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Hey. So... I have a new PC and I have been having some problems with it. Specifically with the GPU. (i think) I will give the full specks at the bottom. (GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus) My PC was working fine just a few days ago, as in I was able to play my games on ultra without problem, but I got an NVIDIA update and then after it finished, the games on Steam and Epic started not using the GPU for the games and the CPU started to absolutely throttle. Updating the driver was the only thing that I did. I then thought that the update was the problem, so I rolled it back, but the problem still persisted. I then restarted the system and now only a few games actually use the GPU when on. Those games would be games like AmongUs, CaveCrawlers, any game on EA, and Helldivers2. All of my other games like Hogwarts legacy, The Finals, Halo: MCC, and Warframe, still don't work. Let me know if there is anything else that yall would need to help me in this. Thanks Specks: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card PSU: EVGA 500 BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

Budget (including currency): 300 euros Country: Romania Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Baldur's Gate 3,Enshrouded,RDR2,Starfield,Elden Ring (gaming in general) Other details : So It's been a few days since I'm looking for a newer GPU because I'm not satisfied anymore with the one that I have atm and I'm just exhausted because I don't know what to pick between RX 6600 / RTX 3060 12 GB / RTX 3050 8 GB. My only concern is bottlenecking and since I don't want to change anything but my GPU I know bottlenecking can't be avoided but still I don't know what would be the best case in this scenario. Maybe I need to look for weaker GPU'S? I really don't know. (I don't want to buy second hand components also). I appreciate ANY opinion at this point. Just please help me make the right choice. My current setup : Processor :i5-9400F 2.90 GHZ GPU : 1060 GTX 3GB Motherboard : B360M-A SOCKET LGA1151 PSU : 500 W RAM : 24 GB 2400 MHZ Let me know If I need to be more specific with any information.

Im looking to get a 240hz monitor and was hoping for help and suggestions. Im looking for a 1440p, 240hz monitor with very good colour accuracy as I will be using it for light editing work and gaming, Doesn't require HDR and the editing is nothing fancy just short form videos mostly so doesn't need pro specs by any means. my budget is around 500 obviously id prefer to keep it cheaper if possible but willing to go up to 1k. Im based in Ireland if that helps at all for getting an idea for pricing. I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this I'm new to the forum. Thank you for the help.

Brand new PC is having black screen crashes in Destiny 2. Long story short, I just built a brand new computer last week (specs below). On first boot, I wanted to test my most-played game, Destiny 2, and was super happy to see it maxing out with 144fps and FreeSync-type smoothness. However, over the past week, Destiny has been crashing randomly, sometimes even as I first load into an area. I have done just about every Reddit/YouTube troubleshoot in the book, still to no avail. My PC seems to run fine in everything else, it's just Destiny that has constant issues. I'll summarize the list of issues below, including specs, and the common error code when my system crashes. Issue: Destiny 2 black screen after playing for anywhere between 1-20 minutes, booted back to windows home screen, presented with error code "Broccoli" (GPU issue in-game), restart required to open Destiny again. In game before crashes is very stuttery, lots of screen tearing. PC is still running after crash, no MB debug lights come on, and I'm able to use most desktop apps post-crash as well. Things I've noticed: No GPU or CPU temperature peaking during crashes, super high scores with no crashing 3DMark or Heaven, no issues in other games, VRAM MHz sits around 1000 even when idle, game sits around 75-85% GPU utilization in intensive areas. Tweaks to my system I've made: XMP enabled on RAM, CPU undervolted to max 85W, tested GPU clock speed to max at 3000MHz, undervolted to 1050mV, power limit increase to 15% (all stable but not in Destiny). Fixes I've tried that haven't worked: 1. Resolution tweaks with CRU to reduce idle VRAM MHz. 2. Disable and fully delete Xbox game bar. 3. Reset GPU overclock to out-of-box tuning. 4. DDU graphics drivers. 5. Went back to old drivers that were "more stable" for the 7x00 series of AMD cards. 6. Windows memory test (just to make sure it wasn't the RAM). 7. Set power plan to high performance, also giving Destiny 2 high priority graphics settings. 8. Updated chipsets and BIOS. 9. Verified game files via Steam. 10. Disabled full screen optimization (this has helped with overall smoothness). Error Code: Display driver amduw23g stopped responding and has successfully recovered. This is the error code I have been receiving every crash. I'm not 100% sure this is the culprit, but there are no other warning codes around the crashing times. People on reddit whop receive this code seem to have similar issues to my own. I have linked a pic of this error code below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit Log: Few hours after posting this, I'm having worse stutters in game. I ran a strike with no crashes, and I had GPU-Z handy on my second monitor. GPU-Z shows that when these stutters happen, the following drop to zero or near zero: GPU clock, GPU load, Board Power Draw, and GPU voltage. These stutters are like skipping frames, imagine freezing for half a second before the game goes right back to normal. Specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 7700x GPU: AMD Radeon 7800xt RAM: G.skill 6000Mhz CL32 MB: MSI B650-p Wifi PSU: Thermaltake GF1 850W (2024) Case: Corsair 3000D Monitor: Dell S2716DG (GSync, no FreeSync) Thank you to everyone who responds with help. I'm hoping I'm able to figure this out soon.

