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I know its not unsafe, just luck of the draw. Unfortunately mildly to moderately intrusive in sleep mode. Oddly enough it whines the same way on multiple boards and is quite consistent in behaviour. Will hit up amazon and see if they can cross-ship (watching out for the high power bait and switch), get an RM850x, or else live with it.

Turned it on and it resolved it while it is off. But when its sleeping it still does it, and I sleep my computer often to work on another one. Trying to plug lots of devices on charge to load 5VSB in the hope that it will then disappear in next few days or at least become significantly less loud. Also enabled the artificial load setting in bios designed to allow compatibility with PSU's that cant handle low power states but didn't change anything. I had an MSI A850GF before this and that never had this noise, but I sent that back because the fan was loud at low load (fan motor was clicking badly). Both units are CWT but different platforms. Haven't heard any complaints in reviews about the whine from the Thermaltake so not sure why I have it.

Nothing usually plugged in other than mouse and keyboard. Noise goes away if I add 1 phone charging and nothing else. This noise also happened on another motherboard I tested with nothing plugged in to usb at all, and no GPU, just bare bones motherboard.

I got a new PSU recently to finally get my 2 month old build up and running (I had a few parts go faulty very quick and took almost 2 months to resolve F). Thermaltake GF 1 850w (https://www.thermaltake.com.au/toughpower-gf1-850w-tt-premium-edition.html) which is a decent unit, with a silent fan mode which I wanted. However, when in sleep or off but powered, it makes a noticeable (from my desk in my quiet room at night, and in bed at night) coil whining. I think its the 5VSB standby power of the psu as it stops as soon as the PC is on and there is no noticeable coil whine when on. Interestingly, playing with enabling my RGB lighting during standby doesn't change things, but even plugging one phone into the PC on charge stops the whine (shifts to a much higher pitch and so quiet I need my ear near PSU). Is there anything in the bios I can play with (Gigabyte bios), or anything else I can do to change things. Got from amazon and only have 1 week left on 30 day period (only found issue now as didn't have PC up and running till now). Amazon said not to worry about the 30 day thing as they will help me anyway, but a bit sceptical about the extent of 'help. I do want to avoid having to return and swap as I've already had 2 months of the PC sitting in parts not working, so unless they can be convinced to offer cross-ship it isn't a practical option. Will see if I can get a recording later if that helps with advice.

These are legit 2133Mhz HyperX ram. I purchased them in 2016, when that was an acceptable and popular memory speed. And the motherboard is a H170 so there is no XMP. Might be worth seeing how much the ram can OC before selling that off though. Ram isnt too expensive so not an issue.

So basically I should be fine to do a new build in the same case. Discard the case when I move and ship the rest in their retail boxes.

Its just typical NZ retailers overcharging because they can. Getting stuff on amazon and overseas is a pain in the ass in NZ so people just put up with it.

Hello I'm moving to Australia from NZ for a Job in early 2022. After sitting on my i5-6500 build since late 2016, I want to start fresh on a new build, or at least a get another CPU. I have an RTX2060 (keeping due to gpu shortages, and it is still a respectable card), i5-6500, 16GB 2133mhz ddr4, 520w Seasonic M12ii EVO, Gigabyte H170-HD3. I have a few considerations I would like advice on. I dont think I'm going to be able to hold out until I move and only take my GPU with me, building a new pc once I have moved. Is the expense of shipping a new build overseas justifiable? attempting a itx build that fits on a plane may be possible depending on cost, but my GPU is quite long. If not, I could just get a new mobo/cpu and take that with me. Concerns with this would be: - Is my 6 year old Seasonic PSU (used in 2 builds) going to be strained by having a Ryzen 5 5600x (similar TDP to my i5), and is there any OC headroom. I dont want to get a new PSU as I am wanting to take minimal new parts overseas with me if I dont do a fresh build. - Will the ryzen be severely hampered by my low speed ram? The reason to upgrade now in some way is that I can get a substantial performance bump, even in the gpu shortage time due to the cpu bottlenecking being reduced. Anyone else done a new build in the lead up to moving countries? How did you manage logistics of it. I badly want to do a fresh build Cheers for any advice related to my dilemma.

Thought so. But actually my ram was showing single channel 8GB. reseated it and it fixed the bottleneck. 16GB dual channel as it should be.

I feel dumb now. Took me a day to notice my ram was only showing 8GB and possibly in single channel mode. Reseated the ram and its back to what I expected, 109fps avg. Unfortunately it still is only gpu limited 45%, but any CPU will bottleneck a GPU to an extent.

Haven't had a windows update for at least a week. Am doing DDU but I have done that before and it didn't fix it. Also I found in EventManager after FH4 crashed one time that nvidia driver crashed and recovered.

So my CPU has suddenly bottlenecked hard in FH4 and it has never done so before. I had an EVGA RTX 2060 and the cpu never held it back much. But I had to return it and swap for an Aorus RTX 2060. Now my CPU is limiting my fps a lot more, and utilization is 100% on all 4 cores. In areas where I get used to get 110fps, I now get 89fps (GTX 1070 level performance). My power draw from the GPU is only 63%. I dont know why this would happen with an identical GPU.... or in general. Forza Horizon 4 usefully provides CPU Render and Simulation FPS in its benchmark to show bottlenecking. Here is a benchmark run with an EVGA 1070 (woops Vsync was on for this one) (Note CPU performance is the same with the EVGA 2060, the 1070 was my original GPU) Aorus RTX 2060 Bench (See much worse CPU Render and Simulation FPS, fxaa turned on and MSAA at 4x vs 2x. BUT effect is negligible) This causes stutter and lag as my refresh rate is 75Hz. Also when opening task manager from idle a process called "System Interruptions" pops up with 100% CPU usage then vanishes. The GPU has cosmetic damage out of the box so it is going to be returned, but id like to get to the bottom of this beforehand to ensure the GPU is otherwise ok.... and get the game going Any troubleshooting help would be greatly appreciated I sure as hell have no idea why this is happening ?

