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After my last install failed after reinstalling the OS, I've been very cautious with mods this time. No merging the Strip, no wall removal, nothing heavy except for the essentials such as PN. Everything was installed with Vortex, it's managing the load order as well. Wrye Flash only used for diagnostics. I've got 78 ES* files running fine so far. However, installing any out of a number of unrelated mods causes a freeze-on-exit problem. (The game can only be ended by win+tab and a task manager on a new desktop. Alt+F4 makes it worse, have to sign out.) The mods in question include: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/48863 (Penguin Remodels---Boulder City) https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49695 (Novac Public Library) - both original and self esp-ified version Also had this with https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/52581 - but only base version, not EC (have EC installed). So narrowed it down to the two above. I'm sure there's a lot more that will cause the same problem. That's 3 mods that do almost nothing but change a few cells. These look too unconnected to be problems on their own. Experiment 1: Activating just the "problem mods" and nothing else works fine. No FOE. Experiment 2: Activating 5 extra random plugins (total 83 ES*) caused no problem. Merging mods didn't solve the problem. So it's not just total mod count. Experiment 3: Disabling EC and ILO does not remove the issue. So this looks like some compatibility issue, but... I have no idea what could be messing with what in this order. Sure, EC and ILO mess with everything, but removing them doesn't help. I can totally live without these mods, but I'm concerned that it's a symptom of a worse problem that will mess with other mods. Any idea what it could be? What direction to look into? Active Mod Files: NVSE DLL: NVAC, MCM, JIP_NVSE, UI_Organizer. No ENB. 4G-enabled Steam exe. System is W10 1809, Z390/9900k/64/1080Ti*2, no OC, almost new W10 install. Not even Alchemy.

I know that's beside the question, but why? "Modern X299 chipsets" is an oxymoron; you're looking at 3 year old technology, repackaged with more cores. Intel Z370 is better at less-recent games, AMD Threadripper at everything else. There might be a narrow niche where you need specific games at a certain level of performance, but not at their best, for the sake of still second-rate multithreading performance - but there's a lot fewer people actually inside that niche than people who think they are. FWIW, Intel plans to release an 8-core 1151/Z390 chip later this year. If X299 was waiting for something to completely obsolete it, this is it. It will easily outperform 10-core and match 12-core X299 chips in productivity, wipe the floor with them in games. Still won't match Threadripper, but the latter is there and it's finally competitive in games as well. Unless you're one of the few people who will get the 16-18 core version, the X299 isn't worth bothering with.

That thing is called a PC, not a CPU. The CPU is just the little chip inside. That might interfere with your searches. On the carpet is not a great place for the PC, though, because carpet fibers are very good at blocking ventilation flow. Like said above, a computer caddy should be what you need. Your case is actually not that large... try taking a full tower case with 10 PCI slots (clearance for that 3rd GPU), 20 kilos empty, fitting those GPU, filling it with hard drives, and adding water cooling. Now that makes for a heavy PC.

No NVSR. The mod and plugin list above is complete, nothing else used. Yes, Windows 10 1709 16922.248, latest release. But it worked fine on the same version before OS reinstall. User config was transferred as a folder.

Unscrew everything that unscrews. Take it apart. Assuming it's a cheap membrane - hopefully with a solid rubber pad, not a tiny dome per key - remove the membranes and the board, clean them separately. You should be left with a few hard plastic parts that hold 99% of the dirt. Don't bother removing the keycaps. Just open warm/hot water under as high pressure as you can get and wash it from both sides, the keycaps will pop out to let water in. If called for, add a bit of dish detergent, wait a while, use more water and a hard plastic brush. Remove some keycaps if there's something large stuck under them. Let dry for half a day on radiator or a day without once done. Leave compressed air for cleaning PCBs and mechanical keyboards. Water+surfactants are far superior for membrane ones.

