Recent content by mickrussom

Should be 6:12, not 4:8 C:T, cache is a bit low for 4:8 (only 8MB), no ECC memory support, 34.1 GB/s max memory throughput a bit slow. One redeeming quality is 4.0/4.2ghz @ 91W TDP is nice. Im sure the gamer benches will be good for this chip and the price is right but its a chip Intel can...

Here is my 12 year old WD800JB with 8 years power on time (per smart) and 12 years of service. - Drive born in Year 2003. - Drive is 12 years old with 8 years of power on hours. ( I dont recall how this could have been off for 4 years since then but hey, it could have sat on a shelf?)...

I bought and returned the Xonar D2. Horrible. Sound in games caused massive frame rate drops. I have a beefy rig too, 3 GHz x6800 and a 8800GTX. The Xonar D2 did not fix my Vista SP1 sound issues with legacy directsound, and neither did Alchemy, a X-Fi or an Audigy 2 ZX. Im back on...