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  1. DarkMatter

    How powerful a CPU do I need?

    Questions: How capable is the 4800U's GPU? Can it actually cope with modern games at 1080p? From my experience of using a 2400g (20% or so slower than the 4800U I believe) its doable if you are not picky. Set everything to the lowest it can go for 1080p for most modern games and they do run but...
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    Athlon 3000G AM4 - Good enough for a Plex server?

    I currently use a and 3000g in a Asrock deskmini a300 with an external usb drive for storage as my PLEX server. Works well, looking to get a noctua l9a to make it quieter. It can do hardware transcoding using the in built IGPU, it’s not as good as quick sync but it’s not bad ether. Uses less...
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    Arctic Alpine Passive Fibre Washers

    Hi all, Does anyone have any idea where I can purchase a second set of fibre washers for this CPU cooler: https://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/alpine-am4-passive.html They go on the back of the motherboard to stop the springs digging in. I purchased some M3 washers off ebay but they are too small. I...
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    Motherboards which support PWM Fan Stop

    I really like the idea of fans turning off at Idle. From what I can tell Gigabyte is the only brand which advertise this feature. I know my Asus Z170 does offer it in the BIOS but only when the fans are in DC mode which is a shame. Does anyone have any experience with other brands and fans...
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    Ideal monitor for xbox one x ?

    I use a Samsung 27CHG70 for my xbox one X. It supports Freesync 2 with LFC along with HDR, it accepts a 4k signal and downscales it to 1440p or you can select 1440p in the xbox menu. I couldn't have anything above 1080p selected with 120hz so it seems a limitation on the connection? Apart from...
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    Ncase m1 with Arctic Alpine 12 passive (ish)

    What kind of paint did you use to paint it with? Feel tempted to do mine as the silver doesn't work at all!
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    Plex, Download & FileServer - 24/7

    Just as an alternative. I have just side stepped to using a Netgear nighthawk X10 (£250) with one of the 5 bay terramaster raid boxes. I have used many setups but found this for fills my needs perfectly. As time has gone on I do less and less transcoding as all the material I have I encoded...
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    Cold Boot Issues

    Thanks everyone for the replies. I will try a new kettle lead. An easy long shot. I have a trusty HX520 in another desktop which I can swap around to test. Sorry that was a poor explination. I shouldn't have said nothing ever happens just nothing happens. My first thoughts was it must be a...
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    Cold Boot Issues

    Looking for some advice. I'm currently experiencing some cold boot issues with the following system... Press the power button and the power LED lights up but nothing ever happens. Turn off and try again, sometimes it can be 3-4 times sometimes it can be right away. I've reset everything to...
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    Low power/passive cooled CPU?

    At the moment I'm running the 2400G underclocked to 35W with the HR02 with just the one system fan. Seems to get much warmer than my previous intel CPUs with temps in the 60s and low 70s on a hot day. I think I would have to downclock to 2.8-3 to get it fully passive, unfortunately I need the...
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    RYZEN DDR4 MEMORY, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

    What programs do you guys use to establish RAM stability? At the moment im using memtest86 from a usb stick and prime95 but I leave prime95 on default.... is there more optimum options?
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    Equivalent GPU to the Ryzen 5 2400 G?

    I've recently purchased a 2400G and I'm relatively happy with it, the performance is a little lower than expected but that's partly to do with the RAM struggling to hit 3200mhz 100% stable on my MSIB350 Mortar motherboard. The other problem I had was with the drivers but since they have changed...
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    Low power/passive cooled CPU?

    I've run several CPUs passive. Just keep downclocking until you hit a stable temperature. I ended up with: 3570k @ 3 ghz load temps of mid 60's - Thermalright MR02 6100 @ 3 ghz, load temps of mid 60s (small case + heatsink) - Arctic Alpine 11 Passive Fully loaded with no case fans etc. I...
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    What thermal compound?

    Been using AS5 for years and never had a problem and never had to re seat a CPU due to degradation of the compound. Just recently changed my i5 3570k which has been under the heatsink for 6 years and looked absolutely fine.
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    *** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***

    How is everyone finding there Ryzen 2400g on a stability front? So far I've had a few green screens which require alt-tabing out of and the occasional freeze. Both seem like driver related issues so hopefully will be rectified in the near future.
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    AMD 2400G Stock Temps

    I only had the stock cooler on for a day and feel reluctant to change it all back over. Is thermal grizzly much better than arctic silver 5?
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    AMD 2400G Stock Temps

    Been testing yesterday and managed to work out at least some of the problem. The motherboard with boost on gives the CPU in the region of 1.36 to achieve 3.9ghz default boost. If I disable boost and leave on auto voltage at 3.6ghz it gives the cpu approximately 1.25v which gives max load temps...
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    AMD 2400G Stock Temps

    Should clarify I've removed everything (HDD cage etc) and i have serious OCD about cables. I also use a lot of acoustic foam to pad the interior of the case to further improve airflow from front to back. The fan i currently use is a Corsair ML140 as the Silverstone 180mm fan is very noisy. I...
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    AMD 2400G Stock Temps

    What are stock volts for a 2400g?
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    AMD 2400G Stock Temps

    I will have ago at remounting it with some new TIM. I bought the updated AM4 mounting kit from thermalright so it should fit correctly.
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