Recent content by BigDaddyKong

Been on a shopping spree this month. Also picked up a Lian Li 216 and a Corsair RM1000X and 64GB of Gskill Trident CL30 memory kit. Topped it off with a Artic Liquid Freezer III 240. Now if I could only replace my 3070Ti.

I picked up this board and a 5800X on Black Friday because my 1800X setup died. In the bios, the performance enhancement setting is auto, default, and level 1-3 and 3 is listed as OC. There is no good documentation on this that I can find. I am seeing voltage on stock settings exceeding...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/diagnostic-data-viewer-overview I am not seeing a lot of discussion on this topic. Microsoft has been working to become more transparent on what data they collect. The data viewer has to be downloaded from the MS store, but you can see exactly...

I decided I wanted to get out of my Corsair 900D and into something smaller. Before the 900D, I ran my system in a CoolerMaster HAFX. That case was heavy, but a dream to work in at the time. When I seen the H500 video from Gamers Nexus, I just new I had to have it. My system: Asus CH VI...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8PpJq1yp1I Looks like something new is brewing.

I started out with a Fury on my old system, then moved to a Crossfire setup. A year later I built my 1800X system and moved them there. About 6 months in, my new Fury stopped working. No problem, I RMA'd it. It was about 2 years old at that point. I get used to running a single Fury, and...

https://www.grc.com/inspectre.htm Here is a really good program to see if you are vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown. It also has the ability to turn off the fixes if you are having severe slowdowns. Also if you click on the ghost in the upper left corner you can get more tech information...

Steam has a 50% off deal for Display Fusion right now, along with a really good 4 pack deal. https://www.displayfusion.com/ I have 3 monitors, and I am amazed how versatile this program is. Ever since the fall Windows update I have been having issues with getting a program to the monitor...

Just a heads up after the creators update. If you have limited telemetry, Microsoft will not let you send feedback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoZB-cnjc0 This is one of the best explanations of how GPU's work and why Nvidia beat AMD in DX11 games.

I started with custom water back on my 3770K because AIO's did not do what I wanted. After 4 years of upgrades part swaps and tinkering, this is what I had. With things like an Aquaero 6 fan controller, built in flow meters, temp probes, and other novelties I had picked up along the way it...

I was curious the best way to mount a custom block on the Ryzen. I referenced this vid below. Most likely in order to get the best cooling results, mount you block with an up and down orientation instead of side to side. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_-Q5QzRqg This was shown to give...

Is it known how to read the Ryzen CPU markings? I remember back on the 1090T days, you could see if you got a chip that came from the center of the die, that would lead to better over clocks. I curious what information is hidden in the markings today.

Happy Birthday my friend.

Is there a problem with these boards? Rumors are starting to go around there is a V 2.2 been listed for sale on some German store fronts. For this to be the Asus flagship board, there are no reviews coming out for this board. There is also no stock anywhere. So much so, Amazon has never...