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I need help with selecting a GPU. Theses are my requirements My budget is $357.00 My other parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/richtracy_az/saved/rtZ3wP 1. support for DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 atomics 2. Display Port *I'm building a PC for coding and some gaming. Also some light video editing.

1-Yesterday between 10pm and 12am I had about 120 distributedcom errors. They seem to come 2 per second when I get them. They don't seem to correlate with any particular activity. 2-When I first built my pc, my gpu fans would shut off when they weren't needed. I've done a format and win10 reinstall and a number of things are dif this time around despite using the same win disk. One of which and the one that bothers me the most are my gpu fans. If I reinstall the driver, they will shut off after windows restart. Once they come on for whatever reason, they won't stop again without a reinstall. The velocity app is crap. Others don't seem to have an effect on the fans either. It used to be just fine with just nvidia installed alone. It's pulling too much dust in that rear vent near the gpu. 3-Everytime I start my pc or bring it back from sleep, I need to unplug the hdmi and then plug it back in. This is something that happened for a while before the start over but a clean install fixed it that time. Not this time. So if anyone has had these issues before, I'd greatly appr knowing how you fixed them. I have a gigabyte x670e aorus master, r-9 7950x, 64gb 6400mhz gskill, pny 4080oc.

My computer started having this issue where when I opened certain intensive games, I would get visual glitches and coil whining. Now, depending on the game only one happens, or the other or both. Also, the coil whining goes through my headphones. At least, I think it is coil whining. Its basically a screeching sound that keeps going until after a few seconds it'll mute all audio, showing back up a few seconds later. If I mute the applications audio it still screeches, sometimes it'll blast my audio so loud that its deafening. The audio also makes noises outside of games, like when I'm watching Netflix or YouTube, it'll do an occasionally popcorn crunch sound. I've tried a DDU, fresh install of drivers, reseating the GPU and that's all. I'd like to mention that I use HDMI audio and graphics. I also have a Bluetooth USB that I use to connect my wireless headphones, where I hear the "coil whining" from. Honestly, I would just like some pointers to which part I should replace. From the research I've done online, it seems like a replacement is in order. I just don't know whether or not this is a graphics card issue, a PSU or motherboard. If anybody knows how I could deduce the issue I would be willing to try, but really I just want to replace parts and be done with it.

some games and programms just crash my pc its someting with the gpu when i launch those games both of my displays go black but i can hear that windows is still running. i only get display if i move my graphics card after turning of the psu. sometimes the graphics card is disabled in device manager and the driver is corupted. Also it only crashes when rendering something 3d CPU:3600 GPU:6700XT DRIVERS 24.3.1 crashes:warthunder, nuclear option, furmark does not crash:minecraft, factorio, ultrakill

Hello, hope you all are having a wonderful sunday. So basically, I picked up a PC with a 3080 ti for a steal, but one of the heat sensors, PWR4, hovers around 95-100c whilst the rest of the card, hotspot included is below 90c, I think hotspot measured 86c. Is this an issue, or can I continue using the card and hope for the best? I have three years of warranty if that helps Thanks! Edit: The mid-high 90s was recorded during furmark. When running TimeSpy the hottest sensor (PWR4) maxed out at 89c, where as the gpu sensor was 79c, and hotspot 85c.

Hey all, So I've had some issues with my PC for a long time now but I swear its getting worse. To start I get the general feeling my GPU isn't performing to its potential but that the least of my issues atm. I'm getting odd glitches. The most repeatable one is if I'm in a game and have a YouTube video running you'd think the PC is being asked to aggressively mine bitcoin. In game or In video freezes, poor performance. Screens coming off and on as if I'm physically turning them off and on. If I try tab out a Fullscreen game its a coinflip if the PC will wind up restarting or I'll have to restart it myself as all my screens are flashing and reordering. (in the way that if I turn 1 of my monitors off windows will reorganize) Just as I wrote this YouTube crashed and said it ran out of memory. Oddly before it fully died for 3 mins the picture froze but the sound was fine. Watching the task manager monitor everything looked fine. Approx: 30% Cpu 40-50% Ram 40% GPU To be honest I've forgotten a lot of the issues as this one above is crippling but the system feels unstable and I cannot figure out why. I've not overclocked for years but the weird behaviour reminds me of unstable clocks back in the day. I'm running 3 Monitors, 1x 1440p 165Hz 2x Generic 1080p side monitors. GPU Gigabyte 3070TI Ryzen 7 3700X B550-a Gaming Mobo (previously B450, bought new one as a troubleshooting step. Didn't help and for a little while made different but worse issues. I can't remember why now but I was convinced I was having PCIe lane issues with 2 Sata, M.2 and a PCI adapted M.2 installed. So I got new one hoping it'd help in general and allow me to stick the M.2's onto the Mobo. I now have 2x M.2, 500Gb and 1Tb) 32Gb DDR4 3200Mhz RAM (across 4 sticks) XMP is on CPUZ and GPUZ Screenshots taken with YouTube and a Fullscreen game open. Spamming Fat Man Nukes on Fallout to stress it a little bit.

