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For example, when I set it up how the book says, I could control the pump speeds through corsair link, but not AI Suite 3... and AI Suite 3 is the only fan controller I like using because it keeps the fans quieter than corsair link for some reason. When I set up the cooler how I mentioned, I can only control the fans in ai suite 3 and the pump just operates based on the fan speed... i can no longer change it...

Hey guys, So I thought I would post on here to get some ideas. I will be changing cases for my PC soon and thought I might as well change coolers as well. I currently have a Corsair H100i GTX AIO. It has been ok i guess. Corsair Link I never used as it was always buggy and conflicted with AI Suite 3. The only reason I use AI Suite 3 is for the fan controller. For the past few weeks I have been looking into what new cooler to get and am really liking the the Noctua NH-D15S (air cooler). From what I have found, this air cooler seems to work the same if not better than some AIO's and cheaper as well. The case I will be getting is the Coolermaster MasterCase Pro 5 (new one when it comes out soon) and the clearance for the CPU cooler tower is 190mm which is enough as the Noctua seems to be around the 171mm mark with dual fans. So what would you guys thoughts be on this; go with Noctua or do you guys recommend any other better coolers. The main purpose would be for extremely long work and gaming hours; pretty much will be on 24/7 and gaming for like 12hrs a day or so. I think the other reason I am leaning to this is because of the set up for the AIO on my mobo. To get more control of the fans have it set up as follows; water pump into water_ pmp header; one fan into the cpu_fan header and the other into cpu_opt fan header (as opposed how the book says by plugging everything being plugged into a splitter/ adaptor and then plugged into the one cpu_fan header). I found that plugging it in this way keeps the whole thing quieter and control more of the fans, but I think I lost the ability to control the pump... So i though and air cooler this time around would be much more simpler. Thanks.

Hi, Random question... Is there anything wrong turning off my PC by holding the power button. The only reason why I have to keep doing it is because sometimes when i select shut down or even hibernate from the start menu, on the screen everything looks like its off properly, but the pc itself never turns off. I have looked around and found that it has something to do with ASUS AI Suite 3 and the dipaway function thing. Sometimes it turns off perfectly, other times the lights remain on and i just hold down the power button until it turns off in those cases. So does this do anything that harms the computer or effects parts in any way in terms of performance or life... I only use AI Suite 3 for the fan control and power options... I know some people say it is bloat software and i agree it is, but i really like having fan control because sometimes when i set the fans in the bios... it still gets loud randomly and this gets annoying lol... Any thoughts on the whole turning off thing would be appreciated... Thanks

Yeh its really annoying lol. Like the main reason i build such a pc is to game and i can't even do that lol. I don't think it is a RAM problem as such because when the stutter started happening i checked the RAM usage and it was normal for the game. Like it was not using all 32gb or 100% or anything like that. From what i saw it was using what it was meant to. Also checked gpu and cpu temps and they all seemed normal. Getting desperate and maybe think its the monitor lol... idk

Sounds like something i should try. Would you know how to disable the auto OC. I have no clue. I have not done any OC (that i know of lol). The only programs I have are ai suite 3 and asus gpu tweak, but there aren't options I see there for auto clocking. I was thinking, could it also have something to do with the voltage of the GPU.

so i tried this. It passed the test and reinserted my old ram and the problem still came up.

Graphics 1506MHz Memory: 3600MHz That's what it said on the unigine benchmark. So would that mean my gpu is not running at enought mhz and that is why this is happening?

Yeh i tried it. It made a slight difference in that the audio got a bit better and less stuttering, but overall, was still pretty bad and eventually (a few minutes) went back to the really bad audio and video stuttering.

ok will do. I will do that and post back with the results.

Results from running Unigine Valley FPS 97.5 Score 4080 Min FPS 31.4 Max FPS 187.1 The OSD in the top right corner of the application read: Graphics 1506MHz Memory: 3600MHz Temperature 73 degrees C. One questions, for the memory, I have 4 sticks each 8gb. The model of the RAM is G Skill Ripjaws 3000 kit. F4-3000C15-8GVRB. So i am a bit confused about the 3600MHz. Is that for the actual RAM or something else, because i thought the RAM's max would be 3000MHz for the kit i have.

The RAM does not run at 3000Mhz though. Each stick runs at 2133Mhz.

If this was due to there being a system wide problem, I would notice performance drops or bugs in other tasks right. For example, this only happens when gaming. When I close the game, and do some work, or watch a movie or something, it is perfect.

So i uploaded what CPUID HW Monitor reported. From what I saw, temps looked normal. This is really annoying lol... $3,000 computer and can't even game on it, (which is the main purpose for building it... WTF) HWMonitor.txt

Every time i restart my computer, it works perfectly for a while, and then back to the stutturing. I check temps, and they are more or less the same as the temps posted in the previous thread. Not higher. I remember using MSI afterburners and running the OSD while gaming and all the temps stayed the same while perfect gaming and stutter gaming, just the FPS changed dramatically (dropped). I will try that changing resolution thing, but I have no clue what it is. I will further monitor using CPUz monitor and post back.

Yo, So long story short, this problem is back again. (please see link; https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/530605-pc-game-starts-stuttering-after-about-40-mins-of-playing/ . This time round I have 32gb 3000MHz RAM. Had to get a new cpu and all that and reinstalled everything and now the problem is back again. Did all the things that was mentioned above, but problem is persisting. New benchmark scores from Unigin are: Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0 FPS: 97.1 Score: 4061 Min FPS: 39.4 Max FPS: 191.4 System Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200) 64bit CPU model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz (4007MHz) x4 GPU model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 10.18.13.6519 (4095MB) x1 Settings Render: Direct3D11 Mode: 1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen Preset Extreme HD GPU temps: Max was 77 degrees Celsius. Mainly stayed around 74-75 degrees celcius. I think this was slightly higher then what is was before (by like 1 or 2 degrees), but this time I have rearranged my cooling so can always go back to how it was before) CPU temps: I monitored using MSI afterburner and they were around the 47 degree mark. I think highest it went to for a few seconds was 51 degrees. I also observed huge frame rate drops; like from 60+ to <20. Not during the unigine benchmark, but during actually gaming and recording data when this problem came up. I have pretty much opened my case and reseated the RAM and GPU and checked everything else I could. I am really at a loss as to what the problem is now. Reinstalled everything after i got the new cpu (same model as the one before, just a new one), reinstalled everything, did fan tuning using AI suite 3 and thats it. NO OC or anything. All BIOS settings are in default. XMP disabled. Can't be the PSU. I forgot how i checked it last time, but concluded that it was not drawing anywhere near the power needed to have the fan on the PSU kick in. I am thinking of reinstalling the older RAM i had, (which would essentially downgrade back to 16gb total lol), but i don't wanna. Can't be that.... Once this happened in one game after about 20-30 min, any game becomes unplayable. Everything else, videos, word, web browsing is perfect. Just gaming is the problem. Tried, need for speed, GTA V, The Division, Batman Arkham Knight. Funny thing is after restarting the computer or waiting a really long time, after reloading into a game, it works perfectly and then after 20 min, the problem arises. It is just another endless loop. I just wanna cry... Any help would be appreciated. Also the attached file is the log i recorded after running Prime95 for about 20min (if it helps). HWMonitor.txt