try turning QoS off/on? this is a little outside my domain but it sounds like her computer is getting overwhelmed by data which would be more present in an MMO than say a browser page where if something doesn't load you wouldn't notice. Maybe the router itself is the source of the problem.
We tried turning the firewall off and that didn't work either.
Doing an internet speed test came up with this:
103.06 download
UPLOAD TEST ERROR
A socket error occurred during the Upload test. A firewall could be blocking the connection or the server might be having some issues. Please try again later.
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Sometimes AVs have firewalls as well, so check that.
Also look at whether your network connection is set to private (home/work) or public. If it's set to public there may be additional lock down even outside the firewall (like sharing permissions). If it is your home network it should be setup as a private network.
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Can you try to bypass the router and see if it still happens?
How would we do this?
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Putting together a workstation pretty much centered around a Ryzen 7 1800X. Mostly for render-work and the processor seems good for that, I've checked some benchmarks and while I know there are faster models already it seems super cheap for the capacity. If I can spring for an even better Ryzen I'll try but the budget isn't totally up to me.
Anyone have any recommendations for air coolers? It's likely that the computer will sit and run at full CPU load for days at a time and since I share an office with a few people I think I should try to find something both reliable and quiet.
Also curious about RAM. Since it's so expensive now it seems wise to make a good selection. I don't really need very fast RAM but I need a lot. I was going to start with 32GB now. I'm thinking it would be wise to get two sticks and leave two slots open for a future upgrade without having to buy all new sticks. Though I remember hearing somewhere to avoid 16GB sticks with Ryzen. I don't know if there's any truth to that, or maybe it was regarding speed in 16 vs 8gb sticks in which case I don't expect it'll matter that much.
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The cooler is big but should fit in that case from what I could see. I'll be reusing a 500gb SSD and 3tb HDD from the previous workstation.
Would love any tips or feedback to see if I've made a mistake somewhere or would be able to improve or cut cost somewhere.
Edit: The 2700X is available for $20 more, and comes with a cooler, so I was thinking maybe taking that and cutting the extra CPU cooler. That would end up costing less. But our supplier says for generation 2 Ryzen you should use AMD 400 chipset motherboards... but they don't carry any. So if the chipset is important then doing that probably won't be happening.
Edit2: Actually they did it was just not actually named AMD 400. A variant with 2700X and stock cooler (no third party cooler) would come out about $30 cheaper. Don't know if the stock coolers are good though.
2700X variant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xhd68Y
Can you try to bypass the router and see if it still happens?
How would we do this?
Go straight from the modem to the PC.
I suspect she has a router and modem combined, based on said comment. Does the box that has the incoming ISP connection have more than one netowrk jack; and are all PCs connected to that box? If there's a box between where the ISP connection comes into the house and where it gets split to the PCs, try to go around that box.
Looking at the graphic below, we want to take the black box out of the loop, and connect the offending computer directly to the ISP connection. If her modem has an integrated router, then that probably can't happen.
Regardless, I think it's safe to say that going straight to the PC won't solve the problem even if possible. Other people aren't having the same issues connecting to the same router so it's not router related.
My money is on the connection being flagged as public on the PC itself instead of home/work and the firewall/AV getting a little too grumpy about things connecting out that aren't HTTP/HTTPS (which is why discord and some games mostly work).
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Regardless, I think it's safe to say that going straight to the PC won't solve the problem even if possible. Other people aren't having the same issues connecting to the same router so it's not router related.
My money is on the connection being flagged as public on the PC itself instead of home/work and the firewall/AV getting a little too grumpy about things connecting out that aren't HTTP/HTTPS (which is why discord and some games mostly work).
I agree. But if it's possible to direct connect, it will likely remove one factor.
Regardless, I think it's safe to say that going straight to the PC won't solve the problem even if possible. Other people aren't having the same issues connecting to the same router so it's not router related.
My money is on the connection being flagged as public on the PC itself instead of home/work and the firewall/AV getting a little too grumpy about things connecting out that aren't HTTP/HTTPS (which is why discord and some games mostly work).
She tried this and still no luck unfortunately. She's going to try connecting it directly to the wall without the modem.
