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Brilliant, thanks, and yeah, sorry: end of the first week of June. The 30 FPS limit makes things a lot simpler. I'll contact the course vender just to verify, but will probably go for the C922.

Hi. I need recommendations for a webcam for potentially quite fast-paced, online movement classes (Hip-hop, rave & similar street styles). It basically needs to catch fast paced routines with fast footwork; frame rate is more important than frame resolution but high definition would be a nice extra. I'm guessing the streaming speed is going to be a factor? Should I start there? The classes are going to be hosted via Microsoft Teams. I don't know know anything about streaming, bitrate etc. but I'm guessing that's a potential bottleneck; if necessary I can contact the IP and find out what I'm working with. Help would be very appreciated. The first class is at the end of the first week of May, so I have to move relatively quickly to get it all set up.

Thanks, and yeah, it only states that support varies with different graphics cards, so I'm guessing it should be okay...would be a bit of an oversight for them not to specify that SLI wouldn't work without an 11th Gen CPU. Thanks so much... ...I just need to look into the RAM issues now: will it overclock DIMMS of greater than 8GB capacity and if not, would there be an advantage in going with four DIMM slots daisy-chained.

Brilliant, thanks. :0) And I should be able to SLI with the Z590 Apex even though I'd be running it with a 10th gen CPU? I didn't think that'd be an issue but igormp posted above to suggest there might be a conflict.

Oh okay...so that's what that's for. So, I can use an M.2 drive via that socket and not have it affect the PCIe lanes? I'm looking at the manual and it seems that's the case?

Thanks, I think the z590 Apex supports SLI with 10th gen...?...or at least the manual's "Specifications Summery" doesn't say that it doesn't?

I'm looking at the Z590 overclocking boards, right now favouring the Asus Maximus Apex. I have very fast DDR4 memory (2x16GB, 3800MHz / 14-16-16-36) and I understand Z590 boards have a better chance of higher memory speeds. I wouldn't mind trying to tweak the memory to run a little faster if possible. However I was looking at Buildzoid's overview of the EVGA Dark, for instance, and it seems it doesn't work too well with RAM modules larger than 8GB capacity. I'm hoping that's not universal across the Z590 overclocking boards...I need to look further into that. But yeah, looking at the Z590 Apex manual, it seems (unless I'm reading it incorrectly?) populating the second M.2 drive drops the second PCIE X16 lane down to x4. So, I think I'm going to drop the M.2 in favor of potentially faster RAM & CPU overclocking. I've no idea which is more valuable (M.2 or better OC) from either a theoretical or usage standpoint. I just don't have that depth of understanding or experience with this stuff.

lol...yeah, it seems you're right. x8x8 minimum for SLI So I guess the question now is whether it's worth losing M.2 functionality to utilize a Z590 board instead of a Z490 board. Hoping I don't have to post a new question...input would be appreciated. :0)

Wow, really? Are you sure? I'll run some searches. :0)

The TLDR: Will running two Titan RTXs at x8x4 (rather than x8x8) make a difference to performance? The B4: (I know, SLI's dead, and SLI'd Titan RTXs only have an improvement of 3.8% over SLi'd RTX 2080TIs, and so it doesn't make financial sense to SLI Titan RTX's. And yes, I know SLI's dead.) I'm finally putting together a system that leaves the option open for SLI (for when supply chain issues are resolved and I can pick up something inexpensive on the used market). I know SLI's dead at this point but I've got a usage case where (in my opinion at least & your mileage may vary) it's more or less worth doing. I'm planning to SLI Titan RTXs (I know there's only a 3.8 percent uplift with Titan RTX cards in SLI over 2080 TI's in SLI, but I've already got a Titan RTX, so I'll probably just add a second Titan RTX sometime in the future, depending on cost. I'm planning on running a 10th Gen Intel Processor (probably a 10900k overclocked (I have high-speed DDR4 RAM that gives me a meaningful uplift in FPS when I game at 1080p on Intel's platform, which I will be doing, so I don't want to move to RYZEN and it seems future DDR4 based motherboards, for as long as they last (both from Intel & AMD) won't be supporting SLI)). I'm thinking of pairing the processor with an 11th Gen (Z590) motherboard, because I feel like there might possibly be granular improvements to the Z590 boards that would be worth benefiting from (although I couldn't tell you what they might be, because I don't have that deep an understanding of motherboard construction/topology/features etc, I just feel like Z590 boards should be better than Z490 boards (it might be that Z490 boards are just more suitable if I'm using a10th gen CPU but I don't have enough understanding of the area to know one way or another)). The thing is: If I add an M.2 drive to an 11th Gen board that has a 10th Gen Intel CPU installed, it drops the second PCIE slot down to x4, so I'd be running the cards in an x8x4 configuration (the primary M.2 slot that's linked directly to the CPU in Z590 boards is only functional with 11th series CPUs and so will just remain disabled. The 2nd M.2 drive, when populated, drops the speed of the second PCIE slot to x4). Will running two Titan RTXs at x8x4 (rather than x8x8) make a difference to performance, and should I just not use the M.2 drive and instead stick to SATA SSD's so that I can run the cards at x8x8 rather than x8x4?

