IT BS thread

Dang. I put an H105i in mine and I think I idle in the 30's-40's with ambient temp hovering in the high 70's - low 80's? (Temp readout on my server usually says 80~84 and that's internal case temp).

I wouldn't like my hardware idling that high. That's just me?

I have a 4770K at 4.4 (I think?) or maybe 4.5Ghz and it goes no where near there. But I am technically on closed loop water... although I have 2 GTX770's that make sure it screams.

 

Mine idles around 40, but the cores never really step down below 4 GHz as they should. Not sure if it's a BIOS setting or software causing it. I'm running a Noctua DH-15.

 

Would you guys replace a battery for an APC UPS, or just buy a new UPS?

Turns out it's just software, or lack there of, to control the cpu frequency.

 

Weird, do you have Speed Step turned on in BIOS?

Is the APC under warranty still? If not I'd factor it's age & cost of a new battery vs whole new UPS. I'd bet a new one could have some fancy new features and be had near the same price as buying a new battery.

 

I have an APC BE750G. It's at least 5 years old. A replacement battery for it is about $50. I bought it from Best Buy, who seem to still sell the model online for $110, but don't carry them in store anymore.

 

Ah so your warranty is gone as those only have 3yr.

This may seem interesting: http://www.amazon.com/APC-BE750G-Back-UPS-10-outlet-Uninterruptible/dp/B000Z80ICM I dunno what your timeline is...

 

I'm usually impatient and hate waiting for shipping. BB has this on sale right now.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/apc-bac...lack/9307797.p?id=1218081367657&skuId=9307797

 

That's nice, very similar to my CyberPower!

I started with this one on my server: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101419 but was never really satisfied with knowing it was passive and the server could technically suffer from a brown-out. I saw this on sale for $164 probably 6 months later: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842102134

The APC now sits in my closet and I'm trying to decide what to do with it.

The Cyberpower is awesome, ran my server + network on battery for 2 hrs yesterday during a SoCalEdison maintenance window. APCUPSD worked perfectly shutting it off, too!

 

The BE750G has been pretty good. I have 2 of them. The electrical was pretty shitty at my old place, which still used Edison and cartridge fuses. Most of the place was wired to a single 15A fuse, so outages and brown outs weren't uncommon. Surprised the place never burned down.

 

So getting this working today was fun....

 

Just got my desktop up and running!

Specs:
Intel i5 4690k
ASUS B85M-G R2.0
16gb ddr3
Nvidia gtx 660
120gb ssd (going to add another 500 gb ssd later.)

Just installed windows 10.

Quick noob questions do i need to update all of the drivers listed here?


Sorry for the crappy pic

 

@outdoorAZ no, probably not. Run all Windows updates, update your GPU and audio drivers and have fun!

 

How hot is too hot for an nvidia gtx 660?

Mine is sitting at 65deg c but Ive got the graphics in csgo turned all the way down to keep it from getting any higher.

 

Graphics properties rarely affect temps from what I've seen. I'd be happy with 65°C. Anything over 90 and I get worried.

 

Took me to long to find out this is an "IT" thread not "LT"

 

It was running in the 80s until i turned everything down

 

97*C is the critical temp. Probably best not to run it much above 80*C for extended amounts of time.

 

Funnily enough: it shouldn't change much by moving your graphics settings around. What you need to do is put in an fps_max of your monitor's refresh rate. Mine likes something in the 60.5 range for a 60hz 1ms panel. By default your GPU/CPU are going to spit out as many frames as they can with every ounce of available hardware they can spare. In D3 I can basically run the game at "idle" if I set the FPS limit near 120. Otherwise I pull 400-500FPS and my fans all go nuts. But it's not necessary.

90 is usually a hard cap on most processors, they automatically underclock themselves around that temp to save from cooking themselves.

80 is fine. My 2x GTX770's run like 72 and 78 depending on how warm the room is, the top one is always 4~6 degrees warmer.

 

How do i set an fps cap?

 

If memory serves me correct you open the console with the ~ key and type "fps_max 60" and it will max you at 60fps. This works FAR better than using Vsync though, so if you have that on turn it off.

If you get tired of putting it in by hand there's a way to add it to your startup configuration file but I can't remember where that is.

*NOTE: When typing commands in the console you usually do not need to wrap them in quotes... in fact I don't think it will work if you do in most cases.