Yesterday I finally recieved my i5 760, Asus p7p55d-e, Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9, Titan Fenrir evo.
Not a great start I have to say;
1. The packaging from ocuk was a bit on the risky side with each box surrounded by the outside cardboard and a bit of air cushion inbetween each box wasnt too pleased but no harm from that that I saw.
2. Taking out my old motherboard was the worst lol stand-offs came out rather than the screws. fun.
3. Opened up motherboard box to find some damage very minor and easily solved but wasn't happy as it was new, was only the metal spring things that touch the IO shield just had to reshaped them to fit.
4a. Instructions for the Fenrir Evo were to a bit on the unclear side but that went ok UNTIL when installed in the normal direction of fan side on same side as ram when installed with the fan it covered 1 and half of my ram slots so couldn't use duel channel was not happy.
4b. Had to mount the cooler the other way around for ram to be used in duel channel which now means that the airflow of my case is reversed IN at back OUT of the front.
5. Did a test on my desk before putting into case ran fine (only used 1 stick of ram at the time), Got into case power to everything refused to boot memOK light on so did what the manual said, nothing happened so took out both sticks (was using black slots) put one stick in nothing again seems to be that none of the black ram slots will allow my pc to boot and same was with duel channel in blue slots but after testing each stick separately to check they worked i put back into duel channel and it worked.
6. So much for the fenrir evo fan being silent its running itself at 2500rpm and is the loudest thing in my case.
So overall I had a strange time putting it together not sure if the Black ram slots not working in single or duel channel is worth the RMA (or im just being dumb and they only work if I have 4 sticks the manual is a bit strange on this one). Not happy about having to re mount the fenrir backwards and changing my airflow but the temps so far are nice with 16-20 on idle and 35-40 in games so far with no overclock is fine by me.
The improvements from my e6600 + p5n32-e using my 460gtx are just ridiculous from 40fps average 70fps max using min settings everything off and dx9 in MOH to 50fps min 70average 90max with everything on maximum on dx11 is just what I was looking for.
Sorry for the rant and if anyone knows if the ram thing is me not the board please say.
Not a great start I have to say;
1. The packaging from ocuk was a bit on the risky side with each box surrounded by the outside cardboard and a bit of air cushion inbetween each box wasnt too pleased but no harm from that that I saw.
2. Taking out my old motherboard was the worst lol stand-offs came out rather than the screws. fun.
3. Opened up motherboard box to find some damage very minor and easily solved but wasn't happy as it was new, was only the metal spring things that touch the IO shield just had to reshaped them to fit.
4a. Instructions for the Fenrir Evo were to a bit on the unclear side but that went ok UNTIL when installed in the normal direction of fan side on same side as ram when installed with the fan it covered 1 and half of my ram slots so couldn't use duel channel was not happy.
4b. Had to mount the cooler the other way around for ram to be used in duel channel which now means that the airflow of my case is reversed IN at back OUT of the front.
5. Did a test on my desk before putting into case ran fine (only used 1 stick of ram at the time), Got into case power to everything refused to boot memOK light on so did what the manual said, nothing happened so took out both sticks (was using black slots) put one stick in nothing again seems to be that none of the black ram slots will allow my pc to boot and same was with duel channel in blue slots but after testing each stick separately to check they worked i put back into duel channel and it worked.
6. So much for the fenrir evo fan being silent its running itself at 2500rpm and is the loudest thing in my case.
So overall I had a strange time putting it together not sure if the Black ram slots not working in single or duel channel is worth the RMA (or im just being dumb and they only work if I have 4 sticks the manual is a bit strange on this one). Not happy about having to re mount the fenrir backwards and changing my airflow but the temps so far are nice with 16-20 on idle and 35-40 in games so far with no overclock is fine by me.
The improvements from my e6600 + p5n32-e using my 460gtx are just ridiculous from 40fps average 70fps max using min settings everything off and dx9 in MOH to 50fps min 70average 90max with everything on maximum on dx11 is just what I was looking for.
Sorry for the rant and if anyone knows if the ram thing is me not the board please say.
