Recent content by nighowl2000

So reversed the two top fans so they are sucking air in and I am getting 5 degrees cooler on my CPU and VCORE-1 on idle and at load. I think the problem is that because the computer sits on the floor space in my ikea desk, the fans where not venting out properly ( only 1/2 inch of space between...

the asus sabertooth fx990 gen3 rev 2 supports PCIe 3: http://bg.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/SABERTOOTH_990FXGEN3_R20/

I have a FX8350 setup with a sabertooth Rev2 board. The reason I chose AMD this time is that I do a lot of VM testing and my wife and I use the machine so both accounts are running the same time. Going the AMD route saved me about 200$ which allowed me to get two 120 gig Intel 330 SSD's that i...

hey folks...built myself a new system just before xmas. Got a question about case venting. When I run the prime 95 test my VCore-1 (located just below the 80mm fan on the top left) get super hot at 58 degrees after 20 min according to the sensors on my sabertooth board. Those two top case fans...