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Hello Everyone, Getting a weird problem trying to get my full internet plan download speed at my computer. Here's the situation: Comp 1 (my computer) is connected with a 20ft cat5 cable to a TP-Link TL-SG105 which is then connected with a 50ft cat6 cable back to the modem. Comp 2 (wife's computer) is connected with a similar 20ft cat5 cable to the same switch. The internet plan speed is 600Mbps down and 10Mbps up. Comp 1 can download games from Steam at a max of 50-60Mbps (connected to closest US server), and gets ~360Mbps from speedtest.net. Comp 2 can download games from Steam at 540Mbps (connected to same server), and gets ~550Mbps from speedtest.net. Comp 1 has an i7-8700k installed on a Gigabyte Z370N Wifi motherboard with two 1Gbps network ports on the rear I/O. Comp 2 has a Ryzen 5 3600 installed on a ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 with 1 1Gbps network port on the rear I/O. Here's what I've tried so far to fix the speed issues on comp 1: * connecting the current cable to the other port, no change * connecting extra cat5 cable to comp 1 and switch, no change * connecting comp 2's cat5 cable to both ports on comp 1, no change * connecting directly to the modem, small improvement (speedtest.net results went up to 390Mbps, I'm assuming this increase was from removing the overhead of the switch) * tested built-in wifi with the motherboard's included antenna, worse results (expected but worth testing still just in case there was a significant improvement and I could download on wifi and then play the games on ethernet) * updated bios, chipset drivers, and LAN drivers from the motherboard support page, no change * contacted my ISP, they said there was a decent amount of packet loss between the ISP and my modem, but that doesn't easily explain why comp 2 is able to get access to the full download speeds and comp 1 can't. Is there something I'm missing here? Or is the MB and/or CPU just taking a crap and it's time to replace them? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

After installing a new GPU (RTX 3090 from GTX 1080), I started my computer, saw the BIOS splash screen, followed by a message that read “reboot and select proper boot device” Some consulting with the Motherboard Manual, I decided to try swapping the NVME drive to the other M.2 ports. (I’m not sure what my thought process was here…) That didn’t work. I updated the BIOS, from B2 to F15a, and now that message doesn’t show up. Instead, upon powerup, the bios comes up first, with no option to select the boot drive. If I hit F12 on the BIOS splash screen, I get the option to select a boot drive. If I select the Samsung 970 EVO PLUS, it will try to boot, and bring me back to the same spot, asking me to select the drive again. (This seems like the same issue, the BIOS is just handling it different with the update.) I did try swapping the Storage Boot Option Control from UEFI to Legacy, but no luck. This wasn’t an issue that I anticipated when upgrading to the 3090, and is a bit out of my wheelhouse. The only thing I can think of could be an issue is the 3090’s use of PCI-e x16, and somehow the NVME drive can’t get what it needs to run? However, this benchmark I found (https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/35087921) shows a user with the same Motherboard, CPU, and GPU I have, as well as a NVME SSD. So, it appears to be possible. · Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 · BIOS Ver.F15a · i7-8700K · 64 GB DDR4 2133MHz · Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCI-e NVME SSD (Boot Drive) · Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD · EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 · EVGA 850W PSU · Windows 10 Pro 64-bit · Motherboard error code reads: Ab I appreciate any and all advice on this. Thank you.

gpu: rtx 2080 cpu: i7-8700k windows 10 64x 16gb ram asrock z390 phantom gaming 4-ib I have been trying to play warzone, rust, minecraft and many more games but my gpu and cpu usage are both lower than usual. my cpu usage always stays at 10-40% and the speed jumps around from .8ghz - 2.5ghz when the base speed should be 3.7ghz and as for my gpu it also stays at around 10-40% usage and even after playing games for long periods of time my computer doesnt heat up. no less than a week ago these werent issues at all and i was able to run games on max settings over 100 fps but now i can barely top 30 fps and changing the quality doesnt change the fps im getting at all ive tried clearing my graphics drivers reinstalling windows resetting my pc resetting my bios ive change all of the graphics settings on my pc to maximum performance and ive tried other modes too i dont have any v-sync on i also havent done any overclocking if anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated because ive spent much time reading forms and solutions and nothing has worked to fix my pc so far

Hey So I am a rainbow six siege player My Current Setup - i7-8700k | gtx1060 | 16gb ram | 144hz monitor gonna be playing on 1080p and may upgrade to 240hz monitor in future Main Question - planning to upgrade to 3080 will my CPU be a bottleneck? I am posting for the first time so sorry if I made any mistakes.

