Recently returned to pc building. My last build was with an Athlon 3200 with a 6800 ultra. My new build has been fun and really interesting with some bumps on the way.
Bump 1; I7 6700K temps! Stock value and auto settings on mobo's. How many newbies like me get caught in the "Are these temps ok debacle", I did. Once I got to grips with my UEFI and manually set several parameters, I was all set.
Bump 2; AIO water coolers and their higher expectations. I was initially really underwhelmed and almost pulled the plug on replacing it with a Noctua air cooler instead, especially when I was averaging around 80+ degrees on Aida64 stress test, 90+ with XTU & Prime95 (26.6) at room temps of around 21*C.
I bought the Corsair H115i which after sorting out Bump 1, I now find it quite amazing for how well it really performs.
Bump 3; Is 1.4 voltage core safe? I can get 4.8ghz @ 1.4v with temps (now) around 60*C stress testing. So I was thinking to myself; do I leave it there and no harm done? Or is it shaving life off slightly, halfing its life or will I be lucky to get a year's use? So after a bit of thought I settled for 4.6ghz @ 1.27v with 50*C stress temps. An extra 200mhz seems pointless to me when only benchmarking will really divide the two.
Bump 4; Video cards; I eventually bought the 980ti FTW at £400. I could afford a 1080 but thought as I will never prance around with VR and mainly play titles like CS:GO why would I spend an extra (at the time) £250?
anywhoo...
Hi to you all
Cheers
Lee
Bump 1; I7 6700K temps! Stock value and auto settings on mobo's. How many newbies like me get caught in the "Are these temps ok debacle", I did. Once I got to grips with my UEFI and manually set several parameters, I was all set.
Bump 2; AIO water coolers and their higher expectations. I was initially really underwhelmed and almost pulled the plug on replacing it with a Noctua air cooler instead, especially when I was averaging around 80+ degrees on Aida64 stress test, 90+ with XTU & Prime95 (26.6) at room temps of around 21*C.
I bought the Corsair H115i which after sorting out Bump 1, I now find it quite amazing for how well it really performs.
Bump 3; Is 1.4 voltage core safe? I can get 4.8ghz @ 1.4v with temps (now) around 60*C stress testing. So I was thinking to myself; do I leave it there and no harm done? Or is it shaving life off slightly, halfing its life or will I be lucky to get a year's use? So after a bit of thought I settled for 4.6ghz @ 1.27v with 50*C stress temps. An extra 200mhz seems pointless to me when only benchmarking will really divide the two.
Bump 4; Video cards; I eventually bought the 980ti FTW at £400. I could afford a 1080 but thought as I will never prance around with VR and mainly play titles like CS:GO why would I spend an extra (at the time) £250?
anywhoo...
Hi to you all
Cheers
Lee

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