Well yeah it likely could be, if you don't have the hardware in the audio jack to support it, then it won't play sound

[tepid roost]

says my realtek speakers aren't plugged in tho

um

they were working until yesterday so

and I didn't switch mobos

[cyan ravine]

Then it can be realtek failing to install properly

Another issue which sometimes even fixes itself by attempting a reinstall of the driver 50 times

That issue plagued my X570S aero G

[tepid roost]

also

why does my pc still have really old cpu drivers

[cyan ravine]

Cpu drivers?

Chipset?

[tepid roost]

nvm idk

one sec

back to audio

should I try reinstalling realtek again?

[cyan ravine]

Go for it

[tepid roost]

ok

[cyan ravine]

It's extremely iffy that it works properly on some boards

[tepid roost]

also

would my headphones not still show up at least on their own as a device?

regardless of realtek working?

[potent portal]

It won't show the name of the headphones, just the name of the audio device (realtek)

[tepid roost]

No way to know if they're my headphones then really?

[potent portal]

There's test sounds you can play on each audio device in the audio control panel

[tepid roost]

yes ik

I meant by looking at it

[potent portal]

Not from looking at it no

[cyan ravine]

3.5mm doesn't have a means to identify the headphones

[potent portal]

Except that it'll be something something realtek

[tepid roost]

ok

nothing still

realtek is showing up

not in selection for audio just in device manager

also something else to note

my back ports aren't working with the headphones either

could that mean it's just something not plugged in properly on my mobo @cyan ravine ?

[cyan ravine]

Nope

[tepid roost]

or would that make it so my headphones wouldn't work even plugged into the mic?

[cyan ravine]

Welcome to the lottery of realtek

Try installing again

Until it works

[tepid roost]

I really don't think that's it

ok

idk anymore

[cyan ravine]

It's dodgy like that

[tepid roost]

all cause I switched to amd :\

[cyan ravine]

This is realtek not AMD

[tepid roost]

I joke

[potent portal]

This is just the usual onboard audio problem, Intel that uses Realtek has the same issues

[tepid roost]

I heard a tiny bit of static when I plugged into the backport on my pc bruh

thought it worked for a sec

[cyan ravine]

The static also realtek

[tepid roost]

BRUH

I could always just use my headphones on my mic for now and saw screw realtek

[cyan ravine]

Totally sounding like a realtek issue rn

Surround not part of the problem anymore

Would suggest dolby surround btw, it's better

[potent portal]

I don't even bother trying to get onboard working any more, I just use USB DAC

[cyan ravine]

Agreed

[tepid roost]

I didn't get USB headphones lmao

Didn't think it'd be this stupid

The black sharks are good for the price too :/

[cyan ravine]

It's not the headphones tho

[tepid roost]

Yea

[potent portal]

Super flaky even when you do get it working, might just stop randomly because it decided it doesn't like your new desktop background

[cyan ravine]

If it works fine in the mic jack it's realtek being a goof

[tepid roost]

But USB headphones wouldn't have this issue would they or would they still

[cyan ravine]

Usb wouldn't

[potent portal]

No that would use another driver completely

[cyan ravine]

But again so would other mobo audio codecs wouldn't have the issue either

[tepid roost]

Should I plug the headphone splitter into the mic jack or just the single cord itself into the mic jack

[cyan ravine]

Splitter doesn't do anything afaik

It just sends a high pitched noise through the speakers

[potent portal]

Splitter just divides up the poles

[tepid roost]

Ok I'll try that then in a sec

felix

[cyan ravine]

Wha

[tepid roost]

I plug the headphones into my pcs mic jack and it should have sound?

wdym

[cyan ravine]

Again, the realtek installer is super iffy

[potent portal]

Mic is supposed to be input, not output

[tepid roost]

felix make sense for me

[potent portal]

"supposed to be"

[cyan ravine]

All 5 plugs can be customised to do whatever on the newer boards

Try the green plug

[potent portal]

Interesting, I haven't messed with it in a long time

[tepid roost]

mine doesn't have a green plug but Ik which one because of the static and the realtek app

[cyan ravine]

Really depends how many poles are in each jack

[tepid roost]

and plug the headphone or the mic in or either one into the green plug/line in

or just the cord without the splitter ig

[cyan ravine]

Green should be LR

No splitter

[tepid roost]

lr?

