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    Trentonxx reacted to WoodenMarker in AMD Wraith erratic behavior, and CPU temp spikes   
    Are you able to lower the front fan? For better graphics card cooling, the fan should provide airflow underneath the graphics card fans. 
    The top intake should be moved to the front or forward at the top so that the fresh air can be better used before being exhausted. 
    I'm not sure but that looks like socket temps rather than vrm temps. 
    Hot air is still better than no air. The heat is only a problem is there isn't a good path for exhaust. 
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    Trentonxx reacted to SenKa in Office - entry level gaming 350 build   
    The 7770 would be an upgrade over Vega 8, so i'd include it in the build.
     
    Thats a grey label VS, not orange. They are fine, "C Tier" units. Perfect use case for them as your system consumes a very little amount of power. The old orange label VS units were bombs.
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    Trentonxx got a reaction from Bloudy_Parrot in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    Tomorrow with better light! 
     
    as for the pc, wew. What a odyssey it was, I started studying for the components since February! The TUF was the best x570 motherboard in terms of price/performance with an optical audio connector, while the Ram with that specific serial are due to the Rev-e die on them for OC tweaking. 
     
    if you can find my previous posts before I got this one (I think 2 weeks ago in my profile activity) you will see all the components and the “reason” why I pick them, after weeks of studying each components like watching hours and hours of Buildzoid video and Gamers nexus to learn how Ram compatibility works with Ryzen 3000, why I picked a 3800x over 3600 and how I ended up overcharging for the PSU (spoiler: Amazon stock during Quarantine was literally a fight, every item got out of stock by the time I put them in the cart and prices were fluctuating so much, I had to get whatever was available and it wasn’t much to pick from  ) 
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    Trentonxx reacted to Bloudy_Parrot in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    can you take a photo of this swiffer MANSTROSITY !!!!!!!    please🥺
     i am also seing that your 2020 pc has similar specs as the one i am willing to buy.
    but mine will have a ryzen 5 2600 but TUF motherboard and the crucial balistix is the same .
    are they worth buying for mine as well ???
     
     
     
     
     
    i also like a lot the NO cat avatar 😆
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    Trentonxx got a reaction from Bloudy_Parrot in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    I’m going to trust your profile pic as an expert in the field. Haha
     
    I was working on 2 swiffer duster pads sewed in a loop, where half of the loop is in a plastic tube, and coming out will charge it enough to dust the external mesh filter. But I think I am leaving more dust as shredded swiffer material than actual dust
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    Trentonxx reacted to Bloudy_Parrot in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    just....just dont
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    Trentonxx reacted to cachethrash in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    I can imagine one problem being that if the generator collects a lot of dust, if that's even what would happen, the dust build up could reduce the charge on the generator and reduce its effectiveness. So you'd have to clean the generator just as often as you have to clean filters.
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    Trentonxx reacted to WoodenMarker in AMD Wraith erratic behavior, and CPU temp spikes   
    Did you increase the speed change delay? You can try pulling the center point back so the change is a bit less sharp from 65-70c -- maybe 60% at 60c instead. 
    I'm not sure what that sensor is but 72c would be fine. Hot air is still much better than no air and that's better than many other cooling solutions that just rely on case airflow. 
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    Trentonxx reacted to Deuxez in COD Warzone CPU 100% usage   
    Go into the battle.net settings. Should be 2 types of settings there, one which asks what to do if u press the X (if it should be minimized or close completly) and another one under it asking what it should do when u launch a game.
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    Trentonxx reacted to Aether1988 in Modern Warfare Warzone laggs, its all smooth when i restart pc.. Help..   
    Same exact problem .... when I first boot the game it runs so smooth with no problems . After a few games it will start to feel choppy as if its struggling . fps is any where from 150-200 and still feels choppy and slow.  for example zooming down the sights of a sniper rifle etc or opening boxes feels so choppy and slow .. even just moving the mouse and looking around feels slow . When I restart the game all problems are gone and its back to being smooth until few games later , same problem .  
     
