
"Don Burnette"
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Nov 5, 2007, 10:38 AM
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Yeah, Asus being one of them, and that is what I have being delivered today. Will probably hold off a bit though before installing, will be interested in your progress as you go along. The latency on the ram, simply means it won't be quite as fast as it could be, but I doubt you'd probably notice. If you ever want to get into overclocking, give me a holler I can probably help you with that... Best of luck, -- Don "John Ward" <jrmward@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:472f3787@dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Hi Don, > > Gigabyte motherboard, mate. There were two other brands, only, that had > the X38 implemented. Obviously, this mobo quite simply bypasses all the > 680i stuff - who needs it!! > > I don't have any thoughts yet, as I'm only starting to, very carefully, > "build" the system tomorrow. ) > > Nah, means nothing to me, mate, but I'm sure the Thermaltake Toughpower > 1,200 PSU can tame it all. Check out its "specs". Otherwise, the RAM is > under Warranty, so if it doesn't work/function, I'll just take it back, > for a refund, mate. > > I'm interested, sort of, in overclocking, but have never done so, and > nobody has ever managed to explain it all in plain, simple, step-by-step > English, so I don't intend to start just at this moment.... ) > > Regards, > John Ward > "Don Burnette" <d.burnette@clothes.comcast.net> wrote in message > news:P9Gdna-p17TVtrLanZ2dnUVZ_sKqnZ2d@giganews.com... >> >> Sounds sweet, I would be particularly interested, in your thoughts on >> that new X38 chipset mb - what brand? >> I have a new Asus P5E X38 out for my delivery today, however now that >> this 680i is back up and running I may hold off on installing it, and do >> a processor upgrade at the same time after first of year. IF this dang >> current mb behaves that long. >> >> Btw, from what I have read so far on DDR3, the latencies on that ram are >> fairly high to get it to run stable... don't know if that means anything >> to ya , thought I would mention it. >> As time goes on, they should be able to tighten the latencies and cost >> come down. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Don >> >> >> "John Ward" <jrmward@tpg.com.au> wrote in message >> news:472f2624$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>> Hi Quilly, >>> >>> Well, I'll tell you, mate, ~ half the cost of this new system was the >>> 4 GB of DDR 3 Corsair RAM - $AUS1,398 to be exact. >>> >>> All the rest can be had for a pretty small cost, in my opinion, >>> PARTICULARLY the Antec Nine Hundred case...... >>> >>> The "rest" includes two SATA II 500 GB hard drives, 16 MB Cache, a >>> Thermaltake Toughpower 1,200 Watt PSU, a couple of SATA times 20 DVD >>> Re-writable drives, a couple of hard drive removable "caddies"...... >>> >>> Check out the case, mate (including the optional $AUS35 120mm side >>> fan) - you can transfer all you current stuff into it, and be a lot >>> better off......!! >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ward >>> "Quilljar" <Not@home.today> wrote in message >>> news:GPadnbZ9fcyvbbPanZ2dnUVZ8tmhnZ2d@bt.com... >>>> Wow! I look fwd to hearing the results. >>>> Are you still going to afford that fantastic trip/s you were talking >>>> about? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Yrs Quilly >>>> >>>> >>>> "John Ward" <jrmward@tpg.com.au> wrote in message >>>> news:472eecfc$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>>>> You, Quilly!! ) >>>>> >>>>> Hey, after weeks of going cross-eyed checking out all the "info'", >>>>> I finally bought most of the bits today for my new PC system. >>>>> >>>>> I'll start the building tomorrow - yeehhaawww, mate!!!! >>>>> >>>>> It's an absolute corker of a system - 4GB of DDR3 memory, latest >>>>> X38 motherboard chipset, blah, blah, blah......, and the whole thing >>>>> was only ~ $AUS3,000. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> John Ward >>>>> "Quilljar" <Not@home.today> wrote in message >>>>> news:q_OdnQjwctRGd7PanZ2dnUVZ8rednZ2d@bt.com... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "John Ward" <jrmward@tpg.com.au> wrote in message >>>>>> news:472ee901$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>>>>>> Hi Quilly, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Shouldn't gob-smacked be hyphenated, mate? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nyuck, nyuck (as Varmit would possibly say) ... ) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I believe it is optional; and who are you calling 'mate', cobber? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Yrs with kind regards, Quilly >>>>>> >>>>>> XXX >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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