Thanks for the feedback Zarathustra[H] !
I do have a hard time agreeing with you on the opaque coolant rule that you have. Embarrassingly, I used Mayhems Pastel White in my system for 3 years without maintenance. Truth be told, the CPU block, pump and res had no stains and cleaned up very...
Prior to deciding on which coolant I was going to use, I had individually ran a distilled water and vinegar mix through all three radiators, my pump/res, and both CPU and GPU blocks, followed by a gallon of distilled to flush. This is what I'd always done in the past, though using Mayhems Pastel...
If you happened to stop by the Microcenter in St. Davids, PA between March 2017 and August 2017 and saw our demo PC, these components are coming from that machine. I was an employee at Microcenter during that time and purchased the used components from the demo in hopes to make use of them...
You could also try using motor oil for a car, there's another thread on the front page that is dedicated to discussing just that. I'm going to try that myself as I have a few noisy fans.
If this happens to be a serious post then read on...
It sounds like you just need to pop the case open and clean it out. The best method is to use compressed air from either an air compressor or canned air. Here is a link showing how to pop the case open. Blow the air everywhere possible to get...
The idea with the splitter would work but my speakers and headphones would play at the same time. Although it wouldn't be too difficult to manually turn the volume down on the speakers or turn them off.
As for using the front panel audio, this would work but again it's in an awkward spot under...
I have a set of headphones with a 3.5mm plug and a set of desktop speakers using 3.5mm. My computer sits under my desk and am currently having to unplug the speakers to plug the headphones in when ready for use.
What I would like to be able to do is use an audio switching device which would...