MY SPECS: WIN 11 I5-11400F RX6800XT PHANTOM DUAL OC 16GB DDR4 2433 1TB SSD after updating my gpu and reinstalling my os my cpu perfomance is noticably worse. previous gpu was rtx2060. In some cases its fine, and in some cases its way worse. in valorant for example i was hitting around 200-220 fps consistently with my gpu being the one bottlenecking my cpu, but after the gpu upgrade my perfomance is way worse, oscillating aroun 140-200fps with my cpu being the one bottlenecking my gpu, while on the same, lowest settings, the same applies to cyberpunk for example, with my 2060 i was able to reach 70fps with dlss, with the gpu holding me back, but now i cant get stable 60fps with my cpu claiming it is at 100% usage, what i have noticed lately is that msi afterburner reports only 60 70% of usage max, never more while amd adrenalin and resource manager both show 100%. the cpu clocks and temps are fine, also the threads are being used, but i am 100% sure im getting worse perfomance after the upgrade with my cpu being the weaker part, where before update i had better perfomance with gpu being the weaker one. Any ideas what could be the cause/fix it?

Can my 180w run a r5 340x oem gpu I'm using a 180w psu with an i5 3470, 2 stick of 4gb ddr3 ram, a sata ssd, a hard drive, stock intel cpu cooler

So I bought a Dell Optiplex 3060 with a i5 8400. I need to add a GPU and I have 200$ budget, but I also want a ram upgrade. I was thinking of a GTX 1600 or rtx 3060. Maybe one from Radeon. I am new to this and extremly unsure what to buy.

What is the Problem?: My 3090 does not light up anymore when I start my PC and my Mainboard (X570-a pro) ist stuck at the VGA debug light. What was the lead up and moment of failure?: I was gaming 'Ready or not' at high settings, and after a while the Power shut off. Afterwards I tried to start my PC again, but the Mainboard EZ debug got stuck on VGA (NOTE: The first two times I tried to start my PC the GPU was at least lit up, after that it no longer lights up) What do I suspect is the cause?: I think that my PSU had just given in to the demanding Current (I had a 700 Watt PSU, so pretty much underspeced, yes, my fault). However after changing it out for a 1000W PSU, the problem persists. However: I also noticed that the power connector of the GPU is a little loose, but not loose enough for me to believe that that is the sole cause. What did I try to resolve it?: As I mentioned I tried changing out the PSU, I tried reseating the GPU, Resetting the Bios by removing the CMOS battery (although I dont know how long it still has residual charge, so that might not have really happened), I borrowed the GPU of someone else (which worked, so that would further validate that the GPU is faulty). Next up is contacting the original owner, but my hopes are not high that there is warranty What is my question?: Could an insufficient Power supply really kill a GPU? How does under charging even result in a dead gpu? Temps were all nominal (below 80°C) when I stress tested (I only ever stressed the GPU or CPU in isolation, never both at the same time). In case I have no warranty (it was bought second hand and it has been some weeks), is there a realistic way to repair it? Please note: I am not a beginner and I have checked most of the obvious things to check. Though this doesn't mean I dont appreciate the help. Specs: Ryzen 9 5900x RTX 3090 700W BeQuiet PSU (at the time the problem occured) X570-A pro Thanks for any help or condolences

was gaming ,temps were fine as i keep software running in the background to watch temps 2 diff software HWIDIFO an HWID monitor ,at no point did temps say it was overheating ,i was gaming like normal nothing open out of the ordinary an screen randomly went black an said no signal as if the gpu turned off but yet i saw it on through the glass panel on my case and i unplugged the hdmi cable an plugged it back in but that didnt work i managed to get signal back by just completely restarting my pc , this has only happened once an that was like a year ago an it hasnt happened again till now the gpu im using is a Geforce RTX 3060 ti

so i am looking to buy a new gpu im not very educated on them so i don't know what im looking for my budget is around 600-750 euro's what gpu will be a good fit with my cpu?

