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DRAM Stability - Methodology & Tools

Introduction Many users enter the world of DRAM overclocking with high expectations, especially after purchasing pre-binned kits that promise extreme speeds and tight timings. The logic seems simple: if a manufacturer rates a kit for 8000 MT/s, it sh...

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To Watercool or Not Watercool

Hi I've been thinking a bit and wanted to ask about exotic/aftermarket liquid coolers(with all the colorful tubes to mobos,cpu's and gpu's and all) long story short...been looking at frozencpu and I'm a bit confuse on what parts to go for and all t...

aldz24 by Level 7
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Backplates?

How much benefits do aftermarket backplates give compared to stock?I wasnt planning on buying any for my GPUs but after watching some mounting videos for blocks on GPUs I noticed someone was putting thermalpads on the backside where the vrm and memor...

Nephelim by Level 7
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H220 Upgrade coming soon

So as some of you may know I have been trying very hard to get better at overclocking my system and especially to run 4.7GHz stable. The community at the RealBench thread really helped me improve and a couple weeks ago I got to my limit. Mind you tha...

Cooling advice requested

Hello Everyone,I have decided to upgrade my current gaming rig with an AMD Phenom IIx4 955 and Asus ROG IV Formula mobo to an Intel Core i7 4770 system.For the mobo I am going for an Asus ROG VI Hero. As I don't plan on adding more than 1 GPU. (Curre...

Quercus by Level 7
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watercooling for my vi formula

hey guy i just need some advice for watercooling my pc i have got the asus maximus formula VI and i want to cool the cpu and the CrossChill system of the motherboard and need a complete watercooling system for these parts please tell me your opinions...

kokoscr7 by Level 7
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Want to upgrade to be able to stream LoL at a good FPS

My specs are:Saphire Radeon 6800 (core clock overclocked to 850)Intel I5 750 2.67 GHz16 gigs of ram (lol)Some asus 2009 motherboard that uses the 1156 socketand like 2 TB of hard disk space on my second disk.I -think- my CPU is bottlenecking my PC, b...

Fubby by Level 7
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H100i Water Cooler - Case compatibility

I have a/an Thermaltake Dokker Mid-Tower Computer CaseI would like to know if the CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Water Cooler would fit on the top section of the case.Also, wondering if it would come in contact/be in the way of the "CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z...

New Hero Build

Corsair - CMY16GX3M2A1600C9RCorsair - CSSD-F240GBGS-BKIntel - BX80646I74770KASUS - MAXIMUS VI HEROHave just ordered the above and in the next few days I will put it in my old Coolmaster HAF Case with a Corsair TX 850 psu and Corsair 60 watercooling b...

will_s by Level 7
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