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  1. Pachuca
    I'm new to overclocking and would like to know if other people have this experience as well. My mobo is the MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING and I overclocked my 5820k to 4.5MHz @ 1.3v, the DDR4 was overclocked to 2666MHz, and my gtx 980 ti is running around 1500MHz while both the cpu and gpu are cooled with AIO cooling and I used intel extreme tuning utility to stress test the cpu for about 9 hours. The temps only reached 66-67 c without any stability issues and never went higher, which is great, because that probably means I could push this chip further if I want to do that later. The overclock was noticeable on the PC. Things were working faster. The only problem I am having now is the boot up time has increased a lot before the overclock. Also a couple of times during booting I would get a black screen for a while before windows 10 finally loaded the login screen for me. When I run the system without overclock it boots up much faster and I don't have any issues. Has anyone ever come across something like this before? Thanks in advance!
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    not sure if I'm late to the party or not, but check these out. I was thinking of getting them, but came across a much cheaper option for a 360mm from thermaltake and went with that instead.
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    how do I find how much vram the cards have? I think these are both 6gb
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    I recently purchased a stock gtx 980 ti from zotac, than I found a nice deal for an MSI gtx 980 ti GAMING which was just an overclocked card. I'm not very familiar with GPU's so instead of risking it and doing overclocking myself I decided to use the msi card. The Problem is I'm stuck with the Zotac card now and I can't seem to sell it online. I would like to know if it's possible to SLI these two cards. The only difference is that one is overclocked by MSI and the other one is stock with the standard features. Does anyone know a thing or two about this? I'm planning to use DIY liquid cooling for these cards using AIO coolers with the NZXT kraken g10. I'm not really interested in doing custom water cooling yet, I would rather just use the AIO coolers like corsair h80i gt. I have set up a thermaltake water 3.0 AIO for the MSI gtx 980 ti and that thing really makes a lot of heat. Playing Star wars for about an hour than the gpu hits 50c easy. Anyway I'm on a tangent right now, but does anyone know if doing SLI for these 2 cards would work?
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    I think the Kraken works for the 980 ti... I already ordered one so I really hope it's compatible lol.
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    Final result: My radiator was mounted right above my gtx 980 ti which was generating a lot of heat. I decided to move the radiator to the front of the case. I saw and instant reduction in temp and also fan noise since the stock fans didn't need to run at higher rpm. Turns out the gpu's back plate was making the air inside so hot that the fans were actually heating the radiator instead of cooling it off. Nevertheless I still made a purchase for the noctua fans and am happy that I did. They not only look nicer, but run almost silent at low rpm (600-1100) unlike the corsair fans which are noisy even at low rpm. At max rpm both fans are loud and the noise reduction from the noctua fans is marginal. I'll try out the standard nonindustrial NF-A14 later. I'll be looking for some 3x 120mm or 2x 140mm fans to be an exhaust at the top of the case to help with cooling the system because that gpu gets really really hot and I need to vent that hot air out. Thanks for your help guys!
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    in the meantime here is a good article on thermal paste if your interested. http://www.maximumpc.com/geek-tested-17-thermal-pastes-face-off/
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    I could, but sometimes I need to run them at max speed during gaming or testing to avoid overheating. Plus they are noisy even at idle temps. The corsair fans are the nosiest component in my case right now. Even the phanteks stock fans that came with the case are very quiet since they are basically a noctua knock off lol.
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    that's going to be a lot quieter than the stock corsair fans. My pc case sounds like it has a leaf blower in there right now at full load lol.
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    cool, thanks.
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    No, I was referring to the standard NF-A14 not the IPPC version that runs at 2k rpm. The NF-A14 uses the standard fan where as the the IPPC version has tons of static pressure, I agree. That's why I purchased it instead of the normal NF-A14. I think the noise level will be a lot, but I don't see why I can't control the rpms from my mobo to have it run at the same speed and hopefully the same noise level as the standard NF-A14 that runs at 1.5k rpm. Edit: At least this way I will have the choice between lower rpm, lower noise, lower performance or max performance and still have it run quieter than the stock corsair fans. All around it's a huge improvement than what I'm using now. So thanks for your help.