    Only have this problem with Warzone ..  normal multiplayer runs smooth the whole time 
     
    Asus strix 2080ti
    i9-9900k
    maximus XI formula
    trident Z 3600 32GB
     
    Also using 2 Asus monitors 
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    Trentonxx reacted to W-L in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    You can get ionic air purifiers which work on that principle of movement where positively charged dust particles get attracted to a negatively grounded plate or filter. In industry electrostatic ionizer bars are common for generating or removing charges for handling purposes or even dust prevention. 
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    Trentonxx reacted to ColinLTT in van de graaff Dust filter?   
    One way to find out! Ill get the popcorn. 
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    Trentonxx reacted to Whiro in The Water Cooling Gallery   
    My first watercooled pc 😁
     
    CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.7GHz - 1.37v 
    GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC
    RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4gb)
    PSU; EVGA W1 500W
    Case: Phanteks P400S - Mesh Front Panel
     
    EK Supremacy EVO + Naked Ivy Mounting kit
    EK Thermosphere
    EK DDC 3.2 Pump/ees combo + 250 X Res Tube
    EK Classic 16/10 x10 Fittings 
    EK Duraclear 16/10
    EK CryoFuel Acid Green
    EK CoolStream SE Classic 120mm Rad
    Magicool G2 Slim 240mm Rad
     
    Cpu is delidded and mounted naked without ihs straight to the socket using EK mounting kit. 
     





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    Trentonxx reacted to Juular in [EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8   
    Tier C.
    Would be in tier B+ in next revision, sleeve bearing fan.
    Tier A. Hard choice, 450W should be enough if this is gaming machine and almost 120 EUR for EVGA G2 sounds a bit too much. I also see Focus GX 650W for 103 EUR at PCPP but not sure if that's right.
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    Trentonxx reacted to MrBrightSyde in [EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8   
    I don't know if you could RMA since it would be the same PSU with the same problems with those GPUs. It wouldn't fix the problem the PSU has with those GPUs. If you want to avoid those issues altogether, it would be better to wait for PSUs to come back in stock, though that depends on whether or not if you need a PSU at this moment.
     
    If you already have a PSU that works, and if you can wait, I would wait until better PSUs to come back in stock, especially if you are going to upgrade to something like a 1080ti/2080ti/other high wattage card.
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    Trentonxx reacted to MrBrightSyde in [EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8   
    Pretty sure this particular PSU is actually in Tier C, under Neo Eco M, which is why it's so cheap. Looking at the price, the Antec EA650G Pro is the best one to get.
     
    It's better to save the money. You can't have too many watts (well ok, you can, but a 100w difference isn't anything to worry about)
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    Trentonxx reacted to rcmaehl in [Update 2: TF2 / CSGO Tweets] Have some source for your Source - 2018 Source source code leaked, potential for RCEs   
    Yes. Unfortunately, it'll also help modders who want unfair advantages in games as well.
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    Trentonxx reacted to Jurrunio in I can't figure out, x570 TUF vs Aorus Elite / Pro   
    Some found Realtek less stable but others dont (i.e. the same)
     
    S1200A used by Asus is just a tweaked ALC1220, not heard of it being noticeably better though
     
    Elite has worse VRM performance than the other two (due to worsened heatsinks) but more than enough for the 8 core
     
    I'd say the cheapest is the best
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    Trentonxx reacted to Bombastinator in Sanity Check 2.0 + Motherboard suggestion?   
    It’s not the stock cooler it’s the overclock capacity of ryzen2, which is near zero.  Getting a bigger cooler won’t make it go faster.  It can’t go very much faster.  As a result all there is getting it cool enough.  The TDP of the stock cooler on the 3700x is around or a bit under 100w.  Pretty big for a stock cooler.  To get more you’ve got to spend at the last time I checked a bit more than $20.  The problem is the 3800x binning only helps with OC capacity which is kinda worthless to start with.  It mostly just helps with temps. 3800x runs a few degrees cooler than 3700x but at basically the same speed.  It’s got a bare touch more cooler too, but again, only temps.  There’s a reason the thing only costs $30 more and it’s a much less popular buy.  A 3800x can often be overclocked a scooch on the stock cooler. A few frames maybe.  There’s an argument it’s $15 worth of frames.  Only an argument though.
     
