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1. Have you connected the 8-pin (or 2x4-pin) ATX power cable to the motherboard? The slot is usually located just above the CPU socket. 2. Have you connected the two (2) PCI-E power cables to the graphics card? If you have, try another DVI/HDMI-slot. I had the same problem too, but switching...

I have a R9 270X and a 600W power supply with 6-pin PCI-E cables with splitters that read 'SLI ready'. My card needs two 6-pin connectors. Can I use this cable + splitter to power a single card, or should I use two separate PCI-E connectors?

Thermalright True Spirit 120M BW rev A, hands down. Same performance, but a bit cheaper.

I have a case with 8 fan slots (2 side, 2 front, 2 top, 1 rear, 1 bottom), all 120mm. I have 2 BitFenix Spectres installed (front intake and rear exhaust) and just got a new pair of them, so I have 4 in total. How would YOU install the remaining 2 fans?

EDIT: Glad you got it fixed. :)

I'd underclock the memory to 667 (you'll be overclocking the memory too when you raise the FSB) and then give the CPU a 400MHz overclock first. Go for higher clocks if your temps look good and you're stable as a rock. You might need to play with the voltages tho. Take note, that you need to...

Yes, it will most likely idle under 30c. Can't guarantee a full-load temp under 50c as I have no idea how hot those chips get. You might also want to take a look at Thermalright's True Spirit 120M BW rev.A. Same performance, but a bit cheaper. Oh, and VERY quiet.

Alright, cooling looks fine. The Q6600s are usually good chips for sure, usually achieving a 1GHz overclock easily. You just need to make sure your RAM is up to par and your motherboard will supply enough power to the CPU.

It depends on what cooler you have - I wouldn't do any kind of overclocking with the stock cooler. I had a Core2Duo E8400 and could do a +700MHz overclock without voltage changes easily with an aftermarket cooler. However, the performance increase was marginal. DayZ is a very CPU-heavy game -...

I once had a custom heat sink fan attached with a string that I tied between the heat sink blades. Not sure I can recommend doing that, but it definitely worked like a charm. :D

Here's a little performance/temps spreadsheet I made for both stock and overclock settings. I think I'll go with the 4.0GHz OC, since I would be sacrificing 15% of temps for a marginal 4% performance gain. Thanks for the help! EDIT: Last line in 'Speed comparison' should be "Set 2 runs 4%...

Thermalright TRUE Spirit 120M(BW) Rev.A. Max temp @4.0GHz is <70c, @4.2GHz it may be over 80c. Will I even notice an FPS boost with a +200MHz bump in the OC?

I ran some tests and benchmarks with 4.0GHz and 4.2GHz OCs. The 4.2 OC is just 4% faster than the first one, but runs over 10 degrees hotter. Is it really worth it to push it to 4.2GHz, if all I do is gaming?

What do you guys think about ASRock's optimized OC presets? I'm getting rock-solid stability with them - i5-4670K @ 4.4 GHz, temps max 70c per core. Tflops only at 63 per test atm, but I must try nagasama's tip and install SP1. Are these presets safe, or do they have the bad habit of...