building-and-recc-chat

[sand cedar]

I'm thinking of just selling it and rebuilding a new one tbh

[limber oyster]

Question for yall

[potent portal]

Best case scenario something came loose in the PC, worst case you have to rebuild the boot loader or reinstall. Nuclear case is the SSD peaced out.

[limber oyster]

Is it possible to use one pc, two monitors, and run each monitor as a seperate account?

[potent portal]

Using virtual machines yes. You can even have 2 sets of peripherals.

[sand cedar]

I think the ssd peaced out

But it's under the gpu so that would suck replacing it

[potent portal]

Doubtful it just went kaput, unless it's a really bad model

[sand cedar]

It's not is a Samsung 980 pro

[potent portal]

Oh no

[sand cedar]

What

[limber oyster]

Thinking of convincing my hotel owner to let me build a PC and replace our two sh*tbox all-in-one PCs

But I want to do one tower and two monitors

[sand cedar]

Oh God what happened

[potent portal]

https://www.pcgamer.com/an-error-in-samsungs-980-pro-firmware-is-causing-ssds-to-die-id-check-your-drive-right-now-tbh/

[sand cedar]

NOOOO

[limber oyster]

Thank God I run WD back SN850X

[sand cedar]

AHHHH

[potent portal]

The good news is if that's the case Samsung will replace it

[sand cedar]

Oh thank God how do I file a claim? Or it might not even be the case

[potent portal]

First things first is to get a health report on the drive

You can pull the smart info using a live Linux USB and that'll tell you the drive health

[sand cedar]

Why does it have to be Linux? And where do I download or get one

[limber oyster]

Windows doesn't boot off of USBs

Linux can

[potent portal]

Linux is easiest to work with here because it'll run off the USB without installing

[sand cedar]

Ok

[potent portal]

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Either version works, 22.04 or 22.10

Use Rufus to write the file to your USB. It'll delete any data on it in the process.

[limber oyster]

How would I run windows with a VM?

Ik how to do it, roughly, with Linux. I've done it ONCE before

[potent portal]

You have one copy of Windows running the main machine and another copy running in the VM

[limber oyster]

Ahh

Would it function normally?

[potent portal]

Mostly

[limber oyster]

If I had to launch software that needs access to the cloud/wifi would it still function?

[potent portal]

Yes

It would act like you connected another PC directly to your main one

[limber oyster]

Got it

[potent portal]

And connect through that to the Internet

[limber oyster]

I'm just tired of these PCs that we have that barely meet the system requirements for 1600x900 even though the screens are 1080p

[potent portal]

Yeesh

[limber oyster]

While running 4 different antivirus softwares at the same time

Ikr

[leaden mauve]

[limber oyster]

I3 tenth gen, 4GB ram, and a 256gb nvme

Trying to run multiple cloud sync softwares and anti-virus simultaneously

Oh, and we're on W11

[potent portal]

Sounds like a job for x99 doesn't it @leaden mauve

[limber oyster]

Sorry, i3-11th gen

[limber oyster]

Shoot, might do a threadripper build for em lmao

Jk

[sand cedar]

Little issue here I don't have a laptop or an extra PC to do that

[limber oyster]

Probably gonna do a Ryzen 5 5600G, 1050ti, 16GB ram, 1TB nvme

[sand cedar]

Lost the charger to my laptop and everyone else has macs

[leaden mauve]

[potent portal]

Mac would work

[leaden mauve]

zen/zen+ threadripper is obsolete

[limber oyster]

So?

Ddr3 is obsolete

[leaden mauve]

i wasnt responding to you

[limber oyster]

Your point?

Oh

[leaden mauve]

the world doesnt revolve around you, weirdass

[limber oyster]

Wait...yes you were. I made the comment about threadripper

[potent portal]

Bro chill

[leaden mauve]

oh ok lol

dunno why you took it so personally

[sand cedar]

Not the modern ones they don't have a USB plug-in them only usbc I would need a usbc drive and no store near me sells them

[limber oyster]

I didn't? But oki

[sand cedar]

I'm so screwed

[potent portal]

No USB docks either?

[sand cedar]

Nope

[potent portal]

Do you at least have the windows install USB still? It's clunky but I might be able to get that to work

[sand cedar]

Drive fell and bent

Pain

But would a USB-C drive work like I could get one from Amazon or something

[leaden mauve]

whatre you dailying rn, just curious

[potent portal]

Yeah it should work if the new PC has C also

[sand cedar]

It does

I mean it's meant for vr but it works for other things

[potent portal]

I wonder how small they can get now that the USB A connector isn't the limiter...

As long as it's not one on the GPU it'll work

[sand cedar]

Ok

[limber oyster]

We have a I3-10th gen, 4gb ram, 256gb nvme, and the Intel igpu

[leaden mauve]

oh yea i forgot you mentioned that mb

[sand cedar]

Ok lemme just order one and wait five days

[earnest olive]

4gb ram

[leaden mauve]

"we"? you share the PC with someone?

[earnest olive]

10th gen i3 is a pretty capable cpu when it has more than 4gb ram

[limber oyster]

It's a work pc

[potent portal]

Ouch. Once you're ready you can follow the official guide to make the boot drive. https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#1-overview

[limber oyster]

Trying to run multiple cloud sync softwares and anti-virus simultaneously

[leaden mauve]

so i assume the company or whatever is gonna pay for the replacement?

[earnest olive]

keeping the cpu, upgrading to 16gb, and getting a gtx 1080 would be a much better choice

than 5600g and 1050ti

[limber oyster]

It's an All-in-one pc

Plus I have a 1050ti at home

[limber oyster]

Gonna try to convince them, yeah

[earnest olive]

ah

all in ones...

[leaden mauve]

dont pay for a replacement out of pocket, that's not your responsibility

[earnest olive]

a 4gb ram all in one, they really just wanted to manufacture ewaste

[limber oyster]

And the 1050ti is just so I can run multiple monitors

[leaden mauve]

probably so people would feel the need to upgrade right away

[earnest olive]

convince the company to pay for your upgrade by documenting how much 4gb ram slows down your workflow

[sand cedar]

Ok thanks might as well fix my fans as well it's blowing air in and I have 2 big exhausts in the front

[potent portal]

Once you have that on the Linux desktop run this in terminal: smartctl -H /dev/sda
And replace sda with whatever the drive ends up being, probably nvme0 or something. You can find that in gparted.

[sand cedar]

Ok thanks

[potent portal]

Pop the results into chat here and someone will tell you on a scale of one to screwed how bad it is

[leaden mauve]

slap one of these bad boys in there

[limber oyster]

I wish

[leaden mauve]

lol

[limber oyster]

AM5 right?

Wait nah

[leaden mauve]

def not

[limber oyster]

I see at the bottom mow

My bad

[leaden mauve]

model of the board is toward the bottom

yea

thats a board i got with a 7900X for 200 bucks

was a great deal

[limber oyster]

Can it even run a 7900X?