Budget (including currency): ~$300 Country: USA, Alaska, Anchorage (Bonus points for buying local to avoid shipping delays) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: BeamNG, Cyberpunk, RimWorld Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hello all, I have an old Alienware Aurora R4 that I want to last a little longer before I build a new PC. Specs are Intel i7-3820, 16gigs DDR3, a GTX 660, and lastly an Intel SATA SSD Right now it runs BeamNG at about 30fps on lowest. I'm not expecting a miracle to happen like 4k at 300fps, but a more realistic 1080p at 60fps (120 would be nice). My budget being ~$300 may be weird to some, but I plan on repurposing the GPU later for a home server. All recommendations welcome Update: Threw an RX 6650 XT in it and got it to run Cyberpunk 2077 at 60 FPS avg. (Even though the CPU is pegged at 100% the whole benchmark) I'm happy, bought myself a little more time before I have to start with a fresh build.

Im wondering which gpu is actually a better buy for 1440p gaming and video editing. Which is a better/more worth of the money? rx 7700 xt at 435 euros or rtx 4060 ti 16 gb 455 euros

Specs: Mobo: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX MOTHERBOARD (BIOS ver. 1.F0, 12-Oct-23) RAM: G.SKILL Sniper X Series 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz DDR4 Memory [upgraded to] Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3600MHz C18 Memory Kit Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Internal SSD (Boot Drive) + Seagate BarraCuda ST1000DM010 1TB HDD (Data Drive) Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S Chromax Pure Black CPU Cooler Case: Cooler Master Masterbox K501L RGB (ATX) Mid Tower Black Cabinet With Tempered Side Panel PSU: Antec Earthwatts Gold Pro Series EA750G Pro 750W Monitors: 2x BenQ 27 inch QHD Designer Monitor PD2700Q GPU: GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 SG (1-Click OC) 8GB GDDR6 Graphic Card CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Desktop Processor (8 Cores/16 Threads/3.8GHz) Windows 10 Home (64-bit) I was playing Valorant with my friends when I saw a notification for a new GameReady Driver (551.86). I installed it and continued gaming. I also stream on YouTube so I'll link one of my streams for a reference of the GPUs performance. I then proceeded to shut down my PC and upgrade my RAM (mentioned above). After clearing CMOS and booting up again, I logged in to Windows. And that's when Windows became extremely slow. I'm talking sluggish mouse movement, Start menu taking 5-10 seconds to load, any UAC window for launching Admin stuff taking 5-10 secs to load. My whole computer was extremely slow. I restarted into Safe Mode, DDU'ed the driver and booted back into Normal Windows. Everything ran smoothly again. Then Windows automatically installed an older Nvidia driver. Still ran smoothly. However when I launched Valorant, it ran at 25-30 fps. That was no good. I installed the latest Nvidia Driver again. Same problem. Extremely slow Windows performance. 10-15 fps on Valorant and Heaven Benchmark. I stumbled upon this troubleshooting video that JayzTwoCents had put out a while ago wherein he talks about disabling Windows automatically installing drivers so that it's a truly clean install. So I redid the entire DDU process again - this time checking the option to prevent Windows from doing that - installed the latest driver and... same problem. So then I thought maybe it's just a bug in the latest driver and Nvidia would release a hotfix for this driver eventually. In the meantime, I would roll back to an earlier driver. (All driver installations henceforth are done after DDU in Safe Mode.) I went through 4 or 5 different versions. Starting from one just before the latest driver (551.76), dating back to the version that I first had when I played Cyberpunk 2077 in December 2020 (546.33). All of them caused the same issue - smooth performance before the driver, sluggish performance after. I tried using 1 stick of RAM and clearing CMOS. Same issue. I tried my old stick of RAM. Same issue. I replaced the CMOS battery. I reseated the GPU and RAM. Same issue. Tried the Studio Driver. No differenece. Same issue. I eventually took my PC to my local vendor from who I had originally bought the parts (Prime ABGB, Mumbai). They swapped my drives for one of their SSD boot drives and it ran smoothly. Installed the latest Nvidia GR driver and was able to recreate the same problem. Slow performance. Then they swapped the 3070 for a 2080 Super from their test bench. And it worked smoothly. With latest Nvidia Driver, it hit 250+ fps on Heaven. Unfortunately, they do not undertake GPU repairs and it's out of warranty so I can't get a replacement either. I am aware that I'll have to shell out some serious cash and pick up a new one. But given that I have nothing to lose, I'd like to try and repair this one. Also, given the fact that it runs smoothly without a driver, I'm wondering if there is a plausible solution? Again, I'm at my wit's end. So any help would be greatly appreciated. Note: I am typing this thread out on that same machine and it's currently running super stuttery. Attaching a video of current Valorant gameplay shot on my OnePlus for reference: https://youtu.be/EJBztSxhK50?si=g8b1L1HQB77oh0Xo

