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Hello friends, Yesterday my computer started sending me a bunch of notifications about voltage and temperature. These messages are from AMD Crimson I think. I haven't been able to verify this (since goodling it only gives me information about AMD Crimson Update notifications and not warnings). I have attached a few screenshots of some of the notifications that I've seen. There have been several different types though (such as Motherboard core temp -1 degree). I've been trying to locate some log files from Crimson that can tell me more about these notification without any luck. Do anyone here have any suggestions? I posted to AMD community pages but as of yet haven't received any replies. https://community.amd.com/message/2802039 Open Hardware Monitor report Open Hardware Monitor Report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 0.8.0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Language Runtime: 4.0.30319.42000 Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.15063.0 Process Type: 64-Bit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sensors | +- ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (/mainboard) | | | +- Nuvoton NCT6776F (/lpc/nct6776f) | | +- CPU VCore : 1.032 0.92 1.24 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/0) | | +- Voltage #2 : 1.016 0.992 1.024 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/1) | | +- AVCC : 3.344 3.296 3.36 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/2) | | +- 3VCC : 3.344 3.296 3.36 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/3) | | +- Voltage #5 : 1.008 0.024 1.008 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/4) | | +- Voltage #6 : 2.04 0.048 2.04 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/5) | | +- Voltage #7 : 0.704 0.008 1.024 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/6) | | +- 3VSB : 3.408 3.392 3.408 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/7) | | +- VBAT : 0.08 0.08 3.36 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/8) | | +- CPU Core : 40.5 0 71 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/0) | | +- Temperature #1 : 1.5 1.5 1.5 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/1) | | +- Temperature #2 : 43 6 66 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/2) | | +- Temperature #3 : 36 -38 46 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/3) | | +- Fan #1 : 1048 886 65498 (/lpc/nct6776f/fan/0) | | +- Fan #2 : 2235 2153 65474 (/lpc/nct6776f/fan/1) | | +- Fan #3 : 1152 1136 1161 (/lpc/nct6776f/fan/2) | | +- Fan #4 : 899 746 1219 (/lpc/nct6776f/fan/3) | | +- Fan #5 : 1103 0 2288 (/lpc/nct6776f/fan/4) | | +- Fan Control #1 : 69.8039 60 100 (/lpc/nct6776f/control/0) | | +- Fan Control #2 : 20 20 36.4706 (/lpc/nct6776f/control/1) | | +- Fan Control #3 : 69.8039 59.6079 100 (/lpc/nct6776f/control/2) | +- Intel Core i5-2500K (/intelcpu/0) | +- Bus Speed : 100.327 100.32 100.335 (/intelcpu/0/clock/0) | +- CPU Core #1 : 1605.24 1605.2 3611.79 (/intelcpu/0/clock/1) | +- CPU Core #2 : 1605.24 1605.2 3712.12 (/intelcpu/0/clock/2) | +- CPU Core #3 : 3411.13 1605.2 3712.11 (/intelcpu/0/clock/3) | +- CPU Core #4 : 3511.46 1605.2 3712.11 (/intelcpu/0/clock/4) | +- CPU Core #1 : 48 29 80 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/0) | +- CPU Core #2 : 47 29 81 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/1) | +- CPU Core #3 : 50 29 82 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/2) | +- CPU Core #4 : 51 29 82 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/3) | +- CPU Package : 51 29 82 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/4) | +- CPU Total : 13.2813 0.390625 100 (/intelcpu/0/load/0) | +- CPU Core #1 : 14.0625 0 100 (/intelcpu/0/load/1) | +- CPU Core #2 : 9.375 0 100 (/intelcpu/0/load/2) | +- CPU Core #3 : 9.375 0 100 (/intelcpu/0/load/3) | +- CPU Core #4 : 20.3125 0 100 (/intelcpu/0/load/4) | +- CPU Package : 19.1084 8.20152 53.8573 (/intelcpu/0/power/0) | +- CPU Cores : 14.6288 4.06116 47.716 (/intelcpu/0/power/1) | +- CPU Graphics : 0.104467 0.096678 0.107392 (/intelcpu/0/power/2) | +- Generic Memory (/ram) | +- Memory : 48.4363 21.9027 58.3369 (/ram/load/0) | +- Used Memory : 3.85937 1.74519 4.64824 (/ram/data/0) | +- Available Memory : 4.10855 3.31968 6.22273 (/ram/data/1) | +- Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics (/atigpu/0) | +- GPU Core : 0.003 1.54697E+06 (/atigpu/0/voltage/0) | +- GPU Core : 1338 300 1338 (/atigpu/0/clock/0) | +- GPU Memory : 2000 2000 2000 (/atigpu/0/clock/1) | +- GPU Core : 57 36 74 (/atigpu/0/temperature/0) | +- GPU Core : 0 0 100 (/atigpu/0/load/0) | +- GPU Fan : 1048 0 2465 (/atigpu/0/fan/0) | +- GPU Fan : 34 0 61 (/atigpu/0/control/0) | +- ST2000DM001-1CH164 (/hdd/0) | +- Temperature : 34 23 36 (/hdd/0/temperature/0) | +- Used Space : 93.297 93.297 93.3026 (/hdd/0/load/0) | +- INTEL SSDSC2MH120A2 (/hdd/1) | +- Used Space : 76.8579 76.7697 76.8787 (/hdd/1/load/0) | +- Remaining Life : 100 100 100 (/hdd/1/level/0) | +- Host Writes : 360.969 351.188 360.969 (/hdd/1/data/0) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parameters | +- ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (/mainboard) | | | +- Nuvoton NCT6776F (/lpc/nct6776f) | | | | | +- CPU VCore (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/0) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Voltage #2 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/1) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- AVCC (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/2) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- 3VCC (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/3) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Voltage #5 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/4) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Voltage #6 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/5) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Voltage #7 (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/6) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 0 : 0 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 1 : 1 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- 3VSB (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/7) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- VBAT (/lpc/nct6776f/voltage/8) | | | +- Ri [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Rf [kΩ] : 34 : 34 | | | +- Vf [V] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- CPU Core (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/0) | | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Temperature #1 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/1) | | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Temperature #2 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/2) | | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0 | | | | | +- Temperature #3 (/lpc/nct6776f/temperature/3) | | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0 | +- Intel Core i5-2500K (/intelcpu/0) | | | +- CPU Core #1 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/0) | | +- TjMax [°C] : 98 : 98 | | +- TSlope [°C] : 1 : 1 | | | +- CPU Core #2 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/1) | | +- TjMax [°C] : 98 : 98 | | +- TSlope [°C] : 1 : 1 | | | +- CPU Core #3 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/2) | | +- TjMax [°C] : 98 : 98 | | +- TSlope [°C] : 1 : 1 | | | +- CPU Core #4 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/3) | | +- TjMax [°C] : 98 : 98 | | +- TSlope [°C] : 1 : 1 | | | +- CPU Package (/intelcpu/0/temperature/4) | | +- TjMax [°C] : 98 : 98 | | +- TSlope [°C] : 1 : 1 | +- Generic Memory (/ram) | +- Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics (/atigpu/0) | +- ST2000DM001-1CH164 (/hdd/0) | | | +- Temperature (/hdd/0/temperature/0) | | +- Offset [°C] : 0 : 0 | +- INTEL SSDSC2MH120A2 (/hdd/1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainboard SMBIOS Version: 2.6 BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Version: 3802 System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Name: System Product Name System Version: System Version Mainboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 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Counter Frequency: 3310.8 MHz MSR Core #1 MSR EDX EAX 000000CE 00001000 70012100 00000198 0000285A 00002300 0000019C 00000000 882D0000 000001A2 00000000 00621200 000001B1 00000000 882D0000 00000606 00000000 000A1003 00000611 00000000 4CC272F1 00000639 00000000 7EFD43E8 00000641 00000000 047003A2 MSR Core #2 MSR EDX EAX 000000CE 00001000 70012100 00000198 00002764 00002300 0000019C 00000000 88310000 000001A2 00000000 00621200 000001B1 00000000 882D0000 00000606 00000000 000A1003 00000611 00000000 4CC272F1 00000639 00000000 7EFD43E8 00000641 00000000 047003A2 MSR Core #3 MSR EDX EAX 000000CE 00001000 70012100 00000198 00002764 00002300 0000019C 00000000 88310000 000001A2 00000000 00621200 000001B1 00000000 882D0000 00000606 00000000 000A1003 00000611 00000000 4CC272F1 00000639 00000000 7EFD43E8 00000641 00000000 047003A2 MSR Core #4 MSR EDX EAX 000000CE 00001000 70012100 00000198 00002764 00002300 0000019C 00000000 882F0000 000001A2 00000000 00621200 000001B1 00000000 882D0000 00000606 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0x7A3D6A00 AdapterIndex: 3 isActive: 0 AdapterName: Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_67DF&SUBSYS_94801682&REV_C7_4&38AC18AC&0&0009&04A Present: 1 VendorID: 0x1002 BusNumber: 2 DeviceNumber: 0 FunctionNumber: 0 AdapterID: 0x7A3D6A00 AdapterIndex: 4 isActive: 0 AdapterName: Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_67DF&SUBSYS_94801682&REV_C7_4&38AC18AC&0&0009&05A Present: 1 VendorID: 0x1002 BusNumber: 2 DeviceNumber: 0 FunctionNumber: 0 AdapterID: 0x7A3D6A00 AdapterIndex: 5 isActive: 0 AdapterName: Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics UDID: PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_67DF&SUBSYS_94801682&REV_C7_4&38AC18AC&0&0009&06A Present: 1 VendorID: 0x1002 BusNumber: 2 DeviceNumber: 0 FunctionNumber: 0 AdapterID: 0x7A3D6A00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GenericHarddisk Drive name: ST2000DM001-1CH164 Firmware version: CC26 ID Description Raw Value Worst Value Thres Physical 01 Read Error Rate 7817740A0000 99 118 6 - 03 Spin-Up Time 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FE3300006A15 253 100 0 - F1 Total LBAs Written C55B03DA0800 253 100 0 - F2 Total LBAs Read 3D89CA881300 253 100 0 - Logical drive name: D:\ Format: NTFS Total size: 2000263573504 Total free space: 134078685184 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSDIntel Drive name: INTEL SSDSC2MH120A2 Firmware version: PPG4 ID Description Raw Value Worst Value Thres Physical 03 Spin-Up Time 000000000000 100 100 0 - 04 Start/Stop Count 000000000000 100 100 0 0 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 000000000000 100 100 0 - 09 Power-On Hours (POH) 296200000000 100 100 0 25129 0C Power Cycle Count 7A0700000000 100 100 0 1914 C0 Unsafe Shutdown Count 7F0000000000 100 100 0 - E1 Host Writes 1F2D00000000 100 100 0 360.9688 E8 Remaining Life 000000000000 100 100 10 100 E9 Media Wear Out Indicator 000000000000 74 74 0 - Logical drive name: C:\ Format: NTFS Total size: 119439093760 Total free space: 27640758272

