2017 Hardware Thread

pparks1 said:

I never upgrade. Always leave old system together and build new again.

I usually upgrade two machines at once since the old parts from my main rig get's moved to my backup system. My backup system is basically one gen behind my main rig. Main rig is an i7-7700K system, backup is an i7-4790K system. Also have an i7-6700K Processor and Z170X MB, but currently no DDR4 RAM for it.

That's the AquaComputer kyroM.2 micro here and installed:



5 Minute job....Done

Well done, please report back the temp diff it provides, because looking cool has already been done

Dude said:

Well done, please report back the temp diff it provides, because looking cool has already been done

Will do Doug. Will be gaming sometime tonight so will have something for you all later.

Dude said:

Well done, please report back the temp diff it provides, because looking cool has already been done

Very quick test:

Copied large folder from other drive to and from the 950 Pro and also while doing a render test to heat up the beast.

40-42 is a good temp, what was it hitting vbefore applying the heatsink?

Dude said:

40-42 is a good temp, what was it hitting vbefore applying the heatsink?

Found these:

That looks like you are getting a really good drop in temps. I dont think they throttle until 70c, but Im not sure. Well done Andrew

Dude said:

That looks like you are getting a really good drop in temps. I dont think they throttle until 70c, but Im not sure. Well done Andrew

Thanks Doug, Will keep logging the temps while using my system.