Hi all, I recently switched from a Ryzen 5 3600 to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D. It may be important to note that I initially upgraded from a 3600 & RTX 3070 to a 5800X3D and 7900 XT, and was running a stress test with Prime95 & Furmark at once on a 750W PSU. The computer immediately shut down, so I upgraded to a 1000W PSU and don't have this issue anymore. They both run fine at the same time (could this have damaged by CPU/motherboard causing this issue?). I was idling fine on the 3600 around 35 C, but this 5800 idles around 65-70 C. I've asked around on Reddit and other forums and everyone seems to agree that these temps are way too high. From what other people post, I should be seeing around 30 to 40 C idling (when I say "idle", I mean with Discord, Steam, and HWiNFO open at once). I've tried the following: Disabled A-XMP in my BIOS (made no difference, so I turned it back on) Updated my BIOS Reset CMOS Swapped out the kryosheet I re-used from my 3600 for a new one Changing the cooler from a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 to a DeepCool Assassin IV Changing from a kryosheet to thermal paste Nothing I've done has changed the temps and I'm completely lost at this point. Here are my specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 32 GB (4x8 GB) DDR4 3200 RAM (3200 w/ A-XMP on) (if the brand matters it's TEAM Group TFORCE) MSI B450 Tomahawk (latest BIOS revision as of this post, not Tomahawk MAX) AMD 7900 XT Corsair RM1000E 1000W PSU I'm using HWiNFO to read my temps, and reading the Tctl/Tdie temp. Screenshot If anyone can point me in the right direction here as to what I'm doing wrong, I would GREATLY appreciate it. The only thing I haven't tried is reinstalling Windows, but I'm not sure how/why that would help.

So... After a while, I finally got around to installing my brand new Crucial MX500 4TB... and it isn't working. It does not show up in the Windows Explorer, but my BIOS does detect it. I am very confused... I also know that I plugged it into a working SATA-Port, namely no.2 - 5&6 don't work because I have a M.2 installed. I use the B450 Tomahawk Max motherboard btw. If anyone else experienced this issue with the Crucial MX500, please let me know. I don't want to realize I have bought a 300€ paperweight. Thanks!

Hello, I'm going to sound like the biggest wuss ever but I need to update my bios for a certain update. Now I'm actually scared of doing this but I know what I'm doing. For some reason I think my power is going to suddenly go out and that's it for my motherboard even though it has a dual bios. Why am I like this, I don't understand why I can't bring myself to update the bios. Any ways on whihc I can reassure myself. Many Thanks, Fire!

My pc has been crashing while gaming and i havent found anything after many stress tests and driver reinstalls that points to a common issue except for this event viewer error -------------------------------------- A fatal hardware error has occurred. Reported by component: Processor Core Error Source: Machine Check Exception Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error Processor APIC ID: 5 --------------------------------------- I have no idea what this means or what to do. The Processor APIC ID isnt always 5, sometimes its 0 or 6 but all the rest of the error is consistent. the more demanding the game, the more likely this will occur. NO BSOD, just maybe a few seconds of a green frozen screen or just black screen then instant restart. the audio also glitches while the crash is happening sometimes. WHat does this mean? How can I resolve this? What should I try first? Specs: Radeon RX 5700, Ryzen 7 5800x, 16gb ram ddr4 3600mhz, rog strix x-570-e gaming motherboard, EVGA supernova 650w G3. What ive tried: DDU the video driver countless times and using old and latest amd drivers, testing all components under max load in stress tests, clearing shader cache and cpu cache, memtests and disk checks multiple times, reseating gpu and switching ram dimm slots. None of these have stopped the crashes from happening.

