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I replaced the stock cooler with a Noctua NH L9i and it's okay now, the fan speed is variable. thanks for your help

I've tried other fan modes and even custom modes, its always stuck on 2800 rpm. Thats why i was wondering if intel stock coolers (the newer ones) don't have variable fan speeds?

Oh ok... so stock coolers really don't have the ability to adjust speeds. Although my BIOS definitely does

The temp is cool, only 40 degrees on idle. The thing is, the RPM is always stuck at 2800, even on full load it's still stuck on 2800. There is only one CPU fan connector on my mother board.

Hi Guys Just wondering, are intel stock coolers capable of adjusting fan speeds? I recently got a I3 8100 with a stock cooler, and it seems that whatever I do, the CPU fan is always stuck at 2800 RPM and rather noisy,. My asrock bios does have the settings to adjust the speed, but even if I play with the settings, the stock cooler is always stuck at 2800 rpm. I checked, and the 4pins is properly connected to the motherboard. Or are stock coolers just not capable of adjusting speeds?

Hi Everyone I have helped my boss set up his home network. He lives in a 4,000 square feet apartment, in a weird long L-shape, with several thick cement walls inbetween. I have set up 3 Asus RT-AC86U routers, one in the center of the house, and two the other sides to form the Asus Mesh Network. He has approximately 40 network devices i'd say, mixture of iphones, ipads, laptops, IP cameras, alexa devices and so on. Almost all his devices run on wi-fi. Very frequently, the network goes partially dead or fully dead. Sometimes, one of the mesh's will not work, sometimes the entire network goes dead and only a manual reset of all devices will fix this. I've done everything i can think of to help him resolve this. The wi-fi signal is not weak, it is fairly strong in all parts of the house. Just that the network keeps going out from time to time. He is getting so pissed at me because he has to reset his routers every other day. Any thoughts?

Hi Thanks for your quick replies! Actually i watch offline and online videos. Surprisingly, my current computer, is capable of playing Linus's youtube videos in 4K, but with 95% cpu usage since my graphics hard has no 4K decoding capabilities. @homeap5 If i buy a new PC with 8th Gen Intel, i wouldn't need to buy a separate GPU, right? Since all modern CPUs these days have built in decoding for HEVC & VP9 codecs for 4K

Hi Everyone Greetings from Hong Kong! Been watching Linus's videos on youtube for over a year now, but only joined the forum now. Wanted your opinions on something, as the subject states. What I have: A 10 year old PC which i have upgraded over the years. CPU, AMD Phenom II X4 970 (yes its ancient) Radeon 5770 (yes it ancient too) 8GB DDR3 128GB SSD + 3TB HDD + another 3TB HDD New LG27 inch 4K monitor What I use my computer for: Mostly web browsing, torrenting, skype calls, and watching 4K videos. (no gaming, no video rendering) Here's my dilema. I recently bought a 4K monitor, despite knowing the fact that my ancient Radeon 5770 cannot handle 4K content, and it does not have a HEVC decoder. Surprisingly though, it was capable of outputting 3840x2160 but only at 30hz. I have sentimental attachment with this old computer of mine, its been with me for 10 years, and it functions fine, no issues at all. Its fast because of my SSD, and the CPU despite being really old, is more than enough for my daily tasks. I have a company macbook pro for work, but this is just my personal PC. So, should i just upgrade the graphics card, to say, a RX550 with HEVC support so that I can comfortably watch 4K videos? Or should i just go all out and buy a new modern PC? MY PC works fine, which is why i'm reluctant to throw it away, the only problem is the lack of proper 4K support. Here in Hong Kong, its become very popular now for people to build new MINI-PC's, using laptop CPUS. I'm not sure what kind of mother boards they use, but I see shops making builds that are really small, using laptop CPUs and laptop ram. I'm contemplating just buying a new PC all together. A new RX550 will cost around US$100 A new Mini-PC build, with say, a i3-8100U cpu, with 8GB ram, 120GBM2 ssd, and two 2.5" 4TB hard drives will probably cost me around US$600. The integrated graphics on this processor is fully capable of 4K HEVC decoding in 10 bit colour. Any comments? I know most of you will tell me its high time to throw my old system and get a new one, but the thing is, apart from the inability to push 4K content, it works absolutely fine. Its just such a shame to throw it all away. Its been with me for 10 years.