Recent content by reidthaler

letmepicyou, I've read good things about Gigabyte mobos and I've had Asus in the past with out problems. Since I have the board already, and no one can really point to a specific feature that the G-byte boards have that mine is lacking--and that I would benefit from, I think I might as well...

My current CPU is an i7-3770K 3.7 that OCs to 4.2. I actually don't like to look of the Asus mobo, but it'll be in an opaque case so I don't have to look at it. So unless there is some significant difference between the Asus and Gigabyte boards found here, then if looks like it makes sense to...

I think so. I was just told in another forum that the 12 phase VRM was much better on the Gigabyte. But if better OCing would just mean a difference of a few milliiseconds, I may be fine with the Asus. I don't need wifi for bluetooth on a board, so maybe even if I did upgrade the Master is...

I have and Asus mobo now and have been happy with it. It's only have others on another forum brought up concerns about the quality of the Asus vs Gigabyte. It will be in an opaque case, so bling means nothing to me. It sounds like while the Gigabyte may be better, the Asus is still reasonable

I bought the Asus Prime Z390-A, but haven't opened it yet. Keep or send back? I'm building a new system with the following: CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor CPU Cooler Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler Thermal Compound Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 1g 1 g Thermal Paste...

I have an older DVD ROM NEC dv-5800a. When I'm installing Vista, I get a message thatit needs drivers for the DVD player, even though I've already started on the install process. I've downloaded the drivers, but they have to be extracted to a floppy which I'd have to install... Can I...

I'm building a new system and am looking for a fanless GPU for Photoshop. I've been looking at specs and really getting myself confused as I may be trying to understand things that are totally irrelevant. I don't do video editing or games, so I don't need a high end card. I know that the...

My main drives will be SATA but I have a HD that I want to use only for a Photoshop page file and CD burner that I want to re-use on a new computer build. I know you aren't supposed to put a HD and CD on the same cable as they would both run at the lower speed of the two. Would that matter in...

I'm down to figuring out suitable RAM for my new system. I'm not a gamer and don't know if I'll be OCing much. I may be open to it, but my first consideration is a quiet system which is my case is an Antec 182P, fanless GPU, Xigmatek HDT-S1283 heatsink, and Q9450 CPU (runs cooler than 65 nm)...

Thanks! I'll give those a look. I think I'm a multitasker. While I have a lot of windows open, I generally am doing only one thing. I know Photoshop is quad optimized, and photo work is what I do Reid

I'm still pretty confused about Quad vs Duo. What I've read and see in benchmarks is that Photoshop does better with a faster clockspeed, so for the money, that would point to Duos (E8500 3.16 is $190 vs Q6600 for $10 less) especially when you look at 45nm (E8500) vs 65nm (Q6600), and FSB...

I had always thought that quad was the way to go for a new build, but these charts for CS3 don't seem to give a huge advantage to the quad core, at least for RAW processing. The quads look better for filter results: http://www.hothardware.com/art...es/Item1142/cs3raw.png...