Recent content by Salamandar

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    Zalman 1000watt or ThermalTake 1200?

    True, the heatpipe inside the Zalman is a great idea, yet not a selling point for me. Right now I'm runing the ThermalTake and it is really a great PSU! Now I should eaither wait for the retailers to restock for the HD 4870X2 or wait untill Nvidia or ATI comes out with a new revisions of...
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    Zalman 1000watt or ThermalTake 1200?

    Great webpage you have, if you are from the jonnyGUru webpage ! ;) I made some calculations on how much I really need and I found out that I might top 800 watts with this PC if I installed 2 4870x2 cards. The Zalman has no power switch on its back side which really annoyed me and its...
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    Zalman 1000watt or ThermalTake 1200?

    OK went with the ThermalTake....................................
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    Zalman 1000watt or ThermalTake 1200?

    The Zalman Costs 1250 Riyals = 334 $ The ThermalTake 1390 Riyals = 370 $
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    Zalman 1000watt or ThermalTake 1200?

    I'm going to buy them from the shop next to me and they only have these 2 choices!
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    Zalman 1000watt or ThermalTake 1200?

    Greetings, I'm going to buy one of the following PSUs and I'm just can't really decide. The Zalamn ZM 1000 or the ThermalTake Toughpower 1200 ? My PC is overclocked and here are the specs : C2D E 6860 @ 3.7 GHz Gigabyte X38-DQ6 4x1 Kingston DDR2 1066 RAM 4x1 WD SATA Hard drives...
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    4870x2 and the 700 watts

    Greetings, I'm giving my wife my trusty good old 8800 GTS 640 and buy my self a new 4870x2 card. The problem is that I'm not sure if I have enough Juice in my PSU unit. My gear has the following components: Gigabyte X38-Dq6 Intel E6850 overclocked to 3.7 4x1 GB kingston DDR2 1066MHz...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    OK to give this thread some CPR............................. There are news about a new BIOS for the X38-DQ6, it is the F8 Beta BIOS. Have not tried it or heard people talk about it but I'll try to catch a copy or post a link if possible !
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    If you don't like Taiwanese products then clearly you are posting in the wrong place....and clearly you hate computers!
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Hello Mr. Beagle, indeed this is a fine BIOS compared to the ones before it! I would like to give a small note to any one who is going to own or already own this mobo with DDR2 RAM, make sure you get PC2 8500 RAM (DDR2 1066 ) or above. The performance of DDR2 800 will hold it back!
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    New BIOS revision for GA-X38-DQ6

    I've already reported the new BIOS on the usual X38-DQ6 Topic 3 days ago and no one replied!!!!!! It is a very fine BIOS indeed, most of my overclocking problems seems to fade away with it. on the performance side, I haven't touched any real improvements over the F6B but again I have not...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    OK so far so good, now I can manually set voltage as much as I want and right now I'm testing for stability ! *Fingers crossed*
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I haven't been around for a while!!! Good news every one, Gigabyte has just released a final virsion of BIOS F7. I'm downloading it right now !!
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I'm in the airport right now and have no access on my computer...sorry...but Google it! From what I've heard last night from people and friends who used it they say it is the best F7 based BIOS out there but this is only after using it for a couple of hours so I can't tell unless they use it...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Ok here are some news for you all........ there is a new BIOS out there, Ver. F7h. I'm downloading it right now, but still not sure if I'll have time to test it cause I'll be taking a flight tomorrow morning back Home!