Recent content by sjf999

For some reasons my images wouldn't load so I took the references out, perhaps you can delete my original thread and I can try and recompose, thanks

All, I just bought a new Intel 660p M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB hard-drive and transferred over to run as my primary OS drive. Everything seems to be setup ok, from an installation standpoint and running as my primary OS. However, some speed tests I did on CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 seem lower then...

So started to overclock my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Gigabyte) with core clock setting adjustments in MSI Afterburner. Inch by inch, seemed to get a stable 150 mhz overclock. Stress tested it with MSI Kombuster for a half hour. All is good. However, ran Benchmark 3dMark, kept crashing...

At the 4:25 and 5:19 video mark at the following video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfkuKVd1YPY) , the video shows two fans mounted on some sort of bracket for install. Could you guys tell me what that bracket is? Trying to find something similar and can't locate it. Thanks.

Easy Dooop805. It was just a simple question. Didn't mean to raise your ire. But also don't need to hear your negative attitude. If you don't like the question then just don't respond next time.

the small "play" in the rotation of the cooler, doesn't that mess with the "thermal paste connectivity/bond"? or does that just the stay in place and it's just the "pin" that turns back and forth?

Have a new custom built PC. A cooler master hyper 212 evo is installed. It does wiggle left to right a few degrees (not a lot but pretty freely). I have read a lot of comments about a very similar phenomenon and this is normal. However, I don't know a lot in this area, Is it to be concerned...

All, Getting a new build with the following: - Skylake Intel i7 6700k - z170 motherboard - 250 gb ssd for OS - 5 tb hdd (movies/pictures/music/games, etc.) - 1070 gtx graphics card - aftermarket air cooling cpu fan (not stock) - 16 gb ram - Full Tower Case *** motherboard and graphics card are...

Looking at a new build, 16 gbs G.Skills Ripjaws, only $10 difference between the 2400 mhz and the 3000 mhz. Will be on a Skylake 6700k processor with a z170 motherboard that is rated for both frequencies. I know I have to enable the XMP in the bios to see the proper mhz greater then 2133. Is...