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How reliable is this benchmark in terms of real performance? And how does the 960t at 4.0 compare to the PHENOM II 975 at 3.5 in games especially.
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wcLLg
United States281 Posts
benchmark: + Show Spoiler + How reliable is this benchmark in terms of real performance? And how does the 960t at 4.0 compare to the PHENOM II 975 at 3.5 in games especially. | ||
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Josh_rakoons
United Kingdom1158 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On March 27 2012 04:54 Josh_rakoons wrote: Will a water cooling unit give heat out to other components (such as the GPU) just like a air cooling heatsink would? Depends on mounting. A lot of higher end systems isolate the rads to avoid this entirely, either by moving them, or by using multiple loops, so that nothing is air cooled. For only CPU, sometimes yes, sometimes no. You'll get ideal CPU cooling by using outside air across the rad, with an intake fan. However, if you're dumping the air into your case without a top exhaust, and don't have isolated GPU airflow, then yes, it can increase temps for them. Cooling in general is NOT a simple question or answer though. It might merit it's own thread, but it would need to be a collaborative effort most likely, and done by someone with the inclination to keep the OP updated. Definitely more of a "Broad question, Novella answer". | ||
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On March 27 2012 04:43 wcLLg wrote: average overclock, in general, would be around 3.5/3.6? But, the 960t at 4.0 would parity i3-2100 in games? There are no benchmarks for this on the entire series of tubes, err: internet. benchmark: + Show Spoiler + How reliable is this benchmark in terms of real performance? And how does the 960t at 4.0 compare to the PHENOM II 975 at 3.5 in games especially. 3.6 sounds reasonable for a beginner, though I bet most could do 3.8 without breaking a sweat. Benchmark seems pretty reliable and about in line with what I've seen in many others. 960T compares pretty directly to the other 9xx series, though being a "Thuban" core (hence the T), I believe it has a better memory controller and possibly lower cache/memory latency, which benefits games quite a bit. With a northbridge overclock as well, the 960T will beat the i3 in most scenarios, but that costs more because one would have to get: 1) a decent motherboard 2) some decent air cooling This would add at least ~$50 more to the build, at which point one could get an i5 (which would leave any Phenom II in the dust, even compared to a typical overclock or even atypical such as 4.2GHz+ which is somewhat rare) | ||
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wcLLg
United States281 Posts
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
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BriTadeb
France23 Posts
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Illest.
Canada133 Posts
every time I leave the room to use the washroom/get food or drink, come back and just as I pass my desktop tower it to take a seat the desktop either shuts down and boots up again or restarts, its getting quite annoying, anyone know why this happens? any solution to fix this problem? sometimes I get lucky and it doesn't shutdown/restart on me. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On March 27 2012 11:11 Illest. wrote: I have this annoying thing my desktop does. every time I leave the room to use the washroom/get food or drink, come back and just as I pass my desktop tower it to take a seat the desktop either shuts down and boots up again or restarts, its getting quite annoying, anyone know why this happens? any solution to fix this problem? sometimes I get lucky and it doesn't shutdown/restart on me. Well, either you're so charming your personal magnetism is interfering with the electronics, your footsteps are shaking a loose connection, or you have some other sort of issue and bizarre timing. Or you're trolling, I suppose we can't ignore that distinct possibility. | ||
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Illest.
Canada133 Posts
On March 27 2012 11:17 JingleHell wrote: Well, either you're so charming your personal magnetism is interfering with the electronics, your footsteps are shaking a loose connection, or you have some other sort of issue and bizarre timing. Or you're trolling, I suppose we can't ignore that distinct possibility. I'm not trollling, it actually does happen and I can't stand when this happens. | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
Otherwise, get an exorcist. I'd recommend the traditional Korean kind, but if you're kind of anti-idolatry, I'm sure the local Catholic church can hook you up. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Illest.
Canada133 Posts
On March 27 2012 11:36 MisterFred wrote: Sounds like you have one of those really lose wall power plugs and the power cable is being jostled when you walk on a loose board or something. If that's not the case, try disconnecting the power button connections inside your case. (use a screwdriver to short the two pins when you need to turn the computer on while you test if that's the problem) Otherwise, get an exorcist. I'd recommend the traditional Korean kind, but if you're kind of anti-idolatry, I'm sure the local Catholic church can hook you up. Now thats just creepy. I guess i'll try change to a different plug from another outlet. I've seen how that screwdriver trick works, but how does that determine the problem? im little confused. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On March 27 2012 11:42 Illest. wrote: Now thats just creepy. I guess i'll try change to a different plug from another outlet. I've seen how that screwdriver trick works, but how does that determine the problem? im little confused. Basically, it lets you remove a variable and see if the problem still occurs. I DOUBT it's the power or reset buttons, but it's possible. Try checking your outlet first, though, like he said. Also verify that all your various power cables from the PSU are firmly connected, especially the ones to the motherboard. | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
Jinglehell is pointing you in the correct direction overall - same idea just more helpful and less specific. Somewhere there's a loose connection that responds to minute vibration. Or Jinglehell's wife is smarter than all of us. Very possible. Don't discount the exorcists, though. I mean, they might have solved their own computer problems at some point.  | ||
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Illest.
Canada133 Posts
Thank you. ^^ | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
I never did find out what the root cause of it was except that maybe the coax being passed through the door under carpeting was being crimped introducing too much noise or power drop. I had to sidestep the issue and just install the modem at the basement and run cat5e the whole building. | ||
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iKill[ShocK]
Vietnam3530 Posts
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
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SoulWager
United States464 Posts
On March 27 2012 19:37 Rannasha wrote: No. nVidia cards only support up to 2 monitors. You'll have to either get an AMD card for Eyefinity or a second nVidia card. the 680 can drive more than 2 monitors. | ||
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