Posts by MaxT

The ambient is pretty high as you can see from the lowest temps, it is hot here. But still, this is quite an improvement from 87-92 temps I was getting before. And this is running 100 MHz faster.

Wasn't taking pictures, I was concentrating on not killing the CPU, heh. I will post a screenshot of the current temps shortly.

Quote:Originally Posted by tx-jose link to the TIM you used? This one Make sure you do not put this anywhere near aluminum heatsinks!! It is also highly conductive! So it's pretty much perfect to go between the die and the IHS (but...

Haha, there are plenty of pics and videos floating around. I just wanted to share results and give people a tip not to use the thin razor.

Just went through this as well on my I7-3770k. Dropped the highest core from 92c to 69c with the same ambient temps. The rest of the cores droped between 18-20 degrees as well. This is under Prime95 full load. This was running at 4.4GHz...

Quote:Originally Posted by Sean Webster Normal, basically the CPU is working at a lower frequency when when you are benching. This in turn lowers performance in benches for the system. Having the system under a light load with the...

Hi, I've been finding chunks of information here and there regarding this, but does anyone have a good explanation of why this happens? When C states and speedstep are enabled, My Plextor 256GB M3 Pro goes from ~32 MB down to ~25 MB in...

never mind Sweet board! Mine is on the way from newegg!

Quote:Originally Posted by Sean Webster  64GB: Plextor M3 Pro Plextor M3 = Samsung 830 = Crucial M4 = OCZ Vertex 4 Intel 520 > Intel 330 128GB: Corsair Performance Pro = Plextor M3 Pro = OCZ Vertex 4 Plextor M3 = Crucial M4 =...

evga 670 ftw actually uses a better 680 cooler than stock if i am not mistaken (vapor chamber ithink). Having said that, the asus cooler is still considered equal if not better. Evga is on a 680 PCB with an extra power phase i...