Hardware opinion
Hey guys First of all, sorry about my previous post about the win xp prof cd key. It won't happen again, i didn't know it wasn't allowed. Anyway, i have quite a few questions and i hope you guys can answer all or most of them.
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Hey guys
First of all, sorry about my previous post about the win xp prof cd key.
It won't happen again, i didn't know it wasn't allowed.
Anyway, i have quite a few questions and i hope you guys can answer
all or most of them. Here goes
First, I would like to ask about ram. I'm choosing between two types
but can't quite figure out what to do. On the site, www.ocsystem.com
they hare 2 types of ram, first one is 2100 ddr 512mb for 123 dollars.
And the second is ddr 400 3200 512mb for 117 dollars. Why is this so?
the only differences i see, is that the 2100 has 5222 timings, and the
ddr 400 has 3622 timings, and the ddr 400 even comes with a copper
heat spreader already. So i'd like to know, would it be wise to buy the ddr 400 and then buy a barton 3200 that runs at 400 later on? I'm running an nforce 2 asus a7n8x, so i would use dual channel.
Second, i'd like to ask what i should put in my asus board bios settings.
Things like ram sync and voltages and such.
Third, should i get a volcano 11? i'm running a volcano 7+ but if i put my athlon 1800 at normal 133mhz, then it will run at 68 degrees. I did put the highest setting in my volcano, so now i'm running at 1144 mhz, with 100mhz, and put the voltage down and the ram voltage to 2.6 instead of 2.8, and i run at 45-50 degrees.
Fourth, my speakers, the 6.1 creative inspire, sometimes make a weird sound every so often when there is no music playing, it's like a nasty sound. I"m running an audigy 2 and i can't figure out what the problem is.
Fifth, is the viewsonic p95f+ the best 19 crt?
Sixth, should i upgrade my dual optical to a mx500, is it worth it?
Seventh, what's the best dvd drive? cuz my asus 16x is screwing up, it takes really long to load a disc, and makes noise too.
Eighth, can i use asus update to update my bios? cuz in the manuals it always says to do it through dos, but this program just lets me do it in windows, is it just as safe? whats the difference?
Ninth, is the difference between 48x asus, and 52x asus big?
ok i think thats about it, i know it's really long, but these have been things i wanted to know a long time, it would be great if anyone could tell me.
Thanks
Yngwie II
First of all, sorry about my previous post about the win xp prof cd key.
It won't happen again, i didn't know it wasn't allowed.
Anyway, i have quite a few questions and i hope you guys can answer
all or most of them. Here goes
First, I would like to ask about ram. I'm choosing between two types
but can't quite figure out what to do. On the site, www.ocsystem.com
they hare 2 types of ram, first one is 2100 ddr 512mb for 123 dollars.
And the second is ddr 400 3200 512mb for 117 dollars. Why is this so?
the only differences i see, is that the 2100 has 5222 timings, and the
ddr 400 has 3622 timings, and the ddr 400 even comes with a copper
heat spreader already. So i'd like to know, would it be wise to buy the ddr 400 and then buy a barton 3200 that runs at 400 later on? I'm running an nforce 2 asus a7n8x, so i would use dual channel.
Second, i'd like to ask what i should put in my asus board bios settings.
Things like ram sync and voltages and such.
Third, should i get a volcano 11? i'm running a volcano 7+ but if i put my athlon 1800 at normal 133mhz, then it will run at 68 degrees. I did put the highest setting in my volcano, so now i'm running at 1144 mhz, with 100mhz, and put the voltage down and the ram voltage to 2.6 instead of 2.8, and i run at 45-50 degrees.
Fourth, my speakers, the 6.1 creative inspire, sometimes make a weird sound every so often when there is no music playing, it's like a nasty sound. I"m running an audigy 2 and i can't figure out what the problem is.
Fifth, is the viewsonic p95f+ the best 19 crt?
Sixth, should i upgrade my dual optical to a mx500, is it worth it?
Seventh, what's the best dvd drive? cuz my asus 16x is screwing up, it takes really long to load a disc, and makes noise too.
Eighth, can i use asus update to update my bios? cuz in the manuals it always says to do it through dos, but this program just lets me do it in windows, is it just as safe? whats the difference?
Ninth, is the difference between 48x asus, and 52x asus big?
ok i think thats about it, i know it's really long, but these have been things i wanted to know a long time, it would be great if anyone could tell me.
Thanks
Yngwie II
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just read through it again and i might be able to answer some of ur questions...
The reasone might be that the ddr 400 could be on a speacial offer and if its that price then I would go for that one.
one of the best dvd drives to get is the Pioneer 106s... I have one and its performance is flawless. read the review below
www.8ballshardware.com/articles/pioneer106s/page1.cfm
I have an MSI mobo and recently have upgraded the bios through the software that was supplied (LiveUpdate) and had no problems wot so ever.
I have also, in the past, done it through dos and again had no problems... maybe i am one of the lucky ones but i would seriously consider doing any bios upgrad before flashing it.
I would say that the asus 52X is not worth going for if u got the 48X already... however if u havent got one then its totaly up to u.
I had a 40X Plexwriter and sold it to a m8 to get a Yamaha CDRW-F1 44X and I realy cannot tell any speed difference at all. Anything over 40 speed is a waste as theres hardly any performance difference in it and also there is the disc shattering problem that can occur at anything over 40X burning... its a rare thing but it CAN happen.
The reasone might be that the ddr 400 could be on a speacial offer and if its that price then I would go for that one.
one of the best dvd drives to get is the Pioneer 106s... I have one and its performance is flawless. read the review below
www.8ballshardware.com/articles/pioneer106s/page1.cfm
I have an MSI mobo and recently have upgraded the bios through the software that was supplied (LiveUpdate) and had no problems wot so ever.
I have also, in the past, done it through dos and again had no problems... maybe i am one of the lucky ones but i would seriously consider doing any bios upgrad before flashing it.
I would say that the asus 52X is not worth going for if u got the 48X already... however if u havent got one then its totaly up to u.
I had a 40X Plexwriter and sold it to a m8 to get a Yamaha CDRW-F1 44X and I realy cannot tell any speed difference at all. Anything over 40 speed is a waste as theres hardly any performance difference in it and also there is the disc shattering problem that can occur at anything over 40X burning... its a rare thing but it CAN happen.
YngwieII, Re: DDR 400
I'm suprised to see DDR in the same price range as the 2100 as well - it's worth double checking that. If you do want to go with DDR 400 make sure that your board can run it in more then just one slot (many can't).
Last - if your going to run with dual channel you are going to want both sticks to be the same brand. You will have trouble with stability if you don't. You might have stability issues anyway - download a memtest ISO and boot off it to test your ram right after you get it. ( http://www.memtest86.com )
I'm suprised to see DDR in the same price range as the 2100 as well - it's worth double checking that. If you do want to go with DDR 400 make sure that your board can run it in more then just one slot (many can't).
Last - if your going to run with dual channel you are going to want both sticks to be the same brand. You will have trouble with stability if you don't. You might have stability issues anyway - download a memtest ISO and boot off it to test your ram right after you get it. ( http://www.memtest86.com )
Hey guys, thanks for the replies.
They are very helpful. Well my board is an asus a7n8x. So
could i use two sticks of 512 ddr 400, from ocsystem both.
And then would it be dual channel?
Yes that speaker thing is very weird, since in holland i used them for
an audigy 1, and i didn't hear anything.
I'll stay with my asus 48 drive then. And also, i don't know how but,
i was tuning a bit in the bios, and put the settings back to 133,
and now in windows my cpu temp is 50C! thats good enough for me
since it used to be between 65-72C!
Ok guys thanks a lot,
could someone still check out that monitor for me? And tell me about the
mx500 mouse?
Laterz
They are very helpful. Well my board is an asus a7n8x. So
could i use two sticks of 512 ddr 400, from ocsystem both.
And then would it be dual channel?
Yes that speaker thing is very weird, since in holland i used them for
an audigy 1, and i didn't hear anything.
I'll stay with my asus 48 drive then. And also, i don't know how but,
i was tuning a bit in the bios, and put the settings back to 133,
and now in windows my cpu temp is 50C! thats good enough for me
since it used to be between 65-72C!
Ok guys thanks a lot,
could someone still check out that monitor for me? And tell me about the
mx500 mouse?
Laterz
From asus.com:
The 128-bit TwinBank DDR Memory architecture doubles the DDR 400 (PC3200) bandwidth. System bottlenecks are eliminated with balanced architecture and peak bandwidth up to 6.4GB/s.
Looks like the nVidia flavour supports the two channels at 400 - just test that ram :wink: and make sure you can return it if they don't play well together.
The 128-bit TwinBank DDR Memory architecture doubles the DDR 400 (PC3200) bandwidth. System bottlenecks are eliminated with balanced architecture and peak bandwidth up to 6.4GB/s.
Looks like the nVidia flavour supports the two channels at 400 - just test that ram :wink: and make sure you can return it if they don't play well together.
lo m8 - checked the monitor 4 u and its meant 2 b very very good... one of the best... check out the review below, its been put up against 12 other 19" monitors...
www4.tomshardware.com/display/20020319/index.html
www4.tomshardware.com/display/20020319/index.html
Yo Gixer, thanks for the reply,
only this is the p95f monitor...
I meant the p95f+, which is like an even better monitor.
But heh, something weird is going on, when i post threads, or
reply, i do that in warp2, xbitlabs, and ntfs, but now since like
a week, i don't receive e-mail messages saying someone replied.
I always check the e-mail notification, so i don't get what's wrong.
Ok laterzzz
only this is the p95f monitor...
I meant the p95f+, which is like an even better monitor.
But heh, something weird is going on, when i post threads, or
reply, i do that in warp2, xbitlabs, and ntfs, but now since like
a week, i don't receive e-mail messages saying someone replied.
I always check the e-mail notification, so i don't get what's wrong.
Ok laterzzz
Hey Gixer, thanks for the reply,
only thats the wrong monitor, p95f, it should be
p95f+, which is even better.
Two weird problems though, my posts don't seem to give me
e-mail notification. I don't receive any e-mail anymore i don't get it.
I do check the e-mail notification button.
And my hardware opinion post, have for some strange reason
been added 2 times. So there are two of em. But i think the
second one is deleted now, since i can't find it anymore.
only thats the wrong monitor, p95f, it should be
p95f+, which is even better.
Two weird problems though, my posts don't seem to give me
e-mail notification. I don't receive any e-mail anymore i don't get it.
I do check the e-mail notification button.
And my hardware opinion post, have for some strange reason
been added 2 times. So there are two of em. But i think the
second one is deleted now, since i can't find it anymore.
