Recent content by mike_a_e

As an update I received an RMA and will be sending the board back. Unfortunately now the Extreme4 is about $20 more then when I purchased it and most of my payment was from Amazon gift cards so I am limited to purchasing from them. Not sure the Extreme4 is worth $185... Mike

When I installed the CPU it just dropped to the bottom of the socket with no pressure at all but I will look when I pull it out. Also with using just the B1 bad B2 slots the system is very stable. I do not have dual channel and I have no room for purchasing more memory in the future, but it is...

Recently I had a very old motherboard go out on me and it was old enough that purchasing a replacement board just didn't make sense and I decided to purchase a new system. I have purchased the following Intel i7 8700K Asrocks Z370 Extreme4 G. Skill DDR4 Ripjaws V Series 2800 When I assembled...

As for virtualization mainly I am using VMware workstation and my machines are running linux without a desktop environment. I know 16GB is not a lot but my thinking was to start with 16GB and once/if memory prices come down a little purchasing another 32GB. I had no idea video rendering was as...

Recently my motherboard started failing and since it is 6+ years old finding replacement is difficult and I am not sure I want to invest more in older tech. I decided it was time for an upgrade and I have an i7 8700K with motherboard and 16GB of RAM in transit. I am deciding what to do with my...