Gaming PCs Thread...time for a sticky / running thread?

[Lazadude]

Yes a PCI 3 GPU will work on a PCI 2 Mobo. They're all backwards compatible the only difference is the amount of bandwidth able for the card to use.

Its an old CPU (and Mobo as I'm sure you know), and would be quite far behind modern CPUs. You could save even more money and go for a Ryzen 2600X, still AM4 etc and still plenty of power.

Cooler wise, it all depends on your case and how much headroom you have. Noctua coolers are great, so are the Dark Rock Pro 4's. I actually really like the Be Quiet coolers, especially the TF as its smaller height allows slimmer cases, plus downfiring puts air over the VRMs on the motherboard.

ETA. The AMD processors come with an air cooler that if you are not overclocking, is more that adequate.

Edited by Lazadude on Wednesday 29th January 08:15

[Art0ir]

New PC bits on the way. 9900ks and 2080ti, 360mm rad and water cooler,4x8GB memory, 1TB m.2 drive and lots of fans...

Get it built tomorrow evening hopefully.

[Lazadude]

AIO or custom loop?

[Art0ir]

AIO, don’t trust custom stuff or my own assembly skills enough for that carry on.

[RobDickinson]

that will be a beast

[Art0ir]

I managed to wring the neck out of my 3750k at 4.2GHz for a solid 7 years so hoping to future proof again. I will now have a surplus 1080 however if it’s of use to anyone.

Edited by Art0ir on Wednesday 19th February 14:05

[Digby]

Art0ir said:

I will now have a surplus 1080 however if it’s of use to anyone.

Is it a ti?

[Art0ir]

Negative.

Rainbow vomit only for pictures, much dimmer red hue rest of the time. Haven’t OCd anything yet but boy does it shrug off even modern titles. Never saw GPU temps above 61 and CPU at 55 this evening. Fiddling begins tomorrow maybe.

[Boozy]

I'm back to gaming on a PC, used the excuse a few weeks back that we may be stuck at home bored, little did I realize what that would be like now.... Intel Core i7-9700F - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER - 1TB Hard Drive + 480GB Solid State Drive. Already bought a new 4gb HD as the other one is full of games already, it plays most things well on a 2k monitor.

Hoping it's future proof for a bit, I used afterburner to I think overclock the GPU slightly but not sure it's made a huge difference.

[FourWheelDrift]

Boozy said:

I'm back to gaming on a PC, used the excuse a few weeks back that we may be stuck at home bored, little did I realize what that would be like now.... Intel Core i7-9700F - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER - 1TB Hard Drive + 480GB Solid State Drive. Already bought a new 4gb HD as the other one is full of games already, it plays most things well on a 2k monitor.

Hoping it's future proof for a bit, I used afterburner to I think overclock the GPU slightly but not sure it's made a huge difference.

I've overclocked my 2060s. MSI RTX 2060 Super Ventus GP OC (already OC'd but took it further) using the automatic MSI OC, I then manually increased RAM speed too.

Core clock from 1470 to 1626Mhz
Boost setting from 1665 to 1821Mhz
VRAM from 1750 to 1900Mhz



All stable, running 3dMark extreme tests and Unigine heaven.

In 3dMark it boosts up to 2,055 MHz.

You did remember to select the very tiny "apply at startup" option under the left hand side display? Easy to miss.

Memory boost to 1900 is +600, I have seen some people doing +800 safely so I'm still comfortable.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 26th March 20:23

[Boozy]

FourWheelDrift said:

I've overclocked my 2060s. MSI RTX 2060 Super Ventus GP OC (already OC'd but took it further) using the automatic MSI OC, I then manually increased RAM speed too.

Core clock from 1470 to 1626Mhz
Boost setting from 1665 to 1821Mhz
VRAM from 1750 to 1900Mhz



All stable, running 3dMark extreme tests and Unigine heaven.

In 3dMark it boosts up to 2,055 MHz.

You did remember to select the very tiny "apply at startup" option under the left hand side display? Easy to miss.

Memory boost to 1900 is +600, I have seen some people doing +800 safely so I'm still comfortable.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 26th March 20:23

Stupid question, did you just manually put those numbers in?

