From the reviews, the Marvell chip does seem to have trouble catching up with intel's SATA 6Gbps controller.
Now, a few questions;
Is the performance issue a matter of a performance cap, i.e. that's the max throughput it can reach... OR... is it more akin to poorer efficiency?
Would it...
Well, I have found a perfect use for the Marvell SATA ports; use them for optical drives!
That leaves me with 4 SATA2 and 2 SATA3.
Overkill? Yes. But I won't have to worry about issues that might hurt SSD performance, if that is even possible. But lack of trim support is definitely a major...
That is correct. I am using Windows 7/64!
The current deals on Newegg make 12GB quite affordable. For a 4x4GB kit, you would have to pay $100 more for a mere 4GB more, but the advantage is that these just that, a kit and are all specified to run at CL9. Is it worth $100 though?
My main would...
After reading this - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2138151- a few questions came up.
I have a 2x2GB on the way. And since Newegg was having that great discount on memory I thought, why the heck not?
They credited me with %15 credit for the first order, but since it's so...
What I like about the case is that the motherboard tray appears to give you access to the back of it, once the motherboard is mounted. A bonus, IMO, if you want to use an aftermarket cooler.
The PSU appears to be solid as well. Not flashy, but reliable. As you can see from the reviews. I have...
Hmmm.... Note to self: Start new overclocking thread tomorrow.
If this thread appears like an anti-o'clocking thread to you, well... what can I say? Is it due to lack of sleep?
And you appear to take this hobby way to seriously... I mean we're way past obsession here, to the point of being...
@ tigerbait;
Found it.... it's in dutch, but it's all diagrams.
http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/1948/27/11-intel-p67-moederborden-review-geluidskwaliteit
BTW, the another downside of the Extreme4 is the ONE year warranty.
But with the money you save, you might as well just go to Squaretrade and get yourself an extended warranty for a relatively low price.
Truth be told, I cannot remember with certainty.
Let me try to find it.
And when I say worst, it rather means it didn't perform as well as other P67 boards.
For the record, I ordered the Extreme 4, and didn't intend on dissuading anybody on getting it when I wrote about it's lesser audio...
I thought I had emphasized the use of games in my initial post, how it was the main reason why I am upgrading, etc. and I came with not statistics in hand.
If there are any uses where a 500 o'clock will amount to a considerable increase in computing power, then I wouldn't mine anyone chiming in...
The Asrock P67 Extreme 6, the Extreme 4 and the UD4 were my main choices (4th choice was the Biostar TXP67) and after doing a lot of going back and forth, I finally decided going with the Extreme 4. It has a decent set of features, and probably the most competitive price.
The only significant...
Did the crew over at Hardocp not conduct a test to measure the performance difference between x16x/16x and 8x/8x? [Edit] and even x16/x16 and x4/x4.
[Edit:] Ah here it is; http://hardocp.com/article/2010/08/23/gtx_480_sli_pcie_bandwidth_perf_x16/x16_vs_x8x8/
And as it turns out the performance...
No, I am not. But I assume there are a lot of gamers in these forums.
It's a good question you raise though.
Could you, as an admin conduct a poll on what primary use their o'clocked system is for?
Why not adding a secondary use category for that poll?
I am curious to find out.
I gather it all depends on the resolution you are playing at.
The very few numbers I have come across regarding gaming, show a very negligible increase in performance as far as gaming goes.
I would venture to say that you would not see an increase in performance in gaming that would warrant...
That is my point exactly. That fact does not prevent some people for feel deeply disappointed for not being able to o'clock the new SB processors to 4.9 and over 5GHz.
If I hit the wall at 4.6 or even 4.5, to me that will be a more than decent o'clock.
Because, like I said, my main use is...
Very informative sticky! I will try to abide by those simple rules.
One question though, when you wrote 'Do NOT endlessly run anything that writes huge amounts of useless data to your SSD.'
Does that include games as well? I understand that games will access the SSD to write stats and such...
As most people who just decided to acquire a SB setup - upgrading from a X3110@3.6GHz - I will most likely also will be o'clocking it to get an added boost of performance.
However, I noticed in the very few benchmarks, performance tests, or what you will call it, that are relevant to my...
Sorry, for the old articles. They were meant to explain the issue rather than point the finger at the current GPUs.
I don't intend on dissuading people to get an XFire, as I want to get a second 6950 myself. Proof; I am shopping around for a XFire able motherboard. Just in case that micro...
Some reading material on the subject of micro stutter;
http://www.overclockers.com/micro-stutter-the-dark-secret-of-sli-and-crossfire/
EDIT; It is interesting that the author can subjectively notice the micro stutter. And that is what ruins the experience. If it were a more gradual loss of...
That is a recommendation I have come across quite often; single card, although not as fast overall, is the more reliable solution.
And as MentalIlness said, the causes are obscure and hard to pinpoint. Drivers? Hardware? Or just simply the application/game it's hard to tell why exactly it...
I recently purchased a 2x2GB/CL9 1866MHz G Skill memory kit.
I did so shortly before Bit-tech's article on SB memory got published.
(http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/6)
Now, I have buyer's remorse after noticing there will not be a...
You are doing what I was thinking of doing.
However, I have been deterred by micro stutter problems. And decided to get the 6950, instead.
I have read that micro stutter can ruin your gaming experience more easily than a lower frame rate.
Have you done any research into that problem? If yes...
Did you experience any substantial performance gains from running your memory at higher speed? In games that is?
According to an test article on Bit-tech.co.uk, using higher speed memory will not result in greater performance, especially in games. Lowers CL will help you somewhat, but since...
But shouldn't this memory run at 533MHz at 1:1 and 5-5-5-16 as per default specs?
I must admit my knowledge about o'clocking is still limited to anything prior to 2 core CPUs, but I thought I read the specs on those memory modules right.
While doing my research for the parts for my new...
If you're willing to lose 50 smackers, then you might just send the item back and ask for an exchange.
At worst, you will pay a 15% restocking fee. And you will still save some money. If they customer rep is cool, you won't have to pay anything at all.
What does the return policy state on...
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