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I've been struggling with the classic-never-to-be-fully-solved-nvlddmkm problems and I've seemingly ended in a pause on those issues so I thought I'd try out my new 4090 Strix with some VorpX VR modded Cyberpunk 2077. I started turning off raytracing and setting everything else to max/ultra with no DLSS. This seems to get the 4090 up to 95-98% usage and my CPU at 60%, creating some spikes in VR which shouldn't really occur unless the GPU is at full 99% bottlenecking. But the odd thing is that when I put everything down to the lowest setting, DLSS to ultra performance, the GPU graph in VR shows just 0,4ms for the GPU and the usage was just 50% and the CPU had a usage of 40%, but the framerate ends up at 75-89, far under the 120 fps mark that I need to reach to get a good experience in VR. What's even stranger is that when I alt-tab out of the game to check the activity monitor for the graphs, both the GPU and CPU spikes their use to 50%, while in-game they just settle down below 35-40% usage. That should logically be the other way around. I have no idea what is causing this. It's like there's something else bottlenecking everything. My PSU is a Corsair HX1500i 1500W but with this bottleneck I'm rarely getting anything over 300w. So what is it that causes this? I'm getting 500fps in Heaven Benchmark 4.0, so there shouldn't be a bottleneck like this. I'm not sure what's causing this. Turning everything to low in cyberpunk should easily generate the max 144Hz that the Valve Index can do, but it's just stuck there at a max 89-90 and dipping all the time to 75.

Have you checked the windows log? The problem seems similar to the one I have with my 4090 and the BSOD isn't visible since the GPU crashes, but in the Windows log you can find clues. If nvlddmkm.sys is mentioned, then it's probably the same kind of error. This seems to be solved by using DDU and re-installing Nvidia drivers. However, the issues can return, even after a while. I thought I fixed the problem, but after a month it started happening again and I'm once again going through tedious support suggestions of re-installing the drivers and whatever. Clues point to the GPU not able to access nvlddmkm.sys properly or that the latest drivers are bs. It might even be that Windows is acting stupid in conjunction with driver bs. So before moving around the hardware, check Windows logs and see if there are any hints to the crashes and what files were involved with them.

I have this issue too with RTX4090 combined with a Intel i9 13th gen. So far, all the "solutions" are basically just equivalent to "have you tried to turn it off and on again". Even the normal solution to do a full clean install of the Nvidia drivers with DDU just fixes it somewhat and then the problem returns. So far, it feels like this is primarily due to Windows 11 being stupid. Maybe some permission restrictions on files that need to access the system fully, but some nutjob at Microsoft programmed Windows to be stupid about it. There is no fix to this it seems, no one really seem to understand it or look at the core problem. This problem have existed since as far back as 2011 when searching for answers and still it persist. People who experience this problem seem to go through every possible thing they can; getting a new GPU, getting the entire system reinstalled, clean install of nvidia drivers, changing registry, changing the voltage on the card, changing nvidia settings, changing windows to not download anything stupid and so on. There's no point in trying anymore since everyone is just hipfiring solutions and no one at Nvidia or Microsoft or anywhere else seems to look at why the freakin nvlddmkm file keeps failing like this.

So I've updated the list according to input https://www.inet.se/kundvagn/visa/FLAWAb7ZzfVItPJJiSSs2Tn5Uao/computer Mainly, Arctic 420, larger case with room for three Noctua 120mm in the front, one 120mm in the back and two 120mm in the bottom. Upped the main drive to 2TB. Changed to the Corsair HX1500i 1500W as well in order to get ATX3.0 and PCIE5. Price is including VAT in Sweden, which is around 25%, so that might be why it looks so expensive. Thoughts?

Fractal Design Define 7 XL Black According to the store where I'm shopping this as a build, it's the only one that can fit both drives even when the drive bay is gone to fit the Strix card, as well as fit the 420 Arctic cooler in the top. I've had fractal design before so I don't think it's gonna be a problem, I just wonder if it's gonna be too big, compared to the be quiet. In the be quiet case I can fit the Arctic 360 and I might need to get creative with how to fit the drives, but the entire thing gets a bit smaller I think. I've heard good things about the Tuf, but I don't really understand the difference between that and the Strix? Are there any notable differences in things like coil whine or performance? They're basically the same price, but I don't get the actual difference? Are there any such PSU with PCIE5 and ATX3.0 that are around 1300-1600 with platinum or titanium? I'm really not concerned with the price for this one since it's gonna be the main part to provide stability for this power-hungry system.