a few days ago , while playing a game, my computer lagged really bad, exited out of the game and rebooted computer. did a test to see if the problem was resolved by watching a youtube video. after a few seconds of the video , my computer got very laggy/slow and the sound through my speakers sounded like it was going to blue screen but froze. powered off. reseated everything on the mobo except cpu. But this morning ı push the power button and this time no Output on monitor but the cpu fan was still spinning and the gpu fans would spin on boot then stop few seconds later, spin again , and stop. Then ı saw gpu led solid red. What may İt be ? my build : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cz7kKX

Hello everyone, So i recently bought a Gigabyte Gaming OC 4070 SUPER gpu and until a couple days ago everything was running like a dream... Then after i for some reason decided to install Gigabyte Control Centre and updated the firmware to F1.1 from gigabytes site, after which everything especially games look weird... Its super grainy and makes my eyes tired fast which is weird and has never happened before... Please suggest a solution ( i am on Windows 10 if that helps )

Hello to whoever may see this I've just finished building a budget PC for a friend. It's got an RTX 2060 and I5 10400f. To power it up, I repurposed an M RED 700w 80+ bronze PSU that I used in my own rig before upgrading. It used to power a 2070 super and Oc'd I5 10600K so I thought it would handle the new components just fine (and it does). The problem is that I lost or used all GPU cables from this specific PSU and I discovered that PSU cables are non standard ! (Thanks for that manufacturers). After checking the web for a while I couldn't find any cables that would fit into this PSU, so I resorted to using a double molex to 8 pin PCIE adapter. I read online that it is very much not advised, so I tried to do due diligence. I bought an decent quality adapter and checked the markings of the cables to ensure it, then I plugged the GPU into it. After stressing the card and checking the cable I found that it felt uncomfortably warm on the PSU side (The adapter's side stayed cool). Not wanting to give my friend a potential fire hasard I resolved to using two different molex's from two different 6 pin connectors on the PSU in an attempt of separating the power (and therefore heat) output on the cables. After stressing the card for a while again I felt the cables and they all stayed cool to the touch. I didn't notice any stutters, artifacts or performance drops and even undervolted the card for ecological reasons since it didn't seem to lose me any performance. I guess my question is, am I good ? Was I diligent enough or is it still a big risk ? I personally think it should be fine but I would like the input of more experienced builders on the matter since it's my first time using such an adapter. Thank you for reading and for any answer you may provide

