Quote from R3DMAN :

so what do you guys think about this then?

Intel Core i7-860 Quad Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme
4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz DDR3 Dual

Looks good, but the i7 860 is a socket 1156 cpu and thus can't be used on the motherboard you listed, which is a socket 1366. I would suggest an Asus P55 board instead.

To avoid swapping between the HDD and DVD, make an iso image of the CD and use something like Daemon Tools Lite to mount it. For the taskbar, maybe it's just minimized at the bottom? Try to hover the mouse around that area and see if it changes to a resize pointer, so you can enlarge it.

Some good reading in this link here.

It's been like 20 years since last time I had an Intel CPU in one of my PC's, and not an AMD. But this time I chose Intel when I built my new rig. Also first time *ever* I've chosen ATI over Nvidia. These choices I made simply because I think those 2 manufacturers have the best technology atm.

Biathlon is awesome. The reason they use guns, is that the sport originates from the military. It was used as an exercise for the Norwegian soldiers, and in the first winter olympics it was called military patrol.

I have it as an intake. I have one intake fan in the front too, so the fan at the top acts like an exhaust. The top one is a 120mm fan, but I'm probably gonna swap it for a 140mm later. All fans set to lowest speed, and the CPU is between 25-30C degrees at idle. Ambient room temp around 20C I think. The graphics card is also quite cool, around 30C when idle.

Finally retired my aging AMD 4600+ system, and built something more up-to-date.

CASE: Fractal Design Define R2 Black Pearl
MB: Asus P7P55D
CPU: Intel i5 750
CPU COOLER: Corsair H50 Hydro Series
RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9
GFX: Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5
PSU: Chill 520W Modular
DVD: LG GGC-H20L Super Multi Blue
HDD: 1x Corsair SSD Performance P64 2,5" 64GB, 1x Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
MONITOR: Samsung 22" 226BW
WHEEL: Logitech DFGT

Quote from Bose321 :

Finally someone with that H50. I'm wondering, does it cool good?

Yes, it cools quite well.

Awesome hockey match yesterday between Swiss and Norway. So close, so close...

This Olympics is looking to be such a huge fail for the Norwegians. Canada - Norway in hockey coming up soon. I predict another huge fail from us.

The only fun so far has been watching Pål "Flash" Gordon, the interviewing king of mixed-zone. Norwegians here, go to the following link to read some funny stuff. I'm literally laughing my ass off after reading that.

http://vgd.no/sport/ol/tema/15 ... aal-gordon-nilsen-traaden

If I didn't had to manually press play every 30 seconds, I could put up with it. As I understand a lot of other people have that problem too. Automatic bitrate adjustment is nice though.

Ye, that's where I'm watching BBC.
Funny is, watching NRK there isn't available for my country lol. Apparently if you're in Norway and wants to watch NRK, you have to do it from here: http://www.nrkol.no/
And that's where the woeful Silverlight thing is.

Aweful internet TV solution by NRK, silverlight wtf! Keeps playing for 10 seconds, then stops, over and over again. :banghead: Have to watch the BBC coverage to get a steady stream.

Just like to mention that nfinity eSports own Wyatt Gooden has made it through all the elimination processes, and been selected to take part in the real 2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup Series, competing against 24 other drivers. Awesome job Wyatt!

http://www.facebook.com/photo. ... id=48224116084&ref=mf

Just bought a HTC Tattoo and loves it. Been wanting an Android phone for a while, but all the other phones like the Hero was a bit pricey for my taste. The Tattoo is quite affordable, and is well worth the money. Ok, it doesn't have as good a screen as the Hero, but I don't care.

Quote from DoC_uk :

Redline Patrase is 87 ... beat that

You're kidding? :eye-poppi I thought he was about my age, but if you're right, then wow!

I think some people have waaay too much free time.

If I wasn't so woeful, I would pwn them all. Just humbly, hmmhmhmm.

Sorry to say Ray, but after some digging on the net, it seems that putting a 125w cpu on a motherboard designed for 95w cpu's, puts a good deal of stress on the PWM and the motherboard. So much that it shortens the lifespan of the mb by quite a lot, and the risk of frying components. What I think might be happening, is that the bios senses overheating in some components, hence why it's doing the throttling. I'm also reading that motherboards that supports 125w cpu's is supposed to have a 8 pin (4+4) 12V ATX power connector.

Anyway, try that thing with the socket. Can't hurt to try it.

Horrible noise from some of the commentators mics, especially when Chris is talking.

Quote from zeugnimod :

I'm pretty sure Falke actually knew that but posted that to give the commentators something to talk about in an uneventful phase of the race.

Oh, I misunderstood then. Didn't see any answer here, and thought he was being sarcastic with the "Thanks for answering" post.

Quote from TFalke55 :

Regarding the cars of GTAL, MoE GT2 and iTCC. Where are the major differences between those cars?

As far as I know, iTCC is FXR only, using 32% restriction, while GTAL and MoE uses all 3 GT cars, but GTAL uses only the GT2 class, while MoE has both GT1 and GT2 class. Oboy, that sounded complicated...

Hmm, says so in the spesifications.

Quote :

M2V-TVM

- Socket AM2 for AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2/ Athlon™ 64/ Sempron™
- VIA® K8M890 + VIA® VT8237R Plus
- 2000 / 1600 MT/s
- Integrated VIA DeltaChrome GPU, Support Microsoft® DX9
- Dual-channel DDR2 667/ 533
- 1 x PCI Express x16
- 2 *IDE ,2 x SATA
- 10/100 LAN
- AC´ 97 6-Channel audio

Btw run Windows Update and take the optional updates (except language packs). Could be some driver updates there.

Last edited by arco, Sat 16 Jan 2010, 18:57.

I hope it's a clean install of 7, and not an upgrade as that usually is not optimal. But ye, make sure gfx drivers are up to date, and there's no virus 'n shit lurking.

That motherboard has an integrated gfx chip? If so, you could try to take out the 8800 card and run it on the internal one. Not sure if it's powerful enough to give you decent fps though.

If anyone is using XBMC, and have the Navi-X script installed, the stream should also be available from there.

For those interested, a simulator for the script is available here.

The motherboard isn't designed to support a 125w cpu. Simple as that.