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I'm planning on getting a I7 4790k, water-cooled. A gtx 980 EVGA. SC. I'm planning on overclocking both, and depending on how my I7 likes a OC; of around 15% so 4.5 ghz. Also planning on putting on a OC on the 980, to reach around 1.5ghz (From its boot of 1357..?). I checked a calculator, and it told me 870 watts, but It didn't allow me to put a OC on the GTX 980. Also i'm getting 1 + 2 TB WD black HDD, and a 500gb Crucial mx200 SSD. Should I get a 1000w, or a 1200w to be safe? (I can handle a few more dollars on the power bill ;D) Or is that a bit overkill? Like I said, any help would be greatly obliged. I'm not an idiot about computers, but I'd rather not fuck-up a 2800$ (Its in CAD$) PC. EDIT: I looked deeper and found that is says "Minimum power requirements of 500w. Although, that doesn't answer my question, it does help shed some light on a 1000 or 1200w power supply.
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Hey I just bought an Intel Core i7 4790K. I already have a good computer, I just want to upgrade it. Now, I need to know if the Shadow Rock Slim from BeQuiet is enough to keep the 4790K cool... I won't overclock the 4790K, just leave it on 4.0ghz normal and 4.4ghz boost clock. Thanks for answering! My PC specs: Processor: Intel Core i7 4790K Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming Motherboard: MSI H97 Gaming 3 Power Supply: Corsair CX600 RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 16gb (4x4gb) Case: NZXT S340 (White) CPU cooler: BeQuiet Shadow Rock Slim (?) - NeonMaster
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I have i7 4790K and the core speed, multiplier, and core voltage on it has been fluctuating alot since i have installed it. Is this normal or is there something wrong?
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Hello everyone I am going to buy the i7 4790k And i want to motherboard that cost less than 150 euro/169 dollars I wanted to buy the Asus Z97-A But i don't really like the gold look What motherboard should i choose? Thanks for reading!
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Hey guys, I'm buying my new computer tonight and would like to have feedback before I buy it. I've been reading everything on LTT to try to get everything to the top with my budget(2600$ with tax, Canadian money). Open for suggestions!! There's my Build: CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 1 4GB GDDR5 Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB Hard Drive HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 750W 80 Plus Gold DVD Player/Burner: ASUS (DRW-24F1ST/BLK/B) Internal 24x DVD Writer CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M Fans: Corsair Air Series AF120 x2 Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144hz Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Thanks!!
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Yesterday I overclocked (one of) my PC components for the first time, fiddling with sliders on GPU tweak isn't exactly an outstanding achievement I know but it's a big step up for me. Been building PCs since 2006 and never overclocked anything before. A combination of factors stopped me, not wanting to break anything or void any warranties was a big one and so was not being bothered to learn. My PCs always ran great and I never really had any incentive, I always bought components that could be overclocked though. Black or K edition CPUs and Motherboards with the option to OC as I always intended to overlock my parts with a "get around to it" mentality about learning how to do it. Even as it has gotten far easier over the years I still never did until yesterday. Well I benchmarked my GPU and got this result and I was pretty disappointed with it, so I read some guides and looked up some settings and results other people were getting and I spent some hours fiddling with the sliders and running Unigine Valley and Heaven and eventually got to the stage were it could run the benchmark without any driver errors and crashes to desktop (I was lucky enough to not get any bluescreens). After running the (demo) 3DMark benchmark again I got these results and after a little more fiddling and increasing the clock speed I finally my these were my results and I felt pretty pleased with the extra performance for "free" like Luke and Linus recommend and I want to do more but have no experience. So with the TL;DR about why I need help out the way I want to overclock my CPU and possibly the RAM, I know from guides that I don't do both at the same time as it makes problem solving and identifying the cause of any issues much more difficult. I know roughly what to do with my CPU but can someone help and list a brief step by step checklist and some settings they use or would recommend? I have a MSI Z97S Krait Edition motherboard, an Intel 4790K set with the motherboards "auto" stock settings and I have a big 280mm NZXT Kraken X61 all in one CPU cooler (which I chose mainly for aesthetic reasons) so cooling isn't much of a problem. The motherboard has "enhanced Turbo Boost" and all four cores can and do hit 4.4GHz boost at the same time, I would like to have the CPUs max speed to be the 4.4GHz it boosts to and also have the CPU boost upwards from that point if possible, not looking for a whopping peddle to floor kind of overclock but I do want to get more performance for "free" as its just there for me to use if done right. Then if its possible and worth doing I would like to see if I can overclock my Kingston HyperX Fury 4GB 1866MHz RAM as well. Edited for spelling.
