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Simberto

Germany8680 Posts

November 11 2021 15:49 GMT

#14641

Your GPU heating to 87°C does not sound good. My guess is that something is not working well with the cooling. I would assume that the middle vent should not be off? So you could try to figure out why it is. A quick google does show that the R2-290 can actually run very hot. I honestly doubt that case airflow is the problem here, but you could also take a look at the temps inside your case, your motherboard should have a thermometer to check these while running.

I assume you did the obvious things and made very sure to clean all the lint and dust out of the cooling setup?

Letting a shop install an aftermarket cooler sounds as if it would be roughly as pricy as getting a new card of similar quality, but i may be very off-mark here.

Cyro

United Kingdom19979 Posts

November 15 2021 07:10 GMT

#14642

If one fan is not spinning, it should be. Those kinds of things can make your card run 20c hotter.

Case airflow will probably be insufficient because a 290 is a high-powered graphics card. Usually a config with 2-3 intakes and 1 exhaust fan is the least you would want. To test how much difference that makes, you can test the graphics card like this:

Set a specific graphics card fan RPM, not auto fan speed
Stress for 15 minutes, take a note of temperatures at the end
Take side panel off and give PC 5 mins to cool down
Stress for 15 minutes again without the side panel, take a note of temperatures at the end and see how much lower they are

pebble444

Italy2312 Posts

November 27 2021 09:54 GMT

#14643

hi; i' m looking to understand if i can install 32 gb of ram on my portable asus;

this is my computer: asus fx505 tuf gaming

processor:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.21 GHz

right now i have 8gb of ram installed

this is the ram i want to install

other than opening up the computer and manually cleaning it once every 2 months, and using glary utilities, i don' t have that much experience;
this would qualify as overclocking? is it too much, should i go for the 16 gb ram instead?

pebble444

Italy2312 Posts

November 27 2021 19:40 GMT

#14644

So I actually manhandled my computer; a week ago me and my buddy changed the ram to a Mac, and it’s running great; so I opened up my computer, removed the ram, and put it back, just to see how it works on pc; now my computer won’ t recognize the ram somehow, or at least it takes a couple of seconds to turn on; before instantly you pressed the power button and it makes that little sound (which coincidentally is the same sound the mount in Star Wars 2 of obi one kenobi, that animal that looks like a giant lizard); so back to the story, it turns on, but doesn’ t do anything; key commands do not works, and it even refuses to recognize the mouse, my ever loyal companion since years, that never betrays; anywho, i’ m ordering a couple of rams, just the 16 fb ones; fuck it; Amazon has a free return policy, and I don’ t care if it takes weeks to get back my money

Edit: stay tuned for more of my computer shananigans

LeperKahn

Romania1819 Posts

November 29 2021 06:38 GMT

#14645

Is this worth it, would you say? (there's an additional ~$60 off with another coupon)
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-7-series/legion-s7-15ach6/82k8007uus

I was also looking at this one:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-14-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-9-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-1tb-ssd-moonlight-white/6452913.p

I was kinda leaning toward the lenovo because the build quality seems a lot higher. I'm a bit worried about heat with the slim though. It won't be crazy heavy gaming but I wanna play things like the new dying light. This is more-or-less a desktop replacement. I have a small light laptop for work. I don't want to use this new one "on the go" so much, but I am fairly nomadic these days and getting a tower doesn't make sense for me.

pebble444

Italy2312 Posts

November 29 2021 07:42 GMT

#14646

So I actually managed to get my computer to work again; turns out after going to some wrong kinds of shops and watching a bunch of YouTube videos, I wasn’ t jacking the ram hard enough into the ram slot; now I learned that my computer has 2 slots and only one is occupied by a single 8gb ram memory;
Stimulated by this, I opened up an old family apple computer that was not working and did some research; turns out on this second computer, after cleaning it and pulling out and back in the ram, it went itself into recovery mode; I erased the hard disk? , since all the data had previously been pulled out, and after that it reinstalled a version of OS X that is completely outdated; will be a good addition though to the work space, for writing, emails, and to airdrop to it and print off it, and the printer seems to have issues with wireless printing;
This whole affair is getting me even more hyped for another old portable I have buried in the basement; it’ s time to do some real learning now from that; the only safety info I gathered from the videos until now is that batteries are extremely dangerous, and always operate on unplugged turned off devices

Cyro

United Kingdom19979 Posts

November 30 2021 18:31 GMT

#14647

On November 27 2021 18:54 pebble444 wrote:
hi; i' m looking to understand if i can install 32 gb of ram on my portable asus;

this is my computer: asus fx505 tuf gaming

processor:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.21 GHz

right now i have 8gb of ram installed

this is the ram i want to install

other than opening up the computer and manually cleaning it once every 2 months, and using glary utilities, i don' t have that much experience;
this would qualify as overclocking? is it too much, should i go for the 16 gb ram instead?

You need SODIMMs, not DIMMs. It's not overclocking unless you make memory frequency/timings run out of spec, but that's difficult on a laptop.

KwarK

United States38299 Posts

December 02 2021 03:17 GMT

#14648

Looking for an off the shelf laptop for the wife.

<$1k, >16” screen, 256+SSD, primarily used for discord, streaming, VoIP calls (Skype and a variety of jabber/mumble/other), able to run Rimworld, EVE Online (low graphics).

Any suggestions?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-Legion-5-17-3-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600H-8GB-256GB-NVMe-TLC-SSD-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1650-Windows-11-Home-82K00045US/749506432?athbdg=L1800

SC-Shield

Bulgaria505 Posts

December 03 2021 07:19 GMT

#14649

On December 02 2021 12:17 KwarK wrote:
Looking for an off the shelf laptop for the wife.

<$1k, >16” screen, 256+SSD, primarily used for discord, streaming, VoIP calls (Skype and a variety of jabber/mumble/other), able to run Rimworld, EVE Online (low graphics).

Any suggestions?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-Legion-5-17-3-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600H-8GB-256GB-NVMe-TLC-SSD-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1650-Windows-11-Home-82K00045US/749506432?athbdg=L1800

It's a pretty small SSD which I imagine you'll run out of disk space early. If you're not afraid to get it replaced within 1-2 years, then it looks like a really good deal if price is #1 factor imho.

ExPresident

United States215 Posts

December 08 2021 20:12 GMT

#14650

Looking for a build primarily for an older game, but wanna use my LG 55” OLED C9 TV as the monitor…

What is your budget? $1500 US, lower is better.

What is your monitor's native resolution? LG 55” OLED, 120hz and 4K capable but I don’t need to game at 4K on it. Plan to use this PC in conjunction with my PS5.

What games do you intend to play on this computer? What settings? Planetside 2 max settings, RTS games on high settings, some RPG’s here and there. Most stuff will be on the PS5 probably.

What do you intend to use the computer for besides gaming? Nothing. Gaming only.

Do you intend to overclock? No

Do you intend to do SLI / Crossfire? No

Do you need an operating system? Yes, basic Windows 10 and if it includes upgrade to 11.

Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals and is this part of your budget? Keyboard and mouse, preferably wireless as I’ll be “couch gaming”.

If you have any requirements or brand preferences, please specify. I was thinking AMD for price but if INTEL works better, easier updates whatever that’s the goal. Easier the better.

What country will you be buying your parts in? US

If you have any retailer preferences, please specify. Amazon or Newegg are fine, but I prefer Amazon.

On a side note, I don’t need anything RGB or fancy. Case is gonna be sitting on a wood floor below a floating shelf and while it should have plenty of room, air flow is important since it’s on the floor and I’m looking for function over beauty.

I’ve never used a PC with a 55” television as the monitor before so I don’t even know if I’m going to run into any issues with that setup or not, so any advice would be great. I’m planning to put this in my media room which is setup for a PS5 and movie viewing so adding a PC monitor isn’t in the cards if I wanna stay in that room.

pebble444

Italy2312 Posts

December 08 2021 20:46 GMT

#14651

Just bought that 32 gb ram in 2x16

Life feels good, going up from 8; can t wait for it to arrive and boost my asus tug fx505g

KellyPeters

1 Post

December 22 2021 08:29 GMT

#14652

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pebble444

Italy2312 Posts

December 22 2021 21:23 GMT

#14653

My little update: put ram in computer, works well, responds well; now I have more games!

Actually I have noticed it overheated slightly less; also everything is insta faster;

Feels good man

AirbladeOrange

United States2442 Posts

January 12 2022 19:52 GMT

#14654

Just wondering if anyone has any recommended guides for a first-time PC builder. I see there are some videos in the OP, but they are kinda old. Not sure if that matters. Thanks!

Amui

Canada6148 Posts

January 12 2022 20:50 GMT

#14655

On January 13 2022 04:52 AirbladeOrange wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has any recommended guides for a first-time PC builder. I see there are some videos in the OP, but they are kinda old. Not sure if that matters. Thanks!

You could look for newer guides from the same youtubers.

Took a quick browse through them and as far as I can tell the only thing that would've changed is general deprecation of the HDD/SATA drives for NVME drives.

Google how to install NVME if you need it.

As for components there's a lot of build guides for various budgets out there.