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I was recently reading up on how Turbo works with multiple cores, and came across threads like this: http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=threads/is-intel-turbo-boost-for-2-cores-or-all-4-cores-on-4790k.2401165/ People seem to be saying the Turbo boost figures depend on how many cores are "active" or...

I probably should've tried that :) but I wouldn't be comfortable with that as a permanent fix. If Windows isn't recognizing that the drive is SSD during my regular use, it might not be implementing TRIM and other SSD-saving tweaks...

It turns out that this was my problem^ I've reinstalled Windows 17 times in the past 24 hours trying to figure this out. I disabled the Marvell controller in BIOS altogether, and dismantled my RAID drive, but the issue was still occurring. I found I was able to run the firmware updater...

Thanks for the response -- The drive is connected to an Intel port, and according to BIOS, the controller is in AHCI mode (although there seems to only be a single setting for that, at least on the BIOS page I'm looking at -- no mention of Marvell vs. Intel controllers). I did verify using the...

My new Kingston HyperX SSD isn't showing up in Kingston's firmware updater, nor in Kingston's "toolbox", or in SSDLife (3rd-party SSD health checker). I just installed this new Kingston HyperX 120GB. I successfully cloned my boot drive to it and am now running Windows 7 x64 from it. It seems to...

Ah, so each drive isn't being utilized more in a large array. Only the SAS lanes are utilized more, by allowing you to put more drives on each lane without sacrificing bandwidth. I think I get it now. Thanks so much for clearing that up for me, really appreciate it.

I'm still confused by this. If each drive is limited by its mechanics to only read (assuming we're talking about read speeds) data at a certain rate, 150mb/s for argument's sake, how does having more of them suddenly utilize each one's SAS connection more? Assuming we're comparing two arrays...

I'm confused. My backplane is dual connected. Are you saying with an 8-drive RAID 10, I would, or would not, be hitting the 3g bottleneck? If you're saying an 8-drive RAID-10 only does 9.6gb/s total, divided between all the drives, and therefore I'm not hitting the 3g bottleneck with my 15k...

You know, that's an excellent question. I actually bought 4 drives initially, but one showed up as failed so I removed it. Then the RAID card still gave me the 1+0 option for the 3 remaining drives and said I'd have a total of 900GB (for three 600GB drives). I was confused but figured there must...

I just put together a new server using an Areca 1222 RAID card, and was disappointed to find out I got the wrong card. I meant to get the 6gb/s version. I have three SAS 15k 6g hard drives connected via a 6g SAS backplane, in RAID-10. My question is, if I replace the RAID card with the 6g...

I generally do like LED fans, never said I didn't. But every feature has their good and poorly-implemented versions. This was also just an example of the ways in which I feel CoolerMaster is superior in the intelligence of their designs.

As Boomer said, yes basically all you need is a cooler. If you go with the 932 or 922 case, you'll have plenty of room for pretty much any cooler you choose (good ones tend to be big). There's also thermal grease to consider. It goes between the cooler and the CPU. All coolers come with it...

CooleMaster gives you the option to secure using screws in addition after you've clicked-in to the tool-less rails. My opinion is regarding the vast popularity of Antec. I think their name is bigger than their products. It may be that they're better suited for certain applications (or people)...

Please do yourself a favor and don't go with Antec. Their cases are popular with people who've never built with a CoolerMaster (no offense intended to Antec fans, but I feel it's the truth). Antec's designs are outdated and their quality is poor, though the parts are built "heavily". As most...

Thanks for this info. I did some googling, and it looks like since driver version 12.3.0 (for the H700 according to the thread linked below; I'm assuming it's the same on all the H models) third-party drive blocks were removed. You still see a message saying the drives aren't "certified", but...

I hear you. That definitely does sound good. I've been dreading having to replace the mobo in our current tower server, so if rack servers make that easier then I'm on board. Thanks so much for all the great information! This helped me a great deal.

Looks good but is there any particular reason you don't want to overclock? You've got an Asus Z68 mobo and 2500k, both supreme overclockers, in fact they're made for it. Overclocking has gotten much easier over the years, and should be child's play on this combination. Add a moderate CPU...

Thanks I'm gonna look into those -- I should've mentioned though my preference is for tower/pedestal boxes, and those are all I've been looking at. Maybe that's why I'm having trouble finding something? The reason I like those is because it seems like there's more room to work inside them...

I'm using online configurators at various shops to try and build my company a new server. Most of the chassis/mobos are Supermicro, and I'm finding it hard to find one that supports everything I want. I'm starting to wonder if I want the right things. I want dual-CPU socket 1366, redundant...

Thanks for the replies, interesting discussion. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-Leopard-Cuda-Stream,7648.html "Consider the GPU as a 'helper' now, offering up its higher-end processing areas to compute a portion of a task carried out by the CPU..." ...Makes it sound like it helps...

I was wondering if it's worth it to invest in nVidia Tesla cards for a Windows 2008 server. I'm reading that they're mainly intended for scientific calculations and simulations, but would they not help with ordinary office LAN services as well, like databases, XMPP, WSUS, file serving, and other...

