Recent content by exroofer

Yes I would feel the same way. However, at least we verified that you can at least get it to perform somewhere close to right. Going to suggest the MSI forums or MSI Reddit thread for more bios specific answers.

Oh, so if I read that right, your post times are more where your question lies. In my limited ( as in a single, upgraded Ryzen system that I have personally worked on) experience, post times increase(d) or decreased a smidge depending how much bios tweaking I had done, and how hard I was pushing...

Hmmm, maybe I'm just lucky? I recently upgraded to a 3900x from a 1600x, in the Crosshair 6 system I built a couple years ago with this specific upgrade path in mind. One of the "overkill" things I bought then was 2 x 8 Gb of Flarex CL14 B-die. Which was pretty spendy, especially in CDN...

Is it taking longer to boot, or longer to post and boot? I see you are aware of longish post times. Are these times with the ethernet cable unplugged? I find my boot times are significantly affected by my " Launch on Startup" programs depending on whether they decide they need... something...

I see USAFRet is still giving the answers of the gods lol. Good to see some things don't change. Listen to that guy. He knows what he is talking about.

And there is your problem . One stick of ram is strangling the crap out of your system. Add one more stick of identical ram in the correct slot. I bet it cures your ills.

I'll try to keep it simple. Spending a lot of money on any parts you cannot use in a new build later is a bad idea in my opinion. New 580? Excellent choice, considering how cheap they are now. And you can use it next year or whatever easily. New psu for safety? An excellent suggestion from...

Yes there is a way of keeping it. Less sure if you can get it to idle down . My 8350 on a Sabertooth fx board ran it's oc speed all the time. ( 4.6 in my case. ) It is not a simple process for a beginner, but can be done. The AMD overclocking thread on this forum was extremely helpful for...

Yes that's why I thought it would be a quick test against the temps you are seeing in software. You would need to check if "temp max" equals turning the system off on your mobo. If so, then it is impossible for that 80c to be right, since it should have shut off long before that. As in, the...

Oh ya. That's definitely a fresh install there. With an ssd it should only take a couple hours, tops, to completely reinstall windows, antivirus, browser of choice, etc. and be up and running. The list of issues sounds like weeks of effort to try and solve, with giving up and wiping the...

Hmmm. I was going to ask for info, as well as telling you something you already know, that 80c will kill a FX chip REAL fast. I see you repasted the cooler. This tells me silly things like an entire small dog's worth of crud living in the cooling fins is not the issue here. As per the...

When I do a reinstall/full boot drive wipe, I just unplug the data cables to the other drives. They can stay in place, in case that wasn't clear. But ya, life is just simpler if you do it that way.

Or just get Windows right now on a usb stick and install it. Buy a license key off the internet for $10 on payday. It will install, boot, run, and do everything as normal, including update, just has the annoying watermark prompting you to enter a license key. When Windows prompts you to enter...

Barely surpassing said 3950x in gaming, while getting roflstomped in every other category. Quel Surprise!

Will it hit, say, 2933? Or anything else that's above 2133? My 1600x took a lot of tweaking and bios updates to hit 3200 CL 14 on 2 x 8 GB sticks. My 3900x in exactly the same system on 4 x 8 GB sticks, 30 seconds in bios, 3200 CL 14. The 3xxx memory controller is much more forgiving...