It's fairly easy to find several instances of people reviving SSDs using the baking method with a quick google search, if all else fails and you have nothing to lose.
I'm in Canada so it's a little more expensive for me after the exchange and shipping. I can get my hands on the ES for $30, just have to wait a few weeks and I'm wondering if it's worth the gamble. I'm having a hard time finding an instance of someone using one of these chips on a P6T or P6T SE
I upgraded from a Core i7 970 @ 4.6 to a 5930k @ 4.6, with a 680 SLI, there was no perceptable difference.
Grab a 6 core Xeon and overclock it, it's cheap and smart.
FPS is determined by your CPU/GPU, only load times/fluidity would be noticeably affected by the change. You may have been using a slight bit more CPU overhead with your old SATA controller but it shouldn't be enough to produce that kind of measurable difference.
I just picked up an Asus P6T and 24GB of ram for $100 so I figured I'd join the club.
Does anyone know if the P6T will take an E5645 Engineering Sample Q2WV chip?
I have a 1.5GB EVGA GTX 580 Black OPS edition for sale. (same clocks as the SC edition)
Card is in mint condition (even still has the original plastic on the graphic).
Card has been registered for a liifetime warranty.
Asking $300
I'm in Burlington, Ontario (Canada) and would prefer...