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Hello! I'm planning to re-use an older case for my little brothers first PC (most of the parts will be a hand-downs from me), and I'm having some trouble figuring out if I will be able to connect the new fans to the old fan controller. I'm thinking of installing four of these fairly cheap fans in place of the old ones. This is the motherboard. The old fans (which I think are these) had RGB, and connected to a fan controller called DF-906 (couldn't find any information about this fan controller after googling it). The description of the fan connector in the manual states the following: "Fan connector port: (PH2.0) 6P, the interface is parallel, 6 - way fan lighting synchronization, line sequence: FAN / 12V / FGND / LGND / DATA / +5V" The DeepCool fans are rated for 12V, so if I plug them into the upper 3pin part of the 6pin, they should work, if I'm not mistaken. I don't care much about the RGB or controlling the speed, the main objective it to get them to work. If there are any better/more simple ways to plug all 4 case fans in, do let me know. Thank you for your time! Edit: I decided to just connect the exhaust fan to the PSU using the included Molex connector, in stead of frying my fans or something else. It works well, the other fans are connected to the motherboard and also work well.

Maybe try running a userbenchmark test, see what pops up there. No clue if it's reliable or not, but it helped me identify a problem or two with my system, so it might help you as well.

If you have the same problem in all games, then it's definitely something with your system. I play apex on 1440p@144Hz, minimum settings with an RTX2060 and my game is buttery smooth. Back when I had the Ryzen 5 2700X my FPS was completely stable but my game also felt choppy. Strangely, my CPU usage wasn't maxed out, it was about 70-80% (if i remember correctly), but the game was still choppy. Also, Apex is horribly optimized, so I wouldn't use it as a "benchmark".

@Darpyface @TofuHaroto Looked up some 3600MHz RAM that might be in stock in a shop that belongs to an acquaintance, would appreciate some feedback. If I understand correctly, having 2 sticks is generally (by a small margin) better than 4 since the system is "less stressed", so I was mainly looking out for 2 stick kits. All of the kits are 3600MHz, I might get a discount of ~10 euros for any of these. For approximately 180 euros: https://www.gskill.com/product/165/166/1536656046/F4-3600C17D-32GTZRTrident-Z-RGBDDR4-3600MHz-CL17-19-19-39-1.35V32GB-(2x16GB) https://www.gskill.com/product/165/326/1562840525/F4-3600C18D-32GTZN-Overview The 2nd link costs about 3 euros more, while having slightly worse timings but it is "optimized for Ryzen 3000 series CPUs", so i think the first choice is both visually more pleasing and better (unless the "optimized for Ryzen" part actually means something) stats wise. For approximately 160 euros: https://www.gskill.com/product/165/184/1562833535/F4-3600C18D-32GVK https://www.gskill.com/product/165/184/1562831784/F4-3600C16D-32GVKC-Overview The speeds are pretty similar, so i guess it all boils down to paying an additional ~20 euros for the glorious RGB. I think the "F4-3600C17D-32GTZR" seems to be the best choice, and it should be completely compatible with my ROG STRIX B450-E GAMING motherboard (would appreciate a confirmation, though I'm pretty sure it'll be fine).

I personally have a RTX2060 coupled with a 7 3700X and it's great for me, i mainly play FPS (Titanfall2, Apex Legends currently), so what matters to me the most is stable framerate when playing on 1440p@144Hz, and my current combo accomplishes this quite well when turning down the graphics somewhat (In Apex i have to turn them way down for stable framerate, though that game is poorly optimized). Basically, 2060S is a great choice, though I agree with Mateyyy about waiting for Ampere, since those cards are rumored to be much better than the current RTX cards (probably more expensive as well). You could buy a used card after Ampere comes out for a large discount, if you're interested in that.

Yeah, also considered that, the performance of my CPU is already satisfactory, so i guess buying better RAM wouldn't improve my situation by much, but would save me some money. Out of curiosity, any recommendations on DDR4-3600 kits? If I were to upgrade, I reckon this RAM would last me for quite a long while and would stay pretty highly rated.

