Patrick-x13
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yes I get that but since I use the machine primarly for audio production, wouldn't be better to give the audio card more priority and direct lanes that are not affected by possibile bottleneck? -
Hi, I'm a bit confused about how cpu and chipset pcie lanes works on a motherboard and how to address possible configurations for high performace system builds. I've read around but it seems to me like there is a lot of confusion on the argument. I understood that every cpu has a total number of pcie lanes available/supported and the motherboard manufactures decides how to handle them for different configurations. As far as I know the DMI act as a pcie bottleneck merging all the pcie lanes from the chipset to x4 lanes (please correct me if I'm wrong). So the question is, how do I know exaclty how the pcie slots are configured in a motherboard, wich slots are directly connected to the cpu and wich slots goes through the DMI? I've never seen something related to that in the manuals. Skylake-x processors has up to 44 pcie lanes with x299 chipset, and assuming that the x16 slots are directly connected to the cpu, can I use one of these to connect a firewire x1 expansion card (or a usb 3 expansion card, or thunderbolt 3) to connect my external audio interface directly to the cpu instead of using the regular i/o on the motherboard that is bottlenecked by the DMI? Is this something that make sense? thanks in advance patrick
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Hi there, I'm running into a very strange issue on this system with intel i7-3930k, asus p9x79 pro, 3 different types and brand of memory modules in quad channel config. Using tpu switch on the mobo and memok button I was able to overclock and stabilize the system, and it works very well since the power chord is plugged in, but as long as I disconnect it (or turn off the psu), and then turning it on again, when switched on the system shutdown one time immediately after pressing the power button, then it post and boot correctly. cmos battery is fine and the bios settings are maintained, although it seems like when plugged off the mobo is resetting some memory timing in relation to the base clock so it needs to shutdown to accomplish that... this thing does not happen with stock bclk frequency (100mhz) but only when is raised.. I'm fairly new to overclockin and I don't really know if this is a problem at all, could be that is a normal behaviour of the mobo oc tuner. however I would like to know if this can be fixed some way, and understand why is doing that... any help is appreciated thanks PAt
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UPDATE: I tried @DragonTamer1 solution, and it did slightly help but not to the point that I think the contact of the heatsink was the actual problem.. I realized that I was running the system lightly overclocked so the higher temps could be related to that in the first place, sencondly the heat dissipation was better in horizontal position for sure. So I guess that is a combination of elements making this particular cooler not good for this machine, I got a masterliquid lite 240 and the temps are now perfect even with oc. Curious fact is that I mounted the same cooler in an x299 system (i9-7900x) at stock speed, and its actually quite good in that. thermals are balanced and I could bench without throttling and with safe temps. still digging thanks bye
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very interesting... it seems to me like its a common problem with heatsink tower coolers, maybe they don't perform very well with vertical builds... or at least some of them Altough it sound strange, I think it could be possible... I'm trying @DragonTamer1 advices tomorrow, but I'm starting to think about getting a liquid cooler like a corsair H60 or something like that...
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thanks @aezakmi, this makes a lot of sense, still I can't explain to myself why this cooler performs worse than the stock one... based on your explanation, do you think there is something I can do to make this cooler work better? ..thinking about orientation of the cooler, case fans ecc... I mean 20 degrees between vertical and horizontal position of the case is quite a big difference to me
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Nice solution, I'll give it a try on monday since I finished my thermal compound and waiting for a refill... I'll post the results... thanks
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yes I added 4 washers betwenn the head of the screws and the hole in the cross brace, but now I've removed them since they made almost no difference...
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yes its mounted correctly I think... i followed the manual.. here's a pic of the cross braces screwed to the socket yes if I undo the screws the cooler can freely move a bit, but I'm seeing that is making contact with the cpu lid...
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same results as before in vertical position, the temps returns to higher values and cpu is slightly throttling toward the end of both test
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yes of course... screws thigtened properly ( I even tried to add some metal washers to increase the tension) and the cooler seems pretty firm even in vertical position... but the difference is evident... I used Arctic Mx-4 thermal paste and yes of course removed the stickers..
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hi everyone, I purchased an Arctic Freezer 33 esport air cooler to cool my old i7-3930k cpu, installed it and tested. I was pretty disappointed tho, cause the temps under load were not so good at all, the cpu was reaching 80/90 degrees on cinebench and intel burn test, and even throttling a bit towards the end. This temps are worse than the ones with the intel stock cooler, with witch I could at least fiinish both tests without throttling. Then I decided to try another time and did it with the case in a horizontal position... much better results. Cpu temp not going over 70 degrees, and both test ended with no throttling. Could it be that the cooler is not doing enough pressure on the cpu spreader with the case in vertical position?.. are tower cooler supposed to be mounted only in horizontal builds? If this is the case, what possible solution could I adopt... Its very disappointing that a new aftermarket tower cooler (even if cheap) gives me worse temps than the stock one!! thanks ! patrick
