Recent content by Vaqxai

Is it possible that the transient load spikes only became apparent and cause loops after over a year of usage? (Don't remember the date of GPU purchase, but it definitely is not new, and definitely used it for over a year without issue, with the 750W PSU.) The RAM never caused any issues...

Hi, My PC started having problems boot looping, so in this order I did: 1. Pull out 1/2/3/4 RAM modules and lastly introduce a new, tested module from another PC 2. Reseat the CPU and replug the Graphics Card 3. Clear CMOS 4. Replug all cables inside and outside the PC 5. Unplug all exterior...

Tightened until I no longer could, idle now is 39-40C, very stable. Under load the temperature is stable around 60-70C, with the median being 64C Huh, they only had like 1/8th rotation left to go, I did not expect that to do anything honestly

I am using the spacers (you mean the gray plastic supports?) that were the only ones included with the mounting kit NM-AM5/4-MP83 which was the one dedicated for my socket and CPU cooler model. I tightened both the mounting kit screws and the cooler screws according to cooler manufacturer spec...

Hello, Today I mounted an NH-D15 with a single fan in the middle on my Ryzen R7 5800 X3D. I applied thermal grizzly kryonaut onto the CPU as it's what I had lying around. The Noctua manual said to apply the paste to a AM-4 CPU using a five-dot pattern with one larger dot in the middle. However...

Got it, got it. I'll use kryonaut for the CPU. Yeah, I noticed it's too much, it's why I ordered the new cooler. Not going to open the GPU again, though, until the temps become bad, I've read too much about cracked dies. (Even though the springs are supposed to protect from that). Ignorance is...

Huh, so kind of unnecessarily bought the MX-4 then. I did manually apply the kryonaut, worked the spatula for about 30 mins on both gpu and cpu until both were perfectly flat and as thin as possible (i heard somewhere that metal-on-metal is preferable to metal-paste-metal, and the paste is just...

Thank you so so much for the tips on the paste. Will apply with MX-4 when it comes. On another note, I'm also waiting for a new CPU cooler. Should I keep the kryonaut on the CPU or also use MX-4? I'm guessing give it a lot of the kryonaut otherwise it won't spread right, as you said, yes?

Okay, so it turns out the screws weren't really *that* tight, because old me thought the springs would do the rest of the job. Did as you suggested, and tightened them in a cross pattern until I met resistance, without pushing further. The Hot Spot temp now is 85C when the gpu core under load...

Ordered MX-4. Will report after it arrives. Any tips for tightening the spring loaded screws correctly and testing if they are done right? Edit: should I use a level to test if the gpu is correctly angled/support strut height?

Hi, GPU: ZOTAC RTX 3080 LHR When gaming, my hot spot temp reaches 103.3 °C (While the GPU Core temp is ≈75 °C and memory junction is about ≈70 °C) I have repasted my GPU (before, hot spot temp was 104.3 °C) but this did not bring a noticeable improvement (to the Hot Spot temps, it decrased...