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Hey all, I acquired a second hand 1080 FTW Hybrid under the guise that it was a brand new warranty replacement, ~6 months ago. Come to find out, it WAS sent in for warranty, but there was found to be no fault with the card and no service required. So, i got a used card. Now, it works just fine. Only problem, is i believe AIO is reaching the end of it's service life as I am seeing temps up to 68C in PUBG matches. This is with all case fans including the cards radiator fan at 100%. I reached out to EVGA's customer service email and they were no help, they replied with a brief email only telling me the 10** parts are no longer in production and sorry for the inconvenience. How about at least a tip of how i could attempt to mitigate the high temps? I asked about re-applying thermal past but they just ignored it. I work for a large publicly traded company in customer service, and was not impressed with their response back to me. I realize the parts are out of production, but you could have at least made an attempt to support or advise a consumer that owns one of your products. I plan on trying to re-apply thermal paste, in the hopes that the temperature rise could in part be due to old paste. But barring that, is there anything else i can do? Does a Corsair H55 work as a replacement? I read briefly that it might if you solder/swap the connectors but haven't found a definitive answer anywhere on that. I mean I guess a Kraken G12 and any AIO would be an option, but i'd like to keep the factory aesthetic if possible.

I'm cloning my SSD over to a 970 EVO m.2 NVME SSD, and will be installing it into my mobo for PCIE NVME use. Can I use a SATA enclosure to do so? Or does it need to be the faster one.

As with anything in life, YMMV. Obviously. Using my HDD, PUBG was all but unplayable.

I would still do it, you can find a Samsung 500gb SSD for like $70 right now. Just make sure you put your OS on it and boot from it to get the full benefits. Super quick start ups and such. Then keep your most used applications on it. I have the benefit of having a total system storage amount of ~400gb, if you get an SSD large enough you can just clone your whole system over and tell your PC to boot from it, and it would be the exact same albeit with all the benefits of SSD storage.

You may be able to poke around in the Bios and figure out what protocol the M.2 socket uses. Only risk here is buying an incompatible drive, whether its NVME or Sata, it's going to be a major major upgrade over a 5200rpm HDD. I also second the RAM recommendation, atleast 8gb and preferably 16gb. Ram for laptops can be tricky(finding correct form factor etc) but definitely a worthwhile upgrade if you have less than 8gb.

Thank you, very helpful. It seems like a pretty straightforward, painless process. I guess if it all goes south i'll still have my old drive that I can use. Do you know if there is any Samsung software or drivers I should install to get the most out of the NVME drive?

dramatically faster. When I first got into PC gaming, the first game I got was PUBG. I at first had only an HDD, and was having a problem where by the time I landed on the ground, the buildings had still not rendered. They would then look "playdoey" after about 30-45 seconds of laying in the grass, and after about 60 seconds plus I could actually play the game. When I upgraded to an SSD, this problem completely disappeared. Not to mention how much more "snappy" and responsive the computer felt all around, its the single best upgrade you can make in my opinion if you have always just used an HDD. Lucky for you, SSD prices have dropped substantially recently.

I built my computer a year ago and all I could afford at the time was a 500gb SSD (Samsung 850 evo 2.5). A year later, my computer is finally ready to take on its final form! muahhahaha. So I have just purchased some extra storage, finally, one of which is a 500gb 970 evo M.2 NVME SSD that i would like to boot from and keep my most frequently used games and applications. I also have an external enclosure(from what I've read it will be necessary to clone). All i want to do is transfer EVERYTHING(OS, Steam library, all my programs and applications etc) over to the NVME, and ideally have my computer boot from it with all my same settings and preferences etc. Is this even a possibility? I'm still pretty new to the PC hobby, and have never done anything like this before. I should have plenty of room on the drive (i will uninstall some Steam games and have ~300GB to clone over). If someone could give me a basic breakdown, or provide a guide/video etc, I would greatly appreciate it. Again sorry for my ignorance, I have received good help from this forum before so please be merciful! ? Basic specs that should be pertinent, Windows 10, Asus ROG Strix z270e mobo, OS and all content installed on one drive (as mentioned before is a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO 2.5 SSD), end goal to be cloned over to a 500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVME.

I ended up hardiwiring sooner than expected. game performance seems fine, but pubg has occasional lag which feels like jitters. not sure if its the current update or not, because arma 3 and chiv feel fine.

I just bought my first house, and unbeknownst to me until after I moved in, the internet in the area is not too hot. ATT is basically the only option, and they only offer a ~25Mbps connection speed for my area. Which by the way ATT told me when i first moved in that they didn't even have service for my house, and then didn't come back for over 2 weeks. I had to get in touch with the previous homeowner to find out what internet service they were using, and low and behold it was ATT. There is one other ISP, and their max advertised speed for my zip is a whopping 5Mbps. I didn't even have CAT5 in my house, the technician was kind enough to make a run from the junction box on the back of the house up to the porch. So I have the stock ATT router on the back porch(the room has windows and doors etc, its like a "sunroom"), and my computer is several walls away. I'm currently connected over the wifi antenna that came with my ROG Strix z270e mobo. Ethernet hardwire currently not an option, although maybe in the distant future(like ~6+ months). So for now, I believe my choices would be to either buy a powerline adapter, or a decent wifi router. If I do end up being able to hardwire down the road, the powerline would become obsolete, but maybe a decent router would still have some utility down the road. Does anyone have a recommendation given my internet speeds? I know powerline is a case by case basis depending on the wiring in your house, and it could possibly rob me of some of the little bandwith i have, so I was thinking a nicer wifi router would maybe be preferable. You'll have to excuse me I am pretty clueless when it comes to networking. I would just like to get the most that I can out of the little bandwith i have. Sorry for the long winded post, and thanks for any input you folks may have.

I imagine the new cards would pair better with a Coffee Lake processor, but i could be wrong, still pretty new at all this. I figure if i can upgrade to a 1080ti on my existing system without too much pain or bottleneck, I'll be happy and ride this system out for a few years until the NEXT gen GPU's come out (i read that this 20** cycle will be shorter than the last 10** cycle), and just build a new system with that GPU and whatever processor's are out. BUT, i am pretty damn happy with 1440 and the frames that I'm getting. the PC industry is even more frustrating than the cycling (mountain bike specifically) industry that i work in. you know that there's always something objectively better right around the corner.

I am using a 7600k as well, overclocked just using the Asus baked in OC'ing on a z270e to "21%". With a 1070ti, and a 1440p monitor at 165hz, I stay easily in the 120fps range on PubG and much more at times depending on the situation in game. I play other games such as War Thunder, Arma3 etc, and have been very happy with the performance. I will say Arma3 gives me problems, i think its mainly their optimization or something because everyone appears to have spotty shitty performance with that game. I know my GPU always seems under untilized looking at my afterburner stat readouts. I too am also thinking about upgrading to a 1080ti though, now that prices are starting to drop considerably, and I was also wondering about potential bottlenecks using the i5 7600k with a 1080ti. if i have to potentially upgrade my CPU as well, then it starts to not be as feasible.

okay okay i give up

getting new people riled up is not a good way to make people take you seriously.