WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 I've loved talking tech on the internet since before YouTube even existed for me 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:10.960 to make it my job. And over the years, I've spent countless hours amassing tens 00:00:08.600 --> 00:00:13.755 of thousands of posts across Reddit, YouTube comments, and good old-fashioned 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:20.480 forums. >> [music] >> But with my busy schedule making videos these days, I almost never find time for 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:25.680 it. Well, just make it a video. It's brilliant. Then I can hang out on forums 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:28.820 answering your questions and turn it into content. But I'll have to go 00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:30.840 undercover. >> [music] 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:40.720 >> You know, creating burner accounts is going to be a lot of work. 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:45.960 Who needs anonymity anyway? Let's do this thing. Wow, this is 00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:50.920 factory? Buddy wants a recommendation on insulation behind in-ceiling speakers. 00:00:48.720 --> 00:00:54.560 What terrible games were you good at and maybe even loved? What's the most 00:00:52.640 --> 00:01:00.200 overrated PC accessory everyone [music] wastes money 00:00:55.720 --> 00:01:02.800 Please buy a table. What's next? 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:06.720 Where am I going with this segue? Oh my god. 00:01:04.800 --> 00:01:10.520 To our sponsor. So you want something fast? 00:01:10.740 --> 00:01:12.760 >> [music] 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:41.520 >> First question. Any ideas as to why I need to unplug and replug my GPU every 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:45.240 day when I start my computer? Wow, you guys really didn't want to 00:01:43.360 --> 00:01:49.200 throw me any easy ones, hey? I guess that's why nobody has a response 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:53.880 yet. My first thought is this poster is running quite an old platform. A 7th gen 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:58.360 Core i7 is enough to run plenty of modern games, but that tells me that 00:01:56.360 --> 00:02:02.480 their power supply and all the other accompanying components are also quite 00:02:00.600 --> 00:02:07.520 dated. And we can confirm that down at the bottom. He's running PCI Express Gen 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:10.880 3. Now, that's not inherently the end of the world. PCI Express is forward and 00:02:09.600 --> 00:02:17.280 backward compatible across the generations. So his Gen 5 GPU should run 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:19.960 just fine, but the real world doesn't always work out the same way that 00:02:18.600 --> 00:02:24.040 theories do. My first suggestion for No Organization 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:28.360 2011 is to update the system BIOS. This is our first line of defense against any 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:31.640 kind of random incompatibilities. After that, we want to isolate our variables. 00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:35.840 And the first thing I would do is take the GPU out of the flaky system and put 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:39.821 it in a known good one. If it doesn't work, well, hey, we solved the problem. 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:43.840 We have a bad GPU and we get an RMA. >> [music] >> If it does work just fine, well, now 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:47.400 we're back to our system where either we probably need to pick up a new power 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:52.520 supply cuz a little on the dated side, or it may just be time to upgrade this 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:57.280 system. We're running PCIe Gen 3 and only by eight, which means that GPU is 00:02:54.960 --> 00:03:00.520 getting just 1/4 of the bandwidth that's expecting and we're not getting the most 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:04.360 out of it. We don't need to go to a fully modern system, but I'd say at 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:09.560 least something with PCIe Gen 4 second hand would be a great upgrade. Hopefully 00:03:06.760 --> 00:03:13.400 the second one's easier. What's the most overrated PC accessory 00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:17.200 everyone wastes money This one's challenging, too. The obvious 00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:21.360 one is the top upvoted one here, anything RGB, but I actually disagree 00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:26.040 with that. RGB can be an accessory, but in most cases it's just a feature of an 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:30.240 accessory. And we've gotten to the point where it usually doesn't even cost that much more, so who cares? It's not really 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:34.920 a waste of money at that point. If I had to answer this, I would say it's got to 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:37.200 be gaming headsets. Somehow, even though 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:41.400 everyone knows that they suck compared to picking up a standalone microphone 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:45.600 and then just a nice pair of headphones, they still exist. And if I go somewhere 00:03:43.320 --> 00:03:49.160 like Amazon, your top sellers list is full of either e-waste disposable 00:03:47.720 --> 00:03:52.960 plastic garbage that you're going to end up buying five times instead of just 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:57.520 treating yourself to something nice once, or expensive gaming headsets that 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:01.042 frankly just aren't going to sound as good either for you or for your Hello 00:04:00.160 --> 00:04:05.960 gamers. >> [music] >> And yet here we are. 4,000 people bought 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:09.800 the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 in the last month. With that said, wireless gaming 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:15.400 keyboards are a way bigger waste of money. I just don't think they qualify 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.400 because everyone's not buying those. 