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Hey all, buckle up cause I've got a weird one. I picked up a used MSI Gaming X RX 470 4gb from a buddy's mining farm for cheap because he said it doesn't work. I have tinkered with it for a bit and discovered that it will only work in PCIe 8x or smaller slots. I re-flashed the bios (although I believe it was unchanged. I have tried the following on the following 3 motherboards: Mobo 1: Z390 Phantom Gaming 4s/ac w/ 9700kf: Works in the second slot (wired for 4x) no problem. Does not work in top slot (wired for 16x) with or without taping off the connector. My test GPU (quadro k4000) and a spare 1070ti I have both work in the top slot (as well as countless other cards as this is my typical test system). Mobo 2: GA-Z87X-D3H w/ 4590(I think lol): Works in the second slot (wired for 8x) no problem. Works in the top slot IF I tape off the PCIe connector on the card down to 8x or 4x (GPU-Z reports it running at the respective bandwidth). Does not work in the top slot if I do not tape of the slot. Quadro or 1070ti works in any slot. Mobo 3: X99 Extreme4 w/ 5820k: Works in the bottom slot (wired up for 8x). Does not work in any other slot with or without tape. Other cards work fine. I am lost. I have a feeling that there is any issue with the PCIe controller or traces on the PCB (I don't see any damage but I am not very well versed in PCB repair). But if that was the case then theoretically taping off the slot would tell the motherboard to just run the card at 8x/4x as to the motherboard I am only plugging in an 8x/4x device. Has anyone seen behavior like this before and have any suggestions for fixes? Really appreciate any and all help!

Hey all, at my wits end here with this build and figured I'd see if any of you fine folks have any advice. I just bought a computer sight unseen on CL for $40 and found a nice 3570k GTX 660 combo and after a good clean I'm having trouble getting it to boot to an installer of any kind (linux, win7, win10). I can get into the bios no problem and idle there for as long as I want but when I choose a boot device and boot I can get varying distances into an OS install before it freezes and crashes ~30secs later. It's already out of the case on a test bench and I only have the specs below connected. What I've tried: Cleared CMOS Repasting the CPU and GPU (CPU reports normal temps in the bios, cant see GPU without OS) 2 PSUs Different USB drives with linux win7 and win10 in different 3.0 and 2.0 ports Ram in different slots 1 at a time. I don't have spare DDR3 to swap out but I really doubt this is the issue Tried no dGPU but couldn't even get a picture (iGPU is enabled in bios). Also found out I fried my test bench card recently so I don't have a spare either. Undervolted the CPU to 1V and ran it at 2.9GHz with only 2 cores enabled. Running ram at 1066MHz (just nerf it as much as possible lol) Specs: i5-3570k Asrock z77 Extreme4 2x4gb Gskill Sniper Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 2gb Inland 120gb SSD Rosewill 750w Gold unit (original) or Powerspec 550w Bronze (test bench) I'm starting to suspect a faulty motherboard but I've never seen a board post to bios but no further. I can't seem to find anyone with a similar issue with any motherboard and was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience to share. Thanks for all the help!

Of course not! I got it for 400 used of CL. Dude had it under water for its life so cooler is still basically brand new.

Hi LTT! I recently upgraded my PC from an i5 4590 and a GTX 960 to the Red Dragon. I know how much I enjoy seeing new completed builds on the forum so I thought I'd share. Specs: i7-2600k Corsair H105 Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev 1.3 (PCI-E 3.0 support 2x4gb EVGA SC 1600mhz DDR3 EVGA GTX 980ti FTW EVGA 850gq 80+ Gold PSU NZXT S340 Kingston V300 SSD 500gb 7200rpm HDD Silverstone Sleeved Extensions NZXT Sleeved White LED kit I'm a poor photographer, I took photos with my iPhone 6s against a white sheet taped to the wall. None the less enjoy!

Am ultrawide! Or an RGB mouse to match the purple LEDs. Nice setup though. Better then mine XD

Very true, me personally I'm a function over form guy so I like to recommend lower quality items for a higher level of performance. The V300 isn't terrible, I've got one in my build and it does just fine. I also rocked a 500b with a single 980ti for ages before I upgraded to a 850gq to run SLI.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/j2ymPs Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/j2ymPs/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($34.49 @ Newegg) Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($41.33 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC) Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon) Monitor: AOC G2460PF 24.0" 144Hz Monitor ($209.99 @ Amazon) Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($28.99 @ Amazon) Headphones: Logitech G230 Headset ($35.99 @ Micro Center) Other: Windows 10 G2A/Kinguin ($50.00) Other: EVGA GTX 1070 SC ACX 3.0 ($370.00) Total: $1323.22 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 13:35 EDT-0400 a little bit over your budget but an easy fix is to swap that h60 for a 212 EVO. 1070 will also crush a RX 480 although you could go with a 480 it would still be a great choice.

Yea this would be a great video, but very time consuming. I'd try it myself but prices man!

True, but I they have a reference cooled card. If not I know the Last gen cards did. Hopefully we see one this gen, espically for water cooling.

I figured they could use a reference board, for instance EVGA's SC ACX 3.0 uses a reference PCB with an aftermarket cooler. Theoretically you could mount that cooler on a founders card or any other card that uses that reference PCB

Yea great idea! Or set all the fans to a constant speed and measure thermals and dcb. I think this would be a great video to put the "which cooler is best" argument to rest.

@LinusTech I thought it would be interesting to take all (or most) of the new 1080 reference PCB with after market cooler designed cards and pick one PCB (the best OC'er, hottest running etc) and test that one PCB with all the aftermarket coolers to compare thermals. Could be an interesting workshop video.

That was my concern. I've seen plenty of builds with parallel GPUs but none with a CPU integrated. Now I know why

First off sorry for grammar errors and the terrible diagram. It's 12:15 and I'm on mobile but I had this idea want some guidance on to whether or not it'll work. The attached Pic is my idea of a clean looking water loop. I was wondering if it's possible to put the GPUs and CPU in a parallel loop instead of a series loop. The water flow is blue and marked with arrows to show direction. Red is GPU 1 and 2, purple is CPU, green is Rad, yellow is res, and light blue is pump. I know I'll need a bigger rad but I was just wondering if the concept itself would work out. Thanks

He'll need a 144hz monitor for competitive TF2 gaming. Nice build though!