the xtension will be good :D

Agreed! I'll crank on this tomorrow maybe. :clapping:

Dent whats your backup? Lets take 1,2 spot for the qpi challenge..

I was able to to 235 bclk on full qpi setting.. might be 5600 range... not sure.. as we do the stupid as .dat file ... plus the shit takes forever to update...

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oe noes... Rick joins another compo.... :taunt:

Prepare yourselves, gents!

Not sure exactly, in the 5600s

Lots fo time left though, might take 6k to win the qpi

Yeah.. I could have made it there easily... damn... board died... might have tightened the pot to hard.. can't figure out why.. no condensation... board was funky from the beginning.. oh well.. wait for the rma to come in... Buying an evga ftw locally for the tomk contest...

:rofl: that's quite a drop from the 3rd to 4th place prized :rofl:

6.371ghz :(

tooo low....

cb = -115c

board peg_pci might be not shorted...weird...

will double check on it...

1 2 3rd place gets a 980x ...good luck benching guys..

What you don't want sparkling water there MadDawwg.... lol

seriously... 4th to 24th... if I had 4th I would be pissed....