The problem is she's in spain and im in the UK so im doing everything through remote connection - while unable to see if she's doing it exactly right.
Also, yes, she's able to remote connect to me flawlessly. It's so weird.
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A friend of mine is having weird connection issues with her computer.
It seems to disconnect in weird instances. I'll give an example of when it happens.
We play a lot of Final Fantasy XIV - she can run around the world just fine, quest, etc. But suddenly in dungeons and raids or busy areas it will time out and disconnect her. She doesn't get an error message.
It won't disconnect her from discord or anything else, just final fantasy xiv.
However, when using things like facebook she is unable to view images, in discord she can't send us images. She also cannot use messenger on facebook. But she's able to use the rest of the browser fine. This happens regardless of whether FFXIV is open or not which makes me think it's not a game issue but specifically a tech issue affecting her connection?
Her boyfriend is connected to the same router and his works fine - she's tried it both wireless and with ethernet cable. Same issue.
This has only started in the past few days.
We've taken out and replaced ram, updated all of her drivers, unplugged and replugged all power cables, reset the router.
What else can we try?
what version of windows is she running? Firewall settings were discussed but there's some more in-depth things to check based on windows version. If you can get to control panel you can go to "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Firewall\Allowed Programs" and look for final fantasy in the list of programs and make sure that ALL the boxes are checked (i think someone mentioned this already, but double check it).
has she re-patched the game to make sure some files weren't broken? You mentioned that it just started recently happening and it doesn't disconnect other internet apps like discord so i'm staring at FFXIV as the root issue here.
I still think the root issue is something "like" flooding. Basically too many packets are kicking her out of the game, or the game is kicking her out because it thinks she's doing something nefarious (even if not intentional).
The cooler is big but should fit in that case from what I could see. I'll be reusing a 500gb SSD and 3tb HDD from the previous workstation.
Would love any tips or feedback to see if I've made a mistake somewhere or would be able to improve or cut cost somewhere.
Edit: The 2700X is available for $20 more, and comes with a cooler, so I was thinking maybe taking that and cutting the extra CPU cooler. That would end up costing less. But our supplier says for generation 2 Ryzen you should use AMD 400 chipset motherboards... but they don't carry any. So if the chipset is important then doing that probably won't be happening.
Edit2: Actually they did it was just not actually named AMD 400. A variant with 2700X and stock cooler (no third party cooler) would come out about $30 cheaper. Don't know if the stock coolers are good though.
2700X variant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xhd68Y
The AMD stock cooler is more than adequate for stock speeds...and you should absolutely get the 2700X. It's a better CPU than the 1800X in every way.
A friend of mine is having weird connection issues with her computer.
It seems to disconnect in weird instances. I'll give an example of when it happens.
We play a lot of Final Fantasy XIV - she can run around the world just fine, quest, etc. But suddenly in dungeons and raids or busy areas it will time out and disconnect her. She doesn't get an error message.
It won't disconnect her from discord or anything else, just final fantasy xiv.
However, when using things like facebook she is unable to view images, in discord she can't send us images. She also cannot use messenger on facebook. But she's able to use the rest of the browser fine. This happens regardless of whether FFXIV is open or not which makes me think it's not a game issue but specifically a tech issue affecting her connection?
Her boyfriend is connected to the same router and his works fine - she's tried it both wireless and with ethernet cable. Same issue.
This has only started in the past few days.
We've taken out and replaced ram, updated all of her drivers, unplugged and replugged all power cables, reset the router.
What else can we try?
what version of windows is she running? Firewall settings were discussed but there's some more in-depth things to check based on windows version. If you can get to control panel you can go to "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Firewall\Allowed Programs" and look for final fantasy in the list of programs and make sure that ALL the boxes are checked (i think someone mentioned this already, but double check it).
has she re-patched the game to make sure some files weren't broken? You mentioned that it just started recently happening and it doesn't disconnect other internet apps like discord so i'm staring at FFXIV as the root issue here.
I still think the root issue is something "like" flooding. Basically too many packets are kicking her out of the game, or the game is kicking her out because it thinks she's doing something nefarious (even if not intentional).
