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    GTX 770 Poor Framerate

    Thank you, it appears my Firestrike score is in fact inline with other users with a 1055t & GTX 770. AMD Cool 'n' Quiet was also enabled, so I've since removed that and OC'd to a modest 3.2 Ghz. CPU-Z is reporting TPD at 141w now, which is still under the cooler's supposed 200w rating, however...
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    GTX 770 Poor Framerate

    Thank you, this is very helpful! So I'm pretty sure this is my aftermarket cooler. I don't remember if this CPU is the 95w or 125w version, but do you think I'm pretty safe to OC? A couple people in this thread are at 4Ghz. I don't think it is unlocked either, so I'm not sure I'm up for how...
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    GTX 770 Poor Framerate

    The x6 1055t is correct. I had purchased a newer AM3+ CPU only to discover I had an older revision of the mobo and couldn't use it, so I swapped with someone else. I realize that this is an old CPU but if it's not being pegged during gameplay than how could it be the bottleneck? I could try...
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    GTX 770 Poor Framerate

    I think you are missing the part where I said I can't afford to upgrade what I have, the AMD CPU I have in here is almost three years old (maybe older). Are you trying to say the CPU is the bottleneck then, because it's not pegged at all while I am in game.
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    GTX 770 Poor Framerate

    I can't really afford to switch mobos and CPUs right now, besides the output above shows the 1099 beating the i5? Along with the fact that I just dropped $400 on this card this last April, so dropping another $400 less than a year later seems ridiculous. I mean, I know hardware moves pretty...
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    GTX 770 Poor Framerate

    Here is my build except the card has been replaced with an nVidia GTX 770, this one from EVGA. I've had this card for a while now and I've had a feeling something was wrong but all I play is Hawken so I just decrease the gfx all the way and forget about it. But this card should be able to blow...
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    Lifetime Mac User's Brother Looking to Build

    I was going to get the student discounted version here: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/pd/productID.216644200 He needs to buy a monitor with the build, yes it needs to be included in the price. I'll recommend he grab that PSU.
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    Lifetime Mac User's Brother Looking to Build

    Hey everyone, I'm the user from this thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1598483 I'm back because my brother is insanely jealous and would like a gaming PC of his own. Since you guys were so awesome last time, I thought I'd ask again and see how good of a build you could make him...
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    Lifetime Mac User Looking to Build

    ah, cool thanks for the information Danny. At any rate, the BIOS change seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks for assistance again!
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    Lifetime Mac User Looking to Build

    okay in the BIOS there was an option to sleep to Power On or sleep to RAM (S1 or S3). It was set to S3 so I changed it after loading fail-safe defaults. Weirdly, this gave me an option to "Hibernate" in the windows menu which was not there previously. It will wake from sleep if it gets...
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    Lifetime Mac User Looking to Build

    since I have put it together, yes, it has never woken up from sleep properly. It's really weird, the CPU fan goes crazy but the monitor just says "no signal" and stays black. The keyboard and mouse are still powered, really puzzling. I will try looking at the BIOS but it is default. Maybe there...
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    Lifetime Mac User Looking to Build

    actually it seems what will happen when I sleep it myself that waking it will not work and a restart is necessary. The mouse and keyboard remain unpowered and there is no video output even though the CPU fan is kicked up quite high. Wondering if I'm having a power issue or maybe the graphics...
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    Lifetime Mac User Looking to Build

    well, this PC has been running pretty well so far. However, I seem to be having occasional BSoD usually when attempting to wake the system from sleep (either having slept itself after being idle, or by me). My first guess would be the RAM as I just had a similar problem with my Mac, but I'm...
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    Lifetime Mac User Looking to Build

    Well I'm all finished, have it up & running. Minecraft looks great at 1080p. :cool: Here is the album on FB if you'd like to take a look. I wanna thank you all again, especially Danny Bui, for the advice as I wouldn't have been able to do this so smoothly without you guys. You're all awesome!
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    Build my Build Please

    from what I've read I think you should trust the Real Temps over your BIOS temps edit: I think it has something to do with reading the CPU case temp vs. the core temps
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