Recent content by bigblueshock

I initially thought the same thing. For the Ryzen 3000 series, the only reason I'm looking at the x570 over the older boards are turnaround time with the AGESA / BIOS updates. Yes, you can pop in a Ryzen 3000 chip into an older mobo, but who knows what type of priority mobo manufacturers will...

Interesting. I'll wait and see what they say. It should be RMA'd, but if they give me any issues, I may go that route. What ended up causing blockage. Sediment build up? I wonder if there's a way to unclog without taking the tubes out. For instance, holding the radiator a certain way or...

I'm thinking the same. Especially not something I can fix. I've already emailed corsair support. I am. The fans and pump seem to be flowing at correct RPM's, as well as the fans. I even had pump in performance mode, didn't make a difference. (2000 or 3000 RPM I believe?) Yeah one tube...

I'm comparing temps between a Corsair H105, and a Corsair H100i V2. The H105 has a 38mm thick radiator while the H100i V2 has a 30mm thick. Both are 240mm The rig consists of these core components in question: -Asus Sabertooth x79 -Intel Core i7 4930k overclocked to 4.5 GHz on all cores with...

Unless something goes horribly wrong with launch, will most likely finally be upgrading my 6 core i7 4930k to the Ryzen 9 3900x.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. I was leaning towards that way.

Just wondering on peoples takes with Simulated vs Pure Sine Wave UPS's. Currently my home server has a Pure Sine Wave UPS (Cyberpower in particular), however my Gaming PC has a Simulated Sine Wave (APC) Battery Backup. I'm contemplating changing out/upgrading the APC and getting another...

I see where you are coming from, butt am not woried for several reasons. 1) I took less than a grain of salt with the 16C leaks. I don't see how a 16C/32T would have even been remotely possible with a 4.3 Base Clock on first round of 7nm at 135W TDP, Let alone 2nd or 3rd round. IPC...

Me being a techie geek and owning an Android Device, I was impressed and surprised Apple is giving battery replacements for only $30 including parts and labor. Some of my non-techie friends who own iPhones are saying they'll never buy an iPhone ever again. I told them I am surprised by their...

I have a Seagate Ironwolf 8TB. No issues after a year so far (knock on wood) HGST if money isn't an issue. Not a fan of Western Digital's speed/benchmarks.

Correct. Some drives are noisier than others. It honestly depends what kind of click. CrystalDiskInfo is the best option to see if those clicks mean anything.

In the AMD Control Panel, there should be a way to change what apps specifically will use dedicated graphics. For instance if you have dGPU for nVidia and Intel onboard, you can make the changes in nVidia control panel. Usually just browsing around Windows, in web browsers, etc... dGPU will...

Hey guys, My "ASUS Assist" fan is acting up (the one near the rear I/O Panel). I believe it's actually called an "I/O Cover Fan". My 5 year warranty expired about a half a year ago. I'm a bit nervous to just completely remove it, in case there's some sort of heat sink under there. I looked...

Just a FYI, Android Auto was officially updated to 2.8.5745 on 11/28/17 https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-auto/android-auto-2-8-5745-release/ May not have rolled out to everyone yet, however you can install the APK manually if you really want to test it ASAP. On the official...

Yep. My nexus 6P cable came with a USB C to C cable, a charger brick, as well as a short USB A to C cable. Pixel 2 XL only came with the C to C and charging brick, no USB A to C. Not sure what Google was thinking, especially when a USB A to C cable is needed for 99.8% of computers to transfer...