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8. January 2009 @ 07:08 |
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There are far noisier cases than the Xclio / Aerocool or whoever else got in on the 220mm front fan bandwagon, but that's half the problem, the huge fans spin at less than 500rpm, too slow to actually be efficient, a 1400rpm 120mm fan will push the same air with a reasonably acceptable noise level, and it's a lot easier to fit multiple 120mm fans in a system.
The NZXT Lexa and Lexa Blackline are good cases as far as airflow are concerned, but primarily if modified. The stock 120mm fans can cool a gaming system relatively well, despite what it might look like, but if you have all five HDD bays filled, you might want to consider a slightly faster front fan. Also, the top 80mm fan is all but useless, I replaced those pronto. Fortunately 80mm red LED fans aren't hard to find.
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9. January 2009 @ 13:39 |
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9. January 2009 @ 14:18 |
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I wouldn't mind betting that's an equivalent, rather than the actual clock speed, like it's 'like a 3.5Ghz Phenom 9950'. THe reason I don't trust them is they've misspelt Phenom.
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9. January 2009 @ 15:23 |
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no they have clocked all their black edition pc's to 3.5ghz, the 790gx boards seem to be the sweet boards for the phenom2's from all the reading up ive done so far.
aria have quite a good deal of good high end memory in their superspecials this week too :)
As for the bad spelling, i would put that down to not proof reading the ad. :o)
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9. January 2009 @ 15:26 |
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9. January 2009 @ 15:28 |
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thanks for the proof reading ;o) lol its the keyboard too much cod 4 lol :o)
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9. January 2009 @ 16:15 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
I wouldn't mind betting that's an equivalent, rather than the actual clock speed, like it's 'like a 3.5Ghz Phenom 9950'. THe reason I don't trust them is they've misspelt Phenom.
Sam,
Does that mean that I shouldn't trust you because you ,misspelt misspelled? ROFLMSOAOTID! Some people don't type very well. I know I'm one of them! :-)
Russ
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9. January 2009 @ 16:17 |
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God I did, wow, there's one reason not to trust Google's auto-checker folks :)
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9. January 2009 @ 16:18 |
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
Originally posted by sammorris:
I wouldn't mind betting that's an equivalent, rather than the actual clock speed, like it's 'like a 3.5Ghz Phenom 9950'. THe reason I don't trust them is they've misspelt Phenom.
Sam,
Does that mean that I shouldn't trust you because you ,misspelt misspelled? ROFLMSOAOTID! Some people don't type very well. I know I'm one of them! :-) Oh, and it is not an equivalent, it's the actual clock speed! The equivalent was only to compare like performance at a lower clock speed with the Intels!
Russ
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9. January 2009 @ 16:20 |
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Sam,
That's the spirit! Trust No One! LOL!! :-)
Russ
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9. January 2009 @ 16:21 |
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Having finally found a competent review site that overclocked the chip with a decent board, I see the end of the 'basic' zone is 3.6Ghz. Not bad, but I forgot the 940 was a 3Ghz chip, I thought it was 2.6 or 2.8 like the others. Now 3.5 doesn't seem so hard :)
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9. January 2009 @ 16:21 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
God I did, wow, there's one reason not to trust Google's auto-checker folks :)
Yea, but can I now trust you?? :-)
JRS
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9. January 2009 @ 16:41 |
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plenty of forums with people getting them 3.8 - 4ghz on air if you read about. with the verified cpuz links.
I dont bother bookmarking anything anymore, as I prefer to graze the sites rather than stick to a few sites and get a biased view, but I will book mark a few when i have a few further reads later and post them. Alot of the clockers have both intel quads and amd quads and recon when the phenom clocking has come of age, ie better bios's and getting the various chip voltages sussed out that they will probably clock as well as intel. It seems from what I have read so far that, alot of the early over clock reviews were pumping too much voltage through them and actualy limiting the clocks through heat.
Will be geting my 940 in the next month or so, so reading up as much as I can to get myself ready for it. :o)
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9. January 2009 @ 16:45 |
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I browse all sorts of sites, but tend to stick to certain ones I trust for most things, which is usually Bit-tech.net, DriverHeaven.net and Techreport.com. Anandtech, Guru3D and Legitreviews have posted suspicious reviews before, and Overclockersclub I explained about before.
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9. January 2009 @ 17:17 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
I browse all sorts of sites, but tend to stick to certain ones I trust for most things, which is usually Bit-tech.net, DriverHeaven.net and Techreport.com. Anandtech, Guru3D and Legitreviews have posted suspicious reviews before, and Overclockersclub I explained about before.
Sam,
I understand that, but I know for a fact that the 4850e is faster at everything than the 4400+ is, and I also know for a fact that the 5200 can't beat my E6750 at encoding. The 4400+ split the difference between the E4300 and the E6750 using DVDRB/CCE. I just can't swallow the 2.7GHz 4850e being slower than a 2.3GHz 4400+. It makes no sense at all! Something just isn't right! It would be one giant step backwards!
