Recent content by Spike99

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    Dell's new Ultrasharp U3011

    Honestly, I don't have an issue paying a little more for DELL if image quality is better.... but my understanding is that they have the same specs hence I'll assume that image quality is the same... So why pay more if image is the same and possibly less input lag ?
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    Dell's new Ultrasharp U3011

    I'm looking to upgrade to a 30" and I was leaning towards the U3011 vs U2711, but then I was told that if I'm not playing console gaming (XBOX or PS3) that the best monitor is the HP ZR30W. From the info I have gathered, both monitors have same specs except DELL U3011 has scaling, OSD & more...
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    Dell's new Ultrasharp U3011

    I was researching U3011 but my understanding is that for PC gaming (no console gaming) HP ZR30W is better than U3011.
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    Recently, I checked a review about CoolIT ECO ALC at http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1292/6/. The ECO ALC is very similar to H50. In this review, they included the H50 and other air coolers... unfortunately they did not include the Megahalems. In a push/pull configuration the H50...
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    When I ran LinX, I did not get any errors with vcore under 1.35v. When running Prime95 that's when I started seeing errors and had to increase vcore. I would run Prime95 as a final check. I only have 1 ATI 5870 and I've been waiting on Accelero EXTREME 5870 vga cooler from Arctic Cooling...
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    Again, I'm a noobie in OC'ing... I didn't mess with QPI or any other settings. For RAM, I set XMP profile and it automatically set QPI and some other RAM settings. My RAM is set at 1600 with timings of 7-7-7-20-2T.
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    That's odd you had to go so high on vcore. I'm stable at 4133MHz (MP = 31 & Clock = 133) with vcore = 1.3625. Also most reviews I've seen have not gone beyond 1.375v with 4.1GHz, but I quess it's luck of the draw.
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    OK, I have read that Arctic Silver 5 is one of the best.
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    What thermal compound did you use ? The one that came with the Magahalem ?
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    That's pretty impressive temp with the Megahalem. I'm itching to get that... but i really can't complain about with the H50 even if I get 82C during load.
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    So what temps are you getting ? and what temp did u get with Intel stock cooler ? I had tried the Intel stock cooler but thought that the fan noise was terrible even at quiet mode. I had a bad thermal paste so I had to stop stress testing. My problem was that I was using a bad thermal paste...
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    Yes, I agree load is important... but what I really wanted to say is that during normal use, nobody really reaches load temp unless they are stress testing. And like I mentioned before... Although I Idle in the 30's and load temp is like 82C I never reach load temp during normal usage... I...
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    Need a little Core i7 980X overclocking advice

    FYI, I have mine with MP = 31 and vcore = 1.3625. I'm a noob in OC'ing but with the extreme edition why not just play around with MP & vcore. With my H50, It idles in the 30's and Load is in the low 80. I could probably go higher but I'm happy at 4.1GHz. I don't know why the Load is so...
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    ASUS BIOS settings to OC i7 980X ?

    OK, So I had left Prime95 running last night and this morning screen was blank... same scenario as last time... I had to restart PC. Attempted to run Linx by time instead of number of runs... but I could not see how to run by time... so I ran it with run = 500. It generated no errors. I...
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    ASUS BIOS settings to OC i7 980X ?

    LOL - Got it.. In any case, I'm going to re-run Prime95 first and see if I get any errors.