Recent content by TheWookieWay

the fan was indeed going out (cpu side) and you do need thermal paste to remove the gpu/cpu heatsink assembly, and reseat after services fans if you need to take them out. In this case, i finally replaced the CPU fan, and all is well again.

well, with "comfort" setting, it changes between high performance and balanced profiles as needed, and temps are in the mid 80s now under same high load, and about 38c at idle. It must have been throttling because my framerates in PUBG (just in menu) because at lower settings, i am now getting...

My desktop sucks, so my gaming laptop is used for gaming and streaming anything demanding. 6th gen Core i7 6700hq, 8gig ddr4, terabyte HDD, GTX 960M 2g, used heavily for at least 9 months or more in dirty environment (cat hair everywhere!), but it's elevated and on a cooling stand, plenty of...

I didn't see this until today! .. guess I haven't been logged in for a while, and missed it in email. I have a Steignberg UR 44 USB (2.0) interface for now, for my "soundboard" for my DAW and instruments, but the need for good onboard sound channels as well, is when using a 2 PC setup to...

Maybe there is an audiophile type forum that would be more helpful for me to direct my questions?

is it possible to get high quality audio chain attention without having to buy the $600 x99 motherboards? I don't see one yet.

This seems to be the best I've found so far, still researching. Any feedback? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132586&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL071916&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL071916-_-EMC-071916-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13132586-S2A2B EDIT: i see now I need an X99...

I don't care about overclocking as I care about stability. I don't care much about SLI right now. I want to be able to Game anything, and Stream in high quality, at the same time. I also want to be able to use my DAW at professional levels and stream, at the same time. my old AMD A-10 5800K and...