Recent content by euheide

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    Enclosed Vs Open Graphics Card

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    Does it make sense to buy 1866 Mhz ddr3 RAM if you're not going to overclock your 4790k?

    I have a little trouble keeping up with the terminology but I assume the 1.0vcore is the default voltage (no overclock) heheh. Yes, that is the plan. What would be an example of such a board? I have a lot of trouble coming up with boards that meet the criteria I need. Most of the z97 boards on...
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    Does it make sense to buy 1866 Mhz ddr3 RAM if you're not going to overclock your 4790k?

    I'm going to buy a 4790k but not going to overclock it (its stock clock speed is faster than the 4790, that's why I'm not going for the latter) The mobo I'm going to buy says its native clock speeds are either 1333 or 1600 mhz, and the cpu itself states a maximum of 1600 mhz. Does it make sense...
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    asus z97a vs asus hero vII vs, gigabyte gaming 5

    The 4790k is not a good overclocker but it's still better than the 4790 at stock speed.
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    My Bios setup doesn't accept my overclock (Gigabyte Motherboard)

    Hello, My Bios setup keeps resetting the CPU Host Control to "disabled", effectively nullifying any changes I try to make to the CPU frequency. What happens is I go on Setup, change the CPU Host Control to enabled, and the option to change the CPU frequency becomes available, but as soon as...
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    What CPU parameters do I need to respect for it to be compatible with my mainboard

    I'm considering a CPU upgrade but I don't know what CPUs my mainboard supports. How does one learn this information? Thank you very much! :) My mainboard: GA-X48-DQ6 My current CPU: Core 2 quad q9300