What do you think is "way more"? $3000? $3500?

So this just dropped: https://rog.asus.com/se/articles/gaming-graphics-cards/an-icon-returns-introducing-the-rog-matrix-geforce-rtx-4090 Haven't seen much discussion online on this card, thoughts?

Thanks all for the input! The reason I'm going with what's at the "Inet" store is that I'll get all warranties and even warranty for the build process, so if the 4090 melts or something they're responsible for any problems, which feels like the best route. I've changed out the cooler to an Arctic 420 which seems like the better choice. I've also got the recommendation to change the case to a Fractal Design 7, because they don't have be quiet in at the moment. But I'm not sure if the Fractal case is better or on par with be quiet? Some reviewers have pointed out that it's not very good for cooling, which in this build is an important piece. The motherboard, ASUS ProArt Z790-Creator, is one that I think I'll stick with since it has much better connectivity than the others. It should be just as capable on other fronts as well, right? Or is there some problem with the creator one? I'm not a fan of extreme colors and RGB and I like a cleaner look which it has (even though I'm not gonna see it). Many recommended the MSI SUPRIM LIQUID X GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB, however, I've seen reviews that shows it lags behind in performance compared to the Strix? Is it based on the fact that its liquid cooling makes it lower in noise levels that it's recommended? Or is it more stable? So far the Strix seems to be the most recommended card of all 4090s? As for the PSU, I think I would like titanium just to max out the reliability-quality when its going to power such a power hungry system. And with the Intel and 4090 combo, wouldn't I want 1600w? 1300w seems a bit low when the i9 can go as high as 280w on heavy loads.

I'm aware of the entire beta BIOS debacle, but I have a hard time finding any other brand that actually delivers on stability for ports. The board I have in this list is aimed for content creators, but for me it also delivers true thunderbolt and a lot of good ports that will help me expand to fast drives. My work requires A LOT of space since I'm filming on Red cameras in which a day's shoot is 500GB minimum. Previously, in my current setup, I have one internal 10TB normal drive plus 3 internal 6TB drives in a RAID0 (speeding up the drives and expanding the size to 18TB). And all of them just fills up in just 6 months, even though the 18TB RAID is supposed to just be a working drive for size and speed. So when I look for a motherboard that's stable and has good connections, that motherboard is the only one I can find that is actually delivering on all fronts. I just hope that this beta BIOS debacle is fixed if I buy a motherboard right now.

Budget (including currency): 70000 SEK Country: Sweden Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve, Blender, Adobe, Unreal Engine, Unity, Maya, 4K Gaming (RTX) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Buying a new build for work and gaming (working in the gaming industry) and the key things that are of importance is extreme performance, quiet operation and stability. These are more important than price. So far I've put together this list: https://www.inet.se/kundvagn/visa/6HwWAXC7Iuqe8OJGoZjDJyqJ1jc/nydator To translate the last part it's help with building and testing the system. I'm also planning to use my old 10 tb drive and three 6 TB drives in some way as they were my large internal storage. Two Noctua fans in the front blowing in, one underneath blowing in, and one blowing out on the back. Then the water cooler fans on the top blowing out and up. Are these parts able to function together? Do they follow performance, stability and low sound?

Well, I have Slack, Spotify, Chrome running, stuff that's just there whenever I close the lid. It's really bonkers that they don't fix this, just let sleep mode be sleep mode. All this "wake up" stuff should be cancelled once the screen lid is closed, it should be a hard sleep mode shutting everything off. I don't want it to drain while I'm traveling only to find out that it's been draining until I pull it out to work with. What's the point of better battery times on the Macbooks if it gets cancelled by bad programming of the OS?

So I've noticed that my Macbook Pro M1 MAX is draining battery fast while in sleep mode. I've searched online for these problems but as usual it's the "try restarting your computer" or "have you changed the battery settings in system settings" stuff that's just blanked statement answers that doesn't have to do with this. This is a system problem of some kind, not some setting that's off. I've found someone describing how he's been going back and forth to Apple support and they have reinstalled his system many times as well as people telling him "this is normal" and whatever nonsense answers people who seek solutions encounters. So far, Apple support is a dead end and will just give me a cycle of BS that doesn't fix anything. Why is this happening? Does anyone know? Some people have said this is due to bluetooth constantly waking the system up or something and I haven't tried this yet, but will at the time of writing (will report back here). But it's incredible that my 2013 Macbook Pro that has a totally worn out battery can be stored in sleep mode for months and still wake up, but my Macbook Pro M1 Max cannot be kept in sleep mode for more than a week before its battery is totally drained.

