The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[SharkyUK]

The quality is really good on this. My old one was just a shitty basic office chair, no tension on the back so you just constantly fell back. With this it seems really sturdy and keeps you in an upright position. I reckon I could actually sleep in it. 😂

I've spent many hours reclined and sleeping in mine. Not bragging, just stating the facts. FACT.

 

[N0ddie]

We are back in the small form factor case (SSUPD Meshlicious). Motherboard (ROG STRIX B660-I) and RAM (Corsair LPX 2x16Gb 5600 DDR5) came yesterday so stuck it all together.

Temporarily ran it with an old 700W SFX power supply with horrible cables to test it all worked together but today the new Corsair 750W SFX PSU (With much nicer more forgiving cables) arrived and I installed it and tidied it all up.

As you can imagine fitting all this (And my RTX 3090) into a 14.7 litre case was difficult but I think I made a very good effort:

And the setup pic:

 

[SharkyUK]

Toight, like a toiger.

 

[Ant1]

f**k there’s no room in there 😂

 

[adamlstr]

I had some spare OMP reclining seats. They were super comfy going to the ring and driving around Europe so made a perfect gaming chair.

Would be interested to see how the Secretlab stuff compares tbh, given the hype.

I did this with a spare Recaro RS-G (fixed shell) I had, felt really comfy but gave me quite the sciatica in the end. 😂 Looked mint though...

 

[Wilkeh]

We are back in the small form factor case (SSUPD Meshlicious). Motherboard (ROG STRIX B660-I) and RAM (Corsair LPX 2x16Gb 5600 DDR5) came yesterday so stuck it all together.

Temporarily ran it with an old 700W SFX power supply with horrible cables to test it all worked together but today the new Corsair 750W SFX PSU (With much nicer more forgiving cables) arrived and I installed it and tidied it all up.

As you can imagine fitting all this (And my RTX 3090) into a 14.7 litre case was difficult but I think I made a very good effort:

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And the setup pic:
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How are the temps in that!?

 

[ChrisR]

Always loved small form factor.

Had a little Shuttle many years ago, and my current nCase M1 is awesome (only 12.something litres!).

 

[Darren S]

Anyone got the NZXT CAM software controlling a NZXT fan controller?

I mentioned it a while back in this thread and it is/was a great little device. But since switching to Windows 11, the CAM software simply cannot control the fans. They are on basic standard speed - literally doing nothing useful to cool the interior of the case.

Seems a common vibe online that Windows 11 does cause a problem with it. In the Cooling tab of the software, it just reports "Device loading...." indefinitely.

Hope they manage to patch it soon.

 

[Daz...]

Anyone got the NZXT CAM software controlling a NZXT fan controller?

I mentioned it a while back in this thread and it is/was a great little device. But since switching to Windows 11, the CAM software simply cannot control the fans. They are on basic standard speed - literally doing nothing useful to cool the interior of the case.

Seems a common vibe online that Windows 11 does cause a problem with it. In the Cooling tab of the software, it just reports "Device loading...." indefinitely.

Hope they manage to patch it soon.

I used it when I had my H210i and it always worked well, but that was on Windows 10

Since I changed cases I’ve been using Fan Control. I’ve tried this on both Windows 10 and 11 with no change in how it operates.

 

[N0ddie]

How are the temps in that!?

Definitely warmer than they were in the mid-tower (P600A). GPU tops out now at 72 degrees and CPU 69ish. I have ordered a wee kit that'll allow me to mount 2 of the wee 60mm fans to the rear to help exhaust the hot air from the GPU.

 

[Daz...]

Have you tried undervolting the GPU @N0ddie ?

The temps on mine dropped by 7-8°C whilst still applying an overclock to it.

 

[Wilkeh]

Definitely warmer than they were in the mid-tower (P600A). GPU tops out now at 72 degrees and CPU 69ish. I have ordered a wee kit that'll allow me to mount 2 of the wee 60mm fans to the rear to help exhaust the hot air from the GPU.View attachment 1611214

Blimey mate 72 and 69 isn't bad at all for a tower that size!