That's right this particular board can't, but that has nothing to do with the lack of onboard graphics ports, as you suggested. Gigabyte chose not to take advantage of this unique capability of the Z68 chipset, which is very disappointing.

IGP is on the processor, and the Z68 is capable of utilizing it through a discrete graphics card's ports. That's what's unique about the Z68, and one reason it was so anticipated. On this chipset, just because there are no graphics ports on the board doesn't mean the integrated graphics can't be...

I got a Gigabyte Z68 UD4 board a while ago. All was well until I decided to try QuickSync through my discrete graphics card by virtualizing the Intel HD integrated graphics through the discrete card -- which was a much-anticipated Z68 benefit. I can't seem to get my computer to pick up the...

For kicks I tried re-enabling all the power-saving features along with turbo, and then all the programs meant to read the CPU clock in real-time started working. I set the Turbo to 43x and they're all reporting exactly that on load, 4.3GHz (down as low as 1.6GHz on idle). If I had to guess...

That's what I'm doing. The incongruence between readings of various programs is my concern, specifically PC-Wizard's claim that my bus speed has been downclocked; which would explain the low speeds reported in most of the other software I've tried. I'm hoping they're all wrong and CPU-Z is right...

I'm not necessarily planning to run the computer like this permanently, but while I'm tweaking the clock settings it would be nice not to be forced to test the PC under load in order to see the real max clocks. Incidentally, I'm beginning to think PC-Wizard has it the most correct. PC-Wizard...

CPU-Z wasn't showing it either actually. I just now finally got the true multiplier number to show up in CPU-Z, after disabling "C3/C6" in bios, which I found out is yet another power-saving feature to turn off. CPU-Z also shows the overclocked speed now. No other software does, though. I...

Intel Core i5 2500K, Gigabyte Z68 UD4 I've encountered this before on other chips and boards, and was never able to fix it. I'm sure the overclock would show on a benchmark, but I'd like to see the numbers show up in Windows (7 x64) for my own constant sense of gratification. I assumed being...

Thanks -- There's no Comcast in my area. NYC here mostly served by Time Warner. Dual-WAN isn't an option right now because we prepaid for 3 years of Netgear UTM5 service (firewall/router than scans incoming packets for malware). Their higher models do have dual-WAN but it would require...

Here's the situation: I run an office network with a Windows 2003 Server, where we unfortunately have a router with only one WAN port for internet access. It currently has a cable modem plugged in. I've been trying to think of a way to set up failover to a USB 4G device we happen to have, with...

You should edit the title too so people dont keep clicking here til it gets deleted.

The Z68 has landed. Initial NewEgg pricing: Gigabyte UD4, Asus P8 V-Pro: both approx. $220 w/shipping Note that, right now, Gigabyte Z68's are exactly $30 more than their P67's on NewEgg. AnandTech Z68 review AnandTech Asus P8 V-Pro review Toms Hardware Z68 review

Interesting -- I knew there was something weird about those ports, but didn't pay it much attention. Thanks for posting the explanation; I've never heard of it either. Strange to combine IO ports that use different controllers. I wonder what else we'll see combined next -- Seems like a nice...

This part is correct, but... The Toms Hardware article seems to be saying otherwise, or maybe the language is a bit ambiguous. Here's my interpretation: "Ninety five percent of the time you can use a Z68-based platform the same way you would have used a P67-based box, gaming from any of your...

UD7 differences from UD4: (http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4073/gigabyte_z68x_ud3h_and_z68x_ud7_intel_z68_taiwan_preview/index1.html) +2 PCIe x16 = SLI/xFire: [2-way: x16/x16], [3-way: x16/x16/x8] +1 header USB 3.0 +1 FireWire mini +1 Gigabit ethernet + Onboard power button + CMOS reset...

UD3H appears to have everything UD4 has except: (http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Gigabyte-Z68MX-UD2H-B3-Intel-Z68-Motherboard-Gets-Picture-Preview-2.jpg/) +D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, AND DisplayPort (!) +1 USB 2.0 header +1 PCIe 1x +1 SATA III 6GB/s -2 SATA II 3GB/s -1 eSata -1 SPDIF coax (still...

UD4 unboxing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-k9gzxuIV8 Dual-BIOS (woohoo!) w/Touch Bios One PCIe 16x (8x SLI/xFire) One PCIe 8x Two PCIe 1x Two PCI Four DIMM slots, 32GB 2133MHz max RAM Four SATA II 3GB/s Four SATA III 6GB/s Two eSata 6GB/s Eight back-panel + six via three headers USB 2.0 Two...

I want to use QuickSync too, but through a discrete graphics card without the "whitelist" problems. Again see the Toms Hardware link I provided. SSD caching also interests me although I may end up with a dedicated boot SSD -- haven't decided yet but I want the option.

Looks like it is possible, at least according to these people who address your concerns: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/290034-30-motherboard-overclocking-integrated