Recent content by Bencenum

Tºcore is usually 5ºC higher than Tºcase, so anything lower than 77ºC core is within Intel guidelines. By the way, the CPU doesn't go to 4000MHz because of the TDP limit, not the thermal limit. If you want to tinker with the BIOS settings, perhaps you can lower the core voltage, so the lower...

950 is better, it mantains almost the same fps in Metro LL at very high settings than the 670 in Metro 2033 at high settings with 4x MSAA (probably you can quit the MSAA and set to very high textures and have the same fps), both @ 1080p. Also it has better memory compression, so it would be...

You can enable freesync or not, it's just a monitor feature, so if you have it disabled (as comes by default) there shouldn't be any problem. It's a Display Port technology, as Adaptive-Sync, so if you don't use DP you are bypassing this possible problem entirely. However, I wouldn't hesitate to...

What's the maximum storage capacity supported by W10? And also, is there a limit on the number of drives supported? I haven't found anything useful about that in Microsoft's help pages, not even a real technical specifications sheet, so I will thank any help on this topic.

What PSU do you have now? Nvidia says you will need a 500w PSU. Surely any PSU with 25A or more in the 12v rail will work.

Hi, it seems a very good rig to play at 1080p. Among well known brands, there is a cheaper memory kit available with the same specs: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1609ds1s00 But that´s a minor suggestion, mainly I recommend buying a SSD. It changes user experience...

Amps? That's a strange question. The CPU, at 1,122v, will draw 38 amps at load (44W), 16 amps while downloading something from internet and 12 amps at idle, with some web pages opened. At full load 55,5 amps, and with a power virus (something like Prime95) it can reach 78 amps. Of course, if...

They will work together. There are much cheaper HDDs at that capacity, so unless you will make a lot of writes in it, go for one of them. Don't expect to be able to increase the voltage with that cooler. If you don't plan to do that, no problem. I think Asus Maximus mobos are overpriced. If...

You are right, it isn't worth it buying a Z77 motherboard just to make sure the RAM will be at its full potential. I'll go with the H77 then. Thank you.

I would like to revive an "old" 3770 I have, but the only M-ITX Z77 motherboards I can find in my country are really overpriced. I don't care about CPU OCing, as it's locked, but I don't want to convert the 2133 RAM I have into a 1333 kit. If I can use the 2133 XMP setting in H77, I will just...