Lunaak

Hey all, So I've been using a RTX 2070 Founders Edition card for a few months now just fine, but things have quickly gone south. I was playing the FFXIV Shadowbringers early access all Friday without issue, but I started to notice potential artifacts and a frequent blinking/flickering on the whole screen every few seconds last night. The game crashed not long after with a "Fatal DirectX error", but booted back in just fine. Now, firing up the game (or any game) this morning results in a crash about 20-30 seconds in. It happened with FFXIV, the game's benchmark, and Overwatch the moment I reached the character select screen. it's tough to get temp readings when games don't last long, but they seem fine for my confined Node 202 case. My GPU would usually hold at 80c when gaming just fine, but I can't play long enough to get it to heat up now (it won't go over 55). CPU is around 60-70. Not sure if it's worth mentioning my GPU goes far above its rated boost all the way to 1905MHz, but I assume this is just because it has the temp headroom before crashing. I've updated to the latest Nvidia drivers, but nothing has changed. I'm wondering whether it could be a power delivery issue or whether my RTX 2070 is just about to join the rest of the RMA pile. Specs: Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming WIFI Ryzen 5 1500X RTX 2070 Founders Edition 32GB Crucial Ballistics 2666Mhz DDR4 memory Fractal Design Node 202 Integra 450w PSU Windows 10 64-bit Any help would be greatly appreciated! The Shadowbringers story is so damn good and I don't want to have to play the rest on my crappy laptop. Thanks! EDIT: I've uploaded a camera video of the artifacts in-game and uploaded the single-frame screencaps to Imgur. Don't watch it if you don't want FFXIV: Shadowbringers spoiled for you. I lowered the core clock through MSI Afterburner to avoid the 1905MHz boost it's reaching. I feel it got a little further before crashing, but it still happened after plenty of artifacts. I've also DDU'd the drivers in safe mode and used May's WHQL drivers in their place - no change. I can say it didn't happen when running a 2D sprite-based game like Recetear, though I didn't test for long. I'd love for this to just be a PSU issue, but I have no way of testing right now. Can't even get an SFX replaced on a Sunday around here. The card itself was pre-owned (boxed) from an eBay seller. Wonder whether to take it up with him or just try to get the thing RMA'd by Nvidia if it comes to it.

Just going to update this. I found a local office clearance dealer who gladly brought both the Aeron and Humanscale Freedom Headrest for me to try out. Was originally quoted £300 for the leather Humanscale, but he brought a black fabric one and dropped to £250. Pretty happy with it so far. Can't quite find a position that doesn't hurt my ass after a few hours yet, but it's certainly helping my spine/posture. Thanks for all the help!

Thanks for this. Looks like I'll be waiting a little while longer until I can get this doozy. Can hardly fault what appears to be god's gift to asses everywhere. If the aeron doesn't satisfy me, clearly nothing else will.

That seems to be the going recommendation. I don't know how I'd feel spending that much on a chair no matter when I manage to do it, but could you direct me to some pointers about the different sizes of that chair? I'm seeing a few used/refurbished around the web, but they're mentioning A or B sizes. Given that 18 year life you're talking about, I imagine even a used one at half price is a good deal. Sooner the better when it comes to fixing the posture issues I'm getting from my current chair, right?

Well they SAY that, but what really makes them great for gaming over another comfortable chair? Way I see it they're just "gaming" because they look like a seat from an expensive car. Just a looks thing. It's just far easier to find recommendations for/against these well marketed "gaming" chairs over yet another seemingly random office chair that may or may not be far comfier in the long run, you know? And as for retail, yeah we don't have much in terms of that in the UK. Most Staples stores didn't last long when they tried to open up over here, and a stockist like Overclockers only have 1 actual retail location in the entire country.

No way for me to try any of these out. UK has very few retail spaces for stuff like this. IKEA would be the only option, and none of their chairs are worth looking at from what I can gather

So after getting baited yet again by a cheap reclining seat on eBay I'm finally ready to think about spending more than £200 on an office/gaming chair. After being uncomfortable in my current chair for months, I finally figured out that it's probably because its max seat height of about 50-51cm is around the minimum height of most other chairs on the market. This means my arms are constantly at a terrible angle when using my keyboard/mouse on a standard IKEA linnmon desk, and the high (unadjustable) armrests can never really reach desk height. So I've spent my Sunday looking at new chairs. I don't have the cash to drop on a Hermann Miller of any kind. These "gaming" chairs are actually starting to look like a solid investment, but I need your suggestions to guide me in the right direction. I like high backs and welcome a place to rest my head, and armrests seem like a great idea. But I'm not sold on the look of these gaming chairs at all. Luckily, I found most of those beneficial features on this rather generic Ergonomic Mesh Executive Chair by Home and Haus on Wayfair for half off its apparent £300 price tag. Now, I can knock another £15 off that with a discount code, but now I really need to figure out whether something like this mesh office chair is worth buying over a brand of gaming chair plenty others in similar situations have probably opted for over the years. Do I get this ergonomic option or go with something like the Noblechairs Epic for almost double the price? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

