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team groups T force Delta gaming memory modules are available in a wide variety of speeds and capacities and feature full-frame ultra wide-angle RGB lighting aluminium heat spreaders and compatibility with current gen RGB lighting control software click the sponsor link in the description to learn more what's up guys how's it goin and welcome to probing Paul episode number 31 this is my monthly tech Q&A video that I do and this is the last episode for 2018 so bidding a fond farewell to this year we can see many older probing Paul's that I have done in the past so feel free to check those out if you want to see me answer other questions it should be a list in the description with timestamps till the questions I'm answering today so let's get right into it all these questions are from the comments of last month's video so feel free to comment on this video if you want to ask me a question first questions from abdullah 5-6 he says hey Paul if I want to buy PC parts to do a build and I can't buy all the parts at the same time what part should I start with I've been asked this before and the general advice is to just wait wait until you can buy your parts at the same time that way you can get everything put the system together and you will immediately know if something's gone wrong something that doesn't fit together right it will also give you the advantage of waiting until you know maybe another month a few months down the road more products might come out that are newer that you might regret having bought something early that said if you absolutely want to start buying stuff now I would say start with a case because a case is something that you can physically take out of the box and look at and inspect and find out if there's anything actually wrong with it other parts like a motherboard or a CPU or memory or graphics card if you buy early you can't install them to see if they work or don't work and it's very important to find out quickly if you have a defective part because then you can return it to the retailer you bought it from if you wait and more than 30 days have gone by usually you have to deal with the manufacturer manufacturer turnaround times can take a couple weeks so it's best to find out if you have defective parts early on so for that reason just don't buy stuff early wait until you've got it all at once but I guess the short answer to your question is the case and again make sure you take it out right away and find out if there's any defects next question from Jackie gee Jackie says hey Paul I'm trying to build a PC for the first time however when using PC part picture I got a compatibility note saying motherboard I'm about to number one slot shares bandwidth with SATA 6 gigabits per second ports about who's populated say the port is disabled I have no idea what this means I'm a PC noob and please explain it so first off here's the incompatibility notification and note it's not a bang like this one here it's just a question mark it's kind of an FYI motherboard I'm about to and I'm slot shares the shares bandwidth so here's what we're looking at this is a generic block diagram for an Intel processor with a chipset these II 370 chipset to be specific now the stuff that directly connects to the CPU like your PCI Express Lanes maybe your memory but the chipset also has a bunch of stuff connected to it and the chipset communicates to the CPU via at DMI at least that's what Intel calls it this is effectively a PCI Express by 4 interconnect so note that that's less than what you get directly connected with a GPU slot for example long story short there's lots of stuff that connects through the chipset it needs to share this bandwidth so sometimes manufacturers decide to put a switch to connect up certain things so that they can have kind of the best of both worlds here's another block diagram for a specific z97 motherboard and here you can see a switch there's an MDOT two slot connected there as well as some SATA ports so basically what they're telling is you can't use both of these at the same time so just beware now for most people that's not a big deal they'd rather have the MDOT two slots and note that there are also more SATA ports available there - so what PC park picker is doing is saying hey if you're planning to build a system and connect up six or eight SATA hard drives or SSDs to the system at the same time and that I'm not to slot you won't be able to do that you'll have to choose one or the other at least in the case of a couple the SATA slots and the MDOT two but most of the time there's lots of others say two slots to you so it's not a big deal for most people who aren't completely kidding their system out with drives thanks for the question though Jackie next up is Magnus below who says hey Paul I'm currently saving up for a high-end desktop with the 9900 K and a twenty ATT I was thinking about adding a 360 millimeter water cooler an all-in-one he's plenty of having four exhaust and two intake fans the fractal define s2 is the case he's worried about air pressure so here's a define s2 it's got space for a three hundred and sixty millimeter radiator at the top it comes with two hundred and forty millimeter fans in the front and a hundred and forty millimeter fan for the exhaust so the concern here is 320 millimeter fans at the top exhausting 140 at the back exhausting and two intakes means your have negative pressure and we usually recommend against negative pressure but you should also consider that those three top fans are going to be up against a radiator their airflow is going to be impeded somewhat by that and it depends on the radiator how much that actually affects it also your front fans are 140 s whereas those top fans are gonna be 120 s so you're gonna get a little bit more airflow out of 140 millimeter fan than 820 millimeter fans so all that said you're probably still gonna have a bit of a negative air pressure situation with this setup but you're never going to know for sure how it's gonna affect your performance unless you actually do a/b testing with your specific system setup as is I wouldn't be too concerned with this configuration