[cyan ravine]

Splitter won't do jack

Kekw

I specifically remember trying to get someone to work a splitter with this exact headset and it resulted in a loud high pitched scream

The choice is yours if you're game

[tepid roost]

so

[potent portal]

Left/Right (stereo)

[tepid roost]

I plugged just the cord into the jack in the back

[cyan ravine]

There's 5 jacks but ok

[tepid roost]

the one that would be the green technically

I can try all 5 lol

theres 6 including the red one also

for me

[cyan ravine]

The green

Ok and what happens

[tepid roost]

once again there's only a red the rest are just black but yes

nothing showing up

not for mic or headphones

[cyan ravine]

Reinstall again

Literally

[tepid roost]

does this mean it's guaranteed the realtek drivers then?

cause if so I'ma just deal with it tomorrow

[cyan ravine]

It's highly likely

[tepid roost]

I hate hearing the static as if it's working when I plug into the port

on the back

stupid

[south cliff]

My monitor kidnda flicks a white line sometimes and i dont know why

i tried ddu

still the same thing

[tepid roost]

felix I will try tomorrow

makes me think I should just buy some usb headphones soon

[cyan ravine]

Usb should definitely not have this problem

[cyan ravine]

Try a different display cabke?

[jagged ember]

if you have the audio console installed correctly, it should prompt you to choose what you plugged in on the back

[cyan ravine]

Yes, if correct

[jagged ember]

unless you've got notifications turned off

[cyan ravine]

Realtek plays the lottery on install

[jagged ember]

yeah, it kinda does

[cyan ravine]

To the point of madness sometimes

[jagged ember]

it do be like that sometimes

[south cliff]

yeah i think its the display cable because my second monitor works on hdmi

no white lines

[potent portal]

It's usually the cable yeah

I have a hdmi that finally went bad too

[south cliff]

its not like bad but sometime it gets annoying

[potent portal]

I started getting a harsh full screen flicker that would sometimes reset my window layout while gaming, super annoying

[torpid sorrel]

my sister is looking for a laptop because he old one is broke she does like fabric designing kind of stuff so she wants a good about of space she said 1tb would be good so is this a good computer for the price?

https://amzn.to/3HNdWJY

thats what she picked out

[obsidian wigeon]

heck nah

that's not good

[languid nimbus]

Oh god

That’s awful

Like

Really really bad

[torpid sorrel]

ok

what would you recommend?

im not good with laptops

[languid nimbus]

not a 1650 lol

[obsidian wigeon]

1650 for 1k is way too much money

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[languid nimbus]

If she’s got a 1k budget, you can get a pretty decent laptop for that

[potent portal]

For design apps you'll want something that's color accurate primarily

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[obsidian wigeon]

1k has something good for that

[torpid sorrel]

what would you guys recommend?

also idk why but she hates macs

[potent portal]

Understandable

[obsidian wigeon]

It's fine, there's good windows laptops too

[torpid sorrel]

other one she picked out:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/661866/asus-tuf-fa507rm-es73-156-gaming-laptop-computer-gray
Micro Center

[obsidian wigeon]

all these choices doesn't have great screens with high color accuracy

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

You can add extra ssd space easily so don't feel confined to 1tb laptops

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

If not add then an external ssd which is affordable

[torpid sorrel]

k

or she can just use my old desktops 4tb hdd as a server

??

[obsidian wigeon]

i don't have time to look right now, but will try once im back

[torpid sorrel]

idk

ok

ill look too

[cyan ravine]

Try looking up the TUF FA507RM

[torpid sorrel]

thank you!

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

3060

[obsidian wigeon]

zm works too

z just means intel cpu

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[obsidian wigeon]

also do include the exact model in there, that one is ES73

[torpid sorrel]

ok

so this?

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Display-GeForce-Windows-FA507RM-ES73/dp/B0B7QZSFS3?th=1

[potent portal]

Well too bad they don't like Mac because used M1 pro would actually be a good option

[obsidian wigeon]

true

m1 pro is powerful

[torpid sorrel]

they just dont like that they arent compatible with alot of stuff im not sure though??

idk why they dont like macs

[obsidian wigeon]

abobe software works with macs

if that's what they use

[torpid sorrel]

and they can also just use bootcamp

[cyan ravine]

Much better

Try find it with a lower Hz screen

[obsidian wigeon]

bootcamp sucks

and it doesn't exist with arm chips

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[torpid sorrel]

how

[cyan ravine]

Actually what you found is pretty good tbh

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

They have a 144hz option

[torpid sorrel]

is the display on it good?

