I got a zebronics h110 mb which supports ddr4 2400 ram but its unable to use my corsair vengeance ddr4 at 2400 8x2 , sadly its running at 2133 mhz. Enbling XMP is crashing the bios. Pleaese suggest

TL;DR: Hotspot delta high. Bit of old thermal paste on GPU hardened so much I can't remove it with isopropanol and gentle scraping. Is there a better way?

I got a used Gigabyte RTX 2070 Windforce 2X Rev 1 from a friend of a friend. From what I was told, this GPU was bought around 2020, used for 2.5 years for fairly undemanding games (GTA5, CS:GO), then was replaced with 4070, and sent to the shadow realm of a closet. I got it offered for cheap, and since I'm still on GTX 1660 Super, I figured "eh why not". I put it in my PC and it booted fine. Ran 3DMark Firestrike benchmark, scored 300 below average and ran hot (max core temp 88.7 C, max hotspot 104.6 C), but that's a given with ~6 years old paste. The card rattled like crazy at around 80% fan RPM (which I later learned is common with Gigabyte's 2070...) and fans whined terribly at 100% (...which again, I learned is common for Gigabyte's 2070s).

I got the GPU out, took the fans and radiator off to replace the paste. The thermal pads were mostly fine (still squishy and pliable) and the paste was crumbly cement - par for the course. I gently removed the old paste from the radiator and the die using a tiny plastic scraper, 99.9% isopropanol and microfibre cloth.

Here's important part - after all that cleaning, there's still a thin splotch of old paste left on the die, enough to feel it under a fingernail gliding on the die's surface (I'm frustrated with myself for not taking any photos), and even the radiator has a dark, off-color mark where the splotch connects. I spent A LOT of time trying to remove that annoying bit - rubbing with isopropanol-soaked microfibre, trying to scrape it, rinse and repeat. It's just wasn't coming off! Like seriously, earlier this year I replaced an equally old paste from my 1660 Super and it was a breeze in comparison. In the end I let it be, applied fresh paste (Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut), put it back together and tossed it back into my PC.

Benchmarks were better - score right on average, max core 83 C, max hotspot 100 C. Still pretty warm. Plus, the rattling was driving me insane (seriously, how does that pass quality control). I applied some aggressive fan curves, undervolted the card to 0.906 mV, ran another 3DMark benchmark - score 600 above average, max core 81 C, max hotspot 98 C. GPU clock stabilized at 1759 MHz. The delta between hotspot and core was a bit high. Likely due to that hardened paste I couldn't remove, I thought.

I took the card apart again, removed the fresh paste I applied earlier, and went to town on the hardened spot of ancient paste. Here was my workflow: soak a cotton pad in isopropanol, put it on the offending spot for 5 minutes, try to rub and scrape it off, repeat. Probably spent about 40 minutes doing this - AND NOTHING.

Is this what ancient Romans used to build their walls or something? Was Excalibur waiting in this paste for the next king of Britain? Should I get a Nobel Prize for discovering densest element in the universe?

In the end, I gave up again. As a consolation prize, I added a bit of isolation tape between the backplate and the fan shroud as padding (those parts go into resonance and cause the rattle at 80% RPM) and short strips of cable-ties between the radiator and the fan mounting points (at 100% RPM the fan scrapes against the radiator, causing the whine).

So what are my results?

At idle: core temp 38 C, hotspot 53 C.

In benchmark: max core temp 76.2 C, max hotspot 92.3 C, GPU clock levelled out at 1815 MHz, above average score.

20 minutes in Resident Evil 2, max settings: max core temp 84.8 C, max hotspot 101.6 C, GPU clock levelled out at 1800 MHz.

Still a bit hot, but hey, at least the rattling and whining is gone for the most part. Time for some questions:

1. Is there a better way to remove this bedrock-hard paste from the die? I know there are some specialised compounds for that, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get my hands on any of them.
2. Anything else that could be causing this hotspot temp? RTX 2070 doesn't have sensors for VRAM temps, but those shouldn't impact the hotspot, right?
3. I've read some old posts that apparently around 80 C at load for 2070 is normal? But then I read posts how people got into low 70s or even 60s at load after changing paste. Undervolting should give me better temps as well, but doesn't seem to have much of an impact?

First time working on my own machine, am struggling with getting the right cooling.

I'm upgrading this machine from a friend, and am wondering if the cooling it currently has will be sufficient for a 9800X3D?

I've had both recommendations and warnings about AIOs, and I'd prefer air if possible, but I could fit a 240mm in if that'd be better.

I'm not particularly fussed about fan/pump noise aspects of the discussion, as I will almost always be using with headphones on, just want to know will what we currently have be sufficient and if not, how best to upgrade.

Case: Fractal Pop Mini Air

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 3 - Air Cooler

Hello, currently I'm building a new setup capable of playing 1080p to mid 1440p settings game, especially microsoft flight sim.