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Hi, I'm making a pc for my friend but I'm not sure if everything is right. It would help me a lot if you guys could tell me if something is wrong or if I can get something better for the same price range. These are the speccs: cpu: Intel Core i7-4790K gpu: Gigabyte GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI cpu cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL powersupply: Silverstone Strider Essential 700W Bronze storage: Crucial MX100 256GB and WD Blue WD10EZEX, 1TB case: what he desires. Thank you for the help.
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Hi mates i'm having some unexpected performance drop so it starts like this i have always do 3 way OC test . after OCing i do a 30 mints stress test on Aida64 or XTU. Then 2 hours of gaming Then render a 7 hours 1080p project if both passed then i put system on 12 hours stress test on Aida 64 or XTU Problem: On 4.5ghz (1.1270v) the same project is giving me render time 1 hours and 30 mints On 4.7ghz (1.2100v) the same project is giving me render time 2 hours and 15 mints My Rig: Ram OC 2133(1.60v) timings (10-11-10-30/RC2) Corsair Cooling :H100i stock fans Plz advice
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Hi I've just finished building my PC and was just wondering if my CPU (i7 4790k) temperatures are ok or if it is just me being paranoid. I am using the kraken x61. At idle it was 19c - 21c however when running orign and steam to install my games the temps were between 27 - 32c even after a restart the temps stayed that high. My GPU (GTX 980 classified) was 35c. I haven't begun to overclock but that was what I was going to do next. Any advice would be great and thanks for replying.
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Specs for upgrade I7 4790k Msi z97 krait sli r7 260x 8gb crucial balistix (1600) WD Digital black PSU Is 430 watt corsair will 430 watt handle it?
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What's up. I currently have a FX 8350 CPU in a Asus Sabertooth 990FX (r.2). I heard lots of crap on the FX series and honestly was not impressed by the fact that it's 5 years old. It does everything I want it to do @ 4.68 GHz, but is it worth the upgrade? The processor works flawlessly and playes all my games perfect, but would I be benefitting if I went Intell? NVIDIA GTX 760 by the way. I am thinking on an i7 4690k and some Gigabyte mobo. How would I possibly sell my CPU and mobo to get about $200? I live in in Idaho so there isn't crap for pc stores. I use Amazon a lot, but EBAY is useless here for computer parts and such.
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I have a nanoxia deep silence 1 case that's sound damped and atm 3x corsair af120 quiet edition fans running at low rpm, might get 2 more to use inside of my case on the top where most people mount a 240mm rad and a msi gtx 780 gaming oc, i want to run my i7 4790k at 4.5 ghz or faster(not because i need it, but because i can), atm moment i use the thermalright macho zero without my black and with ty-147 fan. I have had the corsair H100i, to noisy fans, even at low rpm i could hear the fans, the pump is loud, just returned the cooler master seidon 240M, it really has silent,quiet fans at low load, but i could hear the pump (conclusion theres no aio cpu cooler with 100% silent pump). I have the Phanteks PH-TC14PE (got it new with half of the price) it's a bit to noisy at low load (the fans on the cooler master seidon 240M is more silent at low load then the Phanteks). I like thermalright, my old cpu cooler was a thermalright true spirit 140 with the black and white ty-147 fan i don't use atm on the macho zero, i have thought about the thermalright silver arrow ib-e or the se that has 2 different fans but it's not a cool as the big phanteks,noctua, the last one i have thought of is the new Noctua NH-D15 simply because it's in the top 3 of the best cpu air coolers in the world, not shure how silent the noctua is compared to the silver arrow Ibt and prime 95 is giving me very high temps above 80 degress and i have heard that it's not good to use since it's giving temps above average I feel a little frustated since i want run my cpu at 4.5ghz or more but i can't get ressonable temps with low noise, i know if i had to use real water cooling, not a aio cooler, it's gonna cost med around 200-250€ and that is to much, the price of the thermalright silver arrow and noctua NH-D15 is more then okay, they all cost under 100€
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What speed could I get my i7 4790k using a corsair H110? Should I wait for the H110i GT?
