Recent content by cpc143

LOL @ shortstuff. I'm laughing 'cause I figured that out this morning. Didn't need any instructions. This bios is very user friendly. Found the XMP in advanced settings in 2 minutes. Reading 1600 now. Thanks again.

Ahhh, that's what I thought you meant. As I said, I "dressed" those wires in the back before I installed the GPU. Out of sight out of mind. My oversight completely. I will fix it. W7: I'm used to using the desktop as...well...as a DESKTOP. That's the whole idea of a desktop. In W7...

Hi shortstuff, thanks for your input. Not sure what you mean about the GPU connectors...The 770 connectors aren't long enough by themselves, so I did what looked obvious. I must've missed something. Is what you mean, pull the connectors off the GPU and plug the hard-wired PSU ones into the...

Build is complete, runs great, looks awesome. Ok, how do I upload pictures here? Vel? Thx, Chris

Ok, build went well, Bios set up easy, everything working very well, & W7 Pro 64 bit installed easily 142 updates!!). One problem: I have 2 drives. One Samsung SSD 256GB and one Western 2TB HDD. I intentionally left the HDD disconnected so W7 would make the SSD the boot drive...as...

Updating a Bios often leads to more features and a more stable system. There are reasons that the manufacturers go to the trouble of offering them and creating sites for that purpose. With that said, I just installed the same Asus z87 MoBo in a new build. Have not done 1st boot yet, but am...

Steam sux. Period. Today is a good example. I bought Portal 2 from Amazon ($16.99) and started installing at 3:45 PST. It, of course forces Steam's involvement. It is now (5:45) finally patching and still has 1.5 hours to go. That's 3.5 hours just to install. Without Steam, it would take...

Too late...I already ordered an i7. Why do you say that? You didn't answer my question. Bigger overall performance improvement with SLI or OC? One OS, so no partitions. I can always change that later if needed. OS and programs on the SSD, everything else on the HDD.

Been wondering, is there more performance improvement...say in big games like Crysis3....with a gtx 770 SLI set-up or overclocking a i7 4770k say to 4.5gz. (assuming all temps are under control of course).

Vel: Again, do you mean FORMAT? Or am I missing something (again)? I am not familiar with the term "wipe". How does one Format a drive before the OS is installed? Use another PC? If so, I would need an external enclosure or an available SATA harness, right? Thx, Chris