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Colin1337

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    California
  • Occupation
    C130 Propulsion Mechanic

System

  • CPU
    i7 4790k @4.9ghz
  • Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1
  • RAM
    16gb GSklii Ares 1866
  • GPU
    SLI EVGA SC GTX 970
  • Case
    Corsair Obsidian 750D
  • Storage
    Mushkin 120gb SSD/Seagate Baracuda 1TB DD
  • PSU
    Corsair RM750
  • Display(s)
    Korean 1440p/asus 1080p
  • Cooling
    H100i
  • Operating System
    Win 8.1 64 bit
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  1. Check out Aero Precision's Monthly Rifle Giveaway! https://t.co/CkeZeIid13

  2. Colin1337 (because I just bought a gaming laptop and was looking at a Gigabyte laptop) https://www.vessel.com/videos/DkWN4qqW1 https://www.vessel.com/videos/JemZ8O7Hy
  3. I've got myself a decent gaming rig, as well as a PS4/Xbone. Mostly play single player/games I know I'm going to want to mod later on my PC. Then games I want to play with friends I play on console. I really use the xbox as more of a media device, but I play the occasional exclusive on it.
  4. I'm personally going to grab a 980. If AMD drops a mind blowing card here in the near future, or Nvidia releases an even better card, that will (hopefully) mean cheaper 980's, in which case I will get a second one and be set for a good while.
  5. Well, I mounted the cpu cooler a little differently. Not as efficient the way I have it (blowing air out the top of the case/sucking air down from the GPU) but so far the computer has been fine. Not a single issue, still able to OC my cpu to 4.7 without cracking 75* C. I'm planning on upgrading to a 980 here soon, so hopefully the heat from the GPU will be less of an issue after that.
  6. I've removed and resat the memory, and it wasn't doing this prior to the Noctua install.
  7. Alright bear with me guys, I'm going to try and explain in detail this issue I'm having. So, I recently upgraded my system because my h100i killed my last CPU. Installed a new mobo and cpu (I will post a full parts list at the end of this) Everything was working perfectly. Decided I wanted to overclock my cpu again, so I went ahead and purchased the Noctua NH-D14. Got it a few days later, not a single problem in the mean time. Went ahead and installed it, everything seems to work great. A day goes by, I go to power my PC on, it kicks on for about 3 seconds the powers off, then goes ahead and powers itself back on and off again. It does this probably 4 times before I had a chance to flip the switch on my PSU. So at this point I'm thinking, "great, I probably had a loose wire or I didn't seat something properly and I just shorted my system." I pop it open, remove the GPU and reseat it thinking this may be the problem. Go to power it back on, it stays on "Sweet!" but the monitor has no signal and my keyboard wont power on. I check the mobo and see I'm getting a code 55. "Ok, strange...." I lay the PC down on its side, Wiggle the Noctua around a bit to see if it's maybe not seated properly, check to make sure it isn't hitting my ram, while its on its side, I go to turn it back on. Everything works, it boots up into windows no problems. I go to lift the PC and put it upright, it powers down. I turn it back on, its giving me a code 55 again, I tap the top of my case with my hand, PC powers off then goes to boot itself back up and does this 1 more time on its own before I killed it. So at this point I go to take everything apart. I remove the GPU, remove the Noctua, but before I remove anything else, I turn the computer on with the Noctua off, it boots up fine, I stand it upright, still fine. I tap on it, kinda lean it side to side, still running like a champ. "So its the cpu cooler, ok weird but maybe if I install it and reseat it carefully it'll be good?" So I re-install it, everything seems to be going fine. An hour later the PC kicks off and goes into its endless reboot cycle. I'm about to pull my hair out at this point. I gently wiggle the Noctua unit, turn the computer back on, it works, great! Just to double check, I tap the case again, powers off. So here I am, 2 hours later, with my case laying on its side as this is the only way I can get it to work without kicking me off and powering down and into its endless power cycle. Long story short; upgraded PC, everything worked great. Installed Noctua NH-D14, computer turns itself off and enters endless power cycle or gives me a code 55, will only work properly when laying on its side. System specs: NZXT H440 ASUS Maximus VII Hero Intel i7 4790k (OC'd to 4.6ghz at 1.2v) 16gb of GSkill Ares 1866 DDR3 ram (4x4gb) mushkin 120gb SSD Seagate barracuda 1TB HDD Corsair RM750 PSU Sapphire Radeon R9 280x Vapor-x GPU Windows 8.1 64bit And of course, the Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler If anyone need any other information, please let me know. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes a shot at helping me resolve this!
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