Posts by mhocker10

great post, good information.. thanks for this thread

1. Which brand SSD are you considering for your next upgrade? Intel, OCZ, Crucial, Kingston, Patriot Memory, Samsung, or other? - KINGSTON - 2. What do you look for when selecting an SSD? Price, Performance, Brand - or a combination of...

well, after the curing period for the Ceramique.. at idle Im sitting on 44*C.. and at 100% GPU load Im seeing nomore then 56-60*C. Altogether, a drop of ~35*-40*C, idle/load. Im satisfied.

So Ive been doing my normal BOINC at bedtime.. run it through the night on my idle pc. I get up early and notice, temps are spiking 90+C. So. today I took the vid card apart, a 9800gtx. Thermal pad was ate up gone. I dint have any pad so...

when I replace TIM on a GPU.. I for one use OCZ Freeze.. love that stuff.. anyway, I spread a square from center to about 1/2 way around the GPU. Once contact is made, try not to move the cooler up and down. Thats when air bubbles can...

vet here, Army 92-2000 (8 yr contract) I think what you are doing is fantastic.

you should be able to adjust your temp settings in your BIOS... they are probably set on "smart fan".. I would recommend changing them to "manual" 100%.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2008757 validation.

those temps are high for running stock timing. I would remove the heat sink, clean both the cpu and heat sink base with rubbing alcohol, and reapply a very thin layer of a GOOD thermal paste. hell, at 3.2ghz Im running idle 38-42c core...

as all the above posters have stated, yes.. 500w will run it just fine.