Comments | turboslut: Building a Gaming PC: Teh Epic Struggle

turboslut

Building a Gaming PC: Teh Epic Struggle

May 11, 2006 16:58

Tonight I try mobo #3 from ASUS. The processor on #2 overheating was definitely the cause of the random shutdowns, but memory access died the day after I figured that out and their tech support declared the board dead... again. I'd say there are equal chances of the new one working to me breaking it into small pieces with a hammer, sowing them in ( Read more... )

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deadend56 May 11 2006, 22:05:10 UTC

If you do manage to grow new asus boards, I'll put a bid in for one or two =-)

rashind May 12 2006, 00:31:48 UTC

So, basically what you're telling me is strong buy on ASUS?

turboslut May 12 2006, 01:37:41 UTC

Most people have great luck with ASUS boards. I do not possess luck. This is not news. :-/

rashind May 12 2006, 07:06:25 UTC

Yeah, the reviews I see are generally quite good.

Maybe you should scrap this build and try overclocking a pentium D 805. :'P If Heidi weren't holding the money, I'd be doing that yesterday. ... but then, if heidi weren't holding the money, I'd have died of trying to sell my blood to 10 different clinics to afford a dual 7900 rig.