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Hello Here parts which i want to buy CPU - Intel i7 4790k GPU - ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 GDDR5 SLI (2x) MotherBoard - ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VII HERO, Z97, Socket 1150, DDR3, ATX RAM - DIMM DDR3, 8ГБ (2x4ГБ), PC3-19200, 2400МГц, Kingston HyperX Predator PSU - ATX 750W Corsair CX 750, Active PFC SDD - SSD 256ГБ, 2.5", SATA III, ADATA Premier Pro SP600 HDD - 1ТБ, 3.5", 7200, 64МБ, SATA 6 Гбит/с, Western Digital Caviar Blue CASE - Zalman Z9 PLUS Qustion: 1) Is this motherboard good for this configuration? maybe i should change it to another?(i prefer ASUS ) 2) Is 750 W PSU enough for SLI gtx 970 s ,or should i get more powerfull ?
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I was searching for a good motherboard for the I7 4790k i wanted to buy My budget is 410 euro = 475 dollar found these on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-DDR3-2600-Motherboards-GAMING/dp/B00K23BUJK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KPRWAX8/ref=gno_cart_title_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER thinks it fits in my price range Does anybody has a better choice? Thanks for reading
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Hi guys, I'm new to this community. I just finished building my first PC. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOijw3OER7o I have few problems however. My power and reset switches are not responding. My motherboard debug LED keeps on switching between codes A0 and D4 And whenever I start Cyisis 3 it restarts the system. Other than these three issues the system is running perfectly fine. All applications run smoothly and games also play at high and ultra settings. I really need your help and would appreciate any positive input from you guys in regards to my problems. Thanks. Specs: i7 4790k Gigabyte Gtx 970 G1 Gaming Gigabyte Z97x-UD5H-BK Corsair Vengeance 16gb Ram Corsair H100i Crucial 512gb SSD WD 1tb HDD Corsair RM850 Corsair SP140 Case Fans Samsung DVD Writer NZXT LED Strips
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hey guys thanks for the past help but now i need help again this is my system currently i7 4790 k asus strix gtx 980 motherboard asus maximus hero VII NZXT phantom 530 case now here's the story why i decided to add water cooling so a few days ago i noticed my CPU gets as hot as 80 degrees C when playing games like warthunder and others even in aida 64 turning on AC doesn't help much i browse around for the problem and the main cause was probably turbo boost, so i turn it off in the BIOS and sure enough the temperature drop from 80 degrees to about 72 degree C max when im gaming 1. my first question is the temperature safe? here are some pics this is the temperature before playing, basically idle and stuff in an AC room And this is the one after i been playing, you can see the maximum temperature in the pic now i heard that reducing voltage because it was too high can help reduce the heat further? this is the pic from my AI suite 3 software, does it look ok for you guys with the voltage and all? so my second question is 2. is there a way in the bios or AI suite i can reduce the heat? at least until i get the liquid cooling installed? now for the main reason why i started this topic this is the cooler i plan to get http://www.corsair.com/en/hydro-series-h100i-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler i heard that most i7 4790 k use it and it works wonders for them but i am still curious and here comes more questions 3. Should i be able to use the stock thermal paste in the h100i just fine? or 4. should i replace the stock thermal paste instead? with this Arctic Silver® 5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007 OR IC Value V1 cooler master http://www.amazon.in/Cooler-Master-Value-Thermal-Compound/dp/B007W7S4CU OR ARCTIC MX-4 Carbon-Based Thermal Compound http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-MX-4-Carbon-Based-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=pd_cp_pc_0 5, if you have any other thermal paste suggestion for i7 4790 k with h100i corsair please post here? that's it guys, thanks. please respond soon :C
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Hello everyone, I just got my new build completed, and it's time to overclock. Specs: CPU - i7 4790k Cooler - Corsair H100i Mobo - Asus z97-AR RAM - Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600 PSU - Coolermaster v700 I have been running tests and I have found the clock I would like to run on my computer. I would like to run 4.6 at v1.222 which I found stable with my setup. The problem I am having is I would like for my Voltage to throttle down when my ratio throttles down, AKA at idle. When I set Manual Voltage to the desired v1.222 it remains at v1.222 whether there is a load on the CPU or not. As you can see there, while the CPU Clock is at only 8x it still has a Voltage of v1.222, and I would like for the Voltage to drop during this idle. My first thought is to set the Voltage to Adaptive. This fixes the problem on when I'm at idle, the Voltage drops as the ratio drops, like it's suppose to. But now when I stress test with Voltage set at v1.222 Adaptive it doesn't cap at my set Voltage. It instead goes up to v1.325... I tried following Linus's i7 4790k overclocking guide on YouTube, aka tuning in with manual voltage, then switching it to adaptive, but that is when I noticed this problem I'm having. I have the same BIOS that is in Linus's video. I would like a Voltage cap of v1.222, and I would like my Voltage to drop as my ratio drops. How do I do this? For now I am running 4.6 at v1.222 manual voltage until I am given the solution. Thanks for looking guys!
