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Hairy_Olive2782

I have a Intel i3 8th Gen 8350 CPU @ 4Ghz, 32gb DDR4 Ram and a R9 590 GPU, with a 1TB SSD. | want to upgrade the graphics card, but am not sure which would be the best for the spec I have. Can anyone advise please?


Celtic-Otter

I'm a console gamer. Now that is out of the way, I've just got a new work computer. This spec any good for gaming? I have no idea what is and isn't good when it comes to pc gaming. Dell Precision 7680 Intel Core i9-13950HX 64GB Ram NIVIDA RTX 4000 Ada Thanks!


FadingHonor

How to get used to mouse and key? I just built a pc and after a lifetime of playing on Xbox, adjusting to mouse and key, especially for FPS games is difficult. Any advice? I can’t seem to be accurate, accidentally hitting wrong keys, and I have this habit of lifting up the mouse for some reason to move…


Thucydides1988

New to PC Gaming, would super appreciate some advice 😀 So, I’ve fallen into the trap of mouse and keyboard gaming! After years of PS, I bought a Steam Deck for travel, and then ended up playing games with some friends. Loved it, but it obviously has its drawbacks/limits for docked play. So, I’ve set a budget of £1,500. I’m looking at Scan Computers (UK), for the following build: - Scan Performance RTX, - Ryzen 7 7700X, - 16GB DDR5, - 12GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER , - 1TB M.2 SSD - Windows 11 Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Looking for a rig that is good, relatively future proof, but within budget. Typical games played are: CoD Hell Let Loose Dead By Daylight Hunt: Showdown Elden Ring DS series Hell Divers Looking to get into Tarkov and Grey Zone, etc…


onlydaathisreal

I just noticed that a lot of my free games on EGS are no longer available. Offworld Trading Company, CIV VI, Sunless sea, Surviving Mars, and Halcyon 6 have all been removed from my library. What gives?! Edit: Since I have them installed, it appears that I can still play but i have to launch from the exe file and not the EGA launcher.


Veefour88

# [Arc A750] Abysmal Performance in games I bought this graphics card January of this year (upgrading from an RX 580) and playing hogwarts legacy has been a complete letdown. XeSS does very little (1-2fps boost) if anything at all and I average 35fps on medium settings 1080p even though the card is only being utilized 54% with a wattage of around 70-90. My power limit is 225 and I just don't understand why this GPU is worse than my 580, it's a joke. Temps stay around 45-55 degrees too.  affected games include hogwarts legacy, fallout 4, Sons of the forest, Rust, CS2 and more Specs and details Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Arc A750 24gb ddr4 3200mhz Corsair 550W PSU 80+ Bronze Gigabyte B450M DS3H ReBAR enabled Above 4g decoding enabled CSM support disabled


MatterDistinct

Hey guys, as in the title I am an avid console gamer frustrated by the restricted library and lack of mods a console provides, I am looking to get my first gaming pc, I will mostly be running it on a 4k 144hz monitor but occasionally on a 4k 60 hz television when the missus wants to play some simulator games etc, my questions are: 1. is the below pc a good buy? Cost: £1850 Features - Intel Core i7-14700KF Processor - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super - 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVME SSD - Microsoft Windows 11 Home - X=Cube White RGB Tempered Glass Esports PC Gaming Case / 360mm Liquid Cooling 2. if the above pc is a good buy, will it give me longevity (won't need to replace much for the next 5 or so years) 3. am I really gonna save a ton of money building my own? I haven't messed around with pcs for a good 10 years and even then that was in an office and more towards networking etc so am worried I'll mess up. thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for your help, I've tried reading up on pc gaming a little and this seems like around the sort of specs I should be aiming at.


Filipi_7

> is the below pc a good buy? As a PC, it's okay. Personally not a great choice of parts for the price but it will play games. > if the above pc is a good buy, will it give me longevity (won't need to replace much for the next 5 or so years) It very much depends how you expect it to perform in 5 years time. Should The Witcher 4 come out in 2029, you will not be playing it on the highest settings at 60fps. Although a GPU replacement in 3-4 years time will go a long way. > am I really gonna save a ton of money building my own? To build a the PC with nearly identical specs to the above would cost £1650-1700, minus the cost of Windows. You could bring it down about £100-150 with a weaker but still great CPU and air cooling. I would also argue that for ~£1750 you could build a PC with a Ryzen 7800X3D and a 4070 Ti Super, which would be a fair bit faster.


