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11. March 2008 @ 09:59 |
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11. March 2008 @ 10:04 |
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Originally posted by LOCOENG:
Rob...
easy come easy go.
Here is a better deal on the HX520 w/free shipping to boot.
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli...16.html
Damn, Damn, Damn American Prices lol
Thats only $25 more than the pound price I paid (£65).
Edit - and an extra $10 off for new google customers ( I use google checkout with ebuyer and its actually quite good, I myself joined when they had £10 off first order over here).
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11. March 2008 @ 10:33 |
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Rob: Good call on going with Corsair. The 520W HX is what I'd recommend since it's capable of running a quad core and a top end graphics card without the fan speed rising above idle...
The prices of the VX550 and HX520 are rather mediocre, if you use the same tax level as the UK, it works out at £57 and £68 respectively including delivery, versus around £63 and £71 over here, not much of a difference!
The TX650 though is an absolute steal, at £60 delivered after the rebate. Over here they're £87 (although you can save an extra £10 if you use week-long delivery, and to be fair delivery in the US isn't really next day anyway)
I can't help but notice that without the rebate and instant saving, it'd be a whopping £95...
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11. March 2008 @ 13:48 |
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well im back with a new power cord. pluged it in fire'd the Big Red Machine up no problems. no double bootup went into windows nicely. i checked CPU-z still at 3.7ghz and orthos running for about a hlaf hour make sure its all well..lol
the old cord has 2 flat spots in it. not round like it should be...my dumb azz should have looked at that before i done anything with the build...to excited about the other stuff...lol
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11. March 2008 @ 14:52 |
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Easily missed my friend.
On an interesting note, I decided to move my OS drive in its silent enclosure from a 5.25" bay onto a folded up towel on my floor, to experiment with vibrations. Holy cow does it make a difference, the noise level of my PC has more than quartered. The "You could hear a pin drop" expression is almost true!
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11. March 2008 @ 15:10 |
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I personally have a corsair 620HX and it is the one I recommend. whisper quiet, can't even hear it. it comes with a better selection/more modular cables than the 520HX and will make your rig more future proof.
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11. March 2008 @ 16:27 |
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Crucial is going cheap on us. They don't use the same memory chips as before, they now use Micron D9DQW, which are not very good overclockers.
Looks like it's OCZ after all.
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11. March 2008 @ 16:45 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
Crucial is going cheap on us. They don't use the same memory chips as before, they now use Micron D9DQW, which are not very good overclockers.
Looks like it's OCZ after all.
Cheap or not it's still pretty good memory. ;)
You have Corsair, G.Skill, and Mushkin left boozer.... <<<<< Those are GOOD too!!!!! I'm with a little doctor friend of mine.... /me likes the Mushkin.... :D
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Mort you still looking at DFI or have you dropped that idea and gone with ASUS like you wanted to in the beginning?? NOT a bad choice me thinks.....
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11. March 2008 @ 16:59 |
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How does the PC8500 Corsair stuff stand up with overclocks?
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11. March 2008 @ 18:32 |
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Just checked and Crucial stuff is 30, hard to pass that up.
Sam, the 8500 version still uses the D9 chips so they are good.
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11. March 2008 @ 18:37 |
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So are they worth recommending in place of the Ballistix then?
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11. March 2008 @ 18:42 |
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i would say the corsair DDR2 1066(PC2-8500) is way better than the crucial ballistix same stuff... thats what i wanted when i got hte crucial cause i couldnt find any corsair....just my 2cents
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11. March 2008 @ 18:49 |
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11. March 2008 @ 18:55 |
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I'm fairly sure corsair PC2 8500 dominators is what I'm going to go with. problem is everybody is out of em.
I'm a little concerned about their height depending on which mobo I go with. on the DFI mobo I'm looking at the dram slots set awful close to the cpu socket and a TR ultra 120 extreme w/fan might not clear since the dominators are taller than std memory due to the large heatsinks.
everything should clear (I think) with the asus mobo I'm considering.
