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If it clears the fins, it will clear the fans. Take the fan off and move it up a bit. Mine sits high just because of that. If it doesn't clear either, pull off the spreader. Look how to do it first. The spreaders are just eye candy anyway. The only ram that needed heat spreaders was RDRAM. the active module would get blazing hot, so they used a heat spreader to transfer the load across the other chips. DDR 4 RAM doesn't get hot enough to melt the sticker glue Samsung and Crucial apply to the stickers they apply directly to the RAM biscuits themselves.
RAM Biscuit, folks. You heard it here first. Highly technical, yet smugly aloof.
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Noodleface
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I mean I did have to move the fan up a lot because of the ram, and that's causing the window not to be able to close. If I had bought low profile RAM I would've been better off. Gonna look at removing the shields though and see if that gives enough clearance. Otherwise I'll toss on a smaller fan and call it a day. From what I gather, that extra fan doesn't actually so much. I have 4 case fans anyways.
I have it stable at 4.3GHz @1.25V, just gonna run a stress test overnight and see how it does.
I'm a computer engineer. I can't not OC this. Next up is OCing the GPU and RAM. The XMP/DOCP is working fine but I want to tighten it up.
Build booted up first try, so feeling good.
Check out how ugly, non RGB this is
I have it stable at 4.3GHz @1.25V, just gonna run a stress test overnight and see how it does.
I'm a computer engineer. I can't not OC this. Next up is OCing the GPU and RAM. The XMP/DOCP is working fine but I want to tighten it up.
Build booted up first try, so feeling good.
Check out how ugly, non RGB this is
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I have a HAF XB EVO. Is it huge? YES. Is it ugly? YES. Can I fit a small block Chevy in it? YES. Laugh at my cable management. Does it clear the fans and not impede airflow? YES. That's all that matters. Does it take me seconds to add a drive? YES. It is easy to clean and to put stuff into? YES.
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Lambourne
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I use similar coolers even on builds that I never OC because they are extremely quiet, effectively inaudible in most circumstances. I'm done listening to fan whine.
The actual heat load on modern CPUs isn't really any higher compared to stuff from years past unless you get into $$$$ HEDT CPUs. 65-95W for most parts these days, even back in the Pentium 4 or Core 2 duo days that would have been a fairly typical number.
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I'm aiming for good numbers, I need to tinker with it today. Yesterday was just putting it together and starting the OC process
Ran realbench for 4 hours and it was 100% stable. Temps did hit 95C on the stress tests so I'm gonna think if that's something I'm ok with. As far as I know that's when ryzen throttles
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Thats exactly what I did when I got mine. Was like..wtf this this is massive. Cools great but god damn its huge.Didn't get the black version
It's hard to get across how big and heavy those things are. They make me uncomfortable, I'd rather just water cool.
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So I'm kinda dumb and my gaming monitor is only dvi/vga/HDMI, totally forgot. Well... Had to order a 1440p 144hz monitor... Can't really test this til it shows up
Some dude on Reddit bought my 1070 for $185
Some dude on Reddit bought my 1070 for $185
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Noodleface
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Originally I bought a MSI 27 inch 1440p 144hz VA monitor, but this LG kept popping up with people clamoring for it. Always out of stock.
Took a brief look this morning and it was in stock so I cancelled my MSI order and snagged it. As far as I can tell, you can't find a monitor with these specs at this price anywhere, and the rtings results on this are very good. "Regular" price on this is $599
Took a brief look this morning and it was in stock so I cancelled my MSI order and snagged it. As far as I can tell, you can't find a monitor with these specs at this price anywhere, and the rtings results on this are very good. "Regular" price on this is $599
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That monitor is one of the best on the market what the fuck are they selling it at that price for?
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Okay, I was slightly confused which monitor that was, but it's still very nice for the price:
www.rtings.com
LG 27GL850-B/27GL83A-B vs LG 27GL83A-B Side-by-Side Monitor Comparison
The LG 27GL850-B and the LG 27GL83A-B have very similar overall performance and any differences can be attributed to panel variance. The 27GL850-B has better inputs as it incorporates two USB 3.0 ports, while the 27GL83A-B has no USB ports.
www.rtings.com
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Speaking of monitors, this is in stock.
Amazon product ASIN B07ZS1DZM1
You can fit so many pixels in that thing...
Amazon product ASIN B07ZS1DZM1
You can fit so many pixels in that thing...
This is the lower model of the 27gl850 which is the one most people talk about, and the one that is more expensive. The only real difference is that this one isn't wide gamut, which only matters for gaming if you like saturated colours. It's quite a bit cheaper though, but that price isn't really a deal.
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Mist
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The tests seem pretty conclusive, as long as you run it in HDR mode then yours is the better one.