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  1. Shane Bovell
    Hi guys! I have an elderly couple who have been kind to me who urgently needs to have cameras setup around their property. I wish I was clued into this myself to recommend something to them immediately but unfortunately I am not. To that end I don't know any other community that would be better suited to assist and I'll be forever grateful. The property is not large and sits on between 1500 to 2000 sq m and they basically need: 1. a network of cameras they can monitor from their phone or computer 2. motion censors that will send them notifications if configured that way. 3. Works over a WiFi network. 4. If any can be powered by solar that would be a plus but is not required. As tech savvy as I am this is out of my domain so I thank anyone in advance for any assistance they can provide. Thanks!
  2. Shane Bovell
    It literally fit like a charm Sigh...
  3. Shane Bovell
    Big thanks everyone. I am apparently an idiot. This can be closed now.
  4. Shane Bovell
    Oh dear, thanks alot man, appreciate it.
  5. Shane Bovell
    face palm, no way I swore I literally googled that before I bought it. WTF was I looking at when I did then
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    Hey guys, Recently bought an 8700k and it just got to me today and much to my heartbreak it does not seem to be working. My mobo is an MSI Z170a gaming M5 and I was upgrading from my 6700k. So I being a noob initially thought it would be as simple as installing the cpu as I did the 6700k. After I fired it up, everything turned on for half a second and then turned back off. Post code was 00. I read up and realised I had to reset my CMOS. However, on this board there is no dedicated switch so you either had to pull the battery and let it drain or jump the pins. Both of which I did...multiple times. I even pulled the ram and unplugged my ssd as some random forum post suggested. Still nothing. In the midst of it I resintalled my 6700k afew times (man do I hate repasting and cleaning for hours on end). Everything worked fine and it also noted the bios resets I manually did. So now I'm in a pickle. Do you guys think the CPU is bad? Any further info you need to assist please let me know. Would like to get this sorted ASAP. Thanks in advance.
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    Hey guys, I've been having a few random BSOD's the last couple days with different error codes and I cannot for the life of me figure out what's causing them. The two I've had today(Sunday) alone were a FLTMGR.SYS and WHEA UNCORRECTABLE ERROR, my preliminary searches showed that it might be hardware related and perhaps due to overclocking. My 6700k was only on MSI gaming boost to 4.4ghz but I took it off for now until I can find a solution. I have the two dump files from those crashes that I will leave below in case anyone can assist me with figuring out the problem. I build this PC myself about a year and half ago but it has developed a few issues along the way. It also takes forever to restart and shutdown for some odd reason. I thank you all in advance for any assistance you can provide. If you require further details please do not hesitate to ask. 020318-4406-01.dmp 020418-4531-01.dmp 020418-6296-01.dmp
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    I repasted it Sunday at first it seemed to have only a slight decrease from about 80+ to 72-76C but then I restarted my comp and it was hovering around the 65 to 69 ish mark until I moved to the grounded areas in gw2 which caused it to go up above 70C again. My case is an NZXT H440 so I have to check to see if it will fit but I definitely want the noctua.
  9. Shane Bovell
    Thanks, will try to go with Noctua by default since Linus is always singing their praises.
  10. Shane Bovell
    Update: Checked for flow in the tubes, both are still hot and I'm fairly confident the water is stilling flowing. Pinched abit to check for blockages and didn't discover anything weird in that regard. However, letting Witcher 3 run for awhile caused the temps to go over 80 consistently, this has never happened before. I will repaste the cpu first and check and if that doesn't work I will replace the cooler altogether. I am the type who just likes his setup to work without much hassle so I'd never go for a custom loop or anything of that nature. So my next question is, what air cooler can I get that would give me stable temps and work like a champ. Noise is not much of an issue for me as my PC is down below the desk and ambient noise is always a thing. What do you guys recommend? Oh and btw the paste I am using is about 5 years old, not sure if that is a factor or not. Thanks!
  11. Shane Bovell
    Thanks guys will do all those things. I did notice that the tubes that hold the water are always warm to the touch, never touched them before I did all my cleaning so I'm not sure if they were always like that but will definitely listen for the pump noise and get back to you guys. Thanks for the suggestions thus far.
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    Hey LTT Community, Built my first PC over a year ago with a Core i7 6700k, MSI GTX 1070, 16gb of RAM and a 650 watt power supply. It has been fairly smooth except for numerous Windows 10 related issues and poor CPU overclocking performance (currently on MSI boost mode to 4.4 Ghz). However, recently I realised my CPU temps have gone from 42-45C at idle and 60-68C during full gaming load to 50+ at Idle and 70 to 81/2C during gaming. I've cleaned out the dust regularly over the 16 months or so I've had the PC. I also live in a fairly hot climate with daytime temps being around 32C or more. My AIO cooler is from a lesser known brand and is called an ID Cooling Frostflow which I found off a toms hardware guide and had gotten good reviews and also matched my color scheme while coming in 20$ cheaper than an H100i. At the time it seemed like a good idea to try it out and it has worked well for the most part. Now I am concerned that it may be failing and that has resulted in the inability to cool the CPU as effectively as it once could. I used some Arctic Silver thermal paste when I originally built the PC and have not repasted it since. What do you guys think? Do I need to buy a new AIO liquid cooler? I even reversed the fans on the radiator and it has had minimal difference in thermals. Would like to keep the cooler if I could but will change it if it turns out that it is the issue. Will provide any further info you guys may need. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
  13. Shane Bovell
    I just need to figure out what I can clip it to to ground myself. I am so over my laptop days, the parts are so much harder to diagnose.
  14. Shane Bovell
    Thank you very much, I was able to find the pads. I'm not quite sure where to find a radiator in my house so maybe I should just get the anti-static wrist strap to be safe. Yea still not sure about the fan at all.
  15. Shane Bovell
    anyone?
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