Recent content by cyberguyz

I really love that case to bits. Too bad in Canadian Pesos it would cost over $600 and that is an order of magnitude too costly for me even to dream of. The only two things I am not a fan of is ... 1. All that tempered glass. Glass is heavier than steel/plastique doors and frankly the case...

My gigabyte board didn't have a factory seal on it either. However the static bag around my motherboard was taped shut and any tampering would have been noticeable.

Went from a 1950x to a 3970x. Very pleased with the result.

I've used Asus, MSI, Gigabyte and Asrock. I found MSI and Asus to be my favorites. Just a shame the Asus offerings for TRX40 were a little less than I needed for a given price. The Asrock was good, but not available from my favorite brick & pmortar stores. Gigabyte gave me the best mix of...

Capacitors provide extra current to help fan motors start. When a fan motor starts it needs more than the rated current to get the motor turning. The capacitor acts as a short term battery that stores power then releases it when needed. The capacitors are not as large & dangerous as you find in...

Just the CPU on the loop. Mid tower case so no room for 7x120mm. Rad fans are push only. I do have 2x 200mm fans - one in front the other on the door.

I hear you. I've had one Gigabite X399 Aorus board quit suddenly, and 2x x570 (Aorus Ultra and Master) that I simply get to work right with a 3950X CPU even after updating UEFI to gigabytes Latest. The costly Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master / 3970X I am using now was a gamble (not a big one cause I...

Tried it. I find it does not properly read my motherboard fan values so I can't reliably monitor my pump. As well have a Corsair commander but that same pump has already blown out 2 of its 6 fan headers. Currently using ArgusMonitor. You have to pay for it, but it does a far better job of...

Had a similar issue with my 3970X. Even though having a loop with known good Bykski waterblock (used with my previous 1950X setup), 3x120mm rad DDS pump, I was shocked to be hitting 95c way too easy. The TRX40 Aorus Master motherboard comes stock with PBO enabled. It seems PBO on these chips...

Buy what you can afford. You can get a 3950x + motherboard for the price of a 3960x all by itself. Expect to pay a premium to add a TRX40 motherboard. For onboard drives in the3 3950X range, The Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master provides onboard 3x M.2 slots with full x4 pcie Gen4 support. It is the...

should be straightforward. I run windows on nvme without a hitch. As long as your UEFI supports M.2 you are good to go.

3600 cl16 vs 3600 cl18 you won't really notice a difference. I OCed my memory from 3200 CL14-14-14 to 3600 CL16-18-18. To be honest I don't really notice much of a performance boost. But I leave it OCed because I can and, well, YOLO :D

the 3600 is faster.

2x16gb. That way you have 2 more slots if you want top double up later on.