Recent content by jimmyG

If you're gonna spend $50 on a cooler, spend $65 and get the best. The Noctua NH-U12P kicks ass and is silent. I'm running a Q6600 at 3.2 gig and my coretemp readings are 31, 31,30, 31 at 25 C ambient

You might want to look at the Actua coolers. They have a low profile cooler that kicks ass. I'm using the NH-U12P which is the high profile version and my coretemp readings are 30, 31, 30, 31 at idle with a 25C ambient temp.

I'm running my Q6600 with a Noctua NH-U12P cooler. My coretemp readings are 30, 31, 28, 31 at idle. This is down from the 60's with the stock cooler. I'm running at 3.2 gig. When I installed the cooler I applied a very thin layer of paste to both the CPU and the cooler. Then, I seated the...

It turns out that the problem was with a mechanical switch that I was using to switch the ethernet from one computer to another. As soon as I connected the cable direct from the router to the computer, it connected at 1 gig. The question now remains, is there a replacement switch (mechanical...

I recently installed a Gigabit lan and the computer that has an ASUS A8V Deluxe mobo with a Marvell gigabit on board lan will only connect at 100 mbs. The other computers will connect at 1 Gigabit/s. I have installed the latest drivers with no joy. Any suggestions??:(

Are you kidding??? Office 2007 changed the user interface so drastically that it requires a steep learning curve. I find nothing in Office 2007 that improves on Office 2003.