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I noticed my temperatures were topping out at 96C last night and since it isn't raining today, I decided to give the PC a good dusting out. I know there is still some dust but it's the best I could do with two cans of compressed air (which lose pressure very quickly!) and I'm building a new PC in the next few months anyway. :)









And now my temperatures at 100% load are a bit more like what I'd expect for an i5 with a 4.3GHz overclock cooled by a cheap cooler.



Most of the dust was still in the garden abut 2 hours after I dusted it out, haha! There was a hell of a lot of dust. I haven't cleaned it out since July 2014.



When I upgrade to an i7 soon I'm hopefully going to get a better case. I'm interested in a white NZXT H440 and I might also get a new cooler. I'm looking at the CM 212 or the Corsair H55 or a Thermalright True Spirit. I've had this case for 5 years now, nice to get something a bit smarter looking.

Whilst I was at it I also decided to dispose of three hard disks that died on me over summer. Always good fun smashing them up! ;) It turns out the Western Digital Green is much easier to destroy than the Seagate Barracuda - the Seagate SSHD was very easy being a small 2.5" drive. ;)

 
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Smashing hard drives is always a good afternoon project. I dismantled a few so hard that the disc themselves got loose. One of my roommates still has a 500GB platter hanging from his rearview mirror that I gave him.
 
Darren said:
Smashing hard drives is always a good afternoon project. I dismantled a few so hard that the disc themselves got loose. One of my roommates still has a 500GB platter hanging from his rearview mirror that I gave him.
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Yeah I smashed these up so hard if you shake them you can hear the bits of platter rattling around in the disks. :D

The platter hanging off the mirror sounds awesome, haha!
 
Cleaned up a bit but yes I know it's still a mess
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Calin said:
After I upgrade to a 4K monitor I'll get something like a 900D.
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What monitor do you have now? Surely a case would be a more practical purchase.

Jamebonds1 said:
Where is my hard drive to smash!?!?! :( I have 35 pound maul axe......

I'm just tease. It is true that WD got broken easily as I take look inside. I had WD failed on me in 3 month. After I got SeaGate, they never failed on me. One of them are almost 7 years old. HSGT is hard drive owed by WD that I never tried, but heard it is good.
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To be honest I've had much more luck with WD. The Seagate SSHD I had died after a few months and the Seagate 3TB I had after about 2 years. The life span depends on lots of things though.
 
Geoff said:
A 32" 1080p TV as your monitor? Low pixel density, horribly inaccurate colors, high response times, input lag...
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I used the nvidia CP to adjust the colors and it looks decent. As for the response times and pixel density I can't argue but that's why I need that 4K 1ms response time 28' monitor.
 
Calin said:
I used the nvidia CP to adjust the colors and it looks decent. As for the response times and pixel density I can't argue but that's why I need that 4K 1ms response time 28' monitor.
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4k at that size would be wasted. I'd go for a 1440p monitor. Even a 980Ti will struggle on top end games without lowering the settings right down to achieve 60fps.

I've tried a 28 and 27" 4k and 1440p 144hz monitor, both on maximum settings. The difference picture quality wise is not a huge deal. Maybe a few extra jaggies. That's going to be almost un noticeable with greatly reduced settings.

120/144hz for me is much nicer however.
 
tylerjrb said:
4k at that size would be wasted. I'd go for a 1440p monitor. Even a 980Ti will struggle on top end games without lowering the settings right down to achieve 60fps.

I've tried a 28 and 27" 4k and 1440p 144hz monitor, both on maximum settings. The difference picture quality wise is not a huge deal. Maybe a few extra jaggies. That's going to be almost un noticeable with greatly reduced settings.

120/144hz for me is much nicer however.
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Problem is, the 8350 can't really handle more than 100 FPS, it can barely get over 60 in GTA V. If I move to Intel, I will be stuck with 1080p. I'm ok with no AA. I play GTA V at 4K with DSR and it never dips under 50. I've also seen YT videos of people getting over 60 FPS in Battlefield with no MSAA.
 
Calin said:
I used the nvidia CP to adjust the colors and it looks decent. As for the response times and pixel density I can't argue but that's why I need that 4K 1ms response time 28' monitor.
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You can tweak the color profile but it doesn't change the limited color gamut that the monitor is capable of, and something which IPS monitors do a fantastic job at.

For gaming, I would not look at a 4k 1ms monitor, mainly because 1ms is pretty unrealistic but there are more important factors. You should really be looking at a Gsync/Freesync monitor, especially at 4k where you'd likely have FPS drops, but one that has a high refresh rate. 4k on a 28" display will make it much more difficult for FPS gaming as the people in your crosshairs are going to be so small, it's hard to get kills. Great for RPS and racing games though.

I'd look for a monitor with the following:
  • 2560x1440 for a <28" display
  • 4k for a 30"> display
  • IPS panel for color accuracy
  • <6ms latency
  • 75-120Hz refresh rate
  • Gsync and/or Freesync compatible
 
Calin said:
Problem is, the 8350 can't really handle more than 100 FPS, it can barely get over 60 in GTA V. If I move to Intel, I will be stuck with 1080p. I'm ok with no AA. I play GTA V at 4K with DSR and it never dips under 50. I've also seen YT videos of people getting over 60 FPS in Battlefield with no MSAA.
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Why would you be stuck with 1080p with Intel? Like Geoff said G-sync with a 1440p 120hz screen would be a far better choice.
 
But again even on low settings where the GPU does nothing I can't get over 100 FPS because of the 8350 bottlenecking. Plus I'm used to big monitors. But OK I'll look at some 1440p gsync screens too
 
Calin said:
But again even on low settings where the GPU does nothing I can't get over 100 FPS because of the 8350 bottlenecking. Plus I'm used to big monitors. But OK I'll look at some 1440p gsync screens too
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How do you know the GPU does nothing? Are you looking at the CPU and GPU utilization during those times? Big monitors are great, but 4K is a HUGE step from a 1080p 32" TV. A 2560x1440 display would be a great upgrade IMO, and you can find those with 120Hz refresh rates with Gsync/Freesync.
 
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