Recommendations on new build

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  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, I just found my USB flashdrive, so BIOS will be updated using that, but the system monitoring tool would be very nice to have.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    The only tools you really need are CoreTemp and CPUZ. :)
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    I absolutely agree with Eric. Windows flashing is dangerous shit.

    Unless its a Gigabyte board with two physical BIOS chips. Dual BIOS ftw.
  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    The only tools you really need are CoreTemp and CPUZ. :)

    Shows you how out of the loop I am that I don't recognize either of those.
  • VicarVicar Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    How is the hunt for the HD5850 going?
  • lordbeanlordbean Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2009
    Persistence and apparently lack of self-control seem to really help when trying to get HD5000 cards. I already have one in my computer, and I have an order for a second one placed that the store estimates they can likely fill this week.

    Crossfired 5000 series glory, here I come.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Hmm... odd... I've flashed many a Dell from windows and never had a problem with any of them. I've also flashed all 3 GigaByte boards I've had in the past from Windows multiple times (one of them was an actual DualBIOS board, the other two are the newer sorta-DualBIOS boards) and never had a single problem with any of them.
  • miragemirage
    edited November 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    The only tools you really need are CoreTemp and CPUZ. :)

    Right, I would only add GPU-Z to that.
  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Problem found: one stick of ram is bad. By the time I hit test #4 in memtest, that stick had thrown 24 errors. Great.

    Also, due to the design of my case, I had to flip it over (yes, my case is now resting on its "top") to get my motherboard right side up to get full effect from the heatpipes on the NB.
  • lordbeanlordbean Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2009
    That sounds like an awesome design.

    Take some pics with a digital camera, I wanna see it in all its glory.
  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    It was an awesome design, 4-5 years ago, but with today's systems, I don't think it works as well.

    Lian-Li PC1000 if you want to look it up.
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