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Chazza

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  1. thanks mate, yeh ive got another 4 months before warranty is out so im going to try and change it shame.. it was a bugger to install and only just fit the screws haha
  2. as far as i know the pump is always at max? 3000rpm on pump ( going by corsair app... im not a sticker for pc sounds as i use a headset and all fans/pumps are always set on max.
  3. ok thanks my friend, as long as ive built the pc, so about 3 years ... i know ive heard lifetimes of about 2 years so i guess im pushing it,.. but i diddnt really want to buy again untill a complete rebuild with a 3080 ( or TI)
  4. Resting temps are better but still not brilliant and Ive seen them better. any further thoughts?.... side note. when i turned pc after re applying thermal paste a few mins ago, i did have a air lock or something that stopped my pump from spinning and after a qick panic of slowly tilting my case about the pup registered speeds again
  5. thermometer is just ambient case temps
  6. HI and firstly thanks for taking the time to read this. i built my PC about 3 years ago and its been running 'fine' until about 3 months ago. firstly the specs ( in no particular order ) HyperX Savage 32GB Kit (4x8GB) - DDR4 3000MHz Intel XMP CL15 DIMM Memory EVGA SuperNOVA 850W G2 Fully Modular Power Supply ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6+ Socket 1151 DVI-D HDMI DisplayPort 7.1 CH HD Audio ATX Motherboard Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Intel Core i7-6700K 4GHz Socket 1151 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X 8GB GDDRX Graphics Card 120gb kingston SSD 2 x 3Tb Seagate barracuda HDD 2 front fans pushing air in, 2 top fans pushing air through radiator into case, 1 rear fan pulling air out i have a thermometer inside the case to check ambient air temps and they are about 22-32'c depending on the weather and under load when the 1080 gets used. THE STORY my cpu started spiking after i moved my pc to another house and i relised after short time running cpu temps straight from boot where too high. removing heat sink and checking radiator i heard a bubbling and presumed i just had a air lock. reapplying ( with the same paste IM SORRY but i diddnt have any spare to hand ) temps where back to normal-ish and thought nothing more of it. several months later my cpu temps start getting higher and higher, now im back to the same problem.. i decided to re apply the thermal paste, i beleive i did a decent job cleaning and re applying, this worked fine for about a month temps at resting 40'c and under load maxing out at 80'c suddenly im back to 60-70+'c on desktop and over 100'c under load im thinking of re applying thermal paste but wanted some other thoughts before i do i dont have another radiator/cooler to check if it has a problem this is temps with no load
  7. hey, i personally use Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum's and although they look and feel a little flimzy (no metal frame / visible band) they are my longest lasting pair of headphones yet.(2+ yrs). they do feel a little weird when first getting use to the resting position ( sits far further forward than other headsets i have used ) but once you find its resting location they are rely comfy and rests well, nice large ear cups and good external sound blocking, audio is very nice and the Logitech software is simple to use. the headphones come with a 3.5mm jack with inline mike for mobile calls and music, you can run wireless pc and inline phone simultaneous but pc uses the headset mic and phone uses inline only issues ive had is when going out of range and the mic disconnecting and not realising what position it is in ( auto mutes when raised, small red light on mic tip), simple fix plug in via usb lead and turn off and turn on headset. battery without light lasts me a good 10-12 hours constant use with mic, easy to use Gkeys for some simple macros using Logitech software and being afk, TL;DR Artemis Spectrum's, very good sound and mic, good battery, minor issues
  8. Hey guys, im looking to get a piece of crap laptop for a lan party as i purely cant be bothered tearing down my rig every few weeks to move it for a weekend im looking for something that can run old as hell games ( farcy 1, battlefield Vietnam, flatout 2, quake 3, unreal tourniment 3, and possibly up to CoD WaW.) so something with about 1gb graphics or more would be nice ) hoping to spend as little as possible and premade maby around $800 NZ tops ($550 us) ive done a bit of looking around but not sure about gpu's or cpu graphic equivalent ive been looking at some of the junkers on https://www.harveynorman.co.nz/computers/laptops/?subcats=Y&features_hash=V143&sort_by=price&sort_order=asc any advice? accept stop being a lazy sod and just move my pc? thanks.
  9. ended up grabbing this one https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MONASU71196/ASUS-MB169B-156-Monitor-1920x1080-IPS-USB30-Type-B fingers crossed
  10. https://www.startech.com/nz/Cards-Adapters/USB-3.0/Cards/2-port-pcie-usb-3-1-card~PEXUSB312C would this work on the screen?
  11. probably going to go with the first one you surgested, thanks
  12. oh wow big thank you !
  13. any other thoughts on a small portable monitor? or something i can use instead of
  14. so im intrested in getting one of these little usbc powered screens, mainly for youtube vids and such alike but power is supplyed by a usbc from a usbc, im just wondering if i can use a DisplayPort to usbc cable and still run it https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/15-6-aoc-usb-c-portable-monitor/28204905 https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/15-6-asus-mb169c-ips-usb-portable-monitor/27217936 one of these would be the intended screen Thanks in advance (DP would be plugged into a nvidia msi1080)
  15. Chazza

    Money to spend!

    thanks for the reply at least .. yeah I'm using display/HDMI atm on a pos i got years ago and now it struggles to turn on ... main reason for panic search
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