 

[Cookie]

Feels like the market is on the verge of being flooded with ex mining GPUs with these changes to ETH.. maybe I'll be able to finally build a rig to replace my creaking one 🤣

Just looking at Overclockers.. some of the stuff is down a massive amount compared to where it peaked

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-tuf-oc-gaming-lhr-12gb-gddr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-483-as.html

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Feels like the market is on the verge of being flooded with ex mining GPUs with these changes to ETH.. maybe I'll be able to finally build a rig to replace my creaking one 🤣

Just looking at Overclockers.. some of the stuff is down a massive amount compared to where it peaked

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-tuf-oc-gaming-lhr-12gb-gddr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-483-as.html

Still over £100 more than it should be. Mental.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Wasn't expecting this 🧐

 

[R3k1355]

Feels like the market is on the verge of being flooded with ex mining GPUs with these changes to ETH.. maybe I'll be able to finally build a rig to replace my creaking one 🤣

Just looking at Overclockers.. some of the stuff is down a massive amount compared to where it peaked

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-tuf-oc-gaming-lhr-12gb-gddr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-483-as.html

Might be a while for prices to filter through, I don't know how many big mining operations were in this country, so maybe there aren't tons of used cards hitting the second hand market.

 

[Wilkeh]

Wasn't expecting this 🧐

Bit gutted actually, I've always bought EVGA GPU's. Don't know who else to start using but I'm going to stick with my 3080Ti for a while anyway 🙂

 

[Crayola]

Anyone got a new Ryzen CPU and GPU?

Been toying with upgrading my Ryzen 7 3700X/RX 5600XT to a Ryzen 7 5800X/RX 6800XT

Already got an 850w Platinum Coolermaster PSU in there, a massive air cooler for the CPU and a B550m Tomahawk board. Everything is there to push it further and get the best from a 1440p monitor

 

[BoatNonce]

I have a 5800x but I think the 3dx(?) would be the one to to for as the benchmarks I seem to remember having much more stable framerates and higher 1% lows even though the average wasn’t much higher

 

[Ant1]

Anyone got a new Ryzen CPU and GPU?

Been toying with upgrading my Ryzen 7 3700X/RX 5600XT to a Ryzen 7 5800X/RX 6800XT

Already got an 850w Platinum Coolermaster PSU in there, a massive air cooler for the CPU and a B550m Tomahawk board. Everything is there to push it further and get the best from a 1440p monitor

Tom has I think?

 

[Crayola]

I have a 5800x but I think the 3dx(?) would be the one to to for as the benchmarks I seem to remember having much more stable framerates and higher 1% lows even though the average wasn’t much higher

Double the price though mate, a 3DX is like £450+

@Ant1 I think you're right, @Ph1 Tom does have loads of money

 

[Ph1 Tom]

3DX isn't worth it at higher resolutions. You are always GPU bound. Benefits are minimal over 1080P.

You'd gain more leaving the existing CPU and get a 6950XT. £800 for one of them at the moment. The faster memory than the 6800/6900 helps quite a bit.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-radeon-6950-xt-mba-16gb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-02q-am.html

 

[Crayola]

Not sure if the 3700x with do SAM, but not entirely sire if I would need to have it either 🤷‍♂️

 

[R3k1355]

Might be worth getting the GPU first and wait for the X3D or similar to come down in price.

AM4 socket has been replaced, so you'd expect the previous generation stuff to slip down in price slowly.

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Not sure if the 3700x with do SAM, but not entirely sire if I would need to have it either 🤷‍♂️

It's game dependant and again makes more of a difference at lower resolutions.

 

[BoatNonce]

3DX isn't worth it at higher resolutions. You are always GPU bound.

Depends what you’re playing 😂

e.g. Assetto Corsa Competizione

Only 12fps gain on average but 28fps better 1%low will be a much smoother experienece.

 

[Crayola]

I'm not that fussed tbh, I'll see what it's like with a new GPU and then go from there

Just want that bit more oomph

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Depends what you’re playing 😂

e.g. Assetto Corsa Competizione
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Only 12fps gain on average but 28fps better 1%low will be a much smoother experienece.

That's not at the highest graphics settings though, only on medium, and it's an extreme example. Most modern titles see zero gain at higher resolutions as they're GPU bound and utilise multiple cores a lot more.

If money is no object or for eSports then fair enough. But at this stage it's best to wait for further developments of it with AM5.

A better GPU makes more difference.

 

[Crayola]

Was looking last night and there's a 6950 XT up for £850👀

 

[N0ddie]

Was looking last night and there's a 6950 XT up for £850👀

Bargain. Unless the new AMD stuff is better for same monies.

