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It is important simply because even if your PSU is slightly degraded, an overclocked machine will create issues. For example, I have a Corsair HX 850. After 4 years, it was working fine until I replaced an "aging" 670 graphics card with a 970. Worked for a couple of weeks until I played a...

I started to notice lately that my setup has been seeing a few more Stop 124 errors. I use whocrashed and it indicates a thermal issue. I have a fairly good watercooled loop using a monsoon dual res with a swiftech mcp 655pwm with an EK block and a 240 rad. The vcore is 1.425 using all of the...

I'm keeping the stock heatsinks for target shooting from now on. I got a CM Hyper 212 since 67C was too hot for my tastes. Can we shoot the idiot that invented push pins and while we are at it, do the same for whoever made the decision to keep using them? It took 15 minutes to get 3 of them...

Ok good. I didn't want to go burning up a perfectly good build:D

I just pre-built my rig at lunch using the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe mobo and the 2600K. I'm using the DD Torture Rack as the case until I can watercooling added to my new case. Using the Intel stock heatsink just so I can verify everything works and to install Windows 7 and drivers, I was amazed at...

This will happen anytime you have bleeding-edge tech at very scarce quantities. Supply < Demand = Mucho $$$ Wait until next year.

Not really. It's still extremely difficult getting these cards. I actually had the worse thing happen - I backordered from 5 places in hopes I could get one before Thanksgiving and cancel the others but 2 sent out at the same time. I have a 5850 and a 5870. Good thing my brother-in-law...

Ok try this ppl: I got this on my 5850 when I cranked the card to 815/1350. Once I took it back down the grey blue bars stopped occurring. If you bought a card pre-overclocked, take it back down to reference 725/1000. For those with Crossfire - you might need to uninstall the drivers, boot...

5850 all the way. Even at 1680 x 1050, it will blow the 5770 away. The 57xx series is meant for HTS, not gaming (unless you intend on Crossfire).

Yeah you are right...I need to slow down. Damn, it was so easy to give performance numbers a few year ago - didn't have to provide different resolutions. I did my test suites using 1680x1050 since I don't have 23+ inch monitor (22 inch runs at native 1680x1050). So, 1920 x 1200 might show...

I use AMD's GPU Tool which allows you to overclock the snot out of it - I have mine at 815/1350 now though I think it's too high. I use MSI's tool to set the fan speed from 21% to 40% since the other tools reset the fan speed. ATI's CCC is pretty good for overclocking at manually setting the...

Here's my take on the 4850x2: I've had mine since last March and I it overclocked to 700/1200. Even with a full-size waterblock keeping temps in the upper 30sC under full load, I still run into artifacts. The issue is not everything is watercooled. The area by the 6pin connectors only has...

Couldn't find a way to edit that last post. What I meant is that I ended up using a dremel to remove the extra copper on the water block.

Ok here's some advice. Do some research because depending on the manufacturer, both the EK FC9600 and XSPC 9600 water blocks won't work. I have the XFX 9600GT and even tho all reviews I've read said it is based on the nVidia reference model, it won't work with either water block. The issue is...