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I'm building my first pc. The mobo i will be using is a x570 crosshair 8 hero and the ram i have ordered is this https://www.newegg.ca/g-skill-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232880?Item=N82E16820232880 Now after reading this article...

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I have read that evga has a lifetime warranty on gpu's with registration of your product. Yet when i visited their site to confirm it doesn't appear that;s the case anymore. It appears graphics cards can have anywhere from a 1 to 3 year warranty depending on model and that you can purchase an...

Ha! To be honest that might be the best advice i have got on the forums. Honestly I probably pretty much know just enough to be dangerous lol. The goal is to extend the relevancy of the sytem another year not screw it up or damage it.......

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Hey all, I just overclocked my i7 3820 to 4.3ghz last night. And today i realized my ddr 3 kingston hyper x beast 2400mhz ram was actually running at 1333mhz! My mobo is a gigabyte x79 up4 that supports 2133mhz ram. So i did a little research and realized I needed to enable Xmp to get full...

Thanks for the advice. I overclocked the cpu last night to 4.3ghz by simply changing the modifier. Then i saw your response today. It actually made me remember something. I was sure i had purchased better ram then 1333mhz. I didn't build this rig, i picked out the parts and had a local company...

Ok guys here's my tired old system specs, I am from a very small town so don't really have a shop i can go to for this type of advice. Disclaimer all dollar amounts are in canadian dollars. i7 3820 not overclocked. Gigabyte x79 up 4 660 ti 16gb ram (4x4 in quad channel, still have 4 open...