There’s something just fundamentally off about this one... at first, it was running like a dream... but after five days, everything started lagging until it became totally unusable.
I'm telling you, unless you absolutely have to install it, don't bother...
This message is what crashes my XP and sends me straight into the "deep blue" screen.
So, I thought maybe VIVO was the one acting up... but nope, turns out it's the same old story. I’ve downloaded every single driver for this graphics card... still crashing. Same old story. I downloaded every single AC97 driver out there... nothing changes. ...uninstalled everything... system's still crashing.
And then what?
I'm running SP2 and haven't had a single issue. Period.
Anyone got an idea what's actually going on here? I'm hitting a wall with these WDM drivers on SP2. If they’re the sole culprit, why does everything still fall apart even after a full uninstall and pulling the hardware entirely? It makes zero sense.
I'm sitting here typing on SP1, and there’s zero chance I’ll ever actually see SP2... I've tried installing it on a clean setup five times now—praying to just about any god out there to make it stick.
I tried an uninstall, and now this thing has completely lost its mind.. It froze up on me for five minutes right after the uninstall, then started acting weird with all these errors—claiming there was some kind of kernel error..
So I went ahead and restarted, but now it won't even boot back up.😁 The screen just flashed blue and spat out some text, but honestly, I didn't even want to read it.. one line said
Well, that’s what I get... format c:
I'm done messing with this for now... at least until sp3.😁
Clearly, today's Intel enthusiasts aren't cut out for desktop overclocking...
Back in the day, every single Pentium 4 running at 1.65V would hit a full 0-24 Prime95 run without breaking a sweat—now you have to crank it up to 1.75V just to stay afloat, and then you complain about the heat... My advice? Stick to the 2800+ or maybe a 3000+ if you're feeling lucky.
I mean, seriously, can't you even push the FSB to 225MHz?!!!??
The Apple guarantee goes up to 240MHz... which means your motherboard is what's holding you back.!!! That's not a great look...
What's your chipset voltage sitting at?
It’s almost funny—I’ve seen plenty of these Epox boards with absolutely criminal FSB limits... The hardware itself is solid, sure, but FSB is everything.
Correcting myself before the fridge mechanics come for my head... 😁
It wasn't R13 like I said earlier—it's actually R12...
The R12 I was looking at goes down to -40 degrees, though some other types hit -50. Honestly, if you use water atomization, maybe you wouldn't even need to go that low... we'll just have to wait and see.
So, if every component is cooled by that gas, theoretically they could reach -40. But in a real-world setup, I think hitting around 0 is doable, which is plenty good enough for me.
That atomization idea just hit me... I've got the full catalog for a company that makes those "AC" units, and their systems are absolute garbage. It made me wonder... what if they didn't use that principle, but used a closed-loop version instead? TechCrunch
Not sure—they’re out on vacation right now, but they’ll be back next week. I'll start leaning on them for some actual answers once they're back in the office.
From what I gather, you should be looking at hitting somewhere around -40 if you're running R13—maybe even lower... obviously that’s not happening in the real world, but keeping it hovering around 0 seems perfectly fine, doesn't it?
I’d honestly be happy with a much lower price point...
I tracked down who’s actually building these, but the turnaround is two weeks—plus you have to leave your components with them while they install everything.😉 I mean the motherboard and everything mounted to it; the rest can always be added later.
The price $1533 includes the compressor, three cooling points, and the full motherboard setup (though that part is still a bit fuzzy to me). Still, there are cheaper versions out there using two 120mm fans and passive cooling if you're looking to save a few bucks.$733...
Dimensions are 550×250×450, and it comes with casters on the bottom to make it mobile.😁 Right now, they're booked out for two months.😢 The power supplies get installed internally.
From what I gather, this is strictly custom order stuff—not some imported mass-market product, just their own brainchild.
Just heard through the grapevine that some outfit out of Cleveland is putting together some pretty wild PC cases with built-in compressor cooling...
Anyone have any leads? Like, where can I actually buy one, or at least find some specs... There’s a lot of chatter out there—people are even saying the price is decent. Given what I know about "decent" pricing lately, I can only imagine what that means...
I knew a guy who rigged up a similar setup years ago, but he ran into nothing but trouble with condensation issues. Not exactly ideal if you're busy shorting out your motherboard with moisture...
So, does anyone actually know who's selling these?
same clock speed.... one stick is some no-name CL2.5 and the other is Samsung CL3... identical settings on the exact same motherboard...
it’s wild that the Samsung is actually faster—handles much higher clocks too, and beats it in both read and write speeds
maybe I'm just wrong... maybe that "faster" memory is just skipping cycles because I pushed the settings too hard
whatever, I'll just relax the timings to 2.5-4-4-10 on the no-name and 3-4-4-10 on the Samsung
expecting that sweet CL 2.5 speed to actually show up... but hey, who am I kidding? Samsung wins again!?
can someone with half a brain explain how this is even possible? I'm using AMD mobile chips... tested them on an ASUS and MSI board... played around with voltages from 2.5V to 2.8V and every memory setting under the sun...
to me, this CL2.5 stuff feels useless... it tops out at a stable 218MHz, while the Samsung hits 242 MHz easy
quick question... did anyone pick up that CL2 kit from Micro Center? How does it actually perform? What's the ceiling on that CL2, and how does it handle overclocking?