building-and-recc-chat

[muted patio]

MX4 is better than pre applied

[desert gulch]

Mhmm

[muted patio]

MX4 is fine for everything

[desert gulch]

Not the best tho

[lyric thistle]

I don't know much about paste other than x method

[muted patio]

Show me the difference between that and a high end paste. Maybe 1-3C at best

[desert gulch]

Lol

I've had mx4 dry out early

[rancid lodge]

yeah I mean I might dip into overclocking but I'm not going to try and run this thing at it's maximum possible potential

[lyric thistle]

The only method I'll ever use for a normal ihs is x method

[desert gulch]

Bruh

Use the pea method

Works for me

[rancid lodge]

x for AMD

pea for intel

[desert gulch]

Or if some call it rice method

[lyric thistle]

Maybe the paste was too old, sitting on the shelf too long

[desert gulch]

Nah was new

From amazon

[lyric thistle]

Still could be too old

[desert gulch]

Dried out before a year

[lyric thistle]

Sitting in the warehouse

[desert gulch]

Maybe

[muted patio]

I used the Pea on my AMD, cools just fine

[desert gulch]

Same

[muted patio]

30c idle

sometimes less

[desert gulch]

I only use pea method

[rancid lodge]

I mean someone here said X was better due to the spread out of the chiplets in AMD chips

which makes sense

[lyric thistle]

Reaches all the corners

[rancid lodge]

but idk if it'd make that much of a difference

[desert gulch]

Nah anthing works fine

[lyric thistle]

Not really

[muted patio]

It doesn't

What really does though

[desert gulch]

As long as it spreads out enough

[muted patio]

Is an offset AIO mount

LIke Arctic does

Actual noticeable improvement

[rancid lodge]

Offset as in certain parts have more contact with the chip than others?

[desert gulch]

Also vintage got some pics of da whip

Lol it's an old old ward

[muted patio]

Offset as in the CPU cooler isn't centered on the CPU

[rancid lodge]

Oh

huh, why does that improve performance?

[muted patio]

Chiplet location

[desert gulch]

Aren't parts of cpu hotter?

[rancid lodge]

yeah, figured

[desert gulch]

Hence the offset

[rancid lodge]

mhm where the chiplets are

makes sense, but yeah my 5900x is idling at 37 on each core rn

[desert gulch]

That's p decent

[rancid lodge]

not as good as it should be though

[muted patio]

Idle temps mean nothing TBH

Load temps matter

[rancid lodge]

I realllly smudged up that paste when I remounted it

both times

yes

[muted patio]

The only thing an idle temp is good for is bragging rights

[rancid lodge]

cinebenched it earlier

forgot to record temps

I think it hit high 70s

[muted patio]

Prime 95 it

[desert gulch]

Lol

[rancid lodge]

[muted patio]

Cinebench is an OK load, Prime 95 small FFT will make it hurt

[rancid lodge]

yeah I'll try that tomorrow after I apply the mx4

[muted patio]

with what cooler?

[lyric thistle]

Idle temps mean nothing until you forgot to screw the cooler in all the way and you're idling at 90

[rancid lodge]

corsair's h150i 360mm AIO @muted patio

got an exhaust 120 mm and three 120mm side intakes too

[muted patio]

Set your pump speed to 100% always

use the fans for the rest

😉

[desert gulch]

I used to idle high 50s with my stock cooler fully screwed in and properly installed

Stock speeds on cpu

[rancid lodge]

yessir, well it's actually set to 90% rn but

I'll change it later

[desert gulch]

Plug pump into aio header

[rancid lodge]

ima dip now cause I'm tried after hours of troubleshooting last night and earlier today

[desert gulch]

That'll make it 100 full time

[lyric thistle]

Huh

What cpu?

[vagrant olive]

I have a Corsair CX650F with RGB. I have configured the ARGB color settings in my motherboard's software, but I also have a fan that I want to configure the RGB on but there's no more argb headers on my motherboard.
If I unplug the ARGB header on my PSU from the motherboard, will it keep the color setting i configured it to, or will it revert to its default rainbow?

[rancid lodge]

yeah I can also control the pump via corsair's icue

[desert gulch]

Maniac in my name bruh

[lyric thistle]

Oh ok

[desert gulch]

Stealth cooler sucks

For a 3600

[lyric thistle]

My 4790 idles at like 30 I think? Under an avc basic extruded cooler

Maybe I'm remembering wrong

Been a long time since I've used my pc

[jagged ember]

Stealth cooler does suck

Regular 80 to 83 when gaming on power saving mode lmao

Which limits tdp to 45w

[desert gulch]

mhmm

maybe they call it stealth since you cantt even tell theres a cooler doing anything in terms of temps lmao

[glass dome]

I just did this will it affect my aio?

[desert gulch]

you striped out the hole?

[glass dome]

I have no idea

for the other mounting screws they won’t even screw in

[desert gulch]

you use the screw that came with it?

[glass dome]

correct

[desert gulch]

umm

you sure you are on the right side?

[glass dome]

there’s is 8 mounting screws

[desert gulch]

ok

[glass dome]

on the manual it says screw them here

when I screw it in it won’t go in

If I keep trying the screw would strip

[ripe wedge]

uh

maybe its the wrong screw

[brittle tinsel]

Is this true about ENERMAX Revolution D.F. 850W 80 Plus Gold 850W, Full Modular, Multi Rail, 7 Year Warranty, Power Supply, ERF850EWT

[desert gulch]

how do we know if they got defective ones

[muted patio]

That can happen with any power supply. Honestly, they probably plugged something in wrong and didn't know it

[brittle tinsel]

I don’t, I’m reading a new egg review

[desert gulch]

dont trust any review

[muted patio]

user reviews are terrible sources of information

[desert gulch]

some ppl dont know what their doing and screw stuff up

mhmm

[brittle tinsel]

I understand a doa but that’s replaceable what worries me is the part about fried parts

[muted patio]

Then don't get any power supply

[desert gulch]

vintage what tier is that psu?

[muted patio]

If you literally google any power supply you'll find bad reviews

[desert gulch]

mhmm

[muted patio]

It's Tier A, Top of the Line for it's class

[desert gulch]

damn

thats p good

im sure you can find bad reviews on nice psus like a rm850x

or a nice amp

[brittle tinsel]

Well I can’t power my pc with a hamster

[desert gulch]

bad reviews are everywhere

[brittle tinsel]

Or can I?

[desert gulch]

bruh

[brittle tinsel]

Lol

[muted patio]

Then get a good power supply like that one and forget about it

[desert gulch]

mhmm

[potent portal]

That review specifically sounds like they didn't know how to hook it up right, and they probably used the 6+2 pin in the 4+4 slot

[desert gulch]

mhmm

[little osprey]

hi can nyone help me wit a 1k pc build all peripherals included

[desert gulch]

um

prolly could do a 10400f and 3060ti build

[muted patio]

With a monitor, KB and mouse? that's tight.

