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Thank you for the tip, didn't know that software. Ran the Power stress test for 30 minutes and it's all good. CPU + GPU were reporting as drawing something like 300W. Safe to say the problem isn't on the PSU? mobo faulty?

Is it possible that the reason I'm getting the VGA problems led sometimes is because an underpowered PSU? I never had this experience of not having enough PSU and I thought it would just shutdown but can this be the cause for the problem? could it be a faulty motherboard? BIOS configuration...

Thanks, unfortunately all my friends have 450W or worse PSUs :\ One thing to note is my RAM is 3600MHz and I'm running it at the XMP profile with that speed and 1.35V (and 4 sticks) Could that be the cause for instability and it's being misreported as VGA problems?!? My old mobo couldn't...

I upgraded my motherboard, cpu and cooler and it seemed like everything was OK but after a few days of usage I have a very annoying problem where the VGA led light on the mobo turns on and the system doesn't boot at times. After I remove the GPU and insert it again, sometimes it starts working...

thank you. Unfortunately in my country it's basically impossible to get any Thermalright coolers and even in european amazon stores it's not easy / overpriced. oh, wow, what a great usage of PcPartPicker, didn't think to use it :D That means it's very safe to use a 155mm cooler and very likely...

Thanks. Myself I'm mostly worried about noise. My guess is that the D12L since it has 120mm fans will run cooler so the fans will spin less, thus less noise. That's me just guessing... In reality my main doubt is a bit like that. If I get a cheaper cooler or the monster D12L. Probably cheaper...

My current case is a Cooler Master Silencio 352 (says has a CPU clearance of 155mm) and I'm gonna upgrade the CPU to an AMD 5800X (GPU is AMD RX5700). The PC is mainly used for coding / office work (basically lightweight with small cpu intensive operations) and 30% of gaming. My main goal is...

I was on the lookout for a good deal on a 5700x to upgrade my build but from some strange reason, the latest prices update on my local stores got the difference from 5700x to 5800x down to 15€. I know, seems like a no brainer to get the better one but I'm worried about the 65W TDP vs 105W. I'm...

The pure rock 2 is exactly the tolerance for this case, I'm a bit afraid of it but also about RAM. Does the fan hang over the RAM or isn't that a problem? because mines are at 42mm and it seems the cooler clearance is at 38mm

I can the NH-D12L. I excluded it just because of price: 90€ where Noctua NH-U9S is almost half that and in terms of noise specs seems to be very close. although in theory I agree with you, with 120mm it should be lower noise... My problem is justifying it against an artic freezer that costs...

I own a Cooler Master SILENCIO 352 case and I'm going to upgrade to a 5700x. My main feature is to have a very silent cooler when in light use. This case limitation is at 155mm height and my RAM is also 42mm height. I don't want to OC anything, I'll be using to play a bit and work and I value...

With the numbers from the article and I'm focusing on gaming 1440p it seems 3200 CL14 or CL16 doesn't really matter for performance. same for 3600 CL16/18. The differences are incredible tiny, probably within the margin of error. I agree that it probably shows they are higher quality sticks...

I crunched the numbers for myself, focusing on gaming, specially 1440P and, to be honest, got very different conclusions. I considered my base 100% numbers the 2x8GB, 3200MHZ, CL16, 2T as that seems like a good 'default' buy with current pricing. F1 2017 @ 1440p ultra or medium basically...

Is there any website where you can see the best settings you should select in-game to get the best performance/quality based on the GPU you have? Seems like an interesting thing to have since I don't know if it's better to reduce resolution and increase quality settings or increase resolution...

I have an opportunity to buy one of those in 2nd hand for 30€ but was wondering what is the best one. Any benchmarks for those specific versions? (2GB, DDR3). was only able to find benchmarks for DDR5 version. I'm fully aware I'm only gonna play 3year old games in low settings, but just...