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Blitz17 · 03-04-2014 07:47PM

Stripping down the case well ago in order to start cutting some panels of acrylic, took CPU out of socket and put it in the plastic holder it came in. Put black cap into CPU socket to protect pins, put it in the wrong way ! bent one of the pins. Thankfully it was just the one and I got it back almost perfectly in line. Clamped CPU and got it sorted, was sweating it for quite awhile !!

glynf · 03-04-2014 08:53PM

Serephucus wrote: »

I'll just leave this here.

Clicky.

About bloody time MS. Saying that I have been using Start is back since the jump/slight stumble to 8, and delighted with it.

glynf · 03-04-2014 08:57PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Where could a lad find a GTX 670, preferably a Direct CU 2 for reasonable money these days?

Ebay? this looks legit..

Serephucus · 03-04-2014 09:28PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Where could a lad find a GTX 670, preferably a Direct CU 2 for reasonable money these days?

I've got a reference EVGA one if it's of any interest to you.

(If you're going for silence, I have a block for it too.

)

Headshot · 03-04-2014 09:47PM

Im selling 2 670s on adverts...

Genghiz Cohen · 03-04-2014 11:01PM

It's gotta match my current one

Yes I'm a little insane.

indough · 03-04-2014 11:17PM

Lads I was wondering if any of you might have a 1150/1155 stock cooler you aren't using, my board won't allow for me to use the h220 so I'd probably be selling that too if anyone is interested. I'd obviously cover postage plus a few bucks your way, I made a mistake in ordering the tray CPU.

uberpixie · 03-04-2014 11:21PM

indough wrote: »

Lads I was wondering if any of you might have a 1150/1155 stock cooler you aren't using, my board won't allow for me to use the h220 so I'd probably be selling that too if anyone is interested. I'd obviously cover postage plus a few bucks your way, I made a mistake in ordering the tray CPU.

PM me your details, I have one taking up space in my drawer :-)

ShadowHearth · 04-04-2014 12:43AM

Headshot wrote: »

Im selling 2 670s on adverts...

He said reasonable money! :pac:

..Brian.. · 04-04-2014 01:21AM

Blitz17 wrote: »

Stripping down the case well ago in order to start cutting some panels of acrylic, took CPU out of socket and put it in the plastic holder it came in. Put black cap into CPU socket to protect pins, put it in the wrong way ! bent one of the pins. Thankfully it was just the one and I got it back almost perfectly in line. Clamped CPU and got it sorted, was sweating it for quite awhile !!

Fuuuuuuuuuu .........close call man!

rolexeagle1 · 04-04-2014 09:34AM

Anyone know here I could pick up a splitter for PWM fan socket and extension cable? Need to connect 2 fans to it!

Thanks

Genghiz Cohen · 04-04-2014 01:23PM

Managed to wrangle a HardwareVerSand man on the phone.
If you are returning an item in the 6 months after the order, they pay for the return.
Outside of that it's on you.

I know this because An Post want €40 to return my PSU. Not sure it's worth it.

AntDub · 04-04-2014 01:41PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

It's gotta match my current one

Yes I'm a little insane.

What do you have in your built at the mo to match up to?

Genghiz Cohen · 04-04-2014 02:14PM

670 Direct CU 2

AntDub · 04-04-2014 06:00PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

670 Direct CU 2

Nice card, was gonna see if I can get hold of another one for ya through work but they don't sell Asus.

Genghiz Cohen · 04-04-2014 07:04PM

AntDub wrote: »

Nice card, was gonna see if I can get hold of another one for ya through work but they don't sell Asus.

Ah nice one, thanks for trying.

Seaaan · 05-04-2014 12:18PM

Was just playing Bioshock 1, which is an old enough game, and my 290 reached 93 on core and 116 on VRM 1? Is that not excessively hot for vrm?

Blitz17 · 05-04-2014 12:25PM

Seaaan wrote: »

Was just playing Bioshock 1, which is an old enough game, and my 290 reached 93 on core and 116 on VRM 1? Is that not excessively hot for vrm?

