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WeeemRCB

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  1. Hi I'm hoping someone's come across this issue before and can help point me in the right direction as I'm a bit stuck. My current gaming/workstation rig has an i7-6850 and I've used it for many years without a hitch. But it's due an upgrade and so I'm moving to Team Red with a 3rd gen R9 CPU and Mobo. I customise my systems quite a lot, but I want to do a fresh install for the AMD platform. So the plan was to image my boot partition (100Gb) and then port it to VirtualBox so I can fire it up whenever I want to refer to the old install then trash the old VM after 6 months or so. I've tested it so far by: 1. In Windows, create a 100Gb VHD File/Drive 2. Use Macrium Reflect to create the .mrimg image 3. Use Macruim to restore the image to the new windows VHD drive/file from (1) 4. Unmount the VHD File/Drive 5. Attaching it to a new VirtualBox Machine set up as my "snapshot" 6. Start the VM with Networking off to prevent a DHCP conflict On my i7 machine it boots up and runs no problem, but when I try it on an AMD PC I have, it fails to run. (3rd Gen R7 CPU) I'm getting BSOD on boot-up with: AsiO.sys But it does start up in safe-mode + networking In my mind this points to drivers, but I don't know which drivers it's looking for or if it's because of the AMD Chipset and in which case how to get AMD drivers installed. Any advise welcome.
  2. With Afterburner I've lowered the Power Limit, Core Clock and Memory Clock on my GPU so it runs cool without much loss in Cuda processing and so I can still do my day job at the same time. I can still crank out a WU every couple hours like this Working well so far
  3. Sounds like it's time to drill a hole ...
  4. Change the Chassis fan to PWM and do manual settings to keep the fans as low as possible up to 60C Click apply and the Chassis fans should immediately quieten down You can then fine tune the fan curve the way you want. Failing that it may not be plugged int the mobo Chassis header quite right. Sometimes the Chassis Fan plug is next to the AIO/Pump headers and it's not clear which one you're plugged in to. or the Chassis fan is monitoring something else - the Bios settings might let you set the Chassis fan to monitor any or all of CPU, Mobo, VRM temps etc... The motherboard should also have a monitor page In there you can see fan speed and other temps all on the one page that may help if something's running hotter than it should be Lastly, if you have a Noctua case fan, they usually come with a low-noise adaptor cable you add in-line to the fan's power cable which drops the fan speed as a % Or maybe you have the cable installed and it's overriding the Mobo control(?)
  5. Try 2 things: 1) Re-Seat the memory. It may be the contact isn't quite 100% on the ram so a quick eject and plug them back and and retest If that doesn't work: 2) Dial it back a bit. Just because the memory says 3200Mhz doesn't guarantee it'll hit those numbers. Keep stepping it back until you have a stable system e,g, I have 3200Mhz RAM in both my PCs My gaming rig is stable 1 step below 3200Mhz. If i set it to 3200Mhz I get the same error as you My daily driver PC will run 3200Mhz no problem. Maybe more, but I haven't fiddled with it as it's a major pain in the butt getting into the ITX case to reset the CMOS if it needs it.
  6. I got the Asus board today, Few hours to swap them over and I'm up and running. Even on the stock setup it was running quieter and controlling the voltages better than the MSI board. Quick BIOS update then a whiz through the bios and 5 minutes later I finally have the system as I wanted. Locked it at 3.6Mhz @ 1.1V RAM left on auto voltage @ 3200Mhz 21W on idle, 65W maxed out. Cinibench R20 gets me a 4200 score. Not as fast as when it was self clocking, but it's still 34% faster than my Gaming PC's 4.3Ghz i7-6850 I further improved things with another run through the bios to tweak the CPU and Chassis fans to Manual settings. It so quiet now - esp for an ITX case. Only once I get some cpu load on it it'll ramp up, but it quietens down really fast after. Really Happy now Cheers for the help.