So I recently got an Aorus RTX 2060 and it isnt detected. Only my iGPU is detected. I can get its display to work if I run DDU and then install the drivers. It will work until the next reboot and then only iGPU output works. Im using the following: AOC monitor (connected with HDMI to DVI cable) i5 - 6500 Gigabyte H170-HD3 16GB HyperX 2133mhz 2x 120gb SSD 1TB WD Blue Seasonic M12ii EVO 520w (4 yrs old but seems ok) I had an EVGA 2060 before hand I had to return due to fan issues. But it never had a display problem. Is there anything I can do about this or will it be another return

I tend to hold on to my parts for a stupidly long time. Till they cant do 30fps med/high. Will the 8gb vram make the 1070 pull ahead of the 2060 6GB in a few years?

HAHA yes im more worried about less airflow because 1 fan, so higher rpm and louder operation. Also If I upgrade my cpu after, would a ryzen 2600x and B450 mobo be ok. Id try OC my 2133mhz ram on it to avoid replacing it with higher clock ram. Also am I just overthinking it for 1080p and I shouldnt worry about CPU upgrade just yet.

I know my CPU is mediocre at this point, but would I notice a difference between the 1070 and rtx 2060 in most cases, for maintaining 75hz. And would it be a dumb idea to get the 1070 with a better form factor and noise vs the $10 cheaper 2060 XC if I decided not to spend the extra $40 for the Ultra 2060? At this point im too worried so I might just get the 1070. Plus the price of a 1070 may be paid by the post company to replace it. Im starting to realize how limiting my cpu may become.

So long story short my 1070 was stolen on the way to warranty repair and I need to get a new GPU. Current prices put my EVGA 1070 $10 above the EVGA 2060 XC and $40 below the EVGA 2060 XC ultra. I would probably buy the 1070 over the 2060 XC as the XC is a very short card and takes 3 slots. Also 1 fan means more noise. However im considering the $40 extra for a 2060 XC Ultra. (im only buying EVGA). Im worried that it isnt worth that extra $40 due to my cpu and that I game at 1080p 75hz. There is a small chance of going 1440p but not in the immediate future. Im worried that the i5 6500 will bottleneck the 2060 further than the 1070. Although the 2060 XC is an undesirable form factor, its cheaper than a 1070 AND faster (but how much :/). What are your thoughts on my decision? bearing in mind I dont have the funds for a new cpu yet. 1070 with a nicer design, LED logo and quieter 2060 $40 more with no LED but dual fan form factor (bottleneck risk) 2060 $10 less with no LED and 3 slot short form factor, 1 fan. (bottleneck risk) I play Forza Horizon 4 a lot, which is not super CPU bound (DX12) so that is one good reason, but for everything else im unsure.

So I'm quite annoyed with my PC, has been a pain in the butt since I built it. I seem to get more stuttering in GTA V on my recently brought 1070 than my crap RX480. On the RX480 it was only in sandy shores, but its quite random on the 1070. Mainly in the city but any were randomly. Stuttering means below 75fps (75hz screen). Its more than capable of 1080p @ 75. My CPU is an i5-6500, but I don't understand why my PC performs magically more crap than benchmarks and other people I know with the same specs. Forza Horizon 3 is also the same, although I've noticed it performs worse than it did a few months ago. I put it down to my HDD dying so moved it to SSD. But it still performs worse than I remember. Just getting frustrated by the unexplainable stuttering in many games (especially GTA and Forza). Would like advice, just want it to perform how I paid for it to. Cheers

Basically will I loose performance going to CL16 or will the extra ram capacity outweigh this?

I dont have a choice for 16GB CL14, and am limited to 2133mhz. So there is no paying a bit more in this case.

how would I do that? will it typically just have better timings at that freq or do i have to change settings (locked as H170)

I currently have Kingston HyperX 2x4GB 2133mhz CL14 sticks. I want to upgrade but the matching sticks are no longer sold in my country so I cannot add them in. I can however buy the HyperX 2x8GB 2600mhz CL16 kit to upgrade and sell my old ones. My motherboard is H170 so they will run at 2133mhz. Is 16GB at a slower CL16 latency going to be better than 8GB at CL14? Ive seen benchmarks of CL16 vs CL14 of the same ram size, however I do hope the ram increase would outweigh the 2-3fps that could be lost from slower timings. Some of my games only just hit 75fps (monitor refresh rate) so if I do loose 2-3fps I wont be too happy. Any advice?

that only works on inductors that are open. mine are sealed inside plastic housings filled with something. what a fat lot that does lol

I hope they are. However I've heard some horror stories about their RMA service.

My mic needs to be right up to it to pick it up properly, I dont have any good microphones. My ear picks it up with the case closed and sitting on my desk. Oh I wish I needed to be right up to it to hear it, because that wouldn' bother me one bit. I can hear it like you described with your 970, except even when capped at 60 and not just slightly