[little osprey]

yes

how abt 1k ferda pc

and monitor

[desert gulch]

hmmm

[desert gulch]

1k usd?

[little osprey]

ye

[desert gulch]

hmmm

[little osprey]

i got 1.4k cad but thats like 1.25 after tax which = 1k

usd

[desert gulch]

ok

[stoic island]

Cad market is different, so let's start with 1.4k cad build

[desert gulch]

yeah

mr1 gotta remember tax tho

so mebbe like under 1.3k

idk what tax is where they are

[little osprey]

13 % for me :/

[stoic island]

Oh fun

[desert gulch]

13% fun fun

[muted patio]

$634 with monitor. Just needs GPU, Mouse and KB https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gKHR8J

Eh, $700, didn't realize case had no price

[desert gulch]

imma remake that list on cad version of pcpp

since market is a bit different

[little osprey]

aight well i can overspend usin my mommas crdit card

any 3060 ti 1440p build?

or j 1440p in general at a fair price

[desert gulch]

cant find that psu in cad version of pcpp

[ripe wedge]

throw in a 3060ti with that build and its good enough

[desert gulch]

maybe they dont sell over there

just says no prices available

[muted patio]

PCPP doesn't have it

It's a custom added part

[desert gulch]

ohhh oh

ok

[little osprey]

thermal take 600w id good

[ripe wedge]

no

[desert gulch]

segotep better

[ripe wedge]

thermaltake psus are bombs

[little osprey]

oh

[ripe wedge]

[little osprey]

bro yall r so helpful i appreciate it

kisses u

[desert gulch]

woah no need lol

[little osprey]

Are corsair cxm bronze psu’s good?

[muted patio]

Not really

CX is better

[desert gulch]

not the best

[stoic island]

Hm, 3060ti build WITH monitor might be out of reach for moi, 1200$ for build without monitor
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/zmPKLP

[muted patio]

If you want a modular PSU

[little osprey]

CX is better than CXM?

[muted patio]

This is better and fully modular https://smile.amazon.com/Segotep-Supply-Certified-Gaming-Fully-Modular/dp/B0832F6NS8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=segotep+650&qid=1615707194&sr=8-1

[muted patio]

yes

[little osprey]

Or should I just go ahead with RMX?

[desert gulch]

t force vulcan 3200 c16 is five CAD more, may be better value

[stoic island]

There's a lot more PSUs to consider

@desert gulch no

[muted patio]

What wattage?

[stoic island]

I hate

[desert gulch]

bruh

200 more mhz for 5 more CAD

id do it

[stoic island]

Personal experiences, personal grudge

[desert gulch]

ik you hate team ram

but

running at rated speed should be fine

[stoic island]

But 3000c16 and 3200c16 is really barely different

[desert gulch]

yeah

[stoic island]

my personal grudge is because my kit didn't

[desert gulch]

lil bit of dif

[little osprey]

Im gonna run 3600 + 1660 super, so I was thinking 550 wattage is good enough

[desert gulch]

oh yeah ez

[muted patio]

10400F and B560 is faster and cheaper. 😉

[stoic island]

I'm too tired to type right, I'm going to be off

[muted patio]

Unless you already have the parts

[little osprey]

id prob spend 20 ore getcrucial rgb 3600

I already got the parts 😅

[desert gulch]

thats fine

3600 still a good cpu

how much did you pay for that 1660 super?

[little osprey]

Yeah I managed to get a 1660 super before it was sold out and before they upped the prices

[desert gulch]

nice

[little osprey]

I got it for $300 😬

[desert gulch]

usd?

[little osprey]

Cad

[desert gulch]

oh not bad

thats pretty decent

[little osprey]

Yeah its not $400

[desert gulch]

mhmm

[little osprey]

Now*

[desert gulch]

alot of ppl are buying them for like 400usd rn

[little osprey]

Yeaah

is the 6700xt gonna be bad

Is it cuz of the lack of 3000 rtx?

[desert gulch]

also @stoic island why do you hate team ram so much?

dont they use sk hynix modules?

mostly?

[stoic island]

Bargain bin stuff like Corsair lpx

[desert gulch]

hmm

[stoic island]

Nothing good until you get to the high end kits

[desert gulch]

but bin doesnt matter if you dont need to oc past rated right?

[stoic island]

And just like Corsair lpx, problems with not reaching rated xmp. ;)

[brittle tinsel]

What’s this talk about a verified gamer program from Linus?

[stoic island]

Iirc something about Linus selling 30xx GPUs to people at MSRP to get around bots

[warm swift]

@stoic island so i had a little idea, but idk if its a good one, can i tell you about it?

[stoic island]

Sure

[brittle tinsel]

Hmm I need to find out how to enter

[potent portal]

https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1370444797148762113

Linus Tech Tips (@LinusTech)

Update on the Verified Actual Gamer program!
We need a bit more time to make sure that the program works as intended! It's being delayed until next week.
We want to do everything in our power to make sure these parts get into the hands of Verified, Actual Gamers :)
Sneak peak ; )

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[stoic island]

I just know ryo was trying to do something with it as he was looking for a 3080

[brittle tinsel]

Oh is that 5900x too?

Definitely the program i need to enter

[warm swift]

basically so the problem is the 3080's im getting are going to be out of stock soon in the store im in because alot of ppl want them, and if im getting the lian li case im going to have 2 weeks, which would mean that the graphics cards would be finished, i thought the idea, i have a NZXT S340 case, what if i just get all the parts for my new computer, build in it, and then when the Lian li case arrives, i would take the parts out of the S340 case, and then put them in the lian li case

[potent portal]

Says 9 on the box so I'd assume that or the 5950X

[brittle tinsel]

When zoomed the label is blurry but it looks like 5900x on the top white label

[stoic island]

Hm, well, switching cases is quite annoying, keep that in mind, it's basically building the pc all over again, plus a disassembly step, but if you have an iGPU or a separate gpu you could boot with before you get the 3080, that could work

[potent portal]

I tried zooming in too, quality is too low to tell for sure (thanks twitter compression)

[warm swift]

yeah so the thing is, in order to buy the 3080, i need to build a new pc, i cant just take it, thats how it is in egypt..

[stoic island]

Uh, can you explain more?

[warm swift]

like, i cant just walk in say i want a 3080 and buy it and leave, if i want to buy the 3080, you have to build a whole computer in order to buy it

which is annoying

[stoic island]

Interesting, so they require you to buy other parts at the same time?

[potent portal]

That seems weird all right, you can't even do international shipping?

[warm swift]

yeah exactly

[stoic island]

Ah

[warm swift]

if i want to buy a 3080 i need to buy other parts

because there isnt many in egypt so thats why they do that

[potent portal]

Makes sense in a strange sort of way. You can't just buy some RAM with it, it needs to be a nearly complete computer?

