I voted No, to either of them. I have an RX 6900 XT and my monitor is 34" UWQHD (21:9). I would like to see what really good RT looks like just for giggles and grins, but I don't know that I'd use it much. Since I have a very powerful GPU, I don't need upscaling. I agree with others that the...
I was at local Costco yesterday and found a monitor that I'd been wanting. Well, not this model specifically, but any affordable 3440x1440 UWQHD monitor. I'm really liking it! Per the costco.com website "$50 manufacturer's savings is valid 12/25/23 through 1/7/24. While supplies last. Limit 5...
We are leaving in the morning for to drive to Florida to catch a 7-Night cruise on Sunday. So, I decided to reinstall Win 11 on the M.2 drive and see what happens. I had saved all the installed downloads to a USB drive, so it was pretty easy to get back up and running. I'm on the system now. The...
I connected an old Samsung 840 Pro SATA SSD that had Win 10 on it and it booted. So, it points to the brand new M.2 drive being bad. I guess the next step is to remove the M.2 drive and see if I can see it while installed in a USB enclosure. Since I've only just installed the drive with a fresh...
I bought a used Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Ultra MB off Ebay to use with an i9-10850K that was replaced under warranty. I bought new RAM and M.2 SSD. I installed Win 11 and all was great for 5 days UNTIL I started messing with the BIOS based on Jayz2Cents' tip to get the CPU to run cooler.
In BIOS...
I just spent very close to that much to redo our shower in a 6 year old house. The original shower pan was installed improperly and there was no way to fix it without a complete rebuild. So, I can feel your pain!
Got tired of buying cases and thought I'd give it a try. Well, you don't want to let any kids in the area who might stick their little fingers on something that could hurt them.
I was in a corporate apartment in Shereport, LA, while working on an IT project at the GM plant there. I was amazed...
In the past few years I've had a lot of experience with Dell OptiPlex and Precision Tower systems. They are nothing fancy, but I've been amazed at how bullet proof they seem to be. Corporation who buy these computers expect them to work, with minimal downtime. They are not interested in what is...
Back in the SETI I days when the TeAm was kickin' butt, I had a farm with a bunch of Biostar and Abit boards. The Abit boards were good for OC'ing Celeron 300 to 450. While the Biostar boards were cheap and worked. Note the Milk Create builds. :) John
I wasn't planning on building a new system. I just wanted to move my stuff to a new case and PSU. I thought in the process I'd add a little RGB to it. Then I totally mucked up my old system in the process of hurriedly moving to the new case before my wife got back from a family visit. From there...
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I thought I'd let you guys know what the final outcome is. I took the 7900x combo back to MC on Thursday and picked up the MB and cooler that are in the new section of sig below. I had ordered a cpu from Amazon and their truck was driving away...
Hi BD, I'm approaching 78 and two days ago I built a new system with Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX D4 and i7-12700K. Some of the stuff was reused from a Jan 2021 build. I got the CPU from Amazon for $252 and the MB from Micro Center for $244.99. I really looked at board features and found this...
I took out one stick and left one in A2. Booted, ran CPU-Z benchmark, then Superposition 1080p Extreme and the benchmark crashed immediately. I swapped RAM sticks and same thing happened.
I did and it says to look up BSOD Troubleshooting Guide. Nothing specific.
I did start with Linux Mint, but their kernel did not support Radeon Graphics and I did have crashing tabs while watching YouTube videos with Firefox.
I knew it seemed too good to be true. I had just added Cinebench R23.2 and Ryzen Master. I ran a 10-min session and all was well. I exited and a minute later I got a screen that I've seen many times before, but was never fast enough to capture until now. It is a BSOD, but in a weird format and...
Both Valley and Heaven have made it crash. I did wonder if the PCIe lanes where the 980 Pro was install were a problem. The 970 Evo+ is in a different M.2 slot.
Right now I've got to get Steam running and that is my plan. Cyberpunk sounds like a great option for testing it.
Well, I might have gotten it figured out. I changed the new M.2 2TB SSD for a 2.5 year old one. I put the RX 6900 XT back in the system and loaded some stuff wit a fresh install of Windows 10 Home. I tried a few of the things that were making it crash and then really went all out for maximum...
