Recent content by kbalaz

So I have this open grill area on the back of my case, Bitfenix ghost. It doesn't really serve a purpose as far as I can tell. To create better positive pressure, should this be sealed off? Also there is room around the fans, I have 120mm fans and it can use either 120s or 140s, so with the...

So I know, should have left well enough alone, but...I was a bit bored and hadn't tried tweaking system in awhile so I saw Asus had a bios update 9/28/14 and thought why not. update went smoothly, but I can no longer adjust manually my voltage on my overclock, or I am not just seeing it or have...

Not the best quality as I shot it with my phone, but was a great concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfA8x8QicJ8

Why no overclock3d twitter account? In this wonderful age of social media why not take full advantage of all the popular ones. With a lot of people shifting over to twitter from facebook or at least spending equal time on both (at least on this side of the pond), would it not make practical...

So I have been testing my system trying to maximize performance/power. I can have it stable 43@1.18V, 44@1.22V and not at all at 45 any volt. Watching another tutorial from JJ at Asus and explaining setting the Min and Max CPU cache ratio to help stability by setting them lower than the intended...

So playing around with my overclock again and have noticed a rather large difference in voltages from 4.3 to 4.4. I can set 4.3GHz @ 1.18V and it runs stable. At 4.4GHz I need to set it to 1.22V to keep it stable. Is this normal behavior for a 4770K? Luck of the draw on the chip? Any thoughts?

So weird thing. I was adjusting my voltages because was starting to get BSOD using Powerdirector 12 video editting software. then I found out its an issue with the program. During stress testing I noticed my voltages jumping from the set 1.18V to 1.26 in OCCT. I went in to turn off adaptive and...

So this is my first higher end build, with a lot of insight from these forums I am pleased with the result. I'm a personal trainer/stay at home dad. Amateur photographer/photo retouch artist. Love technology so it was time I tried something not so "plain". Bitfenix Ghost case i7-4770K @ 4.4GHz...

Here's my tale. Playing around with lots of settings I seem to have stabilized at 45ghz on core 1 and 2, 44ghz on core 3 and 4, at 1.250V. 45Ghz on all cores requires 1.270V so I settled on splitting. With a Noctua NH-D14 for cooling under load max temp is 65C, typical idle temps are 21-23C. I...

Lurking no more, registered finally. I'm a Canuck (Canadian for those that don't know), been building basic systems for years and just recently tried my hand at something a bit more but not extreme. Trying to overclock led me here. A lot of great reading and found it very useful, thanks to all...