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:23.920 Wow, what a quality forum where people get >> [music] >> lots of good suggestions. Cooling for 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:25.600 the 14900K. This is a challenge. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:31.800 Sorry. My bad. Signed, Intel. There is a way, 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:35.920 though, and it's full custom water cooling. The good news is they don't 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:39.600 actually have to buy all of the parts for a full custom loop because they 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:42.720 already own a radiator and fans. So all we've got to do is pick up the other 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:46.640 pieces. [music] We need a pump and reservoir and I never recommend cheaping 00:04:44.840 --> 00:04:52.800 out on that. So I like this Alphacool Eisstation VPP. It uses a D5 pump, which 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:56.400 I had one die after 10 years and that was unusual. It's an extremely 00:04:54.098 --> 00:04:59.800 [music] reliable design. Then we just need a CPU block. I wouldn't spend a 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:03.720 fortune on this first time around. You can always get yourself a fancy plexi 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:07.280 nickel block later on down the line. And then we need four fittings, two [music] 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:11.040 for the CPU and two for that pump reservoir combo. These 3/8 inch barbs 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:15.040 should probably match what's on the radiator based on I BuyPower saying that 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:19.720 the outer diameter of their tubing is about half an inch, which means it's 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:24.160 either 3/8 or 5/8 and you'll just have to measure it. If it's 5/8, then just 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:27.920 buy half inch fittings and then 5/8 inch tubing and stretch it over everything. A 00:05:26.320 --> 00:05:31.440 zip tie is a great, not to mention affordable, way to make sure that the 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:34.320 tubing won't slip off the barb. And post. 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:38.520 This is fun. It's not fast, 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:42.880 but it's fun. PC has a fork in it. 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:48.200 Okay, this is tagged meme. I have actually seen stuff come back to life 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:50.200 after being shorted. Um I dropped a 00:05:48.200 --> 00:05:55.680 screw into a server once and I saw sparks. Holy sh 00:05:53.120 --> 00:06:00.520 What the f Holy And then that server went on to run in our server room for 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:05.160 years afterward. There are protections built into modern boards against short 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:10.920 circuits. Just don't count on them. Usually they die. 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:12.840 Sometimes they might survive. Why is 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:16.160 this coming apart? Oh my god, it's hot. 00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:23.080 Kirin4 asks, is my monitor dying? Buh. 00:06:20.960 --> 00:06:27.720 First instinct, yes. If it was your GPU, I would expect it to 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:32.120 be smaller anomalies that are more distributed over the entire screen and I 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:36.320 would also expect it to be exacerbated by running a heavy load, whereas this 00:06:33.760 --> 00:06:40.640 seems to happen just at the desktop. And if it was your cable, I would expect it 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:45.520 to again be distortion all over the screen or blanking out from time to time 00:06:43.640 --> 00:06:49.160 and then coming back fully. There is good news, though. Based on these 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:54.619 pictures, it looks like from time to time all of the pixels on the panel do 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:59.760 light up. So the issue is probably [music] the control board or the power 00:06:56.640 --> 00:07:01.840 supply, which can be obtained on eBay if 00:06:59.760 --> 00:07:07.040 you put in the exact model number. And LTT has some convenient guides on how to 00:07:04.520 --> 00:07:10.440 replace. Sometimes it can be so hard to find the right [music] video, but I 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:13.080 managed to find both the one where we replaced a control board and the one 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:17.080 where we replaced a power [music] supply. And both were successful. 