Backplate

So im planning to cover up the backplate of my gpu with custom vinyl sticker...but There is a Squarish X shape thing in the back of the gpu,just like cpu cooler mount brackets in motherboard.Can anybody tell me what it is for?And if i cover it up will there be heating issue or something? IMAGE...

My video cables and other cables at the PC backplate ports sag over time and their connections become wore and lose. Does anyone have a lead to a product used to keep the cable weight off the port and keep the cable perpendicular to the case backplate port?

Hi. I wanted to upgrade from the intel stock cooler to hyper 212 Evo. But I can't get the original backplate off It's a lenovo t5 prebuild with i5 11400f cpu. View: https://imgur.com/a/QG93oWg - backplate View: https://imgur.com/a/5R2WK7f - CPU Is it not possible to remove it? I can...

I recently bought a 120mm AIO cooler and I realized my case is very old and it has no space for cable management on the back and I thought that it would be impossible to mount the backplate of the AIO at the back of the motherboard since the case has no space. Is it still possible to mount the...

I have the coolermaster gts v8 on my i7 4790k but i needed to change motherboard and i had my pc disassembled for a month or so and now that my new MoBo arrived i realised i lost the backplate of my cooler and i contacted coolermaster for help but they told me they were out of this accessory...

Hello, I own a MSI h61m- e23 (b3) and I wanted to change my backplate to install a new cooler for my CPU but I ran into a wall, I’ve no idea how to take off this backplate without damaging the board, any help will be appreciated. My guess is that the plate is glued (Grey adhesive in the photos)...

Hello. I'm wondering will "MSI MAG Z390M Mortar" support backplate from "Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition" ? And will it fit ?

The hexagonal standoff screw I encircled below is stuck in my motherboard (Tomahawk b450). When I try to turn the screw with a screwdriver it just keeps turning, no matter what direction I try to turn. Here's the screw: The backplate looks like this: How do I get this screw out of my...

Hi everyone! I'm building my first pc and I have a question regarding installing the cpu cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition) to the motherboard (Asus TUF Gaming X570 motherboard). I'm using a Ryzen 3600X CPU. Attached image: backplates & screws The motherboard already comes with a...

Hello everyone, first post in the forum. Big time lurker. Specs, to begin with: Mobo: MSI B450M Bazooka CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Windpower 1266 (provided the link for the product below as I see that this cpu cooler has not made its way into global market as of now)...

Hi! i'm willing to buy a Galax RTX 2070 white mini but i'm having doubts if my motherboard is compatible with the graphics card. I still haven't found a build on a Asus P8H61-M LX The BackPlate of the RTX will lean in ram slots? or Audio and mic slots? Or will fit without any problems? The gpu...

I recently purchased a GPU for my first gaming pc, the GPU I bought was the Gigabyte RTX 2060 Gaming OC Pro and I realised that the backplate was plastic. Should I remove it? because I have heard that even metal backplate can increase heat. I have the Cooler Master H500 and a Gigabyte Aorus B450...

I have an FX-8350 cpu with a TX3 EVO cooler. I want to upgrade it. The MA410M TUF would be an improvement for my temps? I have an MSI 970 gaming motherboard. It would fit in it? And do I have to replace the pre-installed backplate on the motherboard for the cooler to fit?

Got a new cooler Arctic Freezer 34 Esports, when i install the cooler's standoff in the backplate between the motherboard it wobbles if i install the cooler onto standoffs and try tighten it does not fix it, it just goes back and forth. Is my backplate not compatible, i saw on youtube other msi...

Friend of mine sent me a photo of the backplate from his i7-4770, I dont have the motherboard model on hand. But has anyone ever seen burn/staining/oxidization this bad on a CPU socket backplate before? PC still runs fine apparently, with average Temps in 65~ while gaming. Backplate looks like...

I have just purchased a backplate from coldzero for my GIGABYTE GTX 1080 TI GAMING OC card. Unfortunately I am struggling to understand how to properly fit it. The provided screws/nuts don't seem to be big enough (please see pics) Any help greatfully appreciated. Many thanks

The question is in the title already, Context: I wanted to clean my RX 570 but don't have the necessary tools to remove the backplate of it, what screwdriver(s) do I need to remove it? It's really dusty and I really wanna clean it out.

I had posted earlier about my graphics cards back plate having a minor scratch, its a MSI RTX 2080 Gaming Trio and it has been having some artifacting to the point it has become quite annoying. I am not sure if I can return now because I have a minor scratch on it, that wasn't even caused by me...

So I started building a new PC for my dad using old parts, and ran into a problem. I previously had a AM3+ socket mount for a Corsair Hydro series put onto the motherboard. Instead of that one, I got a Noctua NH-U9S CPU cooler instead that doesn't fit into it, so I need to find another one...

I discovered some minor scratches on my backplate and I need the exact match of paint to use touch up paint on my backplate. Where would I find paint to do this? The backplate looks like this. Also if your wondering where the scratches are, this photo is a photo I found online of my graphics...

I have an ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 N580VD that I just bought recently, I upgraded it with an 1T SSD alongside the old one, so my warranty is voided so I really hope I don't need to use it.My problem is that it downloaded at 1 mbps from a site that my phone downloaded at 10mbps, I have been looking...

