Recent content by Bluehosebone311

You were right - I think it was the power supply but not the unit itself. We're talking about a Seasonic Platinum 660 here = low probability of defect. I checked the cable connections and I think one came loose that was not perceptible to the eye but fixed itself when I reconnected everything...

Finished my new PC build a few days ago, test boot went well. Everything is currently at stock settings - no XMP, CPU overclock, etc. Was able to run Intel's CPU stability test in the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility for two hours and pass, also passed Cinebench 11.5R, and PCMark7...

Perfect! I figured that was the case since Pwm isn't connected...just wanted to confirm

Hi Eric, I don't want to run the pump at anything other than 100% (and nuke my CPU). I just wanted to figure out how to ensure that it was. As far as I understand, that means 1.) setting the CPU fan speed to 100% or 2.) disabling the smart fan control...right?

I am currently in the process of building a new PC and using water cooling for the first time in the form of a NZXT Kraken X40 on a MSI Gaming Z87 GD65 board. The power for the X40 pump and the radiator fan uses a 3 pin connector that must be connected to the CPU fan header (no auxiliary power -...