Recent content by Sharpman85

Will the tower not direct all airflow from the motherboard components? Maybe I should add intake fans? The Nzxt H series works quite well with negative pressure and that’s what I am aiming at.

Hi All, I'm currently in the process of choosing a cooler for a 9600K with an ROG STRIX Z390-i, but I was wondering about the VRM and chipset temperatures. I like the Dark Rock Slim, but for overall cooler temperatures the Shadow Rock TF2 looks more promising, but is it really a difference...

Yes, seems that way. Maybe there is no need to worry about this.

It seems that the article may not be relevant to CPU usage then and be purely academic in those cases, but they did have die size failure rates so they must have tested it at some point.

Indeed, but since the die isgetting smaller and smaller that's a point of concern, although as you have pointed, there is no way those conditions would be present in any home gaming system, more likely with extremem overclockers, but not normal usage.

Can you elaborate? Do you have experinece with the 9th gen CPUs?

Hi All, I want to buy a 9600K for my gaming PC, but I have been somewhat concerned about the CPU solder reliability for some time after reading this article: https://overclocking.guide/the-truth-about-cpu-soldering/ . I know it's an old one, but it's still physics and the die size is smaller...

Thank you, I was planning to get SFX in case I decide to downsize the case in the future as I'm already using ITX components, but I'm not sure anymore, maybe an ATX PSU will be better overall option. I still need to rethink if I should not get a 650W one instead, as that one is recommended, but...

Hi, I have a question regarding the RMx 750W and the SF750W PSUs. I need to choose one of the to put in the NZXT H200 case, but currently I'm leaning towards the SF one as it will leave more airflow for the GPU from below. Is there any difference between the two of them which would point...

Do you know how it works for PCIe 3 when only 8 lanes are available and a PCIe 2 device is used? I did not find any information on this when looking at the X470-i and B450-i motherboards. Edit: I mentioned on using the GPU lanes as Asus did exactly than with the older itx motherboards - if a...

I have a question about PCIe lanes speeds with regard to backward compatibility. I want to build a X570 Ryzen PC but the motherboard I choose (Asus Rog X570-i) will likely share the GPU with the back ssd port. My question is as follows, when I install an nvme ssd and a GPU will the speed remain...

Hi All, I'm building an ITX PC based on the NZXT H200 and I want to use 4 fans, but my motherboard only has one case header (ASUS ROG B450-i). I do not want to use the CAM software which comes with the H200i as it installs Intel XTU elements which can cause problems with AMD configurations...