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Thank you guys for the suggestions. I will look into each of those receivers. Just out of curiousity, do you guys happen to know of any balancing software that works like the Vista surround balancing application? I'm looking to see if just balancing what I have doesn't do the trick first.

I'm currently working on replacing my Klipsch 2.1 Pro-Media speakers. I have come to a point where I would really like to have 5.1 sound and I recently got the HT Omega Striker 7.1 audio card which happens to have SPDIF out. What I was thinking of doing was getting some sort of receiver that...

eDimensional Audio FX Certainly not the best headphones in the world, but they get the job done and have very strong bass (the force feedback features helps a lot). They are a little rough in the high range but for the most part I have no complaints about them. They are very comfortable and my...

thanks a bunch for the reply. I will definitely run memtest86 first when I get back...I didn't know sticks could actually be incompatible with each other...I always assumed if they were the same speed rating and could run in about the same timings range then they would be fine (eg: they both...

Ok, so I just re-installed windows XP and installed all the updates and what have you, then I installed the FAH SMP client. Did the whole MPI thing and started up the client (no -forceasm flag) and it did all the normal stuff, downloading work units and I put in all the client info. Then it gave...

I was actually at a car show that had that car there and I got to sit in it, GT3 RS is a BEAUTIFUL car! But here is my laptop, Ubuntu Linux running Gnome, XGL and Compiz-fusion along with AWN for the "mac bar", Desktop Drapes which changes my desktop background every 15 minutes and Dark-ICE GDM...

Can anyone confirm that even though the BIOS supports a change in multiplier that the chip does as well? I'm updating my bios (just making sure it's the newest) and then I'm going to try jumping again to see if I can't get a successful boot at something above my current wall.

Thanks for the reply, I am going to try some suggestions I got from a friend of mine and see if I can't get it stable at something above 400mhz. I apparently mis-read the article about the FSB hole and it includes 400mhz as well as around 375-380mhz so I am going to try 401mhz or something or...

I see your point, but I have seen these chips go MUCH further then 400mhz at the FSB and the FSB (I thought) was more or less dependant on the motherboard and not the processor, the processor's default FSB is 200mhz, yes, however, that just means where they set it too to match up with the...

That doesn't make any sense though, I lowered the multiplier so that a 400mhz FSB would only put the chip at 2.8Ghz because the multiplier was set to 7x...why won't it boot at that? That's my real question because all logic says that it should.

Hey guys, I'm overclocking my Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 and so far have gotten it to 3.1Ghz stably. I was just wondering if anyone here has ever used the P5B-Deluxe or the 965 chipset and has any advice for me on how to go about it. Right now the setup is as follows: FSB: 345mhz Mult: 9x RAM...

I tried looking them up on newegg, but I was wondering what RAID setups they are capable of doing. I'm looking to making a 1TB RAID5 array, but I need a card that can do RAID5 (obviously), this would be a great deal if they did that, could you specify what RAID types they can use, all I have...

I loosened it up just to get the speed because I figured I could loosen all the way until I got what I wanted and then I can just tighten it back up once I have what I want. The RAM is at the lowest divider it can go to which is 1:1 unfortunately because it is a P5B which uses an older chipset...

Ok, so, the rig that is in my sig is currently at 3.2Ghz stable at 1.4Vcore...I want it to run faster but I have a catch. I am only running it on DDR2-667 right now because I haven't had the money to order the actual RAM that is in the sig (though it will be there soon). Until then, I would like...

That's a great idea, I'm going to have to give it a try on my P180. It runs so freaking hot it's not even funny. My opteron runs almost 10C cooler with the side panel off than with it on. I need to get a Scythe ninja first though...the Zalman on there now doesn't blow air the correct direction...

I tend to trust TAT, Speedfan and CoreTemp ONLY. All other programs have reported differently than these 3 for my board.

If you don't mind putting in a small fan, the Thermalright XP-120 or XP-90 might also suit your needs. If your limited on space, you may want to abandon the passive idea as passive requires a large heatsink to help disipate the heat, if your cramped on space, a slightly smaller heatsink with a...

Scythe Mini-Ninja?

Scythe Ninja Rev-B...best passive cooler, hands down.

Yup, RAM was still a factor in the OC. I tried upping the VDIMM to it's max of 2.45 and loosened the timings as far it would go without crashing and it's still a no go past 370. The only thing I can think of now is to remove the slower of the two DIMMs and run it that way with just a single...