She's using Windows 7 but even with the firewall off the issue keeps happening.
I will get her to check the other stuff though! However, it also seems to have issues even without ff14 running.
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Without getting into alienware sucks, or why pre-built (because I have a shitload of Dell eGift cards from recycling old crap is why)
How does an Alienware with these specs look:
Alienware Aurora R7
Aurora R7 Base
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
Power Supply Options
Alienware™ 850 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB GDDR5
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
The PSU options go from 460W all the way to 850W with nothing in between, I don't know that I will ever SLI or get a 1080 Ti, but I am not sure the 1070 Ti will work well on a 460W PSU (even if Dell will ship them that way). I've also seen reviews saying that the i5 8400 is a game changer in that it works very well for gaming (as opposed to sucking vs an i7).
I play WoW, Elite: Dangerous, BattleTech, games like that. I might get into VR down the road for Elite especially. I like quiet systems, so I went with liquid cooling.
Without getting into alienware sucks, or why pre-built (because I have a shitload of Dell eGift cards from recycling old crap is why)
How does an Alienware with these specs look:
Alienware Aurora R7
Aurora R7 Base
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
Power Supply Options
Alienware™ 850 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB GDDR5
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
The PSU options go from 460W all the way to 850W with nothing in between, I don't know that I will ever SLI or get a 1080 Ti, but I am not sure the 1070 Ti will work well on a 460W PSU (even if Dell will ship them that way). I've also seen reviews saying that the i5 8400 is a game changer in that it works very well for gaming (as opposed to sucking vs an i7).
I play WoW, Elite: Dangerous, BattleTech, games like that. I might get into VR down the road for Elite especially. I like quiet systems, so I went with liquid cooling.
Buying a prebuilt is not necessarily un-recommended nowadays anyway, so the question I will ask is: does it have to be an Alienware Dell? You can get basically the same loadout in an XPS tower and I expect it'll cost a few hundred bucks less. I just built one on the Dell website for ~$1300 that is all the important parts of that build. Other advice: if you're willing to finagle stuff yourself, see if it's cheaper to skimp on storage and add your own separately. As in: get the 1TB HDD and buy a 1TB SSD to add in and make your main drive while you keep the HDD for backup storage. You should be able to take the windows key you get with the PC and re-install on the SSD, which should also circumvent all the bloatware these machines tend to have. Also, a power supply is never going to need liquid cooling. It shouldn't ever be the loudest part of your system. I have a 650W in my custom PC with a 1080ti and I don't think the fan ever even turns on.
Without getting into alienware sucks, or why pre-built (because I have a shitload of Dell eGift cards from recycling old crap is why)
How does an Alienware with these specs look:
Alienware Aurora R7
Aurora R7 Base
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
Power Supply Options
Alienware™ 850 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB GDDR5
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
The PSU options go from 460W all the way to 850W with nothing in between, I don't know that I will ever SLI or get a 1080 Ti, but I am not sure the 1070 Ti will work well on a 460W PSU (even if Dell will ship them that way). I've also seen reviews saying that the i5 8400 is a game changer in that it works very well for gaming (as opposed to sucking vs an i7).
I play WoW, Elite: Dangerous, BattleTech, games like that. I might get into VR down the road for Elite especially. I like quiet systems, so I went with liquid cooling.
Buying a prebuilt is not necessarily un-recommended nowadays anyway, so the question I will ask is: does it have to be an Alienware Dell? You can get basically the same loadout in an XPS tower and I expect it'll cost a few hundred bucks less. I just built one on the Dell website for ~$1300 that is all the important parts of that build. Other advice: if you're willing to finagle stuff yourself, see if it's cheaper to skimp on storage and add your own separately. As in: get the 1TB HDD and buy a 1TB SSD to add in and make your main drive while you keep the HDD for backup storage. You should be able to take the windows key you get with the PC and re-install on the SSD, which should also circumvent all the bloatware these machines tend to have. Also, a power supply is never going to need liquid cooling. It shouldn't ever be the loudest part of your system. I have a 650W in my custom PC with a 1080ti and I don't think the fan ever even turns on.
