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    1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

    Thanks for the Tip! Alright then bigrigs, looks like were in the same boat here, to to speak, but i think i'm gonna try with the stock cooler, first, to see what i come up with ;-) Hmm, i'll think about it there more soon bigrig & stunna, at the same time instead of buying a new cooler, i...
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    1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

    ohh geeze i just misssed your advice on the bclk. i came here to report that i feel bad, cheap-person-buyers-guilt for paying on a xeon x5670 for my several year old system,. when i should buy pancake mix, sausage roll for sammiches, or MAYBE a new platform's board.. 7.99 for shipping, this...
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    1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

    Would it be crazy if i went against the grain and got an x5650? Do you think i could get my ram speed to 1600Mhz useable? I'd like a very mild overclock, like 3.6 or 3.4, or even 3.3, i don't know whats possible in terms of the speed, and i don't know know if anyone's listed their settings on...
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    1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

    Hi there CStunner, glad to see your around! Heck i've read your replies in this thread over the past two days! Your my celebrity here tonight ;-). My concern is with the x5660, I've seen reports where implementers were having issue with the clock multiplier resetting to 23 or 22 on reboot...
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    1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

    Thanks for the reply bill. What sort of, advantages would i see by going with a W3680, see im sory or juggling buying a cheap cpu today, and a new platform board in 6months or 1-2 years, The W3680 is the same price as a broadwell systemboard, which I suspect itself would eventually offer...
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    1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

    Hello overclockers and X58 Xeon owners and enthusiasts. I'm on an X58 platform and am looking to upgrade from my stock i-920 socketed to my Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME overclocking motherboard, by dropping in a Xon and was hoping to see some advice here. For the past day or so i've bee trying...
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    An Alternative to Coolermaster?

    I'll add to this forum entry that i also had tingling feedback from my headphones using the silverstone raven rv01 case. I think i might have a similar problem. Too bad there doesn't seem to a conclusive lead here for others who encounter this disgusting problem. The front io ports, which...
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    My Raven RV01 Build

    I know this is an old thread, but i'd like to add my experience here for future inquiry. I also found noise issues when using this case. I've especially found issues involving the front/top panel io ports and noise. Also, much noises seen when using an x-fi io font port, which shares a io...
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    Is 23-24 inches still the sweet spot for most PC gamers ?

    I think many posters are hijacking this thread. And i don`t know why. Maybe some ppl cant stand the though that others might not like their display? "i like mine, i like mine, i like mine" This thread is statedley not about, "do you like a large display", or "do you like your display", or...
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    Is 23-24 inches still the sweet spot for most PC gamers ?

    Listen DMonkey, Were here to share information, opinions and discuss, I think, and not attack one another with insults. Instead of claiming I don't know what I'm doing, it would be kinder, and maybe a little more acceptable, in any related circumstance, to say "maybe you don't know what...
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    Is 23-24 inches still the sweet spot for most PC gamers ?

    are you operating from a couch then i take it, or a command centre? Probably a couch im guessing. Maybe im overstepping.. Guessing can be a bad habit.. I think the sweetspot, though some ppl will say it's too small, it's probably like you suspect, in the 24" range for a single task...
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    Is 23-24 inches still the sweet spot for most PC gamers ?

    @A0S yes, the reference oled exists from sony, and i think a flanders. Besides that massive, out of the general consumer budget suggestion, and logic. Cause that is a reference display for video production... and were talking about gaming. where were not really motoring, but utilizing intense...
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    200 USD budget, looking for 1920x1080 monitor for gaming

    You wanna know what you get, often times, with an lcd IPS monitor? Behold https://www.google.ca/search?q=ips+glow&biw=853&bih=560&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=o3KIVfHpNtOuyATm65H4DA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ Then youtube: lcd pulse width modulation to see what you can end up with using a pwm led backlit...
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    200 USD budget, looking for 1920x1080 monitor for gaming

    The FW900 is fantastic for low light environments, so they say, and it`s 16:10, but it can display 1920 1080 you are looking for But i hear it`s legendary for gaming. It can pull of 1920x1200., which means in movies you will either have a 200pixel boarder, 100 on the top and 100 on the...
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    How to Quality Check new monitor?

    Backlight bleed can be a problem with lcd displays, besides stuck pixels. To check for what is called "backlight bleed", and getting used to the new display :-) Turn room lighting off for this test and setup a few dark pictures. Have a movie watching night for yourself or yourself and a pal...
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