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How To Enable TPM or PTT in Your BIOS

Bob Buskirk — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:00:22 +0000

With this being a requirement for Windows 11 we've made a video showing you how to enable TPM or Intel PTT (Platform Trust Technology) in your BIOS. We include BIOS's from ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, and BIOSTAR.

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Alphacool Custom Liquid Cooling Loop Overview

Ryan Kerschner — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:00:33 +0000

We have always been a fan of liquid-cooled systems here at ThinkComputers, but it has been a while since we looked at anything beyond AIO coolers. So we decided to give our friends at Alphacool a call to see if they wouldn't mind helping us put together a full custom loop. They responded generously, and as you will see in the video, we ended up with a pretty great setup.

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Installing Grafana on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Ryan Kerschner — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 09:00:09 +0000

This video is dedicated to getting Grafana up and running quickly on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, including SD card preparations, OS installation, remote access via SSH configuration, and Grafana installation and service setup. Following these simple instructions can have you up and running in less than 30 minutes.

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Upgrading our Ultimate RGB Build!

Bob Buskirk — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:09:15 +0000

Things needed to change so over this past weekend we finally did the upgrade swapping out the case, adding new fans, upgrading the memory, adding new NVMe storage and more!

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Easy Upgrades: Hard Drive to Solid State Drive

Ryan Kerschner — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:27:53 +0000

This article will be a guide to that plan; replacing the factory HDD with an SSD for improved boot times and overall usability improvements. If this sounds like a scenario you are currently experiencing, sit back and read along, as we go through all the steps of upgrading from a hard drive to a solid state drive.

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Beginner’s Guide To Twitch Streaming – Part 2

Ryan Kerschner — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:14:00 +0000

This second entry into our beginner's guide series will focus on adding a few additional scenes and source types to add a bit of variety to your stream. While we do plan to cover the more advanced features of streaming setups in future guides, you won't find us discussing the pros and cons of encoder types here.

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Beginner’s Guide To Twitch Streaming – Part 1

Ryan Kerschner — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:00:39 +0000

Do you want to be the next Ninja? How about the next Dr Disrespect? Maybe you want to try out your stand-up routine on random Internet strangers before hitting up the local comedy club. Whatever the case may be, streaming to Twitch, or another similar platform, can seem like a daunting task at first. Thankfully this doesn't have to be the case, and we are here with the first in a series of articles dedicated to getting you up and streaming.

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The $12 RGB Strip For Your Monitor

Bob Buskirk — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:00:03 +0000

One of the easiest upgrades you can do for your PC Setup is adding an RGB LED Strip to the back of your display. This not only adds some really cool light to your setup, but it has also been proven to reduce eye strain and fatigue. If you are at your computer for any long period of time this is definitely an upgrade you are going to want to make and we are going to show you how to do it for only $12!

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Water Cooling 101: Adding Memory Blocks & Maintaining Your Loop

Derrick Ubbink — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:00:58 +0000

You’ve done it all so far, designed and built your first loop, upgraded and expanded that loop to include your GPU but still you’ve got a desire to watercool more. Well rather than building a whole new rig, there are options out there to take your watercooling to a whole new level. This is where things get sort of technically difficult and you are going to be voiding some warranties as well. After CPU and GPU blocks the next most popular would be Memory and Motherboard blocks. Both of these require you to remove the stock heat spreaders and can potentially damage parts and just as often voids your warranty. For our rig, there is no motherboard block available, instead we are going to go ahead and demonstrate how to install water blocks on your memory.

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Water Cooling 101: Upgrading Your Loop

Derrick Ubbink — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:00:33 +0000

Maybe you’ve been using your first basic loop for a while now and feeling like it’s time to expand or maybe the need to upgrade has struck right away. Either way you’ve reached the most inevitable situation for nearly all of us who use water cooling. Upgrade day! But what to upgrade and how to go about doing it? Follow along as we take you on the next step of evolution for our loop!

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