r/HSpecWorkstations

Hi all - I have a hp z4 g4 and its been humming with a combined 28 gb vram for some time (4070 super 12gb and 5060 ti 16gb), it has a 1k psu.

However I like to “fix” and “improve” things until they’re broken. Enter a used 3090.

Ever since I tried the 3090 I’ve been getting random beeps. At first I thought heat, but this was occurring even with the lid off. It beeps whenever load starts only a minute or 2 in, not sustained load.

My partner hates these beeps and I’ve removed the 3090 to see if it still occurs with the other gpus(it never did before). The only next option I know of is a front and back fan upgrade. I previously upped idle fan speed in bios but no change.

Perhaps this is a flawed used card? Checking someone here may have experienced these random long beeps and could point me to a root cause? Again assume it’s power or heat, but I don’t know how to identify it. Thanks!

(Edit typo)

Considering I need to cool a 145 W CPU (Xeon E5-2699 V4), is the Thermalright-TR Peerless Assassin 140 compatible with the Z440 motherboard? If not, which heatsinks would you recommend? Thank you.

Clarification: I won't be using the original case.

I'm thinking about swapping out my z-440 to a. Z4 g4.

My memory and GPU etc will swap over. But it will even up costing me $150ish after everything washes out.

Is it with the rib to get to that? On board m.2, next Gen Xeon... Not to much more. Is it worth it?

TYIA 😎👍🏻