[nlug] power rating of mobo drive signal led connector

2009-06-16 Thread ./aal
any idea where one might find that? or if there is a standard level they all meet I have a case with no hdd led on it, but there is a multi-led circuit in the lid that usually feeds from a power connector tap and I can change the connector to mate it with the hdled on the mobo but dont yet

[nlug] over-clocked ram

2009-06-16 Thread Greg Donald
I want to get some hardware advise from the NLUG collective. I'm about to build myself a new desktop system. I'm going i7, with an Asus motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131359 I'm unsure about the memory. The motherboard I have chosen supports

[nlug] Re: power rating of mobo drive signal led connector

2009-06-16 Thread Chris McQuistion
I just threw my multimeter on the power led connector on my motherboard and it measured 5V DC. Chris On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM, ./aal aalh...@gmail.com wrote: any idea where one might find that? or if there is a standard level they all meet I have a case with no hdd led on it, but

[nlug] Re: over-clocked ram

2009-06-16 Thread Chris Faulkner
You could always do what I do: Ghetto Cooling: http://hybridhackers.org/images/photoalbum/album_1/tcrackerpc_t2.jpg :) I would first run the memory at the rated speed. Then, start with your overclocking at the next step and monitor the temps and then make your assessment from there. On Tue,

[nlug] Re: power rating of mobo drive signal led connector

2009-06-16 Thread Chris McQuistion
You can swap the power LED and HD LED on a motherboard with no ill effects (I've miss-plugged them, plenty of times) so if you just want to know if you can plug the power LED into the HD LED header, then the quick answer is yes. Chris On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:06 PM, ./aal aalh...@gmail.com

[nlug] Re: over-clocked ram

2009-06-16 Thread Greg Donald
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: If you are a super-performance enthusiast with money to burn, then yes, overclocked memory is worth the extra cost, When you tried it, did it seem worth 2-times the cost? For example, 1300MHz ram is being

[nlug] Re: over-clocked ram

2009-06-16 Thread Chris McQuistion
I've done a lot of overclocking over the years and for memory, this is my take: If you can get faster memory, for not much more money, and it doesn't take much more voltage to run at that speed (which would generate more heat and require more cooling), then it might be worth doing. If the cost

[nlug] Re: over-clocked ram

2009-06-16 Thread Howard White
Chris McQuistion wrote: I've done a lot of overclocking over the years and for memory, this is my take: If you can get faster memory, for not much more money, and it doesn't take much more voltage to run at that speed (which would generate more heat and require more cooling), then it