Posts by MaxT

Thanks. I used the 4 screws that came with the ATTII and the hold the backplate and the heatsink itself just fine.

Thanks! Actually the 4 main screws that hold the ATTII mounting bracket hold the backplate just fine. Also, use the included glue / compound mix. Don't use tape (things were falling off with the akasa thermal tape, the glue seems to...

Is there any way to keep the evga 680 backplate mounted when ATTII is installed?

There is agood chance you will kill your CPU. I've done it on my 3770k successfully, but only since i had experience doing this with older opterons (which i killed two of ). It's not so much about the die itself, although you have to...

from what i've read, you have to read your WHEA error messages to see if they are pointing to the CPU or to the memory. If they say a CPU core fixed an error then add more vcore. If it points to a certain DIMM that means you need to...

Quote:Originally Posted by ivanlabrie Ivy bridge has a stellar IMC, and doesn't really need extra volts for speeds below 2400mhz really...If your ram is capable of the clocks/timings the imc will pretty much do its job. I bet you...

Running mine right now at 2x4GB @ 2200 9-10-10-24-1T, with the secondary and tetriary timings tightened up at 1.56V. Still testing with Prime95. Might have to go a bit higher on the voltage. Chaning VCCIO and VCCSA did nothing for...

124 is not always vcore, sometimes it's VCCIO (VTT) or the memory voltage Are you overclocking your memory at all? Were there any WHEA errors in the event viewer?

Quote:Originally Posted by Swag If HT didn't factor in terms of stability, you should enable it. It's better to have it on than not since you paid a premium for it. I found it doing more harm than good. The premium I paid was for...

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