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JayEee

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Koala land
  • Interests
    PCs and laptops, good quality hardware and cars, Tennis, F1, gaming (Hitman, Fallout, Plane/Hunting/City Simulations, Future Sci-Fi games)
  • Biography
    Dutch parents, born in Aus
  • Occupation
    Technical Specialist

System

  • CPU
    i7 7700
  • Motherboard
    GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)
  • RAM
    32GB G.Skill
  • GPU
    2080RTX 8GB
  • Case
    Silverstone GD09
  • Storage
    NVMe and some NAS HDD's
  • PSU
    650w 80 Gold
  • Display(s)
    LG Ultra Widescreen 3440x1440
  • Cooling
    Mostly Noctua fans
  • Keyboard
    Logitech MX KEYS
  • Mouse
    Logitech MX3.
  • Sound
    Soundblaster X3
  • Operating System
    Win10 Pro 64bit
  • Laptop
    Dynabook Z50-E .. well built, very reliable :)

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  1. Alright, my PC is generally always on but mostly idle. I'll go for the RMx Perhaps if I was a crypto miner I would go for Platinum lol
  2. I'll consider the RMx, thanks Edit...$10 difference, a few cups of coffee lol. RMx it is. HX is platinum rated, would paying a premium up-front save you $$$ in the long run But .... the new 12 volt PSU will be the norm soon, so my next PC upgrade may need one of these new 12v units, so might as well just get the RMx.
  3. The Corsair RM850 850W seems like the best choice after some googling. The RM series seemed to be recommended the most.
  4. Good info, thanks. I don't like the idea of stressing a PSU at borderline and I think this PSU is about 6+ years old so perhaps I should just upgrade to a nice 850w and sell the 650w combined with the original case, mobo, cpu, ram, cooler. I'll have a look at that link
  5. yeah sry it's the XFX (fixed the typo). ok 180w seems more reasonable, and good to know I can adjust the power limits. Thanks all for the info
  6. Hi Guys Current system: i7 7700 - HWMonitor says 75w under 100% RTX2080 - GPU-Z says 220w under 100% load XFX XTR 650w (80Gold) Upgrade: I have on order: Intel i7 12700K Gigabyte Z690 Ultra mobo 32GB DDR5 6000, and dual 120mm fan AIO watercooler for the CPU. Some googling suggests that the 12700K can reach 270watts under full load. So if both the CPU and GPU were at full load, those two components would reach 490watts, which leaves 160watts for the rest of the system (two 3.5" HDD's, and two M.2 SSD's, Fans, RAM etc..). I do some occasional handbrake H264 encoding and may play a game at the same time, so potentially it could reach near 100% CPU and GPU usage. Will that XTR 650w be able to handle the system? (I don't plan on overclocking anything)
  7. The PC Case is a flat desktop design so no space for water cooling. But I trust nVidia limiting it to 85c so it should be fine. ps. I've had many nVidia fan cooled cards, none of them have ever failed. I may get slightly better performance with water cooling, but meh, I'm not fussed about 10% performance TBH. My monitor is limited to 60FPS anyway lol
  8. The X3 has no headset support (earphones with both Mic and output)? I see a Mic input and a headphone output, but no combo port Perhaps there is an adapter than combines both ports into one headset port?
  9. 83c after installing the rear fan as an intake and clearing the cables as best I can (not much space to route the cables in my case). 2c difference, better than nothing
  10. Ok I'll go for Intake, makes sense to flow fresh air towards the GPU. I'll probably try exhaust just for laughs, but I think intake would be better. I'm wandering if its worth removing some of the PCI-E slot covers so the air can escape easier Three 120mm fans pushing air in, but not much exhaust flow through the tiny holes Good to know that 85c is the controlled temp, thanks.
  11. ok so when installing a new rear fan next to the PSU, should it blow outwards rather than inwards? If it blow inwards, wouldn't the GPU get fresher air? On the other hand, since there are two large fans at the front, all that air would need help to dissipate, instead of escaping out through all the small holes in the casing and PCI-E covers. Perhaps I'll try both ways and see which one is better.
  12. ok I'll install another fan and clean up the PSU cables. Would be nice the run the GPU at a few degrees cooler.
  13. ok, ok interesting. So nothing to worry about. Good to know.
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