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Does the 9th ranked error involve a police raid on a crack den, perchance? Read more
Rise of Tapir will always be tops for me. Those epic queue teases and all...
The whole negative/neutral/positive case pressure situation is largely irrelevant as long as air is being circulated through the case period. It’s more of a matter of how much dust you want to avoid accumulating in your case, but if your room is relatively dust free, then it doesn’t really matter.
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Air flow fans to suck air in from the front(AF) and Static pressure on the top and rear (SP) to force hot air out the top of your radiator and rear of your computer for efficiency and to keep your air flow consistent.
I swapped out my corsair H110i GTX fans out of the box to these:
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Ideally, you would want your the cases airflow to looks like this, but if you don’t have a fan slot in the bottom of your case then I wouldn’t bother with flipping the rear exhaust fan. That would just disturb the airflow of your case.
Coil whine often has one of two causes: Power Supply or Video Card. I’ve found that the power supply cause is alleviated by only buying Gold or Platinum efficiency rated PSUs. The video card whine is difficult to avoid because even the most expensive cards can exhibit it under load, and it can easily be mistaken for… Read more
When I bought a new case a couple years ago I bought new Noctuas at the same time to swap them out immediately. The fans that come with cases are pretty cheap and therefore noisy. Read more
I got one of those cases that has filter screens that are easily removed on all the ventilation. I recently took them out and cleaned them (they are pretty water proof, i soak them, dab with a paper towel and let sit until completely dry), it is amazing how much dust and cat-hair these things have saved me from having… Read more
Oh man - Portlander here as well, with semi-related fan issues as well. Computer is in the shop as of yesterday, because suddenly everything began running veeeeery slooooow (like 30 seconds to a minute response time in between clicks) and making a Loud Bad Noise. Opened it up and blew it out with compressed air… Read more
Big fan (hah) of the Noctua Redux line.
Looks way nicer than their normal line, similar performance, and even less expensive to boot! Read more
It’s a little more common in first-person games because you’re literally experiencing it from the eyes of your protagonist, but it’s definitely more rare with third-person games. Read more
I’m glad to hear that the new combat system is amazing, and there’s a really challenging difficulty mode. I prefer great gameplay over anything else. Read more
I agree this game could use a very hard or predator mode or even a permadeath mode could be interesting. Read more
The enemy AI could use an improvement. Felt like to make the game “harder” they just sent more goons at me... directly into my LMG/rockets/grenades/Cheeseburger. Read more