I thought x299 was older than that

[leaden mauve]

this was another x299 board i got for 65, then sold for about 200 lol

[leaden mauve]

the intel 7900x yea

[limber oyster]

Ahhh

I was thinking AMD

[potent portal]

Not to be confused with the 7900XT either

[leaden mauve]

tbh, the 7900X > 7900X

[limber oyster]

All these names gets confusing

[leaden mauve]

honestly, 7800X > 7800X as well

[potent portal]

Don't forget the Radeon hd 7900 either

[leaden mauve]

i shouldve taken this photo better

it looks so bad

[frail valve]

Aight last update on the GPU repaste. Full wz2/DMZ run only got my GPU to a maximum of 77 degrees. Down from 85 (or maybe higher, I honestly wasn't paying attention after 85), that's a marketable improvement

[leaden mauve]

nice

[limber oyster]

Im thinking of using thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme thermalpaste and thermal pads on my 3080 rtx, 5900X, and on my motherboard

[sand cedar]

Ok yeah i’ll come back with my results later but now on a less serious issue fans to MASSIVE exhaust on the front and on little intake at the top

Should it stay that way or should I change it

[potent portal]

X is for subzero cooling

[limber oyster]

I don't mean the liquid metal

[potent portal]

I know

[limber oyster]

Ok

[potent portal]

At ambient temp the extreme is worse than the regular

The extreme exists because it holds up better to liquid nitrogen

[limber oyster]

Ahh

[sand cedar]

Now it's not even turning off

[limber oyster]

Oof

[sand cedar]

Pain

[limber oyster]

What paste and pads would you recommend? I am liquid cooling my CPU and GPU was a 360mm radiator and 3x noctura 120mm industrial 3000rpm fans on each radiator

[sand cedar]

Ok who wants a NEW PC /J

[potent portal]

Regular Kryonaut, MX-6, or NT-H2

[sand cedar]

I'm done with this POS

[limber oyster]

Gotchya

[potent portal]

NT-H1 is acceptable if H2 is out of stock, it's like a 2 degree difference

[limber oyster]

What about pads?

[sand cedar]

What does orange light on ROG Strix mean?

[limber oyster]

Motherboard?

[potent portal]

I usually get the thermalright https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZN5WY72

[limber oyster]

I believe that's DRAM

[obsidian wigeon]

which light?

[sand cedar]

Orange light

[potent portal]

Placement of said light is important

[obsidian wigeon]

what did it say on the light

[limber oyster]

I have a ROG Strix Crosshair VIII Hero

[obsidian wigeon]

like the placement of the light

[limber oyster]

I believe it's dram. I could be wrong

[sand cedar]

On motherboard next to the ram

[obsidian wigeon]

does it say something like CPU, DRAM, or VGA?

find the label next to the led

[potent portal]

There's a stack of 4 lights there

[obsidian wigeon]

^

one or a few of the lights can be lit up in orange or red at the same itme

[sand cedar]

Up on a self I can't reach the manual I have a broken leg

[limber oyster]

Google

[potent portal]

"Boot" is expected since you don't have a boot loader atm

[obsidian wigeon]

which board do you have then?

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1042678/

look into this guide and find which of the 4 leds are on

[potent portal]

Since those are out of stock the Gelid are good too https://www.amazon.com/Gelid-Solutions-GP-Ultimate-Installation-Conductivity/dp/B08PKKMX76/

[obsidian wigeon]

on another note my laptop has been acting weirdly with every boot

i installed an intel wifi card last year

[sand cedar]

Rog X570

[potent portal]

AX200?

[obsidian wigeon]

has always worked fine, but a few days it tends to boot with the wifi not working

a restart fixes it

nah it's an AC8630

[potent portal]

Solution, upgrade to AX200

[obsidian wigeon]

lol

this thing originally had a crappy ralink card

[limber oyster]

Oop

[obsidian wigeon]

which position is the led that's lit is on?

first, second, third or fourth?

[limber oyster]

I had a gigabyte wifi card that bluescreened my PC and ruined my bios. I had to do a windows reinstall

[potent portal]

Hey ralink has been great on my laptop, monitor mode works flawlessly on Kali

[obsidian wigeon]

it worked great yeah but it was wifi N

2.4 only too

that was the bottleneck for my downloads

now the cpu and hdd are the bottleneck

[limber oyster]

Mostly hdd

[potent portal]

HDD? Not SSD?

[obsidian wigeon]

nah my cpu is pretty old

[limber oyster]

HDD are pretty slow

[obsidian wigeon]

4710hq is at full load under download

im too broke for storage ssd, only got one as boot drive

[potent portal]

You should see my Turion 2 P520 struggle to play roll20

[sand cedar]

It's a dram issue I just looked at the manual but I don't know how to fix it

[limber oyster]

Silicone Power a55 1TB SSD is 50 usd

[obsidian wigeon]

dram?

well try reseating ram

[limber oyster]

Remove ram, try to boot. Boot WILL fail. Turn off, and reseat ram

[obsidian wigeon]

or running one stick

which kit do you have?

and which slots have you installed them

if you have two, almost all mobos prefer slot a2 and b2

single stick defaults to a2

[sand cedar]

Ok good now I'm stuck with the stuck in bios issue but I already have a solution

Thanks

[limber oyster]

i think my works fax machine is dying

[leaden mauve]

maybe thats a good thing

[limber oyster]

I'm pretty sure ik the issue

[torpid fog]

so true

[obsidian wolf]

https://www.dough.tech/products/spectrum-oled-qhd-240hz-gaming-monitor-es07e2d?variant=43681993949439&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_souce=google&utm_medium=shopping-ads&utm_campaign=19631261675&utm_content=646518800524&utm_term=&gclid=CjwKCAiArY2fBhB9EiwAWqHK6uRteMmt5Wp_zlZE4-s_HVHXDIHbJ3f6Go-YPBaIgbk8SCbTU_bgPRoCpKMQAvD_BwE

Is this worth posting

In deals

Is an oled monitor 1440p 240hz going for 699 right now

[gentle pollen]

What's the original price?

[obsidian wolf]

1099

[gentle pollen]

I mean a 30% dip in costs in worth posting I'd say.

[obsidian wolf]

Ight

[obsidian wigeon]

glossy ew

[limber oyster]

Does anyone have a pic of what the pin layout for the gigabyte eagle 6750XT looks like?

[humble fossil]

hello

Should i put a heatsink on the ssd m.2 in my laptop or put thermal pads ??

[fossil cedar]

Do you mean the power pins it uses or something?

