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Foef_Yet_Flalf

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  1. It doesn't seem like its worth the money for you to upgrade at the moment. Wait several generations in the future for your money to become more valuable.
  2. This person is correct. Also, most people spell the finned mass of metal atop a heat source a "heat sink."
  3. It might be true that the RX570/580 has better value for gaming performance, but not unless Mlek00 could utilize the increased gaming performance. This is especially the case when pairing the gfx card with an i7-2600K, which will bottleneck higher-end GPUs0. OP might not even be able to take advantage of the better performance of the 570/580 without also buying a new CPU and potentially a new motherboard.
  4. It depends on which model. The full-size version is $170 USD on amazon, but newegg offers the low-profile version as well and has more listings. Go for the cheaper 1050 Ti. Given your existing hardware anything more powerful risks other components bottlenecking.
  5. If you want something that looks nice, my old build had four of Kingston's HyperX 4 Gigabyte Sticks, available on amazon in 8GB pairs. They are available in multiple colors and speeds. The memory speeds shouldn't be a huge concern to you, and they don't make much difference in price regardless.
  6. It depends on how cost-effective the current options are. How many slots does your motherboard have for DDR3 RAM?
  7. A 1050 Ti will be good for what you plan to do with your PC. I would suggest purchasing more RAM, as 4GB will be pushing any modern title.
  8. Like I said, your PC will always have a poorer connection to the internet, and your television will have a stronger connection. The television might be using your bandwidth, but your connection is going to be poor regardless.
  9. You are on the right track. The networked television is using bandwidth that could be used by your PC during gameplay. Wifi and Ethernet are essentially two different methods that computers use to communicate with other network hardware. I am assuming that both your machine and the television are connected to the same modem, which communicates via coax or satellite with your ISP. Unfortunately, your machine will never be able to connect to the internet at speeds that the television enjoys, simply because Ethernet is always uninhibited electrical signals, and wifi is just radio, which attenuates through walls and the air.
  10. Dude, you need to give more information if you expect help.
  11. I'm assuming you have a build with both an SSD and HDD? OS always goes on the SSD as a rule. Unless, however, you're looking for mid 2000s responsiveness.
  12. When the PC starts up normally, iCUE sees the usb-connected AIO. I put the PC to sleep via a hotkey that runs a script (managed by iCUE). When waking from that state, iCUE no longer sees the AIO, and the lighting defaults to the hardware lighting I set a while ago. Strangely, sometimes it no longer shows up in the devices list, and other times it does, but the visualization of the lights is frozen, and iCUE stutters. iCUE version 3.30.89, Plat firmware 1.01.15 I would like for iCUE to see the equipment without doing a full restart each time. Things I have tried: Unplugging the usb cable from the AIO head, plugging it back in Ending and restarting icue.exe Identifying that Device manager does see an AIO installed via USB Stopping and restarting corsair service (stopping is unsuccessful, status stays on "stopping" indefinitely)
  13. As the other comments say, we need more info on your existing hardware, what performance you want/expect, and what you expect to spend on the upgrade. At any rate, the new Ampere-based Nvidia GPUs may be coming out soon, so Nvidia are releasing lower cost versions of their cards based on Turing architecture, most notably the GTX 1650 Ultra, which uses the same chip from the 2070. Given your existing card (and nothing else) I suggest waiting for that hardware release.
  14. When you say plexiglass, I assume you're speaking about acrylic plastic. However the photo you posted suggests that it is polycarbonate. Can you confirm one way or another? Acrylic will usually have edges that are foggy and have one or both sides covered in adhesive paper. In my experience acrylic "glass" panels feel pretty premium and are thick, usually hard to microscratch. Polycarbonate has injection-moulding seam and witness marks. In my experience, polycarbonate comes to the customer covered in a clear thin plastic covering that is removed during installation. It is crap and scratches really easily, and looks ugly. It has a huge bunch of flex and the panel feels cheap and thin.
  15. A "factory reset' will probably not be the first thing I try. I would clear your CMOS first, reset the BIOS settings.
  16. I just tried adjusting the fanspeed with MSI Afterburner, to no avail. There has to be some software that's screwing up the built-in fan curve.
  17. Yep, they keep spinning. I hear them still, after a half-hour of uptime.
  18. Modern CPUs, both the Intel and AMD flavor, support the x86-64 architecture by default. I bed you'll have to look pretty hard to find a 32 bit CPU nowadays. At any rate, A modern CPU will support 32 and 64 bit OSs and software. Using 32 bit OSs limits your maximum amount of RAM to 4GB. I highly recommend purchasing the x64-bit version.
  19. I have a Zotac RTX 2070 Super Mini installed onto a Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I with an Intel i7-9700K. The build was running perfectly fine. I installed custom PSU cables for the Mobo and GPU, and ever since the GPU has been running its fans at 100%. Speccy reports the Card's temps as normal (35°C). Task Manager reports <30% GPU usage. The thing is, it only does this when booted to Windows normally. In the UEFI and Safe Mode, the card runs fans normally. I don't have any fan control software installed, nothing from Zotac or Asus. Corsair's ICUE does not see the card. When I DID have Zotac Firestorm installed, GPU fan control is useless, and the fans were still at 100%. Any one have any insight into this? I am very perplexed.
  20. Sounds like a great candidate for Old Laptop duty. Put it into a laptop that feels sluggish as a replacement to the 2.5" HDD, and you have a perfect present for your computer-curious cousin.
  21. Wow, that bracket looks really cool. I will have to keep that in mind next time I want to do a SFF build. In the end I opted to return the oversized card without test-fitting and get the Zotac Super Mini RTX 2070, which has plenty of clearance below and behind in my case.
  22. The "nub" is a removable addon, but I see your point. I've looked at some vertical mounts but it doesn't seem like they'd work with this case.
  23. I have a card arriving in the mail soon that I didn't realize until an hour ago is actually 2.7 PCIe slot units in height. The case that I've already put hours into installing and cable managing can only support cards with a maximum of 2.5 PCIe slot units. I really like the card and the case. The motherboard I have supposedly has an "extra-durable" PCIe slot. I'm unsure if I should try to fit in this card which may damage both itself and the motherboard, or refuse the parcel, initiating a return. Does anyone have any advice about whether or not 1/5 of a PCIe slot unit makes a difference here? Relevant parts: Motherboard, Asus ROG Strix Z390-I Graphics Card, Asus RTX 2070 Super Ovclkd 8G EVO Case, NZXT H210i
  24. The Corsair Carbide 100R Mid-Tower case might be perfect for you. no PSU shroud, cheap (I got it for $55 a couple years ago), plain, removable drive bay, and 5 1/4" bays if necessary. Here's the Corsair site listing. Unfortunately it isn't available from amazon directly, and the Newegg listing is inordinately expensive.
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