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Do you mean this one? As for £65 I could pick that up quite happily if it helps. To be honest, I don't know what I'm going to stick with. The motherboard and CPU are the things I know need an upgrade and that's the plan. In the perfect world I would then upgrade the CPU after Zen comes out. And yeah, I have a Noctua cooler ready to go so.

Is there a reason why you asked about the FM2+? Is there something to look out for?

Imo don't use stock cooler, especially when you want to OC.

Make sure if you buy 1 it's AM4 compatible.

Best price/quality comes with the Evo 212 (using it myself on my 1700x):

https://www.amazon.de/Cooler-Master-Hyper-CPU-Kühler-RR-212E-16PK-R1/dp/B0068OI7T8

Edit: (Didn't know it was the German Amazon..)

If you have a nicely vented PC Case with a good flow of air, yes you can get the temps down a bit and still OC a bit further. I was able to achieve quite a bit more than that myself on a 7970 a while back.

[Here are the thermal pads] (https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00UYTTXSM/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_e2Fryb6874WCX) If you don't have any installed on the VRMs already, just cut them down to size and place them where needed.

Yes, definitely. The CX series is a tier4 PSU on Tom's:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

It's easy to verify - took me just a few minutes to swap out the Corsair for a Seasonic X-Series:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VA7RPS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I went with the 650, no issues since then.

First one out of my head https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CX600-Supply-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0092ML0OC

You might find more interesting options as well.

Yes. Asus VE278Q 27-Inch Full-HD LED Monitor with Integrated Speakers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043T34RK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_5eBMvG3KbFxRS

I have this Case: CORSAIR Carbide SPEC-02 Mid-Tower Gaming Case, Red LED Fan https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I0MKMG2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ishYCbKDDNNQT

I'd say this is the least you should aim for: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FLMKNE0/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1452116225&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=amd+r9+280X&dpPl=1&dpID=414vkYjXqzL&ref=plSrch. It's just slightly over your budget but buying anything cheaper isn't worth it. It's old but it outperforms the R9 380 and run on par with the R9 380X. It might be a bit loud though. But if you want to maximize performance at your price level you should look into a 280X, just make sure that it isn't too loud for your taste.

Edit: I'm rarely one who recommends waiting for newer generations of cards, but Nvidia's and AMD's new architectures are coming later this year so buying a new (and old if you buy the 280X) card might feel like a waste when the new cards finally arrive. You should weigh the pro's and con's.

I just got one on Amazon and have the same monitor as you (got it on Saturday). It's 1.2, I don't think you can find one that's 1.2a. Crimson recognizes it and activated FreeSync: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0098HVZBE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00

I had this exact problem and I picked up this one from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EDT0072?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

This adapter is also Eyefinity compatible.

https://www.amazon.it/Corsair-AF120-LED-ventola-elevato-illuminazione/dp/B00F6S0XJO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464349322&sr=8-1&keywords=case+fan+corsair ...i use this for the CPU also!

Here's the case I own. Is this a bad computer case for temperatures?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FH6KE76/ref=pe_2537330_198728520_em_gn_t1_2p_1_im

This is the RAM I bought. It's the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EI5Z2T6

So they both have to have the same 3GB DDR5 vram and be r9 280x and other than that I can pick anything?

like this one would work?

So I googled the supplied Display Port cable and it's only DP1.1. So that is obviously not going to work...

Amphenol DP1.1 Cable

Acer why?! I'll get a DP1.2 cable and report back...

3600 CL16 if possible, and dual channel is your only option AFAIK

AM4 doesn't support quad channel IIRC

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X8DVDZZ/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_9?smid=A3TOECTKC4OEBD&psc=1

Crap, I woulda given you a 6950 if I had seen this a couple days ago. Putting my two old ones in a build for my dad hahah

You can definitely find an equivalent for cheap though. Find the 6850 on a benchmark site and then see how it compares to new cards that are on the lower end of the spectrum (and thus cheaper).

This R7 360 would give you similar performance to an overclocked 6850, based on Passmark bench score.

Yeah. My PC locked up after about 10 minutes. I dialed everything back. I have a Corsair H75 Liquid Cooler: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FZHWFEW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I pulled my clock to 4.0 and my voltage to 1.35 (I was at 1.4). Everything ran sub 60 degrees in my stress test, and I was gaming last night at temps under 50.

Where do I go from here? Should I try to get a little more clock speed without bumping up voltage?

Basically what other have said, check the cpu cooler mounting.

>b450M pro-m2

Please buy these:

https://www.amazon.com/Enzotech-Mosfet-Passive-Copper-10-pack/dp/B004CLDIHK

Your motherboard has zero VRM heatsinks. IDK how dangerous that is, but you are probably reducing the life of your motherboard, and your CPU will throttle because the mosfets on your motherboard will run very hot without heatsinks with a 2700x.

I find it scary that the 2700x is pushing 1.45v(albeit briefly) through a motherboard with 0 heatsinks.

Clean surfaces(including the copper heatsink surface) with alcohol 91% before installing the copper heatsinks.

The 3m thermal tape is basically permanent if everything is cleaned and pressure is applied for 30 seconds for each heatsink properly.

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/122119O/3m-thermally-conductive-adhesive-transfer-tapes-8800-series.pdf

>Static Shear test of holding
>3M test method: 500g @ 70°C using 1 in^2

>PASS

You can see the thermal tape held 500g(about 1 pound) of weight for a WEEK and did not fail.

I don't know what system you have, and there are many things that I could drill down.

You could try the edit that OP had tried where he was running one stick at a time and eventually found out that he had one bad stick of RAM.

If your motherboard has a POST code display, that would help a lot or if it has error LED's (like for example, my ye olde Sabertooth 990FX has BOOT, VGA, and Memory error LEDs). Not as elegant as my wife's X470 Taichi....but it gives me a rough estimate of what I need to look for.

Another thing you could try is to turn off UEFI and go into CSM Legacy Mode which sometimes does work with hardware that doesn't seem to play well with each other.

Something that sounds similar to what you are seeing now happened to me with my system. Come to find out that the ASMedia e-SATA chipset was activated in BIOS and prevented my system from booting in UEFI mode and was slow to boot in CSM UEFI/Legacy hybrid mode. In the end, I turned around and bought one of these things, went into BIOS, disabled the ASMedia 1061 e-SATA, went to AMD sata ports to turn the last two SATA ports to e-SATA, and everything works fine.

Maybe try to run as minimal as you can.
Processor, one stick of RAM, your GPU.. and just only that - no hard drive either.

If you get past post and it leaves you with "no system disk". You have an idea that it might have to do with your boot drive. You'll find out if you reconnect it, and you are stuck there. (It also might be UEFI related - you could try running Boot in Legacy in the CSM menu)

If it still hangs, it might be the GPU. First, try Legacy Mode in the CSM options (usually found in the "Boot" section of the BIOS) for PCI/PEG. If that doesn't help, you might have to try different GPU