Recent content by Bearded1

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    Reducing VID

    It looked fine when i pasted it and previewed. The psu is more than sufficient for this system. Never seen it pull more than 240w from the wall and that was running 3Dmark and crysis benchmarks while also AIDA64 or XTU stressing. I was hoping someone who has a better idea than me about how...
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    Reducing VID

    Hi all. How's it going? I recently bought some new shiney to replace my 9 yr old A64 x2 box and been slowly getting my head round overclocking and how it's changed from what u had to do with old hardware. Now closing in on my 24/7 overclock of 4.6GHZ. The only thing is it needs 1.315v to...
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    Worth Lapping?

    Well i found the problem. Removed the cooler to try remounting again and noticed a gap between the cpu plate and the centre 3 heatpipes. Using a skinny piece of paper i discovered the gap goes 2/3 (27mm!:o) of the way across the width of the base. So the only proper contact between heatpipes and...
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    Worth Lapping?

    I'm tempted to lap anyway just cos i'm one of those people who likes tinkering but i guess what i'm really asking is are those temps normal for that sort of speed/volts with what is a high end air cooler. Forgot to mention room temp is about 16-17 and case is running with an open side atm cos i...
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    Worth Lapping?

    Hi all. Bought a new hsf (Raijintek Tisis) and before fitting i noticed that the base is visibly convex to the extent that when set rocking from side to side on the desk it takes 5-6 secs to stop. When running IBT core temps peak in the low to mid 80s. BOINC running at 100% peaks in the 68-70...
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    Suggestions for 2nd fan.

    Cheers. That's the sort of thing i'm looking for. Only question is if i'm moving up to that price range that brings the smaller single fan AIO coolers into play. Is it worth looking at those? CM Seidon, Corsair H55/75 etc. or is a decent air cooler still better than a basic AIO?
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    Suggestions for 2nd fan.

    Yeah i've tried adding a 2nd fan to existing setup and it made almost no difference. The cooler just isn't up to dealing with a cpu putting out 100-120w. There's about a 20-22 degree difference between mine and the best air coolers. A Hyper212 will give me about 10-12 degrees better than the TX3...
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    Suggestions for 2nd fan.

    Hi all. Just a quick question. Going to buy a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo as my current budget hsf (CM Tx3 evo) just doesn't cut it with a 4590k @4.4 and want to know if replacing the stock fan and adding a 2nd is worth it. And if so what type of fan? Performance is more important than silence. A...
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    AIDA64 Stress Test

    Yeah sorry about that. I did have a look last night but my search-fu was weak after 14hrs driving yesterday. Got up this morning and realised i'd also been looking in wrong forum area. Found what i wanted in about 2 mins. :)
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    AIDA64 Stress Test

    Hi all, just a quick question. What's peoples opinion of the AIDA64 memory stress test specifically? Good enough to check an overclock is stable without running memtest and not having a usable pc for however many hours? Are there any other memory stress tests that can be run from windows...
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    Choices choices.

    I just can't bring myself to buy one that'd only be running at 10-15% load for most of it's life just in case i decide to buy a high end card. Decided to go for the Seasonic S12II 350w bronze. The marginal increase in efficiency just isn't worth the extra £13-£21 the gold units cost. Thanks...
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    Choices choices.

    Hi all. Just a quick question. Which of these PSU's would ppl recommend? I have an i5 4690k, Asus Z97-P motherboard, Crucial BX100 250GB, 8GB Cruciual ballistix sport DDR3, Radeon 4850 1GB, 2 boxes of spinning rust and a handful of slow fans. (all between 800-1800 rpm.) Maximum power usage i've...
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    Power button works but won't turn PC on.!??!.?

    Weel i've found it. Shut down last night as usual, got up this morning and no response again so rechecked the +5vsb and PS_ON#. +5vsb is fine but the PS_ON# which is supposed to also be showing 5v was showing 0.01v. Poxy cheap assed sh**y PSU. It's only about 3 weeks old as well. Unfortunately...
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    Power button works but won't turn PC on.!??!.?

    Right i think i'm on the track of it now. I also asked this question over on techreport forums and someone there mentioned checking the +5vsb while pc was off. That was fine (5.21v) but while i was inside i also checked the PS_ON# (green wire). That was only showing 4.4v while according to the...
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    Power button works but won't turn PC on.!??!.?

    Yep tried that. Absolutely no response to either turning it straight back on or leaving it completely powered off for a bit. Leaving it on standby worked last night. Turned on as soon as i clicked mouse. Seems like as long as mobo is powered in some way it's fine. The problem atm is i'm working...