Recent content by TanquerayGnT

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    FX 8350 OC temperature spikes at 65C

    I have overclocked my CPU and it's current voltage is at 1.48V It passes prime 95 test and everything seems stable and smooth. However, when I'm opening something big, like Battlefield 4, CPU temperature, momentarily spikes up to 65C-68C and comes back down. This spike is momentary and the...
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    CPU backplate double sided tape

    I'm using Thermaltake Water 3.0 cooler for my cpu. I upgraded my motherboard recently and I had to take the CPU backplate supplied by Thermaltake off from the old motherboard and move to the new motherboard. In doing so, I had to take off the foam double sides tape off the backplate which...
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    Motherboard and Gaming

    Currently I own a MSI 970A-G43. My CPU is FX 8350, overclocked to 4.5 Ghz because the motherboard will not go higher than 1.45V. My GPU is R9 290. I know my motherboard is a lower end motherboard and I'd like to upgrade to a better motherboard. But I just wanted to ask if motherboards have an...
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    R9 290 GPU usage spikes

    My system is FX8350 R9 290 MSI 970A-G43 Corsair 8GB 2133MHz Corsair TX650 The reason why I asked this question was because I seem to be getting lower FPS than what I should expect with my spec. Some maps my minimum FPS is 40 and this makes it unplayable for me. My game settings are 1360 x...