I started to get into another reason which is where we live. If I go early Sunday morning I can get MC in just over an hour. It took me over 2 hours in traffic to get home last Sunday afternoon. Also, I've returned enough tech stuff to Amazon. And I just don't have the need for any DDR5 memory.
I changed the GPU to an RX 6750 XT and the drivers would not install. The error pointed to a lot of possible file corruption. So, I am trying the system with a different M.2 SSD and Windows 10.
Well, if another SSD fresh install doesn't fix it, then it is going back.
You could be right. I just...
I just finished testing the Samsung 980 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD. The Extended failed with the attached error message. It doesn't say that the drive was bad, just that it encountered an error and could not continue. So, I tired each of the other tests and all passed. BTW the drive does have the latest...
I tried that with a CPU for my dead Intel board and sent it back. It took 3 weeks a bunch of contact to get the refund. Still trying to figure out what to do which must be done before 8/1.
I'm not installing anything on that machine other than benchmarks to stress the system until I get it...
The 1200 is new, bought it when I got the case. So, I questioned if it could be the issue. I've had the Seasonic 750w for a few years. Both are 80+ Platinum.
I went back and looked at HWINFO and found two sections about the drive, one did have temps. See Thumbnail.
Works? Well, NO....I ran...
First of all, I ignored the Intel jab. The drive is the infamous Samsung 980 Pro with the latest microcode, so it should be immune to the reported issues. The SSD is installed just above the metal backplate of the GPU. The M.2 slot does have a heat shield, plus the case is the Lancool 216 with 2...
Hi TJ,
I had a doctor's appointment in town, so I've been gone a while. I left the system running Heaven for at least 4 hours and no issues. Thus, I'd think it has nothing to do with the RAM. It is going to be a PITA due to the weight of the system, but I'm going to try the PSU in my sig.
If...
I have a new case, 1,200W PSU, 2TB M.2 SSD and MicroCenter Combo (Ryzen 9 7900x, ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F and G-Skill DDR5-6000 ram.) It is replacing many of the items in the system in my sig. I got the system running last week and installed a bunch of software and all was working well. I had a...
Yep, that is what I ended up doing. But, it is not intuitive, which I suspect is what Microsoft wanted. This is the first time I've tried installing Win 11 directly. Either I've been installing Windows on systems that can't run version 11, or I've installed 10 and updated to 11. Anyway, it is...
I'm going to consider this solved/resolved! I got it in the case this morning, but really took my time. I removed a bunch of wires that connected to the included FAN/RGB controller and connected fans directly to the MB. I also went into the BIOS and reduced the max Thermal Throttle Limit from 95...
Well, I think I got it working, at least outside the case. I had made a Win11 install USB last week and have been using it for this project. I was getting stuck once I was in setup as it wanted to connect to my network, but it never showed any SSIDs as the example below shows. I then disabled...
My budget box doesn't have a Samsung SSD. So, I had install Magician on it and connected the M.2 using a USB enclosure. Magician sees the drive, but says it can't secure erase it. I forgot the exact wording. Bottom line is that it was a FAIL. I'll try again when I get the new system working on...
I'm waiting until I have the system running properly before putting it in the new case as the GPU covers up the M.2 slot. Then I'll put in the 6900XT. The case is so heavy especially with the new PSU, that I really messed up my back trying to work with it and connect up all the RGB.
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I'll see how it goes when I get the new SSD with Windows before exploring POP OS. Everything I read is that Linux doesn't do well with Radeon Graphics integrated graphics in my chip.
I am no Linux expert. How would I install those drivers? When I go into the driver manager, it does not show that any are needed or available.
Once I get the system working I'll see what Samsung Magician says about it. I think it had the latest BIOS.
I just updated the MB BIOS and it seems to...
I picked up the Ryzen 9 7900x combo yesterday. I miss the power button that was on the Aorus Master, otherwise the B650E-F MB is great. I was able to turn on XPO in the BIOS and it worked the first try. The combo price is what the 7900x CPU's MSRP was at launch. I wonder how MC does it as you...
I was looking at Intel as my broke stuff is Intel. So, I thought I just needed a new MB, but now it looks like the CPU was the issue. So, I'm open to AMD as well. I did rule out the stuff over $550 as this range is already more that I need.
Yep, that is the only combo that impressed me. Also...
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