re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Not yet, apparently the new Auto Undervolt in Wattman does a great job.

You know what make me sad though? Seeing just how much my 8700K has lost from my tests over a year ago pre-security patches. I could hit 23K at 5.2GHz, second test so far and it can't get out of the middle 21's.

i'm an idiot and installed windows 10 pro. it's $199 to activate it.

CHEESE AND RICE!!!!!

Yeah but how legit is that?

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Idle temp average 57, max under load 79 avg 78 hotspot 103.

Taking her apart now.

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how'd it turn out this time?

I've had Cox and Uverse fiber. They are equal in reliability. I got a better connection and ping with Uverse though since it is fiber. It wasn't much though.

I could also easily use my own modem and router with Cox but the Uverse one is pretty good and was equal with my Nighthawk AC1750.

Picked up the Thermaltake 850 watt 80 plus gold POSU for $74 on prime day yesterday.

Now have 2 pieces to my new build:

512gb Inland premium nvme SSD (PCI Gen 3.0 x4)
850w Thermaltake 80+ Gold PSU

Was looking to get a case but didn't pull the trigger on the 680x for $199 on amazon. Think I may just get a PC-o11 dynamic for like $120 instead.

anyone have something like this?

amazon

let me ask you something blue, last night as i was putting all this together, i used the stock cooler that came with the cpu. as you know, it comes with the thermal paste already installed. well, i had to take the cooler off immediately after setting it because i got the power cable for the fan stuck between the cooler itself and the ram slots. i couldn't pull the cable out without removing the cooler. should i have wiped it clean and applied new? i've got another question about temps at the end of my story.

well, i downloaded and started up apex legends a few minutes ago and i was watching the opening cinematics. got tire of watching it and decided to skip. well, a popup displayed the current battlepass and latest character. i hit escape to exit and the whole game crashed.

tried to restart and all i got was a spin wheel. had to force it. logged in, both monitors go black after trying to start apex. force shutdown again. windows loads but the login screen is stuck at the clock. the password option never displays. force shut down again.

i've uninstalled apex and reinstalling now thinking that's the issue. i'm in CPUID and it saying my max CPU temp is 69*C. is that the highest ever recorded? and if so, is that high?


eta: everything is at stock voltages.

eta2: it's got to be apex because everytime i load it, my whole system crashes.