I think the 32GB kit is more expensive than combining two 16GB kits, though I might be wrong. If i remember correctly, the cpu benefits very little from 3600, though i suppose it's a way to futureproof my RAM, spending more right now, not needing to spend anything later. Yes, i own the CPU, motherboard and the 16GB Corsair RAM. Fair enough, as Tofu said the same, so it might be a good idea to consider it. Any suggestions on a 3600 32GB kit (or 2 16GB kits)? Video editing, deep learning (which doesn't use much RAM), and gaming on 1440@144Hz. Userbenchmark was just useful when testing my CPU, as initially i had problems with it being way slower than expected, just saved it in case i needed it, figured it's a good way to show my specs/setup. Thank you for the quick replies!

Hello! I've been meaning to upgrade my RAM for a while now, seeing how my current "Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8G" kit is fairly old, and is barely enough for my current work and its speed could be better (could also be much worse, DDR4-3200 is the ideal point for the 3700X as far as I've read), and I've been wondering about the best choice for my setup. Here is my current setup: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29501297 I've been thinking about buying 2 sets of 2x8GB of G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory, both due to the overwhelmingly great reviews and good specs and also due to its visual aesthetic. From what I've gathered, using two sets of identical ram is a-okay in about 99% of situations, so it should work flawlessly, and my motherboard should be compatible with this RAM (though when checking the QVL list i didn't find this exact set, so that has me slightly worried). Here is a PCPartPicker list with the CPU, motherboard and the RAM, there don't appear to be any conflicts (except the CPU and motherboard one, which can be ignored since i updated my BIOS just fine, and the performance is as expected) PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $279.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-E GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $83.99 @ Newegg Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $83.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $447.97 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-31 16:06 EDT-0400 Would appreciate any feedback, suggestions or more questions. Thank you for taking the time to read my post!

Okay, after mucking around in the BIOS settings and nothing changing, i tried out the AMD Ryzen Master app, using Auto Overlocking made my clock speed go up to an average of 4.2, maximum 4.35, which I'm a-okay with. Windows strangely reports that my clock speed is always 3.2 now, though that's definitely wrong, especially since Ryzen Master and HWMonitor report the same speeds, and the rating has gone up as well. Thanks for the help!

Did a stress test for about 5 minutes, the CPU didn't go further than 65 celsius, speed was 3.78GHz on 99% utilization, so thermal throttling shouldn't be the issue. Yeah, might have something to do with the AI Overclock. During 99% utilization the temps were fine, 65 celsius seems pretty good to me, so I don't think it's thermal throttling.

So you think that RAM isn't the problem in my case? Any clue what else could be impacting my performance? Not gonna muck around with OCing, even though this RAM is old, i don't want to accidentally murder it just yet.

Okay, i turned on DOCP, which made my RAM rating approximately 10% better than before, though my CPU performance actually went down. Most recent run: link CPU-Z rates my CPU poorly as well, link, though the RAM Frequency there is 1500MHz.

Hello! I was wondering, is the relatively poor performance of my new Ryzen 7 3700X due to my outdated RAM? This link leads to my Userbenchmark run which was done after making sure that my BIOS is up to date (version 3004 on my ROG B450-E Gaming, which is the latest), updating my chipset (which improved the performance by about 2%) and making sure that i have the most recent Windows 10 version, which I do. I have the stock cooler for the CPU, had some trouble applying it (had no experience with this "hook" type cooler), but the thermals are fine, 50 Celsius idle, around 65 under load (during Userbenchmark run), which seemed to me like a lot, but supposedly that's a-okay for 3rd gen Ryzen CPU's, using an RM550X Corsair PSU. I have 3 monitors, 4k, 1440p and 1680x1050, though i don't think that has any influence over my CPU. Watched this Linus video, where a 3600MHz kit is recommended for 3rd gen CPU's, so i reckon I'm gonna have to order some RAM (open for recommendations), but I'd like to see what someone else thinks could be the problem. The performance of my previous CPU, Ryzen 5 2600X, was fairly alright, it was performing as expected: link Thank you for your time!

