Recent content by BadContrakt

Ok bear with me here. I'm currently living with 45mbps fiber optic DSL provided by CenturyLink and I... Literally.. Don't even know the meaning of lag anymore. I sincerely never disconnect, never lag, never have any internet problems whatsoever. I download at a solid 5-6mbps (which I know isn't...

Y'all think the 3570k is really strong enough to handle the full performance of the 970? (By the way I have it OC to 4.4ghz, I wish PCPartPicker would allow you to show your OC)

Arma III is the biggest game I have problems with. It really pushes my computer. Get like 40-50 FPS on it. Otherwise my build destroys any other game I play.

Based upon my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/BadContrakt/saved/tWVmP6 Would upgrading to a GTX 970 be worth it? I don't want to drop the money for a 980 but if I HAD to I would consider it. Is upgrading to a 970 borderline wasting money or what? I'm having some issues finding benchmarks...

Ok. I have screenshots so this should be EASY for you pros. This is what I know... I have Kingston HyperX ram. The case says BLU on it so I assume it's HyperX Blu HOWEVER my computer is showing that I indeed have 8gigs(2x4gig) of memory and when I try to build my rig on PCPartPicker it doesn't...

Heyo. I'm not the most experienced with computer hardware or compatibility or speeds or anything really. Great with software and actually USING the computer, but not with building. Lol! My question is this... Based on my computer specs... Which should be upgraded first? CPU or GPU, or would...

Heyo. I'm not the most experienced with computer hardware or compatibility or speeds or anything really. Great with software and actually USING the computer, but not with building. Lol! My question is this... Based on my computer specs... Which should be upgraded first? CPU or GPU, or would...

Hmmm I'm using the OC Tweaker option in my bios to overclock my CPU. It's super simple and anyone could do it. However voltages I'm not sure. Maybe I'll just leave it at 4.4 and be safe. My computer destroys all my games besides Arma 3 which I still get 45-60 frames on anyway. Meh. I've never...

Yo yo. I've been slowly working my CPU a little harder and harder. I started at stock 3.4ghz and put it up to 4.0 and watched it for about a week. When I say I "watched it" I mean I opened the WHEA event logger and Core Temp to watch the temps and the voltage. Over the past month I've been...

Ok I got it. I've got Core Temp open and it's running no hotter than 53 degrees, no more than 1.23 volts, and no WHEA errors have been reported. Seems like 4.3 ghz is a solid and safe overclock. I'll run Prime 95 later to be even more sure. Tomorrow I'll repeat the steps for 4.4 ghz and if...

Could you let me know where to look on the Event Viewer to find those WHEA errors? I have the window up but not sure where to look. 1.35 VID ok. And Prime 95 yeah I was planning on running it later tonight for an hour or so while I watch Netflix or something.

My information before was actually incorrect. I'm not sitting at 60 degrees Celsius. I overclocked it to 4.3 and am running Arma on ultra with max temp of 53 degrees on all cores. So as far as cooling, that's no problem. So you say my machine is automatically doing my voltage for me? All I...