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ah yes, hadn't thought of that! cheers :) any idea on the "CPU" temp in speedfan? is speedfan just not quite reading the P9x79 right?

yet another weird one, SpeedFan now thinks the CPU is idiling at 50deg, but the 6 cores are showing less than 30deg each ???

ooh, just remembered CPU_z can't get the SPD for DIMM 6, 7 or 8, does that mean all 3 are faulty or that 6 is faulty and CPU_z gives up?

yea, sorry for posting in the wrong place, realised and moved it as best i could! I wanted to confirm it was faulty ram as best i could before i tried to fault find on 8 memory modules, however like you say i might as well do it a kit of 4 at a time as i'd have to RMA the whole kit anyway...

I have just got the above board and i just seem to have issue after issue!: Booting UEFI, didn't realise i had to use my DvD drive with the UEFI option for windows 7 to install properly, using the standard option of "B4" or whatever SATA port caused corruption, Installing the ASUS AI...

oops, wrong general form, sorry!

i was hoping to have upgrade room in 1-2 years, as sandybridge is a new(ish)socket? would i be better off with a z68 if i'm planning to do that?

£35.99 Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case £68.98 XFX Pro 650W Core Edition £79.39 Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 Socket 1155 ATX Mobo £91.99 Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz Socket 1155 £227.99 MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 £32.99 G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600mhz Ripjaws Memory Kit CL9 £33.98 Samsung...

thanks for the awesome advice as always guys, much appreciated (sweet deal on the 6950!) - i talked to my two mates who were looking and they both want to upgrade down the line so i went for: £33.98 Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case (+ case fans) £64.10 XFX Pro 650W Core Edition PSU £99.10...

Casecom 6788 Black Mid Tower Case Akasa Venom cooler OCZ Stealth Xstream II 600W PSU Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 AMD 770 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Sapphire HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600mhz Ripjaws Memory Kit CL9 Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB any glaring fails...

whats wrong with it apart from the ovbious sharp edge issues? (i accept those as a risk, i've had a lot of £10 cases)

With cases I prefer the psu at the bottom and vent in the top style. Psu wise I want to leave head room for a 5850/5970 type of gfx card if a new game comes out in a year and the 5770 doesn't cut it, £10-20 more now on a psu leaves room for that?

Hi, i've specced up the following with a bit of help and was hoping you could let me know your thoughts :) £70 - Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 AMD 770 Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £132- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor...

sorry, the point was; do the more expensive components make much difference? or am i just wasting £100 ish for limited gain in the performance areas i want,

after a fair bit of discussion here i settled on the i5 build below, however its a fair bit over budget, where the phenom i've just specced up isn't, suggestions on the below would be great :) thanks, Processor £143.03 3.66 Ghz @ Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield)...

workstation for calculation and multi tasking with databases and stuff i did look at the i3s but HT doesn't compare to 4 cores imo edit: oops, got in a muddle there :P meant i5 basically standard wrkstation without the insane rendering graphics

how's this look for a super workstation? :) (not graphics intensive use) Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM* 2x Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L P55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard ASUS HD 4670...

i guess it would be more than capable? (people always suggest i overspend on brand name PSUs ^^) Maximum Digital Resolution 2560x1600 Maximum VGA Resolution 2048x1536 i dont think they add together, i.e. it could run 4000+ wide with 2 crazy screens? (i have no objections to a secondary...

Gigabyte HD 4650 OC 1GB GDDR2 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card OCZ Stealth Xtream 500W PSU - 1x PCI-E 6/8pin, 2x SATA 12cm Fan think i'm gonna go for those two, any comments?

how would Sapphire HD 4550 512MB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card including Low Profile bracket for £37 cope? i guess windows 7 and 2 screens can be demanding