TravisTea

Well, after further evaluation, I realized between removing the AIO block and putting it back on, I accidentally turned the "Mode" knob so the pump controlled it vs the temps.. Switched it back over and now it runs between 65-75C under load gaming.. Whoops. It was getting around 85-90C. It was blowing my mind that as well as I had everything setup it was running so damn hot. Goes to show you can have many years experience and still make noob mistakes. lol

So I recently bought a 5900x and noticed they definitely run a bit toasty, even with an AIO. I'm tempted to delid the cpu for better thermal results. My question is, after you delid the cpu, do you have to make any adjustments to the mounting of the AIO, or will it still make good contact with the chip and not leave a gap?

I need to swap out my current motherboard (Gigabyte X470) because half of the usb ports have died and its becoming more and more unstable in other areas as time goes on. I'm going to pick up a MSI B550 board from Best Buy today, but I'm tempted to get a 5600x while I'm there. I'm using a 3700x currently and only game really. No content creation or anything like that. My video card is a 6600 XT. Would it be a waste of $300? I'm guessing I might not see any real difference. I game at 1080p on a 144hz monitor. Thoughts?

SSD's. Using an NVME as my primary and an additional 4tb worth of SSD space for games and files.

I got the 6600 XT about a month ago (Newegg shuffle) because there isn't anything else available. Its been a solid 1080p 144hz/fps card. I just didn't know if I could squeeze more out of it. I'm hoping this card lasts me through this shortage..

So I'm using an AMD 3700x cpu currently with a Radeon RX 6600 XT gpu. I primarily game and simple multitasking. Should I get a 5600x or just stick with the 3700x? Would I see any performance boost swapping over, or at least enough to justify doing it?

Would it be worth getting an aftermarket cooler for this cpu, like a be quiet DPR4 if I plan to eventually overclock this cpu, or should I stick with the stock cooler? Asking before I buy the 3700x so I can get them together.

I already got her a new 27" monitor for Christmas because her 19" was so old and 19" lol. I feel like having faster IPC and a motherboard that would take better advantage of the ssd might do better than her older board? Not sure how much better though.

So you're thinking the newer HP system may be the way to go then? I really wish I could just find an AM4 board so I could do the 1700 but no where has one that I can get soon.. Sucks.

So I'm trying to upgrade my mom's computer for a Mother's Day gift, but the initial idea I wanted to do can't be done because I can't find a decent AM4 motherboard anywhere that I can get this week. I'm traveling to her Memorial weekend (this upcoming weekend) so I'm on a time crunch so here's what I have. My work just gave me one of our older HP systems that works fine (user error resulted in a replacement) and I figure I could put an ssd in it and secondary hard drive to get her going. Specs: i3 6100t (Skylake) and 8gb DDR4 2133. My other option is I could put my old 2600k in her H series 1155 motherboard and just put the ssd and hdd in that system. She uses the pc for work and it's mainly using her work's website, email, some pdf work, and really nothing to crazy, from what I can tell. I'm leaning towards the HP because I can do everything here and update everything before I take it down so less time spent on vacation doing it there. Thoughts? My original idea consisted of my building her a system with my old Ryzen 7 1700 so I wouldn't have to upgrade her stuff for another 10+ years, but supply shortages are an issue. Sorry for the novel, I'm just torn on what to do. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!

Honestly just whatever game I'm into at the time. Nothing specific. I guess you could say a "variety" streamer. I plan on trying to multi-stream to Twitch and maybe YT or Mixer. My main pc has a R5 3600, 16gb ram, RTX 2070, and NVME/SSD storage. I'm thinking 720p 60 - 1080p 60 IF possible. I'm not looking to make a living at it, but I have the components collecting dust so I figured I'd tinker with it and see how it works out. My main thing for this thread was just to see what people are actually using vs what you see folks on youtube recommend. I like seeing people's setups. That's my personal porn. lol

I used to use that a couple of years ago but seems like everytime I have GE installed on my computer, something goes all funky on my PC so I uninstalled it.

Just curious what your setups are (pictures more than welcome). I have an old i7 2600k setup I got from my brother when I upgraded him to a R5 3600 for Christmas and I'm thinking about using it for a secondary streaming pc. Just curious how many of you use dual setups vs single setups and what your system specs are. If you could afford to do something different, what would it be? Figured this would be a fun topic during lock down times.

So I'm on the fence as to whether or not I should overclock my R5 3600. I have it set to stock with the boost clock and it does ramp up on some of the cores, but is it worth the hassle on these chips to set a solid clock on all cores? I'm using my old wraith spire from my R7 1700 which I imagine should do ok with this task if I do it. Thoughts? Suggestions?

I say do it! I think you'll be in good shape. ?