Recent content by ptrthgr8

Yep, H100 in the roof, no intakes. I'll remedy that, just on general principle if for no other reason. And I had also wondered about the proximity of NVME slot to the GPU, but I think you're right - I suppose it wouldn't make much sense for the manufacturer to put them somewhere that would...

Sage advice right there! When in doubt... more fans!!!! :D

Okie dokie. As I'm learning more about M.2 drives, I've confirmed a heatsink is installed. (Again, I'm such an M.2 noob.) The MSI M.2 SHIELD FROZR heatsink is installed: I can only imagine how hot it would be if there was no heatsink. But it's there, eh? And I'll likely install an intake fan...

Hi, all. I’m new to M.2/NVMe memory (just got a new build, and used M.2/NVMe for the first time). Here are the main specs of the machine: CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.80 GHz (overclocked to 4.9GHz) CPU cooling: Corsair H100i Pro XT RGB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition RAM: 32GB...

Over the weekend, I disabled the Sound Blaster ZX and played Valhalla a couple of times using only the USB headset. I played for maybe 3 hours in total and did not experience any issues at all. I found an updated driver on the SB site, so I installed that and will try to play again using the...

I'll try the DDU first, just to see. I don't have any spare components at the moment, but I'll also try playing the game without the sound card (the issue has only happened when playing with the speakers via the sound card). And this may be a dumb question, but do I need to disable/remove the...

Quick update. Just now I ran the following: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth sfc /scannow The scannow completed successfully with "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations." So I suppose that's good news, but doesn't get me any closer to a fix for these...

I figured. Pooh. What's the best tool/app to use to see if your Windows files are good to go? Just now I ran two more tools: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth, followed by sfc /scannow. And the scannow completed with "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity...

Hi, all. (System specs are at the end of this message.) I'm running into a seemingly random, yet consistent, BSOD issue that seems to be the result of a bugcheck. The most recent error I've received is: This results in the predictable critical error event ID 41 (63) Kernel-Power...

Hi, all. I've been running into some BSOD issues (will post that issue in another subforum momentarily) and during my web searching came across some references to Restoro on other sites. When I looked specifically for Restoro reviews, I get a mixed bag of results - some users report it's a...

Hi, everyone! I need some help understanding GPU/CPU bottlenecking and how to tell when one or the other might be causing issues. I just purchased an EVGA RTX 2080 XC (08G-P4-2182-KR), replacing my Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming (GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8GD) and I can see an improvement in terms of...