I got home from work this morning to see a box on my desk. Opening it up I find a i9-9900k. Reading the card, I find that my kids along with my parents have bought me an upgrade! Im happy with my 8700k, but I don't want to disappoint them and not make use of the CPU... What is a proud dad to do? Return it and get them their money back for something I really could use? Put it in my system and use the 8700 for another build? My kids can't use it, they all have Ryzen based systems that I just built them this past Christmas. I know my system can handle the 9900k, but argh... What would you do?

I have an Asus Rog Maximus x formula motherboard with a i7-8700k with the most recent bios and drivers and I’ve tried over clocking my cpu in bios multiple times following videos. (I’ve over clocked cpus before so I know the procedures involved with over clocking cpus) I’m trying to over clock to 4.7ghz and it says so on the bios but when I launch to windows it’s still at stock clock speed. I’ve read up on articles all day about people having the same problems with no fixes what so ever. Wondering if anybody has a fix for this here or maybe I’m missing a setting in my bios settings that applies to Asus motherboards. I’ve changed the clock speed the voltage all that good stuff and it refuses to clock past the factory clock speed under load. I payed for a a mother board that can be over clocked yet refuses to do so. Please help.

My pc doesn't display the cpu temeprature any more i've use multipe programs that monitor temperature but non of them are showing anything. i mainly use NZXT Cam because im using an nzxt kraken x62 and i'm kind of worried that my cpu will start running hot without me knowing because i can't set the fan curve any more via cam.

Okay so i have an i7-8700k i just upgrade the cooler from a Hyper 212 Evo to a be quiet! Dark Rock 4, BK021, 200W TDP, CPU Cooler and i even used the old fan from the hyper 212 evo with the new cooler and the fan it also came with. The reason why i upgrade is because on the Hyper 212 Evo doing some heavy load well easily and i mean easily go up to 100c so i upgrade after a 1-2 years and now i have the dark rock 4 and i fire up cine bench and it not that much better still get in the 90-100 but it is keeping it more cool but not were i would want it so am wondering if the thermal paste from the be quiet cooler is just actually garbage for some reason or the cooler just can't cool. so can anyone help shed some light on this problem.

Hi! My CPU is pretty much getting +100C at Cinebench, and usually at gaming Elder Scrolls Online it's going around +80-100C. Heres my build: Asus Z370-F GAMING i7-8700K 16Gb Hyper X Fury DDR4 2666MHz Corsair 650W VS650 ATX Noctua NH-L9X65 I just changed thermal paste, and tried changing the CPU Core/Cache voltage to adaptive at 1.15V but it only made it worse. Temps jumped to +95-100C the second I pressed "Run" at Cinebench. I'm honestly clueless, thus I'm seeking some help from LTT Forums. Thank you in advance.

Alright hey everyone, I just recently put together my first Custom Loop and noticed the temperature on my 8700k has not dropped a single degree than from using my 280mm AIO from Corsair (80-83°C Stresstest). Although the temps on my GPU have dropped significantly. I have 2 rads in the loop, one 420x30mm rad from corsair, and one 280x60mm from alphacool. The CPU block is the EKWB Nickel plated Copper Classic RGB. I used the thermal compound provided by EKWB. Is the only way to drop my temps delidding with liquid metal and undervolting? If so is it really worth buying a delidding tool for 30 bucks, only to use it once and never again? Thanks alot in advance.

I'm coming here because I cannot find the answer literally anywhere online. I've been trying to overclock my 8700k to 4.8GHz. As I'm running Prime95, the processor starts out at the 4.8GHz clock, but for some reason clocks go down as low as 3.8GHz and often hold ~4.1-4.2GHz. I'm on manual voltage control set at 1.31V currently and am unsure where to go.

Hi all, I have a i7-8700k running at 5GHz. It's stable at stock voltages, I haven't changed anything this time. All the voltages are on auto but they don't go crazy high so that's fine I think. I have the core clock set to variable, and in the past the core clock would just go down to like 2GHz if it was idling. But a since I changed the OC from 4.9 to 5.0 it just "stays" there. Not exactly 5GHz, it makes a few drops to like 4.7 for a second. In the spoiler is a screenshot from Aida 64 showing clock speeds and voltages. To me this all seems fine. I just want to know if this will hurt my chip in the long run? I would say no because voltages are the same or close to stock but I wouldn't consider myself an expert on overclocking... Kinda hoping someone here could tell me it it's safe to run this 24/7 (yes my computer is running 24/7) and if not is there any other option I might be able to change to get it to clock down and thus lowering voltages?