Thanks! I updated to the latest in order to see if that was the problem, but it was the same. I currently have 526.47. Not sure it's worth upgrading the fans now since I'm gonna upgrade to the 4090 soon, but why did the fans not sound like this when the computer were running 24/7? Only after it had been shut off for a couple of days did it start doing this. It's like if the fans were fine when they were constantly spinning, but after a pause they became annoying?

I'm soon to invest in a new system with the 4090 card, but for now I have the 2080ti and it's been working great for years now. My work generally consist of rendering in Blender over night and working during the day, but I had a pause in my work where I shut down my computer completely and now the fans on the 2080ti (Asus) keep themselves at a high pitch running level even during no workload at all. It's to the point that I can't work because the sound is so annoying that it affects my ability to work. Why did my 2080ti card start behaving like this just because I had my computer shut off? I tried to install a new version of GPU Tweak (from version II to III) and did a new benchmark but it still keeps those annoying fans running. I even removed the card and did a thorough dust clean but nothing changed. It's like the card just won't "listen" to anything.

Feels like I'm leaning towards the i7, maybe if the i9 proves in benchmarks to be similar to the i7 in performance of games I might jump up to that. But then there's the issue of motherboards supporting all of this. I have no clue. Stability here is the main culprit as I've had motherboards before failing connectivity which rendered drives faulty and the current normal performance standard of plug-ins use Type-C and for some reason there's always a lack of Type-C ports on PC computers. So, a stable motherboard, supporting the Raptor Lake processors and the 4090, without it covering all PCI lanes (I have a video output card for my Resolve) I need to attach. I also have the Fractal Design Define 7 XL for my current rig and it seems there aren't much other options for sound proof and large chassis?

I'm gonna plan for the i7 and wait for some benchmarks. Would be nice if LTT did a combo test with different processors from AMD and Intel in these newest releases to figure out which one works best in a combo with the 4090. I'm generally Intel-biased because I've had a lot of problems with AMD previously in terms of stability issues compared to Intel which generally always performed more stable. So, while I know AMD has been killing it, I rather use Intel anyway, especially now that the Raptor Lake seems to be a good choice. As for resolution, 4K 60 fps is usually were I'm at, so I don't need the super high framerates that current games reach, but I'm generally not buying graphics cards each generation and instead build a system that will survive work and games for at least 5 years, usually past a generation or two. So the next card for me will probably be a 60 or 70 card from Nvidia whenever they arrive.

Yeah, looked up the i7s you mentioned and the Intel Core i7 13700K 3.4 GHz 54MB seems like a pretty good choice overall. For the balance I'm aiming for, would the Intel Core i9 13900K 3.0 GHz 68MB be a worse choice? Like, it will definitely improve productivity, but bottleneck the 4090 for gaming more than the i7 13700K? The productivity I'm doing usually makes most of the 4090 card, so the processor is primarily there to support the load. If the difference between the i9 13900K and the i7 13700K in productivity is negligible but the performance in games gets better with the i7, that should be the road to go?

This was my strategy on my previous (current) system with the Intel Core i9 7960X, but while it worked well with productivity, it started to bottleneck a few games with its low clock speed. That's why I'm wondering if just "more cores" is the way to go, or if it's better to strike a balance with a processor that gets improved clock speeds at the cost of losing a few cores. I can't choose based on only gaming or productivity as I need something that works for both and won't bottleneck my 4090 in either.

Which Raptor Lake Intel processor would be preferred for use with the 4090 if a balance between good gaming performance AND productivity like Blender and Resolve is required? I work in both areas so I need something that covers both, preferably not bottlenecking either of them. Productivity usually gains from lots of cores, but gaming gains from higher clock speeds and lesser cores, but what if I need something that can do the best of both sides of that coin? It's a company investment so cost isn't really a factor, I just need the best Intel one in regards to this.

