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Update your GPU drivers, then set your power plan in Windows to high performance and give it a go.

I've been postponing upgrading my PC for so long, and when I'm about to pull the trigger, DDR5 comes out of the closet looking damn interesting. As far as I remember though, we had to wait a few months before DDR4 started to outperform DDR3 back when it first came out, so... meh? It's funny how 4800MHz at 1.1v sounds really nice at the moment, but in 10 years it's going to sound as outdated DDR3 does right now.

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Yes and no, it really depends on his display. If he uses a 1080p60hz one, then yeah, 3080 is overkill, but if he's using 1440p100+hz display, even a 3080 will have some issues running the most recent titles at high framerates.

Alright, so, here are the pros and cons of Straight Power 11: And here are the pros and cos of RMx PSUs: So, in conclusion, both are awesome and honestly, I'd go for the cheaper one.

You can watch an explanation of single vs multi rail here:

What wattage? What are your PC's components?

Bump, still looking for a solution that doesn't involve reinstalling Windows.

So, uhh... I can't go above 39 in the Overclock box: Edit: Forgot to mention. Disabling Multicore Enhancement and changing it to Per Core from All Cores didn't have any effect. Disabling and locking turbo power limits also didn't work.

Turbo and SpeedStep are on, C states are off, multiplier sets to 42 on all cores. Main window: FIVR: TPL: Limit reasons:

Bump, I don't want to reinstall Windows just yet. Anyone has any more ideas?

I'm using the high performance mode in Windows. All the cores run at the same frequency: Honestly, I feel like I've tried everything but re-installing Windows, so I guess I'll have to do that soon...

Older BIOS didn't work. Still locked at stock. The issue is, I never installed the software. I used EZ tune in BIOS.

Yeah, that's my thought too. I'll give it a shot. Turbo is on auto, I change the the multipliers, it doesn't have an effect in Windows. Doesn't work with neither turbo off or on. I tried using using the EZ Asus Overclocking thing, CPU still shows stock speeds even though the EZ thing set the multiplier to 44. Funnily enough, it also boosed BCLK by 2MHz and it did actually boost my clocks a bit.

The CMOS reset didn't help. Still looking at stock speeds.

Yes, I've already ordered some new thermal paste and will reapply it once it gets here. It still sucks that I can't OC the chip though.

I can see that the temps are not as good as they used to be, but they're still fine. Could it really be the reason the multiplier doesn't stick in Windows? Doesn't really sound right to me to be honest.

You can find the full specs of my system in the signature. I remember overclocking my CPU to 4.2GHz @ 1.2V back when I first got it, which was around 2013. I recently realised that the CPU performance is really bad, so I launched CPU-Z only to realise that it runs at stock speeds. Off to the BIOS I went, in order to change it back to what I used to have. And here's where the issues start. No matter what I change or what I do, the clocks don't stick. The multiplier still shows up as 42 in the BIOS, however, both my CPU-Z and Task Manager read it as the stock turbo speed. So, I tried disabling C-States, Intel Speedstep, Turbo (which resets my multiplier by the way, so I can't overclock with turbo off) and it still did nothing. I also tried downloading Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, but I couldn't change the clocks in there at all. I went back to the BIOS to change the multiplier to 40, still nothing. My BIOS is up to date with the newest version. My temps are okay-ish, they go up to 90 degrees while running a prime95 stress test and up to 70 degrees in games. What could be causing this and how do I fix it?

How is it unreliable if I've had it for such a long time and had no issues with it whatsoever?

The PSU has been doing fine for me for the last 5-6 years. I might replace it for a 750W modular one I guess. Yeah, I guess I'll try to go for 1440p144hz in some less demanding, competitive games. Overclocking both the CPU and GPU might help though.

Budget (including currency): up to 7000PLN Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1440p144hz AAA Gaming, Streaming, 3d modelling for my uni classes Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): What I came up with: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 1 499,00 zł Crucial 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz CL16 Ballistix Black 449,00 zł Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC 885,00 zł Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2 349,00 zł LG 27GL850-B 2 149,00 zł CPU Noctua NH-D15 469,00 zł Total: 6496zł I'm going to overclock the CPU as much as I can as long as it stays stable. I prefer air cooling, so I went with NH-D15. I will need at least 6 USB ports on my motherboard for the external devices I use (preferably 8). I do not need Wi-Fi. I only want to upgrade the parts included in the list above, since I want to reuse some of them from my old PC. The stuff I already have is: SSD1: Crucial MX500 500GB SSD2: Corsair Force LS 240GB HDD: Samsung HD502HJ 1TB GPU: ASUS GTX 1070 ROG Strix 8GB PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Case: SilentiumPC Aquarius X70W Assume 1USD = 4PLN. Is there anything I could change to get a better performance/$? Anything you guys would change overall?

I think the difference between 1440p and 1080p is going to be far more noticable than the difference between 144Hz and 165Hz, so I would go for the 1440p one. A GTX1060 should be able to run CSGO/Valorant/League of Legends at 144fps.

Thank you very much!

Just making sure. I've heard this might become an issue because of the lack of PCIe lanes in the CPU or the chipset.

Hey! I've got a quick theoretical question regarding PCIe Gen 4. I've got a GTX1070 and I want to get a 980 PRO in the M.2 slot. Is it possible for both of them to work at a full speed simultaneously? Motherboard is a Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO.