If your old hard drives have an OS installed from a previous computer (Or old hardware) It would be advisable to re-install the OS. However you can try booting the PC in safe mode and going into device manager and un-installing all drivers and re-booting the system. This may allow you to boot...
This so true. I have worked in IT and retail PC repair and found so many times cheap PSUs are used in systems and cause so many headaches (probably hundreds of systems.) People never want to spend money on a good PSU and don't realize how much they are asking a cheap power supply to do. I always...
I had this same problem. I got an NZXT 120mm fan at MC and was unable to mount it. I was a bit disappointed. So for now I am using the CM 212+ fan and like you noted my min temps seem to stay the same but under load temps have dropped a lot.
I am very happy with the ZT-10D so far. Got it at MC for $18.00 which I consider a great investment considering the quality of the heatsink. I will say that de-lidding and using Liquid Metal Ultra / Pro has had the most significant impact on temps. I guess I should consider myself fortunate with...
I de-lidded my CPU a few months ago and was getting temps in the low 80's MAX (Intel Burn Test high stress) with my 3570K running at 4.6 with a fixed voltage @ 1.25 and cooler master hyper 212 using Liquid Metal Ultra under the IHS and on the HSF and IHS. I just switched to the zerotherm zt-10d...
I own the Gigabyte P35-DS3R and I know the main difference is the RAID support. The DS3R supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10. I think the board also has more power phases than the DS3L. The DS3P has better heatsinks and a heatpipe and supports only RAID 0 and 1. But is a good motherboard for OCing if...
I think the main issue with Ivy Bridge's high temps is the thermal paste Intel used between the die and IHS. A few friends and I have removed the IHS on Ivy and re-applied new high-end thermal paste and that makes a significant difference in performance. I know people who have also used liquid...
kpo6969 I just realized that you were able to get the RAM working according to the mushkin forum. Just curious what version of the BIOS you are running? I am still on 1.8 and thinking about updating to ver 2.
I am at work right now but will get my settings posted as soon as I get home.
Funny you should link the post from Mushkin forums I also wrote that a while back when I was looking at getting this RAM working but found this board is picky with 2133 RAM. My friend had problems with his RAM at that...
Those ReCompute PCs are super ugly. Also I don't want to imagine what the cases look like after a few years of dust has built up on the inside and outside. Anyone with dust allergies would know that is not going to be fun.
i5 is the way to go. HT will be of little to no benefit for games and is not worth the cost increase. By the time games need/use more than 4 cores both CPUs will be out of date and HT will not be making a difference for you on the i7. For Ivy your best benefit will be in memory bandwidth and...
The 3570 has a 200-300Mhz lead on the 2500k with it's IPC improvement and is not limited in OCing like people seem to think. You can hit 4.5 - 4.6 with a good air cooler and have reasonable temps. Using a good thermal compound like liquid metal pro will also help temps quite a bit. I popped the...
If you are going with a z77 motherboard go with an I7 3770K, the 2600 is almost a lateral move from the 2500k and z77 makes almost no sense if your staying on SB.
Either way you are just burning money.
What is it with people recommending Sandy Bridge over Ivy Bridge in these forums. IB is the way to go now. Buying older tech is of no advantage unless its far cheaper than the newer tech. Ivy will overclock very well and without an issue and is no reason to avoid the platform. If you compare a...
No such thing as "future proof" with PCs.
OP I have also seen some very high temps on my CPU. Up to 102c under very high stress testing with IntelBurnTest. I would never want to run the CPU at more than 75-80c max load on a day to day basis but if stress testing the CPU is going to get hot...
Interesting article, although I have rarely experienced a CPU issue that was caused by overclocking so I don't think this will affect my OC habits much. CPU failures in any system non OC or OC seem so minor I feel like its a moot point.
Agreed, looking at the performance of a given CPU or GPU in the applications that you will be using is the best way to judge performance. I think the draw to things like Passmark is that people like to see a large grouping of CPU performance in respect to other similar CPUs. OP just remember to...
I got my Extreme4 a few weeks ago at MicroCenter for $90 with a 3570k. I love this motherboard it's been great so far. The funny thing is I never would have considered AsRock a few years ago when they were considered the bargain bin option. Now I think they are a viable option in the enthusiast...
I agree with you, when I said "may people" I was referring to the average user. I hear people refer to Intel's CPU lineup in this manner and it really irritates me. For enthusiasts that enjoy reading about hardware and put a lot of time and effort into reading benchmarks and planning our builds...
Good point. And many people will just assume that the i7 processor is just better because its a higher number and not really understand the difference further confusing Intel's CPU lineup.
As Don stated I would never worry about overclocking making a significant difference on the lifespan of your CPU. Unless you are pushing way more voltage into the chip than Intel recommends you should never be impacting the lifespan of the CPU in a significant way. Furthermore on modern CPUs...
I can see how this gets confusing. Especially when you factor in the differences between Nehalem, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge. Intel has gotten more confusing with their CPU family naming over the years.
If you break it down this way it makes it easier to understand.
However we still have to...
I don't think a 2011 system is worth upgrading to considering what you are using your system for. But like other people have posted it makes almost no sense to go from a Sandy Bridge system to Ivy. However Ivy is about 5-15% faster than Sandy making it an "upgrade." You won't have issues...
I find this all very funny. I agree with people who have stated the obvious point that the Intel vs. AMD debate is worthless due to price/performance. AMD and Intel are close in price and far apart in performance with Intel leading in performance. I would feel better about pointing someone...
Wow David that would be great timings for that 1600Mhz Samsung RAM running way over its rated speed. I want to hear how that goes. I'm unable to get my RAM beyond 2200Mhz. But I'm pretty happy with it at those speeds. I can see a big performance increase in SuperPi going up from Ballistix...
If I don't use XMP or set timings manually the RAM will run at 1333Mhz. However after playing with settings I found I could get the RAM to run at 2200Mhz 10-11-10-28 2T at 1.55 volts at it has been stable. I am assuming the board just does not like to run this RAM at 2133. Maybe the issue will...
David, I am running BIOS version 1.7 too. My friend has the same motherboard and has had similar problems with RAM at this speed however he got his Team Xtreme RAM to run at 2133 with 1.65v. I am thinking this motherboard has issues with RAM at this speed and maybe a BIOS update will fix it in...
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