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Overheating damage??

If it was that the core temps would not shift between 30 degrees and 100 degrees (and back) in 1-2 seconds (which they do, implying not much mass being heated - i.e. - thermal conductivity locally, not heat distribution more broadly). Also the HS is pretty new (and dust free - rig is only a few...
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- Post #10
- Nov 24, 2013
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Overheating damage??

If it was a bad bit in the memory then surely reducing the threading load (which doesn't impact memory access patterns apart from having less of them to the same structure instances - so no change in amount used etc.) would not have stabilized things would it? I can see that it might have...
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- Post #8
- Nov 24, 2013
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Overheating damage??

Correct - no. I suspect I have one core that has poor thermal contact, either due to a manufacturing issue between core and spreader, or Tim/HS contact externally. If I reduce the thread load so that only 2 cores are fully loaded at any one time I seem to be fine (with temps maxxing at 60 or...
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- Post #5
- Nov 24, 2013
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Overheating damage??

I've been running utterly stable for about 5 months with a stock-clocked 4770 (Noctua DH14U in an FT02). Recently I've been running a VERY CPU-intensive process for LONG periods (overnight) and I noticed that this runs the CPU at/near its thermal limits (bouncing off Tj max at 100 degrees)...
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- Thread
- Nov 24, 2013
- Replies: 22
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Silverstone FT04 reviews - what's taking so long?

I gave up waiting about 6 weeks ago and bought an FT02. Haven't regretted it - it's an awesome case.
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- Post #2
- Aug 28, 2013
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Windows 8 dies when left to idle

Sorry. Typo. I was installing server 2008 on a VM as I wrote that last response. It's win 8 pro. Changing power settings to prevent it ever turning the display off has worked to prevent this (well, work around it anyway). I tend to turn the monitor off anyway when I'm away from the...
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- Post #7
- Jul 18, 2013
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows 8 dies when left to idle

Gigabyte 7790, 2G. Installed the drivers from the DVD that came with the card. AMD driver version 12.101.2.0 dates 2/15/2013
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- Post #5
- Jul 17, 2013
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows 8 dies when left to idle

Win 2008 Pro, OEM, purchased disk, activated genuine. By 'patched' I mean all Windows updates checked for and applied
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- Post #4
- Jul 17, 2013
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows 8 dies when left to idle

Not sure if this is some sort of power savings settings issue, but what I am seeing is this (new computer, Haswell 4770, stock, Windows 8, fully patched): If I leave the computer for significant periods (somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour) idling when I come back there is no video...
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- Thread
- Jul 17, 2013
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Computer Building
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FT02 vs Fractal Define R4

I went with the FT02 and I'm glad I did - it's an awesome piece of engineering. The end result is inaudible to me over the room ambient noise (even with ceiling fan and air con off). Despite ambients in the high 30s at times in this room I have had no temperature issues at all so far. Very...
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- Post #13
- Jul 16, 2013
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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FT02 - need check from someone who has bult in one

My FT02 arrived yesterday (looks awesome), but it appears to be missing some parts. Firstly I was surprised to find no manual, so I downloaded the PDF from the Silverstone site (fine). However, I also seem to be missing sundry screws and connectors. The (PDF) manual refers to 'the accessory...
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- Thread
- Jul 9, 2013
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Windows 8 "Blue"

So, does the preview have a boot-to-desktop option? I haven't found concrete mention of one in anything I've read so far.
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- Post #52
- Jun 26, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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FT02 vs Fractal Define R4

I was wondering about that. HT I certainly need (but 4770 has it anyway), so really I think going Xeon basically just saves me circa $30 (relative to a 4770) for (more or less) the same base clock + turbo. One question - will the Xeons do fine in a standard desktop MB with NON-ECC RAM or dot...
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- Post #4
- Jun 9, 2013
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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FT02 vs Fractal Define R4

I'm shortly going to pull the trigger on a new build now Haswell is out (current machine is 4 years old and really needs replacing). I'm not planning to o/c, and my requirements are good performance for software development/running VMs with occasional light gaming, while being quiet. The...
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- Thread
- Jun 8, 2013
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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How much faster can single-core CPUs be

The electrons certainly will NOT have had enough time. You mean (as I'm sure you know actually, but in case other readers might not) the electric field may not have had enough time to propagate. The electrons themselves travel at order of fractions of a millimeter per second.
- koshling
- Post #6
- May 20, 2013
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional

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