[stoic island]

Well, the question now would be if you would have an use for another system (assuming you have to build a new system on top of the "current" system due to requirements in buying).

[warm swift]

nah like, i need to buy a whole system, like motherboard, cpu, memory, ssd, power supply etc.

[potent portal]

Oof

[stoic island]

Because if you don't have anything you could do with a second pc, that just sounds like a huge pain to build something now and build another one later, and seems like a waste of some money.

[warm swift]

ok so basically the pc that i currently have, ill change the case and everything like i told you before, ima change case, ssd, powersupply but keeping the cpu and cooler, (basically because i told him i want to buy 2 3080's he told you have to build a new pc in order to get the first gpu, and ill give you the other gpu without building a second system) so what im doing is the pc i currently have im going to give it to my brother and put the 3080 in it, and then i was thinking that i would build my other computer in the case i currently have, Which is the S340, and then when the lian li arrives im going to put the parts in the lian li case

[stoic island]

So, current build, with S340 case, goes to brother? Or so you have 2 different "current builds", where one is going to your brother, and the other, with the S340 case, is staying with you?

And also, what is the timing on the GPU buying? Are you being delayed by 2 weeks for the GPU or the case?

[warm swift]

no so, i currently have a pc with the S340 case, im going to get a new case for my brother, so basically the the S340 will be empty, i thought of buying a new case and then when the lian li case arrives i would put the parts in it, but i thought that would be a waste of money, so what im thinking is that i buy the parts build it in the S340 and then when the lian li arrives ill just take them out of the S340 and put them in the lian li

[warm swift]

for the case

[stoic island]

Yea using S340 as a temporary case can work for a week or two

[warm swift]

yeah thats what im thinking of

it does take ATX motherboards yeah?>

[warm swift]

btw the Suprim X 3080 is good right?

[stoic island]

Just keep in mind temps might not be great, and yes, S340 should hold ATX

[warm swift]

im getting a Suprim X, and my bro is getting a gaming x trio

[stoic island]

Suprim x is good spec wise, but generally silly price wise

[warm swift]

yeah i know, thats why im buying the lian li case because ik that S340 is not going to be great at all

[stoic island]

It's basically just a gaming x trio or any high end tri fan card

But in USD, it's like 400$ above everything else, which makes it a silly choice in the US

[warm swift]

yeah it is expensive, but those are the only 2 they have, those are the last 2 graphics card's they have, so i thought ima take the suprim x since its the better card, and the gaming x will be for my brother

[warm swift]

btw do you know if a 360mm aio cooler can fit in the s340?

[stoic island]

Fair, and I really doubt it, I can check tho

[warm swift]

because if that 360mm cooler doesnt fit then that would be a big problem

[stoic island]

God nzxt's page is annoying

Most likely won't fit

Looks like 280mm max front, 140mm max top

[warm swift]

ok so thats a problem because im going to get a 360mm cooler

[stoic island]

I don't understand how NZXT and Corsair got so big when they can't even make a proper spec page >:(

Well, what cpu again?

[warm swift]

ryzen 9 5900x

[stoic island]

Hm

[warm swift]

would the cpu die if i dont put a cooler at all for atleast 2 or more weeks?

[stoic island]

Very annoying, you won't be able to use it without a cooler

A 5900x runs way too hot to be used without a cooler

[warm swift]

well dang

[stoic island]

There's a janky option of taking the side panel off and positioning the rad somewhere outside the case where the radiator is still above the pump/block

[warm swift]

id be afraid to do that

[stoic island]

Or, try and find a placeholder air cooler that'd fit, which I can't find cpu cooler compatibility specs easily because nzxt doesn't have a specs page that I can see on mobile

[warm swift]

so you think i should buy a cheap case until the lian li arrives?

[stoic island]

Oh I finally found it

[brittle tinsel]

Does@amd really have usb connection problems right now?

[stoic island]

161mm case clearance, I'd probably just get a decent air cooler as a placeholder

[brittle tinsel]

My buddy has amd and b550 and had no problem

[stoic island]

@brittle tinsel fix came out recently, and the usb issue was rare to begin with

[brittle tinsel]

That was an agesa update it says bios fix isn’t till April

[warm swift]

yeah but i dont really want to put thermal paste on the cpu with that aircooler, and then when the lian li arrives i would remove the cooler and remove the thermal paste

[stoic island]

You sure? Pretty sure I saw beta 1.2.0.2 bios being released for some boards a few days ago

[brittle tinsel]

Beta bios would make sense

[stoic island]

Well, isopropyl alcohol can remove thermal paste nicely, there's also some wipes you could buy, you might be able to get most of it off with a clean cloth even, it's your choice though.

Both are options, I'll be off for now

[warm swift]

alright but what about this case for example

Cooler Master MasterBox MB501L Mid Tower Case

its cheap

[brittle tinsel]

I think it said full release fix would be around April than

Maybe not

Source: tech spot

Would a pcie capture card work the same as a Nvidia encoder?

I was gonna use my gtx 1060 3gb as an encoder gpu and my 30 series as the gaming card but my pc died and may have taking the gpu with it

[potent portal]

Capture card is better than using nvenc because then the GPU can focus more on frames and less on streaming

[brittle tinsel]

No like use the second card as an encoder and the main card for gaming

[twilit oasis]

Are DDR2 ram chips still good as far as general use goes? Or should I upgrade to 3 or 4?

[brittle tinsel]

The second card would have no purpose other than encoder

But would a capture card be the same

[potent portal]

DDR2 I'd only recommend for Windows Vista, maybe 7

A second GPU doing the encoding is basically a capture card at that point

[brittle tinsel]

Ah

Ok

Well hopefully it’s not dead if it is maybe a capture card is cheaper than another gpu

[twilit oasis]

I have an old computer and I’m basically starting over. I didn’t realize how old until I saw AMD II athlon cpu. Lol

[potent portal]

Oh Athlon were fun to overclock back in the day.
Not much use for current gaming, but if you install an old copy of Linux it would still be usable as a desktop or minecraft server

Ubuntu 14.04 is still in long-term support, and you could probably run 16.04 next year once 14.04 is out of support

[warm swift]

@stoic island is the SP120 fans from corsair okay?

[high saddle]

is anbody here?

nvm

[forest tapir]

Hello wizards of the pc build world

[autumn aurora]

Good cable extensions Brand🤔🤔

[forest tapir]

Cablemod?

