aftermarket cooler

Here is my pcpartpicker list https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/z3LCC6 The only game I really play in all honesty is GTA 5. Currently got an i5 4460, 16GB RAM, and a GTX 950 on a lovely Z97 Gigabyte board but its showing its age and is struggling in GTA. Two points abnout this build - firstly...

Hello everyone! I bought an Intel Core i3-12100 (not the F version) together with a motherboard MSI PRO H610M-G DDR4. I am using the stock cooler from Intel and I think the temperatures are a bit too high? At idle it stays at 51 C degrees and while playing games it goes up to 80 C degrees. Most...

I've got a question for you guys, expert or anthusiast, or maybe you just happen to know the answer to my question So I've decided to get a 3080 Ti, due to various reason, but mostly because on my area the lower cards (3070 Ti, 3070, 3060Ti) are being sold higher than MSRP, and I just happen to...

I have a Ryzen 5 1600 AF with the Wraith Steal stock cooler. Today, when I was recording gameplay of Dead by Daylight at medium settings I saw that my CPU was spiking up to 65 degrees celsius, sometimes 70 even with my custom fan curve. I don't know if this is damaging my CPU so I came here to...

Hello, I have an MSI 1080 TI Armor GPU, as I'm sure most of you know the cooler is horrible on it (Gaming X 1070 IIRC) As such gaming at 1440p is possible but my card temps end up quickly at the high 70's early 80's in celcius, but more importantantly they reach these temperatures long after...

I have been using stock cooler with my cpu.If I turn on the xmp profile for overclocking the ram then do I need aftermarket cooler for my cpu? I just only use my pc for youtube watching and ms office types work(no editing and gaming).Is it necessary for me to overclock the ram?

So, I have a 1 year old build : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/x8Vpmg in short: Ryzen 5 2600 (stock cooler) Gigabyte RX 580 Gigabyte AX370M Gaming 3 motherboard Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 500W PSU (80+, but not even bronze) I have $50 (inflation hits hard) , planning to save up to $100 in...

Good Morning, Am building a performance HTPC. I currently have the following three components: Case = Silverstone ATX GD09B Motherboard = MSI B450 Tomahawk Max ATX CPU (B&H) = AMD Ryzen 5 2600 I am now looking for an aftermarket cooler. It needs to be 138mm (or less) in height and I want...

TLDR: What is the best, cheap solution (besides tweaking fan and voltage curves) to get my refernce Vega 64 cool and quiet? Hey everyone! I am making this thread because I have had it with my Sapphire Vega 64 (reference) being so freakishly loud. Right now, to keep my card from thermal...

So I have a custom-built PC and it has an aftermarket cooler. Problem is it makes this annoying whining noise like constantly. It isn't very loud but when your sat in front of it for ages it really starts to bug me. Even when doing light tasks such as browsing or typing documents etc I can hear...

Hi, so I wanna change the stock cooler on my RX580, its a RX-580P8DFWR, and I was considering buying the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV, I am aware that the cooler supports the RX580, but I wanna make sure I dont have a custom PCB, or any other thing that can make a problem, thanks for your time...

i7-6700k cpu Maximus hero alpha viii mobo rm850x psu 4x 8gb DDR4 memory 3200 gtx 1080 gpu 500 gb ssd 2tb hdd 7200rpm Windows 10 64 bit computer was working fine for about 6 months then I started getting a 00 code on the motherboard after a blackout during a bios update I sent the mobo back...

Can that GPU be compatible with my VGA monitor ?

I have Dell XPS 15 L502X having i7 2630QM. I am thinking to upgrade by HDD to SSD. This thread says that the machine is SATA III equipped and I can push in almost any SATA SSD. Possibly I will remove my nonworking DVD Drive with it. What parameters should I look for and compare to find the...

i'm a bit worried about this monster CARD

Hello everybody, I have an old Sony Vaio laptop (exact model VGN-NS235J/S) that starts up Windows with no problem, but the screen is not working. The external VGA port works fine and thats what I've using to reinstall Windows (complete format), install updated drivers from the official Sony...

I have £1200 to spend on a full desktop setup. (Includes monitor, mouse, keyboard + gaming tower) Any recommendations?

Hello i want buy case for me about 60€. I think about these 3: https://gyazo.com/2726999b5bdd20921a90f1b3e5181862 My spec: i7 2600 Gigabyte H61M-D2-B3 cpu cooler: BE QUIET PURE ROCK

So basically today I installed my new os , and everything went solid, but the first thing I notice is the HDD . On my win7 i had 2 hdd , and now I only have one. When I installed win8 by custom settings then i deleted something including hdd at the beginning of setup. How can i get my HDD back.

Is there a noticeable difference between a 2-way 780 Ti vs 3-way 780 Ti setup when gaming at 4K? From several benchmarks, I know that there's about 15fps difference in games like Crysis 3 with everything turned on, 4x MSAA and 4K. Is that significant? I'm used to playing games at around 30fps...