Recent content by Zackery Underdown

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    Need help OCing evga sc 970

    so i finally got my hands on a liquid cooler (kraken g10 bracket w/ corsair h90 push pull) for my evga superclocked 970. I didnt bother trying to OC it before hand coz i knew i would redo it after i got the cooler. The card is rated for 1317 boost clock, but thanks to gpu boost 2.0 it ran 1354...
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    i want to increase my download/upload speed beyond 10% of my total speed

    First I want to apologize if this question has been answered, but i know next to nothing about networking, and after searching I have not found anything that helped. Now that thats out of the way heres my issue. I've noticed that whenever i want to download or upload something I seem to be...
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    looking for 23:9 monitors

    im shopping for a new monitor to upgrade from my 32" 16:9 720p display and im really interested in the 23:9 aspect ratio for that larger field of view in games as well as extra space for productivity. so far ive only been able to find two; the LG 34um95 and the LG 29um65. the 34um95 is way out...
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    can you crossfire a 280x with a 290?

    if what im reading about crossfire right now is true then this is because the 290/290x is a different architecture but if i was going to try crossfiring with a 270x (not going to just an example) it would work because they are both GCN architecture correct?
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    can you crossfire a 280x with a 290?

    Last december i got a new build with a single 280x in it, and now i want to upgrade. Thing is i would rather run a crossfire setup to make use of the still capable gpu i have. i remember hearing that the r9 series cards could run in crossfire with each other i.e an r9 280x could be paired with...
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    PC wont power on after clearing cmos

    yeah i made sure it was on correctly
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    PC wont power on after clearing cmos

    I needed to reset the bios on my asus z87-k mobo, and after switching the jumper it simply wont power on. the documentation i can find suggests that the pc should power on since the next step was hold del while booting.
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    How do i reformat my drive and fresh install windows 8.1?

    So i need to reinstall windows on my machine (for reasons i dont want to explain), and delete everything off my SSD without touching my HDD. My question is simply how do i erase and reformat my SSD without touching the HDD?
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    Best Gaming Laptop Under $1500

    You might want to look at msi. they have some really good laptops for a more than fair price. a buddy of mine got a 14" msi laptop with an i7-4700m and a gtx 765m for around 1100$ before tax. specs wise it competes with alienwares laptops but at a lower price. theres also cyberpowerpc.com that...
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    mainly for gaming !

    Well im using the Asus z87-k with my i7-4770k and it works quite well especially at that price. It makes overclocking very simple for beginners while being extensive enough to push the cpu pretty far. It may not have the same level of OC options as the ROG series boards, but most people cant...
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    GDDR5 steam machine

    Alright so as most of us know Valve is now making a steam OS and a lot of companies are building steam machines to go along with it. Some even say they will be priced similarly to the ps4/xboxone . Now i want to make an oil cooled steam machine with a heavily overclocked CPU (i5-4670k)...
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    can i use 2 different sized dual channel memory kits together

    Right now i have 8gb(2x4gb) @1866mhz memory, and was wondering if i can throw in a 16gb(2x8gb) @1866mhz into my two free dimm slots for a total of 24gb of memory or would each dimm have to be the same size.