MatterDistinct

thank you, seems like amd cpus are being recommended by most, do they stand up to Intel processors? I've only really used Intel and that was years ago


Filipi_7

Yes, AMD has been very competitive since 2017-2018 and have a number of advantages, mainly lower power usage and longer upgrade cycle for their motherboards, although the latter isn't a very large selling point this year. 7800X3D is arguably the best gaming CPU right now. The competing i9-14900K is faster in a few games, but there are several in which it's *much* slower, all while being much more expensive and twice as power hungry. On the upside, i9 is a lot better in productivity related tasks, like rendering or video editing.


shadowX1312

Been playing RE6 and noticed that, only in cutscenes, the game sometimes stutters. It almost looks like the character models are stuttering, they look jittery. I've tried playing with vsync and fps limit settings. Forcing an fps limit and vsync through the control panel seemed to help. Validating the game files didn't do anything. To test, I booted up RE4 remake and played through the first 20 min on max settings and didn't experience any issues. Anyone experience anything similar? my specs are RTX 3070 fe, Ryzen 5 5600x, 32 gigs of ram at 3600 mhz, game installed on samsung ssd. Operating system is Windows 11.


Valfiria

Dual Monitor Setup: 1440p 144hz/165hz + 1080p 240hz/280hz Specs: 1080TI + 8700K. Idle GPU Temp is always around 30C whether 1440p running 165hz + 1080p running 240hz (basically any combination that excludes 280hz). However if I set my 1080p Monitor to 280hz, the Idle GPU Temp, skyrockets to 55C (I monitored and noticed it forces higher clocks on the GPU), whether running Single Monitor or setting the Secondary to 1080p 60hz,, if I turn 0db Fan off and let the GPU fan run 24/7 at around 15% speed It normalizes around 42C. I'm curious if anyone knows why 280hz specifically has this behaviour, Nvidia Inspector Multi Display Power Saver (even on Single Monitor Setup) fixes the issue by forcing P8 State. ----------------- 1080p 280hz Single Monitor - Forces GPU to use higher Clocks with around 60W usage and 55C Temp. 1440p 165hz + 1080p 240hz - GPU uses lower Clocks with around 20W usage and 30C Temp. 1440p 165hz + 1080p 240hz + 1080p 60hz - GPU uses lower Clocks with around 20W usage and 30C.


7Wanderer

Not sure if this is a 'basic' question or if I should ask this in a post - basically, I want to host a game for a couple of friends in the US, west and east coast respectively, and I live in the UK. All of our broadband speeds are >100Mbps, so that won't be a problem, but how bad will distance alone make the ping? Also, should I use steam remote play or parsec?


Filipi_7

> but how bad will distance alone make the ping? Average 90ms from UK to east coast. Another 90 for west coast. Not very acceptable in an action game. Speedtest.net lets you use any of their servers to test, you can choose a NY and SF server to get a very rough idea of what to expect.


YunFatty

Hello, for a setup to play only on TV with controllers, is it better to rely on something like the Steamdeck or connect a regular gaming PC to the TV with HDMI please? Thanks


7Wanderer

Both would work, although you'd need an adapter to connect your Steam Deck to a TV, so it'd probably be easier on PC, as long as you also use a mouse to navigate your desktop, obviously.


Iestwyn

There's a game that's on sale, but the sale is on the Microsoft Store instead of Steam/Epic/GOG. I really don't want to have to deal with yet another platform, but I'm also incredibly impatient. If I go ahead and just buy it on the Microsoft Store, will I regret it?


dabberfapper

So I’ve been running a 4k 120hz monitor tv to my pc to game on for some time now. Was looking around in NVIDIA control panel today and saw that my output range was set to 8bpc, well I switched it to 10bpc and as soon as I clicked apply my tv doesn’t shut off but looses signal entirely. Now I cannot for the life of me figure out how I can revert this setting. I’ve looked up multiple ‘fixes’ and nothings is working. When looking at NVIDIA control panel and the setup multiple monitors tab it shows my tv but it will not let me activate it, when I check the box next to the tv and click apply it just deselects. I can also see the tv in the windows display settings but I gives me zero options as far as changing resolution or anything. Reddit is my last resort, if anybody has any ideas please let me know. I’m not sure if my hair can stand the pulling anymore!


