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    PCSPECIALIST What is the Octane GTX 1080 N17E-G3 GPU die made of (material-wise)

    Hi guys, Just a quick question as I am researching thermal compounds and I've come across Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal. It is strongly advised that you shouldn't use it if you would have any aluminium making contact with it. I have an Octane III, as far as I know the heatsink is...
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    PCSPECIALIST Boot "Issue"

    Hey guys, currently experiencing some weird behavior when booting up/turning on my Octane III. What happens is once I press the power button the laptop stays in a black screen for 20 seconds, then turns off and restarts by itself with the fans running for 0.5 seconds and after that it proceeds...
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    PCSPECIALIST Slow boot from SAMSUNG PM961

    Hey Guys, So I bought an Octane III back in November 2016 with a SAMSUNG PM961 drive inside. I asked for the OS to be installed on the machine so when I received it, the boot times were really fast and was very pleased. I've had to reinstall the OS a couple of times after that, (Windows 10)...
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    PCSPECIALIST Storytime!? Octane 3 CPU hotter than GPU??

    Hey everyone, So I've had my octane for 4 months already, really liking it. -GTX1080, 6700k, 24GB RAM- I've been in a constant battle to get temperatures in a good place. I've posted a couple other threads asking for insight about my temperatures etc. To skip making you go through those posts...
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    PCSPECIALIST Blue Screen of Death Crash on Octane III (IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal)

    Hi guys, Second time this crash has occured. First time was about a week ago. Both times while gaming, my laptop crashes and says "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart, we're just collecting some error info and we'll restart for you". If you want to know more you can search online...
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    PCSPECIALIST Octane III CPU Frequencies in Idle

    Hi guys, So, I've been playing around with the CPU control panel after many good tips I've received on this awesome forum. I'm currently running this setup and it's stable. My question would be about the fact that the CPU is running max frequency all the time, even when I'm not doing anything...
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    PCSPECIALIST Octane III CPU Temperatures

    Hey everyone, I'd like to ask a question about my CPU temperatures in my Octane III 6700k GTX1080. I'm running The Elder Scrolls Online on max graphics, GPU temperature goes to about 60 Celsius which is really good, but my CPU goes as high as a 85 Celsius. Could anyone that also owns an Octane...
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    PCSPECIALIST Fan Speed through Octane Control Center

    Hey Everyone, Recently got my Octane III delivered, GTX1080, 6700k, it's a beast and I'm loving it. I've got a question regarding fan speed and how "safe" it is to keep the fans overclocked. Let's say I'm playing The Witcher 3, fans are set on automatic, my GPU temperature will be somewhere...
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    PCSPECIALIST 3 Questions Before Ordering

    Hi everyone, Finally made up my mind, I'll be ordering the Octane III this upcoming Monday, but before I do that I would like to ask a few questions. The first question I would like to ask is regarding the RAM and if more modules are better (i.e. 4x8GB vs 2x16GB). I'll be using this laptop...
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    PCSPECIALIST GDDR5 vs GDDR5x in Octane III

    Hey everyone, I'm posting this as I've read online that all GTX1080 laptop video cards are using GDDR5X memory, but the Octane III GTX1080 only has GDDR5? Can someone please clear this up for me :D? Thanks!
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    PCSPECIALIST Octane III Cooling and Component Replacements

    Hello everyone, Currently thinking about purchasing the new Octane III with a GTX 1080. I am writing this post to ask if anyone could post some images of the bottom of the laptop, without the cover so I could have an overview on the components and the cooling system. I am asking for this as...
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