I'm usually the one helping people with problems, but this one has me stumbled. A month ago, my W10 Insider crashed irreparably, and I had to do a clean install. Clean formatted GPT SSD, UEFI boot, non-insider version this time. I reinstalled New Vegas via Steam and merged my previous New Vegas folder with the new one, my usual procedure. All games on a separate SSD. The game's mods were installed via NMM (last time I use it, promise) and I lost a couple files due to VirtualInstall bugs, all meshes. These included a few in \Data\meshes\characters\_male\, mentioning this in case it is serious. Now the game starts normally, but freezes in 2-3 minutes of loading a pre-reinstall save, consistently. It doesn't seem to matter whether I run around doing area loads or just stand still. Starting a new game (not that I want to) causes an instant freeze. Disabled CASM, no difference. Actually the game saves fine. Without NVSE, the game won't start at all, CTD. Without NVAC, also CTD in main menu. Active Mod Files: The last 5 plugins are my own low-risk tweaks (cut the frequency of random dialogue, change a few item stats) and two auto patches. NVSE plugins: Any ideas what could be the issue, what to investigate?

Don't mean to be insulting, but... grow up, new hardware fails as much as used hardware. Your GPU chip's connection to the board is breaking apart. Thank the EU for the "ROHS" act, which has led to the premature dumping of half a million tons of electronics, soldered with leadless alloys, which don't last (and thus probably a hundred times the environmental damage ROHS sought to prevent). Nvidia's cards were hit the hardest, since they didn't pay much care to keeping their chip compatible with new inferior solders. Their 480 to 780 generations are especially infamous for breaking apart mid-life for no visible reason. It's kinda temperature related, your video card still works until temperature forces its broken solder apart. It will gradually get worse until it refuses to start altogether.

They do. In my limited experience, as much as 30% of that software is completely closed source, and about 80% if you include semi-closed, i.e. transferred to the admin of the responsible department, but not disclosed otherwise. In most cases, re-compilation is possible, it's just nowhere in the procedures.

Not to dump on the tool, but please keep in mind - - there have been no known attacks so far exploiting Spectre or Meltdown vulnerabilities. There are no developed-but-unused implementations, either. Such attacks are very difficult and generally not worth it in the world where people turn UAC off and click on whatever site they think might be funny. What makes Meltdown and Spectre significant is that they allow for a security breach on hardware level, which was previously thought implicitly secure and safe to rely on.

This is why closed source software should never be used or considered for life-critical tasks. It's fine for entertainment, fine for creating and editing entertainment content, but its doctrine simply isn't compatible with the fundamental requirements of industrial and infrastructure control systems.

If you're still around in 2108, I recommend that you feel no hesitation about using Windows XP. Any infection is still a probabilistic effect, and with your Luck maxed out, you have nothing to worry about. XP is not "popular", there's simply a large number of users, as in overwhelming majority, who would've had zero idea how to upgrade it, if they were aware of such a concept at all.

The important question is, was your fps GPU bound or CPU bound? In my experience, Skyrim tends to be CPU bound. Most mods also tax the CPU, not the GPU. Although there are some processing modifications that can slow down the rendering.

I don't think Skyrim can take advantage of even half of a GTX 1080 Ti's power, even in 4K. If you're playing at less than 4K, it definitely can't. Not that there's anything wrong with that card for other purposes. But if you're playing in 2K, Skyrim will leave probably 85% of its power unused.

It's not a hardware/software question. But yes, you can. Mass Effect mods do not require a new game. AFAIK none of them at all.

While there are some extra features in Pro, I just don't see the probability of someone who isn't a serious power user ever using any of them as more than maybe 2%. And most have free alternatives, which tend to be more popular outside of corporate environments. For a novice user, some of the features (deferred updates and RDP) are outright counterproductive. Unless you actually want something in W10 Pro, I'd save the cost, small as it is, for something else. If you were buying it retail, Pro is the one to get (since it's transferable and can be used to upgrade another system), but this is just OEM OS tied to the rig.

