Posts by UnexplodedCow

I had a hard enough time getting them to replace a board (about 4 months old at most then) that had a defective SATA controller, as they don't test for that. Their tests, as told to me on the phone, consisted mainly of running 24 hour...

Try using HWmonitor, OCCT, or RealTemp to see if they're able to read anything. Also, I highly doubt GB is going to warranty a board for failing to read temps after a while. If the sensor is bad, why not get a thermistor and display to...

That depends on what you're using, however, I've not noticed any issues or slow speeds with Samsung DVD drives being on AHCI-enabled ports with the Extreme6. I used to have to run them in IDE mode on every AMD system I had.

An update on my OC experience: I too seem to notice a change in things after 4.4 ghz on my board. Settings are the same as above, but CPU is currently running at 44x99.8 (It didn't like a 100.1 Bclock, and I have no way of adjusting to...

I'll chime in here, as I own an Extreme6 now. I shifted over from AMD land, and decided to try something entirely new. Board: Extreme6 Asrock CPU: 2700K RAM: Gskill 2x4GB 1866 CL9 1.5V (9-10-9-28 1T) Boot drive: 128GB C300 PSU: Corsair...

Quote:Originally Posted by pony-tail;15504300 I just ordered ( and have paid a deposit ) 2 x XFX 6870 video cards for my Re-build . First will the top card overheat ( I thought about it after I made the order - The 6870s are dual...

F5 caused RAID arrays to corrupt. F6 definitely should not be used by an X4 chip. It will run...but will be extremely flaky. F3 is the most popular here, and is what my former board is using with a C2 965 chip (the 140 watt model). It...

Hesho, F4 seemed to give some issues with RAM for me. F6 was what I liked with a 1090T on the board. In your case, with an X4, I found F3 to be the best. F5 should be avoided entirely. F2 is pretty buggy, and F1 (release) was horrid.

Interesting, and I hope it works out. As for Blitz jumping ship; I've only bought AMD processors since I started working with computers about 10 years ago, and it's coming down to going SB-E. I'm excited for the change..and planning on a...

Because it's not a Phenom line. The whole architecture of Bulldozer is different, and doesn't really resemble Phenom. Single-core performance goes out the window with BD, and multi-threading improves, but slightly over a Thuban....