We all share a home computer at home. (I have a laptop that I use for school stuff but this is about the computer) My family need Windows for their day to day tasks(Ive tried converting them but they wont lol) There is a 256gb ssd on there. I was considering having a triple boot with Windows 10 LTSC, Vanilla Arch with a tiling window manager ( my primary OS ), and Nobara for gaming. There is also a 512gb HDD that I would like to use primarily for storing files, not programs(this is for all 3). How much storage should I allocate for each OS on my SSD? ***My family members do not install any large programs on windows. Just the occasional productivity app or some small games (The software they install might account to around 30GB but nothing more)*** Arch will be my primary OS. I will be playing Minecraft and Terraria. I was hoping for a majority on Arch and equal space on Nobara and Windows.

I just upgraded from a 1660 Super to a RX6650XT and it’s not displaying, keyboard and mouse powered but no display. Motherboard: B450M Pro4 CPU: AMD 5800X Ram: 32GB Still works just fine with my 1660 but not with my 6650

Like the title says it says "No internet, secured". I've been struggling for like a day trying to figure this out. I've tried EVERYTHING. I've reset my internet 4 times, disabled and reenabled my drivers, network reset 10 times, restarted Windows, restarted my computer, changed the DNS, used power-shell, and nothing worked. My hotspot from my phone works but for some unforsaken reason my home wifi doesn't work. It worked at first after I first installed the drivers, then I installed some apps discord, steam, etc then I enabled EXPO. When I turned it back on it started the issues. It would stay then disconnect and say the phrase "No internet, secured" but when I reset my computer it would work and then stop again. After doing this forever, reseting it wasnt working anymore. Please help me in this.

i did install this virus by accident so the computer shutdown and when turned it on it wont boot evan the windows logo didn't show up so i did burn win on a usb and tried to use a restore point or image recovery but there was none, after that i followed a YouTube video on how to rebuild the image using dism and sfc(https://youtu.be/EdgzHS7poIc?si=ct9dKYM7hEW8Z4Lt) and it says that it was successful but didnt fix anything so is there anything i can do to get my files i don't want to format

Budget (including currency): ~$2550 Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly games, the occasional video making as a hobby Other details My part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VjKc7R No peripherals needed, upgrading from HP gaming desktop, planning on building during summer, and planning on playing in 1440p 75hz minimum

Hey! So I know that UEFI is the new fancy bios with all the fancy gui and secure boot and stuff. Legacy bios is the old one for MBR systems. However, I read that there is a performance difference when installing an Operating System from UEFI bios and LEGACY bios. Is this true? If yes, which one should I go for while installing the OS?(Windows, Linux dualboot)

Hi. I can not set my refresh rate above 120Hz with 10-bit color depth. It automatically switches to 8-bit. Even though my monitor claims 170Hz, it's only usable at a maximum of 120Hz with 10-bit. Is this a cable or monitor issue? My monitor model: VX2780J-2K Cable: Ugreen 80391 DisplayPort 1.4 cable. GPU: 4070

Hi All, I was looking for some advice - consider me a noobie when it comes to electronics, power supplies and matching everything correctly. Please see the image attached for what I am hoping to achieve. To get something like this from the manufacturer of the wall panels is around £200. What I think I know: - I would need a plastic diffuser track to diffuse the LEDs for a more smooth light output - Need some LED strips, Power Supply, some form of controller - To avoid soldering I would most likely need to buy (e.g.) 5 1m strips and cut down 3 of them to get varying lengths and discard the extra LEDs. Not the most economical, i know, but I would really like to avoid much electronic work. What I would like: - I dont have a soldering Iron and would like to avoid doing this as I don't have any experience in it before - A relative plug an play solution, even if the different components are from different manufacturers (e.g. plugging LED strip into power with pre-existing connector) Nice to have: - Smart hope integration (Apple Homekit, or even app based) - Black cables to help hide (not a deal breaker) If anyone could advise/suggest how to do this and what components to use that would be much appreciated! Or if anyone know where I could get something similar to this without the £200 price tag that would be much appreciated!! Thanks in advance, Callum

