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    Achieva Shimian QH270| $400 IPS 2560x1440 Korean Monitor

    I purchased an Achieva Shimian Lite Pixel Perfect from accessorywhole. It is indeed pixel perfect, but it has some noticeable BLB. At first I thought the BLB would have been a deal breaker, then I fine tuned the brightness (out of the box it definately too high) thus reducing the bleed (which...
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    Big upgrade or small uprgade?

    Hello, I have been using my trusty 8800 GTX (factory overclocked) for the all these years (since its release) and it has always served me well. It died once but I managed to rivive it with the oven trick. :) Unfortunately I have recently bought the Witcher 2 and this game is proving to be...
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    Holy crap, it worked! Dead video card, resurrected!

    Many thanks to the OP as I managed to bring my 8800 gtx back to life!! :D:D:D
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    Please help: computer no longer works

    Tried as we speak, no luck. I noticed that the psu led changes from yellow, then as I press the power button becomes red then green, then red for a second the it shuts off and becomes yellow again.
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    Please help: computer no longer works

    Update: if i remove the upper psu cable (8 pins) on the motherboard it will stay on but not post.
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    Please help: computer no longer works

    Sorry I forgot to mention it, it is an Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 W.
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    Please help: computer no longer works

    Hello, A couple of days ago I started experiencing weird issues with games as if the videocard was dying (8800 gtx). I run a few stress tests and could run prime 95 without issues but as soon as I ran Furmark I saw artifacts and the whole thing crashed. So I went out and bought a cheap video...
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    i7 920 @ 4.2 Ghz: Stable in some tests, unstable in some other tests

    Are you guys sure that LinX is heavier than Prime95 large FFTs?
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    i7 920 @ 4.2 Ghz: Stable in some tests, unstable in some other tests

    To answer the above questions: To monitor temps I am using Asus PC Probe II, my cooler is Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 with some random LED fan which was bundled with my PSU. I managed to do a nice cable management so nothing gets in the way of the aiflow. Tonight I messed up with...
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    i7 920 @ 4.2 Ghz: Stable in some tests, unstable in some other tests

    Sorry been a bit busy... At those voltages the computer crashed during the first night, but everything went fine during the second night since I had given it some more v-core up to 1.325 now I have just came back home and I found that it has crashed again during my absence... I used large FFTs...
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    i7 920 @ 4.2 Ghz: Stable in some tests, unstable in some other tests

    I changed all the values as you said, I will play some Dragon Age 2 tonight and start Prime95 before going to bed... I will post my results tomorrow, thank you!
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    i7 920 @ 4.2 Ghz: Stable in some tests, unstable in some other tests

    Testing with Prime 95: Small FFT and Blend are stable (8 hours), whereas in-place large FFTs crashes after some time... Games tend to crash: I tried only Dragon Age 2 and Crysis 2 Demo, in both cases I got a BSOD after sometime. Processor temp settles at 70 - 71 °C under load and motherboard at...
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    i7 920: What would be a safe load temp for daily usage?

    What about motherboard temp at 37 °C?
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    i7 920: What would be a safe load temp for daily usage?

    Sooo I have cleaned my heatsink and replaced the fan with some random Enermax it was bundled with my PSU... Running Prime 95 as I write, temp are at about 60 °C and rise very very very slowly...
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    i7 920: What would be a safe load temp for daily usage?

    I finally decided to overclock my i7 920 and I managed to get it to 4 ghz @ 1.25 vCore and I can probably go higher. I ran some Prime 95 torture test and temperature went from 42 °C idle to about 90 °C after a few minutes. I surely can improve cooling on the processor putting a more powerful...
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