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Yes, the F7 has ironed out many problems; however, I have Corsair XMS 3200XL RAM which the board does not like since it runs at such low latencies and the recommended voltage for it is 2.75 volts. The highest you can raise the voltage to on the board is 2.7 so I did that and then raised it...

Straight from the thermalright page: Recommended Fan Maker: Panaflo (Panasonic) Model: FBA12G12L1A Size: 120 x 120x 38 (mm) Bearing: Hydro Wave Voltage: 12V Speed: 1700 rpm Air Flow: 68.9 CFM Noise Level: 30.0dBA Weight: 270g (9.52 OZ ) This should be fine. Also pay close...

I was going to apply as 5 on the gpu and ceramique on the ram chips. Due to the design of the heatsink, the gpu didn't touch the heatsink surface correctly so the gpu shot up to 120 C when i turned it on. I quickly turned if off and swapped the as 5 with ceramique. Because the copper surface is...

Hah, oh man it took me so long to get this thing working properly. Here's what happened: At first I put a decent amount of arctic silver 5 on the gpu and ceramique on the ram chips. I turn on my computer and feel the card where the gpu is. Immediately I think to myself, "Hm that feels really...

Just because a manufacturer approves a motherboard doesn't mean that it couldn't be such a tight fit that one would not even want to bother risking the possibility of breaking something. For instance, the K8NSNXP-939 board is considered "Okay" on the site; however, I've heard of many people...

I got the K8NSNXP-939 when it first came out. Two thumbs way way down. Avoid Gigabyte like the plague until they come out with something tolerable. Maybe their nForce 4 boards are much better but I really don't care since I have no desire to jump the pcie bandwagon for a while.

While in bios, did you try CTRL+F1?