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FYI for anyone looking, I found that on the ARK site for the 12600k that the max output resolution is 4096x2160p@60Hz (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134589/intel-core-i512600k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-4-90-ghz.html ). So pretty much stuck having to get a 3060 or newer for the 4k @ 120hz (For now at least, hopefully some of the budget cards like a future 3050 or lower will also have support). Guess running a long cable from the other room with the 3080 is my option for now!

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, it would be possible for me to run an HDMI cable through the walls through the same channel as the Ethernet uses (My basement is unfinished, so doing this is fairly simple.) Unfortunately I have a few problems there though, one being that my Girlfriend also likes to play games on the TV streaming from her PC (1080/6850k) or just use the computer there in general while I use my main pc in the other room. Secondly, I actually already have 4 monitors hooked up to my main computer, which is the maximum that the 3080 can drive at a time, meaning I would most like need to buy a splitter and mess around with the resolutions, (For context I currently use an old Gaming Laptop from like 8 years ago on the TV right now, but it only has a 670m which maxes itself out at 1080p/60 and wont even output 4k,) However I did read about QuickSync being supported on Intel since Sandy Bridge which did look promising, that combined with the fact that the 12600k is actually cheaper right now than the 5700g's I can find even with the boxing day sales (I'm in Canada) might push me towards the intel side for this one. Despite the fact that the price difference will probably be made back up in the motherboard haha,

Hello everyone, Quick question. I'm currently planning on building a new HTPC for my living room with it's main purpose being to drive my 4k 120hz TV. Main content consumption would be off streaming services, general browsing, as well as streaming games from my main PC (5900x + 3080) through a wired Ethernet connection and steam in home streaming. I'm trying to figure out which platform I should go for right now. I'm mainly considering either going with a Ryzen 5700g or a Intel 12600k. Ideally I would like to run the HTPC purely off the iGPU of these processors. From what I could find, as long as the motherboard supports it, both of these iGPU's do support 4k 120fps outputs. My main concerns are if a 4k 120hz stream on either of these would even be smooth (Not for gaming, just content consumption) and if in home streaming (via Steam) would also work without being bottlenecked. It's been hard to tell if the Higher cpu performance of the 12600k would be more beneficial over the superior iGPU of the 5700G. It's actually not even clear online if either of these would really be any good at decoding an in home streaming stream at all without a full GPU installed. So kinda just looking for some guidance on if this would work or not, or if I should just get a low end GPU in the end (In which case I would just go for the 12600k). Any help is appreciated!

Hello again! Just wanted to update everyone with the last two updates I made to the build! I recorded two other parts to my video build logs, but see below for a few written notes. So in part 4 I show you the results of all my case modifications. The modifications include: 2 New fan intakes in the bottom of the case aswell as the 8 screw holes so that I could screw them in from underneath 2 New holes in between the rubber grommets to install my pass-through fittings Widened all the front fan mounting holes since they didn't align with the 360mm ek Rad I have in the back The modifications went surprisingly really smoothly and didn't comprimse the structural integrity of the case at all. Once the mods were done I proceeded to install pretty much everything including most of the wiring since alot of them became inaccessible once the rads were in. The Final part! This video is pretty thick. It contains the results of all my acrylic bending as well as my first loop fill, finally culminating in the build being turned on for the first time and the final setup. I had a few problems with some of the fan RGB not working due to a bad contact on one of the fans which I fixed up pretty well. I go over a lot of small things in the video so take a look if you feel like it. There's a short montage in the last minute so if you just feel like looking at the final result, just skip to 10:53ish. Here's the final result in picture form for those who would rather not check out the video. I'm still not 100% decided on the color choice, plus the blue is alot less washed out in person rather than on camera, but I'm still really proud of the result. Hope you guys enjoy!

