Recent content by Dunlop0078

The 9700k is superior in most tasks, especially gaming if that what this build is for. The 3600 may slightly edge out the 9700k in some workstation/productivity tasks and it is a bit more power efficient. But in terms of performance the 9700k bests the 3600 in almost all benchmarks I have seen.

GPU usage, clock speed, and temps under load in rust? My first guess would be a display driver issue. If the card is overheating it will throttle and hurt performance. Also could be a power issue, I have seen inadequate power supply's cause a gpu to behave strangely.

^ Agreed. The purpose of a 20+4 pin is that it can be used in both a 20pin ATX board and a 24pin board.

The rest of your specs? Everything you mentioned is compatible yes. Why do you need that motherboard? Unless you need something on that board that other resonably priced boards don't have then I would look at a cheaper board. That board is a horrific waste of money for most users.

Are you using thermal paste? Messed with any BIOS settings? If those temps are accurate I would assume you are either not using thermal paste of the cooler is installed incorrectly. If it idles at 80c it will certainly overheat the moment you put it under load. Not a good idea to use it at those...

Yes, the motherboard is compatible. You also need to make sure your power supply is capable of powering it. And also understand that your CPU will hold back a 2060 in more modern cpu heavy games.

Push the budget ten bucks? You can get a 1660 Super for $240 on newegg with promo code "VGAPCMS4644" according to pcpartpicker. It's a basic msi ventus card but still not bad for the money. If not I would look around the used market or get a 580. The 580 is certainly a very good card for $170...

The one for $374.62? I would have no problem buying that. It comes with a 30 day return policy, however no manufacturer warranty. I would run some stress tests on it and play some games that are GPU heavy while watching temps and clock speeds with HWInfo or similar, just to verify everything is...

I have no problem buying used GPUs. Is it being fulfilled by amazon? Can you link it? I'd just make sure the seller if it is not amazon has a good return policy in case anything goes wrong.

What GPU make and model? The R9 200 series is a whole generation of cards. Is it an R9 290? R9 280? R9 270? If the card has a decent cooler, is clean of dust, you have decent case airflow, and it isn't heavily overclocked then the thermal paste may have dried up.

Depending on the games you play you may not notice much of a difference between those CPU's with your current GPU. An i5 7400 should be able to get the most out of a 1050 ti in most games, in those games you may not notice any difference. The Ryzen 2600 is no doubt quite a bit more powerful than...

If the thermal paste is totally shot then it does not matter how good your cooler is because the heat cant properly transfer from the GPU core to the cooler.

If it still runs that hot with the case side panel off then adding more case fans is unlikely to help you. I'm going to assume the thermal paste is shot, assuming the card was never dropped or had anything done to i that could've dislodged the cooler so it's not making proper contact with the...

Have you ever used a 21:9 monitor? I'm not going to say its worth the money to upgrade to one from your current monitor. However personally I would much prefer a high refresh 21:9 3440x1440 monitor versus a high refresh 16:9 4k monitor in any content that supports the 21:9 aspect ratio.

1) Well first off all you should reinstall windows when doing a major platform change like you have done or you will likely have driver issues, could be related to your error message. 2) The 9700k puts off a much greater volume of heat than the 6600k, however I would still expect idle temps to...