Recent content by Rick_89

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    Question first time overclock

    i downloaded realbench and will try it tonight. most of the overclocking guides i see say set temp to max (92) and make gradual increases until stress test crashes or has artifacts. which is how i did this. what should i set the max temp to for stress tests, should i lower it while gaming? i do...
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    Question first time overclock

    i recently overclocked my cpu and gpu. i have gigabyte mobo and used the bios to boost my i5 6600k from 3.5 to 4.2 using cpu upgrade option. everything stable and reached max 70 c running prime 95 stress test. my gpu is gtx 1080 fe overclocked 210 on core and 800 on mem with msi afterburner. fan...
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    Do i need a better cooler to avoid crashes?

    First off this is my first pc build so I'm fairly new to this. So after playing deux ex (which uses directx12, not sure if that matters.) My GPU reached 86 at max. I play most games at 4k and max settings if possible. I started streaming a movie through popcorn time after a few hours of play...