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    Hello everyone, I've been having a weird issue for 3 months. Basically, the PC cooler and the GPU fans go into jet turbine mode, and the monitor goes black or has no signal when playing certain games. I can still hear the music playing from the game, but the movement is frozen until I restart the PC. I've tried several suggestions from the web but to no avail. Below are some info for you. System: ASUS Z490 Plus Wifi Intel 10700K + Corsair H100i 240 NVMe SSD (I use it for some games) RTX 3080 10G 64 GB RAM 850 Watt Gold PSU Windows 11 Games not crashing the PC: Alan Wake 2 (1080 medium) SSD Conan Exiles (1440 cinematic) HDD Atlas Fallen (1440 high) HDD GTA 5 (1440 high) HDD Injustice 2 (1440 high) HDD MK 1 (1440 high) HDD Games crashing the PC: ARK Survival Evolved (1080 medium/high) HDD ARK Survival Ascended (1080 low/medium with most features turned off) SSD Note: While playing the ARK series, I noticed the fans speed up and slow down randomly regardless of where I am in the game. The GPU temp goes close to 90 Celsius before the crash happens. Sometimes, the CPU and GPU are at 50-60 Celsius, and the PC crashes. Solutions tried: SFC DDU PC case cleaning Steam integrity check Power plan set to high Turn off Windows game mode XMP turned off CPU OC to default BIOS there's no new update Sent the PC for a check-up, and it came back saying nothing was wrong. I know people are complaining about ARK Ascended's poor optimization, but why is it happening in ARK Evolved as well?
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    Thanks, Chris. I'll look into it.
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    That's the thing... I don't know if having more cores will enhance my work experience. I'm often jumping between Photoshop, Illustrator and Blender. I've been told, having more cores doesn't help Photoshop, it's about clock speed. Don't know how much of it is true. People say more cores help using Blender, especially rendering. Between my 10700K and 10600K, I can't tell the difference. Give or take just a few seconds or minutes depending on different scene files. So I thought maybe because it's a difference of only 2 cores, the impact isn't much. Maybe going from 6 cores to 10 will make a big difference?
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    I'm getting a good upgrade deal to go from 10600K to either 10850K or 10900K (depending on availability). The mobo I use is Asus Prime Z490-M Plus and cooling it with a Lian Li Galahad 240, and yeah, no GPU, at least for now. I've been told by the shop owner that the mobo is good enough to handle the said processors, They will even try to sell you an elephant saying it's a monkey, so not really reliable, hence, turning to you guys' for some advice. The intended use is mostly Blender, and occasional light gaming. Is it a worthy upgrade?
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    Thank you so much for clearing that up. I've settled for 4.5 Ghz for now. I don't think this motherboard is made for extreme overclocks, also the cooler isn't up for this task in my humble opinion. I'm getting very nice temps now, after fiddling around in the BIOS, I'll stop here.
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    I set it to level 4, that option is recommended by the BIOS.
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    i spent almost a day trying to overclock this. Yes, cooling has become an issue at this point. I was able to overclock it to 4.7 ghz all cores at 1.35 volts. Any lower and it crashes during AVX stress testing. Temps are sitting at 45 at idle and up to 77 during stress tests with an occasional spike to 80.
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    Thank you all for taking the time to reply. Is there a good starting voltage guideline if I wanted to overclock it to 4.8 ghz all core?
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    Hi, I got a new PC very recently and trying to figure out how overclocking works. I've tried watching some YouTube videos and reading a bunch of articles on the web, but now I'm even more confused. I'm hoping you guys will help me understand this better. The PC is used mostly for graphical work (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Blender) and some light gaming. It performs really well, but I've been told it's running hotter than usual and that it could do a little better. The build came overclocked (using Asus MCE) from the shop I bought it from. Processor: Intel i5 10600K @ All core 4.5 Ghz Motherboard: Asus Prime Z490M-Plus RAM: Gigabyte Aorus 2x8 GB RAM 3200 Mhz @ 3200 Mhz Cooler: Lian Li Galahad 240mm AIO Storage: 2 M.2 SSD's and a 1 TB HDD The CPU temp sits around 47-50 degrees celsius on idle and jumps to 73-78 degrees on load. As a layman, I assume these are good temps, but I'm told otherwise and that the MCE is terrible at handling voltages and that it may be overvolting the CPU and that's what's producing so much heat. Should I be happy with this result? Should I turn off MCE and resort to manual overclocking? Please, shed more light.
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    Hello, I got an iGame RTX card that comes with an app to monitor and control the lighting. The issue is, whenever the app is running, my HDD makes a weird noise every 15-30 or so seconds. After some Googling, I found out that it's the header of the HDD being reset, hence the noise. So I tried closing the iGame app and the noise has stopped. However, I can't control the lighting anymore and stuck with the default pink in breathing mode. Is there are way to get around this?
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    Thank you so much Haro and everyone, your help is much appreciated like the last time.
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    I'm not replacing my current build. The new one is for home use, the previous one will remain in the office. I just wanted to have an aesthetically good looking PC at home that also performs head to head with my office PC, since I'll be working from both locations.
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    I live in Bangladesh, currency is Taka (BDT) and budget for board is $350. I understand what you've explained, but like Lord Szechenyi said above, I don't think I will utilize PCIe 4, let alone need it.
