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Sorry, one minor correction. The BIOS was set to enable Turbo Boost but the max multipliers were set to Auto (there were numbers beside each setting which I mistook for the setting under the Auto option.) When I manually set the Core 0 and Core 1 to 44, Core 2 to 43 and Core 3 to 42, now when...

I'm running Prime 95 Small FTT test. I set the BIOS to enable turbo boost. The max multiplier for Core 0 and 1 are 44, then core 2 is 43 and Core 3 is 42. My Windows 8.1 power plan is set to balanced. When I run Prime95, all 4 cores are reading 4.3895 GHz. Why is that. I thought under...

So I have a an L4 processor. I lowered the CPU voltage from 1.26v to 1.12v. Doesn't make any difference at IDLE, but now when I run Prime95 Small FFTs (26.6) my temperatures are: At LOAD using Prime 26.6 Small FFTs for a couple of hours: Core 0: 62-64c Core 1: 61-63c Core 2: 61-64c Core 3...

should I test the CPU using Aida64... I'm not familiar with that program and always used Prime95 in the past

Hi all, I put together my new build 2 days ago. I have an i7-4790k CPU, Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC. My ambient temp is 22-22.5c. All BIOS settings are at default. The Core Voltage is 1.26v as reported by CPU-Z. Temps are reported by...

OK, here's my latest list of components. What do you think? $279.99 Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz LGA 1150 (microcenter) $119.99 Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 LGA 1150 ATX Intel MB (microcenter) $89.99 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 Model F3-14900CL8D-8GBXM (newegg) $299.99...

Both the cases suggested are rather boring looking... i wanted to get something a little nicer looking... brushed aluminum or white. Any suggestions for a good case that can fit a 290X under $150?

Microcenter has the following bundles: i7-4790K & GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 for $400 i7-4790K & ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 for $365 i5-4690K & GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 for $320 i5-4690K & ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 for $285

@ t3nn1spr3p: Are there any negatives to using the Intel Core i7-4790K? I figured given the price (only $40 more than the i5-4690K at newegg) and the bundle savings of $60 for buying a motherboard at Microcenter that the cost would be same and I would get a more powerful CPU. As far as the...

Approximate Purchase Date: this week Budget Range: approximately $1500 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing the web, office applications Are you buying a monitor: No Parts to Upgrade: All Do you need to buy OS: Yes Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon, microcenter...

So far I have removed my eSata bracket, removed my sound card, disconnected my DVD RW drive and I still receive the BSOD on start-up. I have checked for DMP logs by putting my HDD in another PC as a secondary drive but the DMP files I see are over 2 years old. I am going to try popping in...

I can't get into windows in order to update any drivers. I also disabled my onboard LAN to see if that would let me into windows but i still got BSOD.

The PC that I built 7 years ago keeps giving me a Blue screen of death as windows vista loads. The PC was running fine up until 2 days ago. Now I can't even get into Window normally or via safe mode. I receive the following BSOD info: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP: 0X000000D1...