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Asus Impact VIII high temperatures

I have a question about my temperature of my systemMy system consists of the following componentsAsus VIII impactI5 6600KCorsair Vengeance LPX 2x4GB DDR4 2666 C16Strix Asus gtx 980Seasonic 750 WattSamsung 128gb SSD 840WD Green 1TBCorsair 380T WhiteNo...

Noctua NH-D15 compatible with (LGA 1151) Z170 ROG VIII Maximus Extreme??

Hello all!As title states : is Noctua NH-D15 compatible with (LGA 1151) Z170 ROG VIII Maximus Extreme??I was thinking going liquid cooling but it doesn't feel safe if a leak occurs.After pming and reading up on this board - the only thing left for me...

ASUS MAXIMUS VIII Sonic Studio 2 Crashes Adobe Flash Player

Hello...after hours and hours of testing i found out that Sonic Suite 2 was crashing my adobe flash player pluggin in firefox latest version.I had installed the latest audio drivers with Sonic Suite for ASUS Hero VIII from Asus support site and every...

Asus Maximus VIII Hero Storage Options

Hello guys,I'm building myself a skylake based PC after selling my X99 based rig. I'm considering Asus Maximus VIII Hero board for the PC.Please guide me if Asus Maximus VIII Hero can handle this load at a same time?SLI of two high end cardsIntel 750...

Best order to install drivers/bios?

Hey,I have my Hero Alpha coming in tomorrow. I went through the other Hero8 with audio issues. Asus avoided to help me as they admitted to know about the issues that many have had with the audio. To further myself in avoiding any issues at ALL COSTS,...

Water pump or CPU fan header

Question...the my last build did not have the water pump header. I'm getting ready to complete my build with the Asus VIII Hero Alpha and a Corsair 110i GTX. Should I plug the 110i into the CPU fan header or water pump header? What's the differen...

Bios 1102 or 1202 for OC Stability?

Hi i am thinking of updating the bios from 1102 but i would like a lil info if i will get any benefit with i.e voltage/Stability, atm my OC.i only use AI3 just to check my water pump/fans, all OC done via Biosare my voltage ok at my current OC would ...

Asus Ranger VIII Q Code 04

Hi,I have a one month old installed system with:Asus Ranger VIIIIntel i5 6600k CPUA Data XPG 2400 Mhz PC4-19200 4x4 GB DDR4Corsair H100i GTXThermaltake 630W SEIntel SSD 530 120GBGeforce GTX 970 G1 Gamingand yesterday i got a BSOD and system reset and...

24/7 voltage on the 6700k

Hey Guys! New member here and I just put together a new build and followed Chino's tutorial on overclocking the maximus extreme 8 . I believe everything is running really good but I'm wondering if I can use these voltage settings 24/7 @ 4.8 gigs? Th...

Keep hearing "electrical" sounds when connected to amplified headphone port

As the title says, I keep hearing weird humming/squealing sounds when connected to the amplified front headphone jack. Even if the volume is all the way down, I still hear it. Connecting the headphones to the other front port eliminates the sound but...

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