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    Hi guys, I'm building a black and white gaming/work PC and need your help to determined which will best serve my purpose. I've chosen Gigabyte's Vision D B550 for its aesthetics. However, I'm going to pair this with 5900X and 3080, so some people suggested that I go for X570 instead. Nobody mentioned why the Vision D isn't suitable, all they said was the X570 will give me better performance. It didn't make sense to me since they don't know my workflow. Also, I've built a PC just a couple weeks ago (10700K, TUF Z490, RTX 3080), it doesn't have PCIe 4 and I haven't noticed any performance loss or limitation when playing games or working on it. I don't think PCIe 4 will make much of a noticeable difference for me, anyways. People kept saying I should have gone for PCIe 4, don't really know why. What I do know, is that you guys will offer better advice in this regard. I work mainly in Photoshop and After Effects. Sometimes I poke around in Blender and C4D. Here's the list of parts. Ryzen 9 5900X Gigabyte Vision D B550 Lian Li Galahad 240mm (White) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200 MHz 32 GB (White) iGame RTX 3080 Ultra OC* <-- The bastard in the family (will use a backplate) Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB NVMe Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB (Scratch Disk) Adata SU800 2 TB SSD Cooler Master 850 Watt Modular 80+ Gold (White)* Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh (White) * Only ones available in their category I've already broken the bank here and can't extend my budget any further. What I want to know is... Whether this build has any issues? Whether I should go for TUF X570 and why. Please help me understand.
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    As the title says, I own a Asus TUF Z490 board that has 2 RGB headers (4 pin 12v each). I also have a regular RGB strip (12v, R, G, B), currently connected to an electrical outlet via a 12v adapter/controller that comes with it. My question is, is it safe to connect this strip to the board directly? If yes, how will the lighting function? Thank you guys.
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    Thank you so much. I'll change my chassis and go with this one since I plan to use it for at least the next 3-4 years.
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    I took a look at Gigabyte Aorus B550 Pro AC. It's available here and it seems very decent in terms of ports and features (meets all my requirements). If I had to choose between TUF B550M and this, I guess the Gigabyte would be the best choice for obvious reasons. Or am I getting carried away here?
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    $180-$190 for a board. Country is Bangladesh and the currency is Taka (1 USD = 85 Taka). I'm not limited to this board, but my country has a poor collection of PC parts, most of the parts listed on local websites are either "out of stock" or "upcoming" most of the time. I want this board because I've got a cheap but nice chassis to go with it. I'm open to more suggestions and even willing to sacrifice some parts to avoid heat issues, In Bangladesh we don't know what winter is.
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    I was interested in it because of the PCIe 4.0 for fast NVMe drives, price and the form factor; doesn't require a huge chassis. Getting Aorus Elite will require me to get a bigger chassis, that's the only concern, nothing else. The price is within my budget as well. Thanks for pointing that out, though. I'll have a look.
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    I was thinking of getting an Asus TUF B550M-Plus (mATX) motherboard for either a 3900X or 5900X. I'm not sure if this board will be able to properly operate those CPUs. I can't afford an X570 board especially considering the price of a GPU. This will be a work PC; motion graphics, 3D rendering and some occasional gaming.
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    Appreciate the quick effort. Thanks.
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    I use GPU rendering, so I'm not sure if Ryzen will help in that regard. Do you use Adobe apps? If yes, then please let me know how fast is it compared to Intel chips.
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    My work involves video editing, motion graphics, photo editing and some 3D still renders. I also play some AAA games on medium settings at 1440p occasionally. I'm planning on buying a i7 10700K with Asus Strix B460-G Gaming mobo. I'm not going to be overclocking at all. I hear this chip runs too hot and that doesn't sound cool at all. So I considered giving the Ryzen 7 3700X a look and saw it has the same cores and threads but lower TDP. However, I've had a nightmare with AMD previously. The FX 8350 nearly ruined me. Its performance was really bad compared to my currently owned i5 6500 (I'm not someone who upgrades often). After that experience, there's a lingering fear. The problem is, no review shows the 3700X in action. They all show benchmarks or gaming tests and that really doesn't help to know the real world experience in productivity apps. And then there's the issue of unusual temperatures on idle (read on a few forums) and I've never used a Ryzen, so I really don't know how it is. So you see, I'm really confused and in need of some guidance. Finally, I'm very limited in terms of parts in my country and my budget is USD 500-600 for a CPU, mobo and cooler. I have everything else in my current system. What I want is a fast, reliable and responsive system, that also performs really smooth in productivity apps and doesn't give me a migraine over cooling solutions. I plan to use this system for at least the next 4 years and probably won't upgrade any parts. Thanks if you've read this far.
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    I really appreciate all your quick replies. However, for some reason my boss decided to remain on Intel. Below is what he suggested. Pro: i7 10700K Mobo: Asus ROG STRIX B460-G Gaming (no overclocking will be done) Cooler: Please suggest an air cooler that can handle the 10700K at max TDP. Casing: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L All the other parts will remain the same, from the old build. Please let me know what you guys think.
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    Hello guys, I'm a long time Intel user now switching to Ryzen 7 3700X. My work involves using Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and some light 3D still renders. My current rig houses a i5 6500, 32 gigs RAM, Zotac GTX 1060 Mini and runs off an NVMe m.2 drive. Things are good when working in a single application, but my work requires usage of multiple applications simultaneously and moving among them back and forth, which obvious the i5 is not designed to handle. So I'm wondering if the 3700X with Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus is a good upgrade considering my workflow? My second option is i7 8700 (non K). I don't have a choice to pick different parts, this is being offered from my boss. Thanks for the help.
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