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Good to see someone has done a review: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/09/17/j-w-minix-780g-mini-itx-htpc-motherboard/1 They didn't do any testing with PCIe x16 video cards though. Would have been nice to see how it performs as a tiny workstation/gaming rig, but I'm sure they'd have...

Installed GRID, patched to 1.2, can't get 1680x1050 as a resolution option (native res of my LCD, res of my desktop, res I run every other game on my system at). Max I get is 1280x1024. Tried deleting the profile it creates, tried manually editing the XML files that make up the profile and set...

It's the SuperMicro X7DCA-L Dual LGA771 Xeon motherboard: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5100/X7DCA-L.cfm Yes, that means up to 8 cores and up to 48GB of RAM!

Looks like a company has finally come out with one, the ASUS M3N78-VM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131318 Anyone know if you can adjust the CPU multiplier in the BIOS, so that it'd be simple to overclock Phenom Black Editions?

Hi, I was wondering what the experiences were of the Silverstone SG01 and SG02 users out there who had power supplies with a single 120mm or 140mm fan and didn't use the NT06-Lite (or similar) CPU cooler - did you reverse the direction of your CPU cooler's fan, or did you leave it blowing down...

I've been experiencing a consistent inability to completely power down on my P5K-VM when I've overclocked the CPU (see my sig for my config). Don't recall experiencing it in the first couple of months I owned it. Went from the 0401 BIOS to the 0602 to see if it would fix it, it did not. Every...

On two recently built P5K-VM systems I've discovered the on-board Marvell gigabit ethernet fails to maintain 1000Base-T speeds. Typically after first install of the drivers (off the ASUS driver CD or the latest from the Marvell web site, v10.22.7.3) it will negotiate and maintain 1000Base-T...

So far, since replacing my (defective) X-Fi, I've been mostly happy with my HT Omega Claro (which has an Oxygen HD audio chip). Sound quality is great, the drivers are fairly lean and are updated fairly often (Rev. 5.12.01 came out Aug 29), and their interface isn't bad. Most games I've...

I'm about to give up on Creative Labs. I got tired of waiting for them to solve their EAX driver problems with the Audigy series in 64-bit with more than 4GB of RAM, and got an X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty, which has been an even worse experience for me (see my recent post "X-Fi and ha20x2k.sys...

Anyone have any trouble getting their X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty to work in Windows XP Pro x64? I've got the system listed in my signature, and if the X-Fi is installed and the drivers active, my computer will blue screen just sitting on the desktop, take 10-15 minutes to boot and shut down...

The Chenbro ES34069: http://usa.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_detail.php?serno=97 It would go well with a M-ITX board that has four on-board SATA ports, like the IEI KINO-690S1 AMD Turion 64 Mini-ITX Mainboard: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/kino_690s1 Looks like a good way...

Has anyone here tried it out, now that it's released? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102016

I was wondering if anyone had any opinions/experiences on the Thermaltake Lanbox Lite? I wasn't a fan of the aesthetics of the other Lanbox cases, don't like the thermal design of the Silverstone Sugos, don't like the thermals or the proprietary power supply of the Aria/NSK1300, don't like...

I bought a $400 video card from an online retailer (who I won't mention) and it had rainbow artifacting in 2D and 3D out of the box, on two different systems, one with a 570W power supply, the other with a 600W, and neither system had any problems running their original cards so clearly it was a...

Just saw this review, and though it's expensive, I really respect the case design: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/gt3/ It's one of the most compact ATX cases I've seen, and pretty stylish as well (I would have preferred a nice aluminum front to the faux carbon fiber, but it's not...

Case study: 4 Super Talent T6UB1GC5 (1.8V CAS 5 667Mhz) sticks in an MSI P6N SLI Platinum motherboard Problem: 1 bad stick, all errors masked when run at 1.85V with three other good sticks Symptom: entire system runs slowly with 1 bad stick and 3 good ones at 1.85V even though there are...

Last year I did over $117,000 of business with Newegg for my day job, and generally I've been happy with them. I've also been using Newegg for home purchases, and during a recent computer build a 4GB set (two 2GB modules) of G.Skill memory I bought ended up being incompatible with my MSI P6N...

I put together a new computer this week from the following parts that I know work great: AMS 480W power supply EVGA 7900GTO 512MB video card Creative Audigy 2ZS sound card Intel Pro 1000 PT PCI-E gigabit ethernet WD 74GB Raptor SATA drive Seagate 250GB SATA drive Lite-On DVD+-RW DL...

Hey, has anyone done any game benchmarks on the Intel 5000 series chipset server motherboards with two quad-core Xeons (like the Intel Clovertown)? It would be interesting to see how games like Supreme Commander that can take advantage of multiple cores perform on 8 CPUs.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with four sticks of DDR2 800Mhz rated memory in a Core 2 Duo system and whether or not they were forced to run the memory at 667Mhz even when overclocking? The reason I ask is that at least with Opterons in socket 939, I've been able to run...

First off, I don't care about SLI, I just care about long-term reliability, stability, overclockability (using air), and 64-bit compatibility (I run a minimum of 4GB RAM in my machines, and will probably be moving to 8GB in the next year). The CPU I'll probably start with is the E4300...

So I think the lack of any northbridge voltage control is holding back my Opteron 175 in a Biostar TForce 6100-939 v1.1 with the CU51M811 BIOS, since I can't get it stable over 2.5Ghz. I'm thinking of getting the ABIT KN8-SLI, which seems to be well-regarded as an overclocker and from what...

I'm running a TForce 6100-939 v1.1 with the CU51M811 BIOS, and I recently upgraded from an Opteron 165 to an Opteron 175 with hopes of going higher than 2.5Ghz (I was totally stable at 278Mhz bus with the Opteron 165, even with four 1GB sticks of RAM). Sadly, I have been unable to get the...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of any sources in the US where I could purchase the Commell CMB-672 case, but without a motherboard? http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/IPC/CMB-672.HTM That page seems to indicate I can only get the case with the motherboard, but I already have a Commell...

This is an interesting case: http://partner.aopen.com/enewspic/products/S120/ Can't really use it for gaming - even if it supported a PCIe expansion slot (looks like it just supports PCI), most video cards are too long and the case would have to be deeper and more rectangular to support...

So last night I finished putting together my system based on a Commell LV-677: http://www.commell.com.tw/product/SBC/LV-677.HTM The smallest case that fits that and a 7900GT is the Antec NSK1300: http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=91300 I've got a T5600 Merom...

Hi, I have a Commell LV-677 motherboard and I need to find a case that is small but can also fit my 7900GT. (I thought a Morex Venus 668B could, but it can't because the internal frame gets in the way.) I was in Microcenter last night and from looking inside the SFF systems there it appears...

So I picked up a Commell LV-677 motherboard, a Core 2 Duo processor, and a Morex Venus 668B Case only to find out that the internal case frame totally interferes with the ability to use a standard size video card in the inner slot (and the LV-677 only has one slot in the inner position, so I...

I was a big fan of the NeXT Cube when it debuted back in 1989. The ideal of a computer a little bit bigger than a foot on each side with three 12" x 12" expansion slots was, I thought, a great design. Years ago I contemplated getting a Yeong Yang YY-0221 cube case, but it was just too big for...