Recent content by nmk94

So after some googling it seems that it's NZXT Cam itself that is the culprit. (See here) Strange that the program wouldn't show the high temp on its own dashboard but send it through Windows.

OK, it happened again. From Microsoft.Explorer.Notification.{489960... (rest gets cut off)

Hm. On the lower-left part of a screen there is a small, square message balloon from which various notifications pop up. That's where it appeared. It's gone now but I it said it was from something along the lines of "Microsoft.notifications". I'm new to Windows 10 (spent a decade in Mac world)...

I got a notification from Windows that my CPU temp is 81 degrees C. When I look at NZXT Cam it's telling me the temp is around 35 degrees C. So which one is more reliable?

So, another newb question. I'm looking at getting a GeForce 2080 8GB. I notice the same card from a variety of different manufacturers. From doing some research, it seems these cards are all effectively the same under the hood as they all use the same Nvidia processor. The only difference is the...

Thanks. I believe my motherboard maxes out at 2666 MHz for the RAM. Does going over affect performance at all or not? (Figure it can't do more than 2666 but assuming the extra just doesn't get used?)

So after 10 years in Macworld I'm returning to PC. Oh how things have changed. Pretty excited to be going back, but I'm basically a newb in doing my first custom build. Note: I'm not putting together a gaming system, but one for video editing (HD and 4K), running the Adobe CC suite. I'm...