Recent content by VatsalS

I originally built my system in 2016 with an i5 6600k, Asus Z170-A board and Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080. Decided to upgrade the CPU and GPU recently (see specs below) to get better performance but I've been having many issues since the rebuild. CPU, motherboard and GPU were upgraded, no other...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to overclock my 6600k CPU and have managed to reach a stable overclock of 4.7 ghz at a voltage of 1.35. I am wondering if I should leave the voltage at the manual setting of 1.35 or switch it to adaptive of offset mode. Can someone explain what these two modes do? If I...

I need a speaker (or two) and a subwoofer for home, which I can use with both a computer and a phone. They will be set up in my bedroom for most of the time but will be moved to the living room if I'm having people over. I generally listen to electronic and deep house so I'm looking for good...

I just bought an Asus 8G GTX 1080 to set up in a new build (specs below) but the fans won't turn on even if the GPU is under load. The spins will spin for a couple of seconds when I turn the system on and not work anymore. To put the GPU under load I tried running the FurMark stress test and...

I just built my first system and installed windows 10 on it. Could you please recommend what drivers I should install and any additional software that I should have? Specs: CPU: Intel i5 6600k Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 8G Motherboard: Asus Z170A RAM: Corsair...

I was trying to install the Corsair H100i v2 on an ASUS Z170A motherboard for an Intel 6600k CPU. However, I believe I did not screw in the standoffs properly since the backplate is moving slightly (there is some space between the back of the motherboard and the backplate). I tried to remove the...

I'm also confused about which version of the GTX 1080 I should buy. I've heard that the EVGA and MSI variants are good but I have no idea how to compare them. Can someone tell me what the differences are and if its worth spending $650-700 to buy an EVGA/MSI card instead of an ASUS card for $600?

I'm planning to build my own gaming PC with a budget of approximately $2000 for all parts including the monitor and keyboard. Here's what I'm thinking of having in the build: CPU: i5-6600k $240 GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 $700 RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ DDR4-3200 16GB (2x8GB) $92 SSD (Main...