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I just bought a i7 4790k and I put a 7 heat pipe 120 mm fan/cooler on it and running prime95. It got to 100c before I shut it off but the CPU cooler not even warm not blowing out hot air nothing the pipes aren't even hot. Why? when at a idle it runs at 27C- 31C. When I was running prime95 it was running at around 85C then boom it jumps to 100C and I freaked and stopped prime95. On Real Temp GT on the bottom 3 of the 4 cores say LOG. Did I dmg it? Its still running fine that I can see. Please help. The Cooler is a Dynatron Evolution Evo11 made to fit AM2 AM3 LGA 775 LGA 1366 and I took the LGA 775 and made the holes a little longer and it fit great. On there tight doesn't move. I tried the stock cooler but it got hot to. Any help would be appreciated. Still not working I'm thinking I'm going to have to have a cooler made for it. this one is making contact just better on one side than the other
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Hey guys , I am gonna upgrade my pc so i need a bit of help . I have chosen the graphic card and processer. which is GTX 970 Strix by asus and i7-4790k . so after buying this i am bit low on my budget. I wana know which motherboard should i use for this config ? and how much power supply i am gonna be needing ? (I have 8 gb of ram (if this will also help you in telling the better supply).
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Hi, first of all I'm new on this forum, so good morning everyone So, I'm currently overclocking my system with very decent results, but it is my first time doing this, so, yeah, murphys law. I tried to have my i7 4790K to 4.8 GHz and it was indeed running very good with Only-CPU softwares, the cpu and cpu single core on cinebench where fine, reching maximum core temps of 76 degrees, the average maximum of all 4 cores was about 73. The thing is, when I run the "Open GL" which is intensive in both CPU and GPU, nearly at the end I get a yellow screen, cinebench closes and nvidia's controll software resets. I've no idea to why it does this and I haven't tried games yet with this profile, I just don't feel safe to do so. Here some usefull information: -I've got my graphics card overclocked to +150 MHz core and +400 memory clocks speeds both on MSI afterburner. I tried and lower down to +200 Mhz the memory clock speed and it still caused yellow screen. Temps on the GPU while gaming (with other config) rise no more than 65 degrees. TDP is at 112% and voltaje is untouched due to the fact thar MSI afterburner doesn't let me change it, which I think it could be the problem. With my other overclocked profile everything worked fine, I even tried a couple of games for 3 hours and everything OK.. -I use my system for gaming + video encoding/editing/rendering purposes, so what you guys think? Here's my system overclocked which works fine and my specs if it is of any help: -LGA 1150 -CPU: i7 4790K @ 4.7 GHz 1.180v (1.180v is stable for MY personal use, not prime95, my personal use also is CPU intensive, so for 2 weeks it's been stable making use of 6-8 hours/day) -MOBO: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 -CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-D14 -RAM: 4x8 (32GB) Kingston DDR3 HyperX Fury Blue 1600 MHz CL10 @ 1866 MHz 10-11-11-32 1.520V (This gets hot sometimes touching it but it's Ok I think) -GRAPHICS: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming @ +150 MHz core clock, 112% TDP, +400 MHz Memory Clock -CASE: Corsair 760T -STORAGE: ©: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500 GB, (D): Toshiba 3TB, (E): Segate 1TB -PSU: Tacens Radix IV 800W 80 Plus Silver -MONITOR: Just a Samsung 22" FullHD Smart TV, when gaming I use an LG 3D 32" Smart TV FullHD 400 Hz, everything is through HDMI Thanks a lot to at least take the time to read this long post
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I think there might be something wrong with my cooling. My CPU-temps jump to above 90 degrees celsius under torture in Prime95. The liquid temp, however, stays the same. Any ideas?