[limber oyster]

Yeah

The actual slots on the board

[strong raft]

Probably 6 & 8

[fossil cedar]

Just google it you'll find a pic

[frigid night]

• googles "Pato feet pics" * I'm not seeing anything D:

[stoic island]

Pretty sure dough is just eve rebranded, keep in mind, for the previous spectrum monitor, it was a good product in general, but the price went up, it got delayed about a year, and you'd be better off buying something cheaper that fills most of the boxes in general, like this for 430$ for 1440p240:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012048
https://youtu.be/gN5OmtfW2sw

It wasn't a scam and the product was generally fine, just keep in mind their preordering process is kinda crap

And 700$ is still very steep for 1440p240, dunno if just being oled makes it worth that much

[potent portal]

The product was generally fine but like most smaller companies the firmware was iffy. I don't know how much has been fixed.

[fossil cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/raccoon-sus-camera-ngl-thats-kinda-sus-bro-gif-22434863

[torpid sorrel]

what are the best fans i can get that look good? ik theres delta with their 14k rpm but i want something that looks nice

i was thinking lianli slinf?

[desert gulch]

What does "look good" mean to you?

It's different for everyone

This guide is pretty good

[torpid sorrel]

rgb

ok ty

[fossil cedar]

deepcool fc120 is a new addition too btw

[torpid sorrel]

ok

[cerulean snow]

could i use this motherboard? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YdzzTn

[cyan ravine]

Nope. Wouldn't handle a 13400

Also that motherboard is way way worse than the one I listed

[cerulean snow]

i'm still confused why it says incompatible

[cyan ravine]

It says that for all the 12th and 13th gen chips

It's a bug of the website for the most part

[cerulean snow]

ok

[cyan ravine]

It's basically saying that the bios it comes with will be out of date

But you can fix that by using the motherboard's flash button

To give it a new bios that is up to date

The bios is basically what sits below windows, doing all the legwork to make sure all the parts work together

[cerulean snow]

ok

[cyan ravine]

By updating it, it will recognise what cpu is being put inside it

The bios flash feature of the board means you can do this without paying an extra cent

Other boards without bios flash require an extra cpu to update it, like the DS3H you suggested

So basically a second cpu just to use the pc

Which becomes a pointless endeavour

[cerulean snow]

ok

[cyan ravine]

If it worries you, you can go back to the 12600K but you'll have to downgrade a little bit

But honestly it's as simple as plug a usb in and press a button

[cerulean snow]

ok

[cyan ravine]

All good?

[cerulean snow]

yep

[cyan ravine]

[cerulean snow]

why didn't it show the gif

[paper summit]

NOO

IM THE REAL DANNY

[leaden mauve]

@cerulean snow you're the better danny

[jagged ember]

https://tenor.com/view/amogus-among-us-meme-impostor-sus-gif-20948491

[brittle spindle]

Hey!!!

Keep this out of build chat- 🤓

[cyan ravine]

Lol

He's right tbh

[paper summit]

😱

[cyan ravine]

Smh not even coping

[brittle spindle]

Look my profile picture right in the eyes and tell me I’m wrong

[cyan ravine]

Bopping for mod

[cedar shell]

What are peoples thoughts on this build
AMD Ryzen 7 7700x
MSI B650 Tomahawk WiFi6 Mobo
4x16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5600 Ram
2x1 TB Samsung 980 m.2 SSDs
XFX Radeon RX 7900xt GPU

[vague oracle]

Too much AMD

smh

[potent portal]

There can never be enough what do you mean

[south cliff]

[obsidian wigeon]

and too much samsung

real talk tho the build isn't good

don't buy ryzen 7000 unless it's the upcoming x3d models

or you got free ram deal from microcenter

4 sticks on ddr5 is also bad

ssd choice isn't very good

[cedar shell]

Why is 4 sticks of ddr5 bad? And what ssd would you recommend?

[obsidian wigeon]

It reduces perf with 4 sticks compared to 2

Also reduces stability in some cases

Gimme your budget for the whole pc and I'll get a quick list put together

[cedar shell]

1800-2200

And I prefer AMD over intel

[cyan ravine]

4 sticks in a lot of cases struggle to run even decent spec on both amd and intel for ddr5

[obsidian wigeon]

If you really prefer amd

I would suggest to wait for 3d cache chips

If you want a pc now, Intel is your answer honestly

[cedar shell]

I'm willing to wait

[obsidian wigeon]

Then let's talk about this later, prices of stuff could change by then

[cedar shell]

I have a decent PC now, just looking to upgrade

[limber oyster]

God, I'm in a dilemma

I'm going to be within 15 miles of microcenter today

I wanna go, but ik it'd be financially inappropriate of me to do so

[leaden mauve]

would you really get that strong an urge to buy something

MC usually doesnt even have super good deals tbh

ebay >

[limber oyster]

I probably would honestly

I've also had bad experiences with eBay...

So..

[leaden mauve]

as in?

[limber oyster]

Broken parts, a box was demolished, ebay wouldn't refund me even with photo proof

[leaden mauve]

when was that? that's very surprising that ebay didnt take your side, like super surprising

[limber oyster]

Almost a full year ago

There was once that someone put a brick into the box and shipped it

[potent portal]

That's why you always film when you open high value items so you can prove the seal wasn't broken and what the contents are. Bonus points for filming installing and testing parts.

[limber oyster]

That's what I did

And they still wouldn't refund

[potent portal]

Weird but ok. Ebay is usually known for siding with the buyer 99% of the time.

[deft flint]

good morning everyone. quick question that I suspect I know the answer to, but need to know for certain:

Is this card a PCIE 16x or 8x? https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-tuf-rtx3060ti-o8gd6x-gaming/p/N82E16814126620?Item=N82E16814126620

[stoic island]

It's gen 4 x16

[deft flint]

thank you for the confirmation =]

[stoic island]

You're welcome

[analog pulsar]

I say buy buy buy

[cyan ravine]

Morning

[limber oyster]

My microcenter is 3 hours away

I guess it's "close"

There's also the fact that there's a warrenty

And it's cheaper than amazon

Only reason I'm going there is I'm not paying for gas

Ik.

I wouldn't call it convenience but yeah

Well I'm in texas

I'm probably closer to A microcenter than 90% of other Americans

One in Dallas, one in Houston here

[cyan ravine]

Only 1 so far

And honestly my 2nd ux seems to be better so idk

I might return it

It's all in the air right now

Nyope

Ye I ordered a 790 and it shipped

Msrp before you wonder how

My memory dum cos ux oc is hell

Well, not really on this second one

Me am smarter

https://tenor.com/view/sakamoto-priv-gif-22180118

[analog hearth]

There's a Micro Center near Bellaire if you're in Houston. crappy area but at least it'll solve your problem :) (again, in Houston)

[humble fossil]

i got a blue screen 3 times im just download some games 😫

[leaden mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/sukuna-gif-20534893

[cyan ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/im-sakamoto-glasses-sakamoto-sakamotodesuga-gif-5927426

[leaden mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/gojou-gojo-satoru-gojo-satoru-gojou-jjk-gif-20816689

[cyan ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/gtfo-anime-gif-6062418

[leaden mauve]

his leg

[potent portal]

What error codes?

