Recent content by RammaR

I'm testing with the default settings selected by the board and its never been overclocked. The advertised timings on those chips are 2-2-2-6, but as you can see the mb is auto selected 2-3-2-7 or 2-3-2-8. I'm not against swapping out motherboards, but if I do - then I'd like to find a...

I've got 2gb of Crucial Ballistix memory on my DFI N4F Ultra-D mb. When I first built the system a little over a year ago I only installed 1gb of memory - a 2x512mb kit. Then a few months ago I decided to add another identical 2x512mb kit for a total of 2gb. It boosted perfomance in games...

Great info, thanks. Oh - are you running PC3200 or 4000 in your system? I'm guessing the 3200 since you knew the label on the anti-stat bag.

Just checked out the Crucial site and found they are running a 10% discount on all memory. So direct from them, they have the 1gb kit of DDR500 for $132.29 with free shipping. http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=BL2KIT6464Z505 The DDR400 is $128.69...

Thanks Eclipse, but I was sorta trying to avoid Newegg because they now charge shipping to TN. Great service though :( Anyway to check the part number to determine if its single / double sided that you know of?

I've got a Opteron 170 chip on order and now need to chose the memory to go with it. I don't know that I can afford Eclipses normal recommendation of: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021 But Ballistix seem to also be popular. I was looking at maybe these...

I looked at the XP-120, but didn't come with a fan. The first Aspire PS i was looking at came with an extra 120 mil fan, but decided to go with an Antec or Enermax for a PS without the frills. For the HD, looks like your right the Maxtors are a little cheaper - I'll look a little closer at...

How's this look: Opteron 170 ( $369 - Dave Graham) Mwave: (shipping $8.00) DFI Lan Party Ultra-D ($125.00) 1 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR400 2 x 512 kit ($122.00) Zipzoomfly: (shipping $0.00) Enermax EG565 power supply ($89.95) Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB ($109.75) Zalman 9500...

Just pinning down pricing on a few things now. New egg is an extra $100 between tax and shipping so I'm looking at ZipZoomFly and a few other places. Memory options there aren't as many, so I might just grab memory from Newegg anyway - but here's my real question. It looks like some of you...

How quiet is that 120mm fan that comes with it? Was thinking of using it ontop of one of these: ThermalRight-XP-120 That fan controller might be perfect for noise control?

I guess I was thinking using the stock fan for that comes with the retail chip for starters, but that's not gonna work if I get an OEM from Dave - or if I overclock it from the get go. Looks like some of the Zalman fans are popular (I hope that's not the $190 water cooler system.) Any other...

Next question / concern is the Raid 0 configuration? Looks like the striping will add transfer performance but if either drive fails then all data is lost? Just wondering if a Hitachi T2K250 might be a decent option. Less moving parts (1 drive) and cheaper at $108, with a slight advantage in...

Elysian, thanks for the effort and details put into the spec's. Two questions though: why the Raid 0 configuration instead of one larger drive? and is the SATA 3Gb/s and a 7200 rpm drive better then 10,000 rpm drive and SATA 150? I hate to say it but my current system is a 2.26 P4 on a...

wow, lots of feedback already - thanks. I think the dual core is they way I want to go. How much of a difference is there between the 3800+ X2's and the Opteron 165's? Tom's hardware doesn't mention the Opti's at all in the last round of CPU tests.

I'm not finding the 165's on NewEgg or Mwave - is there a better source?