Recent content by TechManMax

Oh aha I'm not upset don't worry (not overly hyped about the idea of uninstalling and reinstalling a new cooler though, let alone the cost of one, when for my uses I'm having no issues (gaming temps and normal temps are fine it's just benchmark temps that run a little warmer than I'm comfortable...

Peerless Assassin 120 SE is hardly a low end cooler it outperforms a lot of other coolers. It's obviously not a "high end liquid cooler" but it can cool up to 265W according to specs and it's often praised in reviews. Temps when idle are under 30, temps when gaming are under 70 (averaging...

Moderator notice: ❗ Please stick to one thread and do not cross-post. Your other thread has been deleted. I'll start this thread with my specs: Intel core i7-13700KF Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Rev 1.1 Corsair 2x 16GB (32GB) DDR5 6000 CL30 Samsung 980 Pro 2TB...

Update: somehow fixed it. I'm not sure how but after clearing the CMOS and setting it back to intel default and noticing a performance loss I decided to change it and try setting it back to perfdrive optimised only this time it's completely stable and my scores have returned to Normal. Not sure...

Updated bios to FJd (Z790 Aorus Elite AX Rev 1.1) https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-1x/support#support-dl Before this update I'd left all bios settings as out of the box default except I'd enabled XMP on the RAM (ddr5 6000 CL30) and resize bar support. Everything else...

Rolled back 2 driver versions in the end...now back on 552.44 and my GPU score is now back to above 24,000 and my CPU score is 20,000+ and I am, once again, scoring above average scores for my hardware. And the stuttering has stopped in the 3DMark Timespy test too. I hope Nvidia fix this in...

UPDATE: Can 100% confirm this...the latest nVidia driver (June 2024) is BROKEN. Reverted back to the May driver and guess what? CPU score back to 20,000+. GPU score also increased by nearly 1000 points (23,904 up from 23,000) but curiously is still below 24,000 (previous benchmarks on the same...

No idea why...gsync is disabled as is vsync. Cinebench R23 (CPU) scores haven't dropped, thermals are not an issue. But all of a sudden my i7 13700KF is scoring 18,666 when previously it was scoring above 20,000. Also my rtx 4070 Ti super used to score above 24,000 but in recent tests is now...

Fixed it I believe. The issue with the ARGB lights was one of the fans was faulty (although it was spinning fine it had faulty ARGB) and was causing the others to flash and it must have blown the hub. Replaced the hub, noticed the ARGB flashing, unplugged fans one by one until they were stable...

My bad, sorry it's a new build (my first actually after returning a prebuilt that exploded lol...stupid GameMax PSU). SPECS for this build are: i7 13700KF Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Samsung 980 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD MSI Ventus 2x OC 4070 Ti SUPER Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX BIOS version: FJa...

This is a really weird thing (and yes I have updated the BIOS). Whenever I do a fresh boot the PC actually boots up successfully (no issues) but the VGA warning light on the motherboard remains solid orange. If I then restart the PC, load into BIOS, press to exit bios and it restarts windows...