[twilit oasis]

So I would be better off going with intel or something

[cloud niche]

🤏 Can I get a little help finding a Laptop here plz?
👀 - looking for a unit that will allow future upgrades: whether it be CPU / RAM / HD
- would like it to have the capability to have 2 HD slots (one for a mid-sized slim-SSD & one for a good-sized traditional-HDD)
*but it doesn't have to come with both out of the box, just as long there is room & ports for both at the same time!
- it would also be great if it had 2 slots for off-board RAM-cards, but an on-board RAM of 8 would be fine as long as it has an open slot for expansion (also would like the "max" RAM the unit could handle to be at least 32)
- Lastly it would also be Great if the graphics card was independent of the motherboard, though I am willing to allow "memory-sharing"

Any Suggestions? 😅 👍

[stoic island]

@cloud niche need to know budget and use case

[hollow grail]

budget?

probs something from clevo if youre looking for expandability, their laptops are nuts lmao

https://xoticpc.com/collections/sager-clevo-laptops

xotic is my favorite reseller

[cloud niche]

laptop ... not PC 😓

[hollow grail]

and?

they still cost money

lol

and they still have different use cases

[sharp tundra]

What you guys think of the Aorus C300G case?

[stoic island]

@cloud niche Yes, budget and use case is extremely important for laptops too, there's vastly different options at different price points, and different workloads lead to different components being hit

[hollow grail]

i see aorus and i say no

[sharp tundra]

Shush, hater

[stoic island]

First impression: H510 with an aorus logo

[hollow grail]

bad case made worse by gigabyte

[stoic island]

Wait there's not even any side intakes like h510....?

[sharp tundra]

Yeah there is

[stoic island]

Unless I'm blind, there's no intake there that I can see?

Just the gaps at the front

No sides

[sharp tundra]

Other side you dingus

[stoic island]

??

[hollow grail]

that case looks garb

[stoic island]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Mobile is hard

[little osprey]

[sharp tundra]

Wait, but I've seen this case with vents

It's supposed to have diagonal slots on both sides

Oh, I see

It's the C300W that has the vents

[stoic island]

Lol

[sharp tundra]

The one that has that ugly plexiglass BS

🤮

Well, you could always intake through the top of the case too, its just not ideal

[stoic island]

And exhaust where....?

@sharp tundra think about your GPU's intakes

[sharp tundra]

You could exhaust out the back still

[wanton cliff]

What are we talking about now

[sharp tundra]

Aorus C300

[wanton cliff]

What’s that?

A case?

[sharp tundra]

A case

Lol, don't look at it

[stoic island]

So, air mostly hits cpu cooler and gpu pcb, and gets forced out through the PCIe brackets...?

[sharp tundra]

Yup

[stoic island]

Or, air just goes through CPU cooler, pulled out by back fan

So gpu gets no fresh air

[sharp tundra]

Thermal throttling is fine🙂

[stoic island]

...

[wanton cliff]

[sharp tundra]

Okay, I know it's a bad case

I just wish it wasnt

Cause it looks kewl

[wanton cliff]

Same with the H510

[small osprey]

weird

[sharp tundra]

It would also be cool if corsairs QL fans pushed more than 42CFM

Their SP fans push 52CFM, but they not that Smexy

[rich void]

You know what looks cool? A functional case 😆

[sharp tundra]

Nah

[hollow grail]

literally h510 clone

[blazing aurora]

duckduckgo browser gang

and it's in dark mode? beautiful

[stoic island]

Yes

[wanton cliff]

coughs in Iridium

[blazing aurora]

ew

[hollow grail]

coughs in bromite

@stoic island use bromite

https://www.bromite.org/

[stoic island]

Wat

[hollow grail]

good mobile browser

is chrome with dark mode and adblock

[stoic island]

Maybe I'll try

[hollow grail]

i use it

thats all u need 2 know

[stoic island]

Really annoying I don't have my google bookmarks tho :(

[cloud niche]

• New Question: Anyone ever Turn their "old" computer fans into like a "Desktop Fan" for moving air across your desk + fun + cooling you? say like a line of 4-8 fans set up behind the monitor and blowing towards you? 🤔 🥶 ⁉️

[hollow grail]

no

[jagged ember]

Just reuse them in a new case

[sharp temple]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cK7pnL are these good for a gaming pc, I have the ram the hard drive and the graphics card already. (Ping me)

[fossil cedar]

What gpu you have and what psu you getting?

[sharp temple]

The Radeon RX 570 and... oh forgot the psu

[fossil cedar]

The rx 570 a placeholder card till prices get reasonable i hope?

[sharp temple]

Sorta yeah.

What PSU should I get under $80

[muted patio]

wattage?

[sharp temple]

220-400?

[fossil cedar]

No

[muted patio]

Doesn't really matter I guess. fully modular that will support upgrades to a 3070 https://smile.amazon.com/Segotep-Supply-Certified-Gaming-Fully-Modular/dp/B0832F6NS8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=66WQ4FBBML3T&dchild=1&keywords=segotep+650w&qid=1615740542&sprefix=segotep+%2Caps%2C246&sr=8-2

[fossil cedar]

Not with a i7

[fossil cedar]

At least 650 depending on what card you gonna upgrade to

[muted patio]

Or 3060TI comfortably

[sharp temple]

I don't know what I'm going to upgrade to the prices are so high

[fossil cedar]

When they stabilise, well I'd say the 650w vintage gave you

[muted patio]

Yeah, that Segotep is top of the Tier for it's class and will support abything except a 3080/3090

[fossil cedar]

But don't cheap out on a psu don't even bother buying any psu under 500w even for a budget build @sharp temple

[sharp temple]

It's not on PCPP

[fossil cedar]

Pcpp?

[fossil cedar]

Ohh so

[sharp temple]

Pc part picker

[fossil cedar]

Just get on Amazon

[muted patio]

Yeah, take the link I gave you and add the custom part

There's a Custom Part button at the bottom

Click it and copy the link into the box that pops up

[sharp temple]

I didn't know you could do that...

Thanks

[muted patio]

It doesn't work for everything though

but you can also manually add parts with pricing and links

[sharp temple]

Oops

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p44BHz

How's that look?

[muted patio]

I have a beef with those COoler Master AIO's. Pumps can leak if you aren't super careful with them

Also, spend another $5 for an NVME and get a much faster drive https://smile.amazon.com/Mushkin-Pilot-Encryption-Internal-MKNSSDPE1TB-D8/dp/B07RD1W6SB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mushkin+Pilot+E&qid=1615740950&sr=8-1

SN550 is kinda poopy

[hollow grail]

sn550 is ok but mushkin coole

sn550 is nvme btw

[sharp temple]

Is it reliable?

[sharp temple]

Someone said that the V2 it's fixed

Oh the price raised from when I added that western digital one I don't want to spend that much money like $60-80

[fossil cedar]

What western digital one? And did you remember to take out the old drive

[sharp temple]

The one I had in the parts list had it's price raised since I added it... I might have to spend more money if I should get a 1TB NVME

[fossil cedar]

? Send the list

[sharp temple]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xddrCz

[devout stone]

damn i am getting u banned

[sharp temple]

? What?

Spamming links?

