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I would keep the Desktop PC, youre not going to regret it. Stick to @fpo and try to get a laptop on top of your desktop. Christmas ist coming and im predicting that the desktop will be of much use in the future. With a typical gaming laptop (heavy, chunky, less space for battery) you will be upset when studying. Pick a slim mediocre Laptop, capable of light games like minecraft and easy to handle for mobile operations and periodes without a power source.

That why i asked, just for the case he used some modular cable laying around. But even when completly shorted, a correct functioning power supply (of such a brand like corsair) would never go boom. Edit: Looks like a Corsair 650m, so cables are original.

Did you use the cables which were provided with the PSU? I noticed that the 24pin is sleeved while the 8-PIN Cpu isnt.

Maybe a 4,5k is the wrong end of the money spectrum for me I think those components are "bang for the buck". 3600mhz Memory is the sweet spot i think, the intel 660p is kind of a controversal product, i know . But im pretty sure that the cooling solution and power supply is more than enough for someone who is not going after every single mhz of overclocking

- What about a cool looking RGB Mousepad matching his new Keyboard? One of that XXL Things coveirng Keyboard and Mouse at the sime time with edge lighting. - Maybe an Elgato Stream Deck? I love the Idea of having customizable buttons which i can set different game actions to with a individualized picture. (bit over the budget) - USB Fingerprint reader for Windows 10? So he can unlock his computer, like anyone unlocks his phone? - I love those useless but cool looking RGB Headphone holders, maybe with an integrated USB Hub - If hes into Case Modding or would maybe like it, you could think about a Farbwerk360 RGB Controller. It comes with some RGB Stripes, so you can customize the fuck out of your System, making it shine in any color/pattern. Cool thing is u use a internal USB2.0 Header cable to control the Farbwerk via software. - For under 100$ u can also get a secondary monitor, every should have atleast 2 monitors - external soundcards? - an aftermarket ambilight kit for his tv? Either diy (cheapest with arduino and some adressable cables) or a kit. Looks pretty epic if he has a white wall behind his monitor - A cool CPU cooler like an AIO is always a great gift and helps reducing noise if hes using stock fans - Fans in generall, why not gifting some epic RGB 120mm fans to replace old ones

Amd or Intel prefered? What size are u looking for? 4,5k with or without peripherals (Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc.) Experienced User (more Expensive Board for OC) or going with Stock OC settings? Prefered Colour? Style? Air Cooling or AIO or even custom loop? Give us some more info If your not in a hurry i would wait for the new Ryzen series (or atleast more realistiv benchmarks) and maybe for the Big Navi GPUs Example build with Intel: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $374.99 @ Newegg CPU Cooler NZXT Kraken X53 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $198.70 @ Amazon Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $145.99 @ Amazon Storage Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $224.99 @ B&H Video Card PNY GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Video Card $759.94 @ Office Depot Case Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Razer ATX Full Tower Case $179.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $154.99 @ Corsair Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $2169.58 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-21 05:36 EDT-0400 There are many variables. With that budget you could easily go with a i9 oder Ryzen chip with more cores, but you wouldnt feel any difference when "only" gaming.

So, fault tracing beginns. I started with making some more quality fotos. I did not research anything yet, but keep this post/thread updated. After identifying possibly defective components, i will start to check those. I checked a few resistors, some of them act as jumpers, other has pretty specific values like 4700Ohm or 10kOhm. I did not find a faulty one or some weird numbers. The blue thingys has either ~15kOhm oder >170kOhm. Could those things be blown fuses? Those are sitting close to the voltage regulator. (see picture below, marked red) Furthermor i checked my 3,5 HDD and "repaired" a blown fuse (those were easier to locate, i shorted it). Besides the fuse a 3pin voltage regulator was blown. Any idea which part i need to replace? I could get a new HDD Controller Board vom AliExpress and restore the data via software (hope atleast so). But repairing it all by myself would feel like a much greater success. HDD in total Blown voltage regulator... Text is "XZ" or so...

oops wanted to edit my old post...

Thoses videos are super helpful. Thank you very much. I just openend my Micron 1100 SSD, those are hardcore SMD components. Tomorrow at work im checking out the components with a magnifier and proper equipment. Im just hoping that there was a tiny fuse on the right spot. At the moment i can not see any burn marks etc.

Damn, after i realised what was going on i instantly switched all cables... Thank god for the rest of my system surviving ._.

Learned the hard way i guess

So i switched from a Chiefsonic 550W modular SFX Power Supply to a Corsair 750W modular SFX Power Supply. I thought that the cables between power supplys are interchangable and my cables were all tied down nicely. They fit perfectly in the new Corsair PSU. After turning on my Computer i was wondering why my CPU was overheating. Long story short, i figured out that my pump was not voting. So i got a Multimeter and checked voltages, 5V on 12V lane and the other way round. SHIT I quickly installed the original Corsair cables and at least the pump was running now. My 2tb SSD, 256gb Boot SSD, 3tb HDD and Farbwerk 360 Controller are dead now Any chance of saving any data from the SSDs, do they have some sort of fuse? Who is at fault here? Chiefsonic or Corsair? Arent these cable following a norm? Only my M.2 survived this simple Power Supply swap

Yeah, but it doesnt really fit my real world usage scenario, where i dont really use all 8 cores.

So, background of this thread is a 10700k in my mini ITX case, which can output to much heat for my single 280 Radiator, which is cooling my 1080 and CPU. I found a lot of OC guides going for max performance, not respecting power output and heat. I would like to tame my 10700k with max possible clock speeds, while maintaining cool and efficent. I was able already able to achieve a 5,1 GHz overclock (allcore). But for what do i need all cores at this ratings? Im 99% gaming, so i would prefer 5,2 or even 5,3 on my best core and only tuning the intel boost technology. Are there any important steps i need to pay attention to? Can i just leave all the Iintel Power Boost thingys enabled and set my per clock ratios to something like this?: - 52x - 52x (when stable maybe 53x later on? Highest performance for single threaded tasks?) - 51x - 51x (all core 51x was already possible, but 4x 5,1GHz seems more reasonable) - 50x - 50x - 50x - 50x (When hitting all cores, 5GHz should be finde with my cooling) I red a lot about terrible core voltages when leaving the mainboards on auto, but is there a way of testing and setting different vcores for the different per clock ratios? Higher voltages when achieving 5,2GHz (or more) on only 2 cores? Lower VCore for a all thread load for efficent working and less heat? Thanks in advance Background Info: Mainboard: Z490i Gigaby Aurora Ultra (fuck my old Asrock, it just wasnt capable enough for a i7) CPU: 10700k Ram: Corsair 32GB 3600MHz Graphics: KFA 1080 (stock OC) with Alphacool M11 Waterblock Power: Corsair SFX 750W CPU Cooling: Alphacool XPX Block Radiator: Alphacool 45 280mm Fans: 2x 140mm Silent Wings (50% RPM when in idle for airflow in Case) Pump: DDC310

Im expecting 5,1GHz for Loads with less than 4 active Cores... Im getting a max GHz Peak of 4,9GHz, while only having 2 Active Cores (see lower right corner, Active Core Count and Max Core Frequency) Help