Recent content by ObsidianObelisk17

Hello, I was wondering if I could hotswap hard drives reliably without having to worry about data corruption? In this case, I have an external dock, a Thermaltake BlacX Duet, and I have already swapped some drives while my computer was running with no issue as of yet. The hard drives are nothing...

Hello, I tried looking this up, but couldn't find an answer. Hypothetically, if I were to run a fan on less power than it was designed for, maybe several volts less, would it still function, albeit slower? Would it affect the fan in any way other than slowing it? I know fans work by having power...

Hello, I was wondering if the speed of a PCIe x1 riser was fast enough to do PhysX calculations and deliver them back to the computer in time? I want to get one so I can organize the inside of my computer a bit better, and get the card out of the way of my main GPUs' fans, as well as having...

Hello, I was wondering if the Ryzen supported four RAM seats, as in you could have four RAM sticks at once. A while back, a friend told me that it couldn't to keep the cost of the CPU lower. I am just double checking here to make sure I don't go and spend more money on RAM if I can't use it. I...

Just a quick question; does enabling virtualization in the BIOS affect the host machines general performance when not running virtual machines? I use virtual machines every once in a while, but I don't exactly need them on a day to day basis. If I were to enable virtualization and just leave it...

I got an Extended ATX motherboard today, and I was searching online for a compatible case, preferably a 2U server chassis. I have found many different cases, some compatible directly with E-ATX, and some without it listed as a compatible form factor. More of the compatible cases are proprietary...

First off, this is in no way a major issue. It is a mild annoyance where I would say, "That's kinda weird," then forget about later. Anyway, the Up Time clock in Task Manager on Windows 10 is saying what I can assume is the total time my computer has been on since I installed Windows 10, while...

How does this part look? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817438061 I have some EVGA stuff, and the price and rating seems reasonable. Again, I don't need a top of the line computer, just one that can power on and run at full load. By the way, the cooling loop is a closed...

This build won't be for playing games or anything that would need a beast GPU by the way, I might get a low end single slot GPU, and I may just use this for rendering stuff till it burns out in a few years or loses its usefulness. Because of the power use, should I look for 80 Plus Gold or...