From overclocking to undervolting, MSI Afterburner is a really useful software. Here's how you can use it to improve your GPU's performance. That being said, you should never use the motherboard temperature to control your case fans. Unlike the CPU and GPU, your motherboards will never ...
Fan controllers, like in the image above, let you connect multiple fans. Instead of connecting them to the motherboard or the PSU, you plug them all into the controller. Then you can use the controller’s software to adjust the fan speed. Some fan controllers come with physical controls li...
The method to control the fan speed on a laptop and PC is highly dependent upon how your PC fans are powered. You can control only those fans that are connected to your PC motherboard but if these are connected to the power supply then you can’t manually adjust their speed. You can ...
The fans in your computer can get power in one of two ways: From the motherboard, or directly from your computer's power supply. If they're connected to the power supply (usually through aMolex connector), there's no way to control them through software---you'd have to hook them up...
MSI has introduced 9 models of Z390 motherboards for the new 9th Gen processors too. For example, the MEG Z390 ACE motherboard, which is design with 13 power phases to support sufficient power supply for the CPU. Here we show you how to overclock Core i9-9900K to 5.0GHz+. This overc...
This is a terrible idea and even MSI recommends against it, but sometimes we’re too lazy to go through the BIOS and this method works 98% of the time. It’s the other 2% of the time that can cause horrible motherboard bricks, so you’ve been warned. ...
And one of the other “quirks” of fans is figuring out where to plug them in to— on your Motherboard or otherwise. Our Latest Videos With so many different possible places you could connect your fan to, where exactly are you supposed to plug in all your fans to make sure your comput...
ASRock:A-Tuning (ASRock Motherboard Utility) ASUS:AI Suite (Fan Xpert) MSI:MSI Center Gigabyte:System Information Viewer Some PC case manufacturers like NZXT that come with built-in fans also provide similar software, which for NZXT isNZXT Cam. So if such apps are available, you can use th...
If you don’t fully understand, it’s okay. As mentioned earlier, MSI motherboards have different color markings. You only need to install the memory sticks in the DIMM slots with the same color. The blue slot installation is the combination of A2+B2. If you want to insert 4 memory mod...
Let's quickly look at the main locations on a motherboard to be familiar with. Motherboards are most definitely too cool for biology school, but here's the "anatomy" of a motherboard if you will: A. CPU Socket Where youinstall the CPU. Different CPUs require different sockets, so you ...