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Hey All, Just picked up a preorder a few days back for the FHD version of this laptop but still think I may want the 4K version (Asus dont know when they will be releasing the 4k version, one estimate was March to April from their reps). Would it be as simple as buying a replacement screen and changing it over when the screen replacement becomes available as parts (or use last years 4K screen)? Also has anyone ever done a replacement on a the secondary displays? Not looking for a debate on which screen is better just information on screen replacements. Again not sure if I end up bothering but curious to anyone experiences.

Hi All Had this running for a while now and the client works fine with individual computers. I was looking at possibly getting my Synology DS1019+ logging into the VPN so when it uses the Download Station app it is connected to the Pritunl VPN (on Vultr server) rather than the PIA one it is currently connected to. I added a new VPN profile under the network interface tab in network settings (where i have teh working PIA one) and used the import using ovpn file and put my username and password in for the same user that the same profile works with the client. All i get is connecting and then a failure after a long time. Do i need to get a certificate or is anythign obvious i am missing with getting this to work? Just to note the obvious the PIA VPN now deleted within the network interface tab when i am trying to connect. Tried restarting both the Vultr instance and Pritunl to no avail. Any help to setup on Synology DSM would be greatly appreciated.

Hi All Have just completed another custom loop for one of the PCs and have noticed that one of my bends is off by maybe a degree or two. Bottom line is now i have noticed it, it needs to be fixed. I have already bent a new pipe to replace it but of course the system is now fully bleed and running. system has had the fluid in now for a few days. Question is can i drain the fluid (into empty distilled water bottle), remove the bad tube, install the new one and reuse the fluid? Parts used are as follow: EK Pastel Orange Concentrate - 500ml to 1.5l of distilled water. 420mm and 280mm Alphacool Rads EK X99 Cpu Block 2x EK 980Ti waterblocks Ek 250mm Res EK D5 Pump EK PETG Tube 16mm Phanteks Primo Case

Thanks for the comments, i have rarely been lucky enough to get a chip that is what seems to be a good overclocker and also have the headroom in the cooling system to keep going, hence the question about voltages vs temp. I will give it crack and see what i can get without going to far but i know i can get 4.7 on 1.35 stable and still only just get 70 degrees.

So 1.35v would be ok for the long term because i got 4.7ghz and didn't get any crashes on Aida64 for an hour and temps maxed out at 71 degrees last night but wasn't sure about long term how that fairs for the CPU compared to 1.3v.

Thanks but as i stated in the first line its currently overclocked at 4.5Ghz at 1.3v and getting those temps. so i am wondering if i can keep going as its obviously stable as its been overclocked at 4.5Ghz for over a year now.

Hi All Had my system running for around a year now with an stable overclock of 4.5Ghz at 1.3v. The system consists of the following: i7 5960x 32Gb Corsair Dom Ram MSI Gaming 7 X99 2x Msi 980Ti (1480 Core Clock OC and 3900 Mem OC). Corsair Hx1000 Phanteks Enthoo Primo Case Custom water-cooled loop for Graphics cards and Cpu. Under Aida 64 stability test the max CPU temp sits around the 60 degree mark (just let it run for 4 hours) and even when running heaven or other GPU tests they only get around 45-50 degrees so the water cooling loop has plenty of head room (420 and 280 - 60mm thick alphacool radiators). My question is seeing i have considerable headroom in the cpu temp department is it safe to push the voltage up on the core? Is it as simple as keeping the CPU temp below say 80 degrees or is too much voltage even with low temps bad for the CPU? Cheers

Hi All Tried asking ASUS directly and they didn't give a definitive answer. I currently have a ASUS RT-AC68U as my primary router, next to this router is my main gaming PC and the server computer (all hardwired into the AC68). I am moving house and can no longer have a wired connection to my old 8 port gigabit switch that sits behind the home theatre (HTPC, PS4, PS3 WiiU and Roku) which is in across the hallway in the opposite room. The distance between the main router location and the the TV is only around 3-4 metres so wireless AC signal is quite strong (the HTPC with an PCI ASUS AC wireless card is currently getting 800-1200Mbps). My initial thought was to get a powerline adaptor and maintain my switch but then I thought i could buy another newer ASUS router (Asus RT-AC87U AC2400 or ASUS RT-AC3200) as the primary and run my current router (AC68) as a media bridge to get a faster connection than a powerline. Can the AC68 be used as a media bridge with the AC87 as the primary router? the webui lets me turn the AC68 into a media bridge but the instructions talk about two AC68s. I am hoping that's just because it was easier to talk about two of those than trying to guess what the other router is. Obviously if anyone thinks this is a bad idea or has any other suggestions would be helpful. ​I have attached a quick drawing of what suspect it would look like below.

