Recent content by Voodoo Rufus

And then we have the folks like me still picking cases than can accommodate thick rads with push/pull fan setups. :)

30mm is nice and an improvement over 25mm, but let's go big and back to 38mm thick fans. Maybe even 50mm!

Looks like Thermalright has another winner here, trading blows with AIOs for a great price. I like the subtle LED effects on these fans, too. This heatsink doesn't come with them, but I appreciate how the fans on my Ultra 120 EX Rev4 are dual ball bearings. That heatsink installs as easy as a...

Certainly not the first time. See Pentium 4 XEs for example.

Well, the BIOS changes didn't do anything. Running less power with MCE disabled but no change in stability. I started to investigate with the basics on the hardware side and found that the PCIE riser wasn't seated fully. Doh.... Now it's 100% stable, but getting some artifacting on some game...

I'm definitely going to flash to the newest BIOS this evening and check the CPU power settings. My errors are black screen crashes necessitating a hard reboot.

Yeah that needs updating. It's currently a Asus Z790 Hero, 13900KS and 3080Ti.

This is great stuff, thanks for the leads.

I wonder if this is the cause of my issues lately (13900KS / 3080Ti). I did a BIOS update a couple months ago, and haven't been able to run any games since. Some crash right when 3D is activated, others completely at random, but never more than 5 minutes from 3D load start. Wiping the OS hasn't...

Thanks. I have seen that post, but I'm hoping to do something a little less....overkill.

I've considered hacking up a PSU PCIE power wire to a D5 before. No junk connections that way.

I bought an XFX 6800XT AGP with a sticking fan for a decent price. I didn't Youtube how to take a fan apart to lubricate it and ended up breaking it. I can't seem to find a suitable replacement for it, and the fan is integral to the plastic shroud ducting the airflow to the heatsink. What are my...

Lei, I think you're confusing rates and pressures. 1. Where's the P-Q curve, EK? 2. I'd prefer SATA connector, or all PWM-header power for those boards that can support it.

I love my eVGA 1660 Super GDDR6. It's a great budget gaming card for older stuff or 1080P. I have it stuffed in an ITX build.

Now that's a game I haven't heard of in a long time. That's solid hardware setup, and what I ran the last year of university in 2005. Next time I get to my parents place I should get out my father's old Asus P5As and K6-IIIs. He doesn't use them any more but the stuff he collected for his Win98...