  7. Could the ASUS ROG Strix B450 (+X470) Gaming mobos be added to the list plz? Ta
  8. Yea. You and me .... same idea My gaming PC has an Asus Strix X99 with an i7-6850 which I overclocked no problem. (4.7Mhz stable, 4.3Mhz for daily use) I only went for the MSI as the ASUS B450 boards were trashed in the Motherboard Tier List thread and MSI recommended instead. Here's the follow-up from MSI Support. I contacted them with the subject "How to control Multiplier and voltage of CPU" explaining that the voltage was all over the place and I looked all through the bios and couldn't see where the options were for me to OC/UC it myself. Their reply was: Thanks for contacting MSI technical support. Regarding your concern, we are sorry, but would you please adjust the options CPU ratio and CPU voltage in BIOS for a try? Like ... yea? So I replied saying that's what I wanted to do and asked them how to do that in the their Lite BIOS as I couldn't see where the settings were. They replied: We are sorry, can you find them in BIOS-->Overclocking? ... 5 minutes later and I had an RMA to Amazon and a new ASUS ROG Strix B450-I Gaming on its way (comes today ..wooo )
  9. I give in and have contacted MSI support in an attempt to getting the power under control 'cos this this noisy when it should be silent when idle When they reply I'll post here in case someone else has the same setup/issue
  10. Thanks for the reply TBH, I don't think I can change the core clock even if I wanted to. A lot of the Click GSE Lite BIOS looks like it's locked down so I can't change much. Even the CPU and System fan speeds are hard set and can't be changed.
  11. Hi I just put together my first AMD build and it all went pretty smoothly, but the CPU voltages are all over the place and I need a little help calming it down. Use: All-use desktop, some video rendering and photoshop. Not gaming Mobo: MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC (ITX) CPU: Ryzen 3700X RAM: 2x16Gb Corsair 3200Mhz Cooler: Noctua NH-L9A-AM4 One thing I noticed was that the BIOS looked old. Like a 2009 bios rather than a 2019 one. I flashed to the latest revision (7A40vAB) and it's still the same. After a bit of digging about I see that it was due to a memory limitation on the Mobo and increasing compatibility meant that they sacrificed looks and reverted from a Click 5 Bios to the older Click GSE Lite one. Fair enough. It's not like I'll be in there once it's set up Running stock with XMP enabled to allow the RAM to run at full 3200Mhz it looked fine. But I noticed in MSI Afterburner that the temps would often fluctuate a lot even when there was very little load on the CPU. So using CPU-Z I watched and see the CPU voltage was all over the place which explained the temperature fluctuations. When idle it ranges anywhere from 0.25V(parked cores?) to 1.41V Put a small load on it and it run at anywhere from 1.07V - 1.48V and the CPU temps fluctuate a lot from mid 40s - mid 50s as a result. But if I really load up the CPU with Cinebench R20 or something like that it runs at about 1.44v @ 4300Mhz for 3-4s and then drops to 1.29V @ 4000Mhz (final score 4770) with temps rising from 74C start to 84C at the end. Really inconsistent... and hot thanks to the smaller cooler and ITX case Is there a way to cap the voltage to, say 1.2V? In the BIOS, under Overclocking it shows: CPU Core Voltage: 1.472V CPU NB/SoC Voltage: 1097V If I try to change the CPU Core Voltage: Override Mode Override CPU Core Voltage: [AUTO] is the only option I have CPU Core Voltage: Offset Mode CPU Offset Mode Mark: [AUTO, +, - ] are my options CPU Offset Voltage: [AUTO] - is the only option I have for all the above? CPU Core Voltage: AMD Overclocking Override CPU Core Voltage: [AUTO] - only option Max Voltage Offset: [AUTO, -25mV, -50mV, -75mV, -100mV] That doesn't seem enough.
  12. It would be really cool if they started signing their work (as Taran suggested from @ 23:29) so the guys become less invisible. Maybe not in the video itself as end credits, but have the main scriptwriter, presenter, camera and editor (and others) in the video description area below the video. That would be pretty sweet.
