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Did you give this a go / did it help at all? For me I gave up on calibration when I tried in the past to tame TN panels getting them as close to 'good' in Windows only to find that they would throw that out the window as soon as you loaded a game. Not sure if that situation has changed in...

Brief update / tip! Try changing the Game -> Preset Modes setting to Game 1. Now click on the option again to bring up the Response Time / R,G,B,C,M,Y / Dark Stablizer menu. Alter the R,G,B,C,M,Y from their defaults down to 40% on each one. This has really helped with the over saturation -...

Hi folks - just post here to say I ordered an AW2721d with work discount for £550 as well so was so pleased. Monitor arrived yesterday and here are my initial thoughts: Pros - Build quality is insane - so impressed with it! Built like a tank - outstanding design and stand - The g-sync...

Nope - very happy with my GTX 1080Ti / 1440p 144hz combo currently. Price, power consumption and thermals looked to have crept up over Pascal and the lack of traditional benchmarks speak volumes. Yes, I'm sure they'll be improvements over the current gen but I squarely believe the 'quantum...

Final update - stress test with Large FFTs passed 8 hours with no crashes at 1.320v - happy with that results and branding it with the 'stable' overclocking stamp :-) Time to actually put my CPU to use and enjoy it :-D

CPU stabilises at around 76-77oC on Prime95 with Large FFT's stress testing. So you could say I've gain a few degrees across the board but that might be a bad application of MX4 on the top of the IHS - not sure. I'm still happy that all cores are around the same temperature and nothing is...

Good news folks - result! Got my re de-lidded CPU back and it was well worth it - very neat job the guy did (sent me pictures) and I have peace of mind that the contacts near the CPU die have been varnished off. The newly done CPU now sits at 70-75oC across the board in Prime95 so I'm very...

You're right and I tend to be as well and if I ever needed to do it again, I probably would buy the stuff next time

I agree - 8 hours Prime stable is my benchmark. Interestingly, I did get a crash after 4.5 hrs at 1.312v so looks like it wasn't quite enough voltage afterall. Set off again at 1.320v this time...fairly round number. Been chugging nicely for 4 hours so far... Temps are 69-71oC except for...

Indeed - that's why I threw in the towel on The first CPU immediately sold up and bought and bought a 2nd one confirmed to hit 5ghz at a much lower voltage. This second is massively better and seems to be Prime stable at 5ghz with 1.312v volts (certainly for 30 mins I've checked so far) with no...

Hmmm didn't help - pesky core #0 still running hotter. The delta seems even worse in games most cores are in the 45oC region....Core #0 is more like 60-65oC :-(

Hi all - just to update this thread. The new CPU arrived today (finally!) but hasn't been without some drama. Firstly after seating, pasting and attaching the CPU block - the machine wouldn't post - DOA I thought - I've been had here! I proceeded to reseat the CPU as I'm no over the moon with...

Exactly - the latter point was precisely what I was thinking and what pushed me this direction; the cost of all the materials / tools I'd need probably would have been that sort of price anyway. The fact that the risk (albeit not massive) that the work has been done (successfully) already +...

Really appreciate your replies folks - much appreciated. Noted on the memory - very interesting and wouldn't have considered that causing the instability - I will keep that in mind. I feel a little guilty that I've 'cheated' my way out here after seeing an excellent opportunity on the site...

Hi folks, I hope you are well and can help provide your 2p worth on my 'situation' (well and truly in the realm of '1st world problems :)) I've recently built myself a Core i7-8700k system on an MSI Z379 Gaming M5 motherboard with 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM at 3000mhz 14-14-14-34 2T. The...

Well folks - a massive THANK YOU for all your advice; I really, really have appreciated it - I think the journey has come to a (very happy) end now... I eventually decided to return the AKG K550's today - unfortunately they were just not for me :( I have, however, now got the Beyerdynamic...

Yeah I tried those on my phone when I was away the other week and they sounds pretty good then - but when I got them on my PC (well certainly playing Overwatch), I was disappointed.

So update on this - I had a go on my PC with the K550's... Definitely an improvement in music - games were 'ok' but I'm at still not blown away especially with positional audio which I though would be amazing. I'm not really feeling a significant difference to the Hyper x Cloud 2's... :-( I...

Very kind offer indeed but I'm sure I'd drive you mad with my fussiness / indecisiveness lol!! I really like the look of the MX300 gen2 though - looks awesome. Bit out if my price range and would mean I'd waste the use of the mod mic 4 I've got but tempting...definitelt tempting...

Thanks guys Good to hear - I'm sure I'm jumping the gun but we'll see. I'm toying with the idea of open backed but I think It'll just lead to disappoint at LAN events.