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:22.200 But it can be a bit of a gamble because if 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:25.160 you aren't successful, well, great. Now you're out all the money for a 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:29.000 replacement monitor and all the money that you blew trying to fix your broken 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.000 one. 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:35.360 Hi. I used this thermal paste. Oh, I mean 00:07:33.200 --> 00:07:37.840 this has already been responded to hell and back. Hold on. You want to comment 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:44.040 on that one, too? >> Yeah, just because something's replied to already doesn't necessarily mean that 00:07:41.440 --> 00:07:47.280 they did a good job. This is right that the best way to start an argument with 00:07:45.280 --> 00:07:51.600 PC builders is the correct thermal paste application. It's just that then they 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:56.480 went on to give a method that's way more work for no reason. Then this 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:59.960 one, I'm spreading it out. No need to complicate it, but you've complicated 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:03.640 it. Why are you putting your finger in a plastic bag and spreading it over the 00:08:01.880 --> 00:08:07.800 heat spreader? You do not need to do that. All right, here we go. The best 00:08:06.400 --> 00:08:14.240 way to ensure that you have full coverage of thermal paste over your integrated heat spreader is to just put 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:18.200 it on. Blob, line, happy face, I don't care. Just put some thermal paste on, 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:22.680 apply your cooler, fully tighten it down, and it'll spread out all the 00:08:19.520 --> 00:08:24.240 thermal compound. Then take it off. Look 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:29.600 at it, either on the bottom of the heat sink or on the CPU itself. If you've got 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:34.120 full coverage, great. Put it back on. And if there's any spots that are dry, 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:36.760 probably it doesn't even matter, but hey, throw a little more thermal 00:08:35.280 --> 00:08:39.919 compound on there and put it on. You're good to go. Don't 00:08:38.520 --> 00:08:43.120 listen to anyone who tells you that you might get an air pocket stuck in there 00:08:41.800 --> 00:08:47.000 or anything like that. That is old wives' tale stuff. The mounting pressure 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:49.880 for your heat sink is far too high for that to be a concern. 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:59.120 Wow. Prepping my 590 for a water block. 00:08:55.640 --> 00:09:01.240 This is factory? That is awful. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:06.040 Well, there's two different answers. Number one is to use isopropyl alcohol 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:09.160 or contact cleaner and a brush to scrub all that gunk out of there. Personally, 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:12.720 I'm partial to using an old toothbrush because they're free. Everyone has an 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:17.080 old toothbrush. Answer two is the cursed one. Clearly 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:21.880 your GPU is working already and in the past we have actually run a CPU in a 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:25.360 socket full of thermal compound. It doesn't matter. So just don't do 00:09:23.400 --> 00:09:28.280 anything. Put your new block on and go back to the blissful ignorance you had 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.720 before you ever removed your stock cooler. 00:09:31.166 --> 00:09:37.280 >> [music] >> Here's an interesting one and seems to 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:44.800 have been quite controversial already, but they want dual 140 mm intakes. 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:47.120 Then they want a top intake and rear and 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:51.000 top exhausts. And of course, the top response doesn't address the question at 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:55.880 all, just talking about the RPMs, which are sort of besides the point. I agree 00:09:53.680 --> 00:09:59.960 with the top upvoted actually responding to the question post from 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:03.240 damn I'm a dean account. [music] Don't even bother with the top fans. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:06.840 You're not running super power hungry hardware anyway, so [music] just have 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.960 the fronts as an intake and have the back as an exhaust. 00:10:11.040 --> 00:10:16.480 Why have I been having bad 1% lows? I'll 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:21.120 be averaging 140, but my 1% lows stay around 90. If you can recommend anything 00:10:18.520 --> 00:10:25.000 I can do to help, let me know. Oh, this first response though. You have 00:10:23.280 --> 00:10:29.440 a 14700K F and you're like, buy a better CPU. 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:35.160 Buddy, they've got a 5070 TI. It's It's a good GPU. It's a fast GPU, but like a 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:37.480 14700K F is fine for that. I'm going to 00:10:35.160 --> 00:10:42.360 download this. Buy a better CPU. No, what they need to do is turn off their 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:43.400 FPS counter. 90 FPS 1% lows? Damn. Do 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:47.640 you know how many people would be happy to have that? Relax, [snorts] buddy. 