Recent content by shreebles

I also came here to post this... Unfortunately, the HDMI 2.0 and USB-C combo means that you need an RTX GPU to take advantage of the 240hz refresh rate as HDMI 2.0 can do 120hz max at 1080p. Interested in seeing what AMD will bring to market this summer. I think they were rumored to have DP via...

In real-world gaming benchmarks at WQHD and 4k resolutions, the Titan XP is only some 3 to 7% faster than the 1080ti. If you already have a 1080ti, why are you looking at a card that's only marginally faster for an absurdly high price? The best option to improve your cooling I think would be to...

The mounts are proprietary, yes. Simply use cable ties to attach the fan. This combo is recommended even by Dan himself as it's the most powerful most quiet cooling solution for the Dan A4 Case which has very limited space for a CPU cooler (the LP53 won't fit with the stock fan) PS: Dan's own...

Strange, my results were much different. Did you use the stock cooler from the LP53? I used the Noctua NF-A9X14 PWM on the LP53 and the result was cooler and much, much quieter.

Undervolt. Consider delidding and repasting (or look for someone who can). Also, I wouldn't recommend K CPUs in cases like these, it's almost impossible to get good cooling in this formfactor. Source: Have just moved my 4790k from a DanCase A4 to a larger Thermaltake Core V1.

Having owned both the C7 and the LP53 Noctua combo, I can vouch for the effectiveness of this method. Heck, I think even Dan himself (creator of the case) said it's the best you can do in this case until he completed his custom SFF cooler. The cooler being all copper can be quite effective with...

This would be a lovely home for my current 1150 ITX system when the 4790k doesn't cut it anymore for gaming and could be turned into a home media system (should be a few years). But wouldn't 160W be enough for any recent CPUs? Do people install GPUs in these or why does it support 300W PSUs?

If daily use is your goal why are you looking at a gaming system? For a gaming system, it's been proven that it hardly matters if you use a i5 or an i7 or a k CPU - especially nowadays that we have 65W CPUs with 6 cores and 12 threads, any performance benefit beyond the i7 8700 is negligible in...

Not using a Laptop for gaming at the moment! The issue is solely getting it to work with my gaming PC. I just checked for my Mobo but there are no USB drivers in there. As far as I know USB3 drivers are supplied by the OS in the case of Windows 8 and newer.

I don't doubt it! But what's a man going to do other than using the latest drivers that are supplied by the manufacturers of the products he is using? Is there secretly a better DisplayLink driver out there?

Thanks for the in-depth report, AcquaCow. I recently ordered a gaming notebook because I didn't think gaming on a USB monitor would be possible. Maybe I'll have to re-phrase this however. It seems it's not possible with my monitor. For what it's worth, I have the successor to your monitor, the...

Dave, It baffles me how you do this. On my systems, DisplayLink (via USB3) would never use the dedicated GPU. Opening Nvidia Control Panel, I will get the error that no monitor is connected that use the Nvidia GPU. I can play games, but they will stutter and lag like hell. (MB16AC is the...

Thanks for that info, saves me a lot of money. Also explains why the Skull Canyon is the only device that can use my MB16AC Monitor directly via USB-C. This monitor only works with iGPU as long as video cards don't have USB-C connectors. The Iris Pro is Intels strongest iGPU, but it still falls...