Overclocking & Tweaking

Boot time on new Skylake desktop build (Asus Z170M - fastboot not working?)

What boot time should be expected with this setup; i7 6700, Asus Z170M-Plus D4, Corsair 8GB DDR 4 2400 C14, Raider S PSU 550W,80+ SILVER, Samsung SSD 850 Evo?I've done a UEFI fresh install of Windows 10(this is my friend's new PC). BIOS settings are ...

4670k overclock on maximus hero 1.320v for 4.4 but good temps

hello guys i have this oc for 2 years now was hard to find it stable at 4.4 need to throw 1.320v manual voltage on cpu and 1.950 on initial voltage.what you think community should i left right that i can boot at 4.5 1.350 but not stable or go to 4.3 ...

First single run 98k! Second run...

Been trying to get a stable o/c for a few days now. After several aborted AIS3 attempts I followed some vids and cranked the synced cores to 100.0x46 and turned on XMP for my 2666MHz RAM. I wasn't at all unhappy with a ROGBench of 98k but it looks ...

Can't beat this aio cooler for the price

You can get the Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 all-in-one cooler, including 4 120mm. fans for push/pull from Amazon for $79.99. Don't believe the Amazon Prime info. I just received it for that price without a Amazon Prime membership.Here's the link for it...

Asus ROG HDMI

Hi guysI have a question maybe one of you could help me?When I want to play series or games through my Sony 49" TV I plug my laptop into my Yamaha amplifier. Once I do this there seems to be something wrong the color on the TV. DO you guys think it c...

M8 Alpha + 6600k + Trident Z 3400mhz kit abnormally high Vcore?

I've been having a bit of trouble tuning my new rig. Still familiarizing myself with all the changes from my Z87 build. I thought I had the system pretty stable. However, once i started looking more into manual cpu OC, it seems like my Vcore is way...

Question about RAM on VIII Hero

Hello,I bought 2 8g GSKILL 2400 series RAM sticks for my VIII Hero build and during the troubleshooting phase I ended up purchasing 2 more 8g Gskill Ram sticks that were on the QVL (3400) I am just running it with the 3400's, turns out ram wasnt the ...

Nvidia Gforce

Has anyone found a way to have the Nvidia card set as default instead of the Intel crap?

On Screen Display

Hello ROG friendsI am looking for a program to use with GPU Tweak to show information such as gpu temps, gpu usage, memory usage, clock speeds and voltage as well as cpu temps on screen while I play games. I was using precision x 16 and HWInfo but af...

Overheating help PLEASE!

Two days ago, my cpu skyrocketed in temp, went from 33 to 93 in about 10 seconds. Tried shutting it down and restarting it a few times, only to have it rise to 90 upon every boot. Seemed to be my AIO cooling unit, a Thermalrake Extreme Water3.0. N...

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