 

[Ant1]

Was looking last night and there's a 6950 XT up for £850👀

New?

Good price, cheapest I can find is this one.

ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT TUF 16GB OC Graphics Card 4711081767336 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT TUF 16GB OC Graphics Card at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Crayola]

New?

Good price, cheapest I can find is this one.

ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT TUF 16GB OC Graphics Card 4711081767336 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT TUF 16GB OC Graphics Card at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

www.ebay.co.uk

Yeah I believe it's new

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-radeon-rx-6950-xt-16gb-gddr6-graphics-card-rdna2-5120-streams-1890mhz-gpu-2310mhz-boost

 

[charltjr]

Not really a “power” PC, but I had a little play with my XPS which I bought during lockdown/graphics card hell as a cheap way to get a 3060ti.

The cooling was an absolute joke. Single 80mm exhaust fan, hard drive blocking most of the airflow from the front of the case even though there was a free bay at the top of the case which wouldn’t cover the vent grills.

Moved the HDD and bracket, put as many Noctua fans as would fit in the case, added a VRM heatsink and swapped out the stock intel cooler for a tower cooler.

GPU temps unchanged, but fans max out at 70% not 100% which is a massive difference in noise. CPU temps down 20C (!!!) and the PC runs so much quieter.

The hard drive at the right was where the fan at the bottom of the pic is, completely blocking any airflow. Genius.

Oh, and the memory wasn’t running at it’s maximum rated speed either. FFS dell!

 

[N0ddie]

You wanna get yourself off that HDD and onto an M.2 NVME SSD. They've come down massively in price recently and make such a difference over running off a HDD.

 

[charltjr]

You wanna get yourself off that HDD and onto an M.2 NVME SSD. They've come down massively in price recently and make such a difference over running off a HDD.

I've got an M.2 boot drive, the HDD is just for my Steam folder. I don't play enough games where loading time is a factor for it to bother me.

 

[ChrisR]

Samsung have a cashback offer at the moment, means you can get a 2TB NVME drive for £150 (£230 usually but £80 cashback).

 

[N0ddie]

Samsung have a cashback offer at the moment, means you can get a 2TB NVME drive for £150 (£230 usually but £80 cashback).

Where can I find this offer? My son needs more storage on his PS5.

 

[jenic]

Where can I find this offer? My son needs more storage on his PS5.

2TB Samsung 980 PRO M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD - MZ-V8P2T0BW

Massive 2TB storage capacity With Super Fast performance due to it's PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe interface and super Fluid 7000Mbps read speed ., Mfg Code: MZ-V8P2T0BW

www.cclonline.com

But I think you want the heatsink model for PS5, which isn't on the cashback offer afaik

2TB Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD - MZ-V8P2T0CW

Enormous 2TB storage capacity With Super Rapid performance due to it's PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe interface and super Rapid 7000Mbps read speed ., Mfg Code: MZ-V8P2T0CW

www.cclonline.com

 

[ChrisR]

Yup don’t believe heat sink models are on there, although how much is a heat sink to diy it, a fiver/tenner?

Samsung Promotions

 

[Darren S]

Anyone got the NZXT CAM software controlling a NZXT fan controller?

I mentioned it a while back in this thread and it is/was a great little device. But since switching to Windows 11, the CAM software simply cannot control the fans. They are on basic standard speed - literally doing nothing useful to cool the interior of the case.

Seems a common vibe online that Windows 11 does cause a problem with it. In the Cooling tab of the software, it just reports "Device loading...." indefinitely.

Hope they manage to patch it soon.

I used it when I had my H210i and it always worked well, but that was on Windows 10

Since I changed cases I’ve been using Fan Control. I’ve tried this on both Windows 10 and 11 with no change in how it operates.

Turns out I was a complete tool with this - with a small caveat!

So - all was good using Windows 10 as mentioned - proof of this is that I managed previously to update the firmware on the NZXT fan controller. Therefore, I had it in my head that the issue could not have been hardware related.

Turns out that in Windows 11, USB passthrough is not as easy. The NZXT fan controller, could not be 'seen' by the mobo when passing through the NZXT USB hub controller. More bizarre, due to the fact that the other devices on the USB hub can be seen.

Anyways, I had a spare USB header on the mobo and connected the NZXT fan controller to that. The NZXT CAM software immediately saw it and allowed control of the fans.

Glad that its now sorted - but a bit pissed at myself for not double-checking it earlier!