Recent content by Silent Ricochet

Updated the original post to share my findings and provide feedback.

Ahhh gotcha, so an IPS is the correct choice.. Now if there were only a way to find a damn 1680x1050 IPS display I'd be sold. I'm really not willing to take the performance hit by upping the resolution.

The Dell and LG IPS displays are quite intriguing, but aren't IPS displays worse for gaming? I understand the LG display you referenced has a 5ms response time, but does that differ any from a TN panel's 5ms response time? It is equally important that there is no input lag and ghosting as well...

Looking to grab a good 16:10 display for under $150. I'll be using this display primarily for schoolwork, writing code, and in my spare time playing some decently long sessions of BF4. Right now I'm running a horribly old DCLCD DCL20A+ 20.1" display that has served me very well over the years. I...

Yep, that's seems to have done it you guys. Thanks!

Hello all, When I first built this PC, I knew little of hard drives at the time and frankly didn't think it mattered what I got as long as it was SATA, 7200RPM and either Seagate or WD. That being said, I grabbed a Seagate Barricuda (ST32503310AS) 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive, which I've read is...

So the ASUS monitor I posted above is my best bet? Does anyone have any other suggestions? I've never bought an ASUS monitor before, can anyone attest to their quality (yes I saw it got rave reviews). As for the monitor only being 22", I don't have much room on my desk for a larger screen...

Fellow Gamers and Enthusiasts, I have a bit of a problem here. I'm a bit picky, I admit, when it comes to monitor shopping. You see, the last time I purchased a monitor for myself was probably close to 4 years ago and at that time I had little knowledge of monitors. All I knew was that this...

1066mhz doesn't work with this motherboard for some odd reason. Dumass compatibility bs i guess, there's tons of threads about it all over the web. Impossible to run 1066 with this specific Ram and Mobo combo, that's why I'm running 900mhz, it's a 1066mhz kit. Yeah I know the CTRL+F1 trick, it...

Not a bad idea about the CPU, but I'm concerned about temps. I don't know the actual temperature of my CPU because enabling the 4th core disables it somehow, so I have to go by HWMonitor and the TMPIN# temperatures. The motherboard actually seems to be quite cool under almost all conditions. As...

Seemed to have found the sweet spot. Kept the CPU-NB VID voltage the same, 1.3v, and lowered the Multiplier to 10x or 2250MHz. Just played a quick round of BF3 and seems stable! A bit quicker too, especially when leaving BF3, almost instantaneous return to desktop.

So lower the NB frequency one notch and bump up the cpu-Nb voltage more? What's a safe voltage to be at? What shouldn't I exceed? Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

There's a setting for Northbridge Voltage and then there's another setting for CPU-NB VID Voltage or something. I set the Northbridge to 1.3v after I crashed the first time with no luck. I also bumped up the CPU-NB VID Voltage by the smallest amount possible. EDIT: Just did some more reading...

I can't seem to get my Computer to be stable when playing BF3 with a higher NB Frequency. Any ideas why?

Just did some reading and then bumped up my NB frequency to 2475Mhz (from default 2000Mhz). Things do feel a bit snappier as you said but that could just be me. Windows definitely started faster, but the real test will be BF3, which I plan on getting around to a little later. Temps seem well...