    Trying to think of a reason to pay an extra $30 for a 3800x and I got one.  It’s kind of limited though.  There’s one more thing the 380Ox does:  it avoids lead chips.  IF you are in a situation where you have to buy a CPU untested AND you can’t return it if it turns out to be such true garbage that it can’t even MAKE advertised clocks (which can happen though rarely) then you get security with a 3800x.  If you can return the chip though it’s not a factor.
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    Trentonxx reacted to Bombastinator in Sanity Check 2.0 + Motherboard suggestion?   
    3700x is good enough cooler too though, so it’s $30 for extra binning and a little bit more cooler.  Not much.  If it was $15 I’d say do it.  
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    Trentonxx reacted to mariushm in difference between dual channel and quad channel memory   
    Socket AM4 is only dual channel. You have 2 channels, each with up to 2 sticks of memory, depending on memory layout. It's not quad channel, quad channel is Threadripper.
    Just saying because I think you're confused and think that having 4 memory slots on motherboard means quad channel, which is not the case.
     
    There will be no performance increase or very minimal increase from using 4 memory sticks instead of two, if the total capacity is the same. 
    Depending on how the memory sticks have the chips arranged on them (single rank, dual rank etc) in SOME applications that read and write small data very much in ram, there may be a small performance increase using 4 sticks. But it's so little and in so few applications that it's not worth stressing about it.
    Some motherboards have a harder time powering 4 memory sticks and handling signals from 4 memory sticks at the same time at very high speeds, so in some cases you would see 2 sticks working at 3600 Mhz but with 4 sticks you may only be able to configure 3200 Mhz or even 3000 Mhz.
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    Trentonxx reacted to Juular in [EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8   
    It's not, it's Focus FX, we'll rename it to Focus Plus Gold in next revision to make it clear. Keep it, with most GPUs it would be okay and 550W is enough for gaming PC. If it wouldn't work with GPU you'll chose (like it would be some high-transient stuff again, like AMD Vega) then replace it.
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    Trentonxx reacted to Juular in [EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8   
    Focus Plus Gold :

    Focus Plus Platinum :

    As you see, they have nearly identical components set, aside for differences in APFC stage. And anyway, the PSU isn't only the set of components, it's entire platform, that's why there's a lot of different ones, performing good and not so much. And we can't possibly evaluate every every wattage of every PSU lineup\platform just because they have differently rated MOSFETS or filtering capacitors, simply because otherwise this tier list would be impossible to make since there aren't enough data. We have user data on issues with Seasonic Focus platform as a whole, GPU shutdowns where it shouldn't by any means (say GTX1070 Ti on 650W Focus Gold Plus), that one review with high overload ripple are just drop in the ocean.
    Whether it was intermittent issue with some batches or some core issue in platform itself - doesn't matter, Seasonic acknowledged the issue, tried to fix it with users which had it and contacted support, discontinued the whole lineup and there are no reports (yet) of such problems with newer SKUs (Focus GX\PX, Phanteks AMP, XPG Core Reactor etc.), this doesn't mean that they were fixed but until it's proven that they weren't we tier it at tier A since there were apparenely some hardware changes which could've made a difference.
    This whole tier list are mostly made based on reviews with assumption & guessing work, there are simply not enough data to strictly tier every unit available. And Focus GX were tiered the same as FX until review of Phanteks AMP showed up which passed overload ripple testing. Also there are no reports of problems with it (or other GX based units) yet so we make an assumtion that it's good. Before that, on older tier list, we made an assumption that FX\FM\PX were good too, it proved to be wrong because there are a lot of reports of GPU instability and Seasonic themselves acknowledged that.
    Even looking at the pictures you can see that there are some difference, at least in the output filtering, which probably isn't the core cause because there were reports that issues persist even with shielded cables Seasonic supplied.
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    Trentonxx reacted to H2B in 3900X cooler   
    I have a 3900x on an MSI pro carbon AC B450 with the Scythe Mugen PCGH and 6 case fans (3 side intake ML120, 3 top exhaust Noctua 120mm redux 700rpm) in a Lian Li O11 dynamic case.
     
    All core OC at 4.2 GHz @ 1.25V leads to idle temps around 46C and sustained load temps of 80 to 81C with AIDA64 stress test for 10 minutes. It's good enough for a quiet cooler although at full boost the ML120s make a bit of noise but nothing too bad.
     