I was concerned about the XPS PSU upgrade, some reviews I found on it say doing that requires pulling out the mobo, and I'm not sure I want to hassle with that kind of thing. I couldn't get liquid cooling (which seems to be silly on retrospect, I think I assumed that meant the entire case was liquid cooled) on the XPS either (I think, can't recall now). I can certainly drop in SSDs, and have a 256 gb laying around, but its not M2. I was planning on installing Windows from scratch for sure - I hate dealing with all that extra stuff. Can I see the XPS build you came up with? I'll see if I can find what I came up with.
I think this was what I had looked at:
XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8700K 6-Core Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.7 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
256GB M.2 PCIe x4 SSD + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB GDDR5
After some digging, I think I'm leaning towards this XPS now - coming out at 1350. I'll drop in another 256 gb SSD as well (that I already own).
XPS 8930
XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6-Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
256GB M.2 PCIe x4 SSD + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray Load DVD-RW Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Sound
Integrated 5.1 with WAVE MAXX Audio® Pro
@Honk you don't actually need an X470 motherboard to use a Ryzen 2 chip, any of the AM4 boards currently available will work as long as the BIOS is updated to support Ryzen 2. The socket and chipsets are otherwise fully compatible. Some are coming from the factory with a new BIOS but others need flashed. AMD is providing a flash kit with a temporary processor to use to flash the BIOS and then you just send the kit back to AMD.
Also be sure to check the motherboard's RAM QVL. If your RAM isn't on the QVL there's a chance it won't run any faster than the DDR4 baseline of 2133MHz.
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Thanks for the advice! That's handy to know going forward about QVL's, in this case it seems supported at the correct speed.
I've gone ahead with the order for the 2700X version, seems like it might take a few weeks but now I'm looking forward to building it.
After some digging, I think I'm leaning towards this XPS now - coming out at 1350. I'll drop in another 256 gb SSD as well (that I already own).
XPS 8930
XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6-Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
256GB M.2 PCIe x4 SSD + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray Load DVD-RW Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Sound
Integrated 5.1 with WAVE MAXX Audio® Pro
After some digging, I think I'm leaning towards this XPS now - coming out at 1350. I'll drop in another 256 gb SSD as well (that I already own).
XPS 8930
XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6-Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
256GB M.2 PCIe x4 SSD + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray Load DVD-RW Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Sound
Integrated 5.1 with WAVE MAXX Audio® Pro
My replacement EVGA GeForce 1080i died, after only two months, showing the same symptoms of the first. I lost all DisplayPort capability and I can't install the latest drivers. What could cause a GPU to die so young?
My replacement EVGA GeForce 1080i died, after only two months, showing the same symptoms of the first. I lost all DisplayPort capability and I can't install the latest drivers. What could cause a GPU to die so young?
PSU.
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My replacement EVGA GeForce 1080i died, after only two months, showing the same symptoms of the first. I lost all DisplayPort capability and I can't install the latest drivers. What could cause a GPU to die so young?
My replacement EVGA GeForce 1080i died, after only two months, showing the same symptoms of the first. I lost all DisplayPort capability and I can't install the latest drivers. What could cause a GPU to die so young?
My replacement EVGA GeForce 1080i died, after only two months, showing the same symptoms of the first. I lost all DisplayPort capability and I can't install the latest drivers. What could cause a GPU to die so young?
What temperature are they running at?
The PSU is an 1000W Corsair and the temperture was 70C the last time I was playing Overwatch.
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Do you ever get static shocks when you go to turn your monitor off and on? I've seen static buildup is a shitty display nuke a video card before. It's probably an unstable PSU though. 70c for Overwatch is kind of high. It's not all that demanding of a game.
Even if EVGA replaces my GPU, maybe I'll start picking parts for a new box. My machine is 6 years old and I had a good run. But I'm like two months away from eliminating my student loans so it will have to wait. I was hoping I could squeeze one more year out of this machine.
