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ED E wrote: »

1. Dust
2. Undervolt
3. Improve thermals in the case and/or room

1. New computer so there is little dust in there
2. Might look into that
3. Case seems pretty cool. Cards are idling at around 40 and CPU idling at around 30

Lu Tze wrote: »

Adjust the fan profile?

Done that earlier today but haven't been gaming at all yet. Hopefully that helped.

BloodBath wrote: »

What case and case fan setup have you got? Nm helps to read your sig.

Have you added more case fans?

Fractal Design Define R4 - 2 x Front Intakes - 1 x Side intake - 1 x Back exhaust - 1 x Top exhaust

BloodBath wrote: »

Have you got them overclocked?

Yep.

At the moment:
Core clock 1140
Memory Clock 1650

Seems stable but haven't gamed enough to be 100% sure

Danger781 wrote: »

My graphics cards are seriously loud while playing games... Anything I can do to reduce the noise?

BloodBath wrote: »

Have you got them overclocked?

Danger781 wrote: »

Yep.

Time to water cool so.

http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/EK-FC7950-Full-Cover-Waterblock-for-AMDATI-7950-Reference-Design-Graphics-Card--EN-Nickel-Acetal-pid-15246.html

BloodBath wrote: »

The source engine still defaults to a max frame rate of 300fps. Your cards are most likely rendering this many frames when they don't need to. If you go to the console and type "fps_max 60" without the quotations and whatever your screen refresh is. You can change this in the default config file as well.

I assume I wouldn't need to go any higher than 60 fps, considering I'm running 60hz at the moment.

I'll set it to 120 and see how loud / hot it gets. Since I plan on OCing my monitor at some point anyway.

A short video from Linus Techtips on a customised GTX 780 from Asus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNGWRIQoaLQ

It's sadly not enough of a performance increase over the 5800k. If someones on a budget that low then the A10 5800k or A8 5600k is still better value.

Pairing it with high speed ram significantly improves the performance of the igp as well. As much as 20%

Both the igp and cpu can get decent overclocks as well. 20% overclocks on the igp are possible.

That's +40% performance over stock and pushes it near entry level graphics performance. (7750/70)

Amazing for the price really.

Serephucus wrote: »

My server's OS drive just shít the bed. Old OCZ SSD. No spare hard drives that I know of. Anyone any ideas?

Dead as a doornail or just not working right? If the latter spinrite.

I have three in other machines. Well acquainted with the M4's reliability.

Will try IDE. Can't believe that never occurred to me...

glynf wrote: »

@ EoinHef, can't blame em re. piracy, much as MS can be a pain in the hole, as a gamer there are not many other OS options (yet-though Linux is getting there).

Agree with you there,not many options for gaming. I do hope companies like Valve championing OS's like linux because there free and open will change this though.


On the subject of the OEM licence i came across this,starting to get a bit worried now:(

OEM versions of Windows 7 are identical to Full License Retail versions except for the following:

- OEM versions do not offer any free Microsoft direct support from Microsoft support personnel

- OEM licenses are tied to the very first computer you install and activate it on

- OEM versions allow all hardware upgrades except for an upgrade to a different model motherboard

- OEM versions cannot be used to directly upgrade from an older Windows operating system

Microsoft.com ^


OEM vs. Retail

OEM Windows 7 comes preinstalled on computers. This is the cheapest way to buy windows. Large PC manufacturers like Dell, HP etc. (collectively called royalty OEMs) install windows on millions of such PCs. The main characteristics of such systems are:

The license agreement and support agreement is between you and the PC maker, not MS.

Activation by the end user is not required. Windows is preactivated at the factory by the OEM using images and standard SLP keys.

Your copy of windows is locked to that PC. The license is not transferable.

OEM system builder is what you get when you buy from say Newegg or from a local "white box" vendor. It too has the characteristics of Royalty OEM windows. Although it is possible for an individual to buy a System Builder copy, the license requires that the software be installed using the OPK (OEM preinstall kit) and then resold.

Retail version is what you buy from a retailer like Amazon or Bestbuy. Its a full price version that comes packaged in a retail box with a retail product key. It has to be activated online via MS servers using the key on the box, it is not tied to the PC it was first installed on, though it can only be used on a single computer at a time. And, MS directly provides the support for it. It is also more expensive than OEM copies.

As far as functionality is concerned, theres no difference between any of the versions above, given any specific edition (i.e. between OEM pro and retail pro, or between OEM ultimate and retail ultimate).

sevenforums.com

So by actually building my PC and then not selling it im already contraveining the licence agreement? HA

Serephucus wrote: »

After an inordinate amount of restarts, unplugging, replugging and swearing, the server's working again.

I switched to IDE, and that got the drive to BSOD at the Windows logo (Thanks very much, noodle, for that), so it at least I knew then it wasn't dead. Pulled out everything, connected only SSD, worked fine, plugged back everything, still worked fine. This was all back in AHCI, so I've no clue what it was, but it's working for the moment. The drive's getting replaced as soon as I can manage it though. :P

This is a known bug with ocz drives (presuming its ocz as havent read back far enough as am in work and cant and hopefully no one has said this already ) A simple firmware upgrade fixes this issue frmo ever happening again. I had the same thing with my agility 3.

Gbear wrote: »

Jaysus christ.

It's gonna end up costing him nearly 1500 quid.

That's just pissing money away.

And by the time he pays it off it'll be worth half that

I wouldn't bite my tongue. I would let him know exactly what I think so he doesn't make the same mistake again.

Some people are bullheaded though and will only learn by making the mistake or not at all.