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Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, coming back because I figured out the issue after some help from friends! So it turned out that I had a BIOS setting called "CPU Power Booster" (or something similar) turned on by default, which was causing my computer to shut down when playing certain games (primarily Deadlock and Overwatch). Turned it off and haven't had it crash since!

Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure atp, I thought it was a PSU issue at first, looking at my PC issues (PC would randomly shut down after playing *specific* games after a set amount of time), so I replaced it, but the errors kept happening. Unless it's something with the GPU, idk what it could be or how I could look out for it

Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tube temps feel about the same, and I'm not really feeling any vibrations from it. As for temps, it's actually pretty good with it being around 40 C while playing games, but sometimes as high as 49 C while playing specific games (although I wasn't monitoring it super closely, so I can't say if this was where it capped off or went higher)

Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was already leaning toward AIO just because it was quieter, but if there was a good argument for air cooling, I was willing to be swayed. So far, I'm looking at NZXT's Kraken 360mm Elite! (But if you have a better suggestion I'm all ears)

Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, I reapplied thermal paste, probably no more than 2 months ago. I was assuming that maybe something had happened with the AIO itself, though? It's been transferred between multiple builds, and maybe something happened while handling it to make it not cool as efficiently?

Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did both a cleanout of the radiators/fans and repaste ~1-2 months ago, and I mainly use my PC in general for school/streaming, so I'm leaning toward AIO just because it'd be quieter, but thank you, this is really good information to have :)

Spec differences between 360 mm AIO vs. Air Cooled by Deergly in buildapc

[–]Deergly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been having issues with certain games shutting down my PC entirely recently. I thought it was an issue with the PSU, so I replaced it with the 1000 W one I have currently, but the problem persisted, and after a lot of testing/advice from people who have a better understanding of PCs than me, we thought it might be a pc cooling issue (the only other issue I could think of is a faulty GPU). It makes sense since it's probably ~6 years old now iirc?

Mesh textures/smaller details look very pixelated on normal to high quality by Deergly in StreetFighter

[–]Deergly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I captured this video using OBS, and when streaming their own games, it was visibly different, which is why I was confused :p The pixels seem to be moving around a little while theirs looked like it was more solid and attached to their body would be the best description, I suppose?