The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[Silent_Scone]

I paid that almost for my 3070. Only recently though

Drop me a PM if you're keen

Lol, yeah it's nuts. My brother is looking to build a system and thinks 500 is a lot for a GPU in a new system at the moment.

Oh sweet, sweet boy.

 

[Christopher]

Collecting my new build tomorrow. Excite. It's been a long enough wait!

 

[Christopher]

Got it all set up, needs some tweaking and optimising but it's awesome on first impressions. I've only played Destiny 2 on it so far though and barely played with any settings. Basic spec is:

Fractal Meshify 2
Fractal 360mm AIO
5600X
ASUS 3070 OC
16GB RAM (another 16GB in the post)
1TB Samsung m.2

Plenty for what I'll use it for... for now

The screen blows the white balance out, it's not really that pink and blue in there 😂

 

[boultonn]

Solid spec there, although Yorkshire pudding might have something to say about that RGB RAM

 

[Mr Squashie]

Got it all set up, needs some tweaking and optimising but it's awesome on first impressions. I've only played Destiny 2 on it so far though and barely played with any settings. Basic spec is:

Fractal Meshify 2
Fractal 360mm AIO
5600X
ASUS 3070 OC
16GB RAM (another 16GB in the post)
1TB Samsung m.2

Plenty for what I'll use it for... for now

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The screen blows the white balance out, it's not really that pink and blue in there 😂

Love it. Very well balanced setup there, makes my 4790k and 1080 seem positively archaic in comparison 😂

 

[McGherkin]

Love it. Very well balanced setup there, makes my 4790k and 1080 seem positively archaic in comparison 😂

If it's any consolation I'm still rocking a 4690k. Slightly less balanced though as I've got a 3070 lol

 

[Mr Squashie]

If it's any consolation I'm still rocking a 4690k. Slightly less balanced though as I've got a 3070 lol

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that after I've bought new brakes and suspension for my Clio I'll be able to upgrade my PC lol

 

[Christopher]

Haha cheers guys. In an ideal world I'd have gone 3080 but it's 2021... I'm lucky to find any 30 series card right now.

Just tested it on Destiny 2 and getting 80-90 frames at full 5120x1440, pretty decent.

Also Windows is sh*te and ugly.

 

[Jonnio]

Also Windows is sh*te and ugly.

Shhh some of us don't know any better 🤓

 

[Krarl]

Solid spec there, although Yorkshire pudding might have something to say about that RGB RAM

Who's this Yorkshire Pudding you speak of?

All I know is RGB rainbow spew is for children and people that get spit on their chin when they talk 👀 😂

 

[Christopher]

Who's this Yorkshire Pudding you speak of?

All I know is RGB rainbow spew is for children and people that get spit on their chin when they talk 👀 😂

You'll be happy to know that it's set to white anyway. With you on the unicorn vomit.

 

[Pistachio]

Finally sorting out my cooling. Only got one intake fan at the moment, along with a 3070 and a 120x120 cpu radiator, it gets pretty melty! 😆

 

[Darren S]

Haha cheers guys. In an ideal world I'd have gone 3080 but it's 2021... I'm lucky to find any 30 series card right now.

Just tested it on Destiny 2 and getting 80-90 frames at full 5120x1440, pretty decent.

Also Windows is sh*te and ugly.

That letterbox view is just crying out for racing games. I'm thinking of the likes of the in-helmet view from Project Cars 2.

Nice purchase Chris. Like you say with the 3070, you can't be too picky these days and grab what you can, when you can. It's still a top-level card anyway.

 

[Darren S]

Finally sorting out my cooling. Only got one intake fan at the moment, along with a 3070 and a 120x120 cpu radiator, it gets pretty melty! 😆

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Just check that you get the USB header cable within the Corsair Hydro package. You should do, but without it the iCUE software won't be able to control the pump flow - it will just be 'on'. Permanently.