[cyan ravine]

Ye

Not the greatest but great enough

[potent portal]

Windows has Arm version available now, does that work I wonder?

[obsidian wigeon]

meh

not very well

emulation tanks perf

it's still more than usable but it's definitely a significant drop compared to running macos

[potent portal]

Wait did M$ really just put x64 Windows into a translation layer

[torpid sorrel]

can i have a link please i cant find it

[obsidian wigeon]

yes

[potent portal]

That can't be what they did that's so lazy

[obsidian wigeon]

it's literally that

[potent portal]

omfg

[obsidian wigeon]

give it some drivers

translate arm to x86

[torpid sorrel]

im sad they stopped selling windows 10 home and pro yesterday

[obsidian wigeon]

job done

[potent portal]

Only from the M$ official site

[torpid sorrel]

yeah fair

[potent portal]

Retailers and OEM resellers still have a lot of supply

[obsidian wigeon]

sd 845 is officially supported on win on arm but it's horrible as you can probably tell

mobile soc from 2018 lol

[cyan ravine]

You know what I'm having trouble finding it too tbh

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

1079 is a good price for the laptop you linked

[torpid sorrel]

ok

so best i can get for the price?

[cyan ravine]

It'll be very close to it yeah

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

6800H is a beautiful cpu

[torpid sorrel]

should i tell her to buy it?

[cyan ravine]

What's the total budget?

[torpid sorrel]

i think 1k

[cyan ravine]

Hm

[torpid sorrel]

but i bet she'll go over by a little

but then

the boss

tax

[languid nimbus]

Are you anywhere near a microcenter?

[torpid sorrel]

nope

[languid nimbus]

Darn

https://www.microcenter.com/product/661866/asus-tuf-fa507rm-es73-156-gaming-laptop-computer-gray? Same one there a little cheaper

[cyan ravine]

Hm

Oooo

Best price yet

[torpid sorrel]

it ships

🥳

[cyan ravine]

So the model I was thinking of is fa507rm-hn008w

But that one looks great for 1K

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

You can buy a 500gb ssd and upgrade it for like $30 anyway

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

Team mp33 or silicon power a55

[torpid sorrel]

alr

so which does she buy?

[obsidian wigeon]

nitro 5 smol batt

[languid nimbus]

I think I’d still go with the original one from microcenter tbh

Yeah true

[obsidian wigeon]

54 wh

[cyan ravine]

This one @torpid sorrel

[torpid sorrel]

ok

ill tell her

thank you so much!

[cyan ravine]

Then get a team mp33 512gb/silicon power 512gb/external 512gb ssd for cheap

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cyan ravine]

30 over budget for something like, 2-3x better than what you showed us is a good improvement imo

[torpid sorrel]

yeah

thank you!

[cyan ravine]

[potent portal]

How's the color accuracy though? I see 100% DCI-P3 but nothing beyond that

Oh wait someone tested it: 99.8% sRGB, 84.0% AdobeRGB, 97.4% DCI-P3

[cyan ravine]

It's alright

[potent portal]

Yeah that's acceptable

[cyan ravine]

Like I wouldn't say highest end

But it's good

That's if my 144hz panel is any way similar

[potent portal]

Too bad laptop display calibration is limited to software

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[zenith cargo]

is a 4070ti worth ut

it

[cyan ravine]

Good 1440p or 4K card ye

[limber oyster]

What thin fans do y'all recommend for a water cooking system? Wanting white or RGB

[cyan ravine]

Wouldn't recommend thin at all if you can avoid it

Significant performance drop when you make the fan thinner

[limber oyster]

With regular fans they don't fit inside my case with the GPU

I plan to rotate it so that those fans are actually intake...

[potent portal]

P12 slim, ez

[limber oyster]

But I can't do that if the fans are external

[cyan ravine]

So they fit if they're on the outside?

[potent portal]

Or, well any of these 3 but P12 slim is cheapest

[cyan ravine]

What fans are you using there

[limber oyster]

ID-cooling stock fans that came with the aio

But I plan to switch over to custom loop.

I plan to do a 280mm, a 240mm, and a GPU water block as well

[cyan ravine]

What parts?

I see what looks like a radeon RDNA2, 6650xt?

Board seems rather low end, 5600?

[limber oyster]

I7-9900K and a XFX Speedster QICK 6650XT tho I plan on getting a 6700XT

[cyan ravine]

What board is that???

