Gaming Rig Issues
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got the heat sink in.. wasnt thinking.. now its blocking one of my ram slots (well one of the fans are). im goin to throw this piece of shit away soon.. takeing a break before i actually do it.. I remember things being so much simpler back in the day..
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o well. .got it running with 16GB ram.. running tests now
current temps under some load while running Prime95 (which i never really used before, so just using defaults)
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Speaking of liquid cooling Ars has an article about how LC is coming the norm in data centers with immersion cooling.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Speaking of liquid cooling Ars has an article about how LC is coming the norm in data centers with immersion cooling.
(waving paw) bah
Kids these days. We were doing cryogenic cooling with the first Cray. Liquid cooling before that. It's always been the mainstream in the datacenter. Only at home and/or hobbyist did it take so long to start making inroads.
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@travisdh1 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Speaking of liquid cooling Ars has an article about how LC is coming the norm in data centers with immersion cooling.
(waving paw) bah
Kids these days. We were doing cryogenic cooling with the first Cray. Liquid cooling before that. It's always been the mainstream in the datacenter. Only at home and/or hobbyist did it take so long to start making inroads.
Umm, no it hasn't.
Because it was more cost effective, with the technology at the time, to air cool.
You are 100% incorrect.
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well while he was playing, CPU was around 40-50c, more so around 40-45c if i remember right. I gotta say, the LEDs on that thing are pretty bright.
Now to see if I can get his frame rates up.. I picked up a different monitorr to see if that will help" If not back to Amazon..
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OK, so Corsiar approved the RMA. We will see how long it takes for them to send once they get the once I sent back.
Trying to find ram that is fully compatible with the AMD Ryzen. Also since I lost one set of banks to the cooler, I want to switch it to 2x16gb sticks vs 4x8gb. Hopefully that doesn't effect performance.
so looking at the following, if anyone has better ideas or feedback on which one they think would be best, please let me know..
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Also since I lost one set of banks to the cooler,
How did you lose an entire bank?
Unless the RAM has some extra crap built into it (like a handle) it should fit just fine under the cooler so you can populate the entire board.
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@DustinB3403 Fan extends covering the first slot, see above pic. So i basically list slots 1 and 3, as I only want to install in pairs
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Also since I lost one set of banks to the cooler,
How did you lose an entire bank?
Unless the RAM has some extra crap built into it (like a handle) it should fit just fine under the cooler so you can populate the entire board.
Except when it won't. I've got an AMD box at home that suffers from the CPU cooler blocking RAM slots issue.
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@RojoLoco said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Also since I lost one set of banks to the cooler,
How did you lose an entire bank?
Unless the RAM has some extra crap built into it (like a handle) it should fit just fine under the cooler so you can populate the entire board.
Except when it won't. I've got an AMD box at home that suffers from the CPU cooler blocking RAM slots issue.
Sometimes you can get way with low height RAM modules.
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I have had so much issues with this build.. I originally bought the h115 cooler and it sat too how, hitting the power headers or something, I cant remember exactly what.
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@Pete-S said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Sometimes you can get way with low height RAM modules.
true, but its a gaming rig and for a kid, so LEDs are a must. lol I actually had the same thought
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@Pete-S said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@RojoLoco said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Also since I lost one set of banks to the cooler,
How did you lose an entire bank?
Unless the RAM has some extra crap built into it (like a handle) it should fit just fine under the cooler so you can populate the entire board.
Except when it won't. I've got an AMD box at home that suffers from the CPU cooler blocking RAM slots issue.
Sometimes you can get way with low height RAM modules.
That, or just normal height ram modules.
I've never seen a large heatsink, that wouldn't allow for normal height ram modules to use all of the available slots.
I have seen taller ram modules with handles or additional heatsink type features that affect clearance.
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OK so as an update.
The new cooler is working great. Temps are much lower.Problem now, it is still locking up, which running Fortnight and Premier Pro (legal copy i pay for monthly). I defaulted the entire system, so CPU is stock, and RAM is stock (2133) speed. Doesn't do it all the time, just some times where everything freezes. I think the CPU is damaged, but hoping someone can tell me something else
RAM is new, and AMD specific (which I personally think is a marketing thing, but i might be wrong as I don't build much anymore) , m.2 SSD is new. Only thing not replaced is CPU (Ryzen 1700x) and MOBO (Crosshair Hero VI x370), and PSU.
Also when trying to stream fortnite, his upload is crap. Dropping alot of frames (i dont know anything about streaming). so not sure if this is part of it. He has tried setting OBS to render the stream on the GPU and CPU, same issues. We have Oceanic Cable (Now Spectrum), and have 200/20)
I don't want to replace his CPU unless I have to.. I am so mad at my self for not investigating his odd shutdowns earlier when he first told me... grr...lol
Any ideas on the freezing and obs-streaming issues?
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@smartkid808 the CPU is probably damaged from sustained periods of overheating.
As for his upload issue, this is likely because his internet is also crap. 200/20 should be fine for most things, streaming included. But it is still being shared with everything else that is using internet.
So if there are 3 other devices on the network, watching video, upload content etc it very well could be that he's getting 1-3mbps upload to his system.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@smartkid808 the CPU is probably damaged from sustained periods of overheating.
Exactly.. That's what I think. I guess I should suck it up and just buy a new one..
.. I have just been trying to hope its not.. Is the 2700x worth the extra $100 when the 1700x he has now is $190?. The board is a x370, and from what I seen, should not be an issues.. Ill also check the QVL to check make sure its an approved CPU@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
As for his upload issue, this is likely because his internet is also crap. 200/20 should be fine for most things, streaming included. But it is still being shared with everything else that is using internet.
Yup, that's what I figured, also spectrum could be throttling the stream.. Nothing really serious going on at the time, but yea, shared with bunch of others in the area. Any chance the CPU could interfere with it?
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
spectrum could be throttling the stream
Could, but very unlikely. There is no money to made by Spectrum for slowing down their users. They'd have to charge Twitch or whatever service he is using to speed up their connection.
Possible, but unlikely. But with NN removed who knows.
Spectrum blows anyways.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
spectrum could be throttling the stream
Could, but very unlikely. There is no money to to made by Spectrum for slowing down their users. They'd have to charge Twitch or whatever service he is using to speed up their connection.
Possible, but unlikely. But with NN removed who knows.
Spectrum blows anyways.
Spectrum is purdy good in my area. Light years ahead of Windscream.
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Any chance the CPU could interfere with it?
Doubtful, the network setup could but the CPU shouldn't affect his upload performance. Not in any drastic way short of the freezing that you've already mentioned.