Ok, I have hit the FSB hole now. The RAM may still be a factor in the limit of 3200mhz, but I'm thinking that if I try what others have said about lowering the multiplier and putting the FSB to 400mhzz may provide me with stability again. The only trick then is to make sure the RAM is happy at...

bkch0 gets the deal, thread done!

I just built a C2D system and I'm currently running it off of a 5GB IDE drive. My P5B only has 1 IDE channel and I already have 2 drives that are my backup drives that will be using it so I need a SATA drive. I'm only looking for about 80GB but if the price is right I won't turn down something...

and now I just set my computer to 350MHz using ClockGen and when I did that the computer couldn't handle it and it shutdown...ok normal...well then I booted back up and it was saying it was set to 1.8GHz...odd...I didn't reset it...Check BIOS...set to 333MHz like I had it...but reading as if it...

Ok, with the new BIOS, 3050 is the highest on stock voltages it will go, but it's 12 hours orthos stable so that's pretty damn good, loading at 61C idle in the sub 50C range. I bumped the Vcore to 1.3500V and I now have it at 3.15 and so far so good, I think if this keeps up I may see 3.2-3.3...

Just found that my board was running BIOS 1101 and the most current is like 12xx so I updated that and the voltage control must be better or something on it because I am able to put it up at 3GHz w/ 1.3Vcore so I'm pretty happy so far with the new BIOS. The bottle neck of this computer now is...

silly me, I just realized I turned off SpeedStep and C1E which would explain why the temps have jumped up...ok, well I still want to know why they aren't more like other people's temps at these speeds that I have seen...not fair.

ok, well, right now it's not at that. It got to that level around I think it was like 2.6GHz or something, now it's only at 355MHz which is still pretty good for cheapo RAM, it's starting to get unstable around 360-370MHz, so something with the bigger divider it has to use is making it less...

System specs as follows: Intel E4300 Cooler Master GeminII w/ 2x Sunon 90CFM fans and Zalman ZM-MFC1 Asus P5B-Deluxe w/ vDroop mod (courtesy of Danny_Discuss) A-Data 512MB DDR2-667 ($25 to hold me over until Team Xtreme Dark DDR2-1066 gets here) 500W Silverston PSU Plans for things to...

I'm looking to extend the life of my 939 rig and eventually turn it into my LAN rig once I get my C2D system finished as my main desktop machine. I have an Opteron 148 in it right now that I usually keep around 2.7Ghz for temperature purposes, but I want to get a dual core for it so that it will...

Coretemp if I remember correctly reads from the core diod as where other programs read from a diod under the chip on the motherboard. Coretemp does exactly what it says it does, give you a temperature at the core which is going to be a good few degrees warmer then say 10mm underneath the processor.

You could probably get away with taking the entire thing off to attach the new HS. I'm not sure about that exact motherboard but usually the mosfets don't really need huge heatsinks. I'm sure that the extra block is conducting mostly heat from the NB through that heat pipe. If you take the whole...

In my experience if your case has a lot of cracks and crevasses such as the P180 that I have does have better positive or equal airflow prevents dust from collecting around all of the cracks in the front of th case.

Very nicely done sir. I can't wait to see the finished product!

that would certainly increase overall airflow through the case, it is actually something I have been considering doing to my own case since I have 3 bays above my CD drive free. Scythe makes a pretty good one if I remember correctly. Another thing you might try is ziptie a fan somewhere near the...

ALWAYS use the latest BIOS unless there is a known issue with it that would hurt the performance of your overclock. What is the temperature of your NorthBridge, that could have something to do with it if it is hitting a wall. The other thing is is that it could just be that it is an Asus...

Thermaltake Ultra-120 Extreme Check out this link that has a review on anandtech about it http://anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2943&p=1wow

@rybeck Yea, your right, I don't think that the SLI version will fit either. It will "fit" but I don't think the cooling benefits would be apparent since it is so close to the other components in your case. The only solution that I can see here is either rotate your CPU hs or find another NB...

In my opinion and experience exhausting the heat from the CPU into the PSU has not done any harm nor do I believe it to do any harm to the PSU. It may adversely effect the amount of exhaust you can take out of the case, but at the same time if you have a rear exhaust fan it should compensate for...

I have to agree with the HR-05. It is the same thing that I am doing with the P5B-delux once I get it. The only thing is that you have to rotate the Ultra-120 so that the fans are horizontal instead of vertical, but if you have an exhaust fan on the top then you shouldn't have any problems and...