Does seem very high ! Is that reference or not reference cooler ?

Gumbi · 05-04-2014 12:41PM

Blitz17 wrote: »

Does seem very high ! Is that reference or not reference cooler ?

It is. What model 290 do you have? Are you running the fan high? Good airflow can help a lot with the VRMs. Replacing the thermal paste can help a lot too with reference model coolers.

I have heard that games like Bioshock that run at high fps can make the VRMS quite hot. Maybe limiting the FPS might help?

116c definitely isn't ideal.

Seaaan · 05-04-2014 12:47PM

Its an Asus Dc2. Im yet to transfer build over to h440, maybe that could help with heat a bit? 3 intake at front no drive bay clutter

Seaaan · 05-04-2014 12:48PM

Its an Asus Dc2. Im yet to transfer build over to h440, maybe that could help with heat a bit? 3 intake at front no drive bay clutter

Gumbi · 05-04-2014 12:58PM

The cooler on that is one of the poorest designed 290(x) coolers. The cooler itself is decent, but Asus just lifted the design directly off the 780 and put it on the 290(x) with no modifications at all, so there is no direct contact of the main heatsink to the vrm sinks.

Upping the fan speed helps A LOT with the vrms, thry cool a lot better with more airflow.

That should help a lot. Maybe set a more aggressive fan curve.

Seaaan · 05-04-2014 02:00PM

Gumbi wrote: »

The cooler on that is one of the poorest designed 290(x) coolers. The cooler itself is decent, but Asus just lifted the design directly off the 780 and put it on the 290(x) with no modifications at all, so there is no direct contact of the main heatsink to the vrm sinks.

Upping the fan speed helps A LOT with the vrms, thry cool a lot better with more airflow.

That should help a lot. Maybe set a more aggressive fan curve.

I'd heard that before buying it, but it was also supposed to be quiet enough and not too hot. How can I set the fan to ramp up when it gets to a certain temperature?

kevovek · 05-04-2014 02:05PM

Do you use msi afterburner or sapphire trixx? Both of those programs have the ability in the settings to set your fan speeds to the temperature of your card using graphs.

Gumbi · 05-04-2014 02:07PM

Seaaan wrote: »

I'd heard that before buying it, but it was also supposed to be quiet enough and not too hot. How can I set the fan to ramp up when it gets to a certain temperature?

In Sapphire Trixx or MSI Afterburner. I think Asus have a tool for changing GPU settings? Called Asus Tweak I believe. Probably best to use that first.

Are you running an overclock on the card?

Ya it sucks the VRMs get hot. But I do know Asus' fans get really good airflow, you are probably running in Quiet Mode, Performance Mode knocks a nice chunk off the temperatures.

You can also set your own fan curves I believe. Performance Mode runs the fan as high as 50%, whereas Quiet Mode only 40% I believe.

Lu Tze · 05-04-2014 02:15PM

Afterburner allows you to set your own fan profile

Gumbi · 05-04-2014 02:47PM

Let us know how you get on with that

ZeroThreat · 05-04-2014 04:16PM

What's up with the price of RAM these days?
I even checked out the site where I bought RAM back in 2012 when I was building a PC - I paid €36 for 8gb (2x4) of gskill ram, now 1 year 9 months later it's €64!

Seaaan · 05-04-2014 04:17PM

Enabled V sync and so far, it's been good. Also changed settings to allow fan speed to go up higher. Staying at a nice 70 core and 75 vrm. Hasn't gone over 70% load

frozenfrozen · 05-04-2014 04:44PM

ZeroThreat wrote: »

What's up with the price of RAM these days?
I even checked out the site where I bought RAM back in 2012 when I was building a PC - I paid €36 for 8gb (2x4) of gskill ram, now 1 year 9 months later it's €64!

probably because ddr4 is around the corner. I was thinking the same. The ram I have has gone up in price since I bought it too. Good thing I bought 32 gigs when I did, rather than buying 16 with the plan to expand

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