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4 sticks but I'm not overclocking them

Final update. Relided (re lided?) and cranked the crap out of it. 4.4ghz at 1.3v and it idles at 35c and maxes at 85-87 on gaming benchmarks. Prime crashes it but games don't. I guess this will do until the Zen4 and its respective hardware come down in price Thanks for the assist.

Nah, no money into this thing. Is there any chance that the temp reporting is screwed up? The cooler is cool to the touch, nothing is feeling hot. Is there a temperature offset in the BIOS that I might have screwed up?

Well, turns out that you are probably correct. I finally got around to delidding, and it.... hotter.... (*defeated sigh*) Yeah, the long narrow Hazwell is aligned with 2 heat pipes and although I've considered pivoting the heatsink 90degrees, it would interfere with the memory. I guess I'll...

Cool! What newer CPU fits my 1150 motherboard? I've reapplied thermal paste. I actually added a second fan just to see if it would help. nothing noticeable A second fan generally doesn't help much, a pull fan gets rid of the dead zone the center of the fan makes thus the 1-3 improvement you...

Still pondering my options with a naked core. I think I can modify the cooler with shorter screws. The overall plan is to not spend any additional money into this rig. Although a meager investment into LM will likely have enough left over for the next build so that might be an idea. I read...

Although that COULD be a problem, most tests that I've seen only show 3-7c difference between AC5 and the best stuff on the market. I'm 20c out of spec here, so it's more likely to be old thermal paste under the lid and/or at the heatsink heat spreader. I was considering a naked chip to cut...

Arctic silver I think.

Right. I'm not sure if the chip would align parallel or perpendicular to the pipes. Probably wouldn't matter much. I'll try a de lid with new thermal and relid to see if it would help with the temps a bit. Maybe some lapping to gain a degree or 2. I'll probably skip additional overclocking...

I have an old 4770K on an MSI Z87-GD65 with an Hyper EVO 212 for cooling (1070 founders for vid card) In its present config, I'm using the genie to run at 4.2ghz at 1.25v and it gets toasty and throttles slightly at 100c under testing with Prime95 Any higher clocks and voltages results in a...

Present rig includes: 4770K GTX680 It runs modern games admirably, but it's time to upgrade. I'm still wishy washy on which direction I'm going to take, a new 40" monitor or a VR setup. Either way, I'm going to need a new video card. Present budget is $400-600 (maybe more if it's for a...

IT LIVES!!! I would like to thank you for the input. The following equipment: Purchased: MSI Z87-GD65 and it freaking ROCKS! Define R4 case, The sound proofing made the difference and the case is SILENT Seasonic SSR-550RM 550W modular PSU Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD (saw a sale on the...

Will both of those cases support really tall heatsinks? I forgot that I had a really tall 120mm heatsink with 3 heat pipes. The last case was a 4U rackmount and it had to be modified (hole cut) tiraides, I purchased the EVO. I just couldn't help myself. :D Other purchases will follow time...

1) Computer for gaming 2) Budget is $1500 3) USA 4) Need: Case, MoBo, RAM (16GB), SSD 256GB or greater, PSU 5) Reusing GTX680 6) Possible Overlocking in the future 7) 23" monitor 1080 8) Build within 1-2 months 9) No need for RAID or anything fancy. 10) Have LEGIT WIN7 64 Pro

To clarify: I have a 680 GTX video card, it should do for now. Tiraides, I appreciate the list, but I am trying to avoid Asus fro the time being. My last two purchases of of their products have been disappointing and their RMA gave me no end of trouble. I have to change manufacturers...

I'm due for a whole new gaming rig. I've been out of the game for 5 years so a few things have changed. So now I would like some advice. Budget: $1500. (this might increase or decrease by $200) I already have a Nvidia 680 vid card and a nice monitor (gifts) and nothing else. General...

Let's see: What it was/What killed it. Atari 400/time Atari 800xl (x2)/time 2400baud modem/lightening 14400modem/lightening 6.4GB HD/shorted control card to case ('caues i'm stooped) socket 7 MoBo/shorted, smoked (c.i.s.) 300wattPSU(x2)/power surge. A7V133 MoBo/power surge. 1333mhz...