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3 minutes ago, Erwins Kitten said:

 

 

have you reseated your ram and maybe tried a single stick at a time in the preferred slot? it might be the VRM on the Motherboard, but I doubt it. you could also try removing the Cmos battery for around 3 mins while the pc is unplugged then putting it back in, I recommend this over using the Cmos reset jumper as that is sometimes not enough.

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Note that only 4GB sticks with memory chips on both sides of the stick (16 total) will work.

I don't think you get single sided DDR 2 4gb memory sticks? I know you get 2 GB varients but I thought the 4 GB DDR 2 sticks were all dual sided

11 minutes ago, juniordeveloper said:

hello everyone,

i put 8gb kllisre on p5g41 m lx, but the motherboard recognize only 4gb. any idea.

 

 

i put this memory

https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/32792152255.html

Tannbash is a better brand from aliexpress. a lot of people have issues with kllisre ram being DOA. Tannbash actually tests the ram before they send it. got 16gb of ddr4 ram from them, they asked me exactly what system I was using and tested on a similar platform in my case AM4 X370 chipset. I received the ram and it works great.

Although you are on one of intel's nost annoying chipsets even socket 775 has a lot of memory issues. What CPU are you using in that motherboard? it could be it only supports up to 4 gb ddr 2

4 minutes ago, SlowMixit said:

Just plugged in temporary my 4K monitor to GTX760 graphics card via DVI with DVI-to-HDMI cable.

I was quite surpriced to see that my monitor worked 4k@60Hz trough DVI-to-HDMI cable.

 

Need dig deeper why its so, as far as i know this should not be possible with any Single Link DVI to HDMI cable.

 

Any ideas why it would run 4k trough DVI?

 

that is strange, my DVI-i cable refuses to go past 1440p it wouldn't even work at 4k 30Hz on my 1070 Display port and HDMI obv work great. real strange that your adapter managed 4k 60 Hz

15 minutes ago, phil7990 said:

Hi,

 

So Last year I bought the XFX RX 590. It's excacly 1 year old. I was thinking about this new graphicscard lineup from AMD whcih seems awesome.

I need to stay with AMD because I have a freesync monitor. I actually want to also because AMD is actually nice again in its graphicscards...

Now the 5700 XT is out of my pricerange as well as the 5700.

 

So it's either the 5500 XT or the 5600 XT. Now should I upgrade to one of these? Or is the upgrade just not worth?

Freesync works on Nvidia now, 590 is great nothing under the 5700 or 2070 like minibois said. Stick with the 590 it's still a great card. using a RX 470 in my secondary rig still and it's really not bad if you factor in I paid equal to $80 for the 8gb MSI gaming X varient. the 590 is even better so still a very capable card.

3 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

Ok, thats a verry interesting error. 

ye, first time experiencing anything like it and it was a 2014 / 2015 2.5" WD Blue can't remember now, been over 2 weeks now.

1 minute ago, thoulfiqar said:

Btw I found external cmos button on the mobo io shield, should I use it?

Hey, sorry to bother you if you've already fixed this, but I've just had an issue similar to this on a pc and it turned out the harddrive was the cause the moment it attempted to read big games. I ran Crystal disk info and the drive was failing, uncorrectable sectors and the head was also giving an error.

9 hours ago, Noah0302 said:

I was more scared to bend the pins this way...

I did once it ripped out, and yeah that worked way better.

Guess I got lucky and learned my lesson!

the pins won't get bent when twisting the cooler while it is in the socket. have you ever heard of the story about the one twig and it snaps super easy then they take a whole bunch of twigs and that shit is strong as hell? pulling basically makes you pull each twig on its own (while not as bad as twisting a SINGLE twig it is still able to break) while twisting the cooler all the pins or twigs support each other.

1 hour ago, Noltez said:

My friend has an ryzen 7 1700x 

gtx 1080 

b450 bazooka 

16gb of 2400mhz ram

Hes not getting frames as he should is there anything that could be getting bottle necked in the parts i listed? or is that balenced and is it in the pc itself. help is greatly appreciated. 

it should either be cooling or he has a harddrive and not an SSD and that is causing inconsistent frames. like the poster above me also suggested.

2 minutes ago, Dbirdy said:

I found the issue. When my son went to plug everything back in, instead of plugging both monitors into the graphics card, he plugged one into the actual motherboard. 
 

Since this is not my PC and I don’t play on it. It is now running at 78% on the CPU. So I am assuming that is what it normally runs around. 
 

Thanks for all the help!

alright, thought that might also be it hence why I edited my first post

11 minutes ago, Dbirdy said:

So if it is a thermal paste issue. I should see a spike in temp when launching the game?

if it's a cooling issue yes, the temperature should be quite high and the CPU speed quite low while usage will seem high. and yes also try to check taskmanager what is causing 100% utilization

11 minutes ago, Noah0302 said:

 

No need to heat it up, after you unscrewed it, just twist the heatsink so the thermal paste gives without pulling.

4 minutes ago, Dbirdy said:

I’m running an i5-7400 3GHz - 16GB RAM - GTX 1060 3GB

 

The CPU never runs that high when running any games. I am assuming since the CPU is maxed that is why I am not getting the normal frames since it’s almost freezing my PC. 
 