PSU: Corsair rm650x (2018) GPU Old : GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G GPU New: Fighter AMD Radeon™ RX 6600 8GB GDDR6 Case: Fractal Pop Air TLDR: New 132W GPU go bzzzzz desperate to get one that doesn't bzzzzz since old 1060 3gb 120W doesn't bzzzzz I've been trying to upgrade my PC into a silent one for a while now, I didn't get rid of my HDD yet but Im almost there. In order to get to get the pc to be as silent as possible I got a fractal design pop Air because I've read that even thought Air cases leak more noise outside, there's not going to be noise in the first place if you can run the fans on the PC at slower speeds while still getting good temps. Recently I got a RX 6600 PowerColor Fighter since it's got a TDP of 132w which is only slightly higher than my previous GPU, a GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G with a TDP of 120w. One of the reasons that pushed me to do it (aside from the price and that 8GB of VRAM are better than 3) is that I read that GPU coil whine is very common (even on high end cards) so I thought that a low TDP card would have lower chances to whine, specially considering that the 1060 is dead silent an runs cool unless pushed to its limit, in which case the temps are still really good and it's also relatively quiet even inside the pop air case (and it doesn't whine either). I've also read that single fan GPUs are the noisiest and hottest out here, and since my 1060 is silent while being a single fan GPU, I thought the 6600 could only be better due to it having two fans and only a slightly higher TDP. Well... The card whines when being pushed to the limit, but at least not in the form of a high pitch but rather a constant buzzing that I assume is generated by the electricity circulating through the GPU or something, it somehow remembers me of a fountain. It is still very noticeable tho because I have sensitive hearing, it's specially noticeable at night. I know it's due to it's usage because as soon as I alt f4 of the demanding game the noise stops instantly so it's not a fan or hardrive (I also tested this with the HDDs disconnected). I placed my ear around the case with the side panel open and I'm pretty sure the wining comes form the GPU itself, not the PSU. I tried undervolting the card through the AMD drivers but the noise persists (I can't go any lower than 1090 mV or games crash). The only way for the card not to whine is to not use it at 100%, which is the whole point, I mean, I paid for the whole GPU I'm going to use the whole GPU, the headache that comes with it is not on the spec sheet tho. Another problem this card has is the zero RPM, the card goes from dead silent to moving the fans at 1300 RPM, turns out that's the minimum speed that can be adjusted in the fan curve, which is 35%. So I downloaded MorePowerTool to try to make it run slower and now the card can run to a minimum of 600-800 RPM which is really good, or would be if it wasn't because then the fans make some high pitched squeaky noise. I think it's due to the bearings because I tried gently stopping the fans with my fingers and as soon as the fan stops the noise is gone. Letting them spin again makes the noise reappear. I don't know if this noise means the fans are bad or if it's just the bearings being cheap, but I haven't heard it from any other fan inside a pc. I can hear them from my desk at night (the pc itself is at floor level elevated with a wood platform). Also, I don't know if it makes any difference but the 1060 uses 6 psu cable pins while the 6600 uses 8. My question is: If a single fan GPU from 2016 can be quiet and coil free, why are modern GPUs full of coil whine? Isn't there any model that just doesn't whine? At this rate I feel like Im going to end up returning half of the world's GPU stock to get a decent one. Can't some organization create coil whine certification standards or something? Maybe I should forget about getting an air mesh case... AND WHY WON'T ANY REVIEWERS WARN ABOUT THIS? :'/ Lots of people say this is normal that it's just physics or something. That's a really bad argument. Components catching fire is just physics too but engineers are capable to build components that don't catch fire. So why won't they build components that don't whine? I can only assume that's because doing so would make them more expensive, and since most people not only swallow up coil whine but also tell others to put up with it without considering their hearing might work differently... they don't bother. Please correct me if Im wrong.

Hello I've changed my pc case and after replacing my case i saw the case's power button doesn't work so i swapped it with reset button. And i also upgraded my gpu . But now a new problem emerged , if i keep my system under sleep mode for longer , it doesn't turn on / doesn't wake up from sleep mode. Mouse keyboard light doesn't come up and blue power Led lights up but cpu gpu fan doesn't spin until i long press the reset button or cut the power and start it again. how to fix it kindly help.

Hey! I am looking forward to upgrading my pc a bit in the next few months. First a want to upgrade my CPU. I have had it for quite a while now and in certain situations I can feel its age. Later I am looking forward to upgrading my GPU to something like a 4070. So what CPU would you suggest buying right now? (not too expensive) Ryzen 5 3600 Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus Corsair RM850 As far as I know my mainboard shouldn't be a problem right? A BIOS Update should make it possible to pair it with newer ryzen CPUs (AM4)? Thanks!

PC specs: CPU: Intel I5-10400 GPU: GTX 1660 Super PSU: Corsair CV750 (750w) RAM: 16GB Motherboard: Asrock B460M I'm looking to upgrade to a better GPU as my current GPU is deteriorating (Game stutters and such). I play on 1440p (3440x1440 monitor resolution). Could anyone recommend some bang-for-buck GPUs to buy?

