Recent content by john_minton

Hi, I got a gtx 1080ti recently so it'd be nice to move away from my 60hz 1080p monitor. currently deciding between the Acer ED347CKR bmidphzx 34" - https/bit.ly/2ttT9UV - or the LG 34UC79G-B 34" 21:9 UltraWide IPS Curved- bit.ly/2GIGswX The acer monitor is an extra 200NZD, but it does have...

https://imgur.com/a/MKIyKtZ Built my setup 1 and a half-ish months ago. If there's something wrong with it or you recommend something, please don't hesitate to comment. Specs: CPU - Intel i5-8600k overclocked to 4.6ghz GPU- Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080 ti Xtreme edition 11gb gddr5 Ram - Corsair...

at 80% it spins up, then suddenly stops, then turns back on, then stops and repeats. But in the fan I can hear some clicky noise from the fan

Hi, I just finished building my PC and its up and running. However sometimes on startup the CPU fan fails to turn on so I have to spin it manually, then it starts spinning on its own(something like an old 1900's car). And often maybe once every 5-10 minutes the fan stops again so I have to...

MERGED QUESTION Question from john_minton : "Can I replace broken LGA 1151 pins with LGA775 pins in my motherboard?" So I broke off the pins on my Gigabyte z370 hd3p while trying to repair bent pins. Is it possible to take the LGA775 pins and put them into an LGA 1151 pin hole? Can I even you a...

So the other day when I was installing my hyper 212 evo cooler on my motherboard, the screws didn't line up, and it didn't fit and it was slanted and I got pissed. So I took my cooler and hit it against the poor CPU in the MOBO. It was maybe 1/2 to 2/3 of an inch from the CPU, I did it 1-2...