Recent content by thegooddieyoung

I agree. Your upgrade path is certainly a new motherboard/cpu/ram You can re-use everything else

Re: pre ordering a 1070TI - i can always return it to the egg place if it doesnt perform like expected. and get something different. Will I ever go VR? One year, MAYBE , Two years , possibly. I dont think future VR use is really a factor since odds are, I will be on a new card by then at...

Just wanting to get opinions on a GPU upgrade from the folks here First - I'm an occasional gamer now. This happens when you get old :( A family, my own business etc keep me from playing much at all anymore. I built a great machine last year, but used an old video card that I had in a closet...

It's time to build my 10 year old his own computer. Should I upgrade my parts and give him mine (what I intended to do) or just build him a budget gaming rig from scratch? I built my last rig when the 2600K was released. It currently has 8g of ram, radeon 6850 and samsung pro SSD along with a...

Just installed the NOCTUA DH-14 I'm gobsmacked Only 2-3 degrees difference at idle, but when I loaded it up with Prime 95 I was BLOWN AWAY If you remember, I was hitting highs of 75-78c running prime. I'm happy to show these new results A high temp of 55c - thats a 20 degree drop. Not...

I've seen references on other places that the cpu is still loaded in bios, so I believe Leaps-from-shadows is correct in this. I was hoping that getting more air in the case would help this problem, but my experiments have shown no meaningful reductions in temps, even with he case totally open...

removed, cleaned and reseated stock HS with artic silver 5. If anything temps slightly higher. Installed 120mm xigmatek fan in my case door directly over the cpu. This fan is moving ALOT of air. Noisy as hell but pumping so much air into the case it will hold a sheet of notebook paper over...

I've done some more thinking on this and here is what I've decided My case is a cooler master scout This case has a 140mm intake at the bottom front of the case, a 120mm exhaust on the top of the case and a 120mm exhaust at the top rear. Seems fine in practice However, directly behind the...

At your suggestion, I just ran prime85 thru 4 loops and core temp reported temps as high as 78c across two cores, the other cores maxxed at 75c

I assumed that cpu useage would be low by the time I got to the setup screen in bios as well. I was actually watch the cpu temp in bios go from 50-60c just by sitting at the bios screen. I'm really not convinced this is 'normal' behavior. I ran 3d mark vantage this morning with core temp and...

FIgured this out myself, thought I"d leave a note here for any ppl with a similar issue. I installed windows with my sata controllers set to ide vs achi. Used the MS hotfix, it automatically installed the achi drivers and I did not have to re-install windows. Raid is working correctly now

thanks for the quick reply. Am I to understand that these 60c+ temps in bios are nothing to be concerned about and I should not suspect that my H/S mounting needs some attention?

I recently built my sandy bridge system and all seems well with two exceptions one question is regarding raid, which I asked in another forum here the reason for this post is a question about reported cpu temps on my non overclocked 2600k. My msi p67a-gd65 motherboard with 'clickbios' is...

I've got a brand new build that i just finished. While I've built many computers over my lifetime - I've never gotten into raid before. My new system is a p67a-gd65 msi board with a 2600k sandy bridge chip. System is working fine. I hooked up only one HD (65G Crucial SSD) in SATA 0 and...