New motherboard... What do you do bios wise?

PangingJr · Sep 5, 2008, 07:07 AM

yea you are stupid, lol, i think i even more stupid than you can possibly imagine while i was with an E8200 and boxed Intel cooler back in Jan or Feb or so.

no doubt some of Ballistix PC8500 is very very good, btw, if you like to overclock RAM get yourself a EP45-DS3R if you can, the board is now quite cheap.
as far as i know this board overclock woftdale and especially RAM like mad.
and

Just Learnin' · Sep 5, 2008, 07:21 AM

Thanks for the vote of confidence Panging!

this is with a lapped Thermalright 120 extreme and this fan: NMB-MAT (Panaflo) 120MM Ultra High Speed Cooling Fan 2750RPM 114.7CFM 45.2DBA 3PIN W/ Sensor

As well as a plethora of other fans in my own home built case. Now a boxed stock intel cooler I have only ever used as a paper weight though so perhaps you have out-stupidded me!!!

swimtech · Sep 6, 2008, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

Update if there is a necessary fix. I then check performance against what newer BIOS updates show from other Guinea Pi.... erm..unh, early adopters report. Or sometimes just if I am bored.

Exactly! I like this method too. Well spoken.

...and the latest firmware updates too for drives and other devices.

For instance, I didn't do the F5 'cause the only reported fix was for the chipset raid. In a case like Judas' though (working on someone else's machine) I definitely would have applied it for their sake down the road.

I'm getting bored, and the F6a is out for my board, but no notes...

I KNOW that being stable for too long can get on an overclocker's nerves - weird huh? - not really. Gotta feel that edge...

Judas · Sep 6, 2008, 03:40 PM

if it isn't unstable..... your not overclocking enough

swimtech · Sep 6, 2008, 08:17 PM

Norman Walker · Sep 7, 2008, 01:27 AM

Did G Bush update his BIOS before declaring War on the rest of the world?

ChaosMinionX · Sep 7, 2008, 03:01 AM

I flash on a daily basis almost... testing different aspects of all the releases for a board.

PS- 0308 is still the best Rampage Formula bios

**kris23** · Sep 7, 2008, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

I flash on a daily basis almost...

dang.....

ChaosMinionX · Sep 7, 2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kris23

dang.....

Its not fun lol

OT - Wait till I am back to posting stuff.... been a crazy crazy summer. I am in California for Blizzcon '08 in October. Then I got some other fun stuff going on. Looking forward to getting back to all the tech stuff though

Just Learnin' · Sep 7, 2008, 08:36 PM

^^^ That's the Guinea Pi...erm..unh...Early adopter I was speaking of!

cozumel · Sep 7, 2008, 10:53 PM

lol

**kris23** · Sep 8, 2008, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Its not fun lol

OT - Wait till I am back to posting stuff.... been a crazy crazy summer. I am in California for Blizzcon '08 in October. Then I got some other fun stuff going on. Looking forward to getting back to all the tech stuff though

u play WoW? and do you got any hardware on hand?

ChaosMinionX · Sep 8, 2008, 01:49 AM

I am a wow addict

The World of Warcraft Armory

My one and only char

I have been playing since closed beta, same server same guild for the past 4 years almost.

Yes I have some hardware on hand... still tryin to decide if I am prepping for nehalem or not.

**kris23** · Sep 8, 2008, 02:30 AM

we all know ur gonna get Core i7 man..

Judas · Sep 9, 2008, 12:09 AM

Core i7 is on my list for the next build.. i'll likely have it at launch as well...

Sep 5, 2008, 07:07 AM	#31
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	yea you are stupid, lol, i think i even more stupid than you can possibly imagine while i was with an E8200 and boxed Intel cooler back in Jan or Feb or so. no doubt some of Ballistix PC8500 is very very good, btw, if you like to overclock RAM get yourself a EP45-DS3R if you can, the board is now quite cheap. as far as i know this board overclock woftdale and especially RAM like mad. and Last edited by PangingJr; Sep 5, 2008 at 07:22 AM.

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Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Thanks for the vote of confidence Panging! this is with a lapped Thermalright 120 extreme and this fan: NMB-MAT (Panaflo) 120MM Ultra High Speed Cooling Fan 2750RPM 114.7CFM 45.2DBA 3PIN W/ Sensor As well as a plethora of other fans in my own home built case. Now a boxed stock intel cooler I have only ever used as a paper weight though so perhaps you have out-stupidded me!!!

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