PC Pc Gaming/building thread

[dwwaino]

PC has carked it now. It has not been great for months. I haven't been able to game, the thing runs slow, and videos are buffery and stuttering with the sound dropping in and out. It stopped recognising my speakers about 4-5 months ago and now it has stopped recognising my headphones so I have no audio at all. It is telling me no audio device output is installed despite my headphones still showing in device manager. No fixes I can find have fixed the issue.

I was leaning towards the issue being the CPU cooler since it gets quite a bit of a rattle and at times a loud constant whine which forces me to shut down to stop. That hasn't happened nearly as much since I turned the fans down in the BIOS so the longer the issue has gone on the more I have leaned towards the issue being with the motherboard due to audio problems but I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to PC issues so who knows.

I am hoping the issue isn't going to cost a lot to fix since money is tight at the moment.

After checking anything software/OS related my first guess would be motherboard as well. Other hardware has more specific symptoms (drives will freeze, RAM and CPU will often blue screen or fail to post) when they fail but the motherboard controls everything so it can have a wide range of things happening.

 

[HugeJohnson]

RDR launching at $70 on Steam? Gross.

Sickening cash grab.

 

[blackshadow]

PC has carked it now. It has not been great for months. I haven't been able to game, the thing runs slow, and videos are buffery and stuttering with the sound dropping in and out. It stopped recognising my speakers about 4-5 months ago and now it has stopped recognising my headphones so I have no audio at all. It is telling me no audio device output is installed despite my headphones still showing in device manager. No fixes I can find have fixed the issue.

I was leaning towards the issue being the CPU cooler since it gets quite a bit of a rattle and at times a loud constant whine which forces me to shut down to stop. That hasn't happened nearly as much since I turned the fans down in the BIOS so the longer the issue has gone on the more I have leaned towards the issue being with the motherboard due to audio problems but I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to PC issues so who knows.

I am hoping the issue isn't going to cost a lot to fix since money is tight at the moment.

Sounds suspiciously like a motherboard.

What CPU and chipset?

 

[gaskin]

Sounds suspiciously like a motherboard.

What CPU and chipset?

CPU is an i9-10850K. Motherboard is a z590 elite. The Chipset is apparently Intel 500 series.

 

[blackshadow]

CPU is an i9-10850K. Motherboard is a z590 elite. The Chipset is apparently Intel 500 series.

You might be able to pick up a mobo cheaply from ebay/facebook marketplace if you're convinced it's the issue.

 

[gaskin]

So I spoke to one of the tech guys at PLE and he said it sounds like a multitude of issues. He said it definitely sounds like there is an issue with the motherboard. The noise it makes on startup which I forgot to mention he thinks could be the PSU fan ramping right up and then settling down. Then two other noises (the rattle and loud constant whine) he thinks are the CPU cooler. The rattle coming from the fan bearings and the whine being an issue with the pump.

But, I won't know for sure until I bring my PC in to them next week. It looks like it could be costing me a lot more than I want to spend.

 

[dwwaino]

I wouldn't worry too much about the PSU fan noise just yet if that's what it is if it's only on startup. A lot of things run at 100% until post and the motherboard applies settings. It also pulls more juice on startup. Same can be said for things like CPU cooler. If there are gremlins in the motherboard then it could play all sorts of funny buggers with other hardware like sending full current or dirty power. Only problem with motherboards failing is unless they're recent then you're likely up for a new CPU too.

 

[dav3]

So I spoke to one of the tech guys at PLE and he said it sounds like a multitude of issues. He said it definitely sounds like there is an issue with the motherboard. The noise it makes on startup which I forgot to mention he thinks could be the PSU fan ramping right up and then settling down. Then two other noises (the rattle and loud constant whine) he thinks are the CPU cooler. The rattle coming from the fan bearings and the whine being an issue with the pump.

But, I won't know for sure until I bring my PC in to them next week. It looks like it could be costing me a lot more than I want to spend.

