Recent content by Jamezman

Very good place to start! I use an asus mobo with 8700k and just a evo 212 air cooler under load mine hits about 80c (yes this could be much better). But my temps are so high because my case has terrible airflow.. and my ambient temp is always a bit high. What I'm trying to get at is...

To make a super long story short. I'm in need of an extra psu. I've decided I want one of the seasonic prime/prime ultra. I currently run i7 8700k, asus maximus x(with ac), gtx 1080 (evga ftw), a few drives, and more than a few peripherals like rgb mouse/keyboard, multiple chargers( i know I...

Okay so id like to start with this build is a suggestion for a friend. In the red corner we have https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jamezman/saved/9NHpbv In the blue corner we have https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cZh8LD Now you'll notice everything is basically the same other than the cpu. I chose...

Okay, so i want to buy and use the maximus 9 extreme motherboard in my first water cooling build but i can not determine the fittings to use with the monoblock. (asus says "ALUMINUM plate (top cover) and Acrylic body") So, with this being the case i need to use an aluminum rad and fittings. The...

i know this mb (ASRock Z170 Gaming K6) has a m.2 socket, but im new to the m.2 in general.. soo what would the "best" m.2 chip for putting just the os (win 10) on?

what would be better a case fan blowing on a fanless gpu or a gpu with a fan? Edit: keep in mind very low end parts

Okay so i wanted to check here before i pick out of the two cards (evga GT 710 2gb) and (msi GT 710 2gb) i have i3 2120 (cpu) ipisb-vr rev 1.01 (mobo) win 10 (os) this chipset should work no issue right? EDIT: do either use vram?