Recent content by IanM

If you are trying to sell something, why the hell would you ignore your potential buyers? I'm not going to buy from someone who can't be bothered to answer a simple question, two this week have sold items for less than I would've paid had I got a response from the seller :rolleyes:

I'm trying to wrap my head around the basics as I'm trying to figure out which CPU & memory to go for. LGA 1156 uses a base clock of 133.333...Mhz, i5 750 has a bus/core multiplier of 20 so is 2.66Ghz. Is the bus/core multiplier strictly locked at 20, or can it be reduced? i.e. can I configure...

At any given clock speed, how much does the tRCD timing affect performance for gaming and general desktop use? Is 6-8-6-x really better than 7-7-7-x or just a nice excuse to advertise CL6 and increase the price? or maybe it's good for the benchmarks but insignificant for general use?

What has happened to the 1.35V DDR3 that was being promised last year? as far as I can see there is only the G.Skill ECO and a couple of high(ish) latency products from GEIL. By now I expected a glut of alternatives to compliment the P55, H55 and H57 chipsets, especially as Intel recommend 1.6V...

Is there a forum or community link on the main site front page? I can't see one, except for the specific, individual thread links on each article.

SSDs launched at CES have more or less reached the limit of current SATA 3Gb/s, so I'm loathe to buy a new motherboard without SATA 6Gb/s + USB3 and I can't see any SFF options available yet? There are a few full size ATX boards, will these complemented with smaller versions in the next month or...

I have one of the first versions of the Scythe Ninja, one of the ones that didn't include a fan. As it's still a great low airflow cooler I'm hoping I can use it in a silent i5/i7 system. Anyone know if there is an adaptor available that will fit the LGA 1156 socket?