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Yea I mean... who'd buy one of those... No but seriously, I got one on black Friday. How bad are they? I'm not fussed about speed, but reliability is fairly important

It does if the parts genuinely are military grade. Higher operating temperature range, longer MTBF.

Try running off of your on board graphics (plug monitor into motherboard), and see if the problem persists. If this solves the problem, then RMA your graphics card. Hope this helps

Is the broken USB front panel connector plugged into the mobo? If the USB port is broken in such a way that it's shorting, then this could stop the board from booting. If it is plugged in, try booting with it unplugged. Hope this helps

No need for this. As far as I understood, RAID caused drives to be more likely to fail. It's not that I don't know what I'm talking about, because if I didn't, as you suggest, I wouldn't say anything. As you said, when rebuilding a RAID array, drives can be stressed to the point of failure if they are already worn. I understand this doesn't apply to RAID 1, 0 or 10, but what I said is still true. Maybe I should have included "should your array ever need rebuilding, it can stress drives to the point of failure" rather than just "it can cause drives to be more likely to fail". I understand and agree with what you're saying, but I don't believe it disagrees with what I said, and I don't think what I said was misinformation.

Then mark solved please

Not sure if anyone said this or not as I only skim read the thread. However, remember that putting drives in RAID means that they are more likely to fail than if they're running standalone. RAID puts significantly more stress on the drive than standalone operation. Not something that should necessarily put you off, but something to consider

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My favourite is when they say "we're calling about your computer". You reply with "Oh! My Mac?" They inevitably say "Yes! That's the one!" At which point you explain you don't have a Mac.

Did you do a clean install of windows 10 when you upgraded? If not, this might be worth a try. Hope this helps

Sorry, I don't have a solution, however, I think your title should say "Steam stream" not "Stream stream", lol

No problem at all So based on what you've said, it sounds like it should be ok to just leave it. Like you say, if the card starts to get into the high 80s or 90s (temp) then probably leave it to cool down for a bit. Since the fan is where the noise is coming from, the worst you're going to do by keep playing is kill the fan. In all honesty that isn't a massive disaster. I'd keep playing as you normally would. If the noise gets worse, or you start seeing other dodgy stuff (blue screens and the like), then you can worry about it Happy to help. Let us know if you have any more issues EDIT: EVGA are really good with warranties so if you want you could RMA the card for peace of mind. They'd replace it with a brand new one, which hopefully doesn't make that noise! Lol. Just depends whether you're willing to go without it for a couple of weeks while they ship you the new one.

Ok, that's good... depending on your definition of good! Sounds like the fan on the GPU is getting old and wearing out (probably the bearings). If the GPU is still in warranty, RMA it. If not, you can try and replace the fan yourself, but I don't know that that will be possible. Another option is to remove the fan which is causing the problem all together, but bear in mind this will be difficult, and you'll only have half the airflow through the card. There's a chance it's coil wine from a component on the card, but since it's a ticking noise, and that the noise stops when you stop the fan, this seems less likely. Hope this helps. Other than that, I'm all out of ideas, sorry!

Thanks, I thought this would probably be the case. I'll keep them both separate. Your help is much appreciated

On Friday I ordered a new 240GB Sandisk ssd in the sales. Currently I have a 120GB Corsair neutron GTX and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda. I'd like to set up some kind of array where I can take advantage of the 2 SSDs, and then back up on the HDD. I guess that RAID 0 with the 2 SSDs is the best way to go, then set up the backup to the HDD separately. However, I don't really want to lose the extra 120GB of space on the new drive by "RAIDing" it with the smaller drive. So I have a few questions: Can I RAID the 2 SSDs and still use the other 120GB which will be "free" on the new SSD? Is RAIDing 2 SSDs of different makes/capacities a good idea? Is there a solution other than RAID which will allow me to do what I wanna do? What's a good way to regularly back up the data from the SSDs to the HDD? Thanks in advance for your help. Let me know if there's any further information you need

Interesting. Can you test with the graphics card removed? Use on board graphics on your motherboard to do this. So plug your monitor into the motherboard, then game for like an hour and see if the noise comes back. This will tell us whether it is definitely the graphics card making the noise or not.

I just had a look around and it's worth reading these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2091110/monitors-refresh-rates-stutter.html http://www.overclock.net/t/1331478/asus-vg248qe-144hz-1ms-tn-1080p/1370 Looks like disabling windows aero may solve your problem. EDIT: Quote from the article above

Thanks. I'll edit my post

This sounds key. Have you tried another monitor or TV on this HDMI output on your graphics card? I'd recommend you try that if you haven't already. p.s. sorry if you've already tried this or explained, I only skim read the thread

It sounds like your graphics card doesn't have the capability of running all the monitors at different frame rates at the same time. When content is "playing" (such as video) on your 60Hz monitor, the refresh rate of your 144Hz monitor appears to be being capped at 60Hz. When there's no content on your 60Hz monitor, your 144Hz monitor is refreshing at 144Hz. However, when there is content on your 60Hz monitor, the refresh rate on the 144Hz is being capped at 60Hz because... something to do with how your GPU deals with multiple monitors... Sorry I can't explain it. I'm no expert on multi monitor set ups. This may not even be what is actually happening. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can correct me if I'm wrong. EDIT: This is not correct. TDP_Equinox has verified The other explanation is that when your consuming content on your other monitors, your PC doesn't have the power to push the game at 100+fps, but I think this is unlikely. Hope this helps

There aren't going to be any cables inside the graphics card which can make contact with the GPU fans. I think it sounds more like the fan is dying so has started ticking when it's at a higher RPM. If it was a cable in the fan, it would make the sound all the time (don't you agree?) Do some proper fault finding. Ask us if you need help on how to do this. I'd recommend you first manually increase the GPU fan speed slowly, and see if the ticking noise occurs at a specific speed, or above a certain speed. Failing this, remove the graphics card and see if you can make the noise happen again (game for half hour with on-board graphics, in the same conditions as before, and see if the ticking comes like it did when using the graphics card.) I'd bet a lot of money that this noise isn't from a cable touching the fan. Reply back and let us help you more when you've got some more information Hope this helps

The voltage level will directly affect your temperature. The difference between 1.2V and 1.13V is massive in CPU terms. I believe that's what was causing your high temps. The limit for your overclock will be how high you can push the voltage before your temps get too high. Hope this helps

What PSU are you using? In fact, what are all your PC specs?

No Maidstone :'(