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Rumor has it even plays Crysis !

could be a short of some kind ? Some PGA chips will still work with a few bent/broken pins. also, what AIO ? unplugging the pump cable will not stop it, just that you can't monitor parameters iinw.

An air cooler might not be the best solution for a chip that runs that hot ? You could try set your fan curves in the BIOS rather than with software.

Arr you running a UPS for the outages ?

They're legit. Check reviews from reputable tech folk on the matter. There should be no "Ethical concerns" on it whatsoever as long as its for personal use. If you're running a business of some sort, otoh, you should probably buy it ? There's tonnes of legit game key sites too, and they mostly work so.. :shrug:

Shame about the grainy pics, tsk. I think it's allrite though, should last a good couple years and then some before it starts ageing on me.

Lian Li Galahad 360 CLC/AIO Lian Li Lancool 216 "Air Flow Focus" case Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX Gigabyte 16x4 Aorus RAM CM 800 watt something PSU Samsung 980pro OS and a couple of 4 and 6 TB mechanical 1440p res @ 144hz monitor, LG something running free sync.

clear CMOS and reset the BIOS. also try reseating the CPU and check the socket, a spec of dirt or hair etc can cause problems. good luck.

Yep, just 3 but I did good research around them, parts, and on how to best mix/match, fit and fix together. i5 2500k / gtx 970 / 16 gig DDR3 that's the old boy, with a few upgrades over the years, still good. i7 7700k / gtx 1070 / 16 gig DDR4 (works great but somewhat salty about this because cores became a thing right after lol) R5 3600 / gtx 2060 / 16 gig DDR4

So these sticks now come clocked at the advertised speeds right out of the box, as in, no need to mess with the xmp etc ? I was under the impression all of them have to be manually set to the desired config.

Already sort of finalized on the mobo/chip combo. It will be a b450 platform housing a R5 3600 and 16 (2 x 8)GB of 3600MHz rated memory. @Mateyyy @Sa1tama @Aristotle2019thanks for the replys to you guys too. Have anything to add ?

3700x ? You should consider a motherboard upgrade to an x470/570 platform. "Ryzen likes fast RAM" so goes the saying, and about 3600 MHz is the sweetspot they say, also pretty looking sticks if you care about that sort of thing. Check reviews on these ones for your chip and board combo. Not going to pretend I understand all of it but watch some GamersNexus or Buildzoid videos you will need better cooling than the stock cooler once you're pushing that chip hard, you'll also need a motherboard with a high quality power delivery system and cooling them "voltage regulator module thingamajings" Is your 650 watt up to it and can handle a 1080 and OC'd everything ? Not sure, someone else can answer that.

Hey everyone, so I need this done in the very near future, I appreciate any help any of you may have to offer. Ryzen 3600 on an MSI B450 Tomahawk board, 3600MHz rated "Adata" RAM, an 8x 2 rgb kit. Not planning to overclock it just yet but I am cannibalizing an old PC for parts and have a Corsair H100i 240mm AiO, as well as a Thermaltake something 550 watt PSU (hmm?), as well as an old GTX 960 GPU for now. Going to be a mobo box open system for now but I am looking for a good case and to eventually make it all pretty etc Are those M.2 Nvmes really worth it just so you get a quicker boot or is a good old SATA SSD just as good, I'm sort of leaning toward the latter.. I'd like for the case to be able to support at least 2 mechanical hdds. Any ATX will do, would prefer a compact'ish solution though. Thanks !

Awesome, glad it worked out \m/

Flip those bottom fans over so that they intake and feed the GPU some fresh air. One should be enough, and put the other one as an exhaust behind the CPU cooler. Kind of hard to tell from the pic, but is the fan on the cooler pulling air through the finstack and exhausting it out or is it pushing air through and into the case ? I'd have it pull and exhaust out the back, and put a case fan there to help the hot air escape. The cooler fan could also be oriented differently to manage that cable better.

saltyness increases lol got the 7700k couple years back though, still games good on my TV

what about adaptive refresh rates, count for much ? my info is the previous post I quoted, thanks.

Of course, thought about that actually. My setup is a not very big room with both a regular PC desk with a 22" or something old 1080p normal old monitor, and an 40 inch Sony TV (both 60Hz) on which I game as well from the couch area. into a lot of different type of games but I like the eye candy in a lot of AAA titles, Witcher 3, Mass Effect 3, GTA V, Ghost Recon: Wildlands etc.Also Arma 3 and flight sims like DCS, IL2 Sturmovik etc currently running what some would say is an overpowered PC for a 1080p 60Hz thing but it's not as smooth as I'd like it to be sometimes. hoping a monitor upgrade will fix it. A smooth 60fps works just fine for me too but those 1% lows etc can get really annoying. Does G-Sync/FreeSync really make a difference if your PC is outputting 60 and above constantly with no dips ?