Hi i am at that moment where I'd like to build a new PC, or at least major upgrades. Current pc is Intel i7 3770k oc 4.5ghz air cooled with coolermaster v8 Asus rog 1070 strix 8 gb Samsumg SSD 850pro 256 gb Hdd 1TB (low cost thing) 2x8 corsair 1600mhz ram Asus p8z68-v gen3 motherboard What am...

If im running an i7 7700k with the ASRockz270 mobo. just trying to figure out bestgraphics card to run. I was thinking a gtx 1070 but just wasnt sure.

I recently built it, it was working fine until yesterday it freezed, then I tried to turn it on again, the monitor would display: no signal. Have tried removing the ram and also plugging again the gpu. I also put the cpu again and applied thermal compound again, for a moment that worked. Today I...

Hello. I have 2 hard drives on my PC, 500GB each. I'm interested,can I have,for example,windows 7 installed on one hard drive,and Ubuntu on another? Will I encounter any problems? And if it is possible,can I just switch to other OS without using any dual boot software,but directly selecting my...

Would these two memory sticks work together? http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct8g4dfd8213 http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/corsair-memory-8gb-1x8gb-ddr4-2133mhz-cl15-dimm-cmv8gx4m1a2133c15 My motherboard is MSI H110M Pro D

I'm going to be moving to uni soon, so I'm planning to sell my desktop and put it towards a high-spec laptop (partly due to occasional gaming and partly due to studying computer science, so a future-proof option seems like a good idea). I'm having trouble choosing one however as there are just...

Hi everyone so i have a problem theoretically with the new monitor that i bought last week and it's that it says that it'll support 10 bit color depth in 4096x2160 at 60 Hz but the problem is that neither Displayport 1.2 or HDMI 1.4 is not capable of delivering 10Bit HDR range color , so the...

So, after many calculations, here is my final gaming pc: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU Cooler: Stock one from the CPU GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 2x8GB DDR4 2133MHz Case: Zalman Z1 Neo ATX MidTower Without planning to overclock in the future, is the Cooler...

I know this has been posted many times before but i have not been able to find a solution among the others that have had this problem. My Setup: GPU: Nvidia GTX 980 CPU: Intel i5-4460 Ram: 2x8 Kingston HyperX FURY DDR3 Motherboard: asrock h97m pro4 OS: Windows 10 My problem: I recently...

Hi all, I'm planning on building a new gaming rig in about 3 weeks. I'm trying to put together a plan/budget, but I could use some advice regarding 1080p and 1440p. My requirements are: running all games on max settings, and having dual monitors (the monitors must be identical) at least 23"...

hi, i was just wondering. i bought the Kraken x52 by NZXT, and was wondering which way i should face it, sucking or blowing air. i have the NZXT H440 case with 3 fans in the front for Intake, and 2 fans in the back for exaust...

I want the best PC build for games to run at an average of 60fps 900p/1080p and to run Skyrim modded heavily. I am aware of the case and the OS, I have that covered. My budget is at max 690$ Canadian dollars and if possible lower keeping the CPU and GPU. 1. PCPartPicker part list...

Hello everyone, So as the title suggests I've finished building my first PC, but what do I need to install now? Here's my build (the essentials in terms of my question at least): CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor. Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151...

Hi there. I am building a 900NZD(roughly 615USD) budget gaming PC. Parts list as follows CPU - I3 6100 Graphics - used 7970 ghz edition Mobo - h110M-a Ram - vengeance 8gb ddr4 2133 (2x4) HDD - 500gb WD caviar Case - carbide spec 01 Is a Silverstone strider plus 600w modular PSU good? I can...

Would this be an ok low end gaming computer? Intel Haswell Core i5-4440 3,1 GHz -processor Intel H81 -piirisarjainen emolevy nVidia GeForce GTX750 TI 2Gt GDDR5-graphics card 8Gt 1600MHz DDR3 -main memory 120Gt SATAIII -SSD Fractal Core 1000 USB 3.0 -Case 500W -Powersupply

So basically I was checking Facebook and suddenly there was some weird noise coming out from the CPU fan (It was getting blocked) so what I did is I opened bthe hinge where my CPU fan is located and then cleaned the dust. Here comes the important part I tried to turn on my laptop but it didn't...

hello, my name is hannah. i have this laptop its a vaio and it has windows 7 on it. it had resently recovery setup. because is had a virus. that was a few months ago, now just a week ago it started acting weird. as in when you where watching a movie on netflix or the corel win dvd player. it...

host: windows 10 pro x64, on SSD i-5 6500 8 gb ram guests: windows xp x86 windows 7 x86 xubuntu x86 I use VMs mainly for light apps, with an occasional burst of CPU activity when I am using a search tool. Is it better to keep the VMs on my SSD in a separate partition, or should I put them on...

So I've recently upgraded my old 670 with a new R9 390. These things can be power hungry from what I heard. But I do have a 750W PSU (Corsair HX 750) I've had for a few years. Considering the 390 advertises a recommended 750W PSU I figured it would be good. So far it actually is good. The card...