Just seeing how far I can overclock the memory beyond the rated 3200MHz (200MHz) and so far it is working at 3600MHz (225MHz). To get this working I enabled the XMP profile, 3200MHz. Then set the memory frequency to 3600MHz. Restarted and it happened to work with the BIOS automatically scaling up the memory timings…
Graphic cards come with different style cooling fans / heat sinks, some perform better than others but in most cases the blower type cooler as featured on the MSI GTX 1080 Aero are worse when it comes to cooling performance. There are situations where the lower profile design can work better but it requires a…
I’ll start off with the good points, all the components fit nicely together inside the Fractual Design Node 202 case. The bad, everything works to an extent but the motherboard, ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming Vcore regulation is no where near as good as the MSI Z170A Krait Gaming Motherboard I was using. It shoots to…
The Adata XPG Z1 3000Mhz kit arrived along with all the other items and I doesn’t fit under the Scythe processor cooler. So the easiest option was to remove the XPG heat spreader which came off quite easily. The ADATA heat spreader is quite flimsy and doesn’t feel very solid in comparison to the Corsair…