How full is your system drive? Have you checked the SMART status for errors (I recommend using a tool like CrystalDiskInfo)? Have you scanned for viruses/malware?

True, the benefits are usually small, but there are still some tasks where it can help (archiving, for example) and free performance is free performance.

People buy these DIMMs because they aren't...

With four rotating platter HDDs, a dedicated hardware RAID card is going to be of dubious value, especially for low overhead uses like RAID 0 or 10.

9 times out of 10 it won't be perceptibly...

I've done this on several GPUs, various DIMMs, and at least one motherboard, over the last decade, with mixed results (works about 50% of the time).

Definitely worth a try if you have reason to...

I have 48GiB (twelve DIMMs) of this stuff, so far, spread over three systems. It is quite impressive for the money, though I am more limited by my memory controllers than the RAM itself.

Also,...

At rated speed and voltage most memory can get quite hot without producing errors.

Have you tried testing the memory while the system is open, with a fan blowing at the SO-DIMMs? Before you do...

Memory speed is set by a multipler of the reference clock. The stock reference clock is 200MHz, and changing this to OC, as you have, will change the possible memory speeds you can select.

There...

Running more than one DIMM per channel often requires slightly looser timings/subtimings, or a bump to the vDIMM or MCH voltage.

If both sets of memory are rated for the same speed and timings,...

I doubt general use tasks will benefit to a large degree. It will be noticeable, but nothing ground breaking.

However, multi-tasking, photo editing, and even some games (anything more CPU than GPU...

Specs aren't impressive, but the price is right.

Works on my Z68 with a 20" a 27" and 40" LCDs.



It's true.

Some of those are indeed me, some are not.

I'm having difficulty imaging anything anyone could post that would force me to abandon anything. The antics you describe would quickly result in bans...

Pretty comprehensive testing, I like it.

Would like to see how the VRM on that board handles a 2500k or 2600k and some overclocking though. Wouldn't mind a high-end gaming rig in a shoebox...

Just ignore him.

I remember looking up the data sheets for the VRM components on both and finding that the revised PCB (while in all probability cheaper) was rated to handle more current.

That was almost a year...

The non-reference PCB actually has better VRMs than the original reference version.

Even so, I would not go past 1.2v 24/7 on air. 1.25v is asking form trouble long term, and 1.3v will probably...

NVIDIA control panel -> SLI and PhysX configuration

Where is the "both" option?

Personally, I'd execute him for treason, then make him a hero posthumously. Maybe even give him a medal. Assuming he's guilty, of course.

I do not disagree with what...

It would take several hundred Mbps spread over at least as many connections to be worth it.



A couple of standard ATX cases that have good air flow and internal layouts for the money:
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Sounds more like a corrupt or bad hard drive than anything.

I'd see if you can boot to a live CD or run Memtest86.

Dual ethernet will not help with torrents, unless you have a very good router and a very fast internet connection. The chances of even a mediocre integrated gigabit ethernet adapter bottlenecking...

Looks like you've done a fairly thorough job of isolating the board, or PSU as being your problem.

Any bent pins/goldfingers in the DIMM or memory slots)? Any bulging capacitors? Replaced the TIM...

My first thoughts go to BIOS issues.

Have you tried manually configuring everything, giving the memory slack timings/subtimings, etc?

TDP is lower because they are all 32nm.

A K Sandy Bridge will, in all probability, OC significantly better than any given i7 950.



Base clock isn't really locked, it's just not practical to...

Your situation seems like it would benefit from more memory, rather than faster memory.