Legit Reviews

hey, im gonna be using my zerotherm nirvana off of my last build for this one. my last one was a M3A w/ a 5000 black and some ballistix but i had a good chance to make some coin on it so i went for it. i was gonna go back to the m3a but it seems to have problems gettin the 5000be stable over 3.2...i...

bump - i just ordered this board w/ a 5000 black as well, and havent been able to find anything on the net about it. anyone have any experience with one yet?

ya man, ill let you know about how different the temps are. i was actually pretty impressed with the z3. i think the side intake blowing toward the zalman will help cool it more than it did the z3 since it was enclosed. it keeps the NB pretty cool too. when i have the side of for periods of time the...

glad to see its all comin together for ya methious. i ended up sellin that m3a rig i had, and about to dive into another lol. pretty similar build this time: case: nzxt alpha mobo: asus m3a cpu: x2 5000 black hs/f: zalman 9500 instead of rosewill rcx-z3 ram: 4x1gb ballistix 667 C3 instead of a-data ...

nice, looks like i hopped on these forums just in time! thanks for gettin this site atop google results for 'asus m3a' methious!

now all the ati/amd haters are all the sudden fans?! jk

gl to everyone!

maj0r_pawnage wrote:I just got these mushkins yesterday, and they went from ddr800-ddr1100 with no voltage increase and to 1206 with a very minor increase! Well before I updated bios they would only go to 930 but who cares .

what model?

well i ended up scorin the famous aa663's.... 4x1gb ballistix 667's for $104 cha-chinggg

thanks for the reply. thats what i have been hearing which is why i started to look at 2x2gb sets. it doesnt seem like there is many offerings for 2x2gb with cas4 so its hard to find reviews, but these esotorias are supposedly pretty good oc'ers. now even though i know that 2 sticks will likely be e...

im lookin to get 4gb of ddr2 to pair up with amd 5000+ be. i currently have 4x1gb a-data extreme pc6400 and it sucks IMO. ~ 730mhz 3-4-4-12, ~850mhz 4-4-4-12, ~930mhz 5-5-5-18 are its max's im gonna be sellin this build and doin a similar build, but the only thing im undecided on is the ram. do you ...

heres some pics of the m3a in all its glory :supz: complete system: case: NZXT. Alpha mobo: Asus M3A processor: amd 5000+ black edition cpu cooler: Rosewill rcx-z3 ram 4x1gb a-data extreme pc6400 vid card: xfx 8800gt alpha dog hard drive: wd 500gb 16mb sata dvd: lite-on regular sata dvd writer psu: ...

i have been usin an ht of 4 for any oc's w/ fsb between 225 and about 300, so both of those screens are w/ ht 4. that 3.396 was stable for 3dmark, some superpi runs, and about a hour session of ut3 so i might be gettin somewhere with that 3.4 mark :D havent primed it yet, maybe this weekend sometime...

http://valid.x86-secret.com/ccpuz.php?id=299127 http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=299127 this got 11600 on 3dM06. its pretty stable but cant go hours on load....yet :rolleyes: these are gettin 26s on superpi 1m just thought id give an update since ive had a little time to play with it

so far so good. playin around with all the bios' and i find the most stability/performance and best temps in 0301 so thats the one ive been using. been stable with the 5000 be @ 3.36ghz past few days. here is the settings ive been using http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/299102.png http://valid.x86-s...

ya, i increased vdimm, vcore, but didnt see nb, only sb. where do i adjust nb volts? maybe its in the newer bios? the xfx i have came in an alpha dog box and has alpha dog sticker on card, but does have stock clocks. i have been running them at 650/950. 12000 in 3dm06 is what im aimin for. i did all...

got everything put together today. no problems what-so-ever on my end. the rig is: asus m3a x2 5000 be rosewill rcx-z3 4x1gb a-data extreme xfx 8800gt im runnin original bios still, i wanna do some more tests with it before i switch to newer bios. i only used newest drivers off of asus website, neve...

hey man, when you get back on there w/ the x2 can you try droppin the multi a few and uppin the fsb. some people are sayin that anything over 216 fsb and it locks up. i am gettin my 5000be tomorrow and i already have the board, i was hopin on goin w/ a fsb over 250 or so to oc my ram too. ill be get...

whats up man, i dig the review. i just ordered this board and am expecting to get it friday or monday. im pairing it up w/ the x2 5000+ be, xfx 8800gt, 4x1gb a-data xtreme. im really lookin forward to the build, but the one thing im worried about it the atheros lan driver i keep reading about. a lot...