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Old 09-08-2021, 10:10   #16
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Re: PC Spec Question.

AMD Ryzen 2600 here on home PC, Intel i7-10850H on work laptop. Home, I use the PC as a media server (Plex) and so do lots of video encoding on the fly. Work, I run software we sell which needs some meaty specifications (also have 64Gb RAM and a 1Tb SSD to do this)
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Re: PC Spec Question.

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AMD Ryzen 2600 here on home PC, Intel i7-10850H on work laptop. Home, I use the PC as a media server (Plex) and so do lots of video encoding on the fly. Work, I run software we sell which needs some meaty specifications (also have 64Gb RAM and a 1Tb SSD to do this)
I just bought a Samsung 980 1TB M.2 in anticipation of DirectStorage coming to Windows 11. Never needed more than a 256 GB M.2 ( Samsung 960 Evo ) for OS and Application but do have nearly 20 TB mechanical drives for other stuff inc plex
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Re: PC Spec Question.

I bought a Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 to put games on - it makes a difference.

I have a 500GB SSD as the boot disk, 4TB of HD, and the 256GB SSD from my old PC in the current 2 year old box.
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Re: PC Spec Question.

sweet just wish higher capacity SSDs were not stupid expensive still
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I just bought a Samsung 980 1TB M.2 in anticipation of DirectStorage coming to Windows 11. Never needed more than a 256 GB M.2 ( Samsung 960 Evo ) for OS and Application but do have nearly 20 TB mechanical drives for other stuff inc plex
My main PC has a 256GB M2 drive and a 2TB spinny one. I have 32GB of RAM too which means swap drive action is minimal so I felt more confident about using solid state drives. I do also have an 8TB NAS drive.
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Re: PC Spec Question.

My main Drive is a 1TB NVme Samsung Evo 970 Plus M.2
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Re: PC Spec Question.

Recently upgraded my system.

Running a 5950x, 32Gb 3600Mhz ram, EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra and a 1Tb Samsung 980 Pro.

Still trying to decide if I am going to buy a waterblock for the GPU or get a card with a block already on it and upgrade my dad's card.

Honestly though the heat that both the CPU and GPU pump out when playing games is stupid, especially with the GPU drawing on average 400w of power plus on average 120w being drawn by the CPU.

Looking forward to building the shed I want as that will keep the temps down in the room.
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Re: PC Spec Question.

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Recently upgraded my system.

Running a 5950x, 32Gb 3600Mhz ram, EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra and a 1Tb Samsung 980 Pro.

Still trying to decide if I am going to buy a waterblock for the GPU or get a card with a block already on it and upgrade my dad's card.

Honestly though the heat that both the CPU and GPU pump out when playing games is stupid, especially with the GPU drawing on average 400w of power plus on average 120w being drawn by the CPU.

Looking forward to building the shed I want as that will keep the temps down in the room.
If it's the air inside the case getting a bit warm, could it be a simpler matter of adding fans, if only by adding a simple 2(240mm)or3(360mm) fan water cooler for the CPU?


I'm looking to build a new PC to replace my current 8 year old one(i7 4th Gen, GTX1080), and wouldn't like the extra complications and risk of having to build a full water cooled PC and have to strip apart the GPU to water cool it. Looking around, it does seem GPUs with waterblocks already fitted are being made, whether they're in stock is another matter. There are articles of how to put a full water-cooled system together and how to add a waterblock to an existing GPU.
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Old 24-08-2021, 19:50   #24
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Re: PC Spec Question.

Water cooling just moves the heat from one point to another.

The only decent one I found had a radiator outside the case, with 9 fans.
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Re: PC Spec Question.

Water coolers are more efficient at removing heat from the electronics.

They use radiators and fans located at the outer parts of the case, and so the warm air isn't swirling around inside the case affecting other components.
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Old 24-08-2021, 21:08   #26
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Re: PC Spec Question.

It's not pretty at the moment as I needed to get the pc back up and running.



The air inside the pc is warm but it doesn't help that the room I am in hit's well over 32c when I start gaming.

Just been playing Destiny for around 2 hours and it's 36c in here now.

I have almost everything I need for a hardline tube loop and then it's a case of deciding what to do about the GPU, do I get another 3080Ti with a waterblock and give my dad this EVGA one or do I just buy the block for this and risk killing it.

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Re: PC Spec Question.

Custom PC magazine is the place for all this sort of stuff.
The May 2021 issue dealt with a similar build to yours, even adding a waterblock to the RTX3080 GPU.
A key difference in the builds, is that theirs has the radiator fans at the top and side, with 3 fans at the front drawing air in. Is that the missing bit of your build, not enough drawing air in?

The article's instructions on installing the GPU waterblock.
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8 REMOVE GPU COOLER
You can see last issue’s guide for more details
on how to dismantle the RTX 3080 Founders
Edition, but we recommend duct tape or 3M
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caps in the casing. After this, dismantling the
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the backplate. Once it’s mounted, go ahead
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The fans at the front are set to intake.
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The fans at the front are set to intake.
Which means the air is drawn in over the front radiator, warming it before it gets into the case.
It looks like you have two sets of fans at the front? The case fans, and then the radiator fans. Are they working against each other? The case fans pulling air in and the front radiator fans trying to push air out?
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Which means the air is drawn in over the front radiator, warming it before it gets into the case.
It looks like you have two sets of fans at the front? The case fans, and then the radiator fans. Are they working against each other? The case fans pulling air in and the front radiator fans trying to push air out?
one would imagine it is pull push
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