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11. March 2008 @ 19:02 |
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11. March 2008 @ 20:26 |
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ballistix OC like the dogs bolocks.
imo they are one of the best, if not the best, when OCing ram.
a couple of mates have their 667Mz running around the 900 mark.
but their falure rate is a bit much, but with the 48hr replacements i think they are superb in CS aswell.
corsair for me are only good with high end stuff. there slower stuff just doesnt OC much.
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11. March 2008 @ 21:15 |
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thanks sam. got some dominators on the way. I'm in no hurry so the free shipping at buy.com was a bonus.
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11. March 2008 @ 21:38 |
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It's a good thing you posted that Mort cause you were gonna get a PM with all caps to BUY that RAM!! lol.
Man if that RAM would have been available when I got my Crucial Tracers I wouldn't have Crucial Tracers!!! hehehe. :P
NICE buy Morty buddy!!!
yeh thanks for the links sammy.... ;)
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11. March 2008 @ 21:58 |
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Yeah I just checked and Crucial 8500 and Corsair 8500 use the SAME CHIPS(Micron D9GMH). They should OC the same as well.
Except for the fact that there is one revision of the Corsair that doesn't use the Micron D9GMH, so lets hope you got lucky and got Micron chips and not the Infineon ones.
EDIT: Seems like the ones from buy.com use the Micron chips. Watch out for PC2-8500C5 Rev 2.1 from Corsair, they use the Infineon chips.
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11. March 2008 @ 22:15 |
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Originally posted by greensman:
Man if that RAM would have been available when I got my Crucial Tracers I wouldn't have Crucial Tracers!!! hehehe. :P
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i agree 100% them ballistix would still be on the shelf at the newegg wharehouse in jersey...lol
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11. March 2008 @ 22:22 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
Yeah I just checked and Crucial 8500 and Corsair 8500 use the SAME CHIPS(Micron D9GMH). They should OC the same as well.
Except for the fact that there is one revision of the Corsair that doesn't use the Micron D9GMH, so lets hope you got lucky and got Micron chips and not the Infineon ones.
EDIT: Seems like the ones from buy.com use the Micron chips. Watch out for PC2-8500C5 Rev 2.1 from Corsair, they use the Infineon chips.
hopefully I'll get the good ones. if not, DDR2 memory right now is one of the least expensive PC components and I can replace it with some munchkins er mushkins or OCZ's
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11. March 2008 @ 22:31 |
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Originally posted by Mort81I can replace it with some munchkins er mushkins or OCZ's[/quote:
follow the yellow brick road
lmao..
so all this building finaly got to ya huh Mort? gotta get in on the fun...so you gonna make this one a screamer and make our good buddy docTY start him a new one premature???lol
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11. March 2008 @ 22:42 |
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Speaking of yellow brick roads...
There?s a yellow brick road
That we follow back home
?cause I know you can?t wait
Your belligerent hate
There?s no place like home
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11. March 2008 @ 22:45 |
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Originally posted by cincyrob:
lmao..
so all this building finaly got to ya huh Mort? gotta get in on the fun...so you gonna make this one a screamer and make our good buddy docTY start him a new one premature???lol
Heck that SOG has had that 830 Stacker begging him to build for a few months!!! lol.
Don't be silly!! docTY (kivory666) can't be goaded into anything. hehehe. Heck he's got a Q6600 sitting in his closet ready for installation in something. lol. I'm sure knowing him he's got an E8400 or E8500 sitting next to it. hehehe. j/k docTY if you read this. :P
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11. March 2008 @ 22:47 |
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Originally posted by cincyrob:
Originally posted by Mort81I can replace it with some munchkins er mushkins or OCZ's[/quote:
follow the yellow brick road
lmao..
so all this building finaly got to ya huh Mort? gotta get in on the fun...so you gonna make this one a screamer and make our good buddy docTY start him a new one premature???lol
rob,
hehe. I really should spend my money in other places but to many dogs in my yard now and they're bigger than me. I was one of the big dogs for quit a while with my E6600 but now I'm having to set on the porch. my rig is still very fast and dependable. if I didn't have this CM stacker 830 evo staring at me, I would probably just stay on the porch. :)
I blame it all on you and the GM. :) I don't even try to keep up with the Doc. his pockets are far deeper than mine.
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