Jordie

Hi I just purchased an ultrawide monitor and it will be my main monitor(LG34gn850)

I want to mount a 27 inch above it as a secondary display. I live in rented accommodation so I can't drill a mount to my wall so I will need a tall or dual desk clamp mount preferably but I can't seem to find 1 anywhere.

I was thinking of using 2 clamp arms, 1 for the ultrawide, and 1 for the 27 inch but it will be a dual vertical mount and I would have to remove 1 of the monitor mounting plates 

Surely there's a less ghetto solution to this? Any input will be greatly appreciated as my new monitor will be arriving hopefully Tuesday

Thanks

Jordan

I loved my red devil. Only problems I had were the dreadful drivers 

I had the same issue, i ended up choosing the Be quiet! 500dx in white

i just got a new case, went from a corsair 650d to a Be quiet! 500dx in white. Gorgeous case with plenty of air flow

Entirely up to you but the reccomendation is usually when the psu is out of warrently its a good time to replace it. My ax850 was 8 years old until the caps blew on it

The 580 is a power hungry card with quite a bit of heat output. Try adding an exhaust fan sounds like a case air flow issue. If that doesn't work amd cards work well with an undervolt

25 minutes ago, Si1entshotz said:

Hi world, 

 

 I just purchased a 5700xt, with the unfortunate pandemic they extended return and exchange dates. I know recently things have been heating up between intel/amd and nvidia/amd, cards and CPU will be kicking out fastest it has been in a long time. 

 

 Would you return/exchange your 5700xt for a 2080ti? I know people are going to ask what's the usage and other components and budget. Let's throw those factors out, let's say you got the card and could upgrade by putting the refund amount to a 2080ti. 

 

 With these new cards coming out, would you do as I mentioned above, and not worry for a while. Or keep the 5700xt past the refund and exchange dates for a year or so and save for the newest? 

 

 

 I know I am confusing, i know you all will have questions and I'd love your time and input. I'll answer when I get the time. 

Speaking from personal experience I had enough of the issues with my 5700xt red devil card and sold it and put the money towards a 2070 super. Not had a single issue with nvidia so far and g sync seems to work flawless on my freesync monitor where the 5700xt was full of flicker. 2080ti seems a waste seeing as the rumours are the 3060 will be faster, then again it's a rumour lol. End of the day it's your money do what you want mate but from personal experience nvidia is the way to go to avoid their terrible drivers

13 hours ago, Tranquill said:

I'll have to check those out, might go with NZXT though, thanks!

I feel like I would like the case a lot more if it was a little bigger to mount my h100i radiator onto the top instead of the front, thanks!

Hm, the H700i looks pretty good, will probably go with this since, like I said above, I can mount my cooler onto the top, thanks!

I was originally going to go for a h510 myself but I was put off by the cases airflow. Make sure you.have a look at reviews before you make up your mind. Gamers nexus on youtube have great case reviews

I've just ordered a 500dx from be quiet. They have it in black or white. Also the phanteks p400a is a great case

3 hours ago, Hilltrot said:

They are quite large and heavy cases.  They tend to be more than the $70-$80 most people want to spend.  There is a dearth of youtube reviews on the cases.  They are primarily designed with open loop water cooling in mind.  You do have to buy you own riser cable to make it vertical.  (Be sure to get the right type and length..)

 

However, I do like how the riser connection gets attached to the case in a solid way - rather than have the card hang with only one point of support.

Having looked around I settled on a Be quiet! 500dx in white. The case looks gorgeous and so clean looking. Plenty of room to buy a vertical gpu mount kit when they come back in stock. Thanks for the replys it helped me understand the different gpu mounting options. I think I'll go for the cable mod kit.

1 hour ago, Mamonos said:

 

Mostly. On most system I observed an increase of 5 / 10 degree, it can be critical if you already have hot temps.

Personally do not recommend mounting the GPU vertically unless you are using liquid cooling.

 

You also have potential drawbacks from using riser cables (most are good but still is an additional point of potential failure).

 

However, some companies (CableMod and CoolerMaster comes to mind) produce an adapter to mount GPU vertically using the horizontal slots; this way, the GPU is farther away from the side panels and gets better ventilation.

Thanks going to try look for a case with a good mounting solution already installed 

12 minutes ago, Hilltrot said:

Thermaltake has an interest design for this on their s300, s500, and Level 20 rs cases.  But there are other things about those cases you might not like.

The s300 looks really nice thanks for the reply. Curious as to what things you thought I wouldn't like haha. I had my eyes on the h510 fron nzxt but the mount looks far too close to the glass 

I am looking to upgrade from a 650d to a case that is smaller and looks clean.

I like the look of gpu mounts but the third party ones are a bit expensive for what they are so I'm wondering are there any cases with mounts that do not have the card sitting so close to the side panel?

My gpu is a gigabyte 2070 super 3 fan model

Thanks in advance for any help

2 hours ago, Mamonos said:

I don't know how many USB ports you need, but small cases like that normally do not provide lot of them.

 

My best bet would be something from InWin (303, 305 should be around that size and look and some come with 4 usb ports).

 

Cooler Master's case also come with lot of USB ports, but I don't think they are so clean-looking.

 

Another option would be to get a case with a 5.25" drive bay and then fit in an USB hub like the ones from DeLock.

Again, 5.25" bays are not so popular anymore, especially in small cases. But Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 is an option.

