Recent content by jamespetts-2

I see that it is now expected on the 5th of August. I am increasingly wondering whether I might as well just wait for the 3950x.

I note that the 3900x is still unavailable in the U. K. Does anyone have any idea when it might reach here?

Thank you for your thoughts. I realise that I omitted to mention the type of case that I (provisionally) intend to use: the be quiet! Dark Base 900 Pro rev. 2. This has 2 140mm fans at the front and one at the rear. How would I calculate whether a single fan or a dual fan CPU cooler is...

Interesting. How would one judge, for any given case, whether the D15 or a twin fan arrangement is superior overall?

That is very helpful, thank you. I notice that the MSI board that I am considering seems to have the same VRMs as the Gigabyte Aorus boards and is rated as being "fine" even with the upcoming 16 core CPU. As to the fans - I think that the Dark Rock Pro 4 will be better with two fans than the...

Thank you both for your replies, that is most helpful. I will deal briefly in turn with each of the various subjects. Case I had researched be quiet! cases, and one of these did indeed look to be just the thing: the Dark Base PRO 900 rev. 2 black (although it is a pity that it does not come...

I am currently putting together a build specification for a new desktop to replace my existing 2010 era Core i7 950 build of yore, which I perhaps ought to have replaced some time ago on account of it having become very dated and unreliable. In any event, by way of background, my main use cases...

Introduction My main computer, on which I am typing this message, I first built at the end of 2010, and now needs replacing: it has become unreliable over the last year or two, with random blue screens not fixed by upgrading the PSU to a high-end 1.2kW unit and with no errors showing on...

Thank you for your replies - I will have to perform the visual inspection of motherboard capacitors as suggested when I have a moment - this is a good idea. As to the storage devices, the main system drive is a newish (2017) SSD, so failure of this is unlikely; also, the symptoms are not...

Thank you for your thoughts. As to overheating, I tried experimentally running Two Point Hospital with Open Hardware Monitor running: it recorded a peak CPU temperature in core no. 1 of 79C (averaging circa 69C), and motherboard peak temperatures of between 47C and 65C. Presumably, however, the...

I have a self-built PC from late 2010 which has been upgraded over the years: it is an overclocked first generation i7 with Windows 7, 12GB of RAM, 2x 980Ti in SLI and various peripherals. Over the last year or so, there have been increasing problems with the computer, mainly in the form of...

I suspect that my problem is not software related because of the times when it hard resets during restarting before loading Windows as described in the original post, but it is certainly possible for there to be multiple sleep/wake related problems. The trouble that I am having with deciding...

Thank you for your response. By way of update, I am finding that hibernate mode seems to have exactly the same issues as sleep mode: the computer will fail (hard reset) after waking from hibernate mode, but, after having reset (sometimes more than once), will then run many hours without issue...

Interesting - I was not aware of any issues with sleep/overclocking. As noted, it used to work waking from sleep until a week or two ago, although there was a time when it would be unresponsive for a very long time - but only sometimes; however, I thought that that was related to problems with...

Thank you both for your help. After resetting itself a number of times when starting before even getting to the Windows boot screen this morning, the motherboard reset itself to stock speeds, and I have left it as such for the time being to see whether that helps. Having tried hibernation, I...