Posts by Frewen

Niiice - I was considering getting an Acer Aspire with the SU4100, but I think I'll hang on for some reviews.

I'm pretty sure it's not the ambient temps, if anything they've gone up a bit since I installed the new fan as summer's finally arrived! I suppose the Prime temps might be slightly lower than normal as it was taken at 1am though...

If you don't have cash for two rigs, I'd definitely hang on until 2011, if you can. Then when all the reviews come out you can make a judgment on the best choice for you...

Excellent - Fable II being on XBox only made me sad :/

Finally got my mutts on an i7 as they were cheap a few weeks back - all seemed fine as I was getting ~73 degrees C at load, until I changed the fan from a Noctua NF-P12 to an Akasa Apache. I switched the old fan for the stock CM back...

I'd also recommend using CCleaner to get rid of any temp/old files and to check the registry.

^Hmmm well I'm glad I haven't, because I got a brand-new GPU and fitted it into the PC - still no monitor signal. I'll try taking the CMOS battery out overnight to see whether that helps, but I've got a horrible suspicion that my rig's...

- Got an LG Flatron, when it's not plugged into the GPU it says 'No signal found' but then I plug it in and turn the PC on it says 'Power saving mode' and the blue power light turns orange. - I've customised the GPU by putting a custom...

Ok quick update - got a new PSU but when I boot up there's no monitor signal. After this I did a few things to test my rig: - Checked the CPU, no outward sign of damage, but I didn't try to take the heatspreader off. Then reseated and...

Sorry for the double post, but I'm glad both of you got me to check the PSU first, because it didn't pass the paperclip test! (Repped after initial posts) Kind of strange how the mobo's fine (double-checked the board just now -...