[devout stone]

nah

grabify urls

ik it

[muted patio]

You aren't getting anyone banned

[devout stone]

uk the admin is my best friends

[sharp temple]

Sure

[muted patio]

Ya nah

[sharp temple]

Anyways how does that list look @muted patio

[muted patio]

good to me. Wife has that board with a 10600k

Check Newegg CPU bundles

Sometimes they have 10600/10700 with a board for a discount

[scenic quiver]

i have that same psu nice

and that same m.2

[muted patio]

They're good stuff

[jaunty nacelle]

@void depot never would i have thought that i would see a fate wallpaper being used here

[scenic quiver]

you convinced me to switch. i had at one point the samsung 970 m.2.. then you showed me the better life that is mushkin

[muted patio]

Samsung is overpriced for what you get

[sharp temple]

Doesn't look like it

[elder comet]

Pcpartpickeris the best

[scenic quiver]

oh its gold to me.

[void depot]

How do I delete my face pic. Lol new to discord

[elder comet]

Settings

[muted patio]

Edit your post and delete the image

[elder comet]

And u could search it up

[muted patio]

Click the pencil

[void depot]

Thank you

[elder comet]

Pencil

[muted patio]

Or if on mobile hold on the post

[scenic quiver]

settings (little gear at the bottom left) then click your image and 'change avatar'.

[muted patio]

Oh you meant profile pic? XD

[scenic quiver]

eh i assumed that heheh

[muted patio]

I thought you meant your post in #build-pics

[void depot]

That was a fail it deleted the whole post and wouldn't let me add the build pic/vid back so I had to start over. Lol I did mean post pic

[glass dome]

The 4 pin connector on my 24 pin connector won’t fit in

[muted patio]

Put it in a the same time or before the 20 pin

They're keyed together so it needs to go in first or at the same time

[glass dome]

alright

It worked finally thanks

[autumn aurora]

I have a problem with my RGB , one of the LEDS in every rgb product is a different color from the color it’s supposed to be

[uncut pelican]

Yeah those usually have to go on first

[uncut pelican]

Brand?

[autumn aurora]

I’m using polychrome sync with my Asrock board , msi fans , phanteks fans and case oh and gskill ram

[sharp tundra]

@muted patio Hey, do you know of a good Bluetooth closed face helmet for motorcycles?

[pseudo forge]

Hey anyone know why my friends can hear like a wave sorta sound from my mic

Like background noise

[muted patio]

Run your helmet plus a Sena product. That's what I run.

[sharp tundra]

No pop filter

[pseudo forge]

It’s a headset mic

[sharp tundra]

They cam have pop filters

[pseudo forge]

Would that help? The issue

[sharp tundra]

Probably

Do you usually have a fan on while you play games too?

[pseudo forge]

Another issue I have is when I use my splitter to connect the headset to the pc my friends hear static

[muted patio]

A wave sound?

[pseudo forge]

Pc fans that’s about it

[sharp tundra]

Bad cable

[muted patio]

That's probably you literally breathing on the mic from your nose lol

[pseudo forge]

It’s like background noise they say

Nah even if I’m completely silent

[sharp tundra]

If there's static sound, you have a bad connection

[pseudo forge]

They hear it

[muted patio]

Hold your breath and see if it goes away

[pseudo forge]

The static sound is there because of my splitter cable o think

[sharp tundra]

Yeah, bad splitter, bad cable, or bad connection

[pseudo forge]

But the background noise occurs when I connect the mic via my PS4 controller

[sharp tundra]

What headset are you using?

[pseudo forge]

Astro A10

Or sometimes I use my Apple earphones

If I connect my earphones there’s an echo

[ember crystal]

@muted patio what was I supposed to do in nzxt cam again?

[sharp tundra]

Well the apple earphones will definitely cause trouble

But those A10s should be fine

[pseudo forge]

Any idea what the echo is usually caused by

[sharp tundra]

Many many things

It could be from your headset volume being to high and your mic is picking up the sound

[pseudo forge]

I can’t wear overhead headsets for too long that’s why I wanna try using earphones

[sharp tundra]

Find a more comfortable pair of headphones

[pseudo forge]

My volume is always very low so I don’t think it’ll be that

Nah it’s not about the headphones I have a massive cut on my head from football

So it just gets uncomfortable

[sharp tundra]

But if you use those apple earpods, you're always gonna have problems with them

[pseudo forge]

Can I sorta get a mic on its own?

Then use earphones for sound?

I’ve seen those big mics but is there not something smaller?

[sharp tundra]

You can get a studio condenser mic for like $50

[muted patio]

uh, I have no idea what we talked about.

[pseudo forge]

Looking for something smaller than that

If that’s a thing

[sharp tundra]

Only thing I can really suggest dude is a headset, but you said you have a cut on your head, so you can't wear them right now

[pseudo forge]

Even with my headset now there’s too many issues background noise static always something

It recently started occurring too

Used to be fine

I might have done something wrong in the settings idk

[sharp tundra]

Like I said, it could be bad splitter, bad cable, or bad connection

How long ha e you been using this headset?

[muted patio]

Wireless PS4 controller?

[pseudo forge]

For ages now

Ye but I connected it via usb cable

So if I connected the headset into the PS4 jack there’s background noise

Connect with splitter there’s static

What’s confusing is these issues recently started

[sharp tundra]

Chances are you may just need to get a new headset man, they don't typically last forever, especially with common use

[pseudo forge]

Ahhh I see

I bought a cheap splitter so I think that’s why there’s static

My pc is only a couple months old too

[sharp tundra]

Astro A10 are good headset, but they're not high quality

[pseudo forge]

Yeah they’re kinda cheap

I’m gonna try buying a new splitter and a pop filter

[sharp tundra]

If your budget allows for one, I'd get maybe a higher quality headset, I personally use Astro A50s, and Corsair Virtuoso RGB SE

[pseudo forge]

Is a usb connection better than a 3.5m jack

[sharp tundra]

Not usually, sound is designed to travel through Audio Jacks, not so much usb.

@muted patio What you think of this one?

[pseudo forge]

Ahhh I see

[stoic island]

I mean, do you have any external amp dac you can test with?

[pseudo forge]

What’s that?

[stoic island]

It's possible it's just noise from the mobo affecting onboard sound chip

[sharp tundra]

He's playing on a ps4

With a10

[stoic island]

Simplest one is an apple dongle

[pseudo forge]

No no I’m on pc

[stoic island]

Or Meizu dongle

[pseudo forge]

I’m on a pc

[sharp tundra]

Oh?

[stoic island]

@sharp tundra ps4 controller

On pc

[sharp tundra]

Okay

[pseudo forge]

I use the PS4 controller

[sharp tundra]

I see

[pseudo forge]

Via usb cable

Then connect the headset into the controller

[pseudo forge]

What does this mean

[stoic island]

Oh wait, try not daisy chaining it then

[pseudo forge]

And how can I do it

[sharp tundra]

Plug your headset straight into your pc

[stoic island]

It's extra stuff to buy if you don't have any, so preferably not doing that for now.