Edit: No, my monitors have never taken an electric bite out of me
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@Honk you don't actually need an X470 motherboard to use a Ryzen 2 chip, any of the AM4 boards currently available will work as long as the BIOS is updated to support Ryzen 2. The socket and chipsets are otherwise fully compatible. Some are coming from the factory with a new BIOS but others need flashed. AMD is providing a flash kit with a temporary processor to use to flash the BIOS and then you just send the kit back to AMD.
Also be sure to check the motherboard's RAM QVL. If your RAM isn't on the QVL there's a chance it won't run any faster than the DDR4 baseline of 2133MHz.
You don't need it, but you miss out on things like XFR 2.0 without it. Yes, you can drop a Zen+ in to an X370 otherboard but you lose features. It'll work, so good on AMD, but it's not a 1:1 chipset match.
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Doing an internet speed test came up with this:
103.06 download
UPLOAD TEST ERROR
A socket error occurred during the Upload test. A firewall could be blocking the connection or the server might be having some issues. Please try again later.
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Yeah reset router to factory settings. But it doesnt happen to her boyfriend who is on the same connection
It is beyond reason!
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You should turn it off for all 3 "Home, Work, Public".
The fact that it's not happening to anyone else on the router means it's the PC itself. (also reboot the PC)
Yeah windows firewall is what i mean. I'll get her to try all that and then reboot.
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Also look at whether your network connection is set to private (home/work) or public. If it's set to public there may be additional lock down even outside the firewall (like sharing permissions). If it is your home network it should be setup as a private network.
How would we do this?
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Anyone have any recommendations for air coolers? It's likely that the computer will sit and run at full CPU load for days at a time and since I share an office with a few people I think I should try to find something both reliable and quiet.
Also curious about RAM. Since it's so expensive now it seems wise to make a good selection. I don't really need very fast RAM but I need a lot. I was going to start with 32GB now. I'm thinking it would be wise to get two sticks and leave two slots open for a future upgrade without having to buy all new sticks. Though I remember hearing somewhere to avoid 16GB sticks with Ryzen. I don't know if there's any truth to that, or maybe it was regarding speed in 16 vs 8gb sticks in which case I don't expect it'll matter that much.
The cooler is big but should fit in that case from what I could see. I'll be reusing a 500gb SSD and 3tb HDD from the previous workstation.
Would love any tips or feedback to see if I've made a mistake somewhere or would be able to improve or cut cost somewhere.
Edit: The 2700X is available for $20 more, and comes with a cooler, so I was thinking maybe taking that and cutting the extra CPU cooler. That would end up costing less. But our supplier says for generation 2 Ryzen you should use AMD 400 chipset motherboards... but they don't carry any. So if the chipset is important then doing that probably won't be happening.
Edit2: Actually they did it was just not actually named AMD 400. A variant with 2700X and stock cooler (no third party cooler) would come out about $30 cheaper. Don't know if the stock coolers are good though.
2700X variant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xhd68Y
Go straight from the modem to the PC.
I suspect she has a router and modem combined, based on said comment. Does the box that has the incoming ISP connection have more than one netowrk jack; and are all PCs connected to that box? If there's a box between where the ISP connection comes into the house and where it gets split to the PCs, try to go around that box.
Looking at the graphic below, we want to take the black box out of the loop, and connect the offending computer directly to the ISP connection. If her modem has an integrated router, then that probably can't happen.
My money is on the connection being flagged as public on the PC itself instead of home/work and the firewall/AV getting a little too grumpy about things connecting out that aren't HTTP/HTTPS (which is why discord and some games mostly work).
I agree. But if it's possible to direct connect, it will likely remove one factor.
She tried this and still no luck unfortunately. She's going to try connecting it directly to the wall without the modem.
The problem is she's in spain and im in the UK so im doing everything through remote connection - while unable to see if she's doing it exactly right.
Also, yes, she's able to remote connect to me flawlessly. It's so weird.
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what version of windows is she running? Firewall settings were discussed but there's some more in-depth things to check based on windows version. If you can get to control panel you can go to "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Firewall\Allowed Programs" and look for final fantasy in the list of programs and make sure that ALL the boxes are checked (i think someone mentioned this already, but double check it).
has she re-patched the game to make sure some files weren't broken? You mentioned that it just started recently happening and it doesn't disconnect other internet apps like discord so i'm staring at FFXIV as the root issue here.