seriously. The only 4k or "ultra HD" displays I've ever seen are maybe the odd TV display in a storefront running their default flowers and waterfalls etc scenery lol. Also video reviews of 4K monitor and gaming, but through 1080p displays. anyone else here who has never laid eyes on 4k in 2019 ? how much better is it for gaming ? as big a jump as it was from standard def CRTs to 1080p "HD" back in the day ? does that level of resolution eliminate the need for anti aliasing ? and how big a jump is it, going from 1080 to 1440p for gaming ? refresh rates being equal, say 60Hz. or, is it better to stay at 1080p and go for higher frames ? I'm not into any online or competitive MP shooters etc, single player RPGs like The Witcher etc are my thing mostly. Thanks for any feedback.

wow, those underwater city blocks look cool AF. check this guy out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb2b9f9LAWw

No, not to my knowledge at least. It'll just reset your XMP profile/RAM and CPU to default clocks. Try that for a while and see if that fixes the problem.

unplug all other storage but for the OS drive and reset BIOS to factory settings and see if you can get into windows ?

Guitar, electronic music production and am just getting back into scale modelling with Airfix kits etc, fighter planes, armour and ships and stuff but I suck at it. Still need to get an airbrush with a compressor. I'd also like to some day get into aqua scaping (organic aquariums) Check out these youtube channels for a hobby idea for yourself maybe: ^these guys are masters and real artists.. also, I think Jason jayz2cents is kind of into scale modelling ships etc too, he put some of those weathering and decal skills to good use for that external rad mount case mod he did for his friend not too long ago. Airbrush/spray painting is a very cool trick to mask ugly ketchup/mustard cabling, useful skill for PC enthusiasts.

Interesting topic. Higher temps for sake of looks or saving more money is fine for most use cases. Microchips are built to withstand very high temps. no, because.. forever ? nah, because building new ones is fun, right ? Yes, we probably are at a point where computers last close to a decade and are still good "gaming" PCs, if with a few upgrades [GPU mostly, but also maybe adding more RAM, or upgrading storage to faster/better/newer solutions (if your MOBO allows it)] I finally upgraded from an i5 2500k on a z77 board (2011) to an i7 7700k a couple years ago because I finally ran into a game where it was maxing out (100% all 4 cores) and bottle-necking a gtx1070 at 1080p resolution even with compromising on visual settings. Still plays most AAA titles you throw at it reasonably well at 1080p, still have that as a secondary system and suspect I'll keep it for a few more years easy, its currently paired with a gtx960 and OC'd to 4.6 and cooled by a 240mm AIO, it's still a pretty good system for my needs. Temps and airflow will become a concern when it eventually gets to the point where you need faster clock speeds to get decent frames and push more voltage into your chips because if you don't you'll run into throttling issues, BSODs, artifacting, frame drops and all sorts of other nasty tech-herpes etc lol In my upgrade cycle I started with the 2500k at stock clocks and a gtx 460 and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 and all mechanical spinning HDDs. Then I upgraded to a sata SSD for the OS (made a remarkable difference). GPU upgrade cycle went from a 460 to a 660ti to a 960 and finally a 1070. Also added an extra 8 gigs of RAM much later. And then a 240 AIO when I took it to 4.6 and things got too hot for the 212 ! Also upgraded from XP to win 7 on the software end and always maintained a super clean and lean (no bloatware or any of that garbage) Important to mention that I was always going for a high/ultra 60fps at 1080p computer for gaming. The 2500k is still a pretty good chip, I'm keeping the old boy alive for the foreseeable future. It all really depends on: a. Your use case, what you want to do with it and how far you're willing to compromise on graphical fidelity etc down the line. and, more importantly perhaps... b. What game and other application devs decide to do with all these mainstream multi-core, multi-threading capable chips that are out now. My 7700k and 1070 are at stock clocks on the z270 for now, still at 1080p but its comforting to know that this combo could push a 1440p high/ultra display/output, and maybe even perform admirably at 4k (I'm fine with 60fps, who the hell needs AA etc at 4k anyway?) For any new gaming oriented builders with a long term vision for their build, HEDT chips and custom water loops with many radiators etc is totally overkill and a waste of money, but do get an unlocked chip and a motherboard with a good power delivery system so that further down the line, should the need arise for you, you have the option to "turn it to eleven" and keep up with the latest games and processors of the future with a simple cooler upgrade. Take a lawn-blower to your system once a month, just remember to hold the fans in place and not let them spin, get rid of any dust build up regularly and you're good for many many years with basically any computer build even with a stock cooler.

A better AM4 CPU, check compatibility (a simple BIOS update will hopefully allow for an R5 2600 or something) and a high refresh rate 1440 or 1080p freesync monitor. You'll appreciate the extra frames in CS: GO and it'll be an overall much better/smoother gaming experience in other AAA titles etc. No need for any extra or beefier cooling if you're not being thermal throttled.