Hey guys, so it's been awhile! Needless to say that the last parts I was missing took an eternity to arrive. But thankfully everything is here now and I can complete my build only a little late for cyberpunk! Expect updates coming pretty fast in the next few days or so. Anyway... on to the update! So I decided to switch from my previous choice of Corsair ll120 fans to some lian-li sl120 fans instead. I really much prefer the look of these fans and the metal and shiny accents on the sides really fit my theme of reflections. You'll also see that I finally got my ekwb rtx 3080 tuf block and got that installed. The stock thermal pads were really sticky and didn't come off that cleanly so it took alot longer to do well then I was expecting. Finally I put everything back in the case so that I could mark off where my cuts are going to be needed before I take it all apart again. At the time of writing this I've already made all the cuts and everything turned out great! I'll have another video about it soon but here's a sneak peak: https://pasteboard.co/JEKAhLs.jpg https://pasteboard.co/JEKAGx5.jpg Looking forward to updating with my progress again!

With the release of the new Nvidia graphic cards and the AMD CPU's I've decided to rebuild my PC! Welcome to my Custom Hard Line liquid cooled build log: Reflections. The theme of this build is, you guessed it, reflections. The base color of the build is a neutral black, however all possible accents are either a silver, chrome or nickel. This in combination with the RGB lights that will be included in several of the components and acrylic tubes should hopefully create really nice looking reflection accents without the case being completely soaked in heavy light. Out of simplicity I am doing quick recordings of the build progress so hopefully you guys will enjoy that. The specs are as follows: [GPU]: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 [Radiators]: EK Coolstream 360mm PE + NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper X-Flow 240mm x2 [Tubing]: Crystal Link (Acrylic) Tube 16mm OD [RAM]: 2x G Skill Trident Z RGB 3600Mhz 16gb [CPU Block]: EK Velocity RGB AM4 [Fittings]: Alphacool Chrome 90 degree Hard Tub Fitting x5 EK Torque HTC 16 x8 + 2 EK-AF Pass-Through G1/4 – Nickel x2 + Bitspower 90-Degree Dual Multi-Link Adapter For OD 16MM - Silver Shining x2 + 20mm Spacer Adapter - Male-Female G1/4 - Chrome [MotherBoard]: Gigabyte Aorus x570 Ultra [GPU Block]: Nickel Backplate + EKWB TUF Acetal [Storage]: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 1TB WD Caviar Black + 4x Samsung 860 EVO 500gb [CPU]: = Ryzen 9 5900x [Fans]: SL120 Fans SL120 White x6 + 4 NB Eloop 120mm [PSU]: 1300W EVGA Supernova G2 W/Custom White Cables First update is just going through the part list that I currently have and doing a little bit of test fitting for some of the fans and radiators. Sorry for some of the mistakes I make while speaking, I'm nervous on camera and messed up some of the part names in the video. Second part is going through a few additional parts I've received and doing my first out of case test boot to make sure all the parts are working as expected before I start removing coolers to add waterblocks. I'll be providing more updates over the course of this week! I'm currently waiting for the rest of my Lian-li SL120 fans to arrive around Wendesday/Thursday as well as my GPU water block which should hopefully arrive sometime this week too. Once I have these I'll be able to figure out all the exact tubing runs and do some modifications to my case. Hope you guys enjoy!

Been awhile since I posted here, but I figured I would see if anyone had any suggestions on how to resolve this issue. I performed a routine reformat of my computer (Something I do every few months) but this time I've encountered an odd issue. When ever SLI is enabled on my machine, which ever monitor is set as the Focus Display isn't able to get a picture on a reboot. For Context, I have 4 monitors plugged into the same card of my SLI 1080GTX (Has been like this for awhile now). Whenever I reboot my computer, the monitor that is set as the SLI Focus will begin displaying everything as normal, but once it gets inside windows I'll get a glimpse of the login screen before it flashes in and out (very quickly) and then goes black. To be clear, it doesn't have a ''No Signal'' error, it just like windows is telling it to display a black screen. I can resolve the issue by opening the Nvidia Control panel and either changing the malfunctioning Monitors resolution to a lower resolution and then back (The monitor still shows up in the control panel and everything) or by disabling and re-enabling SLI. It doesn't matter if I have just 1 screen plugged, or what screen it is, which ever one has sli focus and startup will just display black. Once I fix the problem, SLI works in games as normal and I don't encounter any more issues until the next reboot. Note that i didn't have this issue before I decided to reformat yesterday. Any suggestions? My specs are as follows: Intel 6850k @ 4.5Ghz Asus X99 Strix Gaming 64Gb GSkill Trident Z 1300W EVGA SuperNova SLI Asus Strix 1080GTX (With High Bandwidth Bridge) Sumsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD 2 Samsing 850 EVO in Raid 0 + 2 Samsung 840 in Raid 0 1TB WD Black Custom Loop Watercooling CPU + GPU Windows 10 Pro Monitors are a missmash of stuff: Acer Predator X34 21:9 3440x1440 Korean Brand 27inch 2560x1440 LG 22inch 1920x1080 Sharp 32inch 720p Thanks!