[limber oyster]

ASRock h370M-HDV

I do plan on replacing that as well....few fan headers, few USB headers, no ARGB headers

It was cheap and was next day delivery so I went with it

[cyan ravine]

That vrm....oof

[limber oyster]

Yeah

Unfortunately for 1151 micro-atx boards....there's few affordable options

[cyan ravine]

I would stay away even from PL2 on that board tbh

Run it really power capped

[limber oyster]

I have OC set to auto

[cyan ravine]

Yeah like, don't at all push the chip on that board

[limber oyster]

Like I said I just needed something cheap

I plan on replacing it kater

*later

[cyan ravine]

It's got a 4 stage vrm

Likely 2+1+1

Doublers

That is like, 90W max territory

Hell maybe even 3+1?

[potent portal]

That's gonna gonna get HOT

[cyan ravine]

Def stay well away from PL2

90W max is my recommendation

For the GPU, I have a much cheaper suggestion if you don't mind the look

Deshroud, zip ties, T30's

Will make the pc very quiet

You can then use p12 slims on the aio

The pc will be very quiet

Like, watercooling is good to make the system quiet, but you need a far better bpard for that chip to run it in a scenario where water cooling will benefit it

As far as gaming goes it's likely not kneecapped at all even at the lower power since it's a 6650xt

Deshrouding and fan modding the GPU, and using slim fans on the aio with a power cap would be what I'd do, unless you can find a Z board or better vrm matx

Imo not really worth that unless cheap

[limber oyster]

I'm honestly thinking of saying F it, and going 10th or 11th grn

*gen

Especially with the 1151 motherboard prices

[cyan ravine]

Tbh a 9900K sells ridiculously high for it's age

[limber oyster]

Oh ik

$450

[cyan ravine]

You'd be better off with a 12400F and an matx board

[limber oyster]

I'm glad I'm reusing my old one

[cyan ravine]

Sell the 9900K, get a 12400F

You'll be doing better overall

There's a lot of good matx options too for lga1700

[limber oyster]

Selling 9900k on eBay would get me a 10th gen and a board

[potent portal]

It would get you 12th gen and a board

Which is a lot better than 10th

[cyan ravine]

12th gen will be better than a 10th gen

Even if it's an i5

[potent portal]

12400 > 10900k in games

[cyan ravine]

I mean granted, it's a 6650xt

But fwiw a 12400f is very good value

You could run that under an aio with slim fans easily

Do that and then just deshroud the gpu

You'll get a dead quiet system without spending a bunch on a block (prolly bykski if I had to guess) for a gpu that doesn't really need it

[limber oyster]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kVtK9r

[cyan ravine]

You're gonna have a bigger problem with an lf2

The rad is very thick

Much thicker than normal aio sizes

[potent portal]

It's an extra 10mm thick even

[limber oyster]

Lf2?

[potent portal]

So you'd need the slimline fan just to break even on the overall profile

[limber oyster]

Ohh

That LF2 is what I'm running rn

That's what's cooling my 9700k

[cyan ravine]

I see an id cooling?

[limber oyster]

Wait...give me a sec

Ahhh...I edited an old list

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8Hvqzf

There

[cyan ravine]

For cheaper than that you could have a better gaming chip that runs less hot

Multicore I believe they're not far apart too

If you change to a 6700XT...I still say deshroud

T30's are the cheap fix vs hundreds for water where you'll have equivalent improvements

[potent portal]

12400 still trounces the 10700k for less money

[cyan ravine]

Yeah

[potent portal]

And less power usage, which in turn means less heat

[cyan ravine]

Less on the power bill

120W multicore vs 250W-300W

[limber oyster]

I'm not paying the power bill, my work is 😎

[potent portal]

Still, less power use means you can also get a cheaper motherboard without worrying about burning a hole in it

[cyan ravine]

Well the mobo will cost a little more tbh

[potent portal]

Like there's a risk of in your current setup

[cyan ravine]

But $160 cpu vs $288

Then 120 mobo vs 99

One would need a better, worse fitting aio, the other could use a stock cpu cooler lol

[potent portal]

The $120 B660s are sold through, next best is the $150 B760 PG https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tGmmP6/asrock-b760m-pg-riptide-micro-atx-lga1700-motherboard-b760m-pg-riptide

[cyan ravine]

Still cheaper

[potent portal]

Oh yeah def

[cyan ravine]

B760m prolly even better too

[potent portal]

Don't even need to get more memory but you could with the savings

[limber oyster]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nnmFNc

Better built?

