Best AM2-AM3 heatsink available for the moment. Replace the stock fan tho. First installation might be a pain if you don't like to remove your motherboard, but after that, it's easy to use.
I have a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus which uses a multisocket compatible backplate allowing you to install the cooler ONLY in EAST/WEST position on AM2-AM3 motherboards and any position on 775. It's also compatible with 1366 and 1156. You'll want to buy another fan with it tho, as the stock one...
I read that at page 2 in this article : http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...ncool_metal_boned_k7/1
Lancool probably made the modifications afterwards or the reviewers are complete twats.
As for changing them, I'm really picky about fans, that's why, I'll probably use the stock ones for a...
Is it possible to change the two intake fans for regular 25mm ones such as Scythe S-Flex or Yate Loon D12SL? I ask this because I've read the front fans are actually 15mm thick ones so I would require some modding to swap the fans.
If you can't change them without modding the HDD Bay, can you...
I've played Supcom on GPGnet a lot last year (410 ranked games, went into top 50) with a X2 3800. I didn't know that my CPU was the bottleneck until I changed to a X2 5000 BE @ 3.2GHz. The 1.2GHz bump made me realise how CPU bound this game is...
A Q6600 oc'ed will crap on any dual core...
That's the best way to bench this game. The simulation speed is independant from the FPS. Simulation is the work that is concentrated on the CPU. Setting it at X10 forces the simulation to go up to 10X as fast. If the CPU becomes incappable of simulating at X10, it will drag down to X9, then X8...
I had that problem once. I never found the damn hidden process so I just formatted. It took me like 2 mins to get to the Login screen because if it too...
The onboard sound was the cause for my super hyper frequent BSODs. When I switched to the X-PLOSION, it all stopped... Even oc'ed, the board was much more stable!
A PCI soundcard is really worth it. Even an old Sound Blaster Live 5.1 sounds better when using analog output than the wannabe HD audio you can find on virtually every motherboard. It is true that alot of speakers won't reflect the benefits of a dedicated sound card, but if you have spent over...
The X-Meridian might be a little overprice simply for music. The X-Plosion or X-Mystique might be better set for him.
And yeah, M-Audio Revolutions are still selling.
I think it might increase it because the file system would be alot simplier than using only one big partition.
That being said, I don't know ****** about it.
I was using a 17" CRT until I jumped in the widescreen LCD bandwagon. Everytime I sit in front of another screen, I find it so small and ugly. I'm really happy with my screen, gaming on it is damn nice at 1680x1050, and I don't mind all that much the stretching on the old games so I'm really happy.
Well he might be fine, sometimes these boards run great, other times they are sent from hell or something. I know I had problems with the onboard soundcard, every blue screen/freeze/restarts was due to that. And of course, the onboard sound card sounds like ****** for music.
I have the M2N-E since August and it's been a pain in the ass sometimes, but since I disabled the onboard sound card and plugged in my brand new X-PLOSION, my BSOD and reboots and whatever you want decreased alot! I've tried overclocking the CPU again and I went to 240mhz x 10 at stock voltage...
Mine won't go over 2.5GHz under 1.4v... I think it's due to my board not good for OC (M2N-E), the max vdimm is 1.95v so you can't OC much...
That said, I use my X2 3800 @ 2400MHz now with ridiculous voltage (1.35v).
I loved playing old games like Starcraft, Duke Nukem and even Warcraft III which isn't that old.
I'll stick to winxp until this gets dealed with, maybe in a future service pack or something.
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