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Koal7

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    Koal7 got a reaction from Eyal in Wet Laptop Recovery AGAIN Dell XPS 13   
    Can this be a thing now? Can you just take super expensive hardware and make the companies s**t themselves because you got it wet or other terrible things.
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    Koal7 got a reaction from GoodBytes in Fresh Install Windows 7 Driver Problems   
    IT WORKED!!!!! I unzipped the latest Intel rapid storage driver onto a usb and installed it during Windows install. I didn't have to force finish windows install through command prompt and both .NET and Windows Update are functioning properly on 446GB of sweet sweet RAID0 goodness. Thank you SO much GoodBytes! You are a life saver!
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    Koal7 got a reaction from Rambo in Scrapyard Wars Episode 1a   
    This is great. Keep doing these videos. I've done second hand scrounging a lot. It's fun to see what you can get. I loved the video. Maybe do giveaways for these systems?
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    Koal7 reacted in What is the most underwhelming/unimpressive piece of tech you own?   
    My comcast router. 
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    Koal7 reacted to KemoKa in New Overclocking Build   
    Spending hundreds of dollars (yes, you heard that right) on a custom water cooling loop is WAAAAY too overkill and simply insane for something like a G3258. Of course, if you were planning on later upgrading the system later to a Devil's Canyon or a Haswell 1.0 core processor, or even to Skylake later and then overclocking the absolute shit out of it, then I would understand more, but not completely (unless you want to make your system look awesome -- then I understand completely.)
    For what you have, in my opinion, an AIO makes more sense, especially if you're considering upgrading later, but price-to-performance is much lower unless you live in a fridge. I would say if you don't plan on upgrading, get something like a CM Hyper 212. It's reviews on the internet for basic overclocking are astounding.
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    Koal7 reacted to brob in New Overclocking Build   
    To a point more expensive motherboards are better because they do have much better and heftier power control and distribution components.
     
    If you have a multi-meter sophisticated enough to be useful monitoring minute fluctuations in voltages and like to use it then you might want to consider a motherboard with appropriate contact points. Otherwise don't bother. There are plenty of settings in enthusiast level BIOS to keep most people happy.
     
    A Haswell cpu is supposed to shut down if its internal temperature gets to the point of imminent damage. The better the cooler, the more likely one is going to be able to reach the maximum passively cooled oc available on a particular cpu. That said, simply because one has better cooling does not mean that one will get a stable oc past a certain point. The H100i is not the best AIO available. But it is pretty decent. Given that the G3258 is known to oc fairly well with the stock cooler, you could start there. Or perhaps go with a fairly inexpensive but decent cooler like the Hyper 212 EVO or slightly better Noctua NH-U12S.
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