Can anyone direct me to a good source of some tutorials or videos on BIOS settings and what they do? Specifically, anything related to msi z390 gaming edge ac and click bios 5 would be great. And if you have any specific insight or advice on my build, I would welcome that for sure too. I provided details of the build and my issues below.
I've watched MSI's long YouTube tutorial on the z370 and read through my manual, but both for the most part just kind of barely touch on what each function is. As a beginner who's never built a computer before, i don't know a lot of these features and acronyms. And some things as simple as that get overlooked in the msi video and certainly in my manual.
I'm having a bit of an issue currently with my cpu kicking up to a constant 16-25% usage and memory running around 30-40% when i use Google chrome browser. This makes no sense, given the hardware im running. Not to mention, it wasn't doing this when i first setup the computer over Easter weekend. It only started last weekend when I got the computer setup in my basement with my new monitor, PoE switch, installed Norton, and installed Malwarebytes. For the record, I've already tried uninstalling both Norton and Malwarebytes and switched from running pc off of the poe switch to using the board's WiFi card.
One particularly odd thing is that the issue only occurs with chrome. So i also tried deactivating all chrome extensions, then eventually tried completely reinstalling chrome, to no avail. Of course Microsoft edge works perfectly fine and doesn't spike resources...
So i figured this must be bios related. I had tweaked a couple settings in the BIOS. such as switching to IGD, as it was initially set to PEG but I don't have a dedicated GPU. I also turned on fast-boot (non-msi), but after discovering it wouldn't boot windows without first going into BIOS, i turned that back off. Ram is currently OC'd to 3k, as they're 3k sticks. CPU cannot be OC'd. Most of the existing settings in the bios were configured by my brother in law who helped me build the rig over Easter weekend. I have virtually no software installed on windows at this point. I have Samsung magician installed and have the performance boost or whatever they call it turned on for the OS ssd. Benchmarks seem to have no idea what to do with that, but I've been using Samsung magician with that performance boost on my laptop's SSDs for years and its been great.
FYI, this is a surveillance/smart home rig, not a gaming rig - hence the lack of dedicated GPU
Components:
[ ] Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass PH-ES614PTG_BK
[ ] i7-8700
[ ] Msi mpg z390 gaming edge
[ ] Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15
[ ] 1x Samsung Evo 860 ssd (OS, mbr)
[ ] 1x Samsung Evo 860 ssd (main storage, mbr)
[ ] 1x WD Purple 10tb HDD 7200rpm (surveillance storage, gpd)
[ ] EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G+ 80 Plus Gold 850W PSU
[ ] Asus BW-16D1HT Burner (w/custom 4k firmware)
[ ] Logitech k800 wireless keyboard
[ ] Noctua NA-SYC1 4-pin Y-cables
[ ] 1x Noctua NF-A12x25 fan
[ ] 2x Noctua NF-A14 fans
[ ] 1x Cooler Master 120mm fan
[ ] Windows Pro 64bit
Software installed:
[ ] Norton security deluxe (currently uninstalled)
[ ] Malwarebytes (currently uninstalled)
[ ] Samsung Magician
[ ] Blue Iris (surveillance software)
I've watched MSI's long YouTube tutorial on the z370 and read through my manual, but both for the most part just kind of barely touch on what each function is. As a beginner who's never built a computer before, i don't know a lot of these features and acronyms. And some things as simple as that get overlooked in the msi video and certainly in my manual.
I'm having a bit of an issue currently with my cpu kicking up to a constant 16-25% usage and memory running around 30-40% when i use Google chrome browser. This makes no sense, given the hardware im running. Not to mention, it wasn't doing this when i first setup the computer over Easter weekend. It only started last weekend when I got the computer setup in my basement with my new monitor, PoE switch, installed Norton, and installed Malwarebytes. For the record, I've already tried uninstalling both Norton and Malwarebytes and switched from running pc off of the poe switch to using the board's WiFi card.
One particularly odd thing is that the issue only occurs with chrome. So i also tried deactivating all chrome extensions, then eventually tried completely reinstalling chrome, to no avail. Of course Microsoft edge works perfectly fine and doesn't spike resources...
So i figured this must be bios related. I had tweaked a couple settings in the BIOS. such as switching to IGD, as it was initially set to PEG but I don't have a dedicated GPU. I also turned on fast-boot (non-msi), but after discovering it wouldn't boot windows without first going into BIOS, i turned that back off. Ram is currently OC'd to 3k, as they're 3k sticks. CPU cannot be OC'd. Most of the existing settings in the bios were configured by my brother in law who helped me build the rig over Easter weekend. I have virtually no software installed on windows at this point. I have Samsung magician installed and have the performance boost or whatever they call it turned on for the OS ssd. Benchmarks seem to have no idea what to do with that, but I've been using Samsung magician with that performance boost on my laptop's SSDs for years and its been great.
FYI, this is a surveillance/smart home rig, not a gaming rig - hence the lack of dedicated GPU
Components:
[ ] Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass PH-ES614PTG_BK
[ ] i7-8700
[ ] Msi mpg z390 gaming edge
[ ] Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15
[ ] 1x Samsung Evo 860 ssd (OS, mbr)
[ ] 1x Samsung Evo 860 ssd (main storage, mbr)
[ ] 1x WD Purple 10tb HDD 7200rpm (surveillance storage, gpd)
[ ] EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G+ 80 Plus Gold 850W PSU
[ ] Asus BW-16D1HT Burner (w/custom 4k firmware)
[ ] Logitech k800 wireless keyboard
[ ] Noctua NA-SYC1 4-pin Y-cables
[ ] 1x Noctua NF-A12x25 fan
[ ] 2x Noctua NF-A14 fans
[ ] 1x Cooler Master 120mm fan
[ ] Windows Pro 64bit
Software installed:
[ ] Norton security deluxe (currently uninstalled)
[ ] Malwarebytes (currently uninstalled)
[ ] Samsung Magician
[ ] Blue Iris (surveillance software)