Kaidesa

So, I want to get into photography and videography, but... All I have is a phone. A really old, really cheap phone that has a camera worse than the webcam built into my equally old laptop. (Yeah. Eugh.) But despite the age of my phone (and/or laptop), I'm pretty happy with it and while I'm considering buying a new camera, a new phone isn't really worth the money for what I use mine for as it is. I'm definitely looking into a dedicated camera. I don't know all that much about them as I've only really been researching this for a week. I know the main difference between the sensor types... full-frame, APS-C, and micro four thirds. I know how that translates to the picture in the end. Crop rates, etc. I get that. Seems simple enough in the end, though probably takes some getting used to in practice rather than just staring at the details on paper. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of money, and due to my life situation in general, likely never will. So my current budget is only $550, give or take a tiny bit. And in that budget, I'm looking for at least five things. At least 1080p 60fps video. (4k not necessary, but if something fits my budget and it's a decent bang for the buck, then sure.) Mic input. HDMI output (while recording, since I'll likely use it as a fancy webcam as well, because why not. [and because mine sucks]) Decent autofocus (vlogging purposes - doesn't need to be great, just don't want constant focus hunting in my videos.) A fully articulating screen (or maybe just a flip screen) so I can easily record myself) And that's pretty much it. I know it's a big list and a small budget, but I know for a fact there are some cameras that fit. So clearly I have no brand loyalties or anything coming into this since it's something that's very much new to me in general. So I'd appreciate any and all recommendations, especially if they're backed by experience. And do go easy on me, as I'm like... super new when it comes to all of this. So I may have some followup questions to said recommendations. Either way, it's definitely something I've been interested in for a while now. So hopefully someone out there can help me out.

To answer your second question, I had a rogue power supply decide to fry both the motherboard and processor. I had a spare motherboard laying around from when I needed a slightly different feature set and was able to get it running, but with the processor far from stable. Rather than spend $900+ on replacements, I decided going for the cheaper z370 upgrade would be worth it. Sure, it's only a 10% gain, but at $300 less...

It COULD just be the driver. DDU would be your best bet to find out. Uninstalling the drivers completely and reinstalling would fix it. Also, an unstable GPU overclock could also cause the drivers to crap out. If you aren't overclocking and DDU doesn't work, then you either have a problem with the graphics card itself, or some other piece of hardware.

Also tried a Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5. Bought two this go, just in case. Neither of them worked perfectly. Both had problems. In the Gigabyte case, replace the USB issues with Ethernet issues. Same deal. Random drops throughout usage.

Already tried this, and am still having problems. As I said in the original post, this is the fifth motherboard I've gone through in attempts to get this build up and running. I highly doubt I got five bad boards in a row. Also the second processor I've gone through with this board.

The UPS works fine, though I've already thought to remove it from the situation. It still suffers from the other two problems, so it's unrelated to the delayed response of the battery. Worth noting that the same hardware (minus the processor and motherboard, obviously) on my x99 board, works flawlessly.

Current hardware list: Motherboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero (wi-fi AC) Processor: Intel Core i7 8700k RAM: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz - 16GB (2x8GB) Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS): CyberPower 1500PFCLCD And that's really all you need to know that's relevant to the issue. Three main problems: UPS reports 0 battery on Windows login. Takes a few minutes for it to show 100%. Ethernet adapter cannot connect prior to Windows login - causes lots of errors to show when programs that try to use it boot up. Any USB devices connected to any chipset-related USB port on the board, at random, will disconnect and reconnect immediately. Stock settings, no overclocking done, not a thing aside from default settings. When booting into Windows, from moment one, on the login screen at the bottom right, you'll immediately see the battery icon showing a red cross through it as well as the Ethernet adapter showing not connected. A second later, Ethernet shows as working okay. Twenty seconds later, the battery finally says "Hey, I'm full!" Any time when running the OS, period, anything connected to any of the USB front panel connectors (both IN a case as well as through an external adapter, either through the 3.1 Gen 1 front panel connector or the USB 3.1 Gen 2 front panel connector) can instantly drop off and then reconnect at any moment. This happens across multiple hard drives with multiple clean reformats, running all the latest drivers for the motherboard and using the latest BIOS. I have RMA'd the processor three times, the motherboard has been replaced multiple times, and the power supply has also been replaced. Tried with multiple sets of compatible DDR4 RAM. I've exhausted all the possibilities I thought to check. Hopefully, someone here has some reasonable ideas? ASUS support specialist Abraham (apparently a level -3- support specialist, because... reasons?) suggested I stop pissing off the wrong gypsies. Completely reasonable, yet exceptionally irrelevant advice.

Okay, so with the new cooler AND the new CPU, I'm currently sitting at a stable (so far after four hours of non-stop stress testing) 5.0Ghz at 1.38V. I'm going to likely reduce it to 4.9 at 1.32v and keep it there, since the temps were around the 80s, and they're currently in the mid 90s at 5.0, but it looks like I was right. A combination of a crappy CPU and a sub-par CPU cooler. I did try running the previous CPU with these settings and it just nope'd out almost immediately. So I think I'm quite happy with things as they are. And now I can sleep now that I have a working computer again. Oh, wait. No, I can't. I'm behind five videos. x.x

Well, I just got my replacement parts in. Seems like I was, in fact, getting hit from two different angles here. The cooler seemed to be a bit sub-par for the job. It kept my 5820k nice and cool when overclocked when I still had it, so it DOES work. I tossed it into another machine and it worked just perfectly to keep IT cool as well. But the NZXT cooler is keeping the 8700k nice and happy where the CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Pro was not. That said, the other problem was indeed the processor. Where 90% of the results I heard stated that an undervolted stock setting can be run stable at 1.12v or around there, the CPU I had managed to require 1.26v to even run at stock with MCE off. Going to run some tests on the replacement processor and post back here to see if it was the processor itself, or if there may be some other issues. Maybe with the board or the power supply. Dunno. Hoping this dissolves my woes, though.

