Getting ready to go for the MSI P6N Platinum board to replace my aging Epox, but wanted to wait a month or so to see what price the E8400 settles down to. There is currently a $20 rebate on the board that expires on 01/31, but I don't want to get the board now and let it sit in the box for a...
Thanks bwanaaa.. I can't give up one of my IDE slots since I have 4 IDE devices so I think I will wait on the HD3850 until I get a new board in a few months. I can't believe I will actually be putting together my first ever Intel build with an E8400 after AMD has been so good to me over the years!
Man I'm confused - bozcak says runs an 8800gt on this board and I googled and that one is 9" long. bwanaaa says the 8800gts and 7800gtx are too long and they also show as 9" long. Anyone know for sure what the max length is w/out running into the IDE cable?
Still running this board well after 2 years but looking to upgrade my old 6600gt video card to a new HD3850 one. The card specs say it's 9 inches long, has anyone put one in this board and if so did it run into the IDE cable that's mounted at the end of the board? I took a quick measurement...
I can't tell from reading your post if you are running your memory at 250 or 200? Did you simply set your CPU Frequency to 250 and then set your Memory Frequency to 200 to achieve this? If so, did you change the HT Frequency to 4 or leave it on auto? What CPU are you running and did you also...
When you run 4 slots of memory it changes the Command Rate to 2T (from 1T with 2) which could explain why your 3DMark is slower. You should also check your memory timings because they might have changed when you added the new sticks. If you are using the AUTO setting it will use the SPD values...
Sounds like you did this but just to throw it out there, did you test both sticks by themselves to see if one of the two was causing the problem? Also, just a shot but what Bios version are you running? I remember reading in the big 9NPA thread that there was one version that some people were...
Have you tried running Memtest first to see if you are stable outside of Windows? That would be the first thing I would check to take Windows out of the equation.
BTW - the Prime95 torture test doesn't test all of your memory, there is a limit on the amount of memory it can allocate (check...
I like the forums over at guru3d.com for graphics cards. I always take a look what everyone has to say about the latest Nvidia drivers before I take the plunge!
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