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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    That's a lotta choices. I had no idea until Hash posted it that there was a PS 140. I like their 120 version (it's on the machine I'm typing on), and it's just great. The PS is definately better than the Peerless Assassin. About the Royal Praetor, I don't know. So many choices, and it...
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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    "How is the airflow INTO your case? Have you dusted it out, cleaned the fans? Also, when was that cooler installed, have you considered re-pasting the heatsink with some new thermal paste?" These are good questions and I should have noted them in the original post. The case's airflow is quite...
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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    That's a solid point, SmokeRngs. It'd be like a 10 to (maybe) 20 percent performance bump or so. Is that worth dropping any money on, particuarly for an old build like that?
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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    I'm thinking of getting their 140 rather than the 120 - I have a huge case, and it might be better for when I finally upgrade. Edit: according to the charts I've looked at the 140 does better with high wattage, and is nigh as good as the super Noctua - though the fans are obviously better on...
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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    Thanks Pendragon1. I just don't want to mess with water cooling at all. Not ready for that leap. I'd really like to upgrade the whole system... but with prices these days... ugh.
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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    Hey all, I'm using an older Ryzen 3800X system for video rendering, and also for folding on WCG during the winter. Currently I have an older Cooler Master Hyper 612 - a pretty big cooler (but not a dual tower), but I'm getting temps in the 90-95 C range when fully loaded, which is probably...
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    Hit a WCG (World Community Grid) milestone? Post it here:

    I have same issue. Though crunched ~81 years of MCM's they awarded me a 100 year badge. Yet another problem with WCG :(
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    WCG?

    WCG is working, in that it is sending work units, but validation remains an issue. I get about 25% validation per day, but there are bursts every week of higher rates. Frustrating.
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    Probably / Possibly Dead 5700G - Diagnosis help please

    Is their "auto overclocking" - running up the clock speeds to meet a thermal or power limit also just burning some out prematurely? If so, when I finally upgrade to a newer Ryzen, I may just run it in 65 watt eco mode.
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    Probably / Possibly Dead 5700G - Diagnosis help please

    Well, so it was a bad CPU. Glad you got that machine going again. What is it with modern CPU's that makes them fail at rates unknown compared to years gone by?
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    Headphone jack not working

    Have you tried plugging in the headphones to the jack on the motherboard itself? At least that would show whether the onboard sound was kaput or not
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    Probably / Possibly Dead 5700G - Diagnosis help please

    Good luck with that! Sounds like you've covered all the bases to me. In the olden days, the odds of a bad Cpu were minimal. It was usually the board. Not anymore.
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    Probably / Possibly Dead 5700G - Diagnosis help please

    Sounds like you've been pretty thorough, but have you tried running a single stick of RAM in the 5700G computer?
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    WCG?

    I am, too. They've had months to get it right, and haven't fixed it yet. I'm pretty much done with folding until next winter anyway. If it's still giving problems, next winter means a new project.
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    WCG?

    WCG is sending me work units again, but nothing has been validating for 2 days. More unintended bunkering. I'm taking advantage of an over-the-night cold snap to fold again.
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