If you're running a diddy mobo like a micro-ITX, you might find that you're short on the traditional USB connectors on the board itself. I ended up using a right-angled USB Mini-B to USB A cable, that fed out of the case and looped back to connect to the rear of the mobo. Absolute no design points at all awarded there, but it works!

 

[Pistachio]

What is the usb header cable for? My mobo has a water pump specific connector on it if that's what you mean.

 

[N0ddie]

What is the usb header cable for? My mobo has a water pump specific connector on it if that's what you mean.

Which mobo do you have?

 

[Daz...]

Just check that you get the USB header cable within the Corsair Hydro package. You should do, but without it the iCUE software won't be able to control the pump flow - it will just be 'on'. Permanently.

If you're running a diddy mobo like a micro-ITX, you might find that you're short on the traditional USB connectors on the board itself. I ended up using a right-angled USB Mini-B to USB A cable, that fed out of the case and looped back to connect to the rear of the mobo. Absolute no design points at all awarded there, but it works!

You can save settings to the pump itself so you don’t need to have it hooked up permanently to work.

 

[Christopher]

That letterbox view is just crying out for racing games. I'm thinking of the likes of the in-helmet view from Project Cars 2.

Nice purchase Chris. Like you say with the 3070, you can't be too picky these days and grab what you can, when you can. It's still a top-level card anyway.

Yeah that's it. Scan had 60Tis and 70s in stock but 80s were "coming soon" and I didn't fancy gambling.

Overclocked the 70 last night and got another 15-20 frames from it in some scenarios, just using Afterburner. It's still really, really impressive and knocking on for the 120hz limit I have with my monitor anyway.

 

[KermitTheDog]

upgrades arrived,
Corsair 570x
5950x
32gb 3600 ram
H115i cooler
And an ASUS ROG Strix x570-f turning up tomorrow.

That and the 3090 should do nicely.

 

[hostler]

Got it all set up, needs some tweaking and optimising but it's awesome on first impressions. I've only played Destiny 2 on it so far though and barely played with any settings. Basic spec is:

Fractal Meshify 2
Fractal 360mm AIO
5600X
ASUS 3070 OC
16GB RAM (another 16GB in the post)
1TB Samsung m.2

Plenty for what I'll use it for... for now





The screen blows the white balance out, it's not really that pink and blue in there 😂

What are you using for the lighting behind the desk?

 

[Christopher]

What are you using for the lighting behind the desk?

Just a Govee ARGB strip from Amazon. £20 job and it has full WiFi control too

 

[Pistachio]

Just check that you get the USB header cable within the Corsair Hydro package. You should do, but without it the iCUE software won't be able to control the pump flow - it will just be 'on'. Permanently.

If you're running a diddy mobo like a micro-ITX, you might find that you're short on the traditional USB connectors on the board itself. I ended up using a right-angled USB Mini-B to USB A cable, that fed out of the case and looped back to connect to the rear of the mobo. Absolute no design points at all awarded there, but it works!

Looks like it just needs a SATA power plug. Then just plug the fans and pump in to the mobo

Which mobo do you have?

It's an Asus Z170-A. Getting on a bit now but still does the job.

 

[Ray Gin]

This is getting silly now. I dreamt I won a 3090 the other night. Gutted

 

[hostler]

Just a Govee ARGB strip from Amazon. £20 job and it has full WiFi control too

Thanks! Your setup looks sweet!

 

[Pistachio]

What's everyone's thoughts on nvme's needing heatsinks? Adds about £30 to the price

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07M64QXMN/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Krarl]

Do it, nand chips get toasty if your case isn't well ventilated and below ambient

Keeps them alive for longer

 

[Darren S]

Looks like it just needs a SATA power plug. Then just plug the fans and pump in to the mobo
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It's an Asus Z170-A. Getting on a bit now but still does the job.

Looks like the manual is calling the 'pump tach' cable the USB headed one, which makes sense. My main PC mobo in BIOS has an actual reading for CPU_PUMP - which given that's over five years old now probably means that its a lot more common now?

