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    Please explain expensive motherboards to me.

    much improved dynamic power regulation, VRMs are expensive
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    Help a watercooling noob with his i7 930 and GTX470

    Thanks for the quick response:D I know this post is a bit overwhelming in length, but the topic of watercooling is a bit overwhelming in complexity. It seems to me that we could get a definitive answer by complicating the problem a bit. I haven't studied heat transfer significantly (I'm EE)...
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    Help a watercooling noob with his i7 930 and GTX470

    I currently have a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R with an Intel i7 930 and a Corsair H50 cooler. These components are installed in a Corsair 800D case. I recently overclocked my processor to 4.2GHz, here are my system settings. CPU Vcore = 1.2875V (level 2 load line calibration) CPU clock drive =...
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    The desktop just crashed. The screen became "checkered". I wasn't doing anything intensive. I transferred a ~40,000kb video of Crysis crashing from my Droid to my uploads folder. I began watching the video and the system crashed after 5 seconds. I had to physically turn off the system since...
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I made a mistake earlier, I do not have Corsair XMS3. I have two kits of Corsair Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D, which is rated for 8-8-8-24-2 @ 1600MHz @ 1.65V. I cleared my cmos and removed all of my DDR3, except for the module corresponding to DDR3_1 in Channel 0. I went into my BIOS and...
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I'm pretty sure its measuring the voltage. The Orange Rail (+5V) is almost exactly at +5V on the graph and appears invariant. Likewise, the darker Green Rail (+3.3V) is almost exactly at +3.3V on the graph and the Red Rail (+1.52V) is almost exactly at +1.5V. They both appear invariant...
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    Any thoughts on why the 12V voltage reading in the BIOS would be significantly different from the voltage reading conducted during the Sandra SiSoftware Burn-In Test? The BIOS is showing 12.365V for the +12V rail, while Sandra is showing a dynamic voltage of 2.00V to 2.81V (2.40V avg) I...
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    Also, Windows 7 is not recognizing my 1.5TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDDs. However, they are recognized in the BIOS. Here are some screen shots. My Computer (showing only the Intel X25-M 80GB SSD) Devices and Printers screen shots. It appears the HDDs are recognized as hardware :hmm...
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I completed the Sandra SiSoftware Performance Index. Here are the results. (GPU drivers are not installed)
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I also have GPU Observer running. Here's a screen shot. I assume GPU Observer is not recognizing the GTX470, because no GPU drivers are installed.
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I completed the Sandra SiSoftware Analysis and Advice. Here are the results. (GPU drivers are not installed) I currently have CoreTemp running. Here's a screen shot.
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I completed the Sandra SiSoftware burn-in. Here are the results. (GPU drivers are not installed). I think my PSU might be shot, any thoughts? It's interesting that my motherboard thinks the 12V rail is at 12.365V, while Sandra observed it below 3V.
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    Significant display artifacts + System Crashing! Please Help! (videos)

    I recently built myself a custom computer for multiphysics simulations and light gaming. System Specs -Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit -Intel Core i7 930 (NO OC, Corsair H50 cooler) -Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0 -EVGA nVidia GTX470 (NO OC, Stock cooler) -(6x) Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator DDR3...
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    Multiphysics Simulation / Numerical Optimization Workstation

    I don't think I have the room for a cluster. Assuming I should focus on memory, what processor(s) would you recommend (i7 or Xeon)?
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    Recommended hardware for Multiphysics Simulation/Numerical Optimization Workstation

    Hello Anandtech members:biggrin: I am an engineering student at Purdue University and am currently working on a research project related to the fatigue behavior of loudspeakers. I am interested in building a linux workstation, which uses CalculiX FEA software to solve a fully coupled system...
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    Multiphysics Simulation / Numerical Optimization Workstation

    Being a full time student, I do not have a large budget. We'll see how much money I'll be able to scrape together. I recently placed the vast majority of my loudspeaker drivers up for sale to finance this project. I should be able to manage $1500-2000, MAYBE $4000. I am aware that FEA...
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    Multiphysics Simulation / Numerical Optimization Workstation

    Hello Anandtech members:biggrin: I am an engineering student and am currently working on a research project related to the fatigue behavior of loudspeakers. I am interested in building a linux workstation which is capable of solving a fully coupled system model (acoustic, mechanical...