Budget (including currency): 1000-1500 € Country: France Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: (in order of priority) Music Production and Music Mixing: Ableton Live 11, maybe upgrade to 12 ( for work ) Video Editing, Small animation creation: Blender and DaVinci Resolve ( for work ) Light 3D modeling: Auto Cad and TermoLog ( a software for buildings 3D modeling ) (for work) Gaming: EUIV, WoW, have a peek at more modern titles that I could not play before. (for fun! ) Philosophy of the build: I need a capable machine today, I can add/upgrade non-essential features in the future ( i.e. more storage). (This is why I think going with a DDR5 capable system would allow me to upgrade it in the future. Same goes with the 12th gen CPU, I chose a budget friendly platform that will allow me to upgrade up to 14th gen in the future... Is there something I am missing in my reasoning ? ) Additional Constraint: I have to relocate once per year in a different country in Europe for 2 months, so I need something "portable", some SFF build. Laptops seem to not give a good €/performance compared to desktops, plus they are not really upgradeable in the future. The build: PCPartPicker Part List: https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/4ngLn6 CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (€182.14 @ Amazon France) Motherboard: ASRock B760M-H/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€105.88 @ Alternate) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€138.88 @ Alternate) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€102.27 @ Amazon France) Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card (€322.00 @ PowerLab) Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€123.78 @ Amazon France) Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€129.99 @ Amazon France) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit (€141.88 @ Alternate) Total: €1246.82 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-29 10:33 CET+0100 Monitors: 2 Monitors Setup Peripherals: I already have all the basic peripherals, including an external audio interface The more USB ports the better, currently I'm forced to use USB hubs that cause some issues with MIDI keyboards. Here's what I currently hook up to my laptop: External Audio Interface Mouse dongle Keyboard dongle MIDI keyboard 2 external hard drives. ( in the future I will only use them for backup and transfer sound libraries on internal SSD, for now I'm forced to use them for "low-priority" sound banks) Why the Upgrade? I'm currently using a struggling Laptop which technically performs all the tasks that the new build should perform way better. (Current Laptop partial spec: CPU: intel i7-8550U GPU: AMD Radeon R7 M340 RAM: 8GB, 500ish GB SSD of some kind). The laptop is starting to crash once per week, I want to change it before it dies on me. So.. is this build even realistic ? Cheers

Budget (including currency): 30,000 MXN Country: Mexico Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Realistically, any game that can be played. I'm not super picky when it comes to playing every single game at an Ultra Preset, but I would like my games to perform well and at least look good. Mainly looking forward to finally Playing Cyberpunk on at least the high graphics preset running at more than 60 fps. It will also be used for graphic design programs, such as most of the Adobe Library (Premiere, Photshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, After Effects, etc.) Other details: Here's the PC Part Picker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4MLkgB And in written form CPU: Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive GPU: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply I'm also thinking of getting 3 extra iCUE SP120 RGB Elite Performance fans just in case. I was also looking into buying the Gigabyte M27Q-SA monitor, since it's not terribly expensive and its a 27 inch, 1440p, 170hz monitor which is just what I'm looking for, but a 27 inch, 1440p, 120hz monitor would also be perfectly fine. If you have any recommendations for a monitor around those specs that would be greatly appreciated. Is this a build that makes sense? If possible, I would like to stick with Nvidia and Intel since that's what I primarily know, but I'm not entirely closed off to trying AMD CPU's. Also, I'm not sure if the 12700KF is ok with a normal air cooler or looking into an AIO would be recommended, since I was also looking at the i7 13700KF, and that CPU can get really hot if not given proper care and I'm not sure if the same applies to the 12700KF. Thank you so much for your help in advance!

Hi, I'm currently doing one of my last SAT for one of my units and its a report on a chosen subject, I've decided to go with DLSS and I'm currently in the process of collecting unmanipulated, secondary data. I'm kindly asking (kind of desperately) for anybody who has any spreadsheets comparing DLSS on and off between different GPU's and is willing to share towards my study, since when I can't find any on the web, only manipulated data in forms of graphs. Any advice to get this data would be appreciated too, Thankss Also planning to collect Primary data very soon too! Forgot to specify, The focus on my study is the increase of performance with DLSS. The research question is: To what extent does the utilisation of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) impact the efficiency of frame generation in computer graphics?

