Recent content by canuck88

I considered the DS4 and IP35 Pro for my new build. What tipped the scales for me (to the Abit board) were: orientation of the SATA connectors (the gigabyte boards could pose a problem if ever running Crossfire), more room around the CPU for large coolers, rear panel cmos reset, and uGuru...

The thermalright unit replaces the stock cooling unit... but like zagood said, please read the instructions! And go buy some thermal compound (like Arctic Silver).

I always just keep mine for when I hand the PC down to a family member

Stock cooling on the IP35 pro is great if you re-seat everything with good thermal compound and do the bolt mod to ensure it's making good contact... I agree with the others that what you are doing will probably end up being worse (and cost you unnecessary $$)...

Are you kidding dude? Why don't you chill out a bit... I posted in 2 subforms - the memory and OS forums, big deal - and hardly "as many subforums as possible". Not everyone has 21000 posts and views every forum, so I figured if the memory people couldn't help the OS people could. Get away from...

I've never broken the 4gb barrier, but I'm building a new system with 8gb RAM on Vista x64. I'm wondering what is the best way to make use of all of this RAM to speed up application performance? Cheers!

I've never broken the 4gb barrier, but I'm building a new system with 8gb RAM on Vista x64. I'm wondering what is the best way to make use of all of this RAM to speed up application performance? Cheers!