New computer build.

Those settings also depends on particular configurations. Leave yours as it is, make a note of those values above, and ask the overclocking & cooling section. Plenty have OC 2500K on worse boards. I would aim at 4.2GHz for a nice and easy step, with very conservative voltages and temps. That's what I'd want personally. I don't see any point going any higher, unless for fun / showing off. 4.2, 4.4 is a sweet spot for 2500K, where you get a good OC (30% overclock), for very few risks.

You can theoretically go 50% OC on air (over 4.8GHz), but really that's just better left for pros who don't mind playing around with expensive gear. You wouldn't take you nice Nissan Skyline GT-R to a track day unless you knew what you were doing :)
 
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Haha thats very helpful thanks again for everything. I will leave it as it is for now and give it a bit more thought first. So now I need to buy the monitors, HDD and sort out the cables :P

Thanks :)
 
Hey guys I think I am going to buy my monitors today, just wanted to ask whats the best way to check for dead pixels? I am a little bit worried about receiving a monitor with dead pixels.

Thanks
 
Plain white screen I would say. Makes spotting dead pixels very easy indeed. Remember that there are standards to do with dead pixels as well, so if there's just one or two it might not qualify for a RMA.

Also, if I may ask, how snug is your Hyper 212? As i got the same mobo and cooler deal as you did, but i went for an antec 100 case, and fear i might have made a bit of a ****-up, though I see master Renault has specced the same thing earlier in the thread. Hope all is progressing well :D
 
Right thanks very much thats extremely helpful, I have a piece of software that will do the colours so I will just use that :) I will also try to look into this dead pixel RMA scenerio. And Gillies from what I have seen so far it has been fine. Haven't got it fully up and running sorting various other things out first.

The temperatures all seem OK and it seems nice and secure. The only thing I noticed was that you can twist it slightly but this is normal. What problem are you having?

Thanks guys for the help
 
Hi, just for future reference the top white SATA connectors are the Intel ones. Should you get a faster SSD use these. I plugged mine into the bottom ones, Marvell and the results on the M4 were terrible (see the M4 benchmark thread).

Not that easy to see which is which so thought I'd mention it :) By top I mean as you're looking at the motherboard in your upright case.
 
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Also, if I may ask, how snug is your Hyper 212? As i got the same mobo and cooler deal as you did, but i went for an antec 100 case, and fear i might have made a bit of a ****-up, though I see master Renault has specced the same thing earlier in the thread. Hope all is progressing well :D
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He has a CM 690 II. The 212+ fits a CM 430, but the CM 430 has no cable management round the back. eek. Might be a very tight fit, or no fit at all.

And yeah, I'd use the Intel controllers first. The SATA layout shouled be in your manual.
 
Yer thanks I was looking into this before and I think the Marvell ones use power from somewhere else on the mobo? Something like that I read anyway. And I know! It does not say anywhere so I managed to find this review on the motherboard:

http://www.eteknix.com/motherboards/msi-p67a-gd65-motherboard-review-1256/page4

It told me which ones luckily. And I will need to use a SATA III port for my new hard drive when I buy it. But yer thanks very much :)
 
Cack!!

Ah well. I shall see.:eek:

Edit:wildest, you may consider yourself blessed for investing in the cooler master, as it's not going to fit the 100 in a month of sundays. Drat!! Rookie error for the win!.

Hope everything is going well with your system :)
 
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Cack!!

Ah well. I shall see.:eek:

Edit:wildest, you may consider yourself blessed for investing in the cooler master, as it's not going to fit the 100 in a month of sundays. Drat!! Rookie error for the win!.

Hope everything is going well with your system :)
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Oh that's a pain! I luckily had the help of olivier, he advised me on the CM 690 II. Any chance you can send it back? Or are you going to change the cooler? I guess you can always use the stock cooler for now?

And yer it all seems great from what I have tried, haven't been using it loads because I am sorting other things out (like my desk). Also need to sort out cable management once I have my hard drive.
 
Hey guys, basically I am still looking at monitors and frankly it's driving me mad. I think I have shortlisted the best three that I would go with. I will be using mostly for gaming and general use. I do not really photo edit. This is for a dual setup, the three are:

LG W2363D - £149.99
Dell U2311H - £190.00
LG W2361V-PF - £130.00

I know a lot have favoured the dell, but for me would this still be the one?

Thanks guys :)
 
No, but I have never ever seen a bad thing said about them, the comments usually go like this, "I could never go back to a TN panel now" "Best thing I ever bought" "Awesome picture quality"
 
Yer I know what you mean, I have seen the same really. But it's just that most the time people are using it for things like photo editing and general use. Never really see too much about gaming.

Thanks
 
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