Guys, I wanted the Alienware AW2518H or any of the 240hz monitors. So I'm wondering if my setup will run it well? I have a RTX 2060 Founders Edition ( not clocked yet) i7-8700k(not clocked yet) and 250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO and also 2X8 DDR4 RAM at 3000MHz from Adata

This is my new build ikea Ultimate Karlby Tabletop and Alex Drawers Computer Desk Setup 2019 Ultimate Build Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey : https://amzn.to/2UBBE0w NZXT Kraken X62 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm Phanteks SSD Mounting Kit, 3 x 2.5 For Enthoo Series x 3 ASUS ROG Thor 850W Platinim PSU ASUS Intel 1151 Socket Z370 Chipset Maximus X Hero Intel Core i7 8700K 3.7GHz Hexa Core (Socket 1151) G.SKILL F4-3200C16Q-32GTZR Trident Z RGB Samsung SSD 950 Pro M.2 256GB MZVKV256 Samsung Evo 970 500gb Internal PCI-e M.2 SSD Drevo SSD 60GB X1 Series 2 Intel SSD 730 Series 240GB SSD, Solid State Drive SSDSC2BP240G4, 2.5" Crucial SSD MX300 1Tb Phobya 120x120x20mm Shroud Plexi x6 Corsair CO-9050074-WW LL140 RGB Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan 2 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO, 140 mm Corsair CO-9050072-WW LL120 120 mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan - Black, (Pack of 3) Phobya 120x120x20mm Shroud Plexi x 6 Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XTREME Ed. 11GB GDDR5X VR Ready Graphics Card

I want to build a pc for myself and I can't really decide between these two, which one is better for gaming? (I'd probably build a Ryzen pc but I just want to know out of these two which one is better)

Hey there LTT Community! As the title of this post says I am a complete rookie when it comes to overclocking. Haven't the slightest idea what Voltages and setting to set up for it. I was wondering if one of you lovely folks could point me in the right direction. I have an Intel i7-8700k and it is liquid cooled - at least I thought that far ahead haha. It is socketed into an MSI Z390 A Pro Motherboard. The BIOS seems relatively easy to navigate. I was wondering what settings I should change to SAFELY overclock this CPU.

Hey, I'm looking to upgrade my CPU - my current one is i5-8400. I heard 9th gen is really hard to keep temperature low and I can't afford liquid cooling yet. If there are any other propositions than those 3 CPUs then write them down, please. Here are my specs: - Z370 Tomahawk - Gigabyte RTX 2060 (3 fans) - 4x4 GB Corsair Vengeance 3000MHz CL15 - Silentium PC Spartan 3 PRO (CPU cooling) - Silentium PC Vero L2 600W - HDD 1TB + SSD 256GB ADATA SU800 Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know what or how to deal with the C drive and CPU when I do anything like just watching youtube, playing a game or anything else? It loading something but what does my C drive and CPU and there is an occasion where it just a Black screen of death where the video card gets turned off. the CPU even is new that I just bought this black Friday of 2018. Mobo is an Asus Tuf z390. I at a lost when I try doing. I scan my computer for malware and there nothing detected. using ESET

Hello! My name is Charles, I'm 12 and is a currently trying to be a filmmaker and a editor, I use Vegas Pro 14 for my editing software, and whenever using effects, on my clips like... color correction, chroma key, transitions and many more have seem to lag a lot during preview, so I have to watch the footage frame by frame, and when rendering takes about 2-3 hours for 1080p 30fps footage, and when using warp stabalizer on my footage using pr since I don't have a steadicam yet for my dslr, it takes about 20 minutes for a 10 sec clip. I use a Sony Vaio Vpce series laptop, intel integrated graphics, 4gb ddr3 ram and an i3 370m. I am hoping to see if I can build a new pc mainly for visual editing and a little light gaming. MY CURRENT BUDGET: $1000-$1200 Programs I mainly want to use Premiere Pro CC and After Effects CC Vegas Pro 14 Photoshop CC Blender(maybe idk) Components I wish to have in the pc Cpu I7-8700k Noctua NH-U9S (I want to over clock to at least 4.8ghz) 16GB ram ddr3 ram Some type of m.2 ssd at least under 40 like the ADATA 128gb m.2 ssd Asus Z370-A Mother Board And any type of Gpu above the 1050ti or Radeon rx 580 something at least under 150 or I might just buy a used 1050ti ALL PRICES SHOULD BE IN CAD SINCE I LIVE IN CANADA!!!!!! Hope you can help me find the components I can get for my pc, thanks!

