Recent content by stephenp

That makes sense about Puget. It was driving me nuts that I couldn't find it anywhere! The case I bought is the Pop XL Air Full Tower Case which looks like a decent case. It just got delivered today and was pretty significantly damaged in shipping, so it's possible I'll go with a different...

Thank you so much for your input. I'm at a loss for what to do. I've read more forum posts and so many people talk about the fans not being efficient enough to keep the CPU cool, even the Noctua gets knocked a lot but I've only seen a few real users talkin about it- some say it's fine while...

Everything I read said that AIO are much louder but better at cooling. I know this processor is going to be hot so I assumed water cooling was going to be the best option. I've used Noctua in other builds and I was really happy with them, but the last few (it's been many years now) have been...

Is there a specification for the tubing other than the inner and outer dimensions? I'm finding a lot of different options, some colored, some rubber, etc. Here's what I'm looking at in black: https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Silicone-Tubing-Rubber-Transfer/dp/B085N2BF91/?th=1 3-foot would be...

Well, I don't want to but I think I might go down this custom path. I'm diving in now so I'll let you know if I come across questions. Thank you so much for your input and all of these links!

Thank you. I'm in the US so it looks like I can't get it directly from alphacool. But I did find it on Amazon for $90. But the radiators on the Alphacool amazon store don't have fans. Would I be piecing this together with fans, plus the radiator, plus a reservoir? I found some reservoirs...

From everywhere I read it sounds exactly like you describe, "a round peg in a square hole". A custom loop is something I've never had the desire to touch, just because I don't know anything about them :| Seeing a "fill" hole makes me think I can mess it up and it'll leak all over. But, I'll...

Hi there, I am building a new system with the AMD Threadripper 7970x. I'm in the US. I've found a few references to compatible coolers for the 7970x but some I can only find the product information for and not an actual available stock. And others are just compatible but not necessarily...

I really appreciate both of your input! This gave me the information I needed to dig deeper. I'm looking at both of those mentioned as well as a few others. I've still got few more parts to buy but I think I'm getting close. On the memory forum you guys helped me find the correct RAM. I...

Hi there, I'm building a new system with a an E-ATX board (Gigabyte TRX50 AERO D sTR5 E-ATX Motherboard). I'll likely be using a 420 (might be 320) AIO CPU cooler and an RTX 4080. This is based on a Puget Systems design and it looks like they recommend the Fractal Design Define 7. My last...

Thanks so much for the help. I just purchased some RAM direct from Kingston. Thank you!

Hi there, I purchased the Gigabyte TRX50 motherboard (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1798090-REG/gigabyte_trx50_aero_d_motherboard.html). I'm building a system based on an editing system by Puget Systems...

The manual reads that for 6-core and above X-Series Processors, I can install "varying memory sizes in Channel A, Channel B, Channel C, and Channel D. But that didn't mean anything to me. However, after looking over the manual again, I see the previous page (that I somehow completely...

Hi there, I have the Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE motherboard. It has 8 RAM slots available. On the motherboard is a sticker stating that for Intel X-series (4-core) processors the RAM should be installed in slots C and D for 4-sticks. I have 4x16GB sticks, but the CPU is the i7-7820X (8-core)...