The new game, Starfield , is the first game that crashes my PC all the time. It seemed to suck out all 850W of my PC's PSU. Well, Starfield is still buggy and un-optimised but as my RTX 4090 is recommended to have a 1000W PSU, I got the itch and upgraded PSU to be quiet! PURE POWER 12 M 1200W . Installation was a breeze. I run 3DMark again and here's the latest score so connections seem to be all good (eg no unintentional cable disconnection): Hopefully, no more crashes when playing with Starfield in ultra settings. Latest photo of my PC:
Using a miniDSP UMIK-1 calibrated microphone, I recorded sound pressure level (SPL) at 1m away from the PC: Ignore the random peaks. They're from door of the study room being opened and closed. From 0 to 1:30, SPL averages around 46.5dB . Windows 10 power setting at balanced-mode. From 1:30 to 5:30, I loaded and played Deliver Us The Moon game (EPIC settings). Windows 10 power setting at high-performance mode. SPL averages around 51dB . From 5:30 onwards, I closed the game and PC went back to balanced-mode. With this data, I should be able to quantify difference between the stock cooler and new cooler which should be with me next week.
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