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Yes, I've installed 2 x PE rads, more than adequate for my heat needs, I think. The machine is alive no20200207_123701143_iOS.heicw.
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Cant you put one in the top too?
Id do one bottom and top, keep the front as fresh intake and get the distro plate.

I had this happen perhaps 3-5 times on my computer.
 
Asus Crosshair VIII Formula
Ryzen 9 3900X
 
It hasn't done it in a while - probably after one of the BIOS updates. I'm not really sure though.

I would have declared it a possessed PC and burned it to the ground, LOL

I would not go for SE radiators, PE for sure.
 
I would go for the dist block though because of the looks. cooling shouldnt take much if any hit

I'd go the third route. Your parts aren't particularly power-hungry and two radiators (360mm I assume) would more than suffice. You can buy thicker ones if you're worried about cooling performance, the distribution block looks gorgeous.

If syncing only data, FreeFileSync is the one I favor.
 
For System files only, I prefer imaging with Macrium Reflect.

thanks.
 

LOL "exceeding the speed limit". Is that a technical term?
 
I've 3 x WD 6TB black drives, a Samsung EVO 860, an RTX2070 Super, and the system drive on a Samsung 950 Pro an NVMe PCI card.

Yep, I have the Asus windows AMD raid drivers installed. Also have latest BIOS on the motherboard, all windows updates, chipset drivers updated, etc. Tried clearing CMOS. No luck.

Ps Mr Husky might be chuckling at my Afrikaans username, although I'm actually from the Netherlands, aka a Real Dutchman (TM).

I'd second this.

I'd second this.

I'd second this.

One of the benefits of partitioning is that if you need to reinstall Windows or move to another OS, then you can just wipe the one partition and all of your data remains. (easier to reinstall an OS)
 
One of the disadvantages is that it is not easy to resize partitions in most cases and resizing can sometimes cause issues or not work correctly, so you are more or less stuck with that amount of space that you partitioned if you run into this issue.
 
It is easier and less problematic to just have one drive.
 
I would leave it unpartitioned but that's just me. If you weight up the Pros and Cons then you can decide which method is best for you.

I have a Kraken X61. Were I to change the stock fans, I'd get black Noctua PWM ones.

Kraken X61

TBF you'd have to be doing some heavy video editing before the X99 becomes worthwhile. If you're just doing the odd couple of hours in a week, then I doubt the increase in performance will be worth the spend. That's why I went for Z170 with my build.

There will always be a bottleneck. Imagine the components as a production ramp in a factory. If one of them is slower than others to do it's task, the others will have to wait around for him to finish so that next one can begin getting produced. 
 
The only case where you won't have a bottleneck will be if the task is such that both work perfectly in sync and equal to each other. In that case, the CPU won't have to wait for GPU to render and the GPU won't have to wait for CPU to process or compute something. Make any one of them slightly faster and the other one becomes the bottleneck. 
 
If both are too fast, then your monitor refresh rate becomes the bottleneck.