Reinstalling Windows is free, just saying

 

[dav3]

I guess this is partly why AMD dropped out of the high-end GPU market

AMD's RX 6600 is the most popular Red Team GPU among Steam gamers, by a whisker — but no Radeon card makes the top 30 list

RDNA 3 seems to be nowhere in sight!

www.tomshardware.com

 

[dwwaino]

Starcraft remasters are out. I wouldn't give them a second thought if they weren't on Gamepass but that's enough of an excuse for me to play them again.

 

[gaskin]

Just got off the phone with PLE who have had my PC since Monday last week and the problem is that my AIO is completely dead and not cooling at all. Thankfully no issue with the motherboard so it is a relatively cheap fix compared to what I was expecting.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I love PLE. Will absolutely get my next PC through them.

 

[dwwaino]

Thankfully that's all it is, odd symptoms though. I've had an AIO pump fail. ICue was reporting pump RPM and the pump was vibrating but no fluid was moving (I think the impaler came off the rotor) but the trigger for me to investigate was one day my FPS went to poo and I noticed my CPU throttling with huge temps even at idle.

Stuttering, freezing and generally being slow would definitely happen from a CPU throttling due to a failed cooler but not recognising hardware/driver issues are a mystery.

 

[dwwaino]

I love PLE. Will absolutely get my next PC through them.

I've concluded WA PLE are the equivalent to Scorptec here. Everyone have really positive experiences and their service is good. However I've been to the PLE store in Melbourne twice and both times were terrible experiences. Infact the first time I nearly got into a punch on with the sales dude because he was being a campaigner (and I promised the wife years ago I'd stop "taking it outside" when people shit me).

I think I've used them once or twice besides that just for pick up because their store is in the same suburb as my work, only about 2 minutes away, and I drive past it every day. That's only the really rare occasions that Scorptec or PC Case Gear haven't had something in stock that I've needed urgently or they were significantly cheaper.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Ah that's disappointing. Yeah I have nothing but good things to say about them, and I've been to multiple PLE stores here in WA, bought my current PC and HTPC through them, plus various bits and pieces over the years. Always my go-to and who I recommend others go to as well.

 

[gaskin]

Stuttering, freezing and generally being slow would definitely happen from a CPU throttling due to a failed cooler but not recognising hardware/driver issues are a mystery.

I am tempted to take my headphones with me when I pick it up just to make sure that the issue is fixed. It seemed strange to me that not recognising hardware could be caused by a cooler issue but when I dropped it off the bloke I spoke to did say that all my issues could be either the cooler or the motherboard as issues with both could explain my problems.

Update: It turns out the issue is a windows problem. Booting into anything other than the main windows fixes the issue. They have tried rolling back drivers but they always revert back to whatever is corrupted. They are going to do a fresh windows install over night and see if that fixes the issue.

 

[dwwaino]

I am tempted to take my headphones with me when I pick it up just to make sure that the issue is fixed. It seemed strange to me that not recognising hardware could be caused by a cooler issue but when I dropped it off the bloke I spoke to did say that all my issues could be either the cooler or the motherboard as issues with both could explain my problems.

Update: It turns out the issue is a windows problem. Booting into anything other than the main windows fixes the issue. They have tried rolling back drivers but they always revert back to whatever is corrupted. They are going to do a fresh windows install over night and see if that fixes the issue.

Great news. Best possible case at this point.

 

[Ry009]

Infact the first time I nearly got into a punch on with the sales dude because he was being a campaigner

What was it over?

 

[dwwaino]

What was it over?

He was just one of the biggest smart areas I've ever met. I don't know if he was just trying to be cool or whatever.

 

[Ry009]

He was just one of the biggest smart areas I've ever met. I don't know if he was just trying to be cool or whatever.

Probably primarily uses a Mac at home I reckon.

 

[dwwaino]

Probably primarily uses a Mac at home I reckon.

He was short with red hair in a pony tail and seemed like the kind who would correct people's spelling mistakes on Facebook.

 

[dwwaino]

The dichotomy of PC gamers.

First I watch a video about Stalker 2 recommended specs and benchmarks



And then I watch a video about imminent (as in next year) NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards launches

 

[dav3]

First I watch a video.....

And then I watch a video.......

I quoted where you went wrong

 

[dwwaino]