Recent content by sirius1982

Hi all, The stock heatsink/fan combo on my athlon ii x3 (am2+ board iirc) makes a horrid high-pitch whine under load. I believe the fan is a 72mm (distance from edge to edge) and I've been looking for either a quiet 72mm fan, or a 72mm fan adapter (to any larger size) The heatsink is...

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/32?vs=189

Thank you all for your excellent replies. The benches provided have put my mind at rest... looks like I've found my next upgrade :) Thanks again Sirius1982

Thanks for the reply! I've been on the lookout for my "next game" ever since I stopped playing Ut2k4 and Eve online. Recently I tried world of tanks and I've been toying with the Tribes ascend beta. Tanks ran pretty well but Tribes forced me to lower the res down from 1080p and set low-medium...

Afternoon everyone. I am currently using a Radeon 5670 (GDDR5 version) and although it struggles a bit with the latest games at 1080p, I'm a big fan of the low power consumption. I have been looking at some reviews of AMD's new Radeon 7750 and from the looks of things, this is a decent upgrade...

Evening all. Long time reader, first time poster here. As much as I'd love to spend a fortune on my pc, there are too many things that come before my hobby in the queue for my dosh. Therefore I like to get as much performance as possible for little cost. Up until very recently I was running...