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After being mostly disappointed with Black Friday/Cyber Monday storage deals, I just found this...

I've seen the benchmarks of multi-gpu setups with core i7- I was surprised to see it scale so well when the reviews first came out, compared to C2D/C2Q. I've been wanting to try a multi-gpu setup again for a while, and figured that if I were to do that, it may be a good idea to switch over to a...

I've been excited for the 4870x2 for a while (finances kept me from jumping on it immediately,) but as more people have bought them and I've read more user reviews, I've been noticing a disturbing trend. A lot of people seem to be experiencing flickering while gaming, and/or rolling bars of...

Good morning everyone, I set up Vista 64-bit on a new drive (dual-booting with XP) on my main gaming pc last night. After it installed, it automatically downloaded drivers for my 8800gtx- however, these were old drivers. I uninstalled them through the control panel, booted into safe mode, and...

I recently came across some information regarding a beta bios that allows the use of 45nm processors on this motherboard. I've been running this board for a little over a year now along with a mediocre-clocking e6600 @ 3.3ghz. This beta bios perked my interest immediately because of the good...

I'm still using a AB9 QuadGT, which uses a PCI-Express 1.1 interface. Will that provide enough bandwidth for a 4870x2, or will it be crippled by it? I'd like to upgrade my 8800gtx, but I'm not looking to upgrade my motherboard at this time (still does everything I want it to.) My gut...

Well, it seems like it's that time of year again...time for those who are obsessed with upgrading and tweaking their pc to do a bit of re-building (namely, me :D) Nearly a year ago I posted up a project log for the creation of three of my current pc's, which can be found here...

Like many others I'm sure, I'm going to be building a Conroe rig once the April 22nd price drops hit. The interesting thing I've been watching though lately is the ram prices- boy have they dropped! In particular, I was linked to these Super Talent ram sticks...

I just installed an Asus CF master card into my main gaming rig last night to go along with my existing x1900xt. The problem I am having is that I see faint horizontal bars of lighter and darker tone that flicker or roll up and down my screen. They almost look like the sort of...

Ok, so I just installed my cf master card today. I had been using ATI tray tools with my single x1900xt to monitor FPS and gpu temp in games, as well as gpu temp in the start bar. However, it doesn't display temps for both of my cards, it only seems to display the temp for my master card. I...

I have this psu- http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=160&products_id=3864 It is rated at 38A on the 12v rail, peak of 45A, and 560w. I had originally bought it with the intention of running a 7900gtx and later 7900gtx SLI, but due to a faulty card, I...

I had bought a 7900gtx in May, and I was unfortunately one of those people who got one of the infamous faulty 7900 series cards. Fast forwards to now- I'm helping a friend order parts for a new pc, and I'm wondering if I should suggest a 7900gt/gto as an option for him. So, how are the 7900's...

Hi there everyone, I had been working on finding the max OC on my Opteron 165 yesterday (between barbequing and playing with fireworks :D ) I'm using an Abit AT8 32X motherboard, 2x1gb of G.Skill PC4000, and a Silverstone Zeus 560w. The CPU was SP 32M stable at 9x287 @ 1.4v, but would fail...

I finally completed my new build using an AT8 32X, and so far its definitely nice :) A day ago, after determining that it was stable at stock, I started to test the overclockability of my new rig (I'm also using a opteron 165, 2x1gb of G.Skill PC4000, and a Silverstone Zeus 560W.) This is my...

I've had an ongoing work log going on ocforums, now that I'm finally making some good progress, I decided to post it here as well :D Despite the major stumbling blocks I ran into, its going very well now. Anyways, here's how it started: From there, I started to get my parts in. So far...

I have a last minute question before I buy a x1900xt(x) and dump my SLI board. I recently built a computer using a 7900GTX, which was defective- it had the same symptoms that many other people experienced, blue screening, freezing/artifacting in the Deep Freeze test, and flashing screen. I...

Well, looks like I just ran into a MAJOR stumbling block with my new build. First of all, a quick rundown of my components- Opty 165, MSI K8N Diamond Plus, 2gb G.Skill pc4000, Silverstone Zeus 560w, and finally, an XFX Geforce 7900gtx factory overclocked to 665mhz core (from 650,) and 1.63ghz...

Ok folks, here is my dilemma. I'm going to be building a new pc soon. I alraedy have the processor on hand, an Opty 165. My plan for a while now was to get a SLI-capable motherboard and a 7800gtx (256 version.) I would run it single-card for now, and hopefully add on another 7800gtx later in...

as the title says. I know this board has a reputation for being a so-so overclocker. Still, I'd like to see some real numbers from people who actually own this board. Thanks!

I'm trying to decide between these two sets of DDR from G.Skill: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231032 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021 Basically what I"m trying to decide between is tight timings (2-3-2-5) at PC3200 or loose...

Title says it all. I am most likely going to be getting an Opteron 165 for my next rig, but I'm still just slightly iffy on its default low clockspeed. I know most of them seem to clock high, but lets look at this from a pessimist's viewpoint and assume I get a bum chip that won't clock for...

I'm hoping to build a new rig soon, and I've been nailing down what I want. Since the start I've been including SLI as a "must have," which pretty much has me planning to go AMD this time. However, I"m still a bit hesistant to make the change from Intel, but that isn't the point of this...

This is basically the distillation of a similar thread I posted a week or so back at OCforums. I have my choices narrowed down to these two boards, and am attempting to choose between them. I'm hoping I may be able to get some extra feedback here from a different group of people :) I've read...