buildzoid

September update

Added 2016-09-14 13:30:44 +0000 UTC

So lets just run down what's currently going on hardware:

5960X: wont go over 4.2Ghz regardless of mobo or voltage used. As far as I care this chip is pretty much dead.

RX 480: looks like the 1 LN2 session I did with the card cracked the BGA. Should be repairable but I still need to get a heat gun to do it.

Everything else is still working as it should. However this does cause some issues. I can't really review the X99 Titanium if the only CPU I have for it is not working so that's on delay until I get a working LGA 2011-3 chip. The current plan is to kill and RMA the 5960X because even an average 5960X is better than my crapped out chip.

Other than that I'm very strongly considering building a "work" system. Basically the main issue I have right now is that the X99 system is used for too many things. This causes issues like me having to stream of my laptop sometimes and that leads to issues like settings for the stream being all over the place. So my idea right now is to do a "real" PC build with the X99 UD4P and a 5820K and that would be the work rig. It would be ready to stream 24/7 and basically make my life much easier as far as making content goes since I wouldn't set everything up every time I want to do anything. As of right now the only things needed to actually do this build are a CPU case and PSU so I might be able to pull it of after selling of some of the excess hardware I have lying around.

Content wise I want to do a video showing how I insulate the 990FX-Gaming for LN2 and because I got lucky and won the lucky prize draw for Cheapaz chips I will also be doing a guide on how to OC 900 series Nvidia cards. I want to actually try doing a shunt mod on the GTX 960 however I don't have any liquid metal on hand and I want to sell the card so I will probably do a shunt mod video with the GTX 1060 once I finally get it. PCB breakdowns will continue coming out as usual.

Thanks to all of you here supporting me on Patreon and if you have any suggestions for content just leave a comment.