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I'm building a zfs server in one of these right now. Good case, if a bit of a challenge to build in. Running a S1200KPR with a Celeron G555 and 16GB of Kingston ECC Valueram. Will be a 6 drive RaidZ2 for the time being, likely on FreeNAS, using 2TB WD reds. Using the motherboard ports...

Thanks for this thread and utility! Intel S1200KPR (C206 chipset) Intel Celeron G555 Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) (KVR13E9K2/16I) 5004-5007h: 20 0 62 3 5008-500Bh: 20 0 62 3

How are you changing the memory voltage? Trixx doesn't have an option for that (at least the version I'm running with my 7970 Vapor-X edition).

Yes, I have a similar issue on the exact same card. 1.2-1.256 stock voltage seems REALLY high. The first time I boot and launch Trixx, it shows 1.200, but if I hit reset, it goes to 1.256. I've seen it hitting that voltage in MSI afterburner/HWinfo, but it seems to droop below that a lot...

I've been keeping an eye on the last few generations of hardware from both AMD and Nvidia, and until this last one, nothing has really looked all that attractive an upgrade from my 5870. I like to try to get a 2x+ improvement in FPS at 1920x1200 before I upgrade, and that's finally the kind of...

This is true for me as well. The majority of the game/app software I use is either A) Not tied to any one windows install, I can copy directories over with no issue (and gets placed away from the OS), or B) Small/light/and easy enough to install/configure that it gets installed with the OS on...

I am putting together an i7 build, and just got a 300gb velociraptor for the main disk. Motherboard is the gigabyte ud3r. I'll be installing vista64 (home premium), and my use of the system is mainly gaming (WoW, TF2, and newer games), and daily web/email use. Fast performance in OS and fast...

Power supply is a corsair 620W (HX I think is the model). Should have mentioned that. It ought to be plenty powerful for what I'm running.

Over the xmas holiday this year, my EVGA 8800GTX failed, and I recieved a 9800GTX+ when I RMA'd the old card. It's in game performance has been great, but in my old system (Opteron 185, ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe), the GPU fan would spin up and down several times when I booted the system, before...

I settled on the Gigabyte EX58-UD3R, and had to wait a few days for my RAM (Crucial Balistix 1600) and velociraptor to come in. They came yesterday and I threw the ram in for a quick boot check. First boot = success. Pushed bclock up to 166 and another boot was just as successful. Tonight or...

Currently I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte, I can grab it locally tomorrow for $200 including tax (after rebate). I'm not sure what the evga really offers over it except for the customer service factor (which admittedly is awesome, but ~$100 awesome, probably not). Price isn't so much...

I'm looking for a lower/mid end motherboard for an i7 build. I'm a tweak it and leave it type user, I'll probably spend a few days getting my i7 920 up as high as I can get it on air, and then leave it there for a year plus. I don't need a ton of fancy overclocking features, nor am I willing...

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I am up and running with my Prelude and am looking for the best way to connect the cdrom drive to the card for cd playback. The card has the 4 pin analog connector, which works and is OK quality. Using WDM over the normal cdrom ribbon cable and through the PCI bus is the recommended (all...

How about just getting a ~3 foot extender cable for the soundcard front/headphones output, and taping the end of it in a place where you can easily plug your headphones or speakers into? This has been my solution in the past, and is going to be my solution for the time being with my prelude...

I am taking delivery of my Auzentech Prelude 7.1 sound card today. The speakers I currently have are an old set of Logitech Z-560s, and I'm not even sure that all the channels still work (as one hasn't since I last screwed around with my setup, and I've been using headphones ever since). I am...

Well, I just picked up one of these at best buy on the way home. Not hooked up yet, but it will be in a bit. Here's to hoping I got a great one!

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Thoughts on the PC-A10? Does anyone have this case? I'm looking to replace my first gen Antec Sonata with something a little more roomy and with better cooling that still is fairly quiet. I've looked at the CM Stacker, and I just don't like the looks. I like understated looks and high...

Does anyone have this case? I'm looking to replace my first gen Antec Sonata with something a little more roomy and with better cooling that still is fairly quiet. I've looked at the CM Stacker, and I just don't like the looks. I like understated looks and high build quality, and cases...

