A Note For Nick N and Those Who Use His List...

[Dougal]

Hi Nick
Just a quick note of thanks & a brief explanation

[NickN]

What did I post about trying to do things 1/2 arse with your own ideas?

As long as you do exactly as I outlined above AND DID NOT SKIP any steps or try and get -cute- or SMART with extra tweaks... and most of them other than what I posted ARE TRASH I assure you... you should now have a very optimized FSX rig

     

[flavio]

+1 what doug said

cant WAIT to get my hands a new i7 / x58 / ddr3 setup!!

[Dougal]

I've now added my hardware to my sig.  If you get a mo Nick, tell if it's acceptable.

Everything, including RAM and Vid card is pretty heavily overclocked.  Temps are low though, and rig is stable, so far

[SubZer0]

+1 what doug said

+2

[rikm12345]

+1 what doug said

+2

[NickN]

[quote]I've now added my hardware to my sig.

[Dougal]

Thanks for that Nick.

The RAM is running at 4-4-4-14 (I've no idea what the '14' is or does).

I was a little dissapointed to hear the P5K-E is a budget board.  I wish someone had told my bank manager that

What would be your current (quad) motherboard choice?

Thanks

[NickN]

If memory is at CAS 4 that

[Dougal]

Thanks Nick, that's even more stuff for me to work with.

I'm already running the RAM at max man spec (2.2v in BIOS), though according to CPU-Z, it's at 1.8v - interesting.

This board has a large heatsink and pipe setup already fitted.  I've seen another P5K-E without this arrangement.  I think there are many versions of this board.