Recent content by Ridesy

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    Need advice on parts for E4300 system for work

    Davidos I have just built an E4300 basic rig for our offices using an Asus P5B-VM board with integrated graphics. It has 2Gb Corsair Value PC2 6400 RAM, with 256Mb shared for the X3000 on board graphics. It's running Vista business and gets graphics scores of 4.8/4.7 so yes, it's fine...
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    EVGA 680i - Overclock Questions & Compatibility

    Bobokatt, Thanks for the very useful background info! One last question - what PC2-6400 RAM would you recommend as matched 2 x 1Gb kits (i.e. which is going to give the lowest latency and tightest times at stock 800Mhz)? Ridesy
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    EVGA 680i - Overclock Questions & Compatibility

    Bobokat Thanks for that and will read the guide tonight in full, but from what you are explaining this gives another major question: With all that flexibility does PC8500 memory make sense??? I thought the reason C2D owners were going for these very expensive DDRII RAM modules was...
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    EVGA 680i - Overclock Questions & Compatibility

    Sorry if these questions are a bit noobie, but I have only played with AMD overclocks so far and want to check out how far I can push OC using C2D on this 680i board before investing!? Am not going for Quad Core yet, so will be looking at E6600 or possibly E6700 (if you guys can put up a good...
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    Forget Quad Core - I want one of these!

    Wow, I can just about remember the glow of moving from a 386 to a 486SX and then 486DX, but don't ask me how much RAM they had! I do however remember with glee doing an install of Windows 3.1 with what seemed like dozens of floppy discs! I also still have an original P60 Pentium chip that...
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    Forget Quad Core - I want one of these!

    Quad or Oct cores - pah, what you want is one of these! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6354225.stm Wonder when they'll hit the streets:D
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    Top 939 motherboards...

    Grounded, Socket 939 boards are now becoming old I am afraid, but I have two 939 Asus boards, both of which would fit your requirements: 1. A8N SLI-Premium - this has SLI capabilities, but if in SLI the 2 x PCIe 16 channels run at 2 x 8. That said my kids use this for gaming with 2 x...
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    Can Asus A8N-SLI Premium support 7950GX2 in SLI?

    Kman, According to Asus - Yes: http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx?no...055C-DEED-F2F058D80C43&SLanguage=en-us Ridesy
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    Should I change out my HSF

    Boyo, Glad I wasn't going mad! As I said before 38-42C on this board is NOT unusual, but what matters is your temps under load! Do you use this rig for gaming? If yes, what temps do you see after an hour or so heavy gaming? If these are 50C or below, then just ignore temps and have...
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    amd 64 x2 4600vs4800

    Tuc, 1. You should be able to "run" Vista on a 3500 anyway! 2. If you go with the Windsor Core you will need an AM2 socket motherboard as well as the new CPU and new DDR2 RAM!!! 3. Yes you are right Windor is the AM2 core version of these CPU's and runs with DDR2 RAM. 4. No if you go...
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    My Machine is running hot! :( I'm not even overclocking, what should I do?

    Sorry links don't work for me - just message saying page doesn't exist. High MB temp with low CPU temp suggest you need more airflow through case, but you don't say what MB you are using or what other parts you have in rig so working out how to cool specifically is not easy! If you know...
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    Should I change out my HSF

    Vin, Sorry the comment 42C is "quite high" refers really more to my A8N32 board (or similar 2 x 16 Asus boards) and for some reason I thought that was the board Boyo was talking about (don't know why I thought that, as I can't see any reference to it now!?). It is just that on that A8N32...
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    Should I change out my HSF

    Hi, 38C idle is OK, 42 seems quite high (unless it's high summer where you are), but the real question is what are temps under load as that will dictate if you should do more on cooling or not. Ridesy
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    Light Speed from Intel - 2010???

    Forget Quad processors - what you want is light speed! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5356636.stm
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    Video card liguid cooling - help

    BF Can't comment on the Thermaltake contraption itself, but there are good Dangerden and Swiftech VGA waterblocks available and in general the main decision is whether to cool the VGA RAM as well as the GPU or not. I went with NOT and hence the MCW60 VGA blocks, as these only cool the GPU...