Thanks, I found that when I was looking around for things I was watching a lot of TH-cam to get information about the hardware (Gamers Nexus, Buildzoid, JayzTwoCents). Figured it makes sense to have fun while making janky un-pro videos of stuff that I think is neat. The amount of engineering that goes into some of this hardware is pretty amazing.
Yes, I've seen many of their videos and am a fan. I think it's fun when they visit factories to see how things are made or have those RIP competitions.
Also note if you buy this Great Board the CPU Fan will have run North/South not East/West like most Boards. Due space and High end Ram. Note that you must install drivers and Software in a specific order too. If not the Bios will not take the drivers correctly. Tips that no one talk about when building this board.
Ah, good point on the CPU fan. Yes the Z490 Dark also had this 90 degree rotated CPU socket. I noticed that I had better results pointing the fans to blow down towards the GPU or else the hot air from the GPU would heat up the CPU quite a bit. This way cold air from the top could be drawn in to cool the CPU instead of taking the hot air from the GPU and blowing across the radiator. So making the fans blow north to south was more effective in my setup when I had an open case. I'm not sure about the drivers and software and installing in a certain order, but I did notice I did have to update my BIOS to a newer version after buying the board. I think many may be using water to cool the CPU on a board like this though. Although I love my Noctua coolers because they are very effective if your house is cold like mine is during a Midwest winter.
Love these unboxings!
Thanks, I found that when I was looking around for things I was watching a lot of TH-cam to get information about the hardware (Gamers Nexus, Buildzoid, JayzTwoCents). Figured it makes sense to have fun while making janky un-pro videos of stuff that I think is neat. The amount of engineering that goes into some of this hardware is pretty amazing.
@@nispoe Gamers Nexus has some great videos on hardware engineering and manufacturing. The Kingpin/TiN interviews are great.
Yes, I've seen many of their videos and am a fan. I think it's fun when they visit factories to see how things are made or have those RIP competitions.
Also note if you buy this Great Board the CPU Fan will have run North/South not East/West like most Boards. Due space and High end Ram.
Note that you must install drivers and Software in a specific order too. If not the Bios will not take the drivers correctly. Tips that no one talk about when building this board.
Ah, good point on the CPU fan. Yes the Z490 Dark also had this 90 degree rotated CPU socket. I noticed that I had better results pointing the fans to blow down towards the GPU or else the hot air from the GPU would heat up the CPU quite a bit. This way cold air from the top could be drawn in to cool the CPU instead of taking the hot air from the GPU and blowing across the radiator. So making the fans blow north to south was more effective in my setup when I had an open case. I'm not sure about the drivers and software and installing in a certain order, but I did notice I did have to update my BIOS to a newer version after buying the board. I think many may be using water to cool the CPU on a board like this though. Although I love my Noctua coolers because they are very effective if your house is cold like mine is during a Midwest winter.