Hehe. Yes, I'm pretty sure I did. I know a few people who have done the same thing before, so a good question to ask. Unfortunately, no. I do have another one on the way, regardless. Felt like getting an NZXT to match the case I chose, so I can swap them out. Don't think it's bad, though. Unfortunately, no. I did order a replacement to test for tomorrow. I was told I can return it no questions asked if it isn't needed. Yes, all the fans are working. Even manually set them and the AIO pump to full speed just to be sure. BIOS also reports ~50 degrees idle. Starts at 30 and climbs there not-so-slowly. Not excessively hot, no. GPU (1080Ti) gets pretty toasty during full synthetic loads (~70) with fans at 50% but quickly drops to 30 degrees or so when idle with the fans off.

Yeah, definitely applied thermal paste properly. I even tried silly things like dotting the processor everywhere. Short of drowning the thing and not using enough, I tried just about every application with varying different types of thermal paste. Arctic Silver 5, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut... was even tempted to just shove some Conductonaut between the IHS and the cooler, until I remembered that the AIO was aluminum. I have no idea why I have the Conductonaut, honestly. My plans were to eventually delid the thing, but I'm deathly afraid of it. My boyfriend offered to do it for me, but knowing his clumsy ass he'd ruin it far before I had the opportunity to do it myself. I may just send it into SiliconLottery.com or something at some point to have them do it for me... if I determine that the CPU here wasn't the problem, that's likely exactly what I'll do. Really not sure what else to think. People seem to believe the OCCT results I posted earlier seem normal from the power supply's end. But it wouldn't be the first time I had a power supply mess things up. Everything else has been replaced, pretty much, so I'm at a loss.

AIO liquid levels are just fine. It was a recent purchase, so I doubt it would be low.

So, I recently decided since my X99 5820k bit the dust, that it was time for a slight upgrade. It isn't much, but I decided to hop to the Z370 platform and grab myself an i7-8700k. Now, I know these things are typically hot, so I didn't think much when I saw it sitting at 50 degrees when idle. And then I realized that nobody else was reporting said numbers. Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 Processor: i7 8700k PSU: Corsair AX1200i RAM: 2x8 GB (16GB total) G.Skill Trident Z RGB @ 3200Mhz M.2 SSD: Samsung 960 Pro - 512GB CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Pro 240mm On stock settings, with MCE disabled, I was idling at 40-50 degrees. CPU was exceptionally unstable with MCE on, unless I increased the CPU voltage to 1.28v. I'm currently running stock settings with MCE _OFF_, and am hitting single core turbo speeds of 4.7, as advertised, but regularly hit 90 degrees when doing so. At first I thought it may be a cooler issue, but the loop was moved from one PC to another, and thermal paste was properly cleaned, removed and reapplied. I've tried reseating it multiple times, as well as reapplying different types of thermal paste I have laying around. No go. I tried a mild overclock despite the temps of an all core 4.5 Ghz at 1.30v, which I know is quite insane on the voltage... but I couldn't manage to get it stable under that. It pretty much pegged 100 degrees the second testing began. I know these things run hot, but this is ridiculous. Is this even normal? Also worth mentioning, this is a replacement power supply as my previous AX1200 (not i) decided to go homicidal on all my X99 stuff. It literally fried the RAM, processor AND motherboard. Talk about crap luck. In a stable configuration, this is what I am getting in OCCT reporting: https://1drv.ms/f/s!ApZn2e3A5zhUgexAg4A0fhgsNU7gwQ Any suggestions? Does it look like the replacement power supply could be bad? did I just have the worst luck ever in the silicon lottery draw? I may know things about components and all, but my knowledge of reading and diagnosing things based on voltages and whatnot? Slim to none. Interested to get some responses.

Okay, so my current motherboard died. I'm presently running an Intel Core i7 5820k processor. Now, this whole AMD and Intel core race going on has me really intrigued, however, I need a replacement or an upgrade NOW, and can't afford to wait. Given the fact that I stream on Twitch and YouTube on the regular, and do video editing, as well as play games all on the same machine... I'm looking to see if I should move to a new processor altogether, or if just replacing the motherboard with the exact same model and keep the 5820k. Should I jump to Ryzen? Should I just get a new motherboard and hold off before upgrading? Not sure what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.

I ended up getting both and testing them both out with intentions of returning one. Oddly enough, the Behringer won. For the vast price difference between the two, the Behringer was a lot easier to set up, seems to have a MUCH lower latency than the Focusrite at the same sample sizes, and it sounded nearly identical for voice, with a slight edge given tot he Behringer for musical instruments. Overall, I'm happy that I could spend a lot less money for a device with a lot more features and slightly better quality. Looks like Behringer got a huge boost now that they snatched Midas.