Hoshī Update - Performance Stuff
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P6 + SAPPHIRE NITRO+ RX 6950 XT PURE + APC BE670M1
Performance, baaabyyy!!!
APC UPS is for the modem and router at muh place.
Hoshī - Interior (Before)
So I don’t think I’ve opened 'er up since erm…
Jan 28.
Uh, this is a PSA-reminder to please clean your PCs. Repeat, please clean your PCs. 
There was a groooss amount of dust in there. 
Hoshī - Cable Management (Before)
TBH, I lowkey dread getting new hardware.
Because CABLE MANAGEMENT.
Okay, so listen, I’ve been dealing with cable management at work – twice, because we got new tables in - and now I come back home, not to relax, but to deal with more cable management. 
/rant over
Hoshī - Interior (After)
CHONKAY.
Erm, totally forgot to check whether the Define 7 Compact case had enough clearance for the card before buying it. Ah hah hah ha… 
Minor oh shid! moment, but it worked out, lucky me. 
Hopefully that Graphics Card Supporter does it’s job.
Hoshī - Cable Management (After)
Off-Screen: Aching Back, Sore Fingers, Intermittent Cursing, Bruises (Following Morning), Chaotic Mess of Open Boxes and Parts, Hiccups
Post-Hardware Swap
DDU’d it after I got Hoshī POSTing. 
Resources
- Wagnardsoft - Display Drive Uninstaller
- AMD Drivers and Support: For AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
- Jayztwocents - This serious issue was a simple fix… : Step-by-Step DDU Tutorial
Condensed Step-by-Step
- Download and extract the latest DDU and AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition to thier respective, separate folders.
- Restart the PC in Safe Mode (without Networking).
- Shift-Click on Restart.
- Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart.
- From the DDU folder, run Display Driver Uninstaller.exe.
- Options: See below.
- Select Device Type: GPU
- Select Device: AMD
- Clean and Restart / Clean and Do Not Restart > Shut Down.
- After the PC restarts, from the AMD folder, run Setup.exe to reinstall AMD drivers.
- PC should undergo two restarts before drivers have been successfully reinstalled.
HWiNFO64 System Summary
Medium Potato CPU with Beeg Potato GPU.
Folding@Home Client
Let’s goooooooooo 2 mil PPD!
(But am gonna be playing games so actual PPD’ll be lower.)
Was getting approximately 900K PPD with the RX 5600 XT.
Psst, Team ID: 1062631. 