Posts by xd_1771

Moved to ATI (graphics cards). The tagline at the top of the forum clearly says:Quote:If your subject of discussion regards an AMD graphics card, please use the AMD/ATI forum instead.

The G.Skill Value kit suggested above is overspending for generic memory.... you can get performance-binned DDR3-1600 at CL9 for less price

I'm pretty sure there will be a next-gen Richland desktop FM2 APU soon... they already released it on mobile. If you can't wait, a good FM2 board will probably offer a drop-in upgrade.

Get a 2x4GB kit, it will give you dual channel bandwidth at the same price or less.

You can do an OC on the stock cooler as long as you keep track of your temperature headroom. I once pushed a 965 C2 (140W TDP!) to 3.7Ghz on a stock cooler, because temps were in check. It's such a huge misconception that stock coolers...

1600Mhz at 5-5-5-15 O_O I haven't seen those results since the days of Elpida Hyper ICs. However, you will have better performance with higher speed even if timings are higher on FM2 platform.

APUs are not weak processors. The A10 and 750k are in line with the FX-4300 (or 6300 with two cores disabled?) in most performance scenarios and can have good overclocking ability with the iGPU enabled. FM2 is a more budget-conscious and...

Quote:Originally Posted by pinkominko I am not sure if this has been mentioned before but if you have 970A-Series rev 1.0 or 1.1 you should think about putting a heatsink over the MOSFETs near the CPU socket. Those MOSFETs are...

This motherboard should not be rated for 125W TDP CPUs even at stock, it seems to be a misnomer from ASUS. As a 3+1 phase VRM design with no design changes from previous-gen boards, it should be facing the same TDP rating limits as the...

Kind of disappointing that, of all sites, OCN is not on that "more info" site list