Bump. Good luck replacing the pc. I'm also looking to upgrade my aging laptop to something better.
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GPUs tend to run hotter than CPUs, but 90C is still pretty hot. You can always entertain aftermarket GPU cooling. I've only ever done that with one board, but it did make a difference.
For your CPU, even the type of thermal paste you use can make a difference. I tend to prefer Arctic Silver 5 -- I've gotten an average of 3-5C lower temps when I switched to that from standard thermal paste.
If you ever want to get really fancy, you can learn about things like lapping (to make contact even better for heat sinks, and thus thermal transfer), etc.
I used to be a supermoderator on a PC modding forum (hosted by a modding/customization business that unfortunately no longer exists), wrote articles about what PSU to pick based upon the brand of capacitors in them, mod logs on various builds (I had a tendency to rescue beige cases people were throwing away and then mod them into something sexy :D), etc. I'm not quite as much in the loop now as I was back then (mostly because a lot of it isn't necessary now, as lighting control is now simple with RGB built into everything, etc.), but still happy to help with advice on hardware choices and stuff.
Congrats on the upgraded rig!
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aftermarket GPU cooling
do they even make those? Like non-watercooled ones, 'cause I ain't touching liquid. At least not anytime soon. And I'm not zip-tying a CPU cooler to my GPU either 🤣
I tend to prefer Arctic Silver 5
I'd usually go with Thermal Grizzly or Noctua. From Arctic I think I've only used MX4
I'm not quite as much in the loop now as I was
yeah, I've fallen out of the loop a bit myself. hence why I'm asking around 😅
Man I'd love to build a beige case sleeper with like a 4090 all custom looped in hard tubing. But I've neither time, money nor a reason to really build something like this so I just roll with what I got. RN it must be cheap, easy and reliable before all 😅
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Ha, yeah, I hear that.
And I didn't leave the cases beige...I sanded them down to bare metal and plastic, cut holes and mounted custom windows, did etchings, backlit logos (learning how to wire LEDs from scratch is actually pretty fun), put automotive parts in them (hey, most things run on 12V or 5V, and you can pick up cool switches at the auto parts store that will work great), custom lighting, and a new paint job (usually with automotive paint because of its durability on metal and plastic...you could polish your case like a car when I was done :D).
I wish my build logs were still available, but alas, the site is no more. You would have a fun time going through the stuff.
And you're all good on your thermal compound -- all of those are great aftermarket ones. As for air-cooled aftermarket GPU coolers, there used to actually be quite a few, but I don't know how common they are now, especially for higher-end cards that already have pretty beefy coolers on them. Still, you can probably yank the default one off and replace the thermal compound with something better and even consider lapping the contact surface of the cooler.
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Congrats on the build. One thing you could look into is undervolting your GPU (reducing power consumption without affecting performance) to slightly reduce temperatures: one video about it being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTqCVc9vx5E . Aside from the time to feel out what level to adjust your specific card, the worst that should happen is games start to crash - and at that point you can just raise the voltage back up slightly.
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congrats on the mostly new pc! personally i tend to alternate my upgrades between cpu+mobo+ram (and now likely nvme drive) every other time, and graphics card in between. do you have any pre-upgrade benchmarks to compare against?
also entered a giveaway or two, so thanks for that!
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I wouldn't worry too much about a single FPS stutter. There could be all sorts of reasons like background processes that just happened to run at the same time, or if you are playing multiplayer games it could be related to the server.
As long as you aren't experiencing frame drops very often, it's probably not your hardware.
+1 on Cyberpunk, if you can run that smoothly on high settings you should be good with any game releasing for the next 3-5 years.
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May I ask how much did it cost you for all the parts? Thanks for the ride though!
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Hi!
Due to recent events I had to do some changes to my gaming rig and in the process of deliberate decision making i.e. I've had a few beers, it's a middle of the night and I've spent past few hoyrs browsing online shops and second hand marketplaces I've arrived at building a mostly brand new PC!
The long and short of it is I had to replace my mobo. Since keeping my old-ass socket CPU was pain in the male donkey I also went with a new one. The new CPU + mobo combo required new RAM I'm DDR5 now, baby!!!. And at the last minute I realised my PSU wouldn't handle the new board. I threw 1TB NVMe SSD to the mix just for the sake of it and now here I am. My wallet bleeds...
Anywho now it's your chances to partake in this frabjous day as I've prepared a little Ouroboros train just to hurt my sad wallet a little more! And there's a little extra Dredge for my 💙
On top of that I'd like to ask y'all what'd you recommend I go ahead and blast on my new creation to fully enjoy all the glorious FPS I can achieve now? You don't have to limit your suggestions to my library, I might as well run my financial situation to the ground since I'm at it...
A second question concerns my performance. I haven't done much testing yet, but I did run Heaven a couple o' times results below and I have my concerns. 1. is the drop in min FPS of 11 in the first run something bad? 2. What about the termals? the CPU stays mostly under 70C but the GPU went right over 80 in both tests, spending most time around 85 with fans going all crazy and occasionally going almost to 90C with fans hitting I believe 100%. Is this expected bahaviour? NGL it's my first time with that class of hardware. I've built a bunch of PCs in the past but typically more low-end and or old systems. This is like the closest to "current-gen" as I've ever been. Is there any way to get those temps and fan speeds down?
man, making trains is so tedious...
If nothing went wrong train's lvl2+ running till the end of the month.
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