Recent content by Phail

FWIW, Phanteks PH-TC14PE with 3 fans from an old build (4790k). It works great, no complaints.

Sell this version?

Benq Zowie XL2730 here with an MSI 1080ti, works great. Not my system. We will see what happens after the update.

I watched this, it kept me from wanting to upgrade. They have other videos of overclocked performance also. Of course there are newer and more demanding games out, as always it is up to you if it is worth the upgrade.

Bios is default except XMP for memory. By CPU install I think you mean cooler install, I am sure it is right. I have redone it over 5 times. As far as the TIM under the lid, at best I could get 15C but that is at BEST. Probably more like 5 with my luck.

16 GB 1600 Mhz XMP for memory. I did try overclocking, 4.8 Ghz @ 1.315 was perfectly stable at gaming. Temps were too high for me trying to stress test (95C + 1st minute), that is when I decided to stress at stock and add some GPU load to the mix. I guess if I was going to run an OC I would...

Voltage is 1.170 max, most of the time it is 1.163. I have taken the cooler off many times and checked the contact and it seems good. I loaded optimized defaults and left everything on auto. I am not sure how much it adds to the temps but the iGPU is running a second monitor. If I run AIDA64...

I upgraded my sons system from a i5 4460 to an i7 4790k. I bought a Phanteks TC14PE to go with it thinking I would get an OC out of it, wow was I wrong. The case has good airflow, and I have reseatted the cooler many times thinking I did something wrong. I decided to do a worst case scenario...

Every time I chose AMD it was because it was the cheaper option, with enough performance. I bought 2 Phenom X4 955 BE's for family members back in 2011, both overclocked well. One still runs @4Ghz all day long. They became long in the tooth in 2015 and I built 3 systems with Intel i5 cpu's. I...

It is AVX that is causing the voltage to rise I am pretty sure. It has been a known issue for a long time. https://hardforum.com/threads/adaptive-vcore-and-avx-temperatures-a-revelation.1777509/

I have had ATI/AMD 9800XT, 5750, 6850, 280X and 390. 390 was the only card I remember having issues with on install, or any issue at all. I have also had Nvidia 6800GT, 8800GTS (SLI also) and GTX 770. I can't remember having an issue with any of these.

I have a system here with an R9 390, I can say I am very happy with how it performs @ 1080p in every game it has played. I really don't understand the bashing on the software/driver side for these, I have only had one issue with drivers and that was on install (I am sure others have had issues...

I am not supporting this board at all, I have never used it. It would allow you to use a Xeon and ECC memory. It has not been updated with new Broadwell-E chips on their support page so I guess you would have to contact them. I am sure that there are many more X99 boards out there that can...

If you want it to be gaming stable I would still suggest running stability tests. I started with Aida then Prime 95 and found that I was still not game stable. It went like this. I was stable @ 4.4 with Aida @ 1.232, Prime95 27.3 (non AVX) @ 1.254 and Arma 3 would crash alot. I got Arma 3...

I have never killed a CPU so I never knew what the symptoms were. I have killed everything else though.... Glad that he figured it out. And for the record, I WAS WRONG.