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    Question Refill my MSI 240mm AIO or switch to an air cooler for my Ryzen 7700X CPU ?

    TL;DR: My MSI 240mm AIO is running super hot (95°C, even at medium loads) and making gurgling noises. Some users have fixed this by draining, cleaning, and refilling it, but it may require yearly maintenance. Instead of dealing with that, I’m considering switching to a Thermalright Phantom...
  2. cidra

    Question Optimal airflow strategy for Cooler Master Q300L V1 with Ryzen 5 5600X and AK400 air cooler?

    Hi all, I have the following components: - Case Cooler Master Q300L (V1) - Motherboard MSI B550M VDH Pro Wi-Fi - CPU Ryzen 5 5600X - Cooler DeepCool AK400 (Not ordered yet) - GPU XFX QICK 308 (RX 6600XT) - PSU NZXT C750 Gold (2024) I know that this case has not an optimal airflow according to...
  3. FactualSheep

    Question NZXT X53 vs MasterLiquid ML240 Illusion

    Which one is the best for a Ryzen 5 5600G, Masterbox td500L case the NZXT X53 or MasterLiquid ML240 Illusion ?
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    Question 13700k on air cooler Cinebench results question

    This weekend I put my new 13700k build together. And with new builds I always have paranoia and panic that I didn't apply the thermal paste correctly. I am using a Dark Rock Pro 4 and the CPU is now a little larger and rectangular. So, when I run Cinebench R23 in Mulitcore I noticed that I get...
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    Question Filter over PSU intake

    as much as i try, my room accumulates dust pretty easily. my PSU takes air inside my case and exhausts it out the back. i have fan filters in the front case intake fans. would it be bad to cut up a bit of nylon air conditioner filter and put it over the intake of my PSU to keep the compenents...
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    Question [SOLVED] PC not giving output after cleaning

    Hey guys, I could really use some help right now. I recently opened up my PC to clean its insides after a pretty long time. It was working fine before, but I saw cobwebs hanging inside so I decided that it was high time I cleaned up. I opened up the case, cleaned all the components, including...
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    [SOLVED] What fans to put at the top of my case??

    Hello, I would like to ask you what fans should I put at the top of my case. I was thinking about putting 2 x Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM 140mm as exhaust at the top. Would it be better if I put them as intake? Is there a better fan than Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM 140mm top case fan? ( And cost less than...
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    [SOLVED] Inverted PC Rear fan intake with top exhaust

    I have looked all over and haven't really found anything that answers my question. I have a Be Quiet! Pro 900 Rev 2 and will be inverting it do to my desk configuration. I will have a 360mm cpu cooler at the front as an intake. The GPU will be an open frame so it will be exhausting air inside...
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    Question pc getting 80/85 degrees when playing apex legends is that normal

    my pc gets 80/85 degrees when im playing apex everything is on low. specs rtx2060 i7-8700k i have 4 cooling fans 16gb of ram monitor Asus vg278q (144hz) are those temps bad for my pc
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    [SOLVED] Should I go AIO or Air Cooling for my ITX build?

    Parts CPU: i5 4570 GPU: MSI GTX 1060 3GB OC RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 Case: Thermaltake Core v1 PSU: Coolermaster MasterWatt Lite 700w I'm not planning on oc'ing or anything, but it will be used for light and heavy games and as a HTPC. I want to try to keep noise down and keep things as...
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    Question Air cooling

    I have a cooler master master box lite 3.1 and I have weak components such as a 1050 but I’m thinking of upgrading so would like to get some airflow. Do I just add 2 intake fans to the front? Do you know if I’d need a splitter for the msi b350m? Also should my psu fan be pointing up into the pc...
  12. CamdenK7

    AMD Radeon Settings 17.3.2

    I had the AMD Radeon settings 17.3.1 and when I tried to do a clean install of the new 17.3.2 driver and restart after i install it the AMD Settings doesn't show up as an icon on my start menu. Is this because it's an "optional driver" and doesn't include the AMD Settings app?
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    How do I remove price companion from my computer?

    This thing has been on my computer FOREVER. Everytime I do shopping online it will just pop up and try to find suggestions for me and scan the item. I am currently using Mozilla Firefox as my browser. I ran malwarebytes but nothing came up. Firefox shows no extensions on it that are harmful...