Ok, I am building two 3900x rigs to replace two i7-6700k rigs that I used with Cooler Master V8 GTS High Performance CPU Coolers (Vapor Chambers) for several years.. Went AMD for the first time in 15 years....
I am used to temps (and space heaters as it were) that are pretty low/cool...
So I...
Not a huge overclocker, but I believe in keeping components as cool as possible for longevity.
Building a new rig with the Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero board, AMD 3900x, Corsair Carbide 540 airflow case, and wanted a vapor chamber solution (had too many pumps fail on me in the past), so I...
SAPPHIRE 100352-3L Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026
Price is jacked up a bit to $259 after rebate.
My "new" refurbished 3008, after a month, had an interesting problem last night. After several hours of useage it started getting "static" like artifacts on the screen. It eventually got so much "static" on it the picture was completely degraded in both games and the desktop. I checked...
Im building my son a cheap computer and scavenging some old parts to do it...
I have some old OCZ DDR 400 memory and I was wondering if I could get away with using them in a ECS IC780M-A mobo I am looking at buying...according to its specs, it can handle DDR2 1066/800/667/533/400...anyone...
I think mine is close, but I'm having the same screen lighting variance as they talk about in this review:
3007 Review
Like their first test panel, mine is brighter in the lower right, and dimmer in the upper left. Slightly affects colors...on a solid background the color looks a little...