I suppose that's true. I know I'm not exactly the target audience for an NVME drive, but when they're so much faster at the same price in the particular instance, it's difficult to see why I'd get a traditional SATA M.2. I'm not even sure I'd bother migrating Windows to use it as a boot drive; I just need more space for games honestly - though I guess the standard SATA drives become the bottleneck when transferring currently installed games to the NVME, so I wouldn't even really push to those speeds then, huh? I hear they make good content creation drives, though, and while I'm not exactly in that field right now, it would be nice to know I'm somewhat equipped for it should I find the inspiration to give it a shot. I only ever hear comparisons go in favor of SATA when there's a large price difference, but that's not the case here.

That's the best answer I could have hoped for, thanks! So I guess that means the Crucial P1 is the clear choice here. Now I just have to work out the thermal issue. I had no idea M.2 drives got so toasty before looking into all this.

Another solid point. Looks like the 2080 Ti has only just managed to push pass 3.0 x8 (1-3% gains). Doubt I'm buying one of those (maybe a 2080), so hey ho. As for a cooler, I don't think it will fit in the Node 202, but it's something I can look into. Thanks!

That actually really helps!

I currently have 3 drives (2 SSDs, 1 HDD) crammed into a Node 202 on a B350 motherboard with a Ryzen 5 1500X. The two SSDs are fairly small, so I'm looking to finally populate my board's single M.2 slot with a 1 TB SSD, but the slim price difference between SATA and NVME M.2 drives has me all confused. Looking around on Amazon right now, I can get a 1 TB Samsung 860 EVO SATA M.2 for about £125, or a 1 TB Crucial P1 NVME M.2 for about £1 less. I actually have both Crucial and Samsung brand SSDs in my system already, and while I've had less trouble with my Samsung, the theoretical gains of Crucial's NVME is throwing me off. While I think most would say it's a no-brainer given the identical pricing, the sudden realization of PCI-E lane saturation is confusing me. I currently have a GTX 1060 3GB in my board's sole x16 slot, but I hear concerns that adding an NVME drive could cut into that lane allowance while going for the SATA M.2 could kill off my final unused 4th dedicated SATA socket. My board manual says the M.2 socket is "socket 3, M key, type 2260/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4 /x2 SSD)" and that the PCIe x4 part will "vary by CPU". My other concern is that the Crucial P1 apparently thermal throttles at around 60 degrees. Given it'll be crammed into the Node 202 for a few more months before I'm able to switch back to a case with better airflow, I think there's a good chance that might become a problem given it won't have a fan pointed at it. So the question is; which do I go for? I'd like to futureproof with an NVME given it's the same price, but I don't want to eat into the limited lanes I have for when it comes to upgrade my GPU.

Ok so my monitor mount arrived and proved once and for all that I need the plate shown in the image above. I've contacted Samsung and they don't provide replacements or alternatives on any of their 3 spare parts website/services. I really need this plate and can't find a way to source one. Anyone got any ideas? We have a 3D printer in the house but there's no design available to replicate the plate and we can't fashion our own without having another to base it off from what I know. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I can't even begin to think how I would fashion my own vesa plate

Hey everyone, Just a quick query! I'm wondering if anyone knows of how to get hold of a replacement VESA mounting plate for the particularly popular (I assume) Samsung C24FG70 monitor. The default arm/mount it shipped with is pretty cool, but unusually large, and I need to swap it out for a 2-screen desk mount after downsizing my desk area. Problem is, the monitor apparently shipped with a mounting plate that must be attached in place of the default arm to make it VESA (75x75) compatible and I seem to have misplaced it. I've opened a support ticket with Samsung to get their advice on the matter, but I assume they'll take a while to get back to me given the time of year. If anyone has any knowledge of third-party solutions etc, that would be great. I don't know if the mounting plate is some kind of proprietary piece or not. I'm not very well versed in VESA mounting anything at this point. Here's a picture of the mounting plate I found online. Thanks,

FFXIV is back on the SSD after a "secure erase" format. Issue persists. Absolutely doesn't happen on the mechanic drive, so I'll have to place the blame of this on the SSD.

Really? Dedicated GPU memory is just over half full, no? t was actually at 1.6 during that dungeon run and the issue never arose. FFXIV was on my mechanical drive and not the SSD for this little test and the issue didn't occur unlike when it was on the SSD.

Got it. Here are the details in an overworld scene in FFXIV currently. I'm about to go into a dungeon where spell effects and additional models will be getting tossed into the mix. That's where I usually notice the issue more. So far though... I'm not expecting it to cap out. I know 3GB isn't a lot these days, but I usually find MMOs better designed for a wide range of systems. They need all the players they can get.