Alright, thanks for the info. I'll be taking it apart in a couple hours and will find out. I'm just hoping it's limited mostly to the gpu blocks, but i'll have to investigate. Thanks.

So far it's been running for a little over 36 hours, with a water change in the middle of that. But the yellow in the corner of the block started as early as 12 hours in. Thanks

Yeah, I had read that theoretically you shouldn't, but a lot of people had already done it with no issues, but I will try to remove it (I put it in the rez and it's actually going to be surprisingly hard to remove). As for the flux, I had cleaned both rads with some Boiling water (Well I boiled it and let it cool a bit until it wasen't burning hot), but regardless of that wouldn't it also be affecting my other block as well? (I'm using an EKFC Paralell Terminal). Thanks for the response.

Hello everyone, I'm hoping some of the more experienced watercooling users can give me their opinion on an issue i'm having with my newly completed loop. The loop is as follows: 1 Alphacool NexXxos 45mm 360mm rad 1 Alphacool NexXxos 45mm 240mm rad Bitspower Compression Fittings XSPC D5 Photon Rez+Pump Combo Koolance CPU 380-I CPU Block 2 x EKFC1080 GTX Strix - Nickel GPU Blocks PrimoChill Advanced LRT White Tubing Distilled water Silver Kill Coil I just finished putting this loop together 2 days ago and ran a leak test for 24 hours and there was no leaks and it seemed to run fine. Unfortunately this issue turned up when I noticed through the glass on 1 of my GPU blocks that I was getting some pretty noticeable yellow discoloration, and after having waited awhile it seemed to be getting worse. I emptied the loop and the water looked fine and decided to refill the loop but this time with the Water pre-treatment Sysprep that came with my Primochill tubing to try and hopefully clean out what was causing the yellow discoloration. However unfortunately, after about 12 hours with that treated water in the loop, it seems to have had no effect and the block looks worse then before. I attached a picture to this post of what it looked like right after I put in the treated water. In short, any opinions on what it is? Algea? Corrosion? Either way when I get home tonight I'm gonna take the card out and open the block up and find out what it is/clean it. I should also note that the other card running in parallel has no problems in it's block and the water in the glass rez looks perfectly normal. The water I emptied out in my first flush also came out absolutely clean. Thanks for your help!

Went from my ''Maybe buy this'' list to my ''Not buying this'' list in 0.1 seconds.

There's is currently a cpu bottleneck since the last patch due to the new sound system (WWise) that was implemented. (Even though WWise is supposed to use only 1 core, it seems to be bugged) if you have a GPU usage meeter you can notice as more players join the lower the GPU usage becomes. (Atleast for me and others on the Start Citizen Forums)

Yeah haha. if you have a steam version of the games your fine. The article itself also mentions that obviously cracked versions still work fine, ironicly.

They go on in the article to talk about how this could be a good thing, seeing as those DRM's had loopholes that could be exploited by viruses. Yay DRM, yet again messing with the consumer. By the way, this means that games like the original Bioshock and the original mass effect won't work if you only have a cd copy of the game. Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/report-games-with-securom-and-safedisc-drm-wont-run-under-windows-10/ Original Interview (German): Sorry if this was posted already, I searched before typing and couldn't find anything relevant to this.