- May 8, 2014
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I recently bought parts to build a system primarily for 1080p gaming. Please do not laugh if some of the elements are missing from the part names. I am very much frustrated as I will define.
Initially I purchased:
Corsair HX 750 Watts
Intel 17 4770k 3.5 Ghz
Asus Maximus VI Hero
G.SKILL TridentX F3-2400C10D-16GTX 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-2400 CL10 240PIN 1.65V Dual Channel Memory Kit
Sapphire R9 290x 4 GB ( I will provide the memory chip info if necessary).
Other parts like the HDD were from previous crapola desktop. (DVD / HDD)
I did not change anything in the bios and by-default the RAM Frequency was only 1333 mhz
Even on default settings everything was working and I was able to play games. I played GRID 2 maxed and was amazed.
Now let’s go to the part where things started to mess up.
When I play The Witcher 2, it auto detected ULTRA settings same as Battlefield 4, Ulta.
I noticed that the GPU fan started to go through the roof (expected after reading reviews) and then BLACK SCREEN.
So basically within few mins of the graphic heavy stuff, I got black screen.
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After reading the internet and issues with Black screen I used 2 PCI-E power cables from the motherboard, (8 pins && 6 + 2 pins) but same thing happened. My friend had a brand new Corsair AX 1200i so he gave it to me for testing. I thought the card was drawing too much power so I changed the power supply.
Exactly same thing happened.
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Next I replaced the stock cooler with (Kraken™ X60 - NZXT) water cooler and a back plate from NZXT. I thought may be the temperature was rising too much and at 95 degree C the card was shutting down. With custom settings (in the NZXT software) the temperature of the card's GPU is 55 deg C max. Now I entered the BIOS and that’s were I found that the RAM is only at 1333 mhz frequency.
I followed the guide on this forum and moved to XMP 2 I think and I can see that the frequency has changed to 2400 Mhz ( I used the first trick, did not use the manual entries).
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Things I have done:
I also tried Afterburner and changed some settings however I have now moved back to default.
The GPU: Sapphire R9 290x is being detected as PCIe 3.0 x8 natvie. – I have it installed on the first Red port. Should it not come up as x16 ?
I have completed uninstalled and re installed the latest drivers. 13.12 to 14.4 latest.
Any suggestions and assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Initially I purchased:
Corsair HX 750 Watts
Intel 17 4770k 3.5 Ghz
Asus Maximus VI Hero
G.SKILL TridentX F3-2400C10D-16GTX 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-2400 CL10 240PIN 1.65V Dual Channel Memory Kit
Sapphire R9 290x 4 GB ( I will provide the memory chip info if necessary).
Other parts like the HDD were from previous crapola desktop. (DVD / HDD)
I did not change anything in the bios and by-default the RAM Frequency was only 1333 mhz
Even on default settings everything was working and I was able to play games. I played GRID 2 maxed and was amazed.
Now let’s go to the part where things started to mess up.
When I play The Witcher 2, it auto detected ULTRA settings same as Battlefield 4, Ulta.
I noticed that the GPU fan started to go through the roof (expected after reading reviews) and then BLACK SCREEN.
So basically within few mins of the graphic heavy stuff, I got black screen.
___________________________________________________________________________
After reading the internet and issues with Black screen I used 2 PCI-E power cables from the motherboard, (8 pins && 6 + 2 pins) but same thing happened. My friend had a brand new Corsair AX 1200i so he gave it to me for testing. I thought the card was drawing too much power so I changed the power supply.
Exactly same thing happened.
___________________________________________________________________________
Next I replaced the stock cooler with (Kraken™ X60 - NZXT) water cooler and a back plate from NZXT. I thought may be the temperature was rising too much and at 95 degree C the card was shutting down. With custom settings (in the NZXT software) the temperature of the card's GPU is 55 deg C max. Now I entered the BIOS and that’s were I found that the RAM is only at 1333 mhz frequency.
I followed the guide on this forum and moved to XMP 2 I think and I can see that the frequency has changed to 2400 Mhz ( I used the first trick, did not use the manual entries).
_________________________________________________________________________
Things I have done:
I also tried Afterburner and changed some settings however I have now moved back to default.
The GPU: Sapphire R9 290x is being detected as PCIe 3.0 x8 natvie. – I have it installed on the first Red port. Should it not come up as x16 ?
I have completed uninstalled and re installed the latest drivers. 13.12 to 14.4 latest.
Any suggestions and assistance will be greatly appreciated.
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