Do you have any pictures of any of these methods? I am intrigued and may want to do a bit of work on my AOI but I am having trouble visualizing the set-up(s). I know I am getting extra noise from my Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer and I'd love to try to isolate some of it.
Yes I've considered this one and should put it on my list. Looks-wise it isn't a lot different than the R5 and the R5 is smaller -- which is actually one of the things I want to do with the new case -- go smaller.
I replaced the FT02 with the H440 in this link -- I was actually very surprised...
I have been taking a hard look at the H440 -- I'm not sold on no optical drive support, though I'm getting there. I did actually use mine 3 times in the last month. The P380 will at least let you put in a slim drive.
But, is the H440 quiet? I think the reviews I have seen do not show it being...
Hi all,
I haven't been around for a while, but now that I am back it must mean it's time to upgrade something in my PC.
I think it is finally time to retire my LianLi v1000 case. In my opinion a beauty, but defiantly getting long in the tooth and not a quiet case by any means.
I am...
Update: Thanks folks. The input was helpful. I wasn't aware that the gd65 had better power management and that was the deciding factor. I bought it!
I'm pulling the trigger today but I'm having a heck of a time figure out which motherboard to buy. I have decided on MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming or MSI...
Wow! True awesomeness on your part!
I'd like to throw my name ion the hat for prizes 1, 4 and 5.
They will be used to upgrade my existing system... which is getting OOOOLD! Even my 4 year old son is giving me the gears about how lame it is! This is the "family" computer and it is used for...
That was my fear and why I'm looking to buy now instead of a bit later. Free sounds pretty good for the Crucial Ballistix Sport kits then. Though if I'm going Haswell I want to buy the G.SKILL Ripjaws X kit right away ($67).
Hello forum,
Im looking for a bit of help with the below build options. Please weigh in with opinions around price/performance value and/or any key benefits to one board over the other. The Z87 build is the very top end of my budget. Im buying in Canada (newegg.ca and canadacomputers.com)...
Hello,
I've never owned a system with integrated graphics before, so please forgive the question if this a little noobish. I am soon to pick up a new i5-4670K w/ z87 to upgrade my system. I currently have a AMD HD 7870 gpu.
Will the HD 4600 have better/same video quality (over 1080p output)...
Newegg.ca has a great deal right now: each of these boards is on sale with a G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3 8GB (F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL), so I am thinking of pulling the pin on an upgrade.
AsRock z77 Pro 4 - $122.23
AsRock z77 Extreme4 - $139.99
BioStar tz77xe3 - $140.48
BioStar tz77xe4 - $153.23...
After some solid testing and time clocked, I would say I have this thing beat. My final OC at 3.85 GHz seems to be very stable and meets idontcare's "gold standard" for stability.
I am back up to my full 6 GB of RAM.
I tried again at 3.95 GHz without any luck. Too bad, because there is a...
Hi folks,
I just wanted to post an update, mostly incase someone else is searching the forum for answers that this string can help with.
I have the computer running stable and very smooth right now. Im still not ready to declare it healthy but I think its very close: LinX 20 passes no...
All things being equal, which of these boards is the best value? These three boards are on sale and I am considering buying one of the three.
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 - $80
MSI Z77A-G45 - $110
GA-Z77-D3H - $105
I will be pairing them with a 2500K or 3570K and 8GB Ram.
Is seems feature wize there...
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 - $80
MSI Z77A-G45 - $110
GA-Z77-D3H - $105
These three boards are on sale and I am considering buying one of the three.
I will be pairing them with a 2500K or 3570K and 8GB Ram.
Is seems feature wize there isn't much difference. Being Z68 the Asrock doesn't come with...
Agreed, but I can think of half a dozen people that I know that wouldn't have WD-40 in their house. But to be honest they are also not the type that would even think of opening their computer, let alone try to fix a fan.
The 3in1 oil is about $5 a pop and is less likely to be lying around...
Thanks for this. I was wondering if this was an issue all along, but no one really mentioned it so I continued to push.
Also - it seems I may have a bad set of RAM (I still have some testing to be sure). I have pulled the 1x2 GB set and now I am having a much better time of it.
I'm...
Thanks guys. I thought the recommended volts was to go high with these sticks. I'm glad I asked the question.
