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    Thoughts on Steamroller?

    in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

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    From what i've heard about Haswell's improvements in performance i'm really looking forward to steamroller. I'm pretty sure the 970, 990FX, 990X will support the steamroller after a BIOS update. As we are seeing more and more games going to multi-threading and the next gen consoles being 8 cored i think the next AMD chips have a potential to get back in the gaming cpu market as a true competitor for Intel. Using a Core i5 now i'm getting worried about it not performing that well in 2 years time - just as Core 2 Duos became outdated really quickly.

    Gaming Headset.

    in Audio

    Posted

    So my budget is about $60 (in Latvia up to 40 Ls because tech tends to be higher priced).

    I was looking at the new G-Series from Logitech. More to G230, but also considering G430 though what's the difference? Basically G430 is the same as G230, but with a small USB sound card that does the virtual surround? If so what would be a better choice - getting a G230 and later on buying a Creative SoundBlaster Recon 3D (default edition) that has a headphone AMP and THX virtual surround or the G430 with the Dolby Digital virtual surround. These headsets haven't come out in Latvia yet so i really don't know the pricing, but the soundcard i was looking at is around 25-30 Ls (about $50-60), so that would be a bit more expensive (though i wouldn't buy the soundcard right away). I'm open to different headsets too.

    Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition & Gigabyte X79-UD3 GIVEAWAY!

    in LTT Releases

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    Thanks for the cool contest, Linus - SOO WANT IT

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    Gaming rig, no thought on $

    in New Builds and Planning

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    I have a setup in mind:

    MOBO: MSi Big Bang Xpower II

    CPU: Intel i7-3930K (no need for the 3970X - it's a waste of money, obviously i think you don't really care about wasting money :D)

    RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 4x8GB 2400 Mhz

    Videocard: 3x GTX 680 (No need for quad gpu - you'll have lots and lots of problems. I really think that even 3 gpu's is an overkill. In some situations 4 gpus perform worse than 2, because of the drivers and unoptimized games, i still don't think that you need more than 2 gpus for gaming)

    Case: Corsair 900D, pre-order it if the build can wait a bit.

    SSD's: OCZ RevoDrive 240GB - for boot. 2x Samsung 840 Pro's 256GB in RAID 0

    HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm (if you need more than that you're gonna be having lots of p0rn to store in there :D )

    PSU: Corsair AX1200i

    Sound "card": Asus Essence One

    Headset: Steelseries 7H

    Speakers: Corsair SP2500

    Keyboard: Cherry MX (don't know your preference on switches) get CM Storm or Ducky.

    Mouse: It really depends on what you like, i'd say go for the R.A.T. 7, but i know a lot of people don't like this mouse.

    Custom watercooling for this system, 480mm rads and stuff - 900D no problem.

    Monitors: Depends how big you want them. Definetly IPS or PLS, if not going 3D.

    Definetly build it as a completely custom system. Find the color scheme you want - i went neutral with a black motherboard.

    The specs i gave you here with everything shouldn't go over $7000.

    Graphics card overclocking.

    in Graphics Cards

    Posted

    So i ran tests. Got 1100 Mhz base on core and 1551 Mhz (3000 Mhz actual) on Memory. Without adjusting any other settings (voltage and power limits).

    I've heard that pushing more voltage on the GPU degrades it, that true?

    EDIT: It ran benchmarks without crashes or anything, but now when i tried Far Cry 3 on Ultra the game crashed. That crash is an unstable overclock or just the game itself?

    Thanks for the replies. I increased the power limit to the maximum and it was all fine, watched the graphs atfer it and understood everything why it crashed - the power consumption was 105%. This for me is basically a preperation for the Crysis 3, that will most likely not run very well even with the overclock... Hope to atleast High not Ultra settings. Far Cry 3 ran fine at about 40-50 fps on Ultra - before i couldn't do that, it would be around 20-30 fps (unplayable).

    EDIT: Actually Afterburner allows me to change the voltage, i can increase it 100 mV.

    Graphics card overclocking.

    in Graphics Cards

    Posted

    So i ran tests. Got 1100 Mhz base on core and 1551 Mhz (3000 Mhz actual) on Memory. Without adjusting any other settings (voltage and power limits).

    I've heard that pushing more voltage on the GPU degrades it, that true?

    EDIT: It ran benchmarks without crashes or anything, but now when i tried Far Cry 3 on Ultra the game crashed. That crash is an unstable overclock or just the game itself?

    Graphics card overclocking.

    in Graphics Cards

    Posted

    So i have my Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD GTX 660 OC edition and i want to push it further. Currently with it's stock settings under load it goes 50-55 celsius MAX. What software would you guys recommend for overclocking and what software to test the stability? Maybe someone here has the same card and could share their results with this card. I've never dealt with GPU overclocking before. Any advice for me?

    Best Professional Workstation Desktop with 2013 latest powerful configuration

    in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

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    Intel Core i7 3930K http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=64992&vpn=BX80619I73930K&manufacture=Intel&promoid=1312

    Gigabyte X79S-UP5 http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=75729&vpn=GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI&manufacture=Gigabyte

    Corsair Vengance Black 32GB KIT 4x8GB http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=66355&vpn=CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10&manufacture=Corsair

    Seagate Barracuda 3TB http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=66009&vpn=ST3000DM001&manufacture=Seagate&promoid=1312

    Samsung 840 Pro 256GB http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=77219&vpn=MZ-7PD256BW&manufacture=Samsung%20Memory%20%26%20Storage X2

    GTX 680 http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=69803&vpn=ZT-60101-10P&manufacture=Zotac

    Corsair AX860i http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=77638&vpn=CP-9020037-NA&manufacture=Corsair

    Fractal Design Define XL R2 http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=78225

    Corsair H110 http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=79704&vpn=CW-9060014-WW&manufacture=Corsair Because the Swiftech H220 isn't out

    Should be good for gaming and editing.

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