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K had a look through Ocuk stock after watching a few more water cooling vids, what do you guys think of my current selections or any changes or tweaks to be made? Thanks as well for all the current input, also the gpu block is missing as im thinking of getting one already attached. My basket...

Hey Everyone I havent built myself a pc in quite a long time but im thinking of starting with some watercooling in my build im currently speccing. I will only be custom loop cooling the gfx card as Im looking to get the nzxt z73 aio for the cpu. Current spec to date:- 5950 with Kraken...

Im no expert im hoping to build my 1st water cooled build when i can get all the parts but would u not be better pulling the air through the front and out/push through the top as this is where warm air is naturally gonna want to go? Also the warm air going out through the front might be pulled...

@Atom80 I'm having problems with the deep fan control not saving the custom points I set. Everytime I boot up the laptop it's setting it to some random configuration not even the deep default. Any ideas what might fix it?

@Atom80 Hey, well after some tweaking at the weekend ive got some control over temps. I repasted the cpu and gpu and mem chips with TG Kryonaut(i know wasnt what was recommended). But still seeing erratic cpu temps and cant keep them from hitting around the 90 mark under load whether its around...

Thanks appreciate it :D look forward to the responses.

@Atom80 and also the other ppl in this thread , after downloading the Intel XTU and MSI afterburner, and doing a little temp research Im a little worried about my cpu temps, after only booting up AC Odyssey and in game a few mins the following pic shows my cpu and gpu temp. GPU as far as im...

Thanks for the response, interesting answer. Any particular reason u recommend Hydronaut over the kyronaut?

@Atom80 Hey , I currently have an Aorus x7 dt v8 and am thinking about re-pasting the cpu and gpu. I was wondering will i be ok to use liquid metal with the cooler system in this machine or would i need to use a paste? Im currently looking at thermal grizzly line of liq metal/pastes, or would u...

Oh i havent mixed the RAM I just use the 2x16GB but just tried all 4 individually,I think I have found the culprit at the moment,seems it might of been the fast boot option in windows power options but ill keep an eye on my boot ups :D

@baloney @Atom80 Im still having boot up issues on my x7 DT v8, little worried its less than 12months old. Bios and C&C are both updated to latest but made no difference. Usually 1st start up of the day is black screen but once it loads up its fine, no crashes or blue screen. Its just the...

Bios is the latest, C&C needed updating , ill keep an eye on it and report back if it doesnt work.

@Atom80 Hi there im having some intermittent boot up problems with my x7 DT v8, The laptop will sometimes boot up with black screen after the Aorus logo. HDD light isnt lighting up and it seems the bios options wont show on the Aorus logo if its gonna go to black screen. Although powering down...

Thx , I cant seem to get the Aorus backup tool to see an external drive, from what ive read as well the win 10 system image doesnt work as well anymore as its not maintained. So im looking at either maybe a possible clone/system image software alternative or going for a clean install but im...

@Atom80 or anyone who can help :D Hi I have a quick question about replacing the OS hdd in my X7 DT V8. Im thinking either to clone the drive with the new drives software or a fresh install on the new drive. What im wondering is how do i go about doing a fresh install? My current thinking is...

Cool ty, unfortunately im unable to find the v color anywhere on the net, I am able to find the G-SKILL but not on the OcUK site. Question about the g-skill im thinking of getting the 32GB set,could i run it with the current installed memory to increase to 48GB? or best to stick to 1 type of...

@baloney Hey there im thinking of expanding my Aorus x7 DT V8 memory to 32GB which sets would u recommend from OCUK?

@baloney Im thinking of installing a 2nd M.2 drive into my X7 DT V8, from the Aorus website im correct in thinking my limit for m.2 slots is 1TB and 2TB for sata slot? Also any recommendations for brands to accompany the preinstalled drives? Possibly looking at...

Hey everyone joined the gigabyte/aorus family a few days ago with the X7 DT v8. i am extremely happy with the laptop but this is my 1st gaming laptop. Any tips or tricks/settings u guys recommend to get the most of these laptops?

Hey everyone I'm currently looking at a new gaming laptop but realise modern laptops don't come with optical ports. This is a problem as I use a Astro A40 mixamp Pro gen2 on my current pc. I've done a little research and believe a solution is an external USB sound card? Was wondering if...