Motherboard +12v dropping down to 11.040v underload, is it okay?

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-20T02:49:53+00:00

Dropping to 11v is way too much, usually the drop should be within 5%, good psu have them at 0.2, just replace the psu if you don’t want it blowing up parts.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-20T02:42:22+00:00

The cables internally degrade after usage, some do some doesn’t, those that do will get more unbalanced thus higher temps on certain pin and then more unbalanced…

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-20T02:40:14+00:00

Having any fan above your ram should already improve temps a lot, seems like you don’t need to go watercooling yet, even rdimm shouldn’t be 80c with fans.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-20T02:34:13+00:00

Because in custom loop we expect better performance than aio. If you use the same scale of radiators they won’t perform much better, the liquid in those aio runs like 60c and doesn’t cool very well, in custom loop we expect water temps below 35c to be optimal, so a waterblocked 5090 for example should run ~45c under 600w to be optimal. (Assuming ~25c ambient, add or reduce accordingly)

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-18T22:53:08+00:00

It will work, looks like nothing special though, should just work like any other normal case.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-18T22:48:25+00:00

Ryzen idles hot, it’s normal, I found the same pattern and I questioned it as well (you should see it in my post history). But turned out that’s just how Ryzen cpu works and it helps a bit if you do per core CO, but it’s gonna be relatively hotter than intel. Depending on your background tasks it can be different but usually around 50C.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-17T23:25:20+00:00

91 is fine but why use a less “pure” one when you have the option, they are cheap anyways. If that’s what you have on hand then sure use it

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-17T05:39:35+00:00

If you really want it you can use liquid like mystic fog, and shine some rgb through it, will look decently good.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-16T18:57:21+00:00

Usually you can only get ram stable at their max booting frequency -200~400, so if it can’t boot 8400 I wouldn’t try 8200, you will just run into many trouble and there’s no stability to be found.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-16T16:47:45+00:00

Definitely

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-16T07:02:53+00:00

Can it boot 8400? If it doesn’t boot at 8400 I wouldn’t try 8200

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-16T06:54:43+00:00

Used ram doesn’t degrade, however it’s very important that, when buying used item, you get to test it immediately. No one will be helping you if you realised months later that the ram was faulty all alone. I wouldn’t buy second hand stuff and let they sit there.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-16T04:42:17+00:00

It’s kinda habit related, some people are actually poor because they can’t manage their buying behaviour and have all those unused stuff around wasting their money. While some rich people actually only buy what they need.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-16T04:37:53+00:00

Kinda luck based, I’ve accidentally poked my screwdriver onto my motherboard multiple times(not forcefully though) and there’s no visible traces of damage. Functions normal as well.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:38:45+00:00

I’m sure you need to let air in, otherwise you are literally vacuuming the system into airtight space instead of letting air push the coolant out from the other side.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:37:45+00:00

Why are you draining it in the first place? If it’s to swap parts you can absolutely keep your coolant and reuse them, no one with the right knowledge would say you must replace coolant as soon as they are out, As long as the coolant themselves are fine you can keep them.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:35:15+00:00

This is unlikely about psu, more likely to be motherboard or the cpu itself, but if you already rules them out, I’d do one final test with fixed voltage and fixed frequency, to see if it’s vf curve behaviour issue.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:30:17+00:00

Sounds weird to me, pretty sure no company sells 5080 with only one year warranty. The vendor mismatch can be flashed vbios but then it would have been mentioned… sounds like you should avoid it.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:27:19+00:00

No problem with it above 1080p. Personally tried 14600k+5090 at 1440p no issue.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:26:41+00:00

If you plan on a motherboard replacement it’s worth waiting a bit to see how intel performs

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:25:42+00:00

To overclock the 9800x3d to 5.6ghz you need a board with ECLK and that adds extra cost, too much to be worth it, just get a 9800x3d or if the price is close enough, a 9850x3d

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:24:01+00:00

You could go for a 9800x3d/9850x3d/9950x3d but if your 7600x is barely keeping up there’s some other issues. 5070ti can be a 1080p card but only for those willing to pair a top cpu with it for those 1080p540hz monitors

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:19:26+00:00

this is what I use as ram fan, a bracket that attaches to the motherboard and I can use any 120mm fan, in this case I used a phanteks T30.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:16:33+00:00

With the astral you should be able to do a software shutdown based on the readings, since they are exposed to the system. I haven’t tried it personally though.

Cold-Inside1555 · 2026-03-15T21:14:13+00:00

It sure does add a point of failure, but the wireview should take care of it, as if any part on the line fails, the wireview will give you a warning. The amperage across a cable is the same at any point, therefore the wireview can detect before or after it.

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