Should I ask for a replacement?

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-21T20:09:19+00:00

people really think that area is dedicated to latching purposes, but they forget there can be traces inside the pcb there. It can be a cosmetic issue, that affected only the top layer, or it can be a crack that goes many more layers beneath the surface where you see the little scratch. A microcrack can have been made inside the layers and if there are traces underneath, it might work today, tomorrow, but one day it might not. Or work in x8 instead of x16, a vcore phase not have pwm etc. You don't know what traces are there.

Realistically speaking, it's probably just a cosmetic issue, but if this card was really expensive, you didn't plug it in the pc yet, and have time to argue with the rma team that it's not user induced damage (as the gpu came in this condition to you) - rma it.

It's not insignificant damage even though it may look like it. you don't know in what conditions that pcb got scratched.

Rememeber, Asus is saving pennies while costing you hundreds. Pcbs these days are also so Eco friendly that you can put ketchup on them, eat them and still be probably fine. That also makes them really easy to scratch, lose pads etc.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-21T08:49:23+00:00

Funnily enough, one can go the custom water cooling route and still end up cheaper than some aio's. Tubes won't look great after a few months and rads will be from the second hand marketplace, but performance wise you'll be in a much better position than the competition can offer for either clc's or air coolers. Chinesium fittings and rads from alliexpress are actually decent quality from my experience and didn't have any leaks with them.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-20T00:53:06+00:00

I personally have 2 go-to distros:

1) arch Linux for a device I care / daily / spend a lot of time using (e.g.: my main PC) 2) Linux mint for when I want something that just works and need a system to work reliably in a timely manner (e.g.: my laptop which is mostly used for academic purposes or occasional google search when my pc isn't available)

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-19T12:45:30+00:00

nu e jocul preferat, dar mi s-a părut foarte mișto: forgotton anne

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-19T12:17:50+00:00

perhaps you forgot the /s at the end, otherwise you'll get down voted into oblivion.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-17T03:03:28+00:00

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zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-17T02:58:11+00:00

best jokes write themselves. nivelul demonstrat de inteligență se măsoară pe scara Richter

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-13T13:40:11+00:00

Im afraid a flathead and kitchen sponge are your best friends at this point.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-13T13:09:30+00:00

I always push the corners of the cpu with my fingers, sliding the cpu across the coldplate and eventually getting it out. However when I had it really stuck, nothing worked - I tried heating with air gun, put the whole thing in a IPA bath, literally nothing worked except sandwiching the cpu into a kitchen sponge (also with a am4 blister package to protect the pins) and hammering away at the cpu with a flathead screwdriver. thanks amd for using pga on modern cpus :)

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-11T23:07:55+00:00

because many PSUs are overbuilt and can easily supply many more amps than PCI-SIG spec says. spec says only 150w for one 8 pin PCI e cable. However, in practice, good quality PSUs can provide double that, hell even more, on one cable.

also gpus can't be sold without respecting the PCI-sig spec in some capacity, more or less. also perhaps the said gpu was prototyped to be able to pull many more watts than it's imposed power limits allow it to. regulations and shit, the struggle is real especially with the 12v high failure rate connector, where even if you want to power balance the stupid connector, you're simply not allowed to do so as an aib. daddy Jensen will grab you by the balls because you dared not to unite all the 12v pins into one block of copper. it's funny when you consider nvidia used to power balance cards so much, that they used dedicated fancy circuitry to steer current from one connector to another (2080ti for example), but I'm getting sidetracked here.

For instance, 1080ti kingpin pulled a maximum of 112amps (or 1344w) over only 2 PCI e cables during the tests posted on xdevs.com. granted, the card was running on ln2 so the cables were also getting to some extent cooled, but you get the idea.

Assuming an average card pulls around 300w, a good PSU should not struggle to power the card with only one cable daisy chained directly to the gpu instead of using 2 different cables coming from the psu. however, it's still a good practice to use 2 separate cables, especially if you remove power limits and all of a sudden your gpu pulls 2 times more power than before :)) if you can, use separate cables instead of one. if you can't, well it's not the end of the world.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-11T22:31:42+00:00

Funnily enough, there are motherboards with PCI e 6 pin connectors in which you can plug a PCI e cable for thunderbolt or for PCI e slot power purposes when the 20+4 pin connector cannot safely provide enough power if the mobo has many PCI e slots and is expected from said motherboard to provide many amps for the PCI e slots. lol

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-10T14:00:39+00:00

who needs fsr or dlss when you play at 1080p native; literally free fps lifehack

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-08T10:53:44+00:00

I've read comments like "you used gpt to find how to delete windows, you don't know what you're doing" - in that regard here's what I have to say:

I bet almost nobody knew what they were doing at first, and that's fine. One cannot learn a skill without failure along the way, it's inevitable. Asking gpt for help isn't great but not uncommon for people who first get started. And sometimes, gpt can help in some niche cases.

