Search results

Err how exactly do you figure the Q6600 is faster than the E8400, apart from with these (currently very very limited) certain apps?

I hope you flashed both bioses to the F13o? I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 Rev 1.0 running the equivalent beta bios (F11f) with my E8400, and although from cold boot it seems to do a restart or two before kicking off the bios properly, it seems to retain the ovcerlock settings and always works...

True, but bootcamp takes care of that.

Got a client who is really into his Flight Sims, who unfortunately has been getting his hardware advice from elsewhere... So, despite having 3 20" monitors with two 8800GTX's in SLI he still has a 430W PSU :eek:, which i'm almost certain is causing the majority of his crashes. Normally i'd...

no problem with the DS4 and Ninja :)

Well i can guarantee mine has been completely silent and never above ambient temperature so far! Look at my signature and see if you can figure out why :p Anyway i have replaced my fans with the dustproof's and a ZM-F1, so i'm hoping this combo will yield decent enough results.. i don't...

And right there you've made me realise i can wait and put the not insignificant £150 saving towards my Merom laptop upgrade in a few months.. phew.

Kinda hard to say that the 6600 is a better overclocker when no-one has a retail one yet. But yeah i do feel slightly mad upgrading my order. Still my reasoning is i've already got all the other gear for my upgrade here, and if a better motherboard or something were to come out while i still...

i'm really not loving these distributors at the moment.. thanks for the heads up Gibbo, think i'll take the plunge and upgrade to the 6700.

hmmm this one has me tempted... EDIT: although they are only £10 cheaper than the Retail while the OEM 6300's are £15 cheaper than their retail equivalents... how come?

i almost ordered a celeron a minute ago... then i remembered i'd have to take the motherboard out of the case again just to install the conroe + scythe ninja in hopefully 7-10 days. Can't be bothered with that plus a £40 loss.

I recieved mine on Friday - still the old version i'm afraid.

I should feel relieved that i don't need to keep checking my email for a shipment confirmation for a while now, but it seems i will now have to keep my eyes on the Core2Duo page in case the OEM 6600's go up there for preorder, then i'll order one of those and just cancel the Retail one if these...

Haha, glad to know i wasn't the only one checking the prices again.. £530 just to get it now rather than in a few weeks is a little much even with the rest of my bits sitting on a desk taunting me.

Ok, this is rather disappointing, seems strange that you would have been given a date previously if this was a paper launch all along though. With regards to the statement Does this mean there is chance of getting OEM 6600's in stock then?

TBH i'm yet to see any serious overclockers having a good hammering at the DS4, but the DS3 has been doing very well, so it should stand to reason that the DS4 with its extra heatsinks should do as well if not better as its little brother.

Still got the old "Your order has been sent to our warehouse but not yet printed. If your order remains in this state for several hours there may be an out of stock item delaying your orders progress." Though i haven't called them yet, tbh i think the status on that page gets updated at...

Well well, that is interesting.. if thats the case i would expect most 6600 preorders to get a shipping confirmation email in the next hour or two.

yeah i have the board and all my other bits and pieces which arrived on Friday.. just waiting on the Conroe now. Annoyingly as my old system doesn't have a PCI-E slot i can't get on with things and make sure the X1900XT is working fine to put the VF900 on it. Oh well, hopefully we'll see...

disappointing, still they'll most likely have it fixed by the time i have a Conroe to put in it. :rolleyes: