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Looking at the manual for the Asus Z170 ~*Pro Gaming*~, all of the DDR4 3200 configurations they qualified were 4x4GB. They seem to favor this configuration over 2x8GB in nearly all the ram sets they list as being qualified. The marketing page also mentions: "Second-generation ASUS T-Topology enables DDR4 memory overclocking to reach new heights: over DDR4-3400MHz with all memory slots populated." So should you get 4x4 instead of 2x8 when overclocking RAM? I don't have a mobo or ram yet This thread also has me scared and I'm probably being stupid even overclocking RAM: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=149795&page=12 e: also read this on the asrock extreme4 manual, where they go the other way: quote:*3866+(OC) memory frequency can only be achieved when a single memory module is installed (Single channel memory). fozzy fosbourne fucked around with this message at 17:11 on May 3, 2016 |
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HMS Boromir posted:They were going the same way with the "all memory slots populated" comment - they were advertising the speeds you can get in the worst case overclocking scenario. Yeah, I eventually deduced that after looking at the ASUS supported memory table some more. They have fields that say whether they support 2 or 4 dimm configs and some of the cards only support 2 dimm configs, so it looks like they were probably qualifying 4x4GB as a worst case scenario like you pointed out.
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fozzy fosbourne posted:Yeah, I eventually deduced that after looking at the ASUS supported memory table some more. They have fields that say whether they support 2 or 4 dimm configs and some of the cards only support 2 dimm configs, so it looks like they were probably qualifying 4x4GB as a worst case scenario like you pointed out. Actually, I guess there is some ASUS specific tech called "T-Topology" that applies to 4 dimm configs? Found a big thread but haven't read about it much yet: http://www.overclock.net/t/1241807/asus-t-topology
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Found this post on overclock.net from the Asus rep that I wanted to share:Raja@ASUS posted:ASUS North America - ASUS Z170 Motherboards Q&A Thread http://www.overclock.net/t/1568154/asus-north-america-asus-z170-motherboards-q-a-thread/90
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I think the Noctua has a mount brace thing that makes it easy to take the heatsink tower off without having to reapply thermal paste and such
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May 11, 2016 19:24
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Uhhh, no, I'm not sure how such a thing would even work. What it does have is a mounting system that lets you remove the tower without needing to remove the backplate and such which is pretty nice. You're right, my bad. It's just the backplate, and yeah, in hindsight it would probably be practically impossible to keep the same cooling with a modular chip-to-heatsink interface
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If I have a Fractal Design Define R5 and a couple 140mm noctua fans from the newegg sale recently, how would you recommend configuring them in the case? Probably going to overclock a 6700k and 1080. I've done a little research, but it all seems like bro-science with people rationalizing negative, positive, and equal pressure. If there's something credible with some empirical results I could look at, that would be cool.
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I bought a Noctua D15S. This thing blots out the sky and puts even the original xbox and gaben to shame. It's screaming bad idea to me since it's like attaching a dumbell to the side of the motherboard, but I got a good deal and it has good reviews 
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nuclear_cheetos posted:Finished my build and installed Spanish Windows 10. Is that the d15? Have you looked at the d15s? It's offset a bit from the gpu. Also, are you going to remove this drive trays? E: also are your cpu fans pointing away from the exhaust case fan? fozzy fosbourne fucked around with this message at 01:34 on May 22, 2016 |
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I've read some reports of overdrive calibration not being very good when some panels are overclocked. Might be good to do some research on a particular model just in case. For example, http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/asus_rog_swift_pg279q.htm#overclocking. I personally wouldn't buy a panel that I need to overclock to get to the refresh rate I want without some testing like in that article I linked that gave me confidence it's not going to look like a blurry piece of crap* at that refresh rate. Luckily, that panel is pretty sweet at 144hz! I have the XB271HU and it's godlike imo *for the record, that model doesn't become a blurry piece of crap at 160hz, it's just slightly worse than 144. But I'd be wary of monitors that may not have been very tightly tuned in terms of overdrive to begin with
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Moola posted:can anyone recommend any cheap quiet cases? xgalaxy posted:I love my Fractal R5. I think it is the best case I've ever bought.
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I had asked here about experiments in regards to case airflow and found this article interesting http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/02/10/the-big-cooling-investigation/1
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I think the whole "humans can't perceive frequencies higher than 60hz" thing is a myth based on some poor conclusions from some studies done before the right equipment existed. It's immediately apparent just in the Windows/OS X UI alone when you go from 60 to 144hz, when moving your cursor or dragging a window. And you can still see sample and hold motion blur at that 144hz frequency, albeit reduced, that begins to disappear when you turn on backlight strobing (but not uniformly across the whole panel). This suggests there is still a lot of headroom for sample and hold displays before you no longer perceive blur when you do something like move your cursor across the screen. I've seen MAbrash and other folks speculate that for sample and hold displays, the threshold where we wouldn't perceive sample and hold blur would be somewhere between 300hz and 1000hz. Remember, 60hz is kind of like qwerty for keyboards*; it wasn't picked because it's some number that happens to be really compatible with human physiology. It was because of 60hz power generators back in the 30s, at least according to this research paper published by Microsoft: O.G. Microsoft posted:The origins of the 60Hz (and 50Hz) field rate Maybe it becomes more difficult to perceive with non-sample and hold displays, like CRT, but then the problem was perceptible flicker at lower frequencies. * not the myth about qwerty being designed to slow typewriters, but rather the recent belief that it's just a best guess at a layout from feedback from telegraph operators fozzy fosbourne fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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Seems like you should look into xmp profiles for your ram before screwing around with manually entered values, especially if you know nothing yet. I'd Google xmp and the model of your mobo and see what pops up
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I have the noctua d15s and some g.skill tridentz. That noctua heat sink is cut a little higher to accommodate ram
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I don't have VR, but when I was downloading drivers for my asus z170 pro gaming they had beta usb drivers that were supposedly for rift compatibility.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:If you can fit them M-Audio AV42 or AV32 should be really good, I have some older M-Audio Studiophile AV 40s and they are very, very good for the price, these are the newer versions of my speakers so they should be very good. They are pretty large, mine are 6.5" deep, 6" wide and 9" tall, but they really need the size to produce good sound so it's worth it, IMO. FWIW, the amazon reviews for the AV42 appear to consider it a big step down from your AV 40s https://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-AV42-20-Watt-Compact-Speakers/dp/B00X741TB0
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Zero The Hero posted:Can anyone tell me the difference between these "different" series of ram? I can't remember why, but I remember reading something that made me favor trident back when I built my system. I think it was the brand they used for their highest spec stuff so I guess I speculated that it might have a marginally higher tolerance or something, but I honestly don't remember. But my advice would be to get the trident in a tie breaker because I trust fosbourne research from 2 months ago that he doesn't remember.
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