Recent content by tmcc

Always always always start your OS with default, non-OC GPU settings. Uncheck apply previous settings on load in afterburner/X1/etc Once you log in and whatnot, then apply your OC settings.

https://www.xtremerigs.net/2015/05/31/ek-coolstream-xe-360mm-radiator-review/5/ Uhh,,, sure looks like it makes a difference. Unless I am reading this wrong, push pull will always outperform push or pull only

Actually - I just had a thought as I was making a for sale thread. I have a spare 10700k and 32gb (2 dimms) of DDR4 3200mhz sitting in a box. I could probably get a Z490 board and a GT700 card that would vastly outperform anything I could buy for the supermicro machine, correct? The...

Hello, I am trying to find a video card for the X9DRL-IF-B to improve IP camera performance (encoding/decoding x265 streams). It is using onboard video (Matrox G200) right now which isn't great. I added some 4k cameras recently and its starting to choke. I can't seem to find anything. The...

I have a 3080 TI. I am able to purchase a NIB 3090 FTW3 at MSRP. I'm mulling it. Seems its only 5-10% gaming performance incremental... and I don't mine because I pay for my own power and A/C. Tell me Tom's HW: what should I do? Me right now:

Look solid. Get what you can get. These days, its kind of a toss up with what card is available when and for how much. If you can find it, I think a 3080 TI is the best price/perf balance at this time. Good luck

OP, if you want a new card, I'm all for getting a new card. But are you sure your GPU is dead and that this isn't a PSU issue?

I don't mind a slight "downgrade" as far as bass goes. I kind of want to get rid of the subwoofer. The cabling is messy and the sub itself is unnecessary. I never have it loud enough to where it matters. This is for gaming on a desktop PC ... I can go up to 40" wide on a soundbar but would...

I have the bottom one you posted. I gotcha. Thanks for your thoughts. The monitor has speakers but they are very bad. I'm trying to best achieve sound/space usage balance. I don't need the bass but I do need the full range to hear footsteps and whatnot. The Klipsch 2.1 PC speakers are...

I'd like to upgrade my Klipsch 2.1 speaker setup on my desktop PC to a soundbar. The Klipsch speakers are great but take up too much space. Here is the Klipsch setup I have: https://www.klipsch.com/products/klipsch-promedia-2-1-thx-certified-computer-speaker What is the best soundbar...

Got a new Gskill kit and it booted almost instantly into XMP The other kit clearly went bad somehow

Correct, I cleared the CMOS, installed 4 sticks. I got the same boot loop... thats actually what the video in the OP is showing. Its a few cycles of the boot loop. I also did the above procedure to test each previously working pair of RAM sticks in each motherboard memory slot .

Correct. If I use pairs, each pair will POST and boot any combination as long as not all 4 ranks are populated. I have tried these combinations: Test: Stick 1/2 in A2/B2 Result: POST! Test: Stick 1/2 in A1/B1 Result: Post! Test: Stick 3/4 in A2/B2 Result: post! Test: Stick 3/4 in A1/B1...

Hi there. Please take a look at the vid for the boot loop I am running into. Here is what I know: View: https://i.imgur.com/4mTMw8h.mp4 Mobo: Gigabyte Aorus Z590 Ultra CPU: 11700k RAM: G.skill F4-3200C16Q-64GVK Just to confirm in advance, this is the 4x16gb kit, not two separate 2x16gb...

Hi there. I have a custom loop in this order D5 pump/res 120mm rad/fan GPU blocked 3090 360mm exhaust rad/an CPU blocked 11700k 280mm front intake rad/fan My ambient temp is 26C, my coolant maxes at 40C under stock clock game loads. I was thinking adding an external radiator 360mm 6mm...