Recent content by RadWalk

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    A Metal Case, Air Conditioning, and Condensation: Advice Greatly Appreciated!

    So I am a pretty anxious person. I built a nice PC a few months ago and it's been great. Now summer has come around and I need to use AC again (I live in a pretty cool and dry region). I have become really paranoid about using my wall AC unit with my computer in the same room so if I could have...
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    Acer XB270H 27" 144Hz - Setting up an ICC Profile?

    I just purchased a Acer XB270H monitor. It looks pretty great but i've noticed a couple colors aren't exactly right. Are there any good sources for a color profile that won't damage the monitor? I found one here http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm for the XB270HU which is the...
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    EMI causing buzz when GPU is under load in certain situations. Does this damage my hardware? Help?

    So I've noticed an annoying problem. I used to use my monitor speakers for audio sometimes. I began to notice that when my gpu is under load the speakers would play a buzz/whine and it would be louder the more power the gpu is using. This sound does not come through my wireless gaming headset or...
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    Setting 2400MHz RAM to 1866MHZ?

    I bought 2400 MHz corsair vengeance RAM (cmy16gx3m2a2400c11r) a couple weeks ago. I tried setting it to 2400 MHz, which worked but it also requires an extra amount of voltage 1.5V to 1.65V. That extra voltage puts extra stress on my machine from what I've read and it also messes with my CPU...
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    ASUS EZ Tuning Wizard Question - Is this safe for my build?

    To begin, here is my build: So I have been interested in getting my RAM up to it's factory speed, It's currently running at 1333 while its 2400 ddr3 ram. I noticed there is the EZ Tuning Wizard option in my BIOS. I ran it once, my computer booted up fine but I went back to the BIOS to see what...
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    Question about the GTX 980 Ti regarding core clock? Should it exceed boosted values without OC?

    I have a EVGA GTX 980 ti SC+ gaming gpu (http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-4995-KR). I recently started monitoring my gpu using the GPU-Z program. I noticed that my core clock will reach 1350 mhz when being strongly used. The default boosted level says it will reach 1190 Mhz. I...
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    EVGA GTX 980 Ti GPU - How should I monitor the temperature?

    So I can't seem to find any service that nvidia has provided to monitor the temperature of my gpu while gaming. Is there a good/reliable program I should download to monitor the temperature? What is the temperature threshold where I should begin worrying about my gpu being too hot? Thanks for...
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    Help with Asus Suite 3, Digi+ VRM, and CPU powering.

    My CPU is a i7-4790 4.0GHz (http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80646I74790K-i7-4790K-Processor-Cache/dp/B00KPRWAX8). I have a Z97-A motherboard (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K2MAU5Q/?tag=pcpapi-20) and I bought corsair vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 2400MHz...
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    Safe to set DRAM to factory speed?

    I have a Z97-A motherboard (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K2MAU5Q/?tag=pcpapi-20) and I bought corsair vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 2400MHz (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EUPV2RQ/?tag=pcpapi-20). Here is the rest of my build: I enabled my XMP setting and went into my bios, it automatically set my DRAM...
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    Understanding EZ XMP?