Posts by HMBR

with the exception of the TDP, the 6350 looks an awesome CPU for $140, 3.9-4.2GHz PD with 3 modules is much nicer than the Intel options in terms of performance for the money (i3)... Intel needs some "K" i3s at this price, or maybe some...

Quote:Originally Posted by PontiacGTX Pair of Intel Xeon X3220 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-of-Intel-Xeon-X3220-2-4-GHz-8M-1066MHZ-Quad-Core-LGA775-CPU-SL9UP-/130882951393?pt=CPUs&hash=item1e793b58e1 X3220 is lga 775, so there is...

Quote:Originally Posted by EastCoast Let's not delude ourselves here. This piece of opinion is a prime example of preference not proof of concept. A similar opinion was easily mentioned when the 480 was released. When looking at...

Quote:Originally Posted by maximus56 Better late than never. I agree with you on price, but the same can be said about Titan's pricing, no matter how we justify it. Titan have twice the usable memory, and it's clearly the fastest...

Quote:Originally Posted by Imprezzion Good idea to start a motherboard compatability list. I'll see what secondhand boards i can dig up. There's a cheap P5QL/EPU on my local internet marketplace but it's P43 and has very limited...

Quote:Originally Posted by Imprezzion I don't suppose there's a list of boards that support this trick / support Xeons? I'm looking to build a cheap backup rig / media center and this whole idea got my mod vibe back on and I am...

I bought one cheap e5420 from ebay to try this mod (it's going to replace an e2140 lol), but I will use this method from the xs thread my main concern is how I'm going to cut the plastic thing from the socket, but I guess I will...

Quote:Originally Posted by ASUSfreak My god, I'm amazed how many still use XP??? And lot's of them has DX11 cards... (XP only goes Dx9) it's a shame OpenGL became so irrelevant on the PC gaming world, you can run the DX11 features...

you don't need the updates just for basic usage, even Windows 98 can still be used, if you want....

Quote:Originally Posted by Ha-Nocri AMD just need to sync their GPU's in CF me think. IT is purely driver issue so I am not sure why it takes them so long. But ofc, I don't know what is involved in making drivers AMD obviously...