Dankk

Dont run windows for this setup, just run linux and setup pterodactyl or if you dont want to have to go through a lengthy setup (in some cases) use something like amp (ONLY FOR PERSONAL USE AT THE MOMENT), also your better off not using old hardware like this and to just run a cheap ryzen and upgrade as you see fit.

Not going to click on the links but probably selling users data.  Possible insertion of ad's as well.

Please put as much thought in to your question as you expect others to put in to the answer.

Ok you solved my problem and showed me a way to connect three of these babies together.  
 
I can buy the splitter in my country, the good one. Out of curiosity I'm asking, can I connect a RGB LED strip (eg: Phanteks LED strip or CableMod ones) to the splitter cable and use it to connect to a Mobo?

You are  a kind human being

I honestly wouldn't buy one.
 
I like the DIY aspect of my PC. If I need something done, I'll do it myself.

Hi everyone,
 
I would like to ask for your wisdom about the following recently built rig:
 
Intel core i9-7900X, ASUS X299 PRIME Deluxe, 4 x 16 Gb G.Skill Trident Z 3000 GHz, NZXT Kraken X62, NVidia Quadro K4000, Samsung SSD 512Gb
 
I'm quite happy with the performance. The temperature varies depending on the stress test (XTU, Prime 95, Blender). It is only the limiting factor with Prime 95's small FFT test. What concerns me is that I get throttling with many other tests du to "current limit". I don't think my settings are that crazy even for an non-delidded cpu (compared to what's reported online): Per number of core with 43x multiplier for 10 cores, 3x and 4x reductions for AVX and AVX512 operations respectively, no power limitation for turbo boost, Adaptive core voltage with undervolting -0.060 V (voltage varies between 1.060 and 1.130). With these settings I get constant current limit throttling according to XTU when running animation rendering in Blender for example.
 

 
I've tried the following tweaks with zero effect (no change in heat, reported clock speed or current limit throttling):
 
Disabling SVID and SpeedStep Plugging both ATX12V EPS cables on the motherboard (8 pins + 4 pins) Extending VRMs current limit to 200%  
Varying the processor current limit shows a porgressive reduction in heat and performance only drops when under 265-270W. Parameters remain constant above that threshold with current limit throttling always on according to XTU. Setting the voltage offset upwards only produces more heat without noticeable effect on clock speed or benchmarks. Setting core multipliers to lower values, such as 37x reduces heat output and voltage without turning current limit throttling off...
 
I've done extensive research online and I am out of ideas. Some reports suggest that there may be VRM throttling due to the relatively bad heat dissipation capacity. However I don't think that is the problem as my power draw seems to be limited at about 290 W (270 * 1.06 = 286) and reportedly this problem comes at 400W and above which I'll never even try to reach.
 
So... What are your suggestions? What could I test next? 
 
Thanks in advance for your help!

Those thermaltake custom kits are not well regarded or recommended, they are mixed metal custom loops which don't have the best reputation. If you want to cool both your CPU and GPU you can get an AIO and an adapter bracket to mount it onto the GPU. 

Linus approves because I saw an official Kinguin ltt member/user

You could get Windows 10 for like $30 from Kinguin. That saves you another $100.

It's a grey market though, so the key could be illegitimate or cracked.

If he's more comfortable, he could pay a local company to install it for $50.

I mean it's a pretty high end rig, but do you really need 2 SSDs?
 
You don't really need Windows 10 Pro, you can save a fair bit there as well just by going with Home.

New Google Glasses
Source 1: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/18/17368624/google-ar-headset-qualcomm-chips
Source 2:
 
Google is reportedly working on a standalone augmented reality headset codenamed Google A65
It will
be self-contained rather than tethered to another device
Have cameras and microphones
use the same new Qualcomm chips as the upcoming HoloLens
Qualcomm QSC603 four-core chips, based on ARM architecture.
be built by Taiwanese computer maker Quanta.
The product is still in the prototyping stage
 
EVGA ditches CDs for USB sticks
Source 1: VegetableStu https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/928292-evga-does-what-the-physical-media-distributors-should-have-done-a-long-time-ago-ditch-cds-for-usb-sticks/
Source 2: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12779/evga-forgoes-driver-dvds-with-future-motherboards-its-all-about-the-usb-flash-drive
 
EVGA has announced that in the future, their motherboards will not come with driver disks, but with an 8GB USB Flash drive containing all the needed drivers and software.
Drivers used to come on floppies then moved to CDs, then to DVDs
This includes H370 based boards now and others moving forward.
EVGA has confirmed the USB 2.0  drive costs about twenty times more than an optical disk.
EVGA says the cost increase will not trickle down to the consumer
 