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:55.120 Looking to upgrade my desk mat. Any recommendations? Wait, this is from 6 00:10:52.920 --> 00:10:58.280 months ago, you guys. It's because I'm trying to recommend a desk pad. There's 00:10:57.280 --> 00:11:02.560 a desk pad on the desk from lttstore.com. I think they probably have 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:06.920 a mouse pad already. Why is the top upvoted response, what is that Logitech 00:11:04.920 --> 00:11:11.120 keyboard? That has nothing to do with their questions. Anyway, if you're 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:14.880 looking for a nice desk pad, obviously we carry them at lttstore.com. There, is 00:11:13.280 --> 00:11:20.720 that what you guys wanted? Sorry for replying to you literally 6 months 00:11:16.680 --> 00:11:20.720 later. My staff made me do it. 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:27.760 A GTX 1070 runs well, then stutters. 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.680 Anyone seen a similar issue? No problems with heat. 00:11:28.412 --> 00:11:34.760 >> [music] >> No problems with running out of VRAM. GPU stops boosting. Oh, well, hold on a 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:40.520 second. How do you know this isn't a problem with heat? You need to download yourself hardware info. There are a 00:11:38.680 --> 00:11:45.640 couple of posts already that suggest probable causes like thermal throttling 00:11:42.920 --> 00:11:50.400 or VRMs overheating, but they don't give the OP the tools to determine which one 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:54.080 it is. If they download hardware info and then run games while that's running 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:57.640 in the background, they can just check the maximum column to see if thermal 00:11:56.040 --> 00:12:01.520 throttling or power throttling are present on the GPU. The other thing that 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:05.040 they don't mention is that the 1070 TI is a little on the older side. If it 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:08.480 still runs the OP's games well enough, then that's great. Keep using it. Keep 00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:12.280 it out of the landfill and save your money. But, it's probably overdue for a 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:14.680 thermal paste replacement. Fortunately, I know a guy who made a guide on how to 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:20.240 do that. 10 years ago. Wow, time flies. 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:29.480 Buddy wants a recommendation on insulation behind in-ceiling speakers. 00:12:26.839 --> 00:12:33.960 Well, let me tell you what I learned. Don't put the insulation right up 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:38.960 against the back of the speaker. SK9592 nailed this. I have nothing to 00:12:36.520 --> 00:12:43.640 add, but a nice little upvote here. I wish I could leave two. You need a box 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:47.760 behind your in-ceiling speakers. It both gives the speaker enough air behind it 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:52.880 to properly vibrate and create [music] that sweet sweet audio you so crave, and 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:56.560 it helps to isolate the speaker from the floor [music] above it, so you don't get 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:59.680 as much sound leakage. As for the insulation in the rest of the ceiling, 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:03.120 well, that doesn't matter. You just use whatever noise blocking insulation you 00:13:01.760 --> 00:13:06.664 were already planning to use, whether it's bats or whether it's blown in. What 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:11.280 a helpful Redditor. >> [music] >> If only every Redditor was like SK9592. 00:13:11.904 --> 00:13:17.160 >> [music] >> Advice on next upgrade. Looking at this picture, I'm going to say acoustic 00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:20.160 treatment for your room, but how about a dining room table? 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:25.880 Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I'm not judging. Calcutech, I'm sure the wide lens is 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:29.920 distorting the image, but it looks like the couches should be a lot closer to 00:13:28.280 --> 00:13:35.160 the screen. Oh my god. I get that this is r/hometheater, but like you guys are so 00:13:33.520 --> 00:13:40.440 focused on you know, what's the recommended couch 00:13:37.040 --> 00:13:43.480 distance from the screen? Please, buy a 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:45.480 table. No, that's the real answer. 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:50.839 Do you see their priorities here? Their house is so empty 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:52.640 other than this like theater area. In 00:13:50.839 --> 00:13:55.800 all seriousness though, the next thing that I would do is absolutely add some 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:02.520 acoustic treatment to that room because you're going to be getting reflections all over the place. 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:07.080 What terrible games were you good at and maybe even loved? Me? I could almost 00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:11.600 speedrun Super Pitfall. I mean, this looks good. What makes it a 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:14.440 terrible game? Oh, I've got one. 