Recent content by jacklinderman

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    GTX 1070 Strix Connections?

    Hey guys, So I've heard the GTX 1070 requires a single 8 pin connection. I'm planning on buying the Asus 1070 Strix, and in the pictures it has two connections. I've already purchased a single 8 pin white extension cable, do I need another one?
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    PC Won't Start Without Pressing MemOK! Button

    After troubleshooting all night (I just purchased a new set of RAM and a new CPU cooler) I finally got my PC to boot. Now, 3/4 times I try and power my PC on, the DRAM_LED comes on and I have to press the MemOk! button to start it up. This has been the only way to get into Windows for me. I've...
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    System Won't POST, help!

    Hello, I just built my first PC two weeks ago, and wanted to upgrade a few parts. I just got an AIO water cooler and two more sticks of ram. I realized that I bought the wrong model of ram (timings and latency were different, I believe) so I just put the original ram back in and installed the...
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    Can I buy another dual channel kit for a ram upgrade?

    Hi, A few weeks ago I bought the Kingston HyperX Fury 2x4 GB set (DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model HX421C14FBK2/8 is the exact model on Newegg). Can I buy another one of these kits and install them into my PC to have 4 sticks, or do I need to sell the two that I have and then buy a 4x4...
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    $1000 PC Build?

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    $1000 PC Build?

    I am going for a red/black/white theme and $1000 not including OS, keyboard and monitor (cheap 24-27 inch monitor suggestions would be good, too. Here is what I have picked out: Project Pho3niX I know some stuff could be swapped for others, but is it generally a good build? I'm still not...
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    Water Cooling vs Air Cooling

    So I have an NZXT H440 and I want to cool my CPU and GPU (for gaming). for CPU, should I go for Corsair H100i or something like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO? My GPU is the Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 780 which is a hybrid cooling GPU, so there are fittings on it to water cool it directly. If I...