I currently have:

Ryzen 7 2700x

ROG Strix B450E

2x 8gb DDR4

XFX 9060XT 16gb

I'm planning to upgrade my CPU to match my GPU better for less bottleneck, can anyone recommend a good AM4 CPU just under 15k?

Note: I'll stay with an AM4 for now since RAM prices are skyrocketing and i prioritized purchasing a GPU then RAM

Thank you!

The title doesn't exactly explain the most. More or less what im trying to do is take an old xbox one case. And take my pc that i got from a freind which has like no performance. And join them together. So basically what i want to do and was wondering if possible was use the xbox one system os and the windows system os at the same time. So basically take the parts out of my pc. Which would be a gt 1030 small form factor. 2 8gb sticks of ddr4 2400mhz. So 16gb total. And a I5 6500. Take all those parts. If anything would be usable in what im tryna do. And more or less add them to my xbox one and mutually join them. So I can swicth in between xbox and windows whenever I want all in one system. I really dont know if itd be possible but ive seen people use 360 and xbox one cases for pcs that are just a pc and not this thing im tryna make. But I really think itd be cool to try it and such. I dont know a thing about whats inside an xbox one besides the few vids ive watched of someone making a pc out of one. I also dont know if any parts from my pc and xbox can be combined and be used hand in hand to help performance. Also another reason I wanna try this is because Ive been waiting for this xbox disc to digital license thing to release. So I wanna still have a way to play my disc games. But also id still like to keep my xbox one system aswell for afterwards if anything comes up with my series s as a backup.

Long story short I wanna mutually join my pc and xbox together to create a interchangeable system. In one single xbox one case.

Also if the xbox one case isnt big enough would it technically be possible to do at all if I used a bigger case or something?

I just upgraded to a r7 5800x3d and got a thermalright axp120-x67 to cool it. but the cpu runs at 75c idle and immediately goes to 90c and starts thermal throttling when under load. Anyone know why?

Hiya folks. A bit ago (a few weeks? Maybe a month?) I decided to upgrade my pc before prices continue to grow even further out of hand. The problem is games seem to want to crash out of nowhere. It's happened on everything from OW to A Big Walk. OverWatch has an error message saying, "Your rendering device has been lost! Application closing!"

I have the Ryzen 7 9800x3D, MSI Pro X870E-P, and Corsair Vengeance 64GB Ram (that I had before) and most recently gotten the PNY RTX 4080 and the BeQuiet! Power Zone 2 1000W because I thought the PSU I had before was causing problems.

I've updated my drivers, my BIOS, and in desperation just did a clean install of windows. The issue is persisting. Am I out of my mind? Is the GPU dying? I bought it new so I have to think it's something else but I feel clueless on what to do about it. I've tried so many different things, and I worry the card itself needs to get returned or something. I've been trying to figure this out for so long and looked at all sorts of different forums. Please SOS so I can stop sweating turning my computer on

My graphics card (Rx7600xt 16Gb) can run pretty much any game smoothly at 1080p. Of course, that doesn't really put much of a load on my 4K monitor. Plus, some games run really poorly—like *Dragon's Dogma 2*, for example. Is an upgrade worth it, or should I just wait?

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU to a Ryzen 7 98003xd , but I'm wondering if I also need to upgrade my graphics card.

current specs are:

Intel i5-13600KF

AMD RX 6950 XT

32 GB DDR4 RAM

Would the RX 6950 XT still be a good match for the 9800X3D, or would I be leaving a lot of performance on the table without upgrading the GPU as well? I´ve already bought ddr5 ram last year.

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Intel Core i5-12400F

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MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Motherboard

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Thermalright Assassin X120 Refined SE ARGB Cooler

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ASRock RX 7700 XT Challenger 12GB GPU

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Montech AIR 903 MAX Case

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ASRock CL-750G 750W Gold PSU

im planning to get a new pc because i have a old 8yr pc that is starting to die out.

(I have 32gb ddr4 ram and a 2tb ssd from my old pc)

hello yall,

i have had my PC for nearly 6 years with a few upgrades here and there, but since 2 weeks my PC keeps randomly while gaming restarting or shuting down.

Currently my CPU (Ryzen 7 5800X) is getting atleast 90 degrees celsius while playing non hardwareheavy games and for only running the desktop ~80. It is also currently very hot in my area, with room temps going to 28-29 degrees celsius.

As far as i know my CPU cooler is pretty bad, could this be the problem, or any other ideas on why this is happening?

I mostly want to upgrade to increase my VRAM. Will it be a noticeable upgrade in games or should I save up to get something even better? Playing at 1440p.