Dozen employees quit Google in protest against military project.
Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/927968-dozen-employees-so-far-at-google-quit-in-protest-as-company-continues-with-project-maven-military-project/
Source 2: https://gizmodo.com/google-employees-resign-in-protest-against-pentagon-con-1825729300
 
Despite protests from employees, Google is still charging ahead with a Department of Defense collaboration to produce machine-learning software for American military drones.
“Project Maven” aims to speed up analysis of drone footage by automatically classifying images of objects and people.
Now, about a dozen Google employees are resigning in protest over the company’s continued involvement
nearly 4,000 Google employees have voiced their opposition to Project Maven in an internal petition that asks Google to immediately cancel the contract and institute a policy against taking on future military work.
The resigning employees’ are concerned about:
particular ethical concerns over the use of artificial intelligence in drone warfare
the erosion of user trust that could result from these actions.
Many of them have written accounts of their decisions to leave the company, and their stories have been gathered and shared in an internal document
Historically, Google has promoted an open culture that encourages employees to challenge and debate product decisions. But some employees feel that their leadership no longer as attentive to their concerns, leaving them to face the fallout.
But the company has defended its work on Maven and is thought to be one of the lead contenders for another major Pentagon cloud computing contract, the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, better known as JEDI, that is currently up for bids.
Google claims it is only providing open-source software to Project Maven, which means the military would be able to still use the technology, even if Google didn’t accept payment or offer technical assistance.
Google has emphasized that its AI is not being used to kill
“The technology is used to flag images for human review and is intended to save lives and save people from having to do highly tedious work.”
In addition to the petition circulating inside Google, the Tech Workers Coalition launched a petition in April demanding that Google abandon its work on Maven and that other major tech companies, including IBM and Amazon, refuse to work with the U.S. Defense Department.
But don’t they think that the US should remain competitive against other state actors? Are engineers at Baidu or Yandex resigning?
Another point: Although Google is based in the U.S., it has an obligation to protect its global user base that outweighs its alignment with any single nation’s military

 
ASUS Killing AREZ brand?
Source 1: jooroth18 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/927177-asus-killing-arez-brand-rog-is-back-updated-article/
Source 2: https://twitter.com/ASUSUSA/status/996179635158339586?s=09
 
This week ASUS advertised ROG Radeon cards, suggesting that they are NOT moving forward with AREZ branding.


 
What’s Coming Out on Floatplane? Go Over Current Week.
Rapid Fire
LOL: US Gov Trolls crypto Investors
Source 1: WMGrookAK https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/927930-us-sec-begins-offering-the-howeycoin-ico/
Source 2: https://www.techspot.com/news/74671-sec-launched-fake-cryptocurrency-educate-investors-dangers-ico.html
Source 3: https://www.howeycoins.com/index.html
 
The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has launched a fake initial coin offering (ICO) website promoting what they call "HoweyCoins"
On the HoweyCoins website, the SEC claims the fake currency is "officially registered" with the US government and will trade on an "SEC-compliant exchange"
The site has a HoweyCoins logo, a ‘Meet the Team’ page, fake user testimonials, and even a large "15% bonus" countdown timer.
If you click any of the "Buy Coins Now!" buttons, you'll be taken to an informational SEC page where the they  offer tips to dodge real scams in the future.

 
Rumour: GTX 1170 Leaks
Source 1: BuckGup https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/926198-wccf-gtx-1170-specs-price-performance-release-date/
Source 2: https://wccftech.com/873853-2/
 
According to the leaks, the GTX1170:
is powered by a 104 class GPU, codenamed GT104 that measures around ~400mm²
2688 CUDA cores,
256-bit GDDR6 memory interface
8 to 16 gigabytes of 12Gbps GDDR6 memory
core clock of around ~1.5GHz and a boost clock of around ~1.8GHz.
TDP is unconfirmed, but is expected to be 140-160W
Peak FP32 compute performance is expected to be around 9.75 TFLOPS,
puts it in the same league of NVIDIA’s existing GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.
expect the GeForce GTX 1170 to be released in the summer (july)
Maybe $499
 
Porn Pass (age verification in UK)
Source 1: mr moose https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/927037-porn-pass-age-verification-in-the-uk/
Source 2: http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/brits-faced-with-prospect-of-buying-porn-pass-at-corner-store/news-story/2cda959cb0980c6f73afba401fa30e59
 
In an attempt to prevent the access of online pornography by children, the UK government is proposing an age verification system that uses a special “porn pass”
Passes would be bought from convenience stores - as long as you can provide government ID to verify your age.
The cards will have a 16 digit code meaning users would not need to provide their own personal info online.
New laws require websites to verify the age of users, or face stiff penalties like being blocked by internet service providers or face fines of up to $448,000.
industry will be responsible to create the verification software
 