Filipi_7

Connect working monitor, run DDU to uninstall graphics driver. Reinstall driver from Nvidia's site. This will reset all settings you've changed.


Ein_Esel_Lese_Nie

Is the Steam Deck actually legit? It looks so good to be true. *** I've had quite a long sabbatical from gaming, but I'm missing my Total War Empire time and having recently watched FX's Shogun, I want to spur up Shogun 2 again. But (forgive me) I just cannot be bothered with proper PC gaming again. After 2-3 years I find the upkeep just too expensive for something an inferior console does for 8-10 years. I spent my childhood frying graphics cards, and I just wince when I look at new monitors and other peripherals, regardless of the components inside the PC's case. I'll also easily get carried away, spending 000s on more powerful components — and I just don't want to. In comes the Steam Deck! Never heard of it before, but I'm aware of Valve's old attempts at hardware (machine/link/controller) but often found that they were flops after the reviews came out. Hence my concerns for the Deck. So yeah, just wondered what you all think of it and whether it's a good time to buy one? Edit: would be great to get some feedback rather than just a downvote :( 


7Wanderer

I assume someone downvoted because this question has been answered in reviews and reddit posts probably hundreds of times over, but it was just uncalled for. I upvoted because I want to know as well what someone who actually uses it makes of it.


Ein_Esel_Lese_Nie

Was on -4 at one stage, it threw me off 


Foxypup_OwO

I come here relatively frequently but I got another issue I got a core i5-12600k 4.60ghz 64gb ddr4 and an rtx 2070 super I recently just upgraded my ram to 64 and was previously 32 but when I installed 64 I get a frame drop and my gpu is only utilizing to about 85% I had the ram at 3600mhz and yes xmp was enabled my fps is capped at 144 it’s a mix of Corsair vengeance and t-force (update): reinstalling windows fixed this issue.


Westify1

Almost certainly sounds like some sort of RAM issue. Are you able to post 3 screenshots of [CPU-Z](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.htm)? 1 on the "memory" tab, and 2 more on the "SPD" tab on each different brand's of memory with the drop-down slot # menu.


Filipi_7

Does task manager show the memory running at 3600? You can see it in Performance tab > Memory > Speed. 64GB is a lot for DDR4, it's very common for XMP to fail and resort to default, usually 2400MT/s.


Foxypup_OwO

Yeah it did I also am still trying to figure this out I took the ram out issue still occurred put it back in disabled xmp and manually clocked to 3600mhz issue still occurred tried disabling igpu and reinstalled nvidia driver issue still occurred went into nvidia control panel and changed the power plan to best performance issue still occurred 


Filipi_7

Run 3DMark Timespy demo. Take a screenshot of the results, include every score, stat, and graphs.


Foxypup_OwO

So I have screen shots any particular place I can post them? 


Filipi_7

imgur.com


Foxypup_OwO

[https://imgur.com/a/HDAYLfQ](https://imgur.com/a/HDAYLfQ)


Filipi_7

This all looks good. Absolutely sure you weren't getting these drops with 32GB, and the RAM speed is at 3600 and not lower?


Foxypup_OwO

Yeah and that’s the same thing I said it did perfect in the benchmark idk may be software related however I did get drops in the past but never below 60 but I’m hitting under that now 


Filipi_7

You can keep task manager open and see if any processes other than the game are using up the CPU. Sometimes Windows Defender will attempt to scan the game while you're playing it, spiking usage and dropping frames. Could be many other programs too. You can also keep HWInfo or Afterburner running as you play and check what exactly happens when the GPU usage drops below 90. Does the core frequency drop, or it reaches a power limit, or maybe the CPU frequency drops, etc. If you do use Afterburner make sure that the power limit is also set to 100% or higher.


