Recent content by tizm

Damn it... I was thinking about doing SLI and looking at the seasonic PSUs. But then I see this and for the price - just can't beat it! Ordered one, thanks OP!

The hammer vice method is safe as long as you take precautions. There are plenty of videos on youtube on how to do it. Then again you use your machine for work so if you can't afford the mistake, don't risk it. Getting one of the corsair hydro coolers will help, sure, but for the price and...

Haswell just runs hot and sucks for overclocking unless you delid and have optimal cooling overall. I don't think there's anything wrong with your cooler or your fans... and realistically changing them out for slightly better will only yield a few degrees difference, if that. The problem...

I'd say anywhere around 1.35-1.37 vcore is ok, as long as the temps don't reach 80 or mid 70's ideally. Personally I use 4.5ghz @ 1.34 volts (LLC / vdroop is minimal so highest it will go is like 1.344 and will underclock to 1.33 ish at times) and temps ranging from 65-70. I could push it more...

Around 25-35. It's weird because one of the cores is almost 10 degrees hotter than the 2 coolest ones - in idle and on load. Based on some of the screenies I've seen, all 4 cores don't fluctuate THAT much... Yup HT is enabled and I was doing a 24 hour blend test. It was weird because when...

I've been stress testing my i7 2600k CPU (with HT on) using prime95 and was just wondering if these were ok temps: Haf X with all fans running max speed Room temp ~70-75 F Prime95 running 12+ hours ~ highest so far on just core#1 is 67 while the rest varies from 55-60 Edit: Overclocked to...

Just curious to see what you guys think. Case - I'm having a tough time deciding between the Haf-X and the Haf 912. There is a world of difference between the prices but from my understanding, the Haf 912 should be able to house a gtx570 and a big cpu cooler like the noctua d14 / thermalright...

Just curious if you'd recommend this over the Haf-X?

Thanks everyone for the replies. I was actually leaning towards the asus along with a Noctua d14 / G.Skill sniper ram so good to know they'll play nice together :) Also it's great to hear that overclocking is fine on both as I read somewhere that Gigabyte's isn't always stable, hence why I...

I'm having a hard time deciding between MSI, ASRock, and Asus z68 mobos. MSI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130597 ASRock http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo Asus http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo Can anyone here recommend which one...