Thanks for the reply. Thinking about my usb needs, I have 3 led lights being powered by USB so I could power them another way giving me 3 usb, plus the 2 I'd gain from having my back ports freed up from the front io ports. This sounds more reasonable to me after looking at other cases. 

Another question I have is about the vertical gpu mounting in cases. I would love to use that but have heard that it makes the GPU too close to the side panel making it run hotter and slower. Do all vertical mounts do this?

Thanks 

Hi I have a 650d currently but I want something smaller and more clean looking.

I like the popular nzxt 510 but for me it doesn't have enough front usb ports for what I'd need. I have a cheap usb hub that I could use but I'd rather keep it looking as clean and tidy as possible on the front.

Is there any cases that have the same looks as the nzxt at around the same price that has more USB? Or is there a better option for me adding more usb to the case without It looking a mess and without spending too much. My mobo is a b450 tomahawk max and currently i have to loose 2 USB at the back to use the 650d front panel USB which is annoying.

Any input and advice would be greatly helpful as I've been out of touch with pc cases since I bought the 650d

Thanks in advance 

1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

@Jordie

 

The liquid inside the AIO, especially the older designed AIOs, will eventually -- but very slowly -- evaporate / dry out of the system.

That said, this is usually over the course of number of years for it to be a problem.

So I've had this cooler for 8 years almost lol. Time to upgrade? My idle temps do look a bit high tbh, around 45-50 degrees but then in games it only goes to like 55-60c

5 hours ago, nick name said:

Definitely grab that Artic then.  How much is the 360 over there?

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-360-all-in-one-hydro-cpu-cooler-3x120mm-pwm-fan-aluminium-copper?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtUwup7IdzlwchfErUrcrZkeJ2sqJdPG5k-MAiLAocwiXnn5ZxZEqzkaAlNsEALw_wcB 90 pound. I have a 650d dont think this would fit. I kinda want to get s new case anyway so maybe this gives me an excuse 

16 minutes ago, nick name said:

The EVGA CLC 280 is still a good deal.  And that new Liquid Freezer II is better at the same price.  

 

 

the arctic is only 80 pound in the uk where the evga is showing as 130 on amazon =o That arctic cooler looks really good tho so thanks for the sugestion

1 minute ago, nick name said:

You'd probably see better performance out of a new AIO.  There has to have been some permeation -- that cooler isn't as full of fluid now as when you bought it.  

thats what my friend said. ill keep my eye out for any decent cooler deals. Thanks to everybody for their replys =]

12 minutes ago, nick name said:

Has that AIO been in use since 2012?

Ye pretty much lol. I didn't use it for about 2 weeks when I got my 3600 as I was waiting got the am4 bracket to be delivered. Other than that I've been using it with 2 sp120 fans since I bought it in 2012. Also to note it's only held in by like 3 screws as they were lost at some point during a house move.

I'm using a h100i from 2012 roughly. A friend suggested I should look at replacing it but I want to know is there any point? My temps are decent and I'm only running a r5 3600. Do aios have a maximum time period that I should be using them for?

Thanks for your advice 

Bit of a shot in the dark but my 5700xt had a similar issue. Turns out it was my old power supply. The way I got around it was making sure I didn't use the pci-e cables that had 2x 8 pins on them. I used 2 separate cables with a single 8 pin on each, maybe give that a try?

Just to note tho my psu did completely fail a few months after not having any issues (caps blew RIP ax860) so maybe see if you can borrow 1 or even get 1 off Amazon cheap and send it back if its still the same. Amazon's returns are really simple.

10 hours ago, RAS_3885 said:

Sounds more like motion blur or render artifacts in those games rather than ghosting.

 

Ghosting is the result of slow pixel response times preventing them from fully changing to their new color before a new frame is drawn. You would notice it in other games if it was a monitor problem and is typically more noticeable at high refresh rates since the picture on screen is changing more frequently.

 

All G-Sync does is match the monitor's refresh rate to the FPS your GPU is outputting. This is to prevent screen tearing and make game play still feel smooth even when the FPS fluctuates. It has nothing to do with ghosting.

I think your right about the motion blur. I disabled g sync and set the monitor to its fastest response time setting and enabled anti motion blur on the monitor. Locking the frame rate to 144 and doing mentioned above has reduced it to a more acceptable level.

For some reason turning thevfreesync option on in the monitor osd disables the anti motion blur which is a shame I'd like to have them both on but I guess that's not possible

My monitors mess up on startup. The way I got around this is turn off your monitor with the display adapter. When your pc is in windows turn it back on. That fixed it for me I'm using x2 dp to dvi wires and a normal display port monitor. Pain in the rear but it works. Hope this helps 

Hi guys I have a MSI mpg27cq which had been great until recently I have noticed ghosting on mount and blade 2 bannerlord. The game isn't that well optimised so my rig will sometimes struggle to keep frame rates high.

I notice especially on trees and grass when the frame rate dips I will see a blue trail behind the object what I think is ghosting.

I have a rtx 2070 super and I'm using gsync. However what I'm not sure on is do I have to keep my framerste high to reduce the ghosting? Also will turning the gsync off and having the monitor at a constant 144hz help reduce ghosting?

I know VA panels are prone to have some ghosting but I've only ever noticed it on mount and blade and borderlands 3, every other game is flawless.

Any advice would be great as I'm not sure if using gsync is a must or not and if it is, should I try keep frames as high as possible.

Thanks