Hello! After purchasing a STRIX RTX2060 for fairly cheap and having to saw my drive bay open to house it in my case, it's about time i purchased a new one. After looking around for fairly cheap options (This one should be around 70 euros), the CR500 seems to be one of the better ones. 3 built in fans (2 in the front, 1 in the back, which creates positive air pressure), a lot of filters (even for your drive bay), cable management support and a tempered glass panel. I have an ASRock A320M-HDV motherboard, which is Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.1-in x 8.1-in, the case supports Micro ATX, yet on their website the size of the Micro ATX is 9.6x9.6, so I'm wondering if my motherboard will fit. The stock cooler on the Ryzen 5 2600X (the Wraith Spire) should be good, the case supports up to 180mm cooler size (not quite sure what this means, so I'm a bit skeptical). My 2060 is 30 x 13.2 x 5 centimeters, the case supports up to 40 centimeters, so that should be fine. My RM 550x PSU is 150mm x 86mm x 160mm, the case supports up to 220mm, so that should be a great fit as well. All of the reviews that I've seen about this case are really good, so I'd like to know your opinion, and whether the components will fit or not. Thank you for your time!

For a 10 dollar difference, is there any point to buy the cheaper one? If they'd cost the exact same, would you buy the XC Black Gaming or the XC Gaming?

Yeah, I bought it for cheap since all of the games that interest me weren't all that CPU heavy, so I didn't plan on overclocking. I don't think I'll need to upgrade it any time soon, but thanks for the input!

I actually stumbled up on that video too, though i skipped through it and didn't even notice the lack of difference in the performance. Now my question is: which one of the EVGA is better? The EVGA XC Black Gaming seems inferior in every (only two) way to the EVGA XC Gaming - clock speed and texture fill rate. Both look identical, the price difference is only 10 dollars, the XC Gaming one being the costlier one.

i care more about the performance and thermals of the card rather than the noise it makes - my 10603gb on 100% fan usage is like a vacuum cleaner, but due to my headphones i don't really hear it that much the Strix i keep mentioning comes factory-overclocked, right? wouldn't want to muck around with overclocking too much

tomshardware, reddit, a couple of posts on this forum too. From my personal experience, Asus is really good, so i think the Asus one would be the best option for me.

Read a fair amount of reviews about Gigabyte, saying their cards are inferior quality, so I don't want to buy anything from them. No bad reviews about EVGA or Asus ones.

Got a monitor with G-Sync, so I'd like to stick to stuff that supports it. Also, lots of games coming out "soon" that I'd love to play, so I don't really want to wait too much.

I could get the "EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 XC Ultra Gaming 6GB GDDR6 PCIE 06G-P4-2167-KR" for around 490 dollars from a reliable Latvian shop, so it'd be much easier to return/get it repaired in case of a malfunction. The Strix card would cost me about 530, so i think the factory overclock, better thermals and clock speed would be worth the extra 40 dollars. On the website, it says that the EVGA has an 1830 Turbo Speed, but does this mean I'd have to overclock it manually? I have no experience with overclocking, always saw it as a medium risk - low reward thing.

World of Tanks can be decent - the game is really stable, doesn't need a beefy system to be played. The only problem nowadays is that it's way too team reliant, though you can still have loads if fun if winning isn't your only objective. Playing without putting in some money into it can be slow and miserable at times, but i'd still recommend trying it. League of Legends was my favorite game for 3 or so years, now I've switched to Apex as well, and it's an amazing game. Works really well for me, no crashes, no performance issues.

Hi! Using a lot of suggestions from multiple forums, including this one (link to thread), I've decided to purchase an RTX2060 GPU, but now another question has arisen - which model should I go for? Overall, the price difference between the most expensive and the cheapest one is around 110$, the most expensive one being Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition. From what I've seen, this card has the best thermals of all of the cards, obviously the best performance, it also comes factory overclocked at 1830 MHz. In the most recent Linus video, where they compare the AMD vs Intel builds, both Linus and Anthony go for a Zotac 2060 Twin Fan, which is about 100 dollars cheaper than the Asus ROG one. I've looked through some other threads on 2060, a lot of people recommend the Asus ROG, but some people also recomment the EVGA Dual Fan design. These are my current specs: Windows 10, 64 bit Corsair RM 550X (550W, recently upgraded with the help of this forum, thanks!) AMD Ryzen 5 2600X NVIDIA 1060 3GB ASRock A320M-HDV Predator Z1 (2560 x 1440, 144Hz) Any feedback is welcome! Thank you for your time!

This is a decent Latvian website, could you have a look and say which one of these are good? There's a lot of models, obviously the triple-fan ones look the best and are the most expensive ones. I checked out the Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition, it has a "gaming mode" clock of 1830 (base is 1365), so it seems pretty good. The cheapest one is 1680 and 1365 respectively. Only about 70 euro difference between the most expensive and the cheapest one.