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ok thank you for your assistance

Hi there, I have a dell optiplex mini I7 6th gen,the fan gets quite loud at times,is this normal? i have cleaned the fan and replaced the thermal paste,but it is the same. max temp is 80c with ambient temp at 18c.

i suspect you are correct,i will order that rise asap

Hi there, I have a Lian Li 216 lancool case and i want to vertically mount an MSI 2070 Super graphics card. I purchased an Asus Rog Strix riser cable but I found that the mounting holes in the cable did not line up with the standoffs that screw into the case to support the card. On this case...

yes true,but its cheaper,its a budget project for some hot swapable storage and games

no real purpose,should i just buy a faster CPU and replace the one i have,im open to suggestions

Hi there,i purchased a refurbished Dell T7910 with 32gig ram and one Zeon E5 2637 V3 CPU, i planning to add a second CPU and ram and a decent graphics card to do some gaming with my son,just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on upgrades and the most suitable graphics card for this system.

Problem solved, I removed the other HD and it worked fine..thanks

yes i restarted the installation process and the issue just returns each time,i have tried several times,i noticed it does leave some windows files on the drive that i tried installing on.

Hi there, im trying to install windows 10 via USB stick on a new M.2 drive in a Dell optiplex 7040 and during the process i get this message, (WINDOWS COULD NOT PREPARE THE COMPUTER TO BOOT INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF INSTALLATION.TO INSTALL WINDOWS,RESTART THE INSTALLATION) I have never seen this...

I fitted the cooler without removing the backing plate,the plastic pins for the cooler seem to fit well and secure. Thanks for your assistance

ok thank you for your assitance

No im picking it up later today,i just removed the metal threaded inserts in the plate to open up the holes,i will try mounting the cooler later today.

I will send a link for the cooler i have ordered,its basically a retro pc build in a new case, the plate has small metal screw threads that are too small to insert a standard or other coolers,so im quite sure i need to remove it to properly expose the holes in board...

Hi there, I have LGA 1155 motherboard (core I5 2500K) and i removed an old water cooler with radiator thats not working anymore. there is a plastic backing plate on the back of the board that seems hard to remove,do some of these plates have adhesive? any advice on how to remove it is much...