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raymix

McSasquatch wrote: »

Speaking of refresh rates and the like, Nvidia's new G-Sync technology has promise. I'm also incredibly grateful they didn't call it N-Sync.

I wonder if Korean dudes will mod their cheap monitors with these, adding little extra cost... hmmm that'd be worth waiting tbh
Otherwise, I hope somebody finds a way to mod these at home

NTMK

raymix wrote: »

I wonder if Korean dudes will mod their cheap monitors with these, adding little extra cost... hmmm that'd be worth waiting tbh
Otherwise, I hope somebody finds a way to mod these at home

those modules wont be separate from the rest of the processing controller in the monitors

also with neither of the big korean manufacturers were partnered today so its highly likely it wont come to any of the smaller manufacturers

hopefully the Oculus rift gets g-sync as once it drops below 60fps it becomes very jarring

uberpixie

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

* Bump *

Anyone got an answer for my Haswell question below?

Ivybridge and Haswell are both worse for heat than sandybridge due to crappy cheap TIM Intel use inside the chips. This has not changed.

Some folk de-lid the chips and replace the tim with higher quality stuff and report 10 degrees drop in temps easily.

Ivybridge and Haswell both overclock up to 4.7ghz on air vs maybe 5ghz for a Sandybridge.

I run a 3770K @ 4.2ghz day to day and temps are in the 30s idle and in the mid to high 50's at load. temperature for modest overclocks is nothing crazy. Slap a good cooler on one at there really is not much of a problem.

raymix

NTMK wrote: »

those modules wont be separate from the rest of the processing controller in the monitors

also with neither of the big korean manufacturers were partnered today so its highly likely it wont come to any of the smaller manufacturers

hopefully the Oculus rift gets g-sync as once it drops below 60fps it becomes very jarring

i thought they will release modding boards for people to mod their current monitors... or does this line only apply to asus 144Hz?

The first native G-Sync enabled monitors won't show up until Q1 next year, however NVIDIA will be releasing the G-Sync board for modding before the end of this year

Revoker88

dwighet wrote: »

This is what I got with the 7970`s @ 1100/1350(thought that was what you had yours @) cpu is 4.4ghz 2500k
This is my max OC on air but I don't use it much as the noise is stupid.. but it is stable for when I go on water. its 1125/1650.... very hot though...I don't like pushing that far...Also volts for that @ 1.2

There some nice results man,how hot is very hot?:)

Best i can push is about 1050/1400 for the moment,still a bit of tweaking to do though,getting a strange voltage reading for the second gpu on gpu-z though. Its giving a reading of a max vddc of 1.438v which is worrying,so im very tired now and been at this all day so im gonna save all the profiles and dial it all back before i break something!!!!

Couldnt get the cpu stable at 4.4GHz,it was requireing too much voltage,stable at 4.3GHz at max of 1.272v with a max prime temp of 84C so im gonna stick with that. 4.4GHz was passing an hour prime test but heaven and 3dmark were crashing until i went back to 4.3GHz.

Im convinced the 13.9 driver is affecting the gpus,as im typing gpu usage is stuck at 99% on gpu 2:mad: Ill update to 13.10 tomorrow if i can find it.


Heres the results for the best scores i could get today,CPU 4.3GHz and GPU's at 1050/1400.

Max CPU temp was 70C in the benchmarks.


Unigine Heaven score:



3DMark score:



GPU1 temps:



GPU2 temps:



Fairly happy with the scores,the cards are getting fairly hot though,need to find a way too fix that.
Can anybody shed any light on the voltage reading im getting for the second gpu on gpu-z? I imagine that kind of voltage is dangerous:( Thats the first time i saw it do that today
Board limit is set to 20% but i have not changed the voltage,would force constant voltage and then set to 1.200v help?
Up until that the max vddc i saw was 1.242v on the first card,and that card used that exact voltage before i added the second one,the second was only using 1.119v all day till the last bench so i certainly dont want it going that high again

My god,this overclocking lark is a young mans game........off too bed with me:P

NTMK

raymix wrote: »

i thought they will release modding boards for people to mod their current monitors... or does this line only apply to asus 144Hz?

probably only compatible asus and BenQ monitors if its not an external box

Revoker88

Danger781 wrote: »

Seems roughly on par with mine, as far as I remember.. Lemee try and find the sheet I jotted my stuff down on

Edit: I threw it away I have some results from default heaven settings @ 1440p though

Cheers man.

What clocks do you run the cards at and what temps do you get?

Im finding heat a real issue trying to get overclocks on the cards:(

dwighet

dwighet wrote: »

Lads im going to be saying good bye to ol` faithell...My I5 2500k and asrock fatality pro p67 shortly... Just ordered some new gear..
How much do ye think would be a reasonable price to throw up on adverts for the cpu mobo combo...???

bump

glynf

dwighet wrote: »

bump

The 2500k is still a decent chip (though I'm biased ) as is the mobo-if it was me, I would aim to get €200 ono for both. In other words, if it's adverts, ask for a bit more as you will have some donkey low ball you and or offer you a swap for a Nokia 3210 & €50..

dwighet

glynf wrote: »

The 2500k is still a decent chip (though I'm biased ) as is the mobo-if it was me, I would aim to get €200 ono for both. In other words, if it's adverts, ask for a bit more as you will have some donkey low ball you and or offer you a swap for a Nokia 3210 & €50..

Thanks bud. that will do fine. should cover the cost of a few rads.

VenomIreland

Friend is looking at upgrading his PC by getting a new CPU + Motherboard, along with a new cooler.
His budget is €350 and he doesn't plan to overclock, I was looking at an i5 4670 + H87 Motherboard and a Hyper 212, is there anything better that could be done?