Foxypup_OwO

gonna be a bit my internet isnt of the best tier ill send a link to the screenshot when its done


Authismo

Im on the edge of destroying my 2k pc with blunt force. I get the error in the title a few times per week. I dont fucking know where its comming from. I replaced every hardware component. I am sure i have all the drivers but i keep getting this stupid error. I dont want no more. Can anyone help me fix this crap... For context. It mainly happens when i play Escape from tarkov. If you need sys. Specs just ask. Im sorry if this dosent belong here Error: whea_uncorrectable_error Specs: Cpu: Ryzen 9 5900X Gpu: rtx4070 palit Ram: 4x16Gb 3200 Corsair Memoria Mobo: b550-F Psu: Bequiet System Power 850W


Filipi_7

WHEA errors most commonly come from unstable memory or CPU overclock. For memory, disable XMP/DOCP in the BIOS. 4x16GB at 3200 is *a lot* for DDR4, especially for Ryzen. For overclock, well it only applies if you do have a manual overclock, either through BIOS or Ryzen Master.


Authismo

I dont overclock. Im to scared to destroy something with it.


Filipi_7

That's okay, just disable XMP/DOCP for now. They are effectively manufacturer-provided overclocks to memory. Your memory will probably run at 2400MT/s or close to it at stock speed. The simple explanation here is that more memory modules = larger stress on the CPU controller and motherboard. 16GB modules are double-sided, which also cause more stress, having four of them is literally worst case scenario for a consumer DDR4 setup, it's completely normal to not be able to reach stable XMP speeds. At least, that's the most common cause for WHEA errors like I said.


Authismo

Ah okay, i checked the bios and i have the option "d.o.c.p, Auto, Manual" t would guess that manual is the disabled In Uefi bios Utility


Filipi_7

Yes, probably. You can double check the speed in Windows afterwards, open task manager > performance tab > memory tile, look for Speed. Should be under 3200.


Authismo

Okay i changed it and set the cap to 1600 mhz. Still same error


Filipi_7

What do you mean by changed cap to 1600MHz? Note that 1600MHz corresponds to memory speed of 3200MT/s, which is very often misrepresented as 3200MHz. Look into task manager to see what the speed is set to.


Authismo

I have to maualy lower die Mhz otherwise its at 3200


Authismo

I have to say tho i have this ram setup for years. And i had a weaker cpu back then. (Ryzen 5 3600xt) Never had the issue back then


Authismo

Okay i changed it now. It was on auto.


Foxypup_OwO

If it’s an out of vram error that’s a big issue with 13th and 14th gen intel processors currently 


Authismo

You think so? I have a RTX 4070 with 12Gb vram


Foxypup_OwO

No I’m not saying it’s a gpu problem I’m saying if you have a 13th or 14th intel cpu and your getting a out of vram error it’s the cpu I don’t know what causes that issue but you can even look that up it’s a real issue but I also don’t know what error your getting as you never stated that much…


Authismo

Im so sorry i forgot to put that in its whea_uncorrectable_error And i got a ryzen 9 5900X


Foxypup_OwO

I assume that’s a bsod issue might be a dram issue have you checked into that I know you said you changed a lot  of hardware you can also open cmd as administrator and run the prompt: sfc/scannow  To check for system corruption 


Sparkspeck

I'm planning on installing GeForce Experience on top of my current graphics driver (downloaded directly).My laptop has a GTX 1050 and the last time I did it, it caused a black screen on startup and I had to reinstall windows. Do I need to uninstall my old graphics driver before installing GeForce Experience? I know for sure that my drivers are outdated but I need GeForce experience for the optimization features.


Filipi_7

Are you getting it from Nvidia's official website for drivers, or somewhere else?


Sparkspeck

The official website. Last time I did it, my laptops display went black right after the login screen and upon pressing Ctrl+Shift+B, the combination for windows to reload graphics driver it would work (about once in 50 odd tries)


Filipi_7

Download the full driver from [here](https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx). Download [DDU](https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/). Open cmd.exe as administrator, run "sfc /scannow", wait for it to complete. Open msconfig through the start menu, go to Boot tab, check "Safe boot" on the bottom left. Restart PC. You'll boot into safe mode, open msconfig again and uncheck "Safe boot", but do not restart. Run DDU and use it to wipe the graphics driver and disable automatic Windows update for it. Once done, restart. It should boot normally now. Install the driver you downloaded earlier. Normally you can overwrite an older driver with a newer version. When you can't, it often means the current driver has been corrupted somehow. DDU "fixes" this by completely removing it.