[sharp tundra]

Instead of through the controller

[stoic island]

What happens if you plug directly into the pc?

[pseudo forge]

My friends hear static when I do that

So maybe the splitter is bad?

[sharp tundra]

Possibly

[stoic island]

Your friends hear static?

[pseudo forge]

Yes

[stoic island]

Through your mic?

[pseudo forge]

Everytime I speak

[stoic island]

You got rtx voice?

Try that

[sharp tundra]

Ray Tracing voice?

[pseudo forge]

Do I need rtx gpu for that?

[stoic island]

@sharp tundra Nvidia's noise canceling thing

Any Nvidia gpu from pascal up I believe

I know some people did it on a 980

[pseudo forge]

I don’t have nvidia atm waiting for 3080 still

Have a 5500xt

[stoic island]

Oh nvm then

[pseudo forge]

These issues only recently started happening

[muted patio]

IDK anything about Sena helmets.

[pseudo forge]

I might have changed something on my sound settings

[sharp tundra]

Oh, just thier Bluetooth stuff?

[muted patio]

Yeah, get a helmet from a good brand

Then add your own stuff

[sharp tundra]

I'll get one from Arai

Lol, those expensive

[stoic island]

Btw, that's why usb usually means there's a dedicated dac for usb headphones/headsets in the usb adapter.

[pseudo forge]

What’s the easiest way to reset all my sound settings

So it’s back to plain

[stoic island]

Every software you use that uses your audio, as in, discord and games

Reset all settings to default

[pseudo forge]

How do i do that

I wanna reset the sound settings so it’s like I just switched on my pc for the first time

[stoic island]

Manually do it one by one, unless you want to do drastic measures like clean install windows again, there's no easy way to do it.

[pseudo forge]

So just go onto the apps and do it that way

[hollow coral]

Can i connect my corsair RGB hub of my sp120 RGB pro to the usb of my Corsair commander pro?

[warm swift]

@stoic island is the SP120 corsair fans good?

[sharp tundra]

@muted patio I may just get that helmet that I sent you, it has a 1440p30FPS or 1080p60fps camera, built in Bluetooth, built it Bluetooth Comms, built in FM Radio, build in voice control, meets all DOT regulations and is only $599

[warm swift]

@earnest olive you there/

[sharp tundra]

I'd say, they push a decent amount of air and are fairly sheap

[earnest olive]

corsair fans are overpriced as hell

[sharp tundra]

And they have rgb

[earnest olive]

i avoid anything corsair except power supply

[muted patio]

You realize DOT is basically self licensing, right?

[warm swift]

i just bought the Lian Li O11D and Commander Pro from NewEgg, they will arrive like in 2 weeks but i want to ask you something, im going to get the SP120 fans, ill get 3x 3 fan packs, which are 9, so can you tell me what do i mount them to, like which is exhaust which is intake etc.

[warm swift]

honestly, if i could have got my hands on LL120's or QL120's i would have bought them but there isnt any from the store im buying from, they only have SP120's

[earnest olive]

probably 3 side intake, 3 bottom intake, 3 top exhaust?

[sharp tundra]

With the O11D, its probably best to intake through the bottom and side and exhaust out the top and back

[earnest olive]

having like 2 top exhaust and 1 back exhaust would probably be marginally better for airflow

but ain't gonna look as good

[sharp tundra]

What is that supposed to mean?

[earnest olive]

i'd just do 3 top exhaust

[muted patio]

It means anyone can make a helmet and claim DOT compliance

ECE and Snell are better, DOT is just meh

[warm swift]

wait im confused, so your saying that Top which will have that AIO Cooler i have it as Exhaust, and side and bottom as intake?

[sharp tundra]

It has ECE safety rating too

[muted patio]

yes

[sharp tundra]

Put AIO on side

[earnest olive]

aio top is best

[warm swift]

why would i do that

top is best

[sharp tundra]

Fresh air cool air coming across the fins

Just make sure the tube inlets are at the top of the case

[earnest olive]

gpu cooling more important than cpu cooling

for gaming anyways

[muted patio]

This doesn't matter

Check tests

AIO top mount best for pump life

[earnest olive]

but the penalty is basically nothing anyways

[sharp tundra]

And you still have I take from the bottom going right onto the gpu

[earnest olive]

i have my cpu aio mounted as top exhaust sucking in hot air from a 3070 and 3080 at the same time

still hits like 45C in gaming

[warm swift]

ok, ik its a dumb thing to say or ask but, basically if for example im going to have the top as exhaust, ik the side of the exhaust is the one with the X on the back, but my question is am i supposed to have the exhaust part facing back or top

[muted patio]

Also, AIO as intake means dust in the fins. AIO as exhaust is much less dust

[sharp tundra]

It rather have that dust get caught in the fins than have it spread across all my other parts

[warm swift]

do you mean like this? since the side and bottom are intake they are supposed to look like this in the case?

or is it supposed to be the other side?

[muted patio]

For intake, motor bracket faces the inside of the case

For exhaust, motor bracket faces the outside of the case

[sharp tundra]

Aka, back of fan

[warm swift]

like in the photo correct

[sharp tundra]

Yes

[muted patio]

Those are side intakes, yes

[warm swift]

so i should basically do the exact same thing as in the photo

[sharp tundra]

I still think you should put AIO on side, since you will still have plenty of I take from the bottom for gpu and you'll have less dust in your system

You'll just have to clean your AIO more often

[muted patio]

No, AIO exhaust

Trust

It literally makes 0 difference

[sharp tundra]

But then you got more dust in the system and hit gpu air running across the fins

[warm swift]

btw vintage about the AIO tubes is it supposed to be on the right or on the left? or would it not matter?

[sharp tundra]

It's up to you

[muted patio]

Whichever way it fits

[warm swift]

oh cool

[sharp tundra]

Whatever you think looks best

[warm swift]

didnt know that

thank you both

[muted patio]

Depending on the motherboard, tubes may not fit so close to ram

[warm swift]

im getting the Asus Strix B550-F

[sharp tundra]

Also, depending on the ram, he may not even be able to mount it on the top

Oh wait, nvm, there plenty of clearance

I forgot the o11d has a massive inside

[warm swift]

yeah

[warm swift]

btw im sorry but, since im getting a 5900x and the Asus Strix B550-F, which mounting bracket am i supposed to use?

[muted patio]

The for AM4

For AMD

[warm swift]

in the ram, i should always put them in slot 2 and slot 4 yeah?

[sharp tundra]

Yup

Counting from the cpu

[warm swift]

alright

[sharp temple]

Is Adorama a legit reliable company to buy from?

[balmy patio]

yes

[muted patio]

A2/B2

[sharp temple]

Is this bad?

