Recent content by NathanBrazil

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    Can more memory can make a computer slower?

    The last time this really mattered for me was about 36 years ago. The Atari 800 had some overhead for RAM refresh, so a BASIC program running on a 16K system could be notably faster than on a 48K system. This could perhaps be found to affect some things on an Atari ST or Amiga but no mention...
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    ASUS Z170-AR: I don't want to OC!

    Well, that was it. I cannot believe how much time I spent trying to solve it by myself. I've been building systems for over twenty years and the issues usually became clear with a bit of analysis. But this one just wasn't coming to me no matter how much I reread the docs.
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    ASUS Z170-AR: I don't want to OC!

    Really? You'd never get that from the manual. It only speaks of the switch in terms of cooling options. Since I had a ThermalTake Water 3.0 installed, silly me, I thought the II position was the appropriate setting. I can see a vague suggestion from the wording in the manual. They really need...
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    ASUS Z170-AR: I don't want to OC!

    Perhaps I bought too much motherboard for my purposes but the x4 M.2 slot and USB 3.1 were major reasons for building this machine and $99 was an irresistible price, especially when a i5-6500 was only $170 as well. Add to this a Samsung 950 PCIe SSD. But the problems I've been having make me...