 

[Pistachio]

Looks like the manual is calling the 'pump tach' cable the USB headed one, which makes sense. My main PC mobo in BIOS has an actual reading for CPU_PUMP - which given that's over five years old now probably means that its a lot more common now?

Yeah my mobo has a water pump connector that I can control the speed of in BIOS. Why does yours need a USB type A ? Is that just to power it?

 

[charltjr]

GPU water cooling blocks arrived yesterday. A bit scary ripping apart a card that you know you can’t replace but it all went well.

After 12 hours of mining, the memory is sat at a rock solid 70C and that’s with a 1200mhz overclock. Very happy with that, especially given the fans are set to be barely audible.

 

[charltjr]

Thought I’d turn the fans right up, got the VRAM temp down to 66. Not worth the extra noise IMO.

When air cooled, what I’m doing now just wasn’t possible. The card would be thermal throttling with the VRAM at 108C at a lower overclock (not that I tried at those temps for more than a few seconds!)

95+MH/S mining rate, and low temps and noise. Excellent Gaming temps will be stupid low.

 

[Darren S]

Thought I’d turn the fans right up, got the VRAM temp down to 66. Not worth the extra noise IMO.

When air cooled, what I’m doing now just wasn’t possible. The card would be thermal throttling with the VRAM at 108C at a lower overclock (not that I tried at those temps for more than a few seconds!)

95+MH/S mining rate, and low temps and noise. Excellent Gaming temps will be stupid low.

Have you plugged in a wattage meter between your PC and the wall socket whilst mining? I'd be interested to know what's being drawn power-wise whilst your PC is mining for hours at a time.

I know a typical kettle or toaster will hit 2,000w when in use - but that's only for a minute or two. If you're pulling through 600, 800w or higher continuously for hours in keeping the GPU fed - I would have thought that you'd notice that on your energy bill?

 

[McGherkin]

I’m pulling 193W with my 3070. That’s from the wall, not the card on its own, the card is drawing 123W

 

[Darren S]

I’m pulling 193W with my 3070. That’s from the wall, not the card on its own, the card is drawing 123W

One half of nothing really, then!

The peak I saw myself was when I ran two GTX690 cards in quad SLi. That was drawing some decent wattage during 3DMark.

 

[charltjr]

Card on it's own is pulling circa 200W so I'm guestimating 300w to be on the paranoid side. My tariff is 16.7p per kw/h.

Might grab a wattage meter out of curiosity at some point.

 

[Krarl]

spoke with the lad at work, it wasn't 3090's he has, it's only 5 x 3070's 😂

His mining rig is that warm he hasn't his heating on since he's lived in that house... He's been there 2 years 😂

 

[charltjr]

Yeah, that's going to be kicking out not far off the heat from a one bar electric fire! (edit: showing my age there.... when's the last time you saw a one bar radiant electric fire )

 

[Darren S]

spoke with the lad at work, it wasn't 3090's he has, it's only 5 x 3070's 😂

His mining rig is that warm he hasn't his heating on since he's lived in that house... He's been there 2 years 😂

To be honest - that's a bloody good alternative to poor b******s like us with storage heaters. Our peak bill for one month in a two bed apartment for two adults and with just two storage heaters on, was nearly £260.

I bet for the same money, you could have an entire mining farm running for less!

 

[Krarl]

Yeah he said from February onwards he's had to have his windows open because if not the ambient temp of the house is about 23°C. Each of his cards sits at about 65-75°C😂

He had to rush home last week because the door on his room where he has the farm had slammed shut and it had heated the room to over 30°C and his monitoring was going off like f**k 😂 😂 He makes more money each hour than I do in a month on my savings account interest...

 

[Maccy]

Have any of you guys switched out the thermal pads to thicker ones yet?

 

[Christopher]

Picked up Hitman 3 on PC for £29. I loved all the previous games and the reviews seem fantastic.

I'll be smashing some of that later.