Nothing you really *need* to add, but there are ways to improve it, if you're ordering on the official website. Specifically, the config I've adjusted produced this at $2,103: Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition) New Year Featured Promotions: CYBERPOWERPC Skorpion K2 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, and more(1) Gaming Chassis: Cooler Master MasterBox 5t Mid-Tower Gaming Case with Fully Modular HDD/SSD cages & Side-Panel Window Laser Engraving: None Lighting: None Extra Case Fans: Default case fans Noise Reduction Technology: None CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-8700K 3.70GHZ 12MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Coffee Lake) Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: CyberpowerPC Asetek 550LC (White Color) 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler (Single Standard 120MM Fan) Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: None Motherboard: CyberpowerPC Z370 SLI Xtreme ATX w/ RGB, 802.11ac WiFi, USB 3.1, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe [Intel Optane Ready] RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) RGB Lightning DDR4/3000MHz Memory Module (GSKILL Trident Z RGB) Video Card: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti SC GAMING iCX Black Edition 11GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready] (Single Card) Sli Bridge: Standard SLI/Crossfire Bridge EVGA Power: None HTC VIVE Virtual reality Headset: None Video Capture Card: None Power Supply: 850 Watts - EVGA 850W GQ 80 Plus Gold Power Supply M.2 SSD: 256GB WD Black Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 2050/700 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 170/130k (Single Drive) INTERNAL PCI-E SSD CARD: None Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive) Freebies: Free 256GB WD Black Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD for Desktops Secondary Hard Drive: None Hard Drive Cooling Fan: None External Storage: None Optical Drive: None Optical Drive 2: None External Optical Drive: None WiDi Router: None Internal Wireless Network Card: None Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO LCD Monitor: None Cables: None Speakers: None Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network Keyboard: CyberpowerPC Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard Mouse: CyberpowerPC Standard 4000 DPI with Weight System Optical Gaming Mouse Mouse Pad: None Headset: None Gaming Apparel: None Gaming Gear: None Internal USB Expansion Module: None External Wireless Network Card: None Wireless Routers/Hubs: None Bluetooth: None Flash Media Reader/Writer: None Video Camera: None Power & Surge Protection: None USB Hub & Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports External USB ADAPTER: None Professional Wiring: None Ultra Care Option: None Warranty: STANDARD WARRANTY: 1 Year Parts WARRANTY Service: 3 Years FREE Service Plan (INCLUDES LABOR AND LIFETIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT) Rush Service: Standard processing time: ship within 12 to 15 Business Days List of specific changes to make to arrive at this: Core Components tab, at the top: Click checkbox on CYBERPOWERPC Skorpion K2 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard ($5), mousepad ($0). Perhaps the headset too ($5). Don't select the mcafee thing however, nor the cable, it's 1.4 (you need 2.0). Video Card: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti SC GAMING iCX Black Edition 11GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready] ($50) Optional. Adds $50, but worth it. It's a custom 1080Ti version is quieter and clocked a little higher. Sli Bridge: Standard SLI/Crossfire Bridge ($0) - comes in the mobo box, you might need it later Power Supply: 850 Watts - EVGA 850W GQ 80 Plus Gold Power Supply ($20) Optional. This is a known high quality quiet unit, while IDK what their standard unit is. The price difference is small enough to make sure. M.2 SSD: 256GB WD Black Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD (-$9) No-brainer. A faster SSD (not that you'll notice, but why not) for less. Freebies: Free 256GB WD Black Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD for Desktops [+0][New Year Daily Deal - Today Only!] Strange they're just including these, but they are today. Will probably be something else tomorrow. Fortunately the mobo does support two M.2 drives. As said above, these video and PSU upgrades aren't all that necessary, but I think they're worth the extra. The rest doesn't add to cost.

Well, like I said, bump it to 1080Ti. You need that for 4K. And there's an option to get such a system for less.

That's a good one. Not as good as the X900E, but quite good. To run 4K@60@4:4:4 (which you should), you'll also need a "Premium Certified" HDMI 2.0 cable, like Monoprice ones. Might need to try different ports to get a 2.0 link. You'll want a powerful video card to drive it at 4K resolution. A 1080Ti will be best, suitable even for very demanding games at reasonably high settings. The 1080 will do most games at high settings, but dip a bit. HDR might be limited, but not a lot of PC games work well with it. I checked Alienware's website and the configuration in your initial post is weird. 32GB RAM is unnecessary, but they only seem to spec 16GB modules. A 460 watt supply, are they serious? The 8700K is a power-hungry CPU and so is the 1080. Even a very good 460W will run too close to its limits for comfort. It will be noisy, it won't overclock well, it will limit the PC's life. Dell dropped the ball here. The configuration you'd want would cost you $2,570. Since you've got (are getting?) an X850, not a Z9D or at least an X940E, I presume price matters. A similar prebuilt PC can be bought for less: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-xtreme-desktop-intel-core-i7-8700k-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-2tb-hdd-240gb-ssd-black/6163800.p?skuId=6163800 That's $1,880 from Best Buy. It's not as compact, but for $700 I think you can live with that. I'm not specifically advocating for CyberpowerPC, it was just the first thing I found. Most 1080Ti's have been bought out by miners, so they're not cheap. I could build a slightly better PC at $1,800, all included, but $1,880 is a good deal for a prebuilt.

