Recent content by faken

Hey, Im after a relatively cheap graphics card for my computer at work, to enable me to use two monitors. I have a pci express x16 slot and it will only be used for work, ie spreadsheets, email, word processing etc so no gaming or anything else. I was looking to spend around 30 GBP or 55...

hmm my e8400 seems to be running at 2ghz while idle in windows, not got anything installed to stress it yet, is this just a power saving feature? if so how do u disable it

ye i think my best bet is just to go straight to the corsair support forums, ive heard theyre really helpful hopefully i can keep my one working stick if i RMA the other. funny thing is i looked at the post right below mine and it was a guy with the same motherboard as me, exact same...

just got my p5q-E today just wondering about the ATX power connector at the top of the motherboard, its an 8 pin connector but my mobo came with a cap covering 4 of the pins. My corsair 620w modular PSU has both 4 and 8 pin connectors, which should i use?

thanks alot for the help btw dan ive now tried each stick on memtest, 1 completes the tests, one always just freezes and if i try to use the one that works in the 1st slot and the nonworking one in the 2nd it still freezes does this mean the stick is faulty? ive also get past my...

ok i tried running memtest, it freezes on test #1 at 27% at 1.8v and 2.0v increasing the voltage for xp install made no difference either ;x

Hey guys, Ive just built a new pc, trying to install windows xp on there, so i set boot from cd in the bios, stick in the CD and the blue screen comes up, inspecting hardware configuration. It then goes through loading all the random drivers and finally comes to the menu, 3 options. Install...

anyone know if the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme will fit on a P5Q-E, im a bit worried now :E

thanks for the awesome reply Danny :D can i just say you missed a little bit in between here, id be interested to hear what the difference was: If you need 8 SATAs and like the DS3R but don't need support for < >, get the Asus P5Q Pro. To be honest i am looking at the P5Q, the only...

Hey guys, just looking for some advice on my new build, and im not sure what to get for a few parts. CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) Motherboard - Looking to spend ~£100, £120 ($240) max, any suggestions? RAM - OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz ReaperX HPC...

Hey guys, looking for some advice im just making a new build, using an e8400, a single nvidia gtx260, ddr2 and a wd velociraptor. currently unsure whether to go for p45 or x48, the one that interests me most atm is the asus p5q-e, however, ill only ever be using a single gpu so should i...