re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Most power supply companies these days put their branding upside down on the opposite side so it accommodates top and bottom mounting options.

Having the fan intake from the outside is a best a practice, but not necessarily of dire importance if the logo on the reverse side is not oriented correctly. Not all cases have bottom ventilation, in which case it would make sense for a bottom-mount PSU to have the fan facing up. But nowadays bottom-mount PSUs are becoming standard in cases, and it just so happens that your case is setup appropriately for ideal PSU installation, since you not only have bottom ventilation, but also an easily removable dust filter.

That PSU is not gonna blow up or anything. The worst it will do is shut down from overheating if it overheats. And it probably won't overheat. You're just gonna catch flack from anal-retentive assholes like myself.

NVIDIA cards never do. Your motherboard should've... right? I'm pretty sure every motherboard that supports SLI comes with one... Otherwise, see if your local computer shop has one laying in a bin somewhere.

EDIT: On the newegg listing for that motherboard I'm seeing an SLI bridge. Gotta be in the box somewhere.

OK one final question and I think I am done. From this my ram is running at 1333 not the 2133, do I need to switch banks?

No, go into your bios and set the XMP profile.

Anyone with RAM faster than 1333MHz is probably running their RAM at 1333MHz if they have not done this.

EDIT: see screenshot below. This needs to be changed from disabled to one of the available profiles. Profile 1 is probably the one that sets the memory's rated specs. It'll tell you what the speed and timings are.

To clarify, the profile should set the RAM to 2133MHz, 1.6V, and timings of 9-11-11-31

I chose profile one and it did change it to 2133, didn't catch the other settings. I have been at this for 6 hours.

Gonna take a pic (no rats nest) one or two cables I need to re-route but that's something for tomorrow. Time to benchmark the non OC thing.

My god, that physics score is almost as high as my 4.7GHz 4770K. Assuming it's boosting to 4.4Ghz or so?

It would be fantastic if you could get 5GHz out of it.

Intel Extreem isn't monitoring clock speed for some reason. What's the best monitoring software to use?

I am gettin 55-60 FPS in DA:I on ultra now.

Those scores aren't even a good representative for how much of an upgrade it is. At 1440P you're looking at close to double the performance of the crossfire 7950s.

Running at 4.7 This puts me at #70 on 3dmark with my set up and I haven't messed with the GPUs. AMD makes it a lot easier to OC the GPU, nVidia doesn't have the built in OCing capability that CCC has, at least if it does I can't find it.