Fins

I finished my computer a couple days ago and when I tried to plug in a USB cable into one if the ports, I noticed that there was a small piece of metal blocking the port. I say in an LTT video that the fins could stick into the port and short it out. How do I fix the fins? I am having trouble...

I've been looking at Asus Z390 boards, but other brands are similar. The VRM sinks have no real fins, more like a few grooves. What hapenned to the importance of surface area? (Asus WS Z390 Pro pics below.) I'm aware that chipsets do not get as hot as they used to, du to their high-speed...

Build: Power Supply: EVGA 1000 Watt CPU: i7 7000t, 2.8Ghz, turbo boost to around 3.6 usually GPU: EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid 2.0 Corsair Hydro 100 vz heat sink Msi 299 gaming MB plenty of case fans and one after market 1000TB samsung evo 900 series But the question is can it handle for me to stream...