'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real Computer

Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by sundvor on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:22PM (#16711144)

I hear you.

On my latest Asus motherboard, an Asus Strix Gaming, choosing XMP timings with an otherwise mild overclock overvolted the 6850k in a voltage setting I wasn't even aware of (not vcore) in such a way that the CPU died over time - my last build was a 2600k, which is now son's computer (OCed, and working fine).

This happened twice. Computer shop couldn't figure it out and replaced the CPU on warranty. Not Intel's fault, yet they copped it. I should have insisted on a new motherboard as well, very frustrating.

Fortunately I somehow discovered the hyper aggressive setting not too far into my third. I know it is at least a bit degraded, but oh well...

In 3 years I'll try an AMD. ;)

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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by makomk on Thursday March 29, 2018 @08:15PM (#16712483)

The whole point of XMP is that it overvolts the RAM, which in turn increases the voltage the on-CPU memory controller runs at. That's why the XMP timings are faster than the stock timings. So it's probably kind of Intel's fault, since XMP is their invention.

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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by sundvor on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:42PM (#16713270)

Ok - order is restored then, as it is pretty much advertised as "these are settings that will run your ram optimally".

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