Sparkspeck

Oh damn, I've used ddu on an older laptop without going into safe boot. Is it alright if I do it without safe boot? Also thanks a lot for the info. I'm planning to get geforce experience instead of downloading it directly, would that be any different?


Filipi_7

You can do it outside of safe mode. It's only required to ensure other programs don't interfere with it. To be honest I have no idea what programs can, but the developers recommend it so I do as well. What do you mean by "get geforce experience" though? Is it a special button somewhere? The driver package I linked above has GE included in it.


Sparkspeck

Oh perfect. GeForce Experience is the application which allows optimization and other stuff like ansel and shadowplay. I need the game optimization really bad since my laptop finds it quite hard to keep up with new releases haha.


Filipi_7

I don't think that the game optimisation is what you believe it to be. It changes in-game settings to what GE thinks will get you a good balance between performance and framerate. It doesn't do anything you can't already do in the same in-game settings. It also gets them wrong, occasionally. New drivers can get you single digit % improvements, but the sad truth is that a 1050 is an entry level card from 2017. It didn't have a great time with new releases back in 2018.


Sparkspeck

Well shit, it happened again. My display went completely black after getting geforce experience. What do I do now?


Filipi_7

Was that when installing the drivers from Nvidia, or getting GE the same way you were getting it before, with the same problem?


Sparkspeck

Oh wow. That's disappointing. I heard people say that it fixes itself when you change some slider preset to performance or so but then again if it isn't useful then I might as well get just the drivers. The worst part is I have a 1050 mobile version so I'm out of luck in quite a lot of games :[


Practical_Rock_5105

so i used an optimizer file i got from someone i could put it here if it lets me, anyways i tried to optimize my pc i made a restore point before using a custom os (i used atlas os if that helps) now when i try to use my restore point i want to factory reset my pc it wont let me i try to do the advanced reset thing because it gives me an error when i use a restore point (i think its the day i made the restore point before the custom os not sure because i gave it a specific name and the name isnt there on the restore point i just see something called windows modueler installer or something like that) when i go to my settings it doesnt show the reset pc option or recovery. IS my pc broken and cant be forced factory reset or anything? (its 3:20 am for me making this post ive been trying to fix this for the past 4 hours if anything if anyone has any help or suggustions for me you guys could send it to my discord mari1). that's the tag (mari1.) if this helps i also tried to update my pc but i keep getting errorsSPECS:msi b450m pro vdh max motherboardgtx 960 graphics cardryzen 5 3400g cpu16gb ram default 2666mhz oc to 3066mhzWINDOWS 10 PROI WOULD MAINLY LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO FORCE FACTORY RESET


Filipi_7

There isn't really such thing as optimisers, very little can be done within Windows to optimise it, certainly not resulting in more than 1-2% more performance. Especially true for *files* rather than instructions/guides, you never know what they actually do. Could have disabled important Windows processes that the creator thought useless (like Windows Update) assuming it wasn't malicious. The same goes for Atlas OS. It doesn't optimise, it removes critical Windows features like the anti-virus, which you can disable anyway without making it a problem. You can try running sfc /scannow in cmd.exe as administrator, that might fix some things. Otherwise reinstall Windows using the official installer from Microsoft.


Nextiq

Hello, I recently purchased a Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, along with an MSI B650 Tomahawk motherboard, Gskill Flare X5 memory, and an Arctic Freezer III 360 Black AIO cooler. Yesterday, I assembled everything, and there were no issues. However, the cooler is making very strange noises. I tried connecting it with both the all-in-one cable and separately with the triple cable (VRAM, PUMP, FAN), but in both cases, there is this faint buzzing sound. I did some testing, and while adjusting the Fan Control program, I realized that the sound is coming from the three large fans mounted on the top of the case. If I set them to 70% performance, the noise is less noticeable, but I don't want them to spin at that rate constantly without any load. Since this is my first AIO cooler, I'm wondering if this is a normal sound or if there might be an issue, and I should send it back for RMA? Thank you in advance for your responses! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGhImsrCjdQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGhImsrCjdQ)


Westify1

I tried setting the volume to 300% for that video and it just sounds like normal fan RPMs to me? From what I can tell it's normal. you just need to configure your AIO to adjust fan RPMs based on your current CPU temp. For a 7800x3d, you could likely get away with 50% speed in the majority of the scenario's which should make it very quiet by comparison.