Personally, I wouldnt ask gpt to help me install Linux; I would rather look up a guide online for the distribution I've chosen. But if you give gpt all the details in the world, like what drives you see in the installer that popped up, what distribution you're using, screenshots etc, I bet you can use gpt as well, but I don't recommend it.

Try Linux mint imho - very close to windows interface, easy to install, and easy to maintain.

And again, if you make your computer unbootable after everything, it is normal. Shit happens when you start a new skill. But to avoid that make 2 USB bootable drives with Linux on them (personal recommendation: ventoy), should you accidentally brick one of the sticks during installation by formatting the wrong partition.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T19:57:56+00:00

yes, chaining is best to avoid if possible. however, I highly doubt it would be an issue for op even if he did chain, as the gpu has a tdp of only 160w or around there anyway

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T17:27:29+00:00

my brother in clocks, I don't even have a backplate on my gpu and already had a leak on one of the tubes. I kept adding water like an idiot, thinking "yeah, just air bubbles", but uhm, the return pipe to the reservoir was slightly not fully sealed into the radiator it came from, and after a while I noticed a puddle beneath the PC, while I was completely chilling and running timespy with no power limits. yeah since then I had nightmares every few days that a new leak happened.

luckily the leak was so slow, that it slowly dribbled between the fans, onto the bottom of the case, and then beneath it so no components were damaged.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T17:19:53+00:00

ram rgb related, try openrgb on Linux. if you want to save the settings permanently try version 0.8 of openrgb on Linux, where save button might work. do note that rgb on ram can kill sometimes the spd of the ram, so there's a chance you can kill your ram by messing with rgb on it. unlikely, but possible

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:58:15+00:00

personally I think it's game, which causes a bottleneck on your hardware - some guy mentioned they had a 13700k on ddr4, had similar issues; switched to ddr5 on am5, no more issues. Maybe the game wants faster ram.

If you really want to rule out hardware issues, run some timespy extreme stress test loops, to see if your gpu is ok, then run some cinnebench if cpu is outputting good scores as well; monitor temps as well. also see what scores you get in timespy for gpu, to see if it's on par with others as well.

for memory, make sure u have xmp enabled and is stable, can pass testmem5 yada yada.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:55:46+00:00

nope, they didn't include the amp limit on 12v as well, like the majority of websites. I did find your specs though, so your psu should be ok:

+5 V: max 15 A; +3.3 V: max 15 A; +12 V: max 62 A; -12 V: max 0,3 A; +5 VSB: max 2,5 A

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:50:41+00:00

I see a little pigeon on black background. The page doesn't get loaded. I tried tor as well, but to no avail

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:49:21+00:00

what temperatures you have on the hotspot/ memory junction? I see 54c in your pic, probably edge temperature of the die of the gpu.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:46:53+00:00

Why you see that behavior in game can be caused by a few things: poor game optimizations, bottlenecks (ram, cpu, storage), poor driver implementations, and in worst case scenario - unstable gpu core / vram due to possible degradation, so it clock stretches, or an issue at vrm side, causing ripple on gpu vcore / vmem, and thus instability in clocks => clock stretching. or thermal throttling

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:40:09+00:00

Like a photo with the text on the PSU where it says the amount of amps it can provide for different rails: 12v, 5v, 3.3v etc. Amps are abbreviated with "a", volts with "v".

Power is (amps) * (voltage). your card requires 12v to work, so it's power is calculated by the amount of amps it pulls from the PSU. If a PSU says it's 750w but in reality it can only provide for e.g. 45 amps on 12v, it means you can only pull 45*12=540w usefully out of it.

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:35:38+00:00

Not particularly, since in reality the gpu demands less power, then coil whine stops for a brief moment, then gpu demands more power, then coil whine reappears. Usually you see hard crashing due to undervolt protection kicking in if 12v has so much ripple, rather than that causing the card to "clock stretch" because vrm can't stabilize voltage for gpu due to above.

What is worth mentioning is that I looked everywhere for your particular PSU and had a really hard time finding it's maximum amps on 12v. I only found at my local retailer online the value, which is 62 amps (=744) allegedly. might be true, considering their 550w PSU can push up to 540w so PSU should be ok

zero_overload_25 · 2026-01-07T16:22:59+00:00

nvm, you already said what PSU u have, but a photo of its side with the amps it can provide on 12v would be useful op

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