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Ethan2163

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    Indiana

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  • CPU
    8700k @ 5.0Ghz
  • Motherboard
    Asus Prime z370-E
  • RAM
    16GB Corsair Vengence @ 3200 15-18-18-36
  • GPU
    Aorus Waterforce 1080 Ti
  • Case
    Lian Li O11 Dynamic
  • Storage
    970 Evo 250GB, 860 Evo 500GB, PNY 480GB, ioDrive2 1.2TB
  • PSU
    EVGA 650 BQ
  • Cooling
    H100i v2
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
  • Laptop
    Razer Blade 2018 Advanced 1070 Max-Q

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  1. Recently I bought a gently used (I have no reason to doubt this) Aorus waterforce (the AIO one) 1080ti from ebay and have had a bug that I've been stumped on for since I have noticed it. The issue is, after any duration of either gaming or some benchmark, the power draw of the card will plummet to around 50-60% causing performance to drop with it, the only way to resolve this is to reboot and it'll be back to normal. With some testing I found that increasing the power limit on the card accelerates the issue from taking 5-10 minutes to happen to only a matter of seconds. The only prevention is keeping the clock speed below 1900Mhz with a small underclock. This is ok with me as performance is still stellar but the whole thing is something that's bugging me, especially with my love of overclocking. Temps never exceed 65 degrees and clock speeds tend to stay the same even with the substantial performance loss. I've tested several different drivers I've tried a graphics bios update I've tried uninstalling different OC software I've tried several different games and benchmarking, all the same result Tried different power cables Tried different pcie slot Tried removing other pcie devices (Saw others having similar issues when using pcie extenders so I thought it was a bandwidth issue somehow) My setup is: Asus strix z370-e 8700k @ 5Ghz 2x8 Corsair Vengeance @ 3200 15-18-18-32 EVGA 650BQ (supports 54A over 12v) My only remaining ideas is fresh install of windows, a new power supply or the card is faulty. The previous owner said he never experienced this issue but he also claimed he almost never used it I did not have this issue with my previous card
  2. Short Answer: No Long Answer: The benefit, much like the previous several years are minimal. It’ll be a few years until games become more multithreaded. If you still have a 6700k or even a Haswell based cpu, upgrading won’t do a huge improvement. Especially a $600 improvement.
  3. I really enjoy Linus’s take on CPU reviews. Many reviews tend to just note the spec sheets then maybe a hint of opinion thrown in. Linus not only shows the specs but he truely shows the real world tests. GamersNexus also does a great job of this. The reviews are thorough and well made. As for the 9900k specifically I have mixed feelings. The raw performance is unmatched for any 8 core processor and no one denies that. Price/Performance ratio has never been on intel’s mind and I think they’re fine with it. Having ‘the best’ CPU really brings attention and more importantly sales. AMD is still the master of budget options and likely will be for the foreseeable future. Intel and AMD seem to have found their corners and probably won’t test their boundaries until Zen 2. Even then, who knows.
  4. I’ve notice that across all tech forums but none have a real solution other than the usual troubleshooting techniques and as you see, I’ve tried them all. [Insert rant about planned obsolescence here]
  5. Maybe, but delivering to Italy even with the native amazon isn't exactly a fast thing. He's gonna take it to a local shop and use one of their testing PCs and see if it works there. Even if it does work, that doesn't really help him.
  6. No, the TV was connected directly HDMI to HDMI. No adapters were ever used in any testing.
  7. Possible but I doubt it. The TV should have 'some' output. No boot logo, nothing.
  8. I mentioned trying it on a TV, another monitor isn't at hand. The functionality should be equivalent.
  9. My friend recent 'upgraded' (replaced nearly everything) his computer with a budget ryzen system and worked fine with his current gpu Specs: R3 1200 ASUS Prime B350M-A 8GB DDR4-2400 Corsair VS650 Some old 500GB Hard Drive (not worth the effort finding info) Windows 10 and all that jazz Everything brand new except for hard drive and case He used the PC for about a month just fine with his old gpu before getting a new gpu. Upon buying and receiving a new gpu: MSI GTX 1050TI (that one super low profile one). He uninstalled previous drivers of his R7 240 (yes, that bad) and installed his new one. His monitor didn't support hdmi, only vga and dvi so he bought himself a dvi cable and plugged everything in. He assured me several times that everything is installed correctly but the monitor receives no signal. Strangely, switching back to his R7 240 with the DVI cable, no signal again. He switched back to the VGA cable and everything worked again, reinstalled drivers and the DVI then worked on the 240. Checked the monitor- everything looked fine Reset the bios- nothing changed Tried reseating everything about 1000 times (including the card itself)- no change Moved the ram to the 'correct' slot (it was working on the other gpu so cant imagine why it would work)- no change No the GPU doesn't have additional PCIE power GPU fans do spin and PC powers on but no signal to display No speaker installed so cant tell for bios error chimes but I would assume it work say no gpu Pressing delete upon booting even with no signal might be getting to bios due to powering off being instant rather than a few moments like when in windows though I cannot confirm this. Checked bios settings with other gpu installed and nothing looked out of the ordinary The GPU is brand new from Amazon, not refurbished or used Tried HDMI output on a TV and the TV detected something connected but still had no signal. Before you even ask, yes it's plugged into the gpu not the motherboard. Updated bios both automatically and manually both with newest revisions Probably not cpu pin debris, thermal paste was preinstalled on heat sync though did not specifically check Eventually will check the gpu in a different system, likely intel based so it can at least boot with IGPU. Once again, the 1050 ti doesnt even show the bios, even without drivers the card can AT LEAST manage that though it cannot for whatever reason. To clarify, the system worked without any hitch for over a month with the r7 240 installed and still works with that GPU. I'm lost on this one, maybe some of you have better knowledge than myself.
  10. 8700k @ 5.3Ghz 5.0 Cache 3.6 Mem 15-18-18-36. Did the cpuz tabs wrong in the original pic but can't replicate the score Added additional info if you wanted to know 1770 Multi 235 Single
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