[humble fossil]

idk he is give me % and restart

@potent portal

[potent portal]

Ok DM me the contents of C:/Windows/Minidump and I'll analyze it

There's no personal data included in the dumps

[tepid roost]

?ddu

[jolly river]

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

[limber oyster]

Got them

Also, I might need to switch from dual AIO to a custom loop

[gentle pollen]

Why no Sl-Inf?...

But still, it be looking fine.

[limber oyster]

My GPU radiator won't fit the case

It'll fit at the bottom but then it presses right up against where the pins for the case power buttons are blocking me from plugging the power button in

[dim forge]

guys

can you OC a 12100 with bclk?

[dim star]

Hi everyone, it is my first time building a gaming pc and I am really unexpert in the topic. I'd like to know if the parts I chose will fit or be compatible with the other parts. I hope someone can help me with this. Here's a link to the parts https://newegg.io/3ecede7
If you have any comments about it, do not hesitate to give me a heads-up. I would like all the help I can get 🙂

[dim forge]

hmm

[south cliff]

you don't need the windows key and the 3060 is a really bad price let me build you one what is your budget?

[dim star]

between 1500-2000 bucks

[south cliff]

Alrighty

give me a sec

[south cliff]

is there any color scheme to this build?

[torpid sorrel]

looks like its white color scheme

[south cliff]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KK4DRv

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CgJxBj

this is better tbh

[south cliff]

we did about the same build

[obsidian wigeon]

980 pro is very unneeded

would probably need a firmware update too, since the ssds have been reported prematurely failing

[south cliff]

true

and yours is 1600

and miney is 1900

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kZf7Nc

or add a little more for 2tb of the same ssd i put in there

[south cliff]

get this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kZf7Nc

[south cliff]

i was gonna do the 970

[obsidian wigeon]

meh

[south cliff]

and add like a 2tb hdd

[obsidian wigeon]

970 is good but the price is sad

[south cliff]

80?

[obsidian wigeon]

mp33 is half

[dim star]

whats the difference between i5 and i7?

[obsidian wigeon]

for 1tb

[south cliff]

not much for gaming

[obsidian wigeon]

the i5 is nearly identical in gaming performance

[dim star]

i have a gaming laptop with i7 but i’m switching to a properly cpu

[obsidian wigeon]

the 13600kf in itself already has more than enough cores

yeah, but imo i would stick with this

[south cliff]

same

just for future proof ig

[obsidian wigeon]

13400 is perfectly fine but the price is similar to 13600kf

[dim star]

what about the difference between ryzen and intel? does it change something for gaming?

[obsidian wigeon]

nah

[south cliff]

no

[dim star]

cause i’ve seen ryzen is cheaper

[obsidian wigeon]

ryzen is bad value currently

cheaper for older gen

[south cliff]

intel on top

[obsidian wigeon]

that is slower

[dim star]

oh k k

[south cliff]

but amd cards are better price to performance

[obsidian wigeon]

there is 5800x3d but i wouldn't get it new right now

huh right

it's still 90 bucks of difference

[south cliff]

for 4 more cores

[dim star]

thanks for the recommendation i’ll take a look tomorrow morning

[south cliff]

future proof

4 cores and 6 more threads for 90 bucks more

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kRTWQ6

here's 13400f

rommy is right tho

13400f also has more than enough cores

eh i would kinda wanna run 3600c16

[south cliff]

but if i was him i would spend the extra to get more cores and threads

but its whatever

[obsidian wigeon]

10 cores is already too much for gaming

[south cliff]

but his budget allows it

[obsidian wigeon]

doesn't mean he should spend all of it tbh

[south cliff]

he siad 2k was max

[leaden mauve]

my 6850k did 1440p somewhat less than perfectly but still well enough

[obsidian wigeon]

well adding 4090 made price shoot to 2.5k

that was funny

[south cliff]

4070 ti maybe

but prob not

[obsidian wigeon]

nah

6950xt is better value

[south cliff]

we just gotta let him decide if he wants to spend the extra

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/V3ycDq

this with nvidia gpu

[south cliff]

im kinda tempted to sell my pc and build a new one

because i kinda want a 4070 ti

looks cool

[obsidian wigeon]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L9rHmr

wait

pg riptide is still cheaper than the b760

just update bios with flashback and boom

stonks

[south cliff]

how much do you think i could get for my pc

[obsidian wigeon]

uh

[south cliff]

im thinkin 1200

w

[obsidian wigeon]

something like 1.4k tops i guess

[south cliff]

i paid about 1200

[obsidian wigeon]

1.2 would be more reasonable

[south cliff]

for it

[leaden mauve]

do you have a part list? but why would you sell the whole thing

[south cliff]

to build a new one

i can get all the parts rq

[leaden mauve]

yes but why is what im asking

[south cliff]

so i could get 4070 ti or 4060 ti

[leaden mauve]

🧐

[obsidian wigeon]

bruh

[south cliff]

w

[obsidian wigeon]

i would just instead proceed to save up for gpu instead of selling a whole pc for one

[south cliff]

well i could sell the pc and just save the rest which would be less than saving up for jus tone of the gpus

like the 4070 ti

[obsidian wigeon]

theeen the rest of the pc gets cheaped out

[south cliff]

like the pc you sent int he chat

i could possibly get that

[empty pollen]

[obsidian wigeon]

so you wanna get smth like that

okay now it makes sense

still kinda weird to me to think of it

but if it works it works

[south cliff]

ik

[empty pollen]

yeah kinda weird to sell your whole pc just to get another pc identical to the one you had before

[south cliff]

its not tho

[empty pollen]

but whatever floats your boat

[south cliff]

i got a 6800

and want to get a 4070 ti

or somthing along those lines

[empty pollen]

and thats why foxy said, just save for another gpu

[south cliff]

thats 800

[empty pollen]

no need to sell you whole rig.,.. is identical

[south cliff]

oh i get it

[empty pollen]

12600k same as 13400

[south cliff]

ik but 4070 ti good

[obsidian wigeon]

you'd essentially be paying back for same pc

except what changed is that you had extra for gpu

which still sounds similar to saving up normally ya know

[empty pollen]

just sell your 6800 and get some extra

less hassle

[obsidian wigeon]

^

6800 can still be worth like easy 300 in used market

or more

[south cliff]

i paid 400 for it

[empty pollen]

yeah well... tech devaluates pal

[south cliff]

true

[obsidian wigeon]

sell pc, you still gotta save up

sell gpu, you also still gotta save up

except the gpu being missing still means you have a working pc

12600k has igpu

not very good but it gets the job done as a placeholder

[empty pollen]

6800 still very good gpu

unless you play at 4k

[obsidian wigeon]

if your psu can already power 6800

4070ti will have no problem

[south cliff]

i do 1440p

[empty pollen]

you will see almost no improvement there

[obsidian wigeon]

there will be improvement actually

but the question is, is it worth it?

