Recent content by Striker9

Room is 20*C. I'm almost positive I installed it correctly. Used G751 Shin-Etsu paste. I guess I can try it again. Not sure what I would do differently though. Idle temps are around 40. Something is definitely wrong.

It's not a high pitch whine. It sounds like the pico buzzer/alarm attached to the motherboard. My CPU temps really shouldn't be that high, should they?

I'll look at my mobo and see if there are any settings that I need to change. The CPU and GPU still seem high to me. Especially after looking at other people's temps. I didn't think my case was that bad.... I even have the 212+ installed.

I just installed a Sapphire 6950 Dirt3 in my build and started playing BF3. My max temps in GPU-z get up to 76*C on the GPU which seems pretty high. 72*C on the CPU. After playing for a while something will start to buzz intermittently. Im not sure if it's a warning on the mobo or the...

I still have a perfectly good Sager laptop with a faulty 8600gt. It's been baked 5 times now. It sounds like I'll be going to a 6950 while I wait for the new cards to come out. Where is the best deal on an unlockable 6950? Newegg has it for $264 before rebate, which doesn't sound like that...

Are there any cards that I should avoid if I'm going to be using them upside down? My case doesn't have the best cooling, plus being upside down might cause some problems.

My new build is in my sig. I'll be using a 1920x1200 resolution monitor and don't plan on going to a multi-monitor setup or SLI/CF. These are the options I've come up with. 1. Buy a cheap card that I can play BF3 on Medium settings. 2. Buy a 580 gtx a couple days before BF3 comes out...

I currently don't have a GPU. Debating whether to buy a 580 gtx or something around $300 and waiting for better cards to come out. I'd like to play on high settings in the mean time. 1920x1200 Suggestions?

It was the board. Installed the new one tonight and everything seems to be working fine.

Ugh. Looks like I'm going back to MicroCenter tomorrow. I assume it's the new board is working? Could it be the 1.65v memory causing the problem?

The slots are in this order: 4231 All pictures I've seen of the board have ram in slots 1&2, which isn't working. Don't have any other ram to use either.

Just built a new computer, specs are in my sig. Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Ram: Kingston HyperX blu 8GB DDR3-1600 1.65v When I put ram in slots 1 or 3 the system will boot. With ram in slots 2 or 4 the system turns fans and lights on for 5 seconds and restarts continuously. Neither...

The HX850 looks like it's going to be a little too long. The dimensions are: 5.9"(W) x 3.4"(H) X 7.09"(L) Any other options <$155? I'll be buying whatever the best GPU for ~$450 is when BF3 comes out. Then whenever that becomes not enough to play games I'll buy a second to SLI/CF. I'm...

That's what I'm worried about, guess I'll keep looking around for PSUs. Any suggestions for others? I want to be able to do SLI/CF if I have to down the road.

Is a Corsair HX850 PSU going to be too big for this case? Dimensions: 5.9"(W) x 3.4"(H) X 7.09"(L)