Recent content by Guy Gadbois

I LOVE my Typhoon. Yes, I did use one of those little right angled screwdrivers because of the heatsink being so large, but it worked great and was easy to install (I was able to use the stock backplate on my Asus board. DEFINITLEY, give that AS5 time to cure. I was, with the stock HSF at 46C...

My case is an Antec Sonata (original one, not "II"). It is blowing down to cool the fins. Haven't really considered flipping the fan around to pull the air away. Not sure if it provides better cooling or not.

CCityInstaller - No, it does not extend above the top edge of the MB. It is VERY close, I'd say about 2cm or so below the top edge of the MB. Here is a pic mounted in my Sonata case: Typhoon mounted in case

I hope it works out for ya. I've noticed now that my idle temps on my x2 3800 OC'ed to 2.5GHz have dropped even more down to 38C (my room temp varies from 77-80F). I guess it is true, the AS5 does go through a 'curing' process. I've had it (Typhoon and AS5) installed for about a week now and as...

:) WHY....... THANK YOU!!! ;)

I'm a big fan of the Typhoon. My temps with the stock HSF was 46 idle / 58 load, now I am at 42 idle / 49 load, load meaning two instances of Prime 95. After mounting to my board (15 minutes total including removing and reinstalling MB from case), it seems very secure, although I'm sure if...

I tried to install mine inside, but in my Sonata, the PSU was right up to the edge of the motherboard. Taking 5 minutes to remove the MB and install outside the case was WELL worth it. Much easier. http://www.hargrove.ws/photodump/Typhoon.jpg

Well, I got mine to 2.5 GHz with the stock HSF, temps were 46C/58C (idle/load). After installing the Typhoon HSF my temps dropped to 42C/49C. Given the fact that most people end up with new PC's every 4-5 years, I'm sure even an OC'ed CPU will last you at least that long, if not longer...

Can anyone confirm which of the SATA connectors are the LOCKED ones (that I would want to use my SATA drive on if I"m overclocking). The black ones are controlled via the VIA southbridge chip and the red ones are controlled by the Promise controller.

Ok, my time after the OC to 2.2 GHz and using CS2 was 38 seconds (an 81.5% improvement over my old system, WOW!)

OK, now that I'm finally through that upgrade (slightly painful, but I'm almost through it).... Here are my new results: I finished in :55 seconds (I believe that is a 73% inprovement over the XP 1600+) Asus A8V Deluxe AMD64 X2 3800+ Photoshop CS Win XP Pro (no SP installed yet) 1gb RAM...

Well I went to Fry's and bought the X2 3800+ and the ASUS A8V Deluxe board. I plan on doing the upgrade tomorrow afternoon. Some of you were saying that on the MSI board, 2 of the SATA connectors were "unlocked" and should not be used if overclocking. I did not even think about the SATA "bus"...

Ok my "pre upgrade" results are 3:25 on the following system: Photoshop CS AMD XP1600+ Win XP Pro SP2 1.25gb RAM (512mb of PC3200 and 768mb of PC2100 - I know, I know... I need to get all the same speed ram... in due time!!!) Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 160gb SATA eVGA e-GeForce FX 5200 128mb...

Wow, the MSI board is like $90 compared to $149... what's the big difference in price for? I did not understand what you mean by SATA connections being "Unlocked" and not able to OC with them? I did not know you could overclock a SATA bus?? or did I read that wrong? The MSI board has one...

But NForce4 chipset is PCI Express right??. I don't need that. I need AGP support.