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    Is battlefield 1 really that cpu intensive?

    I have a xeon x5647 (4c8t 3ghz westmere, performs close to a Non-K haswell i5) paired with a msi r9 290 i am not having any bottlenecks in games that use all 8 threads (most of them max out my cpu aswell 90-100% usage, and my gpu usage hovers around 70-80%) with games that only use 4 threads. I...
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    Dell t3500's xeon x5647 getting hot

    my cpu also gets recognized a x5670 in almost all programs but in the bios it says that it is the x5647 (which it is) is this normal? the x5670 has 6 cores and 12 threads and my cpu (x5647) has 4 cores and 8 threads
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    Dell t3500's xeon x5647 getting hot

    i have a x5647 with a 130 watt tdp and while stress testing or running a program that requires a lot of cpu power the cpu gets above 80c within 20 minutes. i have the 130 watt tdp cooler with the copper. should i just ghetto mount a fan to it? it has no fan on the heatsink as standard. the max...
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    Using a GTX 770 2gb with 525w psu

    I could also undervolt the gpu @epicness937 @madmatt30
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    Using a GTX 770 2gb with 525w psu

    Hi, i have a dell precision t3500 with a xeon x5647 and a 525 watt dell psu. i want to put my gtx 770 2gb card in it. the problem is that my psu does not have a 8pin pcie connector. is it ok if i just plug a 6pin in the 8pin connector on the gpu? the gpu has a tdp of 220 watts, pci slot...
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    Updating an Old System (275 GTX FTW Edition)

    why dont you buy a 1070 or 1060