Google Duplex Update
Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-18/google-s-duplex-ai-robot-will-warn-that-calls-are-recorded
 
At Google’s weekly TGIF staff meeting on Thursday, executives gave employees their first full Duplex demo and told them the bot would identify itself as the Google assistant.
It will also inform people on the phone that the line is being recorded in certain jurisdictions

 
real-time location of most US cell phones leaked
Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/service-leaked-locations-of-us-cell-phones-for-free-no-password-required/
Source 2:
 
A service called LocationSmart has been leaking the real-time locations of US cell phone users to anyone who takes the time to exploit an easily spotted bug in a free trial feature.
The service identifies the locations of phones connected to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon, often to an accuracy of a few hundred meters
A demo tool on the LocationSmart website allowed prospective customers to see the approximate location of their own mobile device.
It required interested people to enter their name, email address, and phone number into a Web form.
LocationSmart would then text the phone number and request permission to query the cellular network tower closest to the device.
However, simple changes to the demo's Web requests were able to bypass the phone verification requirement a location
By pinging a phone’s mobile network multiple times over several minutes, researchers were able to plug the coordinates into Google Maps and track the friend’s directional movement.
cellular carriers by law are required to know the approximate location of customers in the event it’s needed by emergency 911 services.
Whether the carriers are permitted to sell or otherwise provide the information to third parties is less clear.


 
Researchers create a real cloaking device (sound)
Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/10/researchers-create-a-real-cloaking-device/
Source 2:
 
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have created a real cloaking device that can route sound waves around an object, making it invisible to sonar
The team set out to engineer a metamaterial that can allow the sound waves to bend around the object as if it were not there.
To work, the unit cell — the smallest component of the metamaterial — must be smaller than the acoustic wavelength in the study.
They created an acoustic metamaterial that deflects sound waves underwater
The team was able to place the material in water and measure sound waves pointed at it.
The resulting echoes in the water suggested that the sound waves did not bounce off or around the material.
 
International Olympic Committee to host a esports summit
Source 1: SC2Mitch https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/927843-international-olympic-committee-ioc-to-host-a-esports-summit-in-lausanne-in-july/
Source 2: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1065131/ioc-to-host-esports-summit-in-lausanne-in-july
 
An esports summit is due to be hosted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne in July, to continue the organisation's "dialogue" with the gaming industry.
It’s a one-day meeting
"The idea [of the Summit] is to enter into a dialogue with the gaming industry and the athletes and, in due course, approach the stakeholders of the Olympic Movement again."
competitive esports "could be considered as a sporting activity, and the players involved prepare and train with an intensity which may be comparable to athletes in traditional sports".
Heathstone, Starcraft II, Pro Evolution Soccer, Clash Royale and Arena of Valor are the other five games set to be contested.
"We need to draw a red line and make it clear that killer games can never be part of the Olympic Movement,"
LOL

 
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4... Battle Royale !!!
Source 1: GamingMemeKing https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/927945-call-of-duty-black-ops-4-battle-royale/
Source 2: https://kotaku.com/nobody-is-saying-how-many-people-call-of-dutys-battle-r-1826146985
 
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will bring a new Battle Royale mode known as 'Call of Duty: Blackout'.
It will be a simple last man standing game mode in a large open world, with sea, air and land vehicles, as well as characters from previous games.
Treyarch isn’t saying how many players Blackout will support.
Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds both support 100 players per match.
“Blackout delivers an experience that’s uniquely Black Ops featuring characters, weapons and gear from across the series on the biggest map ever in the franchise — over 1,500 times greater than Nuketown and a player count that is an order of magnitude above anything previously in Call of Duty. “
Is Battle Royale simply a new format that all games will feature in the future? Like deathmatch or capture the flag?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_the_Flag_(video_game)

If all goes to shit and you really are stuck try and boot into safe mode and see if the percentage goes back to "normal".

go to Resource Monitor then go to memory tab see if anything shows up it should give you a better understanding.

Yup. CS Wont pass 200 unless you do that

fps_max 0 into your auto exec file should unlock the fps.

Go to Task Manger -> Performance -> Memory page.
 
Chances are the non-paged pool is through the roof. If it is, you likely have a leaky driver. And 9 times out of 10 this happens, it's usually the network driver, which can be fixed with an update.

@marshmellow19901 we would still need this ^

can you show me your full resource monitor tab? 

I think this video might help you in knowing if your PC will run well when playing VR. Your performance will be lower but not by much. 
video

Maybe you can hide it in the 5.25" bay as well

get this HDMI extender then you won't need front IO ports you can just have longer cables

If you have no intentions of overclocking then I say you would be fine with this. Honestly even that may be too much but I would go with something like that if you want your CPU cool while playing VR games.