[FourWheelDrift]

Only the memory one I did manually. For the rest click on OC top left of MSI Afterburner (with the little magnifying glass next to it), let it do it's thing. It finds a stable overclock for you then click the tick to accept and then save it to a profile.

Followed this - https://www.msi.com/blog/get-a-free-performance-bo...

As long as it says curve on the core clock you know it's found something extra.

[Boozy]

FourWheelDrift said:

Only the memory one I did manually. For the rest click on OC top left of MSI Afterburner (with the little magnifying glass next to it), let it do it's thing. It finds a stable overclock for you then click the tick to accept and then save it to a profile.

Followed this - https://www.msi.com/blog/get-a-free-performance-bo...

As long as it says curve on the core clock you know it's found something extra.

So I've run it again, how do you see how much it's ramped things up so I can compare to yours? sorry if these are stupid questions!

[FourWheelDrift]

Use GPU-Z - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

[Boozy]

FourWheelDrift said:

Use GPU-Z - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

not sure what difference that will make to games?

[Jinx]

Boozy said:

not sure what difference that will make to games?

You can get about a 10% improvement ( https://babeltechreviews.com/the-rtx-2060-super-vs...)

[DuncsGTi]

Just ordered a new case for my system, hoping the better airflow will drop temps a bit.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-icue-220t-...

Specs are as follows
B450 tomahawk max
Ryzen 7 2700 with standard cooler
Corsair Vengeance 2x8Gb 3000Mhz
Crucial MX500 1Tb 2.5" SSD
Palit Dual RTX 2070

I've been playing a fair bit of F1 2019 on it of late, it only needs a couple of little tweaks down from ultra to run a steady 60fps at 4k

[MissChief]

DuncsGTi said:

Just ordered a new case for my system, hoping the better airflow will drop temps a bit.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-icue-220t-...

Specs are as follows
B450 tomahawk max
Ryzen 7 2700 with standard cooler
Corsair Vengeance 2x8Gb 3000Mhz
Crucial MX500 1Tb 2.5" SSD
Palit Dual RTX 2070

I've been playing a fair bit of F1 2019 on it of late, it only needs a couple of little tweaks down from ultra to run a steady 60fps at 4k

R5 3600 might have been a better option than the R7 2700? Better performance and the same price if not slightly cheaper? Might have allowed you to go to 3200Mhz or even 3600Mhz on the Memory? 2700 is still a good chip but a better option is available IMO. Although I concede the 2700 is 8 core and the 3600 is only 6 core.

[DuncsGTi]

MissChief said:

R5 3600 might have been a better option than the R7 2700? Better performance and the same price if not slightly cheaper? Might have allowed you to go to 3200Mhz or even 3600Mhz on the Memory? 2700 is still a good chip but a better option is available IMO. Although I concede the 2700 is 8 core and the 3600 is only 6 core.

I did look at the 3600 when I built it (around January) and at the time there was about a £50 price premium over the 2700.

They now seem to be around the same price.

The 2700 will take faster ram than the 3000 kit I've got but I decided my budget was better spent on the GPU than fast ram.


A bit off topic but what has gone on with GPU prices??????

I paid £330 for a palit 2070 in Jan, the same card is now north of £400!!!!!

[MissChief]

DuncsGTi said:

MissChief said:

R5 3600 might have been a better option than the R7 2700? Better performance and the same price if not slightly cheaper? Might have allowed you to go to 3200Mhz or even 3600Mhz on the Memory? 2700 is still a good chip but a better option is available IMO. Although I concede the 2700 is 8 core and the 3600 is only 6 core.

I did look at the 3600 when I built it (around January) and at the time there was about a £50 price premium over the 2700.

They now seem to be around the same price.

The 2700 will take faster ram than the 3000 kit I've got but I decided my budget was better spent on the GPU than fast ram.


A bit off topic but what has gone on with GPU prices??????

I paid £330 for a palit 2070 in Jan, the same card is now north of £400!!!!!

Supply has tanked due to the lockdowns in China. Many factories shuttered completely and some haven’t reopened yet either. Lower supply means price rises sadly.