Recent content by Methodical

Ok. I don't know what say about that, but I did find an old post on this (see link below) that may help ease your concern. For me, if Hwinfo and say AB are reporting the correct usage and there are no problems while gaming, I wouldn't worry about what task manager reports, but your concerns...

Do you have HWinfo? If not, consider using it to monitor your system. This will show you GPU usage while gaming that way you have something more technical to compare to and ensure what you see/hear is what's happening. It's free. https://www.hwinfo.com/

What are you comparing to?

Go into the control panel, programs and features and look for the AMD chipset in there. If you need to update the chipset, unistall the chipset before you install the new chipset.

You obviously don't know the purpose of the UPS or how it works. When the power goes out, the UPS keeps your computer running so it can shut normally and avoid damage vs just shutting off when the power goes out. Now, what would be even worse for a computer are rolling brown outs, in which...

It's possible. arni-gx, I do believe you can do a test in the software. ThrashZone, You should save your money and just get a multi outlet plug because that's the way it's being used.

Did you figure out the problem? It looks like the last page of posts went off the rails.

This^^^^. I had similar problem and a new battery solved the problem. Can you see when the unit was built? Just because you had it since 2021 doesn't mean it was built in 2021. It could've sat for years before you bought it. Contact the APC company about the battery. If you still have...

If temps are within specs I just go to sleep and wake up the next morning without a care about this stuff.

You have better control of fans via PWM. I was hoping to be able to use these fans on my new build but they won't fit up top in the 5000D. They just barely clear the MB but won't clear the CPU cable plug in clip.

Correction: 560s and 680s

Yep. Gotta see what I was missing back then with this new stuff.

Just started playing Crysis 3 again. It's been 10 years since this game came out and I still enjoy the game. It looks much better with 4k resolution and plays much better/smoother with the 3080Ti vs the 560s and 780s I had back then.

Believe it or not, I still play BF3. Also playing Far Cry New Dawn now (late but I didn't have lots of time to play games for about 2 years and really just getting back to them after completing the new build). I have a few other games I will eventually get to, including replaying some old...

I apply thermal paste like making a PB&J sandwich to make sure I cover the entire surface. I never used the pea method or even the line methods. My temperature gets high only when doing stress tests and that's with fans at 1k rpm and pump at 50%. The temperatures hover in the 70s when gaming...