It could be artifacts from temp or from voltage out of range. Back in the 2000's I used to overclock a desktop computer that I still have, and everytime I took the GPU too high, it would freeze up with artifacts.
Really about the only way that I can think of to discover if its temp related, is to fire up Psensor, and tell it to log the info in a file. So hopefully, even if the computer freezes up, you'll at least have some data to fall back on.
Otherwise the only other way is to have Psensor loaded up on another monitor, so even when the computer freezes, you'll be able to have the readouts hopefully, or at least be able to have seen the temps just before the computer freezes.
BTW, I have a BenQ IPS 24" 60-hertz 1080P monitor, I use it mainly with my tablet when in my room, 24-inches is nicer then 10 inches lol. But I use my main computer on my 55" 4K TV, it sure is easier for my eyes to adjust with more inches lol.
Also, don't forget to test different displays too, cause you never know, sometimes displays do crazy things when they go out. CRT's were known to do crazy stuff when the tubes were going on them too.
I might deviate from the topic, but now I started to wonder what will happen when NVidia stops providing Linux drivers for the graphics cards I am using
I just keep my finger crossed that Nouveau drivers will get better by that time...
This problem i have when graphic cards price go over 300% or more. My graphic card is now more expensive when I bought her in 2015. My graphic cards are not supported. Sometimes i have a blue screen or black screen , freeze. I bet it something with temperature. From AMD have some wattman problems.
You might want to check the cable arrangement in the chassis for a better airflow.
Inexpensive Insulock is very useful when it comes to a cable arrangement. I bought a bag of it over 10 years ago and I still have a plenty of supply - perhaps till the end of my life
Also If you have another add-on cards, it helps to move them to make as much space around your graphics card.
Your right, you can blame crypto miners and the tech shortage for the 300% price increase. Nvidia 3070's 3080's, and 3090's cost more then the whole computers themselves these days.
Good idea to check your power cables going into the video card I agree. You may want to reseat the GPU as well, then re-plug the power cables. Another thing, what brand of PSU is in that computer of yours?
And when you picked out your PSU, whatever brand it is, did you make sure to buy one that produces more power then you need? Believe it or not, bad PSU's, or lower watt PSU's where you draw too much power from, are known to cause BSOD's.
Make sure that computer is not thermal throttling all the time too, check all sensors. Get yourself a temp gun, beam it at different places, including the VRM. Look for anything that looks like temperature runaway.
Lots of causes for computer issues in this area of discussion, so you can really only go down the list one by one until you find the issue.
I'm going to bed. Before I do though, I just wanna say, nice cable management. But holy guacamole you got a lot of hard drives in that machine. Each 3.5" mechanical drive draws up to 30-watts, just so you know.
I really hope your power supply is high rated like 1000 watt 80+ Good or better. And let's also hope the brand of that PSU is not Thermaltake or Gigabyte.
You actually get a decent sum of money if you have a whole farm mining you can earn serious cash by selling the cryto you mined. Just don't steal power, alot of people steam power to mine so they don't need to pay for electric fee but guess what the cops gonna take all ur GPUs away and ur gonna be in prison.
I once bought a mini tower and I regretted it forever since there was not much room to manoeuvrer things inside.
Unless one lives in a Paris/Tokyo apartment and the space is premium, I strongly advocate a full tower.
Aside from a better air flow, other advantage of full tower is that it can take almost any size m/b.
I had to replace malfunctioned ATX m/b and the only compatible m/b I could get my hand on was CEB format (workstation m/b). Luckily, full tower can take this dimension and I was saved from replacing CPU and RAM (most expensive parts) for incompatible m/b.
Yes. I have experience a small case is disaster to out temperature from a computer. The hard disk are server hard disk WD RED but when I don;t used them then they don't eating all time a power?
You will not see the temperature of my main SSD since PNY registers a wrong temperature (95 C) and I remove it from the list. I see you also have a sub zero temperature for some sensors.
I had a look at your temps, nothing in there concerns me believe it or not. Don't bother with the AUX temps, just remove them from ever being displayed again in the settings.
Your idle temps are completely normal IMO. And your load temps are also completely normal. I would be concerned if the temps were hanging out at 60C at idle and 95C to 100C at load at all times. So temp wise is not the issue.
There is a big difference when it comes to power draw between an HDD and a SSD...
3.5" HDD's can draw up to 20 to 30 watts
2.5" HDD's can draw up to 15 to 18 watts
SATA SSD's can draw up to 5-watts
M.2 SSD's can draw up to 8-watts
And when I saw how many 3.5" drives you had in there, thats why I was a bit concerned. But hopefully, your GPU doesn't draw too much current and it will be fine.
For each generation of hard drive, we generally see a reduction in power. However, high performance M.2 SSD drives have increased in power consumption, probably in order to keep up with PCI Gen 3 and Gen 4 speed standards.
3.5" HDD's I have 2
2.5" HDD's I have 1
SATA SSD'S I have 2
GPU used only with game. If I am not playing game then only processor and RAM is used. I saw on linux temperatures are lower from windows operating system.