Recent content by binford

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    need cooling help please - sg01

    i have a silverstone sg01 with an intel dg33bu mobo but my ich runs at up to 90 degrees C and the mch runs up to 85 degrees C intel desktop utilities says that the temps are still in the green the the computer runs stable and doesnt shut down but i am not comfortable with those numbers...
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    Samsung 245BW - Bad 24" LCD?

    Samsung 245BW I recently bought one of these, and I wanted to ask the forum if somebody could please explain to me why this is a bad monitor. It is my first LCD monitor ever, and as far as I can tell it is fine. But since I have nothing to compare it to except my old 17" CRT, I can't tell...
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    need help! new comp, bsod on windows install

    corsair CMPSU-520HX it boggles me i used 2 different copies of xp pro x32 neither worked but both gave me bsod at different points in the install the same points each time i got a copy of xp pro x64 later in the day and it intsalled fine i dont get it
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    need help! new comp, bsod on windows install

    cmos reset: done 1 stick of ram: done (2gb) ram timing: im incapable of changing the timing and i have no idea why, it is 5-5-5-18 it simply does not give me the option, it is grayed out the cpu temp is between 36c mobo 45-50ish c ich 75-80ish c mch 65-70ish c these temps were at...
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    need help! new comp, bsod on windows install

    i just got the following parts cpu: intel Q6600 mobo: intel BOXDG33BUC ram: corsair 2x TWIN2X2048-6400 hdd: western digital raptor 150gb so i just got the parts yesterday and i put it all together and i put in the windows cd (xp pro 32bit) and before windows even gets a chance to...
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    to FB-DIMM, or not to FB-DIMM?

    hey nxil thanks a lot for the advice i really appreciate your time
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    to FB-DIMM, or not to FB-DIMM?

    the upcoming intel skulltrail motherboard (or even the workstation seaburg/stoakley mobo) is my dream motherboard i have waited a long time for this release but im hesitant to buy it because it uses FB-DIMM and from what i understand everybody in the industry hates FB-DIMM and it is going...
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    quad sli - help me understand why

    Intel Skulltrail to break dual-socket performance barrier this is why i ask skulltrail will have 4 pci-e-2.0 16x slots any response? thanks for your time
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    quad sli - help me understand why

    what is the point on quad sli? can you use the power of 4 video cards to output to 1 monitor? can you use 1 30inch at 2560x1600 with 4 video cards in some double sli arrangement? i dont get it can somebody help me out here?
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    nvidia gts/gtx vs ultra release for g92

    he is so right, i back him up on this if you wait 6 months for the ultra you would then be telling yourself to wait another 6 months for the next gen card then another 6 months for the next gen ultra then another 6 months for the next next gen then another 6 months for the next next gen...
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    nvidia gts/gtx vs ultra release for g92

    thats what i wanted to hear thanks for your time!
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    nvidia gts/gtx vs ultra release for g92

    im anxiously waiting for the g92 but i was wondering if my memory is correct nvidia first releases the gts/gtx versions then later releases the ultra version and that gts < gtx < ultra i think for the 8800 the gts/gtx were released last november and the ultra was released last may to...
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    1600 mhz fsb xeon?

    i heard somewhere that theyre coming out with a ddr2 version of skulltrail in january, but the first version will be fbdimm. i think when i found that article i just googled skulltrail and read one of the articles or second page
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    1600 mhz fsb xeon?

    anybody hear anything about new xeons with 1600 mhz fsb? as far as i know harpertown is 1333 and tigerton is 1066 but if seaburg/skulltrail are going to be 1600 how come i havent seen anything about corresponding cpus? can anybody help me out? thanks for your time edit: im...