Recent content by Bryman

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    News MSI Spills Possible Intel Alder Lake Launch Date

    "there will be at least three new processors available at launch: the Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K, and Core 15-12600K." Core i5?
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    Review Aorus FO48U 4K OLED Gaming Monitor Review: Contrast Beyond Comprehension

    I sit about 38 to 44" away on my LG c1 when using for gaming/pc and 48" when watching TV Desk is 33" deep
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    SSD taking 3 watts at idle

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    SSD taking 3 watts at idle

    I had a Seagate SSD plugged into my other computer when the Motherboard died... now when I plug the SSD into this computer, the 5 volt rail goes from 12-13 watts to 15-16 watts according to my power supply, and it feels like the SSD is 45-50°C in a 25°C room... SSD is placed outside of the...
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    Long term backup drive - Best HDD ? SSD Vs HDD ?

    Yeah, Hard Drives would be the best option for long-term storage CDs are best but Hard Drives would work great too Sorry for responding so late
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    So... I set fan speed to 100% and after a few seconds the fans became inaudible... I felt underneath the card and felt a small amount of air being pulled in... the fans were just spinning really slow... I slowed it down even more with my finger and the fans instantly went back up to 100% I...
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    Nope, the PSU reports 40 amps and my video card reports 35 amps But it only runs for about a minute Also... the hotter the gpu the more power consumption.. it starts out at about 30 amps at the video card, and when the temp hits 97 it's at about 35 amps Anyway... I think my video card is...
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    So I found out that the low PPD on 13000 projects was due to them taking more cpu usage and I just needed to reduce the cpu folding to 6 threads instead of 7 I also figured out that my video card does not start throttling after 60 seconds when it hits the power limit... it just takes about that...
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    Also.. sometimes when I minimize and open Chrome, part of the screen is black I'm assuming that's a video card issue too? I could run DDU again... but I just ran it about a month ago...
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    So... turns out my video card does power throttle, but it waits 60 seconds after it hits the power limit to do so... and when it does power throttle it looks like this Not sure if it's supposed to wait 60 seconds... I can get my video card from 33°C to 88°C at 100% fan speed in 60 seconds or...
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    Long term backup drive - Best HDD ? SSD Vs HDD ?

    I'm no expert, but I do know that modern SSDs are a lot more reliable than hard drives They are more expensive though That video that you linked is old, back when SSDs weren't as reliable SSDs are more expensive though, and they have to be powered on every once in a while or else the data can...
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    Thanks for your help, but I think it's just time for a new video card... This one seems to be failing and for some reason lets itself draw over 400 watts of power without even throttling... and has a bunch of other issues The video card is over 3 years old... there's much faster ones out...
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    Video card consuming excessive amount of power?

    This is when running OCCT Hmm.. is Corsair Link inaccurate or is this inaccurate... because this is a 100 watt difference from what Corsair Link was reporting... Wait... you have to add the VRM GPU core and the VRM GPU VRAM... right? So... it's having about 390 watts of power go into it...