I still think the root issue is something "like" flooding. Basically too many packets are kicking her out of the game, or the game is kicking her out because it thinks she's doing something nefarious (even if not intentional).
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The AMD stock cooler is more than adequate for stock speeds...and you should absolutely get the 2700X. It's a better CPU than the 1800X in every way.
She's using Windows 7 but even with the firewall off the issue keeps happening.
I will get her to check the other stuff though! However, it also seems to have issues even without ff14 running.
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How does an Alienware with these specs look:
Alienware Aurora R7
Aurora R7 Base
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
Power Supply Options
Alienware™ 850 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB GDDR5
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
The PSU options go from 460W all the way to 850W with nothing in between, I don't know that I will ever SLI or get a 1080 Ti, but I am not sure the 1070 Ti will work well on a 460W PSU (even if Dell will ship them that way). I've also seen reviews saying that the i5 8400 is a game changer in that it works very well for gaming (as opposed to sucking vs an i7).
I play WoW, Elite: Dangerous, BattleTech, games like that. I might get into VR down the road for Elite especially. I like quiet systems, so I went with liquid cooling.
Buying a prebuilt is not necessarily un-recommended nowadays anyway, so the question I will ask is: does it have to be an Alienware Dell? You can get basically the same loadout in an XPS tower and I expect it'll cost a few hundred bucks less. I just built one on the Dell website for ~$1300 that is all the important parts of that build. Other advice: if you're willing to finagle stuff yourself, see if it's cheaper to skimp on storage and add your own separately. As in: get the 1TB HDD and buy a 1TB SSD to add in and make your main drive while you keep the HDD for backup storage. You should be able to take the windows key you get with the PC and re-install on the SSD, which should also circumvent all the bloatware these machines tend to have. Also, a power supply is never going to need liquid cooling. It shouldn't ever be the loudest part of your system. I have a 650W in my custom PC with a 1080ti and I don't think the fan ever even turns on.
I was concerned about the XPS PSU upgrade, some reviews I found on it say doing that requires pulling out the mobo, and I'm not sure I want to hassle with that kind of thing. I couldn't get liquid cooling (which seems to be silly on retrospect, I think I assumed that meant the entire case was liquid cooled) on the XPS either (I think, can't recall now). I can certainly drop in SSDs, and have a 256 gb laying around, but its not M2. I was planning on installing Windows from scratch for sure - I hate dealing with all that extra stuff. Can I see the XPS build you came up with? I'll see if I can find what I came up with.
I think this was what I had looked at:
XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8700K 6-Core Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.7 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
256GB M.2 PCIe x4 SSD + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB GDDR5
XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6-Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
16GB, 2666MHz, DDR4 up to 64GB (Additional memory sold separately)
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
256GB M.2 PCIe x4 SSD + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray Load DVD-RW Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Sound
Integrated 5.1 with WAVE MAXX Audio® Pro
Also be sure to check the motherboard's RAM QVL. If your RAM isn't on the QVL there's a chance it won't run any faster than the DDR4 baseline of 2133MHz.
I've gone ahead with the order for the 2700X version, seems like it might take a few weeks but now I'm looking forward to building it.
I'm going to be king of Optiplex hill here.
FOUR M.2 256GB SSDs?
x4 PCIe speed, not four drives.
PSU.
What temperature are they running at?
The PSU is an 1000W Corsair and the temperture was 70C the last time I was playing Overwatch.
I'm inclined to believe a bad PSU, an unfortunate result of poor GPU construction, or maybe some problem from the MB.
Even if EVGA replaces my GPU, maybe I'll start picking parts for a new box. My machine is 6 years old and I had a good run. But I'm like two months away from eliminating my student loans so it will have to wait. I was hoping I could squeeze one more year out of this machine.
Edit: No, my monitors have never taken an electric bite out of me
You don't need it, but you miss out on things like XFR 2.0 without it. Yes, you can drop a Zen+ in to an X370 otherboard but you lose features. It'll work, so good on AMD, but it's not a 1:1 chipset match.