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I started noticing some power limit throttling during video encodes and 3D rendering: The MSI B360 Gaming Pro AC has a PL1 Limit (Turbo Boost Power Max) of 95W. Applying a -0.135V core voltage offset via a powershell script keeps the system well under the threshold and as a bonus, 8°C cooler.

Installation of the Thermalright TA-120 was a breeze with no scary moments. First goes on the rear mounting bracket. It sits a few mm above the motherboard, so no intereference with any of the small resistors located near the socket. It's a heavy chunk of steel, no chance of flex. Then we...

I ended up deciding against the Cryorig H7 for a few reasons: Installing/removing the cooler from the rear of the motherboard felt inconvenient I would have to drill holes in the motherboard tray in order to access the backplate screws The backplate would have to be potentially modified due to...

Last night saw the transfer of my current laptop's 500GB Samsung 850 Evo SATA SSD to the new PC, along with a fresh install of Windows. My initial plan was to pick up an M.2 drive but I'm a little wary of airflow and the front M.2 slot being positioned directly above the southbridge heatsink...

Glad I didn't end up ordering it. Thanks!

I spent the evening running some benchmarks, looping Unigine Valley and and playing a bit of Witcher 3. All BIOS settings are at defaults, except for some fan curve adjustments to only turn on the fans once the CPU hits 55 degrees. All tests run at 1080P Ambient temperature was 25-26 degrees...

I hope this photo helps. ~196mm long (not including the PCIE bracket).

A shop on Taobao. They only became available in the last week or so. It's a black case. The photo was taken in bad lighting. I was all set on the Cryorig H7 to match the black/white theme, until I discovered it mounts from the back. Would be impossible to connect the cables with the cooler...

Hi all, New to forum and wanted to share my progress on my first ITX build. Pretty exciting for me as I've been gaming on Sandy bridge integrated graphics for the past couple of years after the GPUs in my laptop gradually died. Criteria while selecting parts: Smallish footprint on the desk...

Hi, I'm trying to confirm the internal length of an EVGA RTX2070 Black or XC. The length specified on their website reports 269.2mm, but I'm not sure if that includes the PCIE bracket. This diagram explains the length I'm trying to confirm: [Google Drive] Long story sort, I'm right in the...

Hi, Could anyone confirm if the Inwin A1 can fit an MSI RTX2070 Armor? GPU dimensions are 309x155x50mm. I'm confident about length and thickness, but not sure about width (155mm). Thanks!

Hi all, Long time lurker on these forums and finally have something to ask :) I've been working on a custom enclosure on and off over the past year which is starting to take shape. I need some help determining if a DC-DC power supply. Here is the hardware planned (watts determined via online...