What are you going to do about Meltdown? It's not a problem that you can fix. Furthermore, unless you plan to follow security best practices 100% of the time, a potential attacker won't even need these exploits. Their main purpose will be to install a rootkit or a hidden mining program on your PC. Veloth60, what's your budget? Name the number or the range and we can pick the optimal system for you. Also, what is your display, or what do you plan on getting for one?

I can recommend... oh wait, it's only $5,000. You're in a difficult spot. 32" is right at the bottom end of the range for TVs, which since 2010 consistently offer much better picture quality than monitors. You could get a FALD with 500 nits brightness - a massive improvement over your average edge-lit 300 nit monitor. However, most 32" are out of production. None are 4K. 1440p is nonexistent. If you're interested in going down that route - 1080p, 32", possibly hard to find, and will be refurbished or used - please say so, I'll try to see what's good and can be found. With 1440p IPS, one way to go is Korean Crossover panels that can be overclocked up to 120-144 Hz. But they're 27". Very good for a 27" though. But an okay 32" will always be better than a good 27". In that range, the only 1440p close to your price range is this - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J90PKPG/?tag=pcpapi-20 Do you mine? If not, it's hard to imagine why might one spend $1,500+ on PC hardware and only leave $300 for the display. If yes, you should be getting over $100/month now from a single 1070 with gaming breaks.

Optical beats laser in precision and thus game performance for a skilled user. Laser beats optical in surface recognition. Currently, major gaming-oriented makers are generally switching to optical (LED) over laser for new products. If you're using a crappy mousepad, or none at all, laser wins. But given that a cloth mousepad costs $5, and cheap and expensive ones offer equally perfect surface recognition, why bother? Hard mousepads make sense for people with limited hand precision, who need a fast, smooth, unyielding surface, to get reasonable performance at low sensitivity.

My post above was said feedback, I think.

I'm using a similar mousepad now, aluminum+plastic, but a Thermaltake one. It sucks. (Hey, don't judge me for buying it, like much of my rig it was a review sample.) The TT pad is a little thinner, but adds rubber corners - they help a lot against wrist scrapes, but no glue seems to hold them steady! - and a rubber mouse cable holder. The latter works. The "control" side sucks donkey balls. The "speed" side is usable, but it's not as good as a cloth pad (80% vs 90% surface recognition on Avior), and it keeps collecting dirt. Once it gets dirty, it makes the mouse skip for real, and the mouse gets to collect that dirt itself. The only reasons I keep using it are the mouse cable holder and the ability to get it 25% or so off the table edge. If I don't mind getting my wrist scraped by its aluminum core, that is. A cloth mouse pad just absorbs the dirt, you have to throw it into the machine every couple months, but that's it.

This is ridiculous. Why would anyone fit a laptop with an A-10 and a Radeon 530? Anyway, to answer your question, your normal RAM is already being used for games. In DX9 (Skyrim) it's primary memory and the most-used 2GB are copied to VRAM for faster access. VRAM won't be a problem, low GPU performance will. So you could install some non-demanding graphics mods.

In all games. And I'm not some intel-fan, I've specced my company to buy mostly AMD CPU - better value for money. But every time you're not dealing with a fully parallellized task, that 4.6 GHz (or 5 OC'd) comes in handy. You're gonna render in HD+ or do major FEA, cool, get a Threadripper. Better still, get a dual-socket 7301 (higher chips perma-throttle, though are faster anyway) and a good cooling solution. And you need that dual-socket RAM for demanding renderers and solvers, desktop RAM is nothing for them; 256 is good, 512 is better.