Recent content by Jagd99

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    AMD R9 290 -- expectations unmet

    I bought a Radeon R9 290 (Sapphire) from Newegg in late 2013. I never OC'd, because I just don't care that much about the extra performance and I've always been of the opinion (maybe mistakenly) that doing so just shortens the life of your video card. Well, this past weekend my computer...
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    Concern about temperature of FX-8350

    Thanks for the comments. I won't stress over the temperature too much then. I may drop in a new exhaust fan for the top of the case and see if that doesn't lower the temp a few degrees, but that's it.
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    Concern about temperature of FX-8350

    Greetings all. I am running an AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4ghz (AM3+) in a full-sized tower case. The tower case is a few years old now (think I bought it back in 2008), but I love the ample room in it and the massive fans that it has, and so I've held on to it through multiple rebuilds of my gaming...