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Before we begin, a word from your reviewer: image heavy, data capped people beware! And now back to the review. Unboxing and Overview So around a year ago (august 2014 to be exact) I picked up the new Silverstone raven 5. I got it so early I'm likely to be one of the first few people in the UK to have received one. Specifically, as you can see in the image below, I have the 505th Raven 5. After all this time I've decided that it deserves a review, now that my system is complete (shameless plug to check out build log that still hasn't been updated) http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/194325-wip-branwen-the-raven-rises/ To start with, it comes in a large, coloured box that details the case itself. It’s also red and black. Because red and black means powerful don’t you know? I'm not sure on how I feel with a coloured box, the pessimist in me keeps thinking that Silverstone have spent too much on making the box look nice, and the actual product won't be up to scratch. Nextly (making words up now as well), when removed, which is very difficult because of the damn push handles in the box, it is held in some very thick hard foam which is unlikely to result in any damage, even after a couple of knocks and drops, so kudos to Silverstone for that. Not quite the Linus approved soft foam, but this is good enough for a sub £100, fairly lightweight case. It is also in a black cloth bag to keep it from getting scratched etc. And so here we are, the Raven 5 by Silverstone, their latest in a long running series of aggressively styled, bird named cases that have become a major success story for them, even so far as to them making a website specifically for the Raven series. It is made of steel and plastic, all in black. It is largely constructed of plastic on the exterior, due to the aggressive styling of the case being too difficult to make from just metal. Or at least too costly. From the front of the case, you can see the beak-like design, with a large white V clearly visible. This bar is the power indicator light, so will be a bright white when turned on. You can also see a black slit on the side at the bottom, that’s for the slot loading optical drive that I’ll get to later on. However, the ability to have an optical drive at all is a nice thought from Silverstone, as I personally still use one every so often. Now we come to the side, which has a clear, albeit very reflective acrylic window to let you see those smexy components inside, as well as your face when you look in it. I would have preferred a less reflective window, but for that you'd probably need to go for a glass panel, which would need to be done yourself. It is possible however, as the window is held in by screws, not rubber sealant. The rear of the case doesn’t look like the normal rear of a case. There’s only one “fan mount” and no expansion slots. There’s a reason for this, you’ll see in a minute. Also, a very nice magnetic filter is provided that will help catch lots of that horrible mixture of hair, dead flesh and other bodily remnants. (dust, for those that hadn’t figured it out yet) Now to the other side panel, this is very similar to the other side, just without a window. That’s kind of to be expected however. There is no bulge for cable management as you may see on other cases. This is to keep the front facing symmetry of the case, but as we shall see may cause an issue. And so the top, which has an interestingly designed plastic “mesh” to cover over lots of secrets inside. But before you get to see that, here’s one of the two integrated fan controllers that’re build into the case and are already connected. Sadly they can only control one fan each and are covered by the grille on the top, but they have three settings: low, medium and high. My suggestion is to put it in medium and leave it there if you don’t want to be fiddling around with it. Now you see the top of the case, with something interesting up here. All of the expansion slots, and another fan mount as well. Now, why would all of these be here? Well you’re just about to see why. And there it is, the reason for the PCI-E slots being up top. Those two, dinner plate sized 180mm fans blowing fresh air up the case. But these aren’t just any old 180mm fans, these are silverstones premium AP181 fans. (If anyone gets the reference to a certain advert there, you win an internet cookie) these fans have silverstones infamous multi bar grille on the back of them, designed to help channel air through the case in a vortex, instead of it being dispersed straight away like other, airflow based fans. These fans should create two columns of air rising up through the case and pushing them out the top, giving optimal cooling as it goes with the understanding of heat rising, so is pushing the hot air out in the direction it is meant to go, instead of making it go at angles like normal cases. Although in a case with fast moving air I'm unsure on how believable that is. And here, you can see behind the motherboard tray, where there are two 2.5” SSD mounts, which initially stumped me on how they hold the drive in, but actually only require two screws as the other side is held by some pins that are