Failed purchase... or so it seems. I need to flash BIOS to support Kaby Lake, and to do that it seems like I need a skylake CPU (gen 6). Is there any way to flash the bios to support my kaby lake CPU without going out and purchasing a cheap i3? MB: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming CPU: i7 7700k

Not overclocked atm no. I've run the machine stable on 4.5ghz before though. And no, didn't reinstall it. Is that recommended?

okay, I was thinking that since I increased the graphics settings by quite a lot it could be there. But perhaps that will also lead to higher use of main memory. I will have a look and see which application is the memory thief. Thanks for the quick reply.

Recently I upgraded my graphics card from an old 6950 2GB to an RX 480 8GB, I did this without upgrading my old machine in any other way. I've had tiny bit of problem with Ark: Survival Evolved crashing and windows citing out of memory as the reason. I was just wondering, could this be a problem between my main memory and video memory having some issues? (The problem occurred after I switched to the new graphics card). So my main question is. Is there any problem with having less than or equal amount of video memory as main memory? Current build. RAM: Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 8GB Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3, Socket-1155 CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K PSU: Corsair TX 750W GFX: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Black Edition

Thanks @scottyseng and @TheRandomness works fine with the 6+2 pin. Just confused me a bit.

Hey all, I just got my new XFX radeon rx 480 GTR which needs an 8 pin connector from the PSU. Sadly my PSU only comes with a bunch for 6 pin (with an attached 2pin on the side) (have a corsair tx750) With the gpu came a two 6 pin to one 8 pin adapter. Should I use the included adapter or stick with the 6+2 connectors that come from the PSU?

@YongKang and @Nena360 you hijacked my thread and went a tiny teeny bit off topic it seems Does the rating of gigabyte that clearly is shit matter at all? Anyhow. If I may draw your attention back to the discussion again. If we compare XFX Radeon RX 480 GTR Black Edition HDMI 3xDP 8GB and XFX Radeon RX 480 Black Edition HDMI 3xDP 8GB. What are the differences here with these two after market cards?

So, there is a big difference between, let's say, XFX Radeon RX 480 GTR Black Edition HDMI 3xDP 8GB and XFX Radeon RX 480 Black Edition HDMI 3xDP 8GB? Is the only difference the IO and cooling effect of stock cooler and the GTR? Also noticed that the Stock cooled one have GPU boost, does that make a difference?

I really like how long the card I have atm has survived. XFX HD 6950 2GB still run a lot of games quite well. BF4 with decent settings is 60FPS somehow. As far as I can tell the price for a RX 480 8GB and a 1060 6GB are very near identical. Now I've been looking at the: * Asus Radeon RX 480 Strix Gaming OC 2xHDMI 2xDP 8GB http://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?e=3800867 * Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Strix Gaming OC 2xHDMI 2xDP 6GB http://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?e=3765969

I do play Cities: Skylines, also play Civ V which I guess would benefit from the 6700k. What are the arguments for going with the 6600 instead of the 6700?

My intention was to buy a i7 6700k on a Z170 motherboard.

Thanks for the clarification of DX11/12 and vram for 1440p. Atm I have a really shitty monitor which is 60hz 1080p, this is the last part I will upgrade though since I use triple monitor setup (only play on main discplay). With that said, will it make any difference which card I choose if I run three monitors? (can both cards handle a fourth? (TV)).

Yeah I've been looking at which CPU today gives best single core performance since Bohemia Interactive don't know shit about how to optimize their game for more than one core That is a later issue though (I have my CPU OC to 4.5ghz so Arma 3 is actually quite ok atm). Also noted that I will not go for the 3GB model. Why did they even release that? ...

I am about to start to upgrade my ancient machine and can't decide on which graphics card I want/need. Currently I mostly use the machine for programming and games (mostly Arma 3 Exile mod and ARK Survival Evolved) both these games are quite taxing on my system atm. ARK def. need a graphics upgrade to work at least moderately well So, any tips are welcome. I plan to upgrade all parts of the machine in the coming months. Just want to start with the graphics card since it is the biggest bottle neck. I can afford around $350 or so but rather pay as little as possible since I'm a student. Atm I have the following specs. CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Processor MB: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3, Socket-1155 RAM: Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 8GB PSU: Corsair TX 750W PSU GFX: XFX Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 "Dual Fan" SSD: Intel® SSD 510 Series 120GB 2.5" Chassi: Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl