Aerether

You routing Niagara Falls through your machine or something?

my god, that's cheap. 144 dollars after rebate? And I remember back when the OCZ 2-3-2-5 stuff was like 260 x_X

You gain 30 EXP in the Modding profession... Actually it teaches you to be at least a little careful/nervous with components as you're gonna have to reinstall the chipset cooler... which can be nerve-wracking if you're new at it. (I thought i cracked my chipset installing my VC-RE x_x)

no idea, cos i don't have one. i'm actually wondering if people have tried it themselves. heh, i wonder if people who replaced their chipset cooler can have a "DFI edition SI-120" by sticking the old one (with some epoxy) on the base. o_o

an illustration to demonstrate what I talk of: http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7599/trsi1205lw.gif

Has anyone tried sticking RAM sinks or a chopped up heatsink on the base of it to see if it'll help with cooling any? From what I see the airflow definitely reaches over to the base of the SI-120, and more surface area + airflow = joy.

even i dont know that much but 1.65 is a lot. the general consensus for a recommended max is like 1.55 and even that's pushing it. Remember (as some wise soul once said), high temps + low volts = dead cpu low temps + high volts = dead cpu naked core probably wont help if it's dead

First off: My OCing is very limited, 2.6 ghz UNSTABLE at like 1.48 volts. (I'm actually kinda afraid to run it any higher ) I have seen conflicting opinions on this matter. Some say that it's just superstition, and some say that they suddenly got an OCing boost when they ran as little fans as possible off the mobo. My system is in my sig, along with the fact that I've replaced the chipset fan with the Evercool VC-RE and am now running that, along with the Zalman, off the mobo. Nothing else though. Here are temps in case you think that could be affecting me. CPU: Idling at 37-38 Chipset: Idling at 43 PWMIC: Idling at 37 Any help is very much appreciated.

That's freakin amazing. Compared to my 3700+ which can only do like 2400 on stock volts :shake: and can't go any higher, no matter how high I bump volts (to a limit, of course) Have fun with your new FX-57. :shake: :shake:

A-4? <_<

3dm05: 8711 3dm06: 4378 (2081/2020/958) System in sig. OC'd the A64 to 4000+ speeds (2.4 ghz), GTX @ 500/1350 with ZTweaked 8212.

what is an acceptable rate of variance on the 12v rail? MBM5 reports 11.58 on the 12v line.. which is pretty scary, until i calculated that it is a ~3% variance. can that adversely affect my system?

yes, it's better to use the ethernet cause it takes less cpu overhead and it allows the modem itself to do the work. that and they install weird drivers that could potentially conflict with your system.

specs in sig. CPU idles at a constant 37-38 degrees celsius. 200 mhz OC, OK considering it's week 0524XPBW. Chipset idling at 53 degrees right now. mbm5 shows fan RPM at ~4800. and on top of that, my GPU's idling at 57 degrees as well. :/ if it'll help, my case fans: 1x 120mm intake at the front. 1x 80mm intake at the back (air duct for cpu) 1x 80mm exhaust at the top. 1x 120mm blower, exhaust. Cables are tucked behind the drive cage located at the bottom front of my case. (where the 120mm intake is). Suggestions on decreasing temps? (especially the chipset and GPU)

hah, apparently my cpu (CABGE0524XPBW) doesn't like being OC'd. I guess this chunk of postage was a waste then. I guess I'll stay happy at 2.4 ghz, and see when it decides to suddenly fail on me.