Experience top tips.

[snaggster]

Hi folks, i thought it would be a good idea to create a thread for people to post some off their top tips that they have picked up over the years. This may help less experienced forum members pick up knowledge.

some off mine are.

*Always buy a good quality psu.
*Buy a good monitor, please don't buy a gtx780 for a 22" tn panel.
*Flush out hosing as you would do for a rad.
*An unstable overclock is worse than no overclock.
*Test components outside the case before starting a new build (mobo box is good for this).
*You only need a pea sized amount of thermal paste for a cpu.
*Clean out (dust) your rig once a month.
*Use extra, slower fans rather than fewer high rpm fans.
*If on a budget buy an ssd before a hdd storage drive.
*Think about cable management. the 8pin atx cable goes behind the mobo tray. It pays to order an extension at the same time as buying a case.
*Don't copy oc settings from google searches.
*Eyefinity is great for production, not so much for gaming.

Please feel free to add your own. Or argue mine if you wish.

 

[Nickolp1974]

I'm about to buy another 780(sli) for a 1080p monitor probably same res as a 22"
Flush out tubing??? Why?
Some people love eyefinity for gaming, probably depends on the game, for racing sims etc i bet its amazing.

 

[snaggster]

I'm about to buy another 780(sli) for a 1080p monitor probably same res as a 22"
Flush out tubing??? Why?
Some people love eyefinity for gaming, probably depends on the game, for racing sims etc i bet its amazing.

Fair comments. The reason i said about the monitor was that, if you was have the kind of money to spend on a high end gpu. Do it justice with having a nice image. In my opinion, a game running @ very high fps on a cheep jack monitor is pointless.
New Tubing has release agents its like a fine powder in the inside of the tubing. This clogs up into a mass. People think its the dye separating. Its not, its the build up being coloured from the dye.
I used nvidia surround for just over a year. why its said to be not as good as eyefinity, for games its the same. For the first few months i thought it was great. i soon grew tied of it. And not all games work. A vast majority of people who have used it have said the same. I was just trying to warn people its not all its cracked up to be.