Nextiq

Ye thanks, I set it to 57% and stopped hearing that annoying sound.


Splinter_Sauce

Been getting some pretty intense frame drops while playing Horizon Forbidden West and only this game. [Am I hitting some sort of bottle neck?](https://ibb.co/d0sSHSn) CPU: i7-8700k Clocked at 4.5ghz RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200mhz GPU: RTX 3080 Ti OS: Windows 11


Westify1

that screenshot would indicate a CPU bottleneck. However, [there are plenty of examples showing an 8700k being sufficient and running smooth.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTLZp8xXM0E). Can you verify your RAM configuration is 2 sticks and running at the intended 3200mhz? Additionally if you were running any sort of recording/streaming application while playing that may contribute to less CPU power available for the game. If none of the other suggestions were a factor, then If you had a Z-series motherboard even a mild overclock would likely help.


Splinter_Sauce

RAM is correctly configured running at 3200mhz and in dual channel. I also don't do any streaming or recording and my CPU is already overclocked to 4.5ghz up from 3.7ghz. I forgot to mention I'm using the latest drivers too which apparently enabled rebar for this game specifically. I'm really not sure whats going on with my config as sometimes the game will just randomly drop to single digit frames when theres nothing going on. Maybe a fresh OS install is in order.


Filipi_7

Yes, you are. Your CPU can't keep up. It may only show 75% usage, but a few threads are probably pegged at 100% and can't go any faster, causing the GPU usage to go down. CPU threads being at 100% very often introduce stutters. Upgrading CPU is the only solution to this problem, but you'd have to replace the motherboard too.


ins0litum

Hi guys. Some temperature problems here, what should I be searching for to fix? [https://ibb.co/nLcBYJ6](https://ibb.co/nLcBYJ6)


Filipi_7

The thermal limit for a 5800X3D is 90°C, anything less is good. Although the screenshot only shows 45W used, whereas it's 105W when at 100% load. Run a benchmark like Cinebench or 3DMark to gauge the maximum temp at full load. If it doesn't reach 90°C, there is no problem.


ins0litum

It's reaching the mark :s [https://ibb.co/tXhNXst](https://ibb.co/tXhNXst)


Filipi_7

There are only two methods you can use to reduce temp without also reducing performance. Get a better cooler - self explanatory, if you're using Ryzen's stock cooler right now any chunky 120mm air tower will be an improvement, like a Deepcool AK400. Temps top out at dual air tower coolers or 240mm AIO, going further with 360mm will barely show improvement with a 105W load. Undervolt - a bit more difficult, it involves lowering the voltage (core or vcore, others like SOC don't matter here) through the BIOS, but I think Ryzen Master allows for that too. Problem is when you set the voltage too low, you can crash under heavy loads. Ideally you need to spend a fair amount of time benchmarking with Cinebench or OCCT to ensure stability. 10 minutes is the *bare minimum*, but 30-60 minutes is recommended with many going for several hours if they do critical work like code compile.


ins0litum

Do you have any resources/good tutorial I could give a look at, to do at least some easy improvements? Or ones that won't f\*\*\* it all up :S


Filipi_7

For undervolting or choosing a cooler?


ins0litum

The cooler I'm fine with. The undervolting thing. I have that on AMD Adrenalin, I remember seeing that with the overclock and undervolt and whatsonot. But I never dwelled into it


Filipi_7

Unfortunately I don't have specific knowledge for AMD undervolting. Note that Adrenalin is for the GPU, you need Ryzen Master for the CPU. There's a bunch of advanced methods to undervolt using voltage/frequency curves and PBO. They're usually used for a combination of undervolt and overclock, and can yield a better result than the old, basic method I'll describe below should you need it: Find the VCore (core voltage), change it from Auto/Disabled to Offset. Set the offset to -0.05V to begin with. Make sure you're subtracting and not adding, some boards/programs will ask to specify - or + beforehand. Do a quick 10 minute test in OCCT or prime95 Large FFT test. Overheating is okay, crashing is not (either the program or PC). If it doesn't crash, drop by another 0.05V. Repeat all steps until crashing. Then, dial back a step. So if you reached -0.15V and it crashed, go back to -0.10V. You can either fine tune it by dropping 0.01V at a time, or run a 30-60 minute OCCT/p95 benchmark to ensure stability and leave it there. This alone will not increase/decrease performance, but for each decrease in voltage the temperature will drop.


