Recent content by Pain999

I got the 60GB Agility on a Black Friday special for near the same price and it has not given me any problems so far. It came with the latest firmware so that may be why I have not seen the reported Sandforce BSOD's. I have another 1 TB hard drive along with it so I don't install big games...

Both Corsair and OCZ SSD's are much more reliable since Sandforce finally fixed the firmware sometime in October.

Up the MCH voltage up one notch to 1.29v and start with 5-5-5-15. If you can do better timings then great, but don't expect it. The main problem with mixing memory is that they may need different voltages and there is no way to specify individual voltages for the chips.

Your going to have to loosen the timings. I had 4-4-4-12 with 2x1GB, but had to go to 5-5-5-15 with 4x1GB

I would not screw with the FSB on a ECS. FX's have a unlocked multiplier. Just change from 13x to 14x to make it 2.8GHz

E4600 has a 12x.

Thermalright Ultima 90 is a really good smaller heatsink too. http://www.anandtech.com/casec...us/showdoc.aspx?i=3068

I don't think you will see a huge difference in measurable FPS on games with 4GB, but the games will subjectively feel smoother with less pauses and especially loading new maps/levels. You will certainly notice how the games starts and quits faster Also ALT+TAB while running a game can get you...

I did not even notice the 19" LCD. Trade the Q6600 for a cheaper chip if you have to, but definitely get a bigger / nicer monitor -> this is where you can actually see the difference! 20" or 22" widescreen at 1680x1050 is a minimum requirement these days. you could also transfer some of...

i would get a SATA DVD burner instead of the IDE. Not that it will be any faster, just that IDE ports are being phased out on newer motherboards. SATA cables are much nicer to work with too.

What kind? Arctic Silver or other good quality stuff would certainly still be fine. Does not really go bad without use, but more likely outdated in terms of performance compared to newer technology.

Patriot or Corsair are fine. I don't trust A-data if you ever need to deal with their customer service.

E4600 on Abit IP35-E stock 2.4GHz @1.2v 3.4GHz @1.34v 3.5GHz @1.36v 3.6GHz @1.40v

Your linky just proved otherwise. "Despite the fact that memory is varying from 3-2-2-6 timings at DDR2-400 all the way to 5-5-5-18 timings at DDR2-1067 all three games continue to show improvement in frame rates as memory speed increases. Put another way, performance continues to improve as...

The extra cache memory does help in some games and applications. Look at how the E4300 matches up to the E2140 which are at the exact same clock & bus speed. They should overclock on average to the same level. The E4500 should overclock better then the E4300 with a higher multiplier...