  13. Ta I'll keep that in mind if I update my gaming PC (and move the 3700x into it)
  14. Re: giveaway: And the winner iiiis? Not me, but where would it be announced? By email or something?
  15. Nope, but I'm happy with the ASUS products I already have, so I come back for more
  16. If I'm reading this right - your drive has a single partition and you're trying to offload just Windows OS to an SSD for fast boot and free up the current drive only for data? If so then I don't think you can separate just the Windows install from your drive with tools like Macrium. If you have another PC available (borrow one even) then you could: Put the SSD in the donor PC and install basic Windows on the SSD Then install the drivers for the hardware that's in your main computer so that it's all ready for when you swap drives. Use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer over your userprofile and other settings you think you from the old HDD to the SSD. Once complete, swap the SSD into your computer and try to boot it up. It might take a couple of boots as it adjusts to the new system and applies the drivers, but it should work. Once done then add the old HDD to the PC and rename the drive (to D or something like that). Use it for a week until you're happy with it and once you are then you can format it or try removing the old WIndows install files/folders (format will be much cleaner tho) If it doesn't work then you can always put the old HDD back in as the primary and carry on as you are now
  17. Macrium Reflect is a brilliant tool to do it. I've done it a couple times and you don't have to power off the machine which is great (unlike older solutions like Symantec Ghost which runs from a boot CD) It's free for home/personal use and worst case scenario - it doesn't work so you plug your old drive back in and have another go. It's been 100% for me so far (win7 and win10)
  18. You could use the 970 as a dedicated method of recording game footage (using OBS) Not streaming, but offloading a high bitrate NVENC recording so that it doesn't interfere with your CPU/GPU gameplay.
  19. Sry yes - PCIe slot. Some boards have one immediately under the GPU slot making it unusable I guess I'd better look at the ASUS TUF Gaming B450M-PRO At least the PCIe is above the GPU in that one (which is kinda odd) Thanks - saved me a headache
  20. Ack - I just found this thread and now I'm worried that my Mobo doesn't have the chops for my 3700X I don't see mine on the list, but it's an ASUS Prime B450M-A Micro ATX (product link) I've not opened the boxes yet (thankfully) so I could switch it for another. Note: I need a PCI slot for an Elgato HD60 Pro which limits my options I think?
  21. I need some help in choosing a case and motherboard for a new PC build. I'm looking to replace my Laptop which hasn't moved from my desk for 3+ years and making a mini-pc is the way I want to go as at least I can upgrade parts in the future (cue laptop regret). I've specced out some basic parts already for this new system so you can see where I'm going with the build: PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB Phoenix OC Video Card Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 4k Monitor: tbd Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-11 14:28 GMT+0000 PC use: It'll need to be power efficient and it's not intended for gaming. Instead, it'll be used for some data crunching / compiling, some VM, video editing, plex media server and as an encoding/streaming PC. Currently I game and stream from the same PC. My i7-6850 does it, but limited encoding and there a noise cost. I'd likely keep an underclock profile in the BIOS for 90% of use during daily menial tasks and then an overclock profile for when I'm working on a project and need to unleash the full Ryzen potential. Kinda similar to the system in the > We built a PC more efficient than a console! < video that LTT recently released. The space I have is fairly limited which is why I'd love to have a small form factor case like a Parvum Systems case or Ncase M1 But the only problem I have with that (other than the 2x cost of MiniITX) is that I wouldn't have any space to put my Elgato card for game capture The smallest Micro ATX case I could find was the InWin 301, but surely there's smaller options than that? Can anyone recommend a small case that would fit a MicroATX or is my only option a MiniITX and using OBS NDI for game capture?
  22. so..... save on the GPU and beef up the CPU and let it do all the heavy lifting? As a (cheaper) alternative, could I get just a 1660 Super and use it in my gaming rig to handle new NVENC encoding leaving my 1080Ti to handle gaming?
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