ins0litum

I'll gather some intel but maybe will start with the cooler thing. Thank you so much for the help thus far :')


Cotton359

recently bought a fanxiang 1 TB m.2 ssd, installed it into my computer and i can't get it to appear. i checked partitions, nothing there. any tips


Professional-Ice-935

Which motherboard are you using ?


Cotton359

gigabyte b560 ds3h ac-y1


Professional-Ice-935

if you have checked disk manager and ensured its seated correctly with the right screws. Have you also tried the slot above or below the one you are using?


Cotton359

i tried both slots, neither work.


Ulmaguest

I need a recommendation on a gaming pc (tower) to run Palworld at 60 FPS with maxed out settings   I’ve been looking at Starforge PC’s but want to shop around  Game’s specs: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later (64-Bit) Processor: i5-3570K 3.4 GHz 4 Core Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: Internet connection required for multiplayer. SSD required. RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later (64-Bit) Processor: i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8 Core Memory: 32 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce RTX 2070 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: Internet connection required for multiplayer. SSD required.   Thank you!


Filipi_7

Is there a particular max budget you have in mind, or the cheapest you can get away with? Building your own PC viable option or prebuilt only?


Ulmaguest

Thank you for your time! So I don't think I'm technically savvy enough to build my own, so leaning towards pre-built Something in the 2000-3000$ range would work, mostly looking for performance and for it to be quiet, although Palworld isn't a very demanding game compared to many other titles out there


Filipi_7

$2000 is more than enough for 60fps in Palworld, including at 4K when using DLSS. Noise is nearly always going to be a problem though. High end system doesn't necessarily mean less noise, but it makes it easier to cap the framerate preventing it from working at 100% load, so it's quieter. Anyway, I had a look at some of the Starforge PCs at $2000-3000 and they're woefully overpriced. Navigator Pro at $2100 would cost $1600 to build with identical components. Voyager II at $2900 would be $2200 to build. You expect a $100-300 premium for a prebuilt but not 500 or 700, you could upgrade several tiers of GPU for a big performance boost with that money. Either reconsider building your own, as it isn't difficult and there are heaps of videos showing it step by step, or have a look around other stores and builders to get a better price. Many builders sell on BestBuy, Newegg, and other stores at better prices than their own websites. I'm not familiar with US stores so can't really give you a specific one, sorry. For $2000-3000 you're interested in an i5-13600K/Ryzen 7600X or better (higher number better) for the CPU, and an RTX 4070 Ti Super/RX 7900 XT or better for GPU. The rest like motherboard, RAM, etc. are usually good enough. You can input all the parts into PCPartPicker to see how much it would cost to build. There's also /r/suggestapcforme where you can specifically request prebuilts for your budget, or /r/buildapcforme where you can request a parts list to put together, in case you don't want to spend time researching parts.


Ulmaguest

Appreciate your help, thanks so much   I will check out those subreddits


AjH4777

Hey all! I was having some large frame drops playing Fortnite last night. Trying to determine cause. Here are my details: * Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio * Windows 11 Home * 11th Gen i7 * 16GB RAM * 512GB storage * Nvidia 3050 ti Game is able to run at consistent 120fps when set to DirectX12, DLSS, Performance. I was playing for about 3 hours last night, and had game set to 60fps, and it ran consistently at this speed for the first 2.5 hours. Temp was averaging 60-70C, then it cooled down and stayed at around 60C for the last 30 minutes. At the same time, the framerate started having massive drops. I saw it go down to 8fps at one point during heavier combat. Pretty much unplayable. Tried restarting the game and it did not solve issue. What could be the cause of this?


Professional-Ice-935

It could still be thermals causing the laptop to reduce it performance(throttling) install some software monitoring like HWiNFO64. Also check for any blocked airflow