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"That's exactly what he's getting, I'll show him this post and hopefully he'll swap his PSU out for something better."
Clicking off or restarting by the sounds so more than likely a faulty unit.
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The Radeon VII Owners Thread
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Clicking off or restarting by the sounds so more than likely a faulty unit.
I Agree, those hard shutdown and reboot usually points to psu ocp kicked in/faulty rail.
Other factors could be due to daisychaining the pcie cables, or gpu tripping the multirail ocp/ motherboard protection.
If me i'd be measuring and pinpointing the reason before spending money though.
Firstly setting the psu up as single rail.
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Seasonic make the internals for loads of the good quality PSU's. You can get the cheapest PSU and it might last years or get the best money can buy and it pops first turn on lol. You do get what you pay for with PSUs though. Evga are up to 12 year warranties on the best they offer. My VII will be powered with a EVGA P2 1200 lol.Running a Seasonic platinum 660w personally and solid as rock. But from what I understand they are built very solid.
If it could handle 2x290 in crossfire then the Vega VII is a doddle
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Mine is overkill at 2000w but I always say never skimp out in the power supply department, I would say a minimum with an overclocked system a good quality 850w PSU with a strong 12v single rail.
the most overlooked thing in any system is the PSU especially when over clocking.
the most overlooked thing in any system is the PSU especially when over clocking.
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Another super simple thing to look at is......
Use a mouse with a light, turn the power off at the wall. It should hold up for several seconds. If it doesn't the PSU is faulty.
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Look after her Matt.
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Just tested, The light goes off straight away on his mouse, Mix that with the restarts etc... and he is now getting a 1000w RMi
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Just tested, The light goes off straight away on his mouse, Mix that with the restarts etc... and he is now getting a 1000w RMi
My betting is he will notice an instant difference with no restarts or hard locking. last thing he would need is a voltage spike taking out his hardware.
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It's the perfect match for you then lol. I used to like XSPC but there recent blocks don't match up to the other brands and have ports out of the top. My Res D5 is XSPC, CPU block is Thermaltake as it matches my Motherboard so well.
There are benefits with the Alphacool block too, its cheaper that what EK will offer as it comes with the backplate. Which will do a good job with the back of the card getting covered in thermal pads at all the hot spots.
I think I'm talking myself into this lol.
The Alphacool block comes with the ability to have the ports out of the top too.
I need an extra radiator to add so that my loop will cope. Currently only have the CPU under water using a single 60mm thick 120mm rad. Going to add a 60mm thick 140mm rad plus a drain port while I'm at it.
Luckily I have a Silverstone FT02 case so no bracing or propping up required. Downside is limited options for watercooling but I'm managing.
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That's looking good for the VII as its beating the 1080ti at stock and the RX 2080 and when over clocked gets close to RTX 2080ti speed! cooling is the thing with VII, water blocks we need and now!
I feel like I have wasted 3 hours of my life today lapping the heatsink on this Vega VII 
After all the effort of stripping it down, sanding until my hands went numb and reassembly, I have shaved off about 5*C from the junction temps!
I have no idea how others are getting junction temps in the 80*C range on air as mine is still above 100*C
I'm thinking I might have to join the Alphacool party, have been wanting to try watercooling for years and think now might be the time! Roughly priced things up and looking at around £400 - £500 to cool CPU and GPU though with two rads
After all the effort of stripping it down, sanding until my hands went numb and reassembly, I have shaved off about 5*C from the junction temps!
I have no idea how others are getting junction temps in the 80*C range on air as mine is still above 100*C
I'm thinking I might have to join the Alphacool party, have been wanting to try watercooling for years and think now might be the time! Roughly priced things up and looking at around £400 - £500 to cool CPU and GPU though with two rads
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The Alphacool block would work for me as I would use the ports at the backplate side in and out. I've just added an extra rad into my loop too. I've got 2x360mm on the roof, 360mm in the bottom and 120mm at rear. There's a pic a few pages back.
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Which case are you currently using? That's normally the biggest headache starting water cooling. Getting it to work in the case you currently have or weather it's time for a new case!?I feel like I have wasted 3 hours of my life today lapping the heatsink on this Vega VII
After all the effort of stripping it down, sanding until my hands went numb and reassembly, I have shaved off about 5*C from the junction temps!
I have no idea how others are getting junction temps in the 80*C range on air as mine is still above 100*C
I'm thinking I might have to join the Alphacool party, have been wanting to try watercooling for years and think now might be the time! Roughly priced things up and looking at around £400 - £500 to cool CPU and GPU though with two rads
I've got a Fractal Design Define S. I was thinking about a 280mm radiator at the front and a 140mm at the rear, mostly as I already have a full set of 140mm Noctua fans in this case to use.
I figure a 280 and 140 should be enough to cool my Ryzen and the Vega VII? I think that's roughly equivalent to a 480mm rad?
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You can get a 420mm in the roof. I'm not a fan of cases with very closed off fronts. Cases in general I find a nightmare, its very hard to get one that ticks all the boxes lol. Are you using a ATX or MATX motherboard?
I'm using a Thermaltake core x5, you can almost house the homeless inside!
To use you're current case and get some good temps, I'd suggest a 420mm in the roof and 280mm in the front so you have a little space in the top right corner for ports on the rads. And go with a 140mm fan only at the rear to get the heat off the motherboard vrm's.
You have!