sticking out. It’s a nice little design that makes good use of the MoBo tray. There isn't much room here, but enough for me to just about fit my fingers around when the panel is shut. We get on to the main front now, where you can see a 3.5” drive cage, with room for a total of two drives. There’s barely any motherboard tray here you may have noticed, which is good in parts for the access to the backplate if a CPU cooler is fitted (I would advise having a tower air cooler in here, as it will have air from the bottom fans being pushed through it) however this also potentially weakens the structure, which is why there are handles on the top. Not for carrying, although they can be used for that, but to increase overall case rigidity. The PSU is mounted above the drive cage, which means that, with my own measurements, you can get away with a 160mm length modular PSU with the cage in, but any size one really if it is removed. Annoying yes, but that’s something you have to accept. I managed to squeeze a 170mm XFX XTR into here, however I would not suggest ANYONE do this, as the cables are at ridiculously tight angles that is putting unnecessary strain on the cable and connectors. I personally am looking to get a NAS and another SSD, so then I can remove the cage and allow more room for the cables. And lastly, we get to the dust filter on the bottom. This thing is huge, held on rails, and is pulled out from the front with a little tug from grabbing the base of it. To remove this when you first get it, you need to remove two little screws holding it in on the underside, as otherwise it won’t go anywhere. It's also a rather fine mesh, which is far better than on many other cases that seem to use a loose "net". And this is what a completed system will probably look like with the side panel off And with the side panel on and running Temperatures The CPU is stress tested using the AIDA64 stress test for 10 minutes, and the GPU will be tested using unigene valley at ultra with 8x AA The CPU is an i7 4790k running at 4.6Ghz, cooled by an alpenfohn brocken. The GPU is a reference GTX 770 at stock core speeds using a 102% power limit in MSI afterburner. The GPU memory is overclocked by 253Mhz. Fan speed | CPU idle © | CPU load © | GPU idle © | GPU load © Low 37 84 35 85 Medium 35 80 35 82 High 34 79 34 81 As we can see, temperatures are fairly impressive with an ambient of around 22C. From the results, medium fan speed is clearly the way to go, with it keeping within what I would consider the margin of error to high and all whilst putting less strain and wear on the fan bearings, and also being quieter. Noise This is entirely subjective, but at low fan speeds on idle, the CPU and GPU are clearly making far more noise than the case fans. At medium speeds on idle the case fans are audible but not intrusive, especially when having either headphones on or having speakers playing. At high speeds the fans are loud, even when playing games using headphones at times, depending on what is happening. I would not recommend using the high setting, as it is intrusive and unnecessary. Conclusion And so, in conclusion I think we can safely say that this case is an individual (almost). It bucks the trend of normal black boxes, instead going with a different internal layout that gives it improved air cooling, but this of course comes at the cost of space being wasted in the top section, with the top cover to protect the cables actually meaning that space that could be useful instead houses a bunch of cables and nothing else really, and the cable management space could be bigger with more cable tie points, but when you have thick side panels on it that have a fancy removal mechanism, then you have to accept things like that. Overall, it’s worth the compromises that are made in the space department for the effective and efficient cooling, which is unrivalled by anything other than Silverstone’s own cases. My changes/afterthoughts If I was to make any changes to this at all, I would probably make it a bit wider, so as to get some extra cable management space in the back, and the top would have a PSU bracket mounted higher up to support longer units with the drive cage in. Personally I would like to get hold of a popular case like the define R5, as well as an airflow based case with a standard layout like the 450D, just to test how big of a difference there is between the motherboard layouts and cooling setups. I would also like to change the cooler to something like the Silverstone HE02 or NH-D15 to see what CPU temps are like with different fan layouts including passively cooled.
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I recently just aquired all the parts for my first built and as you see in the title I have a i7 4790k with a Msi z87m Mobo. I heard these 2 are not compatible and I don't have another cpu to update to the most recent bios update. Please help!
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So I was thinking about buying the cooler master v8 gts but I don't know if it's worth it or how high i would even be able to overclock a i7 4780k because I've seen lots of different result around the web so any help would be appreciated.
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