I'm actually just testing FFXIV on my newer mechanic drive for now, so I'll be keeping an eye on things. Overwatch has had issues with weapon models not popping in long before all this, but I can't say I've had it happen recently (plus I've heard of that happening with many more people in the past anyway). Audio is HDMI to a connected TV which it then output through optical to my external Onkyo amp. Use the same solution for the Switch and PS4, too. As for VRAM, I'm open to the idea. Do we have a way to track VRAM usage?

Hey,I've been stuck with this issue for quite a while now but seem to have narrowed it down a bit more recently.Basically, video game music and some assets have been cutting out temporarily on my PC. I've noticed the issue with two games recently (Final Fantasy XIV, and Destiny 2), but can recall similar issues on Overwatch. For D2 and FFXIV, it's been sound and certain assets (enemy models or effects), getting stuck in current animations, or failing to load or pop in, with current in-game music suddenly disappearing. The issue seems to last 10 or so seconds become it all returns. I can usually still move my character around at this time, but I have been reduced to just pivoting on the spot from time to time.Each of these games currently sit on a Crucial BX300 250GB SSD that I've owned for maybe under a year at this point, but I'm sure I've noticed it happening in Overwatch (my weapon etc not loading for a while) even on a mechanical drive I've since replaced.Of course I'm thinking it's a problem with the SSD, but tools like Crystal Disk and Crucial's own SSD software can't seem to find any problem with the drive. I've checked Task Manager during these times and everything looks fine. Temps are usually around 60-70 degrees on both the CPU and GPU.General system specs areRyzen 5 1500X 32 GB DDR4GTX 1060 3GB120 GB Samsung Evo SSD (boot)240 GB Crucial BX300 SSD1TB Hitachi HDD

Howdy! I've been tweaking my desk space recently, swapping out monitors etc, but after adding a 144Hz Samsung 24" display, I'm having trouble extending my desktop to my other display (a 4K TV) This was working just fine when it was my 4K TV and 4K 27" AOC monitor hooked up to my GTX 1060, but ever since swapping the 4K monitor out for the 144Hz panel, Windows just flicks straight back to "Only show desktop on 1" when I try to select another option in the display window. The TV is connected through HDMI, with the monitor running through DisplayPort. Nothing I do will force the Windows to throw an image onto the TV anymore. The weird part is that my PC successfully defaults to the TV during post, then swaps straight to the monitor as Windows boots in. I've tried rolling back my GPU driver, but that hasn't helped. The post part shows the PC can send a signal through to the TV, but it just won't extend over there anymore for some reason. Anyone got any ideas? I've tried scaling back down to 60Hz on the monitor to see if something is pissing it off there, but nothing changed.

I picked up one of those rebrand 'custom' Clevo laptops from eBay a few months back now and the screen has been incredibly problematic over the last few weeks. I can't pinpoint a specific moment when this started, but I know I questioned the build quality of this thing from the start. The screen was absolutely fine for many months, but I know I didn't trust the hinges from the start. The screen is cutting out (doesn't refresh, just slowly dims) and exhibits visual corruption that changes when you lightly push on different parts of the surrounding bezel. I've had the thing open in an attempt to ensure the ribbon cable was in properly, but nothing seemed to change. So now I face a difficult purchasing decision. With both parts being expensive to replace, is there any sure-fire way to know whether the screen is the problem or the cable that connects to it? I'll edit with example images soon. Forum attach doesn't give access to my phone gallery for some reason...

Boyfriend's desktop has been doing the same for a while. Definitely seems like Windows processes hammering on boot. Causes the whole system to chug along and no amount of online remedies have yeilded results. His laptop starts the same but settles down after a minute or two. He doesn't even bother using the desktop anymore as it never seems to settle down anymore. Just stays at 100%.

Thanks for the replies there. Could either of you iterate a little more on why you'd recommend the ASRock stuff? I think most of my past boards have been Gigabyte and I can't really say I've had much issue with them. I don't have much experience with ASRock, so I'd love to know why you prefer these.

Howdy folks, Title basically says it all here, but I'm just looking for a couple of opinions for and against each board here. I'm looking to build a new Ryzen machine inside a Node 202 case to replace the massive 600T FX-8320 that's been hogging up space in my tiny home office all these years. I had my heart set on the Gigabyte GA-AB350N mentioned in a load of Techtuber videos as of late, but just caught wind of the ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 being similarly priced. I'm not going to be seeing the board inside this particular case all that much, but I'm inexperienced with ITX and could use the extra input. From what I can gather, the Fatal1ty swaps out a standard USB3 for a Type-C that, as far as I'm aware I have no need of, and gains Optical out - something I can't imagine needing with my HDMI AV receiver. The built-in wifi on both could be useful with my failing powerline kit, but they seem relatively the same on each. All this means I'm still heavily leaning toward the Gigabyte board, but I'd love to see if I'm overlooking some crucial details here. I imagine the tricky cable management of the Gigabyte would come under fire.