Those Xigmateks performed good due to the unfair methodology. That CPU's low TDP doesn't cause any problems to any CPU cooler. And comparing them with True at low rpm?! What?! Everyone knows that True's arhitecture is designed to perform good at high rpm (lower fin distance). Compare them again wit...

I didn't read the whole thread, but I can't believe that your problem is bottlenecked by network speed. Did you check if the problem is a driver and/or codec problem? Does the video play smoothly locally on the target machine?

PM sent for the video card.

You'll be hard pressed to find a good cooler for older cards like the X800. Seriously the Accelero S2 is likely your best choice. It is cheap and has incredible passive performance. Since your PSU is directly above the card, I'm guessing that the S2 is too tall for your case? If that's true then you...

I'm very happy that ATI (unlike nVidia with the new GT300 parts) will be making a smaller chip on a smaller process. My WAG is that the GT300 will run hot. Yeah at first I was also very disappointed with the GT300. But if you read later on in the Anandtech article, the actual physical die size is a...

Intel's Lynnfield (Core i5 and some models of Core i7) has just been released, so many people are not yet familiar with it. I don't know how it stacks price-wise compared to AMD's chips, but it is Intel's performance value king right now. If you want to maximize your performance per dollar (or pound...

electrodacus, how is your inventory for this PSU looking like? I ask because in light of my recent motherboard troubles, I might want to grab a PSU + power brick set from you. However, I also want to make sure I've ruled out all other possibilities first, so it might be a while before I make an orde...

But strongly feel it has to be a limitation on the +12V. The way to prove this would be use your spare PSU to provide +12V to the 4-pin mobo socket with the Pico in the 20-pin mobo. Hang an old HDD off the old PSU (to provide some load) then jump start the old PSU with a paper clip. Then try start ...

Can you test this system with a different power supply? Yes I have. Using a different PSU I've gotten this exactly motherboard/cpu/ram combination to boot. I was able to enter BIOS and change settings around. That's how I know there is no voltage adjustment. Have you reset the BIOS settings with th...

What speed is your ram?

Yes this has me quite stumped. No I don't have access to a multimeter or anything like that. There's no voltage options in the BIOS. Only FSB. I should also add that I've tried the same cpu/PSU combo in an Asus P5PE-VM (Google Cache link) with GSkill DDR400 ram that booted up fine. Maybe it is the a...

I'm a bit stumped, so I was hoping some of the more knowledgeable electricians here could help me out. I have been running this system for the past year with zero problems. Recently, I had the opportunity to upgrade to an Intel Pentium e2140. This processor used to be in my HTPC, and I measured its ...

Turbulence has been rightly said to be the enemy of the engineer. The Scythe engineers definitely know their Physics. By blowing air onto the graphics card you would be causing more turbulence than flow. By blowing it away from the card, Scythe guys are creating real flow, both in front of the fan ...

The ps3 slim has fewer games not including Halo 3. Oh please. You have to be blind to still be thinking this. The main advantage for the xbox 360 now is the much better online experience (for American FPS games at least). Price-wise both consoles are about the same, and their game libraries are nea...

You're paying a price premium by going the mini-ITX form factor. Generally, for the same features a micro-ATX board will be cheaper. It's up to you to decide whether the extra size reduction is worth the extra cost to you. I personally would try to go micro-atx, since the price difference is pretty ...

100 mbit is fast enough to stream even 1080p. I do it all the time. If you have any bottleneck it'll be either the NAS unit or the decoding PC. It won't be the connection.

either: Dad goes to sleep earlier or: Computer is not in the bedroom Assuming anything else works is just silly. Even if you get the computer quieted, the input devices (and your dad) still make noise and the screen lights up the room. This is the real solution to the problem. No matter how quiet t...

Well, just because it is good to have thorough testing, doesn't require EVERY site to comprehesively test every ability of the chip. This particular cpu had so much press coverage going into its launch that I'm sure there is more than enough coverage for you to do cross-site performance comparisons....

Another thought just occured to me. There's plenty of other quality sites reviewing this chip, do we really need SPCR to do a comprehensive test of its abilities?

Clock-for-clock comparisons usually aren't very interesting, since architectural differences mean you'll get different real-world performance per-clock from different CPUs. Ofcourse, Bloomfield and Lynnfield have pretty much the same architecture, but the biggest difference between them is arguably...

I think it should work. In fact, nearly all of Thermalright's recent cpu heatsinks have used the same base. And on that note, anyone feel that it's starting to get ridiculous how they are recycling the same heatsink over and over again by slapping on a new name and price tag? They've got like EIGHT ...

Strange thing - might coretemp/realtemp be inaccurate? I dlded speedfan, and it says 35C idle, but the other 2 says ~48-49...and speedfan reports ~78-79 load with prime95, but the other two says ~98-99... EDIT: Everest Ultimate says 33, but HWmonitor also says 49...what's going on here!!! REGARDLES...

Haven't read the entire thread, but at glance I can see a lot of argument over why turbo wasn't enabled. To give a different perspective, I don't understand why enabling it is so important. Lawrence wrote that SPCR was trying to give an accurate clock-for-clock comparison against other cpus. To me t...

I meant you should do a google search. I remember some discussion about realtemp/coretemp not reporting the temperatures of Penryn accurately. I have no idea whether this problem was fixed and/or carries over to Nehalem. I was just pointing out that your abnormally high temps may be from the softwar...

Did you check that link in the first reply to this thread? It's even got pictures! Just apply your paste exactly as it looks in the pictures and you should be set. I'd also review the heatsink installation instructions to make sure you actually mount your heatsink properly. Adding too much paste cou...

If you're that paranoid about temperatures then spring for the S1. That should definitely be enough to cool your card "passively". I use quotes because I firmly believe that even with the Accelero(s), you should make sure air is flowing over the fins at least. It doesn't need a fan strapped to it, b...

I think you installed your heatsink incorrectly. When it comes to building computers you really should look into what the thermal limits of your hardware is before doing testing. Otherwise you might end up damaging something. If those temps are real they are alarmingly high. You might be damaging so...

I have the zotac board one level below that NF630I-F-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 Mini ITX WIFI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500020 System info: NF630I-F-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 Mini ITX WIFI 2 gigs (1x2) Crucial DDR2-667 e5300 WD 640 gig Blue Sata HD Leftover LG ...

Does it matter what orientation (vertical or horiz) I put it in? Also, how do I put on the fan? Those little rubber knobs... Also, where should the fan be placed, on which side? I have a Antec P182. And do you have to install the mobo back plate? I didn't know it had one, and this would mean redoin...

How much are you willing to spend? The arctic colling accelero S2 is likely the best passive heatsink you can buy for older and lower-end graphics cards.

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