[cyan ravine]

Yeah better

12600k claps 10th gen

[limber oyster]

I almost wanna go Ryzen. The only reason I went Intel was I already had a i7 9700k on hand

[potent portal]

You'll need to upgrade to Windows 11 if you haven't already but that's simple enough

[limber oyster]

I'll need to?

[potent portal]

If you do 12600k yes

[limber oyster]

Why need?

[cyan ravine]

Scheduler

[potent portal]

The thread scheduler for the e-cores

[limber oyster]

.....

Eh

That's gine

*fine

I haven't even activated windows yet

[cyan ravine]

Honestly I'm used to w11 now

[potent portal]

tbh you don't have to activate

[cyan ravine]

I still hate the menu but you can apparently change the menu

[limber oyster]

I'm using w11 at home on my....$4-5000 pc

[potent portal]

M$ just wants you to think you have to activate

But they really couldn't care less about home users since they make up a VERY small portion of their licensing sales, business getting the $4000 a month server licenses are where they make money.

[limber oyster]

Mhm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wBTGtn

How would this compare?

[potent portal]

5800X isn't worth it, either do the 5700X for the same performance or the 5800X3D which competes with the 12700k (and often wins)

[limber oyster]

Will the board support the CPU out of the box if I buy it new?

[potent portal]

That board has flashback so it doesn't matter, you can flash without a CPU

[limber oyster]

👍

And if I change board/CPU I can finally run Bluetooth!

And run my ram higher than 2133mhz

[potent portal]

Keep in mind the 5800X3D doesn't care what speed your memory is because of it's massive cache but the 5700X is heavily affected. 3600 is optimal.

If you're near a microcenter btw https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006039/amd-ryzen-7-5800x,-asus-b550-f-rog-strix-gaming-wifi-ii,-cpu-motherboard-combo

[limber oyster]

I'm 400 miles away

[limber oyster]

I believe I got 4000mhz cl14 for like $90. Was on sale.

[potent portal]

That's nice memory but you'll need to manually set the speed to 3800 and fclk to 1900 for optimal performance. Ryzen 5000 usually tops out there without decoupling fclk. If you go faster and it tries to stay synced, you might get hardware errors (WHEA) and if it desyncs then you get a massive latency penalty.

[limber oyster]

.....OMG! Thanks for that information

That might've just helped me fix my brothers pc

He keeps getting a WHEA error code

We're gonna have to try that in the morning

Maybe set it to 3200mhz and 1600 fclk. His are rated for 3600mhz. Gonna try to go down

[potent portal]

3600 should be doable on any Ryzen 3000-5000, try manually setting SoC voltage to 1.15V

Should be right below CPU core voltage

[limber oyster]

We'll give it a try

I've been trying to get him to join here so he can give more information, but he is adamantly against it cause he thinks y'all will just say "buy new part" without actually trying to diagnose or fix

[potent portal]

Can't blame him for that since a lot of communities would do that. Especially Reddit.

[limber oyster]

I don't trust Reddit anymore

Too full of trolls

Worse than Twitter

[analog hearth]

I swear Reddit is the Internet’s limit

you’ll find smart people and a whole lot of dumb people at the same place

[obsidian wigeon]

reddit is only worth going for hws listings

asking for tech advice there gets mixed results

some even pc breaking mistakes

or intentional trolls

[analog hearth]

I think it’s great for solving tech issues. example: instead googling “pc won’t turn on”, type “pc won’t turn on reddit”

I had audio issues on my laptop. couldn’t find a solution until I did that

[obsidian wigeon]

true

just gotta dish out the trolls

they're fairly obvious tho

and are usually deleted in most cases

[analog hearth]

r/shortcuts for example

I always see people making a Shortcut in the “Shortcuts” tab asking whether it’ll automate

there’s an “Automation” tab as soon as you open the app

literally looks like this as soon as you open the app and they don’t go to the Automations tab before asking

[limber oyster]

Got my fans inside

[raw yacht]

Can anyone confirm the Intel 255 LAN controllers on the new AM5/1700 boards have been fixed with the new fw update? I just read a review that said otherwise...

