Recent content by mdlam

You can pick up an aeron for 600 on the smb side brand new

Asus requested Proof of purchase, serial number, and had a bent pin refusal condition when i RMAed a smoking board. Those are really standard paragraphs. Oh and ASUS took 2 days to get back to me, and 6 weeks to ship me a new board...what is so different from one Asian company to another...

Asus requested Proof of purchase, serial number, and had a bent pin refusal condition when i RMAed a smoking board. Those are really standard paragraphs. Oh and ASUS took 2 days to get back to me, and 6 weeks to ship me a new board...what is so different from one Asian company to another...

Hotcakes? most sales are done via Consumer OEM and Enterprise/Commercial OEM. The only reason I see Intel investing in a enthusiast line is that speed records make a solid PR play...there is no way they are making That much money off enthusiast lines.

8100GT 2mb of gddr.001 Impossible to compare as benchmarks are largely based on SW code, which is different from ARM (T3) to x86.

SSD I'm a huge advocate of Sandforce 2291, I think with new firmware there are literally 0 issues. I've never had an issue and i've had ocz and corsair. Now if you are are overclocking....forget Ivy, i have a 3570k and it is TERRIBLE --> temp spikes on initial core load which sometimes freezes...

its my personal opinion that your motherboard is overkill for that application. I would go with a B75 chipset instead of a z77, since your not getting an overclocking chip, you don't care about 2-3 extra FPS, so why not just spend 80 bucks instead? the B75 comes with 1 sata6, and 3 sata3, and 1...

This was seriously deal of the year. $209.99(down from 229.99) -$31.50(-15%) -$20.00(rebate) +50.99 (FREE ONYX SSD) = $107.50 SHIPPED!!!!

There are a newly released gt 600 series. However its 40nm Fermi arch and its for business graphics...and its a low end product. Review on anandtech

youre crazy gt is short for gt x/s. Roadmap below http://www.geeks3d.com/20111126/nvidia-kepler-gpus-roadmap-gk107-gk106-gk104-gk110-and-gk112/

Just buy it 50 bucks is nothing and a sale will let you save 10 bucks and that's a maybe

Best practices for sticking the lid back on? Silicone sealant work or tape? The problem is that tape has a halfmm thickness. What did you app use?

This is a great way to return a bum CPU, just swap out the IHS haha. criminal.

It actually is but only because its extra wide body can accommodate lots of acoustic foam. I suggest soundvac .5". Also the antec two cools are better than cools are better than tricools if you plan on staying stock. I have a new p280 if you wanna pm me.

I'm extremely interested in finding out this information too.