Overclocking & Tweaking

choosing ram for the asus crosshair v formula z help

can anyone tell me which ram is goo to use on the crosshair v formula-z im looking for at least 16gb 1866mhz. This is my first build and the last ram i tried was corsair vengeance ddr3 2x8gb sticks 1866mhz but it failed to work correctly and only ran...

is it normal for the amd fx8350 to run at 35C during bios

Is it normal for the fx8350 to run at 35C while in the bios screen? I'm using it alongside a corsair H80i CPU cooler which is set as an exhaust thanks for any help in advance really appreciated as this is my first build

Motherboard trouble

I am building a computer with a Maximus VI Formula motherboard. I had installed windows 7 on an SSD and it was working fine. I added a Blu Ray Reader/writer - worked.Added a second SSD - worked.Added a third SSD - worked.Added a platter drive - wor...

High Voltage for Low Overclock?

I ran a benchmark test using RealBench 2.1 and I've been consistently getting a lower than expected "Heavy Multitasking" score. My brother who is using a 2 year old computer still gets a 71K score in this area. My scores can be found here as well as...