Recent content by Learath2

The thing is I am not sure if Gene is worth the extra 80$

Can't seem to decide between the two for my mATX build. ASUS is known to have terrible customer service so I normally try to avoid them.

This got buried way faster then I expected. I still don't have any idea if the card is defective or not.

The mobo has caused me problems before but I am not sure if it can cause a BSOD. It has two blown SATA ports that aren't on the Southbridge and sometimes bootloops.

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600 MB: Gigabyte GA-PH67-UD3-B3 RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator 8x2GB GPU: ASUS R9 290X Ram and GPU are a league above Mobo and CPU I know the 2400Mhz ram isn't supported but it looks like it downclocks fine. This is actually all for a new build but I've been testing the...

I have this card for a month now and its a reference ASUS R9 290X. Before I watercool this card I want to be sure its actually stable. I seem to get a totally random BSOD with code 0x1000007E usually when watching youtube videos with the HTML5 or the flash player. As this rig is quite unbalanced...

Was going to get a 780ti but bumped into a old friend who was switching to a 780ti from a r9 290x. He gave me a sweet price on that 290x so 780ti no longer could compete :) Its a ASUS reference card which I am running with stock cooler until my waterblock is here. Temps seem to be around 70deg...

I have a Samsung 840 PRO 250gb SSD and when I bought it a month ago I got 557 MB/s read and 493 MB/s write which was great. Today I decided to do another benchmark and got 284 MB/s read and 266 MB/s write. I am using iaStor and benchmarked both with AS SSD and Samsung Magician. The drive is...

I am looking into buying a new gfx card I'll either go for a GTX780 or a R9 290x and both ways i'll watercool it. Wanted to know which one performs better. I play a lot of games and also do quite some video/photo editing. There is also a high probability that I might add a second identical card...