Recent content by sdk131

I'm struggling with the same thing. TAT shows about 10-15 degrees higher than coretemp and speedfan on my machine (C2D E6400 @ 2920, 1.350 vcore). Oddly, TAT temps did not change at all after switching from my stock intel hsf to my zalman 9500. Coretemp and speedfan showed drops of 10-15...

You know I have had the same issue....but with a twist. My setup: C2D E6400 @3.2 2GB Corsair PC6400 EVGA 8800 GTS 320 Gigabyte DS3 Corsair hx620 PSU Antec Nine Hundred case (heat is not a problenm ;-) ) Vista Home Premium 32bit The Adrianne and froggy demos ran for me blazingly...

I just went through similar things with my DS3. All I can say is triple check EVERY setting in the BIOS. Some of the settings will reset themselves to default after a failed boot attempt, others do not. Also, I found one of the guides said to set pci-e to "auto" for the DS3, and 100 for other...

Since all of the fans are adjustable, the answer is really "it depends." I have all of mine on low, and it's not silent but it's pretty darn quiet. It's not really any louder than my Dell poweredge 400sc was (with GF4 TI4200 making most of the noise).

I had to borrow a jumper from one of my spare HD's.

Thanks everyone. I've already acquired several of my components through some of the recent deals, and I've got the itch to get everything else up and running. It's been awhile since I've built my own, but I've been around long enough to know that prices will always drop as new stuff comes out. I...

I'm about to build my first pc in about 4 years, so I'm still catching up on everything. I'm planning on a DS3 with an E6400 and a moderate OC (hopefully). I have another running system, so I'm thinking I'll wait to see how the new 8600 Nvidia cards affect the pricing before I decide on a...

Sounds silly....but before spending any money check to be sure all of your cables are tight, and haven't gotten knocked loose. I do it all the time at work due to the crappy cubicle I live in. I also managed to damage the pins on a vga plug while moving an older Iyama monitor I had.