Recent content by Rathbone

Yeah that's where I wonder if the drive is running properly. It's hanging a couple of inches from the 120mm case fan blowing along its length. It's not gonna hit 27°c unless I keep it in the fridge. I bought it new (after reading Toshiba's had lower number of drive failures) but perhaps I...

I think it depends on what you want from your machine and what you use it for. If this is just to pimp your machine then I probably can't help. If you are looking for performance benefits then I'd say a 280mm rad is overkill for a 65tdp CPU (unless you are pushing that overclock) and that...

Thanks. I'll start with monitoring software then I'll hang the drive outside the case (there isn't going to be anywhere inside the case that will be any cooler) and see the difference. TBH I don't think the position of the drive is the issue (despite being above the CPU cooler it is in...

Thanks Jay, always nice to see some data. Interesting, the link says high temperatures are bad however reviewing the supporting data shows that it's only significantly bad after a 3year period (i.e. when you are just out of warranty). Think I'll download some monitoring software and find the...

I've got a Toshiba HDD which gets very hot. I don't have quantitative data for how hot but I'd say around 50°c+. It's in a small form factor case and right above the CPU cooler (I would swap to an aio which would give more airflow space and remove the CPU heat at a different location but my...

I'm a little confued by the Navi announcement. It looks good but equivalent to RTX2070 is gonna be around 45 FPS at 4K in many of the latest games. However Xbox next and ps5 state, allegedly, 60fps at 4K. That will also be for games that haven't been released yet. And ps5 will do 8K gaming...

Can the CPU affect boot drive identification? Here's my problem; New CPU, new ram, new motherboard, new drive. First 2 weeks all ran fine then it wouldn't boot. Bios showed no drives. Reboot, drives showed up but it took a couple of restarts for it to run ok. I thought it was the...

I would agree as I've swapped the motherboard before and activated windows 10 without problem however I have since read on Microsoft support forums that it depends if you have an OEM license or a full license. It is said that if you have an OEM license that changing the motherboard means you...

OK, rest CMOS and second motherboard is working. Guess I should have done that first. Well, live and learn.

Has anyone else had this? I upgraded from win 7 a couple of years back and my windows key is linked to my ms account. I changed motherboard (old one faulty) but can't activate windows (yes, went through trouble shoot loop). Contacted MS support, they said that they couldn't find my key, it was...