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On my secondary HTPC that I've set up, I'm using an old MSI 5850 Twin Frozr I had laying around until the next NVIDIA cards drop, and I'm having an issue. Basically, the fan will only work if controlled manually. If controlled automatically, it just sits at 55%. This is on a fresh install of...

Here are the big issues I'm having at the moment, ranking from the most important to the least. 1) Monitor doesn't reliably turn on during boot. As if my Acer XB270HU won't handshake with my 980 Ti. Sometimes if I unplug and replug the Display Port after the PC booted, it will work, but...

This is probably a silly thread. So I ordered this RAM (Ripjaw 4 DDR4 2800) and I instantly regret not ordering this slightly better RAM (Ripjaw 4 DDR 3000) because I could probably have afforded to spend the extra money and it would've been nice to take advantage of the extra speed the DDR4 has...

My GA-X58A-UD3R is about to die (difficult to boot these days). So I need new CPU+RAM+MOBO. I've decided on the 5820k because I want 6-cores to take advantage of in future multi-threaded DX12 titles (Skylake's 33% less cores steered me away) and it overclocks better than the 5930k. I have a...

Hey guys, I'm getting a little frustrated over a problem I'm having. I'm trying to play the The Wire: Remastered blu-ray on my PC and my Onkyo TX-SR607 isn't detecting the 5.1 DTS-HD audio track. I'm using PowerDVD 14 software, but tried updating to 15 and the problem persists. I've played many...

Hello, I'm having a bit of an issue with my new Gigabyte 980 Ti. I installed it and I'm having difficulty getting anything to appear on my screen. After multiple restarts, I've managed to get into the BIOS. The first time getting into the BIOS I tried modifying some settings to see if it helped...

Hello, I'm trying to sell my EVGA 04G-P4-2982-KR GeForce GTX 980 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Superclocked G-SYNC Support Video Card. I've had the card since 9/19/2014, so the 3 year warranty lasts from that point. I'm asking for $420, shipping via USPS is included. US only. Paypal...

So here's the issue - I received an Acer xb270hu that had a some dust stuck in the panel. I read that some people had luck moving the dust into a less noticeable location, so I tried doing so with a microfiber cloth. I've read that it was bad to to rub a monitor with a dry cloth so I used a tiny...

So, for those who don't know, the Swiftech H-240X uses a PWM splitter to control the fans attached. It's 8-way so you can hook a lot of fans up to it. For about 6 months I've had it hooked up to 4x 140mm Noctua NF-A14 iPPC3000, the H-240X pump, and a Zalman fanmate which has 2 fans hooked up to...

My rig is an i7 930 overclocked to 4.2 Ghz, EVGA GTX 980 Superclocked, 16GB 1866Mhz RAM, 256Gb Samsung 850 Pro SSD, 2Tb WD Black HDD, Corsair 650W PSU. I'm not absolutely itching for an upgrade this moment. But in the coming months I'm going to try to upgrade to a 1440P monitor (Acer xb270hu)...

How is this achieved? I have a Corsair 450d case. I currently have a 280mm (Swiftech H240X) mounted on top as exhaust, with two 140mm intakes in front, a 120mm intake on bottom, and 120mm exhaust on back. I've heard it's a bad idea to use radiators for intake because you're putting hot air into...

So basically I have a Corsair 450D case and a Sentry Mix 2 fan controller. My case layout has 140mm Corsair AF140 quiet edition intakes, a 120MM AF120 Quiet Edition on the back exhausting, and 2x 140mm Helix 140f exhausting through a H-240X radiator at the top of my case. Illustration of...

So right now I'm rocking the stock Corsair 450D and H-240X fans and was in the market for 4 new 140mm fans. 2 of the new fans for my case will replace the intakes and the other 2 will replace the exhaust on my H-240X. I'm just going to leave my rear case fan alone (it's always running at 40%)...

Do I need to download and install a custom BIOS to get more out of my EVGA GTX 980 SC? If I run the Heaven benchmark, it doesn't appear that I gain any FPS from raising my power limit beyond 108%. I noticed that on average, I get the highest average FPS with my power limit at 108% and no voltage...