I got a chance to change a gpu from a 4060 to either a Ti or a 4070 Super for 310 euros and 450 euros respectively. Both can fit into my budget however I do not know which would work better and be more useful with a Ryzen 5 7600. Which should i pick? Or should i stay with a 4060 and save up?

hey everyone, i am having some issues with my 7900XTX with very weird GPU utilization varying from day to day running the same tasks. lately i have been playing alot of Path of Exile and i have noticed my GPU utilization varies from day to day by a significant amount. i have done some testing both with OCCT & AMD Adrenalin open to check utilization %, one day the card will sit at around 40-45% idle ingame, next day it can be using 60% at login screen & idle ingame. the card have a 0 RPM fan configuration, but the days the card is acting up the fans will run constantly, despite the temperature being below the threshold, untill i close the game agian. before posting this i tried running the game with directX 11 & 12 idle both at login screen and ingame, the card would stay at around 60% and sometimes jumping to 80-100% or even to around 40% randomly. the only "fix" i seem to have found is restart the game and pray, sometimes i even turn off the power supply and unplug the entire PC for a sort amount of time to "fix" this. the attached picture is from standing ingame doing nothing, like mentioned earlier in this post when the card is running like it should the game only uses between 40-50% depending on what is happening ingame. i have the same background applications running as any other day, Discord (hardware acceleration off), iCue & steam to run the game. EDIT: i forgot to mention that i can easily notice this without having any monitoring software open, because at around 60% there is a slight noticable coilwhine, therefor it is easy for me to know when it is not running like it should. my system specs are: CPU - 7800X3D GPU - Powercolor 7900XTX Hellhound Spectral White MOBO - Asus Rog Strix x670e-a RAM - 64gb Corsair Vengeance 6000mhz (EXPO2 profile) PSU - Corsair HX1000i 80+ PLAT my GPU is undervolted to 1080 & clock speed is limited to 2525 due to coilwhine, i am positive the card is running stable at these settings because i can run Horizon Forbidden West for 3+ hours with the GPU running around 90-100% both Utilization & D3D usage.

