TZO2K15
New Member
- Joined
- Dec 12, 2015
- Location
- Somewhere in the U.S.
...I just installed my first MoBo/CPU, and it's running magnificently! (Check my sig for rig) I was procrastinating the build due to apprehension, but I got over it, by realizing that I could trust no-one else with this, so like everything else that I learned in life, sometimes ya just gotta figure it out on your own, so with banged up knuckles and a lot of violent verbal outbursts, I was done.
So I finally did the upgrade, but I have two questions, I know I applied the coolant correctly, (Arctic Silver 5 ) but my temps flux between 35-40c when I'm normally putzin' around on my PC, and approx 60+ while playing borderlands 2 With PhysX on ultra and fallout 4 in diamond city/during battles, also my installed memory is 24 gbs, yet only has 16 available (My two 8gb sticks..) was this due to my install?
Out of the four slots with alt colors Black/Grey I placed my dual 8gb sticks in the first two slots, and my previous dual 4gb sticks in the remainder instead of alternating the positions as I did not want to go through the hassle of taking apart my monstrous CM V6 apart just to replace the dual 4gb sticks..Oh, yeah they're both Kingston Kingston HyperX 12GB Kit (3x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR3+ Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600
If it is due to conflicting types, well, no matter, as I plan to abuse my MoBo's 32 gbs anyways!
OH, And in closing for all the newbies like myself make sure you remember WHICH SATA slot your HDD with your OS resides, I forgot in my rush, and had to connect/reconnect the HDD/GPU Drive...(Yes, as far as I'm concerned it's a drive, as it dwarfs my HDD so that's what I'm calling it!)
So I finally did the upgrade, but I have two questions, I know I applied the coolant correctly, (Arctic Silver 5 ) but my temps flux between 35-40c when I'm normally putzin' around on my PC, and approx 60+ while playing borderlands 2 With PhysX on ultra and fallout 4 in diamond city/during battles, also my installed memory is 24 gbs, yet only has 16 available (My two 8gb sticks..) was this due to my install?
Out of the four slots with alt colors Black/Grey I placed my dual 8gb sticks in the first two slots, and my previous dual 4gb sticks in the remainder instead of alternating the positions as I did not want to go through the hassle of taking apart my monstrous CM V6 apart just to replace the dual 4gb sticks..Oh, yeah they're both Kingston Kingston HyperX 12GB Kit (3x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR3+ Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600
If it is due to conflicting types, well, no matter, as I plan to abuse my MoBo's 32 gbs anyways!
OH, And in closing for all the newbies like myself make sure you remember WHICH SATA slot your HDD with your OS resides, I forgot in my rush, and had to connect/reconnect the HDD/GPU Drive...(Yes, as far as I'm concerned it's a drive, as it dwarfs my HDD so that's what I'm calling it!)