EDIT: Was also looking at an AMD based build, but unsure how it would compare, he only uses it for games.

raymix

xeon E3-1230v2. Same performance as non-oc i7-3770k.

BloodBath

Might as well get the xeon e3 1230v3 then. It's about 10% faster than the v2.

Monotype

Anyone know where the back plate adapters for usb are on hardwareversand?

I'm looking for something like this, but no luck after a lot of searches and navigation.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Startech-Female-Profile-Plate-Adapter/dp/B006PHY06W/

dwighet

Monotype wrote: »

Anyone know where the back plate adapters for usb are on hardwareversand?

I'm looking for something like this, but no luck after a lot of searches and navigation.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Startech-Female-Profile-Plate-Adapter/dp/B006PHY06W/

Im placing an order through overclockers uk next Friday..

They have this if its any good to you I can order it and send it on when it lands.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-108-AK&groupid=1929&catid=543

Oops just noticed its out of stock

Gehad_JoyRider

all I want is peace and quiet withmy computer i just cant get rid of fan hum it drives me mad....

M00lers

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

all I want is peace and quiet withmy computer i just cant get rid of fan hum it drives me mad....

Fan controller and new fans?

Monotype

dwighet wrote: »

Im placing an order through overclockers uk next Friday..

They have this if its any good to you I can order it and send it on when it lands.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-108-AK&groupid=1929&catid=543

Oops just noticed its out of stock

Thanks for the offer. However, I order from amazon regularly enough so, when you count the free postage, it's not so bad. I'm just wondering if it's any cheaper with HWV, as I'll probably put an order through with them soon... still in the deciding process but my cart gets fuller and fuller. :eek:
I would expect that hardwareversand would have them, but I've done a good bit of searching around and can't find anything like that, even SATA ones, so I might be missing a section somewhere.

Gehad_JoyRider

moolers2000 wrote: »

Fan controller and new fans?

i've got new fans but I cant seem to get any control over the fans on the chasis. Fan controller in the asus auite has gone to crap.

Im getting crazy temps because the fan set up is different. I think I need to invest in a new case

McSasquatch

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

i've got new fans but I cant seem to get any control over the fans on the chasis. Fan controller in the asus auite has gone to crap.

Im getting crazy temps because the fan set up is different. I think I need to invest in a new case

How's a new case going to fix AI Suite?

dwighet

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

i've got new fans but I cant seem to get any control over the fans on the chasis. Fan controller in the asus auite has gone to crap.

Im getting crazy temps because the fan set up is different. I think I need to invest in a new case

Id try and sort out AI suite first..
Maybe get rid of it all together than reinstall it..
Here it is if you scroll down a bit on the link you will see it
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=tools&p=1&os=

Gehad_JoyRider

McSasquatch wrote: »

How's a new case going to fix AI Suite?

its not but i don't think my current case is helping in terms of the higher temps I'm getting, whats changed a water cooler and there are two less fans exhausting. My thoughts is that the problems lie with the case?. To deal with AI Suite I was thinking along the lines of a fan controller and I'll use that to deal control the fans.

And a new case might help with the over all cooling... My vcore 1 and 2 seem to sky rocket a lot more which I think maybe to do with the water cooler to.

dwighet wrote: »

Id try and sort out AI suite first..
Maybe get rid of it all together than reinstall it..
Here it is if you scroll down a bit on the link you will see it
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=tools&p=1&os=

Thanks I did that yesterday and there's been no change ai suite wont see any of the fans it just gives me some what accurate temps. There not cheep crappy fans either. There good ones.

dwighet

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

its not but i don't think my current case is helping in terms of the higher temps I'm getting, whats changed a water cooler and there are two less fans exhausting. My thoughts is that the problems lie with the case?. To deal with AI Suite I was thinking along the lines of a fan controller and I'll use that to deal control the fans.

And a new case might help with the over all cooling... My vcore 1 and 2 seem to sky rocket a lot more which I think maybe to do with the water cooler to.




Thanks I did that yesterday and there's been no change ai suite wont see any of the fans it just gives me some what accurate temps. There not cheep crappy fans either. There good ones.

Well that sux...I have a case you might be interested in..I will pm you about it..

Headshot

I keep seeing mixed messages about the Corsair Hydro Series H110 and LGA 1150 some say it does it others dont mention it

whats the truth?

game4it70

Headshot wrote: »

I keep seeing mixed messages about the Corsair Hydro Series H110 and LGA 1150 some say it does it others dont mention it

whats the truth?

It fits LGA 1155 so it will fit haswell socket as the mounting holes are in the same place.

Sarz91

Finally decided to sit down and play Hotline Miami. It's so frustratingly good. Just finished it there. Just as well I have a new keyboard on the way. One 4 hour sitting. I don't sweat this much out training.

MRTULES

Anyone know if its possible to get a SNES emulator to play on a ps3?
I hope this double console question is OK to ask in here

M00lers

MRTULES wrote: »

Anyone know if its possible to get a SNES emulator to play on a ps3?
I hope this double console question is OK to ask in here

You can if its "jailbroken/hacked".

beno619

Looks like the 290x is gonna be <€550.
Here's to sain pricing and decent value hopefully people actually support the company not trying to gauge them..

Gumbi

beno619 wrote: »

Looks like the 290x is gonna be <€550.
Here's to sain pricing and decent value hopefully people actually support the company not trying to gauge them..

http://wccftech.com/sapphire-radeon-r9-290x-officially-costs-49999-51999-battlefield-4-bundle-tomorrow/

Even better.