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Well anyways I really am sorry to bother you guys with this nonsense then. I really do appreciate it though. Thanks everyone.

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

If you look at your screen you will see that it says 499,513,290,752 bytes, which is equal to 499.5GB which is equal to 465GiB.

You are not missing any space.

Windows is just showing the letter "GB" when it really means "GiB".

Well if that's right then this solves my issue. It must be that my issue was simply inexperience. I thank you much greatly for your time friend. 

Are you guys saying you see GiB in the photo I took? 

Thanks for your responses. So you guys are saying when one installs windows 10 it by default takes up 35gb's of space? I'm shocked. 

Sorry to bother you nice folks again but I have a real problem. Let me explain.

So I have a 500gb Samsung Evo SSD m.2 nvme hard drive in this new computer. I put windows 10 on it. When I did it I partitioned the system to only give 50gb's of space to windows 10 and the rest separated. 

I'm an idiot. Soon enough after installing drivers and basic things now I only have 9.99gb's of space left.

So I decided okay, I can't merge the partitions together (I tried) so I went to reinstall Windows. Low and behold there was no option to just completely wipe the thing. So my friend is over and he suggested to delete the other partitions and only leave the 465gb so I did and we installed Windows on the 465gb.

However during and after doing that we discovered there's actually no way to get the 35gb's back. I have searched the internet's and I can't find a way. Just a load of problems that sound similar but nothing specific to this. 

When in disk management well I'll just attach a picture to show you guys what shows up. 

I'm more than willing to reinstall Windows and erase every thing if need be.

Thank you guys for any help, I'm thankful your all here, I don't know of anywhere else this reputable. Thanks for any help friend's.

6 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

I would advice moving GPU to upper slot. It doesn't make contact with CPU cooler even there and thermals will be better.

You know what, I have took your advice! I had my relative with me and he built computers many years ago so he has some experience (waaay more than me) but he got it to pop into place! Idk why it was so stiff though, very odd

12 hours ago, TechyBen said:

Just don't do what I did, and screw the heatsink down, with the fan connector socket crumpled between the heatsink and a RAM bus pullup resistor.

I managed to bodge a repair, but it was a crack pop and snap that I did not want to hear for breakfast!

That sounds terrible man! I'm glad you fixed it though! The computer stuff is so delicate dude it's insane how this stuff is so flimsy. The shroud on the Aorus 1080 ti is super flimsy, it has such a flex to it!

12 hours ago, JabroniBaloney said:

A thermal paste that can cause shorts? Was it liquid metal? Thought thermal pastes were non conductive. 

I searched YouTube before applying the paste on how to apply thermal compound and they said the paste that has silver in it can cause shorts, I just so happened to have ordered the thermal compound that has the silver in it ???

On 5/1/2018 at 8:08 PM, WoodenMarker said:

2, 3, and 4pin fan headers are backwards compatible.

 

The 4th pin is for pwm which 4pin pwm fans use to regulate speed. 

 

For 3pin fans, variable voltage through the 2nd pin is used to regulate speed.

Your motherboard should have the option to choose between pwm and dc control for each header although it's set to Auto by default which usually works fine.

 

The heatsink doesn't seem that loose in the video. A bit of wiggle is normal since heatpipes and fins are rather flexible. The pop sound might have been the screwdriver losing grip and slipping.

If bumping loosened the cooler, you probably tightened one side more than the other. Instead of tightening one screw first, gradually screw both sides in so it's evenly mounted.

Thank you so much for that information! Because of that info I put it into place. I had no idea. I would say I've been in way over my head with this project but I'm learning. It's incredibly challenging so far. I'm glad you shared that info because I wouldn't even know how to search what you posted or bring it up. Hopefully others will find your post one day if they have a similar problem.?

45 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Did you tighten until it wouldn't easily turn or keep going after that? Also, a picture of it now would help too, just to make sure.

The video is processed now

Here's a over all photo:

14 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Did you tighten until it wouldn't easily turn or keep going after that? Also, a picture of it now would help too, just to make sure.

