Recent content by Gee_Simpson

Looks like I can hit 5ghz afterall :) Getting averages of mid 70's on Cinebench and Realbench, with peaks of 80C on 1 or 2 cores. Reducing the uncore seems to have helped. I can run Prime95 but it has to be with AVX turned off. It seems like an unrealistic stress test though compared to the others.

Okay, I'll keep it for now to see if I can reach 5ghz. I have until 31st January to send it back. I signed up to the Asus Rog forums so may ask around there. I downloaded Realbench and done both tests, all fine at 4.9ghz, not tried that program at 5ghz yet.

Thanks, I'll take a look around. I've never OC'd a CPU in my life and didn't know what programs to test it with. If I can't get it to 5ghz all core I may return it to amazon for a replacement.

@Karadjgne Just an update. I have everything set up and running smoothly, unfortunately I can't hit 5ghz on all cores, I get a BSOD very quickly during Prime95 tests. Best I can do is 4.9ghz all core which has kind of disappointed me a little.

Thanks for your help (y) That's not a picture of my PC btw incase you were wondering, I was just using it for illustrative purposes :giggle: I should have this all installed later, hopefully it performs well.

@Karadjgne So I'll be installing the RAD at the front of the case and have the fans as intakes. Do I place the fans as pictured or do I place them at the other side of the RAD? I purchased the H115i Platinum btw, so I have the nice RGB :giggle:

Thanks a lot, helpful as always :)

@Karadjgne Hi, so it seems this is out of stock everywhere. I'm thinking of just going for the Corsair H115i Platinum. Now there is a big difference in price here £80 vs £130 but would you say the Corsair would probably be a more reliable purchase? Also, I would hope it would perform similarly...

Yeah I would have normally done so but as it's a busy period at the moment I thought I'd try and do it this way, as it will most likely be quicker. I had assembled most of the PC so I was disappointed to have spotted this, I want to get it up and running ASAP.

Because I wanted it a little quicker I have ordered the same product directly from the site that was selling the item via amazon, cost £1.99 more but that's fine. I will send the damaged one back for a refund. I should probably receive the new one on Friday if it gets sent on Thursday unless...

Thanks. I'll send it back then. Hopefully it doesn't take too long!

Thanks. It was indeed purchased as 'new' from amazon. If it wouldn't affect the performance then I'm considering keeping it but I would agree that it shouldn't be like that. It's my first time building a PC and I've nearly completed all of it now so I was wanting to give it a shot but maybe I...

I was installing my new Arctic Liquid Freezer II AIO and noticed a dent in the side of the rad. Is this enough to affect it? Should I send it back?

Lets hope the one I bought doesn't break!

I just bought the new Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 for my new i9 9900k. Great thing about it is the price and apparently Arctic have built this from the ground up, it's their own design, not the usual Asetek build. It's getting amazing reviews too, seems a good one. 2 year warranty isn't the...