Recent content by louwillsea

The noise is annoying when they ramp up, which seems to be a lot lately after getting this I7-3770K. It is obnoxiously loud. Also what is the optimal configuration? Push/Pull with air going into the case or coming out? Thanks in advance.

I love my 7870. But I still am replacing it with a 7970. Merry Christmas to me :)

This is not good news for me as I just ordered a 7970 and plan on playing Battlefield and Far Cry 3 which comes with the card..... Why would they do a bundle when there are issues with the games it comes with???? I had serious ponderances of getting the GTX 680. Now it looks like I should have...

Thanks for the apples to apples comparison Ramon. I notice everything now is much snappier. Did a few bios tweaks and now have it running Prime stable at 4.5Ghz so it is definitely much faster then my Core I5.

I was pondering whether to get the 3770k or the I5. I ended up going for the I7 since they were the same price. Problem is I cannot overclock it as much as I could my I5 2500K. No biggie the more threads the better when I'm using Handbrake.

I will most likely sell it.

I just did a search on Cores in Handbrake and it does indeed use Hyperthreading. Case closed sticking to my I7 setup. Now what to do with my Sandy Bridge rig lol.....

Reason I am asking is that I am disappointed with the overclocks I am getting with the 3770K. My Core I5 2500K goes much higher, yet I do use a lot of apps that cause use the extra threads the 3770K can give me. For example Using Handbrake (which I have not used yet, Which would be faster?

It is set to normal right now. Should I up it?

Im having the 5870 repaired by Gigabyte, but didnt have a spare card lying around to throw in until I get it back. It might not be as fast as my 5870, but it seems alot more consistent with regards to FPS. I dont have a crazy resolution monitor so I play at 1920X1080 anyways. Have it clocked to...

Set CPU voltage in Bios 1.25 and it still jumps up to nearly 1.5volts. What could I possibly be doing wrong?

THing is I havent set anything anywhere, I was told on another forum that I didnt have to, Sure I read the reviews and the overclocking manuals, but was talked into leaving everything at auto. I need to re-read the I5 2500K overclockers guide,

Not going to win if he does.

And I bet my roommate who isnt working right now ate up about half those minutes. He is on there every day all day long, it's a total addicition. I told him he needs to go to a Facebook Anonymous meeting.

+1 on that.