[empty pollen]

well, his money anyway

[south cliff]

no

i was just thinking about it

[empty pollen]

yeah... too much pita when you already have a powerful pc

[south cliff]

because the 4070 ti is better than the 6800

[obsidian wigeon]

avg fps isn't all that much more than 6800

will you notice this?

[south cliff]

50

proboably not i only play 165 hz

[obsidian wigeon]

50 fps more for the extra money you will spend

possibly extra 500

[empty pollen]

40 series is not worth for anyone on 30/6000 series.... plain as that

[obsidian wigeon]

if you only manage to sell it at 300

[south cliff]

my pc cost me 1165.67

[obsidian wigeon]

keep the gpu and continue enjoying it

[empty pollen]

and wait patiently for 50 series

[south cliff]

but th ebad thing about my gpu

is i cant control rgb

im devestated

[empty pollen]

thats sad bro

my effin pc is a rainbow xD

someday i will manage my rgb

[south cliff]

i use like a thing called signal rgb its pretty good

[empty pollen]

im too lazy for that 😛

if it works, it works

[south cliff]

yeah i should just save to 5000 or just not buy another gpu and buy other things

[empty pollen]

yup

you dont need a 4070ti, you want it

[south cliff]

but cant have enough pc parts

i wanna see if i cant get my 6700xt fixed

and sell it

[empty pollen]

im just happy that my 750ti can handle hogwarts

[south cliff]

how do you have a 750 ti

[south cliff]

gulp

[empty pollen]

👍

[south cliff]

are you actually isingit

using it

[empty pollen]

until december

now is resting on my nas

a well deserved retirement

a true chad

[south cliff]

oh also my uncle is sendiing me some pc parts and i think it has a 4770 in it

is it good

[empty pollen]

it is, 4770/750ti = chad combo

4770/4790 some of the best cpus of all time

[south cliff]

or its a 4790k or somthing like that

so im going to try and build a pc with it but the motherboard is super small

below micro atx

[empty pollen]

omg seeing the video of hogwarts with 750ti

pretty painful to watch D:

poor card

[south cliff]

is it a good game

[empty pollen]

there are some limits for cruelty... and then that

[south cliff]

i have seen like xqc play it but the start of the story was boring

[empty pollen]

ill try it this weekend

[south cliff]

but like the second half looked fun

becasue your just learning spells

[limber oyster]

What GPU water block would y'all recommend

I'm gonna be replacing mine, but don't want to pay $200+ in shipping from Germany

[potent portal]

Guessing it's for that 3080 strix and shipping to US?

[limber oyster]

Mhm

I want to continue to use Alphacool, but....

I'm also thinking of getting a monoblock for my CPU/motherboard

[potent portal]

Are you anywhere near a microcenter? They have some in stores

[limber oyster]

4 hours away, one way

[potent portal]

Still closer than my nearest store but we'll call that one a no

[limber oyster]

Plus like 5 toll roads in and 5 out

[potent portal]

Too bad too they have the bitspower block for cheap

[limber oyster]

I was actually there yesterday

That's where I got my fans and case from

I just didn't expect to run into this issue

[potent portal]

Ok I'd either go for the Bykski or the EKWB
https://www.aliexpress.com/i/3256801284446342.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-classic-gpu-water-block-strix-rtx-3080-3090-d-rgb

[limber oyster]

issue i have is ekwb doesnt have my case in the config just yet

my case literally just released

[potent portal]

It doesn't really need to be in the configurator, it's just the GPU block

But if you really don't want EK then go Bykski

[limber oyster]

well, im gonna be replacing everything at this point. so itd be helpful to now how many rads and such...though i might be able to use the 011 case...

[potent portal]

If it's one of those O11 clones sure you can probably use the O11 as a template

[limber oyster]

hmm....corsair doesnt have a render of either

wait..no, they have xl rendered

ok, so ik how to do ekwb now. i can run 3 radiators as long as they are slim.

[limber oyster]

@potent portal EKWB no longer offers the x570 monoblock. Only x670e

[potent portal]

Well they only made so many. It's pretty niche.

[limber oyster]

It's not even listed on the web site

It's not in production

[limber oyster]

Case won't close

[vast axle]

Finally got my first PC build all built. With some technical issues lol due to old GPU not working.

Just got to get SSD installed and then I can start installing everything else to start gaming

[delicate flame]

https://www.zachstechturf.com/product-page/frost-nova-v2-ryzen-5-5600-rx-6600

is this prebuilt worth

the price

[olive cypress]

Nope

[potent portal]

Depends on how much value you place on the labor of building it. It's about $150 more than building it yourself.

[south cliff]

I built this for 1000 could y’all revamp

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6Wkdhk

If it needs to get revamped

[timber stump]

Is there a site that I can go to to put in a prebuild and look for parts to upgrade it?

[south cliff]

Build your own

[potent portal]

You can enter the parts you have into pcpartpicker and you can choose and filter parts in there based on your needs

Unless it's a HP or Dell prebuilt in which case you're likely screwed

[timber stump]

It’s an acer predator. I was gonna swap out the processor with a water cooler, a gpu, and a better power supply than 500w

[potent portal]

That board doesn't have flashback, do you have a 12th gen cpu to flash with?

If not just get the 12600k, it's the same processor effectively

[delicate flame]

so if i get the same parts i should just build it myself

[potent portal]

There's a few edits done here, nothing too major. I ran off the assumption you don't have a way to flash B660/H670 to be compatible with 13th gen. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FVJ8tn

[potent portal]

If you're confident you can then there's no reason not to build it yourself. I can put a list together for you with better parts at the same $850 price point too if you want. Even with a white theme if you wanted.

[fossil cedar]

btw iirc the 914 kinda sucks

[delicate flame]

yes please

that would be great

[potent portal]

As long as it's better than the 214 and I don't see how it couldn't be with 2 extra pipes

[fossil cedar]

fair

i think it had a really slow fan

maybe it was the 514 tho

[potent portal]

914 spec says 2200 rpm

[fossil cedar]

id do this if you can go 20 over
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TpZRmr

[potent portal]

Don't do 3600 memory with a 13400, SA is locked so the max it'll do in gear 1 is 3466

[fossil cedar]

my bad then thinking of diff one

oh yeah i originally had 5600 build forgot to swap

[fossil cedar]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mysZbK fixed

[delicate flame]

did u make it @potent portal

?

