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No problem mate. Prior to donating, please send me a PM. Cheers.

You have already validated your account and as I can see you're logged in to forums. Regards, Nik

No coolermaster BTW, this is another Scythe cooler called Kabuto. Zipang should be much better.

OK, I will have to use the switch, but that switch should be only for speeds above 1600 MHz, since 1600 MHz should be normal speed (not overclocked).

Check the specs of the board: http://asus.com/prod...=specifications It says: Dual-Channel DDR3 2200(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 support The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2200(O.C.) / 1600 /1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance So, it should support natively speeds 1066, 1333 and 1600. It also should support 2200 Overclocked. Basically, my bios should show: 1066, 1333 and 1600 speeds, not the 800, 1066 and 1333. For the info, I am using the latest Bios version.

Hmm, I can see in Bios that I have the following available RAM speed settings: DDR3 800, 1066, 1333 and Auto. I don't see 1600, as an option. Is this an AUTO setting for 1600Mhz?

Yeah, check my Igloo, it is in the 4th place. I really don't know should I leave it or go zipang 2, since zipang isn't available to buy anymore, at least I don't see it here in Croatia.

With the old PC I'm selling, I attached the original Intel Stock Cooler which is way to loud. It seems that this cooler is not working properly anymore. I was using GlacialTech Igloo 5750, which replaced that Intel Stock Cooler. GlacialTech Igloo was very quiet and of course, I planned to replace the Intel Stock cooler on my new system with it, at some point. More info: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/701/1/ Since the old Intel Stock cooler is too loud, I'll have to replace it before I give the old machine to buyer. Should I give GlacialTech Igloo with my old machine and consider something like this for my new system: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/scythe-zipang2_6.html or to save Igloo and buy something else for the old machine. Mr_Smartepants?

Great, I had a PC for 3 years with this setting set to IDE, but not AHCI. Coool!!! Since I still didn't anything except OS and OS takes about 15 minutes, I will reinstall with AHCI mode ON. Cheers!

@Mr.Smartepants, Yes, disks seem warm, I might use my Scythe 120mm fan which I bought before. I still have to measure temperatures of my components with Asus tools. What is the normal temperature for core i5 750 ? 50 Celsius seems high for me (measured after first restart during windows installation). Also, should I enable AHCI mode in BIOS for my SATA controller?

Hi Christian, welcome to Wincert.

Not yet, maybe later on, but not for now. I don't know if 45-50 celsius is normal temperature for this CPU. I've used the stock cooler and thermal paste which was already on the cooler. If I remember correctly, my Intel Q6600 run with much smaller temperatures, but with glacial tech double cpu cooler. Maybe I should use my thermal paste and see the difference, although I doubt.

Here are several pics. On one of the pics, you'll see my old components in Chieftec MID tower where everything fitted great, no problem with the graphic card/disk mess, as I had with Antec case. On other pictures, you can see that this ATI card fits better than my old NVidia 8800GT in Antec case. I can say, that I'm very satisfied with the speed, also, updating ASUS Bios is really simple. You can boot in EZflash by typing ALT+F2 and once the app loads, provide the bios file on the local/usb disk or flash drive and that's it. I was very surprised BIOS update can also be done within Windows, but I haven't tried that. Haven't tried anything yet TBH, as I've just finished this setup. Will let you know more later on.

Small boost here

Interesting huh http://www.wincert.net/news/hardware/1963-intel-confirms-fake-core-i7s-on-sale.html

Sh... this case looks huge compared to my Antec P183. Nice cable management, even though you have non-modular PSU. Your components will 'breathe' normally this way, to bad that PSU doesn't have its own chamber. How quiet this case is, because of this large fans in it?

What is your username/displayname?

Seems I'll have to go with the P7P55D LE version as P7P55D isn't available here, at least for now. That one is even cheaper, and I've seen it has less SATA ports, but nothing more. What actually 'LE' stands for?? 'Less Expensive' I've found a cheaper store and I can have P7P5D-E EVO board for only 17$ more than P7P5D. Hopefully I will take that one. Should be better than P7P5D.

Yes, processor core of 'my' i5 which I plan to buy is Lynnfield.

Thanks mate, can you please check other questions? Cheers.

I've found a small price difference between these two boards, but not sure if I can find some REAL diffrences. Asus P7P55D and P7P55D Pro I see that pro has one PCI-E slot less than no pro version. Also, I see that Pro has a SLI support, besides Crossfire, which I don't plan to use anyway. Any reason to buy PRO version? Also, this MBO supports dual channel and apparently I will not use dual channel, so will this be OK? Sorry for this, but I'm a bit rusty on hardware these days. As for processor, someone told me that i5 processor has some graphic related features or something similar, but I really wasn't paying attention, so please inform me about this. I will take Samsung burner as Mr. Smartepants suggested, even though it hasn't got good grades from the buyers here in Croatia, but I will take it anyway as it is very cheap. I've also found a Sapphire Ati RAdeon HD 5770 VAPOR-X graphic card which outperforms 'normal' version of HD 5770 by far. http://www.overclock...verclock/10.htm One more thing about the processor. Is this one maybe better or? CPU Desktop Core i5 660 3.333GHz (4MB,Clarkdale,73W,S1156,Cooling Fan) box. Similar price actually. Although it also has two different versions. One has HDTV+HDCP, the other doesn't. The rest seems the same. Any info on this?

So basically 4 watts less than GTS 250. I was expecting a lot more when you guys said that it will consume less power I hope that my new Corsair HX 650W will be sufficient for the new system.

Anyone know how much power ATI 5770 consumes?

Yeah, closed one looks better, but that small fan can be louder than the big one. I'll have to find more info on this subject.

Thx LZR. I'm close to take ATI for the first time in my life BTW, If I take ATI 5770, which one is better: http://www.xfxforce....eries/5770.aspx The 'open' type with larger fan or 'closed' one with the smaller fan. I currently have 'closed' type of XFX 8800GT and I think it is louder than my previous 'open' type card.