Just installed the H-240X heatsink and one of the fans is making a buzzing/rattling type noise. I don't see any obstructions, like cables, hitting the fins. Could it possibly be the pump? It's the fan located over the pump. I'm going to try re-mounting it but I would love some other suggestions...

I was wondering - does anyone think it would be worth the time and effort to open up my GTX 980 and apply Gelid GC Extreme thermal paste to the core and memory? Or would that likely not net a worthwhile decrease in temps?

I just ran the benchmark on my Samsung Magician program really quickly to get an idea for the speeds in relation to my Samsung Spinpoint F3. The read speeds are about 50-75% faster on average, but the sequential write speed is 10% slower and the random write is half that of my Spinpoint. Anyone...

I was wondering - is the Corsair 450D without a fan controller particularly loud? The review on this site indicates that it might be necessary to turn down the fans a bit for those concerned about noise. I assume I can't control that from the BIOS, right? Does that mean I have to buy this...

I acknowledge I made this thread some time ago but I never pulled the trigger on anything and of course things change with time, so I'm giving it another go. I'm looking to upgrade the fans on my H80i. Anything over 900-RPM on these fans creates a discernible noise, and anything over 1300 RPM...

So the step-up on my EVGA 980 GTX Superclocked bought at launch is about to expire. I would've purchased the ACX 2.0 version but it was late at night when they were made available for purchase and just wanted a guaranteed 980 that I didn't have to potentially wait a few weeks for. I've seen...

I remember that when the option for TXAA started showing up in games (like Crysis 3), image comparisons revealed that it softened up the image quality a good deal, similar to FXAA, making it a less-preferable AA option. I've heard that implementation of TXAA is different from title to title...

So I have a 1200P monitor (much preferred to higher-res monitors) and this allows me to use DSR in just about every game I normally play (except for Crysis 3 and Watch Dogs). Has anyone else had an opportunity to play around with it? I noticed it makes games noticeably sharper and objects...

My issue is that when I try to launch a full screen game, often my color profile will automatically revert to the default Windows color profile, rather than use my calibrated one. It happens other times too, but most noticeably when I try to play games. Is there any way to remove the Window's...

First off, I studied the i7 930 Overclocking thread and a guide to hit 4.2ghz on another forum. I hope this isn't a shot in the dark but I was hoping someone could help me figure out if I'm doing something wrong. I have a Gigabyte UDR3 X58A Mobo, with 8x2Gb 1866 DDR3 G.Skill Ares RAM, and a...

Hey guys, I wanted to upgrade my speakers. I currently have AudioEngine A5s, and while they sound great, they're still relatively low-end and small bookshelf speakers. I've been looking around and have seen a lot of great speakers that looked like they were worth upgrading to. I've narrowed my...

I've heard weird noises coming from computers in my day, but these noises could typically be traced back to the fans. But this noise is different. It's like a loud whining noise coming from my CPU. Sometimes it can be synced to what I'm doing (like if I quit a program or open one, it'll...

Since my Gigabyte motherboard is extremely finnicky about recognizing memory with the right speeds, I had to overclock my i7 930 to 4.2ghz so all 6GB of my RAM would be recognized at DDR3 1600. It idles at 40c and I just played Crysis maxed for 15 minutes, alt tabbed out, and RealTemp said I was...

My motherboard My RAM Ok, so I just put together an i7 930 PC with the above motherboard and RAM. But I'm having major memory detection issues. If I leave my timings at default and the RAM speed at 1033, it recognizes all 6GB just fine. But if I try to bring the RAM to proper speed (1600...

I was looking at this. Does anyone have any other suggestions? 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $~1,200 - Hopefully I'm ordering from Newegg so there's no tax and it must be around $1,200...

According to benchmarks, the 250GTS in SLI is faster than a GTX 285. The MSI edition of the 250GTS, TwinFrozr, is a souped up 250GTS, which I'm sure has very decent overclocking potential. The 2x 250GTS is about $20 cheaper than a 5850. What do you guys think?