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:18.839 I was really good at the Game Gear Power Rangers fighting game. I was freaking 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:22.920 awesome at World Series Baseball, too. I only owned like three games for my Game 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:26.200 Gear and I never really got into Sonic, so I played the crap out of Mighty 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:30.280 Morphin Power Rangers, World Series Baseball, and Lion King. But, Lion 00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:36.280 King's actually a really good game, so it doesn't count. It's so hard. Yeah, 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.280 it's hard. Get good. 00:14:37.160 --> 00:14:47.440 Living in Southern Arizona and want to use outdoor radiators to get the heat 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:47.440 out of my room. Temps outside hit 50°. 00:14:47.760 --> 00:14:55.720 Overclock.net is so hardcore. Like, build an evaporative bong cooler. 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:59.640 That's yet another thing we technically have a guide for. As you can see, you 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:03.600 can achieve temperatures that are well below what you can do with a cooler that 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:08.360 relies simply on ambient cooling, but you'll have to have this 00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:11.720 next to your computer. Honestly, I think this is another example of how 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:16.360 particular communities can kind of get tunnel vision in their responses. These 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:20.480 are great answers to the OP's question, helping them understand how to manage 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:24.839 thermals through deleting the CPU or using evaporative cooling. But, 00:15:22.839 --> 00:15:28.920 sometimes the OP doesn't know the right question to ask. I would actually 00:15:26.680 --> 00:15:33.839 suggest that the OP relocate their system and then use long fiber optic 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:38.760 cables, which will probably cost them less than an elaborate water cooling 00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:42.839 setup, to reposition their gaming PC outside of that room where the sun is 00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:46.600 not beating down on them. They did say that their air conditioning is adequate 00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:50.440 for the house. It's just that that one room gets hot. The only question is how 00:15:48.520 --> 00:15:54.760 to do it, and there's two main ways. Either you can go Thunderbolt with a 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:59.120 dock and an optical Thunderbolt cable that has the advantage of being a single 00:15:56.800 --> 00:16:02.440 cable solution to wherever your PC happens to be, but it has the 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:07.800 disadvantage of being quite expensive, anywhere from about $500 to $700. 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:11.200 Again though, I'm only bringing this up because they were going to build a 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:14.160 custom water cooling setup and run it outside. That's what I'm up against for 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:19.520 cost. So, if they don't want to spend that kind of money, the other option is to 00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:24.200 pick up an optical HDMI cable for their monitor and then run an optical USB 00:16:21.760 --> 00:16:28.440 cable and run that to a USB dock. The only thing that I'm stuck on right now 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:32.640 is what kind of USB docking station to use. This one looks like it should work, 00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:37.600 but I have no personal experience with the Toben One brand, so 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:40.760 I might just have to disclaim that. Whatever path you choose, I'd recommend 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:44.360 one of these to go along. It's a cute little PC remote switch from Silverstone 00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:48.240 that gives you a little fob like for your car that will either power on or 00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:52.600 reset your computer from pretty much anywhere in your house since it uses 2.4 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.600 GHz. 00:16:54.320 --> 00:17:01.120 I have a gaming laptop called the Raider GE68HX. 00:16:59.079 --> 00:17:05.839 I want to cool it down a bit. My heat is honestly pretty good. It's averaging 00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:10.920 around 85 and it doesn't bother me much. All right. See you later. 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:10.920 What's next? 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:16.199 Ooh, capacitor fell off RAM. 00:17:14.911 --> 00:17:20.160 >> [snorts] >> I mean, it might still work. 00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:24.720 And I'm with Halo Elite fan. Thumbs up. Only 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:28.640 one way to find out. Not much can go wrong. Other than a a dead thing can be 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:33.640 dead. Next up, CPU light is on. Everything 00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:38.200 runs fine. What's the cause of this? So, this is like a like a post code, hey? Is 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:41.760 this AI? I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue. You could try 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:45.920 these. This has got to be AI. Who starts every 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:49.600 response with I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue. Posting about 00:17:48.040 --> 00:17:52.960 cockatiels. No, I think you're