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    Question Hang/Freeze on the first screen of Win 10 install - New Components

    Hi I have also tried a CD install and ubuntu, same problem.
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    Question Hang/Freeze on the first screen of Win 10 install - New Components

    Tech Spec: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 - Stock - New Component Asrock X470 Fatality Gaming K4 - New Component Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz C15 XMP - Running @ 2133 as standard - New Component Asus 7970 matrix - Old Component Corsair AX860 - Old Component Samsung...
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    My First Water Cooling Project (Help Needed)

    With the sli/crossfire bridge what type of fittings to connect it up? After doing some research I did find that Alphacool is some good gear. I'm surprised because I found that they were considerably cheaper than EK. I haven't looked at XSPC yet, but I will compare them also. The reason why I...
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    My First Water Cooling Project (Help Needed)

    Hi again Dblkk, the part you mentioned regarding the cleaner gpu wc design, is that called the sli/crossfire bridge? Also, I've been trying to keep the cost down and I've been looking at Alphacool, has anybody had any experience with them?
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    My First Water Cooling Project (Help Needed)

    Hi Dblkk, thanks so much for your replies. The case I am going to get is the Corsair 540. I think the gpu blocks you are talking about are these? But the site is saying that they aren't compatible with my 7970 matrix.
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    My First Water Cooling Project (Help Needed)

    Hi Guys, I'm looking to do my first water cooling build. I aim to only water cool two Asus 7970 Matrix Platinums as they make so much noise on load. I have a Noctua NH-D14 for my cpu cooler and I'm really happy with that, so I don't think I will water cool my cpu. But there may be reason to...
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    RAM for Asus Maximus V Extreme

    Just coming back to this. The ram is unbelievably quick. Thank you for the recommendation guys. One thing I will say, it was really difficult to remove the screws on the heat sink. I actually worn the screws down trying to do it :( It wasn't too bad though because I just moved the fans up on...
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    RAM for Asus Maximus V Extreme

    Thanks for the replies guys, I picked up the F3-1600C7D-16GTX and they should arrive this week! Cheers again.
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    RAM for Asus Maximus V Extreme

    Hi! I recently was given a Maximus V Extreme, it's far beyond what I actually need but because it was given to me I rather keep it than sell it on. I've been looking at RAM for the board but my head is absolutely swimming with recommendations and reviews. I currently own the Corsair Vengenace...
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    Asus Maximus V Extreme not powering up

    Just to add, I'm testing this with no case and checked the cpu pins and they are not bent.
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    Asus Maximus V Extreme not powering up

    Specs: i5 3570k Nesteq 600W PSU Corsair Vengeance 4GB Memory 1600MHz DDR3 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 The motherboard is currently being tested via the displayport without a hdd and gfx card. The issue is that when I push the power button, the cpu, dram and psu lights flash for less than a second and...
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    Asus 7970 3Gb Matrix Platinum Producing Blank Screen

    Hi there, I recently bought a Asus 7970 Matrix card but it is not displaying anything on my monitor but it is getting a signal as it is not going in to sleep mode. Specs: Nesteq 620w PSU Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Mobo Intel i5 3570k 1 x 128gb SSD When the card is attached with both pci-e...