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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    Look I did say the Corsair AX860 is perfect for me, and that I was thinking about ordering another. Lehtv - you just seemed very concerned over the matter. And please dont call me wealthy sleepingforest =D I'm earning below minimum wage as I'm doing an apprenticeship atm. My rig specs show that...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    ME: I don't care about those cons, they really do not affect me! The 860 is cheaper than the 760 in UK a lot of the time and was when I ordered it. I was pretty set on that Corsair line of PSU's for efficiency, reliablility, quality, looks, silence and the option of using corsair braided cables...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    leh tv - No offence but why do you care so much about my PSU being overpowered? I never questioned what size PSU to buy. Im not justifying anything. I had the money to buy a high wattage PSU. Its irrelevant that my reasons are "what if's". Id rather not have to spend another £130 pounds on a new...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    Again thank you for the help everyone. But to be honest it wasnt the wattage of PSU I was asking, more about the silence. lehtv - The AX860 is only about £20 more than Seasonic 650W PSU's, so that's not paying a lot more. And even then, I dont mind paying more. Strangely the AX760 was a...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    Yes that's true, but only if I was planning to stay with mid range components. This is my first build and its already a few years old. Soon Ill be getting either a 3770k or a high end Haswell chip as well as a 780 or 8970 (whenever they come out). So I'd prefer to spend just that little bit more...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    Thanks for the helpful replies. Even though I ordered the AX860 with next day delivery it still didn't arrive :twisted: That XFX does look very nice lehtv, is the same as the Seasonic's. That's the thing though, it would have just a high a chance of having coil whine as the Corsair because...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    Because I'm in the UK I usually order from Amazon or Ebuyer. Thanks for the recommendations. I figured it was either Corsair or Seasonic for me, and being that they are both practically the same I went for what had the best features for me. Took a gamble and ordered another Corsair AX860 :eek...
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    Need PSU advice, silence is important =D

    Hi there. I'm in the market for a new PSU to replace my Corsair TX650W. The main reason for this is that my current PSU has a loud fan and whistles a little :mad: I actually bought a Corsair AX860 about a month ago. It was perfect, but after a day it began to coil whine whilst on idle which is...
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    OC 955 to 3.8ghz as well as RAM...

    Yep its the C3 revison. Cooling it with a BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced cooler. Silent as well =D Kind of off topic question. When I download Prime95 I can run it no problems. But after closing Prime95 I can never find it anywhere on my computer again. So every time I want to use it I have to...
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    OC 955 to 3.8ghz as well as RAM...

    I have OC my 955BE to 3.83ghz with a voltage of 1.38/1.39 on load. The voltage when it is idling is about 1.42 sometimes a little less. Not sure why the voltage changes from idle to load but it works well. Done all the overclocking in the BIOS. All I did was up the bus speed to 239, left the...
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    No idea how to oc it in the bios. Atm I have just returned it to its stock clock speed. I do get 4 fps more in Skyrim but to be fair I dont really need it. I'd rather not lose the 2 fps in Battlefield 3. What programmes and games would run faster with it overclocked?
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    My mobo is the Asus m4a87td usb3. All I did was change the clock speed from 3.2 to 3.8 in the AMD catalyst control center. I then tested with Prime95 for 2 hours and it never went above 52C on load. The voltage changes quite a bit. Would like to keep the voltage stable and fix it down in the...
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    Yep its the C3 version. My GPU is the 6970 so is that really bottlenecking it? In Skyrim with the OC I get about 4 more fps but in other games and benches I get slightly less. How do I change the voltage in the bios or any other way?
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    Right this is strange. I benched heaven with OC and without. With an OC to 3.8 I got 43.3 average. With no OC so a stock speed of 3.2 I got 44.1 average. I then went on BF3 and in the same exact place on a map with everything the same, the OC result was down 1-2FPS. Think Ill just keep it at...
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    Also 1.44 seems like a high voltage for 3.8 especially since I haven't changed the voltage. Runs at 1.47 when its idling. Will this damage anything? I guess it should be fine as I haven't changed it.
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    Yeh I dont really wanna mess about in the bios just yet. What would be the benefits of tightening the voltage down and not having any spiking?
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    Overclocked AMD 955BE to 3.8, stock voltage