[potent portal]

Working on it now

[delicate flame]

okay

[potent portal]

Here's what I got for the white theme https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2HV6W4

White parts do typically cost more

But that build is clearly superior in every way over that prebuilt

[delicate flame]

i have a whole black theme so

is there a way u can make it with all black or

its fine all white though

aslo

also

@potent portal

wouldnt uh

this be better then this

cause lower cl

[viral ore]

different speed

goofy

[earnest olive]

in general 3600c18 and 3200c16 have the same equivalent latency, but 3600c18 has higher bandwidth, so 3600c18 is better

that's also 32gb vs 16gb

[delicate flame]

cause someone told me

[viral ore]

LOL i didnt even see that either

[earnest olive]

there is a performance benefit to 32gb dual rank even if you don't need more than 16gb

[earnest olive]

someone is wrong

[delicate flame]

ok thanks

[earnest olive]

they're correct that you won't notice the difference in speed/cl because xmp sucks regardless

but you're also ignoring the double capacity

[viral ore]

and the increased bandwidth

[earnest olive]

xmp timings kill your bandwidth anyways

but it'll still be a little bit higher yes

in general I wouldn't pay more for 3600c18 than 3200c16, but I would choose the 3600c18 for the same price

in this case the 3600c18 is cheaper per gb so

oh wait this is ryzen

ok yeah 3600c18 just beats 3200c16 by a good amount then

go for the 3600c18

[delicate flame]

alr

thanks so much

[earnest olive]

np

[exotic bison]

Not sure where to put this. So my pc just started doing this it. If it is left on while I go afk for a while it will turn off my screens but they can’t be turned back on. Along with this I can’t turn it off unless I turn the psu off when it does this. It just started doing this two days ago.

Any ideas what could be causing this

[potent portal]

Windows being Windows

It's either the GPU drivers or the OS got corrupt

We've got tools to fix both

?bat

[jolly river]

Link to a general windows fixes and scans by Risen
https://github.com/Ryzen5950XT/Windows-stuff/releases/download/Windows-utilities-and-fixes-batch-file/Win.Utils.Fixes.Latest.launcher.bat

[potent portal]

?ddu

[jolly river]

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

[exotic bison]

Awesome I will try these thanks!!

When I reinstall the drives should I still be in safe mode?

[potent portal]

No you'll be in regular mode to install the drivers back

[exotic bison]

Ok awesome thanks

[limber oyster]

How this cart look?

https://www.aquatuning.us/AtsdCartSave/load/key/00e582b8cf465b04b37b8f9f1167f5f2

Link if the pics are too blurry

[potent portal]

No radiator or reservoir? You'll probably need a few more fittings too

[cyan ravine]

hard tubing is a massive pain if anything goes wrong

[potent portal]

Definitely. Having extra of that is great.

[cyan ravine]

also clear tubes mean more times a year cleaning your loop

[limber oyster]

The distro plate is the reservoir AND pump

[dim forge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xVQDRv

any thoughts on this (yes I know 12400F is way better but I'm on a budget )

I'll buy the case and psu here and ship the rest from amazon tomorrow

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WydDRv

this case is cheaper and has intake and exhaust fan

[cyan ravine]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ggj2sL

if you're spending 65 on a 550W you may as well spend 15 more on a 750W

[potent portal]

Ah it's one of those, nice.
Hope you've got your fill and drain system planned out.

[limber oyster]

im replacing everything so...

[potent portal]

Right, but you'll still want a way to pour liquid into the loop that preferably runs through a funnel so you don't spill on your expensive computer. You'll also want a drain port so it's easier to flush your loop when it's time for maintenance.

[cyan ravine]

I would also try to avoid covering ram and reuse your soft tubing for the cpu block if you can

again, hard tubing is a huge pain if something is wrong

if you make it usable to troubleshoot it's leagues easier

[potent portal]

Yeah it would suck if you put the CPU block on and all the tubing, filled the loop, and it turns out you need to take the block off because it's on too tight or something

[cyan ravine]

like you can have the cake and eat it too if you are thoughtful enough about it

[cyan ravine]

or mount is terrible, which is not uncommon at all

and then you have to get the mount off without taking the cpu with it

[potent portal]

Slightly different topic, should I lap my 5800X. I could get a few more degrees but I'm not exactly hurting for it.

[cyan ravine]

I heard an interesting tidbit Fal

Apparently the coldplate variance on the LF2 is enormous

you using offset mount ye?

[potent portal]

Yep

[cyan ravine]

lapping may give a couple more degrees

if you're seeing a little headroom sure

I mean you saw the difference on both my brand new chip and my older alder chip that was warped

can be anything from spectacular to basically nothing and meh

if under full load and unrestricted you're still away from throttling it probably won't do anything tho

[bold prism]

just got another ssd, anyone know if i can just add it to my pc that ive been using for a few months now?

[cyan ravine]

yep

if you have a slot for it yep

then it's just a matter of initialising it and turning it into a drive in windows

[potent portal]

I'm peaking at 67 running R20 lol, I definitely don't need to but...

[cyan ravine]

run it full tilt and see

try OCCT CPU small fixed 16 threads extreme AVX2

r20 doesn't really measure up the same way

[potent portal]

R20 gives a rough estimation of temps during CPU heavy games at least

[cyan ravine]

oh def

I'm def being unrealistic but still

better to overshoot especially if you have the headroom

you'll probably hit the 80's in occt

[potent portal]

86

[cyan ravine]

meh

not really worth

[potent portal]

Yeah it's not really worth but... lapped CPU

Just because

[cyan ravine]

you have almost 10C of headroom tbf tho

[potent portal]

If I ever get around to dunking my rad I might lap it then

[cyan ravine]

hmm for cold yeah ok

[toxic wraith]

Anybody have solutions for these two things? When I boot up my new pc it says hdmi input then doesn’t display anything. Also when setting up windows it wants me to connect to wifi or Ethernet but it doesn’t show any options for my wifi

[limber oyster]

A) running off of igpu or dedicated GPU? B) do you have a wifi card installed?

[fossil cedar]

You might need to install drivers for wifi but if on windows 11 setup you can setup without internet if you do shift + f10 to open the command prompt then type
OOBE\BYPASSNRO
And hit enter, it'll then restart by itself and you can make an offline account

As for the first problem, what's the cpu and do you have a graphics card in the system?

If you have a graphics card make sure the hdmi is connected to that and not the motherboard

[twin sequoia]

Need to decide my parts... I have MSI 4070 Ti Suprim X OC GPU and SilverStone HELA 850R PSU. Trying to future proof as much as possible. Need everything else lol. Right now its in a locked Legion T5 w/ a 10th gen i7-10700 and 16GB DDR4 UDIMM dual channel 3200 (Capped at 2933 from MB) RAM, 150W Air Cooler. I replaced my 1660 Super for the 4070 Ti Suprim X and replaced FSP Gold + 650 non-modular PSU for the Silver Stone HELA 850R Cybernetiks Titanium ATX 3.0 PCI Gen 5 Fully Modular with built in 450W 16 Pin Nvidia Connector so I don't have to have 3 8Pins going to a 3X 8Pin to 16pin Nvidia adapter cable. It's a direct connection now up to the 450W with a single cable from PSU to GPU. I am having a difficult time deciding what to get because of the new hardware being released constantly.