As it turns out I may also have a couple of bad sticks with the PDC22G6400LLK 2 x 1 GB set. I have pulled them and it has significantly impacted stability along with going from 1.8...
Hi,
I am hoping someone can help me with this. I have two sets of Patriot DDR2 6400 ram:
PDC22G6400LLK (800MHz 4-4-4-12) 2 x 1 GB, 2.2v
PVS24G6400LLKN (800MHz 4-4-4-12) 2 x 2 GB, 2.1v
What should I be setting DDR2 voltage at in the BIOS?
I have been asking questions on the OC...
Wow. Really nice job with clean cable management. Looks like you took some time with that.
The 8pin power looks fine to me. It is in there straight with what looks to be a good seat in the connection.
The only question I have is the fan header the rear fan is in. I can't see I that is...
I am in Canada, so the prices are a bit higher than shown there too.
I think the H61/B75 and i3 3220 is my best bet. Might be able to find some cheaper RAM w/ cheap/free shipping too. When you are going this low every $ counts.
Also, will I see noticable improvements over my current set up...
Newegg.ca has it for sale at $130. $5 more than the i3 3220 and the FX 4300 has roughly the same performance. Since I am already going REALLY cheap on the motherboard there is no platform cost advantage.
With equal performance and cost I woudl stick to Intel. Just my preference.
Okay - for an AMD build:
AMD X6 FX-6300 $130
Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS $55
same RAM
Both platforms are $230
A bit lower budget: AMD Bulldozer X4 FX-4100 $120
No Phenoms on sale where I want to buy. What about the FM2 platform? I am assuming it's less performance.
Good point. I hadn't check but with a little looking it appears it does. This is the rev 3 version.
However, aside from the one less SATA 6.0 connector is this a better option for $10 more: ASRock B75M-GL
Ah, but I know absolutely nothing about AMD. I asume these are comparible preformance...
I may need to build a stop-gap rig due to hardware failure on my current computer and no budget for what I really want. My question is, will this game?
Asus P8H67-M PRO - $60
Intel Core i3-3220 - $125
Patriot Viper Xtreme Series DDR3 1866MHz CL9 (2x4GB) - $45 – overkill I know, but it is...
A couple more questions:
Should I put everything back to stock settings to run this test, as a way of isolating any other problems? Or does this just ease everything up and make it easy enough for bad ram to pass?
If it is a bad RAM stick, anyway to tell for certainty which module it is?
WD-40 is actually a pretty bad lubricant. It is made to "unstick" stuff, but does so by cleaning out the gunk. It will lubricate initially but will quickly dry up.
It will do that, but could remove some lubricant too.
I would try air first in the manner WD-40 is suggested here. Then maybe...
I do not count myself an expert, but maybe my opinion will help.
What are your goals for the CPU cooler? Are you looking to overclock and so want better cooling than stock? Are you looking for a quieter coller than the stock cooler? Both?
If neither, don't spend the money. Keep in mind that...
Thanks again for your help. I was beginning to wonder that as well.
I guess running 2.2v through it for 4+ years may have had some adverse effect.D:
Can you point me to a user guide for HCI Memtest? I have looked around without finding noe that made sense to me. It asks me to run several...
Another question on reading vCore: I am not getting any readings past a max vCore of 1.360 no matter how high I set the CPU Voltage Control in BIOS. I am reading it with HWMonitor, SpeedFan and CPUID -- all show the vCore never exceeds 1.360 at load even with a BIOS setting of 1.38XXX (sorry do...
UPDATE: in case anyone is searching the forum for answers to their own problems.
Below issue was not due to bad RAM (yay!). After a fresh install of Win 8 everything is running along smoothly. It must be some issue with my Win 7 and I highly suspect a virus/malware or broken registry items. I...
So it is not only a variety of opinions as to what is stable, but really a mathematical probability of how long between crashes. And you can adjust the probability of variance of time between errors - but in theory, even at the "best" settings, that could be years or, even if extremely...
At least I have that covered. I have offline "cloud" backup with versioning and local back-up on multiple hard drives. I think I'll also clean up an old Mybook for a thrid offline backup.
I guess if you are careful with that, stability can be what you want it to be!
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