Re: [H] i5-750 vs i7-920

2010-02-24 Thread Garind P
Steve, The interesting thing with i5-750 is overclockable. My i5-750 is able to run at 3.6GHz daily use, and the i7-920 3.3GHz daily. Of course all need HSF upgrade to Xigmatek Red-Scorpion. I haven't tried Core-two-Duo Quad-core previously, so dunno the increment with the new one. My

Re: [H] Win7 Super Long Backups?

2010-01-03 Thread Garind P
HDD today is cheap. Why don't you try an e-SATA port, or use the available SATA port to connect another HHD, then backup the whole things to the drive. My backup experience start from - CD-ROM - DVD-ROM - USB HD - now SATA Drive At 07:20 PM 1/3/2010, you wrote: Gee WhizI have about 350

Re: [H] SSD Time.............

2009-12-28 Thread Garind P
Have fun and enjoy your new SSD I don't think you can upgrade your RC to the Original. I've tried from RC to RTM and it's fail. But, maybe I'm wrong. At 09:31 PM 12/28/2009, you wrote: The problem with waiting...is that I really will be waiting..on a slow HD and win7! Too late. My SSD

Re: [H] Electricity scam?

2009-12-25 Thread Garind P
The lowest Power Factor usually comes from motor (Aircon, Refrig), transformer (neon lamp, radio, TV, PC) But todays equipments are designed with Green in mind. Yes they are not perfect with 1.0 power factor, but at least 0.8 or more. So if we are still running a lot of old equipments, then

Re: [H] eSATA and internal SATA port?

2009-12-19 Thread Garind P
DFI DKx58 for i7-920, Win 7(64-bit) ASUS P55D for i5-750, Win 7(64-bit) I haven't tried on my old system ABIT AB9-Pro for D925, Win 7(64-bit) ABIT AB9-Pro for E6600, XP-Pro (32bit) At 02:40 PM 12/19/2009, you wrote: Which mobo are you using? Thanks.

Re: [H] eSATA and internal SATA port?

2009-12-18 Thread Garind P
I left only one PC that still using Win XP Pro compatilbily reason with some old applications. The three others are Win 7 systems and with them I can mount/unmount the drive. I use what Win 7's Disk-Manager calls it dynamic format, then the drive will be called foreign drive. At 04:33 PM

Re: [H] I5 I7 ??

2009-10-05 Thread Garind P
Well SSD ... it's itchy, doesn't it ;-) ... but price and lifetime wise aren't there, at least for me today At 04:00 PM 10/4/2009, you wrote: I just got my i7 860 up and running with 8 gb corsair ram. Very smooth. In fact it is so fast that I can feel my velociraptor holding it back. Maybe

Re: [H] I5 I7 ??

2009-10-05 Thread Garind P
I think for both i5 i7 (1156 1366 socket) ar (3.3 - 3.6) GHz is the sweetspot, no sweat to get the speed. At 04:01 PM 10/4/2009, you wrote: Oh yeah. I got a msi p55 gd 65 motherboard. Very nice and so far it is stable. Ran a 24 hour loop with occt and it came out with nary a crash. Next

Re: [H] I5 I7 ??

2009-10-02 Thread Garind P
Hi guys, Has been too long just lurking Duncan, For me, watching 8 threads is cool indeed man ... nothing more I just rebuild my things, with : 1. I7 920 + Red Scorpion Xigmatek HFS + DFI LP-DK-X58 + 6GB Corsair, Sapphire H4850 2. i5 750 + Noctua NH-U12P SE2 + ASUS P7P55D + 4GB

Re: [H] Hey Chris SureThing

2005-11-20 Thread Garind P
At 04:51 AM 11/20/2005, you wrote: You brought up SureThing a week back. www.surething.com Is SureThing the way to go for Lightscribe and Printable labeling? I am thinking about buying this. It's good, but you'll have a hardtime to calibrate the printer to the formated label paper,