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There are a couple of things you need to make sure. First- Is your cooler adequate enough to overclock? Second- How good is your cooler and have you checked the reviews of the cooler?(To have a good idea of the ideal temperature and OC range you can get.) Third- After checking everything, you...

To find a buyer for a 670m is very hard, hardly are there many people who are willing to open up there laptops to mess around, your best bet would be using it, sli gtx 670m is a beast, why would you want to swap out for a 680m? Selling your laptop and buy a new one is another option, though it...

It is hard to get a good micro-atx psu that supports 500W++, you can go with the new hd7790 here : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7790-bonaire-performance,3462.html seems like its around the power consumption of your gtx 650 and reviews shows good fps compared with the 7850.

Restart your pc and boot in safe mode, F8 I think. Then switch too the lowest possible settings and reboot, after that switch back to your normal use, try it. This happens to me once, not sure if that is the correct method but it works for me.

What is your budget? If you don't mind expensive one, I am not entirely sure if your case fit a 140mm radiator, but newegg listed a 140mm top fan anyway, I have a kraken x40($100) and its very good, a little bit loud if its at 70%++ but for my daily usage at 4.6ghz @ 1.21v and never goes beyond...

For ram you should go with 2x4gb @ 1600, depending how much you are multitasking, 16gb of ram aren't going to be utilized. Much of your build are good though, go with the V-LK since its cheaper. Unless you are looking for some crazy fps or your monitor supports more than 60Hz, just go with a...

Under specifications, it should do it, but recommendation? No. You would be stressing your psu to its 70%++ limit and it won't last long. 500W+ should be enough.

Can you lower your voltage and see if it stable?

For those who have problems with the bios saying one thing and CPU-Z says a different thing, try updating to latest bios and clear cmos, that's what happen to me yesterday and I did just that and it is back to normal.

Every card is different, every pc is different. You have to find out yourself. This is what I would do, first unlock the voltage( i think its in the bios, i don't use nvidia), you won't be able to oc much if you don't do it. Then follow this...

Can you list your motherboard and cpu? Best would be 7850 but if you can shell out a couple more you can get a 7870 with better performance at around usually $210 after MIR for most 7870 out there.

Most shooting games nowadays have loads of swearing. Imagine if you are getting shot or suppress, would you shout out "oh ponies" or would you swear?

Its usually happens when you run it at above 60%, its a coil whine, nothing dangerous but really annoying, if you don't like it, try setting the fan speed below 60% and play one less that highest, possibly medium. Or you could RMA it which would took over well 4weeks+++

a) That temperature is fan so long as it is below 85C. b) For 4.2ghz, it would say that c.voltage is a little bit too high, I can somehow get 4.6ghz at 1.18v, maybe I got a lucky chip because most at 4.6ghz would require around +-1.22, try decreasing your voltage slowly until you reach...

It is normal, the cpu downclocks itself to save energy and heat if you don't use a lot of load.