Posts by Mfusick

Quote:Originally Posted by cybrsage For the price, I am staying away from the NAS drives. I really do not see any benefit to them over regular drives. +1. I am assuming they will cost a little more and probably have a slower...

To cruise around AVS yes. To run a stress test or benchmark ... No. It seems to run almost stable. I don't crash on normal stuff but it crashes on the Passmark CPU benchmark, and it gets too hot to run a stress test too long. I...

Quote:Originally Posted by StardogChampion Also not going to use cheap PSUs either. I'll foolishly stick to my Seasonics and FSP SFX PSUs. I for sure would not use a cheap unproven PSU for a machine I had to stand behind long term...

Quote:Originally Posted by StardogChampion Nope -- not shipping underclocked/undervolted or otherwise modified CPUs. I'll foolishly stick with what works, thanks. Foolish customers touch things they shouldn't and then it's a...

Quote:Originally Posted by Nevcairiel If the low power CPU is actually more expensive, then i would seriously consider getting a "normal" CPU and just reducing its speed and voltage, that way it'll never reach its 77W. Winner winner...

Perhaps fool was the wrong word.

Quote:Originally Posted by lagittaja What's the fuss with -T SKU's anyway. It's not like it's going to consume considerably less power even on full load. Or be massively cooler. You pay the same or even more for a tad slower...

Quote:Originally Posted by Nevcairiel Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick Wouldn't I run out of bandwidth ? X8 slot ? I'll have 16 HDD's off one card? That is 2400MB/sec. Do you think the performance would drop...

Quote:Originally Posted by Andy_Steb Quote:Originally Posted by...

4400mhz is pretty safe... my temps stay pretty cool and no crashes I wouldn't want to push 4600mhz+ long term without a water cooler or de-lidding. Stress testing 4600mhz hit 96c and I turned it off. It was otherwise stable...