Recent content by mslagle

The CPU cooler is nice and quiet. However, you have to use the little black voltage regulator that comes with and set it low. I just took it out of the case because the sticky stuff was wearing off and it kept falling off the case. With it off, the CPU fan noise is noticeably higher. I am...

The 1200 hides the wires much better. I built several builds with the 1200 (I used to work at a system builder) and no matter what you stuffed in there, you could hide almost all the wires.

My Comments and Reviews: Overclocking When I first got this system, I had it overclocked from 2.8 to 3.6 on air. However, the newest AM3 AMD cpus do not overclock very well unless you get the black editions. No matter if I tuned down the overclock, increased the voltage, or turned on the...

PCMark Results: Click Here - Please note, I ran this at stock speeds and with other apps running.

Build Pictures: Performance in the next post....

This build was completed in December of 2010. I have not been on hardforum in quite some time, so I decided to post my build after coming back here. Please keep in mind the prices that I paid were during Black Friday, and so may be wildly different than what is available today. My Computers...