I'm essentially getting new everything, but mostly a new motherboard, processor (with water cooling), RAM, GPU, and PSU, and aiming to get as much performance as possible without overclocking into instability. Are you saying I should keep my motherboard? I would need a new motherboard to fit everything with the 4090, but it also needs to have more up to date systems, like I really need more fast Type-C ports and I've always had problems with motherboards having really bad built quality with its ports and Bios versions screwing things up. So for a new motherboard I really need the very best, latest (especially in regards to ports) and most stable motherboard available, regardless of price. So far I'm trying to get away from normal gaming rig setups since they seem to be very badly setup and I'm much more preferring a system of a professional quality. I'm allergic to "neon light hard rock lightning gamer Xtreme Ultra" type of stuff and just want components that are rigorously tested and especially very compatible with each other. Like, best balance between single core and multicore performance Intel processor with the best water cooling for it. Best 4090 card (is the Nvidia's own founders edition card better than other builders?), best motherboard with rock solid connectivity and built quality as well as the most stable RAM and most reliable PSU at 1200w. I'm not very technical in detail of these things, but from experience I usually have problems with builds that have components that doesn't really play well with each other. I'm trying to take the Apple approach to building a PC workstation/gamingstation, meaning, clean, functional, fast and stable. If I end up with a hefty cost for it I can work down from that, but at this time I just want to drop the best things in there as a starting point... so in your opinion, which components should I look into? Motherboard: 4090 (build/cooling type): Intel processor: Water cooling for processor: RAM: PSU: Chassis (silent):

In line of the new lineup of Raptor Lake processors, which one do you recommend based on all of this?

I've only done a normal windows check disk and it turned out showing no problems. I searched for crystaldiskinfo and ended up on a Russian website so... I'd much rather not use some third party software that I haven't heard about. There has to be a more common and tested way to check if the disk has deeper problems or not.

I have a work drive for faster access to files each time I do a project. The drive is a Samsung 870 EVO 4TB and I've installed it in the normal internal stack of HDD spaces. Much of what I do requires large files at 10-100 gb sizes or spread out as image sequences from renders done in Blender. What I've discovered is that when I'm trying to backup my files, some of them seem to have become corrupted. Some images, over time, seem to fail and I can't view them, copy or transfer. I get a prompt saying that the file is not readable. Weirdly enough, some files I've managed to transfer, even though they're corrupted and even if they have been transferred to a new location, backing up from that location can also prompt it to be unreadable, even though it's not on the same disk anymore. It's like the SSD is slowly failing to read some files and it "infects" those files so that even if I manage to transfer or back them up, they could then fail on the target drive. I'm currently backing up as much as I can in order to do a full re-format of the drive, but I'm worried that there's something physically wrong with the drive itself. What makes the drive behave like this? I have no problems with my other internal drives, one M2 for the operating system, one 10tb Gold Seagate and three 6TB Seagate put in a internal RAID0. All of them work fine, it's just this SSD drive that doesn't. Error that occurs says: "Cannot read from the source file". It mostly occurs on video files (at certain time stamps, or image files (textures or within image sequences). My specs are: Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit pro version 19043.2006 Bios: American Megatrends Inc. 0905, 2018-11-30 Motherboard: WS X299 Sage Processor: Intel core i9 7960X 2.8 GHz Graphics card: Nvidia RTX 2080ti RAM: Corsair 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Main drive: Samsung 970 PRO 1TB (boot) Work drive: Samsung 870 EVO 4TB (the problem disk) Secondary storage disk: WD Gold 10TB 7200rpm 256MB RAID work disks: 3 x WD Gold 6TB 7200rpm 128MB (RAID0) Power supply: Seasonic FOCUS Plus 750W Gold

You mean overclocking it? Does it run well for games as well? Just to clarify, the reason I need the build to work with filmmaking, CGI and games is because I work in all 3 areas, so I need good performance with games as well, no CPU bottleneck. A big problem with my current processor is that while it's perfectly fine with processor heavy duties, it's bottlenecked for single threaded performance. So I would need something that balances between gaming CPU performance needs as well as ticking off the many core box for CPU heavy work loads.

You mean my current system? For the work I do, primarily, it's a giant bottleneck. I'm working with the heaviest formats in the film industry with extremely complex high-poly count renders in Blender and high resolution comps in Resolve. The best, reasonably priced, performance I can get my hands on is what I need to keep up or at least let me reach deadlines with some kind of sanity left since the current workload demands me to plan render times and work hours at a 24/7 rate. This is why I need peak performance, but I also need it to have close to flawless stability, otherwise I'll lose work during renders, as well as a low noise environment so I can work creatively without losing my mind. So I need to bump up to the cutting edge as much as I can more than doing an incremental step up from what I have. The key parts are... what motherboard, what processor and what chassis can cover performance, stability and noise levels when combined with the 4090 based on the specs shown so far? I understand we have to wait for true specs on the 4090, but the numbers so far should be able to hint at what processor, motherboard and chassi that's needed to keep everything running at peak, with stability and not sounding like a jet engine?