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Keep the card under 70C.

Increase the power target to the max.

Increase the GPU Clock Offset by intervals of 15 to 30. Run a Benchmark. If it doesn't crash, increase again by 15 to 30. Do this till you crash. Once you do drop it by 15 and try again.

Keep the memory clock offset at default till you find your max stable gpu clock offset. Once you find the max gpu clock offset you can start increasing the memory in intervals of 50 to 100. The 690 I had could do 700+ on the memory offset.

Thanks breh, I'm gonna try that right now

Edit: Overclocking is fun as shyt. I can't believe how much more I can get outta this card. :damn: I was always scared of that shyt before, but I see why everybody does it now

Edit 2: Found the perfect settings :ahh:

Edit 3: I dunno about the overclocking shyt anymore. I just can't keep the temps down. I can get great 3dmark scores, but EVGA Precision X crashes a lot of my games (not due to heat). I then put the same settings into Afterburner, with the same performance, but I can't keep the temps below 90c, no matter what. Do I need some sort of water block cooler or shyt? Damn
 

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I have 2 external hard drives (one for videos, and one for backup). The video hard drive doesn't boot when I start up my computer, but the backup one does. That backup hard drive is really slowing down my start up times. How can I make it so that hard drive doesn't start up when I boot up?


go to Start
type msconfig
go to the Boot tab

you should have a list of harddrives that are recognized as boot devices.
maybe you can do something there.
 

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for non gaming and work related multitasking purposes, is an upgrade from 2x 23 inch monitors to 1x 27 inch dell ultrasharp 1440p monitor worth it?

if you have multiple programs open that you are jumping back and forth from then i would keep the dual monitors. i use dual monitor setup at work and it is a real time saver.
 

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go to Start
type msconfig
go to the Boot tab

you should have a list of harddrives that are recognized as boot devices.
maybe you can do something there.

I did that, but it just shows my C:\ Drive as the boot drive, nothing else. I still dunno why my computer thinks that external should be booted at startup, when it is not listed anywhere that it should do that :wtf:

Thanks though
 

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I did that, but it just shows my C:\ Drive as the boot drive, nothing else. I still dunno why my computer thinks that external should be booted at startup, when it is not listed anywhere that it should do that :wtf:

Thanks though


there is only one other solution that i can think of, but it's rather extreme.
when i was i college i ran into a similar problem with my first pc and it led to me rewiring my neighbor's apartment while he was in class (he left his door open).

i had damaged some components in my pc while tinkering with it and my C drive was no longer being recognized as the boot device.
for some reason my pc was booting from my printers driver information.

anyway i stripped some copper wire from behind a wall socket in my neighbors apt and hooked it up to fix the physical damage in my pc.

but then i ran into the booting from printer problem...

my boy told me to go to the supermarket and pick up a 5 pound bag of rice and cover my whole pc with it over night in my bathtub...and i'll be damned if that didn't solve the problem.
 

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there is only one other solution that i can think of, but it's rather extreme.
when i was i college i ran into a similar problem with my first pc and it led to me rewiring my neighbor's apartment while he was in class (he left his door open).

i had damaged some components in my pc while tinkering with it and my C drive was no longer being recognized as the boot device.
for some reason my pc was booting from my printers driver information.

anyway i stripped some copper wire from behind a wall socket in my neighbors apt and hooked it up to fix the physical damage in my pc.

but then i ran into the booting from printer problem...

my boy told me to go to the supermarket and pick up a 5 pound bag of rice and cover my whole pc with it over night in my bathtub...and i'll be damned if that didn't solve the problem.

Yeah, that might be a bit too extreme for me. I guess I'll just deal with the 30 second delay or just unplug it before startup. I guess it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it still sucks that my WD is acting like this, when the other WD works just fine at startup :aicmon:
 

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there is only one other solution that i can think of, but it's rather extreme.
when i was i college i ran into a similar problem with my first pc and it led to me rewiring my neighbor's apartment while he was in class (he left his door open).

i had damaged some components in my pc while tinkering with it and my C drive was no longer being recognized as the boot device.
for some reason my pc was booting from my printers driver information.

anyway i stripped some copper wire from behind a wall socket in my neighbors apt and hooked it up to fix the physical damage in my pc.

but then i ran into the booting from printer problem...

my boy told me to go to the supermarket and pick up a 5 pound bag of rice and cover my whole pc with it over night in my bathtub...and i'll be damned if that didn't solve the problem.

As soon as you types there's only one solution I can think of....I stopped reading and looked for rice :deadmanny:
 

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Brehs the deals on eBay are ridiculous for pc parts. I bought a 3870K apu with an asrock motherboard basically brand new for $75 shipped. Would cost like $170 shipped on newegg

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Nvidia released the GTX 760 today. It's priced @ $250.

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