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.5x increments = See that decimal point before the 5? so 15.5, 16.0, 16.5 etc for the multiplier.
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amd fx 8120 overclocking
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Nice 1 lads but these big fans on my haf 930 dont seem to spin that fast the air that comes off are not that good anyway of making them faster in my bios everything on full
What fans do you recommend
Sorry mate but do you think i should download the fx patches or would they already be in the windows updates
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those 200mm fans are just fine they may not spin fast but move allot of air out of your case which is what they were designed todo. If you want bling and LED lights on them Coolemater does make them as well as the Bitfenix Pro 200 are both great fans as well though like I said these fans are just fine.
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The FX patch are not part of your normal downloads if you want them you will have to download and install them yourself. I didnt install them and from what I have read witch is admittedly not allot, the improvment was not that significant. Someone plese correct me if I am wrong on this one.
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the effectivness of the fx patches is in question, it,'s betweem 1 and 5 percent.
on mine it was about 2 percent but, they are free so very much worth it.
it's made up of two downloads in a certian order.
the only change to the haf case i have made it to mount an 80mm fan on the video card support bracket blowing into the socket area to cool the vrms and mosfets and added an 80mm exaust fan on the case side panel behind the motherboard. I am getting rid of my 8120 cpu's so i will now delete these fans.
on mine it was about 2 percent but, they are free so very much worth it.
it's made up of two downloads in a certian order.
the only change to the haf case i have made it to mount an 80mm fan on the video card support bracket blowing into the socket area to cool the vrms and mosfets and added an 80mm exaust fan on the case side panel behind the motherboard. I am getting rid of my 8120 cpu's so i will now delete these fans.
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trents, it all went south at #23.......
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That's where I lost it. Thought maybe it was a UK thing or something.
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Look at it this way, even if you had or wind up getting another motherboard with better power regulation, say 8+2 power phase, you would still need better cooling. I say get the better cooling now and see how much it helps the present board. Your present board at least has sinks on the VRM stuff. Of course, I don't want you to get in trouble with the wife.
Do the vrms look like 2 heat sinks with 2 spring type buttons on eitherside of them if so mine has a plastic film coating covering them is this normal
In that picture in the bottom left there is some sort of heat sink with the letter A on it that is were the plastic coating is on should i peal it off??
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yes remove the plastic film from the chipset.
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This image is a little mis-leading. The 'sink' is on the mosfets which do heat up when regulating Vcore to the cpu. The "chokes' "X'd
as VRM's are seldom actually sinked since the coil is inside a plastic housing and they will transfer little heat to a sink to begin with. The chokes are only part of a VRM circuit and not the VRM itself.
as VRM's are seldom actually sinked since the coil is inside a plastic housing and they will transfer little heat to a sink to begin with. The chokes are only part of a VRM circuit and not the VRM itself.
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