[muted patio]

No because most boards are that way

[sharp temple]

Will it affect anything?

[muted patio]

Only if oyu plan on maxing out the sata ports on your board

[sharp temple]

Oh ok then

[muted patio]

@little osprey It's a picture only channel. Need to edit your original post if you want to add specs. 😉

[little osprey]

Ohh

I see

[muted patio]

You can have text but only if the post includes pic

[pseudo forge]

Should I not have realtek audio drivers? @muted patio @stoic island @sharp tundra

[muted patio]

Realtek is for onboard

That's the High Definition Audio Device

Stock Windows driver

[pseudo forge]

How do I get the enhancement tab on sounds

Even when my mic is on mute I can hear the white noise

[muted patio]

Enhancement tab is for bass boost, etc

[pseudo forge]

When I lower the mic boost the white noise gets quieter

But so does my voice lol

[muted patio]

Well, yeah, that's kinda what gain does

[pseudo forge]

Idk how to get rid of this white noise lol

Even when mic is muted I hear it

That’s kinda odd

[muted patio]

Could be the cable or the mic itself. It's some kind of electrical noise

[pseudo forge]

It like a zzzzzz noise

Every mic I have makes the noise

No matter how I plug it

[muted patio]

Could be something in the PC doing it

Like a fan motor

Or hard drive motor

[pseudo forge]

Don’t have any hard drives

[muted patio]

Or GPU coil whine or the power supply itself

[pseudo forge]

Even if I connected it into my PS4 controller I hear the white noise tho

[muted patio]

Mhmm

[pseudo forge]

My mic is on mute and I still hear it lol

[muted patio]

Yes, that's what electrical interference does

It's probably on the motherboard

[warm swift]

@muted patio which is better, Top Fans Exhaust and side and bottom fans are Intake, or Top fans Intake and side and bottom are Exhaust?

[muted patio]

Top exhaust always

Don't fight heat

heat rises

Top and back exhaust, side and bottom intake

[sharp tundra]

@muted patio I assume you ride sports bikes?

[warm swift]

ah ok, its because i see alot of people doing intake on side and bottom so im kinda confused

[muted patio]

yes, intake side and bottom in that case

Top exhaust

[warm swift]

i meant exhaust

i see alot of youtubers doing side and bottom as exhaust

[muted patio]

That's just............no

[sharp tundra]

definitly dont do that

[muted patio]

Trying to force air to do something it doesn't do naturally is oof

[sharp tundra]

yurp

[warm swift]

like that

thats bad right?

[muted patio]

Yeah, that's silly

Like, why

[warm swift]

im assuming that pc wont stay with him very long yeah?

[sharp tundra]

for looks

lol

[warm swift]

yeah but like the QL120 looks great on either sides so im confused on why he did it like that

[muted patio]

Either for looks or they don't know better

[warm swift]

yeah exactly

[sharp tundra]

the latter

i cant tell you how many times ive seen peoples build on facebook, and im just like, "hey, your fans a facing the wrong way" and theyre like, "No their not, i know what im doing!" and they block me

lol

[warm swift]

lol

ay honestly, some people just dont want to accept their wrong you know

[muted patio]

that's called willful ignorance

[sharp tundra]

like "Hey, just trying to help you out."

"No, dont tell me how to build computers, i know how to do it, ive been doing it for 10 years

clearly theyve been doing it wrong for 10 years

i wont claim to be the best, but at least i know which way my fans should go, lol

[muted patio]

Can't tell you how many mechanical screw ups I've fixed like that. But I've been doing it this way for 20 years! yes, you've been doing it wrong for 20 years and it still doesn't work. -_-

[sharp tundra]

i had to force my grandpa to do somethings right when he was remodeling the bathroom, apart from not hiring a professional to begin with, or just letting me do it

like im no professional carpenter, but my uncle is, and i understand that type of stuff very well

and i understand Auto mechanics pretty well too

[vagrant olive]

if im top mounting an aio in exhaust, does it matter whether i put the fans under (so they're visible inside the case) or on top of the rad?

[muted patio]

I would put the fans under so they blow through rather than pull through

[vagrant olive]

aight

[sharp tundra]

put fans on both sides, lol

MAXIMUM POWER

[balmy patio]

😳 space might not allow that

or just force it to work tbh

[sharp tundra]

youre telling me you dont have a 1000D?

pfft, noob

[balmy patio]

😔

[sharp tundra]

that case can comfortably hold 26 fans

maybe more tbh

[balmy patio]

and two systems 😳

[balmy patio]

you can hold up to 18

[jaunty nacelle]

yo is it ok if you put a hard drive with windows 10 from an old pc on a new pc

dont wanna pay $110 for windows 10 usb

[sharp tundra]

no?

[balmy patio]

oops

[sharp tundra]

it can hold 16 on the front panel alone

[balmy patio]

did math wrong

[sharp tundra]

6 on top

[balmy patio]

frogot to add +8 from the front

[sharp tundra]

4 on back

[balmy patio]

bruh it can hold a thiccc radiator

and it still looks like there's empty space

[sharp tundra]

4 THICCCC rads

[balmy patio]

😳

[sharp tundra]

k, maybe 3 thicc rads

and 1 slim

[balmy patio]

2 thicc 480's up front, 1 thiccc 280 up top and one slim 240 in the back 😳

[sharp tundra]

420 on top

[balmy patio]

it won't fit

[sharp tundra]

yeah it will

[balmy patio]

maybe slim

but if you want thicc, it won't fit

not with thiccc 480's in front

[sharp tundra]

ture

[sharp temple]

If I have the I5-8400 from like 4-5 years ago should I upgrade to the i7-10700k or should I keep it?

[fossil cedar]

Upgrade

[muted patio]

Cpu upgrade means a new motherboard too. I'd upgrade it

[sharp temple]

For what reason? @muted patio @fossil cedar

[muted patio]

8400 slow and not multi threaded. It will be slow in modern gaming.

[fossil cedar]

firstly you're going from 6 core 6 thread to 8 core 16 thread

[muted patio]

It'll struggle with modern things

[sharp temple]

Which means

[fossil cedar]

Clocks will be higher, just a better overall desktop experience

[fossil cedar]

Faster and smoother and more game compatibility

[muted patio]

not only is clock speed higher but the amount of work the CPU can do per clock also increased

IPC

Instructions Per Clock

[sharp temple]

Ok thanks

[fossil cedar]

Yep

[muted patio]

Looking at benchmarks

10700k is 30% faster single core

and a whopping 60% faster multi core

[little osprey]

How can hdmi have ethernet built in

[earnest olive]

i7-10700K is so dirt cheap right now

$250 brand new at microcenter

[muted patio]

snap

[earnest olive]

the i5-10600K used to be like $300 lol

[muted patio]

Killing stock before 11th gen gets here

[earnest olive]

yeah

got an i5-10400F for $130

🔥

[muted patio]

I got my wifes 10600K and an Asus Z490 for less than $400 from Wegg

[small osprey]

that cheap?

