Recent content by Jeff J

On my FT02, the 180mm case fans are all hardwired to individual 2-position switches on top of the case by the IO shield. Do you have those switches in the Low position? That would limit max speed to about 850-900. Jeff J

I took the cooler off (again), and reapplied paste per Arctic Silver 5's instructions (tint both surfaces with paste, then line method). I used even less paste than they suggested, to see if Noctua's instructions were calling for way too much. Seems that this was indeed the case. Still with...

Yes, I downloaded the latest version yesterday. I'm using regular RealTemp, not GT or i7 versions.

I followed Noctua's paste instructions, which was to apply a 4mm blob at the center of the CPU, apply the heat sink, and twist back and forth a bit to distribute. Voltages were taken from CPU-Z's Core Voltage reading. I've taken everything back to Auto in the Bios, with -0 offset. CPU-Z says...

I've just put together an i7-2600k system, and it's running absurdly hot under load. Silverstone FT02 Noctua NH-D14, NH-1 paste Asus P8P67 Deluxe Asus HD6970 DCii 2x4GB Mushkin 7-9-8-24 1600mhz Kingwin Lazer Gold 850 Turbo to Auto, 1.2v per Realtemp: 25-28C at idle 58-62C after 10 minutes of...

This will primarily be for Photoshop and other generic office applications. I'm sure it will see some gaming, but let's just say I probably don't fit the target demographic of the average FPS. It would be more accurate to say that I want a big, high image quality display, and want to make...

Thanks for the input. Twin 6950's sounds like a very nice setup, but is at the very top of my desired price range. That's the card that can be Bios-flashed into a 6970, right? Would I be giving up much by dropping down to something in the twin 560Ti / twin 460GTX class? Keep in mind that...

Hi I'm replacing a Samsung 214T that just died. For various reasons (photo editing, etc), I do not want to drop below 1600x1200 resolution (particularly the 1200 part), and do not want any less actual vertical space (inches) with the new monitor. I'm considering the Dell U3011 or U2711, but...