[fossil cedar]

Not like am5 is really relevant yet anyway

[raw yacht]

this man trying to start a war

[fossil cedar]

I'm not wrong

[raw yacht]

lmao

except 7000x3d has the potential to best most of intels metrics at this time

but the execution is to be seen

i decided against 1700 for this exact reason although i had a 13900k in mind

[limber oyster]

Yes, potential

That doesn't mean they're relevant or mainstream yet

[raw yacht]

but why buy a processor that is guaranteed within 2% of the competition when the competition can surpass it many fold over

[limber oyster]

A 3600 Ryzen is more mainstream rn

[raw yacht]

it's a pretty easy bet

[limber oyster]

That's not what mainstream means...

But ok

Mainstream means that it's actively being used by a good percentage

I don't even think the 7000x3d is out yet. As such it CANT be mainstream

It's as mainstream as the new Titan RTX card

[raw yacht]

seems like a nonargument

idk, my point was on potential. of course something unreleased will be irrelevant to the mainstream

[limber oyster]

Nvm

[cyan ravine]

X3D isn't out yet

Also don't count the chickens before they hatch, they're starting with the 2 CCD chips, which they say works but we could well have performance issues (Like W11 performance which still isn't fixed)

7800X3D will definitely be quick though

[leaden raft]

SilverStone Technology SX1000 Platinum, 80 Plus Platinum 1000W Fully Modular SFX-L Power Supply, SX1000-LPT-X V1.1 https://a.co/d/7TATfXK

This any good?

Wanting to switch to a Sff psu for my meshlicious build and I can’t find the Loki from a reputable buyer

[cyan ravine]

V850 SFX gold from cooler master is very good

Unless you need even more power

What specs is this build?

[raw yacht]

agreed. curious if they use software like Intel traditionally has. could be a big no no

[brittle tinsel]

Cmos batteries are just watch batteries right?
Would I be able to buy a matching battery and swap ‘em?

[fossil cedar]

potential being the key word

and the 7800x3d not even out til april 💀

[brittle tinsel]

Asking for a friend. He said his cmos battery is a cr2032 so he should just be able to buy another cr2032 coin battery and swap em. Yes?

[manic cloak]

anyone here able to help me with a cpu issue?

i don't know if it's normal for my cpu to fluctuate speed like all the way down to 1.57 in idle

i've never seen it do this, usually stays constant around 4.4

[potent portal]

Yep any 2032 battery will do

[potent portal]

Totally normal, it's a power saving mode

[manic cloak]

i see, should I run 3dmark just in case though?

[potent portal]

If you want

If you set windows to high performance power mode it won't drop the speed but will use more power

[brittle tinsel]

Well after asking him to explain the issue I don’t think it is cmos.

When he goes to power the pc on a blue light flashes next to one of the smaller pcie slots. It will not boot at all he has tried different ram placements and clearing the cmos.

The board is a b150 msi gaming m3.

I can’t find anything about what that light means and it’s not listed on ez debug

[potent portal]

B150 is pretty old and the battery probably needs to be replaced anyway if it hasn't been before

[brittle tinsel]

Alright. They recently replaced the power supply because it would power on but any strain on the graphics card it would power off. Then it was solid for a few months and then they had a blackout and both their computers started having issues.

[wispy wind]

Replacing cmos battery didn't work sadly.... what else could I try

[brittle tinsel]

Can someone walk @wispy wind through how to update his bios? He has one from 2015 last installed

[potent portal]

Was he the one with the B150 Gaming M3?

If so latest version from 2018: https://download.msi.com/bos_exe/mb/7978vBC.zip
How-to: https://storage-asset.msi.com/files/pdf/How_to_flash_the_BIOS.pdf

[tepid roost]

falcie

amd stupid

[empty pollen]

[tepid roost]

can't use instant replay

just won't work

Im just gonna get obs

[empty pollen]

streamlabs best

change my mind

[gentle pollen]

Hello, I am going on a airplane tomorrow and I was wondering if you guys could give me some tips of how to travel with my M.2 drives and GPU.

[empty pollen]

just pack them well and send it on the cargo bay

no rocket science

[gentle pollen]

I am thinking of putting them in my backpack and maybe wrapping them in bubble wrap.

[empty pollen]

any way works

[gentle pollen]

Got it.

No static concerns?

[empty pollen]

as long as you discharge yourself before handling, everything will be fine

[gentle pollen]

I only have normal bubble wrap.

[gentle pollen]

Anyways to discharge the bubble wrap? Felt like it had static.

[empty pollen]

yeah, push them against a wall 😛

grounding will do the discharge for you