I am currently running a Virus scan to see if there is anything on the PC. 

maybe have a look at the temperatures of the CPU, it could be hitting 100% but downthrottling to around 1.3 GHz to prevent it from overheating if the cooler isn't set properly or the thermal paste is actually dry & cracked

Edit: also make sure the power cable is plugged into the GPU and not the internal graphics.

9 minutes ago, Dbirdy said:

Today my son got some new parts for his PC and we installed them together. 
 

We are using an ASUS Prime Z270-A. 
 

Everything is working fine. When he tries to launch Destiny the CPU maxes out at 100% and is getting around 10fps when it normally gets around 100+ on the loading screen. 
 

I am not sure what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

how much ram does the system have? what is the CPU being used. what GPU does he have?

5 minutes ago, myselfolli said:

I haven't really followed the EGS store news too closely tbh, I always knew that I wouldn't move away from Steam...

 

What'd they do?

https://glitched.africa/news/epic-games-store-spying/ was the issue I was referring to and since it wasn't denied that the code was intrusive and just explained that it was Tim's fault is basically just them putting out a fire in my eyes and don't fully trust it yet. There's also the matter of people that have been banned for simply either using VPN software or just having it open but de-activated while in fortnite. Not really keen on being forced to not use a VPN.

1 minute ago, myselfolli said:

I don't want the EGS to die out, I'd like for it to stick around and not poach exclusive titles from steam. A bit of competition is healthy imho, but I want to play Borderlands 3 and I'm not going to create a EGS account for it.

with all the issues with Epic games I do not want them to stick around, I don't feel like I can trust them and do not want them to one day own some sort of exclusive that I really want.

Welp, I set up steam big picture (for couch gaming) as well as Kodi to launch through Big picture so that I can be in  bed and play games or watch movies / series / channels all with one controller so I have my controller connected at all times as well as my KB & mouse. aside from those I sometimes plug in a few extra controllers for games that support single pc co-op / vs

34 minutes ago, Raspi454 said:

I downloaded GTA SA again, from the windows store, (deleted the first time cause it did this) and tried to play it and it looks like this. Any ideas?

 

does the windows store think you're on mobile? coz wtf is that at the bottom right of the screen???

1 hour ago, TehStranger said:

Before I buy another motherboard, does anyone think its possible that the CPU died instead of the motherboard or both?

definitely possible.

26 minutes ago, TehStranger said:

Yesterday for some stupid reason I decided to unplug my H115 from the CPU_OPT header on my motherboars and plug it into the cpu fan header while it was powered on. The system locked up and not even the reset button would work. I turned it off from the power and turned it back on and it does nothing. I get error code 00 on the motherboard and after googling I've come to the conclusion that either the cpu or motherboard died. I tried the usual stuff, cleared CMOS, left the battery out and flashed the BIOS, none of it worked... However, I left it for a few hours, came back and turned it on and finally it posted! Then it died again and giving the same error.... Anyone have any ideas?

have you disassembled the entire thing and put it back together? including removing the cpu from its socket? if that doesn't work you most likely shorted your board.

1 hour ago, Igush91 said:

So i was thinking of buying an ultra wide monitor for my gaming pc, but the question is which one should i buy? I have a 23,5 inch monitor but i want a bigger one for gaming.

I was interested in the LG 29UM69G 73 cm

I usually only play PUBG so that big screen is very important for me and i want to know if my graphics card will be able to push this game on a bigger display??

Should i go for 1080p or 1440p with 60hz or 75?

 

My specs are:

i7 7700K 4,5 Ghz

Gtx 970 4GB windforce oc

8gb ram

I had a 29" ultrawide 2560 x 1080 Monitor and loved it more than this 4k thing I have now, I only lost it because of poor handling on our way to a major LAN about 200 km from where I live. a friend of mine put his monitor on top of mine and it damaged the LCD.

got this 4k screen for free and selling it wouldn't give me enough money in South Africa to replace the 29"

34 minutes ago, myselfolli said:

I don't think that 29'' 1080p will be enjoyable, I found 27'' to be too big for 1080p monitors for me...

I agree that 27" Screens are horrible at 1080p but 29" Screens do not have the height of 27" screens so the DPI is quite a load better.

10 hours ago, MultiDJRoni said:

Hey

 

So i just bought an MSI RTX 2080ti gaming x trio. 

 

I have mounted the card vertical, but now i noticed that the backplate has direct contact with the RAM. (Its some corsair ram, dunno what exactly. if needed i can look it up)

Should that be no problem?

The card does not bend, but im more concerned about the heat. 

 

Thanks for the Info!

 

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/tk0kcBJ

it's fine, it's just two "backplates" touching. it's not like either of them have direct contact with one another, only with the metal plating around them.

13 hours ago, Lyssers said:

Huh, okay, thanks

Mind if i ask what resolution you're playing games at?

playing at 4k Resolution

10 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

Hey Cryptonite what you think about 1TB SSD's for like 280 bucks... WIth the work you do a hard drive would bottleneck the situation...

well 280 bucks here in RSA costs a lot more than just that. I'm not american. I just do the basic encoding etc. on my SSD and send them over to my harddrives after my daily work is finished so it's no real inconvenience.

10 hours ago, Tsmith4 said:

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solid build bro. Upgrade the GPU when you start noticing your gaming experience deteriorates.

Get a 4TB HDD once and don't look back. I thought 2 TB would be enough for me when I bought my first one back in 2010.. I'm at 6 already and still need storage. (bare in mind I do a lot of editing etc. Still a 2 TB is filled with games.)