One of my H110i GT corsair fans has started making grinding noises, took it out of the case and ran it there to make sure it wasn't hitting anything but it seems something is grinding inside the case. Need options for replacement fans and would like to keep performance the same (noise is less important). Are the Corsair SP140 similar fans or should i look at replacing the two of them with another brand? On the specs of the H110i fan model is SP140L (well on my box anyways) and the specs do not line up to the SP140. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi All Finally installed my second MSI Gaming 6G 980TI yesterday and have some questions. My rig consists of the following: i7 5930K @ 4.5Ghz MSI X99A Gaming 7 MB 16Gb Corsair Dominator 2400 and two MSI 980TI Gaming 6g graphics cards. Inside a Phanteks Enthoo Primo Case with all 140mm fans (2 Front Intake, 1 Rear Exhaust, 2 bottom intakes and 2 exhausts on the top through the Corsair H110i GT). So originally I installed the first graphics card in the top PCIE slot (slot 1) and then followed the manuals reconsiderations for ultilising Slot 3 for the second card. This worked fine at first as both cards were on the PCIE 3.0 @16x. fired up some benchmarks such as Heaven, Valley and Firestrike and while I was monitoring the cards the top one was getting extremely hot, over 90 degrees and MSI afterburner was actually showing the clocked speed dropping as the thermal high point can only go to 92 Degrees (both stock speeds). The bottom card was at a respectably 70 degrees. as stated this system has two 140mm fans blowing directly onto the bottom card but the two graphics cards in this configuration are basically touching each other. Next I pulled one card out and tested them both individually and both overclocked to around 1500 core speed and stayed in the mid 70s for temperature. Next test was to install the two cards in Slot 1 and then slot 5 to give the cards some additional space and now both cards being over clocked were able to stay below 80 degrees for multiple benchmarks. The downside of course is that the cards are now both running at PCIE 3.0 @ 8x. So after watching a few videos and articles (such as Linus' 16x vs 8x PCIE) it seems that there shouldn't be any substantial difference to running the cards this way and of course the benefit is they will both overclock well and run at respectable temperatures. Question is should I continue and push the cards in the 16x slots and try to work out a better way to cool them (i.e. more fans or watercooling) or is there never going to be a substantial difference and be happy with the current performance? I am hoping I am missing something with the motherboard and where I can put cards. I have attached the PCIE charts from the MB manual and the board layout.

I checked the manual before and thought it was slot 2 and 4 which i recalled incorrectly. They are currently in 1 and 3 and that means they are running in 16x each of them. The problem is the cards are very close and I am worry about cooling. The manual only shows those two slots for 2way sli and 3 way it shows slot 6 as well. Just wondering if there is any issue in placing the second card in slot 6 even if in 3way its says 8x but in 2way its crossed out?

I have a MSI x99a gaming 7 motherboard, i7 5930k and 2 MSI 980ti 6g gaming cards. The question is if I place the cards in slot 2 and 4 the cards are basically touching each other. Can I place one in slot 2 and one in 6 leaving two slots between them without losing performance? I have never done a sli setup as I have always just bought a top of the line single card so I am a bit confused on the different pcie slots and their speeds.

Thanks for the response, though my question is why not a X99 rig? Is there any negative performance when compared to X97 system? It seems that an X99 system would definitely improve performance (otherwise there would be not justification for building new architectures) and the only downside it increased cost. Cost is not any issue and I would rather buy better stuff now so there is a greater chance of it lasting longer.

Hi All About to buy the final components for a build that is predominately used with my simulator rig (car and flight) going to be used for VR (e.g HTC Vive headset or Occulus rift). My old PC sent my graphics cardc to heaven a few weeks back so its time to upgrade. I will be starting with a single GPU with the idea of adding another if needed at the end of the year. As the resolutions for both headsets are 2400x1080 and 2160x1200 that will be main consideration when trying to get to the 90FPS figures. Games like Asseto Corsa and Dirt Rally will be used often as well as Elite Dangerous, FSX andWar Thunder. The only component that will move to the new PC is the case which is a Phanteks Enthoo Prinmo Orange Edition. CPU: Intel i7 5930K MB: MSI X99A Gaming 7 Cpu Cooler: Corsair HX110i GT RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-3000C15Q-16GRR 16GB Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming (Still considering Fury X but at the lower resolutions seems the TI is the better choice as both companies have similar developement for VR in Gamesoft VR and Liquid VR) SSD: 240GB SanDisk Ultra SSHD: Seagate 2TB WIFI Card: ASUS PCE-AC68 (Already have sitting around) PSU: Corsair HX1000i Any advice on the build would be great. Hopefully there will be enough power in it to play most of the game at suitable resolutions and as noted if its not then i will add another 980TI when the headsets come out.

Hi All Looking for some advice on ram speeds. From what i can gather speeds do not generally give any performance differences, but in regards to overclocking the CPU the connection seems to change the overclock available. The cpu, motherboard and ram are the following: Intel i7 5930K MSI x99 Gaming 7 G.Skill Ripjaws 16gb Kits Is there any difference between the 2400, 2666, 2800 and 3000 kits in regards to me overclocking the CPU? I understand that to run the 3000 ram at that speed the XMP profile will overclock the CPU as well technically as the base clock will go from 100 to 125. Is there any benefit to any other speeds, the reason i ask is finding stock of the 3000 speed ram can be difficult and of course any money saved can be moved to another part.