Catnipthief Rygar said: »
Think I should just bump up the fan speed to 100% when I run any game? (at least until I figure out about the cooler thing)
If you don't mind the noise, yes.
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If you don't mind the noise, yes.
<.<; I'm running two ultra kazes as exhaust fans... You wouldn't know I had any other fans or GPU or radiator fans running. Go turn on a small oscillating fan on medium, that is about how loud my computer is all the time lol.
I'm a big fan of overkill for cooling. my CPU idles at 19C and hovers at 40~45 under load.
I'm a big fan of overkill for cooling. my CPU idles at 19C and hovers at 40~45 under load.
Fenrir.Weakness said: »
Lakshmi.Rearden said: »
As far as chipset, AMD mobo's are more often than not ATI/Crossfire, and Intel are nVidia/SLi, it's hard to find quality mobo's that go against that for each respectively.
You should be able to SLI just fine on an AMD board or CrossfireX on an intel board.
So I guess it looks like it supports SLI and Crossfire.
Ramuh.Yarly said: »
Catnipthief Rygar said: »
Think I should just bump up the fan speed to 100% when I run any game? (at least until I figure out about the cooler thing)
If you don't mind the noise, yes.
Meh, I have music on when I play MMOs and I have headsphones on when playing a single player game.
so I don't mind the noise.
Fenrir.Weakness said: »
<.<; I'm running two ultra kazes as exhaust fans... You wouldn't know I had any other fans or GPU or radiator fans running. Go turn on a small oscillating fan on medium, that is about how loud my computer is all the time lol.
I'm a big fan of overkill for cooling. my CPU idles at 19C and hovers at 40~45 under load.
I'm a big fan of overkill for cooling. my CPU idles at 19C and hovers at 40~45 under load.
Once I get the money for a new case I'm going to be looking at doing something for the heat, either try my hand with watercooling (although I'd need a lot more then) or just load that *** up with fans and coolers
How does this MOBO look vs. the other one you showed me?
It's a little cheaper, and to me it looks close to the same.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262
It's a little cheaper, and to me it looks close to the same.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262
ok I got a guy who is gonna reapply the thermal paste on my GPU for me (I just don't feel like i'd be able to do it comfortably) he said that should bring the temps down a ton.
I would really look for a 990 board instead of a 970 if you are going with a FX series chip. They aren't much more expensive and the 990 series are the ones designed for native AM3+.
I know, it's crazy, those random numbers in the name make a difference. You might look at micro ATX boards if you don't care about crossfire/SLI and your case supports it. They tend to be a bit cheaper. Let me try and find a cheaper 990. I just plopped in the Mobo I use since I know it was cheap, I know it works, and it OC's well.
I know, it's crazy, those random numbers in the name make a difference. You might look at micro ATX boards if you don't care about crossfire/SLI and your case supports it. They tend to be a bit cheaper. Let me try and find a cheaper 990. I just plopped in the Mobo I use since I know it was cheap, I know it works, and it OC's well.
Finally getting to testing my GPU with the fan control in my hands, got it at 70% right now, probably just bump it up to 75% to see what it does.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754R
Those two are a little cheaper with the 990 chipset, one of them is an open box if you don't mind that. Newegg is pretty good about returns though if it doesn't work.
Edit: I couldn't find a micro ATX with the 990 chipset sorry. But the FX series is all about overclocking and the 970 series just wont let you OC as high.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754R
Those two are a little cheaper with the 990 chipset, one of them is an open box if you don't mind that. Newegg is pretty good about returns though if it doesn't work.
Edit: I couldn't find a micro ATX with the 990 chipset sorry. But the FX series is all about overclocking and the 970 series just wont let you OC as high.
Fenrir.Weakness said: »
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754R
Those two are a little cheaper with the 990 chipset, one of them is an open box if you don't mind that. Newegg is pretty good about returns though if it doesn't work.
Edit: I couldn't find a micro ATX with the 990 chipset sorry. But the FX series is all about overclocking and the 970 series just wont let you OC as high.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754R
Those two are a little cheaper with the 990 chipset, one of them is an open box if you don't mind that. Newegg is pretty good about returns though if it doesn't work.
Edit: I couldn't find a micro ATX with the 990 chipset sorry. But the FX series is all about overclocking and the 970 series just wont let you OC as high.
The one for $119.99 looks good to me. Ugh, it's so frustrating trying to find the most compatible parts, haha.
EDIT: I don't plan on using SLI/Crossfire since I'm only planning on using 1 GPU (2 really seems a bit overkill to me).
Tweaking with the fan helped tremendously, at 80% fan speed I never hit above 70C
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