    Hi guys. Just overclocked my 955 for the first time. Its being cooled by a 'Be Quiet Dark Rock Advanced'. I used the catalyst control center as it was very simple. All I did was run auto tune which seemed like it did nothing then manually up the speed from 3.2 to 3.8. I didn't touch the voltage...
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Yeh I might email them just to ask whats up with it. The other ports probably work, but the port assigned is the display port. Wonder if there is a way to select the other ports. 96Firebird - What do you mean by some DP adaptors are finicky? The one I have is by 'startech cables' and seems...
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Sorted now. Turns out the 6970 wasn't outputting through dvi. It was only outputting through the display ports. Weird. No idea how to fix it so I just bought a display port to hdmi adaptor. Cheers for all the help guys.
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Dont have any other computers which are capable of running it though. May have to take it to the local computer repair place near me and see if it works for one of his systems.
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Just plugged in a HDTV and still no display, so I dont think its my monitor. Ive now put my old 6870 gpu in and connected it through the HDMI to DVI adaptor and thats working. So its not the adaptor. Just dont know what else to do. I read online about a guy with a similar problem with his 6970...
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    My monitor only has a HDMI port. I could get a display port to hdmi cable but dont know if that would fix it. Yeh your right it does seem like a simple cable issue but I still dont know what. Even plugging in my other DVI monitor with a DVI cable didnt work though.
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Not sure if I have. Why?
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Old card works fine with hdmi. Only difference with this card is im using a hdmi to dvi adaptor at the gpu end. really clueless as to what is wrong. power cables are now fine, pc beeps as normal on startup, everything else sounds as if its running fine, hdmi is connected to monitor. will come...
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Dont see anything during post. Nothing. just hear the one beep. my screen which is a Samsung searches through all the connections/inputs and just keeps searching. i think its the drivers as ive probs f*cked them up unistalling them. whats the correct method of unistalling and reinstalling new...
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    I have a feeling its to do with the drivers. I have probably unistalled the old driver completely wrong. Surely if theres no driver the new 6970 wouldnt be able to display anything?
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    just tried my other monitor which is purely DVI and it still showed no display.
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    problem is my monitor doesnt have a DVI output, only HDMI. I have a DVI monitor that Ill try. The Asus 6970 doesn't have HDMI inputs on the back unfortunately. i think my PC is fine, it sounds like it boots fine and the HDD is showing activity. just nothing on the screen.
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Stupid me. Yep just connected the 4 extra pins meaning they're both 8 pin now. but still no display. Only get one beep now on startup so no problems there. I was using HDMI before with my old card. Now Im using a HDMI to DVI adapter for the 6970. Is this why Im not getting any display? or is it...
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    I have a feeling its my PSU. From what I've read online the 6970 needs two 8 pin PCIE power connectors to work. And upon further inspection of the GPU it has two slots 8 pin PCIE connectors. My PSU only has two 6 pin PCIE power connectors which is what i used with my old 6870. Is this the issue?
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    reseated it twice already. The power connectors are fully in
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    New Asus 6970, black screen 4 beeps - help

    Just installed my new Asus Direct CU 6970 card and when I boot I get a black screen with one long beep then 3 short beeps. Now I hope its a simple problem, probably is because this is my first time upgrading my GPU. My previous GPU was a Sapphire 6870. I uninstalled the driver through device...
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    Should a new video card be 'grubby'?

    My Sapphire 6870 looks exactly like the photo of your card, with a white looking residue like substance. Nothing to worry about, ViRGE's explanation seems good. I have always wondered what that is on my GPU.
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

    Cheers. The patch has made it run much better, rarely goes below 30fps now =D ActionParsnip - what will those do? I know one shows my fps. Not too sure what folder I'd put it in or how to create that file type.
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

    Ok thanks for all the info everyone. But could you answer my question about the patch, I went through the install wizard so is Crysis now running 1.2?
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

    I just have it set on "use application setting". What about the fan speed, should I leave this at 30%?
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

    Just wondering if I have some setting in the catalyst control center holding the performance back? Also, should I put the GPU fan up to 100% as its only at 30% now?
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

    Ok cheers Ill try that. I just downloaded the patch and installed it using the install wizard. Is the patch now installed? The version was 1.2 which I think is the latest?
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

    Ok cheers but why is the fps so inconsistent?
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    New 6870 - low fps on Crysis

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