Recent content by steve1616

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    P5Q pro vs. P5k deluxe wifi

    I think the P5Q pro is the way to go. I will order it tomorrow. Now I just have to decide whether to get DDR 2 800 or 1066. It looks like there isn't a huge performace difference between the two speeds so the cheaper will probably be a better deal. A lot of the reviews say that I will never...
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    P5Q pro vs. P5k deluxe wifi

    I think that I am leaning toward the P5Q pro because it is cheaper and no one is replying to me that it has been a bad board. Hopefully the bad reviews on this board were just because of early silicon.
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    P5Q pro vs. P5k deluxe wifi

    Also, My dad and I work together. We also live next door to each other. There are many times that wifi would be convenient to send his printer files to be filed away at his house.
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    P5Q pro vs. P5k deluxe wifi

    I only care about wifi on the desktop, because my Dad's office is small. I can use the wifi to the printer to make it work while being in another room. Also, his internet service provider offers espn. I use the wifi to move my pc to the living room and still get the internet connection. I...
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    P5Q pro vs. P5k deluxe wifi

    Hi, I am building a computer for my Dad. I built my own computer earlier this year, and I bought the P5K deluxe wifi. I love my motherboard, but new options are on the table now, and at cheaper prices. I am interested in the P5Q pro, and also the P5K deluxe wifi. I will probably not set this...
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    How does the performance level in the memory affect component life

    Thank you for the advice. I will keep these new settings then. The new settings have lowered my latency benchmark on Everest by 24%.
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    Aftermarket fan for my E8400 with stock heat sink

    I thought about going with the Arctic 7 freezer pro, but I have seen some people saying that it wasn't any better than stock in some cases. I also like the way the stock fan and heatsink blows air directly at the heat sink instead of on the side. You can feel some to the air dispersing out and...
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    How does the performance level in the memory affect component life

    I can achieve very low latency benchmarks just by lowering the trd setting in the bios. I actually lower a value called performance level in the memory. I just wonder if this is hard on the memory or anything for that matter.
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    Aftermarket fan for my E8400 with stock heat sink

    I would like to know if anyone makes a fan that will spin more rpm's and will mount directly on my stock heat sink for my E8400. I would like the fan to be a 4 pin connector also. I feel that my stock heat sink is very decent for performance, but the stock fan only spins half the rpm's of the...
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    Can you still partition drives with raid 0

    Thank you both for the replies. You both answered the questions I really wanted to know. I really appreciate your help.
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    Can you still partition drives with raid 0

    I was just wondering if you can still separate the Operating system from the rest of the hard drive space in a Raid 0 setup by using a partition like you can in normal mode. Also, would I get some of the same benefits as raid0 by not using a raid setup, but putting my OS on a separate hard...
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    P5K deluxe acting very wierd? Please help.

    I tried something that might be stupid, but I read about it and it seemed like it would work. It seems for some reason that when I flash or even just changeg settings in the bios, it isn't taking effect. I felt like the flashing process was really not working even though it said it did. I...
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    P5K deluxe acting very wierd? Please help.

    No, Cpu spread spectrum is set to "auto".
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    P5K deluxe acting very wierd? Please help.

    Hi, this was my first build. I have a P5K Deluxe wifi-ap. I also have an E8400 processor, and corsair xms2 6400 (800MHz) memory. Everything was going very good for the first few days, and I didn't change any settings from the updated bios. I have always noticed that when I monitored the...