LewisBloom

Okie dokie, yes its the entire system gets a bit on the hot side but its not always which is always a little weird (flight sim, sim racing sometimes seems to be fine othertimes the case really hot to touch with the side glass getting pretty toasty. Not sure if you have access but I updated my profile with the full system specs, having all the Hard drives (for work) probably doesn't help with the heat as I think I am somewhat maxxing out what is possible to cram into the case. Ill do some googling on the undervolt stuff, as that's something ive never had to do before. I expect things will improve once I get this flow thing sorted though. Even when I ramp the fans up its not clear using my hand to know if a fan is exhausting or sucking in, which I figure is the sign of a really bad fan. Thinking I might get three Notua fans to replace the exhaust and two top fans. Thankyou so much for your input so far its super helpful, as I said in my first post, though I watch LTT videos so much I always feel guilty only coming here cap in hand asking for help, it truly is appreciated. cheers, Lewis

Oh buggar yes, so the case is; CORSAIR 4000D BLACK CASE This is my cooler; CORSAIR HYDRO H150I RGB PRO XT CPU COOLER For nutjob reason even though I was balls to the wall on the system I decided at the time to replace the fans with cyberpower UK fans, and they really are trash.

Hello you lovely people, I always feel guilty as I only ever visit this forum when I am in need of help and advice but you guys always knock it out the park so here I am again. Ive got a question regarding the current thinking of how fans should be setup on my case. So iuve a radiator on the front with three fans, two on the top of the case and one on the back of the case. GPU has its own fans down toward the lower half of the case (3080Ti) I believe I am a year or so older than Linus and I got into PC's slightly earlier and been building my own, for all PC's except this one. I decided time and money wise, I could afford my very first pre-build. Specced it all out and ive been happy with it except the fans it came with seem to be trashed and maybe installed all wrong meaning the PC runs very hot under heavier VR loads. I am going to replace the fans but not sure how to set them up. TL:DR if the radiator is on the front should I have the rear fan blowing in and the front fans blowing out, and then what should the top/roof fans be doing, blowing in or out of the case? thanks, Lewis

Thanks for the help peoples, its like being back in the 90's when AMD where king again lol, its a shame this particular aspect hasn't changed though. Intel might not be king anymore but I had gotten use to the plug and play nature of them over the past couple decades hehe. Lazy in my older years for sure, I am even considering a pre-built just configured sans GPU and HDD's. Seems a smart way to get compatibility and more of the plug and play I'm use too. Ill keep an eye on this thread and continue some reading online over the next couple weeks before I press the trigger on anything. cheers, Lewis

Hey lovely peoples of the LTT community. I am looking at updating my 6700k system, going back to AMD this time around to be expected of course. My only real confusion is in the damn bios flashing issues. I don't have an old chip to flash a bios and I am unsure of which models of motherboard are plug and play with the current gen? Any advise appreciated, any being pointed in the right direction greatly thankful for cheers, Lewis

Okie dokie so if the only option is modem and then router separate maybe I should just keep the existing Hub in modem mode and get a new router for the wireless element?

Yes please, any all in one recommendations would be best over having to have a separate modem and router using two plugs, two pieces of hardware etc is just a litle more annoying over a single even larger piece of kit I can have on what is the small porch table. I am happy to spend the cash so long as can sit where my current hub sits and not randomly drop devices as its limit gets hit lol. Thank you for the help so far cheers, Lewis

Thanks for the help, glad to hear I am not the only one. I've been grandfathered in I think on the package, I think it used to be called Infinity or something. The actual hardware is the BT Smart Hub - Type A My package is; Your BT Broadband Your current BT Broadband: Fibre with BT Halo 1

It was specifically the BT Hub replacement I was slightly worried about just as I have read some older posts about Netgear not being overly compatible with the BT systems in place. cheers, Lewis

Any comments or advice on the following issue appreciated, The BT Hub I have had a few years is either failing or we are hitting the limit as to what can be connected, as it regular wont let devices connect and needs restarting. I was thinking about just replacing it but not sure what the best option would be? We have a fair amount of devices in the family from tablets, phones, smarts TV's and alexa's etc throughout. cheers Lewis

My interest is more in the VR element, and the improvements and better future proofing over the 980Ti. I am a power game/sim user I guess so ignore the 1080p thing, its not an average use case for me.

Hello peoples, I am a lowly 1080p gamer but also a heavy Vive VR gamer currently on a 980Ti. Looking forward to the newer headsets but enjoying my vive immensely for sitting, standing and roomscale immersive experiences and games. Time for me to think of a GPU upgrade and just wondering given the price I have to shell out on what people might recommend for an air cooled version. prices range from 1k to several hundred above that, is the several hundred more or less just brand pricing mark ups? cheers and thanks for any and all advice as ever, Lewis

Hey peoples, wanting to get eldest daughter a little gaming PC for christmas. She plays minecraft, sonic racing, stardew etc. Because I want to turn it on and go rather than have to build it which I unfortunaly dont have time for in the christmas build up/hard to build it and keep it a secret I am going to go pre-built. I've looked on Amazon, ebuyer etc at the classic cyberpower PC's and cheap random amazon builds but before I buy a little cheap gaming desktop thought I'd ask in case anyone has any advice or deals on where is best to get such a little system ideally under £500, the cheaper the better. cheers Lewis

Ended up with S9 Plus, getting on really well with it. The included transfer cable was pleasant surprise and made the change stupidly easy. Thanks for the advice peoples

Thanks Aleks, the S8 is another option, I think ill go contract and from what I see the S9 was on a deal I can get like £1-3 more a month over the S8. When you say wait, is there any release dates or good guesses on how long the wait might be as I am on a bit of a potential month deadline. cheers, Lewis