FusionDeck

What about the voltage that it's running at? It should be available in the monitoring tab?

My store's grills had issues the next day and we were unable to serve a lot of product because of issues with different machines aha

I was supposed to work that night and lost over 4 hours worth of pay because I was told not to go in.

I live in SA (the state effected) and anything is worth a shot at this point. We had a state wide blackout for over 8 hours last year (EVREY resident in the whole state lost power!!!). It's getting really bad.

What CPU is it? Have you Overclocked it? What voltage is your CPU running at? Did you take off the plastic between the heat sync copper plate and the Thermal Paste?

I've just bought my Strafe RGB the other day, and the red LED died on the C & V keys.

I've currently got a small server of old pc parts running FreeNas, and only have one 2TB drive installed (more than I need in terms of storage size). I want to increase transfer speeds on both the server side and client side. What would be the cheapest and easiest way of increasing it, without buying more drives and running them in a raid? I've heard small SSD's setup as a cache could help to a certain extent?

I thought so, do you know what the "DT" stands for?

So I stumbled upon the EVGA 1070 FTW "DT", and honestly have no clue how it fits into their product line, or what the point of it is... FTW DT: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6274-KR From what I can see it just has a much lower core and boost clock - possibly a non-factory OC'd card on their FTW board design? If Anyone can fill me in on what it's supposed to be, or who it's meant for that would be great.

I much prefer the appearance of the FE over basically any other AIB partner, but the cooling isn't as good. I like the SC editions from EVGA but the ACX 3.0 design isn't as good as the 2.0 design in my opinion. Next best choice for design (over the FE) would probs be the Asus Strix design.

Not too confident but eh http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YJ3tpb

Putting the business side of things aside (I'm sure they can find other things to compromise on, to sell higher quality boards), it would still be good to see better layouts on boards.

Makes Sense, but some boards have them wight at the bottom, just above the audio, which is even worse.

This ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Alpha still has the same issue, but is probably worth more than you're processor.

I find it extremely frustrating, how motherboard manufacturers constantly overlook the rear IO, and how important it really is. Whether it is a lack of specific ports, bad layout or useless connectors, every company seems to keep making the exact same mistakes, and nobody really talks about it. I'm not sure whether many people are in the same situation as I am, but I have a large amount of USB devices (8 in total) and very little motherboards have anywhere near the amount of ports I would need. Yes, I could just buy a good quality USB hub, but they are expensive (in Australia at least) and will just make cable management a nightmare. It really cannot be difficult or even expensive (please correct me if I am wrong) for manufacturers to pay more attention to the rear IO, and include what the average consumer wants. This ASUS Z170-AR board has only 5 USB Type A ports, and a Type C. It's cheap board, and has great features, and is not bloated with stuff that is not needed. But, once again it seems that they have completely overlooked the rear IO. Almost every consumer will use more than 5 USB ports, yet no thought has been given. Worst of all, there is a huge space where more ports could be added, but no. The Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming1 board is a perfect example of how well the rear IO can be organised. Basically every available space has been filled with ports. It doesn't include any unnecessary ports, and has a good balance of everything a consumer would need. They have even be able to fit WIFI and dual Ethernet in, while still having 10 USB Type A ports, and a single Type C port. It really makes no sense why a good IO layout is seen on more boards these days, considering that more and more people are focusing on expanding their desk setup, and sometimes using more than peripheral of each type. I'd personally prefer to pay an extra few dollars to see some more ports on the rear. So these are just my thoughts, and I'm getting really annoyed at great boards, overlooking a key part of it's design. I'd love to hear what you guys' thoughts are.

Nvm, it's just the sounds that there is no display device connected (I disabled integrated graphics and don't have my 970 in there), everything seems to be working now with my 750ti and only 1 stick of ram, no HDD and my Hue+ disconnected.

Near the front panel headers on the bottom of the board

The speaker plugged into the MOBO

Removed 1 stick of ram, and it turned on and did a weird beeping noise. Added the second, and did the same thing. Added the GPU back and it powered on, then shut off randomly again, and won't turn back on now. Even with the GPU out it won't turn on now.

My PC just turned off, as if the power was cut. No warning, just shut off - and I was only watching YT, so nothing really CPU or GPU intensive. I now can't power it back on. I press the power button, and nothing. I think a MOBO trace has fried, since there is still an LED on on my blue snowball when there is power going to the system, but no LED's showing on my keyboard (they usually still show when the system has power, but is powered off). PC specs in my signature... I don't have a spare MOBO to see if that is the issue, so that is out of the question. I first bought the system from a PC retailer (custom built to my specs), but have basically upgraded most of it except for the MOBO, CPU & Drives. Would it be worth it to take it back to them (although I'm not sure if they have a warranty), or call Gigabyte (or the other component manufacturers). Thanks EDIT: I can't smell burnt electronics, or see any sign of physical damage.

10/10 Must recommend

However, DDR4 memory is much more expensive, and offers basically no improvement. Z170 / H170 boards are also more expensive than the previous generation.

Downgrade from Skylake, doesn't offer much more performance over the Devils Canyon chips. Also saves money on the mobo, and cuts down cost on DDR4 memory.

If you want low - no noise, then you should invest in some high quality fans. Corsair are good quality, and BeQuiet ones run fairly quiet.

If there are GPU overclocks, there should be something like MSI Afterburner installed. As for CPU OC's best way is to either clear the CMOS, or google the default frequency for the chip.