Recent content by whoismg

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    Budget Core 2 Motherboards?

    the ecs boards at fry's are 80% of the time refurb---don't waste the time. the msi p965-f isn't bad at like $97+, also asrock core 2 boards are something to check out.
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    zip ties..?

    i went to a hobby shop once and picked up their last 10 pack of chrome zip ties, and i went back and they can't get them anymore for some odd reason. does anyone know anywhere i can find some chrome zip ties...? colored chrome is cool too, either or. i'll put a pic up shortly just to get...
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    scarface gameplay w/ 8800 series

    i went from a 7900GTX to a 8800GTX last week and i noticed that i can only play the game for about 7-15 mins and the game completely locks the system. it only did it w/ the 8800GTX, with the 7900GTX i was able to play it for hours. the new card is fine, i play other games hours on end--no...
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    P5W DH DLX WTF...??

    apparently the slow boot is a common issue w/ all the P5W DH fro what i've been seeing... other than that the board is flawless.
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    P5W DH DLX WTF...??

    so w/ the oc it's not gonna draw too much power...? also i have a zalman 9500 so cooling shouldn't be an issue. so you think that the voltage sholdn't have to be adjusted?
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    P5W DH DLX WTF...??

    sure thing, thanks man---help appreciated. i'm at work so i can't try much---lol. i had a Asus P5B before this one, and even before that i had a K8N Diamond/4400+ X2 and those two boards we on time as far as the boot/post. but yeah man, i totally agree w/ you---the board is rock-solid...
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    P5W DH WTF???

    XION 600W 12v rails are rated @ 22A.
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    P5W DH DLX WTF...??

    ok, 1st post so bare with me... i just picked up an ASUS P5W DH mainboard. i'm running an E6600 - 2GB of OCZ PC6400 @ 800MHz and 3 SATA drives (non-raid) and an IDE optical drive. ok, the beef is that upon bootup, it takes like almost 1 1/2 mins to get past post and start loading...
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    P5W DH WTF???

    ok, 1st post so bare with me... i just picked up an ASUS P5W DH mainboard. i'm running an E6600 - 2GB of OCZ PC6400 @ 800MHz and 3 SATA drives (non-raid) and an IDE optical drive. ok, the beef is that upon bootup, it takes like almost 1 1/2 mins to get past post and start loading...