I think your warranty is kind of fucked if you do this.
From a gaming standpoint it looks like ~$60 more for the same overclocked performance at the end of the day.
I think your warranty is kind of fucked if you do this.
From a gaming standpoint it looks like ~$60 more for the same overclocked performance at the end of the day.
You get an alive socket and standard features that all Ivy Boards filled in already due to aftermarket. That's about it. I'm still waiting to decide.
That's because it is pretty easy and supposedly, absolutely safe.
It's not the TIM. It's the fact that the ~0.08mm gap that the TIM has to fill is too big that fucks up the temps.
I was wondering, could this be fixed with a BIOS update? (Assuming that ASRock will release an update.)
Lol. Sorry. Thought YoYoTech was a brand.
It's not the TIM. It's the fact that the ~0.08mm gap that the TIM has to fill is too big that fucks up the temps.
Then because the chip is running at 85C instead of 65C it's using 10% more power as well, so it's just a trainwreck.
Honestly your chip seems amazing if it's running that cool.
Sorry if I didn't reply earlier but here it was getting quite late and today I had university lessons.
Tough question to answer, anyway. The dvd drive would save me about 20 euros. I guess I could spare the same amount of money by choosing 4 gb of 1333 ram instead of 8 gb of corsair vengeance.
Assuming I was ready to do so, what benefits should I expect from upgrading to the 750k (wouldn't a phenom 965 be a better choice?).
Thank you for your help, it's my first rig and I need some advice
If you fuck up your CPU delidding (either directly or indirectly), you better not be sending it in for RMA...
Lol, I meant if it breaks down the line say months or years after delidding it.
You voided the warranty as soon as you delidded it, so it's moot.
Caviar Black if you're not going to be using SteamMover (or Steam's built-in "install where you want" feature) with an SSD. Caviar Green is ok otherwise.
Are those still reliable though? The last few months of WD hard drives seem to have a horrible failure review rate, and I felt like some of the other drives were even reviewed slightly better than the Caviar Black drives in terms of being DOA or dying within a month or two.
What vendor and shipping company if you don't mind me asking?
No idea about the latest batch since I bought my Caviar Black last year.
Seems pretty unremarkable/unnoticeable to me. I think this is more of a function of your case though. I have sound mat on both side panels and rubber HDD mounts.
Thanks, I'll invest in some dampening and get the Black, that warranty is irresistible.
Well, judging by my three games of Dota and my post rate as of late, I should be dumping my monitors for IPS.
What the extra money gets you is 12 vs. 8 phase power, and two extra SATA ports. So basically no difference at all.
NP!
Does it bend the heatspreader? Looks very safe putting no pressure on the chips and not getting close to the die with a razor.I think your warranty is kind of fucked if you do this.