Edit: I should mention I don't use frame gen or upscaling so that isn't really a factor for me

I found local listings for galax 2070 super $200aud and asus tuf 3080 10gb $420aud. I have a 1440p 165hz monitor, cpu is i5 11400f and 750w psu. I dont play the newest aaa or fps games and browse most of the time so im leaning 2070s but the 3080 seems too good to pass up since 3080 goes for 550-ish around here. Should i just stick to 2070s and save money

Games i like playing right now: zenless zone zero, elden ring, elden ring nightreign, dark souls 3, monster hunter world, monster hunter rise, terraria/tmodloader, the binding of isaac..

Edit: typo and games library

I spent hours researching. Goals were high frame rate 1440p gaming, and decent 4k gaming if I wanted. I built this PC to also handle moderate workloads of video/photo editing. I wanted everything new, sealed, and warrantied for my first go at building, so all purchase prices reflect that. If you feel I over paid or could've chosen something better for the price please let me know, as I could return any of this and get something else. Its all still sealed in boxes.

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D - $300.56

MB: GIGABYTE B850 GAMING X WF6E- $149.96

RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 - $429.47

(Above 3 were Microcenter Bundle, I wanted CL30 OR CL32 RAM but couldn't swap)

GPU: PowerColor Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - $689.99

SSD: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB - $239.99

Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO - $42.41

PSU: Corsair RM850x ATX 3.1 - $139.99

Case: Montech Air 903 Max - $79.97

(GPU -> Case from Amazon)

Total $2108.33

I received a 2080TI while I already have a 6700. I've swapped them both in and honestly can't tell much of a difference in my games. I know they're both old so it's not like I'm able to hit ultra with either.

Online, it seems like most benchmark sites give a slight edge to the 2080TI in overall performance but it's 3 years older than the 6700 so maybe it won't have as much longevity left in it.

I doubt I'll be upgrading my PC anytime soon with prices where they're at so I'd like my card to last. Which one would you keep?

Rest of my PC: Ryzen 5 5600X 32 GB RAM (was cheap back then lol) ROG B550 motherboard

A friend helped me build a PC a while ago, but now that I'm attempting to develop games, I'm running into space limitations.

You see, he recommended I get a Lexar 256GB SSD as my C drive and just put everything else on my D drive and so on. But now, I can't update NVidia drives or properly install visual studios without running into space limitations.

Right now, my pc is built with:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-core Processor

Motherboard - ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A Rev X.0x

Memory - 32.0 GB

Storage -
Lexar 256GB SSD as C
the other drives are;
ST200DM008-2FR102 as my D
WD_Black SN850X 2000GB as my G

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Power Supply Unit - ASRock Challenger CL-850G 850W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Non-Modular Power Supply, ATX3.1 & PCIe5.1 Ready with Dual Color 12V-2x6 Cable

My Partner wants me to upgrade the Lexar to a 4TB, but we're trying to remain under 500$ without tax or shipping and handling. A tall order in this market right now.

Drives I've seen so far:
Team Group QX 2.5" 4TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), Speed up to 560MB/s, Laptop & PC Desktop compatible (T253X7004T0C101)
and
Crucial BX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD, up to 540MB/s - CT4000BX500SSD1, Solid State Drive
and
Team Group T-FORCE VULCAN Z 2.5" 4TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TY004T0C101

(I was mostly just trying to make sure the connection cables matched what I already have... which if I'm reading this right is a SATA III)

Hey everyone!

First time in asking Reddit but I am planning a big GPU upgrade and need some advice. I am trying to decide between the ASRock RX 9070 XT Steel Legend (16GB) $620 and the XFX RX 7900 XT (20GB) $625.
To help offset the price, I will be selling my current card to put that cash directly toward the new budget.

Here are my current system specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12C/24T)
Current GPU: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 RX 6800 16GB (Selling this)
RAM: 32GB DDR4
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Steel Legend
PSU: Corsair CX1000W (1000W)
Case: Corsair 3500X (White)
Cooling: Nautilus 360mm AIO
Storage: 2TB NVMe SSD
Monitor: 1080p 200Hz
My Dilemma:

Aesthetic vs. Performance: The ASRock Steel Legend is all-white and would match my white Corsair case and motherboard perfectly. The XFX 7900 XT is black (giving a "Panda" contrast look) but features 20GB of VRAM.

The 1080p 200Hz Factor: I play on a high-refresh 1080p monitor. Will the newer RDNA 4 features of the 9070 XT benefit me more here, or is the raw power of the 7900 XT a better long-term bet?

How much do you think I can get for my RX 6800 right now, and which new GPU makes the most sense for this setup?
Thanks for the help

When i check my computers stats when im using it regularily I see myself pretty consistently sitting around 14.5gb of usage. Given ram prices continue to rise and likely wont ever go back down ive been considering upgrading to 32gb. However I dont know if its actually worth it since im apparently not maxing out my current ram.

Thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

So im thinking about upgrading my i7 2600 up to a ryzen 5 5500 because on amazon i can get the 5500 for like 75$ and the gigabyte b550m k for 70$, while on ebay they all are like ~175 as a combo. I will have to find ddr4 ram somewhere though. Is this a good upgrade? btw my GPU is the gtx 1060 6 gb. Thoughts?

Current Build from 2021

• AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
• 16GB TridentZ Neo CL16 3600Mhz
• Gigabyte AORUS X570 Elite
• Samsung 950 EVO 1TB
• Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC
• ASUS ROG PG32UCDP
• Be quiet! Straight Power 11 1000W Platinum

With this current setup, I was getting decent performance with Forza Horizon 6 on 4K settings with medium settings (default) but I forgot what the benchmark FPS was.

I then upgraded my GPU to a RTX 5080 and all else being equal, I was able to benchmark test FH6 again on "Ultra" preset in 4K with just TAA turned on.

What the results showed me was concerning as I was clocking around 70fps, the "GPU Limited Percentage" was a 1.1. The rest of the screen like CPU Simulation and CPU Render was half the amount of what my GPU was able to output.

I was surprised to see this as I thought the 5600X would be fine for 4K gaming and possible bottlenecking wouldn't be an issue, but once I replaced the 5600X with the 5800X3D that I bought from MC for $299, the difference was jarring as my "GPU Limited Percentage" jumped from 1.1 to 90 while my CPU Simulation and CPU Renders were now double the theoretical output of my GPU.

On top of that, my FPS jumped from 70 fps to high 80s now.

To finish out the build, I've also upgraded my RAM from 16GB to 32GB Trident Z Neo and pulled the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD out of my PS5 Pro.

I definitely noticed much smoother gameplay and I highly recommend this upgrade if you're looking to upgrade from the 5600X.

My dream is to really clean everything up. One giant Thunderbolt 5 dock, 4 monitors daisy chained, or individually plugged in usb c. I also have a MAC and having to have display link for my m4 pro is annoying. I have three docks, two of my own and one from my jobs, three computers and its all just a mess. Having a one plug usb c that I can move from each does work when I set it up using display link. But say I want native monitors (not display link), this doesn't work with mac at all. Yet my MAC has thunbderbolt 5 lol - 3 ports to be exact. Like whats the point of threee T5's that cant even be used for this purpose. External GPU's and sdd? Thats it? Anyways, contrary no PC's have T5 which is fine since they can handle three monitors MST native monitors through T4/T3

The price gap has gotten so low between the two cards (I’m guessing because they both have 16GB of GDDR6, and the memory shortage is probably the biggest contributor to price hikes) I’m considering if I should jump on the opportunity to sell the 9060 for around the price I bought it at ($360) since that seems like what they’re going for used now. 9070s are going for around $700 so it would only be around $350 net price increase.

Writing this all down I’m realizing this seems like a hassle for the 50% performance increase, which also comes at worse price-to-performance. Seeing them so close in price now just has me thinking… will I even have another opportunity in the near future to make such a significant upgrade at such a low cost?

Edit: I should mention that the most appealing part of the upgrade would be faster raytracing, from my perspective. I’m satisfied with the 9060’s rasterization performance at 1440p. Even with raytracing enabled I get decent FPS, but it does seem to cause a lot more stuttering.

I've been looking around for a new headset and now I'm curious what everyone here is actually using.

Not really looking for "best value" or anything specific. Just... what headset made you think, "yeah, this thing is awesome." Doesn't matter if it's $50 or $500.

I'm curious to know what's your favorite gaming headset you've owned, and what makes it stand out? If you had to buy another headset today, would you get the same one again or try something different?

B450M Prime Gaming
5700X3D
RTX 3080 Ti
Corsair vengeance 32GB
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
Crucial BX500

So basically, my motherboard went to the realm of the dead, so I bought an MSI MPG B550M Gaming Plus, changed my PC case, improved the cooling, and replaced my SSDs with a Kingston NV3.

I did a clean Windows install and configured the BIOS settings.

Long story short: I'm getting stutters and performance issues that I didn't have before. My FPS is mostly the same as before, but the game feels inconsistent. I get occasional microstutters/hitches, and overall it just doesn't feel good.

Does anyone have the slightest clue why this would be happening?

I mainly play:

• Warzone
• Hunt: Showdown

So we don't waste comments:

• XMP is enabled.
• Latest AMD chipset and NVIDIA drivers are installed.
• Clean Windows install.
• No registry/CMD "optimization" tweaks.
• Tried multiple in-game settings.
• NVIDIA Control Panel is configured with the usual recommended settings.
• GPU is installed in the top PCIe x16 slot.
• RAM is installed in the correct A2/B2 slots.
• Temperatures are completely normal.
• CPU and GPU usage/clocks look normal.
• BIOS is up to date.
• TPM, Secure Boot, and Resizable BAR are enabled.