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    Question Any better options for my money?

    Found one I ended up liking, opted for this guy. Was a toss up between HP and Lenovo. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4RH881B?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
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    Question Any better options for my money?

    Can't say I've dabbled with refurbished items, typically prefer new but seems like you get a tonnnn for the money if it works out.
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    Question Any better options for my money?

    Shopping for my wife for a business laptop, primarily operating excel/power bi and similar software related items. Curious if I can find more for my money, and maybe something other than a 13700k that's list from Bestbuy. Would love to stay around the 16gb of memory or more area if that is an...
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    Question System/Power Settings menu causes PC to lag ?

    Still working on this... lol system doesn't want to update to 24H2... found a new series of problems lmao. Tried to get 24h2 to populate using windows insider feature however can't complete install of Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.26200.5562 (ge_release_upr) Error; 0xc1900209
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    Question System/Power Settings menu causes PC to lag ?

    I stumbled across a weird Windows issue when changing power management option. This is quite the odd one I think, but for whatever reason when going into System settings anytime I select Power , it causes the PC to have a weird stutter as well as the mouse cursor will jump across the...
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    Question Who makes any American pc cases?

    😅 Knew I shouldnt have went off some of those headquarter locations lol. I just kind peeked at a couple brands but youre right, most likely sourcing all components from overseas. Maybe I'm on to something here lol. Youll see me on shark tank with american made pc cases 🤣
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    Question Who makes any American pc cases?

    Just out of curiosity, what manufacturers are in the US when it comes to PC case manufacturing. Not that I really care about the 25% tariff I'm gonna buy whatever I want 9/10 times anyways. But it did have me curious as to whom all builds and designs cases specifically in the U.S. Currently I...
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Not at home atm to disable lighting but heres a better image , View: https://imgur.com/a/5qGnnOE I'm slowly getting more satisfaction out of it, ive dropped the pump speed to 2500ish rpm which helped a ton with noise, and ive dropped fan speed a considerable amount. I think I will go back...
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Uploaded a vid, of the pump running. I'm guessing this is slightly normal operation, also any tips of what to do with air bubbles in the reso? The whining noise is hard to hear once everything is shut, you have to get up on it like GPU coil whine. View: https://imgur.com/a/Z5EjthG
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Only other thing I got left to try and change is swapping all my components to PWM mode, currently they're on AUTO, not sure if that would have any substantial difference in cooling. I do have minor pump concerns as too my initial start-up the pump ran dry for about 10 seconds with me not...
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    https://phanteks.com/product/ez-fit-450-cpu-block-black/ I guess maybe my expectations are too high and its operating as it should. I've just always seen most Water loops run considerably cooler than mine.
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Gigabyte OC 4090, carried over into the same Rig, Temps have stayed about the same transition from 4090 to 5090.
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Can't update pics atm due to being at work, however Top fans and Rear fan are exhaust, Bottom fans and Side fans are intake Reverse blade intake.
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Fixed, My apologies.
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    Question Disappointing results with my first water loop ?

    Just recently completed my first loop and I'm kind of disappointed in my results unless I have an error somewhere in which someone might know of me missing something. My AIO previous Silverstone Icemyst vs my Phanteks ez fit 360mm loop run neck and neck when doing timespy benchmarks on my...