Recent content by Neveroutgunned

Thanks, the 6401AALS looks like a better choice over mine.

Heh edited the original post but it was Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 4.2MS 32MB 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive Oem

Before I pull the trigger on this, look for some feedback. Thanks Mobo: MSI P55-GD65 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 Proc: Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box Memory: G.SKILL F3-16000CL9D-4GBRH Ripjaws PC3-16000 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-2000 CL9-9-9-27 Core I5...

Not a fan of the stock coolers, those pushpins are cheap and a huge pain if the motherboard is not out. If the motherboard is installed already its always best to install in a X fashion do pins 1&3 then 2&4 so the pressure your applying is more evenly distributed.

Looking at this rig something is up, stock cooler and speeds but its idle temps are high 40's in coretemp. 1x120mm intake and 1x120mm Out. Tried a moderate OC of 2.8 and they jumped to 60c idle 65 load. Any ideas? I was thinking possibly the heatsink isn't seated properly but anything else I...

Antec TriCool 120mm you can get with red leds

Sounds like Speedstep is enabled... When your PC is at idle, speed step kicks in to reduce the mulit, and vcore. This allows lower power consumption, and heat. Its basically the same as AMD's Cool-n-quiet. When you put your system on a full load, speed step should put the stock multiplier...