Russ
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9. January 2009 @ 17:22 |
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Yeh I do look at them, but alot of their atempts at clocking the phenom2's were hampered by early bios's or even non specific bios's i.e. bioses for the first gen Phenoms.
AM3 Phenom2's are due within a month or so, so maybe the inclusion of the ddr3 controller will narrow the gap a little more, plus Am3 is backward compatible, so it enables a smoother upgrade plan for amd users, than intel offers its users, just a shame am2+ isnt forward compatible lol :)
Still they are narrowing the gap gradualy, makes you wonder if they have a suprise up their sleeves :) I hope so, will be nice to have competition back, thing is in real world general usage there wouldnt be that noticable difference in performance. it just means there is more options for the buyer, which can't ever be a bad thing.
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9. January 2009 @ 18:12 |
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
Sam,
Does that mean that I shouldn't trust you because you ,misspelt misspelled? ROFLMSOAOTID! Some people don't type very well. I know I'm one of them! :-)
Russ
mis·spell (mĭs-spěl')
mis·spelled or mis·spelt (-spělt'), mis·spell·ing, mis·spells
To spell incorrectly.
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9. January 2009 @ 18:35 |
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enough of the mis-spelling.
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9. January 2009 @ 20:46 |
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Hello guys, Long time no talk. I need some help maybe you guys ran into this problem. I just built a pc. Gigabyte GA-ep45-ud3p mobo. 4 gigs of patriot viper ram 1066 @1.8v i changed it to this setting, gigabyte 4870 512 vid, 8400 cpu running stock atm. now my problem is that i just installed the catalyst software for the vid card now my pc keeps rebooting. no bsod just reboots and stays stuck on the gigabyte logo screen. any ideas whats up. thanks in advance for your help...Sorry forgot to mention that it happens while im changing settings in catalyst hope this helps...
Case=Antec Lanboy, Psu=Corsair HX620, Mobo=GA-X58A-UD5,Ram=Gskill 1600Mhz 3x2gigs,Cpu=I7 950 4Ghz,Cpu Cooler= EK 240 Water Kit,Gpu=HD6870x2,Eyefinity Set up,Ssd=Gskill Phoenix Pro 120gb
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9. January 2009 @ 21:31 |
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Hello guys, Long time no talk. I need some help maybe you guys ran into this problem. I just built a pc. Gigabyte GA-ep45-ud3p mobo. 4 gigs of patriot viper ram 1066 @1.8v i changed it to this setting, gigabyte 4870 512 vid, 8400 cpu running stock atm. now my problem is that i just installed the catalyst software for the vid card now my pc keeps rebooting. no bsod just reboots and stays stuck on the gigabyte logo screen. any ideas whats up. thanks in advance for your help...Sorry forgot to mention that it happens while im changing settings in catalyst hope this helps...
Boot into safe mode and remove the driver.
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9. January 2009 @ 21:36 |
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Just the driver or the whole catalyst software. And once i do that do i re-install the catalyst software in safe mode?
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9. January 2009 @ 21:44 |
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Does that mean that I shouldn't trust you because you ,misspelt misspelled?
Definition by WordWeb from Princeton University.
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Verb:misspell (misspelt, also misspelled)
Also:Englishman I know uses 'misspelt' over 'misspelled'. It certainly is not uncommon in England.
So you see Sam used it in a manner that would be expected of a Brit.
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9. January 2009 @ 21:48 |
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Just the driver or the whole catalyst software. And once i do that do i re-install the catalyst software in safe mode?
Remove it all and then go to ATI's website and make certain that you are downloading the right driver for your card. Also if you have any drivers from previous cards remove those too. Make it clean before you try again.
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10. January 2009 @ 05:24 |
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it sounds more like a bios issue with the card, surely it wouldnt get stuck at the gigabyte screen if it was a driver issue as drivers wouldnt stop it posting beyong that screen. :oS
If it is a driver / catalyst issue would be worth using driver cleaner pro to remove any left overs in the registry, also worth running Ccleaner to remove all the dead registry entrys that would be left over.
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10. January 2009 @ 05:31 |
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Originally posted by Sophocles:
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Does that mean that I shouldn't trust you because you ,misspelt misspelled?
Definition by WordWeb from Princeton University.
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Verb:misspell (misspelt, also misspelled)
Also:Englishman I know uses 'misspelt' over 'misspelled'. It certainly is not uncommon in England.
So you see Sam used it in a manner that would be expected of a Brit.
Spoil Sport! At least I got him to blame the Spell Checker! ROFLMSOAO!! Value in having fun screwing with Sam?? Priceless!! :-)
Regards,
Russ
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