So my Ryzen 5 CPU was overheating and I tried to clean it off. I had a liquid cooler on it which seemed to be malfunctioning. In the process of trying to get everything off the motherboard, the CPU pins bent so I had to purchase another CPU. The one I had in there was a 6 core processor, and I replaced it with a Ryzen 7 5800XT processor which is 8 cores with 4 “virtual” cores for a total of 12. I can tell the PC is moving a lot faster now and it’s pretty cool.
Another upgrade I did was I found a 3070ti on sale on NewEgg for $400. They allowed you to do a payment plan on it, so I went ahead and purchased it. I’m upgrading from a 1070ti which was crazy outdated at this point. So now I have an 8 (12) core processor, 24GB of RAM, and a 3070ti in my gaming desktop. It’s a nice machine and plays any game I throw at it with ease.
I’ve also done 3D Mark on it which is a benchmarking application and it scores pretty decently. I’d like to upgrade to 32 or 64GB of RAM just because RAM is so cheap these days. I added a 1TB m2 drive in the second m2 slot on my ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING motherboard. I use that drive only for PC games which is nice.
I have a huge backlog of games to flip so I’ll be busy with it for a while. I’ve also started taking a course on Unreal Engine/C++ coding on Coursera.com. I think coding would be a good career change for me and I’d enjoy it very much. I’m tired of IT and the politics and things that go along with it. I’m sure there’s that in any field, but I’d rather work solo with me and my code. Time will tell if I can find the time to practice coding between music production, djing, gaming, lifting weights, etc.
I just have to manage my time a lot better than I currently do. I need to stop watching Twitch and Youtube so much, or at the very least do something else at the same time I’m listening to the video on either of those services. I’ll get er done. L8r.