real. I think you just 00:17:51.040 --> 00:17:57.520 respond like a customer support rep for some reason. I mostly agree with JCWUTF 00:17:55.640 --> 00:18:01.417 here. If everything runs fine, just let it be. But, it also wouldn't be 00:17:59.679 --> 00:18:04.640 a terrible idea to update the BIOS and [music] just see if it goes away. So, 00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:10.280 Track Medium, you might sound like AI, but 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:11.880 I think you're on the right path. 00:18:10.280 --> 00:18:15.000 All right, water cooling residue. Here we go. It looks like they do have a 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:20.000 little bit of particulate matter in their loop. You can see it built up on the fins down here through this 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:24.080 accelerator plate. If I had to guess, I'd say it's some of that, but no, I 00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:28.159 wouldn't say that [music] it is dried coolant. It's hard for coolant to dry 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:32.040 out in a water loop. The only way to remove this gunk is to take off the 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:36.400 cover of the block, clean it out with a toothbrush. No 00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:40.400 alcohol. Okay? That looks like an acrylic top, so you are [music] going to 00:18:38.320 --> 00:18:45.159 seriously discolor it, maybe even crack it if you use alcohol to clean it, and 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:45.159 then reassemble. 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:50.480 I want to water cool RAM in a very high-end rig, but all top-end RAM comes 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:55.720 with a heat spreader permanently installed. You want to water cool RAM, 00:18:53.440 --> 00:19:00.600 but soaking RAM in alcohol gives you the willies. You're going to have to stone 00:18:57.760 --> 00:19:05.000 up. I realize this may not be a popular response on r/watercooling, 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:10.600 but you do not need to water cool your memory. Please, as someone who has water cooled 00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:15.919 RAM more than once, more than twice, just don't do it. This was fun. And 00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:19.320 probably the coolest part was how good most of the answers people were getting 00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:22.480 were. It's amazing to see the community come together and help each other, 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:26.520 whether it's troubleshooting or configuring their next build. And like, 00:19:24.800 --> 00:19:29.480 how quickly people are responding. Like, we compiled this list, I think a few 00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:34.360 hours before I sat down here, and already a lot of them were getting really great responses. If you're 00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:37.520 looking for an awesome tech community, you can always check out the 00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:41.000 linustechtips.com forum, as well as the r/linustechtips subreddit, or any of the 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:47.200 other great communities that we highlighted today. Are we overdue for an AMA, speaking of Reddit, actually? How 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:50.200 long has it been? 8 years. 00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:55.880 We're also overdue for the segue to our sponsor. I need a place [music] where 00:19:52.768 --> 00:19:58.120 [singing] I can let off steam 00:19:55.880 --> 00:20:03.360 with floating, [music] rolling, flying death machines. 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:10.640 Tanks, helicopters, [singing] planes, [music] and ships that I can use 00:20:06.760 --> 00:20:12.960 to solve all of my problems. [singing] 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:18.280 I tear them all asunder. Really, it's no wonder this game I 00:20:16.348 --> 00:20:21.160 [singing and music] call War Thunder. 00:20:21.589 --> 00:20:29.800 >> [music] >> But did you know it's free? Immerse yourself in the heart 00:20:27.520 --> 00:20:33.680 of a beast. There's over 2,500. It's really [music] neat and everyone has 00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:37.280 individual model parts so you can watch yourself take a shell straight to the 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:41.894 heart. Over 70 million players can't be wrong. 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:47.960 Hey. >> [screaming] >> Hey. You've been playing War Thunder for hours. I'm locking up the building now. 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:51.240 You can play on mobile, too. What? 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:56.280 You can play on PC, console, and mobile, too. 00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:56.280 Okay, man. 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:06.440 If you enjoyed this video and you're the kind of person who wants to build a PC without needing to ask a bunch of 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:09.760 questions, why don't you check out our video called how to build a PC, the last 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:14.320 guide you'll ever need. If you follow along, you shouldn't run into too many 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:17.960 issues. That is unless you want to do something exotic like, you know, cool 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:22.520 your PC outside the window or whatever the case may be. We don't really care 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.520 about that.