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My favourite (yes I spelt it with a "u", I'm from Australia) things about the Xperia Z2 include the gorgeous-looking 1080p IPS display, front-facing speakers and the fact that its waterproof! I didn't know about dbrand before this giveaway, but now that I do, I like that they have clean, nice looking skins available for a wide range of products, with CHEAP INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING! When I get a PS4 I'll definitely be buying PS4 skins from dbrand! Awesome giveaway guys!

Hey all, I have had my i5-2500K running stock (3.3GHz - 3.6GHz turbo) since the end of 2011, and I feel that its time to venture into the world of overclocking. I know only the basics about overclocking K series CPUs, including changing the multiplier and the core voltages to match. I have a Corsair H105, 16GB of Kingston HyperX Fury @ 1600Mhz, and a ASUS ROG 780 Ti Matrix Platinum on the way soon and so I'm trying to learn how to overclock safely before they arrive. All this will be running on my trusty Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard (Rev 1.3, Version F12), which uses an AWARD BIOS (No UEFI, just standard EFI). I have a few questions. Should I bump up both the turbo boost frequency and the non-boost frequency so that its something like 4.0 --> 4.5 turbo? Should I disable turbo boost altogether and have the CPU running 4.5 GHz all the time? What settings (apart from frequencies and core volts) should I be changing when overclocking? Like the PLL settings and all that jazz? I don't know what they do! In what increments should I be increasing the voltages and how do I know how much volts I need? Thanks in advance for all your help. I know that some of you here are OC experts and I would be very grateful if you were to impart some OC wisdom upon me!

Yes, most likely a 1080p monitor with G-Sync (when a good one comes out). That's part of the appeal to me, the fact that I'm going to have an overkill gaming rig. Watchdogs is still a fairly new game, I'm sure that future driver releases will incorporate better usage and efficiency of the VRAM. Always tends to happens with new games. Optimization work always needs to be done.

Buying a 780 will get you better framerates in a modded skyrim than a 770, but it will not make the game look any better. The only thing that will change the look of the game are the ENBs/mods you install. If you want the best experience possible, I would suggest you get a card with a good amount of VRAM. ENBs and mods tend to be heavy on VRAM.

You make a good point. I will most likely be running on a 1920*1080 monitor, with gaming the main purpose of my new build. I think that by the time 4K resolution monitors become more commonplace than 1920*1080 monitors, I'll make a new build and get a GPU with the VRAM to match. Oh, so does skanic always post that? I don't know too much about AMD GPUs. Is he talking smack? I think people will argue endlessly on AMD vs NVIDIA, although it seems that when the Matrix 780 Ti and the Matrix R9 290x go head to head, the 780 Ti comes out on top (according to the graphs on the ASUS website).

I was actually looking to buy a H440 and an ASUS 780 Ti Matrix, I'm pretty sure it would be able to fit inside. I don't see why it couldn't fit. As another person said, you can remove the drive case inside if the card is too long.

So do you find that 3GB is not enough? I'm currently on a 560 Ti that has 1GB of VRAM, so anything more than 1GB is an upgrade to me. How much better would 6GB of VRAM be than 3?

Oh really? The EVGA Classified 780 Ti has better factory clock speeds than the Matrix 780 Ti? I didn't look too much into EVGA cards. I just always thought that ASUS cards were among the best. Yeah, the Titan Black does seem like very pricey option, I just liked the fact that it had the same floating point performance of the original titan, and the fully enabled SMX cores of the 780 Ti. Kind of like having the best of both cards in one... something that you can brag about, but wouldn't really add up in terms of price to performance in gaming. The only reason I shy away from SLi setups is because not all games scale well in SLi, like linus had talked about in one of his reviews (forgot the name of the video). Some games perform 2 times better in a crossfire/SLi setup compared to a single card setup, but a different game on the same setup may only perform 1.5 times better. And sometimes games don't even support dual card setups.

Hey all, first post on the Linus Tech Tips forums. I tried searching for prexisting topics on the ASUS ROG 780 Ti Matrix Platinum, but couldn't find any, so here I am. Just wanted to start a general discussion on the 780 Ti Matrix, possible reviews if anyone has one, whether its worth it or not, etc. Also, what do you feel about the Titan Black? How do you guys feel the reference ASUS Titan Black would go against the ASUS 780 Ti Matrix in terms of price/performance ratios? Is the Titan Black worth the extra ~$300 (out here in Australia)?