Recent content by mjda

I'm certainly not opposed to changing my fans out, as long as they'll all work with iCue, simply because I'm new to all this and iCue is super easy for me to use.

Earlier last year I built my first computer, using as much iCue compatible components I could find. In fact, most of my accessories are Corsair. I have the Corsair 5000X case, and I absolutely love the way it looks. The problem, though, is that I can't get enough light from my fans, RAM, etc to...

Just wanted to post an update. I still haven't upgraded my monitor but, even on this ol' crappy one I have now, I'm really enjoying this build! Definitely would recommend everything I have installed. It's all been pushed pretty hard in the last month, or so, and it hasn't even tried to let me...

I was looking at 32" screens at Best Buy and they seemed a little too big to me. Haven't seen any ultra wide screens though.

Well, the Cinebench finished but I didn't see an option to save any results. I read where clicking quit would prompt me to save but that didn't work either. Here's a picture of what I saw on screen. View: https://imgur.com/a/V3wNMAM

Definitely at the top of the list. Just haven't found one where I think "that's the one" just yet. Been looking on Newegg but I just don't know enough about it to know what I'm looking for and none of the ones at Best Buy were "the one" either.

Thank you, I found them. The CPU-Z results are here: https://valid.x86.fr/a7yzdv There was some kind of error during the Cinebench test. I'm not sure what it was and the debug file isn't where it said it would be, or I misread it. I'll let the system cool of a bit and try it again later.

No clue what that even means, but I'll try to figure it out this afternoon and see what I can do.

Thank you. Just a little concerning seeing those lights changing colors when I'm not really doing anything. It does run cool when I'm gaming though so I was thinking it might be something that just happens. Thanks for you reply!

I just built my first gaming PC this weekend. I've been monitoring the temps the last few days. I also set up an iCUE profile to turn the lights orange/red when things get hot. Anyways, I'm noticing that I'm getting spikes in temp when I'm doing small things like opening programs, or browsing...

This is primarily a question for those of you with an AIO cooler in your system, but probably for anyone who uses any type of water cooling in your system. I recently saw a video on YouTube where the guy was explaining that you should shut your PC down when you're not going to be around just in...

Just wanted to stop in and say thanks to all of you who pitched in with your advice on my build. I'm happy to say that I finally got time to put it all together this weekend and everything, so far, seems to be working perfectly. I still haven't gotten a new monitor so I'm still on an old 1080p...

My current PC was built in 2015. I certainly don't want the new one to last that long, but I'd imagine around 4 years will be somewhere in the ballpark of when I'd expect to be in the market again. By the way, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on everything tonight. It should all be here by...

So based on some of your suggestions, I did decide to go with a smaller (750w) PSU and I used that savings to upgrade to 3600Mhz RAM. Probably won't be a difference that I'll notice, but I'd rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it, especially if it doesn't affect the budget...

I was considering a faster RAM but I saw that those speeds had the (OC) next to them so I wasn't sure if that would work out of the box or if I'd have to do something that I have no clue about to get it to work. I've never overclocked a system before and really haven't even looked into it at...