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pc partpicker assumes if you don't choose "cpu cooler" that just means youre using stock cooler that is supplied
most everyone does, aside from a few one offs that don't come w/ coolers
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most everyone does, aside from a few one offs that don't come w/ coolers
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did your mb had a bios flashback slot on the ioshield?
it's usually the slot right next to the flashback button
like my tomahwak 550 has a built in i/o shield maybe easier to see
then i got the gigabyte 550 (cuz i like them more)
and same thing, follow the button for the flashbios slot
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Yes, it's what I used.did your mb had a bios flashback slot on the ioshield?
it's usually the slot right next to the flashback button
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like my tomahwak 550 has a built in i/o shield maybe easier to see
then i got the gigabyte 550 (cuz i like them more)
and same thing, follow the button for the flashbios slot
But unlike Denamian's board, mine doesn't work unless the cpu socket is populated. Once I stuck a cpu in it and plugged my psu in, suddenly the headphone jacks lit up and my thumbdrive powered on and the bios flash button worked. Prior to having a cpu installed, the board acted completely dead.
As someone who is interested in upgrading my desktop in the next year, what is the outlook like on video cards? Is there such a shortage just because of covid? I'm not willing to pay triple for the part of the pc that's already the most expensive.
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It’s covid plus high demand from people skipping the 2xxx generation plus a large performance leap year. You’ll be able to get them easier in a few months. eBay listing prices have been slowly dropping. Eventually it won’t be worth scalping anymore and stock will catch up with demand.
Sounds good. I was hoping things would calm down sometime soon. I have no idea what card I want but you can't find anything right now so it doesn't really matter.
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I posted this in the other thread but I went to Microcenter this morning to get a 5600 and about half a dozen guys were standing around asking the employees about the five 3080s they supposedly had in stock. They were gone in under 30 minutes of the store opening. One guy ended up taking a liquid cooled 3090 for $1800 though!
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Well, the one I bought back in October has 3 of the 8 ports ignoring the pwm control and running the fans attached at full speed. The other 4+1 work, but I don't want all these splitters in my case so time to order another controller.
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Lol id rather build my own - also that looks kind of ridiculous - I just finished my custom setup and im ready to sell it and try something else
Also the dam cpu is always 15-20 degrees warmer than the gpu and it warms the gpu - i need to change the loop somehow so that there is a second 240 or 360 radiator between the gpu and cpu - at the moment i have a small 120 but last night the gpu temp rose to like 65 and brought the gpu up to 55 - also weird is the water level started to rise on its own? I am thinking of a way to have the 120 radiator go to a 240 or 360 and then down to the cpu since the cpu then goes to a 360 and distro before going back into the gpu -
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