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    Update: I went with the NF-A14 industrialPPC-2000 IP67 PWM. It offers slightly better performance than the stock corsair fans on my h110. The H110i came with stock fans SP140L running about 3.99mm-H2O (static pressure) with a noise level of 43dB(A)... this is very loud for me. The Noctua on the other hand is actually running at 4.18mm-H2O with a noise level of 31dB(A). Although the NF-A14 is a good fan for noise and performance, I found it lacking in static pressure and I'm concerned this will lead to overheating my cpu. Plus these fans look much nicer in black than brown/tan.
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    yes, it's very strange. let us know if the new thermal paste makes any difference.
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    I also have the H110i GTX, but with a i7-5820k @ 4.5ghz with 1.28 volts. My temps are 47 idle and 65+ load during test. In real world with gaming my temps go higher to around 70+. I doubt it's the thermal paste you're having issues with because it's the one static thing that doesn't change. If your thermal paste was defective or faulty in some way it would be evident right away and would be consistently causing the same problems, but since your temps seem to be going back and forth I think you should investigate your hardware and BIOS settings more. Also how are you getting the temps? Try using RealTemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ because it breaks down the temps by each core. Other software usually just gives you the highest temp out of all the cores. So you might have 7 cores running at 40 degrees, but maybe 1 core is running at high temps of 70+. To be sure about the thermal paste you should buy another thermal product and try it out. I recommend Arctic Silver 5 and if the results are the same than clearly it's not the thermal paste causing this issue because the likelihood of two different thermal paste products failing in the same way is very low.
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    very cool, too bad it's far away from me.
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    you may also want to check out coolingtechnique on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoS5JlAslu0xvKRkxMO3Bkg lots of fans on there and test results. Plus you can get an accurate sense of the noise level too.
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    check this video out... it's a good starting point in deciding what fans you should look out for and for what purpose... the rest is just shopping around for what you like. generally you won't see too much of a major difference in terms of performance from fans within the same rpm range. RPM = how fast the fan blades spin which in turn will determine how much air is being moved around. The blade design for example will have an impact on performance. Thicker and fewer blades will be optimized for pressure. These should be used for radiators. Thinner and more blades will be optimized for air flow and should be used for your case to cool things like your GPU. Low RPM fans will be quieter if noise is a factor for you. Higher RPM fans will cool better, however, the noise increase will range noticeable to very loud depending on the fan. Noise level is an issue for me. For that reason I gravitate toward fans around the 20-25 dBA range and usually around 1200 rpm. At that range you will hear the fan, but it will be comfortable enough that you will hardly notice it.
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    I wouldn't mind trying this out on a core 2 duo... I have 2 old pc's no one uses laying around, maybe get some learning experience from them
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    thanks, I wasn't planning to use it on my LGA 2011 chip, but I have some older chips I wouldn't mind fooling around with and messing them up lol
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    thanks
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    yeah seems like it's very limited, just wish there was an actual tool for this stuff to play with. lol
  22. Pachuca
    Hi, I was looking at kickstarter and noticed an interesting little tool some hardcore OC people would like to see.. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/119374257/rockit-88-intel-cpu-delid-tool?ref=category Let me know what you guys think. Looks like it would make life a little easier, hope it will be compatible to diled any intel cpu.
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    I bought a DIR-868L recently, it works great. As someone else mentioned all you need is a ethernet wire connected from your current ISP router to the one you purchase. From there you can network all your other devices through it. What exactly did you intend to use it for?
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    cool, thanks. I'm looking for some 140mm fans too.
  25. Pachuca
    yes, I need decent fans for a radiator. Also, what about airflow fans for a case? The NF-S12 would be good?
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