You check the Steam forums about that? I’ve heard there have been some few problems here and there from some people.
There’s a strong motherboard +i3 7500 combo that I’m eyeing that I’m going to ask the guy for. I’ll grab the memory myself, and the 960 GTX is coming in used from someone who’s getting a 1070 which will save me even more money.
This is really exciting.
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I’m trying to buy a 1070/1080(Ti) but prices are so fucked atm that I’ll probably end up sitting it out until the next series. I would have sold you my 970 for dirt cheap.
I have made the commitment to see this upgrade through to the end. I have just purchased the motherboard/i3 7300 combo and will be keeping eyes out for any good deals next week on 8GB Ripjaws DDR4 memory for the new board. The GTX 960 will be the terms of payment (whatever the seller is asking, the client will reimburse me for) for the task I will be doing for the client/now former co-worker. Figure I’m not going to kick the dude while he’s down since he apparently left in a massive huff.
so, my new specs once everything comes in…
1 TB HDD
1 TB Internal Hard Drive
550-600W Power supply (when I bought my GTX 650 years ago I overshot the minimum settings on purpose so it should be enough to handle the 960 which apparently has very similar minimum wattage)
i3-7300 processor
8 GB Ripjaws DDR4 Memory
ASRock H270M Pro4 LGA 1151 Intel H270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GeForce GTX 960 4GB
I’m so excited 
My local Micro Center just started their Black Friday promos, most startling deals are a Ryzen R7 1700X for $230 and an i7 7700k for $250. Crazy cheap on both accounts.
Already did and used search also. Only about 5 other ppl had this problem…
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I finally cave in and got a GTX 1080
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K5F8MJK/
I want to do a RX Vega but with the prices the way they are and only Reference style coolers both being a No-go for me
Unless I going to water cool a Graphics card, Fuck Reference cards
Yeah, Vega 64 was a real let down. No reason to take it over a 1080 at current prices. Vega 56 at $400 rivals the 1070 very well, but I don’t like blower style coolers either.
Alright… so with an AMD FX-8350 (not even overclocked!) with a Corsair H100i closed loop cooler attached…
Why the fuck am I now getting CPU overheat issues?
Same environment as before (in fact due to crazy fall temps the room has been cooler on average).
Fans are running fine at speeds they’re supposed to.
ALL fans in case are filtered and running at fine speed.
Same with GPU.
Case temps overall are fine EXCEPT for CPU whenever I now play a game or something
I mean, my machine has been doing emergency shutdowns on itself…the first time was last weekend after trying out Titanfall 2.
Thought it was dust, so I dusted the shit out of all my fan filters, and made sure dust everywhere else was gone (hardly any within the case nor the fans against the radiator of the cooler…)
Waited a while then turned everything back on and tried out a game. PC freezes up, so I shut down, wait a while (puzzled as hell) then turn it back on, and run AMD Overdrive to check temps. See the CPU temps are REALLY high.
So take whole rig with me to work earlier this Thanksgiving week, checked out everything I could, downloaded HWMonitor and a new version of the Corsair LINK program to keep an eye on temperatures. Things seemed stable then after downloading the program and it helping manage my cooler more.
Take it back home, things are fine for couple days after that, played more stuff…checked temps yesterday, however during a long game session and once again it was a LOT higher than it needs to be.
Am now kinda in a rut.
All fans are spinning at their proper speeds, the Corsair LINK says the cooler pump is operating normally as well, all other temps in my case are fine. So what could be the damn issue? Is it the thermal paste that I need to replace or something? Cause I haven’t had to do anything with that ever since I installed the processor itself only years back!
How’s the coolant level? I’d check/replace that and the thermal paste first. If those don’t fix it, you might want to consider an upgrade. Lots of stellar deals on R5 1600/1600x /, R7 1700, i5 7600k, and i7 7700k’s right now. Any of those would be a big upgrade. But then again, you would also have to buy some DDR4, which is super expensive right now.
If money is tight and you can’t get to the bottom of your problem, FX cpu’s are being cleared out dirt cheap right now.
That’s a huge step up from a 380, have fun with it.
@PresidentCamacho
Okay…problem is, it’s a closed loop retail bought water cooler, so the thing is sealed shut like crazy. AKA I got no real way of knowing how the coolant levels are in it.
I’m again thinking it’s just the paste or something, but shit like this is mind boggling.
…And while I do have the cash, getting new mobo and RAM is just gonna be a pure pain in the ass.
So with all of the new stuff I’m getting, should I jump at a new tower case too? The current plan is to keep what’s useful inside my Inspiron 620 and stick all of the new shit in the existing tower, but as long as I"m buying new computer shit I’m wondering if I should look at that too or just leave things as is and save some money.
Just looked up your cooler, Corsair claims that it doesn’t need coolant changes or refills. So try the thermal paste first, get something good like Tuniq TX-4.
Nothing in your list there is known for running hot, and you won’t be able to overclock that CPU , so your current case should be fine if everything fits.
Reviews were crazy positive on that thermal past you told me about, so I went on and ordered that shit. Gonna be a long wait until Tuesday to get it in and see what happens.
Pump and Air Flow seems to be ruled out.
A couple of other things I could think of that could be causing the issue:
Old, crusty thermal paste. Sometimes when thermal paste wears out, it solidifies and takes on the consistency of plastic.
The heat plate of your liquid cooler might need to be re-seated. Overtime, you sometimes run into something called “chip creep” or “ram creep”. Where components slightly nudge themselves out of place.
The CPU could also be dying.
Would a CPU really start overheating if it was going out? Sounds a little out there…
But I hope that ain’t the case. Like I said, I ordered a new thermal paste, so just gotta play the waiting game until it arrives. Also got some of the cleaner to get rid of the old stuff.
On laptop at the moment. Hardly anything is running on my desktop and the damn idle temps are fluctuating between the mid 20s and low 40s (in Celsius). That’s just BS.
