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Ashley IM A DUDE
By Ashley IM A DUDE
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so my PC just died and the hardware was old so i deceided to update everything. so i bought everything but a GPU and to my dismay i was completely oblivious  to the fact that scalpers have taken over the market and 500-800 cards are now selling for nearly 2-3 times the MSRP. 

 

What is Nvidia doing to combat this? How they hell am i supposed to get a  new GPU. My current one is a 1080ti Black. 

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Just keep the 1080 Ti for now. That's still a really good card. 

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Not much anyone can do. The only GPU's I can see from retailers are 1030s and 710s. Second hand market is crazy. A 1080Ti would cost £500 where I am ($700). You basically have two choices. No PC until you can get a GPU you want from a retailer (likely 6m+ wait) or buy something massively overpriced second hand. Basically one of two awful options.

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Just now, Ashley IM A DUDE said:

Id like to but my CPU was overheating/failing  and its quite possible the GPU is a problem too. 

If your CPU was overheating then you have a cooling issue, not a dying CPU. What were the symptoms?

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

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the 8th core was not working under load and it was causing issues leading to blue screen. I replaced it w/ an older loaner cpu for testing and the problem resolved but the video card itself also has been running rather hot. I had a water cooler and 3 fans but it was still getting rather hot. the failing cpu was reaching 90+ the one i was using for testing wasnt breaking 77 under load. my newer build runs upwards of 80 w. a 10th gen i7 10700k and a bigger case w/ more airflow.  

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Just now, Ashley IM A DUDE said:

the 8th core was not working under load and it was causing issues leading to blue screen.

Strange that this was happening.

 

Just now, Ashley IM A DUDE said:

the video card itself also has been running rather hot.

Simply replace the thermal paste on it as it's probably dried out and give the fans/heatsink a good dusting and it will work like brand new. 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ||  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler ||  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18  ||  Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570  ||  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games)  ||  HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive)  ||  GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT  ||  PSU: EVGA P2 1600W  ||  Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow  ||  Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB  ||  Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches  ||  Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL ||  Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" 

 

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23 minutes ago, Ashley IM A DUDE said:

its quite possible the GPU is a problem too. 

If the GPU is working fine, wait. It seems like you found the problem already.

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with a Noctua NH-U9S cooler 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M (Because it was cheap)
RAM: 32GB (4 x 8GB) Corsair Vengance LPX 3200Mhz CL16
GPU: EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC Blower Card
HDD: 7200RPM TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB, External HDD: 5400RPM 2TB WD My Passport
SSD: 1tb Samsung 970 evo m.2 nvme
PSU: Corsair CX650M
Displays: ViewSonic VA2012WB LCD 1680x1050p @ 75Hz
Gateway VX920 CRT: 1600x1200@75Hz, 1200x900@100Hz, 960x720@125Hz, 800x600@140Hz
Gateway VX900 CRT: 1600x1200@75Hz, 1200x900@100Hz, 960x720@120Hz (Can be pushed to 175Hz)
 
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idk im skeptical its older and im not really sure what an acceptable temp is for it and the cpu. I wanted to just start new across the board yes the gpu reuns everythign at max but its old and id rather of upgraded now and not have to worry for a years. 

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9 minutes ago, Ashley IM A DUDE said:

idk im skeptical its older and im not really sure what an acceptable temp is for it and the cpu. I wanted to just start new across the board yes the gpu reuns everythign at max but its old and id rather of upgraded now and not have to worry for a years. 

You can upgrade now, but you're going to pay a stupid amount of money for a new card. Seriously, the 1080 Ti is a fine card. You're lucky that you even have a nice card right now. Just hold onto it for now. 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

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Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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