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hello there! Yesterday i bought Gigabyte Radeon™ RX 580 Gaming 8G MI Graphics card. after buying that, one of my friend confirmed it is a mining card not for gaming. So I'm bit worried about what is the big difference between a Gaming and mining card! Does it really big enough and impact my experience? Can i use it as gaming card? Any help would be appreciated. Btw, I'm confused with my gpus memory clock. it says it is 8000mhz in online but it actually shows 2000mhz in my gpu specs. Thank you!! says 8000mhz in official site : https://imgur.com/g9BibZb screenshot 1 says 2000mhz in Radeon and including other software : https://imgur.com/hXLbh3c screenshot 2

Hey all first time posting sorry for any mistakes or missed info. The issue I have ran into is that for the past 4 months my computer will black screen randomly while gaming this does not appear to be a system crash because I can still hear and talk through discord. Further explanation of these crashes will be described below specs. Win 10 64bit Ver. 1904 Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro Wifi, Bios-F51e Ryzen 5 3600x (OC to 4GHz, but problem occurs at base 3.6GHz) G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 MSI Armor MK2 Radeon RX 580 8 GB (Not OC, happened with OC too) Samsung 860 Evo 500GB boot drive, plus 2x2TB Storage drives EVGA G2 650 (650W Gold+) So like I said at the top of the post over the course of this year I have ran into a reoccurring and very random crash to a black screen while gaming along with the gpu fan speed ramping up to 100% immediately after the crash being the only other symptom forcing me to shutdown the machine manually. This crash appears, to me, to have no real indicator as to the cause of the crash as this problem as happened over several driver updates, games, OS versions, and even resolutions/refresh rates. This also happens at random points while gaming as well as I have experienced the crash in various menus, standing still looking at a wall, during loading screens post mission, and even during a stress test at various points using Unigine Superposition. And the crash does not occur at the same point in time as some days I will not see the crash and game all day while some nights I will crash 3 times within 30 min. Live event viewer isn't giving any noticeable errors and the system takes minutes to start after forcing the machine to power down. The list of games the crash happened in is as follows: Insurgency Sandstorm, Warframe, NFS Heat, Monster Hunter World, Rainbow Six Siege, MGS 5, Borderlands 3, and possibly more but these are the games I've played recently. And since I think it is worth mentioning again this only appears to affect the GPU as the system still runs behind the black screen as I can still talk with people in discord. Below is the list of things I have done to "fix" the problem Update/reinstall graphics drivers with DDU Update OS to current version Updated BIOS Check temperature, card never goes above 77 C Change 8-pin cable and connector on psu Disconnect 2nd monitor Changed HDMI cable and slot on GPU Cap FPS at 60, and lower graphics settings in game to low So at this point I am at a loss as to what to do. The system isn't even 2 years old and I planned on upgrading the GPU later this year when the next generation of GPU's drop. I am unwilling to buy anything new of the current gen this close to a suspected new launch and don't have access to a different GPU either. If there is any requests for further info or anything I notice I will add but I appreciate anyone's help in advance.

So after some decent time researching and some advice I have come up with what I'm sure is my final list for my first gaming & editing pc build. I had no real intention on building a 4k setup, I'm more than happy with a good 1080p high fps build. So originally I had a budget of $1,100 (Monitor included) but decided to wait a little longer so I could go to around $1,300-1,400 (with Monitor). And so I just wanted to make a post so I could ask a few questions about the build, and double check that everything I plan to get is, in fact, compatible and if my plans for future upgrades will be possible, as well as general advice. So a few things: - Is everything compatible? : So I just wanted to double check if everything is, in fact, compatible and if the motherboard seems like it will have everything needed for all these parts. PCPartPicker seems to think so as well as the few people I showed the list, assuming they actually read it. - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor: So I decided this would be the best PCU for what I want. Good for gaming but also good for video editing. - GPU RX 580: So I originally was going to get the GTX 1060. But someone pointed out the 580 was cheaper and had FREESYNC. Although I may end up going with the "Radeon RX 580 8GB ROG STRIX Video Card" which is $300 anyway. Still, I feel confident going with at least some version of the 580. Plus hey more RGB - 240GB SSD: So someone recommended I get a bigger SSD. But I only intend on putting the OS on it. Possible a few programs like Premiere Pro and After Effects, if I get the Adobe CC Subscription again. But all my games and files will likely just be put on the 3TB drive. - Wifi Adapter: Ok so I already know there are some people who will ask "Do you really need wifi? Just use ethernet." Which believe me I would much rather use a direct connection, and I hope to be able to. But just do to my situation there's a chance I won't be able to so just in case I want to have wifi capability. The only thing is I'm not entirely sure what the best option is for that. Idk if maybe there's a better adapter or even a cheaper but still as good one I should get instead? Or even if just getting a USB adapter would be better? - Potential future upgrades: So I have a few ideas for what I may want to do to upgrade this build when I have more money. The biggest one being I want to buy a 2nd monitor, preferably the same one as the first, so I can dual monitor. And so I just want to make sure that's somethign this build/GPU can handle? Another thing is I may want to add another 16gb of ram, originally I was going to buy only 8gb and buy another 8gb stick once I could, but I can afford both now. Though I probably won't need the extra 16gb for a long time and assuming how much I get back into video editing. Anything else would be maybe a better cooler, some extra fans and maybe even some light strips. - Theme (Black/Orange): Part of the reason I picked some of these parts over others was to keep a somewhat aesthetic black and orange theme, at least as much with my budget. - MasterBox Pro 5 RGB Case: So I was going to get the regular masterbox 5 case, but the RGB fans sold me. Plus I couldn't figure out how many fans the regular 5 came with. I have a theme going of Black/Orange. So the RGB fans seemed nice. It comes with 3 120mm RGB fans in front and just one 120mm black fan in the back. But what I want to do is take the middle RGB fan out of the front and swap it with the one in the back so both the back and front will have some RGB, 2 out of 3 in front and 1 in back. Since they're the same size I should be able to do this correct? (Updated List): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RJpRgw