—-SKIP TO THE ANYWAY IF THIS IS IRRELEVENT—- Hello all, I’m sure this isn’t an uncommon question but what’s the most profitable software or service used to mine? just looking to make some passive income. My PCs are on 24/7 and all hardlined through my house. I doubt thru-put is relevant but my office has my modem, main pc, and an 8 port switch (the modem has 2 Ethernets, ports cannot be bonded/aggregated) then two lines coming up from the basement, one’s connected to my server for file transfer among other things and other to a 16 port switch. from that switch we hit the ten ethernets on my server - yes a real server, a 2U rack (U2?). Then it goes to my living room which has a 8 port switch. all of them are tp-link unmanaged switches, same model except the 16. That guy is weird because I can’t do anything with it, that is to say punching in the IP, I can’t access a login page or change anything (found manual online, Deff can’t) anyway here’s the specs, not including the handful of laptops that would probably be better off not mining, rather doing server stuff. Load balancing, ADDS, blah blah pc -5900x overclocked (sorta) to 4.3 steady, I won’t let it go higher cause yesterday my 1000w seasonic suddenly pooped outta nowhere as I was mining and doing stuff -asus/ROG crosshair viii WiFi (whatever’s on their site, x570 NOT the dark hero) -asus strix 4090 RTX OC 24g -PCI 1x to 16x, xfx quik amd 6600 8gb -xfx merc amd 6700 xt 12g -dell nvidia quadro 4000 rtx (Nicehash says dell, I dono, sure lol) ^these are in order as placed in the motherboard. Config can’t be changed as the cards are 2 slots wide except for the quadro, which has to stay on the bottom otherwise my headers aren’t accessable -4x Corsair vengeance (I think, I forget cause I bought diff ram due to the QVL) but I do know it’s 18cl, 3600mhz and 16 gig each putting us at 64 total. All we’re hand picked as I wanted nearly matching serials and most of all made in the same country -2x Samsung 980 pros, 1tb. Main drive is on the top slot, obviously. The other is used as a global spare for my RAID setup -8x Samsung uhm… 870s, 1tb each ^4 are on raid 10, 4 global spares including the NVMe. Hey, had data loss before, won’t happen again! -seasonic 1000w bronze whatever, that’s in the case (anyone wanna buy a 1500w platinum / Corsair? Hsx1500i, something look it up on their site. It’s the EU version, won’t get into why except apparently it’s more efficient) -another PSU, a “game max” 1050 bronze. The seasonic didn’t have enough ports for the 4090 AND the rest of the cards ^that config is well, pretty logical. Seasonic is powering the motherboard, 2 cpu headers and the 4090 the ”gamemax” is ONLY powering the other gpus, the riser, and the SSDs should also mention I’m not daisy chaining any power. So that little guy with 2x six pin plug? Just using one plug for each card NOT both the server has 394gb of ram? Something crazy, 24x dimms, all Samsung ram (I think) again same serials, close enough and all same country/year/date of manufacture. It’s Deff DDR4, forget the speed who cares 2x intel Xeon 6790s? I forget, long story. 2.4ghz, I beleice 8 cores and 16 threads each for sake of this post, won’t get into the storage as it’s irrelevant. 8x iscsi (right?) and a plethora of other drives via usb, I know there’s 6 sata SSDs in there. Plus I have a arourus (?) asus something or other that houses 4x Kingston furies (or rampages, whatever was the fastest) at 1tb. Yes, transfer speeds are bleeping crazy, a gb a second from the iSCSI raid setup yeah their all on raid, each drive aside from the usb 3 ones. Can’t lose data! ANYWAY Nicehash is pulling in about 4$ a day between the server, 4 GPUs and my cpu its all water cooled, overkill water cooled. Ain’t getting into that lol. I have a 500ml/dc5 pump, 1L “fish tank” with another dc5 just helping the top radiator circulate water. It’s using the drain plugs so it’s somewhat not in the loop. That’s connected to a 420mm by 60mm (yep) pulling air out with 3x thermal take 140s. Whatever the fastest fans are, 2000rpm. They’re like 80$ a pop, something crazy Custom water blocks for the motherboard, 4090 and 6700 couldn’t find any for the 6600 (really it don’t need it) or the quadro. THAT needs one, she’s a beast! so without the 4090 going I lose like 3$. Kinda strange cause before I had it, I swear I was pulling in 3$ or so just with the server/6700/6600/4000 ANYWAY to the point whats the most profitable service, don’t know too much about mining so apologies if I’m a dummy. Nicehash I’ve seen ads for so I went for it. I look on forums and ppl say use XMrig. Ok that’s fine and dandy but…. Don’t I need a service to manage my junk? Like my wallet, it deposits idk every 4 hours. if not, how do I step away from Nicehash assuming their taking a fee of some kind? should I sideload nicehashOS? Maybe Ubuntu or Kali (it’s lightweight that’s why I mention it). I’m assuming I can’t use virtual machines and have direct IO with my cards then as far as the overclocking goes (nice hash settings OR manually), which route to go? If I’m mining I won’t be using the pc at all, so that could serve as a reliable stress test. Leaving cpu where it is, I do anything more it’ll blow up as I’m at 86c then the “extra parameters” - what else can I do if anything to increase profits? If that isn’t related, what’s it for? Nicehash just says “go” and makes it foolproof, if I can utilize the extras, sure. Maybe a cheat sheet would help? oh and is there a cheat sheet as far as overclocking my cards go? Say overclock-cheating.com, look up my 4090 and bam, there’s a starting point? the quadro won’t get overclocked at all, at 100% load I’m at 86c, any more and it’s useless in hashing also any other relevant information or education would be great. I suck up knowledge like a sponge when it comes to IT stuff OH OH, as it’s setup now, pump, 2 360s (one 60mm), then my cpu motherboard block, the 420x60 on top, then a slim 120 (ran outta room lol), then 4090 to 6700 and pump inlet. ill be putting the pc back together today as it’s been an open case for months now. Don’t ask lol. I have a spare 140x60 I can put under the pump now that I took out the 1500w - too long for the radiator. Would it serve any benefit to go 4090 out, into the 140, out to the 6700 then into the pump? That 4090 kicks some heat, figure it couldn’t hurt. I’m using soft tubing and it would take maybe ten minutes to shove it in there. any knowledge/education would be awesome!!!!! whoop whoop, keep rockin peeps, thanks!!!