[ornate condor]

I just installed 5700x to asrock x570 phantom gaming 4 wifi but cpu and dram led lights staying on and not booting

[ornate condor]

I5 13600k is probably way to go

[fossil cedar]

Personally I'd consider waiting til next gen for cpus if you're not absolutely itching to upgrade or at least wait til the ryzen 7000 x3d chips come out

[mossy venture]

Probably replace case if it's the case I think it is

[cyan ravine]

Did you update the bios

[ornate condor]

Yeah tried few bios versions

[cyan ravine]

Try reseat the ram

Then clear cmos

Turning it off in the process obv

[ornate condor]

Oh forgot to clean cmos

[ornate condor]

Not worked again

[ornate condor]

I hate asrock mobos

[olive cypress]

Can anyone help me find some more possible solutions for screen freezing on my Dell pc?
I've got a dell venue 11 pro 7140, nice tablet but lately the screen is starting to freeze randomly and I necessarily have to force it to turn off to be able to use it again
Just freezes. The last frame it was showing and it stays like that forever. However it looks like it responds to keyboard commands (I tried alt+f4 + ↓ and pressed enter and the system did reboot).
I've saw many people with this same problem and everyone said either intel rapid storage techn. or panel self refresh (intel hd graphics) was the problem, tried both but nothing...
I updated the bios... Nothing...
I'm trying to update most drivers but since it freezes I can't do much (+ slow connection doesn't help for the download)... What else should I try? Bios settings: there's nothing that helps with the screen. Firmware? Idk... Slowly update all drivers?
I'm also thinking abt reinstalling windows but that would be the last solution I'd like to get to

• this freezing doesn't occur in bios or boot so it's all about the os I guess (no hardware problems)

" hope I don't have to return this "

[raw yacht]

howdy yall. is there anyway to get a keyboard and mouse to sync with Asus Aura? That does not mean sync with the keyboard and mouse like Razer does. I want Asus's adaptive color that syncs with video output, but want that to extend to my peripherals too. Would be great if anyone had insight the Googles does not... ty

[jagged ember]

The keyboard and mouse would need to support Asus aura first

[obsidian wigeon]

^

aka asus peripherals only

[olive cypress]

For some reason the freezing occurs more frequently if I don't leave the pc turned off for "long enough"...
Basically: pc freezes/crashes, i force it to turn off, restart it one second after and the freezing will reoccur within few minutes
But if I leave it off for like 5 mins the freezing will reoccur after 10/15 or even 30 mins later...
And btw it doesn't always respond to keyboard input when it crashes

Maybe some temperature sensor "locks" the pc to prevent "damage" when it reaches a certain temp?

[toxic wraith]

It’s not letting me type in the command prompt? Any ideas?

[empty pollen]

weird

it should pop when you press shift+F10 on the setup process

[toxic wraith]

It’s letting me type in now but OOBE/BYPASSNRO isn’t recognized

[empty pollen]

what happened after you type that and hit enter?

any sort of "invalid command" or something?

[toxic wraith]

It says it doesn’t recognize it as an internal or external command operable program or batch file

[upper condor]

My chrome is using like 500 MB to 1GB running is that bad 😭

I have 32 GB so it isn't really affecting anything

But with one tab I'm at 600 MB usage

[empty pollen]

thats normal on chrome, like every additional tab use between 200-400Mb

and the first tab is like 500 alone

[upper condor]

Thought the jokes were an exaggeration 😢

[empty pollen]

with 32 gigs i shouldnt worry that much

not like you run 30+ tabs and your favorite game on top of it

[fossil cedar]

Usually you have to press into it

It is windows 11 not 10 you're installing yes?

[toxic wraith]

I got it booted up and everything now I’m just trying to connect to wifi

I got it to work

[fossil cedar]

Ah okay

[toxic wraith]

I just can’t seem to connect to wifi

[fossil cedar]

You might need to download drivers from a different device and usb transfer them to get your wifi running if Windows doesn't pick up a driver

[toxic wraith]

Hm

[fossil cedar]

(assuming your motherboard even has wifi/you have a wifi card in the pc)

[toxic wraith]

Yeah my motherboard has wifi

[fossil cedar]

Positive?

In that case go to the motherboard website -> support

Then there should be drivers there for wifi

[toxic wraith]

Ok

I’ll do it on my laptop

[opal ember]

is this good: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XnbLmr I have already bought the psu and will buy other parts tmr.

[fossil cedar]

looks good

[opal ember]

awesome. i’m excited to buy and build. it’s my first pc

[fossil cedar]

good luck

[stiff dome]

best gpu for 1440p gaming

[coarse coral]

what budget or bottom line

[fossil cedar]

4090

[ornate condor]

why my 7600x hitting 91c with 360 aio lol

[fossil cedar]

probably bad mount

[ornate condor]

it idling at 5.3ghz

[fossil cedar]

oh well also just remembered the 7000 cpus are supposed to just use as much power as they can til they hit 90c iirc

[ornate condor]

boost speed is weird at those cpus lol it idling at 5.3ghz but slowing down under load lol

[dim forge]

uwu

[fallow jolt]

I just heard a loud pop from my desktop and it shut off. Now it won’t turn on but my PC monitor still gets power to turn on

Did my power supply explode or did something else happen

[ornate condor]

F for psu

You better ask for power supply recommendation already

[fallow jolt]

That’s pretty weird. How come my monitor is still able to turn on tho if the power is dead?

[potent portal]

Unplug everything from the PSU and grab a paperclip. Flip the switch on the back of the PSU to off. Put paperclip in these 2 pins, and flip switch to on. See if the fan spins.

[fallow jolt]

Which 2 pin? And this is to see if the PSU is working if the fan is working?

[potent portal]

Huh image failed to upload.

There we go

[fallow jolt]

Mine is fully modular. So I still keep the big cable plugged in?

[potent portal]

If the fan spins then the unit itself may still be good if you're lucky. If not it's dead dead.

Yes

[mossy venture]

Don't try to turn the pc on again with it plugged in, it could cause further damage

[fallow jolt]

Dang I thought sea sonic supply are supposed to last long

[mossy venture]

Monitor gets power since it has its own wall plug

Seasonic normally does have good psus, but they also have some bad ones

And model matters more than brand

Seasonic has ones like the focus gold, and then the s12iii

[fallow jolt]

If it does die, how likely is it to kill my pc components with it

[potent portal]

[cyan ravine]

Depending on the quality, how bad the spike was and what you were running, I can tell you with confidence, absolutely no idea

[mossy venture]

Depends on the model, and how lucky you are

[potent portal]

I give it a 25% chance something died if the unit is totally dead

[fallow jolt]

I was playing hearthstone and suddenly a loud pop

[potent portal]

Most common thing I've seen go is SSDs

[cyan ravine]

Oo sounds like a transient death

[mossy venture]

If it has good protections, which seasonic generally does, odds are the unit killed itself before much if not everything else got damaged

I dont know of any semi recent seasonic units that have bad protections

[cyan ravine]

Yeah if the unit is good and wasn't grossly underspec

[mossy venture]

Do you know the model of the psu?