[earnest olive]

yeah

[small osprey]

jeez

[earnest olive]

iirc it's

10400F $130, 10400 $150, 10600K $210, 10700 $230, 10700K $250, 9900K $250, 10850K $320, 10900 $320, 10900K $400

and you get a $20 discount on all if you buy a compatible mobo too

so could be a $110 10400F

[small osprey]

dang

[earnest olive]

but they didn't have any b560 so i gave up the discount to buy a b560 from newegg

[small osprey]

i should buy some more cpus tbh

so cheap rn

[earnest olive]

$300 i9-10850K

3700x in shambles

[small osprey]

lol

ryzen may be faster

but cant beat intel prices

[earnest olive]

the i9-10850k definitely just beats the 3700x overall

needs a more expensive mobo/cooler tho

[small osprey]

mm

3700x does generate quite some heat too tho

[muted patio]

With PBO off it's not bad

Once you turn PBO on though it gets hot

[small osprey]

yea

[earnest olive]

3700x on stock cooler is probably comparable to 10850k on id-cooling se-224-xt as far as noise/thermals go

very good value

[fossil cedar]

Yeah 10850k is such good value atm

[austere vale]

my 3700x just runs the wraith prism it came with, no OC or PBO but does well in thermals. Haven't bothered changing the stock paste that came on the cooler yet either

pretty impressed TBH, even hitting it under 3d mark cpu testing it still sat comfy

IIRC I don't think any performance change with PBO on a 3700x is really worth it anyway, unless my info is outdated

[fossil cedar]

pbo is pretty good at what it does and should give a perf bump

[earnest olive]

i've oced the 3700x to its limit on the stock cooler with arctic mx-4 paste

did fine in prime95 small ffts avx in quiet mode

85C peak overnight

[austere vale]

nice

[earnest olive]

stock cooler is enough to get maximum performance out of the 3700x

[austere vale]

I've got a couple of tubes of noctua NT-H1 I plan to repaste with at some stage, just haven't gotten back around to it.

[earnest olive]

aftermarket coolers are just for lower noise

[austere vale]

I figured it would be fine for my first build. if i eventually move up to a 5000 series with some more power I might look to get a AIO

[austere vale]

to clarify, I won't be using the whole tubes lol

[earnest olive]

perfection

[austere vale]

beautiful.

[fossil cedar]

needs more

[austere vale]

actual photo of how they apply paste out of laptop factories

[earnest olive]

true

i've repasted a few laptops from different manufacturers

all of them have at least 10x the necessary thermal paste

[austere vale]

it's like they got some guy to do it that loves ranch and they got the two confused.

all the sauce!

[earnest olive]

don't be dumb

thermal paste isn't sauce

it's ice cream

[potent portal]

That's a feature very few things actually use, but most good quality cables that support HDMI 1.4 or higher have it available

[muted patio]

Ice cream lol

[austere vale]

i mean, if you run liquid nitrogen you could have thermal paste icecream

[stoic island]

Forky's favorite treat

[fossil cedar]

thats gigabrain

[rancid lodge]

Just applied new thermal paste to my CPU, idle temps are ~40C, did I not put enough on 😬

with the preapplied it was high thirties on each core

[still roost]

SniperBoss207#3153 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[potent portal]

Somewhere between the size of a pea and the size of the tip of your pinky finger is plenty

[rancid lodge]

whoops

yeah I did that

But yeah I ran prime 95 like vintage suggested and

[potent portal]

I'd check mounting pressure then, make sure it's firmly screwed in and even on both sides

[rancid lodge]

froze my PC up multiple times

but it only got to 74C

on large FFT

[rancid lodge]

yeah alright

I'll tighten it a bit

[stoic island]

Do smallfft for stress and heat, large is for errors

[rancid lodge]

Yeah I ran small FFT too

got less hot

than large FFT

but kicked up each core to around 4.6 GHz

cinebench only got them up to 4.3 GHz

[stoic island]

Wat

When it's boosting it might be downclocking more under smallfft then

[rancid lodge]

mhm

[stoic island]

Stress tests get wacky without bios set multiplier

[rancid lodge]

ima torture it again and see what temps it hits

yeah small FFT doesn't do nearly as much to it as far as heat and speed as large FFT does

it's at 53C rn and only clocking each core at base speed

slightly below actually

[stoic island]

Lmao the cpu knows how hard it hits and downclocks itself

[rancid lodge]

at least I've seen 4.6 on all cores before

that makes me happy

very good for all cores

and it only hit high 70s so

starting to think I did get decent silicon

[potent portal]

My 5800X hits around there, maybe a little higher, on all core. I got it to 4.9 max boost, with a little effort could do more I think.

[rancid lodge]

Most people struggle to get it to 4.8 but hey with no effort 4.6 is pretty good

[sharp tundra]

wow, try and hit 5.0

if its stable ofc

[potent portal]

Yeah getting it to do all cores faster than the rated boost speed can be... touchy. Single core is more important gaming anyway. If you need multicore just do 5950X.

You know, I might just push the PBO a bit more and see what I can do. Maybe play with base clock.

[sharp tundra]

i thought 5900X was better for gaming?

[rancid lodge]

Okay I got it to go at 4.7 GHz on all for a solid 10 seconds on large FFT

[potent portal]

Right, 5900X for gaming but if you're doing all core loads like rendering 5950X

[rancid lodge]

No idea how to overclock

so not gonna go there yet

but there is some sort of setting in the bios I saw

[sharp tundra]

right there with ya

[potent portal]

Enable PBO in BIOS, done

[rancid lodge]

had different levels of boost in it

3 was OC

[potent portal]

Auto will bump the max boost up to 150 MHz

[sharp tundra]

Me: Boost 3600 to 7.5GHz

[rancid lodge]

7.5 GHz

[sharp tundra]

ON ALL CORES

[rancid lodge]

Chinese supercomputer moment

[potent portal]

If you could get it anywhere near there, the voltage required would melt the chip

[sharp tundra]

i have 4 1600w psus hooked up to this baby

shes running SiLeNt

[rancid lodge]

yes

[potent portal]

But the CPU couldn't handle 2v without literally burning out

[rancid lodge]

yeah

[sharp tundra]

BET?

[gusty pasture]

lol

[sharp tundra]

i think i can push it further

[rancid lodge]

@potent portal I tightened the pump a bit and now my idle temps are even worse

too tight?

[potent portal]

Probably too tight yes

[rancid lodge]

alr, I only did a few more rotations on each thumb screw

[muted patio]

Could be your paste also

[rancid lodge]

I'll go back a few

[muted patio]

Didn't you remove it and replace it without repasting or was that someone else?

[rancid lodge]

idk I feel I put a little bit too little

no