    I would consider a 360 AIO for lower temps at load but the Mugen PCGH is running quite nicely.
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    Trentonxx reacted to Kisai in Confused By Lanes and Storage Capacity w Nve SSD   
    IMO, Just use the M2 NVme drive, and don't use the onboard SATA ports at all. Assuming you're just using SATA drives for storage, not scratch-disks/video capture, you could consider a USB3/Thunderbolt3 drive chassis, or just use multiple USB ports, or stick them all on a single USB 3 hub (they'll share the bandwidth, but mechanical drives top out at 120MB/sec (960mbit), so you could pretty much use 5 per USB 3.0 port and not have an issue since USB 3.0 is 5gbit.)  However if you plug in SATA SDD's, they top out at 500MB/sec (4Gbit), so only one per USB 3.0 port would be viable. This also depends on the underlying USB 3.0/3.1/TB3 controller, as TB3 is 40GBit and like having 4 PCIe lanes itself, which means that internally it's already connected to 4 PCIe lanes, where as 1 USB 3.0 port is like having one PCIe lane.
     
    Another thing you could do, if you have your heart set on using the onboard SATA ports, check the manual for which ones are on the ASMedia controller and only use those ones. They will usually be the ones on the furthest end. Typically I don't use the ports on these chips since everything connected to it is shared, so you would not want performance drives on it to begin with. You also tend to need a driver installed for these ports to work, so you can not use them as a boot drive.
     
    The question about bottlenecking tends to always be misplaced. What people want is to avoid bandwidth congestion, and this is hardly a problem with SATA drives that are mechanical drives, but IS a problem with all SATA SSD's, as they are bottlenecked by the SATA interface. Likewise, most motherboards with M2 slots, only TWO of the slots are actually on the CPU PCIe lanes, and often that disables the neighboring PCIe slot that sits beside it. So you end up with odd configurations where you have a 16X GPU but it gets dropped to 8X because you plugged in a M2 NVMe drive in the slot closest to the GPU.
     
    Unfortunately, both AMD and Intel have designed their desktop CPU's in a way that is essentially crippled if you install any PCIe devices.

    https://hothardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-6700k-and-z170-chipset-review-skylake-for-enthusiasts?page=2
     

    https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-ryzen-3000-new-block-diagram-about-pcie-4-on-matisse-and-x570-chipset.html
     
    Notice how these are connected. The PCH in both Intel and AMD is a single 4X PCIe link (and in Intel's case that is just slightly less than 4GB/sec, where as the AM4 above is PCIe4 x 4, which is 8GB/sec)
     
    So in both cases, connecting two GPU's, means they operate at 8 lanes only. Plugging anything into the second 16x PCIe slot, drops the video card to 8X. Now plugging anything into the THIRD 16x sized slot, is only going to operate at 4 lanes, but in the case of Intel, even sticking something in that slot, drops the GPU in the first slot to 8 lanes. In the AMD case, that third slot is always 4 lanes, but is instead only capable of powering the 4x slot OR the NVme 4-lanes (or 2 2-lane NVme drives), or the SATA drives. not AND, OR.
     
    The SATA drives hanging off the PCH in both AMD and Intel share their link with the USB and Ethernet controllers. So to get M2 NVme slots, it consumes the entire bandwidth of the PCH on the x170 chipset, because DMI 3.0 is 4GB/sec, and NVme drives are 1, 2 or 4 PCIe lanes.
     
    The NVMe drive you've stated above is a 4 lane device. This means it MUST be installed in M2H_32G to use all lanes , and SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 can not be used, and you MUST select "RAID" mode from the BIOS. You can switch Windows 10 from AHCI to RAID by installing the intel rapid storage driver, switching the mode and booting into "safe boot" once and then turning off safe boot. That is, if you didn't install the OS in RAID mode to begin with. 
     
    However, if you use the M2H_32G, PCIEX4 will be unusable.
     
    And remember what I said about lane sharing? Chances are that NVMe drives plugged into the CPU PCIe lanes will drop the GPU to 8x. Always verify that the end result is what you want, because the only way to actually operate a PC with no bottlenecks is by using the HEDT (High-end desktop) parts, and that's often an overkill premium if you're not using those lanes at all.
     
     
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