[fallow jolt]

My pc was built in 2020

Let me find the box

[potent portal]

It'll also say on the PSU itself

[mossy venture]

Yeah, on the side

[fallow jolt]

Focus GX 650

[cyan ravine]

What cpu and gpu

[fallow jolt]

Ryzen 7 3700x 5700 XT

[cyan ravine]

Oh you know what earlier seasonic units had transient issues

Maybe??

[fallow jolt]

What’s that

[cyan ravine]

Eh nvm looked up the 5700xt wattage

[potent portal]

Gold or bronze?

[fallow jolt]

Gold

[mossy venture]

Odds are its just the psu dead then

[potent portal]

That's definitely A tier then

[fallow jolt]

Yea that’s why I got it cause reviews say it’s reliable

[tepid roost]

Falcie

[fallow jolt]

But then it just went pop

[potent portal]

Just bad luck if it's dead. If you're lucky it was short circuit protection and can be fixed when the short is removed.

[tepid roost]

rip

[mossy venture]

Good psus like that have built in protections in case things like this happen

[fallow jolt]

So just buy a new power then?

[mossy venture]

Which is why its a good idea to buy a reliable unit, like you did

[potent portal]

Yo

[tepid roost]

one sec I wanna restart my pc rq

[mossy venture]

Yeah, or could probably have seasonic replace it on warranty

[tepid roost]

cause my games are stuttering

I just ddued 2 days ago

these drivers have been terrible to me ever since I got my card

[fallow jolt]

Oh I never once shipped something in my life so idk how this works

[potent portal]

They'll either send you a shipping label or the address to send it to. Just put it in a box following their instructions on what to include in the box.

[fallow jolt]

Biggest problem is I have an exam on Monday so this needs to be resolved now. What luck I have

[potent portal]

Once you test the PSU you can grab a new one from best buy if you need to

Then when you get the replacement unit from seasonic, sell it

[fallow jolt]

I’m gonna open my pc now and check. Give me a bit

[tepid roost]

Falcie

stuttering stopped after I restarted my pc

idk why it was happening tho

[potent portal]

Make sure the hybrid mode switch is on cooling mode or the fan won't spin even if it's good

[potent portal]

I'm feeling like there's some sort of conflict of drivers or a background program

Even windows update can cause that

[tepid roost]

I just ddued

yeah ik

I have no windows update currently besides it wanting me to upgrade to win11

[sand cedar]

I finally reached Samsung support holy crap they make that really hard

[tepid roost]

no programs in the background also @potent portal besides discord

should I turn hardware acc on?

[potent portal]

There's ways to find out without a doubt if it's a background program or service.
Disable all your startup items in task manager. Then in services tick "hide Microsoft services" and disable everything that's not critical.

[sand cedar]

Also @potent portal I checked my SSD and it's dead so I had to file a claim but they make that near impossible took me the whole day just to reach support

[potent portal]

Yeah sounds about right for any company TBH

Took me ages to get my motherboard RMA

[fallow jolt]

Do I really have to unplug everything to test? Some of the cables just won’t pull out

[potent portal]

As long as the cable isn't connected to something

So you can unplug the PCIe power from the GPU instead for example

[tepid roost]

Falcie

[fallow jolt]

I have like no angle to grip these cables

[fallow jolt]

Oh that works then

I don’t have to pull from the unit itself yet

[tepid roost]

I disabled most of the stuff

I had almost all of that on enabled

I'd always close more than half of it as soon as my pc started but ye

[potent portal]

Razer 💀

[tepid roost]

?

[potent portal]

It's known for causing issues

[tepid roost]

I only have razer synapse not the whole game boosting crap and other stuff tho ;\

[potent portal]

Same diff

[tepid roost]

Bruh

so that mean I can't mess with my rgb stuff ?

[potent portal]

Disable it while you're testing at least

[tepid roost]

ok

[sand cedar]

Now when the SSD comes here I have to REMOVE the GPU which that's risky because it already has a chipped pin

Pain

[potent portal]

Chipped pins are fine. My GPU has 3.

[tepid roost]

falcie

[sand cedar]

Oh nvm then

[tepid roost]

do you know what RZsurroundhelper is?

It sounds like that razer surround I had before but I deleted that

[potent portal]

Worst case on pins is you lose a PCIe lane but you have plenty of bandwidth still

[sand cedar]

Oh ok

[potent portal]

Some programs leave things behind when you uninstall

[tepid roost]

ok so I can disable it then

[potent portal]

Yep

[tepid roost]

should I restart my pc once more now that stuff is disabled?

[potent portal]

Yes

It should boot much faster too lol

[tepid roost]

it already boots in 5 seconds or so

not really worried bout that lol

[fallow jolt]

My power test adventure interrupted by dinner. BRB for a while

[tepid roost]

@potent portal haven't restarted yet but I have synapse closed and my game seems to be fine so far

I need to try rocket league tho cause that's where it was the worst

[jagged ember]

Hot tip, use revo uninstaller next time to uninstall programs

[potent portal]

Deep search option

[tepid roost]

?

[potent portal]

What Revo uninstaller does is scan for files, registry entries, scheduled tasks, etc associated with a program before running the uninstaller. Then after the uninstaller runs it scans again for things that got left behind.

[fallow jolt]

Any tips on how to unplug the giant motherboard connector? I noticed there’s a clip but idk how to undo it

[obsidian wigeon]

Pull it straight out while holding onto the clip

[fallow jolt]

Do I press the clip near the top or near the bottom close to the motherboard ?

[obsidian wigeon]

Press it near the top

[fallow jolt]

Am I allowed to hold on to the paper clip with my bare hands when I turn the power on

Ok going to assume big no

[limber oyster]

vertical mounts my CPU

[fallow jolt]

Ok PSU isn’t turning on when I did the paper clip test

Officially dead

Time to research how RMA works

[limber oyster]

Email company

Ask to file for a warrenty return

[fallow jolt]

It’s more like I never shipped something before so idk which box size and how much cushioning to use

[limber oyster]

You still have the packaging?

Usually for rma you need to ship in the original box that came with the psu

[fallow jolt]

I have the power supply box but not the packaging box

Yea I have original box

[limber oyster]

Ok

Put it in the box, get a slightly bigger box, fill empty space with newspaper or packing paper

[fallow jolt]

Does UPS provide free tape?

[limber oyster]

I don't think so

But a roll of tape is like $5

[fallow jolt]

I think sea sonic said I have to pay for shipping too do I just pay that upfront at UPS?

[limber oyster]

Mhm

[fallow jolt]

Pretty lame considering this isn’t even my fault but eh

At least I get a free replacement

[limber oyster]

That's why I use Amazon and test when I get it...next day or same day(depending on delivery time) warrenty return for free

[fallow jolt]

This PC was built in 2020