Recent content by Guy Gadbois

Someone please run out and get that new Apple Quad Core G5 so we can see how badly the AMD's still stomp it! :D *fingers crossed* So ARE there any dual 939 motherboards that anyone has put in 2 x2 CPU's yet??

Hey, I need some video card advice. You can see my current video card in my sig, but I was curious what a nice decent video card to upgrade (or do I really need to?) would be. I don't game. My primary use is for photo editing (Photoshop, CaptureOne). I don't really have any issues, other than...

After another few days of 'curing' the AS5, I'm getting idle temps around 38-39C :cool: One thing I did notice is that the cooling fan on my Asylum Ti4200 card stopped spinning and that card was super hot! So I've thrown a 120mm fan inside the case blowing up directly onto the card to keep...

Yeah, I started contemplating the voiding the warranty thing and I'm not sure how easy it would be for me to replace the drive anyways. I'll probably keep that Toshiba drive in its current external enclosure and use it for something else. So I'm still torn or getting the AppleCare thing or...

All I've found out is it is a 60Gb , ATA/100, 4200 RPM drive. nothing about the amount of cache. Assuming it has like 8Mb of cache (isn't that the standard these days for notebook drives"), would there be a noticable advantage to the 16Mb cache?

We are going to buy a new 14 inch iBook today that will come with the 60Gb hard drive. I also have a 2.5 inch Toshiba 60Gb drive with 16Mb cache. I don't know anything about the factory drive (as far as speed or cache) in the iBook, but before we start using it, should I swap them out and...

He won't need watercooling for 2.4GHz. I used the stock HSF and still reached 2.5GHz with no seriously high temps (max was 59C @ 2 instances of Prime95 in a warm (27.1C/78F) room). I didn't have to do much as far as Vcore either (CPU-z shows 1.36v and Asus Probe shows 1.31v)

:mad: **Shaking my can of mace** OHHHH, if you weren't the Co-Pres... it would be on! :p

As the newly appointed Assistant to the Co-Chair of the Committee on Noise Control for the S939 Alliance, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask all of you rowdy folks to calm it down a bit. I have mace, and I won't hesitate to use it. :p And how damn long do I have to walk around with this...

I was at 46 idle / 58 load with the stock HSF from AMD. Now with the Typhoon I'm at 41 idle / 49 load. So I'm happy with the degree of cooling I'm at. :cool: I do need to get some room temp readings as well, as I'm sure the overall room temp does factor in as well. :D

You are right, the Typhoon is large, but I'm happy with it - MUCH quieter than the stock HSF from AMD. Here is a pic of the Typhoon mounted on my board. It wasn't as heavy as I was expecting it to be and once mounted, it seemed fine. I wasn't worried about the board snapping in half or anything! :p

I'm sure the folks in here can get you to 2.4, buddy. Let me run down the things I did to get to 2.5: In my BIOS (hopefully yours is similar): -Advanced Tab -> CPU Config -> Hypertransport Config -> HT Frequency -> set to 800 -Advanced Tab -> CPU Config -> Memory Config -> Memory Config ->...

I did use VERY little of it and could see it 'evaporating' away very quickly. Then I wiped down the CPU with a paper towel, nothing came off on the towel, then blew on the CPU in case any fibers were left on. I only used Goof Off because it was on Artic Silver's website in their instructions...

I love the Sonata... it is super quiet IMO. I've had it for 2 years I guess. Had the power supply go out on it, but they replaced it, no problems. I have the 120mm fan in the back and another 120mm fan towards the front, sucking air in across the hard drives. I always keep forgetting to clean...

Here are the specs on it. My case is also an Antec Sonata case. It fits. :D Heatsink Dimension 122 x 122 x 103 mm Fan Dimension 120 x 120 x 25 mm Max. Air Flow 54.4 CFM Weight 813 g (28.70 oz)