but maybe try it out as is and then maybe just take that back fan and flip it to an intake versus an exhaust and see if that affects your temperature as much I would say you're probably just fine with the configuration you're planning though next question here from KIU one three one two and it's a multi-part question about my Riptide build that I did over the summer and the Corsair 1000d first is what's the clearance for the Mini ITX CPU cooler and the answer there is that completely varies depending on what slots you have populated in your upper motherboard if you're using up all the slots in the upper full-size motherboard then you will have less clearance for that lower motherboard but I would say generally speaking you should probably stick to a low profile or B no need to go as low profile as you do and like those super narrow cases you do have a bit of flexibility but consider what you're putting in the upper system next is how do I find using the light loop fans in the 1000 D does a little kasam but the answer is yes it does look awesome I've tried a few different configurations with this and I have a few videos in my Riptide playlist where I kind of go over that doing the LED setup and a few of the random issues I've had with this build I will say they're not the most practical because there are better performing fans that you can get but when you have as many fans and the 1000d as it can fits I feel like you know that becomes a little bit less of a concern the final question is how do I keep encase fans for open or on for the FreeNAS system because if I connect it all to the Mini ITX motherboard I lose some RGB functionality again in the Riptide video where I talk about plugging everything and I kind of go over some of that detail but the short answer is the Corsair like loop fans have two plugs one is for the LEDs and one is for the fan itself so for two intakes and one exhaust I have the fans connected to the mini ITX motherboard and then the LEDs going to the larger system so when just the mini text system is on all of the lights in the case are off but it still has a few fans on for airflow and then when you turn on the big system all the lights come on but thank you very much Caillou for your question and I'm glad you liked my beard but unfortunately shaved it off at the beginning of this month so it'll be back it'll be back next year another question here from blank what's the easiest way to delete all old display drivers when switching from one GP to another so if you're asking about easiest it would probably just be to use the uninstall function of the Nvidia or AMD driver package that you have installed and then swap the cards and then install the new one but I always recommend especially if you're switching from one brand to another display driver uninstaller ddu as it's also known you can find it over on guru of 3d and I will link that in the video's description you do need to restart your system in safe mode in order to run it so I'll also link the video of the best way to access your BIOS and UEFI in the description so you guys can check that and it kind of kind of walks you through it and specifically using this blade driver uninstaller it's a great combo for that and if you're planning to do a/b testing I would absolutely recommend using that method just a few more questions yeah million xfz asks the oft asked question what about the HT PC build and that I'm gonna actually go straight to the follow up to this too from Jack's Macintosh asking about the solar roof the Tesla solar and power wall installation Jack's also asking about mechanical keyboards here Jack I will say I recommend the MX brown switches her MX red switches if you don't want to make a lot of noise Cherry MX switches of course there's kind of the gold standard with mechanical keyboards but you have to hunt a little bit more to find good deals on those the knockoffs that you can find unlike some razer keyboards and others honestly aren't really that much different too so pick your poison when it comes to the design but back to the actual questions the HTPC video well I finally posted a follow up on that's actually just earlier this week so thanks to all you guys have checked that out the main problem was with the wood I get the wood Reed kilns I did not get like all the way along with the project but I've gotten to the point where we sanded and primed it and everything so that's a big step forward and I got more planned on that coming in the next week or two and then of course the tesla powerwall and installation video I also posted about a week week and a half ago with a full timeline and running down the installation and the time lapses in frozen and I'm also planning in another follow-up to that one because I got a bunch of additional questions also there's one part I sort of messed up on which when talking about the always-on internet connection requirements Tesla has followed up with me about that and I want to clarify that a little bit more too so keep your eye out in the next week and two for that video as well I have one last question this one from Jeremy Branson does being probed a 30 times hurt well now that it's been 31 times I will say you do get used to it over time but you know I've really enjoyed being probed by you guys in 2018 so I want to know in the comments below of course further questions you might have for me but also what you guys have planned for 2019 are you starting a new job or going to school did you get engaged or something like that just just let me know because I'm curious what's going on with you guys but thank you so much for probing me all these many times in 2018 I will be open for additional probing in 2019 I should wrap things up though thank you so much for watching oh the one last thing I forgot to even point out the thumbnail of this video I'm in the middle of a home-improvement project going on right now so that's why I haven't posted as many videos in the past few days but I do have video on this coming up too so if you guys want to see me roun innovate in my bathroom you should definitely subscribe but thank you guys so much again for watching and we'll see you in the next video