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    Oak Harbor, WA
  • Occupation
    USNavy

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  • CPU
    Ryzen 7 5800X (Waiting for the Ryzen 9 5950X)
  • Motherboard
    ASUS X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
  • RAM
    32 GB G.Skill Royal DDR4 3600 CAS 16
  • GPU
    EVGA Nvidia RTX 3090 FTW Ultra
  • Case
    be quiet! Silent Base 802
  • Storage
    x2 - SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB
  • PSU
    be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W
  • Display(s)
    Alienware AW3420DW, x3 27 inch Dell Ultrasharp monitors
  • Cooling
    ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420
  • Keyboard
    Steelseries Apex 7
  • Mouse
    Glorious Model O
  • Sound
    Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Digital Speaker System
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro

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  1. ablangc
    I think I know what you are talking about. I had a Corsair AX1200i. It had a squeaky sound under load. Found out it was the cheap fan that they utilize in their PSU. I have a silent build and I ended up replacing the power supply.
  2. ablangc
    To those who are on a budget, hell no it is not worth it. For people that can afford it? I don't think they care about cost to performance ratio. I went from a 980 Ti SLI setup and got tired of some of the BS that came with SLI so I went with a single powerful card (Titan X Pascal).
  3. ablangc
    I have never done a 1440p benchmark so here it is. These are my daily settings.
  4. ablangc
    This is not going to last long. On Overclock.net, there are plenty of people who have a 6700K scoring better than me. I think the best one I saw so far was 182fps. My CPU is definitely holding me back. Is it enough to warrant a new setup? No, but it is nice!
  5. ablangc
    It is quiet but I have never listened to it with the case open. You having an open-air case is different. I will check it out when I get home from work and let you know. I do plan to water cool this card down the road.
  6. ablangc
    Actually, I think it is pretty quiet compared to the EVGA ACX 2.0 980Ti's SC; however, it was an SLI setup so I am comparing it to that. I do not think the blower is useless but you MUST have a custom fan curve. I am able to maintain a clock speed of 1987MHz (+200 on MSI A/B) at a temp of 76c. Fan was blowing at 85%. Ambient temps were 26c
  7. ablangc
    It's been a while since I have posted. I got rid of the 980 TI's in SLI. Got tired of all the problems and would rather deal with a single strong card. Been dealing with SLI's with my 780 Ti, 980, 980 Ti. Upgraded/sidegraded to a Titan Pascal. Received the card this morning and played with it a bit. I will probably spend a little more time honing in on the overclock. There are others on overclock.net scoring 180+ fps on this particular test. So far I am happy with it and could care less about the costs.
  8. ablangc
    I can see how the game can be boring. I started to get bored with the game(story) and then I started to build up my town. 12 hours later, I still find it fun to scavenge parts and build up my town. I think once I get bored of that, I may try the story line again.
  9. ablangc
    I have two of them. Running a single card is quiet; however; this card runs a tad bit hotter than compared to the 980 and 970 so expect to change the fan curve.
  10. ablangc
    I play this game but I have a character that is only level 42 but working towards the next expansion. I have not bought the expansion yet so it would be nice if I received it. Thanks for doing this! Edit: Ooops, just realized first post gets it. Oh well.
  11. ablangc
    Worked for me also. I have heard of people using Coolaboratory Pro between the IHS and the CPU cooler block. This has shown to have very little improvement compared to other thermal compounds. It shines when Coolaboratory is applied between the IHS and die
  12. ablangc
    There are numerous youtube videos/web pages showing the differences in temps that show thermal compounds being used directly on the die. For the people that want to know more, Google is your friend.
  13. ablangc
    Agreed, you already take a severe chance of cracking your die delidding your CPU and you VOID your warranty.
  14. ablangc
    Hence you apply it to the CPU under the IHS uninstalled so you do not get it on the motherboard. I have done it and it is very easy. Used the vice method to delid my CPU, apply Coolaboratory Pro to the die, install CPU, install IHS, latch down, and you are done. Temps dropped an average of 20c. Best thing I have done to modify my CPU.
  15. ablangc
    You will be fine with that because you are still using the stock bios overclocking with MSI A/B. What I was talking about is completely overwriting your bios to a custom one with higher power limits and voltages. Some people are running 1.255mV (which I am using) all the way up to 1.281mV @ 425W max power target at 121%. If you were to do that, you would be running north of 900w and I have seen it hit close to 1000w (using a different bios). If you do not plan to do any of that, an 850W PSU will be fine.
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