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Joeboo
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Be careful putting together your new Skylake builds
Intel Skylake CPUs are bending under the pressure of some coolers - PC Gamer
Intel Skylake CPUs are bending under the pressure of some coolers - PC Gamer
ronne
Nǐ hǎo, yǒu jīn zi ma?
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"We thought too much force had been applied to the chip by installing one of those coolers with an electric screwdriver."
They fuckin mounted their cooler with a drill, I'm not surprised they broke it.
Big Phoenix
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Tuco
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So this is still a thing =\ and I'm getting tired of rebooting my PC 2-3 times to 'roll the dice' to get good performance just so I can play some fallout 4. Anyone have some fresh ideas of what to try?
gogusrl
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InstallAfterburner - MSI Gaming SeriesMSI Gaming Seriesand log everything. Either your gpu or ram isn't speeding up when needed or you have a random service strangling your cpu or something.
I had problem with my old 6950 where if I started a game with a flash player open in any browser (twitch for example) the gpu clock would be stuck at 600 mhz and I'd get shit fps.
edit :Open Hardware Monitor - Core temp, fan speed and voltages in a free software gadgetis super useful as well.
I had problem with my old 6950 where if I started a game with a flash player open in any browser (twitch for example) the gpu clock would be stuck at 600 mhz and I'd get shit fps.
edit :Open Hardware Monitor - Core temp, fan speed and voltages in a free software gadgetis super useful as well.
Tuco
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cool, thanks, I'll check that out.
I compared GPUZ while it was running at full speed and low speed and got this:
low speed:
full speed:
Note that I ran the full speed one for longer than the low speed one when I took the screenshot. The only thing that stands out is the memory controller load is much higher in the full speed.
I compared GPUZ while it was running at full speed and low speed and got this:
low speed:
full speed:
Note that I ran the full speed one for longer than the low speed one when I took the screenshot. The only thing that stands out is the memory controller load is much higher in the full speed.
jeydax
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Gilgamel
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Anyone want to buy some new GTX 970s? I think I'm just going to get a 980Ti.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 DirectX 12 ZT-90107-10P 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support AMP Extreme Core Edition Video Card - Newegg.comis on the way.
Amazon.com: PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card VCGGTX9704XPB: Computers Accessoriesis here and unopened.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 DirectX 12 ZT-90107-10P 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support AMP Extreme Core Edition Video Card - Newegg.comis on the way.
Amazon.com: PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card VCGGTX9704XPB: Computers Accessoriesis here and unopened.
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Has anyone used Superbiiz before? Used pcpartpicker to pick out my components, the processor was $40 or so less at Superbiiz than anywhere else (other than in person Microcenter, which isn't in my area). Now a week later I'm sitting around with my entire rig built but no processor. The order status says "Released for Distribution" so I sent them an email asking what that meant and what the approximate time would be. The response was basically that means we have the item in stock and a notification was sent out to the warehouse employees/stockers to ship it out but that they were experiencing high volume due to holiday sales. They did not give any indication when it would actually ship. That seems absurd to me, if the item is in stock it should not take over a week to send it out. Frustrating!
Tuco
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the gaps are the history between runs of the benchmarking tool I use (3dmark). In all the screenshots the relevant part is the right side (most recent).
No blue screens, never overclocked.
Lanx
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I bought from them way back in the early 2000's, don't remember much, but i did get the components, if you're wondering if they are a fly by night, i doubt it.
You did all the basic overheating checks right? made sure all fans spin, made sure power supply fan spins, double check and maybe even change out the heatsink/thermal paste on
cpu
video card
MB chip
So I built the rig I posted a few pages back, and everything actually worked. Never done it before and the only thing I'd recommend is install the larger items last because trying to reach around a giant video card and cpu cooler to install a little 3 prong fan connector is endlessly annoying. Also, dont be like me and mount your motherboard directly to the case, and plug everything up before you realize you're supposed to have spacers between the motherboard and case. I also understand why most instruction manuals are in pictures but holy shit still annoying and have never felt so dumb.
Sulrn
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I did something similar last time with an Office Depot that was doing a closeout sale. Paying full retail for something that old though seems silly when the "successors" are similarly priced. Pretty sure I'm going to try a small leap forward with the 500s since I see them going for $30 and the only body difference is that they moved the DPI buttons.