EPTComputer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread - Page 507
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B.I.G.
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
Anyways, I ordered a PC today and the GPU is a ASUS ROG Matrix R9 290x (not the OC'd version). I read on the internet that this card some trouble with it's cooler. Is there anyone out here that owns the card and could tell me if it reduces it's clock speed in some games due to overheating? I don't care so much for the noise or anything since I am wearing a headset or earplugs all the time anyway but if the card really isn't able to run on 100% performance, then I will cancel my order. Thanks for any replies. | ||
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
take a look at the "Fan Profiles and Throttling" paragraph. | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
On July 13 2015 04:04 mantequilla wrote: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2453389,00.asp take a look at the "Fan Profiles and Throttling" paragraph. hmm, thanks for the reply but I am not sure the ASUS card will have that switch since it's not reference design. But it probably means that you can increase the fan rpm so that it won't overheat anyway. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
There are some differences from sample to sample because of random differences in manufacturing quality and characteristics between different GPU chips, resulting in different voltages that need to be run and power consumption profiles. And there are big differences in coolers between models and even sample to sample as well, based on the exact shape of the mating surface in particular and perhaps if the cooler is loosened a bit by shipping. This means that anything you read may not necessarily apply for your situation. edit: GTX 970 is rough equivalent. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
i7 4790k ASUS ROG Matrix r9 290x 120 GB SSD 1 TB SATA hardrive ASUS H81 mainboard +optical drives, PSU, case for 1000 euro. There was no option to change to GPU and all the other options seemed less good. Is that way too much or close to a fair price? | ||
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IceHism
United States1903 Posts
On July 13 2015 05:27 JazVM wrote: I bought a complete (preassembled) system: i7 4790k ASUS ROG Matrix r9 290x 120 GB SSD 1 TB SATA hardrive ASUS H81 mainboard +optical drives, PSU, case for 1000 euro. There was no option to change to GPU and all the other options seemed less good. Is that way too much or close to a fair price? Uhh. It depends on the exact model of the psu, mobo, ram, SSD, hdd, and case at this point. Imo, it seems like you may have gotten old parts at the price it was when they were released but I don't know. The processor or gpu seems fairly priced Also, the optical drive may be unnecessary. I would put that money towards a cooler but there is no point to worry about that | ||
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
Installed an aftermarket cooler for the first time today because Witcher 3 has been eating my CPU alive. It would always be at 60-70C and would routinely break 70C. On other non-CPU intensive games it's usually at 50C+. On idle and regular web surfing stuff it's pretty cool at below 30C. So I got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. I took my time and the installation went okay. But the results are just not what I expected, it was much better! It idles below 20C now and when I play Witcher 3, the hottest core barely breaks 35C. It's great!! I have an i5 4590 btw, just went with the stock cooler initially because I wasn't going to be overclocking. | ||
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Craton
United States17281 Posts
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DarthPunk
Australia10857 Posts
On July 13 2015 11:02 Craton wrote: Those temperatures sound inaccurate. Your CPU idling should be hotter than room temperature by several degrees. I would expect the load temps to be higher, as well (40s-50s). Well it is Canada. His room temp is probably like -50C. | ||
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
On July 13 2015 16:34 DarthPunk wrote: Well it is Canada. His room temp is probably like -50C. Haha, it's summer here too... house is usually at around 22C, warmer in the day cooler at night. Well that was part of the reason I wanted to share, because it sounded too good to be true so I wanted some opinions. So do you think the software (Speedfan) is off by 10 degrees, which meant I was going over 80C before? Is a 35-40 degree improvement when replacing the stock cooler normal? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Those temperatures sound inaccurate ~5c delta over room temp for coolest cores at idle is totally doable :D So do you think the software (Speedfan) is off by 10 degrees, which meant I was going over 80C before? You can easily check with other software, my favourite is hwinfo (www.hwinfo.com) | ||
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B.I.G.
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i5-4690k + Z97X-UD3H Team Dark DDR3 1600 8G(4Gx2条) Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB Toshiba 1TB GIGABYTE GV-n970 4GB Corsair 500W CX Corsair Spec 03 | ||
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dismiss
United Kingdom3341 Posts
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IceHism
United States1903 Posts
On July 14 2015 02:43 B.I.G. wrote: Do you guys think I should get extra cooling with my build? Summers here are hot as hell (40 degree celsius is no exception) but obviously I have an air conditioning so room temp shouldnt be over 20 or max 25 degrees. Spoilered my build again for reference. + Show Spoiler + i5-4690k + Z97X-UD3H Team Dark DDR3 1600 8G(4Gx2条) Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB Toshiba 1TB GIGABYTE GV-n970 4GB Corsair 500W CX Corsair Spec 03 extra cooling is always great. I regret not doing it on my initial build but atleast i don't need to disassemble the system when i install the cpu cooler i am gonna get since my case allows me to do that. if you need to know what cooler is compatible You should use pcpartpicker.com, add your case and CPU to the build list and then pick a cpu cooler. It should show which is compatible and which isn't. | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
$600 Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zxr823 $670 Build (OC'ble) : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HJQJQ7 OLD monitor 1280 x 1024 resolution: http://www.renewcomputer.com/IBM_ThinkVision_T860_9494_HB0_18_LCD_9494_HB0_p/9494-hb0.htm I would also like to note that I went somewhere else first before I achieved these final builds: http://forums.elitegamingcomputers.com/index.php?/topic/2151-1st-time-pc-builder-600-700-build-some-broken-website-links/ Any suggestions from you guys? Anything I have here that is completely unnecessary for my needs? I am Computer Science major going to college for freshman year this fall and will be buying this computer during Black Friday sales and building it shortly after. Until then, I have a very entry level laptop I'm using for almost all my computing. | ||
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