Plays my ~20100 best. All looking good :evil:
TBH I'm reading that i7 can run pretty damn hot. Most sources are saying keep it under 80. The tjmax is 100 btw. Set your tjmax to 100 in realtemp and monitor it for a while. It might take a few heat cycles for the paste to 'cook-in' anyway. What did you use? How much did you use? You only want the finest smear.
As far as cleaning goes - I always just use a piece of toilet paper to clean the old stuff off
I think I'm going to order a new HSF next week, and lap both the processor and the new HSF. I already know my QX will sail past 4Ghz as long as I can keep it cool enough.
Is the tjmax set correctly though? If not, then your readings will not be accurate. You need to be confident that the readings are as accurate as possible.
Yeah AS5 on quads should be the thin line with a slight twist once mated.
EDIT: ok. 85 is way too hot. Have you undervolted yet? You'd be surprised how much you can lower the vcore before it becomes unstable. Undervolting will massively reduce temps. Keep dropping it down - when it's too low you'll get core failures very early on in a Prime run. Then up it slightly until it's stable again.
Good work - I would love to build my own PC one day!!
Well, I'm no realtemp guru but AFAIK if the tjmax is set correctly, then that's accurate enough.
Definitely reduce the vcore until it starts failing in Prime95. Then, though, you may decide to overclock more...it's always a fine balancing act. Definitely not easy once you start getting involved in voltages.
Juts run it at stock for a while and play some f**king games!
Naughty boy. You can get the Crysis mega-pack from Steam for very little monies. That pack includes Crysis, Crysis Warhead & Crysis Wars. Well worth investing a few quid in TBH.
Steam is awesome. The best way to buy and organise games :approve:
Thats some clever stuff.... GEEKS lol. Seriously though, Build looks like a monster, Great job.
Naughty boy. You can get the Crysis mega-pack from Steam for very little monies. That pack includes Crysis, Crysis Warhead & Crysis Wars. Well worth investing a few quid in TBH.
Steam is awesome. The best way to buy and organise games :approve:
? £32 for three awesome games seems quite good value to me?
BTW, the 'recommended' thermal spec for your CPU is max 68c. Under 80c you should be fine but, don't expect it to last 10 years 24/7 at those temps
I wouldn't mind getting in to it. I have a feeling TheBeast4 will be running on water. It's a whole topic on its own though. Lots to learn if you're building a custom setup...which of course you will be
just seen this thread - pornness of a comp!
Yeah. I would definitely try a reseat.
Have you got the vcore back at auto?
Fallout 3 to START.
So. Have you actually played any games yet? Get your freak on!
You have the whole world of epic PC games just waiting to be played. I'm so enjoying FarCry 2 at the moment. I've started Crysis Warhead and FEAR 2. I still have Dead Space to carry on with. Fallout 3 to START. Cod WaW to get into. The list just goes on. Crazy times. PC gaming has never been better if you invested in the machinary.
To start?!?!?
Mr Meldrew I'm disappointed. Get your act together and get on with it!!!
PS - Health warning.. It's very addictive. Be prepared to lose all track of time while playing it.
Yeah I know
I don't actually own the game yet, but I'll be buying it over Steam, and I have a 20mb pipe, so it's no major deal. I've been holding it off because I just have so many other games to play!
Don't be such a pikey, and just buy the Crysis pack
Nice, but have you played any games yet FFS?
Most of those links are broken BTW