How did you get that fan speed vs. temp graph on your ASRock board? I cant find it in my UEFI. It is a tuning software you have to download from ASRock, called ASrock Extreme Tuning Utlity(AXTU) under the utility section, Once you open that up it have a Fan control tab where you can set your Fan sp...
OK.. I've been thinking about this a bit more, and I've figured out that I've been looking at Haswell from the wrong direction entirely. When they pulled that demo with Haswell running at less than 10 watts, my brain started grinding and now I've got it: Haswell is not meant to compete with AMD, Ha...
An Ivy Bridge CPU's TJmax is 105C so 100 is actually surviveable for short amount of time and it have built in throttling feature to save it at that temperature, but you definately need to have to pay closer attention to your hardware next time. I set up my temperature monitoring system(RealTemp) to...
Apologies for the delay, finally put everything together and I posted Pictures(there will be more) and Benchmarks on front page, but for those who don't want to go over there to look, here it is: The whole thing took me a week plus to put together mainly because the PH-TC14PE installation was a nigh...
Need you guys to help me with some troubleshooting: Everything apart from my discrete GPU works just fine, 12V/5V/3V stat in Bios are good so not a PSU issue, everything else on mobo works fine so don't seem like a faulty mobo to me. PCIE3.0 slot is shown to be "empty" when I run the ...
Does your cooler require any modifications to the bracket? If so, don't install the motherboard or anything that will obstruct the motherboard. Yeah after reading through all the user manuals it seems like I better wait till tomorrow to put everything together. More photos tomorrow after I finish t...
Update: All items are now either already in hand or are in transit. ETA for everything other the the CPU and SSD is tomorrow, those two are ordered today and ETA is Friday.
I am vacuuming my room today, and will download drivers/read manuals/ upload some photos Thursday.
Updated Page 1 with the Item list->Final & the beginning of my Build Log. Will be updating it when the rest of my items comes in next week and there will be Photos and Benchmarks
I was thinking about the 212 Evo, however I do have the budget for something that allows me to push the OC further If that's what you want. What RAM are you using? That Pantech may cause RAM clearance problems in the first slot because of its dual heatsink design. Make sure you research your RAM he...
Go with option #1. I still think you could save $45 and get the Hyper 212 EVO for $30 on sale right now, 840 reviews with a 5 star rating don't lie, but whatever... I was thinking about the 212 Evo, however I do have the budget for something that allows me to push the OC further. While 14PE at $75 ...
Threads merged. It is possible to keep the $50 in your pocket or to spend it on a good game instead of hardware. This. Although the Corsair Obsidian 650D is in that +$50 range, too... I actually have another $100 laying around for those games if necssary(only plan on playing BF3 and my 10 dozen old...
In all seriousness I don't want to bump a 105 post topic, but with change in my budget due to sales and discounts I really needed your opinion on 3 upgrade options: Hi, I have majority of a build set: Category Item NewEgg Processor Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz $229.99 Storage Samsung 830 256G $198.99 ...
-Sound card(Mobo audio is good enough): -48.99 - Drop the SSD(-198.99) to fund your H100(+104.99): -94 New Total: $1245.02, fits neatly into your budget and does everything you need. Disagree with those. If you have nice(er) speakers/headphones, a sound card can certainly improve things. If you're ...
Here you go: http://techreport.com/articles.x/23422 TR's editors may not understand how to stick to a $900 budget, but they have selected some tasty hardware for you. If I were the OP I'd take this $1533 Editor's choice build: http://techreport.com/articles.x/23422/6 and drop stuff you don't need: ...
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=Thor+V2&x=0&y=0 Thor V2 imo is one of the cheapest Full towers priced at $139 Canadian and you get 3 230mm fan & 1 140mm fan, it have been rated as one of the b...
The smaller width won't cause shorting issues. It just means that rather than 3 rows of screws like a standard ATX motherboard it has just the first 2 rows and some PCB hanging off from the second row. Yes, the PCB will flex whan you plug in connectors that are beyond that second row, this can be e...
Before anyone suggest I post this in my system builder post, I already said in that post that my build in set and I won't post there anymore as it is already too long and my build is all set. This is a generic ASRock Extreme 4 Motherboard question not concerning a specific built which imo is better ...
So that leaves one thing I haven't pulled the trgger on yet: Monitor ASUS VG276H 27” 120Hz $599.99 The Asus screen to get is the VG278H. Overall, it is the best general-purpose 120Hz screen at the 27" size, and that's as large as they go. The Samsung SA27950D offers a visibly better panel (fas...
This is my first PC and I want to hear as many opinion on it as possible to optimize my chance at success, if that somehow offends you I want to say I am sorry but I can't [I mean this in the nicest way possible] The fact of the matter is that there is no "perfect" combination of componen...
It's not all steel- the front and top are all plastic. I did do some research before posting :). Performance won't be identical in a testing scenario, but the system won't be louder nor will it overclock less. Effectively the same performance in a smaller package. Further the Thor V2 is a giant ope...
Looking at the Thor V2: primarily, it's much larger, slightly heavier (3lbs), much lower quality build, and uses only mesh to protect fans/filter. Also, it's more expensive. You can expect near identical performance, if you don't break the case putting it together or moving it :). The weight is uni...
This thread has turned into the zombie apocalypse of SBA. The post whoring of the OP over one build is mind blowing. I'm interested now in what other threads develop over this build, what color mouse pad should I buy and how does it compare to Brand Y. So when I post questions in other subforums I ...
That's actually (mostly) what I was suggesting. I only added a side panel fan to help cool a second GPU, otherwise it's not needed. Also, the integrated water-coolers don't need maintenance- they just work. Bolt an H60 or H80 to the back and call it done; you have a positive pressure setup with thr...
OK so your budget is 1400/1.12= 1250 Candian Dollars, I will base it off my build and look for items on newegg.ca(in Canadian Dollars), ncix might be cheaper but I never used that site before. Processor : Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz $235 Memory : G.Skill Ares F3-1600C8D-8GAB(2X4) 8G $43.99 (16G is o...
My friend helped me build this, on newegg.ca Intel Core i5-3570k $234.99 Cooler Master HAF 932 $113.99 (It was combo'ed with the ram) G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) $90.99 2x Seagate Barracuda ST3750525AS 750GB 7200RPM SATA 6GB Internal $139.98 for both Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2G...
My budget is $1400 CANADIAN (With taxes, taxes are 12%) (preferably less but I will go higher for the right equipment) Must have: i5-3570k Full tower (with spot for water cooling) Corsair H100 water cooling system I prefer a tower that looks cool, but thats not a requirement. Multi-Screen GPU would...
With just one GPU, at most you can use a fan in that bottom spot blowing straight up into the GPU intake, assuming a FTW or similar blower. I used the side-panel spot as an additional intake due to a CF setup which worked extremely well; hell, the bottom card was 10c lower than the top one, but tha...