quick question would the i7-9700k be better for gaming or would the i7-8700k be better as the i7-8700k has hyper-threading. where as the i7-9700k does not. Many Thanks Matt

So I was trying to get a GTX 1080 build for the cheapest price, but with the best $ per FPS, considering that it will last for a long time and have a 60fps for 1440p gaming. I came up with this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xV6Vgw This is a bit specific as I have some of this components, I just included them for the record they are: - Hitachi - Deskstar 7K1000.D 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - Toshiba - 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - Rosewill - HIVE 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Samsung - S22B150N 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor So the only price cut that I'm getting are the Power Supply and the Hardrive. I don't intead to modify the GTX 1080 as I believe it would be for the long run of my gaming experience. I have no experience in building computers so I would really like recommendations on this build. EDIT: (I'm sorry I didn't see the "Build Plan Thread" and I can't delete this post, if I can get any recommendations it would be awesome, otherwise I will post it on there tomorrow)

Im currently playing Sevtech Ages and im wanting to play it with shaders. Dose anyone have a suggestion for shaders I can use? Im looking for a pack that is vibrant, or just not so dark because im playing in survival. My Pc specs: i7-8700k @4.7(or whatever the default speed is b/c I didn’t OC yet) 1080ti EVGA ftw3 @default speed(Didn’t OC yet) 16gb Corsair vengeance RGB pro ram @3000mhz CAS16 Other info: ~8gb of ram (i can add more if needed) edicated to Minecraft Running minecraft off 64bit version of Java Playing in 4k Having discord, ICue, Malwarebites running in the background

Hey guys so im on a z370 gigabyte hd3 rev 1.0 with a i7-8700k running windows 7 and am plugging in 3 usb hubs with 33 devices in total over usb 2.0 but i keep getting a error saying number of usb devices unsupported does anyine know what it might be?

Hello everyone, First time posting and new to the pc world. I've been using an old 2011 macbook pro 17in laptop to editing videos for over 6 years. Sadly, like most 2011 macbook pros, the graphics chip died...again. So with the crazy high prices for new models I've decided to look into the pc building world. After some months watching a whole bunch of videos on youtube, I think I have a starting point for a build, but could really use some feed back to see if I'm missing something. Following the format for this thread heres what I got. 1. Budget & Location Around $1500 US. I'm planning to order the parts one Cyber Monday here in the States to get some killer deals to save some money for a monitor or for better components. 2. Aim Video Editing is the main purpose. I'm going to be start regularly posting videos on youtube so it's going to be a work horse. I use many of the Adobe CC programs like Premiere, Audition, Lightroom, Photoshop, and some others. Maybe some light gaming but it's not a need. 3. Monitors Right now I could use my 4K tv to hold me over for now. I've been looking into the Dell - P2715Q 27.0" has been getting good reviews from other content creators. 4. Peripherals No idea yet. Planning to use some spare ones I got lying around until I find ones I like. I'm open to suggestions 5. Why are you upgrading? Walking away from the Apple tree. I loved my 17in macbook pro but the world, and Apple, has changed quite a bit. Here's what I'm thinking so far. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor $359.00 @ Amazon CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $145.59 @ OutletPC Motherboard Asus - TUF Z370 Pro Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $149.04 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $269.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $87.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $58.89 @ OutletPC Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB DUKE Video Card $374.99 @ Newegg Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $62.25 @ Amazon Power Supply EVGA - B3 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1617.73 Mail-in rebates -$30.00 Total $1587.73 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-05 13:49 EST-0500

I'm converting multiple terabytes of video to HEVC right now and my CPU has been at full load for like 3 days. It probably has another week or 2 to go. It's cooled pretty well and isn't going any higher than about 72C, and it isn't overclocked. Is that ok for a consumer CPU like this?