Recent content by Markstar

Hehe, I came here to ask that same question, though from a more cost conscious perspective (I like unlocking/overclocking used parts and currently own the 6970 that used to be a 6950). Anyway, the 970 will surely be a worthy upgrade, but I wonder if one should wait a bit longer until the next...

Hmm, I tried this and the system became unstable, so I could not really play around with it so much right now (will try again tomorrow, maybe). Gigabyte has a program called EasyTune - really horrible, buggy and even if it works it requires a restart to apply the settings - so you might as...

Nope. And to be sure I tried both settings (auto and enabled). Hmm, DVID really isn't practical at all. It changes the VCore dynamically, but not at reasonable levels. Instead of 0.8-1.3V it goes from 1.1 to a whopping 1.595V! :o Are you guys really telling me that 5 years ago, I could...

Gigabyte Z77X-S3H (because of the 4 PWM connectors, though I was VERY disappointed to find out that only 2 are software-controllable). No - even though the CPU is at 16*100MHz right now, the core voltage is still the 1.3V that I need for the 4.6GHz. :( And iirc it should very well be possible...

Hi, to adjust frequency and voltage, I used CrystalCPUID for my 775 systems and old AMD systems, but with the newer sockets, I use K10stat for AMD CPUs. Now I got a 2500K and was wondering what the best tool is to switch from my overclocked multiplier/voltage to a nice energy-saving setting...

I realize that the manufacturers have their hands full with getting their production up to speed again, but I wonder if they use this opportunity to increase the density again or if we have to accept 3 and 4TB drives for a lot longer. Back in October, there were rumors of 5TB drives which...

I am NOT an Nvidia fanboy, but I must side with some of the more critical voices here: Considering the 40nm -> 25nm shrink and the 61% increased transistor count I don't think it's too much to ask for better performance gains than 5-35%. Sure, you say, the 7970 also focuses on increasing the...

Hi, last year, I bought an Intel G2 80GB for my main computer and it was one of the best purcheses ever. However, I had hoped that prices would go down so that I could install one of those babies in my server and laptop as well. But looking at the price development of the past 10 months for...

Hi, I would like to get a motherboard where I can control at least two fans (one for the case fan, one for hard drive fan(s)) in addition to the CPU-fan, preferably with a tool like Speedfan. Other welcome factors are: RAID-5 2 PCIe x16 (or x16 and x4) good OCing I would appreciate...

Wow, how immature is that to criticize someone for quoting the result of someone else, let alone if said person is hosting the site you are one and is well respected (we are not on Tom's Hardware, after all). And then totally ignore the argument and change the subject when Trevelyan already said...

My recommendation still stands, but obviously there are two factions about the SSD. I'm definitely no fanboy, heck, I don't even own an SSD myself. But I build computers for others and have seen tested them and imo it is, as I wrote before, a HUGE difference. And you don't want a TB of...

Sounds good - if I had the money I'd get something very similar to that. :) Edit: Oh, and let us know how it turns out. :P

I hope we can all agree that any kind of PC that is on a budget involved a compromise. All that has to be determined then is what the PC is used for and then the choices should be pretty clear: If you need FPS-bragging rights with your friends, then the focus is a high-end graphic card like the...

Just got the shipping confirmation a couple of hours ago (10pm my time), wonder if it'll be here tomorrow. :P Too bad I had to order now, otherwise I'd have preferred the Venice as well (together with PCIe instead of AGB, but I can't afford a new graphic card right now). OTOH now I will wait...

Hehe, in case you meant me, I bought it at Fun Computer Center (Germany). Right now I'm trying to catch up what changed since last time I got into overclocking (which was a 1700+@2040 on an A7V) since apparently just increasing the FSB (or HTT as they call it nowadays) just doesn't cut it...