Recent content by Archonius

This is a solid post. I think AMD dominates the $100-180 in regards to CPU. Whereas if you have more to spend, Intel takes the crown with their i5 and i7 quads. So make a budget, and if your budget only has room for a $150 CPU (remember, most games are GPU limited rather than CPU, so you should...

5.2GHz WOW!!! Can you post your stats, cooling etc?

Long time AMD fanboy here as well but I know my next rig will be Intel. I got an FX-8320 on the cheap last Summer but am on the whole disappointed in its performance and heat. Price for performance ($150 and below) yeah its solid but now that I have a job I can afford to spend a little more...

I am thinking of buying another 7870 to crossfire (MSI). do you think this would be very beneficial or should i just buy one higher end card? i want to play bioshock Infinite, Batman and some newer games at highest detail.

This is definitely the way to go to avoid any problems down the line. I also recommend this guide to optimize your performance once you get Windows installed: http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds

Done. best of luck to you in your studies and research.

Yeah this is really annoying. I was putting off my big rig upgrade until 2014 and of course now, not only have prices not dropped, they have actually increased quite a bit since I last looked. All I want to do is play some video games on high quality for once lol. I don't care about mining cat...

I'm not trolling but what is the special value of 16:10? I had a 16:10 monitor for about a year and then moved to 16:9, and I don't feel like I've lost anything.

I've had so many problems with my 8320 throttling that I decided to just say f it, I'm turning off throttling. The problem isn't your CPU cooler, its the VRM. I don't think there are any mobos out there that can truly cool these things sufficiently with just heatsinks on the VRM. I bought a...

I have MSI 7870 and would be interested also.

LOL I have the same mobo (gigabyte 990 UD3 rev4) and i cant figure this out either. TMPIN1 seems to match "package" temp of my 8320 closely. i think that one is the CPU. TMPIN0 and TMPIN2... im thinking one is NB and other is VRM?

i have one that came with my FX-8320. its been used, let me know if interested and offer.

haha oh man this is great. so i guess i have to cover all those little black things... this can get difficult. I just assumed those black boxes were the "3+1" because 3 of them say one thing, and the last one says something else.

Just got them in and installed, then ran a few tests. Before adding the heatsinks: After: After, and with the CPU heatsink on as well. The heatsinks are quite small so even with my mATX setup and the Cooler Master TX3, there was plenty of room. Also very easy install with the included...

Will do! Just ordered these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708012 Hopefully it will be here by Wednesday. Can't wait to see the temps, and maybe try my hand at a little OCing.