I'm considering the V1100 as well right now to replace a first gen Antec Sonata, as well as the PC-101. I like the looks of the V1100 with the exception of the door...I've only seen the pictures at the Lian Li website, but it looks sort of corrugated...I'd rather have a smooth door. Also...

Time for a video card upgrade from my 2 6600GTs, and I'm looking at the 8800gtx. However, I've heard that the reference board design is 10.5 inches long, which makes me think it might be impossible to fit in the Sonata. Especially with the front fan installed on the back of the hard drive...

Damn, those Corsair supplies look very nice. I'm also looking for something to replace my 380W Antec that came with the Sonata1. Which would you reccomend for my system (520 or 620)? A8N-SLI Deluxe Opteron 185 2GB G.SKILL RAM 2x6600GT 3x 7200 RPM Seagates (2x74gb, 1x160gb) 1x 10k...

I've been struggling with a winxp install after an HW upgrade, and have just decided to blow it all away and start over with the filesystem. Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Degluxe (Opteron 185, 2GB ram) On the NVidia SATARaid controller 150GB Raptor C: ~30GB windows partition w/ 1GB...

This chip is running REALLY hot with the Zalman. I've tried a lot of different things, increased overall airflow, ran with the case off, throughly cleaned the heat spreader and heat sink and reapplied, turned the voltage down to 1.325 etc. Temps are about 40/45 in coretemp when idling, and the...

Tomorrow's mail will bring the final upgrade for my A8N-SLI Deluxe in the form of some new memory and an Opteron 185. I currently have a 3200+ in there with a Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU cooler. The Opteron was bought retail and comes with a cooler. Am I better off running the stock cooler, or...

Well, it seems they are out of stock on the HZ kits, so I picked up the 2gb G.Skill value pack. Claims 2-3-2-5 @ CL2 timings. We'll see how it goes!

I am making the last upgrade my old socket 939 will see, getting an Opteron 185 (2.6GHz), and I'd like to move to 2GB of ram at the same time. Currently I have 2x512 of Corsair 3200 XL, which was the best that money could buy at the time I built the system (2+ years ago). I was thinking...

Just FYI, Partition Magic has screwed me up really recently. About ~3 months ago or so, I took a disk that had a 25gb and a 3 gb partition, with data and os on it, and moved some of the freespace from the 25gb to the 3gb. Everything went smoothly, things were fine, about 22gb and 6gb...

Hmm. Well, I'd really like to get this system built. I'm sort of tempted to try RAID1 with these, as from what I've read it doesn't hurt seek times as much, and reading is somewhat improved, while writes only suffer very slightly. I might just keep these drives for now, get the system...

So, I will be building a new system in the next few days, all my parts are here, it's just a matter of waiting til Friday to have time to drop it together. As a part of the new system I bought 2 80gb Seagate SATA drives. They are only 7200RPM, but have the 8mb buffer. My plan is to put...

Actually newegg had something like 15 different 6600gt's in stock.

After reading and researching a bit more, I've settled on the Leadtec. If I'm making a mistake, let me know.

I am putting together a new system around the A8N-SLI deluxe board, and can't really spend the money for top of the line video cards at the moment. I am going to buy a single 6600gt and then get a matching card for it in the future. I figure with the mobo, my upgrade paths will be open well...

hmm, what's with the moble xp proc? didn't know these exsited lol...less power/heat i imagine? Current Specs: Athlon XP 1800+ MSI KT7Pro2 mobo 512 mb crucial pc2700 Hercules Game Theater XP sound card Gainward GF4 Ti4600 Golden Sample 30gb Seagate 7200rpm hd (forget which one, i 've...

....am i alone in this place...

hmm on looking around a bit maybe i should just opt for the new case and a zalman to fit this cpu first. cost is more pricey on mobos/cpus then i expected. or maybe just upgrade this seriously aging mobo to something that i could pop a really fast xp proc in later, saving me the cost of...

Looking for some advice here. I have about $300 to spend, and would like to upgrade my mobo and cpu, and also get a new case with an emphasis on SILENCE. I'm tired of this old black-label delta screamer box I have. I've been out of the hardware loop long enough I'm not sure what is what...