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Denamian
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Tempting, but I may have to settle for just the regular 2080. Either way it will be a nice upgrade over my 970 gtx.
Crone
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Same card that I have and expect to use for at least another year. Lol. At least some of the other parts are getting upgraded!
Speaking of that, today is the day! Had a lazy morning, and got a buddy coming over. Gonna completely gut my case, clean it, blow all the parts liberally (lol), and then put it all back together. If we don't lose a screw, or have to take at least one trip to the store, I'll be surprised!
Folanlron
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Hekotat
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God damn, fuck Corsair and their shitty bracket designs for the AIO coolers. It took me well over 2 hours to get that thing off and the AMD one put on. I've never seen something so poorly engineered from a multi-million dollar company.
1. the instructions are wrong and tell you to turn it the wrong way.
2. due to the rounded edges facing down it chews into your hands and fingers, it's also spaced in just a way that you can't put equal pressure on it to get it off. I ended up having to partially disassemble the heatsink area just to get it off.
Otherwise everything else went very smoothly and I'm up and running.
1. the instructions are wrong and tell you to turn it the wrong way.
2. due to the rounded edges facing down it chews into your hands and fingers, it's also spaced in just a way that you can't put equal pressure on it to get it off. I ended up having to partially disassemble the heatsink area just to get it off.
Otherwise everything else went very smoothly and I'm up and running.
Mist
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Gonna delid your CPU? If you're going to go all the way, it's worth it. Gamers Nexus has a few good liquid metal delid videos.
New intel CPUs are supposed to use solder again though.
Crone
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One trip to the hardware store to get the right attachments for my compressors air gun!
Crone
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So got the new nvme m.2 drive, and it's fast and shit, but damn is it annoying to figure out how to copy settings over from like every thing. Games was easy. Point all the launchers at the game files that are still on my storage drives. But everything revolving around my Plex setup was just a pain.
Think I finally got it, but oh well. Was fun as hell putting in all the new parts. Ended up buying my friends case as well, since it was super quiet, and nice, and despite mine being popular, Antec 900, buddies Fractal case was way nicer, and $30.
Think I finally got it, but oh well. Was fun as hell putting in all the new parts. Ended up buying my friends case as well, since it was super quiet, and nice, and despite mine being popular, Antec 900, buddies Fractal case was way nicer, and $30.
Tuco
I got Tuco'd!
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I'm thinking about pre-ordering the RTX 2080 asap when it comes out, and replacing my GTX970, and also buying a 4k monitor to replace my 1920x1200 one.
Should I be expected to be bottlenecked by my cpu, which is a little old at i7-4790K? Or is 4k gaming so dependent on GPUs these days that it should be fine?
Should I be expected to be bottlenecked by my cpu, which is a little old at i7-4790K? Or is 4k gaming so dependent on GPUs these days that it should be fine?
Izo
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M.2 mounting: Where do you guys order the M.2 nut standoff and hex screws when it's missing from the mb box - asus? It's an old asus B150-pro (keke). Ebay prices range from $5 to insane for these :S They have different sizes too across different mobos. I thought this was iso standardized Was looking for a bundle of these:
asusparts Asus, 13020-01810000, Asus M.2 SCREW+SCREW HEX FOR HM
This is the one supposed to be in my box.
Edit: maybe this one?
300pcs M2/M3 Brass Hex Column Standoff Spacer Screw Nut Assortment Kit With Box | eBay
Was looking for a bundle of these:asusparts Asus, 13020-01810000, Asus M.2 SCREW+SCREW HEX FOR HM
This is the one supposed to be in my box.
Edit: maybe this one?
300pcs M2/M3 Brass Hex Column Standoff Spacer Screw Nut Assortment Kit With Box | eBay
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Looks fine to me
New Ryzen 7 1700 temps. Played some Monster Hunter on it, with an ambient temp around 70 degrees F.
Normal?
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I would wait for the 3rd party cards. They usually have better clocks and better coolers on them for same price, or thereabouts. Worth the wait IMO.
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