October 8, 20205 yr On 10/2/2020 at 11:27 PM, Benjamin J said: The case ventilation could be an issue. I have a cat who is very curious and loves to poke into holes and scratch and bite cables and wires. He would also routinely sit on top of the case, blocking the vents (I suppose he enjoyed the warm air). So I had to block off some of the spaces that would give access to the top and back of the case to make sure the cat doesn't get to it. I placed some cardboard barriers, which shouldn't obstruct the vents directly, but I can certainly see this making air circulation around the case inefficient. It's certainly possible this contributed, but it's hard to see what I can do about it, given that without these barriers the cat is likely to kill the computer (and himself). Mind you, I do think I have enough fans... Two in the front and one in he bottom sucking air in, and then one fan at the back and tow at the top for exhaust... 😆 I know the feeling. For me it started when he was a Kitten. 2.5mm twin core and earth was a fine delicacy for him and light flex the equivalent of a tasty pudding. Thankfully now he has grown up he's less interested in live cables. But I still have to watch him. These days its run behind my PC, attack the cables, and hope I comply with the game and chase him. 😆 Just moved to the Channel Islands and currently he's hiding behind my PC bits in a box, before no doubt another sniffing session. Cats are trully awesome.
October 8, 20205 yr Too bad you didn't wait -- Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.
October 8, 20205 yr Author @pgde, I appreciate the information, but I'm not going to get a new Mobo/CPU combo now or anytime soon, just don't want to spend that money nor invest the time currently. However, I'll keep it in mind for future reference! @martin-w So you understand the situation perfectly well, then! I tend to feel that my cat's redeeming factor is that he is incredibly soft. If not for that... Benjamin van Soldt Windows 10 64bit - i5-8600k @ 4.7GHz - ASRock Fatality K6 Z370 - EVGA GTX1070 SC 8GB VRAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 3200MHz - Samsung 960 Evo SSD M.2 NVMe 500GB - 2x Samsung 860 Evo SSD 1TB (P3Dv4/5 drive) - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM - Seasonic FocusPlus Gold 750W - Noctua DH-15S - Fractal Design Focus G (White) Case
October 9, 20205 yr 9 hours ago, pgde said: Too bad you didn't wait -- I love to see the new competition in the high-end CPU range as much as anyone else, and I love my 3900X (might upgrade to a 5900X in a year or so). But what Benjamin suggested was a simple CPU upgrade without replacing any other parts of the hardware. In this context there's absolutely no point in suggesting a switch to a new platform. My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
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