Multiple questions/problems for my New Rig.

Temlaa · August 7, 2019

Hello Friendly People!

First I would like to apologize in advance for the ridiculously long post.

I usually use my computer for gaming and work, and I have recently bought a new rig with the specs below,

My Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600x 3.8Ghz

Motherboard: GIGABYTE Aorus X570 Pro Wifi

GPU: MSI RTX2070 Super Gaming X Trio

RAM: G.Skill Sniper X 3600Mhz 16Gb (2x 8Gb) (Fitted on slot 2 and 4)

(F4-3600C19D-16GSXWB) CL19-20-20-40 (Manufactured by SK Hynix)

PSU: ThermalTake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W 80+ Gold

Casing: CoolerMaster MB511 RGB

Storage:

1. Samsung SSD 970 Evo 500GB (New)

2. Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB (Old)

3. WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB (New)

4. WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 1TB (Old)

Operating System: Windows 10 64bit Pro

Bios Version: F2 - AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 1.0.0.3 (From box)

XMP activated for 3600Mhz

Chipset/Firmware/Driver:

1. Motherboard installation as of 14 July 2019

2. Nvidia 431.60

I have faced several problems and disturbances while using this new rig and would like to have some help and opinion on it.

Before moving on to the several cases, when i first bought the rig, I initially bought a motherboard "MSI X570-A Pro". This motherboard caused a huge problem where running anything intensive either GPU or CPU causes the whole windows to restart itself instantly without notification, and this restart may also happen during Boot up or any random instances (browsing web).

I did many troubleshooting and ended up changing motherboard to Gigabyte as speculations would be faulty Mobo or bios might not be compatible at that time (10 July 2019).

I am not sure if this may have any possible issues that causes the other cases, therefore I am stating this first.

1. The first problem which I would like to fix asap, is when game is running, there will be a stuttering? /Flickering? / Hanging effect. The severity depends on the game running.

For example, when playing Battlefield 5, the game would freeze/hang for approx. 2 - 5 seconds and continue as per normal. This happens randomly in the occurrence of once every 3 - 10 minutes.

For Rainbow Six Siege/ Apex Legends/ PUBG, the game would not freeze but have this weird screen effect (Flicker/Stutter?) where it seems like your television has no signal for a station, this happens for a split seconds and the occurrence is similar.

I have no idea how to solve this, I heard from some source plugging in two 8 pin independent PCIE power source to the graphics card may solve it but so far no luck.

2. Ryzen Cpu at idle 45 C - 60 C, and when I run games or programs it goes up to 70 C - 80 C. I am using the stock cpu cooler that comes with 3600x.

Should I invest in a better cpu cooler, and if so may i have some recommendations please.

(I am considering Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type Premium CPU Cooler, NF-A15 x 2 PWM Fans as a replacement and I'm wondering if it would fit with my ram/casing)

3. For my RAM, I have read that Ryzen cpu only supports RAM that has chipset manufactured from Samsung, but mine is from SK Hynix. Would this be a major problem in the long run and should I try to change it to the compatible ones such as G.skill Trident Z RGB/Neo?

4. For my PSU, when I build the rig and plug in the power supply, switching on the power of the PSU causes a power trip in my room. This happened twice (changing motherboard) and I am afraid of trying to even replicate this problem.

Leaving the switch in ON mode and flipping the breaker seems to allow me to provide power to the rig. Nothing else happened and I get to boot my PC. Was this a sign of faulty power supply and can this be a cause for "Case 1." ?

Once again sorry for the long post and I hope some one can try to help me and give some suggestions.

Thank you everyone!