I just lightly tightened it up

7 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Did you tighten until it wouldn't easily turn or keep going after that? Also, a picture of it now would help too, just to make sure.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dWxX7dUTThQXsWzd2I42kQix5H-ZFxDO/view?usp=drivesdk

I uploaded video, when it's done processing check it out

15 minutes ago, Lurick said:

The GPU only comes with an adapter, the 8-pin GPU cables come with the power supply.

Well thank you so much friend. That's good info. I was trying to plug in the assistant fan and the cpu cooler, one side of it just popped out of place !!

10 minutes ago, Matacks said:

Does it tighten down with thumb screws?   It's probably fine.  As long as the screw isn't stripped and nothing appears obviously broken.  As long as the heasink was put on according to the directions I'm sure your good.  If you're in doubt just remove the heatsink and visually inspect for damage and install it a second time.  

 

Motherboards may make scary creaky and popping noises as you screw them into the case as well.

 

It's the cryorig h5 ultimate, you stick this tool down into the holes and it turns this piece down at the bottom. The noise freaked me out. I used some special thermal paste that they say can cause shorts and such. So I'm ultra paranoid about removing it. I'm definitely glad I asked on here first. I just didn't know if it's normal for manufacturers to do some goofy things with products like allowing the thing to be tightened down way to much to where it could break ( it's my first build ).

Oh man now I have to hook up all these cords. I have not a clue what goes where. And the aorus 1080 ti xtreem edition only came with one cord. But there's 2 of the 8 pin slots. Go figure. Every video iv seen online they fill up both slots. ???. I guess I need to order another connection cord on eBay. ?

I was tightening this down and I heard a pop noise. Does this mean I ruined the motherboard or something? The manual doesn't say how tight to make it. Could of I ruiend my CPU?

7 minutes ago, IAnthonyFX said:

you need this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-quiet-am4-cooler-bracket-hs-018-bq.html I happen to have one extra kits of these laying around if you are in the US, otherwise contact be quiet, their customer service is just great but the am4 mount period that they were giving ended a while a ago. 

Oh that's cool man, how much does that kit go for? How do I make an official purchase from you? 

And it will work with the MSI B350 gaming plus?

Sorry for all the questions. 

Just to make sure I'm not making a buffoonish mistake (I don't have a clue what I'm doing man I'm shot out as far as this stuff goes) this wouldn't be the hardware your talking about would it?

9 minutes ago, dizmo said:

If you have it laying around, I assume you got it before AM4 was released? If so, you need to order the correct AM4 mounting hardware.

Yes I think you are correct. And thank you for that heads up. I'll order that motherboard and the mounting hardware since it will work. Thank you again for your response man

Thank you for your time and attention I appreciate it. I'm about ready to quit playing with computer stuff. I'm new. Anyways I messed up and trusted PC part picker and ordered the tuff z270, the dark rock pro 3 obviously does not fit. I immediately ordered a cooler that does fit.

Unfortunately I have the dark rock pro 3 laying around, so I thought to my self I'd build a ryzen computer on the side just for fun. I have searched many terms and such. I read the manual that came with the cooler and it just says AMD aside from the lga boards that it works with. Does this mean the dark rock pro 3 will fit with/in all AMD motherboards?

I was wanting to buy this one in specific:

The MSI B350 gaming plus

Please remember I'm a computer idiot. I have been building a computer over a 6 month period. I was in no rush. If I could restart I would just order everything at once. Kaby lake is out of date now. I ordered the x299 ram for my z270 because I'm a dummy and I went by PC part picker instead of reading the labels. So I'm not to good at this. I'm only 27 years old I should be much more up to date on this stuff I suppose. Anyways don't have any pitty for me lmfao. I'm just a dummy with this type of stuff.

So any help with this dark rock pro 3 cooler and if it would fit that motherboard would be great.. if not which board it would fit would be cool. 

I guess if you have a recommendation for which ryzen /AMD processor to thow in there with it wouldn't hurt.. anyways sorry if I'm waisting your guys time, idk why I entered this world but I guess I have to learn and start somewhere anyways.. im at your mercy. Thanks every and anyone - the newb on the block