Hardware Thread 2020

CountMike said:

In HWinfo64 there's a column for Motherboard temps (which I presume is for VRM) and "chipset" which shows only 0c
When something is that hot, Finger method should work.

I'm not sure it is that hot though.

swarfega said:

I'm not sure it is that hot though.

At or above 50c it's difficult to keep finger on it for long.

Dude said:

Asus ROG Strix x570 Gaming e: Temp 2 and Temp 5 readings (under motherboard) - real? | HWiNFO Forum

They seem to be false readings

Yes I get that impression too.

More confirmation that it is indeed an MB issue, or similar:
Temp Sensors Strix X570-e

So I tried putting my Asus Soar soundcard in the new rig, to see how it did.

For those that dont know, sound was great for me but the mic was horrible when using chat programs while gaming.

It was still bad, kinda sucks but eh...it is what it is. The onboard sound is great on my Crosshair, but since I put out $100 + for the soundcard I wanted to use it

Dude said:

So I tried putting my Asus Soar soundcard in the new rig, to see how it did.

For those that dont know, sound was great for me but the mic was horrible when using chat programs while gaming.

It was still bad, kinda sucks but eh...it is what it is. The onboard sound is great on my Crosshair, but since I put out $100 + for the soundcard I wanted to use it

I've only used Creative (SoundBlaster) cards. The last card I bought though is the ZxR, but I haven't used it in my last two builds since I run everything through a USB DAC. And since it can also input digital, I run an optical cable between PC's on-board card and DAC. I use digital for gaming and USB for music.

Anyway your post brought me back to the days I was buying dedicated soundcards. Still would if I didn't have a DAC.

sygnus21 said:

I've only used Creative (SoundBlaster) cards. The last card I bought though is the ZxR, but I haven't used it in my last two builds since I run everything through a USB DAC. And since it can also input digital, I run an optical cable between PC's on-board card and DAC. I use digital for gaming and USB for music.

Anyway your post brought me back to the days I was buying dedicated soundcards. Still would if I didn't have a DAC.

Interesting, which DAC do you have? I googled ESS Sabre and got all kinds of results

solarstarshines said:

Hey guys got my Chip in today just waiting on the Board and the Evo i just picked up

SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V7S1T0B/AM - Newegg.com