if i put this nogdm3.pref file in the preferences.d folder with this config Package: gdm3 Pin: release a=* Pin-Priority: -10 will it prevent an updates to the gdm3 manager the same way i did with snapd after removing it my reason for this need is that i had disabled gdm3 an removed it after installing lightdm an was very much pleased right up till a recent batch of updates to which crippled my rig an left me unable to login an after a bit of effort i reinstalled gdm3 an was able to but for what ever reason i cant get lightdm to work again right an cant get elevated privileges to work from nemo when i need to open as root to do some editing of some thing an also cant get synaptic manager to open either while running in ubuntu wayland mode like i was before far as i can tell this all stems back to the recent batch of updates an some kind of error with gdm3 , lightdm an the main release of xanmod i was running at the time going from 6.6.16 to 6.7 broke a lot of shit im currently running in wayland under 6.6.17-x64v3-xanmod1 lts on ubuntu 23.10 gaming is now stable but the other issues remain like i still cant get lightdm to work again without login fail (doesnt make it even to screen just goes black) an still cant get elevated privileges to work from nemo or package manager to run short of just doing a fresh install id like some info an or advice on a fix for all this or at least a way to block certain things from updating or reinstalling after i do a fresh os install to try to prevent this from happening again also after a fresh os install can i remove in replace/unistall the default ubuntu kernel an replace with the xanmod would my WiFi & Ethernet , an amd gpu drivers all still work?

A couple of days ago my Steam Deck and an Anker battery just broke. For the Steam Deck there was no warning and no action which took place beforehand that could be an obvious cause of the issue. I just one day unplugged the device from the official Steam Deck charger and it did not turn on. The charging indicator light does not do anything either. When I say the Deck broke it BROKE. Just to clarify, there were no signs of life from the console. A little after I noticed a similar story for the Anker battery. I tried to charge my phone with it but it just would not charge. Then, I noticed the batteries indicator lights would not do anything. Just like the Steam Deck, the battery also showed absolutely zero signs of life. So I began considering what may have caused the issue. Currently I have no solid conclusion, but it is possible that the Steam Deck Charger could be the cause as that is the primary charger I use for both devices. Except possibly not, as I use the same charger for my phone and my phone functions (for the most part). So I am at a loss here, my Steam Deck ran out of warranty so warranty is not an option. As for the Anker battery I have yet to see.

Hello, i had a ryzen 7 2700x with a stock wraith prism cooler that was overheating, so i changed the cooler, it didnt help. I baught a new processor, a ryzen 5 5600x. With the stock cooler it run at 85 celsuis while gaming so i baught a cooler master master liquid 120 to help this, not the temps are a bit down but, is it normal that this processor runs at 60 celsius while using chrome? or it runs at 75 while gaming, at stess test, it caps at 95 and throttles. Whats the problem? My motherborad is a gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming 3 (rev. 1.x) Thanks in advance

So I installed a new OS in while only plugging the SSD in and not the HDD, and when I was done installing the new OS, I noticed that my HDD was not detected in windows/disk management/ device manager but is detected at BIOS. Does anyone know a fix for this? I don't know if this has to do with anything but my past OS was windows 10 HOME and my newly installed one is windows 10 PRO. Also I watched a yt tutorial in installing windows from a USB (my pc is DELL so the BIOS might be a bit different), and the guy I watched was switching from legacy to UEFI so that's what I did. Upvote1Downvote0commentsShare

I recently build a new pc and i put it all together and it didnt boot I realized that i messed up when i put the cpu in and took it out and had 9 bent pins i fixed the pins and put it back in and it booted but not fully but had a yellow ram light flashing but no post or display so i tried reseating the ram stick and just using one and nothing so i wrnt and bought a new cpu thinking the old one was dead and it still didnt do anything so i tried a ram stick that i knew worked and it booted fully everything was on but it didnt post or have a display and the yellow light was solid now and it had a red cpu light flashing every 3 seconds my last option it to get a new motherboard but if anyone had any suggestions please let me know the specs of the build are a ryzen 7 5800x and a nvidia geforce rtx 4060 with 2x16 3200 ram and 2tb 3600mb/s crucial nvme

Budget (including currency): 700USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: most FPS games and possible streaming in the future Other details Current parts: Case: NZXT H9 flow CPU: i9-12900KF AIO: msi mag coreliquid 360r MOBO: msi pro z790-a ddr5 Ram: Corsair vengeance 64gb 6000 PSU: Msi MPG A850G Storage: crucible p3 plus 2tb Operating system: Windows 10 Currently building my first pc, i was wondering about opinions on 3060 vs 4060. Main goal would be decent frame rates at 1080 and maybe 1440 in the future. I'm Open to different opinions on other GPUs that might be a better option as well.