Recent content by Russell Barlow

I mean downclocking the max turbo just to get it to boot (cause windows will use all 8 cores) and then doing dual core and quad core benchmarks, with the MAJORITY of your overclocked cores PARKED. Even my 7700k doesn't use all 4 cores in most games. I don't even overclock my 7700k this way. I...

Get yourself one of the newegg combos. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2729024 That isn't a bad combo for a non-overclocked build. The stock CPU cooler won't let you overclock, but it will run the chip at stock and the board won't give you a stable...

It has been a while, I forgot about this thread, but I found my answer so I figured I'll give it some closure. See the following piece from wikipedia here.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#Mini-SATA_.28mSATA.29 I came across it from this.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2...

The i3 6100 and the a10 7870k are both "Quad Core APUs" in the sense that both offer 4 Logical Cores and an OpenCL/Video Accelerator to your system. That is, the i3 6100 has hyper-threading. Because the Intel chip has hyper-threading it offers not only better single-threaded performance but...

Here are the specs of the board. Googling everywhere, can't figure out what type of slot it's keyed for. I haven't much experienced with M.2 drives so my eye can't tell them apart yet as there are a couple types that are keyed very similar...

PC Power Supply's wattage is rated by how much it produces, not by how much it sucks from the wall. So as long as your PC is REALLY 80 Plus Bronze and not just rated as such, you could multiply by w/e the Kill A Watt meter says by something like .80 to get a general idea of how much your PSU is...

Ahh crap. I misread the question as being what kind of PSU he should buy, not whether it could handle the upgrade. I looked up the PSU. I still wouldn't do a brand new 9590 build with it if only because I really like the prospects of Grenada more than GM204, but yeah I suppose with his current...

Hate to necro an old thread, but your 650w PSU is NOT enough. AMD recommends a 1000w PSU minimum for the 9590 and a single high end graphics card like a 390x or Fury. That's the problem with AMD. Yeah, the CPU itself is about 50% cheaper, but the platform has less features and is 50% more...

Clock for clock FM2+ beats AM3+ by 15%. That is, Steamroller beats Piledriver clock for clock by 15%. So, while the 6300 has two extra cores, each of a 7700k's cores count for 15% more. Single core performance matters quite a bit more than multi-core, so the gains in practice are more than that...

Considering that a 380 and 380x are both Tonga, and that both Hawaii XT and Hawaii Pro could crossfire, as could a 7950 and 7970, can a 380 and 380x also crossfire?

My motherboard is advertised as having automatic overclocking. I downloaded AI Suite 3, It DOES NOT have the option for 4 way. This is what AI Suite looks like. http://i.imgur.com/L5QhBod.png The only thing I can conclude is that my Z87-A has "dual intelligent processors 2" And I'd need a...

I have the Z87-A motherboard. It is advertised as a board with the 4 way dual TPU chips or w/e. It DOES NOT have the optoin for 4 way. This is what AI Suite looks like. http://i.imgur.com/L5QhBod.png