I'm gonna necromancer this thread because it's what kicked my head into working gear and led me to completely resolve my fan/temp issue.
So I managed to buy the Poseidon 1080ti that Kyle reviewed, and until a few months ago all was well. Then I noticed that my PC was getting louder than I...
Clearing out the basement of a bunch of older stuff. I prefer to split actual shipping, so prices don't include shipping. Local for me is 14586. Heat is nicepants42. Relevant notes are at the bottom.
Jaybird X2 earbuds, $25
Samsung Dexpad, 1pc $15 never opened
Thermalright AXP-100R low...
Welp, my biggest suggestion to you then would be to make it easier for people to help you; i.e. determine your clearance and find a few 280s that fall within it and ask for them. Otherwise you are basically asking people to look up the width dimension on the 280 BIGTX, and then measure or look...
Can I clarify what you mean when you say 'wide'? Because I think you mean 'thick'. Unless you're talking about a very tiny amount, one 280 rad is going to be about the same width as another, and I'm having a hard time imagining a case that would fit one 280 but not another in terms of width...
If you're open to changing the case and waiting a few months, you're in a good position to find some good stuff on FS/FT. Black Friday is usually pretty good for general PC hardware and cases (although NAND supposedly increasing due to a power outage at Toshiba a bit ago), but WC is much more...
The HWLabs 360 GTS is a nice, low profile radiator that I'd imagine would fit well at the top of your case. I like the design of your case, which appears to have plenty of room for a second 360 radiator beside the motherboard and you can locate the ports to minimize additional tubing. Were...
Any chance that the C7H might already have the current BIOS, if it was sold used? BIOS flashing does take several minutes - but maybe this one is hanging because the versions match? Have you tried booting with the 3700x?
Unfortunately I have no recent experience with USB BIOS flashing.
Straight outta Intel marketing. My 2 cents would be that the 40mm fan isn't worth PCI-E 4.0 at this point in time.
B450 Tomahawk is/was having lots of issues with Ryzen, last I checked. Might not be a problem with all boards. Google.
I just upgraded from 2500k also. Best overclocking...
40mm fans are never a good idea. Sorry you are learning this first hand.
I picked up a C7H on here just recently and so far am very happy with it. Newegg has open box for ~$230 USD still available. B450 boards are also an option. This vid was a pretty good summary for me.
I'm honestly...
Posting for my own future reference, if nothing else.
So I just had an issue where Windows 10 Pro hibernated, and when I woke it up, black screen due to missing/corrupt boot configuration data (BCD) info. Even getting into BIOS required many restarts and me changing the USB port where the...
Agree with general sentiment but there's zero reason for stock coolers when good ones are not expensive.
If your HSF budget is $50-$70, high end air will always be preferable in my book, simply due to number of cut corners involved in $70 water loops, and the potential for reliability and...
While I agree with your general sentiment, as someone who is currently running a 3600x on air on the stock cooler, the noise is a huge issue for me. I have enough experience with aftermarket coolers to know that an inexpensive HSF with a copper base, heatpipes and a 120mm fan would be a...
Well I guess I better cite some sources then. While I'm at it, let me address that first thing you said:
Would you imagine that the VRM differs between the two boards? This table at Anandtech indicates that the Hero and the Formula share the same VRM.
Here are Guru3d's thermal images of...
If by
you mean
Then I completely agree with you.
On topic, C7H is ~$250 new, open box C7H wifi is ~$235 at the egg. I'll take the $400 and lose the fan, thanks.
Bump, added pics, lowered price, and let's just forget about the water block. (I cleaned it really well but the plexi top appears to have shrunk in the oven).
Bumping again for 10% code and what appears to be good B-Die pricing. It's even black, for all you old farts who don't like racer red or cammo.
Seemed good enough for me to pull the trigger on.
So as soon as I select "OC manually" in literally any X470/X570 BIOS, it's like TDP doesn't exist? Editing to make the next question more specific. If the goal is highest manual overclock, do you take the 3700X (4.4 boost, 65W TDP) because the lower TDP means the cores are better binned for...
Riveting discussion, guys.
Back on page 1 before this turned into a dumpster fire there was concern about the OC headroom since it takes LN2 to get from 4.7 to 5.25, but has anyone addressed that this might be due to TDP? The article seems pretty light on actual useful information, and I...