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Yes, while browsing settings it randomly freezes. I've had numerous BSOD's that are relevant to hardware (MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION / IRQL_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS / DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS / CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT) but not a single clue as to why everything happens. For now it's stable, but FiveM is giving me a hard time running it.

I built it 2 days ago, everything ran eventually, but when I restart it's like I never fixed anything. Specs: i9-14900K + Corsair H150i Elite RGB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6400Mhz Z790 Aorus Elite AX rev 1.1 Gigabyte RTX 4070 12GB Windforce Corsair RM850x Shift 80+ Gold NZXT H6 Flow I can't overclock anything, bios is freezing after a few seconds (yes it's on the latest firmware), and it's just unstable it's been a nightmare getting it working. Ram is running at 4800MT/s, putting it on anything other than that crashes the entire system when trying to launch a game. CPU is using the "optimization" option in the BIOS, trying to boost or change any number by the tiniest of increments will cause the system to crash as well. GPU had major issues at the beginning, often BSOD when trying to run any game at all, now somewhat fixed after reinstalling drivers (though starting FiveM will run fine but after a restart will BSOD again). I ran stress tests using OCCT, CPU isn't overheating (reaching ~82C) and is stable in synthetic benchmarks.

I know, but if I upgrade I want to upgrade, Skimming on money now will cost me later on. And I don't complain I know that moving to newer stuff requires even more than what you said, for example more cooling, and unfortunately I never had anything "powerful" and "brand new" like what I want to buy. I could also decide I don't wan't to blow a ton of money, but I don't know for sure becuase I don't know how well these CPUs perform in the real world, benchmarks are not true representatives of actual use cases. All I know is how my PC performs now.

It could be because it's trying to save power. Have you tried maximizing your power management settings? Perhaps trying to stress test the laptop to see if it boosts up to accomplish whatever it is you are doing? Seems to me that it's just trying to be as efficient as possible while saving your battery. If stress testing it STILL doesn't improve anything I would suggest checking BIOS settings and see if something is turned on there by accident (OC wise) and maybe RMA'ing it if it's really faulty.

I'm mostly gaming, but like I said I prefer a strong CPU so it would last a long long time. After doing a bit of research I saw that the i9 14900k is the same price as the Ryzen 7950X, and looking up some benchmarks I saw that AMD won most of them and is extremely efficient. Another reason why I wanted AMD in the first place was that I don't want to run into the same issue I have now which is the need to replace my entire motherboard and RAM if I need to upgrade again, it's also why I use my current CPU for a long time. I don't mind blowing money on my next build but I want to make sure that if I do spend the money I get the absolute MOST for my money, that means PCIE Gen 5, M.2, DDR4/5, fast USB and Sata speeds.. etc etc. Pretty much entirely futureproofing for whatever I would like in the future. (I also plan running M.2 OS in RAID 1) I've been "out of the game" for a while and I have no clue what are the real world uses of the E-cores found in the i9, and I also saw that they had some pretty big issues which Intel has yet to fix. As far as AMD, I've been against them for a long time because of their unstable CPUs back in the day and the lack of support in some programs and peripherals, but now every tech youtuber recommends them for being efficient and mind blowingly fast.

Would you consider the R9 5950X overkill? Or should I just add more and get the 7950X?

So you think I should have an 11th gen with Z590?

I mostly play games and wanna record them at the same time, sometimes I render stuff (once in a while). Basically I just want a chip that can handle everything usage wise, no crazy workloads, and just have as many cores/power the money can buy. If 8 AMD cores is better than 12 of Intel's with e-cores than I'd rather have that. With that in mind, still the 7800X3D? Or is there an even better one that I missed?

Budget (including currency): 2K ILS Country: Israel Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Basic gaming, rendering, recording.. basically average usage nothing hardcore. 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): I currently have an i7-4790, DDR3 1600Mhz, RTX 2060. For a while now I noticed the hiccups that happen ever so often, the freeze when exiting a game, the freeze while running a game and alt tabbing to do something else. Pretty much my PC is 8 years old at this stage and it's sad to see an i7 acting up like that, but I think it's time to upgrade. I drive a 32" Dell Ultrawide monitor for gaming and other stuff, and only lately I noticed that my GPU is utilized 60% most of the times and that there is a bottleneck. Using Shadowplay or Medal at the same time on CPU intensive games is pretty much non viable. I don't need another case or GPU and I'm good with storage, what I was planning to upgrade are CPU, RAM, motherboard and maybe power supply if needed. Basically I don't want to go below i7 for future proofing and am looking for something with a lot of wiggle room for multitasking and overall big capabilities, while also not going all out on the most expensive CPU there is. For example, I thought about buying a 12th gen i7 but after a bit of research I saw the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. After more research I saw multiple videos claiming the new gens of Intel are just pushed for the sake of having a new product, while I also saw AMD are known for being extra hotter than Intel. You get the point, I'm lost. What I care about also is having an ATX board with modern features (2x M.2, TPM, RAID, customizable BIOS). I currently have a MSI H97 (which is old and lacks all above except its incredible amount of settings there). What do you suggest? AMD or Intel, which and why?

I'm trying it right now, really hoping it's the cable BUT considering the screen is flickering and becoming black until restart pretty much leads me to believe it's the GPU thats bad. That's very good news. It would definitely be an upgrade compared to what I use now. Hoping I could force to use the iGPU I still haven't completely understood how I do that.

I thought about maybe gaming with lightweight games (mostly Rocket League), running an android emulator and just normal web browsing. I currently use an acer laptop with AMD A9 and Radeon R5 Graphics so it's much worse than what I could have.

You think I'm better off just using that laptop with the integrated GPU?

I did look and they all look the same, though I haven't found proper images of them all. Another question I just thought of is if it's actually worth paying 250-300 dollars for an i7 and GTX960M since that GPU is kinda dated.

I have an ASUS N551J Laptop, i7 GTX850M and 8GB of ram. A few days ago the GPU started flickering and showing signs of death. We got a new one but since I want to save that laptop as well I wanted to ask if anyone knows if that could happen? That series of laptops have a variety of motherboards with different specs, the one I was looking forward to buy and install is N551VW, reason being it's i7-6700HQ and GTX960M. Is that upgrade possible in terms of compatiblity? i.e screw holes, ports, etc?

late reply because I don't get notifications but it used to be like 80-85. Gainward is really not a popular company, and I've wanted to purchase another plastic shroud and modify it with custom multiple fans. I'd even buy a heatsink but I don't know how this stuff works like CPU sockets really.