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Hi All, im in position to buy a bunch of GPUs from a seller (friend) who gets amazon returns. I’m going to ask him to please test each GPU before I buy them because I hate this awkward “you sold me a busted card” and for the price I’m getting them we’ve agreed that I’m buying as is but lately it’s been a 50/50 so I would like a test to be done before. Since he has so many I don’t want to take too much of him time so I want a standard one application test. question: what is the best benchmark to run for testing a GPU unigen heaven superposition maybe a game like GTA thoughts, I’m just trying to get the card hot and see if it artifacts, cuts out.

Brilliant AVC, we do use Mimecast (thought we might be the only ones, lol) great idea. thanks.

Thanks Jake, i'm not sure what i am looking at but it certainly is different.

Thanks for the reply Seph i was really hoping to just stumble across a good web page really. wasn't looking to make a project out of this.

we have solar winds, and use Meraki dashboard but thats more for my helpdesk staff. I was looking for something more "global" in scope.

Hi Guys/Gals, Here is an odd one, just got a new office with a giant 70" TV on the wall for video conferences and such. I don't do many conferences in this office and prefer to book out a boardroom so i am left with on unused TV on the wall. While i would like to have news/sports/twitch etc on it, that would clearly be seen as "unproductive" so i would instead like to display something of value on it. It would be nice if it were eye catching but doesn't have to be, something dynamic that is always being updated like top virus threats, or breaking news on IT related stuff. I'd rather not install anything to make this happen so web based info is best. thoughts?

yeah i have a few spare coolers sitting around i can try but it's an ITX build so the cooler i go with in the end will have to fit, i know the Cryorig c7 (i think it's called) is the defecto cooler for ITX so i might have to spring for this it's just a shame to spend money on a "junk" PC like this. i will hook up a CM 212 EVO tonight and see it it helps. BUT!!! can we rule out the motherboard being the cause? Question: Can a motherboard be the cause of a CPU overheating? maybe poor VRMs, or power delivery? is that a thing? ALSO: the CPU is not overclocked (i think this model has an unlocked multiplier)

yup fresh thermal paste application with Noctua paste.

Hi Ladies and gents, I am trying to upgrade an old gaming PC i have sitting around for guests to use and my kids friends when they come over. It's older hardware but i like to tinker and it's fine for the low-end games we/they play. it had an i5-680 in it but i upgraded to an X3470 but now i think the temps are too high, wondering it it's the cooler i choose (mini-itx build limited on option) or if these chips just run hot. Here are the specs: Motherboard: Intel Dh57jg CPU: Intel X3470 Cooler: Reeven rc-1001b brontes the board was designed for a 73w chip as i've came to find out and i got a warning on boot that intel was not responsible for damaged because of a lack of cooling, however it boots fine and runs windows and games ok. the temps i'm getting are 80C during cinibench and approaching 90C with sustained gaming on open air bench. Assume higher in ITX case. is that too hot? is the board/cpu combo to blame? is the cooler not strong enough?

Ok..... I must be old school raid is usually at the bios level, what form of wizardry is this you speak of. Do tell.

I have a Gigabyte GA-Z170x Gaming 7 motherboard. I have a PCIE M.2 SSD in the M2H_32G M.2 slot so it can run at full speed, this is for Windows 10. I also have 2x Samsung EVO 500GB SSDs I would like to use for storage (RAID 0). I have followed a guide that stated to: 1) put enable Windows 8/10 and disable CMS support, reboot 2) change sata mode select to Intel RST Premium 3) in Intel rapid storage technology configure the raid. problem is I can no longer see the SSDs, I can still see the NVME drive I believe. the manual that comes with the board shows screenshots that look nothing like i have because i've updated to F22M. Reference Video:

Ok guys new PSU and I’ll be taking a second crack at it finally. Before I do I wanted one last round of opinions as to what caused this before I hookup and possible fry another PSU.

Hi Bl00dgod those are not RGB fans and if there is one thing that matters in computers builds it's RGB. GPU, Cooling....RAM optional. RGB required. lol. i an a huge fan of that...err fan... fan..fan... whatever... point is i agree its a much better fan that the stock ones.

thanks Knight i appreciate it.

but i gain RGB and really lets be honest thats all that matters anyway right? lol