'k, so... ...apologies for the double post but: For just under £15 extra I can get a WD_BLACK™ SN850 NVMe SSD, which seems to be quite a bit faster than even the retail version of the SSD I'm looking at (according to Anandtech https://www.anandtech.com/show/16505/the-western-digital-wd-black-sn850-ssd-review/3 ) Also, it means I don't have to buy right now, which is a help.

It's got the same TBW and the guy selling it says he pulled it from a laptop more or less as soon as he bought it to replace it with a higher capacity drive. He says it's basically unused. So yeah, I guess it's a good deal?

lol...did that' "like" mean purchase it? :0)

Thanks, I'm thinking I might. Just not sure as the 20% reduction works out to about £30 Not sure if it's worth the saving. I think it probably is, but unless someone can show me otherwise, I think I might just purchase it.

Is Random Write speed important for a gaming PC? If so, how important is it? Is it worth buying an M.2 SSD drive at a 20% discount if it has 85% random-write speed of a full price SSD? It's basically a choice between an OEM version of a retail SSD, Vs the retail version. The OEM version is 20% cheaper but it only has 85% the random-write speed. Is that a good deal? How much difference to performance would the 15% slower random-write speed make?

Yeah, I'm delighted, I really thought I'd damaged it when I fitted the radiator. I'm hoping it should be okay...I think I most likely dislodged it when I removed the cover; I'd imagine, if anything, the radiator should help to hold it in place but I guess I'll have to see. It did make me think of adding a card for WiFi but I don't really fully understand PCI-E lanes and I'm not sure if it'd interfere with the functioning of my graphics card.

Okay, so...just to interject and get things moving in more fun direction... ...I got the WiFi back!! I thought I must have scraped a wire or cracked a solder but then it occurred to me that the module is probably a small daughter board which probably just got unseated...so... ...the solution was actually pretty simple (<-- click link) (there's not a grin cheesy enough)

It's looking like I might not have to...?...it turns out it's not the biggest obstruction; it's the wifi module that's stopping the radiator being seated, and somehow seating the radiator seems to have broken it; the board's wifi functionality just basically vanished... ...that might mean I could maybe try and remove a portion of the housing for the wifi module but it looks like the RAM might still be a bit of an issue too, even after I've machined off the heatsink fins. I should be able to get a little more clearance if I drill new mount holes in the top of the case but hoping it won't come to that.

So it seems I've actually damaged the wifi module on my motherboard. I no longer have Wifi after installing the board into the new PC case with the radiators... ...it's a shame because it was useful not having to trail a wire to the back of the case. I've tried re-booting the router, in case it might have been a coincidental router issue but, it seems the wifi module is broken. I tried to find something that looks like a wifi device in the control panel also, and under View Network Connections, with no luck. It seems my rad jamming up against the motherboard wifi module housing has caused it to fail. It's made me extra cautious about screwing around with stripping the heatsinks off of my RAM; I'm almost certainly going to be Dremel'ing the fins off of the top of the RAM heatsinks rather than trying to strip them off completely. It's going to be a huge pain, I know, but at this point it's just got to be done.

Okay, so...I think it must be faulty...?...unless it's configured not to run with aftermarket fans...? I installed an older version of the software that let me access 'Devices' and 'Performance', found a very well hidden fun curve adjustment by clicking on a plus icon, but no matter what I do to the curve or what settings I choose nothing happens to the fan speed... ...I've tried it with the header running from the pump assembly plugged into CPU, CPU_Opt and unplugged and I've tried it with both PWM and DC fans but nothing works. The fans just run at a single high speed with no variation regardless of what I do. Maybe it's programmed to recognise whether stock fans are fitted and won't work with after market fans, or...maybe it's just a faulty unit that I'm only just trying to use in it's full functionality.... I'm at a loss as to what to do...I'm just going to revert back to controlling the fan's from the motherboard based on CPU temps. :0/ Edit: Okay, so...it's working: I was just having trouble 'applying' the different modes to the fans, also, they were taking some time to alter their speed, plus I discovered I have a fan with a broken PWM wire in the front of my case which was the fan that was running at full RPM and not the fans on the cooler.

Any idea about what I can do about the fans? I'm tempted to break out the stock fans to troubleshoot but I want to put them on eBay.

Wow, really...? I guess I'm just going to go back to using the bios.

I've never used the stock fans on my h115i pro, they're still unused in the box it came in... ...I swapped them the day it arrived with after market PWM fans and powered them via the motherboard, regulated by the CPU temp sensor. Today I read that you can control the fans on the H115i pro based on coolant temperature (it has a coolant temp sensor), so I've plugged my fans into the sockets running from the h115i pro pump (the first time I've ever used those sockets)...but the replacement fans are just running at full speed all the time. Is it because they're PWM fans...?...is it because they're not the stock fans...?...or could it be something else? Is it possible to swap the stock fans for aftermarket PWM fans and still have Corsair iCue control their speed?

Thanks, but it seems the radiator in the top of the case is butting up against the wi-fi module rather than the VRM heatsink. I've decided I'm going to Dremel the fins off of the RAM heatsink, if it's not enough I'll have to drill out the top of the case a little to slide the radiator over a few millimetres.

So...I can take the heatsink off?